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Systems and methods support dental patient scheduling relating to one or more dental appliances by communicating manufacturing progress information with a patient computer over a wide area network; and performing patient scheduling when one or more dental appliances reach a predetermined manufacturing progress.
1. A method to support dental patient scheduling relating to one or more dental appliances, comprising:
providing a server transmitting via a network information relating to a manufacturing stage of one or more dental appliances, the network coupled to one or more patient computers;
accessing a database having information regarding manufacturing progress of the one or more dental appliances;
determining whether the manufacturing progress has reached a predetermined stage;
automatically transmitting manufacturing progress information to a patient computer over a wide area network in the absence of the patient prompting the server to communicate the manufacturing progress information, the transmitting occurring prior to completion of all manufacturing operations for each of the appliances; and
performing patient scheduling when one or more dental appliances reach a predetermined manufacturing progress, patient scheduling occurring prior to completion of all manufacturing operations for each of the appliances.
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9. A system adapted to support dental patient scheduling, the system comprising:
a server that automatically transmits via a network information relating to a manufacturing stage of one or more dental appliances, the network coupled to one or more patient computers, the server comprising a storage media having instructions that if executed cause the server to:
access a database having information regarding manufacturing progress of the one or more dental appliances;
determine whether the manufacturing progress has reached a predetermined stage;
automatically transmit manufacturing progress information to a patient computer in the absence of the patient prompting the server to transmit the manufacturing progress information, the transmitting occurring prior to completion of all manufacturing operations for each of the appliances; and
perform patient scheduling when the one or more dental appliances has reached the predetermined stage, patient scheduling occurring prior to completion of all manufacturing operations for each of the appliances.
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The Internet has become a significant medium for communication and commerce and has enabled millions of people to share information and conduct business electronically. The unique characteristics of the Internet such as its ability to provide enhanced communication, rich text, and graphic environment provide an ideal support for a wide variety of electronic commerce transactions. For example, a consumer can search, review, and extensively shop a number of competing chains in an instant. As such, consumers benefit by being able to obtain a good price relatively quickly and easily.
On-line retailers also benefit, since these retailers can carry a larger number of products at a lower cost and with greater merchandising flexibility without the physical constraints faced by traditional retailers. Additionally, they can assist the consumer's purchase decision by providing relevant information and enabling consumers to shop at their convenience by remaining open 24 hours a day, seven days a week. Online retailers can also provide personalized services and use direct marketing efforts based on information provided by customers.
As such, the Internet has evolved into a unique sales and marketing channel. The ubiquity and convenience of the Internet makes it ideal for dispensing information on certain topics that traditionally require visits to specialists. For example, certain consumers may be interested in products and services associated with orthodontics and dentofacial orthopedics that specializes in the diagnosis, prevention and treatment of dental and facial irregularities ("malocclusion" or "bad bite"). The orthodontic treatment process typically uses corrective appliances such as braces and/or other fixed or removable appliances to bring the teeth, lips and jaws into proper alignment and to achieve a facial balance. The pervasiveness of the Internet makes it an ideal source for information relating to these products and services.
Systems and methods support dental patient scheduling relating to one or more dental appliances by communicating manufacturing progress information with a patient computer over a wide area network; and performing patient scheduling when one or more dental appliances reach a predetermined manufacturing progress.
In one aspect, a system supports dental patient scheduling with a network to communicate information relating to a manufacturing stage; one or more patient computers coupled to the network; and a server coupled to the network, the server communicating manufacturing progress information with the patient computer and performing patient scheduling when one or more dental appliances reach a predetermined manufacturing progress.
Implementations of the system may include one or more of the following. The server can send a message to a patient when the appliances reach a predetermined manufacturing stage. The message can be sent when the appliances are being marked. The server can send a message to a treating professional when the appliances reach one or more intermediate stages of manufacturing. The server can send an electronic mail message to transmit information relating to manufacturing progress. The server can maintain calendar pages for the treating professionals. The server can invite a patient to access an on-line calendar and schedule an appointment when the appliances reach the last stage of manufacturing. A network of treating professionals can be accessed using the network. The server can request intervention from manufacturing personnel when one or more manufacturing stages fall behind schedule and can update the patient with information relating to a delay caused by manufacturing slippage.
Advantages of the system may include one or more of the following. For treating professionals and patients, the system provides a convenient way to communicate information, including scheduling information. The system also enables people to share their schedules with the treating professional. The system is convenient to use and provides informative treatment experience through which dental care services and dental-related products can be dispensed. Consumers can access the system using an intuitive, easy-to-use interface that is available 24 hours a day, seven days a week and from anywhere Internet access is available.
The system quickly reports to a user such as a treating professional or a patient the status of the manufacturing operations. If a particular manufacturing operation is late or early, the user can adjust his or her schedule appropriately. This is done without requiring a person to call the user and communicate the delivery date. The system allows the orthodontist and the patient sufficient lead-time to schedule an appointment.
The system also eliminates resources required to automatically inform users and manufacturing personnel of manufacturing status. This operation is done cost-effectively without requiring human operators to keep track of delivery information and to physically call users in case the manufacturing of the appliances falls behind schedule
The system is also efficient to use for treating professionals such as orthodontists. An orthodontist can simply log-in to the system, open his or her on-line calendar, pick up the patient's folder on the system and review the status of the case. The treating professional reduces the professional's overhead in that patients directly schedule the appointment without having to coordinate availability with a receptionist.
Correspondingly, patients also experience higher quality of service since he or she can log-in, monitor the progress of the production of his or her appliances, and schedule appoints if necessary. These operations can be done anywhere and at any time, as long as the patients and the treating professionals have access to the Internet.
The system supports a virtual community of dental patients, dentists, specialists such as orthodontists and oral surgeons, financial institutions, benefit providers and the providers of dental equipment or services. For treating professionals, such as dentists and orthodontists, the system provides a one-stop solution for planning patient treatments, managing communication with patients, storing patient records and sharing records with relevant persons outside the doctor's office.
Aspects of the final treatment plan can be used to generate appliances used in the physical treatment. The information associated with the patient's treatment (visual images, virtual treatment plans, file notes and the like) are digitized and maintained in a central storage facility in a secure manner. Doctors and patients can have access to these files without the need to extract files and models from storage and with reduced risk of records being misplaced.
Administratively, the system allows the office to be managed more efficiently without requiring the treating professional to purchase and maintain special software. The system keeps track of all patients that need to be contacted for an appointment. Scheduling can be done automatically or can be customized to the office's preference and availability of treating professionals and supporting resources. Based on the appointments, the system can electronically mail (email) patients with reminders. Alternatively, the system can print reminder cards that can be mailed to patients reminding them of their appointment. The system can also automatically generate personalized correspondence to patients relating to data collected in the initial exam and treatment recommendations. Moreover, the patient can review the proposed treatment with the treating professional anywhere.
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One or more client computers 104-105 can be connected to the network 102. In one embodiment where the network 102 is the Internet, the client computers execute a suitable browser such as Navigator from Netscape, Inc. and Internet Explorer from Microsoft Corp. By clicking on the highlighted text (or specific graphic image), the user can jump from the current web page to a new web page address associated with the link—with the new page displayed on the screen. In this manner, the user can "surf the web" by clicking on an almost endless succession of links going to page after page all following a common thread as defined by the text or graphic component of the link label.
Through the network 102, the client computers 104-105 can access a dental server 106. The dental server 106 serves a web site, a portal, a vertical portal (vortal), or a content site for providing dental related information to interested parties such as dental patients, dentists, orthodontists, and others. When sensitive information is communicated through the dental server 106, such information is securely encrypted using Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) technology throughout the transaction. The server 106 can be a stand-alone computer or can be a server farm that can distribute processing and communications activity across a computer network so that no single device is overwhelmed. During load balancing, if one server is swamped with requests, excess requests are forwarded to another server with more capacity.
The network 102 connects the dental server 106 to one or more treating professional workstations 108-109. The workstations 108-109 allow treating professionals access to a plethora of services provided by the dental server 106 such as patient treatment and office management, among others. The dental server 106 stores information associated with patient history on-line in a secure manner. The server 106 also allows the treating professional to have a comprehensive view of the patient's treatment history at any time using a suitable browser, eliminating the need to pull treatment files or charts or to look for misfiled or lost charts. The dental server 106 also provides treating professionals with tools to analyze patient data, for example, tools to reconstruct a 3D model of the teeth. For example, using the browser, the treating professional can request the server 106 to animate the progress of the treatment plan. When the treating professional arrives at a prescription or other final designation, the treatment prescription is used to automatically generate appliances, as described in more details below. Further, in addition to aiding professionals in treating patients, the treating professional can perform office management, purchasing and other logistical operations using the browser and the dental server 106.
In addition to communicating with patients and treating professionals, the dental server 106 can communicate with one or more partners 110 using the network 102. The partners 110 can be product suppliers, service providers, or any suitable commercial entities.
One partner 110 can be a financing partner that offers customers with one or more electronic financing options. In one implementation, the financing partner can be a credit card processing company. The credit card processing company can accept a customer's existing credit card or can issue the customer with a new credit card. Further, the credit card can be issued under the name of a third-party bank, the name of the credit card processing company, or the name of the site supported by the dental server 106 under a co-branding arrangement.
The customer enters the sensitive data such as credit card number, shipping address, among others, onto a purchase form. The credit data is then submitted, collected and passed securely through the dental server 106. This data can be processed in real time or can be collected by mail or telephone and then entered by an operator. A processor at the credit card processing company then verifies that the credit card number is valid and is not stolen, among other anti-fraud measures. If the credit card information is valid, the purchase price will be reserved from the issuing bank of the consumer's credit card and allocated to the account associated with the server 106. Periodically, the credit card processor settles all accounts; it is at this time that all monies move. Funds reserved are transmitted from the issuing bank of the cardholder's credit card to the account of the server 106. Also, discount fees are paid from these funds, as they are moving.
Alternatively, the financing partner can debit from the customer's checking account over the Internet. One such check debiting services is the MerchanTrust™ Paperless Checks™ Services, available from Merchant Commerce, Inc. These services provide customers with the convenience of making online purchases by checking account debits, with no manual data entry required of a merchant. In this embodiment, a customer fills in a form at the site with bank information printed at the bottom of his or her personal check. The information is processed as an Electronic Funds Transfer (EFT) to the customer's account using the Automated Clearinghouse (ACH) payment system.
Yet another possible partner 110 is a dental supply retailer providing an on-line shop on the web site to retail dental products to the customers and treating professionals. The retailer can be a co-branding partner that uses the brand name linked or suitably associated with the web site of the server 106 such that users of the server 106 would not know that the on-line shop is actually operated by a third party. The retailer can offer dental products for brushing, flossing, and cleaning of dental implants and bridges. Other dental products include anti-plaque rinse and plaque-fighting toothpaste. The retailer can also sell other health-care-related products such as prescription drugs; non-prescription drugs; personal care; beauty and spa; vitamins, herbs and nutrition; and medical supplies. Additionally, the retailer can serve the needs of the treating professionals by offering products such as brackets, buccal tubes, bands, archwire products, bonding adhesives, hand instruments, systems, supplies and equipment.
Yet another partner 110 can be a shipping partner. The shipping partner delivers dental supply or goods received from a multiplicity of producers and manufacturers for ultimate distribution to each customer. The facilities for warehousing and introduction of goods into a transportation stream for redistribution are the so-called cross docking facilities. The supply or good flows in bulk from a producer or a manufacturer to one or more cross docking facilities owned by either the shipping partner or the operator of the server 106. The items are then be broken into smaller unit sizes and distributed to the customers.
The above list of partners lists only exemplary partners and is not an exhaustive list. Other possible partners include value-added service providers such as third party software providers who provide plug-in viewing and diagnostic enhancements that can be used by the professionals.
In addition to performing orthodontic operations, the server 106 can also perform other value-added services. For example, processes executed by the server 106 can simulate the color of the patient's enamel and show the color of the teeth before and after bleaching. Further, processes on the server 106 can simulate the color of the patient's silver fillings (amalgram) and show the teeth after cosmetic work to cover the amalgam. Once the patient has accepted a particular treatment selection, the server 106 offers the patient with one or more financing options from one of its financial partners. Additionally, the server 106 can guide the patient to an on-line shopping store to purchase products relating to his or her dental health. For example, the patient can buy cleaning supplies, brushes, and flossing supply at a price competitive to his or her traditional stores. Moreover, the products can be delivered to the patient using one or more delivery partners at a convenient time.
The server 106 can perform dynamic targeting and information gathering. The users provide demographic information when they register for our service. The server 106 can track our users' behavior the entire time they are online. As a result, the server 106 can deliver targeted advertisements and measure their effectiveness. For example, users can receive ads from a brokerage firm when they are viewing sites containing stock quotes or financial news, or receive promotions from a bookseller when browsing sites containing book reviews. As such, the dental server 106 can provide a prominent and sustained advertising medium to the community. In contrast to most portal and content sites which display advertising, the site remains with users the entire time they are online. Once users are logged on, the site remains in full view throughout the session, including when they are waiting for pages to download, navigating the Internet and even engaging in non-browsing activities such as sending or receiving e-mail. The constant visibility of the site allows advertisements to be displayed for a specified period of time.
In combination, the dental server 106 forms a hub that links dental clients using client computers 104-105, treating professionals using workstations 108-109, and partners 110 into a living electronic commerce (e-commerce) community.
The servers can be clustered. In one embodiment using Microsoft's Cluster Server, cluster-enabled applications such as Microsoft's SQL Server and Exchange. With Cluster Server, two servers can run applications at the same time. When one server fails, the remaining server handles its application as well as the failed server's applications. Next, the remaining server adopts the IP address of the failed server and mounts one or more data drives that the two systems share. The remaining server is rebooted and applications such as SQL Server can be started and initialized on this server. Persistent clients can re-attach to the server and continue to operate.
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The user can navigate the home page to join a particular site from a constellation of related sites. For instance, the user can navigate to a patient's site (step 208), a doctor's site (step 210), a privacy statement site (step 212), one or more additional sites (step 214), and an about site (step 216), among others. The additional sites can be an on-line shopping store that is co-branded with the web site hosted by the server 106, or the on-line shopping store can be directly affiliated with a third party such as planet-rx.com, among others. The additional sites can also be third party value-added providers of products and/or services.
In one embodiment, during start-up, a browser checks for a viewer plug-in module in a "plugins" subdirectory (Windows) or Plug-ins folder (Mac OS) in the same folder or directory as the browser. If the viewer plug-in module is available, the browser looks for a MIME type and extension info from the version resource. Through a TYPE attribute, the browser knows the MIME type and can load a registered plug-in first and, if there are no matches for the MIME type, the browser looks for a helper application. Once the viewer plug-in is identified, the browser loads the viewer plug-in code into memory; initializes the viewer plug-in; and creates a new instance of the viewer plug-in. When the user leaves the site or closes the window, the viewer plug-in instance is deleted. When the last instance of the viewer plug-in is deleted, the plug-in code is unloaded from memory. Next, data files are downloaded to the viewer plug-in. In one implementation, the viewer plug-in downloads a data file from the dental server 102 using a suitable protocol such as a file transfer protocol (FTP). The viewer plug-in uses the downloaded file to present the treatment plan graphically to the clinician. The viewer plug-in also can be used by the treatment plan designer at the host site to view images of a patient's teeth.
A plaster cast of the patient's teeth is obtained by well known techniques, such as those described in Graber, Orthodontics: Principle and Practice, Second Edition, Saunders, Philadelphia, 1969, pp. 401-415. After the tooth casting is obtained, the casting is digitally scanned by a scanner, such as a non-contact type laser or destructive scanner or a contact-type scanner, to produce the IDDS. The data set produced by the scanner may be presented in any of a variety of digital formats to ensure compatibility with the software used to manipulate images represented by the data. In addition to the 3D image data gathered by laser scanning or destructive scanning the exposed surfaces of the teeth, a user may wish to gather data about hidden features, such as the roots of the patient's teeth and the patient's jaw bones. This information is used to build a detailed model of the patient's dentition and to show with more accuracy and precision how the teeth will respond to treatment. For example, information about the roots allows modeling of all tooth surfaces, instead of just the crowns, which in turn allows simulation of the relationships between the crowns and the roots as they move during treatment. Information about the patient's jaws and gums also enables a more accurate model of tooth movement during treatment. For example, an x-ray of the patient's jaw bones can assist in identifying ankylose teeth, and an MRI can provide information about the density of the patient's gum tissue. Moreover, information about the relationship between the patient's teeth and other cranial features allows accurate alignment of the teeth with respect to the rest of the head at each of the treatment steps. Data about these hidden features may be gathered from many sources, including 2D and 3D x-ray systems, CT scanners, and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) systems. Using this data to introduce visually hidden features to the tooth model is described in more detail below. The IDDS is manipulated using a computer having a suitable graphical user interface (GUI) and software appropriate for viewing and modifying the images. More specific aspects of this process will be described in detail below.
Individual tooth and other components may be segmented or isolated in the model to permit their individual repositioning or removal from the digital model. After segmenting or isolating the components, the user will often reposition the tooth in the model by following a prescription or other written specification provided by the treating professional. Alternatively, the user may reposition one or more teeth based on a visual appearance or based on rules and algorithms programmed into the computer. Once the user is satisfied, the final teeth arrangement is incorporated into a final digital data set (FDDS) (step 234).
The FDDS is used to generate appliances that move the teeth in a specified sequence. First, the centers of each tooth model may be aligned using a number of methods. One method is a standard arch. Then, the teeth models are rotated until their roots are in the proper vertical position. Next, the teeth models are rotated around their vertical axis into the proper orientation. The teeth models are then observed from the side, and translated vertically into their proper vertical position. Finally, the two arches are placed together, and the teeth models moved slightly to ensure that the upper and lower arches properly mesh together. The meshing of the upper and lower arches together is visualized using a collision detection process to highlight the contacting points of the teeth.
In step 234, final positions for the upper and lower teeth in a masticatory system of a patient are determined by generating a computer representation of the masticatory system. An occlusion of the upper and lower teeth is computed from the computer representation; and a functional occlusion is computed based on interactions in the computer representation of the masticatory system. The occlusion may be determined by generating a set of ideal models of the teeth. Each ideal model in the set of ideal models is an abstract model of idealized teeth placement which is customized to the patient's teeth, as discussed below. After applying the ideal model to the computer representation, and the position of the teeth is optimized to fit the ideal model. The ideal model may be specified by one or more arch forms, or may be specified using various features associated with the teeth.
Based on both the IDDS and the FDDS, a plurality of intermediate digital data sets (INTDDSs) are defined to correspond to incrementally adjusted appliances (step 236). Finally, a set of incremental position adjustment appliances are produced based on the INTDDs and the FDDS (step 238).
Once the intermediate and final data sets have been created, the appliances may be fabricated as illustrated in
Due to regulatory requirements, each production step is recorded in a device history database, which is a manufacturing database. In one embodiment, the appliances are produced in batches, each having a plurality of appliances. Each batch is stored in a bin that is bar-coded and the progress of each bin is captured when the bin completes a particular manufacturing step by scanning the bar-code associated with the bin. In this way, entries are made in the device history database in accordance with the bar-code after the completion of each manufacturing step.
Eventually, the bins reach a laser marking station that marks each aligner in the bin with a sequence identifier. In the marking station, the appliances are marked in some manner, typically by sequential numbering directly on the appliances or on tags, pouches, or other items which are affixed to or which enclose each appliance, to indicate their order of use.
After production, the appliances can be supplied to the treating professional all at one time. Optionally, written instructions may accompany the system which set forth that the patient is to wear the individual appliances in the order marked on the appliances or elsewhere in the packaging. Use of the appliances in such a manner will reposition the patient's teeth progressively toward the final tooth arrangement.
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Once the patient requests treatment, the treating professional takes impressions and a bite registration and sends the information to the system (step 284). At the company, another professional reviews the records and decides to accept or decline the case. The impression and other patient data are then scanned (step 286). The data is then used to generate a treatment plan and the treating professional is notified of the plan (step 288).
In one embodiment, the tooth models may be posted on a hypertext transfer protocol (http) web site for limited access by the corresponding patients and treating clinicians. Since realistic models have a large volume of data, the storage and transmission of the models can be expensive and time consuming. To reduce transmission problems arising from the large size of the 3D model, in one embodiment, data associated with the model is compressed. The compression is done by modeling the teeth meshes as a curve network before transmission to the treating professional. Once the curve network is received, the 3D model is reconstructed from the curve network for the treating professional to analyze. More information on the compression is disclosed in a co-pending application having Ser. No. 09/506,419, entitled, "Efficient Data Representation of Teeth Model", and filed by Elena Pavlovskaia and Huafeng Wen on Feb. 17, 2000, the contents of which are hereby incorporated.
The treating professional can, at his or her convenience, check the setup, and review the information sent in step 288 (step 290). The treating professionals can use a variety of tools to interpret patient information. For example, the treating professional can retrieve and analyze patient information through a reconstructed 3D model of the patient's teeth and other anatomical structures. The professional can view animations showing the progress of the treatment plan to help the treating physician visualize the pace of treatment. Using these tools, the treating professional can easily and quickly view and/or edit the treatment plan. If necessary, the treating professional can adjust one or more teeth positions at various intermediate stages of treatment. A variety of diagnostic decision-support capabilities such as automated teeth collision detection can be used to aid the treating professional in adjusting the teeth positions. When the treating professional arrives at a prescription or other final designation, the treatment information is automatically collected by the system over the Internet, thus eliminating the cost and delay associated with the traditional physical shipping of patient information.
The patient can also review the treatment plan and visualize the result using 3D imaging tools described above (step 292). After review, the aligners are generated (step 294).
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The user interface input devices typically include a keyboard and may further include a pointing device and a scanner. The pointing device may be an indirect pointing device such as a mouse, trackball, touchpad, or graphics tablet, or a direct pointing device such as a touchscreen incorporated into the display, or a three dimensional pointing device, such as the gyroscopic pointing device described in U.S. Pat. No. 5,440,326, other types of user interface input devices, such as voice recognition systems, can also be used. User interface output devices typically include a printer and a display subsystem, which includes a display controller and a display device coupled to the controller. The display device may be a cathode ray tube (CRT), a flat-panel device such as a liquid crystal display (LCD), or a projection device. The display subsystem may also provide non-visual display such as audio output.
Storage subsystem 306 maintains the basic required programming and data constructs. The program modules discussed above are typically stored in storage subsystem 306. Storage subsystem 306 typically comprises memory subsystem 308 and file storage subsystem 314.
Memory subsystem 308 typically includes a number of memories including a main random access memory (RAM) 310 for storage of instructions and data during program execution and a read only memory (ROM) 312 in which fixed instructions are stored. In the case of Macintosh-compatible personal computers the ROM would include portions of the operating system; in the case of IBM-compatible personal computers, this would include the BIOS (basic input/output system).
File storage subsystem 314 provides persistent (non-volatile) storage for program and data files, and typically includes at least one hard disk drive and at least one floppy disk drive (with associated removable media). There may also be other devices such as a CD-ROM drive and optical drives (all with their associated removable media). Additionally, the system may include drives of the type with removable media cartridges. The removable media cartridges may, for example be hard disk cartridges, such as those marketed by Syquest and others, and flexible disk cartridges, such as those marketed by Iomega. One or more of the drives may be located at a remote location, such as in a server on a local area network or at a site on the Internet's World Wide Web.
In this context, the term "bus subsystem" is used generically so as to include any mechanism for letting the various components and subsystems communicate with each other as intended. With the exception of the input devices and the display, the other components need not be at the same physical location. Thus, for example, portions of the file storage system could be connected via various local-area or wide-area network media, including telephone lines. Similarly, the input devices and display need not be at the same location as the processor, although it is anticipated that personal computers and workstations typically will be used.
Bus subsystem 304 is shown schematically as a single bus, but a typical system has a number of buses such as a local bus and one or more expansion buses (e.g., ADB, SCSI, ISA, EISA, MCA, NuBus, or PCI), as well as serial and parallel ports. Network connections are usually established through a device such as a network adapter on one of these expansion buses or a modem on a serial port. The client computer may be a desktop system or a portable system.
Scanner 320 is responsible for scanning casts of the patient's teeth obtained either from the patient or from an orthodontist and providing the scanned digital data set information to data processing system 300 for further processing. In a distributed environment, scanner 320 may be located at a remote location and communicate scanned digital data set information to data processing system 300 via network interface 324. Fabrication machine 322 fabricates dental appliances based on intermediate and final data set information received from data processing system 300. In a distributed environment, fabrication machine 322 may be located at a remote location and receive data set information from data processing system 300 via network interface 324.
The invention has been described in terms of particular embodiments. Other embodiments are within the scope of the following claims. For example, the three-dimensional scanning techniques described above may be used to analyze material characteristics, such as shrinkage and expansion, of the materials that form the tooth castings and the aligners. Also, the 3D tooth models and the graphical interface described above may be used to assist clinicians that treat patients with conventional braces or other conventional orthodontic appliances, in which case the constraints applied to tooth movement would be modified accordingly.
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As the Association of Southeast Asian Nations enters its fifth decade, it must move beyond being a platform for political cohesiveness or economic integration.
During its formative years these areas were a top priority, but as the regional group moves toward forming an Asean Economic Community in 2015, deeper economic integration will bring new benefits to its members.
Now Asean leaders are going a step further. Education ministers meeting in Yogyakarta have agreed to new curriculum material for primary and secondary school students meant to promote an awareness of the regional bloc.
Officials agreed that schools were the best place to begin boosting community awareness and creating a sense of belonging among Asean residents. They hope to achieve this through a curriculum that will be outlined in a manual for primary and secondary school teachers, to be used in lessons on international or regional issues.
We welcome this move but also urge caution that member countries retain their individual characteristics. This is what makes Asean unique and allows each country to manage its internal affairs.
The book will help foster an outward-looking, stable, peaceful and prosperous Asean community, but in today's highly competitive world, best practices in education should also be adopted.
This way all youth in Asean will have the ability to develop their potential to the fullest. As Asean economies allow free movement of labor, these skills will be valuable and ensure that each country has the necessary human capital to progress.
A new era is beginning for Asean and a new generation is being prepared to take over positions in government and the private sector. If they have a common understanding of what binds them, the region will have a bright future.


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GigaomGermany mulls ban on after-hours work emails and calls
There are growing demands for workers to be given the right to enjoy their downtime without being constantly on call, and now this could even become law in Germany. Read more »
There are growing demands for workers to be given the right to enjoy their downtime without being constantly on call, and now this could even become law in Germany. Read more »
In a recently released report, the professional services firm Towers Watson revealed that stress is the top workforce issue (see 2013/2014 Staying@Work U.S. Executive Summary Report). And the top causes of stress? Read more »
I stumbled across an egregious example of a pernicious trend in Businessweek today, in a piece entitled Do U.S. Business Majors Have a Case of Ambition Deficit Disorder? The author, Francesca Di Meglio, posed… Read more »
An article on women and work-life balance is stirring a predictable flurry of debate on the internet, but the piece is worth reading for those interested in remote collaboration as well… Read more »
Got a remote gig that allows you to work from home but a home that isn't exactly palatial? Design pros channel James Bond to offer clever solutions to keep your business… Read more »
A handful of new surveys reveal many Americans are planning to work through the holidays, increasing both their vacation starvation and the risk of burnout. The dreary economy can't help, but… Read more »
For stressed-out working parents, telecommuting seems like an intuitive solution to improving the juggle and reducing their time squeeze. But according to surprising research published in the Journal of Business and… Read more »
Issues like time management and work-life balance challenges have been covered on WebWorkerDaily before, but one difficult aspect of solo work studied by Susan J. Ashford, professor at the University of… Read more »
Coworking is a great way for freelancers to work in an office setting without having to sign up for office life, but it can also be a useful for remote teams… Read more »
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After only one day of freedom following his ten month prison term, rapper T.I. has been sent back to federal custody once again last night. His lawyer denies that T.I. violated any terms of his probation, but instead claims that there was an issue with his method of transport from the Arkansas prison to the halfway house in Atlanta. Apparently TIP celebrated his semi freedom by renting a baller luxury bus, which—let's face it—is exactly what we'd want to do if we were just released from prison. But apparently the Federal Bureau of Prisons is also the Federal Bureau of Buzzkill, and are very not cool with his deluxe vehicle. Steezin' is not a crime!
His lawyer Steve Sadow tells TMZ that "We are awaiting the opportunity to quickly resolve whatever the issue may be that the Federal Bureau of Prisons has with TI's method of transportation, bus, from Arkansas to Atlanta, so that T.I. can return to the halfway house to complete the remaining days of his sentence." T.I.'s uncle says that there were no drugs or alcohol of any kind on the bus, and he showed up to the halfway house in great shape. "He stopped drinking a long time ago," the uncle added.
There's also trouble brewing for VH1's proposed reality series about T.I.'s return to free living. Apparently the halfway house flatly refuses to allow taping on its premises. A representative for Dismas Charities, where T.I. is set to serve out the remaining one month of his sentence, tells TMZ that there is "absolutely no way" VH1 is allowed to film. "It's just not going to happen." Damn, that's a lot of drama for episode one!
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text: I have a bad feeling about this movie - not John Carter bad - but this could be a real clunker for Disney. Too intense for younger children, not cool for the teenager set, too CGI laden for the mainstream, and a sense that this movie has been done before only better for the older crowd. It just might not have an audience.


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Members of North Dakota's congressional delegation said Thursday they believe federal officials are moving quickly to address issues surrounding a tanker derailment and fiery explosion outside of Casselton, N.D.
Sens. John Hoeven and Heidi Heitkamp met Thursday with Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx and Cynthia Quarterman, head of the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration.
Hoeven, a Republican, and Heitkamp, a Democrat, said they impressed on both officials the importance of ensuring the safe transportation of materials and protecting North Dakota's fast-growing energy industry.
"I think what we did was we began the discussion," said Heitkamp. "We are looking at their timeline for regulations and we are starting a dialogue with them and with stakeholders."
Hoeven said Foxx told him he was "weeks not months" away from proposing new rules for transporting materials. And Hoeven said that both Foxx and Quarterman emphasized the issue was a priority for them.
One promise the senators secured: Foxx will travel to North Dakota in the coming weeks to get a firsthand view of the state's energy infrastructure and meet with local government officials, as well as oil and rail executives.
Heitkamp said it's clear there are safety issues related to oil transportation in the state that need to be addressed. But she said she did not expect federal officials to be able to solve the problems overnight.
"Everyone now is running for a solution now, sometimes ahead of factual development," she said. "We have an issue and we need to gather facts and ensure safety. But I'm not somebody who is going to put the cart before the horse."
Heitkamp and Hoeven have met with numerous federal officials this week after the Dec. 30 incident near Casselton.
A train carrying soybeans derailed ahead of a BNSF Railway oil train, causing that train to also derail and setting off a huge fire and a series of massive explosions. No one was injured, but residents of Casselton were asked to evacuate their homes amid worries about toxic fumes.
The Casselton derailment prompted the Department of Transportation last week to issue a safety alert warning related to Bakken crude oil. Officials said Bakken's sweet, light crude may be more flammable than traditional, heavier forms of crude oil because it can ignite at a lower temperature.
The rapid growth of North Dakota's oil industry has fueled an economic boom and helped the state weather a sluggish national economy. But environmental groups and other critics have said incidents like the Casselton derailment show that growth has sometimes come at the cost of properly addressing safety and environmental concerns.
Former Gov. George Sinner, a Casselton native, said Wednesday that the current infrastructure for crude oil tankers was a "ridiculous threat" to state residents and called for quick changes.
"Think of the people in Valley City and Jamestown and Bismarck," said Sinner, a Democrat. "Every town like that is a sitting duck. If an explosion like that happened in any of those towns, God help us."
Also Thursday in Washington, D.C., the chairmen of the Senate Energy and Transportation committees on Thursday urged the Obama administration to take "prompt and decisive" action following a number of train derailments involving crude oil shipments.
Sens. Jay Rockefeller, D-W.Va., and Ron Wyden, D-Ore., called the recent derailments alarming and said the administration should evaluate whether federal rules adequately address the risks of shipping crude oil by rail.
A recent increase in oil shipments by rail and the string of derailments "demand increased vigilance," Wyden and Rockefeller wrote in a letter to Foxx and Energy Secretary Ernest Moniz. Rockefeller chairs the Senate transportation panel while Wyden leads energy.
The Transportation Department warned last week that the high-grade crude oil from the Bakken region may be more flammable than traditional forms of oil.
In July, 47 people were killed in Lac-Megantic, Quebec, when a train carrying Bakken crude derailed near the Maine border. Another oil train from North Dakota derailed and exploded in Alabama in November.
About 78,000 of the 92,000 tank cars in the U.S. that carry oil and other flammable liquids were built under old safety standards and are prone to splitting open during derailments.
Defects in those cars were noted as far back as 1991, yet a push to retrofit the fleet has been mired for years in the bureaucratic rule-making process.
The railroad industry in November came out in favor of improvements to the older cars after long resisting retrofits.
However, the oil industry remains opposed to changes that carry an estimated price tag of $1 billion. The American Petroleum Institute said in a recent letter to the Transportation Department that there has not been "sufficient justification" for the proposed changes.


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The Mexican American Unity Council will honor five recipients of its Spirit of Education Awards at 11:30 a.m. Saturday at the Omni San Antonio Hotel. Three students from Lanier and Memorial high schools will each receive $5,000 scholarships. They are Memorial's Ileana Martínez and Maria Mora and Andrea Arispe from Lanier. Daniel Ibarra, also from […] [Read More]
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This is my first instructable so please tell me what I could do if anything to make my next one better.
Step 1: Things you need
Lots of Starburst wrappers(only use ones that aren't ripped)
One safety pin
Step 2: Making a link
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start with a wrapper and try to smooth it out if it has any creases
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flip the wrapper so the color is facing down
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fold the outer edges in to meet in the middle
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then fold the wrapper in half
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fold the wrapper in half again
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then fold the wrapper in half so the edges meet
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open the last fold there is now a crease in the middle fold the edges in to meet at that crease
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you now have one link
Step 3: Putting it together
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hold the first link so the open end is down then take another link and insert its two ends into the first link if done correctly then it should look like picture 2
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just keep adding links until the chain is long enough to go around your wrist but with a gap between the two ends that is as big as your safety pin
Awsome instrucatable and everything but I still don't get it lol....The thing I don't get is how do you know where to put the starbrust wraper ....?
PS: Reply to me .....if you can help and thank you <3
This looks especially good when you use the silver foil of the gum wrapper.


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Greg Jamison
Twitter: @jamisonformayor
Website (has yet to go live): www.gregjamisonformayor.com.
Sioux Falls City Councilor Greg Jamison said Monday he plans to run for mayor in 2014, in an effort to create a change in the culture at City Hall.
Jamison, who represents the southwest district, was elected in 2008 and has served on the councils audit and fiscal committees.
In advance of a formal announcement next week, Jamison recently secured a Twitter account and a website, which brought his intention to run to the public earlier than expected.
He has been debating running for quite some time, but said the driving force behind his decision comes from a cultural shift he would like to see in Sioux Falls.
Ive been thinking about it for a long time, and Ive been working pretty hard to talk with other candidates, talk with previous mayors that have served before, Jamison said. My father was also a big influence in my decision making.
Jamison declined to go into specifics on his campaign platforms until the formal announcement next week.
The move means a run against Mayor Mike Huether is likely. Huether has said he will run for re-election but has not formally announced his campaign.
I have no time frame in mind to announce my re-election campaign, because I have plenty of exciting things on my Sioux Falls plate that I am more focused on right now, Huether said via email.
Jamison was born and raised in Sioux Falls and attended the University of South Dakota where he obtained a criminal justice/mass communications degree. He owns Jamison Advertising, and he and his wife, Beth, have two children, Dan and Jessica. His father, Bob Jamison, was a city councilman for a number of years.
He said his goal in announcing his intentions far ahead of the election is to begin fundraising.
During the 2010 mayoral race, Huether spent almost $250,000, according to campaign finance records. Of that, Huether, spent $128,000 of his own money on his campaign, and said at the time that contributing a fair amount of his own money was done in the spirit of stewardship.
Im not going to be able to do that, Jamison said about spending that level of his own money. So, we needed to get out early to start raising money.
Jamison said its a challenge running against an incumbent, but being a city councilor helps give him an edge over someone new to the Sioux Falls political scene.
Ive been around for five years, people know who I am, he said.
Huether defeated City Councilor Kermit Staggers in the mayoral runoff election in May 2010 by a margin of 56.7 percent to 43.3 percent.
Huether followed Dave Munson, who served eight years as the citys mayor and couldnt run again because of term limits.
Staggers, who served the City Council from 2002 to 2010 and was re-elected again in 2012, said Monday he has no plans to run for mayor again in 2014, but hes supportive of Jamison.


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July 16, 2012
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Isabel to be in Ed Sheeran music video?
October 19th 2012 • by Jess • No Comments • Career, Other Projects
A couple of weeks ago I noticed a couple of tweets about Isabel being in the music video for Ed Sheeran's new single:
Excited to see the new @edsheeran video ft the beautiful @i_isabel_lucas MU & Hair Artist @candy_makeup making up the stunning Isabel Lucas!
— OBrepresents (@OBrepresents) October 9, 2012
Shooting ed sheran video today, and get to makeup stunning isabel lucas!
— Candy Alderson (@candy_makeup) October 9, 2012
I haven't read or heard anything since, but be sure to be on the look-out for this! I'll post anything else I may hear….


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By Capt. Michael Meridith, USAFSpecial to American Forces Press Service
BAGRAM AIR BASE, Afghanistan, Nov. 2, 2007 Thousands of miles from home, one airman here is finding a way to bring servicemembers a little closer to their families.
For the last few weeks, Air Force Master Sgt. Tim Chandler of Ashland, Ohio, a member of 455th Expeditionary Communications Flight, has been hosting an Internet-based radio show during his free time, giving Bagram airmen a vehicle to send long-distance dedications back home to their loved ones.
"I started practicing in May while I was still back in the States, and when I told the station manager (for the Web-based "Taboo Radio") I was coming over here, he suggested that I do a show for the troops," Chandler said. "I thought it was a cool idea."
Chandler, who goes by the handle "Guardstar" while on the air, has about 60 listeners from across the globe, including the United States, the United Kingdom and Australia. However, he said, audience response has been so positive that plans are in the works to expand his show's capability so it can support up to 500 listeners.
"I think it is a great idea, and all of us here (in the U.S.) are behind the effort totally," Tom Pepple, the Taboo Radio station manager, said in an interview during the live show. "It is nice to see the response."
Chandler attributes some of his show's popularity to its eclectic mix of country, pop and oldies from the 1960s and 1970s, but mostly to the patriotism and compassion of his audience.
"(The listeners) all want to adopt the troops and be their pen pals," Guardstar said. "We've also received lots of packages with blankets and clothes people have donated for the Afghans."
Air Force Staff Sgt. John DeLeon, a singer/songwriter from Redlands, Calif., and currently assigned to 455th Expeditionary Aeromedical Evacuation Flight, said Chandler's efforts have opened an important communications channel between the airmen of Bagram and the rest of the world.
"We're so remote that people don't understand that we have real lives and real feelings out here. Being able to use an artistic ability to give some people gratification is really rewarding," said DeLeon, who performs his songs on the show.
For Chandler, the most fulfilling part of the show remains bringing airmen and loved ones together. "One of my first guests sent a greeting home to his wife and daughter -- he has a three-and-a-half-year-old little girl – and afterwards his wife told him that she was laughing and crying at the same time and his daughter was looking at the computer and saying, 'Daddy is in there!' When you hear that, it makes you feel good," he said.
(Air Force Capt. Michael Meridith is assigned to 455th Air Expeditionary Wing Public Affairs.)


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It's five years after Return of the Jedi: the Rebel Alliance has destroyed the Death Star, defeated Darth Vader and the Emperor, and driven out the remnants of the old Imperial Starfleet to a distant corner of the galaxy. Princess Leia and Han Solo are married and expecting Jedi Twins. And Luke Skywalker has become the first in a long-awaited line of Jedi Knights. But thousand of light-years away, the last of the emperor's warlords has taken command of the shattered… (more)
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MoBieler Apr 12, 2012 12:42 AM
Re: iOS 5.0.1 - Made my iPhone 4S battery performance worse! in response to nilesh73
Yeah, without using 3G. That's the whole point... 3G is still the biggest battery drain since 5.1. This morning I took a 16 mile drive (30 minutes). Battery drops from 99% to 91% without touching it. If I take the same route without 3G the battery only drops 0 to 1% in 30 minutes. Never had that with 5.0.1.
With the system's Location Services turned off the battery is better, but 3G still takes the battery down in no-time.
RogerSC Apr 12, 2012 2:11 PM
Re: iOS 5.0.1 - Made my iPhone 4S battery performance worse! in response to MoBieler
Yes, cellular data (3G) is the problem with iOS 5.1, no doubt in my mind.
I don't know what kind of testing Apple is doing, to have screwed up something so basic to cell phones in a release and not notice it.
phonytony Apr 12, 2012 2:52 PM
Re: iOS 5.0.1 - Made my iPhone 4S battery performance worse! in response to RogerSC
I am not sure what it entirely consists of yet, but you should try something that has dramatically improved my battery life. Take your iPhone and hook it up to your computer and manually backup photos, docs, music, ect; as in open My Computer and open the device and pull the stuff off. Also back up anything you may wanna keep, but don't back it up to anything in the Apple genre (iCloud, iStream, ect.), rather back it up to either your computer, email, or whatever means you may have.Once you have backed up everything set aside about 30mins after your phone has come to a full charge.
First, go to Settings>General>Reset>Erase all content and settings.
This will prompt you through factory resetting your phone for the most part. If along the way it ask you to set up from back up or backup from iCloud, ignore the urge and make sure you always set up as new phone. Once this is complete your phone will reboot. Once it has rebooted, set up your phone in the startup sequence to where you can get to your homescreen; don't forget to always choose set up as new phone.
Second, now that your phone seems fresh, empty, and good to go, youre just not done yet. Now hook your phone up to itunes, but make sure auto-sync is disabled. Once itunes has recogzined your phone, click on the device over in the left pane. Now look in the center where the restore button resides. Click restore if your battery is at 100%; if it prompts at any point to back up the phone, once again, ignore, push through and set up as a new phone if it asks. Itunes will begin downloading the iOS 5.1 operating system to your itunes, which should be about an 800mb file. As soon it completes it will initialize the restore process. Push through all prompts in the same manner you have so far (no backups, just new phone). This will take awhile, your phone is basically being formatted and wiped clean with a fresh OS installed 5.1 from the ground up, not some ******** corrupt update from 5>.
Anyways, your phone will do wierd stuff along the way and seem like it starting over, but its just firmware installation and testing; let it do its thing, it may take something like 10-15mins possibly.
Once it's done, it will reboot and it will ask you to set it up again, just like the second step. Again, set up as a new phone. Once you have pushed through everything you should be able to sync up your phone to itunes.
Thats's it! Now that may seem like something you have tried, but try at least once (I have heard of success on the second attempt for some), but this should fix it. My battery life went from 2-3hrs tops to 2 days. I don't have disable anything if I don't want, although I do disable bluetooth, location services, and system services now so I don't have to think about a culprit, but it doesnt help or hinder, except for maybe bluetooth. I do use wifi when I can, but I use the **** out of my phone now and get at least 40hrs!
I think what is happening is:
1) The 5.0.1>5.1 update is either corrupt or it is having issues updating with all the different setups each phone is using.
2) Resetting the phones settings and content before doing a full format and restore sets a better stage for 5.1 to do its thing.
3) Do this all while at 100% charge I feel sets a threshold in the software.
Now that you have it here, very important, do at least 3 full charge cycles to condition the battery with your new setup. That means you just unplugged your phone at 100%, now you need to run it down to 0%, not 1%, but shut off on its own 0%. Then without using it charge fully back to 100%, then repeat a few more times. It's very unconvient at first because the charging cycles hardly fall on your typical charging schedule, but stay strong. After my second charge cycle I was very very very pleased...
Like I said, this seems like a typical resolution, but the sequence of instructions here is the only thing that has worked for me and my girlfriends phone; don't discount any stage. My way should be attempted considering I have been through two phones and done every trick in the book, from Apple store genius bar, to deep deep deep forum thread searches. This for some reason really worked out the kinks and I think its because the landing strip was cleared for a new OS to land properly. Also, I should mention I had my microSIM card out during all this and have never put it back in. It is only needed for international travel, so I dont need it. The reason I bring this up is because it you were following my other threads and posts youll notice my mention of the SIM slot heating up... You can imagine why I removed it... Now it would be interesting if someone wanted to do a controlled version of my "fix" and do it the first time with the SIM in and see if it proves to work. If it doesnt, try it all again without the microSIM. Regardless it would nice for other users to know that it doesnt seem to be a red flag of any kind.
Everyone be proactive, if you find this works, let me know, then let others know. Don't move on and leave everyone hangin in the same brain-squashing temperment you were once in. Have a heart! If this doesnt work for you at all, please let me know also...
UkeJeff Apr 13, 2012 12:59 PM
Re: iOS 5.0.1 - Made my iPhone 4S battery performance worse! in response to mtbeaulieu
yep, had this update for a while now, tried all the calibration steps, resets, recharges, etc.. it's true: THIS UPDATE WAS A BREAKAGE NOT A FIX. Battery was ok but not great before the last update, as it was with my other iphones. Now, however, the battery drains very fast. a few percent within minutes if i'm acutally doing something on the phone. Luckily I have a charger at work, in my car, at home or i'd be drained within a few hours. Unacceptable!! Please get that next update out ASAP with a real fix.
TheCandrairawan Apr 19, 2012 2:28 PM
Re: iOS 5.0.1 - Made my iPhone 4S battery performance worse! in response to mtbeaulieu
I have updated the ios. From 5.0.1 to 5.1. Before the update, I erase all data n setting (like phonytony said). Then I update it. The battery is going crazy. I had play game, twitter, facebook, map, etc. All apps is running on the background. But my battery is amazing. It's only drained 1% for all of those app. Now, I'm still waiting the battery ready to be charged because I'm afraid the battery drained, but it makes me wait too long to the condition of ready to be charged. Amazing. After the update, the battery was looked drained fastly. But, I let it drained till it shut down by it self twice. And now, my battery life is amazing.
Btw, thanks to Mr. Phonytony who has shared the good procedure. Now, my battery is not an issue anymore. I updated it with simcard in, Mr. Phonytony.
redenbacher78 Apr 20, 2012 10:11 AM
Re: iOS 5.0.1 - Made my iPhone 4S battery performance worse! in response to mtbeaulieu
1st world problems...just kidding. sorry about your troubles
MarcoPolo83 Apr 21, 2012 7:38 AM
Re: iOS 5.0.1 - Made my iPhone 4S battery performance worse! in response to mtbeaulieu
I am having the same problem. This is my 2nd iPhone 4s replacement and upgrading to 5.1 seemed to work for a moment but now it is doing the same thing. I tried everything, even deleting free apps that show ads. Yesterday all I were doing was texting and after about 5 hrs I was down to 30%, the worse it has gotten. I must say I am not pleased. Maybe apple should limit the actual usage of both cores in the A5 dual core processor and only use it for intense applications or processes. The 4 (which my gf is on CONSTANTLY) get tenfolds better battery life than mine, and she got hers off ebay, mine is brand spanking new. And trust me, I have tried everything you can think of and nothing is working. I am gonna schedule another appointment to have my phone replaced AGAIN for a 3rd time. Maybe that extra .05ohm of battery in the 4s needs to be higher. I don't know but its ticking me off.
flogger12345 Apr 21, 2012 8:08 AM
Re: iOS 5.0.1 - Made my iPhone 4S battery performance worse! in response to mtbeaulieu
4S has really a hardware issue I believe. While still on warranty, I would try to check for a possible replacement. So far, I haven't seen an IOS upgrade that fixed this.
MarcoPolo83 Apr 21, 2012 11:31 AM
Re: iOS 5.0.1 - Made my iPhone 4S battery performance worse! in response to phonytony
Hey just a question. After you did the restore did you load your backup or did you manually restore all of your apps and info?
RogerSC Apr 27, 2012 3:59 PM
Re: iOS 5.0.1 - Made my iPhone 4S battery performance worse! in response to phonytony
I have done essentially that, reset everything and restored as a new phone, added stuff back in manually like I would with a new phone. Except I only took the battery charge down to 0% (shutting off by itself) once, not 3 times...my phone is over a year old now, so I'm a little leery about running the battery down to 0 when I don't really need to. I had never run the battery down to 0 before, usually I charge every night and this has been fine all along.
With all this, I'm still finding that with my iPhone 4 cellular data and phone calls use up more battery than they did before iOS 5.1. No problem getting through a day (or even two on the rare occasions when I forget to charge my phone at night), but when I'm at work using cellular data (3G), I can see my battery go down about 1% for 2 or 3 emails. Especially if they switch me over to safari to a web page to do more detailed reading.
At home, things are better, wifi is easier on the battery. Especially since I got my Verizon Network Extender working again, and cellular data and phone signal strength aren't essentially 0 *smile*. That really seems to help my phone battery, even though I have cellular data turned off at home. It may be that just having the phone signal strength very low causes problems, I can't tell.
Anyways, I'm pretty convinced that iOS 5.1 doesn't work as well with cellular data as preovious OS updates.
The Rotagilla May 5, 2012 11:54 AM
Re: iOS 5.0.1 - Made my iPhone 4S battery performance worse! in response to phonytony
I have applied phonytony's fix, followed the instructions to the letter and I'm now charging the phone on the second charge cycle. I'm hoping the third charge cycle is the charm because battery life was horrendous after the clean install, the worst that it's ever been and that was with light usage. Fingers crossed, I'll report back.
The Rotagilla May 8, 2012 2:18 PM
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MarcoPolo83 May 8, 2012 5:59 PM
Re: iOS 5.0.1 - Made my iPhone 4S battery performance worse! in response to mtbeaulieu
Yeah I see the pic. There's no reason you should be at 85% after only an hr of usage and 3 hrs of standby. Apple needs to do something because it is clearly a hardware issue.
PNC12 May 26, 2012 9:50 PM
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Wish I had visited this thread before purchasing my Iphone today. Bought the mophie juice pack just in case I needed to go a couple of days without a charge. At two hours of usage and 3 hrs of standby and only one 30 sec. phone call, I'm at 76%. Unbelievable. I traded my Droid in hopes of better battery life. I think I'll take advantage of the 14 day return policy. It will be worth the $35 and all the accesories just to get some battery life back. Unbelievable!
MarcoPolo83 Jun 7, 2012 4:10 PM
Re: iOS 5.0.1 - Made my iPhone 4S battery performance worse! in response to mtbeaulieu
Hey everyone I think I may have a legit fix! Something in my mind was telling me to try it since I tried everything in the books, the videos, and the tutorials, none of those worked so I tried this last night before I went to sleep. I woke up, went to work and throughout the day my battery has dramatically shown improvement. Usually by the end of the day (after my 8 hr shift) I am at 35% and if I send 10 messages (using siri or voice-to-text) then I lose 10% after one hr. Today 2 hrs after my work shift has ended I am at 66% which is a MASSIVE increase in battery performance. I tried this before I went to bed as I wouldn't be using it during sleep hours. I also did this with a non-fully charged phone. This is what I did...
1) Go into ALL of your apps so that they all appear in your task manager and leave them running in the background. Make sure EVERY LAST APP is running in the background, you will know by checking your task manager.
2) Turn on all the battery sucking features if you have them off (i.e. bluetooth, notifications, location services, etc.) You can even turn your brightness all the way up if you like, and set the auto-lock to NEVER so it stays on (yes I know the screen won't turn off if youtube is running but this is in case your chosen video ends and you are still sleep or doing something else).
3) Go into youtube and find the longest video you can find. I found the 3hr clock video.
4) Play the long video
5) Plug phone in and start charging the phone.
6) Leave the phone and let video play for the full duration the video is.
7) Check and see if phone has reached 100%, if so then take off charger and change your phone settings back to your preferred settings (bluetooth off, preferred time of auto-lock, lowering screen brightness, etc)
8)Your phone is now ready to use
Your phone should show improved battery life. Oh I also turned off 3g for an hour but that is because my phone sometimes searches for 3g reception for too long as my reception at work isn't all that, even with data roaming. The whole idea of doing this is simply breaking in the battery and the dual core processor. I was simply allowing the A5 dual core to figure out how to run efficiently without draining too much battery and as for the battery, when you charge there is a rapid charge going on, it is rushed and not allowing the battery to fully charge itself. With apps running and other things running it slows down the rapid recharge (the equivalent of someone holding your shirt while you are trying to run) allowing it to fully charge at each percent. So in short the rapid recharge in the iphone may be faulty and the charge job from it is rushed. Feel free to try this and let me know how this works for you.
Good Luck!!
Oh and might I mention, it is upon your freewill to try this fix, I am in no way telling you or forcing you to do this so not responsible for any damage this might do, but it shouldn't damage anything. This fix is recommended for those who have issues with their battery in their iPhone 4S.


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Channing Tatum has recently been dropping a boatload of Axe Body Spray-scented hints regarding the form and format of the inevitably Magic Mike sequel. For example, so far we know Magic Mike 2 may or may not be a "broad road comedy" in which Tatum and company "flip the script and make it bigger." Intriguing! According to Chan's interview with Vulture this weekend, we now know that the first Magic Mike movie will look like a student film (about stripping A-listers) in comparison. "We've thought about directing Magic Mike 2, and we're still thinking about it, and we want to do that," Channing said of his plans with producing partner Reid Carolin. "We want to do the sequel. It's too good of a movie, and the characters are so crazy, that we want to go for it. We feel like we did the little indie version this last time, and for the next one, we want to up the stakes a little, maybe go even farther." Good thing we're not eating right now, because we cannot stop inhaling with surprised delight!
Of course, far be it from Channing to immediately try to stand on the shoulders of giants, especially if said giants just made a very successful male exotic dance movie. "Reid and I aren't idiots! We're not going to direct our first movie as a sequel to a Steven Soderbergh movie. That's not smart," Tatum laughed. "I want to start with something very small … make a lot of mistakes, make them real early, and then go jump in [on Magic Mike 2]." While Channing probably has a specific movie in mind to fumble around on, we don't know what that might be, so we're going to offer some helpful films suggestions for Chan to get out of the way before returning to the sweet, sweet booty-shaking hero's journey that is Magic Mike 2. Films like:
- 21 Jump Street 2: Okay, this will not in any way be a "very small" movie, but with Jonah Hill writing and Channing Tatum directing? The upcoming sequel would be a delight.
- Smurfs 2: Would you see it just to support Channing Tatum's directing career? What if they threw in a free Smurfs hat or something? And Matthew McConaughey would come to your office to give you a lap dance for every ticket you bought? Alright, alright.
- G.I. Joe: Retaliation: Maybe that way it'll actually get into theaters when they say it will. Heyo! Ya burnt! Also Channing could edit it down to be 90% Channing Tatum, 10% explosions.
- Channing Taters: A live-action Mr. Potato Head movie starring this bake potato on which we drew Channing Tatum's beautiful face and cuddle at night. We mean…on which somebody else drew Channing Tatum's beautiful face and cuddles at night. Yeah, that's the ticket…
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I've made a judgment call about locking this thread at this point. Basically, outlined here in this thread is the reasoning behind why any threads wind up getting locked after a certain point and/or if there's outright discouragement of a topic being discussed here that questions the veracity of Scripture. "Why" questions on the one hand would be more faithful to the new direction of these boards rather than "I don't think it's really the way that the Bible says it" type of speculations. Our basis for discussion is the Old and New Testaments of the Holy Bible and not speculations that wander out beyond the Bible and the topic of the Universal Restoration. No particular translation is being officially endorsed, although Tentmaker does hope to have a new translation out shortly.
The swift changes that have occured here recently are more about reestablishing a respect for Scripture and remaining UR related. I've never, personally, known Gary Amirault to hold unyeildingly to the "inerrancy" doctrine. But the reliability and trustworthiness of how the Bible describes what it took to secure our redemption is different from minor textual variations in the ancient, most reliable manuscripts of the Old and New Testaments in the original Hebrew and Greek languages of our Bibles.
We allowed a virtual free-for-all on ideas at these boards for quite a while, and now it's time to come back to the centrality of Jesus Christ and Him crucified regarding our redemption. Anytime I lock a thread, I'll try to remember to post a link back to this thread that outlines, briefly, our goals at these boards. Hopefully those instances will be really really rare.
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It was comic coincidence that a promo headline in the Press-Gazette, "Rock group Kiss feels dissed by Rock Hall of Fame" appeared on April Fool's Day.
A supreme snub is the fact that the Moody Blues were again denied admission to the hall's 2014 class. Nirvana (one of the six new hall members) released three studio albums. The Moodies had 14 in Top 40s from 1968-88; six in Top 10; two of them reached No. 1 ("Seventh Sojourn" and "Long Distance Voyager"). Also, they had 13 singles in the Top 40 (1965-88), three in the Top 10.
The Moody Blues brilliantly combined pop, rock and classical music with poetry; usually one or more times on an album they had prose on everyday life experiences (love, dreams, peaceful existence) but at the same time pondered the past, present and future.
Three of five from their core lineup (1967 second album: Hayward, Lodge and Edge) are still touring. One writer eloquently explained the other-worldly music of the Moodies: "Their albums are vessels that carry listeners to mystical and magical lands and almost always beautiful."
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Jan. 9, 2012
ATHENS, Ga. – Georgia football coach Mark Richt wrapped up the 2011 on Monday by saying that the goals for the 2012 team are the same.
"As always, we want to compete and prepare in such a way that we can win every time we go out onto the field," Richt said." The goals aren't going to change. We want to win the East. If you win the East, you have a shot at the SEC, if you win the SEC you have a shot at the National Championship. Those goals aren't going to change for us."
While the goals remain the same, the make up of next year's team will be different than that of the team that reeled off 10-straight wins on its way to the SEC Championship game.
"We're going to have a new team next year," Richt added. "I know as soon as we walked out of the Outback Bowl that the team right there was gone. We will see a new team next year, with a new dynamic and new leadership. We have to make sure that we continue to get better everyday and be in a position to compete at the highest level we possible can."
As successful as this past season was, Richt and his staff are aware that there is always room for improvement. One of areas that Richt sees could use some improvement are the special teams.
"I think there is no doubt that we have to be a whole better on special team, top to bottom," Richt said. "We went through some growing pains with some young guys and kind of bit the bullet playing some true freshmen and some inexperienced guys. The good news is that that will have a year of experience heading into next year. It will be all hands on deck when it comes to special teams next year. We're going to do whatever it takes, personnel and coaching wise, to make sure that we improve."
Coach Richt and his staff are also dedicated to having a stronger, more consistent running game.
"We played a lot of inexperienced running backs and those guys have gained some experience," added Richt. "Hopefully, because of that, those guys will become more consistent and more mature players. That is going to be the two most important things for me going forward. We also have to work on the fundamentals, like ball security, but the most important things are consistency and maturity at the running back position."
Richt also noted that he hasn't heard from many of the draft eligible players about their decision to return to Georgia for the 2012 season. Of the ones that he has heard from, many have decided to return next year.
"I don't think many of the [draft eligible] players have made up their mind one way or another," Richt said. "We have had some players who we know are coming back. We had a team meeting last night and everyone was there. Now, I don't know if that means that they are definitely coming back, but that usually indicated that they haven't made up their mind. Usually, the kids come and talk to me when they are thinking about leaving early, but I haven't had any of those conversations yet."
Richt noted the accomplishment of Brandon Boykin, who was named the 2011 Paul Hornung Award winner, an honor given to the nation's most versatile player.
"Brandon is an awesome young man. A year ago, he was trying to decide whether he should stay or go, but he decided to stay, he decided to lead and decided to become the very best player he could be. For him to be named the nation's most versatile player, I think is just fantastic. I have made the comment before that I wish I had three of him because I would start one on offense, one on defense and one on special teams. He's just a super player and great person."


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Prompted by the need for a riding school in the east, Vitor established Sons of the Wind, School of Equestrian Arts, now located in Merrimac, MA. This full service training facility and school provides every rider, from recreational to competitive, a venue in which to expand their abilities in a progressive manner on equine schoolmasters, trained by Vitor, many of which perform to the Grand Prix level.
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Behold the great Gerald.
I am an explorer extraordinaire. I uncovered the truth of hauntings and Loch Ness.
I put the U.F.Os to rest. I discovered ruins beneath the sea, there is nothing that can
hide from me.
...Except jobs.
The one elusive job. It is an old wives tale, this job. No one has ever seen it and I
have scoured the earth to find it. Alas it was to no avail, yet I will net concede. I
will prove that jobs exist!
I shall swim, the swimming arches, I shall leap, the leaping smog clouds, I shall dodge
the homeless traffic and strap donuts to my back. I shall excavate the toxic waste fields
until leprosy becomes me. I will find a job!!!!
...Oh who am I kidding?