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I was discharged from the military medically for PTSD and awarded iniially 30%. I am now after a re-evluation awarded 50% from the Physical Evaluation Board and put back on for another 18 month evaluation period. the Veterans Administration awarded me 505 initally and now after being re-evaluated a finding of 70%. I am on a number of medications which make me sluggish and tired. How can I work in this case. I am upset that they didn't award me a disability rating of 100%. I agreed with most of what they wrote about me but how can a veteran work with a GAF score in the 30's. I was initally rated at a GAF score in the 50's by the VA a few years ago. I didn't file for this increase. The VA called me back in for a re-evaluation for my PTSD and depression secondary to the PTSD. They also re-evluated me on my skin conditions. They found me to be unchanged from my initial evaluation. I really feel as though they are not wanting to rate me as permanent for this condition because of my age. What do I do? I also receive social security disability because of my PTSD, Depression and partially because of my skin condition. My social security disability is mostly because of my PTSD and depression though. Should I appeal it or not? I am an overall 100% because of my other service connected disabilities. I know that if I get 100% for my PTSD that I will qualify for an SMC and I feel that the raters took that into consideration when applying the rules to deciding my percentage. My wife relayed to the examiner about my social security records but they didn't even bother to obtain them and I know I have seen other cases here on this discussion board and in the VA citations where the VA was able to obtain a copy of a veterans social security medical records file. I know that they share information cause when my social security disability claim was approved the Social Security Office was able to pull up my VA records right there in front of me on their computer. Please assist in any way that you can with advice. I have read about other vets with my same problems who were awarded 100%. I also have irritable bowel syndrome which my doctor told me after doing a colonoscopy must be due to my anxiety. Do I file for a secondary or should I not even bother?
First, SMC is not worth a lot of extra money. The questions I have is are your receiving 100% disability? Are you in receipt of Military retired pay/CRSC/CDRP? My calculation of a 70% plus a 60% is 88 rounded up to 90%%. You are eligible to apply for IU as you can not work. I would focus on receiving IU if you do not receive compensation at the 100% rating level.
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I am receiving 100% overall because I have several other conditions including heart disease, high blood pressure along with sleep apnea and a lupus like auto-immune condition for which I take chemotherapy. I don't work and I want the fact that I am not working because of my PTSD/Major Depression properly documented so that when the Department of Defense calls me for a review of my TDRL they will have something to go off of and see that I am being recognized by the VA as being unable to work. Thanks for the quick reply. I have not applied for CRSC as of yet. But I definitely qualify. I hate filling out forms and I am not very motivted to do much at all. My medicines make me feel so lethargic. I finally filled it out yesterday and just have to make it out the house to make copies of the VA rating decisions and TDRL Physical Evaluation Board findings to send in as documentation. Frankly as fars as the DOD goes I just want my 30% anything above that is gravy. I want the 30% so I can keep my Tricare cause needing the cancer drugs causes me to be excluded from most health care plans. I can't even buy anymore life insurance.
You are being compensated by the VA for 100%. Your PTSD is rated at 70%, and that is enough to stay above the minimum 30% for DOD retirement at the end of TDRL.
Focus on care for you PTSD. That is the documentation you need for DOD reviews. Apply for CRSC, as that is a lot of money left on the table, or if you receive CDRP, then it is a tax savings. I am not the CRSC/CDRP expert here, but you should be receiving one of them at 100%.
Remember, the rules for CRSC have not changed...the criteria is the same...so just because you served in a combat theater does NOT automatically qualify you for CRSC...There must be a "Combat Event" that DOD can verify. CRDP you may be entitled to if you have over 20 years service presently...That program may or may not change..that will be seen in the 2010 NDAA.
SMC...you say your conditions would qualify you for that benefit, can you please share as to where that information you believe to be came from? PTSD is unlikely to qualify you for SMC..neither is SA.
I hope I am not reading your post in the way it presents itself..whereas your focus is so entrenched in your PTSD and the correlating compensation that may only have the effect of placing a permanent stamp on your ability to function in life rather than improving it to some semblance of coping skills. You give the appearance of having studied the PTSD exam process to the point where you even know if and how the GAF works..my 2 cents is to apply for what you have disabling conditions for and end the focus on the monetary bennies.
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FREDDY No not all. No studyiung. Just frustrated. I have seen several people and looked at several websites. I am frustrated by this whole process. The DOD and VA both admit that I am unable to work right now. My Voc Rehab counseor said so but getting them to put that on paper is another issue in itself. I am just wanting to get what I have coming to me and what I have earned. Frankly I hate the VA, I hate the humiliating process of being evaluated. I want to get better thats not the issue. I was told by the VA that I would qualify for an SMC because of several of my other conditions. So its not a matter of whether that is true or not. It is just hard living on a fixed income and not working. If I could work I would trust me on that. I came on here because my old supervisor suggested I get a second opinion before I appeal my VA decision. Never in my life did I expect to encountervets who accussed me of "studying" the criteria. Knowledge is power and I have consulted lawyers and so called experts. I came on here to get the opinion of other vets who live with this like me and who are struggling with life and with getting just compensation from the VA. Mind you I am also on chemotherapy so trust me there is no way I could work right now. I want all I can get to support my family that is all. Frankly I was ready to give up on getting the VA to do right but my supervisor has told me it is worth the fight. Frnakly I am a lifetime member of DAV and a member of several other veterans organizations. How many of you get help from service organizations but don't support them. They will not be there for the next veteran if you don't support them. And I repeat once again as I am ****ed. Trust me I did not study the regsI have been informed by several sources, internet and people to include the Military Wounded Warrior Staff, along with the few helpful people at the VA who do exist. They pretty much looked at my file and informed me as to what I am potentially entitled to and have also been told this in the VA briefings as well.. I have been informed by several sources, internet and people to include the military wounded warrior staff, the few helpful people at the VA who do exist also looked at my file and informed me as to what I am potentially entitled to and have also been told this in the VA briefings. It seems as thought the VA is faulted and ignores medical evidence right in front of their eyes. I was told I didn't have a certain condition and yet when i was in the military I was treated for this condiiton and still take the medicine for said condition to this day. If you have nothing constructive to say to me then say nothing at all please. We don't need to be each other's enemies. Its us veterans versus the VA. Never forget how dirty the VA is. I have let them use me as a guinea pig to verify every condition I have claimed several times over and 98% of my conditions were validated. I dont need no one treating me with suspicion.
THERE ARE VETS WHO FAKE THE FUNK. TRUST ME I AM NOT ONE OF THEM. IT TOOK A LOT FOR ME JUST TO ACCEPT THE INITIAL VA MONEY. I had to swallow my pride. Pride is something I no longer have a lot of at this point. If you have been to the same VA I have been to they act like this is a welfare payment and like they are doing you a favor by awarding you any compensation when most of them have never been in any danger or served in the military like we did. I look back at it and am glad I accepted the VA compensation or else I would be homeless. You sound like the VA counselor I once saw who asked me if I would rather have a million dollars or be healed of all my ailments. I would love to be healed of my ailments. Thank you very much.
By the way most of what I wrote came directly from my VA rating sheets from both the inital and my follow up evaluation. I have tried a number of medications and they are not working very well for me. I think I will go ahead and just go try the inpatient because I would like to get a better hold of my life so that I do not have to live off of the VA's so called kindness and don't have to be scrutinized by the VA or my so called comrades. By the way how many deployments did you go to? I went on 4 just since September 11th. I didnt ask for my nightmares, my depression, panic attacks, anger or outbursts amongst other problems. Maybe if they didnt send the same vets back out on tours back to back and let us recuperate we wouldnt have people like me who are divorced on their second marrige, have no friends, not close to any of their family, no longer can go to school whereas I once had a 3.2 GPA. and who feel like their life has become all about fighting to stay alive because their body is filled with an out of control cancer that the military doesn't want to admit came from burn pit exposures. Are you that bad off cause if you aren't I would gladly trade wth you to feel normal again and be able to live a normal life.
The more i read what you wrote Freddy the more I know what a SHHHH head you really are to even suggest something like that about me. How dare you!!!! With VETS like you who needs enemies?
I think I have revised this thing like at least 4 or 5 times cause I get madder by the moment at your comments
Trust me this is just scratching the surface of the problems that I have as a result of the military so I dont need no veteran scrutinizing me.
Frankly as fars as the DOD goes I just want my 30% anything above that is gravy. I want the 30% so I can keep my Tricare cause needing the cancer drugs causes me to be excluded from most health care plans. I can't even buy anymore life insurance.
Lastly my final edit of this post having revised this like now maybe 10-15 times or more. There are several Combat Events to use your words documented in my service records along with a recommendation for a decoration from the Army. Mind you I was not in the Army but they did recommend a decoration to my branch and they described some of what I went thru in my Combat Event again as you put it. Are you doubting me cause I was in the Air Force? Don't hate. Remember we Air Force are now picking up the slack for the Army and have been for several years now. The old Air Force stereotypes no longer hold true. Do we always have to prove ourselves. Trust me the VA gave me the same scrutiny in the beginning nd they verified my personnel records cause they quoted several things that I know are only in my files so I know they have reviewed them cause it was stuff I didn't even tell them.
I have nothing else better to do because I can't sleep especially when i get worked up and trust me your post got me worked up. Ticked me off so bad I am having a hard time unwinding not that I dont have that already but I am especialy worked up tonight. Do us all a favor!! Ask before you [B]Assume anything about a fellow veteran!!!! You assumed the worst about me and don't even know the first thing about me or what I have been thru.[/b]
I think I have finally said all I have to say to you Freddy before I go and attempt to get to bed.If you have been to the same VA I have been to they act like this is a welfare payment and like they are doing you a favor by awarding you any compensation when most of them have never been in any danger or served in the military like we did. I look back at it and am glad I accepted the VA compensation or else I would be homeless. You sound like the VA counselor I once saw who asked me if I would rather have a million dollars or be healed of all my ailments. I would love to be healed of my ailments. Thank you very much.
I trust no one but my fellow veterans and of those I trust only the ones who have been where I have been. From the way you talk I doubt you have been where I have been but unlike you I won't assume anything about you.
Some of the people who I was deployed with lost legs and some lost their lives. It seems as if PTSD is scrutinized heavily. It is like I told my counselor. I would have rather not have come back home at all from this war because the wounds I carry are not seen and because they are not seen they are taken to be exagerrated but no one can tell you how you feel. I know how I feel inside. I feel broken. Frankly I am tired and ready to give up fighting the VA. If I had died in combat my wife and son would be taken care of instead of me wondering when I will get the Doctor who claims I am so called healed and lose my benefits and still not be up to speed enough to work. If I were faking the funk I woul not seek help from the VA. I see the VA for counseling sessions. So you tell me. I recognize that the VA is considered to be the so called expert on helping us to resume our lives so I am trying to get the help I need to do just that. In the meantime I have a family to feed. We fight the good fight only to come home to fight the VA and I guess now in some cases fellow veterans.
I have had a brush or two with the law because of my anger. I am getting more help now. Like I said you don't know me or what I have been thru Freddy.
One last thing thanks to DAVE. He is a veterans veteran. There are still a few here on this discussion board. He is another source of my information. I have learned a lot from reading DAVE's board for a few years now off and on, here and there. Little niblets here and there. My anger and frustration is directed at Freddy.My anger and frustration is directed at Freddy.
Ok I do have one more thing to say. Since when did asking a question based on what you have read on these boards as well as comparing it to VA and military briefings become a fixation on trying to get beenies more money or whatever you want to call it? I came to my fellow vets for some advice and answers and instead I was served with scrutiny. Well as far as I am concerned to hell with you Freddy.
This is the board where I got some of my info from right here on military.com in reference to Special Monthly Compensation (SMC) Please see blakebartholomew post dated Sat 12 April 2008 09:56 PM It is the first post on there.
To everyone else on here sorry I had to give it a little raw to Freddy but I was highly insulted. We vets have to support each other better than that. I have nibbled at trying to get all my thoughts and frustrations out for a few hours now. I think this is my last revision. Now if anyone else is willing to provide some sound advice please chime in otherwise go away.[b][/b]
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First off I understand your anger. Some of us here are willing to help. Calm down. Remember there will always be others who are jealous. Freddy sounds as though he is jealous to me. Second get all the help you can get so you can move on with your life and third pray about it. That is if you are a religious or should I say spiriritual person. I know that is what I have done to get thru the hard times that I have with my own husband. I am sure at this point that no one feels or understands what you are going thru and this is normal. There are some jerks on here but you have a friend here if you need to ask a question vent or whatever.
Fellows no need to antagonize a fellow vet. This should be a more friendly and less hostile environment. The military that my husband joined is one where they taught core values. Honesty was one of the morals or values taught.
I tried to send this individual who asked the question a private response but that person's profile has been deleted. Was this really necessary to delete that individual's profile? They didn't curse or threaten anyone. Frankly that was a mild response compared to what my husband may have written had someone questioned his motives when he was just seeking out help. Now what if this poor fellow is suicidal? Your comments may have just pushed him or her off the edge. We are veterans or spouses of veterans and there is no need to be so harsh to each other.
Peace and blessings to you all.
FIRST: I have no place for jealousy, animosity or anything less than admiration for ALL veterans.
YOU Posted a question as well as a narrative. DAVE_M and I, as well as BRUCE, DAVE B, RAKWARRIOR most often give opinions that actually compliment each other...meaning one adds to what the other posted..WE HAVE NO VESTED INTEREST TO SEE ANYONE FAIL IN ANY COMPENSATION CLAIM...The Fact that Dave_M May not have posted what I posted is for him to know and answer and I respect that..JUST as he respects the opinions, answers I provide..after all..WE ARE NOT in a competition..we are here to help only and frankly.
IF..YOU WOULD HAVE READ MY POST MORE CAREFULLY..THE SECOND PARAGRAPH AND "THIRD" SPECIFICALLY SAYS, AND I QUOTE "I HOPE I AM NOT READING THIS THE WAY YOU ARE PRESENTING IT etc"
Now, for your information, I am a veteran advocate, I am not a mean person..but one thing that people DO KNOW about me ESPECIALLY ON MILCOM..IS THAT I AM KNOWN FOR SAYING LIKE IT IS" what others may not say for being politically correct, or for not wanting to be a naysayer...I have and I always will say it like it is...and again..I ALWAYS...qualify myself by first giving notice...such as that line you apparently missed "I HOPE I DIDN"t"
Lastly..PTSD these days have become so commonplace that with the information, including the GAF scoring system all available on the web...there is no doubt in my mind..(and alot of others, but choose to remain silent) that claims are being played, and perhaps by more than the expected number you see published.
I wish you the best, as I do all others. I cannot and will not apologize for my post. I am an expert as much as an expert can be on veteran issues and most important..I am a veterans advocate to THE CORE...but unfortunately, I will also always speak my mind.
Eres Tu!
btw..you can obtain life insureance from the VA...if within the time limits VSGLI ( memory.) or the RH policy and if you're 100%..then the premiums are waived.
2. DOD and CHP 61: 30% from DOD is key.and any number above that is for practical purposes immaterial...for @ 30% you are retired, you qualify for Tricare and all the other bennies..so the % that matters is the one from the VA.
Your observation that "I may be jealous"
That note would make for a very misinformed statement. I have no reason to be jealous or envious of any person, but respect them all and honor them for their service and will advocate on their behalf..ALL THE TIME.
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First, only the owner of the profile and home office can delete a profile. I can not delete it, and neither can another member.
Second, you can not send private messages. They are disabled as they where abused.
Freddy is a disabled Vet, as am I. Freddy is a combat vet, retired from the US Army. If I remember right, he has PTSD.
One of the issues we often see here on these boards is that people focus on the compensation and not the treatment. You are new here, and should look at the body of work to see what has been said in the past on this topic.
The individual was very concerned with documenting his PTSD to the military for retirement purposes. In my post you will see that I said that the medical notes for receiving care at the VA is the best documentation to the PEB review, much better than a 100% VA rating for PTSD. SMC for this is not much money, but he should apply for CRSC if this is from combat. A 100% rating for PTSD requires a pair as the person is unable to manage money. Also a GAF of 30 is not the same as the VA standard for 100% PTSD, which does not use the GAF.
The OP's inability to work is not due to the GAF, but due to the side effect of meds. He stated this, and as such I would not expect the VA to rate PTSD at 100%.
Freddy and I have different styles, and different backgrounds. We do not always agree on the message, but always work to help our fellow vets. He is not jealous of another poster. I am not jealous of anyone with a disease that the VA rates 100%, and I hope no one is jealous of the rating I have for a disease that limits what I can do. I am rated 100% for one disease and 10% each for 3 others. I could get SMC if I went for an increase in one of two of my 10% to 30% or more, but I feel that the risk is not worth $300 a month. My feeling. My opinion. My choice.
We can only share our knowledge and experience with other vets.
And FREDDY, you do not need to post with a quote for the topic above your post, only if it is like this several up. And if you highlight part of the post, it will respond with only that part.
It looks like 22445702 has left the building. Before I saw Dave Mabo's post, I was ready to give 22445702 a warning and consulate with Dave about giving his a suspension because of this comment: I know what a SHHHH head you really are as well as others and the general tone of his post. But, Dave made the point loud and clear.
My advice to my dear friend Freddy, and other members, would be that when they are attacked that they should re-frame form justifilng their position are striking back in any way.
The appropriate action would be to notify one of the Veterans Issues" moderators and let us deal with the inappropriate comments. This keeps the moderators from having to caution both members. This helps to keep the Veterans Forums from becoming a battle of personalities.
Blessings to all,
Let's try to keep focused on the veterans.
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Bruce. I had not sent any private messages to anyone. I came here seeking advice. My integrity was attacked.
I didn't curse at anyone. I merely improvised a word or two since you can't curse on here. Is there something wrong with that? Am I not allowed to strike back when my integrity is questioned?
The Golden Rule was not applied to me therefore I didn't give the same courtesy back when I replied to Freddy. Please take note that Freddy attacked my integrity first. He put me on the defensive. I felt the same scrutiny that anyone who has dealt with social security and who is under the age of 50 has gone thru when I got the post from Freddy and I was deeply offended.
I only wanted advice and still do. I hear so many things and do not know what to do. So if anyone has any other advice please chime in any time to include suggestions for treatment since you feel I am so focused on monetary gain which I can assure you is not the case. I would like to point out though that the VA which rated me low on several other conditions also admitted that my other physical ailments were worse than initially thought after a few X-rays and MRIs were taken and several years of being patient. My personal experience which is all I can go off of is that they rate too low on certain conditions. I have other service connected mental conditions in addition to PTSD so it's not just a matter of this.
Anyone have any experiences with the inpatient program? Did it help?
Thank you as I have stated to Dave who has provided timely and sound advice to me in years past.
Apologies to all including Freddy who were offended by my original post.
I believe an apology is due me by Freddy but I won't hold my breath if he won't admit his fault.
No, you can not strike back. You can complain. You can answer. The job of moderators is to enforce the rules. As the lead, I am charged with maintaining the culture of this forum. I think you took Freddy wrong, and I stated it.
We hope you continue to participate. This is the OP for those who have not figured it out. He changed his user ID from a number to a name. And I have not found the VA to do vets wrong.
Pardon me, but this topic went so far out of where it began in my feeble brain, please allow me to not address some posts. I would however desire to address the following statement:
If you are rated 100% for a set of conditions and one of them is PTSD at 70%, it is a great risk to go the next level which is 100%. As being 100% rated for PTSD has heavy issues, as in no longer able to handle your own money, restricted in regards to firearms, restrictions you most likely will regret. There is no assurance of SMC either, those SMC awards are based on exact requirements.
I have had 100% service connected veterans open up their claim for more issues, to only lose what they had!
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Here is a copy and paste of PTSD rating for 100%. Please review it carefully.
General Rating Formula for Mental Disorders:
Total occupational and social impairment, due to
such symptoms as: gross impairment in thought
processes or communication; persistent delusions
or hallucinations; grossly inappropriate behavior;
persistent danger of hurting self or others;
intermittent inability to perform activities of
daily living (including maintenance of minimal
personal hygiene); disorientation to time or
place; memory loss for names of close relatives,
own occupation, or own name....................... 100
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Dave , I need help I was in vietnam in 1970-1971,I was in 577th Eng.Co D, but I can't rebember the place I need to know for my ptsd clam. my e-mail is personal contact numbers are not are not allowed. Your answer will be posted here. please help.
I have not idea how you would expect Dave or anyone else to provide that answer without doing an Internet search. I would think you could do that yourself.
You will need a whole lot more than the location to support a claim for PTSD.
Have contacted a Veterans Service Officer (VSO) at one of the veterans' service organizations such as DAV, VFW etc?
We would like to assist you but, there are things that you need to do for your self.
If not you need to do that tomorrow.
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I woke up a few days ago with a fever, swollen neck glands and bright red tonsils the size of strawberries! Eek! Needless to say, swallowing hurt. Being stubborn, I did nothing about it besides sleep a lot. But then it got worse, so I decided to try using some of the herbs I had in my pantry. Wouldn't you know it, one day of folk medicine and voila! I am well. Here's what I did:
To cleanse the swollen lymph glands, I drank a cold infusion of cleavers (photo at left). Tasted like cucumber water! I made it by chopping up the plant, putting it into some cheesecloth, and using a rubber band to suspend that bundle in a mason jar with cold water. I let it sit overnight and drank it in the morning.
To attack the throat infection, I made a powerful tea. I boiled some water with raw honey and fresh lemon, then added 40 drops of a potent antimicrobial Oregon Grape Root tincture I made in January '09. I put it in a mug with a little tea ball containing pieces of the leaves of:
* Mullein: A fuzzy-textured plant that grows in bright sunny places in disturbed soil and is soothing to sore throats and lungs. I gathered this from Jason's front lawn.
* Rosemary: A commonly cultivated plant that is antimicrobial. A mysterious and generous neighbor had left a handwritten sign and some scissors, allowing for random strangers like myself to clip bunches of the herb from the sidewalk.
* Lemon balm: A mint that runs amuck around here and tastes like it sounds. I just wanted the flavor.
* Lomatium: A very powerful antiviral/antimicrobial for the respiratory system. Also known as "Biscuitroot." I gathered it with Emily from a steep and rocky hillside near Oregon's Columbia River. It has yellow flowers that cluster together in an umbrella. (Note: Lomatium is a member of the parsley family so if you want to harvest this one make sure of what it is — don't confuse it with the poisonous hemlock parsley.)
I am now back to feeling totally healthy, and I was able to do it entirely with wild plants I gathered, most within a mile of my apartment. No antibiotics, no doctor visit. Amazing!
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Alex Pressley appeared to be have a bead on Mauro Gomez's shot to left center but with the wind blowing toward left field one of two things was bound to happen: Pressley was going to make a catch at the wall or Gomez was going to give the Buffalo Bisons an early lead.
As the ball carried, Pressley approached the wall and leaped but the ball, and the glove of the Indianapolis Indians' center fielder, sailed over the fence for a two-run homer. Pressley stretched out his arms, shrugged his shoulders and waited for someone to retrieve his mitt.
Just after Pressley was tossed a replacement glove, Josh Thole forced him to backpedal again and again he had no play as the Bisons took a 3-0 lead. They added a fourth run in the first, then held on to win, 6-5, on Sunday at Coca-Cola Field.
The Bisons split the four-game set with the Indians, who have the best record in the International League at 34-17. Getting to Tribe starter Brooks Brown (3-1), who lost for the first time this season, was pivotal for the Herd.
"When they do the things they're supposed to do they're untouchable, seriously," the Bisons' Luis Jimenez said about the Tribe's pitching staff. "We try to go against them right away, we try and jump on them in the beginning of the count because they try and jump on the strikes a lot. That's why we needed to focus and we did very good in the first couple of innings."
Bisons skipper Marty Brown doesn't like to rely heavily on home runs, but they've come in handy as the Herd have improved to 28-20 heading into an eight-game road swing through Durham and Norfolk. Buffalo has hit an International League best 56 home runs, inflating its IL-best .447 slugging percentage.
Norfolk has 52 homers, 11 more than Rochester and Syracuse, which was playing against Columbus in a later game.
"Everybody is comfortable with each other and we talk about pitchers, we talk about little things to make adjustments, and we've been doing great," said Jimenez, who hit his 10th homer in the fifth inning. "We've been performing in the right way. Sometimes you try and perform and you don't do it in the right way so you get restless. We have guys who listen to each other and that's how we've been doing good."
Jimenez is the only Bison ranked in the top 10 in homers – Rochester's Chris Colabello leads the IL with 12 – but three are in the top six in hitting, and Jimenez paces the league with 44 RBIs. Ryan Langerhans, who went 3 for 4 and scored two runs Sunday, and Gomez are tied with eight homers.
Andy LaRoche and Eugenio Velez each have six and they're waiting for Moises Sierra, who has four homers, to display the power he has shown in the past. Sierra hit .289 with 17 home runs and 63 RBIs in 100 games at Triple-A Las Vegas in 2012.
"We've got the ability up and down the order to hit some home runs with Jimenez and Sierra but we haven't seen that from Sierra because he's in a little bit of a funk right now," Brown said. "He's got the ability to hit some home runs as well as Gomez. Langerhans has done his part, LaRoche has run into some balls. We do have the ability – which is nice, if you're down you can get back into a game really quick – but we don't rely on the home run necessarily."
The Indians rallied with three runs in the ninth but reliever Neil Wagner, who picked up his 13th save, got Felix Pie to fly out to left field to end the game. Dave Bush (5-4) went five innings to pick up the win.
Left-hander Ricky Romero (0-0, 8.76 ERA) is scheduled to take the mound for the Bisons at 5:05 p.m. today against Durham southpaw Alex Torres (2-2, 2.81).
Thole was struck in the right hand by a foul tip in the seventh but remained in the game. During his at-bat in the bottom of the inning, Thole swung and dropped his bat in pain and, after a brief meeting with Brown, was replaced by Mike Nickeas. Down 0-2 in the count, Nickeas struck out swinging on the next pitch. Brown said there wasn't any swelling on Thole's hand but didn't know if he was going to be available today.
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Anthony Jeselnik is from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. He graduated from Tulane University. Anthony is a stand-up comedian, most famous for THE COMEDY CENTRAL ROAST OF DONALD TRUMP and THE COMEDY CENTRAL ROAST OF CHARLIE SHEEN, as well as THE JESELNIK OFFENSIVE, which he starred in and crated, airing for two seasons in 2013. Anthony has also performed on CONAN, THE TONIGHT SHOW, JIMMY KIMMEL LIVE and was the first ever stand-up comic to appear on LATE NIGHT WITH JIMMY FALLON. Anthony has also written for LATE NIGHT WITH JIMMY FALLON and received an Emmy Nomination for his work on A NIGHT OF TOO MANY STARS: AN OVERBOOKED CONCERT FOR AUTISM EDUCATION. Anthony was named one of Variety's 10 Comics to Watch in 2008 and one of Comedy Central's Hot Comics in 2009. In 2010, Anthony released his critically acclaimed debut comedy album, SHAKESPEARE, through Comedy Central Records. After the Comedy Central Roasts of Charlie Sheen, Donald Trump and Roseanne Barr, Anthony released CALIGULA, his first hour long special, to critical acclaim.
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The Obama administration is facing more pressure from both Republicans and Democrats to delay the implementation of the health law in the wake of the disastrous rollout of its website.
"The rollout has been a disaster. And so what I'm proposing is that we extend the period in which people can enroll," Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-N.H., said.
Republicans are looking forward to questioning Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius on Wednesday, as calls for her to resign continue to grow.
"We want her to talk with us before she is out the door," Rep. Marsha Blackburn, R-Tenn., said. "But I tell you - the incompetence in building this website is staggering."
"When I am talking to health care officials and constituents they're saying 'How can you expect the government to handle one sixth of the economy when there is this type of staggering incompetence on a website rollout?'" she added.
Sebelius is now promising the government will fix the website by the end of November.
But Republicans say the catastrophe brings into question whether the execution and delivery of Obamacare will prove equally problematic.
"I'll tell you, as a doctor, I want to make sure that patients can actually get affordable, high quality care," Sen. John Barrasso, R-Wis., said. "The website was supposed to be the easy part of this. So, I see actually this is just the tip of the iceberg of problems with bigger problems to come."
"This is an incompetent rollout, but it's symptomatic of a liberal ideology that believes government should be running our health care," Gov. Bobby Jindal, R-La., said. "Maybe they'll bring in Al Gore, you know, the guy who says he invented the Internet. Maybe they'll fix the website."
One debate on Capitol Hill this week--just how to effectively manage delays in the program, including delays on penalties for those remaining uninsured.
The administration has proposed extending the grace period until March 31 - an extra six weeks. Democratic Sen. Joe Manchin wants a one-year delay on the penalty for non-compliance.
The government originally planned that half a million Americans would enroll for coverage this month, but it now appears the number will only be a fraction of that amount.
Meanwhile, HealthCare.gov suffered another setback over the weekend.
The federal data services hub, which verifies the personal information of people applying for benefits, went down due to a network problem.
Obamacare Debacle Spurs Calls for Sebelius to Resign
Blame Game Dominates Obamacare Site Hearing
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The official call for presentations has closed.
However, we may be able to accommodate additional papers reporting late-breaking research or information. If you have a late-breaking abstract you wish to submit, please contact Katie Beilfuss at programs[at]wisconsinwetlands.org.
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In 2013, Wisconsin Wetlands Association will convene members of the regional wetland community for our 18th Annual Conference to discuss the latest in wetland science, management, restoration and protection issues around the theme, Great Wetlands, Healthy Watersheds. This two-day conference will include topical oral sessions; organized symposia; a poster session; working groups; a banquet with speaker; and field trips to Sheboygan-area wetlands. Following more than a nearly two decade-long tradition, we anticipate that this year's conference will contribute to a growing regional collaboration for protecting and conserving Wisconsin's wetlands.
Wisconsin Wetlands Association invites you to submit an abstract for presentation at our 18th Annual Wetland Conference. We seek proposals for oral presentations or posters on wetland research, restoration, and management projects. We welcome presentations on work done in all wetland community types and from around the Midwest region, as long as the content of the presentation applies to wetlands of Wisconsin. We especially encourage submissions on these topics related to the theme, Great Wetlands, Healthy Watersheds. We will also consider presentations on general aspects of wetland ecology and management. Themes for presentation submissions include, but are not limited to, the following topics:
We encourage graduate and undergraduate students to submit abstracts for both oral and poster presentations.
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If you would like guidance on how to write your abstract such that the theme connection is clear, please contact us. If you feel that your work is timely and of interest to the wetland community, but are unsure about its relevance to our 2012 theme, please contact us to discuss options for inclusion of your work at our conference. All abstract-related inquiries should be directed to Katie Beilfuss: (608) 250-9971 or programs[at]wisconsinwetlands.org.
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Alligator shows up on front porch on Mother's Day
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A large alligator found hanging out on the front porch on Mother's Day has been bagged and transported to Everglades Holiday Park.
Alfonso Castaneda of Parkland woke up Sunday morning to find the large reptile on his porch. He called the Gator Boys to remove the gator.
The family told WPLG TV that at first they thought it was a Mother's Day prank and that the gator wasn't real.
A trapper dragged the gator into a side yard, taped its jaw and bagged it.
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Archive for April, 2011
Wigs: Yellow vs Blonde
This is an interesting topic and something I see come up a lot in wig advice threads. Yellow or Blonde, what color should a wig be? It's a challenge that can make or break a cosplay! Some people argue that yellow never is good, however I don't believe that it's true and I am going to go over some ways to determine if you should choose a blonde or yellow wig!
Obvious Blondes
These characters tend to have a lighter color of hair that is more blonde than yellow anyway. These generally should be a blonde wig.
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So Mjolnir is finished! This prop was made for my friend Josh who is a big fan of Thor!
Making the Prop:
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pls, reprint for me to buy this piece, AWESOME shirt, congrats!
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3. Profit!
BAH! I want this so bad! Please reprint!
Reprint!! This is the sickest shirt ever!
I wear this out a lot – People are always down with this tee. Raaaaaaarrrrrrrrr!
Awesome, can't wait to get it!
Use discount code 6BEACK on your next purchase for a 10% discount!
one of the most requested shirts on this site- great choice for a reprint DBH!
already put in my order today, but I may place another order at the end of the week- can always use a backup of this one :)
Haha this one goes to my gf.
holy shit yes they reprinted and i managed to get one :D
ugggghhhhhhh you've got to be kidding me! i missed the reprint AGAIN?! nooooo :(
huh. the placement is different on the reprint. not as good but still epic
This is funky. I like. Dinosaur plus great shirt color plus nice overall aesthetics equals greatness.
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Just bought this shirt, can't wait wanted for ages!
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We're going to take a little break from our usual reviews of paintball gear and goodies to explain some new changes to our website structure. Some of our more astute readers might have noticed that there is now a website called HustlePaintballGear.com, in addition to HustlePaintball.com. Don't worry, we're aware of it, and it was actually our idea. We'll explain here, or if you'd prefer to watch the video, we've got a link to it here.
What It's Not
HustlePaintballGear.com is not an instance of somebody trying to use our name to sell low-quality merchandise. We own the domain. This also doesn't mean there is a split in our company. Everything goes through the same place, same people, same everything. Both sites will be running at the same time, just serving different niches and selling different types of products, for reasons we'll explain below.
Why the Change?
Because of some recent changes in Google's paid advertisement plan, we've felt the need to make some changes. Since they have expanded their definition of "firearms" to include paintball markers, they aren't going to let us advertise our site and markers (now classified as "dangerous items") through their service. At the end of the day, we're a business, and we need to be able to advertise.
Our solution was simple we sell everything through a brand new site except markers. Hence, the creation of HustlePaintballGear.com, a site where we can sell all of our apparel, pads, hoppers, masks, and the like for paintball. Because we don't sell markers through this site, we can advertise it on Google and keep getting our name out there, while providing links to our original site to sell markers.
What Does This Mean?
You might need to make a few little changes, but we've designed this transition to be as painless as possible. For those of you who are used to the original site, nothing's going to change we're going to keep running that business-as-usual, and you're still going to be able to buy the full range of products. If you bookmark the original HustlePaintball.com address, it's going to be like nothing's changed.
If you do go to the new site, you're going to see everything we normally sell, minus the markers. Other than that, as I've said, nothing's changed. It's still the same high-quality stuff out of the same warehouse with the same crew. This sister website was just a loophole we created to allow us at Hustle Paintball to keep advertising on a popular search engine and nothing more. Wherever you get your gear, either through HustlePaintball.com or HustlePaintballGear.com, you're getting the same range of products, same level of support, and same guarantee that we've got exactly what you need.


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Electronic submissions are encouraged (as Word or WordPerfect attachments), but paper submissions will be accepted. Panel submissions should total no more than three pages and must include the following information: the name of each panelist as she/he would like it to appear on the program should the panel be accepted (please check the proper spelling of everyone's name); each participant's institutional affiliation and status (graduate student, assistant professor, lecturer, professor, etc.); the role of each panelist (presenter, chair, commentator, etc.); and contact information, including a working e-mail address and phone number for each participant. Each panel or roundtable should include a brief rationale, the title of each paper, and a short description of the work to be presented. Each panelist should include a brief bio. Please adhere to the limit of three pages. One member of each proposed session should be designated as the contact person.
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The Salem FOE will host a Crab Imperial Dinner on Saturday, Nov. 23, at 6:45 p.m.
The dinner will feature baked crab imperial, twice-baked potatoes, vegetable medley, rolls and homemade desserts.
The cost is $22 per person.
For reservations or more information, call 856-935-2357 after 3 p.m.
The Salem FOE is located at 232 E. Broadway, Salem.
Ladies Auxiliary to hold sub sale
The Ladies Auxiliary of the Monroeville Fire Company will hold a sub sale Nov. 23 at the Elmer Grange Hall, 535 Daretown Road, Upper Pittsgrove.
Sub pick up is between 11 a.m. and 1 p.m. Choices are Italian or turkey. Cost is $6 each.
To order, call 856-358-2948 by Nov. 20.
The sub sale will be held the same day as the Chinese auction. Doors will open at 5 p.m. and the auction will begin at 6:30 p.m. Donations of items are being received by local businesses and residents. Items to be donated can be given to any auxiliary member or brought to the grange hall on Nov. 23 between 10 a.m. and 1 p.m.
Admission to the event is $5 and includes one card of tickets and a door prize ticket.
Extra tickets can be purchased. Refreshments and 50-50 tickets are also available for purchase. Kettle Corn popcorn, available in three flavors, will be available for purchase for $4 each.
For more information, call 856-358-2948 or 856-358-0624.
Glendon Lodge Jr. game set
The third annual Glendon Lodge Jr. Memorial Alumni Game will be held Nov. 23 at 6 p.m. at the Tom White Soccer Complex on Wingate Drive in Pennsville.
The annual game is held in honor of Lodge, one of the original Pennsville Soccer Association players from 1978 and a stand-out player for Pennsville Memorial High School where he was co-captain of the 1986 Tri-County Championship team.
Donations will be accepted and given to the Pennsville Soccer Association's PMHS scholarships.
For information on playing in the game or general information contact Glenn Christman at email@example.com or 609-202-9139.
Inspira Auxiliary hosts trip to Pa.
Inspira Auxiliary Elmer is sponsoring a trip to "Pennsylvania Christmas and Gift Show" on Dec. 6.
During the trip, you can visit more than 500 specialty shoppers selling a wide array of exclusive, unique gifts for family and friends.
The trip will depart from Inspira Medical Center Elmer's parking lot at 6:30 a.m.
Call Mary Ellen at 856-358-2440 for more information.


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2nd Time Aroundby James Earl Hardy
Sequel to B-Boy Blues.
B-Boy Blues: A Seriously Sexy, Fiercely Funny, Black-on-Black Love Storyby James Earl Hardy
Two men from very different backgrounds find love; first in a series.
A House Is Not A Homeby James Earl Hardy
Sixth in the B-Boy Blues series; African-American gay couple make their way into middle age and its struggles.
Love the One You're With: A B-Boy Blues Novelby James Earl Hardy
Do men and monogamy mix? It's not a question Mitchell "Little Bit" Crawford gave much thought to until his beaufriend of almost two years, Raheim "Pooquie" Rivers, an All-American jeans model, heads to Hollywood to make his first feature film. As Mitchell soon discovers, the temptation to cheat is very real . . . and it seems to be everywhere. An ex even pops up hoping to pick up where they left -- and got -- off. While intrigued, Mitchell chalks all the attention up to "the married man" syndrome: one is much more desirable when he's attached to someone else. But as he continues to run into bisexual musician Montgomery "Montee" Simms, the look-but-don't-touch rule is put to the test. As he and Montee get closer, Mitchell's idealistic beliefs about commitment are challenged. Will he love the one he's with because he can't be with the one he loves?
Villa Mirabellaby James Earl Hardy Peter Pezzelli
In his acclaimed novels of Italian-American life, Peter Pezzelli explores themes of friendship, hope, and second chances. With Villa Mirabella, he invites readers into the lives of an unforgettable family--and into the warmth of one very special bed and breakfast. . .When Jason Mirabella returns to his childhood home on a blustery winter's day, the only thing he's sure of is that he'll be staying in Providence just long enough to get back on his feet again. It's been three years since Jason moved to Los Angeles, brimming with ambitions he knew could never be fulfilled in Rhode Island. He had no intention of entering the family business--running a beautiful but timeworn B&B that's struggling to compete with downtown's luxurious new hotels. Smart, proud, and hardworking, Jason found quick success in L.A, until one foolish decision cost him everything. Jason's widowed father, Giulio, is overjoyed to have his prodigal son back in the fold under any circumstances, though his siblings, Ray and Natalie, are less than thrilled. But as days go by, Jason slowly begins to carve out a place for himself, rediscovering the people and places he was so eager to leave behind, and beginning a tentative romance with a young woman who opens his eyes to a wider world. Just as Jason begins to forge a better understanding of his family, circumstances transpire to test that bond and challenge his resolutions. Now, as the promise of spring comes to New England once more, Jason will learn that sometimes, you can go home again, and the answers found there may be the only ones you need. . .
Visible Livesby James Earl Hardy Stanley Bennett Clay Terrance Dean
Three Stories in Tribute to E. Lynn HarrisBestselling author and literary icon E. Lynn Harris captivated millions of readers with his powerful, groundbreaking stories of black men searching for love in a taboo world. Now three outstanding writers and friends honor the late author with this trio of original novellas in the genre E. Lynn helped create--each accompanied by a special personal tribute remembering the important role he played in their lives. Evoking the hope, romance, and complexity of this gifted writer, this unique collection will serve as a living legacy for fans old and new. "A creative way to pay homage to a writer who paved the way for so many other authors. . .something I'm sure E. Lynn would have appreciated." -ZANE, New York Times Bestselling AuthorTerrance Dean is the author of the Essence® bestselling memoir Hiding in Hip Hop as well as Reclaim Your Power! He has worked in the entertainment industry for many years as a producer and is the founder/creator of Men's Empowerment, Inc.
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I loathe those tiny terry-cloth shorts with words written across the butt. And the more salacious the words on the butt the more likely the shorts are to be three-sizes too small and totally age-inappropriate.
Life is not a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a pretty and well preserved body, but rather to skid in broadside, thoroughly used up, totally worn out, steak in one hand, chocolate in the other, yelling "Holy F***, What a Ride!"
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I loathe those tiny terry-cloth shorts with words written across the butt. And the more salacious the words on the butt the more likely the shorts are to be three-sizes too small and totally age-inappropriate.
44 year-old chick, 5'8"-ish, 2/6/12 Start Weight: 189.2
My boopy stuff: MDA journal | Daily Plate
SOOOO true! Recently I saw a gal wearing the shorts, in the SNOW, with snow boots.....the back of her shorts said PHAT.......she was about a size 18, the shorts were about a size 12-14.
Started PB Aug 9, 2010 then let 'stuff' get in the way
Back to start and make a fantastic 2012
Goal of Significant Weight Loss
15 pounds down! with more to go!
Although I'm fairly indifferent to whatever weird apparel adults decide to wear, I have to say that the following when I was teaching MADE ME INSANE.
1) Please do not send your five-year-old daughter to school in three-inch platform sandals. It is very hard to run at recess while wearing three-inch platform sandals, and Teacher Panda has to spend a lot of time tending bruised knees. I won't say a word about her midriff if you ditch the shoes.
2) Please do not allow your six-year-old son to attend school in his Power Ranger Halloween costume for weeks on end. Yes, I know it's what he likes to wear, but it is okay to say no. You see, in addition to the distraction this causes, having a high-kicking Power Ranger among us in the classroom, it is also made of very thin material and it is forty degrees outside. Teacher Panda is tired of hearing your son complain that he is cold.
3) Please do not send your four-year-old daughter to school wearing an all-white outfit autographed by the designer, and inform Teacher Panda that I should not let her get dirty. (This particular child, in addition to just being four, was a veritable PigPen.) It made me sad when she would notice some new grass stain or paint on her autographed-by-the-designer-white-apparel and say in horror, "Teacher! I'm going to be in so much trouble!"
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A 5-year-old in platform sandals with a bare midriff? That is sad! I can only imagine what mom wears. <-- Probably tiny terry-cloth shorts with the word MILF across the back.
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My boopy stuff: MDA journal | Daily Plate
Thankfully, with the DISD dress code, we didn't have many issues with that. Even unnatural hair dye was technically verboten.
There was one chick, however, that I saw in college. Due to where she carried her excess weight, she was VERY hippy. We're talking "nice tits, decent stomach, WHABAM, 3 axe handle hips!" I normally don't pay much attention to people's body shapes, but she called attention to it all too well. How? By wearing a fluorescent orange tube top with reflective sequin broad stripes, fluorescent orange mini skirt, and platform 6" high heels that matched the shirt perfectly. She LOOKED like a walking traffic cone, I shit you not.
Life is not a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a pretty and well preserved body, but rather to skid in broadside, thoroughly used up, totally worn out, steak in one hand, chocolate in the other, yelling "Holy F***, What a Ride!"
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I was out once with my aunt and saw a woman whose clothing was too tight and short and horribly age inappropriate. I said something about it and my aunt said "she probably just lost a lot of weight and wants to show off". So now that I am losing I try to be very conscious that I don't overdo because I want to show off.
My pet peeve, platform flip flops with a bathing suit (I am from Florida), for some reason they think this makes their legs look longer when it really just has a sort of 'Frankenstein's bride goes to the beach' look.
"Life isn't about waiting for the storm to pass. It is about learning to dance in the rain."
My journal: http://www.marksdailyapple.com/forum/thread36279.html
My "Program": doing my version of a 4:3 - 3 day fast diet with real food every day, with a little twist of anti-inflammatory mixed in.
Gay Panda is on a ripper of a water spike.
There really is no reason why. For one lovely day I was in the sick and sexyfied 170s, and then I bumped back to the 180s and my body is completely uninterested in returning. Instead, it spirals higher and higher, and Gay Panda has had to put on The Patient Hat when really what Gay Panda wants to do is yell as this drags on. This is entirely unfair since it isn't my fault or my body's fault, it's just what happens, and my clothes fit wonderfully and my measurements show improvement.
I think that a lot of us have emotional trigger numbers. Gay Panda has two: 200 and 180. The first many of you probably share. 200 kicked me down the road like a can, spinning wildly and scraping on the pavement and slamming into curbs, because it seemed like such an insane number for one panda to be. I don't body build. I'm not a football player. I don't have a conjoined twin. Dear Valhalla, I don't even eat that much! 200 is where my mind drew the line between plump to obese, and to not even share the same hundreds digit as my goal weight made that goal weight seem impossible. 200 was an emotional slaughterhouse for me. Of course, no one is really any thinner at 199.8 than at 200.0, but just to see the 1 instead of the 2 made me feel spanky.
Of lesser degree but still present is 180. When I was running miles and maintaining a massive calorie deficit for months on end, I was unable to slide past it to the 170s. No matter what I did, I could not get lower than 180. And then my body began rocketing up, fleeing past the high 180s to the 190s and settling there as I ran myself to injuries and my body finally said KNOCK IT THE HELL OFF AND FEED ME. And then it climbed higher, because the foods I chose for a body desperate for calories were healthy whole grains and tons of fruit. Past 200 and up and up . . .
What if that is what is happening again? I doubt we've hit replay, but to have a water spike of some duration at this specific number is a jolt. I wasn't expecting it to bother me this much, but it does. So I'm fighting with myself today, because part of me wants to have a tantrum and the rest of me is saying you're in the low 180s and that's great and the water spike will go away like it always does IN TIME. But this is where Gay Panda runs into one of the panda flaws: patience is a virtue that I do not possess in great quantities. And weight loss requires it in spades.
But I have a day full of activities that must be attended: such rousing sport as laundry and vacuuming and shopping for swine flu and steak. My sink needs to be scoured and I found the original notes on The Dammerung from many years ago to read, and it entertains me to see how those first scribbles eventually became a gigantic book. I need to edit my series and yell at Avada Kedavra to stop pecking at the house because the sound makes me crazy. So maybe the best way to deal with the trigger number is not to put any more energy to it; I got my bitch out in my journal and sent a rude text to Lady Friend, and now I should do other things besides feeding a dwell. The dwell does not solve anything, and allowing it to grow will stop me from doing all the productive things about the house and in my life that would make me feel better in the long run.
So my word for the day is gracious, which I will act even if I do not feel, and on to laundry.
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Barron Nason lived on Easy Street when he moved to Charleston in 1997.
That's not a figure of speech. It was the name of his boat - a 40-foot trawler he kept docked at City Marina on the Ashley River.
His slip was just a stone's throw from Roper Hospital's emergency department, which is where Nason worked back then - the reason he moved from Baton Rouge to South Carolina in the first place.
He lived on Easy Street in Louisiana too, all the way through his medical residency. It was kind of strange, he admits, for a young man who grew up on a cattle farm in West Tennessee.
Nason calls Sullivan's Island home now - "the bubble," he jokes - with his wife Jessica and their three children.
Life on Easy Street ended years before Nason became Charleston's celebrity physician, long before he envisioned building an urgent care empire or appeared in any TV commercial.
While "urgent care" as a specialty is one of the fastest growing sectors in the health care industry, it didn't really exist when Nason first started practicing medicine. Even today, with more than 9,000 urgent care facilities nationwide, there's disagreement about what the term actually means, including some criticism among doctors and hospital administrators who say for-profit facilities like Nason Medical Center are, at best, unnecessary, and, at worst, dangerous for patients who need critical emergency care in a hospital setting.
"Two days ago, I had a patient who was having a heart attack," Nason told The Post and Courier recently. "He could have easily died."
An ambulance took the patient from Nason Medical Center to a hospital, and he survived, but Nason said the man should have gone to a hospital in the first place.
"He didn't think he was having a heart attack. Here's the classic presentation: 'This indigestion is killing me,'" he said. "If everybody knew whether or not they were having a heart attack, it would be pretty dang straightforward. My job would be pretty easy, but we don't."
The vast majority of patients who think they are having emergencies are not, he said, which is one of the reasons why hospital emergency departments are so often clogged.
"The ERs are overwhelmed with patients that have a very low risk for having a life-threatening problem. It is a tremendous, tremendous burden," he said.
This is a revelation that took years of practicing emergency medicine in a hospital to understand, Nason said. "Only in the last year or two, from telling this story so many times, have I reflected on how I really got to this point."
That story starts in Paris.
Academic scholarship
Paris, Tenn. - population 10,156 - is roughly two hours northeast of Memphis, just south of the Kentucky border. Nason, 45, was raised there.
"In Tennessee, everyone has at least 10 to 15 acres. That's what you talk about at cocktail parties. It's a big part of the culture where I'm from."
To drive that point home, he likes to talk about a pig named Sue that he received for a birthday present one year. "I didn't know anything about pigs, of course. I was a little kid."
One night during a blizzard Sue delivered 14 piglets, one of which eventually earned a 10-year-old Nason top honors - Grand Champion Swine - at the local 4H fair. He kept the newspaper clipping to prove it.
"Barron has always been the type of person when he sets a goal, he has the initiative to get to where he needs to go," said his dad, R.O. Nason. "He hit the ground running when he was born and hasn't stopped since."
Nason left Paris in 1986 to attend the University of Mississippi on a full academic scholarship, where he studied biology, chemistry and English. In 1990 he began medical school at East Tennessee State University in Johnson City.
"I rely more on that English degree today than I do anything else," he said. "They really do a disservice to us in the educational system. When we graduate from medical school and when we graduate from residency, there's not one hour devoted to how you run a business."
Seminal moment
He tells this next part of the story often - the cold, busy night in the ER that set the idea for Nason Medical Center in motion.
"We were very understaffed," he remembers.
By then, Nason had left his job at Roper Hospital for a position in the Trident Medical Center ER. He doesn't know the exact date and declined to state the year.
He called Trident's former hospital administrator that night because he needed help.
"I said, 'This is so far past bad service, we're going to kill someone tonight.'"
A nurse approached him while he was on the phone and said the administration had just decided to send one of his staff home. "I thought about it and I've got this guy on the phone and I'm telling him I need help and she's telling me this guy just sent home one of my nurses."
"Why would he do that?" Nason said. He realized the decision was based on maximizing the hospital's profit margin, he said.
"What's the number one expense in health care? Payroll. It's a very easy decision. Send someone home from each department."
That night he decided he couldn't practice medicine in a hospital anymore.
"Years earlier I would have been thrilled - the chaos, just out-of-control emergency medicine. Unless you've been in that environment, it's hard to appreciate the true chaos of it." But after that night, he said, "Man, I'll flip cheeseburgers before I do this the rest of my life."
New venture
Nason said he didn't leave the hospital system because he was burnt out and hated emergency medicine.
"I started Nason Medical Center because I loved emergency medicine and wanted to save it."
It almost sounds like a tag line from one his commercials, many of which he writes himself.
"Don't wait on health care. Let health care wait on you." That's a Barron Nason original too. "That took me a half a bottle of wine to get that one just right," he said.
"I get the credit of being the visionary of Nason Medical Center because my name is on the building, like I saw a burning bush or I had a dream, an epiphany and all this came to me. That couldn't be farther from the truth."
In fact, he said he didn't even like the name Nason Medical Center at first. Early financial documents show the business was first called Lowcountry Urgent Care. Nason and his business partner, Bob Hamilton, a former Kodak executive, also considered using other generic names, such as Palmetto, Tidewater or Seaside.
"Bob came to me and said, 'I think you need to consider using your name.' And I'm like, 'Are you crazy? No way.' I said, 'I will not be that guy. I'm an ER doctor. I will not. The next thing you know, you'll want me on TV.'?"
He laughs now because he never dreamed how successful those commercials would be or that the first Nason Medical Center in Mount Pleasant, which opened in 2005, would become five centers in the metro area by 2012.
An online market research study paid for by the company last month showed that customers would consider taking themselves or someone they cared about to a Nason facility for prompt medical care before any of the area hospitals.
They also love the popcorn, he said.
Urgent care critics
Some doctors have been less keen to embrace the overall business model.
"I get lots of criticism from the hospitals, lots of criticism," Nason said. "For the first few years, it was a big challenge because we're not just a 'doc in the box.' We're much more than that."
He said he used to stop referring patients to doctors who disparaged his practice.
"I learned my lesson there. If I hear a doctor in the community say something, you know what I do? I send him three patients. Boom! Boom! Boom!" Those patients are his business' best advocates, he said.
"He sends a lot of patients our way with orthopedic problems, and I've heard nothing but good things about Nason Medical Center," said Brodie McKoy, an orthopedist who works for a practice owned by East Cooper Medical Center. "We've looked at what he's done and tried to model some of that in our practice."
Some of the criticism coming from the medical community may be based on jealousy, McKoy said.
"I think probably people may feel threatened by how well he's done and how efficient he's been," McKoy said. "When you set the bar high, if you can't jump that high, you get upset."
Urgent care is actually an umbrella term that could mean different things to different people. Urgent care facilities include primary care clinics staffed by nurses and nurse practitioners, like CVS Minute Clinics, as well as large, acute-care centers staffed by emergency medicine doctors, such as Nason Medical Center.
While CVS Minute Clinics mainly offer basic services like flu shots, larger urgent care centers can set broken bones, order X-rays and treat more serious illnesses.
While Nason said his services cost a sixth of what they would in a hospital ER, a report published last year by the Center for Studying Health System Change concluded that the impact of urgent care centers on health care costs is still unclear.
Some experts fear that larger urgent care facilities like Nason Medical Center may end up costing more money as patients flock there for quick service, instead of making appointments to see their primary care physician.
"'Urgent care' is a marketing term. It's not even really a medical term," Nason acknowledged. "We struggled with using that term because no one really knows what to do with it. It could mean incompetency. It could mean lack of technology."
Nason repeated several times over two interviews that he maintains good relationships with area hospitals.
While the South Carolina Hospital Association declined to comment on his reputation for this article, the association's executive vice president, Allan Stalvey said, "Urgent care centers play an important role in the delivery of care to patients who don't need the intensive service of a hospital emergency department."
"The hospitals are busier than ever," Nason said. "The ERs are overflowing. We're not putting anybody out of business."
'A big risk'
Nason and Hamilton, his business partner, declined to disclose specific financial information about the company, or how much they borrowed to launch the business.
"It's a big risk. I guaranteed every loan - it's a tremendous debt, a tremendous risk, even today," Nason said. "All my chips are in the middle of the table."
Nason said medical center employees in green scrubs - like himself - don't talk about money. Only the employees wearing red, like the front desk staff, are allowed to discuss payment with patients.
Even without disclosing any specifics, the company seems to be prospering. The five Nason Medical Centers around the Lowcountry treated 16,000 patients in January. By comparison, the Medical University Hospital ER saw about 4,100 that month.
Two years after opening the first location in Mount Pleasant, Hamilton said the business grew 15 to 20 percent a year. "It was a strong indication that the public liked what we were doing," he said. Since 2005, staff have seen more than 300,000 patients, many of them more than once.
'Just good service'
In late February, Franklin Johnson, a local manager of Papa Murphy's Take N Bake Pizza, was worried about skin lesions on his hand and leg. He came to Nason Medical Center on Rivers Avenue in North Charleston to have the red spots checked out.
"What have you been up to?" Nason asked as he walked into Johnson's exam room.
"Not good, if I'm here," Johnson said.
"Come on!" Nason said. "You're hurting my feelings!"
This is how Nason acts around patients. He jokes with them, lays on the country charm with his Tennessee accent. He talks loudly and quickly, but doesn't use much medical jargon. That's why they've come to Nason Medical Center, he said.
"The last reason they're here is for the health care that makes them better," he said. "The main reason they're here is because they don't want to wait, they want to be treated like human beings and they want to be talked to in a language they can understand."
Good customer service, often absent in a hospital ER, is an inherent part of his mission, he said. His centers are able to treat patients quickly, he said, essentially by being overstaffed, so that a sudden onslaught of customers wouldn't derail his "they don't want to wait" mantra.
When Nason Medical Center organized a patient service orientation last spring to teach new employees how to treat customers, the company invited local hospital staff to attend. MUSC sent seven doctors, nurses and administrators who listened to the two-hour presentation.
"They invited me to come to (MUSC) and talk to them and I said, 'Guys, I'm busy enough running my own medical practice. I don't have time to come train you,'" Nason said.
But he insists there are no trade secrets.
"There's no free Lortab. There's no hidden agenda. There's no smoking gun. It's just good service."
Reach Lauren Sausser at 937-5598.
Dr. Barron Nason, Nason Medical Center Tuesday, reads a patients image after being scanned last month at the center in North Charleston.×
Dr. Barron Nason moves between examination rooms checking on patients at the Nason Medical Center in North Charleston.×
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Absolutely awesome story! Thanks for posting it!
Andy here. Long time lurker, never posted before but thought I'd come out of the weeds to celebrate a success, if for no other reason than to encourage someone pondering this choice...to MAKE this choice.
6 feet tall and found myself at 219 lbs on January 21st, 2012. I cant describe how bad I SUFFERED from heartburn all day every day. I carried antacids on my person 24/7. Literally waking up at night with acid in my throat, even though I had begun propping up on a pillow to sleep. A fistfull of antacids and try to go back to sleep. I felt like crap constantly, and frankly was a wee bit depressed. I had ONE pair of blue jeans left that I could squeeze into. I also had chronic lower back pain. I was out of shape, in the worst of ways and literally cutting my toenails was laborious. Pathetic, right?
Jan 20th I went 100% compliant with the diet, with the exception that I've done this with all store bought groceries. The transition didnt suck near as bad as I figured it would...after all, eating bacon rocks!
To say that the Primal Blueprint has changed my life is to deny the true power of the transformation that has occured in my body. I believe it has SAVED my life. Not so much in an immediate literal sense, but in the fact that this lifestyle will enable me to live fuller, and live longer.
A brief rundown of benefits I've enjoyed thusfar:
24 lb weight loss to date, I checked in at 195 yesterday morning
An immediate 5 lb loss each of the first two weeks
4 days into eating Primally my heartburn ended and it hasnt been back
Did away with the extra pillow prop up system, neck now feels better
I am now able to sleep like I'm dead
I wake up refreshed, ready to face the day
I am infinitely more energetic and am managing stress far better
I own and operate a business, which has increased with my energy and improved moods
Last night I did 20 dead hang chin ups, 50 push ups and 50 squats in less than 20 minutes
I found the motivation to join my local volunteer fire department
Every pair of jeans I have now fit, and many are baggy at size 34 waist
Chronic back pain is almost completely gone
Goals to come:
I now look good in my clothes. I want to look good without a shirt. I'll hit the big 4-0 on 10/28 this year. I have a goal of being carved by that time. I need to lose about 20 more and I'll get there...and I WILL get there.
I bought a calf to graze in my pasture. It'll be weaned off its mama in about a month. I'm going to raise my own grass fed beef.
I now carry myself with a confidence that I didnt have previously. I am going to continually challenge myself physically, mentally, spiritually and financially to attain higher levels of achievement.
In summation, it is AMAZING to me that simply changing what goes in my face could have such drastic benefits. I feel better, look better, am making more money and giving back to my community all from benefits gained by going Primal. If you happen to be reading this and you've previously been unsure if this is a good idea, buy the book and implement it in your life. You'll be shocked at the ease.
Mark Sisson, if you should so happen to read this...thank you brother. Humble, sincere thanks.
-Andy in Tennessee
Absolutely awesome story! Thanks for posting it!
Fantastic Andy!! Congratulations and all the best in you continuing journey! Grok on brother!
You don't have to be sick to get better.
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Primal start: 1/2/2012
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Good result. Keep at it.
F 5 ft 3. HW: 196 lbs. Primal SW (May 2011): 182 lbs (42% BF)... W June '12: 160 lbs (29% BF) (UK size 12, US size 8). GW: ~24% BF - have ditched the scales til I fit into a pair of UK size 10 bootcut jeans. Currently aligning towards 'The Perfect Health Diet' having swapped some fat for potatoes.
Hi Andy and glad to have you out of the weeds..... I was in the same boat with the heartburn. Used to joke about owning stock in Tums.... I barely ever have to crack that plastic bottle open anymore.....
awesome progress! I am at 6 weeks in and it is the most amazing thing I have ever done for myself! Keep going!!
It just makes me happy to eat this way. I have proven to myself that eating grains and sugar makes me feel crazy and daily life just seems harder. I am so much calmer and peaceful when I don't. The difference blows my mind.
So I understand what you are going through. Congratulations.
Great job Andy! I love reading posts like this. Keep up the good fight.


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Impression of the Halo: Reach story
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*SPOILER ALERT *So because of my efforts, Halo:Combat Evolved can finally happen. It was released in September 14th, 2010 but I finally got around to completing it today, great. But they done goof'd! My friend loved the story, having a soft spot for the Halo lore from 1 onwards and told me that I will choke up and get all emotional with the characters. But then why did I not give a shit about anyone apart from myself?
Noble Team, a group consisting of super soldiers, Spartans, with me as the new guy known as 6 and other guys who I don't give a shit about. We investigate some communication thing, to find out it was the god damn Covenant. They seem to be the only enemies ever so really I was just watching till I spot a grunt or something. Shit started hitting the fan because, if you know the story, Reach was like the planet where the main human military force and last surviving colony was and everyone else was being killed off by the god damn Covenant. Now it was up to Noble Team to do whatever the hell they could to fight the invasion and save humanity.
One of the main problems I noticed was that my team were pretty much the cookie cutter super soldiers I expected them to be. What I mean by this is that they did their job, they followed the book and were very straight forward like soldiers are portrayed to be. Now when a member died, or sacrifice their life to keep you going, I'm sure that they wanted you to think "NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!" Instead I couldn't really give a shit about these people who sacrificed their lives or were killed, they were so one dimensional and plain that it was more like "Oh, they just died in their line of duty, doing their job straight to death... I'll keep going I guess."
My friend hyped up each sacrifice, the ending, obviously with each moment tugging at his heart strings. But once I finally saw the ending, I realised that I already did something like this before but it had more of an impact on me than Noble 6's sacrifice. Final Fantasy VII: Crisis Core for the PSP. For those who know and those who don't, I won't say what happened but beat around the bush. That game's ending was CRAZY. I mean I played Final Fantasy VII on the PS1 and I knew briefly the story, but the way that game grabbed you, made you give a shit about what was happening, your main character Zack and your friends and what you were fighting for. By the end, I was in that fight and made it my duty to not fall. Still, me and everyone else who played that game had to ultimately bite the bullet at some point and that got me. That really got me, I was so angry at Shinra, sad for Aerith and understood why Cloud was such a moody emo bastard and how fucked up his life actually is after finding out the "truth". That's what I wanted out of Halo: Reach but I never got, instead team mate after team mate died for me and pushed me along for my duty, not for me.
Apart from that, the game played fine, the controls were real good with the added armour abilities making combat more fun, traversing on foot much quicker and adding more tactical strategies to the A.I. and online players. I generally prefer the Halo controls and combat to Call of Duty's aim and shoot, because there isn't a lag in when I fire my gun and the bullet travelling to the target I was aiming at, it feels very 1:1 and when you get a head shot, you definitely feel like you got an instant head shot. The mission involving space combat was very fun and felt like a much needed break after an intense session of FPS, though it would of been nice to maybe include it again to break up another part but the story didn't require Noble 6 to space dog fight again. My only issue is that I wish the story had more heart and that these Spartans bled a little more personality, even though they're super soldiers for combat, to make me feel their honour and fight with that.


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Elton John plays at Rush's wedding for a million dollars.
I guess money can buy anything!
Was it the fee payee or payor?
Maybe he likes his music and is familiar with it and really dosen't care about his sexuality. I've noticed that the only ones talking about it are the ones constantly telling us color, race, sexual preference, national origin etc. etc.. shouldn't matter. This is a pretty straightforward article that should help some people gain some perspective.
EJ heard they were having a tea party, so being English he decided to attend. Little did he know....
Those who can make you believe absurdities can make you commit atrocities. -Voltaire
This just goes to show how different we are.
Your first thought was.... Gee, see how wonderful Rush is for looking past EJs sexuality.
My first thought was.... How could EJ sell his soul to the devil for a million bucks?
VM- My favorite musician played for my least favorite egomaniac. Need I say more?
I used to listen to Rush (surprise!) quite a bit back in the late 80's and thru the late 90's. I thought, "Wow, I finally found someone on the radio that thinks the way I do!" and was a huge fan for quite awhile. After time, I found other shows that caught my ear and now (when I have time to listen) I do a lot of station flipping. I will still listen to Rush once in awhile, but I actually feel that he isn't telling me much that I don't already know / feel, so I actually look for other points of view on other stations. But through all the years, I have to say, not once did I ever hear him say he was anti-gay. He is definately anti gay-marriage, but he is FOR civil unions.
Yes, he has made gay jokes and has had gay parody songs (Barney Frank is a favorite target), but he is an entertainer. Granted, some people may not find that "entertaining", but it is what it is, and I never thought it was out of bounds (like many of the hateful comments I heard on Air America).
I know Rush is a big fan of Elton Johns and I'm not surprised he asked him to play at his wedding. I AM a little surprised Sir Elton accepted though.
-Could it be that his partner is spending all of his money??? ;-)
I think it just goes to show you that perhaps things aren't as partisan between the two as the media would like us to believe.
-Either that, or, money DOES buy you happiness. ;-)
"VM- My favorite musician played for my least favorite egomaniac. Need I say more?"
Yes, you could say that your are not Rush Limbaugh nor Elton John, so the money, or who paid it, or who performed for it, shouldn't have any effect on your life and should be of no concern to you.
Will EJ's music be scratchy to you now?
In the same way that I can never watch a Pee Wee's Playhouse episode again.
having never watched Pee Wee's Playhouse, I guess I don't know what I missed. Good music will always be good music.
why I rarely go to the movies or listen to Springsteen anymore.(OR DOES THIS ONLY WORK ONE WAY?)
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