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The deer population is currently going through rut, also known as mating season. Deer, especially males have a tendency to act unusually aggressive and venture into more rural areas.
A prime example happened Thursday in the Town of Scott when a buck got into the basement of a construction site. The DNR was called to investigate and had to dart the buck in order to calm him down. Then they safely lifted him out of the basement using a fork lift. The DNR doesn't know how the deer got in to the basement but suspect the odd behavior was due to the mating season.
Josh Jackl, a Wildlife Engineer with the Wisconsin DNR says you have to be cautious around deer during this time of year.
"Treat it as a wild animal, give it respect, give it space because it is a wild animal," says Jackl, "It is unpredictable and at this time of year even more unpredictable . Give it the space that it deserves."
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|calendar>> January 16. 2014 Juche 103
Congratulatory Message Sent to Soldier-builders of Masikryong Ski Resort
|Pyongyang, January 16 (KCNA) -- The Central Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea and the WPK Central Military Commission sent a congratulatory message to the soldier-builders who successfully completed the construction of the Masikryong Ski Resort.
There took place meetings for conveying the congratulatory message at relevant units.
Present there were officials of the Ministry of the People's Armed and units which participated in the construction and soldier-builders.
The message was read out at the meetings.
The message said that the construction of the Masikryong Ski Resort is a great miracle produced by the deep love and leadership of the WPK to put forward the Korean people who have single-mindedly made a long journey for the Songun revolution under the leadership of the party as the most civilized and happiest people in the world, and a great structure built thanks to the indomitable mental power and inexhaustible militancy of the powerful revolutionary Paektusan army ready to flatten even a high mountain at one go once the supreme commander issues an order.
The construction of the ski resort was a project to build a large-scale modern ski resort, the first of its kind in the DPRK in its scale and style, and a gigantic nature-harnessing project to build skiing courses and structures on a steep mountain despite unfavorable climatic conditions by weathering manifold difficulties and ordeals, it noted.
The shouts of hurrah which resounded forth in the whole area of Masik Pass represented thrilling fireworks as they demonstrated the dignity and national power of the great Paektusan nation, which does everything as it pleases by its own efforts and with its indigenous technology and natural resources, and a thunder as they dealt a sledge hammer at the hostile forces which made foolish efforts to delay the construction of the ski resort, it said.
It highly praised all soldier-builders for building the world-class sports tourist resort on the highest level in the shortest span of time and thus making a great contribution to building a highly civilized socialist nation and providing the landmark of a new leap forward in building a thriving nation.
Speeches were made at the meetings to renew their determination.
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Team Fortress 2 Multi-Core Investigation
Yesterday we brought you the news that Valve has added support for multi-core CPU's in its latest update of Team Fortress 2. Today we tested that feature, and you will find the results quite interesting.
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CPU: Intel Q9450 @ 3.2 GHz
Motherboard : GIGABYTE EX-38 DS4
RAM: GeIL 4GB (2 x 2GB) 800Mhz 5-4-4-12
GPU: Palit 9800GT 1GB @ 600/1500/900 MHz
Drivers Used: Nvidia GeForce 182.08 Beta WHQL
OS: Windows Vista x64 SP1
For our testing we used 1280×1024 resolution and enabled all the highest settings in the video menu in Team Fortress 2. Our only variable was the Multi-Core option. We proceeded to record a 1 Min timedemo while playing online by using the "record timedemoname" command in the console . The demo was played back at normal speed with the demoplayer which can be accessed by pressing Shift+F2. The timedemo involves playing as a soldier and killing some people in the process as well as getting killed ! 😥
We see some considerable gains with multi-core option enabled. NOTE: This feature is currently in testing stage right now. So we may get some more gains in future. In the following screenshot you will see the CPU core usage with this option enabled and disabled. This screenshot was created with the help of Rivatuner's Hardware Monitor. We can clearly see the 2,3 and 4 cores being utilized with the multi-core option enabled.
Hats off to Valve ! Although Source engine games do not require a beefy rig to play comfortably, enabling multi-core support should help out people with lower end components if they happen to have a multi-core CPU. This should help the transition to multi-core software which is lacking, considering multi-core hardware has been available for a long time now.
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text: Celebration, tribulation and the end of an era Published: December 28, 2003 Two events with worldwide implications were the choices for top local stories of 2003 by Telegraph editors, reporters and photographers. Newspaper staff narrowly picked the demise of the Old Man of the Mountain over the appointment of the Rev. V. Gene Robinson as Episcopalian bishop of New Hampshire as the top story of the year. Both stories overshadowed the ongoing saga of Pennichuck Water Works, a pair of murders in August that led to the arrest of teenagers and Nashua's ringing in its sesquicentennial. When the Old Man fell in early May, it marked the end of an era that began with its "discovery" in 1805. The rock formation, which graces the New Hampshire quarter, was believed to have been formed by geological processes that started about 10,000 years ago. The attraction in Franconia Notch was viewed by an estimated 600,000 tourists each year. For decades, caretakers used turnbuckles, cables and grout to preserve the formation on the series of peaks that make up Cannon Mountain. But the work only staved off the inevitable, and sometime in the night of May 2 or early morning of May 3, the old man slipped away. Months later, a task force commissioned by the governor recommended the state create a memorial, but not attempt to reconstruct the Old Man. Six months later, another era ended when Robinson, an openly gay man living with a same-sex partner, was consecrated as bishop of the Episcopal Church in New Hampshire. Robinson, 56, burst into the headlines in early June, when he was selected by a majority of clergy and lay representatives from around the state to lead the state's Episcopalians. His election was criticized by a variety of Christians locally and worldwide, and his confirmation came only after he was cleared of last-minute allegations of misconduct. The full impact of his confirmation, which took place amid some protest in November in Durham, is yet to be seen. On a much more local level, the ongoing questions about the future of Pennichuck Water Works, which supplies water to Nashua and many surrounding communities, made big news throughout the year. From the demise of a stock-for-stock deal in which water giant Philadelphia Suburban would have purchased the local utility for more than $100 million to the city's attempt to acquire the company, the 150-year-old firm has been a flashpoint for controversy. As the year comes to a close, talks of eminent domain, debate over power-sharing on a regional water board, an investigation of the city by the private National Association of Securities Dealers and lingering questions about a home purchase by the former company president continue to swirl. On a darker note, a pair of summertime murders came in fourth in Telegraph voting. On Aug. 8, Jeanne Dominico, a 43-year-old mother of two, was stabbed to death in her Nashua home. Her 16-year-old daughter, Nicole Kasinskas, and her daughter's teenage boyfriend, William Sullivan Jr., were charged in connection with Dominico's death. Dominico was remembered by friends as a loving and devoted mother who worked ceaselessly to make ends meet. "She was an angel here on Earth, and without question she'll be one in heaven," said a longtime friend. Sullivan has pleaded not guilty to killing Dominico, and Kasinskas faces charges for allegedly acting as a lookout on the night of the crime. Just three weeks later, Paul Herlihy, 51, of Milford, was found murdered in his home. His son, Douglas Herlihy, then 17, was arrested in Stoneham, Mass., shortly after the elder Herlihy was found dead. Top Local stories Douglas Herlihy had crashed and abandoned his father's car and was apprehended after a foot chase, police said. Douglas Herlihy faces a variety of motor vehicle and drug charges; neither he nor anyone else has been charged in connection with Paul Herlihy's death. On a brighter note, Telegraph staffers chose Nashua's yearlong celebration of its sesquicentennial as the No. 5 story of 2003. The city's festivities included new events and spruced-up versions of annual celebrations: a winter celebration gala, a 150th birthday cake at the annual Taste of Downtown, a spectacular sesquicentennial parade, a sesquicentennial ball, the city's Festival of Nations and the Downtown Holiday Stroll. The anniversary sparked plenty of looking back at the 150 years since Nashua reunited with Nashville after an 11-year split and became the city we know today. At the time of the split, Nashua had only been in existence for five years. In keeping with Nashua politics, the particularly hard-fought 2003 mayoral campaign that pitted incumbent Bernie Streeter against Alderman-at-Large Steve Bolton and former mayor and double-write-in candidate Don Davidson came in sixth on The Telegraph list. The campaign was in part a blame game, with Streeter and Davidson excoriating each other for the city's fiscal situation. For all the sharp words and bitter struggle, the Nov. 4 election was less than divisive, with all nine city wards backing Streeter for another four years in office. Another heart-rending death shook the city in the summer when 3-month-old Christopher Linde succumbed to injuries police say he sustained at the hands of his father. Barry Linde, convicted of severely disabling another son by shaking him in the early 1990s, was charged with shaking Christopher, who died in July after three weeks in the hospital. Barry Linde, a Nashua resident, has pleaded not guilty to second-degree murder. At the time of Christopher's death, Barry Linde was on parole for the 1991 assault. In the town of Wilton, the Police Department underwent a complete transformation in 2003. Selectmen placed then-Chief Robert Maguire on administrative leave in March, and he resigned in May. The next month, Maguire was convicted of criminal threatening and marijuana charges and was later stripped of his certification of as a police officer. Deputy Chief James Greene took over for Maguire, but resigned a short time later after an investigation revealed he had publicly shoved a sandwich into the face of Maguire's former live-in girlfriend. Richard Turgeon then took over as acting chief, but he, too, was decertified after revelations that he smoked marijuana surfaced in the course of the Maguire investigation. But the department put the worst behind it: Brent Hautanen, an Antrim police sergeant, took over the department in the fall, just in time to host an open house at the town's new police station. Telegraph staffers chose the tale of Milford Middle School teacher Kevin Marquis as the area's No. 9 story of 2003. Marquis, 35, had been teaching at the school for 10 years when he was charged in May with having sex with one of his 14-year-old students. Marquis was later charged with having sex with another teenage student, and also with using a computer to attempt to seduce the girls. The last of The Telegraph's top 10 local stories of 2003 was the ongoing loss of manufacturing jobs in the region. Many of those jobs are seen to be moving overseas, where costs are much lower. About one-fifth of manufacturing jobs in the state have disappeared over the last three years, continuing a long slide from the 1980s, bringing the current work force to about 81,300. The sting is especially painful: The average manufacturing pay and benefits are about 15 percent higher than other jobs in the private sector. Changing attitudes about manufacturing, along with government assistance, are seen as the keys to making manufacturing part of the future, and not just the region's heritage. But for many out-of-work area residents, that is cold comfort. Other stories that garnered mention among Telegraph voters were the death of former Gov. Hugh Gregg; the conviction of a former Merrimack priest for stealing from his parish; the release of documents by the Diocese of Manchester concerning priests' abuse of children; and the glut of Democratic candidates descending on the region for the upcoming primary. Alasdair Stewart can be reached at 594-6426 or email@example.com. This article appears in the Archive 2003 issue of New Hampshire Business Review Did you like what you read here? Subscribe to New Hampshire Business Review »


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In Thailand, a tiger gave birth to 3 baby tigers. Due to difficult pregnancy, babies were born prematurely and due to their small size, they died shortly after the birth.
After recovering, the mother tiger suddenly started to lose health, although physically she was fine. Veterinarians believed that the loss of her litter has caused depression. So they decided to put babies from another tiger with her, and perhaps, her condition would improve.
Unfortunately it turned out that it is impossible to obtain tiger babies of the right age for a grieving mother.
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ECU Head Coach Ruffin McNeill Welcomes Back 14 Returning Starters, 50 Lettermen
Head Football Coach Ruffin McNeill Discusses The Start Of Spring Practice
ECU Head Coach Ruffin McNeill Welcomes Back 21 Returning Starters, 50 Lettermen
Saturday Marks First Road Test For Football
Head Football Coach Ruffin McNeill Discusses The Upcoming Appalachian State Game
Hopes to rebound from a right shoulder injury and regain starting center position after earning top duties on a full-time basis as a sophomore ... Did not participate in spring drills because of the medical setback ... Should battle Taylor Hudson for the job when complete recovery is made... Impressive strength development, commitment and quick acclimation to ECU's offensive scheme allowed for a smooth transition from exclusive special team status to a starting assignment a year ago ... Will again be counted on to provide exemplary service as a short snapper on East Carolina's field goal and extra-point units ... Officially joined the Pirate program as an "invited" walk-on in the fall of 2011 and has since played in 23 career games with 11 starts ... Success and growth in his strength and conditioning pursuits are rivaled by very few ... Established a position record with a back squat of 685 pounds in the spring of 2013, a number which also ranked as the sixth-highest total in team history ... Also turned in ECU's fourth-highest push jerk lift ever at 385 pounds ... Other numbers of note include a 445-pound bench press, a 335-pound power clean and a flex rating of 13, which rated as one of the highest among all offensive linemen at the time ... In addition to delaying all on-the-field polishing, injury also curtailed any strength work in the spring of 2014.
2013: Started 11 of 13 games at center ... Did not open the Florida Atlantic and Ohio (Beef `O' Brady's Bowl) contests ... Also served as short snapper on all 26 field goal attempts and 66 PATs ... Recorded one tackle (solo) against UAB ... Regarded as a key member of an offensive unit that recorded 440 or more yards of total offense in 10 of 13 contests (six of 500-plus, two of 600-plus), with a season-high 625 against UAB ... Helped provide running lanes for all four of Vintavious Cooper's 100-yard rushing performances, including a career-best 198 against Ohio as a reserve ... Was a cog in a line that earned Beyond Sports Network Offensive Line-of-the-Week honors following North Carolina contest (603 yards on 101 plays) ... Played a vital role for a system that produced a 4,000-passer (4,139/Shane Carden), a 1,000-yard rusher (1,193/Cooper) and a 1,000-yard receiver (1,284/Justin Hardy) ... Assisted the Pirates to a No. 7 national rank in third down percentage (51.0), a No. 8 standing in scoring offense (40.2 ppg) and a No. 11 clip in passing offense (328.1 ypg).
2012: Played in 12 of 13 games as a redshirt freshman ... Helped contribute to a block-free campaign as ECU connected on 50-of-50 extra-point conversions and 15-of-20 field goal tries.
2011: Did not experience any game action as a redshirt during true freshman year ... Contributed to both offensive and special team scout units ... Despite walk-on status, intent to enroll was publicly announced during National Signing Day festivities in February.
High School: Started at center and as the long snapper as a senior, helping the Patriots to a 9-4 record and an appearance in the second round of the North Carolina High School Athletic Association 3AA state playoffs - WCHS's first post-season appearance since 2004 ... Helped West Carteret to a 5-2 mark and third-place showing in the Coastal Conference ... Selected to play for the North Carolina squad in the Shrine Bowl of the Carolinas following senior season ... Earned the starting nod at center for the contest and became just the fourth player from Carteret County to ever play in the game ... A NCPreps.com 3A First-Team All-State and All-Coastal Conference selection following final campaign ...Named the team's best offensive lineman and strongest man as a senior ... Helped the Patriot offense average 31.1 points per contest during 2010 ... West Carteret went 5-6 during junior season and 3-8 as a sophomore ... Wrestled for the Patriot program as a freshman and senior.
Personal: Full name is Curtis Roy Struyk, Jr., but prefers to go by C.J ... Born July 7, 1993 at Morehead City, N.C. ... Father, Curtis, lettered as a defensive tackle for the Pirate football program in 1984 before a brief NFL career with the New York Giants ... Lists hunting and fishing as favorite hobbies ... Major is industrial distribution & logistics.


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David graduated from Nottingham University in 2010 with a Masters in Chemical Engineering. Having found out about Centrica via a fellow Nottingham graduate who was working for the company he first joined on the 2009 Information Systems (IS) summer placement programme.
Having had a brilliant summer working with the business solutions team on the deal for Centrica to acquire a 20% stake in British Energy, he then rejoined Centrica as a graduate in 2010 on the Chemical Engineering stream. He's currently based in Heysham, the office which looks after the offshore gas terminals in the East Irish sea. His current role is to look at the optimisation of the terminals that are operated from a process and safety perspective. This involves detailed calculations, running simulations and getting his hands 'dirty' out on plant.
David is involved in supporting campus recruitment at Lancaster and Nottingham universities and has played cricket for Centrica Energy. He also dons the young engineers' football jersey once a week in the highly competitive 'Young Boys vs. Old Gents' football game at the office. He is a STEM (science, technology, engineering and maths) ambassador, talking to young people about the opportunities available through a career in the engineering and science fields. Since starting at Centrica he has also developed a passion for spending time in the kitchen, fancying himself as a young Jamie Oliver.
David was attracted to Centrica by the company's growth and the clear strategy it has in the way it wants to go forward, one which he believes will work well. David believes that Centrica is aware of the responsibility that an energy provider has to the public and to the environment. He appreciates being able work on a processing plant that is one of the most modern in Europe and is extremely complex; although a very steep learning curve it's one that will stand him in good stead for the rest of his career.
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This might be the shortest, simplest life advice ever:
If you have a burning desire to do something, for f**k's sake, do it.
Many of us don't have a burning desire and that's fine. It might be something you need to work at. But if you are lucky enough to possess that burning desire, that niggling won't-go-away calling, that constant dream pulling at you, then please try it, start it, do it.
A desire burns for a reason. It's calling you to do something about it. And it probably won't go away until you get started.
I was talking to a friend at a drinks party. Like many of us, she's found herself doing a job that isn't really her.
"So, what do you really want to do?" I asked her.
I ask this question a lot. Lots of time I hear back, "I don't know". Other times you see the person's eyes light up, their voice get excited and it couldn't be clearer.
That's what I saw this time. My friend said her real dream was to become an art teacher. But she acknowledged there are a few obstacles in the way, and understandably, the obstacles had deterred her.
"But hang on," I cut across, "this desire to teach art, is it a burning desire?".
I could see it in her eyes. An unequivocal yes. It was what she wanted. Now that was established, we talked about how she might be able to knock down those obstacles. We came up with some ideas to start exploring this dream.
The route to your burning desire may not be straightforward or easy. It will probably be daunting. But your passion will provide you with the fuel to get started.
Of course, having a burning desire doesn't automatically provide a magic wand. Having the dream doesn't mean you wake up the next morning and start living it. You still have to work at it. JK Rowling was rejected twelve times before she got lucky. My editor at the FT turned me down the first time I suggested I write for the paper. And the same happened the first time I approached the publisher who would end up publishing my first book. I got rejected. But yes, I had a burning desire. To write a book, to get published. And so I persevered.
There is no magic formula — but if there was — it might look something like this:
Burning Desire + Perseverance + Hard Graft = Your best chance of pulling it off.
Ian Sanders is a business storyteller, writer and advisor. His books have helped readers on their journey towards their burning desires.
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Whether born that way or learned, we are all, at our core, integrationists. Believers in the power of integrated ideas and investors in the culture and process that creates them. But we are also all very different. Our team is serendipitously diverse in backgrounds, viewpoints, skill sets, favorite coffee flavors, fashion sense, you name it. Which is great, because you can't come at challenges from many different sides if your team isn't multi-dimensional. Plus, bringing together lots of people who are the same isn't really integration. Or interesting for that matter.


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Editor's Note: Students at Springdale's Southwest Junior High recently wrote letters to veterans and active-duty military personnel as part of their school work and will have an assembly Monday to recognize veterans. Below is a sampling of letters from students.
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Example sentences for trait
There is a third characteristic trait, a dauntless courage in accepting life.
Rarely does one gene determine one trait, and rarely does one trait vary because of one gene.
Also a mutation could only result in a variation of a trait that is already there.
The proportionally long necks of sauropods must have had some adaptive advantage for the trait to be so widespread and persistent.
The more developed the trait, the larger the organ, and the larger a protrusion it formed in the skull.
Rabbits, however, may be less likely to share this trait with their hare relatives.
What suggestions of imperturbability and being, as against the human trait of mere seeming.
Sooner or later that which is now life shall be poetry, and every fair and manly trait shall add a richer strain to the song.
The loss here would have been far heavier than it was had it not been for a curious trait shown by the cattle.
One could not catch a trait of the past, still less of the future.
It would be strange indeed if a human trait so widespread and significant had never been noticed and turned to account.
In this last trait the fertilising influence ascribed to the representative of the tree-spirit comes out clearly.
Contradiction, even hypocrisy, seems to be a lamentable trait of mammoth publishers.
Silver makes friends easily, a trait that has served him well in his business.
Structured procrastination is the art of making this bad trait work for you.
Animal-breeding experiments have established that physical aggression is in part a variable, heritable trait.
Most geneticists cannot understand why this trait which does not contribute to procreation was not weeded out along time ago.
He goes on to say that it is a distinctly human trait to put the weakest at the center of social life.
It expresses a degree of humility, which is perceived to be a character trait lacking in many newly minted doctorate holders.
If so, that's a trait that should have been noticed earlier in her career and reported in her recommendation letters.
In your post, you see confidence as a behavior trait.
Well, with her advancing age and dementia, this particular behavioral trait seems to be manifesting itself in rather bizarre ways.
We have become steadily more intelligent throughout that period which indicates that this, too, was an important selection trait.
But despite the myriad variations, one common trait is that it is almost always sold tax-free and therefore illegally.
Yet it has another trait: a hugely unequal distribution of income and wealth.
Feistiness is an all-German trait these days, bolstered rather than subdued by the crisis.
And it is the cocooning mentality is an antique trait.
Anyways, the personality trait section was riveting.
Rationality is the main human trait that separates us from animals.
It is a character trait of democracies, that they try to make the voters happy in the short term.
The trait is unique in these strange and fascinating fish that inhabit tropical and temperate coastal waters worldwide.
The common wood frog displays a rare trait called freeze tolerance.
When a gene-essentially a set of instructions-is translated into a trait, such as red hair or an arm, it is said to be expressed.
The same holds true across every breed and almost every physical trait.
The genetic basis of trait variation has always been the one hole in our knowledge of anole evolutionary biology.
Most of us can envision natural selection tweaking a simple trait-making an animal furrier, for example, or its neck longer.
The trait is found in isolated island mammal populations.
Resistance to sleeping sickness is one trait that potentially could spread through selective breeding.
There was no capacity for bone crunching-a trait of scavengers.
Due to such dramatic effects of small mutations, it was believed at the time that each gene codes for a particular trait.
Evolutionary biologists call this frequency dependence: it means that the rarer a trait becomes, the more it pays off.
Given the power of this trait, psychologists-and employers-want to measure it.
But this trait isn't the only reason scientists look to fruit flies for clues about how memories form in humans.
The normal length of the hair is an individual and species specific trait.
Statistics do suggest a genetic cause, but even if this is true, a genetic trait does not mean it is necessarily hereditary.
So-called healthy perfectionists embrace the trait's sunnier side while minimizing its darker features.
Actually, if the team's claim holds up, it will be the first confirmed linkage of a specific gene to any complex behavioral trait.
In living things, such as us, each gene determines something about our bodies-a trait.
Although studies have shown this trait in kids before, critics sometimes blame the study methods, which rely on word lists.
Shorewood so clearly falls in the dismissive camp that it makes me wonder if it's a personality trait.
We should be careful not to characterize every trait as an adaptation and then look for a fitness advantage to said trait.
Within the organization and its ambit there have always been pockets of belief in g as an inherited trait.
But these similarities in trait and background produced radically different conclusions.
They reflect one kind of dominance hierarchy, which is a general trait of organized mammalian societies.
That's not a good trait when the enemy could be nearby.
For this reason it is impossible to parse a particular complex trait into purely genetic and purely environmental components.
It is something he sees as regrettable, perhaps, but necessary-a trait that defines his stature.
There are also trait-based changes specific to position.
The biggest trait worth noting among all peach varieties is.
Sure it's a good trait but by no remote way should it be a gauge of leadership.
Improving yeast-ethanol tolerance is difficult because it is a complicated trait involving many genes.
They're heavy for the energy they store--a bad trait for mobile applications.
If producing oil was a trait that enhanced survivability of the organism this would be a trait that would have already happened.
The second required trait was sociability, or an ability to be attracted toward moving neighbors and physically align with them.
The phenomenon would seem to make no sense in light of the evidence that g is largely an inherited trait.
Of course, to have a nonzero heritability in a population, a trait must be heritable at the individual level.
The speeches also display as a strength a personal trait that can seem, instead, an indulgence.
There is, of course, one last trait all these people have in common.
The essential thing about languages, their defining trait, is their structure.
The common trait in all his poses and voices is excess of drama.
It was a preview of a trait he would grow famous for in business: emotion-free crisis management.
It's the trait friends of the family speak of with admiration.
Take linebreeding, which involves mating closely related dogs with a desired trait-perfectly droopy ears, for example.
Siblings vary in height, even though though the trait seems mostly controlled by variation in genes on the population level.
But still yeah itd be great for us individually to somehow take advantage of the trait the jellyfish earned and live forever.
But each patient had exhibited an unusual and misleading trait.
The latter is probably due to the genetic architecture of the trait.
Bipedalism is a quintessentially human trait that distinguishes us from other primates.
The trait affects only the legs, unlike the small-all-over effect seen in miniature or toy breeds, such as poodles.
In other words, you know altruists by a correlated physical trait.
But there is no general answer about how gene and trait are related across all environments.
From a technological perspective, a more intriguing trait of the rare earths is that some of them are highly magnetic.
Most of the corn and soybeans planted in the heartland contain this biotech trait for weed control.
Some social psychologists have theorized that prejudice may be an innate human trait.
Recessive traits require both genes in the gene pair to work together to control the trait.
It may be inherited as an autosomal dominant or autosomal recessive trait.
According to the researchers, it all boils down to a behavioral trait called adaptation.
Each of these tests illustrates the psychological trait known as anchoring.
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One of the things we love about modernism is that it means a lot of things to a lot of different people. For some, it refers to specific movements within arts and culture, whilst for others it's simply about breaking tradition.
Through the bringing together three pairs of creatives at the top of their respective fields, this debate has been brought to life: What does modernism mean to you?
When it came to it, our Conversations in Modernism ended up exploring a lot more than they set out to. Our Modernists delved into subjects such as what it means to be creative in a modern world, questioned how craftsmanship can survive the digital revolution, and whether it's possible to push things forward whilst still paying respect to the past.
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Votto 3
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Frazier 5
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Mike Leake is 7-3 2.64
His last 7 starts...6 of them with 1 ER or fewer.
I don't especially like his matchup versus the Dbacks....but if he wins again and keeps his ERA there....he funny enough would enter the AS pitching discussion.
Mike Leake has been all that AND a bag of chips in 2013. No doubt.
I am not sure what Josh Collmenter did out there but he should be in their starting rotation. He would look very good in a Reds' uniform.
Someone tell Martin Prado the season has started.
Heads of state that ride and wrangle. That look at your face from more than one angle. Can cut you from their bloated budgets. Like sharpened knives through Chicken McNuggets.
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Heads of state that ride and wrangle. That look at your face from more than one angle. Can cut you from their bloated budgets. Like sharpened knives through Chicken McNuggets.
I think the Reds are reading my posts. I've been touting Mes seventh instead of eighth in the lineup. This is the best way to help his bat. He'll get better pitches this way.
Robinson needs to be replaced against lefties with someone who has some power. Maybe Heisey will hit when he returns soon.
Reds could be dynamite against lefties because two of their LHH, Votto and sometimes Bruce, hit lefties well. But they don't have enough RHH destroying lefties.
"But I do know Joey's sister indirectly (or foster sister) and I have heard stories of Joey being into shopping, designer wear, fancy coffees, and pedicures."
He'll probably have 3 errors tonight now that I'm going to post this, but Choo is the best "terrible centerfielder" I've ever seen. The guy had two bad games early in the year and everyone was ready to write him off defensively. Truth of the matter is he's solid in center. Not great, but solid.
We need to get him back to swinging the bat like he was early in the year though. I wonder what happened there. Getting worn out? Pitchers figuring him out? Combination of the two?
There were a lot of Reds fans chirping that Choo in center would never work out though, after watching him play the first few games of the season. It was an adjustment period. Nothing more. Guy was always a good RF.
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Exclusive! Natalie Getz Shares Her Thoughts on Ben Flajnik Being the Next Bachelor
As fans of Ben Flajnik rejoice this week over the rumors that the Sonoma winemaker will be the next Bachelor, Wetpaint Entertainment got reaction to the news from one of our favorite Bachelor alums. (Note: ABC has yet to confirm that Ben will be the Season 8 star.)
While he failed to win the heart of Ashley Hebert, will the Season 7 runner-up have better luck now he's the man of the show with 25 beautiful women to choose from?
Bachelor Pad Season 1 winner Natalie Getz offered her insight into the casting and what 28-year-old Ben is going to face as the Bachelor.
"I heard awhile ago that Ben F. was going to be the next Bachelor and now that they've been spotted filming the home town episodes it must be true!" Natalie told Wetpaint Entertainment in an exclusive interview, adding that hottie Ben has been under close watch by ABC since they decided that he was the 'one' for the upcoming season.
"It's like that movie The Truman Show once they decide who they want to be the next Bachelor," explains Natalie, who is still very close with all her old cast mates as well as the producers of the show. "They control his life, even if he doesn't know it, and his conversation — even if he doesn't know it," she revealed. "I'm sure he'll be great on the show, but I hope that he's made the right decision. We'd rather him to be happy than for ABC to make good drama."
As always, Ben wasn't the only name being bounced around by producers, who were weighing up his charming single man qualities against those of other Ashley Hebert castoffs.
"They had talked to Ames [Brown], Ryan Park, and Ben F.," said Getz.
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Even though ABC has reportedly made their pick, as we learned with Chris Lambton last year, it may not be a done deal yet.
"If Ben backs out then Michael Stagliano would be great," revealed his good pal, Natalie. "They were wooing Chris L. like this last year and he said he didn't want to do it, and then he met Peyton [Wright] and is so happy — it's great when things work out like that! He rejected being the Bachelor and still found the love of his life."


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Rocky Mountain Christian Church just won a huge battle that really was about just how beneficial churches are to the community. Located in a rural area of Boulder County, Colorado, the church found itself at odds with the local zoning board because it needed to expand its sanctuary and school to accommodate an additional 150 worshipers and 120 students. The County dug its heals in, saying it wasn't going to have any "mega-churches" in its neck of the woods. It changed its rules to make it more difficult for churches – and this church in particular – to locate and grow there. Thankfully, the Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals opinion and a jury in the trial court below both saw the anti-religious bigotry at work and ruled against the county. You can read this helpful opinion obtained by the Becket Fund on behalf of the church here.
But this case is merely one more example of how government officials increasingly see churches as more of a hinderance than a help to the local community. That hasn't always been so. The Supreme Court observed in the 1970 Walz case that religious organizations are widely recognized as fostering "moral or mental improvement" in communities. Yet many governments now treat them no better than sexually oriented businesses – and sometimes worse.
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Pretty shitty.
not bad
Harbaugh will flip him back Blue
On to the next one.
Triple Post. Derp
Triple Post. Super Derp.
Did the quashing of the JoePa health rumors turn the tide?
Those aren't rumors. People don't live forever, and that guy has one foot in the grave.
in the grave.
When AZ met with Joe Pa they talked for 2 hours. Not a word about football. Joe Pa did his little " Here is my personal phone number. Only use it when you want to play for Penn State".
I am shattered that a young man from my home town committed else where. AZ also told his HC that the RR rumors didn't play a factor. He just felt comfortable at PSU.
On to the next recruit.
No worries, it isn't like he grew up a huge michigan fan and visited for nearly every home game or anything.
Coaching limbo claims another.
there's no coaching uncertainty with an 84 year old head coach.......
...but the way the "Michigan Man" faction has behaved over the last few years, I could see those warm feelings towards us growing cool over time.
Or maybe he just didn't want to play for a coach who knows absolutely nothing about defense b
He clearly needs to hire you.
in a few years. Michigan can't say the same.
I think if Harbaugh is brought in, Zettel will return.
Or, he just saw/felt something at PSU that seemed to fit. Its not like he's picking Tuscaloosa State over UMich, PSU has a lot of good things to offer and another storied and competitive program. Happy trails.
He isn't going anywhere unless something happens to JoePa. Harbaugh coming would have zero impact, unfortunately.
Maybe the kid doesnt like RR..
how about 'continuing to breathe uncertainty'
Is it too late to charge him for coming to the games?
I like it. It is one of my favorites.
Oh Benke, whining about his artwork again.
Maybe three of the worst defenses in school history had something to do with this? If Zettel really cared about "coaching limbo," do you honestly think after taking over a year in the recruitment process that he would be unable to wait one more week?
Remind me again which others were claimed by coaching limbo?
Avery Walls
If Walls wanted coaching certainty, he wouldn't be going to Cal.
Is Tedford for sure going to be there next year? Yes. By your logic probably half the coaches would be "uncertain". Anybody that has had a couple bad seasons. This is the kid that was recruiting for Michigan in the summer.
Hopefully these educated students are looking further than just if the coach will be there the next year.
That doesn't fit the blame-game/excuse machine that is the Army of Rich Rodriguez supporters.
Everybody is throwing blame and making excuses regardless of which side you're on. This M shaped firing squad has proven to be detrimental to our success on the recruiting trail.
So, if most kids are uncertain about who the coach will be for a team the following year and they still commit, doesn't that suggest that they are factoring in other things?
but that's not what I'm getting at. I said that Tedford is back for sure next year and that is a big difference from what we have here. Nobody knows if RR is back and that changes peoples minds, If he was a heavy Michigan lean and then nothing changed except for uncertainty of the coach, what else could it be? They are still located in AA at last check, they still led even when they weren't winning every week, and the depth chart looks even more inviting now than before. And if you say that it was al Cal making the difference, Tedford must be the ultimate recruiter because that is quite a lot of ground to make up.
And who knows how many other guys eliminated us weeks ago due to the coaching situation.
1. Dee Hart hasn't decommitted yet.
2. Your example shows what recruits do when they aren't sure who the coach is going to be. They wait.
3. Any other guys who have eliminated us that we don't know about weren't very serious about us to begin with.
Said he will still look even if RR returns. I don't think he's coming.
He hasn't decommitted yet, and the other place he was looking was Florida. Since Florida is picking up a new coach themselves, I think he IS coming.
Or, he's looking to see what it looks like Mucshamp will be doing with the program. If I was a recruit, I'd certainly be intrigued to see what that guy could do with a HC stop and a recruiting platform like Florida. Ideally a strong bowl performance and some outreach from a bunch of smart players at Michigan who look like they're having a heck of a good time will be enough to make that less appealing though.
The kid isn't stupid. He sees all this garbage out there, including on this board. He knows that a so-so season next year with RR could mean he gets stuck with another coach. Bama has no such coaching instability.
The guy asked about kids that we lost due to the coaching situation. So yes, this example shows what happens with the coaching situation is in the air and I will use it. I don't think Dee is gone, but he wouldn't be a question mark if DB came out after the Purdue or Illinois game and said RR is our coach.
And I don't know why people cannot read full posts before responding to said post. Guys that "we don't know about"? Where did I mention that? I said kids eliminated us weeks ago (ie. October, November and December) and who knows how many of them did that due to the coaching situation. Since these kids usually don't come out and say, "Yeah I will not go to that school because they're HC is up in the air" you're left to wonder.
Can you see him on January 4th announcing "This coach can't recruit".
is not helping matters.
Here is David Brandon's list of accomplishments since becoming the AD:
1. Scheduled a night game (Hooray! What an idea!)
2. Played hockey outdoors (Hooray! Only 10 years after MSU started the trend)
When Michigan fans reject the chance to play at Michigan (Zettel), it makes you wonder how easy it will be for an alum (Harbaugh) who is already critical of how Michigan athletics operate to reject a job offer.
with that whine...geez...
So what you're saying is, Harbuagh isn't coming here due to the coaching uncertainty.
Shouldn't his username be "1/3rd of B10 or Bust"?
...just saying.
How the hell are you not banned at -600? How can you post with negative points? Sigh.
What up Mike. Long time no see.
What about FuManBlue? He's at -5000 or so. Besides, how could you get back into positive territory without posting?
He knows that he earned virtually his entire negative score from his meltdown during the football season. A repenting sinner is welcome on MGoBlog; an assclown with no desire to change is not.


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A bolster assembly (1, 5; 110) for mounting upon a surgical stapler instrument (7, 120) to prevent displacement of activated staple from the stapled tissue (9, 129), includes a tissue reinforcing or bolster material (1, 112) secured to a carriage and support structure (5, 116) which facilitates the mounting of the bolster material (1, 112) on the stapler, in which the bolster material (1, 112) is removably fastened to the support structure (5, 116) by a single length (2, 122) of continuous filament, in order to facilitate removal of the filament and unfastening of the bolster material (1, 112) from the support structure (5, 116).
1. An assembly (1,5; 110) for mounting upon a surgical stapler instrument (7,120) and preventing displacement of activated staples from stapled tissue (9,129) comprising: a carriage and support structure (5,116), a tissue reinforcing material (1,112) having a proximal end, a distal end and first and second side edges, said tissue reinforcing material being removably secured to said carriage and support structure (5,116) to facilitate mounting the reinforcing material (1,112) upon the surgical stapler instrument (7,120), and a single length (2,122) of continuous filament connected proximate to said first and second side edges and between said first and second side edges for removably fastening the reinforcing material (1,112) to the support structure (5,116) in order to facilitate removal of the filament and unfastening of the reinforcing material (1,112) from the support structure (5,116).
2. An assembly according to claim 1, wherein said single length (2,122) of continuous filament can be severed to produce two lengths therefrom in arrangement allowing joint (4,125) removal thereof for the unfastening of said tissue reinforcing material from said carriage and support structure.
3. An assembly according to claim 1, wherein a configuration of said single length (122) of continuous filament in the said removable fastening includes two generally parallel portions (J,K,L;D,E,F) and a transverse portion (H) extending transversely between said parallel portions.
4. An assembly according to claim 1, wherein said support structure (5) comprises a cylindrical tube (5) through which a portion (7) of said surgical stapler instrument is insertable in mounting said assembly thereon.
5. An assembly according to claim 1, wherein said support structure (116) includes a plurality of extending lug portions (119) to which a respective plurality of flap portions (114) of said reinforcing material (112) are fastened by said single length (122) of continuous filament.
6. An assembly according to claim 5, wherein one or more of said extending lug portions (119) includes an aperture (119a) through which said single length of continuous filament passes in fastening said respective flap (114).
7. An assembly according to claim 1, wherein said support structure (116) includes a pair of spaced, elongate members (116a, 116b) between which a transverse portion (H) of said single length (122) of continuous filament extends transversely therebetween.
8. An assembly according to claim 1, wherein said support structure includes a spaced pair of elongate members (116a, 116b) and a configuration of said single length (122) of continuous filament extends along one of said elongate members and includes at least one passage portion (C,H,M) therefrom extending to the other of said elongate members.
9. An assembly according to claim 1, wherein said support structure (116) includes a spaced pair of elongate members (116a, 116b) which are joined on at least one pair of respective ends thereof by a bridge portion (117,118).
10. An assembly according to claim 1, wherein said support structure (5) is slidably removable from said tissue reinforcing material and said single length of continuous filament length (2) remains.
This application is a National Phase application based upon application Ser. No. PCT/US 96/11350, International Filing Date: Jul. 2, 1996, entitled: SYSTEM FOR MOUNTING BOLSTER MATERIAL ON TISSUE STAPLERS. In addition, this application is also a continuation-in-part of U.S. Provisional Applications: 1) Ser. No. 60/000,855, filed: Jul. 3, 1995, entitled: SYSTEM FOR MOUNTING PERICARDIAL BOLSTERS ON TISSUE STAPLERS and 2) Ser. No. 60/014,435, filed: Mar. 29, 1996, entitled: MOUNTING SYSTEM FOR STAPLE BOLSTERS. Copendency having been established by the filing of said PCT application and full benefits with respect to the filing dates of the earlier applications under 35 USC 120 are herewith claimed.
This Application relates generally to surgical stapling procedures and instruments, and more particularly relates to improvement in devices mounted on the stapler to reinforce the staple line, especially beneficial in endoscopic procedures.
When staples are applied to fragile tissue, particularly fragile emphysematous lung in the course of lung volume reduction surgery, there is a very real danger of tearing of the tissue with consequent leaking of air. When this happens the patient is put at serious risk of a prolonged hospitalization, potential reoperation and even mortality. The solution to this problem has been to use a strip of material mounted on the anvil and the cartridge arms of the stapler so that when the staples are fired the tissue is compressed between two layers of material that is itself much stronger than the lung tissue. The material must be thin enough for the staples to close over the sandwich of membrane and compressed tissue, strong enough for there to be no risk that staples could possibly tear through it and biocompatible so that it may be left in the body without producing excessive host reactions. The material most used has been tanned bovine pericardium, but permanent or slowly absorbable synthetic materials with proven effectiveness as patch materials in other parts of the body such as extruded polytetrafluorethylene, polyester, polypropylene, vicryl, dexon can all be used provided they are thin enough and strong enough.
The bolster material may be hand cut and tied to the stapler arms. It is far more conveniently supplied sterile, precut, and with a mounting mechanism that enables it to be easily placed on the stapler, and remain secure there while the stapler is maneuvered onto the tissue. For endoscopic use in which the stapler is passed through the body wall, the mounted bolster must not be displaced during this maneuver. Ideally, the removal of the mounting mechanism must be easily and routinely accomplished with a minimum of maneuvers and time. A currently available product as described in U.S. Pat. No. 5,503,638 has pericardium attached by sutures to a rectangular polyethylene three sided box that fits over the staple arm. For removal the sutures need to be cut at least twice and sometimes four times for release of the mounting mechanism. Access to the sutures may require twisting or rotating the stapler from side to side. In endoscopic use, particularly, the torque thereby applied to the delicate adjacent lung tissue outside the staple line may cause tears to occur so that the beneficial effect of the bolstering of the staples is lost. After the removal of the sutures, the polyethylene "box" must also be removed. These and other disadvantages are eliminated by bolster mounting assemblies in accordance with the present invention.
In accordance with the present invention, a bolster assembly for mounting upon a surgical stapler instrument to prevent displacement of activated staples from the stapled tissue, includes a tissue reinforcing or bolster material secured to a carriage and support structure which facilitates the mounting of the bolster material on the stapler, in which the bolster material is removably fastened to the support structure by a single length of continuous filament, in order to facilitate removal of the filament and unfastening of the bolster material from the support structure. In at least two embodiments, the configuration of the removable fastening by the single length of continuous filament enables a single severing of the single filament length to produce two lengths arranged to allow joint removal thereof and convenience in unfastening the bolster material from the support structure.
In one embodiment, a pericardial bolster strip with a pre-mounted suture and a tube placed between the suture and the pericardium. The staple arm is loaded by simply pushing the nose cone of the arm into the tube and using it to push the tube out from between the suture and the bolster strip. The loading is completed by cinching up the suture with one hand and the operation is performed by one person in seconds. One size of pre-mounted bolster strip fits both the cartridge and the anvil arms of the stapler. Once the staples have been fired the suture is removed with one pull after cutting it once, preferably at one of the ends.
The simplest and cheapest way to secure bolster strip to staplers is with sutures: the disadvantage of this method is that it takes time and since it must be done in the operating room prolongs the operation and anesthetic time inappropriately. This invention completely removes that delay and thus provides an efficient way of using the simplest and least expensive method of mounting pericardium on staplers.
Finally, the method employs somewhat more bolster strip than the method that uses a polyethylene sheath; as a result of this there is enough bolster strip behind the staple line for another line of staples to be laid down if there is any question about residual air leaks.
In another embodiment of the bolster mounting assembly, the support structure includes a pair of spaced elongate members, each having a plurality of lateral lug portions to which respective flaps of the reinforcing material strip are fastened by the single length of continuous filament. The continuous filament extends along at least one of the elongate members and passes therefrom to the other of the elongate members so that all of the bolster flaps and body are anchored on the support structure by the same continuous filament.
FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a bolster panel or strip incorporated in a first embodiment of a mounting assembly in accordance with the present invention;
FIG. 2 is a perspective view of the bolster strip shown in FIG. 1 through which a continuous length of suture has been woven with obliquely extending portions;
FIG. 3 is perspective view of the bolster strip of FIG. 2 secured by the suture upon a tubular support structure in accordance with a first embodiment of the present invention;
FIG. 4 is a perspective view of the assembly of FIG. 3 in preparation form mounting thereof on a stapler arm;
FIG. 5 is a perspective view of the mounted assembly on the stapler arm of FIG. 4 showing initiation of the dismounting of only the tubular support structure;
FIG. 6 is a perspective view of the fully dismounted tubular support structure of FIG. 5;
FIG. 7 is perspective view of two arms of the stapler with mounted bolster assemblies and removed tubular support structures according to FIG. 6, further showing lung tissue to be stapled;
FIG. 8 is a perspective view similar to FIG. 7 showing the lung tissue stapled through the bolster strips and further showing each of the severed continuous sutures being removed;
FIG. 9 is an exploded, perspective view of a second embodiment of a bolster mounting assembly in accordance with the invention, and a corresponding stapler arm;
FIG. 10 is a perspective view of the bolster strip and support bracket of FIG. 9 fastened with a continuous suture;
FIG. 11 is a perspective view of the suture path by which the suture progressively passes along and through the bracket shown in hidden line in fastening the bolster strip which has been omitted for clarity in viewing the suture path;
FIG. 12 is a perspective view of the bolster mounting assembly of FIGS. 9 and 10 fully mounted onto the stapler arm;
FIG. 13 is a fragmentary, side view of two stapler arms with respective bolster mounting assemblies thereon showing tissue stapled therebetween in readiness for cutting of both tissue layers, bolster strips and sutures in a single motion of a knife member on the stapler;
FIG. 14 is a fragmentary, perspective view of a third embodiment of a bolster mounting assembly in accordance with the invention showing a support bracket groove for guiding removal of the suture;
FIG. 15 is a fragmentary, perspective view of a fourth embodiment of a bolster support bracket in accordance with the invention showing plural bracket grooves for guiding removal of the suture; and
FIG. 16 is a plan view of a fifth embodiment of a bolster mounting assembly in accordance with the invention.
Referring to FIG. 1, a biocompatible bolster panel or strip 1 is cut to appropriate configuration suited to the particular stapler arm on which the bolster strip 1 is to be employed as described hereinafter.
Referring to FIG. 2, the continuous suture 2 is passed through the bolster strip 1 from the proximal end of the bolster strip 1, in the proper pattern to enable it to be secured to the stapler, down to the distal end and back again to the base. Both ends of the suture are then passed through a cinch 3, finally the ends are knotted, leaving a variable length of the two ends 4, dependent on the use to which the stapler is being put. For endoscopic applications the ends are long enough to be brought through the trochar so that as they are pulled out they can be removed in one movement with the stapler.
Referring to FIG. 3, a tube 5 is placed between the bolster strip 1 and the suture, and keeps them apart. The size and length of the tube depends on the particular stapler that is being loaded. It is a feature of the method that some differences in dimensions (e.g. between anvil and cartridge of some staplers) can be handled by one size of tube.
Referring to FIG. 4, the nose cone 6 of an arm of a stapler 7 is about to be passed into the hollow end of the proximal end 8 of the assembled bolster strip-suture-tube combination.
Referring to FIG. 5, as the staple arm 7 is used to push the tube 5 out from between the pericardium 1 and the suture 2, the bolster strip 1 and suture are automatically brought into position on the stapler.
Referring to FIG. 6, the tube 5 has been discarded, and the suture 2 tightened by means of the cinch 3. The strip 1 is held securely on the staple arm, ready to act as a bolster when the stapler is fired.
Referring to FIG. 7, the two arms of the stapler 7,7 both loaded with strip 1 have been applied together to the lung 9 which is compressed between a layer of strip 1 on each side. The suture 2 is about to be cut by scalpel S so that the knotted end of the suture 4 can be pulled to remove the whole suture.
Referring to FIG. 8, the ends of the cut suture 2 have been almost completely removed by pulling on the knotted end 4. The bolster strip 1 that was held against the sides of the stapler arms now falls back against the lung, where it is available to buttress extra staples, if they are needed.
Referring now to FIGS. 9 and 10, a second embodiment of the staple bolster assembly for tissue staplers in accordance with the present invention, is designated generally by a reference character 110. Referring particularly to FIG. 9, a biocompatible bolster strip 112 is fabricated with a series of laterally extending, anchoring flaps 114 in the illustrated embodiment. The bolster strip 112 is secured onto a support structure 116 which has two spaced longitudinal arms which are dimensioned to snugly fit on the respective outer sides of a typical tissue stapler arm 120 in any of a variety of stapler configurations, preferably of the tissue cutting type, for example the "Auto Suture™" line of disposal surgical staplers marketed by United States Surgical Corporation and particularly the MULTIFIRE GIA disposal stapler suited to endoscopic procedures. In the particular configuration illustrated, the ends of the bracket arms 116a and 116b are joined by a forward, distal end bridge 117 as well as a rear or proximal end bridge 118 shaped for accommodation on the stapler arm 120.
The bolster strip 112 is secured on the support structure bracket 116 by attaching the anchoring flaps 114 to respective anchoring lugs 119 extending from the bracket arms 116a and 116b. The initial alignment of the flaps 114 with the lugs 119 locates the elongate body panel 113 of the strip 112 for proper positioning and extension on the bracket 116 as shown in FIG. 10. The anchoring flaps 114 of the bolster strip 112 are secured to the bracket lugs 119 by a continuous suture strand 122 which is tensioned to hold the bolster flaps against the respective arms. The continuous suture strand 122 as shown in FIG. 10, enables the suture to be conveniently removed as a unit following the stapling operation as more fully described. Securement of the bolster strip 112 and flaps 114 is achieved by progressively threading the suture strand 122 through the flaps, and preferably through the lugs 119 and respective holes 119a along a suitable path to allow a minimum of severings of the suture strand for swift release and removal.
One particularly suitable suture path is shown in FIG. 11 from which the bolster strip 112 has been omitted (in contrast to FIG. 10) for clarity in viewing the suture path. In the illustrated suture path of FIG. 11, the suture strand end portion 123 is initially fed under the proximal end bridge 118 in the direction of arrowhead A through one of the lugs 119b most adjacent to the distal bridge 117 of the bracket which will later be mounted nearest the front end 120a of the stapler arm 120 (as shown in FIG. 9). In FIG. 11, the initial feed of the suture strand 123 through one of the distal end lugs 119b is shown in the direction of arrowhead B indicating that the suture has been passed firstly to penetrate the flap 114 and then through the lug hole 119a from the exterior side of the end lug 119b inwardly, then passes directly across the bracket toward the arm 116b and the distal end lug 119b transversely opposite the first end lug 119b as indicated in the direction of the arrowhead C (as also shown in FIG. 10). From the arrowhead C, the suture then passes from the interior of the opposite lug 119b through hole 119a (to penetrate the aligned flap 114 as shown in FIGS. 10 and 12) and then jogs inwardly as indicated by arrowhead D to the interior of the next adjacent lug 119 through which the suture passes outwardly (and then penetrates the aligned flap 114) in the direction of arrowhead E. Thereafter, the suture again jogs inwardly to the next adjacent lug 119e and passes from the interior thereof outwardly (penetrating the adjacent flap, as in FIGS. 10 and 12 in the direction of arrowhead F before again jogging inwardly to the interior side of the adjacent, distal end lug 119c most adjacent to the distal bracket bridge 118 which will later be mounted nearest the rear or handle end 120b of the stapler arm 120 (as shown in FIG. 9). As indicated by the direction of arrowhead G, the suture then passes through the lug hole 119a from the interior side of lug 119b outwardly, so that it then penetrates the aligned flap 114 (as shown in FIGS. 10 and 13). Emerging outwardly from the lug 119c (and flap 114), the suture then passes around the bracket arm 116b (and strip body 113 shown in FIG. 13), and then directly across the bracket in the direction of arrowhead H toward the arm 116a and the proximal end lug 119c transversely opposite the first end lug 119c. From the direction of arrowhead H, the strand passes around the arm 116a to the exterior side of the lug 119c (then penetrates the aligned flap 114) and continues inwardly through the hole 119a of the lug I 19c to the interior side of the lug 119c in the direction of the arrowhead I. From the direction of the arrowhead I, the suture then jogs outwardly in the direction of arrowhead J to the exterior side of the next adjacent lug 119 (where it penetrates the aligned flap 114) before passing through hole 119a to the interior side thereof in the direction of arrowhead K before again jogging outwardly to the next adjacent lug 119 passing therethrough outwardly to inwardly and continuing in the direction of arrowhead L to the exterior side of the next adjacent, distal end lug 119b before passing outwardly to inwardly through the hole 119a through which the suture has previously passed along arrowhead B so that the suture forms a double strand in passing along the arrowhead M directly across and through the transversely opposite end lug 119b emerging from inwardly to outwardly in the direction of the arrowhead N.
From the direction of arrowhead N, the suture returns along the direction indicated by arrowhead 0 to pass under the proximal bracket end bridge 118 under which the suture was initially fed so that the suture forms a double strand of operating leads 125 which are then pulled to tension the continuous suture 122 so that the tension in the suture draws and firmly seats each of the bolster strip flaps 114 against the respective bracket arms 116a, 116b and lugs 119, which properly positions the bolster strip body 113 on the bracket 116. The suture tension can be maintained by knotting or cinching the double suture strand 125 against the bridge 118, or in any other suitable manner. The double suture strand 125 can extend rearwardly in variable lengths suited to the stapler arm on which the bolster strip and bracket are to be mounted and the surgical procedure to be performed. For endoscopic procedures, the double strand 125 is extended long enough to be brought through a trochar or endoscope. Once the suture 122 has been properly tensioned, the appropriate stapler arm 120 can be inserted so that its front end 120a enters the bracket 116 passing beneath the bridge 118 and slides in the direction of arrowhead Q to seat against the distal bracket end 117 as shown in FIG. 12.
In the illustrated embodiment of FIGS. 12 and 13, one of the stapler arms 120,120 is provided with a conventional, longitudinally moveable cutting edge 126 which is arranged for motion along the arms 120,120 in the direction of the arrowhead R. After two of the stapler arms 120,120 have been loaded with the bolster strip/bracket assemblies as shown in FIGS. 10 and 12, and the stapler arms have been applied together in a manner similar to FIGS. 7 and 8, the staples can be fired through both of the bolster strips 112,112 to join the subject tissues 129,129. Thereafter, the knife edge 126 can be moved in the direction of arrowhead R, (by the conventional, extended manual knife handle (not shown) on the stapler) so that the suture strand length 128 which extends beneath the two proximal end bracket lugs 119c as shown in FIG. 13, which was originally created at the location of the arrowhead H in FIG. 11, will be severed, and with continued motion of the cutting edge 126 through the stapler arm grooves 121. As a result, since the bolster strips 112,112 on the two stapler arms 120,120 have been stapled through in substantially back-to-back relationship, the two transverse strands 128,128 (which need not be aligned) on the respective stapler arms 120,120 can be severed in a single stroke of the cutting edge 126. The two severed transverse suture strands 128,128 release the four severed suture lengths 122 to be pulled from the two sets of double strands 125 at the proximal or rear end of the stapler so that the suture strands pass through the lug holes 119 and disengage from the multiple bolster flaps 114 in a single, convenient removal motion which also releases the bolster strips 112,112 from the brackets 116,116 leaving the supportive bolster strips 112,112 with the stapled tissue 129,129 and allowing the two brackets 116,116 to be withdrawn with the stapler arms 120,120 without any separate bracket removal complication.
Referring now to FIG. 14, a third embodiment of the bracket 216 is provided with an exterior, arcuate guide channel or groove 230 formed in the forward or distal bridge portion 217. In mounting the bolster strip 112, the continuous suture 122 will be passed around and through the guide channel 230 twice forming portions 231,231 in substitution for the two transverse paths forming the double strand 124 in FIG. 12. The guide channel 230 provides a curved path of release when the suture 122 is pulled rearwardly following severing of the suture length 122 for removal.
As shown in FIG. 15, a fourth embodiment of the bracket 316 includes a distal bridge portion 317 provided with two corner guide grooves 330,330 to provide two curved suture pathways for smoothing the release and removal of the severed suture strand (not shown) in substitution for the guide channel 230 shown in FIG. 14.
Referring now to FIG. 16, a fifth embodiment of a staple bolster assembly 410 is shown, in which a flat flexible spacer panel 416, for example rectangular plastic sheet, serves as the support structure. The bolster strip 412 is positioned on one side of the panel spacer 416 and the suture 422 is passed alternately through the bolster 412 and around the spacer 416. The ends of the suture are passed through a cinch 417 consisting of a silicone rubber tube and a tapered polyethelene obturator with a hole at the back end. The two suture ends are passed first through the tube and then through the back end of the obturator and is then threaded for example along the path illustrated. When the obturator is passed into the tube, the suture is squeezed between the tube wall and the obturator. The more the obturator is pushed into the tube, the more tightly the suture is held.
The bolster is loaded onto the stapler arm by passing the nose end of the arm between the pericardium and the spacer, with the stapling surface against the pericardium. Once the pericardium is properly aligned with the stapling surface of the staple arm, the spacer is pulled out and the suture is tightened and locked in position with the cinch. When the staples have been fired, the transverse stitches at the nose end of the anvil and cartridge arms are cut and the sutures are pulled out. With this design, one cut and one pull removes the mounting apparatus.
While a preferred embodiment of the present invention is shown and described, it is envisioned that those skilled in the art may devise various modifications and equivalents without departing from the spirit and scope of the appended claims.
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