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Check this out from the National Library of Medicine, NIH. I am not saying this case report describes Thames' medical condition, but the description of the case appears to fit Thames' medical issues. Cystic fibrosis ia a major medical problem to both diagnose and treat. Salt pills will not cure it but they may let him play regularly. Severe sweating and cramps with exercise can be caused by Cystic Fibrosis. This case documents a case of severe cramps limiting the ability of a young player to play competitive football. The high level of sweat that is often associated with Cystic Fibrosis causes loss of salt (NaCl) from body fluids, in other words hyponatremia. The treatment used in the case described below, a treatment that allowed this patient to play football competitively, was salt tablets before the game start and at half time. Interesting case. https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC7325396/ This case and its treatment is not wishful thinking or journalistic crap. it was a real and very UNCOMMON case with a treatment tailored to allow this patient to play competitive football.. Please note that the salt tablet treatment only provided the electrolyte balance to allow the patient to play football for limited periods of time. In other words this is not treatment for the disease, it is a treatment tailored to restore electrolyte balance for limited amounts of time and allow the patient to play football. If this treatment works with Thames, the salt dosage will have to be tailored to his individual needs. Cystic Fibrosis is a really bad disorder primarily affecting the pancreas and causing a multitude of hard to connect signs and symptoms. There is no known cure for Cystic Fibrosis. If Cystic Fibrosis turns out to be the underlying disease causing Thames' cramps, he will be likely to have a significantly reduced life span. Thames' problems if he has Cystic Fibrosis are much more serious that just having cramps and wanting to play competitive basketball. This is the way Medicine works. If you have a case that cannot be diagnosed by standard tests, then you look in medical libraries for reported cases that fit the kind of issues the person you are working up has. This reported case appears to fit Thames' issues. This may or may not be the correct diagnosis for Thames but the case described in this report fit what Thames has. Personally, I hope Thames does not have Cystic Fibrosis as the cause for his disease. To the journalists in this board, interviews with the player, the coach, or the family do not reveal anything useful that can be used to aid the process of reaching a valid diagnosis and providing treatment. The fact that all medical tests done have been negative is NOT good, it is the opposite. The treatment found in the case described may not cure the underlying disease, but it may provide symptomatic relief that allows the patient to engage in play. If anyone agrees that this case as described is very similar to Thames' well documented problems, I would ask that you forward the link to this article to Schertz or his staff or to the Athletic Department Medical staff. This article is not a personal opinion it is a real case, well worked out and documented, of a young football player with cramps that appears to be very close to what Thames experiences during play. This case as described is REAL.

The reason that analog is making a comeback is that there are all kinds of methods available to alter digital code. I do not think that anything done using analog technology can be accessed and altered as easily as digital code is. Remember, cyber war techniques are used by all major countries, and some not so major as well.

Your comments about your wife's reaction to the diagnosis of Thames' cramps reflects my thinking about this issue. I believe that Thames has had a lot of tests so far, none of which have provided a medical diagnosis for his condition. In other words they have no knowledge about what the cause and treatment of his cramps really is, and at this time they are limited to trying to figure out if he can be used in play or not. Decision making by AI in medical practice will most likely result in major changes. Most importantly such AI control will make medical practice to become based on predetermined protocols instead of Dr's diagnostic skills. This will decrease the work load on the doctors, at the same time increasing the use of nurse practitioners as primary care givers and decreasing the liability level of MDs in practice. From the point of view of the hospital administrators the replacement of MDs by nurse practitioners will be favored as a way to cut expenses. These are major changes for sure. The real issue will be whether or not this kind of use of protocol based AIs will have favorable results in terms of prolongation of life span, or functional capacity of elderly patients, or the opposite outcome. Passing the ball to an AI may be the way of the future, but it is yet to be determined if the outcome of such AI uses will be positive or negative. Feel free to disagree.

Great post. I have never thought about how to apply AI to the military. Doctrine and tactics are worlds apart. And while I agree AI might be a great help for theater level planning, particularly for logistics and placement of force. I cannot imagine how a distributed multi-service AI could be used effectively at small unit tactical level. Take basketball, as you did in your post, I cannot imagine a HC like Schertz would be using the recommendations of an AI to determine optimal lineups for offense defense. I will be happy to engage in a broader discussion of issues like tese by personal mail.

AI is artificial, but it is not intelligent. I has a greater capacity for good work in certain areas like graphics and visualization. It is not very good with finances. I have no idea how well it does in other sectors like the military.

Please read carefully what Mark Rocchio said, particularly the last paragraph shown in Hoosier Pal's last post. They do not appear to have identified a medical cause for his cramps. They are going to give him a try-out practice test to see if they can figure out if they can use Thames during play. Again, they do not know what is causing his cramps and, unless they can figure out how to use him (Thames) in play he may or may not play during the season. The decision to have him play is in the air at this time. Of course, Thames wants to play.

@VeniceMenace The stuff that generally builds up in the muscles and causes the cramps is lactic acid, and the name of the medical condition is lactic acidosis. In cramps the lactic acidosis is localized to a muscle or muscles, not generalized (generalized lactic acidosis is usually a life end condition), the lactic acid just cannot be removed fast enough from the affected area and manifests as cramps. There are a large number of conditions, some of them genetic, that manifest through localized lactic acidosis and cramps. I am pretty certain that they have no idea what is causing the build up in Thames' case. 05 is correct saying that you cannot predict how long he can play in a given day before the cramps bring him down. I also know that Schertz likewise has no idea about what is causing the cramps. Thames is a good player that will play and continue playing until the cramps bring him down, same old story.

Remember the old saying "out of sight, out of mind." If you stop televising the games the Bills will most certainly fit the "out of sight" category, and will disappear from the public eye.

I you all are aware of the way the NCAA has handled cases like these, why are you surprised when the NCAA chooses Power teams to go to the Dance instead of mid majors with better win/loss records. You KNOW fairness has nothing to do with the NCAA decisions.

The new server appears to work just fine. Thank you.

What hat he is doing is requesting the server to start a sync which is done by an internal process within the server, and verified by the server after the sync's completion. This process is automatic and the server will indicate when it is done. The number of errors after such an automated process based sync should be minimal if any.

Believing in God and in Christianity does not mean believing in prayer. In case you have not noticed with your sharp journalistic perception, family style Christian churches are bursting with people and springing up everywhere. The US Catholic Church is closing parishes and schools everywhere. The Catholic Church is shrinking by leaps and bounds, at least in the US they are. The US Catholic Church has been importing priests from India and other places because we have a lack of native priests. Is this news to you? And by the way, you have no title of ownership or any right, to dictate how a person chooses to believe in God or be a Christian. Are you going to tell me next that I am condemning my eternal soul to rot in hell for eternity? If that is the case I appreciate your concern, and understand your "devotion" but I prefer to do things my own way.

It just crossed my mind that If you are ever visiting DC you might enjoy visiting Dumbarton Oaks. This is a large property owned by Harvard in Georgetown. It has fabulous formal English and French gardens and the mansion at the property houses Harvard's Byzantine and Pre-Colombian studies center. The house is a palace and contains a small museum with Byzantine antiquities and Pre-Colombian antiquities. A nice place to look at mosaics with Greek inscriptions and try to figure out what they say. There is no charge for visiting this place. It is a well hidden gem in DC, something tourists do not know is there. It is well worth your time, it is beautiful and the price is right.

Happy Easter, the Lord is risen.

It really does not matter how much money he makes. The pension is important but as long as he is playing with a regular contract the salary will increase. I am very glad to see him where he is currently and believe he has finally achieved his dream. Happy Easter to you and your family Jordan Goodwin.