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Teeth whitening is one of the most requested dental treatments, and for good reason – after all, who doesn't desire to have a stunning smile full of white teeth? It certainly is one of the most effective actions you can take to make improvements to how you feel about yourself and the way others look at you.
Presently, there are many teeth whitening options offered to us. You can have whitening completed by a neighborhood dental office, by taking an over-the-counter solution, by means of laser treatments, or by all-natural solutions that entail specific things like fruits and baking soda.
Whenever you really need to get your teeth as bright white as they can be, you'll want to let a cosmetic dentist perform your teeth whitening. The easy to use nature found with a do-it-yourself whitening package might possibly appear very good, though the end result isn't necessarily the one you had hoped for. Adverse effects are possible, which include problems on the tooth's enamel and higher levels of teeth sensitivity.
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Most people knows a friend or relative who has got dentures to substitute for their original teeth. A multitude of elements can trigger loss of teeth, from the way in which you care for your teeth to your age. And when you lose teeth, without regard to the cause or how old you are, it can be a setback to your confidence. The strategy for doing away with those feelings – investing in your own personal dentures!
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Oral surgery is a huge division which includes a great many sorts of dental solutions. Typically, people don't ever get oral surgery in their life, but it is nevertheless beneficial to be educated with regard to it. Read on to learn some of the oral surgery techniques most often done:
- Dental implants – used as roots to keep prosthetics in their place
- Wisdom teeth removal – this is self-explanatory – it means having your wisdom teeth removedfrom your mouth
- Jaw surgery – a step taken when there are difficulties with the jaw's form or other bone issues
- Root end surgery – this technique is kept for cases where root canals don't quell the problem
- Crowns – primarily fabricated from metal, crowns cover teeth that have cavities from taking further damage
The stuff above was just a small sample of oral surgeries, as they can be utilized for almost everything from boosting oral hygiene to making prosthetics be a little more comfortable.
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- Removable aligners – for straight forward cases where not very much correction is required, you can use removable aligners that you put in and remove; similar to clear braces, they normally are not apparent on the teeth.
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Roast Chicken: A Better Way?
There are a million roast chicken recipes and techniques out there. Everything from slow and low recipes I've seen on the web (250f) to Keller and Barbara Kafka (450-500f), dry brines, wet brines. The Keller recipe while it works fine for smallish chickens in the 2 pound range at the more common 4 pound range for me it simply produces a cooked chicken. Nothing to write home about. The Zuni recipe, while the dry brining technique is good for retaining moisture, as someone who has had the chicken at Zuni the home recipe misses the soul of the real Zuni roast chicken which comes from the flavor of it being roasted in a wood fired oven. Regardless while the actual Zuni chicken is good I think it can be improved. To me the best tasting chickens I have had have been done in rotisserie's. Chickens with flavorful browned skin, not necessarily extra crispy, with moist meat that pulls easily away from the bone. How can you reproduce this at home with a conventional oven? Perhaps covered in a cast iron enameled pan in a med oven (300f range) then later uncovered for additional browning? Constant basting? Rotating during cooking? A high temp then low temp technique? There has to be a better way and I'm looking for ideas.
As some on this board know, I am a roast chicken fanatic and have tried just about every recipe out there. I developed my own, which I will link to... but at the same time, I have to say that Marcella Hazen's Chicken With Two Lemons is the best roast chicken I've ever eaten in a home. And it is ridiculously easy:
My own 'perfect roast chicken':
re: Tom P
Yes I see you follow the Kafka/Keller high temp school and this is the kind of chicken I make the most as well but the more I think about it the more I think it can be improved upon. Usually what I end up with when I do this is a chicken with very crispy skin and lovely color, thighs that are bursting with juices and just cooked to doneness, and breast meat that is well, just a firmly cooked breast. Stuffing butter under its skin seems to do little to help. Do the preserved lemons change this? In my minds eye of roast chicken perfection I'm looking for a chicken that you can easily pull apart with your hands and is shreddable like a rotisserie chicken, that has the giving quality of long cooked meat where the connective tissues have broken down, yet still retaining the deep rich brown character of a roast chicken. Covering a chicken in a thick pot for a couple hours in a med oven will certainly produce a shreddible chicken, but l'm assuming one with pale flaccid skin. I am looking really for the best of both worlds. The 350 temp of the hazan chicken interest me since its lower than the standard 400f-425f you see in 99% of roast chicken recipies and begins to approach the 325-300 temp which leads to more succulent falling apart meats in a wet covered environment. There are so many roast chicken experts on here I know we are going to figure out a new interesting method one way or another :)
re: rezpeni
Loving this! There are indeed so many methods. As noted, I've turned them all kinds of ways, seared them... etc. Try the Hazen one. It is so delicious and everything... skin, dark meat, white meat... are perfect.
As for mine, the preserved lemons do seem to add something to the white meat and keep it moist. I love to prep it the day before and let it rest, it adds a lot of flavor. I also now universally roast my chickens in a very large Lodge cast iron skillet I have, which works beautifully.
Hi, rezpeni:
Quite the coincidence, I made a chance variance in Keller's recipe tonight on a larger chicken and was very pleased. The variances had to do with what I *didn't* have in my panty and my mis-timing of accompanying dishes. But I'm glad it worked out that way.
Variance #1: Instead of honey/molases/sugar in the brine, I used kecup manis.
Variance #2: Instead of a high oven all the way, I did 475F for 40 minutes (as Keller insists), and then 250 for another 20 minutes.
I don't know what variance to attribute it to, but the flesh was more tender and succulent than the straight-up Bouchon recipe gives me. I'm tempted to guess that it is the higher glutamate content in the kecup, but who knows? All I know is it was an improvement over kaleo-does-Keller, so I'm pleased.
re: kaleokahu
The variances had to do with what I *didn't* have in my panty
whoa there! when did roast chicken become an x-rated discussion? ;)
i'm personally a fan of dry brining and keeping it at 425-450 the whole way through (i just can't stand the smoke factor that accompanies anything hotter than that - the ventilation in my place is awful).
re: goodhealthgourmet
I'm a fan of the dry brining too in fact the one thing I know for certain in all my roast chicken experiences is that it does greatly improve the flavor and moistness of the meat and pulling moisture from the skin def leads to crispier skin. When I wet brined in the past I have not always been happy with the results and sometimes find myself with meat that almost resembles sandwich meat in character. Not a good thing obviously. But beyond the dry brine pretty much everything else is up for question at the moment, I'm at a point of roast chicken soul searching!
re: goodhealthgourmet
Hi, goodhealthgourmet:
Oooops. I guess I should now also say that I had no kecup manis in my panty, either.
I'm very familiar with dry rubs for smoking/kippering salmon and for BBQ, but how do you dry-brine a whole chicken? I.e., how do you get and keep the "brine" in full contact with the bird, inside and out?
re: kaleokahu
Dry brine is basically just another way to say salt early. I usually dry my chickens well then coat them inside and out with salt and pepper, then leave in the fridge a day or two. Sometimes i leave them covered sometimes uncovered. Uncovered usually dries the skin out more and makes it crispier.
re: rezpeni
Hi, rezpeni:
Thanks, I understood that dry brining was salting early. My question is more limited to how you keep the dry ingredients stuck to the bird for whatever period you're "brining" it. When I do salmon or ribs with a dry rub, there's pretty much a flat surface. I like to use whole black peppercorns, whole garlic cloves, citrus rinds, mushroom raspings, bay leaves, and whole fresh herbs, etc. in my liquid brines and these I can't keep stuck to a chicken very well.
Also, are you using any acids in your dry brine? I suppose you could use powdered citric or lactic acids. And sugars?
I'm interested in what people use for dry-brining or curing. And does dry curing result in a pellicle forming on chicken, like it does on fish?
re: kaleokahu
Even with as dry as you can get it usually there is some moisture which allows dry ingredients to stick to the skin. Short of a wet marinade another way to do it is to combine all the ingredients into paste bound with a very small amount of olive oil which you can spread on the chicken. The way I usually do it is to combine all the ingredients in a food processer, I like how it breaks down things like bay leaves and turns them into something spreadable. You do have to be careful because sometimes the dry ingredients will burn in which case its probably advisable to remove as much of them as you can before the actual cooking.
re: rezpeni
Hi, rezpeni:
So you remove the dry brine prior to cooking, right? Is it usually brushed or rinsed off? The reason I ask is that with salmon, you rinse it off and allow to dry until a pellicle forms. I like dry cures for salmon, but the wet-briners have a point: if you're going to wash it all off anyway, why not just do it wet?
How do you control the salinity when you use the dry, or do you care about that?
re: kaleokahu
I only remove what I think I might burn, generally anything green is going to turn black if its exposed in the oven as long as a chicken is going to need to cook. I don't wash it since I don't want to introduce more moisture just brush it off with a paper towel. The difference between wet brine and dry brine for me is the end product, I prefer a dry brine for meat, wet brine for me when it's on poultry begins to taste like the roast chicken slices from the deli counter.
As for controlling the salt, honestly I have never oversalted a chicken if you just liberally salt it you will be fine.
re: rezpeni
Hi, rezpeni:
re: kaleokahu
The temp reduction is an interesting idea. I wonder if longer and more stops along the way from 450-250 would produce anything different? Or starting at 450, then covering and gradually reducing?
one of the signature dishes of Jonathan Waxman (Barbuto restaurant) is roast chicken, and he absolutely advocates basting. have not tried to replicate his technique, yet. I do think rotating the bird makes a difference, and to that end I stand it up vertically, with a variation of the 'beer can' grill technique. [porcelain bird stands and similar accessories are available specifically designed for the task] basting goes pretty easily with the bird standing up, as you might imagine. of course, that isn't possible in some ovens -- we have an outdoor charcoal/wood burning kamado ceramic-domed oven/grill, but have done it in the indoor gas unit too. have fun
re: moto
I found a video of Waxman making roast chicken on the internet the other day. Honestly, to me it didn't look all that great! Have you had the roast chicken at Burbuto? Maybe the recipe for home is dumbed down? Here is the one I found online: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uy8Q7C... check out 5:12 for the finished chicken.
A good low & slow (300°, foil-covered) recipe here:
Some good 425° recipes follow this taste-test article- BTW, their conclusion is that basting doesn't add to the flavor and only interferes with getting a crispy skin:
Marcella's 2-Lemon chicken is indeed simple and great.
Tom P's recipe looks good too, though I have yet to try it. Have achieved good results with just a liberal application of kosher salt and a 500° oven, but I also have sensitive smoke detectors and a natural aversion to cleaning the oven after each roast...
re: eclecticsynergy
BTW, their conclusion is that basting doesn't add to the flavor and only interferes with getting a crispy skin:
it does, which is why i'm not really a fan of the basting method. sure you can blast it with a dose of extra-high heat at the end to dry it out, but it's just not the same.
I place seasoned butter under the skin (add whichever herbs or zests you wish, sage & lemon work well.) 1 lemon & 1 onion quartered & placed in the cavity & a little oil & seasoning on the skin. Baste occasionally, when you remember, & most importantly, dont overcook or it will be as dry as a bone! Remember it will contintue cooking a little when you take it out of the oven to rest. Use the juices to make a lovely flavourful gravy & serve with roast potatoes & blanched, crunchy french beans.
I am a huge advocate of high then low temp. For me, that's definitely the secret to a great chicken. I think it's indispensable for cooking a big turkey, and turns out a superior chicken as well. If you cook it just long enough, the connective tissue sort of half melts, so that have recognizable pieces of chicken, but the meat pulls away from the bone easily. I usually do something like a 450 oven until the chicken is 100 or 120 degrees inside, then turn the oven down to 250 and cook for a couple of hours (there is a lot of room for error here, say 1-4 hours). You can also get a nice chicken using low heat the whole time, but the skin is nicer when you start at high heat, and it takes you out of the danger zone quicker (which is especially good with a big turkey).
re: jvanderh
This sounds really close to what I am looking for, I like this high/low idea, do you put anything on the skin, butter, oil? Also do you cook it just exposed in the oven? I was thinking of trying it covered/uncovered in a thick pot. Where do you take your temp reading in the thigh, correct? not touching the bone of course.
re: rezpeni
Short answer: nothing but salt, either way, in the thigh.
Longer answer:
I usually don't put anything on the skin besides heaps of salt. If you wanted to do a glaze or something, you'd probably want to put it on towards the end of the cooking time. I think the covered/uncovered depends on whether the bird has solution in it and whether you take it out of the plastic and dry it out before cooking it. In any case, I'd recommend uncovering it for the high heat part, so it gets some color. After that, just peek at it now and then and keep it uncovered for as long as there's a pool of moisture in the bottom of the pan. If there's a lot of liquid so that the bottom of the chicken is swimming, drain some off and leave it uncovered to avoid the bottom skin getting mushy and falling apart. Don't worry that the chicken will be dry-- it won't. I have one of those temp probes that you leave in the bird while it cooks, so I usually stick it in the thigh. When it beeps, I pull the bird out and stab it in a couple of places to make sure I didn't accidentally hit bone or poke all the way through into the cavity. There's a lot of room for error here, but I pretty much just look for over a hundred everywhere. The idea is just to get out of the danger zone faster, but turning the oven down before you approach a temperature where the protein could get tough or dry. After that, I pull the probe out, because there will be no question about the bird getting cooked all the way through with several hours in a slow oven. If your thermometer can't be left in the oven, you might check the temperature after like 20 minutes at 450. Generally, if your hottest spots are well under 100 degrees, stick the chicken back in the hot oven for a little longer. If your hottest spots are 100-130, stick the chicken back in and turn the oven down to 250. If you're over 130 already, turn the oven down, open the door, and let it cool down a little before you stick the chicken back in. (If you fully cook the chicken before turning the oven down, it'll probably end up dry).
re: jvanderh
I have one of the electronic probes you leave in too so I will try it. Mostly these days I just do my roast chickens in a regular fry/saute pan which leaves most of the bird exposed. If you are doing something similar with good results I will keep doing this. I am curious about doing it in a thick cast iron enamel as I have found some kind of French bourgeois recipes which call for doing it this way. I have done a kind of wet roast chicken like this before with some liquid in the bottom, the skin puffs away from the meat which is incredibly tender, but it's not exactly a roast chicken. I'm not really committed to any kind of glaze or anything I'm just thinking of ways to get as much color on the bird as possible, I find some oil or butter usually does help things along.
re: rezpeni
I've done it in all kinds of vessels-- a roasting pan, a cookie sheet, a dutch oven (which is enameled cast iron). . . if you used cast iron and preheated it with the oven, you might get some nice color on the bottom of the chicken, which would be otherwise difficult to do.
re: jvanderh
I think I just might try it in an uncovered dutch oven. The other thought that occurs to me is that doing it this way having the heated vessel so close to the bird might encourage more browning then letting the sides be simply exposed to the oven air of a conventional oven? Convection oven might be a different story.
re: rezpeni
Cool. Let me know how it goes!
re: rezpeni
Hi, rezpeni:
FWIW, I've never had much luck roasting a chicken in a pan with walls higher than a skillet or poelle. They just haven't crisped up right, and the flesh stays rubbery. But your results may vary.
re: kaleokahu
A very good method! For the normal four pound chicken I do think this technique is superior to both Keller and Zuni. The meat is incredibly tender, def no knife required the breast does stay far moister than cooking entirely at 450. The entire carcass can easily be pulled apart. The skin wasn't as crispy I think you are right Kaleo. I think maybe airflow is more important than proximity to a heat source in getting crispy skin. I think I have definitely improved my roast chicken though which was the point of posting the thread :) I am anxious to try this again with a low sided pan, or perhaps cooking at the low temp first, removing the chicken to a rack and browning after. If I can improve this I will post an update in here. Also want to try the Hazan lemon method and butterfly roasting methods mentioned here soon. Thanks for all the advice guys.
re: rezpeni
Thanks for reporting back. I often don't eat the skin, but I like to brown it if other people are going to see the bird. If it doesn't look quite right after cooking, you might try crisping it up 4 or 5 inches under the broiler after draining off the liquid. Cooking at low temp first seems to work fine, as long as you don't mind the slightly increased risk of foodbourne illness.
re: rezpeni
I've overwhelmingly found that the more the sides shield the bird, the less browning I get.
My best results are on a v-rack set into a baking dish.
I use Nigel Slater's roast chicken. Very simple, using lemons and herbs. Nothing fancy. I do like to stuff herbs and a knob or two of butter uder the skin.
I look forward to trying a roast chicken from "The Occidental Tourist" that involves a black-tea brine. I intend to roast it outside on a charcoal grill. Looks amazing.
I started butterflying my chickens before roasting and I'm never going back. It's so easy to crisp the skin, and the chicken cooks very evenly due to the breast being insulated by the leg/thighs and wings. Another plus: way easier to carve. High temp, low temp, it doesn't matter. You can start and finish high, or start low and crisp under the broiler.
In addition, I like to line the bottom with a bunch of veggies (carrot/celery/onion/garlic/potato) for an easy, complete meal. Plus, you can take the backbone, neck, and wing tips and make a quick gravy while the chicken is roasting. Nothing is wasted as the veggies will soak up the delicious chicken fat and juices as well. It's really the best of all worlds.
re: joonjoon
What temps and times do you use and what size chickens do you like?
re: rezpeni
Curious to hear joonjoon's response. Here is the Cooks Illustrated method which many people swear by and which I intend to try when it's no longer as hot as it is right now. http://www.food.com/recipe/High-Roast...
re: GretchenS
That sounds almost identical to what I do! I never thought of using the broiler rack but just about any large skillet or roasting pan works fine also.
re: rezpeni
I agree with butterflying--scroll down the attached thread to "jfood"s method--about 50 minutes at 425 for a 3-4 pound chicken always produces a great bird for me
re: scubadoo97
I've also been recently spatchcocking the bird - I find the breasts don't dry out as much and the cooking time is reduced, so therefore great for during the week when I don't have as much time. I will also throw in some onions, sprigs of thyme, garlic and halved lemons to make the gravy. I roast for about 40 minutes at 180 degrees C and then rest for another 10 minutes.
re: rezpeni
I'm always messing around with temps, and I don't keep track of time as I go by internal temp. The beauty of this method is that the cooking temperature really doesn't matter because you can always crisp the skin under the broiler when the chicken is done. It sort of depends on the texture of chicken you want - you can even slow roast at 200 until the chicken is fall apart tender and then still crisp the skin. If you're short on time you can blast it at 500. Usually I'm looking to keep it quick and easy and for that 425 seems to do the trick. I usually buy the cheapest chicken available which are 5lb roasters (88c/lb @Wegmans), but I think it's best with smaller birds under 4lbs.
re: joonjoon
I too prefer to place the bird on a bed of veggies, usually potatoes, carrots & onions, rather than using a rack. The vegetables turn out great, there's more flavor in the pan for gravy, and it leaves one less thing to be cleaned up (several if one counts separate pans that would've been used for the vegetables). I deviate from this only seldom, when I'm planning a sauce in which the vegetable flavors might be unwelcome.
I use Joy of Cooking's recipe for Turned Roasted Chicken, and it gives me a perfectly browned, perfectly done, perfectly moist chicken every single time.
I'm paraphrasing horribly, but you season the chicken to taste, then put it on *on its side* on a v-rack at 350 for 25 minutes for the first three pounds, plus 3 minutes for each additional pound (i.e., a 5-pound bird would roast for 31 minutes -- 25 minutes for the first 3, then 6 additional minutes).
then with the use of a long-handled wooden spoon or a metal skewer, turn the bird onto its other side -- again -- 25 minutes for the first three pounds, plus 3 minutes for each additional pound.
Then with the spoon or skewer, turn the bird breast-side up, and roast 15-20 minutes or until it hits 160F and the juices run clear.
Let it rest for 10 minutes, and carve -- perfect chicken, every time.
I live in France, and not only does it stand up to a poulet roti, but I frequently roast chicken this way instead of on the actual rotisserie built into my oven.
re: sunshine842
Joy of Cooking yes, I think maybe in our rush to reinvent the wheel with the new popular Keller and Zuni methods we have overlooked the tried, true, and sensible. I definitely think of French poulet roti as the gold standard for a roast chicken. As someone living in France I am curious about how these birds are typically seasoned or what if any herbs are used? Can you describe them a little more?
re: rezpeni
they're usually just seasoned with salt, pepper, and rubbed with olive oil or butter, depending on where you are in the country (generally, although not a rule -- butter in the north and olive oil in the south -- in the central departments it can go either way). No teriyaki or garic or barbecue or anything else -- it's rather the epitome of the KISS principle -- Keep It Simple, Silly.
It's a favorite Sunday lunch for us -- Sunday morning shopping at the market, and walking back home with a steaming hot, fragrant chicken and some potatoes roasted in the drippings in the butcher's giant rotisseries.
re: sunshine842
God that sounds absolutely incredible! Thank you for the details.
re: sunshine842
by the way -- the only drawback to this is that it tends to smoke as the drippings hit the hot pan.
Easy workaround -- either keep a very shallow puddle of water in the pan (no, it doesn't interfere with cooking or browning) -- OR throw some chopped root veggies (carrots, potatoes, and oh my hell how good are turnips this way -- shallots or onion wedges, etc., etc.) under the rack -- they take 35-45 minutes to roast, so after the first turn is a good time to add them.


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Parents in India are liberal about their career choices. For instance, every child in south India can "BE what they want to BE. As long as they are BEing". Every kid has the right to become whatever software engineer he/she wants to be. IIT coaching starts generally from the 9th standard in India. Nowadays it starts earlier, during the child's conception in some cases. "Are IITians pistas?", you might ask. Ask a parent this and they would tell you that they are in fact pistas, badams, cashews and other dry fruits that exist(Though they are bad when it comes to dates).
IIT coaching centers are an organized crime in our country where gross violation of human rights take place. And yes, there are coaching centers to provide coaching for the entrance exams conducted by the popular coaching centers. IIT materials are ubiquitous in our country. An average IIT book's weight equals that of a baby chimp. If education is not your primary concern, they could be used as effective assault weapons inflicting mass destruction, stool height adjusters, pillows or house construction material.
It takes atleast two years of rigorous labor to become an IITian. Shut your kid up in a room with no external disturbances whatsoever. Water can be provided through a pump that pushes steam through a tube that reaches out to your child's room. Provide liquefied food via another tube so that your child can open the nozzle and consume it whenever he wants to. If possible chain your kid though it is not mandatory.
After two years of rigorous imprisonment, the change is evident. Don't bother about the occasional grumpy dial-up modem like noises.
*Forgive the bad imagery. Lazy to download pirated photoshop.
I pretty much went through the same routine. I enrolled in FIITJEE, though I was UNFITJEE. I enrolled in Brilliant tutorials and the only thing I liked there were the podi dosas you get outside the center. For somebody like me who used to read ethyl alchol as "chatri chattu oh(CH3 CH2 OH)", IIT preparation was hell. And when the D-day arrived I was as prepared as Debashish Monanty ready to take on Sanath Jayasuriya in prime form. I marked the OMR sheet in such a way that connecting them gave a nicely formed Rangoli shape. However, I did not come out in flying colors and was screened out. The kids good in pulley problems made it to IITs, kids proficient in pulling plaits of girls made it to arts courses while useless folks like me chose engineering in relatively lowbrow colleges.
However I performed reasonably well in 57 other entrance tests and was ready to pick an engineering course based on a poll among my relatives. Most relatives wanted me to take up Electronics and Communications as it offered a choice of working in Electronics, Communications, the IT field or pole dancing. I was not keen on pole dancing and hence took up computer science.
My advice to young kids is to work very hard on their studies. Education is the key, to get a good bride and a nice dowry. As per the latest survey conducted by an obscure American company, the following are ranked as the most vied upon people in the marriage market.
1. IIT + IIM (book authoring a bonus)
2. Doctors
3. Civil services
4. MS grad/Onsite engineer(US,UK, Singapore mainly)
5. Animals
6. Local software engineers, electrician, plumber, lineman
So study hard. Hulkeshwar hungry. Hulkeshwar go now.
*Tortoise coil rotates.
P.S : My termites are writing IIT next year. Sure shot they are getting into IIT Kharagpur. I am telling you.
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M.S. in Occupational Therapy Course Descriptions
OCCT 601 Musculoskeletal Anatomy
The purpose of this course is to provide the student with lecture and laboratory study of human musculoskeletal anatomy. The course is designed for occupational therapy (OT) and will focus on material most pertinent to the practice of OT, which will then include functional and application of anatomy. The emphasis of this course is on a functional understanding of bones, muscles and their innervation and action, as well as on common injuries to bones, muscles, tendons, and nerves.
OCCT 603 Foundations of Occupational Therapy
The purpose of this course is to provide students with the foundations of the occupational therapy profession including the historical development of the profession, the occupational therapy process, and an introduction to professional ethics, values and responsibilities.
OCCT 605 Theory in OT
In this course, the learner will critique and discuss many of the theoretical perspectives commonly used in occupational therapy practice, including those that focus on occupation-based practice. This course will also provide students the opportunity to apply theoretical perspectives to occupational therapy assessment and treatment planning, compare and contrast theoretical perspectives, and make an educated decision about which perspectives best meet the needs of the client and the framework of the profession. The overarching theme of the course is the importance of occupation in the promotion of health and the prevention of disease and disability.
OCCT 607 Intro to Making
This course is designed to provide an understanding of design theory and innovation to support occupational performance, participation, health and wellbeing. The content of this course includes: Intro to "making"; design theory; Instruction in the Maker Lab tools; Case studies applicable to OT requiring assistive devices; and Activity analysis.
OCCT 617 Social Conditions
This course examines current social, economic, political, geographic, and demographic factors to develop cultural sensitivity and promote ethical practice with persons experiencing, or at risk for experiencing, social injustice and/or occupational deprivation. In particular, variables affecting the health and wellness needs of such persons will be considered. Learners will be able to articulate the roles and responsibilities of practitioners to advocate for change.
OCCT 631 Neuroscience
The course content includes basic information on neuroanatomy, neurophysiology, and disorders of the human nervous system. The course emphasizes the relationship between structure and function in the nervous system. Understanding the normal nervous system functioning is a starting point for comprehending certain disorders of the nervous system that are most commonly seen by occupational therapists and other health care professionals. Students engage in clinical problem solving, applying their knowledge of neurophysiology and neuroanatomy to case studies of neurological disorders.
OCCT 635 Pediatric Evaluation, Assessment and Implementation with lab
This course will provide an introduction to principles of tests and measurement and outcomes based assessment relevant to the practice of occupational therapy with infants, children and adolescents. It will include measurement theory, the assessment process and procedures, outcomes based assessment, statistical methods, and test selection and interpretation. A selection of pediatric assessment instruments will be introduced. These include, but are not limited to, specified screening assessments, skilled observation, checklists, histories, interviews with the client/family/significant others, and standardized and non-standardized tests and batteries. Using the ICF as an overarching framework, evaluations covered will yield information about the child's occupations across the levels of function, activity and participation. Measurement tools will also be critiqued in regards to use and research evidence support.
OCCT 637 Research Process in OT I
This course articulates the importance of research, scholarly activities, and the continued development of a body of knowledge relevant to the profession of occupational therapy.
OCCT 639 Adult Evaluation, Assessment, and Implementation with lab
This course addresses screening and evaluation of adults and seniors with occupational dysfunction as a result of physical and/or cognitive impairments and disabilities. Assessments will be presented in the context of the theoretical approaches from which they stem. This course will enhance the student's competency to first detect the need for occupational therapy intervention, and next to select and apply the clinical and non-clinical approaches necessary to facilitate a client's occupational performance within his/her context. To achieve this objective, students will acquire knowledge, skills, competencies and professional behaviors through exposure to lectures, readings, evidence-based practice discussions, video recordings, lab practices and clinical practicals.
OCCT 641 Health Conditions
This course will examine the pathology, medical diagnosis process and medical/surgical intervention of patients with conditions that are commonly treated by occupational therapists.
OCCT 690 Physical Disabilities Fieldwork Level I
OCCT 695 Pediatrics Fieldwork Level I
Level I fieldwork is designed to afford students the opportunity for observation of evaluation, assessment and treatment implementation. ACOTE Standard C.1.8. Fieldwork Education: The goal of Level I fieldwork is to introduce students to the fieldwork experience, to apply knowledge to practice, and to develop understanding of the needs of clients.
OCCT 701 Biomechanics
The purpose of this course also includes learning the basics of physical science and how those principles apply to the human body. This course is also designed for students to gain skills in the analysis of movement, muscle palpation and goniometry range of motion.
OCCT 705 Mental Health Conditions
OCCT 707 Mental Health Fieldwork Level I
This course addresses screening, evaluation and intervention for persons with mental disorders and psychosocial issues. Lectures are integrated with lab experiences, clinical practice, discussions and journal clubs to assist the student fully comprehend client/patient psychosocial issues manifesting in acute episodes, rehabilitation, illness prevention, and health promotion. Beginning with an understanding of the population treated and the type of impairments seen the course will survey several major theoretical perspectives as they apply to the individual patient, groups of patients, the treatment settings and the community. This class will introduce the student to a variety of assessments used in mental health settings with adults. Assessment will be presented in the context of the underlying theoretical approaches. The use for assessments is to understand the patient/client, contextually, from an occupational perspective. Through the integrated process of lecture, lab and practicum the student will learn of and develop basic skills for assessment, developing a treatment/intervention plan, utilizing use of self, individual and group intervention strategies. The fieldwork experiences during this portion are to expose students to clinical settings to afford a depth of understanding not obtained through readings and classroom activities.
OCCT 711 Ethical and Professional Decision Making in OT
This course will introduce students the AOTA official document Code of Ethics and Ethics Standards as well as the Core Values and Attitudes of Occupational Therapy Practice. Students will be presented with simulated situations of patient care and other interactions and make ethical decisions and explain their decision making process. Students will demonstrate ability to discern and understand the key elements to ethical decision making as well as how to professionally address potentially unethical situations involving others.
OCCT 715 Documenting OT Practice and Fieldwork
Students will be introduced to medical terminology and its use in the profession. Students will be introduced to common documentation practices as well as SOAP note writing process. Students will use situations from their level one fieldwork experience to practice note writing as well simulated activities in the classroom. Students will be expected to use terminology consistent with the AOTA Framework Domain and Process.
OCCT 731 Group Process
Students will be prepared to articulate and apply therapeutic use of occupations with individuals or groups for the purpose of participation in roles and situations in home, school, workplace, community, and other settings.
OCCT 733 Assistive Technology
This course integrates intervention techniques such as ergonomics, environmental modification, assistive technology and design and fabrication of orthotics and devices. Emphasis is based on the clinical reasoning process and students will be expected to apply theories and frames of reference learned in prior coursework
OCCT 735 Research in OT II
This course will further delve into specific analysis of research results and complete capstone research project proposed in Research Process I. Students will be assigned a faculty member for guidance on project.
OCCT 737 Hand and Upper Extremity Conditions
This course will provide an overview of principles in treatment of the upper extremity and hand. This will include information for common injuries/conditions for the shoulder, elbow, wrist and hand. Course study will integrate the student's knowledge of anatomy and kinesiology and move toward specific assessment and treatment of the upper extremities. Lab sessions will focus on advanced splinting, assessment tools, and intervention techniques for common injuries/conditions for the shoulder, elbow, wrist and hand.
OCCT 739 Management and Leadership in OT
This course offers students conceptual and practical knowledge and skills needed to plan and manage the delivery of evidence- and occupation-based occupational therapy services that are efficacious and cost-effective within the varying contexts of the rapidly changing health care environment.
OCCT 790 and 795 Fieldwork Level II
This course provides clinical experiences under the supervision of registered occupational therapists. This level of fieldwork is designed so that by the end of the course the student will demonstrate the following entry level competencies: applying occupational therapy theory and principles to a variety of diagnosis and populations; implementing the occupational therapy intervention process, including the phases of screening, evaluation/assessment, treatment planning, treatment implementation, and discharge planning; developing professional work habits; and achieving entry-level competency in working with patients/clients in the assigned area of practice.
The end of Fieldwork level II is accompanied by an extensive review course and practice exam for NBCOT.
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One important way organizations can strengthen their network and IT security is by strengthening and consolidating the process surrounding network access and authentication, say many security professionals. One solution, from vendor Centrify, can help strengthen authentication across a variety of Microsoft, Linux, Unix, Macintosh, and other platforms. The solution lets IT administrators manage employee access as if each were using Microsoft's Active Directory.
Consolidated Communications is one company that has implemented that approach. The company needed to do something because making changes to its Unix and Linux servers and systems when, for example, an employee joined or left the company, or when it was necessary to grant network access to temporary contractors, could be time consuming, says Scott Griffith, the company's senior Unix administrator. The process required a significant amount of programming knowledge, he says, and could be "very unwieldy and clunky," even, at times, a bit "of a nightmare."
In addition to improving and strengthening the authentication process across different systems and platforms, Griffith says his company also needed a better way to conduct authentication audits. Consolidated needed to comply with regulations such as Sarbanes-Oxley, he says, which requires organizations to have strong authentication and to effectively audit and produce reports on security and regulatory requirements.
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A Williston woman who owned an adult care home was sentenced to eight years and 10 months in prison after she pleaded to charges that she abused her clients.
For more than 227 years, the United States Constitution has served as the cornerstone of this nation's freedom and way of life.
It took a couple of hours on Thursday and all day Friday, but by the time the weekend started the Supervisor of Elections was able to announce that former District 4 Commissioner Lilly Rooks had won the Republican nomination by a three-vote margin.
The final count: 1,728 votes for Rooks to 1,725 votes for incumbent Commissioner Ryan Bell of Chiefland. Rooks will face Democrat Jamie Griffin in the Nov. 4 general election.
It was a sweet comeback for Rooks, defeating the man who unseated her four years ago, and after suffering two strokes earlier this year.
As a scientist, Dr. Ken Sulak is trained to make observations.
He makes his living studying the ways of the natural world, with an emphasis, in recent years, on the lives of sturgeon swimming the lengths of the Suwannee River.
But his professional work over time has bled into his personal interests: observations on the lives of humans and their place in the world.
"In the course of being on the river, you run into a lot of people, a lot of old timers," Sulak said from his office at the U.S. Geological Survey last week.
Eugene Donald Jr. was found guilty of one felony count operating an unlicensed nightclub in a residential neighborhood east of Williston by a Levy County jury on Wednesday and will be sentenced on Wednesday, Sept. 3, after the Levy County's Sheriff's Office takes the opportunity to make an impact statement.
The Levy County Sheriff's Office reports the following arrests:
• Aug. 26, Melba Paige Alexander, 23, Williston, non support of children or spouse. Bond $500.
• Aug. 26, Erica Sue Allen, 36, Inglis, two counts non support of children or spouse. Bond $1,160.
• Aug. 26, Eugene Carter, 53, Cross City, non support of children or spouse. Bond $586.
• Aug. 25, Tammie Lee Chapin, 23, Archer, abuse without great harm to child. Bond $40,000.
• Aug. 26, Walter R. Clark, 40, Chiefland, non support of children or child support.
Schools across the country are back in session after what probably seemed like a very short summer. Unless you're a parent, that is.
I remember being so excited for school to start every year. Truthfully it was more about socializing than learning, but I actually enjoyed learning too.
And many things I learned–especially in elementary school–have stuck with me more years than I care to disclose.
A couple weeks ago, Tom and I took a weekend trip to cat sit for his sister in Ft. Myers.
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The Red Devils opened up their 2014-2015 season last Friday night as they were defeated 14-7 in a tight game against the Central High School Bears. The game consisted of just one half of football with no live special teams but was still a spirited contest nonetheless.
If Williston Head Football Coach Cliff Lohrey has any apprehension, fear or dread about the 2014 season, he's not letting it show.
In his first year as the Red Devils' gridiron leader, Lohrey is all smiles heading into tomorrow night's season opener against P.K. Yonge on the opponents' home field.
The Levy County Sheriff's Office reports the following arrests:
• Aug. 18, Daniel Lee Bennett, 25, Floral City, grand theft. Bond $50,000.
• Aug. 21, Shannon April Brown, 36, Old Town, petit theft. Bond $500.
• Aug. 23, Joshua Zachary Clemons, 21, Trenton, VOP.
• Aug. 19, Richard Cooke, 19, Tampa, possession of marijuana, possession of drug paraphernalia. Bond $1,000.
• Aug. 18, Bobby Duffy Jr., 33, Chiefland, non support of children or spouse.
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Walt: You did fine, Todd. You applied yourself, that's as much as I can ask. Now, all that's left I guess is talk money.
Todd: We can talk money once I get this right.
from Breaking Bad (Ft. Thomas Schnauz) – Say My Name on Genius
In many ways, Todd is essentially the anti-Jesse. He comes off as a hard-working and polite kid, but is also a complete pyschopath that has no problem murdering in cold blood. While Jesse might not always "apply himself" and acts out like an asshole at times, but is a very good person deep down that doesn't want to see anyone get hurt who doesn't need to.
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First Memories of Gardening: Grandma's swept yard with rows of garden beds filled with passed-along plants
Favorite Plants: I love walking in my garden and munching-on muscadines, figs, blackberries, pears, blueberries, Japansese Persimmons, pawpaws, etc.
Plants I Like to Grow: Water garden plants because you don't have to water them
My Least Favorite Thing to Do in the Garden: Cutting the grass – I am a plant lover not a grass lover.
Things that Interest Me in Horticulture: Developing new varieties – resistant varieties
Biggest Mistakes in My Garden: Not having the time to level the soil before utility cables were run – they were installed just under the surface
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For almost six months, we've been living on our sailing yacht, Zinc, in islands off Sumatra in Indonesia. However, this past week, Willow and I were back on the land. We travelled (the normal way, by plane) to Penang for a number of reasons, one of which was to buy Weetbix (a specialty Australian breakfast cereal). Obviously, this was not the main reason for our travel. Anyway, between errands, we managed to fit in the following kid-friendly activities:
Verdict: Very good. We'd visit again.
Sure, the place is tourist central. Sure, the fabulous view was marred by smog. But, we had a lovely time nonetheless. The funicular train ride was breathtaking. The Owl Museum was quirky. The playground was the best we've seen this year (but remember, we live on a yacht in rural Indonesia). The golf buggy tour was a novelty.
Well-worth a visit.
Verdict: Good. We'd probably visit again.
This guided farm tour was –
- educational ("fruit grows on trees, kids"),
- interesting (have you heard of Miracle Fruit?), and
- interactive (you get to taste a variety of tropical fruits and a juice of your choice at the end of the tour).
Furthermore, the surrounds are stunning.
Worth a visit.
Verdict: OK/Good. One visit was enough.
OK, so there were loads of butterflies and loads of other interesting exhibits (not all butterfly-related, unless you know something about Mandarin Ducks that I don't), but I was a little disappointed. Perhaps because this place just wasn't as good as the butterfly farm in Phuket, which I absolutely adore. Why? I'm not exactly sure, but it was something to do with the "vibe". The Penang Butterfly Farm was busy and felt cramped. I kept running into people on the paths. There were traffic jams and bottle necks. It just wasn't the calm, relaxing experience I was expecting; the type of experience I've returned to the butterfly farm in Phuket for, again and again.
Worth a visit.
Penang Toy Museum
Verdict: Disappointing. One visit was one too many.
This place advertises itself as Wax Museum + Toy Museum + Heritage Garden + Carnivorous Plant Garden. The museums, fine. There were four (or was it five?) rows of cabinets containing wax sculptures and toys. Though, for some reason, I thought there would be an interactive element; stuff you could play with. But, no.
As for the gardens, below is a photo of the two gardens. I can't even see one. Nevertheless, apparently this is the extent of the Heritage Garden and the Carnivorous Plant Garden. Seriously.
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Earlier this year, my wife and I attended our day-long course that is a state prerequisite to obtaining a concealed handgun permit. Unsurprisingly, the room was packed full. The two of us looked not at all out of place. But a more detailed demographic might have put us in the minority. We're both physicians at Triangle-area hospitals, both of us involved in trauma-related fields. We both see the horrific effects of very many guns in North Carolina. We both support legislation that would put forth reasonable efforts to curb gun violence. And we both voted for Barack Obama – twice.
But by some standards, we fit right in. We both hail from rural backgrounds and gun-loving states, Texas and Kentucky. We are gun owners (though my wife, admittedly, was not until she married me). We enjoy shooting recreationally. And after all, we were there that day as a necessary step toward the same thing that everyone else there also desired – to be able to carry, on our person or more likely in the car, a loaded and concealed handgun for protection.
I have been shooting since I was about 10 years old, and have always harbored a fascination with guns as machines, much more so than with a culture or heritage of hunting. I am fortunate to come from a family that ingrained a deep respect for the hazards of the world that we inhabit. Guns were certainly no exception. There were many rules, and they were militarily enforced. Guns could be useful – even fun – but they were not a novelty.
So, it was with expectations of a similar deference and gravity that we settled in on that Saturday morning for some serious instruction on how to go about exercising this rather unique American privilege. Boy, were we ever wrong...
Our instructor was well-qualified enough – a very experienced local law enforcement officer, with considerable advanced weapons training of all sorts. We proceeded directly into the letter of the law regarding explicitly what the state did and did not allow regarding concealed handguns. And then, almost immediately, things began to descend into a mockery of reason and good judgment. One-in-a-million scenarios began to erupt from the audience, unveiling the emotional currents that lie buried just under the surface.
"What if I come home and someone is in my house? Can I take my gun inside and shoot them?" Well, the law says technically not if you're outside, but as long as you put yourself in the house then you should be good.
"What if my ex-husband tries to come to the house?" If he doesn't have a right to be there, then you do what you gotta do. … Remember, they don't have to be breaking in for you to shoot.
Perhaps most shocking, though, was the advice we received from a practicing law enforcement officer regarding the storage of firearms: under the bed, preferably loaded. I'm not kidding. Fifty or so families, many of whom we must presume have children in the home, walked out of that classroom with the understanding that the proper way to store your guns was in a location that is within reach of a child, and loaded. No gun safe. No trigger lock. Across the United States in 2008-09, according to the FBI, we lost more preschoolers to guns (173) than officers in the line of duty (89). A September article from the New York Times pointed out just how common it is for young children in the U.S. to encounter guns, pick them up and then play with them, naively courting tragedy all the while.
Gun ownership is an individual right. District of Columbia v. Heller in 2008 removed much doubt from the shades of interpretation of the Second Amendment. However, it is a right that must be exercised with extraordinary respect, and with every possible effort to protect innocents from accidental harm. We must all recognize that while guns may empower us – in the face of threats from evildoers, or perhaps even to an extent from the tyranny that prompted the birth of the Second Amendment so long ago – that they far more often destroy our families and rob our children of their futures.
Those in positions of authority with the opportunity to transmit that respect to others must carry a strong message to all who will listen. That is what my wife and I expected to hear from our instructor that day, and what we all deserved to hear – but we didn't hear it.
Dr. Ty L. Bullard, M.D., is a native Texan and a clinical assistant professor in the Department of Anesthesiology at UNC Chapel Hill.
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I made these exactly as written and I thought they tasted just like potatoes. Awesome recipe to make again and again.
Husband really enjoyed the roasted radishes. Need a different vegetable for our menu and this was it. No confusion in recipe. The butter is browned and then lemon added, then drizzled over roasted radishes, and then tops are sprinkled on top as you would parsley. New taste treat.
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Daylight savings time is coming up, and in the life of a 6-month old baby an hour's shift can make a big difference. At least that's what they said at Scooters class at Isis. I thought I should look into it to start getting baby ready for the change. Most of what I learned came from one of the Isis sleep webinars, which are totally free through their website. It's an audio presentation with a series of slides, similar to what I've seen used in some online college courses I've taken. The webinars are live every Tuesday at noon EST, and very informative. It's worth checking out.
Daylight savings time effects babies the most when they're between 4 months and two years old; under 4 months a child hasn't yet developed a solid rhythm and older toddlers can handle the change in time better. If you have an older child you may still want to follow these steps, but the overall transition time can be shorter than a week.
Why is an extra hour of sleep a problem for babies? The circadian rhythm is a 24 cycle that all living things follow, including plants, animals, fungi, and cyanobacteria. I learned a lot from the circadian rhythm wikipedia page, including that the name "circadian" comes from the Latin for "around" and "day," so any cycle that follows a 24-hour pattern qualifies as a circadian rhythm. When the circadian rhythm shifts more than 30 minutes it takes the body a few days to make the shift. It's a lot like jet lag, but only an hour's worth. We dealt with jet lag in my very first post, Flying and jet lag with baby, but I didn't think to do any research or try to adjust baby's schedule at all beforehand. This time we'd like to be ready; waking up for the day at 4am was not a lot of fun.
Start preparing for the change about ten days ahead. Daylight savings time ends on November 4th, so begin by October 25th or 26th. You can start earlier, but try not to start later because the point is to make the shift gradually so it's best to give at least a week. For the first three days, keep your baby in darkness and do very calm, soothing things for 30 minutes to an hour. The morning shift takes longer for baby to adjust to, so it is important to make sure you're doing all you can to let baby know that it's still time to sleep. When daylight savings is a week away, begin to push back baby's bedtime 15 minutes at a time.
You want to extend your baby's exposure to light at bedtime slowly to give the baby a chance to adjust. Start by keeping baby awake 15 minutes longer than his or her regular bedtime for 2 days. Keep bright lights on for baby during the extended time; natural sunlight helps but as we all know the fall shift makes the days seem painfully short. Here in Boston the sun will start setting at 4:30pm after the shift, so we'll be using artificial light.
Every two days add another 15 minutes to baby's bedtime. Try to include your daily activities in the shift; feed baby 15 minutes later, take your walk 15 minutes later, take naps 15 minutes later, take a bath 15 minutes later, do everything you can 15 minutes later right until the end of the night. This is hard if your child is in day care, but you might ask if your day care has any plans Expose your child to as much light as you can right up until bedtime. It'll help baby get the hint.
It may still take up to 10 days for the shift to happen! It seems like a long time to me for just an hour's change, but that's what the experts say. When we changed time zones by six hours it didn't take 10 days for baby to go back to normal, but that was also when he was little more than 4 months old so his rhythm probably wasn't established yet.
Really it doesn't matter if you start 10 days before, a week before, or Sunday, November 4th. The transition will happen on its own, but hopefully this will ease the burden on you. Your day is going to change by an hour but your schedule is not, so you may want to adopt this technique. Do what works for you, and remember that if it doesn't go well the clocks will change back in March.


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Barbie Lab Coat
This Barbie lab coat pairs up perfectly with a set of scrubs
This Barbie doll lab coat has a pocket on either side and would look great with a set of Barbie Medical Scrubs. Now you can have your lab coat personalized, see details below.
I have remodeled the lab coat from its former shorter length. I was informed by a very nice customer that the length I had before was fine for med students but most doctors and other lab type workers wear lab coats that are longer. And so was born this new version of the Barbie doll lab coat, a perfect addition to your Barbie doll clothes wardrobe. If you would prefer the former shorter length if you're buying a doll to give to a current med student, please just message me in the shopping cart and I'll be happy to make your Barbie lab coat the old shorter length.
NOTE: The Barbie clothes shown on the doll under her lab coat is the outfit that my model came in, was not made by me and is not included. Shoes are not included either. You can always check out my many casual outfits for Barbie if your doll would prefer not to wear scrubs with her lab coat.
Scrubs are sold separately also. Barbie will need something to wear underneath her lab coat--again keep in mind what she has on in the picture is just the outfit my doll came in. Whether she's a pharmacist, doctor, nurse, lab technician, dentist, manicurist, hygienist or veterinarian, Barbie will want a nice lab coat to wear over her scrubs or her regular outfit. After all, some professions don't require scrubs AND a lab coat, just a lab coat. I also have dresses or skirt sets, or even a Barbie jeans set that would work for wearing under Barbie's lab coat.
Of course Barbie doesn't recommend wearing pink platforms with her medical outfit. Anyone who is on their feet all day will need a nice comfortable pair of shoes. And I'm sure you have something just perfect in your Barbie shoes stash.
The newest exciting use for this Barbie doll lab coat is this: if you are a fan of the TV show NCIS, you no doubt know who Abby Sciuto is. One of my recent customers is repainting and dressing a doll to look just like Abby! I have seen pictures and they are awesome. It was fun making these lab coats for her because her plan is to make a doll for the actress who plays Abby. With my customer's permission and once her doll is finished, maybe she'll send me some pictures to post on the site. You could make your very own version of Abby as well just by finding a dark haired doll and redoing her makeup a little. If you want to turn a Ken doll into Ducky or Palmer, you can always check out my Ken Lab Coat as well.
I have been asked at times to personalize a lab coat for Barbie. This is not a problem at all. Just select from the pull-down which is defaulted to "no personalizing". The personalizing is done with a computer transfer and can be your company's logo (as long as you have permission to use it), a person's name or just a company name. I have done a little of all of those.
A gift idea for the Barbie doll lab coat would be for that graduate in any medical profession. I have had many, many customers purchase either this lab coat or the lab coat along with a set of scrubs to honor a daughter or other friend/relative for some sort of medical graduation. I have also had people use them as going-away gifts for their favorite nurse or doctor in a medical office they work in. The ideas are endless.
Some of my lab coats have starred in college film studies, stop action pictures and other cool things requiring multiples of them. I only ask that if you require more than 5 of these, to please allow me enough time to get them made for your deadline. There is only one of me sewing most of the items on the site so I do need some lead time, most especially during the fall prior to Christmas.
At this time, I do not have any small accessories such as a stethoscope to go with this Barbie Lab Coat but I'm sure if you did a search on eBay, you may find what you're looking for. eBay has a "Want It Now" section where you can post whatever it is that you're looking for. If someone has it, they will post an auction just for you and you can buy it now!
Personalization Notes: On the first page of the shopping cart, you can tell me the name you want on your Barbie lab coat. If it's a logo, please send me a .jpg
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Jonathan Glazer's third film following Sexy Beast and Birth, Under The Skin is the story of an alien in human form. Part road movie, part science fiction, part real, it's a film about seeing our world through alien eyes.
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"Johansson is nothing short of iconic here; her character is a classic femme fatale in the film noir tradition, down to the plump red lips and deep fur coat, but with a refrigerated nothingness at her core. She looks at her fellow cast members as if they are from another planet – which is, of course, exactly as it should be. Even the Scottish landscape looks alien: dawn mist rolls across lochs like curls of space dust. Glazer's astonishing film takes you to a place where the everyday becomes suddenly strange, and fear and seduction become one and the same. You stare at the screen, at once entranced and terrified, and step forward into the slick" - Robbie Collin
"This unsettling and eerily erotic study of a come-hither extraterrestrial (Scarlett Johansson) was far and away the best film I saw in competition at Venice — at once lucid, seductive and mesmerizingly strange. No film since perhaps "Lost in Translation" has made more perfect use of that sly, elusive sexiness that Johansson has, melding her character's perspective with ours to the point that we wind up regarding our fellow man through a glass darkly, rendering humanity at once familiar and alien" - Justin Chang
"Under the Skin is far and away the best picture in the competition so far: a story that plays as a kind of malarial dream, bathed in cold sweat and seeing hallucinations in every corner. Johansson proves bizarrely engrossing as the unnamed succubus, fetchingly augmented with jet-black hair and blood-red lipstick, who drives a van around Scotland in search of her prey" - Xan Brooks
"It's an intoxicating marvel, strange and sublime: it combines sci-fi ideas, gloriously unusual special effects and a sharp atmosphere of horror with the everyday mundanity of a woman driving about rainy Scotland in a battered transit van" - Dave Calhoun
"Jonathan Glazer's quixotic, constantly baffling and often remarkable Under the Skin resists explanation and easy reading at every oblique turn, a strange social realist science fiction yarn which somehow generates a sense of forward momentum and Lynchian unease from merely observing the unusual actions of its heroine" - David Jenkins
"Johansson is quietly brilliant. As the girl who fell to Earth, she is confused, repulsed and fascinated by what she finds — eyes searching for clues, as her face seeks the right expression, trying to become comfortable in her skin. It's hard to imagine anyone being as appropriate for the part — and as brave — as her, blending innocence and inquisitiveness with a sexuality that's both irresistible and monstrous" - Nev Pierce
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Local builders making homes Earth-friendly
"We are talking about all this within the context of a very, very fragile market," Winckel said. "These are very tenuous beginnings, but every builder in the state knows the green handwriting is on the wall and is trying to anticipate it."
When the economy took a nose dive, some builders closed their doors and pursued other occupations. At Brookfield Homes, regional president Steve Doyle said he assigned a staff member two years ago to become an expert in green construction. Last month, the results of his research were unveiled at the company's Rockrose at the Foothills project in Carlsbad's Robertson Ranch, a master-planned community.
"What we found is if you take green building and sustainable construction practices and development into account early on in the project, you can make them more efficient and cost-effective," Doyle said. "We estimate about a 50 percent savings in going green by starting our design green instead of trying to retrofit an existing project green."
From the recycled card (plant it and seeds will grow) that refers buyers to a Web-only sales brochure to extra-thick attic insulation, high-efficiency appliances and three model water-wise gardens, Rockrose is Brookfield's "eco-savvy" prototype. Every house has been designed to accommodate a photovoltaic cell system, even if buyers don't opt for the $10,000 add-on.
A San Diego Gas & Electric Co. handout at the sales office indicates that buyers can expect a 37 percent savings on monthly energy costs, compared with a home built 10 years ago.
"Part of what we're trying to do with this program is learn ourselves as we build each of these new projects ... and make it another step better," Doyle said.
Pardee Homes, which launched its "Living Smart" program in 2001, has added water saving as a standard feature on its homes.
"We started about five years ago to try to demonstrate drought-tolerant landscaping, and at that time, it was not well-received by buyers," said Joyce Mason, Pardee marketing vice president. "Now it's better received by the buyer."
Mason said improvements in technology, such as irrigation controllers, drip irrigation and artificial turf, have helped to reduce water usage; landscaping typically requires 50 percent or more of a home's water supply. Similarly inside the home, low-flow toilets and faucets are readily available.
Builders also are choosing construction materials made from more sustainable products, such as bamboo flooring, insulation with low amounts of formaldehyde and low-VOC (volatile organic compounds) paints.
Josh Cook, who runs the California Green Builder certification program, said environmentally aware features particularly appeal to young buyers.
"I always tell builders that having it as an option isn't an option," Cook said.
Carolyn Chase, chairwoman of the local Sierra Club chapter, said some builders are more attuned to sustainable development practices than others. "They do like the good PR for it, but they still want to make hard choices about what it costs and how to maximize their return on investment," she said.
Environmentalists and builders agree on one thing: No matter how energy-efficient the newest homes are, it's the older ones that need attention if California and the nation want to reduce overall energy use. That's what was behind the $6 billion "cash for caulkers" program — $1,000 rebates for energy-saving equipment purchases — proposed last month by President Barack Obama.
"We've got a heck of an opportunity, as the economy improves, to put people to work to do these kinds of improvements," said the Green Building Council's Kredich. "The work itself allows us to reduce our carbon footprint and it pays for itself. It's a win-win-win."
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