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Boyfriend checking out other women?
Am I crazy for being angry because I think it's rude. I've been with my boyfriend for two years and I've had this problem with him for over a year... Show More
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i think its goen to my head to much ! my boyfriend says to me that he doesn't find any other girls attractive at all ... which I know for a fact that's a lie and that getts on my nerves but tis becoming a real psychotic issue for me . when he goes into the mall to wor ki say to him dotn loook around and to be goood and when he getts out of work I ask him a million tiems if he checked out girls or if he saw any and stuff like that... but if I try not to ask hi mthen I get sooooo angry inside and I burst ... and I feel bad because sometimes he prob really isn't looking but I bug out on him badd even though... and when I'm with him walking around ill try to avoid being around girls and if there in front of him ill waist time so they can pass and ill watch him liek a hawk and we get into so many fights because of it and I think this is becoming a huge problem because I can't function normally now everyday I go through this with him and I just have to ask and I get so angry inside ... do I have a problem ? lke something psychological ? help ! I don't want to keep worring about this but I can't help it and I wonder if I neeed meds or somehting helllp !
I know how you get insecure, I do too. I think you'd have to see a therapist if you can't function properly. It sucks that guys do this, but to them it's meaningless, and you don't want to lose him to jealousy. Guys do get fed up and don't understand, and they break up when they feel caged. I'm sorry to say this, but you have to get over it if you don't want to lose him. It sucks, but there are battles you just can't win!
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Don't worry, you're not the only one who does that. I do all you've described to my girlfriend. When your significant other looks at another person, it makes you feel like you're not good enough. That's what it is. Makes me think that she isn't the one for me...but of course that's crazy thoughts right? Who knows..I'd assume my other half would only have eyes for me, just as I only have eyes for her, and no one else in the world could catch my attention.
wow, JohnNaughten, crazy I didn't think guys were like that
What Guys Said 6
I think it's natural to notice an attractive woman, but it's rude of him to stare and be so obvious about it. Especially since you have told him how much it bothers you, and have asked him to stop. He should be appreciating your beauty instead; It's really bad manners.
You need to reevaluate your relationship. If you have been together for two years, and have observed this behavior for that long, it's unlikely he's going to change. Plus, I sense a lot of hostility on your part with this relationship. You may be better off just breaking up and moving on. BTW, age has nothing to do with bad manners. As an older guy myself, I really cringed at those "old player" comments. (LOL)
I think he needs to cut it out. While looking at the ladies is natural (I think the noticing is instinctual), if you've made it an issue by telling him about it, then he needs to rein in his roving eye. Give him some room for a quick glance (the same way you probably notice a hot guy and the way I notice a hot girl), but once conscious thought is there, he needs to return his focus to you.
Might I recommend a page out of the book of advice from don Juan? Carlos told him about a friend's out of control child. Don Juan advised arranging to have a stranger (an ugly, scary looking man) jump out of the bushes and scare the s** out of the kid. This being designed to stop the behavior by rearranging the kid's worldview. Maybe if one of these girls ( a friend of yours that he doesn't know) made a loud scene, telling that pervert to stop staring at her? Could help to rearrange his worldview.
And if not, maybe an ugly, scary looking man can jump out of nowhere....
Not a bad idea to try to change his worldview, but from what it looks, he doesn't care about a thing anyway.
Thats an interesting concept. I used to dress very freely in my late teens. By that I mean, short things. With no concept or idea of what it was giving off. One day I was standing at the stop lights and a guy who was there with his girlfriend yelled at me"put some f@#$%& cloths on you B**tch" It traumatised me...but taught me also, to have some modesty and respect in public.
It just shows that he is not ready to settle with one, just yet. I do check woman out, briefly and quick, but never if I am out with my girlfriend to the point that she would notice. Unless I don't care about her at all and want to drive her mad. But what's the point of having her as a girlfriend then right? If it is that obvious that even his family would tell you that he has always been like that, then I would lose him and make it quick. Love is not the only ingredient to sustain a meaningful relationship, you need more than that.
Well said. I agree.
Its something we can't help. I know it sounds ridiculous, but we can only control it to some degree
I can't speak for all guy but I Know If I do it I don't always do it intentionally, And I don't mean anything by it mostly. maybe you don't have to worry. But it definitely does not mean your ugly or unattractive ,
its just somthing that kinda happens, sorry to say.
I guess what we as woman want to know...when you are looking...does it mean that in those looks you have forgotten the company you keep and are desiring, undressing another woman, and suddenly feel the one you are sitting with..is not as good? That's the meaning we make of this. Tell me, what occurs in the mind, when one is looking at others?
I might as well be single for the rest of my life, if that's the case.
Men will always notice a girl if we think that she is attractive. It just can't be helped. That said, if he is actually staring at other women it's rude to both you and the woman. If he is trying to make eye contact with them while you're with him then that is very rude. On the other hand if all he is doing is glancing up as an attractive woman passes then he probably can't help it. I'll tell you what though, maybe the next time you are out by yourself you should go get lunch at a place where there are a lot of people. If you look around at the guys there, you will probably notice that any guy whether he is 16 or 65, with or without a girlfriend or wife present, is doing the same exact thing that your boyfriend is doing. I don't know if that will make you feel better, but at least you'll know it isn't just him.
Interesting... I should try that sometime.
Iv never complained about it, but my Boyfriend constantly tells me he doesn't look at any girls.. and I'm sitting there like... ok, I wudnt care if you did.. but why are you telling me this? I mean, I'm sure he looks, itz totally normal.... I don't understand why he would say he doesn't though.
When I feel loved and cared for, I tell you, no other man appears attractive. And by attractive I mean, any amount of energy that distracts my attention from the company I am keeping. I have also been out with my grilfriends and I find it very annoying that they are distracted from our conversation or catch up because they are "checking out' others. This is rude as well. A good dose of meditation and observation on intention will soon show that one is not helpless and will build nobility.
Well, it is in our nature to look at girls passing by, and I would understand if you guys were 17. But a man of his age should be able to restrain himself from checking out girls, AT LEAST when he's with you, ESPECIALLY after you told him it bothers you.
You have to talk to him about it and let him know that you're serious - you want him to stop checking out girls when you're with him - and that's that. He's just making you feel less attractive, and if he's been dating you for two years, he should be doing the exact opposite. I understand you've told him before and you don't want to have to keep nudging him, but you do have to tell him one more time and really make him understand how it's hurting you.
Thanks guys for all your advice. I have noticed now when we're out and he glances at someone if he thinks I'm gonna look in that direction he turns his head towards me really quick so he is trying to work on it.
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I was just going through the same thing and you know what? I decided to treat him the way he treated me and looked at other men that had better things to offer than him both younger and older. Then I dumped his old ass for a younger model. We were together four days shy of a year and it's not like I never let him know how I felt about this matter and I told him he would really know when I'm tired of it. He continued to do it. I did not feel a need to talk to him about it again - I told him he hurt my heart. So, I just moved on. No need of wasting anymore time on his tired ass. I did try to do the right thing first. And this fool was talking about marriage - "Get Outta Here with that BS!" (Imagine how many time's I probably would have slapped fire from his ass! lol - 911) He can't even appreciate, respect and love what was there in his corner - the Assclown! I'm not mad but why stay with someone that is obviously not satisfied. I'm not into controlling others however I have a right to decide what's best for me and I do control my own actions and who I want in my life.
My boyfriend and I have been together for just over 3 years and he's always checking out women but it's the staring that bothers me. I've tried to talk to him about it but it just gets into a fight and he doesn't talk to me for 1 day or so. He can't admit to it and in the same breath he stated that it's one of the reason he doesn't like to go out with me. To be honest the honely friends he has are females and in the 3 years he has never been out with the guys or nor does any guy ever call for him.
Its wrong. plain out wrong.
okay I understand this situation , cause my boyfriend did the same thing . but I believe in him when he says he doesn't look because he's always faithful to me . even though I think he is looking I get aliitle mad but I end up letting it go, but I gotta say it is normal for guys to look. but when your in a relastionship things need to change. like your boyfriend can't be checking girl out especailly in front of your face . that's very disrespectful .if he deeply loves you he would listen to you and do something about it. he would actually change for you. if he doesn't than it doesn't mean he don't love but I means that he gets attractive to girls very easily by checking them out. but I'd say you should talk to him bout it whether he denys it or not. keep telling him how you feel . tell him in your side. how would he feel if you were checking out guys in front of him or behind his back. tell him if he would like that . cause I'm sure he will get mad. all I'm gonna say is that its good to fix the problem . never walk away from your boyfriend while he's talkinq ,and when your mad cause things get worse. make a change and solve the problem. if you feel that somethings bothering you. then always talk to him.
my boyfriend now husband was or is like that. I brought that up to him because it made me feel like I wasn't appreciated or good looking enough for him even tho he said I was the most beautiful girl to him. when we go out, and his brother is there, they'd always whisper about the girls chest or a$$ looking good thinking I didn't hear him. I'd always ask him what he just said but he'll say he didn't say it or denies saying it and that he didn't check out a girl. it p*sses me off the most when I see him check out a girl for like over 10 secs making it so obvious and I ask him wth is he doing looking at her. he'd say that he was just checking out her jacket. ha! the girl had a red jacket with colorful writing that has a 'babygirl' logo on it. I was like wtf? if I had that, he would think it was something gay or something. I'm still pyroniod by all his lies and it does make you feel insecure about myself because I know he wants something better. even tho I'm the 'greatest' that's ever happened to him. all bs.. and yes, I'm married to him now. I love him a lot too, but it takes sacrifices... even tho its just a 'glance', men will never be satisfied. I truly turn my head or keep my eyes in my own direction. I've never 'checked out' a guy. no matter how good looking. he just made me realize men are never satisfied. that's why the majority of them say, 'its natural for a guy to look'. well then don't have girlfriends or wives or a girl, period. its not fair when I've to be 'faithful' and he gets his enjoyment while having sex with me telling me he loves me? ha! but girl, do what's in your heart. work things out. its really up to you hun.
Maybe its just because I'm strange but when my guy looks at a hot girl's ass, I look as well. Most of the time he has an eye for quality. the fact is he's mine and no ass will be ass enough to take him away from me. and the fact that I check out girls more then he does kinda makes it easier to laugh it off.
its funny cause women somehow find a way not to stare at other men when they are out with their man, and so many men are using this excuse that "it can't be helped cause they are men!" and staring is not the only thing they use that excuse for, when they 2-3 women they say "oh I can't help it, i"m a man" when they go to strip clubs "i'm a man". and at the end of the day, that's all it is, an excuse... men are human beings and they can do what they chose, if your man is staring at other women in your company, its because he wants to have a look. and my advice is to take it seriously, one day just looking at candy won't be enough, they may want a taste... so if he isn't content with just eyeing your goods.. my advice is find someone else who is!
i agree with most of this! it is sad...hyprocites!
That's because women feel love and men just want to have sex with every attractive girl that they see.
@LindaMarieXOXO not all guys
My guy was doing this, and making comments as well... open flirty comments. It made me MAD. It has calmed down now,he is older than me. I told him it is a lazy mind. I told him that I don't mind who when how, he can look all he likes, but show some respect in front of me when I am around and save it for when I am not. It was difficult, he got upset, thought I was jealous, thought he was just being friendly, labelled me as controlling. At the end of the day, its about female pride and honour. We have a button that goes wild if we are not shown this respect publicly so he needs to know, he needs to be educated out of his habitual single ways...also tell him it makes him look old and sleazy and the women he is looking at lose respect for guys that do that when they are with their partner.He will eventually get it...dont accept it and don't buy his making it your problem if he swings it back on to you. if he does that, start training him, by excusing yourse;lf and leaving when its happening, quietly and gently...go to the toilet, walk up the street, go and check your phone...but leave the scene! He will then be faced with what he would prefer, a loving warm relationship, or strangers passing by.
Thank you RomanceDetective I really like your advice, I've read hundreds of them but yours is the best!...it's genuine advice and yes I like what you say ". At the end of the day, its about female pride and honor"...it's so cheap when men act that way and like you say that if they really respect you, have them think about what's more important "a loving warm relationship, or strangers passing by."
My boyfriend is the same, not so much staring at other girls, but alsways commenting on celebrity females and sometimes real girls saying how stunning or gorgeous they are. Would be nice if it was said to me once in a while. Am I wrong to think that is insensitive to sit with your girlfriend whilst looking at a girl-friends Facebook album and hear him tell me how gorgeous he thinks she is?
I think that's kinda uncalled for. He should be saying your the gorgeous one more..
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Yes, that's wrong becasue it is hurtful, eats at your self esteem and makes you feel unloved. Somethings don't need to be said or verbalised and those are in that basket. My advise, although I don't usually get into game playing, and you may be devoted by nature-source yourself some good movies with guys in it you enjoy and have yourself some wonderful visuals. Watch him squirm, as he has to watch. He will soon get the idea of how hurtful it is!
yes definitely wrong!
To notice a pretty girl is one thing...but 2 become pre-occupied with tht girl and keep staring at her is very wrong when in a relationship...even if he wasn't in a relationship with you and he was staring at woman thinking gross things about them then thts even wrong...u have every right to b angry if he's really checking out other girls and crap like tht...if I were you I would just end the relationship no matter how hard it is...because him thinking things will eventually turn into actually doing them...Theres a song called Slow Fade by casting crowns and in the song it says "Be careful little eyes what you see its the second glance that ties your hands as darkness pulls the strings" in other words meaning the second time he looks at the woman is when the desire for her becomes worse...and there's also a part tht says "The journey from your mind into your hands is shorter than ur thinking" and so on...u should really listen to the song link its a very good one!
I agree, glancing is unavoidable and ok but staring is bad
Well put.
it depends on the guy. There are guys that are capable of only either love or lust.
if the guy still checks out girls, even if you two are married and he thinks you are beautiful and says he loves you...there is a part of of his heart that isn't completely yours...maybe he isn't ready, maybe he is very independent and hard to tame..whatever the reason is, Even if he says he loves u...wake up. He doesn't completely belong to you even if you're married. Something is missing in your relationship, he is unsatisfied.
Theres also guys that are capable of love. They come in all kinds of shapes and sizes, some are good hearted, down to earth, some are assholes but can love..etc. But what matters is that they can love you and only you...and I mean really love you. Enough to not wander around and stare at other girls.
I've dated a guy for two years and he never onced checked out a girl because we were completely in love then. I would be able to hang out with my girlfriends and he wouldn't give a flying f***. Now, I am dating another guy for over a year and he stares and check out girls constantly eventhough I've told him every single day to stop staring..not only that he tried to get into one of my friends pants, the same girls that my ex never thought twice about or even stared at.
No, there is no excuse. It is NOT IN THEIR NATURE. that's f***ing B.S.
They either love you or they don't completely love u.
if they don't completely love you it means you guys aren't soul mates but just two people who are married. If you want more then he needs to give it to u. So you f***ing make him fall in love with you or find someone else who will love you.
I think its very important that your man loves you completely and you love him completely. Bc
in the end, we are all unsure of everything, we rely on faith for religion, how would we know what religion is the right one? friends come and go, they will eventually have family and other duties, they can't always be with you. your career and money won't matter when you're laying on your death bed. the only thing that you KNOW that is true and there, and you won't have to rely on your faith...bc it's simply there, its love. In the end there is nothing but a big ball of love. That's it.
It is wonderful that you have a had a relationship with a guy that showed the potential of what all men are capable of having and that is DEVOTION. Thank you for that example and showing that there is nothing wrong with us for asking for devotion, it is not an impossible and unrealistic ideal. x
all guys check out girls.. but I think it is very rude to do it while your girl is sitting right by you..i told my boyfriend that I understand its in a guys nature to do that but to not do it around me because it doesn't make me feel to good inside.. and he don't do it now I also would check out a guy who would have his shirt off jogging to show him how it felt lol he didn't like that too well
hi dear,
I know how it feels
today me and my boyfriend were at a petrol station. there was a hot girl in short skirt at the station filling up petrol. my boyfriend stared at her for 2 min and by mistake went to the wrong lane. it is so annoying and makes me feel ugly. recently, I have put on weight and don't feel attractive anymore. if I tell it to him he will deny and a big fight will arise. all guys do it. they are dogs that's all. you be happy thinking there are so many guys that stares at you.
My boyfriend checks out other women constantly. I'm a little overweight, not much, but just chubby. He makes this horrible face when I offer to sit on his lap, and I walk in on him with his hands down his pants watching solo-girl porn (nothing but!) We can go out on a romantic dinner, but he'll look and then make comments! Like: "Damn! She's hot!" And I don't know what to do. I try to talk to him about it, and then he gets angry with me and says I'm being abnormal and insecure, while in the mean time, I feel like sh*t because of what he's doing. Any advice for me? lol
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I so agree with KHRISS 80 comment, that's what my boyfriend does manipulates the situation and it's been 3 years now. For 3 years I have felt ugly and I know that I'm not cause everyone tells me that but when were out that's how I feel. He tells me it's my problem not his and I have to deal with it.
Omg get a restraining order then leave, you don't want that a**hole anywhere near you,do you?
Be with someone who treats you like you want to be treated. Although it would be unfair if you got mad at him for checking out other girls when you check out other girls/guys just the same. He obviously feels like he has the need to keep looking. and if that's the case. why keep yourself in the relationship? I mean if you have told him repeatedly that you feel disrespected and he doesn't make a change. DO NOT settle for anything less than what you know you deserve. If a man doesn't know what he's got, don't stick around to wait for him to know. People won't change for anyone, and it takes a real man to love a woman the way she should be loved.
Don't stick around waiting for him to grow up, because some people never do. If you want someone serious about a relationship lose the BOY and find a MAN.
I feel less alienated that I am not the only girl with this problem. However I have caught myself turning my head to a guy walking by but this seems to happen a lot less than I notice my boyfriend turning his head. And I would never get mad if he expressed he was hurt by it, I would in fact nurture his feelings. However when I have noticed my boyfriend noticing someone else and looking intentionally he gets angry with me like a little boy that was caught in the candy jar. I believe it is very disrespectful. I give my boyfriend room for accidental glances but when it is frequent or becomes a second glance I really start to re-evaluate our relationship and whether I should stay with a guy who seems to be less attracted to me than the girls that constantly turn his head. Also it is embaressing to be out with your boyfriend whom you are supposed to be proud of that he's yours, but is so embaressing when all the other girls walking around whom he notice obviously probably giggle (cuz most of them are scandalous illminded short iqed girls) they giggle that you THINK he's yours when he is constantly noticing other girls well then obviously the commitment isn't there as much as you think. Also my boyfriend doesn't allow me to wear shorts or shirts showing ANY cleavage or are tighter than a t-shirt, I think it is ridiculous how he insists that I not be desired in public when I have noticed him desiring others in public. This is getting pitiful to put up with, like I said I can handle infrequent accidental glanced because I do the same but some men will always be alone because they will never be happy with one girl. Allow yourself to be attractive to other men if your boyfriend is doing this, it's silly because he's not the only one capable of infedelity of the eye you can go out and dress like a slut too and be rude having other guys notice you. Some boys just need to grow up, it is not "normal" for men to constantly look that is a cop out, they can control it and they choose not too.
Wow, I totally agree. Please friend me! =)
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By mattdentler | Matt Dentler's Blog January 9, 2010 at 6:19AM
Nick Nolte: No Exit
Now available on your local "Movies On Demand" channel, IFC brings you Nick Nolte: No Exit, a documentary about the troubled actor. Also, he interviews himself, as you see in this trailer. I've been hearing about this film for a few months, and I'm excited that it's now available. Here's the trailer:


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Koen Casteels, Belgium's third-choice goalkeeper, will miss the FIFA World Cup™ after breaking his shinbone, his German team Hoffenheim confirmed on Monday. The club revealed on Twitter that Casteels, 21, will undergo surgery in Berlin and is expected to be out of action for several months.
Casteels was stretched off in the 73rd minute of Sunday's German Bundesliga clash with Hertha Berlin, after colliding with Colombian Adrian Ramos.
"The whole game is overshadowed by this injury," said Hoffenheim coach Markus Gisdol at the post-match press conference. "He's been given some painkillers and has already been taken to hospital. After that injury, you could see that the whole team was in shock."
So too was Ramos, whose coach Jos Luhukay said was "distraught" by the "absolutely unfortunate" incident.
After striker Christian Benteke injured his Achilles tendon, Casteels is the second Belgian ruled out of the finals in Brazil in the past week. Belgium will face Korea Republic, Algeria and Russia in the World Cup group stages.


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The return of football will bring obvious changes to the East Tennessee State athletic department. There will also be some subtle differences in having football players on campus again.
Nobody understands that better than Lee Morrow, ETSU's longtime strength and conditioning coach. He has missed the attitude and energy that dozens of those guys brought to his work every day in the weight room.
"Lifting is part of football life, and it's fun for them," said Morrow, proudly wearing an old ETSU football t-shirt in the Dome last week. "It was like a big party in the weight room when football was here. Paul Hamilton used to call it 'bang and clang.' Those weights moved with vigor when those guys were here. You had to hold them back."
Morrow's workload changed dramatically when the program was dropped in 2003. So did the psychology of the athletic department as a whole.
"I think the other athletes enjoyed having the football players here," said Morrow.
Now everyone is waiting to see how things unfold under president Brian Noland's leadership.
Noland announced the process for starting a new football program on Tuesday, naming former Tennessee coach Phillip Fulmer as a special assistant to interim athletic director Richard Sander. A head coach could be hired within a month, and the university plans to be playing in the 2015 season.
"This fills a tremendous gap, for me and a lot of others," said Morrow, 58. "I'm too old now to be the strength coach for football; that will likely be somebody else. But I'm ecstatic to see it back and anxious to see how all the parts fit together."
n The ETSU tennis teams had a chance to make a statement last weekend in Florida, and they did just that.
Stung by an early loss to North Florida — only their second in the regular season in eight years in the Atlantic Sun Conference — the Bucs routed Stetson 6-1 and then went to Florida Gulf Coast and shut out the Eagles. Both teams had been previously unbeaten in conference play.
The Lady Bucs, meanwhile, blanked Stetson and beat Gulf Coast 5-2. They are now the only undefeated women's team in the league.
"We had to make it happen," director of tennis Yaser Zaatini said Wednesday. "We're always striving to be the best we can be, and that means always having to prove ourselves. Every time we step on the court, we get blasted with everybody's best tennis.
"I keep reminding our guys and girls that they're buying into the tradition of the program here. There's a responsibility that goes with that."
The A-Sun championships will be on the ETSU campus in just over two weeks. The Bucs have won six titles in a row, but for once they may not be the team to beat coming out of the regular season.
North Florida is currently 4-0, while ETSU and Stetson each have one loss.
"When you talk about the tournament and the standings, I don't think North Florida is going to lose between now and then," said Zaatini. "We just have to run the table and be playing our best tennis at tournament time."
n Zaatini will have a chance to show off his new outdoor facilities when the A-Sun teams convene here on April 19. He's still trying to warm up to the surroundings, out near Summers-Taylor Stadium.
"We've played two matches there and we're 0-2, so I've not been enjoying it too much yet," said Zaatini, referring to losses to North Florida and Dartmouth. "It's beautiful, and the concept is fantastic. There's so much potential to it. But a lot still needs to be done. Right now it's tennis courts with the potential to be a great facility.
"I know it's hard with all the budget restraints, and I appreciate the efforts greatly, but we still need to grow it."
n To say the softball team savored its sweep of Tennessee Tech on Tuesday would be an understatement.
The Bucs rallied in the opener at Basler Field with six runs in the bottom of the seventh to tie the game, then got a walk-off homer from freshman Bethany Cowart in the eighth for a 9-7 victory. In the second game, they built a 4-0 lead and held on to win 6-5.
ETSU (10-21) entered the day having lost six in a row and 15 of its last 16.
"We needed a sweep like that to lift some spirits," coach Brad Irwin said Wednesday. "We seem to have a flair for the dramatic this year; we've played several close games and extra innings. We've just been on the wrong side of things."
Now the Bucs have to concentrate on winning conference games – any conference games. They're in the cellar right now with their 0-11 start.
Lipscomb (6-6) will be in town this weekend for a three-game series.
"I think it's just a confidence thing," said Irwin, whose team went 1-17 in the league a year ago. "We're a little apprehensive and don't play carefree. And then comes a day like yesterday. It's hard to put a finger on it."
n ETSU should get back to winning conference baseball series this weekend when it visits last-place Northern Kentucky.
The Bucs won their first A-Sun series against USC Upstate but have lost their last two, against Florida Gulf Coast and North Florida. All have been by 2-1 counts.
They tuned up Wednesday night with a 3-0 shutout of Tennessee Tech in a nonconference game at Thomas Stadium. That snapped the Golden Eagles' 14-game winning streak and left the Bucs with a 15-11 record.
Logan Rice (2-1) combined with three relievers on the shutout. Clint Freeman picked up his third save with two innings of work.
The Bucs have a good chance to build some momentum this weekend in Highland Heights, Ky.
Northern Kentucky is floundering in its first season in the A-Sun, with a 1-5 conference record. The Norse are 3-24 overall.


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Aryn Emert Street Law/CEPS Celebrity: A Separate Legal Standard? Hypothetical: Miami High School's football team, the Bobcats, completed their past season with a losing 2-16 record. Despite their need for new textbooks and computers for their students, the previous seasons' ticket sales netted them a trifling $500 profit. Along came Joe McDonald, a star running back whose unbelievable ability enticed fans to the stadium. Not only did Joe rush for 2,831 yards and score 33 touchdowns during his senior year, but for the first time, with Joe leading the team, the Bobcats were expected to make it all the way to the state championship. Joe's presence on the field not only rescued the Bobcat's on-field situation, but ever since Joe draped himself in the Blue and Gold, the school's profits rose to $2000 from ticket sales. It was unquestionable that Joe's presence on the team was the saving grace for the Miami Bobcats. As the star athlete at Miami High, Joe was extremely popular with the ladies. He constantly had girls asking him for his phone number, and had no difficulties finding dates. One girl was especially attractive to Joe. Nicole Rollins was a freshman, and four years Joe's junior. She was not fond of football, nor of Joe's reputation, but Joe pursued her numerous times, always unsuccessfully. One night, however, upon returning to the school after an away game, Joe continued his courtship. This time the result was a sexual experience that took place on the bathroom floor at the school. Numerous faculty members, including several of Joe's coaches, heard about the incident, and knew that sexual conduct between an 18 year old and a 14 year old was illegal. However, with the state championship only days away, they attempted to cover up the incident. Days before the championship, Joe was arrested and charged with seconddegree lewd and lascivious battery on a minor. A few days after his arrest, the coach put him back on the field, allowing him to play in the state championship. Joe earned the Bobcats a victory, and earned the school over $10,000 in profits from fans alone. Discussion Questions: 1. What are your initial thoughts after reading the hypothetical? 2. Do you think Joe should have been able to play in his high school championship? Why/Why not? 3. If you were a coach, what would you have done? What if you were an assistant coach who recommended that Joe be benched, and the coach insisted on playing Joe, anyway? 4. Do you think it matters if the sexual conduct was consensual or not? (Refer to legal resources at bottom of the lesson) In what way? 5. What are your opinions of the notion "innocent until proven guilty"? Do you think the situation would be different if Joe was actually convicted at the time of the championship? 6. Should Joe's playing ability enter into the decision as to whether he should play or not? Should Joe's ability to attract fans, and therefore profits, enter into the decision to play him or not? Why? Why not? THE REAL STORY: This story is based loosely on an incident that occurred involving Antwain Easterling, a student who attended Northwestern Senior High in 2006. News Article for Discussion: Easterling Ready for Scrutiny after High School Sex Arrest http://www.usatoday.com/sports/college/football/cusa/2007-07-26-easterlingscrutiny_N.htm?csp=34 By Tim Doherty The (Jackson, Miss.) Clarion-Ledger Antwain Easterling understands he will draw immediate attention, not only for what he might do with a football in his hands this fall for Southern Miss, but also for the circumstances that in large part led him to Hattiesburg. While he says he regrets the act that caused some to shun a player most considered one of the top running back prospects in the nation, Easterling also said he is ready for the scrutiny. "I can carry it," Easterling said recently. "I've been through it. Down in Miami, (Class) 6A football, there's not much bigger publicity, so I've been through it and been through the rough times. … I made a mistake, and I regret it." Few stars were as bright in Dade County as the 5-11, 185-pound Easterling. He rushed for 2,831 yards and 33 touchdowns last season and was rated by national recruiting services among the top backs in the country. But Dec. 7, just days before his Miami Northwestern team was to play in the state championship game, Easterling was arrested and charged with second-degree lewd and lascivious battery on a minor, a felony charge stemming from having consensual sex with a 14-year-old girl at his high school three months earlier when he was 18. A few days after his arrest, Easterling was back on the field, rushing for 157 yards and a touchdown in a victory. That decision stirred harsh criticism in south Florida. Northwestern principal Dwight Bernard was indicted June 6 by a Miami-Dade grand jury for failing to report the incident with the girl to authorities. This month, Miami-Dade County Schools Superintendent Rudy Crew threatened to cancel the school's 2007 season because of cover-up allegations. Instead, coach Roland Smith and his staff were removed; the school has hired a new coach and will play this fall. In addition, athletics director Gregory Killings resigned. Crew could not be reached Thursday. For Easterling, the road to Hattiesburg began Jan. 8 when he was allowed to enroll in a pretrial diversionary program, 26 weeks of counseling sessions that would allow him to avoid prosecution and, upon its completion, have the charge dismissed, said Terry Chavez, Hispanic media relations officer with the Miami-Dade State Attorney's Office. Schools that had been recruiting Easterling, including Miami and Florida, backed off. After a brief courtship, USM signed one of its most highly-rated recruits. "We hit a home run when we landed Antwain," recruiting coordinator Ronnie Sanders said. "Did the kid have an issue which gave us a chance to land him? Sure he did. But I think it just depends on the individual who you're recruiting." Southern Miss coach Jeff Bower said he and his staff checked Easterling's background before offering a scholarship. "You don't condone anything like that," said Bower, who probably will face more questions at Conference USA media days next week in New Orleans. "But it wasn't an issue that was serious enough not to sign him, and I know a lot of people wouldn't agree with me about that." Discussion Questions: 1. Do you think that the University of Miami and the University of Florida should have refused to recruit Easterling? 2. Do you think the University of Mississippi should have recruited Easterling? 3. Should a person's status in society affect his or her treatment by the authorities, whether it be in sports or in the legal system? What about a person's contribution to society? Should that have an effect? Should a homeless person be treated the same as a doctor? 4. Do you think society's treatment of people according to their status is different than the law's treatment of people according to their status? ACTIVITY 1: Background Information: The Kobe Bryant sexual assault case began in the summer of 2003 when the news media reported that the sheriff's office in Eagle, Colorado had arrested NBA superstar Kobe Bryant in connection with an investigation of a sexual assault complaint filed by 19-year old hotel employee Katelyn Faber. Bryant had checked into The Lodge and Spa at Cordillera hotel in Cordillera, Colorado on June 30 in advance of having surgery near there on July 2. Faber's Side: In her initial interview with police on July 2, Faber claimed Bryant raped her from behind over a love chair in his hotel room at approximately 11 pm on July 1. She said she arrived late to her job at the hotel because of car problems. While in Bryant's room after giving him a tour of the hotel, she said she became "uncomfortable" because he was being flirtatious. She said she got up to leave and that Bryant asked her for a hug. Then she said he French Kissed her when she looked up at him. She later said both the hug and kiss were consensual, but she never wanted to have sex with Bryant. Faber stated the kiss lasted 5 minutes, after which Bryant attempted to rape her, placing one hand on her neck and slightly choking her. After asking Faber a lewd question, Bryant halted his advances, and Faber claimed she was able to break free and leave. Bryant's Side: Bryant admitted to an adulterous sexual encounter with his accuser, but denied the assault allegation. After he was formally charged on July 18, Bryant held a news conference in which he adamantly denied having raped Faber. With his wife on his side, he confessed, in tears, to having an adulterous sexual encounter with her, but insisted that everything that happened between the two had been consensual. Evidence/Background Materials: There were remnants of another man on Faber's underpants when she went to her rape examination. Faber claims she grabbed dirty laundry by mistake, yet Bryant claims it is a testament to her lack of credibility. The doctor found vaginal trauma during Faber's doctor exam. The doctor claims that it could have been caused by having sexual intercourse with multiple partners in two days, or by rape. Faber told investigators three times that she washed her face in Bryant's room before she left; however, Faber later claimed she never washed her face. Trina McKay, the resort's night auditor, said Faber did not look upset when she came back from Bryant's room, and didn't believe Faber was telling the truth. Other people testified that Faber arrived at a party and bragged about the incident. The police recovered a T-shirt that Bryant wore the night of the incident, which had three small stains of the accuser's blood on it. The stains were invisible to the naked eye on the white T-shirt. The smudge was verified to be Faber's blood by DNA testing. Bobby Pietrack, Faber's high school friend and a bellman at the resort, said she appeared to be very upset, and "told me that Kobe Bryant had forced sex with her." A few weeks before the trial was scheduled to begin, Faber wrote a letter apologizing for intentional misstatements and clarifying "mix-ups" she made when first interviewed by Colorado police. She wrote that she wanted to make the corrections because she was worried that Detective Doug Winters, the lead investigator in the case, did not believe her story. Faber wrote she lied when she told investigators that Bryant forced her to wash her face in his room before she was allowed to leave, stating she never washed her face in his room and instead wrote that she used a mirror near the hotel elevator to clean up her face. She said this was the only thing she "exaggerated." She also admitted to lying about having car troubles the day of the incident. Faber was taking an anti-psychotic drug for the treatment of schizophrenia at the time of the incident. Before the alleged incident, Faber, an aspiring singer, tried out for the television show American Idol. Role Play Directions: Split the class into three groups. One group will represent Faber, one will represent Bryant, and the third will represent judges. Host a mock trial using the evidence and the law provided. ACTIVITY 2: What Actually Happened: The case was dropped after Faber refused to testify in the trial, and a civil suit was settled out of court. Affect on NBA: The case's pre-trial hearings went on through the 2003–2004 NBA season, a number of times causing Bryant to attend court in Colorado during the day, then immediately fly to another part of the country to play in the Lakers' game that night. Bryant generally performed well in such games, though the on-going proceedings and the media attention on them served as a continuing distraction, both to Bryant personally, and to the Laker team as a whole. Reference: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kobe_Bryant_sexual_assault_case Discussion Questions Regarding the NBA: 1. What would you do if you were the Coach of the Lakers from the time of the arrest throughout the litigation? Would you let Kobe Bryant continue to play? 2. Suppose Bryant's contract was ending during the pre-trial phase, as the coach of the Lakers would you renew it? 3. Suppose you were Nike, and you had recently signed an endorsement deal with Bryant. Would you continue to allow Kobe to endorse your products during the pre-trial hearing phase? 4. Suppose Kobe's is a nominee for MVP of the NBA. As the NBA, would you give him the award while this incident is still in controversy? 5. Re-examine the notion of "innocent until proven guilty." Do you still have the same beliefs after the lesson? Why or why not? LEGAL RESOURCES: Common Law – Elements of Rape: - Force and Forcible Compulsion - Resistance - Consent Model Penal Code, Article 213: - § 213.0. Definitions o In this Article, unless a different meaning plainly is required: o (1) the definitions given in Section 210.0 apply; o (2) "Sexual intercourse" includes intercourse per os or per anum, with some penetration however slight; emission is not required; - § 213.1. Rape and Related Offenses. - (1) Rape. A male who has sexual intercourse with a female not his wife is guilty - of rape if: o (a) he compels her to submit by force or by threat of imminent death, serious bodily injury, extreme pain or kidnapping, to be inflicted on anyone; or o (b) he has substantially impaired her power to appraise or control her conduct by administering or employing without her knowledge drugs, intoxicants or other means for the purpose of preventing resistance; or o (c) the female is unconscious; or o (d) the female is less than 10 years old. o Rape is a felony of the second degree unless (i) in the course thereof the actor inflicts serious bodily injury upon anyone, or (ii) the victim was not a voluntary social companion of the actor upon the occasion of the crime and had not previously permitted him sexual liberties, in which cases the offense is a felony of the first degree. - (2) Gross Sexual Imposition. A male who has sexual intercourse with a female not his wife commits a felony of the third degree if: o (a) he compels her to submit by any threat that would prevent resistance by a woman of ordinary resolution; or o (b) he knows that she suffers from a mental disease or defect which renders her incapable of appraising the nature of her conduct; or o (c) he knows that she is unaware that a sexual act is being committed upon her or that she submits because she mistakenly supposes that he is her husband Florida Sexual Battery Statute - 794.011. Sexual battery- (a) "Consent" means intelligent, knowing, and voluntary consent and does not include coerced submission. "Consent" shall not be deemed or construed to mean the failure by the alleged victim to offer physical resistance to the offender. - (d) "Offender" means a person accused of a sexual offense in violation of a provision of this chapter. - (g) "Serious personal injury" means great bodily harm or pain, permanent disability, or permanent disfigurement. - (h) "Sexual battery" means oral, anal, or vaginal penetration by, or union with, the sexual organ of another or the anal or vaginal penetration of another by any other object; however, sexual battery does not include an act done for a bona fide medical purpose. - (2)(a) A person 18 years of age or older who commits sexual battery upon, or in an attempt to commit sexual battery injures the sexual organs of, a person less than 12 years of age commits a capital felony, punishable as provided in ss. 775.082 and 921.141. - (3) A person who commits sexual battery upon a person 12 years of age or older, without that person's consent, and in the process thereof uses or threatens to use a deadly weapon or uses actual physical force likely to cause serious personal injury commits a life felony, punishable as provided in s. 775.082, s. 775.083, s. 775.084, or s. 794.0115. - (4) A person who commits sexual battery upon a person 12 years of age or older without that person's consent, under any of the following circumstances, commits a felony of the first degree, punishable as provided in s. 775.082, s. 775.083, s. 775.084, or s. 794.0115: (a) When the victim is physically helpless to resist. (b) When the offender coerces the victim to submit by threatening to use force or violence likely to cause serious personal injury on the victim, and the victim reasonably believes that the offender has the present ability to execute the threat. (c) When the offender coerces the victim to submit by threatening to retaliate against the victim, or any other person, and the victim reasonably believes that the offender has the ability to execute the threat in the future. - (5) A person who commits sexual battery upon a person 12 years of age or older, without that person's consent, and in the process thereof does not use physical force and violence likely to cause serious personal injury commits a felony of the second degree, punishable as provided in s. 775.082, s. 775.083, s. 775.084, or s. 794.0115. - (6) The offense described in subsection (5) is included in any sexual battery offense charged under subsection (3) or subsection (4). -(8) regard to the willingness or consent of the victim, which is not a defense to prosecution under this subsection, a person who is in a position of familial or custodial authority to a person less than 18 years of age and who: (a) Solicits that person to engage in any act which would constitute sexual battery under paragraph (1)(h) commits a felony of the third degree, punishable as provided in s. 775.082, s. 775.083, or s. 775.084. (b) Engages in any act with that person while the person is 12 years of age or older but less than 18 years of age which constitutes sexual battery under paragraph (1)(h) commits a felony of the first degree, punishable as provided in s. 775.082, s. 775.083, or s. 775.084. (c) Engages in any act with that person while the person is less than 12 years of age which constitutes sexual battery under paragraph (1)(h), or in an attempt to commit sexual battery injures the sexual organs of such person commits a capital or life felony, punishable pursuant to subsection (2). - (9) For prosecution under paragraph (4)(g), acquiescence to a person reasonably believed by the victim to be in a position of authority or control does not constitute consent, and it is not a defense that the perpetrator was not actually in a position of control or authority if the circumstances were such as to lead the victim to reasonably believe that the person was in such a position. (10) Any person who falsely accuses any person listed in paragraph (4)(g) or other person in a position of control or authority as an agent or employee of government of violating paragraph (4)(g) is guilty of a felony of the third degree, punishable as provided in s. 775.082, s. 775.083, or s. 775.084 Florida Sexual Battery Statute: 794.021. Ignorance or belief as to victim's age no defense o When, in this chapter, the criminality of conduct depends upon the victim's being below a certain specified age, ignorance of the age is no defense. Neither shall misrepresentation of age by such person nor a bona fide belief that such person is over the specified age be a defense. 794.022. Rules of evidence o (1) The testimony of the victim need not be corroborated in a prosecution under s. 794.011. o (2) Specific instances of prior consensual sexual activity between the victim and any person other than the offender shall not be admitted into evidence in a prosecution under s. 794.011. However, such evidence may be admitted if it is first established to the court in a proceeding in camera that such evidence may prove that the defendant was not the source of the semen, pregnancy, injury, or disease; or, when consent by the victim is at issue, such evidence may be admitted if it is first established to the court in a proceeding in camera that such evidence tends to establish a pattern of conduct or behavior on the part of the victim which is so similar to the conduct or behavior in the case that it is relevant to the issue of consent. o (3) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, reputation evidence relating to a victim's prior sexual conduct or evidence presented for the purpose of showing that manner of dress of the victim at the time of the offense incited the sexual battery shall not be admitted into evidence in a prosecution under s. 794.011. o (4) When consent of the victim is a defense to prosecution under s. 794.011, evidence of the victim's mental incapacity or defect is admissible to prove that the consent was not intelligent, knowing, or voluntary; and the court shall instruct the jury accordingly. Case Law Defining Sexual Offenses: - State v. Alston, 310 N.C. 399, 312 S.E.2d 470, 1984 N.C. LEXIS 1585 (1984) Physical resistance is not necessary to prove lack of consent, but there were no threats of serious bodily harm that reasonably could have induced fear. In addition, there was no evidence of intimidation. - Rusk v. State, 289 Md. 230; 424 A.2d 720; 1981 Md. LEXIS 165 o The court found that, after viewing the evidence in the light most favorable to the prosecution, any rational trier of fact could have found the essential elements rape in the second degree beyond a reasonable doubt. The reasonableness of the victim's fear was a question for the jury to resolve. A rationale jury could have found that the victim was in fear and so did not consent to the intercourse and that defendant's conduct was reasonably calculated to induce fear in the victim such that there was force. The court based their reasoning on the fact that they did not see any resistance or fear from the victim. Commonwealth v. Berkowitz, 415 Pa. Super. 505, 609 A.2d 1338 (Super. Ct. 1992) o The court held that rape is defined as forcible compulsion, not nonconsentable intercourse, and forcible compulsion depends on the totality of the circumstances. The court defines forcible compulsion as, to include not only physical force or violence but also moral psychological or intellectual force used to compel a person to engage in sexual intercourse against the person's will. In previous cases, the plaintiff had to show that he/she resisted. However, this case altered the burden of proof, causing the defendant to prove that there was reasonable mistake of consent. In this case, the court said that there is not enough evidence for rape. There was no threat, duress, or intimidation. - In re John Z, 29 Cal. 4th 756, 60 P. 3d 183, 128 Cal. Rptr. 2d 783 (2003) o The Court held that (1) a withdrawal of consent by the victim effectively nullified any earlier consent and subjected the male to forcible rape charges when he persisted in what had become nonconsensual intercourse; (2) the offense of forcible rape occurred when, during apparently consensual intercourse, the victim expressed an objection and attempted to stop the act, and the defendant forcibly continued despite the objection; and (3) the evidence was sufficient to show that the victim withdrew her consent, communicated that fact to defendant, and defendant used force to resist the victim's attempt to stop the act, in violation of Cal. Penal Code § 261(a)(2).
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3. A sleeve member according to claim 1, characterized in that the material thickness increases from the proximal end to the distal end thereof.
4. A sleeve member according to claim 1, characterized in that the outer distal end portion of the sleeve member (1) is designed with means (2) permitting coupling to an external device attachable to the sleeve member (1), such as a prosthesis (11).
5. A sleeve member according to claim 1, characterized in that the elastic material which provides said anisotropy with regard to the elasticity comprises at least one layer of a highly elastic material (4) laminated to a layer of another material arranged such that it prevents the elasticity axially without substantially influencing it radially.
6. A sleeve member according to claim 1, characterized in that it is capable of being turned inside out and at least in the distal portion has such a material thickness that the inner portion (5) is stretched when turning the sleeve inside out and when unrolling the sleeve onto the body part (7) gives rise to forces which urge the adhering skin surface (8) towards the distal portion of the sleeve member (1).
7. A sleeve member according to claim 1, characterized in that the outer portion thereof is provided with a friction reducing surface layer.
The present invention relates to a sleeve member for enclosing and being fixed to a deformed part of the body, such as an amputation stump. The new sleeve member is primarily intended as an aid for the application of a prosthesis and stump treatment but may also be used for other purposes, such as the attachment of various auxiliary and training equipment to an amputation stump.
In conventional application of a prosthesis to, for example, an amputation extremity, the stump in question is embedded in a prosthetic sleeve attached to the prosthesis, which sleeve mediates the flux of forces between the amputated body part and the actual prosthesis. Usually such a prosthetic sleeve is produced by making a cast of the amputation stump by means of plaster bandages to obtain a so-called negative of the the stump shape. This negative is then filled with plaster, whereby a plaster copy corresponding to the stump at the time of the casting is obtained. On this negative a sleeve is then formed, usually from a plastic laminate, which sleeve is provided with a closable opening in the extreme or distal end portion thereof. To introduce the stump into the prosthetic sleeve the former is provided with a stocking of knitted fabric, the end of which is then passed through said opening in the bottom of the sleeve, whereupon the soft parts of the stump are drawn downwards into the sleeve by means of the stocking. The knitted stocking is then drawn off the stump and the opening is closed by a valve. Due to the adhesion of the stump skin to the inside of the prosthetic sleeve and the negative pressure which is created in the space between the stump end and the sleeve bottom and maintained by the valve, the prosthesis will be well fixed to the amputation stump in question.
Such a conventional prosthetic sleeve, which for its attachment or suspension is dependent on such an adhesion to the skin and negative pressure, is substantially rigid and has a constant shape, a constant volume and a constant area. Changes of the living stump in any of these parameters thus result in an impaired fitting between stump and sleeve. The suspension is, of course, particularly effected if the volume or circumference of the stump is reduced, such that air may enter via the inner or proximal end, causing a risk that the sleeve will no longer adhere to the stump and that the prosthesis consequently may come off the patient. Any change of the fitting will also give reduced comfort to the patient.
To overcome these inconveniences so-called flexible prosthetic sleeves have been designed. These sleeves are characterized in that they, as the above mentioned rigid sleeves, have a constant area, whereas the shape and volume thereof are variable, resulting, however, in that the circumference of any section is constant. To the extent allowed by the constant circumference these sleeves may, however, conform to the shape and volume changes of the stump, thereby providing a considerably better comfort than the rigid sleeves. The suspension of the prosthesis is as before dependent on adhesion and negative pressure, but due to the properties of the flexible sleeve the risk of admission of air is reduced and the suspension will be safer. Because of the constant area of the flexible prosthetic sleeve it does not, however, always conform to the shape and volume changes of the stump but causes some sliding between the stump skin and the inner wall of the sleeve. While sliding between skin and sleeve is more pronounced for rigid sleeves when external shear forces are transmitted to the stump, it is still a problem when using flexible sleeves and may, for example, give an unpleasant feeling in case of a sore stump skin.
In addition to the fact that the application of the conventional prosthetic sleeves is relatively complicated and thus requires the use of a knitted fabric stocking to accomplish downward drawing of the soft parts of the stump and valve means to maintain a negative pressure, a certain sliding may also be obtained between the prosthetic sleeve and the stump skin, which, on one hand, may cause an impaired suspension and, on the other hand, may lead to discomfort to the patient.
Another problem in connection with amputation stumps is the treatment after the amputation up to the possible application of a prosthesis. When amputating an extremity, for example, it is aimed at providing the amputation stump with properties which to the utmost possible extent will maintain the function of the body part and facilitate the application of a prosthesis. The surgical operation is therefore performed in such a way that an amputation stump that is as firm and insensitive as possible will be obtained. Also the treatment after the amputation is of great importance. A usual post-surgical routine is thus to daily apply elastic bandages around the swollen amputation stump in order to counteract the swelling and accelerate the unavoidable muscle atrophy. When it later on is time for the application of a prosthesis, the prosthetic sleeve should eventually take over the function of the stump bandage. Stump bandaging is thus the most common way of shaping and compressing an amputation stump. Although the stump bandaging is a per se simple procedure, it often happens, however, that it is incorrectly performed which at worst may result in the opposite effect to that intended being obtained. Thus, it is considered to be of great importance that the highest pressure is applied over the distal part and end of the stump. The bandaging of a stump is therefore usually started by applying the elastic bandage axially over the stump end, and then fixing the axial layers by circular winding. The bandaging is ended above the nearest joint to prevent the bandage from sliding on the amputation stump. Since the friction between the skin and the elastic bandage is not considerably great, there is a great risk of sliding of the bandage, which would result in the desired compression effect on the stump end being reduced while the compression of the circular winding would remain. This could result in the blood flow being obstructed and a so-called stasis condition arising. The stump end, which lacks the necessary compression, would then swell even more. This is a well-known problem, and the resulting pear-like stump is technically difficult to provide with a prosthesis. It is also to be noted that most leg amputated persons are old people who often have difficulty in taking care of the stump bandaging themselves in an acceptable manner.
The present invention aims at providing an embedment sleeve which, in addition to having other advantages, eliminates the above mentioned problems in prosthesis application as well as in the post-surgical treatment of amputation stumps. Such an embedment sleeve has the features stated in the subsequent claims and will be described in more detail below.
According to the invention an embedment sleeve it thus proposed which has an essentially frusto-conical shape, the truncated or distal end of which is completely closed and at least slightly rounded, and which is made of an airtight material. The sleeve is characterized in that it substantially is made of elastic material, at least the distal portion thereof exhibiting such anisotropy with regard to the elasticity that it has a high elasticity in the radial direction and is substantially inelastic in the axial direction. Preferably, the anisotropic part of the sleeve extends over at least a major part of the distal half thereof, e.g., at least about one third of the sleeve length, and preferably over at least about half the sleeve length, counted from the distal end.
Due to the elasticity of the embedment sleeve not only the shape and volume thereof but consequently also the area thereof will be variable. Thereby external shear forces transmitted to the sleeve via, e.g., an applied prosthesis will be distributed over the enclosed skin surface substantially independently of the deformation of the body part, such that the contact between each point on the sleeve and the corresponding point on the enclosed skin surface will be maintained without any sliding having to take place between the body part and the sleeve. An adhesive sleeve is thus obtained which requires no opening and closing of the distal end thereof to obtain total contact between the amputation stump and the sleeve. Due to the anisotropy with regard to the elasticity also a more even distribution of external load forces to the soft parts of the stump will be obtained, as will be discussed below.
The advantageous anisotropy properties according to the invention may be obtained by controlling the material composition of the sleeve in various ways and by per se well-known methods in the art. For example, a highly elastic material may be laminated with a layer of another, inelastic material, e.g., rigid wires, which block the elasticity in the axial direction of the sleeve member without affecting the elasticity in radial direction to any considerable extent. Current development seems to indicate that it will also be possible to produce materials, wherein the desired anisotropy may be generated in the material per se.
An embedment sleeve for use with an applied prosthesis according to the invention may thus be supported by the amputation stump as a "second skin" within the outer prosthetic sleeve attached to the prosthesis, suitable means for the connection to the prosthetic sleeve being provided at the distal end of the embedment sleeve. External forces which via the prosthetic sleeve are transmitted to the amputation stump in the form of shear forces and which in a conventional prosthetic sleeve would lead to a motion relative to the stump, will then transfer this motion to the layer located between the outside of the sleeve and the prosthetic sleeve. Sliding between the sleeve and the stump skin will thus not have to occur, and also the most sensitive stump skin will therefore be efficiently protected against chafes and other irritation.
By virtue of the fact that the sleeve, due to the above mentioned anisotropy with regard to the elasticity, is inelastic in the axial direction thereof, a relative even distribution of the suspension force to the soft parts will also be obtained. If the sleeve were completely elastic also in the axial direction, the suspension force would instead substantially be transmitted to the most distal soft parts of the stump or at least give rise to the greatest deformations therein. By the resulting distribution of the suspension force a more efficient suspension will thus be obtained, i.e. lesser occurrence of an undesired "piston motion" of the stump in the prosthesis.
For the coupling to a prosthetic sleeve the above mentioned coupling means in the distal part of the sleeve may, e.g., consist of a central projection formed at the sleeve end and arranged for cooperation with suitable means provided in or applicable to the prosthetic sleeve. Such coupling provides an extraordinarily safe attachment of the embedment sleeve to the prosthetic system while the embedment sleeve on its part, due to its elastic properties, will be well fixed to the stump in question and conform to any deformation of the stump without any tendency to slide. The result is consequently extraordinarily simple and safe application of the prosthesis and very good comfort to the patient when using the prosthesis.
To facilitate the insertion of the elastic stump embedment into an outer prosthetic sleeve the embedment sleeve is suitably provided with an outer layer having a low friction to the outer sleeve. Optionally, the outer sleeve of the prosthesis may be reduced to, or replaced by, suitable support means, such that the embedment sleeve according to the invention at the same time will form the proper prosthetic sleeve.
According to a preferred emodiment the elastic embedment sleeve according to the invention is capable of being at least partially turned inside out. By this is meant that the sleeve should be capable of being turned inside out to then be unrolled onto the stump to which it is to be applied. By such turning inside out stretchings of the sleeve inner wall will result which when unrolling the sleeve onto the stump starting at the distal end thereof, will aid in driving the soft parts of the stump, towards the distal parts of the stump and sleeve and give the soft parts a prestressing in the axial direction. In addition to such prestressing being desirable to i.a. facilitate the blood circulation through the stump at the varying loads occurring, for example, when walking with a leg prosthesis, the effect may be used to replace the previously described stump bandaging and eliminate the problems associated therewith, as will be described further below.
The above described effect may be enhanced in various ways. In a preferred embodiment the embedment sleeve has a material thickness which increases towards the distal end thereof. Depending on how the anisotropy properties of the distal part of the sleeve have been obtained the effect may be further enhanced. Thus, if the anisotropy properties completely or partially have been obtained by means of a substantially axially inelastic lamination on the outside of the sleeve, the so-called neutral line of the curvature when the sleeve is turned inside out is shifted towards the outside of the sleeve, whereby the stretching amplitude is increased.
As indicated above the embedment sleeve according to the invention may thus replace the conventional stump bandaging, since the desired compression on the stump end will be ensured as long as the stump volume is within the limits of the elastic properties of the sleeve. Thus, in principal the same embedment sleeve as is later to be used if a prosthesis is applied, could directly be used for the post-surgical treatment. To this end the above mentioned means at the sleeve end for coupling with the prosthetic outer sleeve may be used to connect any suitable device for actuation of the stump with an axial tensile force. Such an aid, could, for example, consist of a tensile means, for example a spring, attached to an external support, which tensile means will draw the soft parts of the stump in an axial direction, which, on one hand, favours the stump formation and, on the other hand, may relieve the regions of the stump around distal skeleton ends.
By replacing the stump bandage with the stump embedment sleeve according to the invention the desired compression effects of a properly applied stump bandage will thus be obtained, the embedment sleeve also being much easier to apply than the stump bandage without any risk of the occurrence of stasis conditions and swollen stump ends. Additionally, the possibility of static or dynamic loading of the stump in the axial direction is thus offered.
The embedment sleeve according to the invention thus permits a controlled elasticity distributed over the whole sleeve. Thereby, in addition to the above mentioned downward drawing effect of the soft parts of the stump when the sleeve is unrolled, it is obtained that the sleeve will follow the skin movements and distribute external forces. Another advantage of said elasticity is that the sleeve need not be adapted to an individual amputation stump. It will therefore be possible to stock-keep prosthetic sleeves for most of the existing amputation stumps by using a limited number of prefabricated sleeves.
The material of the sleeve may be selected from various plastic and/or rubber materials which meet the necessary elasticity and adhesion requirements. As mentioned above, e.g., laminates may be used. As an example of a suitable elastic base material silicone may be mentioned, which has been found to have properties very well suited for the purpose. The extraordinarily high adhesion which may be achieved between a silicon sleeve according to the invention and the skin of an amputation stump eliminates any tendency to sliding between sleeve and stump.
As mentioned previously the coupling means at the distal end of the sleeve may also be used to connect appliances of another kind than for stump training, stump formation and prosthesis application. An example of such other appliance is training equipment on amputated arm stumps for various normal activities of the daily life, such as eating, cooking, writing, dressing, attending, to one's hygiene, etc.
US-A-980,457 discloses a sleeve member consisting of a sack of an elastic material and an external inelastic sheath. In the illustrated embodiment the lower part of the sheath is corrugated. This permits a certain, very limited expansion of the elastic sack in the radial direction. By means of an adjusting device the sack may, however, due to the corrugated sheath, also be made to expand axially for downward drawing thereof, such that it clearly connects to amputation stump. This sleeve member is thus completely differing from the sleeve member of the present invention which, as described above, has a high elasticity in the radial direction while being substantially inelastic in the axial direction.
The invention will now be further described with regard to some particular, non-limiting embodiments with reference to the accompanying drawings, in which:
FIG. 1 is a schematic cross-sectional view of an embodiment of an embedment sleeve according to the invention;
FIG. 2 is a corresponding view as FIG. 1 showing the sleeve after having been turned inside out;
FIG. 3 is a schematic view illustrating the stretching and influence of forces when unrolling an embedment sleeve according to the invention which has been turned inside out; and
FIGS. 4A and 4B are schematic cross-sectional views of an embedment sleeve according to the invention and a prosthetic system before and after interconnection, respectively.
The embedment sleeve according to the invention shown in FIG. 1 consists of a substantially frusto-conical sleeve 1 having a closed bottom portion and made of a relatively highly elastic material, e.g. silicone (silicone is a term for so-called silicon plastics or polysiloxanes). The sleeve 1 is adapted to be applied to, for example, the stump of an amputated arm or leg (not shown). In the bottom portion, or distal end, of the sleeve a coupling means 2 is provided for permitting coupling of the sleeve with primarily a prosthesis, but it may, if desired, also be used for connection to a stump treatment device, training equipment or the like. The coupling means 2 is, in the illustrated case, designed as a central downwards extending projection of a rigid material which is provided with a recess 3 partially open to one side and downwards to permit the receipt and fixation of a corresponding locking ball member, as will be described in more detail in connection with FIGS. 4A, B below. The sleeve member 1 has, as illustrated, an increasing material thickness from the proximal end to the distal end thereof, and further, the material composition of at least the major part of the distal sleeve half is anisotropic with regard to the elasticity, so that the sleeve is highly elastic in the radial direction and substantially inelastic in the axial direction. This may, for example, be achieved by means of a suitable axial inelastic reinforcement, in FIG. 1 indicated by the reference designation 4, which may be applied in per se known manner during the manufacture of the sleeve 1 by means of technique known in the art.
To apply the sleeve illustrated in FIG. 1 to the amputation stump in question the sleeve is turned inside out to the state shown in FIG. 2. From FIG. 3 it can be seen that when turning the sleeve inside out the inside 5 of the curved sleeve portion is subjected to a stretching T, while the outside 6 of the sleeve is subjected to a compression K. When the sleeve 1 is unrolled onto the amputation stump, here indicated by the reference numeral 7, the stretching will revert in the adjacent portion of the sleeve adhering to the skin 8, the skin thereby being drawn downwards into the sleeve in the direction of the arrow 9. As the sleeve is unrolled on the stump, the stretched/curved sleeve portion is successively displaced upwards while the soft parts of the stump are correspondingly successively drawn downwards into the sleeve. The sleeve shown in FIG. 1 has, as mentioned above, the distally increasing material thickness, which provides the greatest downward drawing effect in the distal part of the sleeve, while a higher elasticity and thereby a better adhesion and accomodation of the upper parts of the sleeve is obtained at the same time.
To increase the downward drawing effect, i.e. move the neutral line 10 indicated in FIG. 3 towards the outside 6 of the sleeve and thereby increase the stretching amplitude, the reinforcement 4 and/or other inelastic reinforcement may, if desired, completely or partially be applied to the outside of the sleeve, which will prevent longitudinal stretching and thereby displace the neutral line 10 towards the outside. As previously mentioned such an outer reinforcement layer may be made friction reducing for the sleeve to be more easily inserted into a prosthetic sleeve or the like.
When the embedment sleeve 1 is applied to the amputation stump it will, due to its elasticity, adhere well to the skin and will conform to any kind of area charge of the stump which may occur upon external loading, such as, e.g., on application of a prosthesis. Since thus substantially any tendency to sliding between the sleeve and the stump is prevented, the sleeve will function as a "second skin", such that external shear forces transmitted via such a sleeve to the stump will transfer any motion or sliding to the layer between the outside of the sleeve and the outer member. Hereby the stump skin will be effeciently protected against chafes and other irritation.
When applying the sleeve 1 in a prosthesis, e.g., as described for FIGS. 4A, B, below, the suspension force will be absorbed in the coupling or connection at the distal end of the sleeve 1. If the sleeve were elastic in its axial direction, the suspension force would be transmitted substantially to the most distal parts of the stump or at least cause the greatest deformations there. Due to the inelastic reinforcement 4 this is, however, prevented, and a more even distribution of the suspension force to the soft parts is obtained. This will in turn result in a more efficient suspension, i.e. lesser occurrence of an undesired "piston motion" of the stump in the prosthesis.
FIGS. 4A and B schematically illustrate the insertion of an embedment sleeve 1 according to the invention into a prosthetic system 11 in the form of a lower leg prosthesis. The elastic sleeve 1 is unrolled onto the stump, after which the stump with the sleeve in the illustrated case is drawn downwards into the prosthesis 11 by means of a cord 12, which, on one hand, is attached to a ball-shaped coupling member 13 received in the projection 3 on the sleeve of FIG. 1, and, on the other hand, passes through an opening in the prosthesis bottom to a locking means 14. The locking means 14 may be designed in any suitable manner, and may, e.g., in per se known manner be based upon locking by wedge action when the cord 12 is pulled in one direction and release when the cord is pulled in the opposite direction to remove the prosthesis. It is appreciated that such a quick coupling system permits easy removal of the elastic sleeve 1 from the prosthesis for replacement, cleaning or use of the sleeve for stump treatment without the prosthesis, as mentioned above.
With a prosthetic system as above several important advantages in relation to the conventional technique are thus obtained. Thus, the difficult downward drawing of the soft parts by means of a stocking is completely eliminated. The actual taking on and off procedure as a whole is simplified considerably. Owing to the adhesion of the sleeve 1 to the stump and the possibility of motion of the sleeve in relation to the fixing positions of the prosthesis, also sliding against the skin is eliminated. Further, due to the controlled elasticity of the sleeve in the distal part thereof the suspension force will be relatively evenly distributed to the soft parts of the stump.
The invention is, of course, not limited to the particularly illustrated and above described embodiments, but many modifications and variations are obvious to the person skilled in the art and are within the scope of the following claims.
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July 28, 2015
NOME, Alaska (AP) - Residents of a remote Alaska community very near Russia found a unique way to get some recyclable waste off-island.
They asked the Coast Guard to transport it.
The U.S. Coast Guard cutter SPAR made a stop at the island during a survey of the Chukchi Sea, and officials with the Native Village of Diomede asked if they could take some accumulated electronic waste with them, KNOM reported (http://is.gd/ioqPOp ).
It included "quite a few boxes of electronic waste_monitors, DVD players, stereos_that kind of stuff," said SPAR commanding officer Doug Jannusch. "We were able to take about 200 pounds worth and the six batteries."
The community of Diomede is located on the western coast of Little Diomede Island, in the Bering Strait. The community of 119 people is located about 650 miles northwest of Anchorage, and only about 3 miles from Big Diomede Island, Russia.
Officials typically ship recyclable waste off Little Diomede by air or barge to the Kawerak Regional Backhaul Program in Nome. The center collects recyclables from throughout the western Alaska region and ships it to Seattle.
Opik Ahkinga is the village's environmental coordinator and has been working for four years to improve waste management on Little Diomede Island.
She is now focusing on electronic waste, and said batteries and transformers that have been sitting on the island for years could harm the environment. Ahkinga encouraged residents to continue dropping off their electronic waste.
She is working on an environmental program plan for the island after getting a grant from the Environmental Protection Agency.
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The University at Albany women's basketball team extended its winning streak to six after outlasting visiting Hartford, 55-48, in overtime Saturday at SEFCU Arena.
Trailing by one, UAlbany's Sarah Royals connected on 1 of 2 free throws with 29 seconds left to force the extra period, and the Great Danes took over from there, outscoring the Hawks, 8-1, in overtime.
UAlbany improved to 14-3 overall and kept its perfect America East Conference record intact, moving to 5-0.
Hartford held a 26-22 halftime advantage before the teams battled back-and-forth in the second half. The Hawks' Daphne Elliott connected on a 3-pointer with 1:55 remaining in the game to put Hartford on top by a point, 47-46, before Royals evened the contest with a free throw. Hartford had one more chance to pull out the win, but Katie Roth missed from long-range at the buzzer to force the extra frame.
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