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A conformable tissue absorbable surgical sponge is formed by dissolving a tissue absorbable polymer in hexafluoroisopropyl alcohol or hexafluoroacetone sesquihydrate, filtering, freezing and subliming off the solvent to give a tissue conformable flexible sponge which rapidly absorbs blood and other body fluids. The sponge may be used to absorb blood or other liquids during a surgical procedure or may be used as a hemostat and allowed to remain in a closed wound with the polymer being absorbed by living tissue.
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United States Patent [1 1 Casey Se t. 2, 1975 [54] BODY ABSORBABLE SPONGE AND 3,705,585 12 1972 Saffro 128/325 METHOD OF MAKING 3,772,136 11/1973 Workman 128/156 3,801,675 4/1974 Russell 128/296 Inventor: Donald James y, g fi 3,825,007 7/1974 Rand 128/296 Conn.
[73] Assignee: American Cyanamid Company, Primary Examiner Lawrence Trapp Stamford Conn Attorney, Agent, or Firm-Samuel Branch Walker [22] Filed: Mar. 25, 1974 [57] ABSTRACT PP A conformable tissue absorbable surgical sponge is formed by dissolving a tissue absorbable polymer in 52 US. Cl 128/296; 260/25 E; 128/325 hexaflumoisopropyl alcohol or hexafluoroacetone [51] Int. 2 A61F 13/00 quihydrate, filtering, freezing and subliming off the [58] Field 61 Search 128/155-157, Solvent to give a Issue conformable flexlble Sponge 2 /290 29 325 334 335 5; E which rapidly absorbs blOOd and Oth6l' body fluids.
The sponge may be used to absorb blood or other liq- [56] References Cited uids during a surgical procedure or may be used as a UNITED STATES PATENTS hemostat and allowed to remam 1n aclos ed wound wlth the polymer belng absorbed by 11v1ng t1ssue. 3,297,033 l/l967 Schmitt et a1..... 128/335.5 3,666,750 5/1972 Briskin et a1 128/325 6 Claims, 6 Drawing Figures PATENTEU SEP 2 YS SHEET 1 BF 3 PATENTS] SE? 2 i 75 SHEET 2 UP 3 BODY ABSORBABLE SPONGE AND METHOD OF MAKING BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION Surgical sponges find many uses in which an absor bent sponge is desirable to soak up blood, serum, or other body fluids, which sponges are removed and discarded. Cotton gauze sponges are used in many instances. When used internally, there is a problem of part of the sponge coming off and leaving threads or larger portions of the sponge in the wound. Concern over leaving a sponge in a patient complicates operating room practice and involves extremely rigorous counting procedures to insure that no sponge is accidentally left in a closed wound.
In many surgical procedures requiring a hemostat to control bleeding, sutures and tieoffs can be used. In some instances it is highly desirable that additional methods of controlling bleeding be made available. More or less successful efforts have been made to se cure conformable hemostats which can be used to control bleeding and then left in the wound. The problem is well recognized and more acceptable devices are in constant demand.
DESCRIPTION OF THE PRIOR ART The use of polyglycolic acid is disclosed in a series of patents and applications to Schmitt, et a1:
U.S. Pat. No. 3,297,033, Schmitt and Polistina, Jan. 10, 1967, SURGICAL SUTURES, discloses polyhydroxyacetic ester absorbable sutures. The material is also called polyglycolic acid, and is disclosed as permitting small quantities of comonomers to be present, such as dl-lactic acid, its optically active forms, homologs and analogs. A small quantity is recognized by the art as up to as shown by U.S. Pat. No. 2,668,162, Lowe, Feb. 2, 1954, PREPARATION OF HIGH MO LECULAR WEIGHT POLYHYDROXY-ACETIC ES- TER. I
U.S. Pat. No. 3,463,158, Schmitt and Polistina, Aug. 26, 1969, POLYGLYCOLIC ACID PROSTHETIC DEVICES, discloses surgical uses of polyglycolic acid, and incorporates definitions of some terms.
U.S. Pat. No. 3,620,218, Schmitt and Polistina, Nov. 16, 1971, CYLINDRICAL PROSTHETIC DEVICES OF POLYGLYCOLIC ACID, lists many uses of polyglycolic acid.
U.S. Pat. No. 3,736,646, Schmitt and Epstein, June 5, 1973, METHOD OF ATIACHING SURGICAL NEEDLES TO MULTIFILAMENT POLYGLYCOLIC ACID ABSORBABLE SUTURES, discloses surgical elements of a copolymer containing from 15 to 85 mol percent glycolic acid and 85 to 15 mol percent lactic acid.
U.S. Pat. No. 3,739,773, Schmitt and Polistina, June 19, 1973, POLYGLYCOLIC ACID PROSTHETIC DEVICES, claims particularly bone pins, plates, nails and screws of polyglycolic acid.
U.S. application Ser. No. 365,656, Schmitt and Polistina, May 31, 1973, SURGICAL DRESSINGS OF AB- SORBABLE POLYMERS now U.S. Pat. No. 3,875,937, discloses additional subject matter on surgical dressings of polyglycolic acid.
U.S. Pat. No. 3,739,773, supra, lists a number of U.S. patents on methods for preparing polyglycolic acid and starting materials therefor.
In U.S. Pat. No. 3,620,218, supra, in Column 2 are listed a number of medical uses of polyglycolic acids, including in Column 2; line 52, knitted or woven fibril lar products, including velours, and mentioning specifically in line 53, burn dressings; line 57, felt or sponge for liver hemostasis; line 63, foam as absorbable prosthesis; and in lines 74 and 75, burndressings (in combination withother polymeric films).
U.S. Pat. No. 3,737,440, Schmitt and Bailey, June 5, 1973, POLYGLYCOLIC ACID IN SOLUTIONS, discloses solutions of polyglycolic acid in hexafluoroisopropyl alcohol and hexafluoroacetone sesquihydrate, as well as wet and dry spinning of filaments and casting of films using these solutions.
U.S. Pat. No. 3,783,093, Gallacher, Jan. 1, 1974, F1- BROUS POLYETHYLENE MATERIALS, discloses a fibrillated material, mentioning poly(glycolic acid) among others, in which one resin is mixed and fibrillated with another, and one resin leached out to give the product, a web of oriented, interconnected direc tional fiber-like strands, membranes, ribbons, branched ribbons and fibrils. These can be used as bandages and for other medicalpurposes; Example 15 shows 25 parts of poly(glycolic acid) and 75 parts of poly-(methyl methacrylate) leached with acetone.
U.S. Pat. No. 2,899,362, Sieger, Valentine, and Weidenheimer, Aug. 1 l, 1959, HEMOSTATIC SPONGES AND METHOD OF PREPARING SAME, discloses a whipped starch-gelatin mixture which is aerated and dried to form a sponge which may be used for hemostatic purposes.
U.S. Pat. No. 3,653,383, Wise, Apr. 4, 1972, ALGIN SPONGE AND PROCESS THEREFOR, discloses algin sponges made by freeze-drying aqueous alginate dispersions or gels which can be used for burn dressings, and other surgical purposes. The product after use is water-disintegrative.
Commercially, an oxidized regenerated cellulose is available, as in a gelatin foam distributed in sheet form. Both of these are absorbable in tissues. Under some conditions, the gelatin foam causes bile cysts. It is desirably wetted with saline at the time of use.
The complete disclosures of the above patents and articles are hereby herein incorporated by this reference thereto.
The use of gauzes, felts, and knitted fabrics as a wound dressing is quite conventional. The use of collagenous products as a sponge or pad has been diclosed. The requirements for surgical hemostats are varied and more satisfactory hemostats than presently available are constantly in demand.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION It has now been found that a hemostat can be made by dissolving a tissue absorbable polymer in the very powerful solvents hexafluoroisopropyl alcohol or hexafluoroacetone sesquihydrate, preferably filtering the solution, freezing, and subliming off the solvent, yielding a sponge which is readily conformable to wound to pography, highly absorbent and versatile. It may be used in procedures in which the foam sponge is to be left in the wound and absorbed by body tissues and also sees great acceptance in sponges which are used to absorb blood, serum or other liquids with the sponge being removed and discarded. Because there is the ever present risk of part of the sponge falling off and being left in the wound or through inadvertence being closed in the wound, it is desirable that tissue absorbable sponges be used for general surgical use, wherever tissue may grow into the sponge.
A sponge should have high absorptive capacity, should absorb fluids, particularly blood, rapidly, should be strong enough to be readily handled in surgical procedures, and conformable enough that it fits into whatever topography and space that is available, and be soft enough so that it does not injure sensitive tissues.
The absorbability of the present sponges by the body reduces the risks from the inadvertent enclosure of portions of a hemostatic sponge in living tissue-because such portions are absorbed and removed by the tissue itself.
Although freeze drying is a well-known technique, it is usually drying of water from frozen compositions in which water is to be removed by sublimation; and the product is usually rather brittle and friable so that it is not readily conformable, and is easily broken.
Here the solvent, which is removed by sublimation, is hexafluoroisopropyl alcohol or hexafluoroacetone sesquihydrate or a mixture of the two. The residual foam is softer and more conformable than products usually secured from aqueous systems. It is, of course, not possible to use an aqueous system with the tissue absorbable polymer of this invention. The polymers are not water soluble.
Because the solvent is volatile, and is sublimed to remove the major portion, and the resulting cake is dried to remove the small remaining portion, the absorbable sponge structure is more readily freed from other components than in a leach technique using a mixture of polymers in which one polymer is leached out, thus requiring elimination of not only the leached polymer, but also the leaching solvent.
Because the term freeze-drying sometimes implies an aqueous system, the term sublimation-drying is used in many places herein to accentuate that it is an organic solvent system which is being sublimed so that it could be called solvent-sublimation for sponge manufacture. Products prepared in an aqueous system are generally friable. Using hexafluoroisopropyl alcohol or hexafiuoroacetone sesquihydrate as a solvent for polyglycolic acid, and other tissue absorbable compositions, yields a product which is readily flexible and tissue conformable.
Because homopolymeric polyglycolic acid is currently being used in sutures, has met with the approval of many government agencies in many countries, is commercially available, and is familiar to chemists, the present invention is primarily described in detail in relation to homopolymeric polyglycolic acid.
Polyglycolic acid containing up to of other units, such as lactic acid units, is considered within the term polyglycolic acid as used hereien unless specified as homopolymeric. Other materials such as poly(N-acetyl-D-glucosamine) and polymers of 3-methyl-l ,4- dioxane-2,5-dione may be used. Poly(N-acetyl-D- glycosamine) is described in US. Ser. No. 441,717, filed on or about Feb. I 1, 1974, Richard Carl Capozza, POLY( N-ACETYL-D-G LUCOSAMINE) PROD- UCTS.
The present invention is particularly useful with tissue absorbable polymers which are insoluble in common organic solvents.
The foam should conform to the surface of the tissue. Conformation comprises an assessment of the suppleness, resiliency, and foams ability to mimic the topography of the wound in such a fashion that there is a minimum gap between the tissue and the foam which minimizes air gaps and pools of liquid. If pools of liquid build up, whether of serum or blood, such pools may become sites for the growth of undesirable microorganisms, particularly for external dressings. If the foam conforms adequately to the surface of the wound, the bodys own defense mechanisms are effective up to the zone of contact with the foam, and bacterial contamination is minimized.
DRAWINGS FIG. 1 shows a scanning electron microscope photomicrograph at 50 diameters magnification of the surface of a frozen and dried sample produced in accordance with Example 1.
FIG. 2 is a portion of the same structure at 300 diameters magnification.
FIG. 3 is a photomicrograph similar to FIG. 1 at 50 diameters magnification of the reverse side of the same structure.
FIG. 4 is the same surface as FIG. 3, but at 300 diameters magnification.
FIG. 5 is a razor cut cross section of the same sample as FIG. 1 at 50 diameters magnification.
FIG. 6 is the same razor cut cross section as FIG. 5 at 300 diameters magnification.
A scale on each photomicrograph shows relative sizes.
As exemplified by the drawing, the polyglycolic acid forms ribbons and shows a fibrillar structure with the ribbons, sheets and fibers interconnected with many of the ribbons having considerable greater width than thickness. The thickness in general is within the range of from about I to 5 microns. The dried structure is spongy in character but resilient so as to be conformable to a wound surface and is not friable and brittle as are most frozen-dried solids in which the solids are dried from an aqueous system.
EXAMPLE 1 Polyglycolic Acid in Hexafluoroisopropyl Alcohol 10.3 Grams of low crystallinity homopolymeric polyglycolic acid was dissolved in ISO milliliters of hexa fluoroisopropyl alcohol by stirring at 36 to 37C. until solution resulted (about 3 hours). The resulting solution was freed from dust and inadvertent trace contaminants by filtration through a sintered glass filter, and transferred to a flat bottom dish. An additional milliliters of hexafluoroisopropyl alcohol was used to dilute the solution to about 4% concentration (wt/vol. The dish was surrounded by a solid carbon dioxideacetone mixture until the solution was solidly frozen. The dish in its frozen condition was placed in a resin kettle which was sealed and connected to a high vacuum system. Vacuum was maintained using a solid carbon dioxide acetone cooled trap to protect the vacuum pump for 16 hours during which time the kettle was allowed to warm up with the hexafluoroisopropyl alcohol being maintained in its solid state by evaporative cooling, and with no meltbacks. After the thus formed foam had only a few percent residual hexafluoroisopropyl alcohol therein, the foam cake was removed, cut into /=r inch thick slices and further subjected to vacuum and heat at about 55C. until substantially all of the hexafluoroisopropyl alcohol was removed.
The solvent free foam was placed in strippable packages, sterilized with 12% ethylene oxide in dichlorodifluoromethane and thus kept dry and sterile until time of use.
As a hemostatic sponge, the foam conforms well to a wound and arrests the flow of blood immediately. The initial arresting of bleeding is largely mechanical. Blood then coagulates in the sponge. which both arrests the further flow of blood, and tends to hold the sponge in position. The slices can be cut or broken into a size and shape adapted to cover a particular wound. The foam is usable in a wound which is to be closed, such as, for example, on the surface of the liver with the foam being closed into the abdominal cavity, or it may be used on the surface of the body as protection, and allowed to remain until the wound is healed. The foam may be used as an absorbent to absorb blood and other fluids at the site of a wound to dry the wound for subsequent suturing or closing as required by a particular surgical procedure.
In test animals on sacrifice, the foam is found to be essentially absorbed within 90 days.
EXAMPLE 2 Polyglycolic Acid in Hexafluoroacetone Sesquihydrate 1.9 Grams of homopolymeric polyglycolic acid was dissolved in 45 ml. of hexafluoroacetone sesquihydrate by heating the mixture of 50C. with stirring for three hours, yielding a solution having a concentration of approximately 4.2% (wt./vol.). The solution was filtered through a sintered glass filter and transferred to a flat dish and the clear amber solution was set in a solid carbon dioxide-acetone mixture for about an hour until frozen completely solid.
The dish was then placed in a vacuum chamber and the hexafluoroacetone sesquihydrate was sublimed off at a reduced pressure of about 1 torr. After about 24 hours, the spongelike foam obtained was removed, sliced into Va inch thick slices, and again placed in a closed chamber evacuated at l torr. with heating to about 80C. for several days. The product was then essentially free from solvent. The slices were sealed in strippable packages, sterilized with ethylene oxide and kept dry until time for use, using techniques routinely employed for polyglycolic acid sutures.
The sponge was an effective absorbent for blood and served as an effective hemostat on wound surfaces.
in accordance with conventional usage in the polymer field, the polymers herein described are named from the monomer or monomers from which the polymers can be considered as formed. For instance, the key polymer, polyglycolic acid, is so named whether made from glycolic acid or glycolide, even though the units in the chain could properly be described as glycolyl linkages. Particularly, when considered with the incorporated cited prior art, and commercial usage in the field, such nomenclature is regarded as historically the most significant and the least ambiguous.
I claim:
1. A method of making a hemostat comprising dissolving a tissue-absorbable polymer in hexafluoroisopropyl alcohol or hexafluoroacetone sesquihydrate, filtering to remove any insoluble contaminants, freezing the solution and subliming off the solvent, whereby an absorbable sponge structure is formed, which is essentially non-directional and is readily conformable to tissue surfaces.
2. The method of claim 1 in which the tissue absorbable polymer comprises glycolic acid, having such a high glycolic acid content that it is insoluble in common organic solvents.
3. The method of claim 2 in which the tissue absorbable polymer is homopolymeric polyglycolic acid.
4. A hemostatic surgical sponge of a tissue absorbable polymer comprising glycolic acid, having at least of the monomer units of glycolic acid, whereby it is insoluble in common organic solvents, in the form of a sheet having interconnected ribbons and ligaments of a single polymer which is essentially non-directional having a network of connecting elements, and which is sufficiently flexible to be readily conformable to a wound surface.
5. The sponge of claim 4 in which the tissue absorbable polymer is homopolymeric polyglycolic acid.
6. A hemostatic surgical sponge of a tissue absorbable polymer in the form of a sheet having interconnected ribbons and ligaments of a single polymer which is essentially non-directional having a network of connecting elements, and which is sufficiently flexible to be readily conformable to a wound surface; made by the process of dissolving a tissue-absorbable polymer in hexafluoroisopropyl alcohol or hexafluoroacetone sesquihydrate, filtering to remove any insoluble contaminants, freezing the solution and subliming off the solvent, whereby an absorbable sponge structure is formed, which is essentially non-directional and is readily conformable to tissue surfaces.
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|Active dry yeast
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|1⁄2 Cup (8 tbs)
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|Grated orange rind
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|Unsulphured raisins
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The present invention describes a system and method for inserting custom user interface controls (65) such as a button or toolbar into a Web page (60). This allows the client device (20) rendering the Web page to use the controls to manipulate and transform data that resides on a remote server (120). In particular the controls may be used to manipulate and transform images that are viewed on the client device but actually reside on the remote server.
1) In a networked environment, a method for embedding one or more user interface controls inside Internet content, said method comprising:
a) a first server sending, upon a user agent request, a first frame of Internet content and a second frame of Internet content; and
b) said second frame of Internet content is generated by a second server and comprises controls capable of transforming said second frame of Internet content.
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[0001] This application claims benefit of priority under 35 U.S.C. 119(e) of U.S. Provisional Application No. 60/185,324, filed Feb. 28, 2000 and entitled "Techniques For Embedding Custom User Interface Controls Inside Internet Content".
[0002] The present invention describes a lightweight system for inserting custom user interface (UI) controls (such as a button or image processing image processing toolbar) into a Web page to be rendered by a Web browser on a client computing device. This allows the client to interact with the custom UI controls to manipulate data stored on a remote server. The creation of the UI control and the processing of the commands that the UI control invokes on the remote data are handled by yet another server, a server that in one embodiment is independent of the Web server serving up the Web page.
[0003] This provides a mechanism for building a completely distributed environment in which the client interacts with a custom UI control that sends commands to a Imaging Server which processes the data independent of where the data resides (such as on the Application Server). Throughout this document, the following terms are used to describe the system. Client describes the client-computing device that runs the Web browser that enables the end user to directly interact with the system. The Application Server describes the system that serves up the Web pages to the client and stores the data (i.e. image files, data files, etc.). The Application Server can be thought of as two separate entities, a Web Server and a Data Server. The Imaging Server describes the server that creates UI controls that are displayed on the Client and, based on end user input, processes (or manipulates) data that resides on the Application Server.
[0004] The preferred embodiment does not require native extensions (plug-ins, ActiveX, etc.) to be added to the client nor Java code to be run on the client; nor does it require additional server side extensions on the Application Server. However, such extensions or use of Java code could further enhance this invention if they were desired to be added.
[0007] The real power of this invention is the encapsulation of the UI control from both the client browser and the Application Server. The creation of the UI control (such as the image processing toolbar) and the processing of user inputs of this UI control is handled solely by a separate Imaging Server, with no processing required by or changes to the Application Server that serves up the Web content. Further, the client browser is only required to support rendering of HTML pages and optional scripting support.
[0008] Another benefit is that this invention provides for multiple deployment strategies, depending on the specific customer's needs. In one embodiment, a set of central servers can handle many customers, thus simplifying the physical integration between the Imaging Server technology and the customer's Application Servers. The physical integration in this embodiment may be via a wide-area network connection. Although one set of central servers support many customers, each customer can still have their own custom UI controls (and look with their own appearance). In a separate embodiment, a "co-located ASP"1 (Application Service Provider) approach is utilized. A co-located ASP model employs a system in which a third party installs and supports a separate server at a customers site and provides a particular application service. This provides minimal maintenance of the application by the customer since the service is installed and managed by a server owned and maintained by the third party. This co-location allows for high-bandwidth, low-latency network connectivity between the third party servers and the customer's servers via standard network protocols (such as HTTP). This allows the Imaging Server technology (running on separate servers) to still take advantage of physical locality to the customer's Application Servers, thus allowing use of higher-bandwidth, lower-latency network connectivity. The present invention allows each of these strategies to be utilized, without change to the underlying architecture.
[0009] Client side browser plug-ins were the first mechanism to extend a client's browsers. The benefit of this approach is that it is easy to extend the capabilities of the browser and provided for tight integrated between the plug-in and the client's browser to make it appear "as part of the browser." Further, all processing occurs on the client's computer, with possible communication between the client and the Application Server as necessary.
[0010] It is possible to create a plug-ins that allow for viewing of previously unsupported media types (i.e. Apple QuickTime, Adobe Acrobat PDF, etc.). The main problem with this technique is that it is not only platform dependent, that is, code that is specific to and compiled for one platform such as Windows, Macintosh, Linux, Unix etc.), but also browser dependent (i.e. Microsoft Internet Explorer (IE) or Netscape Navigator). A different plug-in must be created and supplied to the client for the specific platform used and for the specific browser used. This is clearly a less than desirable solution, but for many years was the only solution. Furthermore, as new functionality is added to this plug-in, it must be re-downloaded and installed onto the client computing device (with possible re-launching of the browser, or worse, rebooting of the clients computer system.).
[0011] This solution does not work on devices in which a client-side browser plug-in cannot be easily created, such as Microsoft WebTV or a new class of Web-enabled embedded devices.
[0012] Java Applet
[0013] The use of Java code, and specifically Java applets, to extend the capabilities of the client's browsers is widely used. Java provides for a platform-independent mechanism for generating code that can be executed on any Java Virtual Machine (VM). In general, these are small and highly portable, provided the version of the Java code is compatible with the Java VM installed in the browser. Since Java code is interpreted by the VM (not complied into native code), there may be some performance issues, but modern Java runtime environments utilize other techniques (such as Just-in-time compliers) such that performance is not as much of an issue.
[0014] The biggest drawback with the use of Java is that this option only works on devices that support the Java run-time. For instance, Microsoft's WebTV currently does not have support for Java and thus Java is not a complete solution. It is also questionable if this solution will work on the new class of Web-enabled embedded devices since Java may not be supported on all devices.
[0015] Although Java may be supported in many environments (but not all), it does not imply that it is a stable environment. For example, the Linux implementation of the Java runtime is still not at the level of quality found in the Microsoft Windows version of Java.
[0016] There are other potential drawbacks with using Java code. These include the downloading of code to the client computer, the management of the code that is downloaded, and the execution of the code on the client.
[0017] ActiveX
[0018] Microsoft created ActiveX to allow for the easy migration of OLE/COM components to Web controls in the Microsoft Internet Explorer (IE) browser.
[0019] The main benefits of this approach is that existing code can be tightly integrated into IE and thus extend the capabilities greatly. This allows new functionality to be added to IE and executed on the client computing device.
[0020] The drawbacks include highly platform dependent, and browser dependent code that must be targeted at a variety of different platforms. Further, this option is not supported in Netscape Navigator on the Window's platform, thus a further restriction to the user base. Other problems include the requirement of new components that must be downloaded as they are modified. Finally, some operations may be better suited to be executed on a high-end server that can more readily perform computationally expensive imaging operations.
[0021] Not to be dismissed is the fact that ActiveX has some security issues involving the client computer. While there are authentication techniques employed by Microsoft, some customers may be reluctant to download many separate ActiveX extensions.
[0022] Kodak Picture Playground/CGI
[0023] The Kodak Picture Playground is a server-side imaging environment that provides basic image capabilities, without requiring the download of any components to the client computing device. With this approach, the imaging capabilities must be installed and fully integrated into the Application Server that generates the HTML pages and contains the content. While the Kodak solution is reasonable for someone to build imaging support into one Web site, the structure is highly intrusive and requires a tight integration between the Application Server, the HTML pages, and the imaging code and is not scalable across many Application Servers.
[0024] For this scenario, the development path includes creation of a series of CGI commands that execute the various operations that are performed by the Application Server (i.e. imaging processing code). Based on the user's input, the appropriate operation is executed on the content data, which will then result in generating a new HTML page that is displayed on the client. The invention described in this white paper provides a scalable solution in a fully distributed environment with little impact to the specific Application Server.
[0025] MapQuest
[0026] MapQuest provides a service such that custom map pages can be easily inserted into Web pages. This falls into the category of a server-side application. It is also possible for the MapQuest component to provide navigational controls that permit the end user (on a client computing device through his browser) to navigate the map (zoom and pan around the map).
[0027] MapQuest provides a solution that allows the owners of application servers to insert either static map pages or dynamic map pages (map images that can be zoomed or panned), which in turn is viewed and controlled by the end-user on their client browser. While it is true that MapQuest is providing this custom UI control that is inserted into the pages served up by the Application Server, there are several differences compared to this invention.
[0028] The most important of which is the MapQuest UI control generates a map based on processing of its own private data (i.e. the actual map information), based on commands from the client browser (select a city, select a road, zoom in, pan to the left, etc.). This is a less complex and different problem since the MapQuest UI control is processing its own private data, not any map data generated by the client browser (or even the Application Server). This is a key distinction since the present invention allows the custom UI control that is processed by the Imaging Server, to manipulate distributed image data (such as from the Application Server or even the client). The MapQuest "map" server is processing private data that resides on the same "map" server, not a separate server as in the case of this invention.
[0029] FlashPix/IIP Viewer
[0030] FlashPix is a multi-resolution imaging format that allows for a certain set of non-destructive edit operations (and viewing transforms) to be performed and saved with the image. The Internet Imaging Protocol (IIP) is a mechanism that takes advantage of the characteristics of the FlashPix file to provide for optimized viewing on the client. For instance, a user can quickly zoom in and pan a photo for display on the client browser.
[0031] To serve up FlashPix files from a customer/Web server, server-side application support is required to handle protocol requests from the client. On the client side, requests are made, in the form of IIP commands back to the customer/Web server, in which case the server generates the necessary images/pages. In general, the client browsers need some type of user-interface control that displays portions of the image (most likely JPEG) and has controls associated with the image (analogous to the image processing toolbar) that allow the user to zoom in/out and pan left/right the photo. These commands (zoom and pan) are relayed to the customer/Web server application via IIP commands that in turn generates the appropriate portion of the image to display back to the client. The client is responsible for rendering of these images.
[0032] What this requires is custom server side FlashPix/IIP support (not built into today's Web servers) and possibly custom client code that resides on the client computing device in the form of a plug-in, Java applet, ActiveX control, or other client side application. Any changes to the FlashPix/IIP standard, or bug fixes or additions to either side may require subsequent downloading of new code to the client or updating of the application customer/Web server components. Further, any structural changes to the IIP server components might results in additional changes to the Web page on the customer/Web server. Clearly, this does not provide the flexibility or the customizations that this invention seeks to achieve. While it is possible to create a image processing toolbar that appears like the image processing toolbar of the present invention, the internal functionality and its inherent flexibility cannot be expressed with the above technology as described. Again, the key benefit of this invention is that it requires no additional server side code to be installed on the customer/Web server.
[0034] This architecture allows for rapid deployment, the ability to customize different image processing toolbars and imaging capabilities of different clients (photo oriented Web sites), and the ability to add or change functionality provided to any one site independently of all others and with no changes to the Application Server. Further, this allows for a platform neutral solution that runs anywhere and does not require additional processing capabilities on the client computing device.
[0035] The user interface design makes use of a image processing toolbar that consists of a collection of tools, content, and browsing capabilities such that the user can click on an action or content, immediately see the image update based on the action, continue editing, or go back to a previous step (undo) quickly. See section 3.4 for a screen capture of the image processing toolbar.
[0036] In a client/server networked environment the present invention discloses a method and system of giving the viewer of Internet content the controls necessary to change or manipulate the Internet content. The Internet content being viewed is generated by a remote imaging server and is changed on that server and re-rendered on the viewer's device in response to the commands given by the viewer using the controls offered by the remote imaging server. Using frames, where the Web content can be divided into two or more areas and different Web servers can provide different content to those two areas, one server can be an application server and the other server can be a content manipulation server. In particular, the application server can serve up the initial content to the user, such as an image stored on the application server. If the user desires to manipulate the image, the second server can retrieve the image data from the first server and present that image along with a toolbar of manipulation tools to the user. The image and the toolbar now reside in the second frame with the original application server data still residing in the first frame. The user can then manipulate the content while viewing the content changing as a result of the manipulation. When the user is done it is then possible to save the manipulated content on the Application Server.
[0037]FIG. 1 shows the architecture of the system using client rendered scripting language.
[0038]FIG. 2 shows the same architecture without using a client rendered scripting language.
[0039]FIG. 3 shows an image and a toolbar displayed in a second frame on a Web page.
[0040] The Imaging Server that is responsible for virtually all aspects of this system and what makes the integration of this functionality into the Application Server of the photo oriented Web site completely seamless contains two components, an Image Rendering System (IRS) and a User Interface Builder (UIB).
[0041] The IRS provides capabilities to processes commands received from the client Web browser to composite multiple images together along with vector-based artwork and high-resolution font/text data and returns the composite image to the client. The IRS also supports a wide variety of image processing and image filter capabilities. The IRS is a non-destructive, resolution-independent imaging system that preserves the user's original digital negative.
[0042] The User Interface Builder (UIB) creates the physical UI controls from a sequence of HTML commands or optionally JavaScript commands if the client supports JavaScript. The Web page returned by the Application Server can test the client's ability to support a scripting language such as JavaScript or VBScript. The responsibility of the UIB is to generate the image processing toolbar that is rendered by the client.
[0043]FIG. 1 and FIG. 2 show system diagrams for two embodiments of this invention. The first utilizes JavaScript capabilities of the client, if they exist.
[0044] The second utilizes image maps and frames to achieve the same results, if JavaScript is not available.
[0045] Image Processing Toolbar (using JavaScript).
[0046] The following description is how the image processing toolbar 65 is rendered and interacts with the Imaging Server 292.
[0048] First, the user 20 requests that a page 60 be downloaded from the Application Server 80 (an example would be a photo oriented Web site). If this page 60, determined by the Web site creator, is to contain the image processing toolbar 65, it then contains several lines of JavaScript that are embedded inside the HTML code 90 sent to the client. This interaction is between the client-computing device 20 and the Imaging Server 140 is independent of the Application Server 80 of the photo oriented Web site.
[0053] The Operation of the Image Processing Toolbar (Independent of JavaScript).
[0054] The following describes how the Image processing toolbar 221 is rendered and interacts with the IRS 280, when JavaScript is not available. Again there is an application server 240, that contains a Web server 250 that delivers a Web page 220 to the client 200. This implementation is based on FIG. 2. For this embodiment, if a page 220, as determined by the Web site creator, is to contain the image processing toolbar, it will contain an HTML frame (s) 225 that displays an HTML page (s) containing the image processing toolbar 221 and the associated image 218 being manipulated. The URLs associated with the various locations within the image map will direct the Imaging Server how to update HTML page (s) containing the image processing toolbar and the associated image being manipulated.
[0055]FIG. 3; shows a representative Web page with the original image thumbnail 340, the image as modified 342, a selectable preview size 344, and four types of tools available 334, 335, 336 and 380. As the type of tool is selected then the particular tools as represented by the type of tool are displayed 333. It should be noted that the use of HTML frames is only for convenient and efficient redisplay of the HTML page on the client. A frame-less base approach could also be taken.
[0056] Other Techniques for Various Embodiments of this Invention
[0057] A number of different techniques may be used for establishing communication between the Application Server, the client, and the Image Rendering Server (IRS). One of those involves the use of "URL rewriting". This allows a command to be embedded inside an image URL (IMG tag) that causes an image editing operation to be applied on the Image Rendering Server as a side effect of requesting the image itself. This technique allows the image in the Web page to be directly updated (rather than the entire page). This also saves a trip to the server as the command is integrated with the request for an image update.
[0058] Two approaches have been utilized for attaching the JavaScript to an HTML page on the Application Server of the photo oriented Web site. The first involves incorporation of JavaScript at the client side. With this approach, the JavaScript (or similar scripting language) is downloaded by the client where it is then executed on the client. When the client processes the script operations, JavaScript commands are accessed from the UIB and executed. This is the approach described above.
[0059] Another approach involves the use of Server Side Includes (SSI) commands. With this approach, as the Application Server encounters the location of where the image processing toolbar should appear, the Application Server invokes a URL to the imaging site. At that point, the appropriate JavaScript (or similar scripting language) and HTML code is expanded into the HTML stream that is being generated by the Application Server. The difference is that the expansion occurs on the Application Server, not the client.
[0060] Additional communication may be needed between the Application server and the Imaging Server. This invention tries to limit the necessary communication between the Application Server and the Imaging Server, thus simplifying integration of the overall system. Tighter coupling may need to be established for a variety of other reason including security. One could imagine that an Application Server may want to restrict what systems (normally only the client) that have access to the client data (such as images). In this situation, additional authentication may be needed between the Application Server and the Imaging Server. This is a separate embodiment since the general case does not require this additional communication between the Application Server and the Imaging Server.
[0061] The present invention also allows the separation of the functionality of the Client, Application Server, and the Imaging Server. In some situations, it may be desirable to physically separate the Application Server into a Web server component, whose primary function is to serve up Web pages, from the Data Server component, where data (such as still or video images) are persisted. Similarly, the Image Rendering Server can be separated into the Imaging Rendering component, utilizing very high-end processors for efficient image manipulation, and then use other servers for User Interface Building if such a physical separation is desired. Clearly, this invention does not restrict the particular architecture and provides for these and other configurations.
[0062] Modifying the Image Processing Toolbar
[0063] The authoring/building/customization of the image processing toolbar is easily performed, with only little knowledge of how the Website designer has inserted the image processing toolbar into the pages served up by the Application Server. If a particular UI control is sufficiently described (such as the size of the image processing toolbar), the author of the image processing toolbar requires no additional knowledge about how it is incorporated by the Website designer, provided it supports the supplied description (such as size). This allows the Image Rendering Server to change its appearance and modify the functionality of the image processing toolbar, without requiring changes to the Application Server or the client. For example, a new set of image filters could be easily added, additional content could be used (i.e. different cards at different times of the year), or bug fixes and other maintenance related upgrades could be performed without knowledge or changes to the Application Server or the client. This is a significant benefit of the distributed architecture since it requires no changes to either the client-computing device or the Application Server that contains the data content.
[0064] Upgrading the System
[0065] By developing a system that firmly separates the IRS from the Application Server that hosts the photos (of the photo oriented Web site) and the-client that views the Web pages, the IRS can change its functionality without affecting either the Application Server or the client.
[0066] This invention also has the flexibility to evolve its architecture to take advantage of new client browser support or new viewing and scripting capabilities as they become available on the client. This requires very little modification (if any) on the Application Server so that the user interface controls created by the Image Rendering Server can take advantage of these new architectural aspects of the client's browser. For example, if Dynamic HTML capabilities become fully standardized across all client browsers, the UI control (such as the image processing toolbar) can take advantage of these features, independent of any changes by the Application Server.
[0067] It should also be noted that if the author of the UI control wants to take advantage of advanced capabilities of one particular Web client, the Imaging Server could query the capabilities of the client browser to determine what capabilities are available and make use of such features. This can be done completely independent of the Application Server, thus providing "free" capabilities to the Application Server at no cost to them.
[0068] Use of Java/ActiveX on the client to provide richer UI experience In some embodiments, it may be desirable to utilize some client-side code (such as Java, ActiveX, etc.) for creation and display the custom UI controls (such as the image processing toolbar). However, such controls does not diminish the importance of this invention, it simply adds additional capabilities, but preserving the advantages of this architecture. As mentioned above, the Image Rendering Server could query the capabilities of the client to see if particular client-side code is supported. If not, it could resort to using standard HTML and JavaScript techniques. [In the above architecture, the UIB would be responsible for creating the Java applet that the client would then execute.]
[0069] This scenario is independent of the Application Server and is done without any changes to or knowledge of the Application Server. The few lines of JavaScript that are inserted into HTML pages on the Application Server remain unchanged; they are the same <SCRIPT> tags that reference the, Imaging Server. However, the Image Rendering Server will generate JavaScript commands that also reference a Java applet (or other client side code) that resides on the Image Rendering Server. From the point of view of the Application Server, this is transparent.
[0070] The user can interact with the UI control in much the same way he would with any UI control defined in pure HTML and JavaScript as described above. When the user issues a command from the UI control, the command is sent to the Image Rendering Server where the command is executed (such as a filter) on the data content from the Application Server. When the command is complete, the result is made available to the client such that its page can be updated directly. The use of the Java applet simply provides a richer custom UI control, but does not change the distributed nature in which the data content is processed.
[0071] Use of Java/ActiveX on the Client to Provide Real-Time Manipulation, but Retains the Benefits of the Distributed Architecture.
[0072] The use of Java or similar client side technology can also provide the ability to achieve real-time image processing effects on the client, but at a fraction of the cost if integrated via this architecture. For example, the image processing toolbar may provide for a warp imaging processing operation. It may be desirable to provide the user the ability to move around a UI control in real-time to see the dynamic effect of the warp operation on the image.
[0073] Typically, the only solution available is to download imaging processing code onto the client such that it can manipulate the image locally. While this certainly is a valid solution, it would require the downloading of the complete high-resolution image from the Application Server. While a real-time effect could be achieved, it would occur after the download of the complete high-resolution image. Once downloaded, the client side software can perform the operation. An alternative approach is to create a mechanism or protocol between the client and the Application Server to only download the resolution of the image that is needed, hopefully, a low resolution. This solution is much more desirable since it results is less network bandwidth as well as less computation complexity since the image processing operation is occurring on less pixels. However, even with this approach, it requires tight integration with the client and the Application Server.
[0074] By utilizing the present invention, the ability to incorporate this type of functionality into an Application Server is simplified, without needing to provide additional changes to the Application Server. Using the mechanism described above, the Java or ActiveX client side code can request from the IRS low-resolution data that it will process. This is possible since the IRS has access to image data content that resides on the Application Server, most likely connected through a high-speed network link. The IRS can quickly down sample the image and pass it to the client side application for processing. In parallel, the IRS can perform the same operation on the high-resolution image data, if needed, such that the updated results can be stored on the Application Server (of the photo oriented site).
[0075] parallel, the IRS can perform the same operation on the high-resolution image data, if needed, such that the updated results can be stored on the Application Server (of the photo oriented site).
[0076] Sample HTML Code and Output
[0077] The following code is a very simple example of how a image processing toolbar can be incorporated into a Web page. See the comments in the file for a description of each statement.
[0078] While there have been shown and described several embodiments of the present invention, it will be obvious to those skilled in the art that various changes and modifications may be made therein without departing from the scope of the invention as defined by the appending claims.
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Labranda or Labraunda (Greek Λάβρανδα): ancient sanctuary in Caria.
However, the initiator of the planning of the hieron as we know it (i.e., the sacred place) was the Carian leader Maussolus of Halicarnassus (r.377-353 BCE); many of the structures were completely built or started in his time. Others were accomplished by his brother, Idrieus (r.351-344 BCE).The following structures were completed in the reign of Maussollus: the north stoa, Andron B with its annexes and terrace, the large terrace wall south of the temple, the structure west of Andron B, the large flight of steps in the east and the large structures called palaces.
The structures started or completed in the time of Idrieus are: temple II, a peripteros of the Ionic order, terrace house II, Oikoi, Andron A with a terrace to the south, the well-house stoa, the east propylaia, the Doric house and the south propylaia with adjoining buildings.Androns A and B were doubtless megaron-type palaces reserved for the royal family, like the megara at Troy II and VI and at the citadel of the Phrygian capital Gordium. The structures named "oikoi" were houses, composed of two single rooms which never had an antechamber, in contrast to megara.
Similar oikoi are known from Larisa, Pergamon, and Priene. The ones at Labranda were probably, like terrace houses I and II, reserved for the priests. Andron A is the best preserved structure with windows, clearly revealing that windows were used in Greek architecture. Other structures showing the use of windows are the council chambers of Termessos and Alabanda.
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The site of ancient Labranda is one of the best preserved ruins of Turkey, situated in the mountains, fourteen kilometers north of Milas. It is well signposted from Milas, but after a few kilometres the road leading to the site is very difficult for a normal car.


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partially because i never played dead space, and partially because it just didn't seem that original, i had little interest in checking out dead space: extraction. but come year end time, with top 10 lists, recommendations from friends, and a 2 hour game of the year podcast for gamefocus.ca; i'm pretty convinced that this 'guided experience' (*cough* on rails shooter *cough*) is a game worth checking out for both it's technological achievement in terms of graphics on the wii and it's heavily lauded gameplay.
6. Shatter
just paid a dollar for the soundtrack and am entranced. had heard it was a great action/puzzle game and don't know why i don't already have it, besides my reluctance to pay $10 for an unknown quantity if it's a downloadable. $5 is easier to stomach.
7. Ghostbusters: The Video Game
this one came out during a busy time too and the demo did not convince me to spend $60 on it. i may pick it up now that it's $30 but only after i whittle my pile of unplayed games down a bit.
8. The Legend of Zelda: Spirit Tracks
wrong game, wrong time and i was so burnt by phantom hourglass (and the painful recurring dungeon) that it's hard to take another chance on a handheld zelda. heck, i don't even get excited over ANY zelda's since the pair of bombs that were phantom hourglass and twilight princess. they may have killed my inner adventurer, at least for the moment.
9. UFC 2009 Undisputed
another case of a game that came out right around the time i was playing like 3 others that better held my interest. i like the idea of UFC, but i just don't know if i'll have the patience to see it through. i did learn how to play Street Fighter this year though so who knows...
10. Brütal Legend
i flipped and flopped over this game and almost bought it numerous times.
it's tim schafer
- it's basically a console RTS
it's full of awesome metalocalypse-style metal in-jokes
- it has a bunch of stupid cameos
maybe i'll pick it up when it's sub-$30
11. Trash Panic
this was just plain bad timing. this came out before PSN network cards were available everywhere and for some reason the PSN wouldn't recognize/accept my credit card at the time. i'm sure i'll get it sometime...
12. Bionic Commando
with this, my GRIN set will be pretty much complete. i already have terminator salvation, which is absolutely terrible, and bionic commando: rearmed, which is awesome, so picking this up will finish off that trilogy. it's supposed to be alright but i figure it will have a lot of the same combat and pacing problems as terminator. GRIN should never have attempted cutscenes or story.


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If anybody wants to help with this, let me know.
For now, since the code hasn't been completely implemented or tested, I'm not sure exactly how it's going to work.
If you guys know of good links for best of lists for any systems, please post them here.
Just be sure to list what system it was for, what type of best of list it is, and who made the list.
P.S. Don't bother compiling any lists yet, because I don't know if they're going to be usable in its final form. I'd like to see a way where we can designate numbers to the games so they show up in numeric order instead of alphabetical order. Madmab hasn't said if this would be possible either way yet, but he seemed to like the idea. Doesn't make much sense to have a top 100 NES games list if they're shown in alphabetical order, does it?
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As I drive through the front gates of the horse ranch, I take a breath of the outside air as it blows in through the open window of my truck. The familiar fresh air smell, mixed with hay, horse and earth begins to work its magic as if I were being hypnotized by Celebrity Hypnotist, Kevin Stone himself. I look out my front window and just beyond the old brown wooden fence in the open green pasture way out in the distance I catch sight of several horses. The two brown Andalusia horses are running alongside the fence near the tree line as if playing a game of tag, while the others, regardless whether black, brown, tan, or of mixed colors are grazing on the deep green grass as if they were at an endless buffet. Across from the pasture on the other side of the main drive I see several horse and riders running, cantering, jumping and enjoying their time in the outside arenas all while soaking up the warm sun.
I pull into a parking spot nearest the stall where my beautiful black and white colored horse �Fancy� is waiting for me. As I exit my car I can already feel the heavy weight of the day�s stress leaving my body, my muscles begin to loosen, my jaw is not clinched and the thoughts just moments ago that were running through my head like a stampede of wild Stallions become quiet.
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It has only been a few short years since I first walked into this half-darkened barn. In that time Fancy has taught me courage, when I first choose to grab her mane in one hand and the saddle in the other as I hung on for dear life as she raced out of the barn like a rocket headed to the moon. I conquered the fear of falling off, having my toes crushed, and being publicly humiliated at a horse show all compliments of her. She has taught me responsibility. Unlike my bedroom or bathroom a horse needs regular care and most of it requires that I get dirty, smelly and up off the couch.
Even as a little girl horses captured my heart and imagination because of their beauty, power, and grace, or maybe it was their soft velvety noses. To those outside the horse world, it must seem strange. To see me in muddy boots and dirty clothes but who would guess such loves fills my heart because of it. If you weren't raised with horses, you can't know that they have unique personalities and loyalty. You'd expect this from dogs, but horses? Indeed, there are clever horses, grumpy horses, and even horses with a sense of humor. Those prone to humor will test you by finding new ways to escape from their stall when you least expect it.
If it is in your blood to love horses, you share your life with them. I braided my feelings into her mane and whispered my hopes and dreams into her ears on more than one occasion. This old barn is my sanctuary, a sheltered place where my life's true priorities are clear. Though I have to squeeze riding into my over hectic schedule I find those hours are stolen pleasures. It's not just about horses it�s about love, life, and learning.
As I prepare to leave, I look into her big black expressive eyes while her nostrils sniff around my hands looking for her goodbye peppermint treat, my hope is that she has many more years where I get to care for and love her. Every single day I look forward to coming back and giving my faithful friend more love than she has given me. As I embrace her warm neck, I kiss her soft nose goodbye and say �Thank you for loving me.�
The time I spend in their world fills my heart with a happiness, equal to that of children waking up on Christmas morning and seeing all their presents under the tree. So while I do not look forward to leaving her at the end of the day, I know that when I pull through the front gates tomorrow, it will be Christmas morning again and I can�t wait to see my gift.


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The rent at Braeburn Village Apartments & Townhomes of Indianapolis ranges from $499 for a one bedroom to a $940 four bedroom. Apartments in this building are about 14% less expensive than the Indianapolis average. This is a pet-friendly apartment.
This apartment is in Indianapolis. The closest park is Greene Park.
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The 3 Bedroom Townhome offers large walk-in closets and an eat-in kitchen. The large dinning area is a great place for family dinners. The large enclosed patio provides a great place to relax and entertain friends and family. The separate laundry area accommodates full-sized appliances. The laundry area has connections for a gas or electric dryer. The master bedroom is large enough for a king sized bed, comfortably. You will love calling Braeburn Village Home!
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I lived in Braeburn Village from 1996 to 2001. So yeah, a long time ago! It was the best place I ever lived during my childhood (I was 12-16 years old). We had our fair share of mischief (our group of friends) and mgmt definitely knew us (I don't think Kathy and Ron are there anymore), but we were just kids passing time for the most part :). The complex is huge (about 40 buildings) and was always nice and clean when I lived there. I hear that in the years since that it had degraded in appearance. I also hear that, like most other apartments on the East Side, section 8 became accepted in Braeburn and that helped drive away some of the "nice quiet" atmosphere. It must have been 8 years since I heard this rumor though and if it was true, Braeburn may be back to the way it was back when I lived there. I do remember the townhomes being a bit outdated when I lived there (I had friends living in over 10 different places there, so I spent time in a number of units) so I can imagine it being quite outdated if nothing has changed. But I'm sure by now they are updating as they go, but don't know that for sure. Personally, if I still lived in Indiana, I would consider a move to Braeburn for the nostalgia factor, but I'm not sure what kind of complex it is today. I had some of the best times in my life while living there. The summer of '99 will always be unforgettable to me and my friends...hanging out at the pool, having sleepovers, playing tennis, hanging out at the old Safeway, and lots more. During winters, sledding down "Suicide Hill" (the hill on Franklin Rd at I-70 inside the complex property) was another thing to do. Based on all that, I would definitely consider moving back there if I lived in the area again because all that is still there (except Safeway). Not sure if it would be a good place for my daughter to grow up, but I'd still look into it. I haven't been there in 13 years. I just might scoop up an old friend or two from the neighborhood and cruise a lap around the complex next time I'm in Indy!
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I have lived in Braeburn for going on three years now. At first I loved this place. Now I can hardly wait till my lease is up. The office has replaced most of its staff and they could care less about anything. I have complained for two years about my dish washer not washing my dishes properly. I get told so many excuses that its literally not funny. All of the appliances that the apartment furnishes you with are 20 years old or more and they break constantly. My water heater is also 20 years old and I have to call to get it fixed constantly. They started offering to come clean your carpets once a year and that service is also horrible. They don't use any soap just spray warm water or they don't show up and then blame you for them not coming to clean the carpets. My air conditioner is currently broken and I am on day two of waiting for them to come fix it. Its super humid out and it doesn't help that I have a sick child.I asked for new screens on my windows and they still haven't fixed that either. So when its hot out I open the windows to let the bugs in. I have complained to the office about seeing rats and opossums outside and they say well as long as they are outside don't worry about it. Okay so what happens when I open my door and they come in. The security here is also horrible. They actually make things worse and turn everything into something racial. Its sad when your called racist by an officer of the law. Don't move here unless your prepared to deal with tons and tons of problems. Worst place I have ever lived!
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I have been so impressed by my apartment and the staff at Braeburn! They have gone out of their way to make everything perfect. I came early to move in before the office opened and I called the office and the maintenance man Scott came right over with my keys and move in sheet. After we got everything done then I signed my lease. That was 4 years ago and it is just 1 example of how they go out of thier way to make people happy. Also, the Halloween parade is the best every yesr
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My Preschooler's Top 10 Excuses Not To Go To Bed
(Alternate Title: Go the F*ck to Sleep.)
Anyone who has a preschooler knows that the only thing more impossible than walking on water is getting your kid to go to bed. Seriously. (Probably this is true for kids of any age, but please allow me to delude myself into believing that this stage ends with the preschool years.) If someone were to tell me, "today I scaled Mount Everest and ran the Boston Marathon and won Project Runway and got my kid to go to sleep within five minutes" I'd be all "oh hell no it did not take five minutes, you lying liar. Also, is Heidi really that hot and skinny in person? Do you even know how many kids that woman has had?"
Caroline is three, and she's pretty much the queen of coming up with excuses to stall when it's bedtime. She'll go to bed relatively easily the first time, but then she'll get up 45 million times with all kinds of crazy-ass reasons why I should let her get up and stay up. (Fingers crossed she'll still be this difficult to get into bed when she's 18.) Here's a selection of my favorites:
10. There's a dirt spot on my wall. Can you clean it?
9. My Pooh Bear won't stop looking at me.
8. My hair keeps getting in my face!
7. I can't sleep because I'm thinking about what my preschool friends might be thinking about right now.
6. I feel like you're having too much fun out there without me.
5. I can't sleep because I just keep thinking so many thoughts in my head.
4. Remember how you asked me what I did at preschool today and I said "I'm not tellin' you?" Well, I'm ready to tell you now.
3. I don't think you brushed my teeth enough!
2. It's hard to sleep when my mouth is making so much noise.
1. I still need to send out some emails!
Let's hear 'em… what are your kid's best excuses to get out of bed… or not get in there in the first place?
(P.S., I keep forgetting to tell you guys, but if you find my child's off-the-wall comments entertaining, you can get your fill of Caro conversations anytime here, at my Tumblr. Enjoy!)Add a Comment
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by Kristen
On May 3, 2012 at 8:47 am
1) I can't close my eyes.
2) I can't stop talking.
3) But I'm hungry (after already having a snack she couldn't finish).
by jane
On May 3, 2012 at 9:03 am
Lately my son (2 years and 8 months) has to keep the bright light on before he can get into bed. When he wakes up in the middle of the night and finds the light is turned off stealthily, he will scream and won't return to bed until I turn the light on.
by Rose
On May 3, 2012 at 1:07 pm
"I have to poop"
"I need milk for me"
"I need 3 more trucks"
"I have to kiss you"
"I have to kiss Daddy"
"I have to have the door open"
"I need you to sleep with me"
"I not tired!"
He's 2 years and 9 months. Total sweetheart, but he loves the bedtime fight. We've had a lot of success with a)ignoring the bad behavior (totally disengaging until he gets bored) and b) not letting him nap longer than 1.5 hours.
by Jerrie
On May 3, 2012 at 1:33 pm
My niece spends every Friday night with me to give her mom some much needed time off. The other night she turned to me and said, "I can't go to sleep because I just need some more time to be with you."
She is good at the delay game.
by Jeannie
On May 3, 2012 at 3:17 pm
Some of Alyvia's (4 1/2 years old) classic excuses…"Daddy, I can't sleep in my bed anymore. There are too many (stuffed animals) eyes looking at me!", "Mommy, I can't sleep in this bed with the polka pox (polka dot) sheets.", "There are too many bugs in this room!" as she points to the ladybug/firefly decor ALL OVER HER ROOM!!!
by nour
On May 3, 2012 at 4:45 pm
my 4yr old son:
1. my bed to too tickly!
2.i need to pee ( can be used up to 5 times in a row)
3.i want to wait for the sun to come up again
4. i dont like to sleep at night
5. i muss moms bed and pillow and smell – can come up with a very long list
by Jamie
On May 3, 2012 at 6:32 pm
My son is 5 and sometimes he says "I can't sleep because I'm bored" lol
by Melissa
On May 3, 2012 at 8:01 pm
The best w've heard in the middle of the night: "I was having a dream and Bilbo/Gandalf said, 'Wake up, Sam!'" Or: "I ran into some Hobbits and they beat me up!" (My husband is reading the Hobbit to our almost-three-year-old)
by Janice
On May 4, 2012 at 11:38 pm
My son (2yr 5mo) uses:
1. I scared!
2. I need more helicopters…
3. mom, mommy, mama…i miss you! Come see me! Wish you were here, mama! (substitute daddy or whoever he thinks might cave that night).
by Gina
On May 6, 2012 at 6:15 pm
Mommy can't sleep I know there's no but keep thinking monster in my closet!
by Heather
On May 6, 2012 at 6:19 pm
My 3 1/2 year old likes to use the classic excuses "I'm hungry" or "I need a drink of water"… I would hate it if he was truly hungry so I usually give in :/
by litzergam
On May 6, 2012 at 6:23 pm
Well, we're past the preschool years, and bedtime is much easier at age 7. However, the little princess has gotten very attached to her nightly piggyback ride to bed. If she happens to fall asleep in the car and is dumped in bed, she will wake up at some future point in time and beg for her piggyback ride. I try to treasure these moments because she's getting so big and my back won't be able to handle piggyback rides for much longer. But, whew, am I glad we're past the toddler years!
by Erin
On May 6, 2012 at 6:25 pm
Patrick is five. His favorite is "mommy you didn't kiss all my toys goodnight yet"
by Lara
On May 6, 2012 at 6:25 pm
My DD is 4 and I think my favorite I've heard so far is –
"I need to stay up all night mommy, in case Gavin (baby brother) wakes up and needs to be fed or something."
by Christal
On May 6, 2012 at 6:25 pm
My bugers are makening bugers, I can't sleep, my eyes are stuck, not tired ugh name it with 5 girls
by Jordanne
On May 6, 2012 at 6:38 pm
1-i dont have eyes
2-i need to pee
3-i need to poop
4-my music stopped
5-i need a kiss
6-i cant cover myself!
7-i dont have eyes
8-i need to pee
And it goes on and on an on!!!
by Tracey
On May 6, 2012 at 6:42 pm
Katherine, age 3: "My eyes make it too dark!"
by sarah
On May 6, 2012 at 6:44 pm
All in one night my 3dads year came up with:
he was thirsty
he heard a bear
he was cold and needed to be tucked in
he forgot to brusg his teeth
he wanted to sleep with me
to he again heard a bear
he had to pee
he had to poo
he was cold again!
by Shawnie
On May 6, 2012 at 7:08 pm
My 4 year old:
It's too dark
It's not dark enough
I'm afraid (of what?) I don't know, i'm just afraid.
I want to get up and play
I need a snack
I need more juice
I can't stop thinking thoughts
I need to ask Daddy something
What was that sound? I need to check.
I need to see my pet lizard (who passed away and is now a star in the sky – thank you Princess and the Frog)
by Melissa
On May 6, 2012 at 7:18 pm
My boys ages 9 years and 3 years old wait until it is bedtime to decide they are:
Hot, need the fan on
Need another blanket(although they may already have 3)
Have to use the bathroom
And the latest excuse by the 9 year old is: "the cannibals are going to eat me" (his friends were talking about cannibals, which he had never heard of before.)
by alissa
On May 6, 2012 at 8:13 pm
Its not midnight yet.
Ill have a dream and dont want to
by Stephanie
On May 6, 2012 at 8:21 pm
"I can't see when I close my eyes!"
by Kristina Reed
On May 6, 2012 at 8:51 pm
One of my favorites is "I can't see." He'll call me back in 6 times to make sure I'm going to leave the hall light on. He needs a different blanky or pillow. He's hungry or thirsty (seems to be popular). We need to sing more songs because tonight of the 8 I sang I missed (insert song here). I also love that we fight tooth and nail to clean up toys, but God forbid even one thing is out of place before we get in bed. "Mommy, I forgot to put my hat away. Oh wait, what about Percy? I didn't put my clothes in the hamper yet." etc. etc. etc.
by Sue
On May 6, 2012 at 9:46 pm
My little guy is 4 and it's getting worse every night-tonight it was 1.5 hours to go to sleep. A few faves:
1. "the sound is soooo beautiful so I can't sleep" (his sleep sheep whale noises)
2. "it's too loud/too quiet/too dark"
3. "I'm STARVING"
4. "I forgot to do this and this and this today"
if it's not those excuses, it's 20 min of talking about tv/books/game characters and storylines
by Toni
On May 6, 2012 at 9:46 pm
My now 3 year old has been using the same excuse for 6 months, "I too busy." Now that we got her a kitchen for her 3rd birthday it's, "I'm cooking Momma!" lol
by Krysten
On May 6, 2012 at 11:10 pm
My 4yo's favorite is "I want you". We have yet to discover what he wants other than staying up later.
by Ghinwa daher
On May 7, 2012 at 1:08 am
My daughter is 2.5 years old, also she refuses sleeping at 8 she has been using some excuse as " want to coloring star, play with Lego, mommy read story" and she always when I read story and sleep behind her 5 minutes and she will sleep.
by Summer
On May 7, 2012 at 2:12 am
Are my three boys weird? They go straight to bed… :/
by Gwen
On May 7, 2012 at 6:39 am
Mine is 2yr 3mo & here's hers.
1. "I cooking"
2. "I hungry"
4. "I not tired"
5. "I don't wanna go to sleep"
The list of stalling excuses goes on.
by Angel-lena
On May 7, 2012 at 11:02 am
1.She's hungry/thirsty/hot/cold/itchy or in some other way so VERY uncomfortable that she just can't sleep.
2. She sees something (coud be anything…
3. She's missed me/daddy SO much all day that she can't sleep becasue she wants to talk to me/him.
4. Her movie stopped.
5. It's too dark/light.
6. She's not tired.
But the one that comes to mind that really took the cake was when she actually told me that if she went to sleep now that she would wake up in the middle of the night and not be tired anymore so I would have to get up and play with her!
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On July 10, 2012 at 10:32 am
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by Trish
On July 13, 2012 at 12:56 pm
6 year old: Hungry, cold, hot, thirsty, bathroom, borrow a book from her brother, can't sleep, doesn't like to sleep, scared, saw or heard something, can't see her book to read, wants her hair up, can't find a certain toy or book, "Why do I have to go to bed?", etc etc etc.
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On March 23, 2015 at 10:39 am
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