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Mechanical behaviour of a prototype orthodontic retraction spring: a numerical–experimental study
The purpose of this study was to examine the mechanical behaviour of orthodontic delta retraction springs. Twelve titanium–molybdenum (0.016 × 0.022 inch) delta loops were studied. The springs were analysed by means of the finite element (FE) method and experimental tests using a platform transducer. Each spring was activated from 0 to 6 mm. Statistical analysis of the data was carried out by one-way analysis of variance and Games–Howell parametric multiple comparison test for heterogeneous variances.
FE analysis revealed that the stress level varied from 277 to 1273 MPa. At 6.1 mm (773 MPa), the springs were still in the elastic range. Force levels varied from 0.1 N (10 g) to 2.2 N (224 g) at 1.4–8.1 mm of activation for the numerical study and from 0.44 N (45 g) at 1 mm to 2.02 N (206 g) at 6 mm of activation in the experimental study. The spring rate was within the levels that are appropriate for clinical use (34 g/mm). Vertical forces (Fy) showed constancy and were of low magnitude. The anterior moment/force ratio from the experimental tests was 14 at 3 mm of activation decreasing to 10.7, 8.7, and 7.2, for 4, 5, and 6 mm of activation, respectively. The springs could be activated up to 7 mm without exceeding the elastic limit.
Sectional springs can be used to retract canines (Yang and Baldwin, 1974; Bourauel et al., 1997) as well as to act as part of a segmented arch (Burstone, 1966, 1982; Manhartsberger et al., 1989; Rinaldi and Johnson, 1995; Ferreira et al., 2005) that retracts the anterior segment, the posterior segment, or both at the same time, depending on the treatment plan (alpha and beta moments and loop position will determine the type of tooth movement). The effectiveness of a spring is related to its geometry and the nature of the wire material (Burstone et al., 1961; Yang and Baldwin, 1974; Ferreira, 1999). Springs must work within an elastic limit, should not harm the adjacent tissues, and should have a force system capable of producing controlled movement of one or more teeth. Alloys which are less resistant to deflection might be displaced more widely, without plastic deformation, and this is a characteristic of non-linear systems (Koenig et al., 1980; Koenig and Burstone, 1989). Among the mechanical properties that characterize spring behaviour, spring rate plays a major role, for it allows the clinician to know its load deflection rate (Yang and Baldwin, 1974; Burstone, 1982).
The resulting stress from retraction spring activation lead to considerations about its elastic range, that is, how far a spring may be activated without surpassing the yield strength (YS) considering that once it is attained, it will no longer respond satisfactorily. Force systems resulting from retraction springs produce forces and moments that determine the type of tooth movement, but springs with complex designs are not completely isometric and can become inaccurate for long activations (more than 3 or 4 mm). These force systems originating from orthodontic appliances have been studied experimentally (Solonche et al., 1977; Vanderby et al., 1977; Kum et al., 2004), numerically (Yang and Baldwin, 1974; Haskell et al., 1990; Raboud et al., 1997; Siatkowski, 1997; Coimbra et al., 2008), and with dynamic systems (Rhee et al., 1997) or three-dimensional scanning systems to analyse movement of rigid bodies (Rhee et al., 2002). The finite element (FE) method is used to simulate the behaviour of a body submitted to maximum stress. In this way, the influence of basic geometric parameters on a force system might if necessary be altered. In experimental methods, the body of evidence is submitted to mechanical tests, which might determine the force system more accurately.
A few studies have reported the stress along the spring body (Ferreira et al., 2004; Coimbra et al., 2008). Different types of load cells for measuring forces and moments have been described (Solonche et al., 1977; Ferreira, 1999; Chen et al., 2000; Ferreira et al., 2005; Thiesen et al., 2005) concerning orthodontic springs where the samples are submitted to tension, bending, and torsion testing at one or both sides of the spring to determine the force generated. A number of load cells have been developed to measure the degree of torsion (around the x, y, and z axes) at the extremities of the spring after activation (Ødegaard et al., 1996; Torstein et al., 1998; Kum et al., 2004; Kosol-Ittikul et al., 2008) and to make possible the study of springs with different gable bends, i.e. first, second, and third gable bends (Menghi et al., 1999; Katona et al., 2006). In the present study, a device for measuring forces and moments was used (Ferreira et al., 2005).
The aim of this study was to evaluate and compare the results from numerical and experimental tests of an orthodontic retraction spring (Ferreira et al., 2005). This study focused on the von Mises stress obtained with the FE method and force system resulting from activation of the spring in order to verify the maximum activation limit in which it maintains itself within the elastic range and, consequently, operational. No torque was measured.
Materials and methods
Numerical method
In order to evaluate the springs by means of the FE method, the computational software Ansys® (Swanson Analysis Systems, Houston, Pennsylvania, USA) was used. The basic idea of the method is to split the body or domain studied into subregions, the FEs. Based on that, the mathematical equations that govern the phenomenon studied for each subregion (FE) are prepared. The equations pertaining to each element are then joined, so that continuity is preserved, and one global equation is obtained to represent the entire body. In the static analysis of stress and strains, the equation (Cook et al., 1998) that represents the body is given by
After finding the nodal displacements {u} through the solution of the algebraic system shown in equation (1), the stresses and efforts on the the body may be evaluated. In this research, the spring was analysed using two-dimensional beam FEs, with two nodes per element and three degrees of freedom per node, that is, the spring was considered as plain. Figure 1 depicts the spring's dimensions, with representation of the wire section dimensions. The Young's modulus (E) obtained by mechanical tension tests was 69 GPa (10 × 106 psi) and the YS (σ e) was equal to 1240 MPa (180 × 103 psi). As the displacements obtained were relatively large compared with the dimensions of the transverse section, the problem is non-linear. Thus, the matrix [K] in equation (1) depends on the vector {u}, characterizing a non-linear system of equations. The activation was performed in increments of 1 mm in the horizontal direction, and considered maximum when, at any point, the spring material reached its yield stress limit and, consequently, suffered permanent deformation. At this point, the simulation process was terminated.
Twelve springs were manufactured using a titanium–molybdenum wire (Morelli, São Paulo, Brazil) with a 0.406 × 0.559 mm (0.016 × 0.022 inches) cross-section. The geometric configuration was characterized by having a central delta with an apical circumvolution with a radius of 1.5 mm and a one and a half-turn helix in its superior portion and gable bends in the horizontal extremities (Figure 1). The spring features were observed in relation to their reproducibility in a profile projection device (Projection Screen 560 × 460 mm, 0.5 per cent; working scale 0.1 mm; Henri Hauser SA, Bienne, Switzerland). Only the springs whose angular and linear dimensions were within the established tolerance limit were tested (Table 1). The geometric parameters were defined as alpha, beta, gama, and sigma angles.
Experimental method
It was established that Fx forces are caused by the activation of the spring in a horizontal direction, whereas Fy forces indicate vertical forces, which are perpendicular to Fx. Finally, Mz indicates the moment due to the inclinations in the extremities of the spring (sagittal plane). The springs were adapted for testing (A 1 mm right angle bend was placed in the alpha end to prevent sliding during activation while the beta end was freely dislocated to activation) in a platform transducer. Each spring was activated from 0 to 6 mm. The transducer was calibrated by deadweight techniques. An analogue conditioner signal module feed by a 15 V source (Tektronix PS 280 DC Power Supply, Alpharetta, Georgia, USA ) was attached to the transducer to amplify the variation of the signal emitted by the strain gauges after spring activation (Figure 2). The analogue electrical signals were converted to digital signals by means of a data acquisition board. The DASYLab® version 7.0—Data Acquisition System Laboratory (National Instruments Company, Austin, Texas, USA) software collected the signals from the data acquisition board.
Statistical analysis
Descriptive statistics for Fx are shown in Table 2. A one-way analysis of variance (ANOVA) for the experimental method was first performed in order to evaluate differences in Fx mean values according to activation. ANOVA showed a difference of P ≤ 0.01(Table 3). The Games–Howell parametric multiple comparison test for heterogeneous variances was then used in order to identify the activations that were different (Table 4). This test highlighted a difference in all activations showing that mean forces increased and were significantly different for each activation level. The numerical method generates, for each activation, a mean value calculated by the software in a simultaneous way for the Fx parameter. Thus, there is no deviation. It is therefore necessary to compare the experimental method with the numerical method parameter. For each Fx activation in the numerical method, a comparison with the mean values found for experimental Fx was performed, at each activation level, by means of a Student's t-test.
Stress–strain levels (numerical approach)
The stress level obtained with the numerical approach varied from 277 to 1273 MPa and from 1.4 to 8.1 mm of activation, respectively (Table 5). Figure 3 shows the behaviour of the spring from von Mises stress analysis at 7 mm. At this activation, the springs were still below the elastic region (1082 MPa) and the superior part of the helical circumvolution showed the greater stress level.
Force levels
In the numerical test, a maximum activation of 8.1 mm was considered. Horizontal forces (Fx) varied from 0.1 N (10 gf) to 1.5 N (152 gf) for 1.4–6.1 mm activation. At maximum activation of 8.1 mm, the resulting force magnitude was about 2.2 N (224 gf). Vertical forces (Fy) showed constancy and were of low magnitude and could be disregarded. In the experimental test, a maximum activation of 6 mm was considered. Horizontal forces (Fx) varied from 0.44 N (45 gf) at 1 mm to 2.02 N (206 gf) at 6 mm of activation. The spring gradient (spring rate) denotes the number of force–grams stored for each millimetre of activation. The spring rate in the present study was within the levels that are appropriate for clinical use (34 gf/mm). Figure 4a shows the behaviour of the experimental and numerical plots in relation to force versus activation and Figure 4b in relation to moment/force (M/F) ratio versus activation. There was a straight line from the plots even though the curves showed different angular coefficients. When analysing M/F ratio versus activation, more coincidence between plots was observed and M/F ratio decreased as activation increased. The M/F ratio obtained with the numerical approach varied from 7.1 at 3.8 mm of activation to 13.0 at 1.8 mm of activation (Table 5), while M/F ratio from the experimental tests was 7.2 at 6 mm of activation increasing to 8.7 and 10.7 for 5 and 4 mm of activation, respectively (Table 6). The data may not exactly reflect clinical conditions, but the springs showed a tendency to produce controlled tooth movement if deactivated from 6 to 3 mm. The delta spring simulated an M/F ratio capable of producing sequential movement of controlled inclination followed by translation and, finally, by root correction during deactivation from 6 to 3 mm.
Clinicians hope to activate springs and visualize consequent tooth displacement in an efficient way. In general, this is undertaken by means of activation, observation, and fastening the springs as considered necessary. Even though spring behaviour is known, tooth anatomy and individual patient response are other variables that will influence tooth movement. Knowledge of a spring's behaviour after application will minimize errors during activation. Although several studies (Yang and Baldwin, 1974; Raboud et al., 1997; Siatkowski, 1997) applied the FE method, only a few studies are dedicated to verifying stress–strain behaviour in orthodontic springs. In the present research, the results show that the most critical regions for YS are located at the horizontal arms and at the spring apical helix (Figure 3). This means that the concentration of stress is located in the area close to the upper region, where the spring presents a circumvolution that serves as an imaginary axis around which the legs rotate. If there were no circumvolution, but just a semicircle, as in the case of simple vertical springs, a smaller stress level would surpass the YS of the material. Clinically, springs with circumvolutions are more appropriate for wider activations. One advantage is that as delta springs are activated their legs cross over each other providing greater stability and avoiding bucco-lingual inclination.
Ferreira et al. (2009), in a FE study, found for titanium–molybedneum asymmetric delta springs with a cross-section of 0.406 × 0.559 mm (0.016 × 0.022 inches) that critical stress (1108 MPa) was attained when the spring was activated 9 mm (in this case, the critical region is situated at the helix). In that study, a Young's modulus of 69 GPa and a YS of 1380 MPa was assumed. It is not necessary for such large activation but this result confirms that it is an efficient design to produce a long range of activation within a biomechanical force level. Concerning the stress results for 5.1 mm of activation, the critical region arises from the helix and horizontal anterior leg region but is under that of the elastic region (638 MPa). At 6.1 mm of activation, the total helix and part of the anterior leg regions showed the highest stress but still under elastic stress (773 MPa). This value is approximately the maximum safe clinical activation.
Several factors might influence spring design, such as the mechanical properties of the spring alloy, linear configuration, and cross-section. When comparing numerical and experimental methods, slight differences can occur. According to Figure 4a and 4b, these differences can be explained by the fact that the material property (Young's modulus) of the wire can be slightly different from that analysed with the FE method; crystallographic changes in metallurgic structure and residual stress are usually imposed in the spring's manufacturing process by cold working (plastic deformation); and the boundary conditions in the numerical simulation may not be exactly the same in all experiments, i.e. during simulation, the constraining points were immobile but in the experiment there was some mobility. A comparison between numerical and experimental methods is helpful to verify the limits of the analytical model and to determine that the models can be reproduced. In the current study, when comparing the methods in relation to force magnitude versus activation, it was evident that in the analytical model there was minimal difference in curve inclination but in the force–moment versus activation the curves were similar, that is, for both methods there was concordance in relation to spring stiffness.
When the M/F ratio was analysed, agreement was found between the results obtained with both methods (Figure 4b). As soon as the spring was activated, the M/F relationship decreased (Tables 5 and 6). In this way, extrapolating clinically numerical results show a limited spectrum for controlled tooth movement when compared with experimental results. The literature shows that the M/F relationship decreases as the spring is activated and the present study confirms that (Raboud et al., 1997; Burstone, 1982; Braun et al., 1997; Siatkowski, 1997; Thiesen et al., 2005). However, the works of Sander (2000) and Kum et al. (2004) have found constant values for the springs studied during deactivation from 6 mm to rest.
Delta springs produce a suitable force system compatible with sound biomechanics. Considering the values resulting from the spring's stress–strain behaviour, the force levels were adequate for high activations. Studies on orthodontic retraction springs should not only consider the force levels but also the stress–strain behaviour. If YS is surpassed during activation, the spring will work in a plastic region limiting its performance. Delta springs can be deactivated from 6 to 3 mm to produce canine retraction in a controlled movement and activated up to 7 mm to work safely within the elastic region.
This research was supported by Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior, Brazilian Ministry of Education, DS-CPGEI, Brazil.
We would like to thank Professor Sérgio A. Ignácio (Pontifical University of Paraná) for undertaking the statistical analysis.
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Ugh, why is your boyfriend so weird?? Better question is why do you put up with it? I'd tell my husband he's nuts if he tried to make our own kids leave the room just to change a stupid diaper.
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I'm pretty sure OP starts a perfectly normal thread with the intention of later interjecting some totally random and ridiculous crap about her "baby daddy" just to get some reactions.
But I've realized that OP and Baby Daddy (LOL that makes me laugh every time) are pretty much cut from the same cloth.
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Welcome to the home of the HWAC HURRICANESTop Times for 2014If you would like to see all of your swimmer's TOP TIMES during the 2014 season, click on this link Top Times - 2014. Congratulations to all Hurricanes Swimmers on a fantastic season. See you next summer!!! Flash MobIf you haven't seen it yet, click on this link to see the Hurricanes' Flash Mob at the NSSL A Finals parade. It was classic! A Finals PhotosThe below link is to the Phleck Photos website -
Chris Fleck, a past NSSL president, and his staff took HUNDREDS of pictures at the 2014 A-Finals meet at Beachwood. The photos can be found at the following link listed below. Make sure you check out the Parade of Teams!
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A Finals ResultsCongratulations to Mitchell Buccalo - meet champion in the 15-18 Boys Backstroke - crushing his own record. There were several more records broken - Molly Logsdon broke her own 15-18 Girls Breaststroke record; Emmeline Dunckel broke two records previously held by Christina Ricci - 15-18 Girls Butterfly and 100 IM; Adam Nave broke coach Jason Austermann's 11-12 Boys Backstroke record and Mitchell Buccalo broke another record previously held by Jim Lewis in the 15-18 Boys Breaststroke that was set in the mid 1990's! The Hurricanes finished 8th overall. Complete A finals results can be found in the handouts section of this website. Great season everyone!!! B Finals ResultsCongratulations to our B finals swimmers on a great meet. We had two meet champions! Way to go - Eden Beckerman 9-10 butterfly champ and Carly Saltsman 9-10 Breaststroke champ. Awesome job girls. Complete results can be found in the handouts section of this website. End of the Season team celebration!Sunday, July 27, 6:30 pm REC Center. Celebrate the HWAC season - food, coach's recap and video screening...see registration form under Headlines to the right. A and B Finals Info...Now included in the Handouts section of this website is information on A and B finals. Meet packets and advertising information is now posted in the Handouts section of this website. The Hurricanes swim team will be paying for ONE happy ad for each swimmer – however you need to fill out the Happy Ads form and return it to the Swim Team Box no later than Sunday, July 13th. It doesn't matter whether your swimmer is participating in A or B finals – just complete the form and we will circle A or B Finals once the entries are complete. If you want to submit more than one happy ad, just include $5 per additional ad with your form (checks made out to Hurricanes Swim Team). Good luck to all of our championship swimmers! A finals parade t-shirtDeadline to order your A Finals parade t-shirt is Saturday, July 12th. See order form under "Headlines" for more information. Red & Black Charity MeetIt's that time again...it's Red and Black Meet Time! This is your opportunity to race coaches, swim with noodles and even win a pineapple! See the flyer under "Headline News" to the right. Have this flyer back in the black box by JULY 10th, no registration will occur after this time! Sign up and make sure you show up to have a great time! Team SocialInformation flyer regarding the upcoming social event can be found in the Headlines link to the right. It should be great fun for all swimmers! Meet ResultsMeet results for the dual meets and mini meets will be posted in the Handouts section as soon as they are available. Kudos to all HWAC swimmers who participated in the 9-10 mini-meet. Congrats to meet champs - Sophia Papadopoulos - 10 year old 25 free, Ian Carpenter - 10 year old 50 free and Kylie Ritter - 9 year old 25 back. 11 & Up Mini Meet results are now posted. Way to represent Huntington Woods! Awesome swims for our 8 & Under team members at their mini-meet. Congrats to meet champs - Emerson Robert - 7 year old 25 free and Lucy Pugh - 6 year old 25 free AND 6 year old 25 butterfly! Way to go! Mini Meet Information - Please note all registration deadlines!Information for the 9-10 Mini Meet has been posted under the Invitationals page of this website. If you are interested in participating in this meet on Saturday, June 14th, you must complete the registration form and return it to the Hurricanes box at HWAC by Sunday, June 8th. There is a $9.00 entry fee per swimmer. Information for the 11 & Up Relay Mini Meet has been posted under the Invitationals page of this website. If you are interested in participating in this meet on Saturday, June 21st, you must complete the registration form and return it to the Hurricanes box at HWAC by Sunday, June 15th. The coaches will be putting together the registered swimmers in the relays, so it is not possible to accept lat entries. If you sign up for the meet, please do not be a NO SHOW! You will impact everyone in your relay. There is a $9.00 entry fee per swimmer. Information for the 8 & Under Mini Meet has been posted under the Invitationals page of this website. If you are interested in participating in this meet on Saturday, June 28th you must complete the registration form and return it to the Hurricanes box at HWAC by Thursday, June 19th. There is a $8.00 entry fee per swimmer. HWAC NewsA few updates….. Morning practice --Tomorrow (Friday, June 13) for all age groups 7:00 AM - 9:00 AM - 13 years and older 8:50 AM - 10:00 AM - 9-12 year olds 10:00 AM -10:45 AM - 8 and Under & NEW 9-10 year olds Concession Donations – Food donations are needed for the home meets. Please click on the link below to sign up to donate an item. We appreciate your help! www.SignUpGenius.com/go/805044EAEAF2FA46-food/4602566 Spirit Wear -- Show your HWAC Spirit! Spirit wear orders are in!!! Pick up will be available on deck during this Friday's (6/13) morning practices and on Sunday (6/15) from 1-3 at the Einhaus Residence (10755 Kingston Avenue, Huntington Woods). If you ordered a silicone cap - you will need to have payment ready, $18 cash or check made payable to Hurricane Swim Team. Thank you! Any questions please contact Erin Carpenter email@example.com. Meet Start Times -- Meet start times and warm up times are being finalized. This information will be forthcoming. No Show List -- If your swimmer cannot be at a meet, the coaching staff needs to know. Please email it to email@example.com at least 48 hours before the meet. Last minute illnesses do happen, but if it is less than 48 hours before the meet, make sure to contact a coach or Catherine Einhaus (248)-252-0281 to report the no-show. This policy will allow coaches to prepare the meet line-up without having to make last minute changes. The absence of a swimmer often affects which events other swimmers will swim. Last minute changes to the line-up will often cause a domino effect which results in confusion and extra work for coaches and volunteers. 2014 Team Spirit WearCheck out the Spirit Wear Order Form link to your right. Orders due by Friday, May 30th. Change in Practice ScheduleDue to a scheduling conflict, there will be no practice on Wednesday, May 7th. Therefore, returning swimmers will report on Thursday, May 8th. Please note the times for practice on Thursday. Wednesday, May 7 -- NO PRACTICE Thursday, May 8 -- RETURNING SWIMMERS ONLY BHS Pool 3:00 PM - 4:05 PM - High School (arrive as soon as you can get there) 3:50 PM - 4:55 PM - Middle School (6th, 7th& 8th) (arrive as soon as you can get there) 4:45 PM - 5:30 PM - 5th grade and under Friday, May 9—Burton Ice Cream Social NO ELEMENTARY PRACTICE (practice for Middle and High School students only as usual) 2014 Parent HandbookIf you were unable to attend the parent meeting, your HWAC Parent Handbook is available for you at the front desk of the Rec Center. Please pick up your copy at your earliest convenience. There is also a copy in the Handouts section of this website for your reference. 2014 HWAC Swim Season - UpdateTime flies so fast! It's hard to believe another swim season is already on the horizon. Plans are well underway for the 2014 swim season. Sean Peters and Katie Jeffrey, along with a crew of other coaches, will be on the pool deck for another exciting summer. As in past years, returning swimmers can register before the general registration and secure their spot on the team. Returning swimmers must register by March 3, 2014. After that date, new swimmers will be eligible to register during general registration. Team membership is limited to the first 180 swimmers, so be sure to sign up and reserve your spot!!! Registration fees are as follows: $210 per swimmer for HW residents + $25.00 Team Fee = $235.00 $255 per non-resident swimmer ($210 registration fee + $5 non-resident swimmer fee+ $40 non-resident family fee) + $25.00 Team Fee = $280.00 $215.00 per each additional non-resident swimmer + $25.00 Team Fee = $240.00 The HWAC Board has worked hard to maintain a high-quality, fun and engaging swim team at the lowest possible cost to our families. In recent years, HWAC was able to use surplus funds to underwrite a number of team expenses, but those funds have now been expended. In order to cover costs without constantly asking families to pay for small items, a modest "Team Fee" of $25 per swimmer has been instituted and must be paid along with your registration fee. This covers the concession fee, and the team t-shirt and swim cap for each swimmer. It will also give each swimmer the option of a free ad in the program for A or B Finals. If you have questions or concerns regarding this fee, please contact the HWAC Treasurer, Theresa Fraley, at email@example.com or (248)-390-6235. There are three forms that must be completed and turned in for registration. The first is the registration form for returning swimmers. Please make sure to complete all fields on the form. The second form is the A and B Finals intention letter. If you do not turn in the A and B intention forms we will assume that your child is not available to swim in either meet. The third form is the Parent/Athlete Acknowledgement Form. The Michigan Department of Community Health requires all parents and participants in any organized athletic program to read and sign a document relative to concussions. This document will remain on file as long as a swimmer participates on the swim team. A new form will not be required each year. All three forms must be completed in order to be registered. Please fill out the forms and drop them off or mail them to the Rec Center with your payment. Each swimmer in your family must complete a separate set of forms. If you are a returning swim family and you did NOT receive a Returning Swimmers Registration email with all of the forms attached, please contact Catherine L. Einhaus, our HWAC Parent Board President - contact information below. General registration for resident new swimmers will begin March 4, 2014 at 6PM. If you have any new swimmers in your family, please register them at this time. If necessary, a lottery for available spaces will be held. Non-resident Berkley School District registration will begin March 10, 2014 at 6PM. If necessary, a lottery for available spaces will be held. Please note that under no circumstance will any non-registered swimmer be allowed to practice with the team. Detailed information on the season will follow as soon as it is available. For your information, practice for returning swimmers will begin in early May at the Berkley High School. A firm date on when practice begins will be communicated as it is available (closer to spring). The meet schedule this summer has NOT been finalized. However we have included the tentative schedule below - start times are TBD: Monday, June 16 – Kendalwood at HWAC Thursday, June 19 –Bloomfield Hills Swim & Tennis at HWAC Monday, June 23 – HWAC at Beechview Thursday, June 26 – HWAC at Beechwood Monday, June 30 – HWAC at Pleasant Ridge Thursday, July 10 – Woodbrooke Hills at HWAC Saturday, July 19 - B Finals at Cranbrook Saturday, July 26 & Sunday, July 27– A Finals at Beachwood Aside from our coaching staff, HWAC is a completely volunteer-run organization that relies on the participation of each family to provide the best possible experience for the swimmers. Being part of the team means that each family is expected to volunteer at least twice during the course of the season. There are many volunteer opportunities at home and away meets, as well as other team related activities. Please remember that the team cannot run without the help of our families. If we each volunteer at least twice, our meets and events will run smoothly. 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Simply scroll down on this page until you see "Game Cancelled" and a lightning bolt on the far left side. Click on Get Started. On the next screen, click on Sign Me Up! Enter the email address where you want alerts to be sent and then make sure the "create a FREE account button" is highlighted and click Submit. You will receive an email verification code sent to the email address you just submitted – enter that on the next screen, choose a password and complete your contact information. (You must be 13 years old to create an alert account. If you want your swimmer to receive alerts and they are younger than 13, you will need to "override" their birthdate.) Once you submit that information, the next screen will ask for your cell phone number and carrier for text alerts. Again you will be sent a verification code which you will enter on the next screen. After your phone number has been validated, you will be asked which alerts you would like to receive. 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'Billionaires for Bush' placed the American Social Security System up for sale on eBay. Apparently it was quickly pulled, but Billionaires for Bush has archived the auction on their own site:
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Is McDonalds Outsourcing their Drive-Thru Windows? —
The rumor I heard was that McDonalds would be outsourcing the job of taking orders at the drive-thru window to some company in North Dakota, because the minimum wage in North Dakota is only $5.15, whereas it's higher in other states, so they figure they can save some money. In other words, you could be going through a drive-thru in San Diego and giving your order to some guy in North Dakota. This struck me as very odd. But it appears that the story is basically true, except that
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The Money Blog Experiment —
The Blog Experimenter, as he calls himself, is a "30-something guy living in the midwest United States." His experiment is to create a blog, put Google Ads on it, and see how much money he can make off the venture. Except he's really created two blogs. The first one is 'the money blog', which is the blog that is the subject of the experiment. The second is the 'blog money experiment', on which he chronicles his efforts to make money with the google-ad-driven 'money blog'. He doesn't…
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An Interview with Hiroshi Yamauchi —
An interview with Hiroshi Yamauchi, former president of Nintendo, has been doing the rounds. It's supposedly published in the February issue of Wired. The interview is quite colorful, to say the least. For instance, at one point Yamauchi claims that during a meeting with Microsoft's Steve Ballmer he said to him, 'hey, Ballmer, why don't you suck my tiny yellow balls.' This was his response to Microsoft's offer to buy Nintendo. The quotation is offered up in bold letters in the sidebar,…
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Salvation Army Gold Coin Mystery —
A coin dropped into a Salvation Army kettle last week in Naperville has made headlines. It was a $400 gold coin wrapped in a $1 million bill (the $1 million bill was fake). This brings up the mystery of just who's behind this tradition of dropping gold coins into Salvation Army kettles. Apparently the tradition dates back to 1982, when a gold coin was dropped into a kettle in a Chicago suburb. Gold coins have shown up in kettles in many states ever since then. Some think the coins are…
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How much would you pay for a one-page pdf file discussing the delayed launch of Sony's PlayStation Portable in North America? What about $750. That's the price it's going for on Amazon. But maybe it's worth it, because it has received quite a few five-star reviews. For instance, D.C. McKinney says that it's "Definately a good read and well worth the price of admission! This gem of a find is a must for anyone with even the slightest bit of interest in delays in the world of Sony…
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End of World Causes Bank Failure —
Numerous bad loans to a polygamist sect that believes the end of the world is nigh has caused the 99-year-old Bank of Ephraim in Utah to go under. The Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (a small Mormon sect a small splinter sect of the Mormon church, unaffiliated with the main church) was spending money like the end of the world was around the corner... because they thought the end of the world actually was around the corner. And happily funding this spending…
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ATM Dispenses Fake Cash —
When customers of the Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce tried to withdraw cash from the bank's ATM, instead of money they received "colorful bills used as incentives at Canadian Tire Corp. hardware stores." So what do you do if an ATM gives you funny money instead of real bills? An article in the Charlotte Observer (requires obnoxious registration) gives this advice: "Don't walk or drive away from the teller window without checking the money first... Once you leave the teller, fake…
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BBC Falls for Bhopal Hoax —
The hoaxing of the BBC has now been all over the news. In case you haven't heard, on Friday the BBC broadcast an interview with a man claiming to be a representative of Dow Chemical, Jude Finisterra (is the guy's last name supposed to mean 'the end of the world'?). During the interview the man said that Dow had decided to accept full responsibility for the chemical disaster that killed thousands of people in Bhopal twenty years ago, and in addition it would pay $12 billion in…
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Top 15 Most Bizarre Reasons for Calling in Sick —
According to this press release from Career Builder, over one-third of U.S. workers take fake sickies (sick days when they're not really sick). Personally I think that number is too low. The real number should be closer to 90 or 100 percent, because I don't know anyone who hasn't taken a fake sick day at some point. But then again, maybe all my friends and family members are slackers. The same press release also offers the 15 most bizarre reasons that people have offered for taking a…
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Phony Sold Signs —
A British Real Estate Agency has been fined for placing phony 'sold' signs up outside the houses of its own employees. It's not quite clear to me what they gained by doing this. I assume it made them look like they were doing more business than they actually were. Still, it's odd to think that as you drive around a neighborhood and see all those 'for sale' and 'sold' signs, that the signs might bear no relationship to reality at all.
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I recently joined Netflix, and I'm enjoying it so far. It makes sense to rent dvds via the web (though scratched dvds are a real headache). But when I came across Bag, Borrow, or Steal, which delivers a constant stream of designer handbags to your door, I thought it was a joke. It's obviously not, which just goes to show how out of touch I am with the world of fashion. I also was a bit skeptical about the Blacksocks service. Blacksocks describes itself as the "inventor of the…
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Why would anyone counterfeit money if the cost of making the counterfeits was more than the money itself? That's the question Japanese police are puzzling over. Since profit can't be a motive "police suspect a techno-maniac is involved." Well, either that or a really stupid criminal.
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Either this is a bizarre new scam, or the Times of India has fallen for a tall tale. It claims that the hot new trend among programmers is to outsource their own jobs to India. As the article explains: "Says a programmer on Slashdot.org who outsourced his job: 'About a year ago I hired a developer in India to do my job. I pay him $12,000 out of the $67,000 I get. He's happy to have the work. I'm happy that I have to work only 90 minutes a day just supervising the code. My employer…
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Christian Debt Removers —
I got spammed today by Christian Debt Removers, an organization which advertises itself as a debt elimination service "based on Christian principles." Whatever that means... your guess is as good as mine. The only thing I could figure out was that they've slapped a few proverbs up on their site and this somehow makes them 'Christian.' Of course, the one Christian phrase that's conspicuously absent from their site is the line from the Lord's Prayer: "forgive us our debts, as we also…
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Get That Degree You Want, Now —
I had come to think I was never going to get my Ph.D., but I shouldn't have been so pessimistic. All I need to do is lower my standards a bit and sign up for one of those PhDs that Saint Regis University is practically giving away. A Georgia math teacher did, and she got a $16,000 pay raise. Or you could save even more money and get any degree you want, from any institution of higher learning, from BogusPhD.com.
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Tax Refund for a Princess —
If you're going to cheat on your tax forms, you might as well do it big, like this university cafeteria worker did. She claimed to be a Hawaiian princess and managed to get a $2.1 million refund from the IRS. The only thing is, she really believes she is a Hawaiian princess. Her defense lawyer argues that she suffers from an "irrational insistence upon an identity that is not her own." Maybe she's the second coming of
Princess Caraboo.
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Virtual Trader —
Wired News has an article about a guy, Julian Dibbell, who almost succeeded in making a living from trading in imaginary goods, namely virtual items from the game Ultima Online. Of course, it doesn't seem that extraordinary to me that someone could earn a good living from trading imaginary things. After all, isn't there a trillion dollar industry devoted to just this... i.e. the financial derivatives market? I mean, options and other financial instruments may have real value to people,…
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Fake Tax Returns —
Here's a story that's appropriate for April 15. Orange County tax preparer indicted for filing over 16,000 fake federal returns.
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New Retirement Plan —
My wife received this note in an email at work. Sadly, even though it's a joke, the advice it offers seems quite sensible:
New Retirement Plan: If you had purchased $1000.00 of Nortel stock one year ago, it would now be worth $49.00. With Enron, you would have $16.50 left of the original $1,000.00. With WorldCom, you would have less than $5.00 left. But, if you had purchased $1,000.00 worth of Beer one year ago, drank all the beer, then turned in the cans for the aluminum recycling…
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Una, and her companion Wolf, were most welcome guests...and of greatest duration thus far at one full week. We met at the market nearest the cottage to jointly provision, which was a comedic endeavor, as I had not yet provided continental breakfast provisions for such a term before. After joking a bit, I said to Una, "Guests are usually pleased with my choices, so why don't you shop for your other food items while I do my thing." Well, I guess it worked out okay as sometime later Wolf said I had shopped generously. Thank goodness. Anyway, I had a very enjoyable time showing them around the property on a mini-hike and then orienting them to the vagaries of the cottage. Their own rescue dog, Miami, played well with my Luna to the extent I knew they both would have loved each other's company all week. I can only hope Una, Wolf, and the canine who is definitely no wolf at all,will transit the continent sometime in the future to visit our cottage once again.
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i dont have much knowledge on boards so i was wondering if you guys had any suggestions. I currently have a board i won and its a burton but i cant seem to find the exact model name on it anywhere. its a 145 and im 6 foot tall, about 140lbs. I demoed a K2 world wide weapon last year at some slopes near me and i loved it. I demoed a few others but dont even remember what other ones i demoed cuz i liked the WWW so much. I have been researching it and i see alot of ppl say to never buy that board for slopes, only like parks and stuff. Any suggestions?
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Dear Editor: The city school system this week sent home proposed calendars for the 2008-09 school year that would receive an "F" or even a reprimand for poor behavior had they been turned in by a student. As a condition of receiving state funds, each school district promises to provide all children at minimum of 180 school days with at least six hours of "instructional time." The school system's proposed calendars include four half-days at the end of the fall and spring terms, as well as an "early dismissal" day for high school parades, that are counted as full instructional days. The result is that although taxpayers have paid for 180 full days and are told children receive 180 days, students in fact only receive 177.5 instructional days, putting our local schools, once again, behind the rest of the country. The system's new math, in which " 1/2 day = 1 full day," would fail any elementary school math test, as well as fail the system's obligation to provide the greatest learning opportunities possible for all students and to use taxpayer funds carefully. The city school system should put forth a calendar that truly provides 180 full instructional days or admit to the public that it has chosen not to provide our children with all the instructional days they deserve.
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Honestly it blows my mind that a game like this has a much much larger base than several p2p games currently out. Beyond the graphics and I guess unique side-scroller gameplay, what is it that made this game so successful compared to others? |
i'm being completely serious by the way :V |
The answer lies in Mount Doom.. |
Originally posted by Wolfenpride B/c its Good And Alot Of UpDates Great Alots Of Worlds And It Makes You Work For What You Do You Don't Have Them Do Everything For You |
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I'm curious about this as well. I remember playing and getting bored by the repetitiveness and simple animations. I actually like Wonder King somewhat I guess because I think the animations are way cooler, and I believe it has an auction house and pvp (which MapleStory doesn't have as far as I know) buut I've been thinking about trying Maple Story again, because the main reason I quit was because I forgot my secret ID or whatever. -------------------------- |
I tried LaTale, etc. etc. I ALWAYS find myself saying, "Damn... my old friends on maplestory were way cooler..." and I come back. The thing of maplestory is that KPQ gives you an influx of friends, and 9/10 I found REALLY cool guys. I even found one who has good musical tastes. ;) (Eric Clapton, Blind Faith, etc. etc.) |
What makes MS so great? simple , botters are free to bot 24/7/365 (366 every 4 years) Played this for like a week , and was amazed on how many botters were running loose , I'm not talking about 2-3 botters , i'm talking hundreds if not thousands. There isn't much to say on maple story. If it were a console game where I can play solo offline I would probably buy it,but online? In some areas you got more botters then mobs, makes leveling a pain in the behind. Anyways those who enjoys it , that's them. I usually end a post with "Enjoy!" but honestly there isn't much to enjoy on maple story. Not because of the graphics but because it's a game with no depth.I thought MS was Mario bros meets WonderBoy,boy was I ever wrong, It's more like Mario Bros meets IMVU. If I were to pick between 2D MMOs , I'd pick Fairyland hands down , at least in FL bots were rare but then again I could be wrong since I haven't played in like 2 years. Good luck! |
Well, GMS is the worst version out there. Try KMS - it's a heaven. New Big Bang patch, resistance classes. KMS was the 1st one so we get the content at first. No hackers, botters - and I realy mean it. I'm happy MS player after switching from GMS to KMS (even if I don't know korean). |
Botters are way less of an issue now than they use to be and nexon is a huge company and they are sucuessful for a reason i would say botting is a very small issue and if you played for a week you would be really low lvl so why would there be botters there if they are allowed to bot all the time wouldnt they be far ahead of you??? Most people mistake botters for people who just dont want to talk back and some people dont speak english or are talking in party chat. |
What I believe attracts people to play MapleStory is the simplicity, but complexity. They firstly grab the player with the free to play, which dragged me in, but at the time, there were quite a few people at the school already playing it, which was essentially why I started to play. Secondly, the simplicity allows you to start and make friends very easily. Thirdly, the game is very social. There's seriously no need to level. :P You can talk with friends all day, Nexon doesn't care. There are a lot of social people on it, and I think these people pull you back. The community has definitely matured over time, and I must say, I am proud. -Andheri |
The good thing playing Maplestory is what it gives. The game is so simple to play even a 5 yo can play it. first they entise you to play the game because it F2P and when you progress further they grap you to pay for their premium item. OT its so succesful because its fun and simplicity is beauty in my opinion. |
I've long since quit MapleStory, but I still feel it's a worthwhile game, especially as it's (for the majority) free, and not particularly difficult to get into. Great game, made even more so because it's free! There's several sites devoted to the game, and the community isn't as bad as most (coughcoughRunescapecoughcough). Try it, and if you don't like it, uninstall. It's only a gigabyte or so, which is great, because almost any modern computer can play it. Be prepared for months of devotion - you'll need it. Hitting Green Mushrooms with a Broadsword for several months does get boring. But it's still one of the best MMORPGs on the net. It's a great game, and I applaud Wizet and Nexon for having the guile to come up with an ingenious idea as such. A job well done, and I'd like to see some even better projects in future. |
I don't play MapleStory at all anymore (though I considered going back during the Big Bang, which rebalanced a lot of things; then I remembered that what bored me wasn't balance issues). However, I remember when I did play, I was pretty young. It was one of the first few good F2P games, and the colors were amazing. I swear, it's the colors of the Maple world that really drew me in. And the simplicity. No learning curve at all, really. |
Originally posted by Wolfenpride Because it requires skill to play xD You can dodge attacks(both melee and ranged), there is a little bit of aiming in there, and enemies flinch when you hit them. It feels like I'm playing a side-scrolling console game; only, unlike most MMOs that require skill, this game still offers a huge amount of exploration, quests, and dungeons(I don't remember if they were instanced or not). Most MMORPGs don't require skill at all =/ Most MMORPGs, like Perfect World, make you feel like you're watching your character do everything. When you or your enemy are hit, they don't flinch or anything...they just keep attacking you. There is no dodging...not even any kiting! (Not that Perfect World doesn't have amazing features[guild wars, factions occupied by guilds, faction bases, flying, pvp servers] but are those features worth enduring the awful fighting system? I understand that it makes you want to form parties....but games that require skill can do that too if it's challenging enough and the rewards are worth it(Mabinogi). Not that Maplestory's the only game like that.....there's also Mabinogi and Shin Megami, which are both 3D. It is really odd, though, that people who do vidoes or reviews on these games don't seem to mention or even notice how unique the fighting is at all for an MMORPG =/ |
Originally posted by Feverfew You really think MapleStory requires skill? Unless you're half blind and can't see the screen it's ridiculously easy to aim. Many DDO requires skill because you have to aim 3D while using skills you can't just spam like you can in MapleStory, but don't say that MapleStory requires skill just because you can aim. Are you saying those WoW players who PvP and have to run around hitting hotkeys as fast as Korean Starcraft players aren't skilled? |
Originally posted by bisurge DDO requires skill, and I do like DDO, but most games aren't DDO and 90% of DDO is instanced. Also, I said "there is a little bit of aiming in there." Yeah, it's easy to aim, but...."there is a little bit of aiming in there" <.< And it does require skill. Very little skill 1 on 1, but it's *never* 1 on 1..... I've never played WoW so I can't say anything about it....so no...I'm not "saying those WoW players who pvp.......aren't skilled." |
Well, if I had to guess it's because it was one of the first 'free to play' side scroller games, it has graphics that easily attract any young gamer, it is very easy to play (in 5 minutes you will know all the basic controls), and I think overall, it's a well made game. |
Originally posted by Thegoodlol That says it all. Btw check out the Maple Kombat series on youtube |
I ike the music and hilariousness of everything. I love hat the most powerful being int he Universe is teh Pink Bean and that he jams on his headphones while your fighting him XD And that he's only been beaten twice ever (at last since the last time I read the maple wiki XD) It's just goofy and lighthearted and I like the classes. ( I don't play atm, but I always have it installed on my comp just in case I get the urge) |