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What does MW3 need to be perfect?Excalibur666 Apr 19, 2012 4:45 AM
Greetings everyone!
I am a huge fan of Call of Duty games for almost the last 10 years. As a married man, I always find the time for having fun playing COD and so I always search for things that needs to be done or should have been improved. Maybe you could say that I have way too much time but despite the experiences and education I have, there isn't really big chance to get asked to participate in designing a game and maybe make a living by doing this. So, what the heck, I will just write down here the things that MW3 should change to make this game better. My suggestions are based on experiences of playing, I have played single mission campaign for 3 times, reached prestige 7 in multiplayer (and still moving up) and completed Special ops. So here we go, starting with
Single player Campaign:
Campaign itself is good, very interesting but it lacks of some things as:
- no option to turn off the music during gameplay (in some cases the music is so loud that you can't hear anything else)
- walls does not blow off when you shot at them with RPGs and it's similar weapons (that makes game slightly unrealistic, if you check some other older games from year 2002/2003.. there you had a chance to completely destroy the walls in the game and sometimes even made a new entrance to the next level)
- lights on the celling should get destroyed when you shoot at them
- some faster reloading, swapping weapons and more conditioning running would be really handy, sometimes you have a felling that you are shoting plastic ducks in the circus because of the slow responses of your character.
- enemies should be destroyed/killed sooner, shooting them 15 times with AK-47 isn't realistic! AI enemy should go down as fast as players playing hardcore in multiplayer
- before going to the battle, it would be good if you would have an option to choose what kind of a rifle/gun you would want to bring with and outfit, grenades and such. I am not saying that this option should be available everywhere but in some cases it would be good!
- prone blocking stuff is anoying and should be removed
Multiplayer Campaign:
- snipers on all sides should wear camouflage
- jumping on objects that are 2 foot tall should be possible for a ''marine'' or a ''navy seal''
- there are some weapons missing, AK-74u is one of them, it is used in Single player campaign, so it should be available in Multiplayer and Special ops too
- more attachments for weapons should also be available, maybe you could add a perk that allows you to have 3 attachements and 5 for a ''PRO perk'' because in real life I could easily add silencer, scope, extra mags and a grenade launcher to my rifle, no need to be limited only on 2 attachments
- ricochet fire should be disabled and friendly fire as well, in real life you don't die if you shot at friendlies by mistake, lots of times you die just because people are ignorant and are running directly into your line of fire
- shooting an enemy for 30 seconds with 2 different guns, HITTING them and not be able to destroy them in standard mode is really stupid, it is not real, the difference between standard and hardcore mode should be only in killcam off/on and hud off/on, that's it.
- communitly playlist should have Zombie mode, there are in COD World at war, Black Ops.. would be fun to have it here as well
- maps should have better sniping spots and better CQB sections, playing would be a lot more interesting then
Special Ops, Survival:
- Missing weapons, attachements, air supports... almost everything. There are no Stingers, Bazookas, trumphets, XM25, only an RPG. No Ak-74u either, no choper support, no reaper support (manually controled), no B2 airstrike... basically, it should have all the killstreak rewards you get in multiplayer. It should also have a MOAB. You should have an option to buy all this, for instance:
Cobra - 5000 $
Reaper - 7000 $
- Delta squad is sometimes a pain in the neck! If we take a look at the joystick of PS3, buttons such are up, down, left and right are not used completeley. A button LEFT is unused and should be ussed to tell your delta squad to stay or to follow you. It is really a total waste of time to run for ammo and the entire delta squad is following you with the speed of a snail, new wave begins, they stay in the middle of the map, they get killed and you lost 5000 $. It's a waste of time and money!
- A button SELECT shoudl be used to say you are ready for new wave, button O is used for this instead. This is really not a good option, because button O also means to crouch or prone, it also means to exit the buying menu, it is really not good to have 2 options while button LEFT or SELECT isn't used at all!! I cannot tell you how many times I made a mistake and pressed O and the new wave started, argh!
- When a choper that transports a juggernaut comes, it should be destroyed by a predator missile right away. I don't know how it is possible that a transport helicopter is bulletproof to predator missiles????? This is unrealistic and it's wasting a valuable time
- Time to get ready should be at least 1 minute long or even longer if you would have an option to get more time if you kill your enemy real quick. For instance, if destroying an enemy would take you 1 minute, you would have only 30 seconds to get ready for a new wave, but if you would kill your enemies in 30 seconds, you would have 1 minute to get ready and so on and so on.
- Sometimes it makes me laugh when your character cannot jump on a simple barrel.... jumping issues again...
- not be able to buy predator missile and sentry gun at the same time is stupid... it should be allowed, there is no way to know when you will need to deploy a sentry or use a predator missile, also... you should have an option to buy both sentries and both delta squads at the same time, meaning, buying one while other still exists,, what's the catch of limiting the fun?
So.. that's basically all I've been wanting to point out for the last 5 months, I hope that Activision will welcome this suggestions and maybe make a patch to fix all or some the following errors, bugs... whatever you may wanna call it. However... if you have a job for me, I have more ideas in my mind, haha
Take care everyone and good hunting!


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A public hearing held during Monday's Palo Pinto County Commissioner's Court meeting served as a forum to hash out disagreements over the proposed formation of the county's second Emergency Services District.
The issue was first presented to commissioners Dec. 26 by members of Santo EMS, who said the sales tax-funded district would provide for better service to the area.
Members of Tri-City EMS, however, disputed the inclusion of Dunn Drive in the new district's map, arguing they traditionally served that area.
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My answer depends somewhat on how Brignac and Aybar play over the next two weeks. I'd like to see Brignac at second when Bartlett comes back because I want to see if he might be a long-term solution there, but only if he's playing reasonably well. I like Zobrist in the OF.
I agree that in the next couple of weeks the answer to this question should become more apparent. Zobrist in the infield scares me a bit. I think it will depend on how Brignac does at the plate, because Aybar's bat is pretty solid.
Zobie was a shortstop, but he has played well anywhere he plays. Not great, but plays all positions well. He definitely was starting to become a solid right fielder with his glove the past couple of weeks, if they could just learn to call each other off on popups. With Joyce and BRIGNAC, Perez later on this year, then Jennings, Zobie has to keep hitting so he can find a permanent home. Maybe he can play everywhere on different nights, and "rest" everybody like Maddon likes, yet that way his bat is in the lineup each night.
Do you think the A's would take a do-over on the Adam Kennedy trade?
Of course, they got nothing for him, promised to trade him if an opening happened, but they never promised to give him away. He is hitting .441 with 5 more rbi's than Upton and has only played 15 games..Article at http://www.joemaddonsucks.com/2009/05/adam-kennedy-hitting-441-5-rbi-more.html
Brignac was probably on the radar to take Aki's place next season regardless, so I'd assume they'll give him as much playing time at 2nd as possible in order to find out whether or not he's capable of turning potential into results.
Brignac was not on the radar to take Aki's place next season, the kid can sure light it up in Triple A but couldn't hit the broad side of a barn last year in the bigs. With the pitching the way it is Aybar is the guy, we need as many runs as possible. Zobrist and Aybar in the line-up everyday is going to be great. Zo-Rilla should be the everyday right fielder, Willy and Reid will split time until Burrell is back and then second will be Willy's postion if he continues to hit like he should.
"couldn't hit the broadside of a barn last year"…
all 10 at-bats.
Brignac is one of the top prospects in the organization, so he most def. was on the radar.
Zobrist is not an everyday RF-er.
Brignac is the 4th rated Rays prospect and they had him play 2nd base in spring training, he definitely is on their radar for 2nd base, but it all depends on how he handles the adjustment. For now he plays SS so we won't see anything about 2nd base, but he may be up for good this time as a backup 2nd base or starter. Depends on Aybar..Aki was a 3rd baseman for the Rays if everybody remembers in 2007, and they converted him to 2nd base, Bartlett isn't going anywhere so Brignac has to be converted. Here is his defensive statistics http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/i/iwamuak01.shtml
Brignac is the 4th rated Rays prospect, and he spent all of spring training playing 2nd base, so yes he is on the radar. In 2007 Aki was the 3rd baseman, and was converted to 2nd base just last year by the Rays, but played so well we all forget he played 3rd in '07. Brignac has no future as SS with Bartlett and Beckham, but 2nd base is a real possibility. Unfortunately he is playing SS so it'll be a couple of weeks before we see, but he probably is up for good if he plays decent. Aybar has a good stick, but defense is susceptible. Brignac's error opened that door on the 11-10 loss, but it's his 3rd game ever, can't be down on him too much yet. He hit .290 this year in AAA
This seems like a no-brainer. Brignac should get the majority of reps @ second. Why? Yes, Aybar has the bat but Brignac has more range, in my opinion. Aybar should get the most reps @ DH and be a great reserve if Pena or Longoria need a breather.
However, with the news that Bartlett is injured, this changes everything. Brignac, in my opinion, is a better short stop then Zobrist. Why? Brignac has more range. Zobrist should be the everyday RF w/ Gross filling in when needed.
Dillon looks to be a good "Johnny on-the spot" guy where he can play 2B, OF, 3B when called upon. Bottom line: This is going to be a interesting June. Go Rays!
he has more range? Common is range really going to help this ball club. Brignac might get to 10 of 10 balls compared to Aybar's 9 of 10 but 20 bombs from second base wouldn't be that bad either!
Yes, range is exactly what pushed this team into contention last season. The Rays only ever run at success came exclusively from good defense/defensive range (coupled with great relief pitching). Good defense saves more runs than 20 homer can produce. And, just for the record Brignac has a powerful swing in its own right.
K Mac,
Do you want to have a winner or a pretty offense? I would rather have a guy who will get to ten out of ten balls then some who might flub-up one ball in a clutch situation. Yes, Brignac flubbed-up the DP the other night but, I feel a lot more comfortable if a ball is hit to Brignac then if a ball is hit to Aybar. Furthermore, Aybar has yet to show he has the propensity to hit 20 HRs. He hit only 10 HRs last year and the most HRs he ever hit in the minors was 15 in '04 with AA Jacksonville. Brignac hit a total of 24 HRs in .06 between A+ and AA. Ried has shown some pop and on top of that w/ his range as fielder deserves the start over Willy Aybar. Aybar is great bench player. In a year a two, Aybar probably will be the Rays starting 1B. But right now, Brignac is, in my opinion, the way to go.
Again, give me one good reason why Zobrist is a better alternative in RF than Gross?? Gross is without question the best RF-er on the roster. Bar none… and the numbers prove it.
Dirtbag Fan,
I agree as of right now, Gross is the better FIELDER. Remember before last year Zobrist never played in the outfield in a major or minor league game. Zobrist has better splits against lefties, over the last three major leagues seasons, then Gross. Granted, against righties, Gross is better by thirty points.
The only time I don't like Ben in Right field is during a communication moment where he has to call for a ball. Other then that Zobrist has impressed me how he picked up everything on the fly, no pun intended.
Zobrist just started playing right field, he actually has been making some great plays out there. Remember how bad BJ was in CF last year at first, given time Zobie will be fine, but it's doubtful he is going to be an everyday player in one position the way Maddon uses people. Joyce should be the RF in the future, but Gabe Gross has been way better this year than last so far, but still hope to see Joyce start soon to make that ED Jackson trade pan out.


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Niagara Gazette — John Presti, owner and head instructor at Presti Karate Centers, was invited to offer instruction in Las Vegas during the United Fighting Arts Federation's International Training Conference and World Championships, July 18-21.
Presti is a board member for UFAF, which was founded and is chaired by Chuck Norris. He will speak to over 300 Chun Kuk Do school owners about running a professional instruction business. He has offered instruction in martial arts for 46 years.
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Dane County Executive Kathleen Falk, and gubernatorial hopeful, on Thursday received an endorsement from a political group dedicated to electing pro-choice Democratic women to office.
The group, Emily's List, has raised more than $86 million for female candidates since 1985 and has more than 1 million members nationwide, according to the group's website. Emily's List President Stephanie Schriock said Falk is the ideal candidate to stand up to the "radical Republican agenda, and get things done in Wisconsin."
"Our country is at risk of having no female Democratic governors in office at the start of 2013," Schriock said. "Our states – grappling with economic challenges and at risk of being manipulated by far-right social agenda at the legislative level – need the leadership priorities of pro-choice Democratic women, beginning with Kathleen Falk."
Just over a week ago, Falk also received an endorsement from the Wisconsin Education Association Council (WEAC). The announcement from WEAC was based on a democratic selection process conducted by teachers and staff across the state.
"We cannot afford to sit back," said WEAC President Mary Bell. "Our state must focus on jobs, improving education and helping citizens. Kathleen Falk is ready to bring people together to find solutions, instead of tearing people apart as Walker has done."
Falk was the first Democratic candidate to enter the recall election and is facing state Sen. Kathleen Vinehout for the Democratic nomination. State Sen. Tim Cullen dropped out of the race on Feb. 1.
Falk, Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett, and former U.S. Rep. David Obey top the list of favored challengers, according to a Public Policy Forum poll released in January. The poll has Barrett pegged as the frontrunner to challenge Walker, with results having him leading Falk 46 to 27 percent and Obey 42 to 30 percent in a potential head-to-head race.
However, Mayor Tom Barrett remains undecided whether he will seek a rematch. Barrett isn't expected to make a decision until the April mayoral election.
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Knoxville —
Going in, I didn't think I'd like Les Miserables.
It's filled with singing. It's about France. However, much to my surprise, this is a fantastic film that I thoroughly enjoyed.
I have never seen the stage production of this, so I have no frame of reference to know what was changed in the film. Every line of dialogue in the film is set to music, and tells the tale of Jean Valjean, played wonderfully by Hugh Jackman, who begins the movie as a prisoner slave only to turn his life around and save the lives of others.
Valjean is pursued through the film by Javert, a military man who watched over Valjean while in prison. Javert is portrayed by Russell Crowe, and yes, he sings.
If a singing Russell Crowe turns you off from this movie...it is understandable. Nevertheless, his acting is good and though his singing is not ideal it does not ruin to movie. There is much more to enjoy.
The best performance of the film, singing included, is delivered by Anne Hathaway. The comic relief performances of Helena Bonham Carter and Sacha Baron Cohen also stand out.
The movie came out Christmas Day, and if you intend to go to the movies this week, this should be your pick. Director Tom Hooper's visual and melodies, along with the performances, are so compelling and engrossing that you literally forget that this film is two-and-a-half hours long. It goes by quickly and keeps you intrigued.
Again, a musical about France did this. If I can find it delightful, I think almost anyone can.
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Ultimately, the analyst committee agreed to give the dubious Mezzanine Notes an A rating, marking the first time these middle-tier investments in a SIV ever received a public A rating. For Wall Street, this was occasion to par-tay. In the summer of 2005, one of the Cheyne hedge-funders sent out a celebratory e-mail to Morgan Stanley execs, bragging about getting the ratings companies to cave. "It is an amazing set of feats to move the rating agencies so far," the hedgie wrote. "We all do all this for one thing and I hope promotions are a given. Let's hope big bonuses are to follow."
Later on, S&P caved even further, agreeing to allow Morgan Stanley to lower the "capital buffer" in the deal protecting investors without suffering a ratings penalty. As late as February 1st, 2006, Guadagnuolo was defiantly telling Morgan Stanley that the one-percent buffer was a "pillar of our analysis." But by the next day, Morgan Stanley executive Moubarak had chopped Guadagnuolo's knees out. He cheerfully announced in a group e-mail that the bank had managed to remove this "pillar" and get the buffer knocked down to .75 percent.
Tina Sprinz, who worked for the Cheyne hedge fund, sent an e-mail that very day to Moubarak, thanking him for straightening out the pesky analysts. "Thanks for negotiating that," she says. The ratings process shouldn't be a "negotiation," yet this word appears throughout these documents.
In the Cheyne deal, just the plaintiffs in the lawsuit invested a total of $980 million in "rated notes," and those who invested in these "MCNs" were completely wiped out. Analysts from both agencies would express regret and/or trepidation about their roles in unleashing the monster deals and their failure to stop the business-side suits running the companies from selling them out. Gilkes, the S&P analyst who worried about shunning real science in favor of just making things up, later testified that the subprime assets in such SIVs were "not appropriate."
"They should not have been rated," he said.
If the significance of Cheyne is that it showed how the ratings agencies sold out in an effort to get business, the significance of the next deal, Rhinebridge, is that it showed how low they were willing to stoop to keep that business.
Rhinebridge was a subprime-packed SIV structured very much like Cheyne, only both the quality of the underlying crap in the SIV and the timing of the SIV's launch were significantly more horrible than even Cheyne's.
Not only did Morgan Stanley insist that the ratings agencies allow the bank to pack Rhinebridge full of a much higher quantity of subprime than in the Cheyne deal, they were also pushing this massive blob of toxic mortgages at a time when the subprime market was already approaching full collapse.
In fact, the Rhinebridge deal would launch with high ratings from both agencies on June 27th, 2007, less than two weeks before both Moody's and S&P would downgrade hundreds of subprime mortgage-backed securities. In other words, both Moody's and S&P were almost certainly in the process of downgrading the underlying assets in the Rhinebridge SIV even as they were preparing to launch Rhinebridge with AAA-rated notes.
"It was the briefest AAA rating in history," says the plaintiffs' lawyer Dan Drosman. "Rhinebridge went from AAA to junk in a matter of months."
There is an enormous documentary record in both agencies showing that analysts and executives knew a bust was coming long before they sent Rhinebridge out into the world with a AAA label. As early as 2005, S&P was talking in internal memorandums about a "bubble" in the real-estate markets, and in 2006 it knew that there had been "rampant appraisal and underwriting fraud for quite some time," causing "rising delinquencies" and "nightmare mortgages."
In June 2007, the same month Rhinebridge was launched, S&P's Board of Directors Report talked about a total collapse of the market. "The meltdown of the subprime-mortgage market will increase both foreclosures and the overhang of homes for sale."
It was no better at Moody's, where in June 2007, executives were internally discussing "increased amounts of lying on income" and "increased amounts of occupancy misstatements" in mortgage applications. Clarkson, who would become president two months later, was told the week before Rhinebridge launched that "most players in the market" believed subprime would "perform extremely poorly," and that the problems were "quite serious."
Yet the two ratings agencies not only kept those concerns private, they both took outlandish steps to declare just the opposite.
In a pair of matching public papers, both Moody's and S&P proclaimed that summer that while subprime might be going to hell, subprime-packed investments like SIVs might be just fine. The Moody's report on July 18th read "SIVs: An Oasis of Calm in the Sub-prime Maelstrom," while an S&P report on August 14th, 2007, was titled "Report Says SIV Ratings Are Weathering Current Market Disruptions."
The S&P report was so brazen that it even shocked a Morgan Stanley banker involved in the SIV deals. "I cannot believe these morons would reaffirm in this market," chortled the banker in an e-mail the day after the paper was released.
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There is no question that unions, specifically public employee unions, support the Democratic Party.
The raw political combat in Wisconsin is one of the biggest examples of that type of support. It is also symptomatic of a problem facing the Democratic Party on a broad national level.
The fundamental issue is where the money will come from to meet demands by state public employee pension and health care funding both now and in the future. Despite recent tax increases, projections in Illinois show that public employee state pension funds will soon consume about 22 percent of all state revenues.
California faces similar problems, and the bond ratings for those two states reflect the lack of market confidence that the legislatures in those two states can continue to meet financial commitments in the long term.
Political rhetoric aside, the situation boils down to finding the money to pay for the health care and retirement benefits for public service employees fairly negotiated with state authorities in the past. Either state taxes must be raised or other state funding priorities must be cut.
In the past decades, optimistic projections of economic growth provided political cover for continued public service union demands for more health care and retirement benefits. Our ability to fully recover from the recession has severely challenged these projections. As well, the impacts of national debt have further eroded projections.
The real challenge for the Democratic Party is how to meet financial obligations and future promises to support sustainable funding for programs that have been widely popular with American voters.
The tea party in particular, and the larger GOP, have indicated reducing the current programs and limiting the growth at both state and federal levels as the preferred course of action.
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Hemorrhoids are quite common and frequently affect older people and pregnant women. But anyone, at any stage of life, is at risk for developing hemorrhoids. In fact, more than half of all Americans over age 30 will develop hemorrhoids at some time in their lives. Hemorrhoids are also a common problem for people with irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) or inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) who have symptoms of diarrhea and/or constipation. The good news is that hemorrhoids rarely cause any serious problems and are typically very treatable.
What Is a Hemorrhoid?A hemorrhoid results when the veins in and around the rectum and anus become swollen. There are two forms of hemorrhoids: internal and external.
Internal Hemorrhoids. This form of hemorrhoid is located inside the rectum. Internal hemorrhoids usually don't cause pain or protrude from the anus during bowel movements, but they may bleed. An internal hemorrhoid that prolapses, or extends outside the anus, can be quite painful.
External Hemorrhoids. This form of hemorrhoid is located around the anus and when it becomes inflamed, it feels like a hard lump. They are covered by skin, are very sensitive to touch, and can bleed, especially while straining during a hard bowel movement.
What Are the Symptoms of Hemorrhoids?Symptoms of hemorrhoids include:
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- Bleeding during bowel movements (often bright red on the toilet paper or on the outside of the stool)
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- Protrusion during bowel movements
- Sensitive lumps around the anus
What Causes Hemorrhoids?There are a variety of situations and conditions that may contribute to the development of hemorrhoids. Some of these include:
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How Are Hemorrhoids Diagnosed?Because the symptoms of hemorrhoids are similar to those of an anal fissure, a fistula, or an abscess, it is important to be seen by a physician and be diagnosed. However, many people treat their hemorrhoids with over-the-counter medications without ever talking to their doctor. Rectal bleeding should always be checked out by a doctor, even if it is suspected to be from a hemorrhoid.
To diagnose hemorrhoids, a physician will need to examine the anal area. Patients may be asked to remove clothing from the waist down, change into a hospital gown and lie on one side on an examination table. The physician will examine around the anus and rectum. A doctor may also perform a quick rectal exam with a gloved and lubricated finger. This may be painful for a moment if external hemorrhoids are present, but is helpful in making a correct diagnosis.
In some cases, the physician may need to take a closer look at the area with an anoscope. An anoscope is a small tube with a light on the end that can help the physician see any internal hemorrhoids when it is inserted into the rectum.
What Is the Treatment for Hemorrhoids?Mild hemorrhoids. Most hemorrhoids are considered mild, and symptoms are often relieved by a few changes in diet and lifestyle. One goal of treatment is to ensure that stool should is soft and easily passed. Increasing fiber in the diet will help stool to be more easily passed without straining. Drinking more water will help to prevent constipation and hard, difficult to pass stools.
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Keeping the anal area clean is also important to recovery. Sitz baths (sitting in warm water) relieves symptoms and can be taken either in the bathtub or with a store-bought plastic seat that fits over the toilet bowl. Over-the-counter wipes for hemorrhoids that contain witch hazel, which is a natural astringent, may also be helpful.
Creams, gels, and suppositories that are also sold over-the-counter may help reduce swelling and provide relief from symptoms. A diagnosing physician may provide a prescription for stronger medications to relieve symptoms.
With proper treatment, hemorrhoids may start to improve over a few days to a week. In four to six weeks, the "lump" from an external hemorrhoid should decrease in size.
Severe hemorrhoids. When hemorrhoids become persistent or very painful, other treatments may be necessary. Most of these treatments have potential complications, and doctors often try to avoid them or use them only as a last resort.
- Clot removal. This procedure used on clotted external hemorrhoids is minor surgery that is usually done under local anesthetic in a physician's office. A small incision is made and the clot is lifted out.
- Rubber band ligation. This treatment is often used for internal hemorrhoids that extend beyond the anus during bowel movements. A small rubber band is positioned around the hemorrhoid, which effectively cuts off its blood supply. The band and the hemorrhoid tissue will be discharged in a few days and heal over a period of one to two weeks.
- Sclerotherapy (injection therapy). This procedure may be used on small internal hemorrhoids. A hardening agent is injected into the hemorrhoid, resulting in a loss of circulation that causes the hemorrhoid to shrivel.
- Infrared coagulation. Infrared light is aimed at the base of the hemorrhoid, causing it to clot, then shrivel, and finally recede.
- Hemorrhoidectomy. During this procedure, the hemorrhoid (the tissue that is bleeding or protruding from the anus) is surgically removed under local anesthesia. A recovery period and hospitalization may occasionally be necessary. It may be used when external hemorrhoids clot repeatedly, the rubber band ligation procedure is not successful, a protruding hemorrhoid is not responding to treatment, or there is ongoing bleeding.
American Society of Colon & Rectal Surgeons. "Hemorrhoids." FASCRS.org Jan 2008 21 Apr 2011.
Bharucha AE. "Hemorrhoids." National Digestive Diseases Information Clearinghouse Nov 2010. 21 Apr 2011.
FamilyDoctor.org. "Hemorrhoids." American Academy of Family Physicians. March 2014. 16 Jun 2014.


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BLUEFIELD — ELDON, Iowa — Beth Howard – the Pie Lady from Iowa – learned on her second trip to Newtown, Conn., how small the world can be.
A book club in the quaint New England town had earlier read "Making Piece: A Memoir of Love, Loss and Pie" -- Howard's bittersweet experience that dealt with the sudden loss of a loved one and how she turned to making pie to help fill a void in her life.
In an odd twist, she was once again turning her special way of assisting others -- as well as herself -- into action in a community where outside help was needed.
Overwhelmed with what she had seen and felt on her first trip to there, she returned earlier this month to reach out again -- this time mostly to children.
It was another very powerful experience. Her initial visit came at a "very, very dark time," she said. "As we were handing out the pies, people were on their way to funerals," she recalled.
On her return she focused her "pie making" mission on children. The goal was to help the children, many just old enough to know how to tie their shoes, think about a happier day. It was obvious, though, there were some who were still visibly grieving, she said.
In one class, she remembered a father and his son working side by side. The young boy had lost his best friend in the shootings.
"The warmth, the coziness, the touching ... it's a tactile experience," she said. "The children were so excited to take their pies home and share them with someone."
Howard taught two pie classes every day for a week at churches and preschools.
"It was a really powerful experience," she said. "The one most profound thing for me was teaching the preschoolers. You think, 'Is it really going to influence these kids? They don't understand grief.' But I was so wrong about that."
At a reception back in Iowa for Howard, Eldon Christian Church Pastor Dave Bowden said it's comforting when people from outside the community come in to help those grieving express themselves.
"Whether through pies or just talking, it helps them to not feel so alone," he said. "In my past experience, the worst grief is over the loss of an innocent child."
Howard said the Newtown community is finding ways to handle the tragedy and deal with the grief.
"They have a strong spirit," Howard said. "They've taken their grief and channeled it into action. They're doing something constructive with their grief."
Howard's own battle with the loss of her 43-year-old husband helped her connect with those still reeling from dispair in Newtown.
"You'll never get over it," she said. "And you can't let people push you through it."
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While many tuned in Sunday night to watch the Ravens take on and win against the 49ers, the Superbowl for many of us is also about entertainment — namely, the Superbowl commercials.
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Serai - This restaurant serves breakfast, lunch, and dinner.
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They are still out there! We chose the name, "Rust Free Western Cars" because our classic cars are from "the great American desert" - the far West which has minimal precipitation and no salt on the roads.
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Stanford —
Less than two weeks ago, on Valentine's Day, Southwestern destroyed Mercer County by 27 points in a lopsided, 84-57 victory at the Wigwam in the Warriors' regular season finale.
In last night's opening round game of the 12th Region Boys Basketball Tournament at Lincoln County High School, it was the Mercer County Titans stunning the defending regional champion Warriors, in overtime, by a final tally of 56-54.
The heartbreaking loss ended the Warriors' season and a chance to make it back to Rupp Arena for the second consecutive year. Mercer County, with the victory, advanced to Friday evening's semifinal round, where they will meet up with Somerset.
Unfortunately for Southwestern, a win just wasn't in the cards.
"I don't think we came into the game overconfident, but we didn't seem like ourselves in the early part of the game," began head coach Steve Wright. "I think once we got into the game and weren't playing well, I think it bothered us. You've got to win with class and lose with class - we got beat and didn't deserve to win."
With 1:43 left in regulation, Mercer County jumped out to a 47-45 lead over the Warriors with a three-point from Blake Pennington, which was his fourth trey of the half. Isaiah Collier got his first basket of the night with 1:30 left in the fourth period, tying the ballgame up at 47 apiece.
The score would remain the same until 1.9 seconds left in the frame, when Collier made a lay-up to put Southwestern out front by two points at 49-47. The buzzer did go off and Southwestern celebrated, but the refs would put just under two seconds up on the scoreboard.
Mercer County would throw the ball in to half court, where they would take a timeout with 1.3 seconds left to play. Out of the timeout, Pennington was fouled with 0.5 seconds left on the clock. Pennington would sink both free-throws to tie the ballgame up at 49-49, meaning an extra session would be needed to settle a winner.
Regarding the clock situation at the end of regulation, the second-year Warrior hoops coach said after the game that his team should have never been in that situation.
"It looked like we won the game there, but they put time back on the clock, then we got a foul call," Wright stated. "Everybody is going to talk about the call at the end of the game, but it looked like he fouled him. The guy made the call and there's nothing you can do about it. The game didn't come down to that, because we should have been up."
Pennington and the Titans would draw first blood in overtime, as he made a lay-up to give his team a 51-49 advantage with 2:31 remaining. David Kapinga, with 2:06 left on the clock, snuck past the Mercer County defense for a lay-up to tie the contest back up at 51-51.
John Ingram sunk a pair of free-throws with 1:23 left in overtime to give the Titans a 53-51 advantage. Following a Southwestern turnover, Russell Sims tallied a pair of free-throws at the charity stripe with 21 seconds left to give Mercer County a four-point cushion.
With 13 seconds left in the extra session, Kapinga knocked down a three-pointer from way downtown to cut the Titan lead to a lone point at 55-54. Will Hager went one-of-two from the charity stripe to put Mercer County ahead, 56-54.
Southwestern would get a last-second shot attempt from sophomore Adam Isaacs, but it would rattle out as the buzzer sounded. When the clock hit double zero, it was Mercer County sending the defending regional champion home for the season.
"After the practice we had on Sunday, I thought we would be ready to play, but we didn't play very well," said Wright. "We just didn't execute tonight. I didn't think we played real well offensively - it was probably the worst we've played offensively all year."
What made things difficult for Southwestern to stay out front was the hot shooting of the Titans, who hit ten treys in the win. Southwestern, meanwhile, hit five three-pointers in the loss.
"You've got to give (Mercer County) a lot of credit," told Wright. "They shot well from behind the three-point line - they made ten three's. We got outplayed tonight. We didn't play well enough to win tonight and they did."
The Titans were led in scoring by Hager, who finished with a club-high 17 points. Pennington chimed in with 16 points for Mercer County, which all came after the intermission. Ingram was the third Titan player to hit double figures, scoring 12 points.
Junior Justin Edwards paved the way for Southwestern, leading all scorers with 21 points. Kapinga was the only other player to hit double digits, as he tallied 13 points.
Southwestern finishes the season out as 48th District champions for the third straight year and had an overall record of 22-9.
Tourney action will continue Friday night at Lincoln County High School, as a quartet of teams will battle it out for the coveted 12th Region title, along with a trip to Rupp Arena. Wayne County and West Jessamine will hoop it up at 6 p.m., while Mercer County and Somerset will go head-to-head in the nightcap, which is set to get underway at 7:30 p.m.
The championship game of the tournament will held on Saturday evening at 7:30 p.m. at Lincoln County High School.
MERCER COUNTY (17-13): Hager 17, Pennington 16, Ingram 12, Sims 8, Duncan 3.
SOUTHWESTERN (22-9): Edwards 21, Kapinga 13, Isaacs 9, Schulz 5, Collier 4, Gaskin 2.


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The Fairfax County Board of Supervisors approved Tuesday a 2012 budget carryover package that closes funding shortfalls in human services and sets money aside in case of federal budget cuts.
The package, which the board approved in a 9-0 vote, addresses a $9.5 million projected shortfall in the 2013 budget for the Fairfax-Falls Church Community Services Board (CSB), an organization that organizes and provides services for residents with mental health issues, substance abuse disorders and developmental disabilities.
After months of public input and toiling in coordination with the county's Human Services Council, County Executive Ed Long proposed recommendations to close the shortfall, but more than $2 million in reductions will be made.
"Addressing the CSB budget shortfall during these last several months has been extremely challenging, especially given the importance and sensitivity of the services that are being provided," said Board of Supervisors Chairman Sharon Bulova.
Contrary to what many parents feared, no cuts were made to the Infant Toddler Connection or the county's Employment and Day services for Fairfax County Public School graduates with intellectual disabilities. Youngsters who need early intervention for developmental delays will not be put on waitlists, and existing clients and current grads will get the services they need.
But Bulova said following years would continue to be difficult financially.
"We cannot have this happen again," she said.
Cathy Hudgins, supervisor for the Hunter Mill District, agreed.
"These are the lifelines to our community," she said of the CSB's services, "and we have to ensure that those lifelines are there."
In addition to closing the CSB budget shortfall, the 2012 carryover package establishes an $8.1 million reserve to be used in the event of federal budget cuts.
"Staff is working to identify potential impacts on the County based on a number of scenarios which may result from federal budget reductions," Bulova said.
And the budget outlook for coming years doesn't look good. Long is working on a multi-year budget process so that the county can better prepare for shortfalls, and county agencies have been asked to draft potential spending reductions for FY2014 and FY2015.
Pat Herrity, supervisor for the Springfield District, said he and his colleagues needed to have a more active role, "making decisions on what doesn't get done," rather than put stresses on employees who are already cut.
"We have some very serious times ahead of us," he said.
After approving the motion, Bulova said this year's carryover process was likely the hardest she has had to do.