Impartial_Observer

We’re good, pray for someone who needs it. FYI, doctors have told me you have about 0% chance of becoming addicted by taking opioids for pain management post-op. After my recent hernia surgery I came home with 60 pills, I think I took like eight.

Between my parents and I, virtually every surgery we’ve been sent home with an opioid script. Doctors from Carmel to Louisville. Perhaps my experience has been an anomaly or we’ve only had painful surgeries.

I’m speaking my association, multiple sports. We had our first Softball meeting last week, three tournament officials missing, all three with the same story. Two of them have done state finals, they’re good umpires.

Looks like Ohio is taking a pass on IR this year at least. http://highschoolsports.cleveland.com/news/article/2047579235663878822/nfhs-approves-instant-replay-for-high-school-football-playoffs-ohsaa-not-adopting-but-will-discuss/

Just spit balling here, but would virtually EVERY surgeon be writing opioid scripts for virtually every case each day?

It was a central theme in BHO's 08 campaign. A bid deal was made of the XO the day he was inaugurated. He had the entire executive and legislative branches of government. He ramrodded healthcare down our throats, if it was that important to him, I would have assumed he'd done the same thing with Gitmo. Trump campaigned on healthcare reform and a wall. The R's have had SEVEN years to come up with a plan on healthcare reform and couldn't pull it off. Again R's held the executive and legislative branches for two years and only managed a half-assed tax clusterfu.... Now suddenly after after the mid-terms this wall is uber-important. I'll give the D's credit, when they're in charge they have to stones to ram stuff down the American people's throats. But when the R's are in charge, they don't have the stones to do jack squat.

I get it, but as I stated, first visit to a pain management doctor. Had been prescribed OxyCodone, 5mg, then 7.5mg, then 10mg, in the months leading up to this. Multiple compression fractures in her spine. From two in August to four in October, the seven in November. She was literally two weeks away from Hospice care and a Morphine drip. At some point, common sense has to enter into the equation. She was clearly not doctor shopping, we had a referral from a neurosurgeon, who didn't prescribe anything. In a month's time I have picked up two different scripts for my dad after medical procedure for opioids, a script for myself for opioids, and another script for myself for a controled substance. From four different doctors, three surgeons and my family doctor. I had to present my ID each time, you reckon I'm on a list somewhere?

Much like the wall and healthcare reform, BHO had two years and nothing happened. Two sides of the same coin.

I agree, my mom was in a great deal of pain in her final weeks. We were finally referred to a pain management doctor who was hesitant to prescribe anything besides the OxyCodone she was on. After some heated words from yours truly, we left with a script for Fentynal patches. Under his care, within a week he actually had to bump the dosage up. In less than a week she was in the hospital on morphine. The point being, we're clearly dealing with end of life stuff with a 78 year old woman. She's never been to a pain management doctor in her life, she's in a wheelchair, and it's not hard to tell she's suffering. Why are we forcing people like this to suffer when there are drugs to alleviate the pain. Why the hoop jumping? Why am I forced to get upset and be a jerk to the doctor to get her taken care of? Even if addiction was a potential problem, at her stage of the game, so what?

Very disturbing.

No, because I'm sure she's not the only person in the world who smoked a little weed in college.

More importantly did she inhale?

I believe this article is wrong, Gitmo has been closed for nine years. The greatest Republican of all time John McCain was supporting it. http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/01/22/guantanamo.order/index.html

I ain't going to lie, every time I see a picture of him, my I get pissed off. He's such a putz.

There is SO much here, I think we'll have to wait and see the actual verbage. As it stands currently you are required to have five players numbered 50-79 and seven players on the LOS. A maximum of four in the backfield. As I see it now, you can now legally snap the ball with nine players. There's no word on numbering requirements. I'm not sure why the opted for the number to be five on the line. Perhaps someone could elaborate.

I agree, this has been one of the biggest discussion points on the forums I've seen.

Once you are licensed, the only thing that's required to keep your license is to renew it each year. If you are a licensed official, you can work regular season games. In order to work the tournament, there meetings you have to attend, clinics you have to attend, tests you have to take, online interpretation presentations, etc.

Our situation is tough to tell. We had two kids in school in 2017. We had zero kids in school in 2018. My gut says we (middle class) took a hit. I took a modest salary increase shortly after I got the new tax tables. After taking said pay increase my net take home went down about $72 a pay period. The real killer in my opinion was losing the deductions. Our refund for 2018 was about 17% of what it was in 2017. On another note, the real killer that all your sales friends are going to be upset about, if you're a straight commission person who's a W2 employee, mileage is gone. Loopholes for meals are also gone. This does not apply to 1099 subs. I do some odd jobs as a sub that I get 1099'd for, I still get mileage and meals.

I will add another caveat: At local meetings I see a lot of people missing that we've seen in years past. I often ask where's Bill, where' s JIm? And the standard answer is becoming they're not applying for the tournament anymore. So given that situation, the interpretation issues are going to continue to get worse as I see it. There is becoming a larger and larger group of officials who have basically zero contact with the IHSAA for rulings, interpretations, mechanics, etc.

I was in the ditch at: But facts is facts You totally lost me at: DT is right Why must every thread on this board turn into a contraction debate? If the local school board and community support having Football, why not? Are there schools out there that should probably call it a day, absolutely. Is it my place as a taxpayer and community member of Seymour tell Linton what they should be doing with their Football program? Bigger point, you mention yourself open enrollment, this is bigger than sports, school systems today need to have butts in desks to make it financially. How does cutting out sports programs further that cause? Furthermore, in rural communities if they opt to drop Football, because kids can just transfer to another competitive school, how long before rural schools lose enough where it puts their school in jeopardy? What about the local competitive school, how long before they're forced to expand, thus putting more pressure on the local tax base, no bother for the transfers, they have no skin in the game.

Per you instructions: https://www.nvsos.gov/elections/4783.pdf I spent an extra minute and dug a little deeper trying find out what you’re attempting to do: https://fundly.com/fountainhead-society-fundraising-for-ballot-initiative https://fundly.com/users/1377271 I searched for a web presence but could not find one. Since your funding efforts aren’t going well, if I donate 20 bucks, could you set something that specifically would detail your master plan? I’m more than happy to set the wheels in motion.

It's a horrible situation for the kids who want to play Football. Long story short, they were sold a bill of goods by a snake oil salesman and started the program before they were ready. He highlights his kid, they shops him around Indy and move on to greener pastures, presumably. Life lesson, the grass isn't always greener on the other side of the fence. Football ends round one. They team up with another club team and compete for a year, a non-IHSAA schedule, then move everything on campus and call it Trinity Lutheran. Schedule a mix of IHSAA member schools and non-members, with multiple players who aren't enrolled at Trinity. An unnamed by me AD from another IHSAA member school catches wind that he has an athlete attending practices and contacts the IHSAA. Football ends round two. I believe they had 7-9 players who were not enrolled at Trinity Lutheran. As stated this is an awful situation for the kids who just want to play Football. The adults have failed them miserably. I know there were some kids who transfered after the program was shut down the first time, I have no idea if any are transfering this time. I have heard that some may possibly play on a club team. In the meantime between the two shutdowns, Trinity has moved from co-ed soccer to separate boys and girls teams, I would guess this only exacerbates their situation with numbers. I'm a Football guy, I wan to see the game of Football grow and prosper, and the situation at Trinity doesn't do the game any justice. I would guess the folks who write the checks at Trinity are going to have a tough time ponying up for a part three after two failures. Just please get your ducks in a row before there's another redo with Football.

40 Second play clock, I wouldn't want to go back, good change. Jersey stuff, not much I can do, hopefully the manufacturers pay attention. Legal Scrimmage Formation, so A can now legally snap the ball with 9 players? Horsecollar good move, I still don't see this as being a big issue in HS Football. Illegal kicking and batting, fine, whatever. I would venture to guess the majority of officials have never called it, much less know what the yardage penalty is. Replay I think this needs to addressed in the right way. This could be the greatest thing since sliced bread or a huge boondoggle.

The heavyweights haven't jumped in yet.

And here they are: http://www.nfhs.org/articles/40-second-play-clock-postseason-instant-replay-among-football-changes/?fbclid=IwAR3Xs_bqGQgA-_axjsQFKRYJtR6V0HXzYIfQIvBiYm_Xpm6E9pO3sZhZGxY