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Just got my New Standards back from Denim Therapy.
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That's some neatly-done repair work (from the outside view, at least). Is that guaze material really an effective reinforcement? I got mine repaired at USA 501 and they just did darning--no reinforcement-- and now they need repaired again 3 months later on the areas surrounding the repairs. I'm trying to decide if I should ask them to reinforce them this time, and if so with what...Originally posted by Inactive UserJust got my New Standards back from Denim Therapy.
just use measurement charts, you can find some at the context clothing website and account for some stretch in the waistOk, I've been told to size down 2 sizes with the petite standards due to stretching, does that same method apply with the new cures? Do they stretch at all?
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I believe if you take them to any A.P.C. boutique, they will take them and sell you a new pair for half the price. But if that is not what you are looking to do, I would take them to a place that does alterations where they can patch them or do whatever needs to be done. That would probably be cheaper?Hey everyone,
I picked up a pair of Petit New Standards about 4 months ago and I have having some significant problems already.
I have been wearing them close to everyday for the last 4 months and I have been seeing some excellent fading and the fit is now perfect (sz 30, sized down 2) but I already have a crotch blow out something else that I have never seen. The stitch line going down from the J stitch to the actual legs blew out as well as the arch stitch on the actual legs. The fit I have is great and I love the jeans but frankly this is rather disappointing for me considering it has only been 4 months.
I want to get this repaired but not sure who to send them to. I live in Konstanz, Germany and I would be willing to travel to get these repaired.
If you have any suggestions, I would love to hear. Maybe this is just a fluke with APC? Pretty disappointing considering they cost 145 euro.
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just do a warm soak with some woolite black. your fades will be chillinHey, I bought my APC's back in mid February of this year and have been wearing them every days since. I work at a bar and have been wearing the crap out of them. They have obviously gotten pretty dirty and I am very tempted to wash them now even though I am about one month and a half away from my 6 month goal of not washing them. However since I have actually worn them all day every day since buying them (except fot maybe 5 days) I feel like they probably have more wear than many people who have owned them longer than I have. Should I wash them now or hold out another month or two for extra nice results?
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APC suggests a first wash dry cleaning..has anyone ever drycleaned their denim? any input would be appreciated
the color on your 4 yr pair is amazingAPC suggests a first wash dry cleaning..has anyone ever drycleaned their denim? any input would be appreciated
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Measure your waist with a measuring tape and whatever that number is, size down 1. You can't compare the sizes you wear in other jeans with what you'll wear with APC's.Originally posted by Inactive UserThanks for all the useful info here. I have been flirting with getting a pair of Petit Standards for awhile. A friend of mine says to size down 2 but I went to a store to find a pair, and while they didn't have the petits in stock I tried on the New Standards in 31 (I'm regularly a size 32) and they didn't even come close to fitting. They said they wont be getting any stock anytime soon so online is my only option. I'm a little gun shy to order the 32 size seeing as everyone sizes down. Any advice here?
Waist looks tight to me hah, did you size down from your regular at all? also looks like you'd be able to get away with another size down, all down to preference bud.Originally posted by Inactive UserNot sure how active this board is, but could I get a fit check on these 32 New Standards? My ass and thighs are really big for my waist so I'm having trouble finding raws that fit. Right now, the waist is loose on these, but I don't think I could go down a size for the butt and thighs, any advice?(Invalid img)
Originally posted by Inactive UserNot sure how active this board is, but could I get a fit check on these 32 New Standards? My ass and thighs are really big for my waist so I'm having trouble finding raws that fit. Right now, the waist is loose on these, but I don't think I could go down a size for the butt and thighs, any advice?(Invalid img)
the fades come out well, the knee bulges can be minimized if you do it properly and although the jeans do get tears, it adds character to your pair.Are the recent APC denim materials still good quality? I've been hearing from someone that they sourced their denim elsewhere now, and the quality isn't as good. Anyone have any ideas on this? I figured they were still sourcing from Kaihara.
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Just make one 1" cuff and let them stack. This looks way off man.i wore them like this today


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"A lot of the time you don't even need a poker face," says Toby "Fat Tobe" Atroshenko.
Apparently, that's because so many poker players - especially Queenslanders and the French - are not that good.
You can smile at your opponent, he says, "you can say whatever you want, but the guy is so desperate to see what you've got. You can tell them you've got aces and they will still put their money in."
Atroshenko, a professional player, acknowledges that luck remains crucial. Bad players can still get lucky about 30 per cent of the time, but the good player will win in the long run.
The 30-year-old Sydneysider, who learnt to play only five years ago, hopes to be there in the long run at the Australasian poker championship, which started at the weekend.
He is one of about 250 local and international players, mostly men, but with a sprinkling of women, in the daily preliminary games at Melbourne's Crown Casino. The main event costs $10,000 to enter; the prize pool is expected to be $1.5 million.
"I play 16 hours every day;you don't want to leave the table because it is going to cost you money," Atroshenko says.
The key is not to get carried away, be confident and closely watch your opponents. ("It's easier to bluff a good player than a bad player.") But if a good player puts their money down, get out of the way . . .
"The most important thing is you have to have discipline," he says, advising players to calculate their chances of winning.
Other players will take advantage of you if you are chasing your losses, he warns. "If you can't afford to lose you won't be able to bluff."
Atroshenko used to be a lawyer before taking up cards professionally. "It was so boring. I thought: 'I don't want to waste my time doing this.' " He lasted just two weeks in the job.
Is he hooked? "Maybe sometimes I am," he admits.
Last year Atroshenko played in Russia and travelled to Egypt. Earlier he played in France and throughout the US (where he ended up $30,000 ahead, his biggest win yet).
He says he has made a good living playing poker - well above average wages - but it is a risky life. "Poker players, on the whole, aren't that wealthy," he says.
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The latest is a civil complaint filed today by South Dakota Attorney General Larry Long (D) against state Rep. Roger Hunt (R) alleging that a Hunt corporation, Promising Futures, Inc., functioned as a "corporate shell" for making anonymous political contributions leading up to last November's mid-term ballot.
Long has asked a judge to decide whether Promising Futures must reveal the name of an anonymous donor of $750,000 to Hunt's anti-abortion campaign of 2006. Hunt says the dispute is over South Dakota's campaign finance law and is not a criminal matter.
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On the other hand, Oregon Attorney General Hardy Myers (D) is being sued, along with Secretary of State Bill Bradley, for refusing to enforce a campaign-finance ballot measure approved by voters in November. Advocates of Measure 47 filed the suit last week after the state elections director ruled that voters' rejection of an earlier measure meant that Measure 47 couldn't be enacted because voters rejected its companion Measure 46.
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Beirut, Lebanon (UPI) Feb 20, 2013
Lebanon seems to be moving closer to becoming a major new front in Syria's 2-year-old civil war after a series of deadly clashes in Syrian between rebel forces and Hezbollah, which backs the embattled Damascus regime.
The Free Syrian Army, one of the leading groups within the overwhelmingly Sunni Muslim opposition, threatened Tuesday to strike at the Shiite Hezbollah in Lebanon after the Iranian-backed movement sought to extend its control of Syrian territory along the border.
The Hezbollah offensive, which began last week, appears intended to protect vital supply routes to Syrian forces loyal to the regime from Hezbollah's heartland in the Bekaa Valley in northeastern Lebanon.
Hezbollah also needs to maintain its own supply route from Syria along which it has been reportedly receiving advanced weapons, such as surface-to-surface missiles capable of hitting anywhere in Israel, and Russian SA-17 anti-aircraft weapons, from President Bashar Assad's regime and Iran.
Israel views this flow of weapons with considerable alarm because, among other things, they will allow Hezbollah for the first time to challenge its air supremacy.
This is the most likely issue to draw the Israelis into Syria's war and a Jan. 30 airstrike, supposedly against a Hezbollah arms convoy, indicated how jumpy the Israelis are getting about Iran's support for Assad, its key Arab ally.
The recent assassination in Syria of a senior Iranian general involved in this operation demonstrated how the Syrian conflict may be expanding.
There is still confusion over when and where Gen. Hassan Shateri of the elite Al-Quds Force, the covert action arms of Iran's Revolutionary Guards, was killed.
The FSA claims he was killed in the Jan. 30 airstrike and may have been the target of that raid, about which Israel has maintained a stony silence. Tehran said he was ambushed Feb. 11 by rebels.
So Hezbollah's push on the border may have wider implications. One report said Hezbollah had deployed 1,000 fighters, partly to relieve Syrian troops needed to block rebel advances in the north.
Hezbollah has sought to expand the control it has over a cluster of some 20 Shiite villages on the Syrian side of the porous border by seizing nearby Sunni villages where the FSA's deployed.
These have long been involved in smuggling and are an important route for arms, fighters and other supplies to regime forces around the town of Qusayr, where many Lebanese Shiites reside and where there has been heavy fighting.
West of Qusayr lies the strategic city of Homs, a major battleground.
There have been casualties on both sides in the Qusayr clashes, although figures are hard to come by.
FSA spokesman Louay al-Miqdad termed Hezbollah's push as "an unprecedented invasion ... the first of its kind in terms of organization, planning and coordination with the Syrian regime's air force ...
"If Hezbollah does not stop its land invasion, which is accompanied by covering fire, we are allowed to retaliate ... If they do not stop, we will retaliate."
That would mark a sharp escalation in the Syrian conflict and would likely ignite broader Sunni-Shiite violence in Lebanon that many have feared has been steadily coming to the boil in recent weeks as the Syrian war sharpened long-simmering sectarian animosities.
Sunni sources in Beirut have been talking darkly of "something big" expected in the coming days, hinting at action by Sunni jihadists linked to those fighting in Syria, most notably the Jabhat al-Nusrah, or the Al-Nusrah Front.
Hezbollah is widely believed to have substantial forces in Syria fighting alongside Assad's military and his murderous paramilitary force, the Shabiha, or Ghosts.
Some 50,000 of Assad's Alawites have recently been recruited to bolster regime forces as the rebels gain ground, spearheaded by the FSA and Jabhat al-Nusrah, the most ruthless of the anti-regime groups.
The Front reportedly demonstrated its capabilities recently, claiming it decimated a Syrian army convoy in an elaborate ambush using 50 roadside bombs detonated simultaneously in the eastern Ghotah district of Damascus.
A Front video of the massive ambush obtained by the SITE intelligence group indicated the spectacular attack took place Dec. 6.
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The 42 year old Ryan, who dares to condescend to us all, needs to "see" the nose on his face. The noble and enlightened Ryan is a direct beneficiary of Social Security and Sesame Street, and can't appreciate how important these programs were to his development. These programs do not and can not exist without a federal government. Without the federal government, slavery would still exist, and women would still be considered the property of their fathers/husbands, unable to vote or own property. If we allow the states, as Ryan suggests, to decide how to deal with poverty, health care/birth control, etc, without federal oversight, the consequences would be devastating.
This half baked idea isn't an attempt to tackle the real problems facing our country. Instead, it is an attempt to blame the very system that has built this country. Giving the states the power to govern as independent nations is not a solution. How much imagination does it take to "see" that states, without oversight, would ignore/abuse their citizens without any repercussions? One must follow through to the end the logical consequences of a policy position if the goal is to improve a thing.


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SUNDAY rail users will have to brace themselves for a summer of disruption as vital maintenance work is carried out on lines running through Worcester and Malvern.
Between June and September, Network Rail will be replacing ballast and carrying out points maintenance work on the stretch of railway between Bromsgrove and Hereford.
On Sundays from June 2 to September 7, trains between Birmingham and Worcester will not be running on the Bromsgrove line, but will be diverted via Kidderminster and Stourbridge. Buses will link Bromsgrove with Droitwich, connecting with trains to Worcester and Birmingham.
On Sundays between August 2 and 17, no trains will run between Worcester and Hereford, with replacement bus services provided.
On Sunday, August 24, trains will be back on the Bromsgrove line, but will not be able to call at stations beyond Worcester. Bus replacements will be in operation on the line to Hereford, running through Malvern and Ledbury.
A rail service spokesman said: "These may be subject to short-notice alterations, so I would strongly recommend prospective passengers check their train times before travelling, especially if their journey involves travelling on any part of a weekend, or a late evening weekday service."


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THE Prince of Wales showed his support for a campaign to promote lamb from the Cambrian Mountains with a lunchtime reception at Clarence House.
The aim was to introduce award-winning Cambrian Mountains Lamb to top meat and catering suppliers, as well as leading London restaurateurs and food writers.
The event marked the latest Farmers' Marketing Initiative led by the Prince to help promote regional meat and produce from traditional farms.
The Cambrian Mountains of mid Wales represent some of the most beautiful, unspoilt landscapes of Europe with farming methods dating back to the Middle Ages.
Meat trade representatives attending the reception were senior staff from Dunbia, Compass/Facilities Management Catering Ltd, Aubrey Allen, Danish Crown, Aramark, Prime Meats, Initial Catering Services, Brakes Bros Ltd, Chefs Connections Ltd.
Retailers present included Harrods and Partridges of Chelsea plus Monoprix of France and Gesco-Amadori from Italy.
A seasonal product, Cambrian Mountains (CM) lamb is produced by a group of 21 farmers in mid Wales whose native breed, mountain lambs graze freely on the hills of varied grasses and herbs.
This results in a smaller, slightly lighter lamb (16kg) of exceptional flavour and meat quality. The farmers adhere to best practice land management to maintain valuable habitats and eco-systems. The brand identity also includes a watercolour by the Prince of Wales.
Cambrian Mountains company manager, Deanna Leven said: "His Royal Highness's unfailing support has been terrific. The reception at Clarence House has afforded us a wonderful opportunity to showcase our lamb to top quality meat and catering suppliers plus restaurateurs and food writers."


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What was characterized as an amicable split last year between the Aspen Valley Medical Foundation and Aspen Valley Hospital to focus on separate fundraising efforts has turned into a legal dispute over money.
Both entities have lawyered up as a result of their disagreement over how much money Aspen Valley Foundation (the nonprofit dropped the word "medical" from its name last fall) owes the hospital from fundraising for the health care facility before they separated.
The difference of opinion on how much the foundation owes the hospital may be as much millions of dollars, according to sources familiar with the dispute.
Aspen Valley Foundation (AVF) President and CEO Kris Marsh declined to comment on the situation, as did John Sarpa, interim chief operating executive for AVH. AVF board members also declined comment.
But both entities' lawyers offered a joint statement to the Aspen Daily News.
"The Aspen Valley Foundation and the Aspen Valley Hospital are engaged in negotiations regarding matters associated with their separation, including amounts due to the hospital," said Michael Carrigan, a Denver-based attorney with Holland & Hart LLP, who represents AVF. Aaron Bradford, an attorney with Denver-based Lathrop & Gage LLP, who represents AVH, was in Carrigan's office when the statement was read on Wednesday afternoon.
"Both entities are committed to ensuring donor funds are protected and donor intent is honored," Carrigan added.
Neither attorney would say when they were retained, citing attorney-client privilege. They also declined to say how much money is in dispute.
According to a press release issued last June announcing the "spin off," the foundation had granted $9.4 million for the hospital since 1999, and had raised an additional $12.5 million for the expansion of the facility, which is under construction and is in phase two of four. The foundation also has given out $6.7 million in community grants and more than $1 million in scholarships.
The hospital created its own foundation — the Aspen Valley Hospital Foundation — last year to focus on a $60 million philanthropic campaign to raise money to cover the costs of phases three and four of the expansion, which will not be built until the fundraising goal is met, AVH officials have said.
The medical foundation was formed in 1973 to not only be a fundraising arm of the hospital, but also to enhance health and wellness for all residents of the Roaring Fork Valley, which is still the focus.
Foundation grants have aided in the hospital purchasing medical equipment such as X-ray machines, and helped build the facility's conference center. Donors sometimes request that their funds go toward specific projects and initiatives.
AVF now focuses on raising money for health and human services and nonprofits related to health care in the valley. That includes support of the planned continuing care retirement community in Basalt, hospice services throughout the valley, drug and alcohol counseling and the Aspen Hope Center, which offers suicide prevention services and training. It also funds direct assistance for the uninsured, local ambulance districts, the Aspen Homeless Shelter and scholarships for health care professionals to advance their expertise.
Whether the disputed donations to the medical foundation were specifically given for one of the above mentioned causes or to the hospital — either prior to its spin off from AVH or after the separation — is unclear.
The hospital's foundation focuses exclusively on raising money for the capital campaign. It hired Deborah Breen as president in January. In March, she told the Aspen Daily News that $15 million has been committed toward the $60 million effort. She noted that it's common for hospitals to raise funds in-house.
She said at the time that the foundation was in the midst of a quiet capital campaign and was reaching out to potential donors who are capable of committing seven- and eight-figure amounts. A more formal push will occur this summer, with a goal to raise $25 million from individuals. That would put the foundation at $40 million by the end of 2013 or in the spring of 2014. The plan for the following year is to raise the remaining $20 million through a public capital campaign. The foundation is still in its formative stages and a board of directors has not yet been established. The first part of AVH's expansion was paid for by voter-approved bonds and the hospital's cash reserves.
When AVF changed its name last fall, it suspended fundraising efforts until this year — its 40th anniversary — to re-educate the public as to what its function is.
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WASHINGTON – In 2008, Rep. Darrell Issa (R-Calif.) told a reporter he didn't doubt that Roger Clemens had perjured himself during the congressional investigation into steroids in baseball.
Issa, a member of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee that investigated the matter, also spoke out against the hearing itself, telling a reporter that "this was all about entrapping Roger Clemens."
Clemens' lawyers hoped to have Issa elaborate on that second part – particularly the part where he questioned why the committee was delving into this subject matter at all – by compelling his testimony during Clemens' perjury trial. Clemens is charged with lying to Congress in 2008 when he denied using performance-enhancing drugs.
On Monday, U.S. District Judge Reggie Walton quashed the defense's subpoena for Issa's testimony.
Issa is one of 41 congressmen on the committee that held the 2008 congressional hearing in which Clemens testified. He was not the chairman at the time, but he did participate in the depositions of Clemens, Andy Pettitte and Brian McNamee (Clemens' former strength trainer).
The judge ruled that there wasn't enough evidence to support the need for Issa's testimony. And, as the government pointed out during the Monday hearing, Issa has also made public statements saying that he believes Clemens committed perjury – which could hurt the defense's argument.
"It's not even clear what Mr. Issa would say if he were in fact called to testify," Walton said. "I will have to grant the committee's motion to quash the subpoena."
William Pittard, a lawyer for the House of Representatives, argued Monday that the Constitution's speech or debate clause, which protects elected officials from being questioned in a lawsuit about their legislative work, should apply.
The defense argued that Clemens' Fifth and Sixth amendments' rights should trump the congressman's speech or debate clause protection.
Pittard said, in addition to the protection legislators are afforded by the speech or debate clause, Issa's testimony is "irrelevant" to whether or not the committee had a legitimate legislative purpose when it had the hearings in 2008. Clemens' lawyers hoped Issa's testimony could help question the legitimacy of the hearing in general.
"Is this an area where legislation can be had?" Pittard said. "The question is an objective one. Whether legislation could be had."
Pittard said it was "clearly" an area where legislation could be had, with regard to antitrust legislation, or even health issues related to children. Therefore, to use Judge Walton's words, Issa's testimony wouldn't "be competent testimony to negate the legitimacy of the hearings that were held by the committee."
Ultimately, the judge felt that the defense was speculating what Issa's testimony would include, and that the evidence for a due process right needs to be stronger – like the kind that could exonerate the defendant.
Walton also didn't want to extend the trial further, because he believes if he allowed Issa to testify, the government could counter with another congressman from the committee who supported the hearing. (The defense wanted Issa's testimony to counter that of staffer Phil Barnett, whom the prosecution called earlier in the trial.)
Interestingly enough, Walton's decision to quash the subpoena might ultimately help the defense by not putting someone on the stand who has said he believes Clemens committed perjury.
"If I were in your shoes, I would be very loathe to call him considering all the things he said that would be harmful for your client," Judge Walton told the defense. "When he said he believes your client did lie … seems to me that would be a death wish."
NOTES: The government said it spoke to Eileen McNamee's wife's attorney, and it has applied for immunity so she can testify for the defense. ... The government asked Walton to limit the testimony of Bruce Goldberger, whom the defense wants to call as an expert witness. ... The government also wants to call a rebuttal witness for the defense's massage therapist, who said she never saw changes in Clemens' body.
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After Piers Morgan mocked Sarah Palin by linking to a phony news report, Palin shot back on Friday with a photo of her in hunting gear next to a dead bear. "Piers: Kind of busy right now," the caption read.
"Oh dear Piers, thank you so much for all your invitations to appear on your shambolic show, including the adoring message you sent. But is it still any wonder why I've politely responded that I'm too busy doing, um, er... pretty much anything to accept the invite?" Palin's Facebook page read.
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Examining the effect of protective and supportive school policies and programs on lesbian, gay and bisexual (LGB) youth
Experiencing bullying and assaults at school is more common for lesbian, gay and bisexual (LGB) youth. This study intends to assess the extent LGB youth in Boston high schools encounter violence at school and how that experience is associated with emotional distress. The study also examines if schools adopted recommendations from the Massachusetts State Board of Education on promoting safe and supportive schools for LGB youth and the relationship between recommendation-adoption and levels of victimization and distress for youth. The dataset used in the study will be comprised of a survey of high school students in the Boston Public School system, semi-structured interviews with school officials about school programs and policies, and public records.
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Published originally in Issues of Injury, Summer 1994.
By Sally James
Jeanne Willis used to have the professional outlook, as the rehabilitation manager for the state of Oregon's workers' compensation system, that often people claiming to have chronic pain syndromes were flakes. Then she was diagnosed with fibromyalgia (FM).
She fits the typical profile for the disorder, as a female in her 40s. The nightmare began for her with a case of the flu that never went away. Many fibromyalgia patients can point to an accident, injury or illness that begins their symptoms. Others report no special event.
In her occupation and her illness, Willis embodies the controversy that this article will explore. A self-described "Type A" person, Willis used to supervise 60 people. She went to graduate school while holding down a job and raising children.
"This can happen to people who don't hate their job," she explains. She knows that many believe FM could be just another manifestation of depression, or the mental disorder known as somatoform disorder, in which people exhibit physical symptoms for mental problems. She knows that claims managers often notice it is the unhappy employees who become disabled and can't return to work.
Knowing all that, it was downright "embarrassing" to get this diagnosis, Willis admits. She quit work after trying unsuccessfully to continue in spite of the pain and fatigue she felt. Her symptoms may never go away, according to her physician, a well-known author on FM, Robert Bennett, M.D., of the Oregon Health Sciences University.
Although experts disagree about the causes of fibromyalgia, most agree that there appears to be no cure for it. All the treatments known are aimed at controlling the sleep disturbance, pain, fatigue and other symptoms.
What is fibromyalgia?
There are many different theories and many arguments over this definition. There are some physicians who believe FM is a kind of social hysteria, a disease that gives credibility to people with mental problems who desire a physical explanation for symptoms. But, just last year, the World Health Organization finally distinguished FM from other rheumatic disorders and accepted the definition adopted by the American College of Rheumatology in 1990 and discussed in 1992 at what is called the Copenhagen conference.
To put it simply, a patient must present a picture of chronic generalized pain for more than three months and tell an examining physician of special pain when pressure is put on at least 11 of 18 specific tender points.
When this definition was first adopted in 1990, it allowed for a greater ability to compare research results and statistics on the problem. An explosion of research has put the subject in more than 100 published papers in the U.S. in one recent year. One of the Copenhagen conference participants hailed the World Health Organization decision as changing the climate for FM compensation. "These people will now have better chances that governments and insurance companies accept their condition," said Finn Kemper-Johansen, chair of the consensus panel, as quoted in an article in The Lancet, Sept. 1992.
If his comment proves true, it may create a financial nightmare. As it is currently defined, FM is a fairly common disorder. Estimates say 2 to 5 percent of the U.S. population has it, and that about 16 percent of all rheumatology visits in the U.S. are due to this problem. In a patient-oriented publication, Fibromyalgia Network, a physician said it costs the U.S. economy $9.2 million a year. (Dr. I. John Russell was lobbying Congress to appropriate more money for research when he made that estimate.) One Canadian life insurance company reported FM was responsible for 9 percent of all its disability payments.
Some patients have claimed workers' compensation for FM, claiming an accident at work or surgery for an injury was the "cause" of the FM. The work-relatedness of FM is in dispute. The editors of the Journal of Occupational Medicine wrote in 1992 that it is difficult to determine work relatedness. "A work association would be most likely in those individuals with a documented work-related trauma or surgery preceding the development of FM," they wrote.
Even as the diagnosis becomes acceptable in a political sense, it remains a medical controversy. There is no laboratory test that clearly distinguishes the FM sufferer from anyone else. While there are intriguing theories and lab results that point to possible causes, there is no proven cause. The familiar tangled web of chronic pain with psychological and social factors applies to disability from this disorder just as it does with many others.
Troubled sleep
In order to understand some of the intriguing research on FM, it is necessary to begin by understanding sleep. Sleep is complicated. It comes in different stages, and each of these appears to serve the body in different ways.
One of the characteristic symptoms of FM is sleep disturbance. Patients report being drowsy all the time, not getting enough sleep, or sleeping and waking up without feeling refreshed. In laboratory studies, it has been observed that FM patients have a greater than average amount of what is called a "non-restorative" sleep. What this means is that instead of falling into a deep sleep called stage 4, the FM patients seem to spend more time sleeping lightly. This disturbed sleep is defined and measurable by electroencephalogram.
There are many psychological effects from sleep deprivation, including depression and irritability, trouble with concentration and memory. All of these are often reported by FM patients, but it is difficult to distinguish whether the pain they are feeling is causing the disturbed sleep or the poor sleep itself is contributing to the pain.
On that score, there is recent research by Dr. Bennett suggesting some laboratory evidence that helps build a theory. During stage 4 sleep, a hormone called somatomedin C is released in the body. This hormone is useful to the body in many ways, and one of these is in repair of muscle tissue. His study showed that some FM patients have less somatomedin C in their bodies than healthy controls. (Arthritis and Rheumatism, Vol. 35, 1992.)
From all these results, and others, researchers have built a hypothesis. For reasons that are not clear, persons may be genetically predisposed, or through accident, or an acute illness, they may fall into a pattern of disturbed sleep and physical inactivity. Perhaps the lack of the compounds released during stage 4 sleep helps exacerbate problems with muscle tissue and results in the "tender points" that are so characteristic of the syndrome.
A mental model
While those searching for a physical cause of FM have proposed intriguing theories, they haven't yet proven a cause for the disorder.
In many studies of FM patients, they have been shown to suffer from heightened mood disturbances. However, the majority of FM patients do not meet the standard criteria for depression, according to Don Goldenberg, M.D., in his article "Fibromyalgia, chronic fatigue syndrome and myofascial pain syndrome." Some doctors have suggested that FM should be a newly defined form of depression. Others have suggested that depression itself can cause the body's immune response to be handicapped, and propose that this defect could play a role in the development of later disorders, such as FM.
What handicaps studies of the mental role in FM is that common sense informs us anyone with chronic pain is likely to be upset about it. Several research studies have therefore tried to compare FM patients with other chronically ill patients on mental health tests, such as the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory (MMPI). The results of at least one study showed the FM patients scoring no higher level of personality disorder on the MMPI than a comparable group of arthritis patients.
Another group of mental disorders is the somatoform disorders. These include several specific diagnoses, but generally they involve a patient reporting symptoms for which there is no known physiological mechanism. This is not malingering, according to the definition, because the patient is not intentionally causing the symptoms. Rather, the patient reacts to a psychological conflict or problem with a physical complaint.
Critics of the purely mental approach to FM point to the growing number of studies that show some subtle biochemical differences between FM patients and others. Some of these differences involve the complex pathways for experiencing pain, along what is called the psychoneuroendocrine axis. An FM patient may truly perceive pain differently, and thereby suffer more than a normal patient from the same injury.
"As with other pain syndromes, it appears most likely that fibromyalgia is a complex syndrome that will require input from both the medical and psychiatric models of symptom generation," wrote Dr. Bennett.
Nothing has been proven completely effective by many controlled trials in treating FM; however, many doctors prescribe antidepressants, especially amitriptyline. In some studies, amitriptyline has been shown to reduce some symptoms. It may help patients to sleep better, or to raise their threshold for pain so they don't perceive it as acutely.
While physical activity sometimes makes FM patients feel bad, one study suggests that aerobic exercise may help break the syndrome cycle that links inactivity with the deconditioning of muscles.
Several different articles suggest encouraging patients to pursue a gentle exercise program, and getting physical therapy advice on proper posture to avoid back and neck strain.
Almost all those writing about fibromyalgia agree that patients need reassurance, and that an important part of treatment is education. While much about the disorder remains in dispute, it is important for patients to know what FM is not: not life threatening, not damaging to internal organs, not crippling, and not necessarily disabling.
How this education is provided may have a financial as well as a clinical impact.
In Australia, there was an epidemic of repetitive strain injury (RSI), which included many cases of what was called occupational FM. The epidemic appeared to subside after political opinion swung against the diagnosis and compensation became more difficult.
One writer, Paul Reilly of England, wrote that doctors elsewhere in the world need to avoid "colluding unwittingly in the perpetuation of an Australian-type epidemic with its unfortunate effects on individuals in particular and society in general." He wrote in the Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases, 1993.
Several Australian doctors, reacting in a letter about Reilly's skepticism, wrote: "Those who act as agents for insurance companies should keep in mind that no demonstrable pathology doesn't mean no disorder or disability."
No doubt the controversy will continue well into the next decade over the real causes of fibromyalgia.
Is there a difference between chronic fatigue syndrome and fibromyalgia?
Rheumatologists distinguish between these two syndromes by saying that patients with FM have at least 11 of 18 tender points on their body, where an examining physician can put pressure and they will feel intense pain. Chronic fatigue patients don't reliably report these tender points, but in many other ways the disorders are indistinguishable. Both involve fatigue, sleep disturbance, headaches and pain in many different parts of the body, as well as numbness (paresthesias), irritable bowel syndrome, and often depression. The patient newsletter, Fibromyalgia Network, has this comment: "Several studies comparing FMS and CFS have failed to demonstrate any major differences. Therefore, these syndromes are treated in this newsletter as one and the same." One researcher proposed seeing CFS, FM and myofascial pain syndrome as "a spectrum of syndromes with overlapping features." (Don Goldenberg, M.D., Current Opinion in Rheumatology, 1991.)


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I thought that I posted this last week but I'm not seeing it. So, here we go again.
I found out last Thursday that my daughter's adoption is now FINAL. She's officially Paviella Elizabeth Ourlastname. Her first name is pronounced they way it's always been but now the spelling matches the sound. She is proudly using her first and last name but says she won't be "ELIZABETH" until her birthday (in February.)
I wrote this last year on second anniversary of receiving a call from DSS about Pavi.
"Two years ago, this week, I received a call from DSS. Chris and I were just pulling into the parking lot at the State Fair. My then licensing worker, S. was calling to ask me if I was interested in a placement of an eight month old baby girl. She wasn't sure how to pronounce the baby's name. She was pretty sure it wasn't pronounced as it's spelled, though. My heart started racing. I asked S. to hold and asked Chris if he wanted us to take care of a baby for a while. Chris loves babies and got really excited. S. said she was heading into a meeting but she would call me back later. She also said that we didn't need to leave the fairgrounds. We enjoyed the fair (well, Chris more than me) but my mind was definitely thinking baby thoughts. It turns out that the other licensing social worker was talking with another foster family about the same baby and the placement went to them. Oh well, another placement would happen at some point.
Six weeks later, I received a call from S.. She told me that the baby needed to be moved and asked if I was still interested. Well, duh... I spoke with the foster mother and two days later we picked up this roly poly baby with the most squishable cheeks. I was told that she'd probably go live with family in a couple of weeks but with foster care you never know. She was a wonderful addition to our family. Chris loved having a "little sister" and she charmed everyone she met. We fell in love. It took a month, but we finally learned how to properly say her name. And no, it's not like it's spelled.
It's been two years since that first phone call and I'm meeting with S.(now my adoption social worker) to update my adoption home study. I hope to finalize her adoption in February or March. The baby is no longer a baby. She's a 2 1/2-year-old bundle of energy and joy. She still charms everyone she meets. She's a talker. All.the.time. When she's not singing, that is. She loves school and loves life. She's so much like Chris. They may not be related by blood but they are brother and sister in every other way.
I didn't get into fostering to adopt, but I can't imagine my life without these two people in it."
So, here are three pictures of my daughter. The first one was taken around the time she came home (November 2007) at nine months. The second was taken with her big brother about 18 months ago. And the third was taken just recently.
Oh, congratulations! Your daughter is beautiful.
She's beautiful! Congratulations!
Congratulations! She is beautiful.
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Thank you. She's so different from me. Much more outgoing and free spirited. I love being her mom. And you would never know that my kids are adopted by seeing them together. They fit so well together.
She is beautiful! CONGRATULATIONS!!
That's true... they are equally free spirits. That little Danger Mouse--she's a doll. We are all very happy for you over here!!!
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Congratulations!! She is so beautiful!
Mama to a beautiful baby girl .. Ava, born 8/21/10!
What a beautiful little girl. Congratulations.
Created an instant family (7/89 and 5/91) in 1997. Made a baby boy 12/05 adopted a baby girl 8/08. Ask me about tandem adoptive nursing and living as gluten, dairy, and cane sugar free vegetarians. Homeschooling and loving it.
And my daughter is so much like yours. Just a year or so older. It's so funny how alike they are. Their first names are even similar.
That's true... they are equally free spirits. That little Danger Mouse--she's a doll. We are all very happy for you over here!!!
Congratulations! You have a beautiful family!
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I am still unbelievably happy for your family! Every time I read about it, it brings a smile to my face. I am so happy that she has been able to permanently be your lovely daughter. What a blessing!!
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I so wish that Baby Girl would have the same happy ending. She deserves the world.
Congratulations!!! And (selfishly) yeah picture:) They are both adorable and I am so happy for all of you!
Your post brought tears to my eyes! Your family is beautiful :)
And I LOVE her name. I have been so curious, since you have written about the drama of pronunciation before. I am so glad you changed the spelling for her.
I never would have thought of her name but it's really pretty and it suits her. I'll always wonder how her birth mother came up with the original spelling.
Congratulations! Such exciting times. And she is a complete doll!
Carly, mama to DS C (5th grade), DD Miss M (07/09, fostered 1/10, adopted 08/10), and Little Miss C (11/10, fostered 01/11, adopted 11/12). Foster Son, Mr. A, age 11 placed 10/13.
My angel babies , ~01/08~ (twins), ~09/08~, and ~01/09~.
Thanks Carly. I still can't believe that you finalized M's adoption before I did Paviella's. M is still a baby. One you didn't know existed not that long ago.
We should get together sometime soon. Will you guys be around during Winter Break?
So happy for you! She is beautiful and your kiddos look so happy together!
They adore each other. I was looking at all four holiday card pictures and they just "fit" together. They fight, of course, but the love between them is so strong.
Wow! I am so thrilled for you! Congratulations and I love the pics :)
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really late to the game, but this made my heart gush! <3
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After barely giving him a chance (14 AB), the Padres demoted Jon Knott to AAA to make room for reliever Ricky Stone. This is just a crap move. Stone has been a decent enough pitcher in his career, but he's got a 5.68 ERA this year and is basically just a run-of-the-mill middle reliever. Meanwhile, Knott could put up an .870 OPS if somebody would just give him an opportunity.
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Howdy! I hope you're enjoying the week. Last night I stayed in, made some pasta and previewed the season premiere of Damages (it airs Jan. 25). You're gonna love it. The cast on that show just keeps getting better.
A few headlines before I watch last night's Tonight Show:
- Several news outlets are reporting that Conan O'Brien has signed an agreement to part ways with NBC.
- Johnny Depp talks about Alice in Wonderland in this clip.
- The L.A. Times has a roundtable conversation with directors James Cameron, Jason Reitman, Quentin Tarantino, Kathryn Bigelow and Lee Daniels.
- Vampire Weekend has hit No. 1 on the Billboard album chart.
- The "I'm With Coco" artist talks about why he started the campaign.
- This year candy hearts will come with the message "Tweet Me."
- AMC has picked up a pilot based on the Walking Dead comics. Yay!
- The American Library Association has released its annual list of great graphic novels for teens.
- Monday's Heroes hit a ratings low. Will it return?
- Adult Swim has ordered 40 more episodes of Robot Chicken.
- Who are the top 15 sitcom fathers?
- Now there's a "green band" MacGruber trailer that you can watch at work.
- Here's the poster for Roman Polanski's new film.
- The Andy Griffith Museum has opened in Mount Airy, N.C. (If you go, take some pics.)
- Tyne Daly chats in this Q&A. She's reuniting with former Cagney & Lacey star Sharon Gless on Burn Notice.
- Do you like the Mac/PC guys? Here are all of the ads in one place.
- Paste celebrates Cat Power because today is Chan Marshall's birthday.
- David Hasselhoff is getting a reality show.
- And you know the mysterious stranger who visits Edgar Allan Poe's grave every year? This week he didn't show up.
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Congressman Maurice Hinchey (D-NY) today released the following statement in opposition to a Republican budget proposal that would end the promise of Medicare while cutting taxes for the extremely wealthy.
"This budget shows us just how warped and out of touch congressional Republicans have become. For New Yorkers who have spent their entire careers paying into the Medicare system, the House Republican budget ends the promise of secure health care in retirement. For many families counting on Pell Grants, their plan cuts off access to college. For new moms struggling to buy food for their children, their plan cuts off nutrition assistance through WIC. For New Yorkers still struggling to find work, their budget destroys an additional 4 million jobs. But for the very rich who continue to see their wealth grow, the House Republicans deliver a massive new tax cut worth at least $150,000 a year to every millionaire and billionaire.
"Most Americans believe it is immoral to cut taxes for the top 1 percent while cutting health care, education and job opportunities for everybody else, but that's exactly what this budget would do. These are not the priorities of New Yorkers or the American people.
"There is a better way forward. Instead of cutting Medicare, we should allow the tax cuts for the extremely wealthy to expire. Instead of cutting student loans, we should end special tax giveaways to big oil companies. And instead of cutting important investments in infrastructure, we should bring our troops home from Afghanistan, and focus on rebuilding American instead. We can balance the budget, create jobs and lay the groundwork for a new generation of prosperity. Unfortunately, House Republicans would do just the opposite."
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The Woman Who Claimed To Be Preggers With 12 Kids Totally Lied!
The 34-year-old Tunisian woman who claimed to be pregnant with 12 kids—six boys and six girls—is a fraud. Although this gal said she's nine months preggers with duodecaplets, docs say, "There's absolutely nothing about her appearance which indicates this." In fact, health peeps think the only thing the woman is pregnant with is "psychological problems." The unidentified non-mother has supposedly gone into hiding. [Fox News] — When are people going to realize that Nadya Suleman is not someone they should emulate?


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Danny just found out that one of his friends has been in a horrible accident. He hit a deer while riding his motorcycle.
I believe in the power of prayer, and I am putting this out here in hopes that everyone that reads this will say a prayer for him and his family. His name is Dave, and his wife is Brenda. They are an adorable couple. They are completely in love, they have been married forever (20+ years)...and this is just completely devastating.
Danny doesn't have any updates. All we know is that he has several injuries, and his head trauma is severe. He needs prayers, and lots of them. If you pray, then please put them on your prayer lists.
Tuesday, July 17, 2007
I believe in the power of prayer
Danny just found out that one of his friends has been in a horrible accident. He hit a deer while riding his motorcycle.
Posted by Michelle Underwood at 10:14 AM
8 Comments:
- Jaime said...
OMG!! Loads of prayers that is terrible!!
- Tuesday, July 17, 2007 10:27:00 AM
- Tara said...
praying for your friend =)
- Tuesday, July 17, 2007 10:28:00 AM
- danny said...
thank you Michelle...and to the ladies who left comments...you all are sincere special people....esp. you Michelle....thats why your my baby and I love you....-Danny
- Tuesday, July 17, 2007 10:39:00 PM
- Granna Deanna said...
I've also been married 20+ years and cannot imagine what worry & pain she must be experiencing. I will pray for both of them at this time. Please keep us posted.
- Tuesday, July 17, 2007 11:36:00 PM
- Amanda said...
Oh my!! I am praying now, for Dave, Brenda, and everyone that is connected to these two!
Bless you, and keep us updated!
- Wednesday, July 18, 2007 3:30:00 PM
- Keela said...
I'm so sorry, Michelle...I will pray.
- Saturday, July 21, 2007 11:00:00 AM
- Hummie said...
I pray that God work in the hands of the doctors helping Dave and that Dave's body is restored to good health! I pray for Brenda and the rest of the family that God give them peace during this difficult time and that they learn to rest on Him.
- Tuesday, July 24, 2007 5:01:00 PM
- MrsG said...
Sorry to hear that, Michelle. I'll include them in my prayers. Hope everything goes well. Beth (kewl_jive)
- Wednesday, August 01, 2007 11:02:00 AM


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This isnt to cause drama I just want you to inform me, Im a first time mom and really clueless on it.
But everytime I see a post of sharing bed with baby the only thing that comes to mind is SIDS. I know there is no way to prevent SIDS but my mom sent me an article (i know not everything on the internet is true) but it just explained that alot of baby that passed from SIDS is from not sleeping on sturdy spaces like "grown up" beds, really plush crib bedding, couches, ect. Is this a concern for mommys who share a bed with their baby? Im just curious! please dont kill me.


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Pittsburgh PA (SPX) Jan 20, 2016
Avere Systems reports that NASA has selected Avere to help consolidate legacy storage and move many of its datasets to the Amazon Web Services (AWS) Cloud. Avere will be supporting the Ames Research Center, NASA's Silicon-Valley field center, which has led NASA in conducting world-class research and development.
Breakthrough research conducted at the Ames Research Center includes advancements in supercomputing, NexGen air transportation, missions for low-Earth orbit and the moon, lunar science and advancing human-technology interaction.
The Ames Research Center decided to transition from general NFS and CIFS file services to Amazon Simple Storage Solution (Amazon S3) and considered several options before choosing Avere to lead the transition to the AWS Cloud.
With Avere's unique set of capabilities, NASA's Ames Research Center was able to keep speedy NFS/CIFS response times while also benefitting from hybrid capabilities and cost-effective pricing that AWS offers. Additionally, Avere's encryption capabilities were the right fit for NASA's stringent requirements for sensitive data.
Avere FlashMove makes NASA data migrations simple with moves of live data between multiple heterogeneous environments while Avere FlashCloud eliminates the latency associated with cloud by using Avere Edge-Core architecture to make hot data more available while pushing warm and cold data backwards.
"The stakes are high when it comes to the transferring data to and securing it in the cloud - Avere makes moving legacy storage to AWS very straightforward and safeguarded," said Ron Bianchini, president and CEO at Avere Systems.
"With Avere, the researchers at Ames Research Center didn't encounter downtime during their transition and were able to maintain the best possible performance when it comes to accessing their data while keeping the data protected."
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