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A good summary of why accessibility for disabled people is important in all software.
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A good summary of why accessibility for disabled people is important in all software.
Work sucks.
King Crimson make their music available in a way that only the Internet could have made possible. They have a great many CDs of live shows available so fans can enjoy a wider range than would be available from a CD shop.
Their music happens to be great too!
In a fit of momentary enthusiasm for a project name, I figured I'd call it a little silver bullet, like silverbullette or silver pellet. I dashed off to inww and registered the domain name.
After a few "shiny poo" comments, the next morning I realised that I really didn't like the domain name. inww hadn't yet charged my Visa, so I wrote them an email asking for the domain registration to be changed to "srced.org".
They informed me that domain names couldn't be changed and that no refunds were possible and that I would have to go register a new domain name. It pisses me off that it's not possible to change a bit of data, because of procedural inefficiency. They didn't think of the customer asking for something like that, hence they have no procedure in place for it.
If they tried to put that procedure into place, the existing system would probably barf as it had no requirement to handle that kind of action. This poor interface leads to the one-way points, points where the user decides what they want and then are stuck with the consequences.
Before computers, it was possible to pull a piece of paper back from the out-tray, take a piece of paper from someone else's in-tray, or scribble notes in the margins when the form didn't cover something. Now, none of this is possible anymore. When I write an email and hit send, it's posted. I can't cancel the send, I can't get it back out of their email, I can't quickly scribble a correction onto the mail, etc.
Having no "undo" sounds so trivial, and yet I've just wasted $120 coz someone else's system doesn't have it. To avoid this kind of thing in future, I have to incorporate that one-way problem in someone else's system into my decision making process. My life is consequently that fraction more complex. Sure, it's my fault for buying the first stupid name in the first place, but wouldn't it be nice if they were capable of accomodating my request?
Computers are having a more direct impact on society than I imagined possible. No "undo" in a program equals no "undo" on a sales request equals poorer service. I'm used to affecting other people's lives with my computing skills, but I'm not used to having my life screwed up by deficiencies in other people's computer systems.
Programmers are used to be being the programmers and other people are the users. Now society is being computerised, programmers are users just as much as anyone else.
Good systems architecting and programming practices is as vital, if not more so, than engineering or architecture. A building falling apart kills a few people. Bad computer systems grind down the whole of society in a morass of ever-increasing difficulties and friction. The computer failures that have led to rocket launches failing are only a glimpse of the money being wasted by inefficient computer processes.
Put a good user interface on your systems and improve the quality of your own life!
Just watched raph type up a transliteration of the Gnome announcement. It was truly amazing watching a historically significant event happening on my screen. I can say I saw the moment when Unix moved to the desktop.
Even more amazingly, this was being typed and commented on by the same people who made this event possible. And I realised that I am also a part of this.
And so is everyone.
GNU really is an effective way to vote with your feet.
csed/cgrep was coming along quite well, until the last stages where it was taking far too much effort to convert the earlier stages of lexical parsings into more complicated structures like tables of variable types. There were problems with how to accomodate incremental changes in the source code being analysed and how to work out which caches should be updated, which buffers needed to be flushed, etc.
I hammered away at this for weeks, trying to come up with an insight into the problem that would simplify the accelerating tide of exceptions that were going into the parser with the addition of every new syntax element. Was there some elegant recursive algorithm I could use? Was it better to visualise cache elements as a list of states, a tree of states, or a nested structure of states? For every algorithm I could think of that satisfied the most common case, the remaining list of exceptions still accelerated exponentially with every new facility I added.
I just couldn't figure out how to add all the features I wanted, without reaching impossible levels of complicated code! I downloaded as many parsers as I could, and examined them. It appeared that it was a problem that hadn't been solved as they were all huge, complicated, and hairy as well. There were some very nice small ones (eg, Lua), but I really want my parser to comprehend full ANSI C with GNU extensions.
I was starting to think that perhaps I had bitten off more than I could chew, even though the goal is pretty simple - embed sed and grep inside a parser, with the ability to handle on the fly code changes. How could something so simple sounding be such a problem?
Since I wasn't getting anywhere with my attempts to save the code, I decided to throw it all away and start again. Without the blinkers imposed by the objective of "avoid rewriting! save the code!", I had this incredible few hours where I suddenly realised exactly what I was doing wrong and where I went wrong.
In my quest to keep things simple, I had over-simplified the core of my design to the point where it wasn't sufficient for the task. The rest of the program was difficult to write because it was trying to make up for a core deficit in the design.
By making the core design more complicated, the rest of the program was simplified so dramatically that the final amount of code I expect to write has been halved.
The learning process sucks when I just want to accomplish a task!
On another topic... thanks to darkewolf for certifying me! It's always nice to receive positive feedback. :)
I've been hassling NetworkSolutions (NotwerkProblems) for about 3 months now, trying to get my domain transferred from my old ISP to my new ISP. The problem originated due to my old ISP registering my domain on my behalf so I didn't have the password despite paying directly and being listed as Admin/Tech/Billing contacts.
I got nothing back but endless automated emails generated by their fucked up systems, despite putting in my emails, over and over again, "I WANT TO TALK TO A HUMAN BEING!!!".
Gave up and applied for a domain transfer to MelbourneIT (www.inww.com.au), and the difference is amazing! Humans answer my emails within minutes! I actually feel like a customer, not a taxpayer.
cgrep is coming along well. It now processes post-fix syntax (eg, the difference between a function or a prototype is determined by a ";" or a "{}" at the end) and arbitrary syntax extensions (eg, it's possible to easily add in that "fred" after "int" has a different meaning than "fred" after "float"). It also picks up variables and stores them into namespaces. It can pick out comments, function names, simple variable types, and so on. It's almost useful as it is now, but not quite.
Debugging is a bit painful since I put a multi-state machine into this, so there's about 50 pattern matching threads running concurrently on the input stream. I'll have to beef up the inter-state communications to add some snooping and debugging facilities.
Still pondering how to handle typedefs, structs and other compound types. I'd like this to understand Gtk signals and types, but not sure how to handle this other than putting Gtk specific names into the parser itself, otherwise the parser will just run through merrily extracting all the base types which is very nice and accurate but not at the most useful conceptual level unless actually writing Gtk.
Seems to me that a generic way of setting view levels would be more useful than a hardcoded solution, but still dunno how. Needs more thought.
Like I said at the beginning - this project is boring the shit out of me, but my nose is being kept to the grindstone by the consideration of how useful this will be when it's finished. The vision of being able to upgrade programs to new libraries (eg, Glib 1.2 to Glib 1.4) semi-automatically is just too compelling to give up.
I've been going through some of the levels and certificates. It's interesting to see the groupings within the Advagato community, with separate clusters producing "Master" levels. This has been my strongest confirmation that the Advogato model is capable of expressing complex behaviour. Independent communities are able to form, rather than being mushed into the site owner's personal preferences. I don't think the current presentation will scale well, but the core concept appears more than sound.
On a different topic, I have enjoyed using free software and it's made my computing experience worthwhile through the Microsoft years, so I had already decided to write and release code under the GPL as a way of contributing back some small part of what I have received.
However, I was more than a little nervous about doing so as I imagined my inbox flooded with various complaints, insults, and ungrateful abuse from the typical Anonymous Coward. It's hard to look forwards to being on the wrong end of the shit stick but I'm used to that sort of thing so it didn't worry me too much. Just not really that much of an incentive, really.
I'm also so sick of hearing people write their opinions about Open Source or Free Software or whatever political issue is the hot topic of the day. I realise that there is a need for these issues to be rehashed over and over again, but I'd really rather just exist within the community without having to talk about it all the time. Nobody talks about air and breathing all the time - we just do it! Instead of a flow of assertions like "Code Must Be Free!", I'd really much rather read about personal experiences.
For this reason, I certified rakholh as a Master when I read his article The Thrill of OpenSource Programming, which gave me a positive insight into what it is like to participate in this adventure. After reading his account, I want to be a part of this experience, rather than just trying to satisfy obligations. I dunno about his code, but it was one of the best reasons to be here that I've read.
In a way, our greatest scientists have all been documenters. They explore their surroundings and write documentation about their understanding of nature. Einstein looked at light and wrote the General Theory of Relativity. What is this famous body of text, other than documentation?
The Gnome developers are creating a new universe of code, and the documenters are our scientists, providing the footholds the rest of us need to understand this strange new world. There's really no such thing as "only the guy who does the documents".
Updated: Changed my certification of rakholh to Journeyer to match his expectations. Original comments still stand though. :)
OK, so I lied. I'll write about code visualisation when I can be bothered. Besides, when I read my previous diary entry, I sounded like Steve Job's pet gerbil on speed. I'm writing code, not marketing!
Speaking of Apple... I've been looking at those liquid gel buttons for ages, admiring just how beautiful they are. I'd love to have that under Linux, perhaps with some modelling of ink-drops, so this delicious red mist can swirl around inside a transluent blue button. Moving a window could shake the buttons inside, changing the swirl patterns. I'd buy another CPU to handle that sort of user interface! :)
I've written most of the parser for csed/cgrep. The parser is able to comprehend and step through itself, extract comments, functions, strings and variables (basic types only). Next step is to add in structs and typedefs so the parser can understand more complicated variable declarations. I'll know I've done a good job here when it understands Gtk+ types.
However, I've run into the same old brick wall. I've written the parser two ways and I don't know which one to keep.
The first is to have a central routine which feeds data character by character into state machines. This has the advantage of allowing me to feed in data from anywhere, so it would be easy to hook an editor into it.
The second method allows the state machines to retrieve information themselves, using callbacks to inform the main routines of any changes. This has the advantage of being able to embed any kind of callback, not just state changes, but would require an editor to have knowledge of the parser.
I could just flip a coin and pick one at random, but it would be a lot of work to back out one method and insert the other method if I discover my chosen method won't expand far enough to be capable of doing what I want. The hard part is that I want this to be totally compatible with existing code and methods. Eg, this ain't gonna be another IDE, but it should be easy to integrate into existing environments.
I'm ignoring this problem for the time being and have started writing a multi-state pattern matcher for the variable namespaces. When that's mostly complete, I'll look into how the parser and namespace engines can best hook into each other. I'm not using lex/yacc or any external libraries at this point, just ANSI C, so I have more leeway in choosing how to fit things together.
On the bright side, it should be pretty easy to change things around once I have these things working, so maybe I shouldn't sweat so much.
A major design feature of the world's most advanced transportation system, the capacity of the engines on the Space Shuttle, is determined by the size of a horse's arse. In the same way, the world's most advanced computers are limited by the size of our naughty bits.
How are we supposed to be perfect when Nature only gave us 7 registers? By the time the initial solution is half coded, programmers usually wish they'd written the code another way.
The problem is that it's hard to go back and update existing code.
As a trivial example, if you want to rename a function, you have to change the name in the code, the header, and everywhere the function is called. So much time is wasted doing this, yet this is something the computer could be doing. It could nearly be done with a for "*.c *.h" loop and sed.
The problem is that sed doesn't understand C code. It wouldn't have a clue whether the "fred(" in its buffer is the start of a function declaration or a function call. So Step 1 is to write a sed that does understand C code. Tedious but not hard.
Now we can change function names with a "csed --funcname s/oldname/newname/". We can now also change global variable names without touching local variables with "csed --global s/oldname/newname". And update function parameters. And insert function calls in the right places. And delete function calls. Lots of things like that.
If you're modifying library code that other projects use, you can generate csed commands to go along with your updates. The development teams on the other projects can then run those csed commands on their own code (with the "--ask" option of course!) to do the finding, tagging and most of the conversion for the tweaks and updates to your new API.
Sure, it can't do everything automatically, but you can tag csed changes with explanations, possibly even with URLs to relevant documentation, which is inserted into code above the changed functions to indicate which parts need more attention to complete the conversion.
You can also use this same code to grep for what you want. Looking for a macro definition? Type "cgrep --macdef MACRONAME *.h". Want to know where a function is called? How does "cgrep --calls funcname *.c" look? Want to know how much code depends on a function when planning a change? Try "cgrep --calls --descend funcname *.c".
That's quite a lot of useful functionality for embedding a simple C parser into grep and sed. Also allows for a few useful extensions too.
I'm in the middle of coding this now. It's boring, but it's one of the tools I need for what I REALLY want to do. The visualisation part.
More on that topic next entry.
I've been around for a long time, since the earliest days of Linux. I started with 0.11a and enjoyed hacking the kernel to get it to do what I wanted. I was one of the first developers in the Debian project, but I got burned out by all the ego-wars and left.
10 years later, Gtk+ and Gnome have caught my attention and I'm in the process of learning how it's all put together. I'm interested in writing code visualisation and modification tools; eg, being able to automate things like moving the GtkObject code to Glib, rather than having to spend a lot of time doing this manually.
I'm a drivers and low level kind of programmer, so this is my first foray into the world of writing programs that actually interact with the user. The hardest part is coming to grips with OOPs and other stuff that I bypassed for all these years.
New HTML Parser: The long-awaited libxml2 based HTML parser code is live. It needs further work but already handles most markup better than the original parser.
Keep up with the latest Advogato features by reading the Advogato status blog.
If you're a C programmer with some spare time, take a look at the mod_virgule project page and help us with one of the tasks on the ToDo list!


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What do you guys think the worst SW game is?
Just curious.
What do you guys think the worst SW game is?
Just curious.
Masters of Teras Kasi. The stupidest premise for a Star Wars game ever!
Star Wars Demolition comes a close second.
Civilized men are more discourteous than savages because they know they can be impolite without having their skulls split. - Robert E. Howard
Jedi Arena for the Atari 2600. What a lame one that was. A real turkey both in looks and in game play.
Darth Vader is becoming the Mickey Mouse of Star Wars.
Kylo Ren - came from Space Brooklyn, although he moved to Space Williamsburg before it was trendy.
The use of a lightsaber does not make one a Jedi, it is the ability to not use it.
hehehe i was also thinking on Jedi Arena...compared to the ESB game (the one with the snowspeeder battling AT AT'S) it looked so baaad and both games were for the Atari 2600.
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Teras Kasi was and still is bad! SOTE wasnt that great either. By the way, does anybody know that Dash does not die at the end of the game...that if you are good enough you can fly through the skyhook before it explodes! Also I didnt care for the star wars or ESB for the nintendo, however I loved them for the super nintendo!
"Luke, join the dark side, it's so wizard!"
Yup, have u finished the game (SOTE) with all the challenge points?? u get secrets revealed after u do, try jedi mode for a real challenge.
As always...........L
Yeah I tried getting them all, but I couldnt find some of them on Boba fetts stage. I even had a strategy guide, but the stupid thing didnt list all of the Challenge points. So after I tried and tried getting the points, I just gave up. Now there is codes out that you can do everything. Dont get me wrong when the game came out, it was cool. But it didnt last!
"Luke, join the dark side, it's so wizard!"
That boba feet stage is real hard, but guess what?? Even my gf got all the challenge points!! (of course i told her where to look, hehehe) Anyway, if u are still interested, you might want to check out of the tower where you fight Boba Fett, (yep fly into the holes and go all the way down, you will find 2 challenge points there).
Also look in the chasms with the jet pack...some are in the most unexpected places, you will need to be careful in the fuel and you have to measure your jumps correctly so that u turn on the jetpack at the correct time.
If you have more doubts just ring.
As always...........L
I've never played those games, so I've got to say my least favorite game was Rebellion.
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OXFORD – A theater performance happens in the moment, with audience members in their seats and the actors on stage.
But that live experience wouldn't be nearly as fulfilling without the collaborative effort that came before it.
Unless something goes horribly wrong, Felipe E. Macias' job is over before any ticket-holders step into the building, much less find their seats.
"An actor needs an audience and directors need audiences," Macias said. "They need the audience to tell them, 'That's good' or 'That's bad.'"
Macias is the scenic designer for the 2013 Oxford Shakespeare Festival. Since March, he's been collaborating with the directors of "Macbeth," "Hello, Dolly!" and "Love's Labour's Lost" to create sets that match the unique qualities of each production.
"We plug away. We work at a pretty consistent pace. That's the wonderful thing about design," he said. "With the set, by the time people actually see it, you've already made up your mind about success or failure. You can sit in the theater and look and see whether it works or not."
That's not to say that he doesn't keep potential viewers in mind throughout the process of developing and building a set.
"They should see it and forget it," he said. "If I'm doing something that draws the audience's attention, then I'm doing something wrong. The focus should be on the action. My job is to create an environment that an audience can accept, then they forget about it completely."
In its natural state, a stage is something like a vacant lot. Backstage crews toil over time to turn that vacant lot into a playground for the actors to use.
Joe Turner Cantú, director of "Macbeth," wanted the set to reflect the styles from horror movies made by Hammer Film Productions in England from the '50s to the '70s.
Macias took inspiration from castles in Dracula and Frankenstein films to deliver doom and gloom for Shakespeare's spookiest play.
The result is an ancient castle in decline, with large, gothic windows and a staircase leading past hard, gray rocks.
Of course, they're not real rocks for the obvious reason that so many real rocks would make the set piece too heavy to move.
But there's another, more important reason. A real rock wouldn't look as cool, said Luke Shryock, 19, part of the scenic design crew.
The best plays or musicals share some truth or collection of truths about human nature, but it takes fakery and artifice to deliver those truths in the most entertaining way.
"Actual stone wouldn't look right for the audience. Things look different farther away, and depending on how the lights hit them," Shryock said. "A real stone wouldn't work nearly as well as these amplified-contrast foam pieces. They show up better for the audience."
Two plays, one space
During the festival, the "Macbeth" cast and crew will share the Ford Center' stage with the "Hello, Dolly!" folks. The backstage area is large, but not infinite, so one of the design challenges was finding room for both sets of sets.
"We have a one-and-a-half hour turnaround on one day. One show is in the afternoon followed by the other at night," said René Pulliam, "Hello, Dolly!" director. "That's something to keep in mind, too."
All of the action in "Macbeth" takes place in front of the same castle, but characters in "Hello, Dolly!" must move from the streets of New York to a store in Yonkers to a train station and more.
"We're using an old style called a set drop," Pulliam said. "We have four different set drops. You won't see them put in place. We'll reveal them by raising a curtain."
That creates a question: When should the reveals happen? During a recent planning session, Pulliam was trying to decide how to get a band on stage and what to do with a cabinet that was getting in the way.
"Sometimes, it's 'Oh, no. This isn't going to fit. How are we going to make it work?'" Pulliam said. "Basically, you're a problem-solver."
The backstage fine-tuning will continue for "Hello, Dolly!" until 7:30 p.m. Thursday, which is opening night. "Macbeth" opened on Saturday, and a 2 p.m. performance is scheduled for today.
"Love's Labour's Lost" has been going since June 14. It's staged at the Meek Hall Auditorium, and decisions by director Christopher Schager resulted in a minimalist set.
He was inspired by "Commedia dell'Arte," a stylized version of theater created in the 16th century. "Love's Labour's Lost" will feature larger-than-life performances with huge hand gestures and body movements. Schager likened it to an old Laurel and Hardy movie.
"We have platforms around the stages, so the actors can do their bits, their big, silly bits," Schager said.
The costume designer went about as bold as the actors, and that was a cue for scenic designer Macias to dial things back.
"He made a lattice, a white garden. Well, it's off-white," Schager said. "He painted it off-white with a hint of red. He made the costumes really jump out. We had to make sure we used the right lights, so it wouldn't wash out the costumes."
Up to the actors
"Love's Labour's Lost" has been out of Schager's hands since it opened. Macias' role as scenic designer for that show is complete, too.
It's up to the actors to have their time on stage, and to the technical crew to keep things running smoothly backstage.
And don't forget to audience, which as the important job of letting everyone else know what works and what doesn't.
The 2013 Oxford Shakespeare Festival will come to an end July 7, then the stage will be cleared until it's time to build another playground.
"Every production has its own challenges. Every production is different," Macias said. "That's the beauty."


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Does anyone know anything about these sets. I know they're not real Kubricks, but the sets I've seen look really well done? Besides eBay, what sites sell these? Anyone?
Also, in general, does anyone know of any good sites that sell all Kubricks? I've found a few sites, but their selections left a lot to be desired. Any help would be appreciated!


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Oh crap! The Advogato spammers are back. I hope that some of the account holders notice - although most seem to post by RSS feeds these days.
On an unrelated note, the Advogato posters who embed video are still terminating the recent entries, and their own entries, prematurely. I haven't yet investigated further.
I am currently reading John L. Casti's Five More Golden Rules. I don't know why I waited so long, as his earlier "Five" book is one of my all time favourites, and is what started me on the path to enjoying mathematics again. A partial trigger for reading the Casti book was The Poincaré Conjecture by Donal O'Shea. I didn't keep up with all of the topology but it is a fascinating read. That was a welcome relief as I had previously grabbed a copy of Stephen Baker's The Numerati from the library and found it way too superficial for my tastes (I think I was hoping for another Mathematical People). For lighter reading I have The Brother's Christmas present, Snuff, which has an excellent Vimes proportion (maybe another Fifth Elephant). Current favourite software program is Berkeley Madonna, mainly because it is small, fast and interactive (as well as being surprisingly powerful).
Good to see that the Advogato Recent People feature is working again (and being abused, [sigh]).
It was eerie to see this great cartoon from Jon Rosenberg as I always thought there was a chance of the scene ending like that (Roy Batty meets Ozzy).
Also, good news on the tag fixes. I really appreciate your hard work. It would be a shame to see Advogato deteriorate or disappear.
Okay, now thanks to bad RSS feeds the Advogato front page is really messed up. The main target seems to have been the "Recent People Joining" list (which, thanks to the mess-up, now pretends to be empty). Of course, that has been the only way you can find out when the new spammers join (unless they actually create a diary entry). So, it looks as if we are screwed...
New HTML Parser: The long-awaited libxml2 based HTML parser code is live. It needs further work but already handles most markup better than the original parser.
Keep up with the latest Advogato features by reading the Advogato status blog.
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A mastectomy is surgery to remove a breast, performed either to treat or to prevent breast cancer.
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The type of prosthesis required is determined by the amount of breast tissue that is removed.
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Following Mastectomy:
Breast forms are designed to look and feel similar in weight, texture, and color to the natural breast. They are worn outside the body in a close-fitting, supportive bra or a special pocketed bra. In addition to creating a symmetrical appearance, the form will replace weight to restore the body's natural balance. When the body is out of balance following a mastectomy, other musculoskeletal problems can develop. Back, neck, and shoulder problems may occur as there is a tendency for one shoulder to drop downward and inward while the other rises. Women often report that their bra rides up or moves around when there is no weighted breast form on one side of the bra.
Even if you are considering reconstruction at some later time, it is important to wear a weighted form during the intervening time.
Non silicone breast prosthesis: This prosthesis is a lightweight breast form made of polyurethane foam or fiberfill and can be worn immediately after a mastectomy. They are ideal for temporary wear right after surgery or for leisure activities, including during exercise, swimming, or hot weather. They are lighter and cooler than silicone breast forms, but they do not drape like the natural breast.
Silicone breast prosthesis: These forms are designed for full-time, daily wear and are generally fitted 6 to 8 weeks after surgery. Designed to restore your body's natural symmetry and balance, they adapt to your body temperature and move just like your natural breast. A silicone breast prosthesis is weighted (small metal core that assists in keeping the form from shifting) to help the body remain in balance and avoid the back, neck, and shoulder problems that may otherwise occur.
Attachable breast prosthesis: An attachable breast form is fastened to the chest wall using self-adhesive strips or Velcro tabs. These move with you and can be worn with a regular bra.
Fitters' Notes: If you have recently undergone surgery and/or radiation therapy, your skin may be extremely sensitive. Therefore, we do not recommend self-adhesive breast forms prior to follow-up treatment once skin has completely healed.
Following Lumpectomy:
Depending on the amount of tissue removed during surgery, the size of your breasts, and your lifestyle, you may need to consider a breast form. Partial shells and forms are available to equalize where tissue was removed.
Partial breast prosthesis: Also called an equalizer, enhancer, or shaper, this is a device made of foam, fiberfill, or silicone, designed to be worn over a woman's own breast tissue to enhance the overall size of the breast and to create a fuller appearance after a part of her breast is removed, as in the case of a lumpectomy. A partial breast prosthesis can be worn with a regular bra or a post-mastectomy bra.
Following Reconstruction
On occasion, women who have reconstruction will find that there is still a noticeable difference between the remaining breast and the reconstructed breast. When this is the case, you can be fitted with a partial form to create a symmetrical silhouette.
Post-mastectomy bras resemble regular bras but with one important difference - they have spandex stretch pockets on the inside which help hold and keep the breast prosthesis in place.
4 Breast Form Shapes: Triangle, Teardrop, Oval, Heart-shaped
Each shape fits a specific need.
Many silicone breast forms are available in tawny or dark sable colors.
Additional Information for Silicone Breast Forms
Asymmetrical or Symmetrical Design Shape:
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Advantages of having a breast prosthesis
Many women want to wear one because they want to wear the same clothing that they wore prior to the surgery and they want to look symmetrical. There are other advantages to having a breast prosthesis. It can:
General Instructions for Breast Prosthesis Care
(Always follow specific Manufacturer's Instructions included with prosthesis)
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Classique is a leader in post mastectomy beautiful, fashionable bras designed to provide high quality at affordable prices. Their precision breast forms duplicate natural breast tissue and movements with life-like touch and quick body-temperature-reaching capability.
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For 30 years, Amoena, the world's leading brand of external breast forms, has been helping women enjoy fuller lives after breast surgery. Amoena produced the world's first silicone gel and polyurethane breast form, the first two-layer breast form, and the first quality attachable breast form. In addition, women with neck and shoulder tension or lymphedema will find a selection of products suiting their needs.
Wear Ease specializes in bras and camisoles specifically designed for use immediately following breast surgery. Their Grace Bra may be purchased with removable drain tube pouches as well as fiber-filled breast form.
Anita Care bras are made of soft, skin-friendly materials with a slightly higher-cut, stretch neckline and a wide, softly elastic underbust band that holds the prosthesis firmly in place. The range covers the entire scope from sporty design, through to smooth bras with ultra-feminine and elegant details.
American Breast Care's state-of-the-art production facility employs a "high tech, high touch" method of design, development and production, using input from retailers and end users to keep the products on the cutting edge of what women want. The entire operation--manufacturing, shipping, customer service and corporate offices--is housed under one roof in Marietta, Georgia.
Lindi Skin care products were specially designed for people undergoing cancer treatment. Lindi Skin products are just as effective for people with sensitive or dry skin. Made with the finest ingredients, Lindi products provide ultimate hydration.
Every once in a while a new product comes along that grabs the attention of Midtown Health's staff for its innovative solution to a common problem affecting breast cancer surgery patients. The problem: Finding a comfortable position for sleeping while surgical wounds are healing. The solution: The patented Rest Easy Pillow created by a mastectomy patient and breast cancer survivor. This product was specifically designed for women recovering from breast surgery, however, it was soon identified as a solution for men and women alike while recovering from shoulder or arm surgeries or with chronic shoulder pain.
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Posted October 5, 2001; 12:51 a.m.
A portion of William Street on campus will be closed to through traffic Monday through Friday, Oct. 8-12. This closing is necessary to tie in utilities for the renovation project at 185 Nassau St.
William Street will be open from Washington Road only to the Frick loading dock. Traffic must enter William Street via Charlton or Olden streets to access parking Lots 10 and 10A.
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It seems our county commissioners and the Sherriff (the one who drew national attention by using BHOs middle name Hussein at a McCain Palin rally) have decided Not to take stimulus money to hire new officers because in the end it will cost the county money that we dont have. The grant would have covered them for three years and then the burden would fall on county taxpayers. I say good for them. The city of Sanibel, also in our county, has also decided to turn the money down.
A $4.3 million grant that would allow LeeCounty to hire 21 more sheriffs deputies will not be pursued.
Commissioners voted unanimously today to not seek the federal stimulus grant because it comes with a catch: after three years, the county would have to come up with the money to retain those deputies, and commissioners and Sheriff Mike Scott do not want to take that risk in the middle of a recession


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Date? 1975. I'll look for my pictures. Quite a bunch, even then.
Who are all of those little kids?
How crazy was that? Weeds for a yard - but I had a great garden! Everyone was a good sport about what was there and what was not.
It was the 4th and 5th of July. A great picture of the gang.
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Liver metastases are cancerous tumors that have spread to the liver from somewhere else in the body.
See also: Hepatocellular carcinoma
Metastases to the liver; Metastatic liver cancer; Liver cancer - metastatic
Almost any cancer can spread to the liver. Cancers that may spread to the liver include:
The risk of cancer spreading to the liver depends on the site of the original cancer. A liver metastasis may be present when the original (primary) cancer is diagnosed, or it may occur months or years after the primary tumor is removed.
In some cases, there are no symptoms. When symptoms occur, they may include:
Tests that may be done to diagnose liver metastases include:
Treatment depends on:
When the cancer has spread to the liver and other organs, whole-body (systemic) chemotherapy is usually used.
The type of chemotherapy is determined by theoriginal type of cancer.
When the spread is limited to the liver, body-wide chemotherapy may still be used. However, other treatment methods may work. When the tumor is only in one or a few areas of the liver, the cancer may be removed with surgery.
The use of radiofrequency waves or injection of toxic substances may also be used to kill tumors. When larger areas of the liver are involved, treatment may involve giving chemotherapy directly into the liver, or a procedure called embolization, which blocks blood flow to parts of the liver to "starve" the tumor cells.
How well you do depends on the location of the original cancer and how much it has spread to the liver or anywhere else. Rarely, surgery to remove the liver tumors may lead to a cure. This is usually only possible in patients with certain tumor types (for example, colorectal cancer), and when there are a limited number of tumors in the liver.
In most cases, cancer that has spread to the liver is not curable. Patients with spread of cancer to the liver usually die of their disease. However, treatments may help shrink tumors, improve life expectancy, and relieve symptoms.
Complications are generally the result of tumors spreading to a large area of the liver.
They can include:
Call your health care provider if you have cancer and suspect that it has spread to the liver. Anyone who has had a type of cancer that can spread to the liver should be aware of the signs and symptoms listed above, and call a physician if any of these develop.
Early detection of some types of cancer may prevent the spread of these cancers to the liver.
Lewis RL. Liver and biliary tract tumors. In Goldman L, Schafer AI, eds. Cecil Medicine. 24th ed. Philadelphia, PA: Saunders Elsevier; 2011:chap 202.
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A Florida Registered Paralegal is a person with education, training, or work experience, who works under the direction and supervision of a member of The Florida Bar and who performs specifically delegated substantive legal work for which a member of The Florida Bar is responsible and who has met the requirements of registration as set forth in Chapter 20 of the Rules Regulating The Florida Bar. A Florida Registered Paralegal is not a member of The Florida Bar and may not give legal advice or practice law.
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Family: Strigidae, Owls view all from this family
Description ADULT AND JUVENILE Buffy brown overall, but heavily spotted and streaked on upperparts, including neck; underparts are paler overall, but heavily streaked. Facial disc is round; note staring yellow eyes and short "ear" tufts.
Dimensions Length: 16" (41 cm)
Habitat Declining, but still fairly common across northeastern Canada during breeding season. Favors open habitatsótundra, undisturbed grassland, and prairie. Moves south in fall, range extending to southern U.S.
Observation Tips Partly diurnal habits mean it is fairly easy to see in open grassland habitats.
Range Rocky Mountains, Southwest, Texas, California, Western Canada, Florida, Northwest, Great Lakes, Mid-Atlantic, Plains, Southeast, New England, Alaska, Eastern Canada
Voice Displaying birds sometimes utter deep hoots.
Discussion Medium-sized, well-marked owl that often hunts in daylight, mainly for small mammals. Flight is leisurely and slow: glides frequently, and flies holding its long, narrow, and round-tipped wings rather stiffly. Usually quarters ground at low level, but displaying birds sometimes rise to considerable heights. Often sits on fence posts or grassland tussocks. Sexes are similar, but female is larger and often darker than male.


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Sandtroopers has carded and loose images of this wave (included in there is the second wave of Class II vehicles for good measure). The figures are:
87. Luke Skywalker (Lightsaber Construction)
88. Princess Leia (Sandstorm Outfit)
89. Lando Calrissian (Sandstorm Outfit)
90. Colonel Cracken (Millennium Falcon Crew)
91. Rebel Pilot (Mon Calamari)
It's still annoying that Luke is coming in a sleeved cloak instead of the one he wore in Jabba's palace, which is the same one he wore in the deleted scene. Even if Hasbro didn't have the full scene to work from, it should have been obvious that it was the same cloak from the finished film. Still, it looks like a pretty good ROTJ Tatooine version otherwise.
Some of the photoshopped images used on the cardbacks look better than others, but I wasn't planning on keeping any of these carded anyway. The figures themselves are good, anyway.