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"Size Doesn't Matter!"Mini Robot Wars is a Tower Defense game that is similar to Plants vs. Zombies. In it, a bunch of Metool-lookalike Mechanical Lifeforms try to stop an invasion of their planet."The Machines" are an army of killer robots produced by Star Travel Inc. Their mission is to find planets to provide a suitable place to build space resorts for wealthy people. They have recently found "Green Planet", a planet with lush forests, oceans and mountains.However, the planet is not uninhabited- a bunch of small alien robots named the Minirobots inhabit it. Being peace-loving creatures, the Minirobots are not prepared against the machine invasion, and were mostly captured or destroyed. This is the Minirobots' last chance to drive out Star Travel's machines.Similar to Plants vs. Zombies, you place troops on the battlefield to prevent enemy robots from reaching the other side. There is a twist, though- instead of a top-down view, you play in a side-view similar to a platform game.This game is not a chibi-fied version of Super Robot Wars.
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DM Playhouse's LES MISERABLES Adds 3/29 Performance
Due to high ticket demand, the Des Moines Community Playhouse has added a performance of "LES MISERABLES" before the show has even opened. The added performance is 1:00 PM, Saturday, Mar. 29. Tickets for this and the originally scheduled performances, through Apr. 13, starting at $23, can be purchased at dmplayhouse.com, at the Playhouse box office, and by phone at515-277-6261.
Convict Jean Valjean, now free, dedicates his life to raising the orphan girl Cosette. Policeman Javert obsesses over finding Valjean for breaking his parole. Revolution is in the air and a student uprising is inevitable. Strong men are willing to sacrifice everything for their ideals and the people they love. Epic and uplifting, "Les Miz" is the most popular musical in the world. And now it's at the Playhouse.
The Playhouse is Iowa's oldest and largest producing theatre. Located at the 42nd Street exit of I-235, the theatre has presented a full season of shows since 1919 and also offers a wide variety of educational experiences including classes for ages 4 to adult, theatre trips to New York, and volunteer opportunities onstage and backstage.
For more information about the Playhouse and "LES MISERABLES," contact the Playhouse ticket office at 515-277-6261.
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How To Address Baxter's Nerve Entrapment
Heel pain is arguably the most common complaint that foot and ankle specialists hear. The majority of these complaints are linked to plantar fasciitis and we all have developed our own unique treatment algorithms for this condition. What happens when we are months into our treatment algorithm and the patient has not had much improvement or a fasciotomy has been performed and the heel pain returns? Is it still plantar fasciitis?
No. In both of these scenarios, we must revert back to our differential diagnoses. While heel pain is commonly caused by plantar
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Type "DPM" or "podiatrist" into an Internet search engine and name after name of established practitioners will come up, leading to Web sites which may have established in order to market their practices. Many podiatrists have been building Web sites to supplement the traditional methods of reaching patients and facilitate the ability of potential patients to reach them.
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Last year, I wrote "Extracorporeal shockwave therapy (ESWT) has a long way to go to prove it has overwhelming medical benefits that are claimed by the manufacturers, but it is still in the early stages of its evolution. With time, it will be necessary to prove these claims through prospective studies." (See "Extracorporeal Shockwave Therapy: Hope Or Hype?," page 46, November 2003 issue.)
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There were a lot of reports circulating last month about the rise of injuries in the National Football League (NFL). An Indianapolis Star article noted that after four weeks of play, 34 players had been placed on injured reserve, the highest number in six years. As this issue went to press, 346 players are listed on injury reports in the NFL with the injuries ranging from mild to season-ending injuries. (That is an approximate average of 11 injured players per team.) Sixty-three of these injuries (18 percent) are lower-extremity injuries.
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Residents Rumble In Online Competition
For a few Tuesday nights out of the year, podiatric residents across the country will compete with fellow residents in other programs to test their knowledge. The game is not Jeopardy but the Residency Challenge, also known as the Residency Rumble, an academic tournament wherein residents from 76 programs draw upon their knowledge to answer questions on all aspects of podiatry.
The brainchild of Podiatric Residency Education Services Network (PRESENT), these Tuesday night Web-based programs will occur four times a year, according to PRESENT CEO Alan Sherm
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Mastering Plantar Heel Pain In Athletes
Plantar heel pain is one of the most common maladies we see in podiatric practice. Patients learn on their first visit that the symptoms usually respond to conservative treatment over a six- to 12-week timeframe, although some individuals may take six to 12 months to be totally pain-free. Athletes may have difficulty accepting the fact that they may have lingering pain over six to 12 months. Not only may the athlete be upset, one may also draw the ire of the coach, athletic trainer, agent or parent.
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Starring John Wayne, Randolph Scott, and Marlene Dietrich
(Spoiler alert: The Goodguy wins)
I count Dennis Hopper's appearances in at least two Western Classics: Gunfight at OK Corral with Burt Lancaster and Kirk Douglas (1957); and True Grit (1969) with John Wayne. Even if Western movie fans didn't count these movies as Classic, it would be recognized that Hopper had appeared with three of the Greatest Western Movie Stars of all time: Wayne, Lancaster and Douglas.
Some Western fans may also include Hang 'em High (1968) with another of the Greatest Western Actors of all time: Clint Eastwood; and The Sons of Katie Elder (1965) with John Wayne (again), Dean Martin and Earl Holliman.
Among Western TV Shows. Gunsmoke and Bonanza would well be considered Classics. Cheyenne ? (Note: Hoppers roles in the TV Westerns were as a Guest Star – not a regular.)
Even so, not a bad legacy for one the legendary bad boys of the Entertainment industry.
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It's often interesting to read reviews from when the time the film was originally released – and see how they bear up as to how the film is presently regarded.
Several movies that are now regarded as Classics were savagely ripped by reviewers of the day. But time often tells a different story. However …
Wikipedia tells us (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Man_Who_Shot_Liberty_Valance)
"The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance was an instant hit when released in April 1962, thanks to its classic story and popular stars John Wayne and James Stewart. Produced on a budget of $3.2 million, the film grossed $8,000,000 at the box office, making it the 16th highest grossing film of 1962. Edith Head's costumes for the film were nominated for the Academy Award for Best Costume Design, one of the few westerns to ever be nominated for the award. The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance has continued its popularity through repeated television broadcasts and the rental market. It is also widely considered to be one of director John Ford's best westerns and generally ranks alongside Red River, The Searchers, The Big Trail, and Stagecoach as one of John Wayne's best films."
The Critics liked – and the People liked it.
Below: A nice video presentation with a nice rendition of song The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance written by songsters Burt Bacharach and Hal Davis.
Warning: possible huge spoilers … if you've never seen the movie.
Lee makes it to the Top of the Mountain – A Western with John Wayne
… But he's still 5th on the Bill
Rose and I (and four other folks) took a very bumpy Jeep ride (hang on to your saddlehorn folks) up Schnebly Hill Road. (Theodore Carleton (T C) Schnebly and his wife SEDONA Arabella Miller Schnebly moved to the area in 1901 – guess how Sedona got it's name?
Eventually we jostled and jerked our way up to a viewpoint near Schnebly Hill Vista … then jumped out for a jaunt. Climbing a short – but steep – little path we arrived at a location overlooking the whole valley. Beautiful!
Here's where Nick – our Jeep driver – points to a certain tree and tells us "This is John Wayne Tree". Really!! (He had no knowledge that I had a blog called My Favorite Westerns). There's a photo (somewhere) of John Wayne posing by this tree when he was filming Angel and the Badman in 1947. I believe I saw that photo once, but after hours of searching the net was unable to locate it.
Nick claims that Wayne posed somewhat like this (above) in the famous photo.
You know … I could almost hear Duke whispering in my ear:
"Get yer hand off my tree pilgrim."
Sedona … see you again in a few months.
(All photos taken by my lady, Rose)
"Life is hard. It's even harder if you're stupid."
- John Wayne
I figure I'd rather face down the Clantons, the Daltons, and the Waltons … unarmed … than sit in dentist chair for even five seconds.
But I just spent 11 hours over 2 days in the dentist office … and I feel like I've been in several fistfights with John Wayne.
I had teeth pulled, drilled, capped, crowned, implanted, and deep gum cleaning (surgery) … and a couple of other things. My mouth is full of stitches. Cost me over 7000 bucks … so far … and I still have to go back. A couple of actual fistfights with Wayne woulda been cheaper. (But it would have cost me over $20,000 north of the Rio.)
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Passenger killed in T-bone crash on U.S. 69 near Liberty
A 61-year-old Kansas City man died from injuries suffered in a wreck on U.S. 69 near Liberty Tuesday night.
Charles E. Tinkey was a passenger in a 2003 Kia Optima driven by Dora A. Zimmerman, 79, of Liberty, according to the Missouri Highway Patrol.
The crash occurred about 8:25 p.m. Tuesday as Zimmerman was driving on Northeast 112th Street.
Zimmerman failed to yield to a 1994 Dodge Dakota pickup driven north on U.S. 69 by Sarah M. Weppler, 18, of Excelsior Springs, according to the highway patrol.
The pickup struck the passenger side of Optima.
Tinkey was pronounced dead at the hospital. Zimmerman suffered serious injuries and Weppler suffered moderate injuries.
All three were wearing seat belts.
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By the end of the week, legions of seemingly tired and hungry conventioneers sat on benches with their shoes off, showing various sock colors to the world while they munched food. Others, leaning against walls, just looked beat. In the press room, weary reporters said their feet couldn't take much more.
For five days, ConExpo-Con/Agg 2014 invaded every square inch of the Las Vegas Convention Center on Paradise Road. The show, produced by the Association of Equipment Manufacturing, estimated it attracted about 125,000 attendees who created an estimated nongaming economic impact of $157.3 million for the city, according to the Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority.
As the show nears its end today, attendees and exhibitors are wrapping up their business deals while local workers prepare to take it all down. Other attendees, already ready to leave, checked their flight statuses from the board posted in the convention center's concourse.
By late today, crews already will be onsite to begin tearing apart the convention that brought 2,500 companies to the valley. The effort will be led and coordinated by GES with about 1,500 workers employed on a busy day, including Teamsters, electricians, stagehands and carpenters. To help with the show, about 70 full-time GES employees came in from other locales to help out about 400 local employees.
ConExpo-Con/Agg comes to Las Vegas every three years, and GES has been a show partner for at least 40 years.
Before the show started, Megan Tanel, vice president of exhibitions for the Association of Equipment Manufacturing, said her organization was holding a positive outlook for 2014, and contractors are seeing jobs pick up.
"Internationally, we've had some growth in South America outside of Brazil, which is positive," Tanel said. "China is still a little slow, as it has been."
Average booth size was 2,000 to 3,000 square feet; many of the large construction brands such as Caterpillar and Case took up 30,000 to 40,000 square feet inside the convention center, plus outdoor space in some cases.
Companies occupying space outside included Rain for Rent, which helps people in the construction, agriculture and oil and gas industries manage moving liquids from one place to another.
"The show has exceeded our expectations, actually," company marketing director Brian Caldwell said. "We've had a lot more good leads coming in, not just the looky loos but people who are genuinely interested in our product."
For him, the biggest surprise this time around was the large amount of international attendee interest. Rain for Rent talked to a number of people from South America, Australia, Canada and Europe.
Among the international attendees was Carlos Vargas, who said he came from Argentina where he works for a paving company. Vargas said this was his first time at ConExpo, but he'd be back.
It wasn't only attendees who came from exotic locales. Exhibitors, too, hailed from all over the globe. One company, Flip Screen, came from Australia to show its screening attachments, which hook onto skid steers, excavators, wheel loaders, backhoes and telehandlers.
"ConExpo has been awesome," said Paul Esposito, the company's sales and marketing director for the United States.
Flip Screen's manufacturing is done in Australia; its main North American branch is in Dallas. Most of its customers hailed from North America.
"We've had great leads and a lot of people have been excited about the product. There's been lots of traffic," Esposito said. "We've been really surprised with the quality of leads, quality of people and how interested they are."
The show this week was all about product launches and networking.
MTS Systems Corp., a global supplier of test systems and position sensors, presented an expanded offering for the mobile hydraulic marketplace, the new Model HE hall-effect sensor.
Manitowoc, meanwhile, was showing off new cranes, including the model MLC300 that uses variable position counterweight proprietary technology to engage all counterweight and eliminate the need for passive car-body weights.
Volvo showed off 17 new machines, including its new generation of E Series excavators. Industry heavyweight John Deere had seven exhibit areas showing 35 machines and 15 product simulators. The company exhibited eight new machines at its booth in the North hall, including Final Tier 4 G-Series motor graders and Final Tier 4 wheel loaders.
Today marks the end of the trade show meant for all aspects of the construction industry.
See you in three years, ConExpo.
Contact reporter Laura Carroll at firstname.lastname@example.com or 702-380-4588. Follow @lscvegas on Twitter.


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Michigan woman dead for six years found only after money runs out
(Reuters) – For six years the bills were paid, the grass was cut and no one noticed the body of the dead woman sitting in the back seat of a car in a garage of a residential Pontiac, Michigan neighborhood.
Her mummified body was finally found this week by someone dispatched to check on the property that fell into foreclosure after the money ran out of her account and the mortgage payments stopped, police said on Friday.
College-entrance SAT exam set for major overhaul in 2016
AUSTIN, Texas (Reuters) – An obligatory essay, arcane vocabulary words and penalties for wrong answers will be gone from the widely used SAT exam as of 2016 as administrators try to make the standardized test more reflective of a student's readiness for college.
The College Board, which oversees the exam required by most colleges and universities for admission, wants the test to focus more on what students learn in high school and their ability to think analytically, its chief executive said on Wednesday.
Big names set to win in Texas primaries shaken by Tea Party influence
AUSTIN, Texas (Reuters) – Texans went to the polls on Tuesday in primary elections where the top candidates for governor were projected to post easy wins and favorites of the conservative Tea Party movement shook up several races with established Republicans.
U.S. Senator John Cornyn, a Republican, will win his race by a wide margin, local media projected. Attorney General Greg Abbott, the leading Republican candidate for governor, and state Senator Wendy Davis, the top Democratic Party candidate, were also projected to win in landslides, they said.
Texans vote in primaries shaken by Tea Party influence
AUSTIN, Texas (Reuters) – Texans went to the polls on Tuesday in primary elections where the top candidates for governor were expected to post easy wins and favorites of the conservative Tea Party movement are trying to topple established Republicans in several races.
U.S. Senator John Cornyn, a Republican, will win his race easily, opinion polls show. Attorney General Greg Abbott, the leading Republican candidate for governor, and state Senator Wendy Davis, the top Democratic Party candidate, were also expected to win by wide margins.
Cruz steering Texas Republicans further right in primary fights
AUSTIN, Texas (Reuters) – The longest shadow in Tuesday's primary election in Texas is being cast by a politician not even in the running, freshman U.S. Senator Ted Cruz, a Republican.
Cruz, just two years into his first major elected office, has arguably become the most loved politician among Republicans in Texas, an incubator for national conservative policies where the party dominates the statehouse and has not lost a statewide race since 1994.
Republican Abbott widens lead in Texas governor's race over Davis
AUSTIN, Texas (Reuters) – The Republican front-runner in the race for Texas governor, Greg Abbott, has increased his lead over likely Democratic rival Wendy Davis, according to a poll released on Monday.
State Attorney General Abbott has an 11-percentage-point lead over State Senator Davis, the poll by the University of Texas and the Texas Tribune found. That was a wider lead than the six-point edge Abbott held in a November poll.
U.S. Marines' daughter becomes Sports Illustrated swimsuit pinup
AUSTIN, Texas (Reuters) – With parents who met while serving in the U.S. Marine Corps, Hannah Ferguson seemed destined for a life in uniform.
Instead, the girl from rural Texas ended up as a model who is one of the featured rookies in the iconic Sports Illustrated swimsuit issue that will be released on Tuesday.
Texan turning Japanese sake into a Lone Star tipple
AUSTIN, Texas, Feb 16 (Reuters) – What could be more Texas
than this? Rice grown in Texas fields first planted by settlers
more than a century ago, processed by a Texan in the heart of
the capital, Austin, and sold under the product name "Rising
Welcome to the world of the Texas Sake Company, almost
certainly the first – and most certainly the only – commercial
brewer of the Japanese rice wine operating in the Lone Star
Texas suspends first doctor under new abortion law
AUSTIN, Texas, Feb 14 (Reuters) – Texas has suspended a
Houston doctor's license for performing abortions without
getting privileges to admit patients to a nearby hospital, the
first such move under a new state abortion law that went into
effect last year.
The Texas Medical Board said on Friday that physician
Theodore Herring performed 268 abortions between Nov. 6 and Feb.
7 without the right to admit patients to an authorized hospital
within 30 miles (48 kms) of where the procedures took place.
Hundreds of thousands lose power after U.S. Northeast storm
(Reuters) – Utility crews worked on Thursday to restore power to hundreds of thousands of homes and businesses in the U.S. Northeast after a snow and ice storm slammed the region, but flights began returning to normal after thousands of delays or cancellations.
The latest in a series of winter blasts dumped up to a foot of snow on Wednesday and early Thursday on the Eastern Seaboard from Maryland to Maine. About 100 million people, or one-third of the U.S. population, lives in the region.


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James Dawes: Understanding Why People Commit War Crimestags: World War II, war crimes, atrocities, Japan, James Dawes, Chronicle of Higher Education
The man sitting in front of me is a mass murderer. He is a serial rapist and a torturer. We are chatting about the weather, his family, his childhood. We are sharing drinks and exchanging gifts. The man is in his 80s now, frail and harmless, even charming. Instinctively I like him. It is hard for me to connect him to the monster he was so many decades ago. I think it must be hard for him, too.
I am visiting with him now because I have spent too many years interviewing survivors of war crimes and human-rights workers and wondering: What kind of person could have committed those heinous acts? I want to know. So I am internally preparing myself, during the smiling pleasantries of our introduction, to ask.
When we start talking about his war crimes, we might as well be talking about a figure from a history textbook, for all the emotion we show. If we were on a television program and you were watching us with the mute button pressed, you would imagine I was asking about his grandchildren. Instead I am asking about how he murdered other people's grandchildren.
I want to know because it is important to understand why and how these things happen. It is important to get the historical record right. But when he begins to open up, telling me the details of his crimes, they are so upsetting, so disgusting, that I realize I will never be able to share them with anybody. I do not want to write a pornography of evil. I suddenly do not see the point of another literary forced march through the carnage of history. I begin to wonder why I am here....
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1. Copeland Toyota Scion 25 miles
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2. Premier Toyota of Newport 22.1 miles
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3. Colonial Toyota Scion 8.4 miles
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Smithfield, RI 02917
"I loved the sales guy - Tommy. He was efficient, nice, and easy to work with."
4. Boch Toyota South 10.5 miles
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5. Balise Toyota of Warwick 5.6 miles
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"They gave me a good price on a Toyota Sienna, which vehicle I am quite happy with. Salesman Chris Luiz was particularly helpful. Minor issues about not getting an owner's manual with the car, but overall I'm very happy with my purchase."
6. Bristol Toyota 11.6 miles
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"I got the car I wanted but it took WEEKS to get everything straightened out. Very unorganized dealership. Multiple mistakes or oversights. They were accommodating with alternate transportation during that waiting time though."
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9. Tarbox Toyota 16.4 miles
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"made an appt to see a Rav4 2004 accroding to their listing it was manual. 1- the dealer stated the car was automatic I reqested to see it anyways. 2- the dealer said it was sold. it was a waste of my time traveling from Worcester all the way to Providence for them to show me car I was not interested in. I very clear as to what I wanted and for them to just blow off me twice i was extremely disappointed....................any ways good luck. ."
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Voters given power to sack MPs who break the law
Voters will be given the power to fire MPs who break the law, in new measures announced in the Queen's Speech.
The new powers, which are coming into force following years of delays, will see constituents able to sack their MP if they are sentenced to up to 12 months in jail - currently MPs are only expelled from Parliament if they are jailed for more than one year.
The move will give constituents "a direct voice" when MPs have behave badly, according to the Government.
If the House of Commons resolves that an MP has engaged in "serious wrongdoing", voters could also trigger a by-election under the Recall of MPs Bill.
A vote would be forced if more than 10% of constituents sign a petition over an eight-week period.


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News companies make play for India's growing digital market
A growing number of news companies are making plays for India's growing digital market, with the Huffington Post being the latest entrant.
U.S., China compete to woo Africa
Neither world power has a clear advantage when it comes to the hearts and minds of people in Africa.
World Opposed to U.S. Surveillance, Drones
There is widespread opposition to U.S. eavesdropping and fewer now say the U.S. respects the personal freedoms of its people, but America is still popular around the world.
Americans, especially young adults, back strong economic ties with China
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1. Have you ever created a life list of your own? Like Lori and
Brett, were you lucky enough to come upon it later in life and if
so, did you find anything surprising? Have you managed to
accomplish the majority of your childhood aspirations? How would
your life be different if you'd completed your list in its
entirety? After reading this book, are you in- spired to revisit
and even attempt to realize some of those early goals?
2. Frustrated and discouraged by her mother's final wishes,
Brett exclaims, "Life as I know it has just been shredded! And I'm
supposed to piece it back together in a way that some- some kid
wanted it to be?" Yet Elizabeth was sure all along that Brett would
emerge as a happier, more contented woman if she did a major
overhaul of her life. Do you think the goals we make as children
are still valid into adulthood? Would people generally be better
off getting back in touch with the things that mattered most to
them as adolescents as opposed to the things they think matter most
as adults? Is the shedding of our childhood fancies a necessary
aspect of growing up, or might we be forsaking a fundamental piece
of ourselves in the process?
3. The meaning of family and heredity is a major theme
throughout the novel, especially in terms of how the characters
view their relatedness. At one point, Joad refers to Brett as
Elizabeth's "illegitimate daughter," while he feels disconnected
from Austin because she doesn't look like the rest of the family.
Meanwhile, Brett grapples with her own issues of paternity
concerning Johnny and Charles, which mirrors their sense of
affinity, or lack thereof, for her. How would you say family- real
family, as the characters struggle to define it-is distinguished
within the context of this novel?
4. Elizabeth implies, and Brett eventually realizes, that she
abandoned much of the courage and self-assurance she possessed as a
girl to strive for acceptance in the eyes of men. The author
herself has said that as a guidance counselor, she has observed
this trend manifest in the lives of many girls, who start out with
lofty goals only to forsake them in their relationships with the
opposite sex. Do you think this is a common occurrence among women?
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victim to this unfortunate trap, or if not, how have they managed
to avoid making the same mistake?
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evolves from the beginning to the end of the novel and the other
characters that play a part in this. As Brett asks herself, do you
think ending her relationship with Mr. Right in hopes of finding
Mr. Absolutely Right was courageous, or merely due to stupidity,
immaturity, or arrogance, or perhaps a mix of them all? Do you
think the spark that Brett felt was missing with Herbert is
absolutely necessary in a relationship?
6. Do you think people commonly resist making difficult changes
in their lives unless forced to, as Brett was? How do you tackle
the obstacles in your own life that might prevent you from arriving
at a positive outcome?
7. Motherhood is a central focus in this story. Interestingly,
though, Elizabeth, the foremost maternal figure, is deceased before
the novel opens, and in many ways, it's the "phantom" mothers and
children introduced along the way who play such a pivotal role.
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think will eventually learn from the absence of their mother or
child? Are there any loved ones in your own life who have similarly
conveyed an invaluable message after their passing?
8. In her notes to Brett, Elizabeth imparts wisdom that must
necessarily last her daughter a lifetime. What was the most
significant lesson you took away from her?
9. Brett abandoned her relationship with Carrie Newsome out of
embarrassment and fear that she wouldn't otherwise be accepted by a
new clique. Is Brett deserving of Carrie's unfaltering affection
and acceptance? Have you ever experienced a similar situation with
a friend, and if so, were you able to repair the relationship down
the road?
10. For much of the novel, Brett worries she might be incapable
of being involved in a "normal" relationship, either because she
feels unworthy of love or because she's grown accustomed to a
certain type of man. When and why does this notion begin to
deteriorate and what is it about Garrett that changes
11. Looking back on her journey while in the warm familiarity of
what was once her mother's and is now her own home, Brett considers
"how places become people, how this house and her old iron bed
still pull me in and offer comfort when I need it." Can you think
of any other locales within the novel that take on the persona of a
human being? Are there any places in your own life that function in
the same manner?
12. What would your life list consist of now?
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Eliza is a native of Little Rock, Arkansas. She is an alumna of William and Mary Law School, and Sewanee: The University of the South. While in law school, Eliza was deeply involved in student organizations and fulfilled several leadership roles including - Deputy Chief Justice of the Honor Council, staff member of the Journal of Women and the Law, Funding Chair of the Public Service Fund, Academic Chair of the Black Law Students Association, and served as a weekly volunteer for Student Legal Services.
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The Commerce Department says consumer spending edged down 0.1 percent last month after a 0.4 percent increase in June. It was the first decline in spending since January. Income growth slowed to a 0.2 percent rise in July, the weakest showing in seven months.
The fall in spending came primarily from a decline in auto sales, which took a breather in July after posting big gains in recent months, although spending in other areas was also weak.
Consumer spending accounts for 70 percent of economic activity, so it needs to recover for the economy to keep its momentum in the second half of the year.
WASHINGTON (AP) -- U.S. consumer sentiment ticked up in August, driven by greater optimism about jobs, rising incomes, and increasing wealth. The increase largely occurred among higher-income groups.
The University of Michigan says its index of consumer sentiment rose to 82.5 from 81.8 in July. Still, it has barely risen in the past year.
Consumers have sent mixed signals in recent months. The Michigan index has fluctuated between 80 and 82.5 since December. A measure of consumer confidence by the Conference Board rose this month to nearly a seven-year high. And yet Americans cut back their spending in July.
Nearly 60 percent of households in the top third of income earners say they are financially better off this month, the Michigan survey found, compared with only 36 percent in the bottom two-thirds.
DETROIT (AP) -- U.S. investors should soon be able to buy stock in Chrysler for the first time in seven years.
Italy's Fiat and Chrysler are merging to form Fiat Chrysler Automobiles. Fiat says Friday that an ongoing tally of investors suggests there is not enough opposition to derail the deal.
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RICHMOND, Va. (AP) -- Federal regulators are putting Reynolds American Inc.'s planned $25 billion takeover of rival cigarette maker Lorillard Inc. under the microscope.
The nation's second-biggest tobacco company said Friday that the Federal Trade Commission has asked for additional information as part of an antitrust review of the deal.
In July, Reynolds announced the deal to combine two of the nation's oldest and biggest tobacco companies, creating a formidable No. 2 to rival Altria Group Inc., owner of Philip Morris USA.
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WASHINGTON (AP) -- The federal agency that brought you the glitchy HealthCare.gov website has a massive new project.
If the Health and Human Services department has trouble this time, that could delay tax refunds for many people.
Complicated connections between the new health care law and income taxes will start to surface in 2015.
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BRUSSELS (AP) -- Inflation has fallen to an annual 0.3 percent in August for the 18 countries that use the euro, underlining the shakiness of the continent's economic recovery.
Eurostat, the EU statistics agency, says the figure is down from 0.4 percent in July, as expected by market analysts.
Core inflation, which excludes volatile food and energy, sent a modestly brighter signal as it rose to 0.9 percent from 0.8 percent.
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The government's IBGE statistics bureau said Friday it was the second consecutive quarterly contraction of the economy.
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Have you ever known someone who seemed to have a pathological need to by liked by others? According to theorist Karen Horney, this behavior is due to a neurotic need for affection and approval. In her book Self-Analysis (1942), Horney outlined her theory of neurosis, describing different types of neurotic behavior as a result of overusing coping strategies to deal with basic anxiety. These behaviors include such things as the neurotic needs for power, prestige, and affection.
Learn more about the three broad categories of needs and the needs identified by Horney in this overview of Horney's theory of neurotic needs.
Horney's Theory
Psychoanalytic theorist Karen Horney developed one of the best known theories of neurosis. She believed that neurosis resulted from basic anxiety caused by interpersonal relationships. Her theory proposes that strategies used to cope with anxiety can be overused, causing them to take on the appearance of needs.
According to Horney, basic anxiety (and therefore neurosis) could result from a variety of things including, " . . . direct or indirect domination, indifference, erratic behavior, lack of respect for the child's individual needs, lack of real guidance, disparaging attitudes, too much admiration or the absence of it, lack of reliable warmth, having to take sides in parental disagreements, too much or too little responsibility, over-protection, isolation from other children, injustice, discrimination, unkept promises, hostile atmosphere, and so on and so on" (Horney, 1945).
These 10 neurotic needs can be classed into three broad categories:
- Needs that move you towards others.
These neurotic needs cause individuals to seek affirmation and acceptance from others and are often described as needy or clingy as they seek out approval and love.
- Needs that move you away from others.
These neurotic needs create hostility and antisocial behavior. These individuals are often described as cold, indifferent, and aloof.
- Needs that move you against others.
These neurotic needs result in hostility and a need to control other people. These individuals are often described as difficult, domineering, and unkind.
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Truth in Cosmetic Surgery
Doug Fister Skin Cancer
Washington Nationals pitcher Doug Fister recently had a skin cancer removed from his neck. Details are slim. The surgery sounds like a minor office operation as it did not delay his start on the Nationals pitching schedule. He appears with some sutures over a small incision on his neck in the link below reportedly two days after the operation. If the cancer was of the Basal Cell type (likely as 80% of skin cancers are of this "low strength" type,) then Doug is likely complete with his therapy for this cancer. That doesn't mean his story with skin cancer is over though.
He does mention in his media coverage on the topic that baseball involves an occupational exposure to the sun and sun exposure is the main culprit in skin cancer formation. Baseball players should be disciplined in the use of sun screens and prophylactic therapy even though many prophylactic treatments are often not covered well (or at all) by insurance. They can certainly afford it.
Best Regards,
John Di Saia MD
Story Source: cbssports.com/mlb/eye-on-baseball/24676739/doug-fister-had-skin-cancer-removed-from-neck-before-fridays-start
Pressure Wound Surgery in Orange County
When I tell people I have a hybrid plastic surgery practice, I am not talking about a fuel efficient car. I am talking about the fact that I do both cosmetic surgery and medically-necessary surgery. Part of the medically-necessary surgery includes the repair of pressure wounds (also called decubitus ulcers.)
Not only is this type of surgery not cosmetic, it can be pretty ugly. It is surgery to assist often long standing wounds in healing in often significantly ill patients. If possible such a wound is repaired using tissue from adjoining areas of the body called fasciocutaneous and musculocutaneous flaps after scar and debris is cut away. This isn't pretty, but the patient was pretty happy to not have an open wound afterward.
I do these at an LTAC in Santa Ana at which good wound care nursing services are available before and after surgery. Not all patients are candidates for surgical correction. Often these patients have had these wounds for months or years at the time they are referred for possible surgery.
Below are images showing an example case I did years ago (after "Page 2″ so those who don't like pictures of wounds can pass.)
Originally posted 2011-07-13 07:30:57.
Mohs Surgery and Plastic Surgery – How Does This Work in Orange County?
Mohs surgery is surgery for the removal of skin cancer which is common in Orange County due to our "sun sitting tendencies." It is mostly offered by dermatologists and is specifically designed to remove the cancer with a low recurrence rate. Derms generally perform it under straight local (numbing shots in the office) and it is quite profitable for them. In this case the procedure to make the hole (that is what Mohs does) pays much better than the surgery to repair that hole. Some Derms in Orange County try to use Moh's for nearly everything as it is profitable. This is not always in the best interests of the patient.
At times a dermatologist will refer the patient to a plastic surgeon for the closure after the Mohs is complete. This can be upsetting to the patient because unless it is arranged ahead of time, the plastic surgeon may not be able to get the patient scheduled for a few days.
You may have seen people walking around with large bandages on their ears or noses. They may not have had accidents as you might have thought.
An alternative is to have the skin cancer surgery performed entirely by a plastic surgeon which can decrease the patient's total expense and allow for anesthesia and completion of surgery in one day. The plastic surgeon may order a frozen preparation of the removed tissue in the operating room (called frozen section) and the results have a similar cure rate and often look a whole lot better. Many plastic surgeons will take cases like these as long as the cancer isn't too small because we are paid less to remove the cancer with conventional surgery than the Derms get with Mohs.
Best Regards,
John Di Saia MD
Originally posted 2011-03-04 07:30:28.
Tummy Tuck Redo – Orange County, California
Posted by admin in "Good Plastic Surgery in the OC", Dr D's Patients, Dr D's Truth on July 28, 2014
Previously I discussed the relative reluctance of plastic surgeons to post images of revisions. Tummy Tuck Redo surgery can offer good results when the patients are properly chosen and the surgery is carefully focused. Not everything can be easily fixed of course.
"M" is a lady who had had a tummy tuck twenty years prior. After she visited another surgeon she had additional upper abdominal liposuction some years later. She never got the tightness she had wanted from that liposuction so later she considered revision of her tummy tuck. She did very well with her redo tummy tuck. Her pre-operative skin excess was greatly improved and the hollows created by the prior liposuction were also corrected in part. Not seen well in these images is the "puffy pubis" (commonly called a Ken Doll) she had following her original surgery. This was also nicely improved via her revision.
She is quite pleased with her smoother sexier appearance.
Best Regards,
John Di Saia MD
Dr D's Standard of Care for the Best Tummy Tuck
Originally posted 2011-12-16 07:30:06.
Scan, Secure Horizons and the Medicare HMO Compromise
It is change your Medicare season so the advertisements are blaring for Scan, Secure Horizons and the other Medicare HMOS. Many Medicare patients do not understand how things change when they sign with a Medicare HMO. Regular Medicare patients have choices and do not need to wait for approval before receiving care.
I saw a Medicare HMO patient this month with a wound on his foot. The wound looked ready for skin grafting. As his HMO does not have a plastic surgeon under contract at the hospital where this patient was admitted, I was told he would have to wait for evaluation by their podiatry doctor. An operation I could have offered him in days waits weeks or longer. That is the HMO compromise. You wait for them to decide what you need.
Ultimately the podiatrist saw him and decided the wound would heal without surgery. It might, but it will take longer…maybe months longer. Then again passing on surgery will cost the IPA (HMOs usually contract with other health care companies called IPAs) less money and that is often the name of the game in health care.
When you change your health insurance you really don't see the big picture unless you come to really need it.
Best Regards,
John Di Saia MD
Originally posted 2010-12-22 07:30:57.
Leighton Meester Sues Mom Over Plastic Surgery
Posted by admin in criminal for plastic surgery on July 28, 2014
Leighton Meester just won her legal war against her mom — after the "Gossip Girl" star sued her last year … claiming the woman diverted money Leighton had sent to her little brother … and she spent it on things like plastic surgery, Botox, and hair extensions.
Leighton filed the lawsuit claiming her little brother has serious medical problems … so she sent home $7,500 a month to help cover his expenses. Leighton actually didn't sue to recover any money from her mom.
Source: http://www.tmz.com/2012/06/06/leighton-meester-mother-
So mom takes the money sent home for a sick sibling and spends it on cosmetic work for herself. Kinda cold.
Best Regards,
John Di Saia MD
Originally posted 2012-07-09 07:30:36.
Breast Implant Massage to Prevent Hardening Contracture : When, Where and How?
On one of the forums at which I occasionally contribute the question came up of breast implant massage for textured implants as a preventative measure to avoid hardening (Capsular Contracture.) The question was under what circumstances does it make sense to massage textured implants within breasts to prevent hardening. As is frequently the case, the answer relates to the history of breast implants and hardening:
To make a long story short, one of the most frustrating issues when working with breast implants is the tendency over time for them to harden within the breast. To be more correct, the breast tends to harden around the implant. This is more often the case with silicone gel breast implants, implants with relatively little soft tissue coverage, in smokers, and in cases in which infection, radiation treatment or bleeding have been involved. Back in the seventies and eighties, there were studies with differing methods of decreasing these tendencies. The studies had varying results (unfortunately) showing loose associations with implants with textured surfaces and patients in whom breast massage was used showing inconsistently favorable results.
Surgeons do not all do things exactly the same and frequently a surgeon's experience affects his or her practice. Breast implant surgery is no exception to the case. Some surgeons will tell you that there is no need to massage textured implants. Others will tell you the opposite. There is no consensus here.
Many surgeons will look at issues with a particular patient to determine what to advise. If patients have had more issues with capsular contracture, then massage and/or textured implants might be advised. Many of us rarely if ever use textured implants for other reasons (for example they are more often associated with rippling.) Suffice it to say following your surgeon's advice and having follow-up visits with that surgeon is probably the best strategy to try to avoid capsular contracture. I tend to use more saline filled implants and moderate sizes and have had very low contracture rates over the years in my practice. If you are going to massage your implanted breasts, have your surgeon show you how he or she would like you to do it. The method is debatable as well.
Best Regards,
John Di Saia MD
Your Options With Capsular Contracture / Rock Hard Breasts
Reader Question: Who is the Best Orange County Plastic Surgeon?
Posted by admin in Dr D's Truth on July 15, 2014
Reader Question:
I am in Orange County and have heard that you are a very good and honest plastic surgeon. I want to get my breast implants and saw one of your examples and she had boobs like mine are now. How do I know the best Orange County plastic surgeon when I see him?
Thanks for the kind words. To address your question, the Orange County Register InYourFace Blog, did a "tongue-in-cheek" post regarding which of two Hollywood plastic surgeons is best. [http://inyourface.ocregister.com/2010/08/30/hollywood-plastic-surgery-contest-whos-best/20553/] This underscores the point of what it really means to be the best. The best according to whom and at doing what?
The practice of plastic surgery varies quite a bit. Different practices vary regarding what they offer and at what price point. Some try to make it cheap and you get an "Assembly line" concept. Others (like mine) spend more individual time with the clients (in surgery and in the office) and target quality.
Some patients like an intimate environment with a few office staff. Others like to see an office full of people and are OK about less "face time" with their surgeon. In this regard, my office runs small and intimate.
Best Regards,
John Di Saia MD
BTW – The example you mentioned involved a full lift with implants. Implants alone will not give you the same result.
Originally posted 2010-10-07 07:30:29.
Reader Question: Mold in Saline Breast Implants?
Posted by admin in CHS, Dr D's Truth on July 15, 2014
I read online a woman telling about how her saline breast implants got mold and she had terrible problems. Does this happen very often?
A few years ago I put up a YouTube video of my experience with silicone gel breast implants. Now every year or so somebody posts a comment about how saline implants are just as dangerous. A frequent feature of these responses is a statement about a moldy saline implant. My response is and always has been, if saline implants are so often affected by mold, then why have I never seen it?
I have been implanting (and at times removing) breast implants for over 15 years. You would think if something was a dangerous and common phenomenon that I would be seeing it. I haven't. Not even once. I have seen occasional implant infections but they have always been bacterial, not fungal.
Breast Implant Infections
Breast implant infections can be a big deal. That is the main reason that doing what we can to minimize them is important. When an implant within a person's body becomes infected by bacteria or fungus, simple pharmacological treatment is usually not enough to stop it. The implant must usually be removed. An infection affecting a breast implant will therefore plague the patient until that implant is removed and the body can clear the remaining infection. A moldy breast implant is fortunately a rare problem and we would like to keep it that way.
Breast implants have risks, but these risks can be minimized by making good choices….choose good surgical talent and facilities, don't go too large, put your implants under good soft tissue coverage and stay with saline over silicone implants in most cases.
Best Regards,
John Di Saia MD
Originally posted 2011-06-29 07:30:11.
Brachioplasty – Arm Lift – The Truth
Posted by admin in Dr D's Patients, Dr D's Truth on July 15, 2014
Brachioplasty surgery has been called the "Arm Lift" and it kinda does "lift" the arm. The areas treated in the upper arm have been called amongst other things "Bat Wings." Surgery tightens the skin around the upper arm which can hang unattractively in those who have lost a good deal of weight. This varies of course.
Traditional brachioplasty surgery is performed through an incision (and leaves a scar) from the arm pit to the elbow. Care is taken to try to make the scar fall into a less often seen area when the arms are at the sides. The scars from surgery take a year or more to mature and are often not the prettiest even when efforts are made to make them so at surgery.
Short scar techniques have come around, but in many cases either fail to fix the problem adequately or bind the arm to the chest in a disabling manner.
The bottom line on brachioplasty is that the "short scar" methods are probably more risky than they are worth and the scars from surgery take a year or more to mature in many cases. Still for the gastric bypass patient these operations are occasionally desirable.
Best Regards,
John Di Saia MD
A Nice Breast Lift/Implant and Arm Lift "Before & After" from the practice
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HAMBURG, GERMANY—There are currently 23 new hotel projects in the pipeline here, according to Top Hotel Projects, a provider of global b2b data.
One project, which will become a Holiday Inn, is situated in the City Nord where BP's former headquarters are located. Besides the new building, the former BP building will be refurbished. The 18 story, 297-room hotel, the brand's second in the city, is being developed by TAS and Bierwith & Kluth. It's expected to open at the end of 2016.
The Fontenay, a 130-key property, will also open in 2016 on the site of a former InterContinental hotel located at the Outer Alster. Prizeotel is building a 218-room budget hotel between the central train station and the harbor town, while Accor is planning two Ibis hotels with a total of 448 rooms, as well as an Adagio apartment hotel downtown.
In the Hanseatic City, a 192-room Ameron business hotel, a 205-room Innside by Melia hotel, a 275-room Intercity Hotel and the 128-room Citadines Michel Hamburg are being built.
Other hotel projects include the 280-room Sportlife Hotel Othmarschen, opening in December; the 100-room B&B Hotel Hamburg, opening March 2014; the 90-room Stadthaushotel HafenCity Hamburg, opening early 2015; the 261-room Ramada Hotel Hamburg-Hammerbrook, opening autumn 2015; and the 244-room Westin Hamburg, opening spring 2016.
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