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tl;dr: Not everyone likes decorative animations or transitions, and some users outright
experience motion sickness when faced with parallax scrolling, zooming effects, etc.
Chrome 74 supports a user preference media query
that lets you design a motion-reduced variant of your site for users who have expressed this
Too much motion in real life and on the web
The other day, I was ice skating with my kids. It was a lovely day, the sun was shining, and the ice rink was crammed with people ⛸. The only issue with that: I don't cope with crowds well. With so many moving targets, I fail to focus on anything, and end up lost and with a feeling of complete visual overload, almost like staring at an anthill 🐜.
Occasionally, the same can happen on the web: with flashing ads, fancy parallax effects, surprising
reveal animations, autoplaying videos, etc., the web sometimes can honestly be quite
overwhelming… Happily, unlike in real life, there is a solution to that. The CSS media query
prefers-reduced-motion lets developers create a variant of a page for users who, well, prefer
reduced motion. This can comprise anything from refraining from having autoplaying videos to
disabling certain purely decorative effects, to completely redesigning a page for certain users.
Before I dive into the feature, let's take one step back and think of what animations are used for on the web. If you want, you can also skip the background information and jump right into the technical details below.
Animation on the web
Animation is oftentimes used to provide feedback to the user, for example, to let them know that an action was received and is being processed. More concretely, on a shopping website, a product could be animated to "fly" into a virtual shopping cart, depicted as an icon in the top-right corner of the site.
Another use case involves using motion to hack user perception by using a mixture of skeleton screens, contextual metadata, and low quality image previews to occupy a lot of the user's time and make the whole experience feel faster. The idea is to give context to the user of what's coming and meanwhile load in things as quickly as possible.
Finally, there are decorative effects like animated gradients, parallax scrolling, background videos, and several others. While many users enjoy such animations, some users dislike them because they feel distracted or slowed down by them. In the worst case, users may even suffer from motion sickness as if it were a real life experience, so for these users reducing animations is a medical necessity.
Motion-triggered vestibular spectrum disorder
Some users experience distraction or nausea from animated content. For example, if scrolling a page causes elements to move other than the essential movement associated with scrolling—as with parallax scrolling, where backgrounds move at a different rate to foregrounds—it can trigger vestibular disorders. Vestibular (inner ear) disorder reactions include dizziness, nausea and headaches. The impact of animation on people with vestibular disorders can be quite severe. Triggered reactions include nausea, migraine headaches, and potentially needing bed rest to recover.
Remove motion on operating systems
Operating systems like Android, iOS, macOS, or Windows in their accessibility settings have allowed users for a long time to reduce motion wherever possible. The screenshots below show Android Pie's "remove animations" preference and macOS Mojave's "reduce motion" preference that, when checked, cause the particular operating systems to not use decorative effects like app launching animations. Applications themselves can and should honor this setting, too, and remove all unnecessary animations.
Remove motion on the web
Media Queries Level 5
brings this user preference to the web as well. Media queries allow authors to test and query values
or features of the user agent or display device independent of the document being rendered.
The media query
is used to detect if the user has set an operating system preference to minimize the amount of
animation or motion it uses. It can take two possible values:
no-preference: Indicates that the user has made no preference in the underlying operating system. This keyword value evaluates as
falsein the boolean context.
reduce: Indicates that the user has set an operating system preference indicating that interfaces should minimize movement or animation, preferably to the point where all non-essential movement is removed.
Working with the media query
As all media queries,
prefers-reduced-motion can be checked from a CSS context and from a
JavaScript context.
To illustrate both, let's say I have an important sign-up button that I want the user to click. I could define an attention-catching "vibrate" animation, but as a good web citizen only play it for those users who are explicitly OK with animations, but not everyone else, which can be users who have opted out of animations, or users on browsers that don't understand the media query.
If the user has expressed their preference for
reduced motion, then don't use animations on buttons.
@media (prefers-reduced-motion: reduce) {
button {
animation: none;
If the browser understands the media query and the user
explicitly hasn't set a preference, then use animations on buttons.
@media (prefers-reduced-motion: no-preference) {
button {
/* `vibrate` keyframes are defined elsewhere */
animation: vibrate 0.3s linear infinite both;
To illustrate how to work with
prefers-reduced-motion with JavaScript, let's imagine I have
defined a complex animation with the
Web Animations API. While
CSS rules will be dynamically triggered by the browser when the user preference changes, for
JavaScript animations I have to listen for changes myself, and then manually stop my potentially
in-flight animations (or restart them if the user lets me):
const mediaQuery = window.matchMedia('(prefers-reduced-motion: reduce)');
mediaQuery.addEventListener('change', () => {
console.log(mediaQuery.media, mediaQuery.matches);
// Stop JavaScript-based animations.
I have created a little demo based on Rogério Vicente's amazing
🐈 HTTP status cats. First, take a moment to appreciate the joke, it's
hilarious and I'll wait. Now that you're back, let me introduce the
demo. When you scroll down, each HTTP status cat
alternatingly appears from either the right or the left side. It's a buttery smooth 60fps animation,
but as outlined above, some users may dislike it or even get motion sick by it, so the demo is
programmed to respect
prefers-reduced-motion. This even works dynamically, so users can change
their preference on-the-fly, no reload required. If a user prefers reduced motion, the non-necessary
reveal animations are gone, and just the regular scrolling motion is left. The screencast below
shows the demo in action:
(Bonus) Forcing reduced motion on all websites
Not every site will use
prefers-reduced-motion, or maybe not consequently enough for your taste.
If you, for whatever reason, want to stop motion on all websites, you actually can. One way to make
this happen is to inject a stylesheet with the following CSS into every web page you visit.
There are several
browser extensions
out there (use at your own risk!) that allow for this.
@media (prefers-reduced-motion: reduce) {
*::after {
animation-duration: 0.001s !important;
transition-duration: 0.001s !important;
The way this works is that the CSS above overrides the durations of all animations and transitions
to such a short time that they are not noticeable anymore. As some websites depend on an animation
to be run in order to work correctly (maybe because a certain step depends on the firing of the
animationend event),
the more radical
animation: none !important; approach wouldn't work. Even the above hack is not
guaranteed to succeed on all websites (for example, it can't stop motion that was initiated via the
Web Animations API),
so be sure to deactivate it when you notice breakage.
Respecting user preferences is key for modern websites, and browsers expose more and more features
to enable web developers to do so. The CSS Working Group are currently standardizing more
user preference media queries
(detects if the user prefers reduced transparency),
(detects if the user has requested the system to increase or decrease the amount of
contrast between adjacent colors),
(detects if the user prefers a light or
dark color scheme), and
(detects if the user prefers inverted colors).
👀 Watch this space, we will definitely let you know once they launch in Chrome!
Related Links
- Latest Editor's Draft of the Media Queries Level 5 spec.
prefers-reduced-motionon Chrome Platform Status.
prefers-reduced-motionChromium bug.
- Blink Intent to Implement posting.
Massive shout-out to Stephen McGruer who has implemented
prefers-reduced-motion in Chrome and—together with
Rob Dodson—has also reviewed this article.
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It's the middle of November and the State of Michigan fiscal year 2010 budget has been finalized; there were no winners. The cuts were deep and will affect every one of us.
As a member of the Lenawee County Great Start Parent Collation, I have paid particular attention to those cuts that affect children. Funding for child care, K-12 education, early childhood education and public health programs were among those that saw cuts, and the final list is long and depressing.
This state budget is a reality and as I review this list of cuts I ask myself what do we do now? Two things come to mind:
1. We can come together as a community and support each other. Since I've had kids I realize how much truth there is in the saying "It takes a village to raise a child." Where would we be as moms without the advice of other moms; we seek it at every milestone, big and small.
2. We can continue to let our representatives in Lansing and Washington know how much our children mean to us. I have seen that Lenawee County is a community that cares about our kids. In order for Michigan to have a strong future we need to invest in our greatest asset–our children.
I belong to a group that shares these two views, the Lenawee County Great Start Parent Collation. We are a group of parents that gathers once a month to connect with each other and share our wisdom (whether it comes from failure or success). We have discussions about potty training, preschool and everything in between. We enjoy a brief break from all the responsibilities that comes with being a parent (and childcare is provided).
We also have a passion for advocacy. We have taken trips to Lansing, met with legislators, and written more than a few letters to let those who govern know we want the best for our kids.
If you are like me and care about kids in Lenawee County, I encourage you to join us. Check out the Lenawee Great Start website at www.lenaweegreatstart.org or give us a call at 517/424-1000. We hope you can join us in making Lenawee County a great place for kids.
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Pak Chong: My Bruce Lee Story
I've been using Thailand as a base for the past 2 years whilst backpacking Asia. I also spent a year travelling Thailand back in 2010/2553. Because of this, i've gotten lazy, with a bit of a "been there, done that" attitude. But because this is my last visit to Thailand, before heading to Australia and South America, i decided to do something other than drift through the south, or head to Chiang Mai for a month. I'm a huge Bruce Lee fan and the first of the "big 4" movies he made, "The Big Boss", was filmed in Pak Chong, Korat (Nakhon Ratchasima). So i went there in an attempt to track down some of the locations seen in the movie, filmed 45 years ago.
As always, i arrived by 3rd class train (36฿ from Bangkok - or free if you're a Thai citizen). There was a steady stream of travellers here but they were all just passing through on their way to/from Khao Yai national park. The main town itself has several nice attractions along the main Thannon Tessaban road, just 1 minute walk south from the train station. Khaocan Park and the adjoined wild-west themed Khoacan Terminal are two such attractions. The latter having a nice view of the main thoroughfare. No entry fee is required for either of these places. Though i don't know if Khaocan Terminal is closed or just seasonal? But there was no activity here and everything was shut. Still, the view from the top is worth the effort. Nearby is Wat Wanchai. Spectacular aerial views of Pak Chong can be had from up here. Again, no entry fee. There is also a great night market along Thannon Tessaban, just south of the train station.
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There's not even a whisper of Bruce Lee to be heard of in Pak Chong, yet ask some hotel owners or a local of a certain age, and they'll run behind the counter and bring forth a bundle of printouts of scenes from The Big Boss, showing Bruce Lee with various Pak Chong landmarks in the background. While i can speak Thai generally, i find it very difficult to have intricate conversations, especially about subjects like this, as i've just never come across or needed the required words before. Still, i managed to get the location of the ice factory featured in the movie. It's still in operation today and the owner is very friendly and is happy to give visitors the run of the place in order to take pictures and video.
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Sadly, i only made it to the ice factory. With more time (and a Thai friend) i could have discovered many more of the places featured in the movie. For some reason there is little to no information regarding this online. Yet for his last movie, "Enter the Dragon" there is a plethora of information. All the scenes, locations and how to get there. I had to pick up my things from Chiang Mai and then i head south to Phuket (where i fly to Australia from). So i had a lot of ground to cover on only a 30 day VISA. If i get the chance in the future, i'd like to document this as fully as i can. It's always nice to have an excuse to come back and it was great seeing Issan again too.
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I wonder how Thais would pronounce BRUCE LEE. I imagine there's no problem with "Lee".But "Bruce" --since the sound "s" at the end of the word becomes "t"--does it become "Brut"? Only curious.
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Bruce would definitely take some effort, but I'm not sure, but I think Brut is a well educated guess.
Arwing, I don't want to get off topic, but I am curious about where you would like to go in South America. Are you considering Machu Picchu by any chance?
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I haven't really planned South America yet. All i know is i'll probably be starting in Chile. I try to make a rough plan of the places and locations i really want to see, before going. Then i just make the inbetween parts up as i go along. Macchu Picchu is definitely somewhere i'd like to go, but i will need to look in to the costs. I have heard it's very touristy and expensive now. Argentina and Brazil are also 2 certainties. Central America probably's are Nicaragua, Dominican Republic, Cuba and Mexico. I've been travelling 2 years and my flight from Australia to S. America is going to cost ยฃ600+, leaving me on my last bit of money while travelling S.America. I'll probably just have to make an on the spot decision once i get there.
Have you been? Any advice?
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Cuba is at the top of my list, even though I can't go right away. It is sure to change as time goes on. I have been to Oaxaca, Mexico and spent some leisurely time in the city when my daughter was teaching there. We went to Monte Alban, a Zapotec ruin. There are also Aztec ruins in that area of the country. The buses are very cheap and even the taxis. You can bargain but I chose not to except when we went to Tlalacalua (sp?), a market several miles from the city. They cram as many people as possible in the taxi before taking off. For in city travel I wondered how they could afford to operate their taxis on the prices they charged. There is also a Day of The Dead festival in the fall. I've been told prices are much higher then. If you should decide to go there I'll give you contact information for the place I stayed.
I want to go to Machu Picchu, but Cuba comes first. I've had a fascination with Peru for a very long ime.
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Wow. So many places to see in South and Central America. I have some names of places whizzing about my head, yet none are the ones you just mentioned (aside from Machu Picchu). If there's one thing i've learned, it's that you can't see it all, so don't try - at least not in one sitting. If i can do Machu Picchu independently, i'll almost certainly do it. If you have to go with tours, then price will be the decider. There are also so many factors that will determine how long i stay in S. America. Whether i get work in Australia to top up my funds. How cheap is it compared to Thailand? - I average 400฿ a day here, for room, food, motorbike hire... everything. Then there's length of stay, whether VISAs are required if entering via land route. I think i know what my week in Krabi will be spent researching soon :O If i make it to Machu Piccu, i'll send you the link to the relevant blog entry when the time comes. I'm brushing up on my Spanish too (Thanks to my ever faithful Nintendo DS).
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Do you have time for one more forum? Try MexConnect.com. You'll find lots of information there, and like here you can ask questions.
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I can't really compare it to Thailand. I paid a little more for my efficiency since I wanted a safe and secure place in an old colonial building. One week would be around $159. US, $238 for two weeks, $286 for 3 weeks and $318 for 4 weeks.
Food is not as good or as cheap as Thailand. Of course you can always do your own cooking.
I'm getting homesick for both places just from thinking about going.
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Computer Tricks for Scrapbookers
Simple words can become both meaningful and magical when you begin experimenting with font, color, spacing, alignment, and the orientation of various parts of your message. Whether it's creating a bold title treatment or adding design flair to the words of your favorite quote, all you need is some attention to detail paired with a little Photoshop know-how!
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A large title treatment balances out the large photo on this layout, while an overlapping edge ties the two pieces together. I played with size, orientation and color in the title, and my journaling text (set in the same font and color as it appears in the strips below it) doubled as a textural background behind it. Simple to do, but with stunning effect!
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As a marketer, have you ever thought that your kismet is lying on the super imposed lines of any Sunday afternoon NFL football game? Probably not (especially if you're not a sports fan). Well, these first-down lines, not only, provide a more accurate spatial orientation of games for home viewers but they are also the foundation of Augmented Reality (AR). To elaborate, AR directly takes physical real world images, modifies them using computer generated software and creates a whole new world. AR adds elements to the participant's ordinary life to enhance their experience through means of enjoyment, intrigue and, recently, convenience.
For years, marketing and advertising agencies have strained themselves trying to isolate the most effective, meaningful and lasting image to sell their product. Now, brands are able to visually and audibly foster experiences to which their consumers can be a part of. As AR is within its infancy stage, there are no limitations to form of communication it embodies. Whether it's an experience like walking around the top of Toronto's CN tower or a product like a Happy 90th Birthday, Grandma! giftcard. Through its dynamism, AR has already showcased services, goods and entertainment, which have shifted reality from relatively normal to bigger, cooler and more fake.
By employing GPS software in mobile devices, companies are able to target exact locations to specify their message to that geographic region.
eBay Classified
eBay partnered with AR platform Junaio to launch an app that displays all nearby classified ads. The app allows you to filter the listings with keywords to avoid clutter in busy areas. The ads appear on your screen as you change your phones direction and take it one step further to dial the number posted to set up an appointment. Something as daunting as apartment hunting is made simple by this app, all you do is hold your phone to the building of your dreams and then sign a lease!
Wikitude World Browser
This app scans your surroundings using the camera and GPS sensors in your mobile device to provide all points of interest nearby and tags them on your screen for easy navigation. The app goes one step further to provide you with the Wikipedia information you need to know about those locations. Therefore with World Browser, you have the capacity to know anything about everything anywhere in the world.
Product advertisements are becoming invisible to consumers as they are blocked by clutter. By experimenting with AR, brands are able to bring their product to the consumer and allow them to sample the product in their own space.
Ray-Ban collaborated with FittingBox to develop the technology behind the virtual mirror. They use landmarks like nose, ears and eyes to place the products in real time. This takes online shopping to a new level allowing customers to virtually try the product on before deciding to purchase it. Another great opportunity to determine if the black Wayfarers are too Risky Business with your hair cut.
Hallmark Gift Cards
Nothing says 'cheesy' like a Hallmark gift card. But Hallmark is making the recipients of their gift cards say 'cheese' by bringing their cards to life through AR. After the purchase of a gift card, the recipient can log on to the website display the card on webcam and become part of the animated party. This adds an interactive element to gift cards that has never been seen before. Hallmark identified that most people enjoy a party, especially those receiving condolences cards, so they are hosting one and invited everyone to it through AR.
Companies have been using forms of AR for years now to make games and simulations feel more realistic. Previously, they have brought the users into their games, but now they are incorporating games into real life.
Disney MotionBeam
The MotionBeam project is developing new character interaction through projection controlled by gesturing of hand held devices. The projections can be applied by linking them to physical attributes in the environment that become part of the game. Although this project is still in the works, Disney has identified that they would like to incorporate this projector into cell phones to turn the real world into a playground. As if life isn't already crazy enough without Captain Hook.
Augmented Reality is field that should be considered by marketers globally as consumers are actively seeking brands and, in some cases, trying them on. As for being location based, AR will add a digital overlay to real world experiences and give a different perspective on life as the consumer relocates. It may add background information about places like Times Square or Union Station, or give customer reviews on products during shopping trips through WalMart or even act as a distraction from a boring keynote speaker. Whatever its uses will be, AR has the ability to change the world as we see it. Or, in the least, will add computer-generated pieces to it.


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William Hayward Pickering, (born December 24, 1910, Wellington, New Zealand—died March 15, 2004, La Cañada Flintridge, California, U.S.), New Zealand-born American engineer, physicist, and head of the team that developed Explorer 1, the first U.S. satellite. He played a leading role in the development of the U.S. space program.
Pickering attended Canterbury University in New Zealand before moving to the United States in 1929; he became a U.S. citizen in 1941. He studied at the California Institute of Technology in Pasadena (B.S. 1932, M.S. 1933, Ph.D. 1936) and joined the staff of the institute in 1936. Working under the American physicist Robert A. Millikan, Pickering developed cosmic-radiation-detection gear for high-altitude balloon flights. In 1944 he became a section chief of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, where he developed the first telemetry system used in U.S. rockets. He was manager of the Corporal rocket project, which brought about important early advances in guidance and communication techniques.
In 1951 Pickering became chief of the division of guided-missile electronics, and three years later he was appointed director of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory. He was in charge of the development of the Explorer 1 satellite and the modification of the Jupiter C launch vehicle. Among the laboratory's other important projects were the Ranger and Surveyor spacecraft for unmanned flights to the Moon, the Mariner spacecraft for survey flights to Venus and Mars, and numerous other unmanned probes into the solar system.
Pickering retired from the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in 1976 and served for two years as director of the research institute of the University of Petroleum and Minerals in Saudi Arabia. He then returned to Pasadena to establish a private consulting practice. Pickering's numerous awards include an honorary knighthood (1976) from Queen Elizabeth II and the National Medal of Science (1975).


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SKF Enlight for wind puts turbine inspection in the cloud
2016 March 16, 10:00 CEST
App-based maintenance support system from SKF accelerates and simplifies wind energy inspection activities, while smart online analysis and expert diagnostic capabilities improve performance and reliability.
Gothenburg, Sweden, 16 March 2016: SKF has developed SKF Enlight mobile and cloud based data collection, analysis and support system to suit the needs of the global wind energy industry. The new solution is designed to improve inspection efficiency and reduce costs for frontline maintenance teams, and to provide operators with rich, real time data on turbine performance and reliability.
SKF Enlight combines the intuitive ease-of-use of an iOS or Android app, running on a standard mobile device, with the power to access customised workflows for specific tasks, and the ability to collect data from a wide range of sources and sensors. Behind the scenes, the DataCollect app connects wirelessly to the SKF cloud. All inspection data is uploaded and securely stored for review and analysis.
Wind energy companies can take their paper-based maintenance processes online with SKF Enlight, creating data collection forms that guide staff step-by-step through standard inspection activities, aided by images and online manuals. The fully customisable forms can be set up to suit operator standard operating procedures, including items such as mandatory safety checks to protect personnel.
In use, the system is able to connect directly to a wide variety of sensors, allowing photographs and video to be collected and uploaded together with data on temperature, humidity, vibration and a host of other operating parameters. SKF Enlight's smart forms also adapt based on the data collected, allowing different inspection protocols depending on turbine operating hours, for example, or immediately suggesting corrective actions when out-of-tolerance readings are found.
"The user-friendly SKF Enlight system allows our wind energy customers to engage more of their staff in inspection and maintenance activities," says Hannes Leopoldseder, SKF Global Sales Manager Wind Operations and Maintenance. "The system is easily scalable as companies expand their infrastructure, and safely storing inspection data in the cloud in a secure, standardised way has significant advantages for companies looking for a high level, real time view of equipment performance."
To aid the diagnosis and correction of more challenging issues, users can also connect SKF Enlight directly to online support services, such as those offered by SKF Remote Diagnostic Services, giving them immediate access to expert personnel supported by more than 100 years of SKF engineering knowledge.
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These 2 types of anesthesia numb your body from the chest down to the legs. The medication is placed directly into the spine area.
Reasons for Procedure
Spinal and epidural anesthesia is frequently given for:
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Advantages of these types of anesthesia include:
- The ability to be awake during the operation
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Problems from the procedure are rare, but all procedures have some risk. Your doctor will review potential problems, like:
- Severe headache or back pain
- Drop in blood pressure
- Nerve damage
- Infection
- Allergic reaction to the anesthetic used
- Longer labor during childbirth with an epidural anesthesia
Some factors that may increase the risk of complications include:
- Smoking
- Bleeding disorders
- Prior allergic reactions to anesthetics
- Dehydration
- Immune system disorders
What to Expect
Prior to Procedure
Make sure that your doctor is aware of:
- Any drug allergies
- Medications you are taking
- Any heart or lung conditions you have
- Any previous reactions that you or other family members have had to anesthesia
- Any bleeding problems you have had in the past
Description of the Procedure
You will be connected to various monitors to keep track of your:
- Blood pressure
- Pulse
- Oxygen content of your blood
You may also have:
- An IV to deliver fluids
- A tube in your bladder to keep urine drained
An area on your back above the spinal cord will be cleaned. A local anesthetic will be injected into the skin to numb the area. This is to decrease pain from the larger needle that will be put in your back. If you are getting spinal anesthesia, the doctor will give you one injection. The medication will be sent directly into the sac of fluid that surrounds the spinal cord.
If you are getting epidural anesthesia, it may be delivered the same way. But, if you need more than one dose, you will have a tiny, flexible tube in place just outside of the fluid sac. This allows the doctor to give you more medication if you need it. After the surgery, a bandage will be placed over the injection spot.
Immediately After Procedure
You will stay in bed until your legs are no longer numb.
How Long Will It Take?
Giving spinal or epidural anesthesia usually takes about 15 minutes.
- Spinal anesthesia—begins working right after the injection is given
- Epidural anesthesia—takes about 10-20 minutes to begin working
How Much Will It Hurt?
You will feel some pain when the needle is inserted.
Average Hospital Stay
Your hospital stay depends on the type of surgery being done.
Postoperative Care
If you received epidural anesthesia, the tube may be left in place to give you more medication. When you no longer need pain control, the tube will be removed.
For the first 24 hours:
- Do not drive or operate machinery
- Do not drink alcohol
Call Your Doctor
It is important to monitor your recovery. Alert your doctor to any problems. If any of the following occur, call your doctor:
- Signs of infection, including fever and chills
- Persistent or severe headache or back pain
- Lightheadedness, fainting
- Weakness, numbness, or tingling in your arms or legs
- Loss of bladder or bowel control
- Skin rash
- Difficulty breathing
If you think you have an emergency, call for emergency medical services right away.
Revision Information
- Reviewer: EBSCO Medical Review Board Marcin Chwistek, MD
- Review Date: 09/2018 -
- Update Date: 09/30/2013 -


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Murray, Romo Lead Cowboys to 31-7 Rout of Rams
ARLINGTON, Texas - DeMarco Murray rushed for 175 yards and a touchdown, Tony Romo threw for three scores and the Dallas Cowboys beat the St. Louis Rams 31-7 Sunday.
Murray's first 100-yard game in more than a year came against the team he torched for a franchise-record 253 yards as a rookie two years ago. He went 14 yards on Dallas' first offensive play, then 36 more to start the second drive as the Cowboys went ahead 10-0 in the first quarter.
Ram quarterback Sam Bradford, Murray's old teammate at Oklahoma, didn't have nearly as much room to operate. He was sacked six times to end a four-game streak without one dating to last season.
DeMarcus Ware had two sacks and broke Harvey Martin's 30-year-old franchise record of 114.


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After sitting out against Florida A&M, quarterback Braxton Miller will return to Ohio State's starting lineup to take on Wisconsin. Miller's return to the starting lineup means the Buckeyes will leave Kenny Guiton on the sideline despite playing very well in Miller's absence.
"I think Braxton will probably start," Meyer said Wednesday. "He had a good day today and it looks like he's pretty close to 100 percent. I just wanted to make sure running the ball he's good, too. And he was."
So, what to do with two quarterbacks? Could Meyer find a way to use both Miller and Guiton in the offense, keeping opposing defensive coordinators up all night in the week leading up to their game with the Buckeyes?
"We're still working through exactly how we're going to use them, to manage the game," he said. "But they both look good."
If nothing else, Ohio State knows they have some options to play with. Meyer has handled this sort of situation before, at Florida. Whether Meyer looks to return to a scheme that utilizes two quarterbacks or not remains to be seen, but it will certainly be something Wisconsin will have to think about this weekend in Columbus.
"I've had experience playing two in 2006 and it's hard," Meyer said, referring to former Gators quarterbacks Chris Leak and Tim Tebow. "When a guy gets a hot hand, or if he doesn't get the hot hand, then when does he go back in? That's a decision I can only make by myself. So we'll see."


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The Sac-Joaquin Section playoff pairings delivered mixed results for the St. Mary's High basketball programs on Wednesday.
The Sac-Joaquin Section playoff pairings delivered mixed results for the St. Mary's High basketball programs on Wednesday.
The Rams' girls, despite five losses and a record only eighth-best among Division I schools, earned the top seed. The boys, 26-1 and winners of 19 in a row, could rise no higher than No. 3 in Division II.
There was other news of note when the section released brackets for six divisions, boys and girls. The playoffs tip off Friday with a handful of outbracket games, followed by first-round games next week.
The section has used power ratings to decide playoff teams for years, but this season teams advanced based on their finish in league. Every league received three berths and some, including the Tri-City Athletic League, earned a fourth based on playoff success the past three years.
"We switched from power ratings to league placements because, over the years, the leagues have become spread out," said Sac-Joaquin Section director of communications Will DeBoard, noting the Valley Oak League has teams ranging from Division I Kimball to Division IV Lathrop. "The power ratings were based on leagues having schools of similar (size)."
As leagues diversified, DeBoard said, "Smaller teams in larger divisions benefited, while the larger teams in smaller leagues were penalized."
Three Stockton girls teams earned No. 1 seeds, with McNair (Division II) and Brookside Christian (Division V) joining the Rams as favorites to win division titles. The highest of boys seeds were No. 2 Brookside Christian (Division VI) and St. Mary's.
Seven Stockton-area schools play Friday, including Division I girls matchups between Lodi at Kimball, Tokay at Lincoln and Edison at Sacramento-St. Francis. In Division I boys, Stagg plays at Turlock, and in Division II boys, Bear Creek hosts Modesto-Beyer.
The St. Mary's girls (21-5) will host the winner of an outbracket game Tuesday. With the top seed and highly touted No. 2 El Dorado Hills-Oak Ridge (23-4) and No. 3 Napa (26-1) in the opposite bracket, the Rams are positioned for a run at a seventh section title in a row.
"There weren't many difficult No. 1 seeds. Maybe Division I girls because most rankings had Oak Ridge ahead of St. Mary's," DeBoard said.
"The committee felt that St. Mary's played the schedule and had the season more deserving of the No. 1 seed."
The St. Mary's boys tied for the best record in the section, regardless of division, but they're seeded behind No. 1 Folsom (25-2) and No. 2 Loomis-Del Oro (26-1).
The Rams' only official loss is to Division I top-seed Carmichael-Jesuit, but they face a potential rematch with Elk Grove-Cosumnes Oaks. The Wolfpack beat St. Mary's 86-82 in December, but that was one of 15 wins they forfeited for using an ineligible player.


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A version of this article appears in the March/April 2009 issue of Home Energy Magazine.
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Of all the topics I've written about for Home Energy, energy-efficient mortgages (EEMs) have generated the most questions. There seems to be a lack of understanding about this Federal Housing Administration (FHA) program among home buyers, lenders, and real estate agents. For home buyers or homeowners, it's a great way to finance energy-efficient upgrades without (in theory) paying anything out of pocket. In this article I cover EEM basics and explain how HERS raters and home performance contractors fit into the picture. The FHA The FHA is the department of the U.S. government that insures mortgages (contrary to popular belief, it doesn't lend money). It guarantees the lender that if the homeowner defaults on the mortgage, the federal government will step in and make good the default. It does this by reviewing the loan package before the close of escrow to make sure that the package conforms to FHA guidelines. You might think that FHA guidelines would be remarkably strict, but that's not the case. Overall, the qualifying requirements are quite reasonable compared to those of other loan programs. You can get a FHA-insured mortgage with a down payment of as little as 3%. You can ...
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SOMERSWORTH — There's little glamour in long training sessions in the weight room. But the Somersworth High School football team has been spending a lot of time there since well before the season started, and they hope it pays off in championship glory come Saturday afternoon.
"It means everything to be here," Somersworth senior running back Kurtis Michaud said. "All the work that we put into the preseason. We've been working closely together all year, especially in the weight room."
The Hilltoppers, No. 1 in the Division V tournament, will host No. 3 Monadnock on Saturday (1 p.m.), looking for their first title since winning it all in Division IV in 1997. Somersworth hasn't played in a championship game since it lost at Hanover in the D-IV final in 2004, when the current seniors were in the fourth grade.
(Editor's note: The possibility exists that the Somersworth field may be deemed unplayable because of the recent rain and snow. The game could then be moved to another venue such as Portsmouth High School. Stay tuned for further updates.)
"It's everything we ever dreamed of," said Somersworth linebacker Tyler Kretschmar. "At the beginning of the season, we all knew what our goal was. These guys, I've been playing with them ever since preschool. You take a step back, and you're a little awe-struck that we're actually here."
Monadnock is the "1" in the Hilltoppers' 8-1 record. The Huskies beat the Hilltoppers 21-14 in overtime in East Swanzey on Sept. 22. Both teams were 3-1 after the game, but Somersworth ran the table the rest of the way and were able to climb over Monadnock (7-2) for the No. 1 seed, as the Huskies lost to Kearsarge 21-7 on Oct. 20.
Somersworth quarterback Drew Francoeur said now that the Hilltoppers are No. 1, perhaps losing at Monadnock wasn't the worst experience for his team. If nothing else, now the Hilltoppers can use revenge as motivation.
"It's good now, because now we want revenge," Francoeur said. "It's good that we want to come back. If we want to be champions, we have to beat everyone."
The Hilltoppers punched their ticket to Saturday's game with a 27-10 win over No. 4 Stevens last week in the semifinals, a game they trailed 7-6 at the break.
"We need to correct the mistakes we made in the first half of that game," Somersworth coach Dan Hodsdson said. "We didn't have a very good first half, but we're always about seeing what we've done and what we need to fix. I think our guys respond well to that teaching."
While the Hilltoppers did not use a long bus ride as an excuse for losing at Monadnock seven weeks ago, they're glad they have the chance to play at home and make the other team drive more than two hours on Saturday morning.
"That's no small thing," Hodsdon said. "That bus ride can be a little tedious. You have to get your legs back. We worked hard to get the 1 seed and we were really glad we were able to keep it."
Monadnock coach Linwood Patnode said the challenge for his team the morning of the game will be to make the routine as normal as possible for the players and not let the long bus ride affect them mentally.
"You just need to make sure your team is aware it's a long trip," he said. "You have to get your sleep on Friday, have to be well nourished, watch what you're drinking and take care of yourself. Football is a mental game. This won't be like rolling out of bed and going to our field."
Monadnock got its revenge on Kearsarge with a 14-6 upset at Kearsarge last week in the semifinals.
In the regular-season meeting, Monadnock held Somersworth's top running back, Josh Ream, to zero yards on nine carries. While the Huskies will key in on Ream again, the Hilltoppers have a number of other offensive weapons at their disposal, such as Michaud, who ran for 102 yards and a score against Stevens. Francoeur is always a threat to throw and run.
Patnode said he's not only impressed with what Ream and Francoeur can do offensively, but on the other side of the ball as well.
"They're a really solid defensive team, physical and fast," Patnode said. Ream is an excellent inside linebacker, and Francoeur was huge against Kearsarge (in the regular season) at safety. You can't sweep or go in the middle against them. You try to be patient, let the game dictate where it's going to go and look for opportunities. There are no holes."
The Huskies' strength is their defense, anchored by linebackers Nick Patterson, Zach Jarvis, D.J. Lotito and Jake Poulin. All four are solid offensive players as well. Monadnock held Kearsarge to just 96 yards of total offense for most of the game, before the Cougars scored on a 64-yard pass play with 1.4 seconds left. Monadnock has surrendered seven or fewer points in seven games this season, including a pair of shutouts.
Information from the Manchester Union-Leader and Keene Sentinel was used in this report.
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SOMERSWORTH — There's little glamour in long training sessions in the weight room. But the Somersworth High School football team has been spending a lot of time there since well before the season started, and they hope it pays off in championship glory come Saturday afternoon.


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