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Water in parts of southwestern Manitoba have barely begun to recede, but one Brandon campground remains saturated in flood waters.
Flooding has compromised many businesses in the area, including the farming, oil, and recreational camping industries.
Mark Kovatch, owner of Turtle Crossing Campground, said the grounds were still usable as early the as Canada Day long weekend.
"The rain came and we had most of the people evacuated by Saturday night."
Now, picnic tables are fastened tightly to tree bases covered by flood waters. Campers and RVs on the grounds were safe, but after the river crested a second time, they, too, were put in jeopardy.
Kovatch's home is still above water, but he said the high waters are an eerie reminder of the 2011 flood.
"We certainly weren't expecting it to happen three years later," said Kovatch. "I would have liked to have not have been tested so soon."
The 2011 flood inspired Kovatch to invest in flood mitigation measures, building up the land under his home and moving electrical panels up to higher ground.
'We don't mind doing do our part, we just hope the government will do theirs' - Mark Kovatch, Turtle Cross Campground
The good news for Kovatch: this time around it will be more a matter of cleanup and less about damage control once waters recede.
The bad news is the camping season has been significantly cut short on Kovatch's camp grounds, threatening his livelihood.
"The problem of course is we only have three or four months to make a living in the campground business and it's getting shorter by the day," he said.
Kovatch has already had to cancel three weddings and relocate a circus he booked for August.
Owner wants more proactive measures from province
While no one could predict a weather event so severe, Kovatch said he wants to see more of a proactive approach from the province.
"We don't mind doing do our part," said Kovatch. "We just hope the government will do theirs."
A dike west of Turtle Crossing Campground is responsible for most of the flooding in the area, and Kovatch wants those to be better maintained.
For now, Kovatch is resigned to keeping the campground closed while he waits for waters to fall back to the river banks.
"A beautiful riverside campground – this is just one of the challenges," he said.
Kovatch said Turtle Crossing will be open into August.


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Our attachment to Egypt and the ancient Near
East as the 'birthplace of civilization', where the foundations of modern
societies were laid, remains as strong today as it has ever been. Yet our
current picture of how prehistoric and ancient societies actually developed in
those regions could not possibly have been predicted by earlier generations of
Processes leading to the origins of farming, cities, states,
literacy, and empires – all of which developed first in these regions – are
currently being rethought in the light of new archaeological data. And our
understanding of early relationships between the societies of Middle East,
North East Africa, South and Central Asia, and the Mediterranean are being
transformed by new evidence for patterns of cultural interaction that cut
across traditional frontiers of research. The emerging synthesis constitutes a radical
challenge to conventional theories of social and cultural evolution, which this
course sets out to explore.
The emphasis will be on comparative study of archaeological, written, environmental, and art historical sources from Egypt, the Near East, and neighbouring regions. Students enrolling for this course, whether as a core or option, will develop advanced perspectives on current debates in the archaeology of these areas. They will encounter evidence from across a large part of Western Asia and North East Africa, spanning Egypt, Sudan, Mesopotamia, Iran, Anatolia, Arabia & the Gulf, and the Eastern Mediterranean seaboard, as well as parts of Central and South Asia.
Each taught session uses applied case studies to address general issues of archaeological interpretation, with an emphasis on 1) new theoretical perspectives, 2) the understanding of long-term social change through comparative study of neighbouring civilisations, 3) the interpretation of interregional processes operating at a large scale. Case studies will range chronologically from the end of the last Ice Age (c. 10,000 BC) through the Neolithic and Bronze Ages to the Iron Age (c. 500 BC).
Topics to be covered include:
- Egypt and the ancient Near East in world history
- Holocene environments, climate change, and human impact
- Neolithic transformations: worlds of the earliest farmers
- Global villages: the later prehistory of Egypt and the Middle East
- Origins of cities and states: a comparative perspective
- Emergence, functions, and development of writing systems
- Commerce, cosmology, and sacrifice: the movement of goods
- Ancient empires and imperialism: current themes and perspectives
- Between archaeology and art history: the transmission of images
- Body, gender, and power: changing constructs in Egypt and the ancient Near East
Aims of the course
- To provide students with an advanced understanding of patterns and processes in the archaeology of the Egypt and the Near East
- To situate those processes within a broader comparative understanding of World Archaeology
- To familiarise students with new evidence for interconnections and cultural exchanges between the early Middle East and other parts of Asia, Africa, and Europe
- To familiarise students with the scientific methods now used to reconstruct processes of technological, economic, and environmental change
To explore the implications of Egypt and the Near East for the writing of global history, including its relevance to contemporary social theory and cultural heritage studies
Learning Outcomes:
- To prepare students to undertake original research in world archaeology with an informed perspective on the archaeology of Egypt and/or the Near East
- To enhance students' ability in reading and debate through assessment and evaluation of alternative interpretations, and presentation of reasoned conclusions
- recognition of the linkages between data, methods and ideas
- application of the methods and theories of inter-disciplinary analysis
- skill in integrating a variety of evidence from different disciplines into overall interpretations
- proficiency in the setting out information and ideas clearly in written form
- preparation for designing and operationalising research topics in this field, including the development of meaningful links between different scales of analysis (from the microscopic to studies of artefacts, landscapes, distribution patterns, and remote sensing from space)
Teaching Methods
The course is taught through a two-hour weekly seminar. Content ranges from general thematic overviews to detailed presentations of specialist research, and will include extensive visual illustration of key data. All seminars have weekly readings, which provide a focus for students to contribute actively to the discussion. Students will also be given more structured opportunities to present their views both visually and orally in class.
The course is taught through a two-hour weekly seminar. Content ranges from general thematic overviews to detailed presentations of specialist research, and will include extensive visual illustration of key data. All seminars have weekly readings, which provide a focus for students to contribute actively to the discussion. Students will also be given more structured opportunities to present their views both visually and orally in class.
Course information
- Code: ARCLG313
- Credits: 15
- Coordinator: David Wengrow
- Prerequisite: None
- Handbook: open»
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- Moodle page: open»
- Reading list: open»
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The snake escaped from a home in the 900 block of Northeast 9th Street in Ocala.
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Date: March 13, 2012
Source: BBC
Abstract: Gunmen have attacked a public bus in western Ethiopia, killing 19 male passengers, officials say.
One report said the attackers kidnapped five female passengers during their assault on the bus, 20km (12 miles) from the town of Gambella.
Some of the other passengers were injured.
Officials did not speculate as to a reason for the attack. Gambella province has a history of conflicts between communities.
State-owned Ethiopia TV said the attack happened early on Monday.
The report said there were 34 passengers on board at the time.
Security forces have been sent to the area to track down the gunmen and try to find the hostages.
Omod Obang Olum, head of the local government, said the victims were Ethiopian residents travelling in a public bus.
He was quoted by the AP news agency as saying the bus was ambushed near a town called Bonga, and that the attackers were carrying machine guns.The AP report did not mention any hostages being taken (BBC, 2012).
Title: Shock
Swiss Bus Crash Kills 28, Most Children
Date: March 14, 2012
Source: RT
Abstract: A bus carrying Belgian students crashed into a tunnel wall in Switzerland, killing 28 people, 22 of which were children.
Another 24 students were taken to hospital with injuries, local police say.
The bus was carrying 12-year-olds from two schools back from a ski holiday in the southwestern region of Valais when it crashed on Tuesday evening. The cause of the accident has yet to be determined.
The bus was not speeding at the time of the accident, nor was other vehicle involved, local prosecutor Olivier Elsig told reporters Wednesday. He also said that all the children on the bus were wearing seat belts.
Police reported that the bus veered, hit a curb and then crashed into a concrete wall. The front of the vehicle was heavily damaged by the impact, leaving people trapped inside.
The highway was closed for traffic as the rescue operation was underway, AP reported. Some eight helicopters and a dozen ambulances took victims to the hospital. Dozens of firefighters and police, 15 doctors and three psychologists were also called to the scene.
Belgium has announced
a day of national mourning after the tragic news broke. The country's Prime
Minister Elio Di Rupo is to travel to Switzerland, local RTBF TV channel
reports. The government has offered all necessary assistance to the victims and
their families (RT,
Title: 20
Shiites Forced Off Buses, Killed In Northern Pakistan, Officials Say
Date: August 16, 2012
Source: CBS News
Abstract: A Pakistani official says gunmen forced 20 Shiites off buses in northern Pakistan and killed them.
The police official said the incident happened Thursday in the Naran Valley.
The official spoke on condition of anonymity because he was worried about retribution.
The Deputy Inspector General of police in Gilgit, Ali Sher, said the victims were traveling from Rawalpindi, near the capital Islamabad, to Gilgit, a mostly Shiite area.
There have been several such sectarian attacks in the region in the past. Many Sunni extremists do not view Shiites as true Muslims.
CBS News' Farhan Bokhari reports the attack comes at a sensitive time for predominantly Muslim Pakistan. On Friday, the country's Muslims will celebrate Jumatul wida - the last Friday of the Islamic holy month of Ramadan, which is an occasion that typically sees large gatherings of friends and family.
A senior government official tells CBS News Thursday's attack could provoke Shiite protests on Friday, and increase sectarian tension across the country.
Though a minority in comparison to Pakistan's Sunni Muslim majority, Shiites comprise a significant portion of the nation's population - between one fifth and one third of the populace, depending on the estimate.
Thursday's attack also comes on the heels of a brazen siege by the Pakistani Taliban - one of the most active Sunni insurgent groups in the region - on one of the nation's most important air force bases.
A team of nine Taliban militants attacked the base, which has suspected links to the country's nuclear program, before dawn on Thursday, killing a security official in a heavy battle that ended with the insurgents dead and parts of the base in flames, officials said.
The attack on the base in Kamra, located only about 25 miles northwest of the capital Islamabad, was a reminder of the threat posed by the Pakistani Taliban despite numerous military offensives against their sanctuaries along the Afghan border.
The large air base hosts a variety of fighter jets, including F-16s, and contains a factory that makes aircraft and other weapons systems. Some experts suspect the base could be linked to Pakistan's nuclear arsenal because of the weapons development there and the presence of jets that could be used to deploy the bombs. The army has denied the base has any links, but the nuclear program's secret nature makes independent evaluation difficult.
The safety of the country's nuclear weapons has been a major concern for the United States. Western experts say Pakistan has about 100 nuclear weapons and is in the midst of a rapid expansion of its arsenal.
"The great danger we've always feared is that, you know, if terrorism is not controlled in their country, that those nuclear weapons could fall into the wrong hands," U.S. Defense Secretary Leon Panetta told reporters at the Pentagon on Tuesday.
The militants, some of whom were wearing explosives strapped to their bodies, attacked the base at around 2 a.m. with automatic weapons and rocket-propelled grenades, according to the air force.
At least one of the rockets hit a hanger holding a number of aircraft said air force spokesman, Tariq Mahmood. The rocket pierced the hanger wall, and shrapnel from the explosion damaged one of the aircraft parked inside.
After the rocket barrage, the attackers scaled the wall surrounding the air base, said Mahmood.
Guards inside the base then opened fire on the militants, and an intense firefight ensued, he said. In the initial exchange of gunfire one Pakistani soldier was killed.
Security forces, backed by a team of elite commandos, fought the militants for two hours and were finally able to retake the base, the air force said.Nine militants and one security personnel were killed in the fighting. The head of the base, Air Commodore Muhammad Azam, was wounded in the shoulder, said Mahmood (CBS News, 2012).
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Dead, 6 Seriously Injured In Arizona Tour Bus Crash
Date: October 20, 2012
Source: Fox News
Abstract: A tour bus careened off the road and crashed in northwest Arizona late Friday night, killing the driver and leaving six passengers with serious injuries, authorities said.
About 45 other passengers were less seriously hurt and not all of them required hospital treatment, the Arizona Highway Patrol said.
The crash occurred shortly before 8 p.m. PDT on Highway 93 near Willow Beach, about 20 miles from the Nevada state line and 40 miles southeast of Las Vegas.
The bus was northbound when it went off the road and into a ravine. No other vehicles were involved.
"We believed the driver experienced some sort of the medical condition and he just went off the road," the patrol said.
The six most seriously hurt were flown by helicopter to University Medical Center in Las Vegas, while 15 others passengers with less severe injuries were rushed to area hospitals by road.
UMC spokewoman Danita Cohen said the six were being treated for nonlife-threatening injuries, such as broken bones and lacerations. She described them as being mostly over 50 years old.
The patrol statement said officers were trying to determine what happened to the bus after it went off the roadway. The front end was heavily damaged.
Four hours after the crash, the bus was sitting upright about 30 feet off the shoulder of the road.
It appeared to have at first gone down a ravine before traveling up an embankment.
The highway near the crash site was reduced to one lane of traffic.
A bus crash nearby nearly four years ago killed seven people.
Authorities said a
charter bus carrying a group of Chinese tourists on a return trip to Las Vegas
from the Grand Canyon on Jan. 30, 2009, crashed on U.S. 93 near Hoover Dam. Ten
others were injured, including the driver (Fox News, 2012).
Title: Bus Overturns In Southwest Iran Leaving 26 Dead
Date: October 20, 2012
Source: Fox News
Abstract: A passenger bus carrying female students overturned in southwestern Iran Friday evening, killing 26, Iran's state radio reported Saturday.
Senior police official Col. Mohammad Reza Mehmandar, was quoted as saying that the driver lost control of the bus because of high speed in rainy weather. Mehmandar said 19 others were injured in the accident. They were rushed to hospitals for treatment.
The accident took place on the Izeh-Lordegan road, about 310 miles southwest of the capital Tehran.Iran has one of the world's worst traffic safety records, with more than 400,000 accidents and about 20,000 deaths on its roads every year. The high death tolls are blamed on high speed, unsafe vehicles, widespread disregard of traffic laws and inadequate emergency services (Fox News, 2012).
Official: Gunmen Kill 18 In Pakistan Bus Attack
Date: November 2, 2012
Source: Fox News
Abstract: Gunmen riding on two motorcycles opened fire on a bus at a small fuel station in southwest Pakistan on Friday, igniting a massive blaze and leaving 18 dead, a Pakistani official said.
Abdul Mansoor Kakar said all 16 people on the bus, including eight women and three children, were killed and the bodies badly burned. The vehicle had been parked next to fuel drums that ignited during the attack, starting a fire that engulfed the bus and killed two in a nearby car.
The attack took place in the town of Khuzdar in the province of Baluchistan.
No one claimed responsibility and the motive of the attack was unclear, Kakar said, adding that the incident was under investigation but no arrests were made.
Khuzdar is located 300 kilometers (180 miles) south of Quetta, the capital of Baluchistan province. The region has experienced a decades-long insurgency by nationalists who demand greater autonomy and a larger share of the province's natural resources.The province is also thought to be home to many Afghan Taliban militants (Fox News, 2012).


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For the first time in years, consumers are about to see an entirely new TV screen technology.
Samsung Electronics is showing off a 55-inch TV at the International Consumer Electronics Show that uses organic light-emitting diodes, or OLEDs, instead of plasma or liquid crystals.
OLED screens need only a single light-emitting layer, as opposed to the several that LCD TVs require. As a result, OLED TVs can be extremely thin. LG Electronics introduced an OLED TV on Monday that is 4 millimeters —that's one-sixth of an inch— thick. The picture quality is stunning, too, because OLED TVs can present highly saturated colors and a nearly perfect black.
The screen technology is in use in high-end smartphones, but it has been very difficult to make larger screens with consistent results. In 2007, Sony Corp. started selling an 11-inch OLED TV for about $2,500, but it never followed it up with a bigger model. Since then, LG and Samsung have shown prototype OLED TVs at the annual CES show, but hadn't revealed any marketing plans until this week.
Samsung and LG haven't announced a price, but expect the sets to cost more than $5,000 each. It'll take at least a few years for prices to come down enough for most consumers.
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The maximum sentence is 35 years: 20 for the attempted extortion charge and five years for each of the false statement charges.
Mayor Thomas Menino also issued a statement, saying Turner has represented the people of his decade well over the last decade.
"I remain shocked at the actions Councilor Turner has been found guilty of today and will continue to work hard promoting a spirit of public trust and confidence in our elected officials and government agencies," Menino said.
Saturday, Turner was back in front of his office, rallying a crowd of about 200 with a fiery speech denouncing the FBI and former U.S. Attorney Michael Sullivan, whose office filed charges against him.
"It's very clear that the conspiracy wasn't between Dianne [Wilkerson] and I," he said. "It was between Mr. Wilburn and the FBI."
Turner accused the FBI of colluding with Wilburn and his business partner, Felix Soto, whom Turner says began working for the FBI after he was arrested for selling 200 grams of cocaine. Soto received a 7-year suspended sentence for the crime, while the buyer, Jesus Ayala, is now serving a 10-year sentence.
Turner also blasted Wilburn, deriding the informant for accusing the prosecution of revealing his identity.
"You got your 30 pieces of silver, so shut your mouth," Turner said.
Among those in attendance were state Rep. Gloria Fox, former state Sen. Bill Owens, former Rep. Mel King and prominent ministers including Felipe Teixeira, Miniard Culpepper, Gregory Groover, Rodney Muhammad and William Dickerson.
"Most people I think know [Turner] as a man who has been tremendously and unselfishly working not only for his constituents, but also for peace and justice," Fox said. "I'm here to let him know that I know what it feels like. I want him to know I'm here for him. In our darkest hours, we should not be alone."
Many in attendance said they think Turner is innocent of his charges.
"I think he was set up," said retired Boston firefighter Karen Miller during Saturday's rally. "The FBI and Wilburn set him up and it's not right. He never asked Wilburn for anything. He never said 'I'll give you a permit in exchange for money.' "
Like others interviewed by the Banner, Miller questioned why the U.S. attorney failed to file charges against any members of the Liquor Licensing board, if permits could be obtained through bribery.
"The people at the licensing board, who have authority weren't touched," she said. "Why is that?"
Addressing the crowd at Turner's rally, City Councilor Charles Yancey compared the FBI's case against Turner to the agency's long history of targeting civil rights activists.
"Why was the FBI so hell-bent on destroying one of our most powerful leaders?" he said. "What is it about people who challenge the status quo that they fear so much?"
Turner appealed to the crowd to write letters to U.S. District Judge Douglas Woodlock asking that he be put on probation, rather than serving time.
"I'm not afraid to go to jail," he said. "But the reality is, I would rather organize out here than organize in jail."


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text: Well, I am learning things from this discussion. Don't know when I'll find the time to look systematically at the distinctionns between retina and cochlea that Didier describes, but a nagging question about the implications will be lurking in the back of my mind and will I'm sure make things leap out from my casual reading that would not have otherwise ("Chance favors the prepared mind"--variously attributed to Louis Pasteur and/or Claude Bernard). I will venture one more question from the depths of my raw half-knowledge: there has been much attention in the past couple of years to the idea that neural noise enhances detection of extremely weak signals: is this relevant to the point Dider makes about cats detecting signals below the level of Brownian movement? Would this make a sufficiently "non-passive" cochlea? "P.S." after re-reading the comments below: is this what is meant by "unstable oscillator"? F. LeFever In <753gqr$jqv$1 at hecate.umd.edu> didier at Glue.umd.edu (Didier A. Depireux) writes: > >TONYJEFFS (tonyjeffs at aol.com) wrote: >: > >: > but why do you invoke higher centers in this "tuning"? >: Because the common theory is that the Inner hair cells only send messages to >: the brain, while the OHCs mostly (90%) receive messages from the brain, and I > >If you really want to know all the details, they can be found in one of the >7 "Green Books", edited by Art Popper and published by Springer-Verlag. One >of the green books (vol 8, I think) is entitled 'The cochlea'. > >There is a big difference between the retina and the cochlea, in that the >local inhibitory circuit that's found in the retina itself doesn't appear >in the auditory pathway until the cochlear nucleus. In the auditory nerve, >about 5 % of the auditory nerve fibers course from the CNS to the cochlea, >whereas the rest goes the other way. The descending fibers all target outer >hair cells (and nothing else), whereas the ascending fibers connect only to >inner hair cells. In other words, the only possible lateral inhibition >would be from descending fibers, although I should point out that if this >were the mechanism for lateral inhibition, anatomy tells us it would have >to be through the superior olivary complex. > >The truth is that no one knows what the descending pathway does, really. >Cats can detect sounds at a -15 dB level (re SPL), at which power level the >sound vibrations in the cochlea are about 1/10th of the average brownian >motion. What this means in all likelihood is that OHCs are very unstable >oscillators, that amplify very weak vibrations. Look at Bialek's article in >Physics Letters A (1987 or so) to see an interesting analysis of the fact >that a passive cochlea cannot account for our perception. > >I should probably stop here! I don't want to go on and on... > > Didier > >-- >Didier A Depireux didier at isr.umd.edu >Neural Systems Lab http://www.isr.umd.edu/~didier >Institute for Systems Research Phone: 301-405-6557 (off) >University of Maryland -6596 (lab) >College Park MD 20742 USA Fax: 1-301-314-9920


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Can some1 help me with ev training. I read the tutorial about Ev training in the Game Mechanics but I dont get that at all.
I only understand that you get for each 4 EV points +1 for a stat. If I get it, you can spread 510 EV over your stats (like 100 for ATT,100 for DEF, 100 for SP Att,100 for sp DEF. 50 for speed, and 60 for hp)
wonce you did this you can train your pokemon to lvl 100. So when you level up your stat boost will allways be permanant .
Is this true? I hope someone can help me with EV training. I really should appreciate it.
Thanks in advance.
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ANCHORAGE (AP) -- A burglar alarm led state law enforcement to a marijuana operation of more than 2,000 plants, Alaska State Troopers said Tuesday.
Troopers discovered the plants while responding to the alarm at a Wasilla home at about 7:30 a.m. Feb. 17. A trooper smelled marijuana and got a search warrant for the residence, said Greg Wilkinson, trooper spokesman.
While searching the home, investigators found 2,034 marijuana plants, worth around $4 million on the street, Wilkinson said. They also found 441 starter plants.
Troopers seized growing equipment, paperwork and paraphernalia. They also took a boat, snowmachine and an all-terrain vehicle troopers believe were bought with profits from the marijuana, Wilkinson said.
The residents were not there when troopers searched the house. The case was forwarded to the District Attorney's office.
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Lyme disease: Struggle begins with getting clear diagnosisGreg Kwasnik
Union Leader Correspondent
May 10. 2011 11:00PM
BEDFORD -- It took six years, eight doctors, a psychotherapist and a naturopath before Lori Ann St. Jacques, of Bedford, finally discovered the source of her constant pain: chronic Lyme disease.
Over those six years, St. Jacques, a registered nurse, lost control of her life to a range of flu-like symptoms - aches, lethargy, intense headaches - that made everyday tasks such as driving impossible.
'Wherever we went, I laid down in the back of the car because I couldn't sit up,' St. Jacques said. 'Everything stopped. I couldn't even go grocery shopping.'
The Granite State has the third-highest incidence of Lyme disease in the country, close behind Delaware and Connecticut. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, New Hampshire saw 75.2 cases of Lyme Disease per 100,000 people in 2009. The disease is most common in Rockingham, Strafford and Hillsborough counties.
Doctors who saw St. Jacques suggested she might have chronic fatigue syndrome, restless leg syndrome, or nothing at all. Eventually, St. Jacques ended up seeing a psychotherapist for nine months.
'Finally she said to me, 'I can't find anything wrong with you, and I'm going to refer you to a doctor that thinks outside the box,'' St. Jacques said.
That doctor, who St. Jacques calls 'Lyme-literate,' diagnosed her with chronic Lyme disease. That diagnosis is unorthodox because the established medical community says there is no scientific evidence that chronic Lyme disease exists.
Lyme disease is caused by an infection resulting from the bite of a deer tick. People who are bitten can develop a bull's-eye rash over the affected area, along with muscle and joint aches. In severe cases, patients can suffer arthritis, facial paralysis, an abnormally slow heart rate and other neurological problems.
According to the Infectious Diseases Society of America, Lyme disease should be treated with a short course of antibiotics - up to 28 days - soon after symptoms develop.
But St. Jacques didn't develop a bull's-eye rash, or at least she didn't notice one, and the doctors she visited didn't even mention Lyme disease.
That all changed when St. Jacques met her 'Lyme literate' doctor, who tested for the disease and, against the recommendations of the IDSA, prescribed a course of long-term antibiotics to fight the infection.
St. Jacques' story is not unique. Carl Tuttle of Hudson spent 12 years battling symptoms before he was diagnosed in 2008.
Since then, Tuttle's wife and daughter have also been diagnosed with the disease, along with at least a dozen neighbors. Tuttle, St. Jacques and others meet monthly at the Greater Manchester Lyme Disease Support Group in Manchester.
'We've found 12 other individuals within a 500-yard radius of our house that all have Lyme disease,' Tuttle said. 'It's an epidemic here in New Hampshire, without question.'
In recent months, Tuttle and other advocates went to Concord to support HB 295, a bill that would prevent medical boards from taking disciplinary action against doctors who prescribe long-term antibiotics. That bill passed in the House in March, and was approved by the Senate on May 4.
Dr. Jodie Dionne-Odom,deputy state epidemiologist and an assistant professor of medicine at Dartmouth Medical School, said infectious disease specialists opposed the bill 'because scientific data says that there is no benefit to giving long-term antibiotics for Lyme disease.'
If a Lyme disease patient isn't cured by the usual three-week antibiotic treatment, the patient may be suffering from another ailment as well or be unresponsive to the treatment.
'There are some people who despite the treatment for Lyme disease, still have symptoms,' Dionne-Odom said. 'We just havent figured out a way to make them better at this point. Its tough for the patients.'
Tuttle has been on antibiotics for 30 months, and says he feels significantly better, but still fatigued. St. Jacques is still in pain, and was told by her doctor that she would need five years of treatment.
Phil Pichette, St. Jacques' husband, is also taking long-term antibiotics.
'You don't feel like there's an end. You feel like you're traveling,' Pichette said. 'You see the light, but it's so far away, it looks like you need a starship to get there.'
The Greater Manchester Lyme Disease Support Group meets on the third Wednesday of every month at 7 p.m. at the First Congregational Church of Manchester at 508 Union St.