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Approximately 10 a.m. Aug. 3, 2012: I am hiking up Pike's Peak in Colorado and have reached an altitude where I can no longer get messages on my cell phone.
It turned out to be the most relaxing day of the year for me. But my hike that day pales in comparison to the climb Wisconsin veterinarian Lance Fox made four years ago when he ascended to the top of Mount Everest in Nepal.
Recently, I had the opportunity to hear Fox describe the climb, and I sat there in awe knowing that Mt. Everest at 29,035 feet is more than twice the height of Pike's Peak at 14,100 feet. I have made it to the top of Pike's Peak twice — and it took everything I had. I can't imagine what it would take to climb Everest.
Fox did have the luxury of time. He was able to take enough time off that he traveled to Nepal in March 2009 and made it to the top of Everest a few months later on May 21. Part of that time — 45 days to be exact — was spent at a base camp 17,500 feet up where he and his group were able to acclimatize their bodies to the higher altitudes. On some days, they would go up to 21,000 feet and then come back down to the camp. All the while, their bodies were making more red blood cells to grab every single oxygen molecule they could.
The group did wear oxygen masks toward the top.
Meanwhile, they faced freezing temperatures, steep ice walls (or "ice falls") and the constant threat of avalanches.
We got to see footage of Fox and his group at the summit. Amazing to think we were seeing the top of the world. (Fox is also shown wearing a cheesehead hat at the top.)
What inspired Fox to make this incredible journey?
In 1997, he read the book "Everest" by Broughton Coburn, which instilled in him the goal of making it to the top himself.
It wouldn't be easy for a flatlander to train for this, but Fox did his best. There's a 960-foot hill near where he lives in New London, Wis., and Fox ran up and down that to mimic the fatigue he would encounter later on. But he still couldn't replicate the thin air that he would find on Everest.
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"Dreams come true," he told those attending the Professional Dairy Producers of Wisconsin business conference last week. "You have to work for them. You have to believe in them."
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geoloseth wrote:The nose down flight comes from the angle that your hand is pivoting on your wrist when your have the top of your wrist pointed in various directions. If you try throwing with your forearm and wrist pointed up and you stop your motion close to the "hit" you'll see how everything is rotated over and is now pointed downward, including the top of your wrist and subsequently the disc.
I do have an unusually limber wrist. I don't see what you write in every case.
I'm able to go through the wrist extension motion with wrist up, neutral and down. Wrist vertical in all of these attempts. Usually that takes muscle power to keep the wrist vertical. In practicing at home sitting down letting the disc roll forward and stopping the wrist my wrist tends to roll over to the right. Leading to anhyzer which naturally yields nose down. Either wrist position yields similar results. That is nose angle is dependent on wrist angle for me. Unless I remove every other finger from under the disc other than index finger. When I do that and let the disc pivot between the thumb and the index finger then the nose drops heavily. I need to lessen my grip strength of the last two fingers in contact with the disc for this dropping of the nose to happen. That may be the key for me. I need to try that. I'm worried about early slippages though with this way of throwing.
What I'm interested in is can you extend the wrist while keeping the wrist vertical for the duration of the throw and releasing with more nose down than the wrist + waist bend forward + or - arm pull plane angle for a line drive? While keeping say 90 % power in the index finger + thumb pinch. For avoiding slippages. To me it seems that if that's possible that'd have to be created by a downward motion from the wrist or fingers during wrist extension. Or keeping the disc in the hand in some odd way that I've not figured out yet. Or a very fine power level requirement from the index finger and thumb. Too little=slippage and too much an inaccurate throw I'm thinking because grip locks loom near.
What am I missing from line drives and more nose down than wrist angle?
We differ in grip in that in the video your wrist is rolled over to the right significantly and mine is vertical. Depending on the grip I use my disc is either horizontal (rarely now) or hyzered by 20 or so degrees. Depending on what kind of a throw I plan to make and the HSS of the disc.
I can create nose down with anhyzer with a locked wrist no problem. Without concentrating on letting the disc pivot too. To me anny always has more nose down than flat throws if there's wrist down and waist bend forward attempts at some point in the throw. I don't usually mess up letting the wrist bounce up from initial down position to nose up on annies. Rarely with flat or hyzer to flat throws. On those I don't get the front of the disc to be below the rear of the disc on higher line drives
In sitting and extending wrist training I've never seen nose down with horizontal disc without wrist down at the hit with grip power of sufficient power to avoid early slippages. Note that I've yet to start with fully loose grip and tighten late. I always have some pressure before throw. Maybe 60 %. I'll have to train with actual throws what initially wrist down and wrist straight initially to wrist down during wrist extension and squeezing power and timing does for line drives. The need for those is exaggerated around these parts. Anny nose down for me doesn't need any training because I've done that last year. Nose down part that is. Accuracy and distance can always improve on different lines. I trained with nose down both golf and max D anny lines.


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I'd put a bet down that we could see Danny against Chi next week. I think he would skip the ATL game then (and maybe Philly too), but I could see him dressing for the Chi game.
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I'd put a bet down that we could see Danny against Chi next week. I think he would skip the ATL game then (and maybe Philly too), but I could see him dressing for the Chi game.
Not sure if it matters but for comparison, Curry is not even able to be in shootaround while Danny is able to be in the Pacers scrimmage, what's the difference?
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In just four days? I don't see it.
AHhh boo =(
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I guess I'd be more impressed if they were all taking 20 shots or so from downtown versus a few from halfcourt, but I guess I really don't know what happened.
Tried to start a new thread, but apparently failed. Danny Participated in a full contact halfcourt scrimmage today.
Man the wait is awful
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Updated: Thursday, 31 Jan 2013, 5:31 PM EST
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INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) - Pacer Danny Granger, who has yet to play this season, is a step closer to returning.
Granger was suffering from knee tendinosis and received an injection in his left knee in November.
The team expected the former All-Star forward to miss three months of action.
Thursday, Granger took part in his first full contact practice with his team. He looked pretty comfortable moving around and he also beat George Hill and Paul George in a half court shooting contest.
"He had about 20 minutes of half court live action, his first real live action this whole period. This was his first day and I think he looked pretty good," said head coach Frank Vogel. "Were still hopeful he can get in some game action before the all-star break."
"It was great to see him back out there. He was a great passer today, maybe because we thought he was going to shoot the ball a lot and we tried to double-team him, but he was making a lot of great passes. To see him back out there moving really gives us high hopes," added guard George Hill.
The Pacers host Miami Friday night at the Fieldhouse.
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What's funny is that Danny's team mates almost always have a higher opinion of him than most fans do. Reading George Hill talk about high hopes with Danny out there reminded me of that.
I was thinking about one of our posters (I can't remember who it was) that actually was at the airport with Brandon Rush over a summer and he was talking to him and asking who was the toughest person to guard & of course LeBron & Bryant were said but then he made it a point to tell him that Danny it the toughest player to guard every day in practice and that people really have no idea how good he is.
I can't wait for his return.
It was striking given his general vibe of being a team malcontent.
Danny is a damn good player, his impact last year was gigantic. The Pacers were 8.1 points worse on offense with him on the bench and allowed 3.6 more points per 48 minutes when he sat relative to when he was on the court. That's HUGE over the course of an entire season. In comparison Roy, who many considered our best player last season the team was +4.1 on offense and -.4 on defense. With Danny that's a net gain of almost 12 points per 48 minutes. Noone else on our team had nearly the same impact last season.
If Danny gets back to the level he played at post-ASB last season we're legitimate contenders. That's how good Danny can be.
We were quite good last season, even though West wasn't half the player he has been so far this season, Lance wasn't a quarter of the player he is today, and Paul was just an OK starter as opposed to a star player. Add Danny to those guys and we could have something special.
Once Danny is back to his typical level we probably have among the best 2-3-4-5 starting unit in the NBA on this side of Wade-Lebron-Bosh-insert random dude.
Not to mention Lance looking like he could be a Dynamite sub and Mahinmi, whatever one thinks about him, being a massive upgrade to Amundson, and hopefully a rejuvenated Hansbrough (who has been playing much, much better as of late than he did early in the year or last season)
Now let's see Roy get his touch back (he's not there yet, but he's quietly put up 11.5/8.7 with 2.5 block and more importantly on 48 percent from the field in 28.7 mpg over the last 10, which is closer to where we need him to be) and we're really talking something special as a Pacers fan.
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Man, I forgot how much people jumped on me over that one. Things were more tense on the board back then.
The funny thing is that the chance encounter was all 100% true, and most of it (with the exception of PG failing to live up to his potential) was simply a reflection of Rush being on-point.
The good thing is it seems like the Pacers haven't really rushed him back throughout this process.
Furthermore, Granger doesn't really rely on his athleticism to score which is another good sign. (Obviously we want the knee to be healthy).
And btw, Granger had a terrible pre all-star split stat last year compared to post all star.
We can definitely use 19.5 PPG 5.5 rebounds, 2 threes, and 45% from the field from Granger the rest of the way.
I just woke up at 3:45 am and was dreaming 3's all over the place led by Danny against someone in the finals... It was a fun dream. Going back to bed now.
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Today, Tuesday, Nov. 4, at the University Conference Center and Inn at the University of Maryland's College Park campus, Fairfax County was given an honorable mention by Clean Air Partners in the category of "Outstanding Ozone Action Days Program." The county was recognized for its efforts in establishing voluntary actions to reduce ground-level ozone through an Ozone Action Days plan, its efforts to encourage and facilitate public awareness of air quality issues, and its efforts to encourage employees to take personal voluntary actions.
Clean Air Partners (originally known as ENDZONE Partners) is a volunteer nonprofit organization that was created and chartered in 1997 by the Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments and the Baltimore Metropolitan Council. The partnership represents a coalition of public and private sector groups including businesses and environmental, civic and professional organizations, governments and citizens committed to improving air quality in the Washington and Baltimore regions. The partnership's primary focus is the promotion of easy and effective voluntary actions that individuals, groups, businesses and government can take to reduce air pollution.
Fairfax County government has been a member of Clean Air Partners since 1998, and has been proactive in efforts to inform county employees and residents about air quality programs and ways to reduce air pollution. The county has a notification program that involves the posting of Ozone Action Day forecasts on Fairfax County Government Cable Television Channel 16, and the county Web site, as well as sending e-mail notifications to county employees. These messages include appropriate actions to take to reduce contributions to ozone formation.
Some actions currently practiced by Fairfax County government when a Ozone Action Day is forecast include the refueling of vehicles after sunset; the restriction of non-essential motorized operating equipment; encouraging employees to telework and teleconference to participate in meetings off site; and the offering of free trips on the Fairfax Connector and on Metrobus, in cooperation with other local jurisdictions in the region. Also, in an effort to reduce ozone-producing emissions, the county uses ultra low sulfur diesel fuel in its Fairfax Connector buses throughout the year.
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Jean from The Delightful Repast wrote this lovely post for delicious gluten free buttermilk scones! We just adore The Delightful Repast and think you will too- head over and check out her beautiful photographs and 'delightful' recipes.
I'm all about comfort food over at The Delightful Repast, and scones are one of my all-time favorite comfort foods. Most times I make them with Bob's Red Mill organic unbleached flour. But then some of my friends went on gluten-free diets, so I developed a recipe for them using several Bob's Red Mill products. I make them when I'm having a gluten-free guest for afternoon tea, and all the guests (not just the GF) rave about them.
Afternoon tea (often erroneously called "high tea") is an important part of my life, but this month there's just no time for it. That does not mean, however, that there's no time for my everyday tea in the afternoon or for elevenses (British English for midmorning tea break), which I usually have around ten since I start my day so early. Those two events are a daily must for those of us who work at home and who have been drinking tea since birth.
For an afternoon tea, I serve clotted cream, lemon curd and either strawberry or raspberry jam with the scones. For everyday tea, though, I'll save the calories and have them plain. But can you really call that currant-filled, orange-scented, buttery goodness plain?
Gluten-Free Buttermilk Scones
(Makes 16 scones)
- 1 1/3 packed cups organic brown rice flour
- 1/2 packed cup potato starch
- 3 tablespoons tapioca flour
- 1 1/8 teaspoon xanthan gum
- 3 tablespoons sugar
- 2 teaspoons baking powder
- 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 6 tablespoons cold unsalted butter, cut into cubes
- Zest of one orange
- 1/2 cup dried black currants or other chopped dried fruit
- 3/4 cup buttermilk
- 1 large egg
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
1. Preheat oven to 400 degrees. In medium bowl whisk together brown rice flour, potato starch, tapioca flour, xanthan gum, sugar, baking powder, baking soda and salt. Cut the butter into the flour mixture until it resembles coarse meal. Stir in orange zest and dried fruit to coat and separate. In small bowl, whisk together buttermilk, egg and vanilla; pour into dry mixture and gently mix until just combined. The gluten-free flour mixture requires a bit more liquid than the same amount of regular flour would.
*If you prefer to glaze the tops of your scones (I do not), beat the egg lightly and reserve one tablespoon to mix with a teaspoon of water to brush on tops only just before baking.
2. Line a large baking sheet with parchment and sprinkle lightly with brown rice flour in two 6-inch circles. Scrape the dough onto the floured parchment and gently pat the dough, dusting with brown rice flour as needed, into two 6-inch rounds. Cut each round into 8 wedges. Pull the wedges out and space them an inch or two apart. Bake for about 15 minutes or until golden brown.
Now put the kettle on, make a proper cup of tea and enjoy the delightful repast!
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GREEN BAY, Wis. - To most people, Wednesday will just be a quirky date: Dec. 12, 2012, or 12-12-12. But to Packers fans, the number 12 carries special meaning.
Quarterback Aaron Rodgers wears No. 12. So earlier this year the state Legislature designated the day Aaron Rodgers Day in honor of the Super Bowl winner and last year's MVP.
Some public and private businesses are encouraging their employees to wear Rodgers jerseys Wednesday. Others are encouraging $12 donations to the MACC Fund charity. A Green Bay mall is offering special deals, including $20 Aaron Rodgers T-shirts for $12.
Rodgers has said he prefers to deflect personal attention to his team, but he was honored by the proclamation.
Rodgers' predecessor wore No. 4. However, the state Legislature never named April 4, 2004 Brett Favre Day.
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Ignore the primordial soup for a second...and lets revisit the genetic variants you speak of. If you look at the fossil record, then surely you acknowledge that there are variants of early humans. These early humans would have no concept of GOD, only survival, breeding, and maybe rudimentary idea of pleasure and accomplishment. If the Bible is divinely inspired and I.D. is real. Then what sense does it make for the designer to make all these adjustments to our bodies and minds only to reveal itself as our creator a few thousand years ago through a collection of writings assembled and deemed sacred by a council of men and canonized into what you call the Holy Bible. Why would it take millions of years for the designer to reach this point? Does that mean as species from a biological state we are a work in progress, continuously? Surely we are not the end result of what is considered the most complex creation, because we are quite flawed as a species. If we are a result of trial and error by the designer over the course of millions of years, then we can't possible be done, because perfection is not attainable.This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
If you separate out the religiousness of ID as some in this thread stake their flag, then we must ask the logical question, if there was a designer, what was the purpose of his designs, and if we are a continuous project, then what is the end goal of the designer? Surely such complexity must have an end goal.
All the sudden we personifying the designer's intentions and that is where ID falls apart in my opinion. Intelligence is defined by reason, foresight, intention, and purpose.
In my experience, humans tend to personify things they do not full understand as a way to perceive order.


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5,000 miles on my '09 RT.
When I ride at night, I can see my headlights illuminating the reflective overhead freeway signs. The nearby cars don't do this, which leads me to believe that my headlights may be aimed improperly. Been this way since new.
Any words of wisdom? Could this be normal? I seem to remember that the proper procedure for aiming auto headlights is a bit involved, requiring specialized equipment, more than just a level driveway and garage door, which I don't have anyway.
I would hope that the headlights would come properly aimed from the dealer, but who knows?
Increasing rear spring preload helps a little, but does not eliminate the problem.


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Southwestern Student Successfully Argues in Federal Court
Law School's Appellate Litigation Practicum provides opportunity to write briefs and present oral arguments before the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals
A widow faces deportation to Mexico, despite the fact that an immigration judge ruled that it would present an extreme hardship for her two minor, U.S.-citizen children. With the poise of a seasoned litigator, Southwestern student Melany Avanessians stood before a panel of judges at the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals in Pasadena, and argued that the Board of Immigration Appeals erred when it re-interpreted the facts of this case.
Three weeks after, the court issued its decision. The petition was granted and the deportation order vacated. Avanessians had persuaded the court, and the case was won.
While it is common for law students to prepare briefs and argue hypothetical problems in their classes or in front of jurists at competitions, few have the opportunity to stand before veteran judges to fight for real people facing potentially life-altering challenges.
"During the first 10 seconds, I was kind of nervous, but when I started my argument, I realized just how prepared I was, and that gave me the confidence I needed. I had the information. I just needed to get it out there," Avanessians said.
Professor Caleb Mason served as Avanessians' supervising attorney. A former federal prosecutor with a desire to keep a hand in the practice of law while providing a unique opportunity for students to get appellate court experience, he established the Appellate Litigation Practicum at Southwestern.
Professor Mason did not say a word during Avanessians' oral argument. And that is exactly the way he wanted it. "The goal of the program is to have the student argue the case by him or herself," he explained. "Melany was absolutely great! You hear experienced attorneys who don't sound effective, confident or forthright, or who stumble and can't put sentences together. Melany was articulate and argued the salient issue of fact verses law with confidence."
Southwestern is one of nine schools participating in the Ninth Circuit's pro bono program. The court's pro bono office appoints lawyers to represent litigants who have filed appeals pro se; law school clinics are periodically offered a list of available cases to choose from. Professor Mason explained that this is because clinics will have more time to devote to research and preparation, and the Ninth Circuit wants to encourage law schools to have such clinics.
Once the Ninth Circuit allowed Southwestern to take this particular case, Avanessians and her classmates from the first Appellate Litigation Practicum course, which was held during the Fall 2010 semester, assisted Professor Mason with researching and drafting the brief. The students worked on two cases during that semester, which both focused on immigration issues. Southwestern prevailed on the other case based solely on the brief that students filed. Current practicum students are also working on cases involving prisoner abuse and a sexual harassment/wrongful termination matter.
While preparing for her day in court, Avanessians would practice her argument before Professor Mason and several other faculty members who had read the related briefs. "The more questions they asked me, the more helpful it was," she explained. "Towards the end I started doing more research on my own. When I found out who the panel was, I researched their cases and their opinions so I could be prepared for whatever questions they had."
The panel that heard her oral argument included Senior Circuit Judge Betty B. Fletcher, Circuit Judge Stephen Reinhardt and Circuit Judge Kim M. Wardlaw.
Avanessians had a lot of support from the Southwestern community. Several of her peers, professors and mentors attended court to watch her perform. "I had the pleasure of working with Melany in the Children's Rights Clinic for two semesters," said Professor Julie Waterstone, Director of the Children's Rights Clinic at Southwestern. "She impressed me so much the first semester that I invited her back to work with me as an Advanced Clinic student for a second semester. Melany is very bright, works hard, and learns quickly. I knew that she would do well at her oral argument, but I was truly blown away with her level of preparation and her skill."
Southwestern students Kristin Marker and Amanda Moghaddam, who are currently enrolled in the Appellate Litigation Practicum, were also quite impressed. "She knocked it out of the park," Marker said. "She did a really good job of expressing herself and conveying her point."
Avanessians, who hopes to become a deputy district attorney, also took an advanced trial advocacy course and became certified to conduct probable cause hearings under the supervision of the District Attorney's Office to gain some practical courtroom experience. She is externing for Deputy District Attorney, Southwestern alumna and Adjunct Professor Deborah Brazil in the Major Crimes Division of the DA's office.
"I've always wanted to be an attorney from day one," said Avanessians, who will graduate from Southwestern in May. "Arguing at the Ninth Circuit court was the best day of my life."


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Office of Public and Intergovernmental Affairs
Remarks by Secretary Eric K. Shinseki
50th Annual Combined Federal Campaign Kickoff
October 20, 2011
Hey VA! Have you heard? We're celebrating the 50th anniversary of the annual Combined Federal Campaign. General Counsel Will Gunn, thanks for that kind introduction and for quarterbacking this CFC team.
What a great turnout! Thank you all for being here to help kick off our annual Combined Federal Campaign. Today, we begin our best ever CFC campaign to help charitable organizations, praise-worthy communities, and those in need.
We are shooting to exceed our VACO goal of $850,000—because we did it last year, and we are still people of great conscience and caring. Remember "I CARE"? Well, we do—at VA, we do care!
I know this is a time of tight budgets for businesses, for non-profits, for households, and for many of us at VA. But we are probably more fortunate than many of our fellow citizens. We have jobs, we do meaningful work, we are privileged to serve our Nation's heroes, and we are part of a terrific VA team—at VA, we care for one another and for those less fortunate.
There is stability and predictability to our lives. This is our chance to provide some of that to others—the homeless, the unemployed, the handicapped, and the infirm—men, women, and children who struggle each day, all day to find work, to find shelter, food, clothes, safety, and respite from their illnesses. Through no fault of their own, they struggle to keep hope alive in order to ward off despair. They may be our neighbors, our work mates, or the homeless Veteran down the street.
CFC enables each of us the opportunity to demonstrate our compassion, our generosity, and our caring by easing the burdens of those less fortunate than we are. CFC member-organizations work for charitable organizations and in food kitchens; they raise companion dogs; they fly missions of mercy; they care for the dying in hospices; they raise funds for medical research, help protect the environment, preserve historic and unique areas of our country, and contribute to myriad other important projects and initiatives.
From every corner of this rich and powerful land, men, women and children—young mothers and retirees, students and senior citizens, charitable organizations and environmental institutions—come together this one time a year to pledge that we are the healers and the keepers of our fellow citizens.
We want to be sure that everyone in VA knows about our campaign. Participation, and any extent of participation, is a personal decision, but we have been among the most generous of agencies in the past. Take the enthusiasm and commitment you have here today back to your offices and agencies and spread it to your co-workers. Help them understand the importance of what we are trying to do and the sense of accomplishment that comes with having "given at the office"!
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Hey guys! I'm completely new to Disc Golf and I'm completely hooked. It is very humbling to start a sport like this from scratch as an adult but that for me makes it so rewarding to slowly see results and improvement. My putting has improved immensely. My drive on the other hand.. is emberassing. I have spent a good bit of time wandering around these forums and thought its time to bite the bullet and show my terrible form.
First disc is a 171 Champion Teebird
Second disc is a 172 SS Avenger Z
I am getting around 200ft - maybe 250. All my drives are consistently going hyzer, high, and bombing. I think I'm not getting the nose down, but I have tried different grips, to no avail. I even tried to throw anhyzer, which just flutters, levels then hyzer bombs. I really want my discs to glide a little.
When I reach back and pull through, I have no accuracy whatsoever, maybe I have to work up to that.
What do you guys think? I want to have good form the beginning.


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Hold the shifter in Low gear, mash the throttle in Brian Thomson's '72 Chevelle SS, and the street soon looks like God was scribbling on it with a couple of giant Sharpies. The rear tires spin until Thomson gets out of the throttle altogether.
That's not bad for a 4,000-lb car equipped with just a small-block. Of course, it's no ordinary small-block. It's the 530hp, 488-ft-lb, fuel-injected 383 described in our story, "Fueling Around."
The engine was a collaborative effort between Thomson, Saad Habba of GM Performance Parts, and Joe Alameddine of Accel's Digital Fuel Injection division. The 383 is based on GM Performance's new factory-built 383 short-block but is topped with ported Fast Burn aluminum heads and Accel's latest Pro-Ram injection setup. The engine is controlled with Accel/Digital Fuel Injection's latest programming software, CalMap Gen VII Plug-N-Play.
The 383 uses a unique 3.80-inch forged stroker crank, rather than the 3.75-inch crank in traditional 383 builds. Why? So that GM engineers could retain the small-block's standard 4.00-inch bores. The 383s built by GM are all new, and the company didn't want to overbore the brand-new blocks.
The rods are unique, too. They're powdered metal but feature knurled studs and nuts, rather than traditional rod bolts. GM's testing showed this design was stronger over the long run.
Under the hood of Thomson's Chevelle, the 383's injection system passes, at first glance, for four-barrel induction. Its 1,200-cfm throttle body is topped by a traditional air cleaner, which looks natural in the vintage Chevelle, but the fuel rails (feeding 36-lb injectors), mounted to the intake manifold, reveal the truth.
"Most people do a double-take," says Thomson. "They see the air cleaner and think it's just an old, carbureted engine. But then they see the fuel rails and their attention really picks up."
The Digital Fuel Injection (DFI) Plug-N-Play software directs the injection system. A division of Mr. Gasket's Accel company, DFI's Plug-N-Play allows an ease of laptop tuning previously unavailable to the average enthusiast. It's a great system. Headers and a Dynomax-equipped 3-inch exhaust system carry away the 383's spent gases, while the engine is backed by a stout Turbo 400. A 3.55, Posi-equipped rearend does its best to put all that power to the pavement.
The super-sanitary Chevelle wears a great-looking paint job that is more than 10 years old and was applied by Thomson himself at home. He also got tired of cleaning the car's original white interior, so he changed it all out in favor of black upholstery. "It's a lot easier to live with," he says.
By the way, did we mention the car is a 39,000-mile Chevelle SS survivor from the dry climate of California? He brought the car home to Michigan, where he had to perform only minor restoration to the straight, original car. Thomson doesn't drive the car in the winter months, but during the warmer seasons it's his daily driver-rain or shine.
Thomson tells us the fuel-injected 383 is as a reliable as it is powerful, making it a great go-to-work commuter: "It actually gets pretty good gas mileage, too," he says-well, as good as a 530hp engine can deliver. It would probably crack the 20-mpg barrier if those pesky tires would quit spinning all the time.


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PONTIAC, Mich. - Under cross examination Thursday for the deadly shooting of her 17-year-old grandson, Sandra Layne said over and over, "I can't answer 'Yes' or 'No.'"
Layne admits to shooting her grandson Jonathan Hoffman in the loft of her West Bloomfield condo. The prosecutor asked her why she went to the basement, where investigators found her bloody footprints.
"I went down the basement because I was afraid and I wanted to get away from this," Layne said.
She was asked why she didn't call 911 from one of the several phones in the basement. Layne said she shot Hoffman when he kicked her in the chest and hit her in the face. However, the story allegedly was different when police arrived at the home that day.
"You make no complaints (to police) of any injuries. Correct?" the prosecutor asked.
"I'm not in that frame of mind. I'm screaming," Layne said.
Layne's attorney brought her back to the turbulent relationship she had with Hoffman, whose behavior became volatile in the weeks leading up to the shooting. He failed a drug test the day of the shooting. Layne says he was upset and demanding her car and cash.
The Prosecution asked her why she shot the gun.
"Because he was attacking me," she said, crying.
She said he had never attacked her before that and she did not want to hurt him.
The testimony ended with questions from the jury. One jury member asked Layne what reason she had for bringing her handgun into Hoffman's room. The juror asked Layne why she thought the gun was going to calm him down.
After a long pause and an instruction to respond directly to the question, she said, "I just didn't know what to do. Somebody else might have done it different and I just did it that way. I don't know."
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While I am using a lot of hardware these days software is still very important in my workflow. I often want a simple software synth to get things going. Audio Damage's new Basic will definitely be useful. It may seem like a strange reason but I bet I end up using Basic often for the simple fact that out of all my plug-in folders in my Ableton sidebar I already go to the AD folder more than any other.
"One day not long ago, we were speaking with the music department head of a local college; he lamented the fact that there really wasn't a commercial-quality low-cost three oscillator subtractive mono-synth available for the educational market. This puzzled us, because there's no shortage of synth plug-ins out there, and this seems like a fairly glaring oversight. So we did some market research, and discovered he was right. All the available options are either slavish recreations of classic synths, with all the foibles and strange UI decisions intact, or modern behemoths with every feature under the sun. We decided to tackle the challenge of an inexpensive, simple 3-osc mono-synth that followed the classic subtractive style, and Basic is the result. While it is designed with ease-of-use, low cost, and simplicity in mind, the panel sits in front of a powerful modern synthesizer engine with an aggressive tone and self-resonating filters that scream when pushed. We're sure every electronic musician will find a place in the mix for Basic." – Audio Damage
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Country: Portraits of an American Sound
When: 11 a.m.-6 p.m. Tuesday through Friday, 11 a.m.-9 p.m. Saturday and Sunday, Saturday through Sept. 28.
Where: Annenberg Space for Photography, 2000 Avenue of the Stars, Los Angeles.
Admission: Free.
Information: 213-403-3000; www.annenbergspaceforphotography.org.
Iris Nights Lecture Series for "Country: Portraits of an American Sound"
When: 6:30-8 p.m Thursdays
Where: Annenberg Space for Photography Skylight Studios, a multimedia venue and retail gallery located across the park from the photography space at 2000 Avenue of the Stars, Los Angeles.
Admission: Free, but reservations are required.
Information: www.annenbergspaceforphotography.org.
June 5: Globe-trotting photographer Jeff Lipsky's images have graced the covers and pages of Vogue, Glamour and Esquire magazines. On this night, he shares anecdotes from his sessions with Keith Urban, Blake Shelton and Carrie Underwood.
June 12: Celebrated photographer and filmmaker Sara Terry spent three years documenting the subculture of the American folk scene. Her lecture will include photos, clips and anecdotes about the singer-songwriters she featured in that film, "Folk."
June 19: Meet Kurt Markus, who has photographed everything from cowboys to Armani campaigns. His work is regularly featured in solo and group exhibitions.
June 26: Color photography pioneer William Albert Allard has been a contributor to National Geographic Society publications for 50 years. In 2010, National Geographic magazine recognized his work on the American West. Get to know his intimate and immersive photos of his subjects and their lifestyles.
July 10: Award-winning Melanie Dunea talks about her travels around the world on assignment, photographing people of influence and power. She's also done her share of work for music companies around the world.
July 17: Entertainment photographer Raeanne Rubenstein has snapped telling portraits of stars of film, music and pop culture for magazines, CD covers, films and books. Several of her works are featured in "Country: Portraits of an American Sound."
July 24: Freelance photographer Michael Wilson has worked extensively in the music industry, photographing artists such as Lyle Lovett, B.B. King and Waylon Jennings. His works are also featured in the exhibit. On this night, Wilson will be joined by guest curator Shannon Perich from the Photographic History Collection at the Smithsonian's National Museum of American History.
July 31: Amelia Davis shares moments in history through the work of famed photographer Jim Marshall. From the 1950s North Beach Jazz scene in San Francisco through the turmoil of the 1960s and the rock and roll explosion in America, Marshall's images were iconic. They include Johnny Cash's groundbreaking Folsom and San Quentin concerts.
Aug. 7: Get to know Ed Rode, whose 33-plus years behind the camera has produced work for Vogue, Time and Sports Illustrated, as well as CMT.com. Many of his shots have graced the covers of top country music magazines and albums.
Aug. 21: Hear from Tim Davis and Michael McCall of the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum. The men are guest curators for "Country: Portraits of an American Sound."
Aug. 28: Adam Jahiel talks about his career photographing for Time, Newsweek and The New York Times, including capturing the cowboys of the Great Basin — a ruggedly authentic American subculture.
Sept. 4: Meet Danny Clinch, a photographer whose work has been featured in Vanity Fair, Rolling Stone and GQ. In addition, he's presented his work in galleries, published two book and directed music videos for Willie Nelson, Tom Waits and the Avett Brothers, among many others.
Sept. 11: Henry Horenstein has documented artists and audiences at honky tonks, outdoor festivals and community dances to preserve the culture of country music. His photographs as well as his short documentary, "Spoke," are featured in the exhibit.
Sept. 18: Hear from David McClister, another photographer featured in the exhibit. He specializes in documentary, photojournalism and portraiture, and he's directed music videos for LeAnn Rimes, Lady Antebellum and The Band Perry.
Sept. 25: Slideshow Night is a presentation of images from artists not featured in the exhibit, but who also photograph the worlds of country music and the American West. It will be held in the Annenberg Space for Photography.
There's an old black and white photo in the Annenberg Space for Photography's new "Country: Portraits of an American Sound" exhibit taken seconds after Loretta Lynn was asked to join the Grand Ole Opry cast, and she's ecstatic — shrieking, arms outstretched. Her hand is just outside the frame.
"It aggravated me that I cut off her hand — but the little dickens, she did that," says Les Leverett, who snapped a surprised Lynn in 1962 while working as the Opry's official in-house photographer.
The photo hangs in the Century City gallery through Sept. 28 alongside more than 100 documentary, studio, promotional and fine art prints that chronicled the music and ideals it came to embody over the decades, from its post World War II expansion to the 21st century.
"Country is now part of a massive entertainment empire that spans regional, social and cultural divides," says Leonard Aube, executive director of the Annenberg Foundation. "And photography has played such a significant role in shaping how we individually and collectively understand this music and its creators." .
Organized chronologically, the exhibit opens with the works of Elmer Williams, a restaurateur turned amateur photographer, whose candid shots of music industry gatherings and backstage at the Opry includes one of 12-year-old Brenda Lee in her first Nashville performance in 1957.
Williams began photographing country music stars in the 1940s — that's when the music coalesced in Nashville and was stamped country-western. Before that, it was just regional folk music.
Elsewhere, there's an image of June Carter kicking up her heels taken in 1954 by studio photographer Walden S. Fabry. He moved to Nashville in the 1940s at the urging of comedian Minnie Pearl and became a favorite among the early entertainers.
"He made us look glamorous," Pearl would say of Fabry, who continued his work through the 1960s. "He didn't treat us like a bunch of ignorant people from the sticks. Instead, he treated us like Hollywood stars."
Leverett was another pioneer. The veteran Opry photographer's featured work includes behind-the-scenes snapshots and performance stills, including a young Willie Nelson's first night on the Opry as a regular. He had performed many times as a guest.
"He looks like he's stepping out of a Sears-Roebuck catalog," Leverett says.
One of his favorites is Cash taking a bow under the spotlight on his ABC show in 1970.
"Cash was one of these people that you could feel his presence when he went into a room, you knew he was there," he says. "I just loved him to death. He was difficult sometimes, but never with me. He thought he was one time and apologized for it."
Annenberg Space for Photography put together the exhibit with the Smithsonian National Museum of American History and the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum, as well as Arclight Productions, which has created two original documentaries — a short about the photography of Kenny Rogers and a feature presentation that looks back at the 80-year history of country music through photography.
Also featured is a short by Boston-based documentarian Henry Horenstein about the legendary Texas music hall the Broken Spoke.
"My thing was to document the people around the music, the fans," Horenstein says. "And that's what I am, really."
Elsewhere, there are country music albums, movie posters, a jukebox with rare, archival audio files, a slideshow of digital images and artifacts from the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum's collection, including musical instruments and stage costumes.
Of the gorgeous works by L.A. photojournalist Leigh Wiener is a close-up of Johnny Cash — eyes closed and singing into the microphone. A 1974 image by entertainment photographer Raeanne Rubenstein captures Tammy Wynette sitting on a patio chair at home in Nashville looking more like one of "Charlie's Angels" with her big hair and oversized sunglasses than a country star.
On the flip side, there's a 1973 photo Henry Diltz took of Ramblin' Jack Elliott looking every bit like the cowboy with lasso in hand. Other standouts include David McClister's 2012 photo of The Band Perry posed against an industrial Louisiana backdrop.
"Everybody's got a different style and a different way of looking at things," says Horenstein, a professor of photography at the Rhode Island School of Design whose featured work includes a 1972 picture of Dolly Parton at Symphony Hall in the photographer's hometown of Boston.
She's standing in a nondescript area of the venue and the ordinariness of it stands out.
"Like the musicians, photographers — if they're good, if they're consistent, if they're honest — are who they are," he says. "If you see my pictures, you may like them or not like them, but I hope you'll see that they were my pictures. That's the goal."


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MIN gets:
Eric Gordon
NO gets:
Danny Granger
Minnesota's 2013 First Round Pick
IND gets:
Derrick Williams
Darius Miller
Luke Ridnour
This deal evens out the rosters of three teams. Gordon goes to Minny who is looking to takea chance to keep Love around. They give up Derrick Williams and their first, which in all likelihood, will be the 9th overall pick. They take on an injury concern, which they have done recently in Brandon Roy.
We send Granger to NO, who slides into their SF slot as a veteran presence on a young team. The most important aspect of this trade for NO is his leadership qualities and whatever he brings to the table is a bonus. They only pay for one year of his salary and they could resign him fairly cheap for a few years since they have a lot of cap flexibility going forward. They get the ninth overall which is right in line with their youthful direction. They have a glut of ball dominant guards in Vasquez, Rivers, and Gordon, so they will priobably look to go with a wing early in the draft. Shabazz Muhammed would be a perfect fit for them long-term.
Indy gets a lot of cap flexibility in this deal. Williams only makes $5M and $6M over the next two years. He would come in and replace either West or George (who can slide over) and it makes us a bigger team than we already are. He is capable of hitting that mid-range jumper and can score, which is something we desperately need from our depth. He becomes our best bench guy, but would get way more minutes here than he did in Minny. He also takes the pressure off of West having to play too many minutes as he ages. We could sign West to a bigger two year deal this way and then reassess where he is at in two years. Darius Miller is a kid I really liked coming out of college. He is a mature kid with a great work ethic. He is a SF and would replace the minutes Sam Young gives us on the cheap. Ridnour becomes our one year stop-gap backup PG to make salaries work (if necessary). Stephenson could handle the third string PG duties.
Overall, this deal is advantageous to all three teams. Let me know what you think.


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Sunny day makes for pleasant snowmobile show
Antique and vintage snowmobiles showed up in droves to the 20th annual Antique Snowmobile Rendezvous in Pequot Lakes on Saturday, Jan. 18.
The event featured plenty of competition.
This year's drag race was won by Ted Otto of Brainerd on a 1962 Arctic Cat Polar 450 followed by Joe Sailer of Gilbert on a 1964 Arctic Cat 170 and John McGuirk of Sidney, Ohio, on a 1966 Arctic Cat 460 D.
Darrin Willis of Hopeville, Ill., took home first place in the oval race with his 1964 Arctic Cat 170 D followed by Harvey Denzin of Buffalo on a 1964 Polaris K 80 D and Robert Larson of Roseau on a 1963 Polaris K 95 D.
The reverse oval also went to Otto, followed by Tony Rolfes of Sartell on a 1964 Polaris KE 95 D, and Denzin took third.
Aaron Kelly of Tipton, Iowa, won the obstacle course on a 1966 Arctic Cat 100 with Richard DeCoursey of Isle in second and Aaron Fischer of River Falls, Wis., on his 1965 Polaris Super Pacer in third.
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Williams impressed with LaRoche's spring
VIERA, Fla. -- Nationals first baseman Adam LaRoche is off to a good start, going 5-for-15 with two home runs and four RBIs entering Sunday's action.
Manager Matt Williams is most impressed by how LaRoche is handling left-handed pitchers. LaRoche is taking pitches from the lefties up the middle.
"He has been pretty consistent," Williams said. "I like when he hits the ball up the middle, especially against the left-hander. He has done that a couple of times. He has driven some balls to center field as well. I think he is right on track."
Generally, it takes LaRoche a lot of at-bats to get going, and Williams still plans to have LaRoche get at-bats in Minor League camp.
Bill Ladson is a reporter for MLB.com and writes an MLBlog, All Nats All the time. He also could be found on Twitter @WashingNats. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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384 prisoners escape Pakistan prison
Islamabad, Pakistan (CNN) — Authorities in northern Pakistan were looking for 384 inmates who escaped from a prison early Sunday morning after hundreds of Taliban militants raided the facility.
The attack took place in the city of Bannu in northwest Pakistan, an area known for a heavy militant presence.
Four prison officials were wounded in the attack, which lasted more than two hours, said Iftikhar Khan, a senior police official in the city.
Of the 944 prisoners the facility held, 384 escaped, officials said.
Among them were 21 high-profile militants, said Iftikhar Hussain, the information minister of the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province, where Bannu is located.
Insurgents create havoc in Afghanistan
The attackers apparently were aiming to free a senior Taliban commander, he said, but prison records were destroyed in the attack, and officials were still working to verify the names and crimes of those who escaped.
"This is beyond terrorism. Such an attack challenges the writ of the state," Hussain said.
Two of the inmates who escaped had been awaiting execution.
One, Adnan Rashid, had been found guilty in the attempted murder of former President Pervez Musharraf in 2003. The other, Safi Ullah, was convicted of several bombings in northern Pakistan in recent years, officials said.
Authorities were investigating how militants managed to enter the city, Hussain said.
"A soul-searching investigation is underway to answer some big questions," he said. "How were the militants allowed to block routes to the jail before the attack? Why didn't the reinforcements arrive?"
The Pakistani Taliban claimed responsibility for the attack, according to its spokesman Ehsanullah Ehsan.
"We will go where we need to go" said Ehsan, vowing to continue attacks that would result in the release of other imprisoned Taliban fighters.
Journalist Wajahat S. Khan contributed to this report.


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Topic: Weight gain, fatigue
I wasn't sure if I should place this under "nutrition" or "side effets" - or maybe both. I started gem/cis treatment in January 2010 and just had my 34th one. When I started chemo I weighed 175 and wore a 36 pants. (I'm 61, 6' tall). I've gained 30 pounds since starting chemo and gone to a snug 40 in pants. I don't want to blimp up further!
My appetite has remained normal (not a hinit of nausea) but I'm borderline anemic most of the time. So, I eat a fiarly normal diet, put on weight, but don't have the energy to excercise and burn off some calories.
Any suggestions on how to lose some of this weight?


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BURNLEY winger Ross Wallace has begun his comeback from knee surgery in a behind-closed-doors friendly with Wolves.
The Scot has been sidelined since August after an operation to repair "wear and tear" damage.
But he returned to action this afternoon with a 45-minute run-out in a 1-0 win for Burnley's development squad, and came through unscathed.
"Ross is continuing progress with his rehab and we are doing that wisely and sensibly, which is why he played 45 minutes today," said Burnley boss Sean Dyche.
"We will now build that up as we, and he, feels comfortable with in order to get him back to full fitness.
"Ross is on schedule and we want to make sure he is right and proper and that is exactly how things are going at the moment."
Wallace was joined in the Clarets side by full back Joseph Mills, who has returned from a successful loan spell wit Oldham Athletic and also played 45 minutes.
New Zealand international Cameron Howieson was the goalscorer as Simon Weatherstone's side beat Wolves.
The Development Squad will travel to Liverpool later this week for another friendly, with Wallace again set to feature.


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It's not entirely clear to me why the Hell of the Ashdown [1] – a sportive organised by Catford CC - is so popular. It is, though: the 1,500 places sell out within a day or so! Why "Hell"? With a length of just over 100 km it's not particularly long, but it does include quite a bit of serious climbing, and the early season date means that the conditions make this ride tougher than its length would suggest.
This year was particularly cold; temperatures were only just above freezing and there was ice on the roadsides, which worried me quite a bit. A crash on black ice in the group I was riding with the previous weekend had resulted in one guy with a dislocated shoulder and another with a broken hand. So maybe the forecast of icy roads was the reason why there weren't too many women to be seen when we arrived at the HQ. This was very useful for someone like me, who drinks lots of tea with breakfast – the ladies' loos were empty, while the men had to queue!
I set off with some of the guys from London Phoenix, my old club. This was my first official outing on the bike for Team CTC, so I wanted to post a half-respectable time. For some reason the men didn't seem to want to get going, so I left them behind. Sportives aren't races, but they are quite useful as fitness tests, and time-trialling this on my own was probably better training anyway. When I arrived at the first feed station after about 40 km, I wondered if I should just carry on, but then decided that (yet another) visit to the toilet was called for.
After that we hit The Wall – as the name implies, a very steep climb, but made manageable by low gearing. I was pleased to see more women out on the roads as the ride continued, most of them tapping out a good and even rhythm on the climbs – in contrast to many riders who attacked the bottom of hills as if they were in a sprint finish in the Tour de France.
Sleet soon started to fall, which together with a northerly wind to made the last 20 km from the second feed station a bit unpleasant. I'm never particularly good at riding into a head wind and now wished for a strong rider to shelter behind. A little later I was overtaken by a guy who had customised his bike with gold components. Taking this opportunity to draft for a bit, I observed that he had gilded his saddle, cable-outers, rear-mech hanger, skewers and bar-end plugs. Wow – what attention to detail! I'm just pleased if those stupid plugs don't keep falling out...
After about 100 km (weren't we promised 110 km?), it was suddenly all over and I wondered if I shouldn't have tried a bit harder. I was really happy to get indoors for a while and to sit down with a cup of tea and a bacon baguette (who needs recovery drinks anyway?). Despite the slightly iffy conditions, this felt like a safe ride, a large part of which was due to the excellent organisation by Catford CC, which had provided marshals for all of the tricky turns and more dangerous road crossings. I'm sure the brilliant organisation of the ride is one reason why it's so popular.
Reaching early March I'm now tired of freezing finger tips and scraping salt off my bike, and I'm really looking forward to training on ice-free roads with Team CTC on Mallorca in preparation for the challenging season ahead.


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Spina Bifida: Nancy's Story
Spina bifida is one of the most common permanently disabling birth defects in the United States. Spina bifida happens when the spine and back bones of a fetus (a baby still in the mother's womb) do not close all the way. A sac of fluid comes through an opening in the baby's back. Much of the time, part of the spinal cord is in this sac, and it is damaged. This occurs within the first few weeks of pregnancy, often before a woman knows she is pregnant.
Nancy's Story
Nancy went for her five-month ultrasound to find out whether she was expecting a boy or a girl. "They kept repeating the ultrasound over and over. I knew from a mother's instinct, and from being a nurse, that something was wrong. The doctor walked in and said your son's going to have spina bifida. I had briefly studied spina bifida in nursing school, only hearing about the worst-case scenarios, so immediately I thought that's what my child would be facing."
At her prenatal consultation in the spina bifida clinic, she had several questions about her son's prognosis. "The pediatric neurosurgeon told me to put away all my questions and said I don't know, I don't know." Nancy and her husband were very scared and shaken.
Nancy shares that the staff at the hospital where she gave birth were wonderful, "…but the lack of research when Clark was born meant there were so many 'don't knows.' Every issue is just as important as the next. Some families might deal more with neurological symptoms, while others struggle daily with bowel and bladder concerns. Nutrition and physical activity are also important when it comes to living with the condition. Clark is ambulatory and goes to the gym, but it's still very difficult for him to get his heart rate up. I'm constantly watching his weight. For us, the closest accessible sports are an hour and fifteen minutes away."
Clark is now twelve years old. He walks with braces. He takes piano lessons and will start guitar lessons soon. He's the assistant coach of his younger brother's soccer team and he likes to hang out with his friends. Although spina bifida impacts his life every day, Clark does not let it define who he is. Nancy continues, "At two weeks, Clark had a shunt put in to relieve pressure around his brain." She crosses her fingers and knocks on wood when she talks about how lucky they've been because shunt problems are common with spina bifida.
"We want there to be more knowledge of all aspects of spina bifida," Nancy says. "I know for some families the information they'd like to have is on the neurological side because they're dealing with frequent shunt revisions, or their child has symptoms from tethered spinal cord syndrome. Also every parent I've spoken with who has a child that's a little bit older says their child seems to show other neurological symptoms like wearing their emotions on their sleeve, or a lack of motivation. Without more research in this area, it's difficult to say if these behaviors are related to puberty, depression, or perhaps the effects of excess fluid around the brain."
CDC would like to thank Nancy and her son Clark for sharing this personal story.
What is spina bifida?
Each year about 1,500 babies are born with spina bifida. Not all people born with spina bifida have the same needs, so treatment will be different for each person. Health issues can range from mild to severe. The severity depends on the size and location of the opening in the spine, and whether part of the spinal cord and nerves are affected. Women who are pregnant, or could get pregnant, may be able to help prevent their babies from being born with spina bifida by taking the vitamin folic acid.
Most children born with spina bifida live full lives, though they often have lifelong disabilities and need many surgeries. Some children may have problems such as bowel and bladder management, mobility, and learning challenges, while other children do not. With the right care, most of these children can lead independent and productive lives.
Spina bifida is a complex, disabling condition that has a tremendous emotional and financial impact on the entire family.
- One parent may have to stop working outside the home to become a full-time caregiver.
- Siblings may experience a change in relationships within the family.
- Families may have difficulty finding health care providers in their area who treat patients with spina bifida.
- Families may have significant costs associated with frequent surgeries, hospitalizations, and educational resources.
What is CDC doing?
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) focuses on addressing mental and physical health, encouraging independence, and achieving a satisfying life for children and adults with spina bifida. Through our research, we are learning which health care services may be most beneficial for people with spina bifida.
One of the spina bifida projects funded and managed by CDC is the National Spina Bifida Patient Registry. Medical care for patients with spina bifida varies throughout the country. This program collects and analyzes anonymous patient information from 17 spina bifida clinics across the country to identify the best patient care. In collaboration with our nonprofit partners, we will share these best practices with all health care providers who serve the spina bifida community, working towards a national standard of care.
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- Page last reviewed: October 15, 2012
- Page last updated: October 15, 2012
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