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I had silicone breast implants inserted 4 years ago, and they have always been just fine, but now they are getting hard. I am worried that something is leaking.
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Hard Breast Implants Indicate Capsular Contracture
Thank you for your question.
Breast Implants that become hard usually indicate Capsular Contracture or scar tissue around the implants. This is not an indication of leakage.
See your doctor for an exam. There is normally a small amount of silicone leakage around all silicone gel implants but this is not harmful.
A rupture of the implant typically follows trauma of some kind and results in a change of the shape of the implant. An MRI is used to diagnose a rupture.
The causes of Capsular Contracture are not fully understood. However low grade bacterial infection or excessive bleeding during the placement of the implants are both believed to contribute.
Learn more: http://drseckel.com/surgical-procedures/result-oriented-breast-augmentation-breast-enlargement/
Gradually Harder? - A Capsule Summary
Patients may develop a progressive hardening of the breasts during the months and years following breast augmentation. This is called Capsular Contracture or Encapsulation. The cause of this condition is not clearly known, and the presentation is variable; some patients may develop it in only one breast, other patients in both breasts, and some patients never have the problem; it may appear very soon after augmentation, or many years later.
Generally, the implant does not need to be leaking in order for there to be encapsulation; most often, the implants are found to be intact when surgery is performed to relieve the capsular contracture, depending largely upon the age of the implants.
When severe, Capsular Contracture can distort the appearance of the breasts, and can be painful. Many patients "live with the problem" for as long as they can, until that point when the less-attractive appearance and pain makes that impossible. At that point, the usual recommendation is to completely remove the capsule ("Capsulectomy") to as great an extent as is safe and possible, and to replace the implants. MRI or other examinations are only useful to determine whether the implant is ruptured or not, and do not change the recommendation to perform the capsulectomy procedure.
I always counsel my patients before surgery that Breast Augmentation is usually not a "one-time" procedure, and that it is very likely that over the patient's lifetime, they will require additional procedures. Capsular Contracture is one such problem that may occur after any Breast Augmentation procedure, and it will necessitate additional surgery at additional expense to the patient. Nevertheless, most patients have many years of satisfaction with their results following Breast Augmentation.
All gel implants leak to an extent.
Silicone implants all leak to some extent and a patient's body can respond to this silicone gel sometimes by depositing scar tissue and/ or calcium crystals. This is thought to occur less with the more modern cohesive gel implants, but we really do not know the bottom line here yet as they have not been in use all that long. At four years, you are a bit early, but reaction to silicone gel is still possible. I would get in to see your surgeon and consider an MRI and/or operation to sort this out.
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Get evaluated by your plastic surgeon - It may be capsular contracture
Silicone or saline breast implants can develop a condition called capsular contracture (where excess scar tissue forms around the implant) shortly after surgery or in years to come.
The only way to determine what is causing your condition is the evaluation by your surgeon, and possibly an MRI to determine the condition of your implants.
When you had your implant surgery, the process of informed consent should have included specific language about the changes you may experience over time, such as the hardening, and that implants are not lifetime devices that may have to be replaced.
In addition, if your implants were strictly for breast enhancement purposes, you should have been advised that insurance will not cover the cost of evaluation or of replacement.
It is recommended that an implant that is leaking or disrupted be replaced. However, the vast number of valid scientific studies have shown that even if an implant is leaking, that there is no causal relationship between the leaking silicone material and any disease process.
Potentially Capsular Contracture
If you are experiencing any of the following symptoms, you should be evaluated by your plastic surgeon. If the diagnosis is made of capsular contracture, depending on its severity, the implants may need to be removed and replaced.
The implant begins to feel hard
The implant looks smaller, more ball-shaped, or distorted in some other form
The implant is higher on your chest
Pain, tightness, discomfort in your chest
I hope that answers your question regarding your symptoms. It's great that you're doing this research. I always say that the best patients are informed patients.
You might also want to research your options for breast implants in case you need to have your current ones replaced. Choosing the right implant is the number one concern among women considering breast augmentation. Did you know, there's actually a way to select a implant shape, size, and profile that is perfect for you?
A term that I use with my patients for the perfect implant is the "Pony Implant".
So what do I mean by "perfect"? Well, a Pony Implant has three qualities to it. First, the implant meets your beauty goals. For example, you want to your breasts to look fuller while still appearing natural.
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That's the Pony Implant. And the great news is that there is a simple process to go about finding yours.
This issue of selecting the right implant is so important when it comes to patient satisfaction or dissatisfaction that, again, I really encourage you to learn more about it.
Thank you for reading and best of luck on your journey!
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An increase in hardness should be evaluated
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Capsular Contracture Following Breast Augmentation Surgery
Unfortunately, you describe classic capsular contracture of your breast following breast augmentation. It's important that you see your plastic surgeon and have a treatment plan formulated to deal with this problem.
Whenever a foreign material is placed inside your body, it will generate a reaction from the surrounding tissue. This typically results in a fibrous capsule that surrounds the breast implant. When this occurs, following breast augmentation, we call it a capsular contracture.
All patients have some capsule formation. Indeed, absence of capsule formation might result in implants shifting. When capsule formation results in contracture, patients may experience hardening of the breast, distortion of the breast and breast pain.
Capsule formation can occur at any time and as time goes on, this may be accompanied by pain and progressive distortion of the breast. The breast may shift in an upward direction and develop an abnormal shape.
When capsular contracture occurs, there are several treatment options. In mild cases, medical management and massage may be necessary. In severe cases of capsular contracture, surgery may be necessary. This may require release of the contracture by performing a capsulotomy, or removal of the capsule by performing a capsulectomy. Treatment has high satisfaction rates and most patients are ultimately happy.
Signs of Capsular Contracture
Thank you for your question. Capsular Contracture is one of the main risks of breast augmentation. Classic signs are:
1. hardness/tightness of the implant
2. change in implant position (typically migrates towards the collarbone)
3. increased pain and stiffness on the associated side.
Based on your description, you should see a board certified plastic surgeon for evaluation of capsular contracture. If present, I would recommend a capsulectomy (removal of scar tissue) and implant exchange.
Factors to consider:
1. If your implants are above your muscle, you may want to consider switching to underneath the muscle, which lessens the risk of capsular contracture.
2. If your implants are above the muscle and you desire to keep them there, you may benefit from the use of a textured implant.
Dr. Gill
Learn more: http://www.drpaulgill.com
These answers are for educational purposes and should not be relied upon as a substitute for medical advice you may receive from your physician. If you have a medical emergency, please call 911. These answers do not constitute or initiate a patient/doctor relationship.


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So, the President had his picture taken shooting a shotgun
at Camp David. Why is this big news and why are there threads all over the internet about it? Camp David has lots of recreational opportunities, and multiple Presidents have no doubt shot at clay birds while there, along with their guests. It's a rural retreat, and that's a popular activity at such places.
The New York Times even made a mistake and called the shotgun a rifle. That's no big deal, either, since the press that deals with following the President around and reports on what he does are more likely to know about international affairs and political matters than they are about brands of shotgun or skeet and trap shooting.
The bottom line here is that the President shot at some targets while at Camp David. How is that even news at all? Does the news report when he plays cribbage or pinochle while he's at Camp David? Does it report on the walks he takes around the grounds there?
By the way, the shotgun the President is using appears to be a Browning Citori 12 ga. over-and-under shotgun. The Ruger Red Label series of over-and-under shotguns also look a lot like that. Both are very nice shotguns for that type of shooting, and cost about $3000 to buy. I'm betting it's there, along with some other shotguns for the President and his guests to use if they feel like busting clays to pass a little time. It's no different from playing golf.
Does the President do this a lot? I doubt it, based on the position of the butt of that shotgun on his shoulder. I think he was just trying it out, and is a novice at that recreational activity.
It doesn't make him a gun nut. It does not mean that he is somehow opposed to firearms control. He is neither. He was taking advantage of one of the recreational activities available at Camp David. Let the man have his down time.
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Sat Feb 2, 2013, 05:09 PM
Pirate Smile (27,617 posts)
1. He was asked in an interview if he had shot a gun & he said he had. A bunch
of fools accused him of lying. He wasn't. They released a pic showing he wasn't. The usual freaks go nuts and the media does its standard thing - which the White House was obviously expecting. No big deal. The over-the-top reactions are what's interesting.
Response to Pirate Smile (Reply #1)
Sat Feb 2, 2013, 05:10 PM
MineralMan (98,612 posts)
2. Right. It's the reactions I'm talking about.
Everything gets blown all out of proportion. We make far too much of insignificant things, and too little of important things a lot of the time. It's frustrating.
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Sat Feb 2, 2013, 05:17 PM
cthulu2016 (10,960 posts)
3. The man is seeking a law that would ban some currently legal shotguns
(The AWB limits shotgun capacity)
I, for one, am glad that he has some modest familiarity with the general subject being regulated.
I have never fired a shotgun, so he is one up on me.
Response to cthulu2016 (Reply #3)
Sat Feb 2, 2013, 05:24 PM
kudzu22 (1,263 posts)
5. To be fair - DiFi is seeking the ban
I suspect Obama supports it but I don't think he's said one way or the other what should be banned.
Response to kudzu22 (Reply #5)
Sat Feb 2, 2013, 05:35 PM
cthulu2016 (10,960 posts)
9. Restoring the original AWB was in the platform. I imagine Obama has spoken in favor at some point.
I think the DiFi bill expands the 1990s AWB, but I don't know much about it.
The 1990s AWB limited shotgun magazines, hence my comment.
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Sat Feb 2, 2013, 05:22 PM
wandy (3,539 posts)
4. The president is also a fairly good vocalist....
The thing here is that a goodly portion of the country isn't near to coming to blows as to weather a bass guitar used in the backup band has 4 or 8 strings. Nobody would much care if said bass were a Fender or a Rickenbacker.
The subject of guns has become a national hot button.
I do most defiantly agree with you. "Let the man have his down time".
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Sat Feb 2, 2013, 05:24 PM
TwilightGardener (46,416 posts)
6. Just as unimportant as can be. I think his office should have let it go, but
no big deal.
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Sat Feb 2, 2013, 05:31 PM
RebelOne (30,947 posts)
7. So big dea;, he wasn't shooting at a person or an animal. Just clay pigeons. n/t
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Sat Feb 2, 2013, 05:35 PM
Kalidurga (14,177 posts)
8. The RW reactions are hilarious.
And expected. Got the photoshopped meme right here at DU courtesy of some RW nut job site.


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MBLAQ's Lee Joon Cast for ′Ninja Assassin 2′ on 'We Need a Fairy'
MBLAQ's Lee Joon will be saying goodbye to his crush, Hwang Woo Seul Hye.
In the upcoming episode of KBS' We Need a Fairy, Lee Joon and Hwang Woo Seul Hye will be saying farewell.
In the sitcom's storyline, Lee Joon, who recently came to realize Sye Joo (Cha In Pyo) and Chae Hwa (Hwang Woo Seul Hye) were in love, comes to sort out his feelings for Hwang Woo Seul Hye and to say his final goodbye to her.
The pictures of his last farewell indicate a bittersweet atmosphere with Lee Joon holding up a big red heart-shaped box in front of Hwang Woo Seul Hye and another picture showing him giving her a final hug.
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In the sitcom's storyline, Lee Joon was cast as the lead for the fictional movie Ninja Assassin 2 and will say his final goodbye in the upcoming 78th episode, set to air on June 20.
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I was just reading over the mirror's daily news and Amy Vickers pages there when i found something rather frightening. The iloo.
According to the mirror's exclusive and MSN's Marketing manager Tracy Blacher, MSN are preparing to launch the world's first internet portaloo known as the iloo. You may laugh and you may cry but this loo is designed for people at festivals such as the Reading festival here in the UK soon.
The loo is kitted out with a plasma screen, which has an adjustable height level, and a wireless keyboard (all waterproof), so users can merrily surf away as they go about their business. There'll also be a six channel surround sound speaker system under the sink unit for users to stream music from the internet. MSN as ever don't forget a single feature.
Tracy Blacher from MSN says: "The MSN iLoo is no bog-standard affair. We are looking at vacuum-powered options and the very latest broadband technology for the best loo surfing experience ever."
This is the second time in two years that MSN have pulled a crazy internet stunt. Last time it was the world's first internet bench in a park. What will they do next?
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Kasia Cieplak-Mayr von Baldegg brings us an animated argument for football as socialism. She also links to Allen Barra's argument to the contrary, which I find unconvincing. Which isn't to say I couldn't be convinced. I don't really know a lot about baseball's economics beyond the rudiments. I have a feeling I'm about to get an education.
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At the 2014 International CES, Withings unveils the next product in their ecosystem of smart health devices that will continue to lead the connected health revolution.
Withings Aura, already honored with the 2014 CES Innovation Award in the Health & Fitness category, intends to revolutionize the one third of our life we spend sleeping.
It discreetly records your sleeping environment, providing you with a complete understanding of your sleep patterns. Using revolutionary and scientifically validated light and sound programs, Withings Aura positively impacts your wake up and fall asleep experience, which are both instrumental in improving your sleep cycles and overall well-being.
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Withings Aura is comprised of a soft and discreet sleep sensor that slips under your mattress and works in synchronization with the sensitively designed bedside device. Together, the two units record and monitor an array of factors to offer you a deep understanding of your sleeping experience. The sleep sensor focuses on personal patterns (body movements, breathing cycles and heart rate) and the bedside device screens your bedroom environment (noise pollution, room temperature and light levels).
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Start the year in style by visiting some of Cleveland's finest restaurants.
Chef Zack Bruell is staging his own Restaurant Week at his five dining establishments, now through Jan. 26. Each restaurant is offering a three-course celebration of food for $33.
Chinato, 2079 E. 4th St., begins the featured meal with appetizers of potato-leek soup, crostini or kale salad. Entree selections are spaghetti carbonara, braised pork belly with polenta or market fish. This is followed by dessert of hazelnut mousse cake or tiramisu. Phone 216-298-9080 for recommended reservations.
Parallax, 2179 W. 11th St. in Tremont, is offering appetizer choices of salmon, beet and avocado sushi, Thai chicken and coconut soup or mixed-greens salad with grapefruit and pickled fennel. Entrees are curried chicken thighs with eggplant, seared steelhead trout or Spanish chickpea and tomato stew. Dessert choices are lemon pound cake, chocolate truffle torte or toasted marshmallow creme brulee. Call 216-583-9999.
Table 45, 9801 Carnegie Ave. in the InterContinental Cleveland, will start dinner with arugula salad or potato-leek soup, followed by a choice of seafood bouillabaisse or braised beef short ribs. Dessert is Jack Daniels pecan tart or vanilla tapioca. Phone 216-707-4045.
Cowell & Hubbard, 1305 Euclid Ave., offers a dinner with appetizers of Creole shrimp, dates wrapped in crisp prosciutto or soup du jour. The main course is pork belly with ricotta gnudi, mushroom ragout with Thai broth or seafood risotto, followed by Linzer torte or dessert du jour. Call 216-479-0555.
L'Albatros, 11401 Bellflower Road, is serving a meal with a French influence, beginning with potage du jour or winter salad. Entrees are pancetta-wrapped pork tenderloin with polenta, seared market fish or barley risotto with winter vegetables. Dessert is creme caramel or assorted truffles. Phone 216-791-7880.
The Cleveland Orchestra is participating in the Orchestras Across America Food Drive Jan. 16 through Jan. 20. Bring donations of unopened, nonperishable food items in boxes, cans or plastic containers to any orchestra event at Severance Hall on those dates, beginning an hour before concert time. All of the food collected will be donated to the Lakewood Hunger Network. Since the event began in 2007, more than 250 orchestras across the country have collected 450,000 pounds of food to feed the hungry.
Join award-winning chef Dean James Max and some of Marriott's finest as they prepare a five-course, five-chef tasting menu at Amp 150 at the Cleveland Airport Marriott on Jan. 21. Enjoy complementing wines with each dish, hand-selected by the chefs, as well as a signature cocktail to help kick off the night. The cost for the dinner is $55, plus tax and tip.
The meal begins with foie gras and sweet potato with bacon-quince marmalade prepared by Amp 150 executive chef Jeff Jarrett. The second course is celery root soup made by chef Sven Lindemann of the Renaissance Columbus. Duck sugo with porcini mushrooms and polenta will be cooked by chef Michael Koenig of Latitude 41. Roasted beef tenderloin with short rib and mushroom crepinettes will be prepared by chef Dean James Max of DJM Restaurants. Chef Daniel Hawrylak, sous chef at Amp 150, will create a goat cheese-thyme panna cotta with candied pistachios. Phone 216-706-8787 for reservations. Amp 150 is at 4277 W. 150th St.


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Hey guys! This is Tram from www.phi-style.com, new and proud contributing editor here at Brooklyn Bride. My contribution to Brooklyn Bride will be mainly fashion and style. My first post then, in light of Fashion Week which has been going in full force the past couple months – The Runway Bride.
For the bride who wants to look modern and maybe a little untraditional, runway fashion is a great way to inspire ideas and help you narrow down the look you want to achieve on your wedding day. It's easy to get overwhelmed with wedding dresses that all look the same – couture fashion can help bring back your personal style. – Tram @ Phi-Style
Elie Saab Spring 2011 RTW (above)
This collection was inspired the 70's – that's right, Studio 54, Diana Ross, and Blondie. With their draping and fluid flowing fabric, theses dresses scream disco goddess – in a good way.
Rick Owens Spring 2011 RTW
Rick Owens described his current collection as a transition from abandon to control. These gowns are an incredibly balanced mix of structured, yet soft. For the minimalist bride.
Prabal Gurung Spring 2011 RTW
Prabal Gurung has been quoted as describing his collection to have been inspired by "the intelligent woman. The brain is her most important feature." The clean silhouettes are perfectly accompanied by intricate detail that doesn't overwhelm the long, lean lines of the dress. Smart.
Alexander McQueen Fall 2011 RTW
Although this collection was inspired by the Ice Queen, the gowns are anything but frigid. Gorgeous detailing with soft feathers and chiffon to balance the structured bodices. If the rumors of Kate Middleton selecting the House of Alexander McQueen to design her wedding gown are true, she'll be the best Ice Queen of England ever!
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Global retail and ecommerce brand trusts Heroku to run its mobile applications, including several critical production services and their primary mobile e-commerce experience, for faster innovation and time to market.
As a department store, Macy's continues to grow revenue and profit even as the highly competitive retail space moves online. Growing competition from other large players and smaller start-ups demanded Macy's to innovate with their digital experiences, with the Macys.com and mobile ecommerce channels as key components of their omni-channel strategy.
Keeping up with business agility and scalability is crucial to Macy's ecommerce success. Macy's needed a platform that could keep up with the shifts of the current fashion season, changes in customer preferences, and launches of marketing promotions, as internal Macy's stakeholders pushed Technology for new ways to innovate the customer experience. Scalability and performance were also essential to reliably handle the seasonal traffic spikes where the bulk of sales revenue were generated.
Macy's has moved their primary mobile ecommerce websites — m.macys.com and m.bloomingdales.com — onto the Heroku platform. Heroku's rapid one-click scalability is essential to the seasonality of Macy's online business, as is the rapid time to market and business agility that Heroku enables. More mission-critical apps continue to be launched by the Macy's online business to deepen customer engagement and drive more revenue, all powered by the trusted Heroku Platform.
The Macys.com app is a brand-perfect mobile complement to the Macy's online and on-premise retail channelexperience. Customers can shop by category, find deals and promotions, and have a genuine Macy's buying experience from their phones or digital devices. They can also add to wedding and other registries, or find someone else's registry from which to make a purchase. And of course, they can find store location, hours and other details. The sister app, for Bloomingdales, is the BigBrownBag app, which shares similar functionality, but also incorporates loyalty program features.


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RTI Biologics Inc. (RTI) (Nasdaq: RTIX), a leading provider of orthopedic and other biologic implants, announced today that it has completed the acquisition of Pioneer® Surgical Technology (Pioneer). RTI previously announced plans to acquire all of the outstanding stock of Pioneer for $130 million in cash on June 12, 2013. The transaction was funded through a combination of cash on hand, a 5-year $80 million senior secured credit facility, which includes a $60 million term loan and a $20 million revolving credit facility, from TD Bank, N.A., TD Securities "USA" LLC, and Regions Bank, and a $50 million concurrent private placement of convertible preferred equity from Water Street Healthcare Partners (Water Street), a strategic private equity firm focused exclusively on the health care industry. Effective immediately, the new name of the company is RTI Surgical Inc. The company's worldwide headquarters will remain in Alachua, Fla. and the stock will continue to trade on the Nasdaq Global Market under the symbol RTIX. As part of the transaction, RTI has appointed two representatives from Water Street to serve on its board of directors. Curt Selquist, an operating partner with more than 35 years of health care experience, will serve as a director. Prior to Water Street, Selquist was company group chairman of Johnson & Johnson Medical and Johnson & Johnson Healthcare Systems. Joining Selquist on the board is Ned Villers, a partner with Water Street who has invested in companies specializing in medical products and health care services since 1999. "The acquisition of Pioneer supports RTI's strategic initiatives to expand our current implant portfolio into metals and synthetics, grow direct distribution and increase our global footprint," said Brian K. Hutchison, president and CEO of RTI Surgical. "RTI Surgical is now positioned for growth as a global surgical implant company providing orthopedic and biologic implant solutions for surgeons and patients around the world. We are excited about the many opportunities this acquisition brings to the company."
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The Huttlinger Alliance for Education – created by district parents and supported by several other community members – last week filed papers in the most recent court case pitting the district against the charter school.
In a brief submitted to the Superior Court of California, County of Santa Clara, the alliance argued that the court should reject Bullis' pending motion to compel the district to turn over currently used school facilities to the charter school.
The alliance also filed an amicus curiae (friend of the courts) "to address important public policy questions about who is entitled to claim rights to public school facilities," according to Elena Shea, president of the alliance, which includes residents of Los Altos, Los Altos Hills and Mountain View.
"The alliance agrees with LASD that the court should deny Bullis Charter School's motion," Shea said. "However, we don't think the district has done everything it should to protect the interests of all students, in particular those who are entitled to special consideration, including special-needs kids, English-language learners and low-income children who have not always had access to quality educational opportunities."
Earlier this year, charter school and district board representatives entered settlement discussions supervised by a retired judge. Those discussions led to the announcement in early May of a tentative plan to offer Bullis significant portions of Egan Junior High School for the 2012-2013 school year. The tentative plan also would have closed an existing district school and allocated it to the charter school no later than the 2013-2014 school year. Parents informed of the tentative plan in meetings during May and June voiced strong objections to yielding to the charter school's requests.
Parent concerns about alleged improper practices by the charter school's leadership came to a head after Bullis filed its latest motion. The district's opposition papers included several sworn statements by parents recounting how the charter school failed to accommodate their children with special needs, and actively encouraged other parents to withdraw special-needs children from the charter school.
In addition, the district presented evidence that certain loans to Bullis Charter School's principal may violate California law.
Separately, a number of other parents provided sworn statements including additional alleged accounts of the charter school's failure to accept special-needs students in a nondiscriminatory manner, as public schools are required under state and federal law.
The alliance also submitted evidence alleging that parents are led to believe Bullis' $5,000 per-student "donation" is a mandatory tuition payment – again, an improper practice for public schools.
"Given these practices, we believe there's good reason to question BCS' right to be considered a 'public' school. At the very least, these new facts should cause our community to take a hard look at BCS," said alliance board member Joe Seither. "We think LASD went too far in the past few months to placate BCS in an effort to end the litigation, and we want to bring everyone back to a middle ground."
More than 200 Los Altos School District community members signed statements supporting the alliance's arguments.
"Our bottom line is that the court should not intervene to allocate district facilities," said alliance board member and local attorney Noah Mesel. "BCS students deserve no preference over real public school students, whose rights to facilities must be part of the equation."
Representatives said the alliance would endorse a solution that ends litigation and avoids the annual Proposition 39 facilities' allocation process as long as that solution is equitable to all district students.
According to alliance members, the effect of granting the charter school's request for additional classrooms, specialized instruction and outdoor space at Egan for the 2012-2013 year and an entire campus in 2013 would leverage charter law beyond anything provided in the Education Code or anywhere else in California law.
Los Altos School District board Trustee Doug Smith said the alliance adds a new perspective to the legal action.
"I think the alliance is interesting in that they bring a very personalized face to the conversation," he said. "I don't necessarily agree with everything they have said in their documents, but it will give the court understanding of the type of tradeoff we have to make."
Smith added that the group articulates to the court why the district can't keep giving more space to the charter school.
"We have heard their statements many times at public meetings and this is an opportunity for the court to hear that as well," he said.
John Phelps, charter school board member, said he was shocked at the energy expended by charter school opponents.
"Imagine if that energy were put into the kids," he said. "My plea is that we focus on the kids and not the courts, and that we respect the law. Many communities are embracing charter schools – it's time this one did as well."
If the court allows the alliance to argue the points raised in its brief, Audra Ibarra, a local attorney and former Assistant U.S. Attorney, will represent the group at a hearing scheduled Aug. 15.
The Huttlinger Alliance for Education – a nonprofit, volunteer-run organization based in Los Altos – is named after Ernst Huttlinger (1893-1982). A contemporary of Los Altos founder Paul Shoup, Huttlinger led the lawsuit to stop the closure and sale of Covington School in the 1970s.
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The Association of California School Administrators also filed an amicus brief in support of the district. For more details, visit www.losaltosonline.com.


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|December 17, 2009, 01:50 PM
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Dangerous Holsters and Carry Methods
What makes a safe holster, safe?
What makes a dangerous holster, dangerous?
What's the difference between a "good" holster and a "bad" one?
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|December 17, 2009, 02:18 PM
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I'll be interested in others' responses, but I'll start. I'll assume the holster is for concealed carry, and not duty:
What makes a safe holster, safe?
- fits the gun it is made for
- holds the gun securely, with or without a thumb break, yet permits easy draw
- holds position on your belt so the gun/holster doesn't move around, so you grip the gun the same way, every time
- completely covers the trigger guard
- has a sight channel to prevent sights from snagging and slowing draw/presentation
What makes a dangerous holster, dangerous? Inverse of the above ...
- doesn't fit the gun
- gun is insecure and flops around or (worse) falls out, or is too tight (maybe thumb break is too tight), making it difficult to draw easily
- moves around on your belt so the grip changes position
- doesn't cover the trigger, creating possibilities of ND--or someone else firing the gun--while in the holster, or introduction of foreign objects that snag the gun
- sights snag on holster preventing a smooth draw/presentation
In addition to the above, a "good" holster is made from quality materials, holds it shape, is comfortable to wear, has a stiff mouth so that your gun can be reholstered with one hand.
... for starters.
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|December 17, 2009, 02:23 PM
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Safe VS. Unsafe
For a holster to be safe it must:
#1 Securely hold the weapon from loss in the case of the wearer falling etc.
I personally use holsters (open top) that when held completely up-side down will not allow the weapon to fall. A proper fit will ensure this and yet retain a fast and smooth draw.
#2 Allow all controls ( safety, trigger, mag release etc) to always be in the proper (uncompromised) position.
#3 Hold the holster (itself) to the belt etc. under ALL circumstances
#4 The holster must NEVER be in a position that when the weapon is holstered the muzzle is pointed in an unsafe direction I.E. Horizontal shoulder hoster
#5 In ALL cases regardless of double action or single action, revolver or auto, the trigger guard must be covered
To accomplish these points the holster must:
#1 Be made for THAT SPECIFIC FIREARM. No "One size fits all" holsters.
#2 Have a secure method of attachment to the belt. No "flop or sway" as in the case of a holster made for a 2" belt mounted on a 1 1/4 belt
|December 17, 2009, 02:32 PM
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Patriot said:
With any belt holster (IWB or OWB or Duty), using your criteria, you would be covering beople behind you on the escalator/stairs.
While carrying your gun in your car, using your criteria, you would be covering the drivers behind you or next to you at some point.
Point is, it is well accepted that a holstered/cased weapon is a safe weapon (provided all of your other criteria are met).
|December 17, 2009, 02:58 PM
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a good holster can be a dangerous one if the user is unfamiliar/doesn't practice with it. The user makes the holster what it is, I think.
|December 17, 2009, 03:07 PM
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|December 17, 2009, 03:49 PM
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Under the original specifications here, many of the holsters commonly used in the past and fairly popular are unsafe (Unsafe at any speed?). Some of these are even still being manufactured, referring here to the Hunter brand holsters. Some of them border on the generic.
Some police holsters in the past were produced more with economy in mind than anything else and some writers often remarked on that fact, especially if they happened to make holsters themselves. But on the whole, I also think that the average policeman as well as a typical gun owning citizen had a much more basic and plainer handgun than seems to be the case today, not to mention everything else about people.
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|December 17, 2009, 03:53 PM
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I have two holster cases to speak of.
1. A leather holster being used by an on duty patrol officer "supposedly" had retention. As he was at a counter in a convenience store getting coffee, a man was able to come up behind him and pull his weapon from the holster. The man then shot the officer five times with the .357 that the officer carried. The officer survived and the man waited to be arrested outside the store. However the officer was never able to return to work in law enforcement and got a medical retirement. The holster maker was sued and the officer was awarded about $100,000. I showed the flaw in the holster and how a proper holster had a retention feature that required the gun be pushed down, then forward before the gun would leave the holster.
1. A man with CCW was carrying a right hand draw on the left side. This caused the man to have to make a cross draw to retrieve his gun. A man approached the CCW holder and bumped into him. This placed the man to having his right hand in perfect position to grab the gun from the holster. Needless to say, a scuffle ensued with the gun owner trying to retain his sidearm. The owner was shot twice in the chest. The perp got away but was later identified and arrested. Sometimes a safe holster can be worn wrong and create an unsafe condition for the wearer.
|December 17, 2009, 04:02 PM
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What makes a holster good and safe:
Fits and rides well the way you carry it, doesn't move around too much, come loose etc. If you're wearing sweatpants and a string as a belt no holster is going to stay secure.
Is molded/formed well for the gun and covers the trigger guard relatively well.
Has enough tensions if you lean forward the gun doesn't come flying out. My safariland IWB holster does fine with this, open top but the force of leather onto the frame keeps the tension good.
l've heard police work is dangerous. Yes, that's why l carry a big gun. Couldn't it go off accidentally? l used to have that problem. What did you do about it?
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|December 17, 2009, 04:22 PM
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A good holster will...
-- Adequately retain the firearm in the holster
-- Not allow modification of the firearm's controls
-- Adequately maintain the position of the firearm in the holster
-- Adequately maintain the position of the holster on the wearer
-- Allow the wearer adequate ability to draw the firearm
-- Allow for the intended level of concealment
|December 17, 2009, 04:41 PM
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Using the definition of the word, one might argue that there's no such thing as a useable "safe" holster. It's all in the degree of risk you're willing to accept. But I assume that's not the point here. In no particular order...
The holster should retain the weapon during all typical and some atypical activities for the wearer. For me, that's the usual walking, driving, bending/reaching/stretching stuff plus falling down, running, and jumping. And by "retain" I mean that none of the controls can be acutated.
It should provide an adequate level of concealment while maintaining accessibility. For me, that means it's invisible to the general public and someone with some knowledge/training might think they saw something during a fleeting moment. And I can be ready to fire in less than 2 seconds.
It should be comfortable to wear for long periods of time. Discomfort encourages the wear to fiddle with it and that doesn't go well sometimes, just ask Plaxico Burris.
It should be positioned such that the weapon is very, very rarely (never is a big word) pointed at anything important during the draw stroke. Technique is paramount here, of course. It should also be positioned such that falling on it won't put me in the hospital.
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To me a dangerous holster is one that (A) the trigger guard is not covered, where any foreign object can enter the trigger guard causing a ND,or the weareer can draw with thier finger in the trigger guard(I have transported 3 people that shot themselves in the foot, or anke this way when I was a medic) (B) or one that the safty can be disengaged without the wearer doing so willingly. i.e. a cocked and locked SA semiauto with an ambisafty that the safty becomes disengaged by movement, catching on the cover garment, or brushing against an object. If both are present in the same holster it is a tradgedy waiting to happen.
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Safe is the holster my cousin uses (Ret. LEO) it "locks" the weapon in so a person that is not him may not pull it and shoot him with it. A dangerous one is a holster that allows another to pull the weapon and shoot you with it.
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A safe holster is one that the user practices his/her draw from to the point that it becomes second nature to draw from. No hesitation, no second thought, just pure confidence.
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Folks. The holster has to be matched to the gun's features.
A single action revolver doesn't need a covered triggerguard. A double action revolver (or anything else!) damned well does. A 1911 holster ought to have a small barrier sewn in to block the safety from coming off-safe.
In my personal opinion, cross-snap straps can be a bad idea on some guns because it can get inside the triggerguard and crank a round off on re-holstering. This is especially true of DA wheelguns or any DAO auto with no manual safety, like a Glock.
If it's an open-carry holster or outside-belt at all ("police style" or otherwise), it should be at such an angle as you can rest your forearm on it and lock it down into the holster if you're moving through a people-dense area or have somebody you don't completely trust nearby. Done right it shouldn't look "threatening" to anybody, gun-knowledgeable or not. That and situational awareness are more important than "safety retention" holsters the police are migrating to as an alternative to proper training and awareness.
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Since I have a little home/house business of making custom CCW leather holsters, . . . I have a different perspective of the holster/gun/human trilogy.
I don't think that there is really a "dangerous" holster, . . . I mean, . . . when did you see the headlines "Couple mugged outside Walmart by dangerous holsters, one a kydex and the other a custom leather job."
I also don't think there are any "safe" holsters.
The whole thing comes down to one defining factor, . . . the guy/gal carrying the holster and gun.
Some guys put a gun in a pocket holster and from the angle it sets, . . . hopes he never has to father a child again.
Some women keep their guns in their purses, . . . thereby arming the local purse snatcher with a really nice piece.
The question of Safe/Dangerous is simply a responsibility tacked onto the wearer in my opinion.
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What does everyone think of the Blackhawk SERPA holsters and others with the release button over the trigger? Some people claim they are not safe because the finger could get onto the trigger and possibly fire when drawn at high speed.
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Suarez International doesn't allow Serpa's in class. I've read Tactical Response and Paul Gomez doesn't either.
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A few other considerations:
A holster should be chosen based on what it's task will be. These determine whether the rig is useful to the wearer or not. Safety is a useful feature that varies on the task. A good rig for IPSC competition will likely not be useful for toting a sidearm while hunting and vice versa.
Because the needs of the military, law enforcement, civilian concealed carry, various competitive shooting and sport shooting rigs, handgun carry while hunting, hiking, camping etc. are all different, what is a good/bad rig varies. To some extant what is dangerous in a rig varies some as well.
So fitting the rig to it's task is a key component of what makes a holster or mode of carry dangerous or not.
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"- completely covers the trigger guard"
Nonsense! There are many excellent widely used holsters which do not
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I have a friction fit open top 1911 crossdraw holster also and I think it's as safe as can be even though I can imagine how dangerous it looks at the range.
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Two members of the press were questioned on Wednesday over an allegedly libelous article last year involving Lebanese singers Nawal Zoghbi and Diana Haddad, reported Daily Star.
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WELLINGTON — The Wellington seniors more than satisfied the hometown fans Friday in blasting visiting Brookside 75-52.
The easy win guaranteed the Dukes (16-2, 14-1) at least a share of the Patriot Athletic Conference Stars Division championship. A win at second place Keystone on Tuesday would give them the outright title.
"We're not satisfied," said guard Nathan Starkey, who finished with
17 points. "We know we have to take care of business Tuesday. Anything less than the outright championship would be a big disappointment."
It was clear Friday that something less than a share of the crown was not to be considered.
After stumbling to a 12-10 deficit with eight turnovers after one quarter, the Dukes pulled themselves together in the second period, doubling the Cardinals' output with 26 points.
Starkey and Brady Shaw with nine each and Jason Perry with seven accounted for all but one of Wellington's points in the decisive quarter.
Meanwhile, Brookside (11-8, 8-7) was hampered by foul trouble as leading scorer Hunter Skolnicki and junior center Nathan Keith sat the bench during much of the period.
Brookside coach Brent Schremp saw the fouls as a determining facto in the gamer.
"In the first quarter we did some nice things," he said. "But in the second we had some lineups we don't normally have and they (the Dukes) were able to take full advantage. They were aggressive and shot the heck out of the basketball."
A 12-0 Wellington run in the third quarter put the game away at 48-29 with 13 minutes still to play. As the Cardinals' defense took more chances, the Dukes' passing game took off. Perry had a number of assists, including a spectacular dish to Ethan Herman with three minutes left.
"Assists are just as important as points," said Perry, who nonetheless finished with 16 points. "I'm always looking for the open teammate, but it was the big win tonight that was really awesome."
Still, it was under the boards and beyond the arc where the Dukes really dominated, pulling down 43 rebounds to just 19 for the Cardinals and hitting 7 of 12 3-pointers to just one for Brookside.
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"We're not satisfied yet," said Shaw, who also had 17 points. "Norwayne will be a good test for us and we're looking to get back at Keystone for beating us in double overtime."
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WELLINGTON (75): Nathan Starkey 3-8-16, Freddy Senghas 0-0-0, Zac Gilbert 2-0-4, Brady Shaw 5-4-17, Jason Perry 6-4-17, Dylan Kidd 0-0-0, Ethan Herman 2-1-5, Nation Carroll 1-1-3, Nathan Gray 3-0-7, David Clark 2-0-4, Dylan Weidrick 0-0-0, Tim Young 1-0-2. Totals 25-18-75.
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URBAN TACTICS; The Lonesome Casita
By STEVEN KURUTZ
Published: September 17, 2006
ON a steamy afternoon a few weeks ago, a tanned, white-bearded Puerto Rican named Jose Rivera could be found whiling away the hours on the porch of a wooden bungalow. The bungalow, or casita -- Spanish for ''little house'' -- stands in a community garden on Clinton Street near Stanton Street, and it serves as a clubhouse for the older men of the neighborhood.
To visit it is to travel 1,600 miles to the island of Mr. Rivera's birth 63 years ago. On the walls hang framed photographs of the Puerto Rican baseball great Roberto Clemente and the prizefighter Felix Trinidad. The sound of salsa echoes from a portable radio. Spirited games of dominoes take place on the patio.
For Mr. Rivera, who describes himself as ''the Mayor of Clinton Street'' and is president of the United Businesses of the Clinton Street Area, the casita serves increasingly as a refuge from the changes taking place around it.
The portion of Clinton Street on which the casita is located, once a bustling three-block strip of beauty salons and bodegas, is beginning to resemble other gentrified Lower East Side streets, like Ludlow and Orchard. Town cars can be seen pulling up to pricey restaurants along what has become a downtown restaurant row, and packs of young women stream woozily out of the bars at 3 a.m.
The section of Clinton Street between Houston and Delancey Streets has long been one of the city's Latino enclaves. But with the influx of upmarket bars, restaurants and boutiques have come escalating rents, which are pushing out Latino businesses. La Placinta, a bodega at Clinton and Rivington Streets, closed in March. Adelante Travel, an agency specializing in trips to the Caribbean, relocated to Third Street near Avenue D last October. Dozens of other Latino business owners are wondering how much longer they can afford to remain on Clinton Street.
''We tried to prepare ourselves,'' said Mr. Rivera, who ran a driving school on Clinton Street for five years, ''but still the landlords want us out.''
The shift, while understandable to some, is unfathomable to many longtime residents of the neighborhood, largely because Clinton Street has seemingly been an immigrant enclave ever since it was paved and drawn on a street map.
The Clinton Street that Mr. Rivera discovered when he moved to New York from the Puerto Rican town of Barranquitas in 1959 was populated by Jewish families and businesses; even pushcart vendors, a relic of the tenement culture of the early years of the century, could be found. Latinos began to refashion the neighborhood in the 1960's and 70's, transforming Clinton Street into the commercial heart of Loisaida, as the Lower East Side was known familiarly. Along this rollicking little strip, women gossiped in Spanish inside beauty shops, and men wearing colorful guayaberas sat on milk crates outside storefronts.
The Canadian poet and songwriter Leonard Cohen, who lived in a Clinton Street loft in the early 70's, memorably described the area in his song ''Famous Blue Raincoat'': ''There's music on Clinton Street all through the evening.'' But by the 1980's, Clinton Street was so crime-ridden that drug dealers plied their trade in broad daylight. As Mr. Rivera remembers it, prostitutes worked the lot where his beloved casita now stands.
Ali Yaghoubi, 60, a real estate developer, bought a grassy lot between Houston and Stanton Streets 15 years ago at a city auction. ''People didn't even want to pay their taxes on buildings here,'' Mr. Yaghoubi said the other day, standing in front of his property, at 19-21 Clinton Street. ''It was not desirable.''
Soon, his once-derelict property will be the site of an eight-story apartment building, with a day care center on the ground floor and a small theater company in the basement. ''We were waiting for today,'' he said, referring to the street's shift toward trendiness.
A harbinger of change was the opening in 1999 of Clinton Fresh Food, one of a much-ballyhooed wave of upscale restaurants on the street that attracted crowds from throughout the city. The restaurants begat bars, which in turn begat boutiques.
The transformation of the slender storefront at 20 Clinton Street, which sits just north of the casita, offers a vivid before-and-after portrait of how the street is evolving. For nearly 40 years, the storefront was occupied by Clinton Plastic Covers, a business that makes custom-made slipcovers. The owner is an avuncular, baseball-loving Puerto Rican named Tony Luna. Last year, when his lease expired, his landlord raised the rent from $820 to $3,100, Mr. Luna said, and he was forced to move.
REPLACING him was P-13/China House Tonics, a boutique that sells logo T-shirts, Schwinn bikes and imported herbal teas, among many other items. Its owner Mark Foster directs television commercials.
Mr. Luna's shop now sits two blocks east of its former location, on a sleepy stretch of Ridge Street whose only other businesses are a garage and a forlorn-looking beauty salon. ''Look where we end up,'' Mr. Luna said plaintively the other day as he stood outside his shop.
That same afternoon, Mr. Foster was at work in his office, dressed in one of his T-shirt designs. Not exactly an interloper, he moved to an apartment on Clinton Street in 1998, a time, he said, when the street ''still had a bit of sketch factor.'' He recalled the experience of buying milk at a bodega and overhearing stories about illegal dog fighting in the basement, or the parades for Catholic saints that seemed to occur at random.
A street does not change overnight, and in some respects, Clinton Street looks much as it did for the past two decades. Elderly Latino men still hang out in front of Fama Record Shop, which sells salsa and meringue CD's. Souped-up cars speed past blaring salsa. You can still get a plate of rice and beans at Cibao Restaurant, at No. 72, which predates upscale places like Falai by 40 years, or a can of paint at Rothstein Hardware, whose Jewish name and Spanish proprietor combine in an instant to trace Clinton Street's demographic history.
But as new rhythms are increasingly heard along the strip, people who have known Clinton Street for decades fear that with the slow exodus of Latino-owned businesses will go the heart of Loisaida.
It is a curious fact of life in New York that even as growing numbers of immigrants move to the city, Latino strongholds such as Clinton Street are slowly slipping away. This is something that Mr. Rivera worries about a lot. ''From now until the end of the year,'' he said, ''three or four more businesses will be gone.''
As he spoke, he looked out through the chain-link fence that surrounds the garden. Just then, a salsa-blaring car sped by. It seemed like a long time before another car blaring salsa music passed.
Photos: CLUBHOUSE -- The bungalow where Jose Rivera, below right, hangs out is a refuge from the gentrification on Clinton Street.; SALSA FADES -- Stephanie and Mark Foster, right, owners of P-13/China House Tonics, among the distinctly un-Latino businesses coming to Clinton Street. (Photographs by Don Hogan Charles/The New York Times)


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BALLSTON SPA -- A 28-year-old pastor assumes leadership of the 217-year-old First Baptist Church of Ballston Spa today, and congregants are hopeful the young man is just what the centuries-old church needs to survive in the fast-paced, post-modern world.
In November, Rev. Alan R. Rudnick was unanimously voted the new pastor by the church's congregants.
"I am extremely humbled and excited that First Baptist Church chose me to lead and shepherd this congregation in this historic time of the life of this church," he said. He noted that he hopes to deepen the long tradition of community involvement the church is already known for.
Rudnick graduated cum laude from Eastern University in 2003. Upon graduation, he was accepted to Palmer Theological Seminary and graduated in 2006 with a master's degree in divinity. The day after his graduation, Rudnick was ordained into the American Baptist Churches U.S.A. denomination.
Rudnick has served in churches in Maryland and Pennsylvania and enters his 10th year of ministry. In addition, he is a former two-time NCAA All-Conference Division III lacrosse athlete and a former assistant coach at Hood College and Eastern University.
The First Baptist Church was founded in 1791. The cornerstone on a third meeting house was laid in June of 1896. This facility, the current building, has stood the test of time and continues to meet the needs of the congregation.
The church's property and buildings have continued to serve as a house of worship, community food pantry, meeting place for Bible studies and place of fellowship. Under Rudnick's leadership, the church plans to expand its facilities to include a fellowship hall and additional classrooms.
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