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31 U.S. Code § 902 - Authority and functions of agency Chief Financial Officers
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(a) An agency Chief Financial Officer shall—
(2) oversee all financial management activities relating to the programs and operations of the agency;
(3) develop and maintain an integrated agency accounting and financial management system, including financial reporting and internal controls, which—
(A) complies with applicable accounting principles, standards, and requirements, and internal control standards;
(B) complies with such policies and requirements as may be prescribed by the Director of the Office of Management and Budget;
(D) provides for—
(i) complete, reliable, consistent, and timely information which is prepared on a uniform basis and which is responsive to the financial information needs of agency management;
(4) make recommendations to the head of the agency regarding the selection of the Deputy Chief Financial Officer of the agency;
(5) direct, manage, and provide policy guidance and oversight of agency financial management personnel, activities, and operations, including—
(A) the preparation and annual revision of an agency plan to—
(i) implement the 5-year financial management plan prepared by the Director of the Office of Management and Budget under section 3512 (a)(3) of this title; and
(C) the recruitment, selection, and training of personnel to carry out agency financial management functions;
(D) the approval and management of agency financial management systems design or enhancement projects;
(6) prepare and transmit, by not later than 60 days after the submission of the audit report required by section 3521 (f) of this title, an annual report to the agency head and the Director of the Office of Management and Budget, which shall include—
(B) the annual financial statements prepared under section 3515 of this title;
(D) a summary of the reports on internal accounting and administrative control systems submitted to the President and the Congress under the amendments made by the Federal Managers' Financial Integrity Act of 1982 (Public Law 97–255); and
(7) monitor the financial execution of the budget of the agency in relation to actual expenditures, and prepare and submit to the head of the agency timely performance reports; and
(1) In addition to the authority otherwise provided by this section, each agency Chief Financial Officer—
(A) subject to paragraph (2), shall have access to all records, reports, audits, reviews, documents, papers, recommendations, or other material which are the property of the agency or which are available to the agency, and which relate to programs and operations with respect to which that agency Chief Financial Officer has responsibilities under this section;
(B) may request such information or assistance as may be necessary for carrying out the duties and responsibilities provided by this section from any Federal, State, or local governmental entity; and
(C) to the extent and in such amounts as may be provided in advance by appropriations Acts, may—
(i) enter into contracts and other arrangements with public agencies and with private persons for the preparation of financial statements, studies, analyses, and other services; and
(2) Except as provided in paragraph (1)(B), this subsection does not provide to an agency Chief Financial Officer any access greater than permitted under any other law to records, reports, audits, reviews, documents, papers, recommendations, or other material of any Office of Inspector General established under the Inspector General Act of 1978 (5 U.S.C. App.).
Source(Added Pub. L. 101–576, title II, § 205(a),Nov. 15, 1990, 104 Stat. 2843.)
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The Federal Managers' Financial Integrity Act of 1982, referred to in subsec. (a)(6)(D), is Pub. L. 97–255, Sept. 8, 1982, 96 Stat. 814, which added subsec. (d) tosection 66a of former Title 31, Money and Finance. Section 66a of former Title 31 was repealed by Pub. L. 97–258, § 5(b),Sept. 13, 1982, 96 Stat. 1068, and reenacted by the first section thereof as section 3512 of this title. Provisions relating to reports on internal accounting and administrative control systems are restated in section 3512 (d)(2) and (3) of this title.
The Inspector General Act of 1978, referred to in subsec. (b)(2), is Pub. L. 95–452, Oct. 12, 1978, 92 Stat. 1101, as amended, which is set out in the Appendix to Title 5, Government Organization and Employees.
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Welcome to Dawn's Yankee Cemetery Homepage
The grave is but a covered
bridge leading from light to light, through a brief darkness!
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Grave stone transcriptions from cemeteries of the Mid-Atlantic states
New Jersey/Delaware/Pennsylvania/New York
Free information on names and dates of American ancestors
As a diehard genealogist and Delaware Valley resident, I have forever been in awe of the sheer quantity of early American graves and cemeteries in my own backyard. Many of these grave markers have become the only tangible evidence of an individual's existence and these fragile documents are weathering at an alarming rate!
For fear of losing our American ancestors' heritage, I am setting out in an effort to document (as quickly as I can) the early cemeteries of South Jersey, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Delaware and New York. I have quit my full time rat race career to devote my energy to saving American history.
This is my gift to my proud fellow descendents who revere the effort our ancestors took to painstakingly preserve the memory of the ones they so dearly cherished
Please note that I am currently doing research in in the Tri-State area of NY, NJ & PA and have not yet visited cemeteries in other states.
(Surname, Cemetery, City or State!)
Where I've been & where I'm going:
Please note that my Yankee Cemetery search engine database is updated automatically once a week. The website itself is updated daily.
Please check back periodically as I am always adding and updating with new information!


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Covers the role of energy in chemical reactions.
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A list of student-submitted discussion questions for Energy and Biochemical Reactions.
To increase reading comprehension, activate prior knowledge, develop collaboration and communication with peers, and determine how key vocabulary words relate to one another using Text Scan.
To use problem-solving skills and deepen understanding of the text to compare key vocabulary words with more familiar everyday words using Word Analogies.
Students are exposed to a technique for making oceanic biofuel. This covers the choice of algae, issues with land use, and how to fully utilize the resource.
Covers life in anoxic environments exploring the chemical basis of life, addressing exobiology, evolution, and ecology.
Covers the formation of gas hydrates, looking at how they form the base of some ecosystems and are being looked at as a fuel source.
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How do organisms get energy? This study guide provides an overview of energy-carrying molecules, autotrophs versus heterotrophs, the basics of chemical reactions and activation energy, and enzymes.
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- In crisis, Israelis use humor to cope
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- Cease-fire may help with reconstruction in Gaza
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- Gaza conflict brings rival Palestinian factions closer together
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- Diplomatic efforts gain speed in Mideast conflict
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- Mideast violence continues as diplomatic solution sought
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- Changes in Middle East create new friends for Hamas
- Israel broadens targets in Gaza Strip, destroys Hamas premier's office
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- Gaza militants target Jerusalem with airstrikes
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- Israel, Gaza militants escalate attacks as Israel readies for invasion
CAIRO — The Gaza cease-fire deal reached Thursday marks a startling trajectory for Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi: an Islamist leader who refuses to talk to Israelis or even say the country's name mediated for it and finally turned himself into Israel's de facto protector.
The accord inserts Egypt to an unprecedented degree into the conflict between Israel and Hamas, establishing it as the arbiter ensuring that militant rocket fire into Israel stops and that Israel allows the opening of the long-blockaded Gaza Strip and stops its own attacks against Hamas.
In return, Morsi emerged as a major regional player. He won the trust of the United States and Israel, which once worried over the rise of an Islamist leader in Egypt but throughout the week-long Gaza crisis saw him as the figure most able to deliver a deal with Gaza's Hamas rulers.
"I want to thank President Morsi for his personal leadership to de-escalate the situation in Gaza and end the violence," said U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, who met Morsi Thursday, at a Cairo news conference with Egypt's foreign minister announcing the accord.
"This is a critical moment for the region. Egypt's new government is assuming the responsibility and leadership that has long made this country a cornerstone of regional stability and peace," she said.
After Israel launched its assault on Gaza a week ago, aimed at stopping militant rocket fire, Morsi's palace in a Cairo suburb became the Middle East's diplomacy central.
He held talks with Turkey's prime minister and the emir of Qatar, Germany's foreign minister and a host of top Arab officials to get them behind his mediation. An Israeli envoy flew secretly into Cairo for talks with Egyptian security officials, though Morsi did not meet or speak directly with any Israelis.
Throughout it all, Morsi and his aides sided openly with Hamas, accusing Israel of starting the assault and condemning its bombardment, which has killed more than 140 Palestinians. Five Israelis have been killed by Hamas rocket fire during the battle.
Morsi hails from the fundamentalist Muslim Brotherhood, Egypt's most powerful political group and Hamas' own parent organization. Brotherhood leaders, including Morsi, refuse to speak to Israeli officials. Morsi hasn't even said the name of the country publicly since he was inaugurated in late June, though he has referred to its people as "Israelis."
In ideology, the Brotherhood supports the use of force against Israel to liberate "Muslim lands." But since coming to power, the group has had to yield to pragmatism. The Brotherhood and Morsi have promised to abide by the peace accord.
When the Israeli offensive began, President Barack Obama spoke to Morsi after talking to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. While Obama and Morsi disagreed over whom to blame for the violence, they agreed to work together to halt it.
That Israel was comfortable with an Islamist like Morsi mediating might not be a measure of trust as much as a realization that only the Egyptians can persuade their Hamas cousins to enter a deal and ensure an end to rocket attacks.
The cease-fire announced Thursday defines Egypt as the "sponsor" of the deal to which each side would appeal over violations. That potentially puts Egypt in the uncomfortable position of ensuring militants in Gaza don't fire rockets. If the deal falls apart — whichever side is to blame — Egypt could face damage to its credibility or strained ties with one side or the other.


text: PokePower:Project Translation Revision as of 21:30, March 3, 2012 by Jäzzi (Talk | contribs) (diff) ← Older revision | Latest revision (diff) | Newer revision → (diff) 12,920pages on this wiki Edit History Talk0 Inactive This project is part of the PokePower group. Any questions about this Project should be asked on the associated talk page or on the Project leader's talk page. Shortcut:PP:PTPP:Translation Project Translation is a project lead by Gatorfan6, who is the Organizational Leader of the Pokémon Wiki and the Leader of Project Translation. The goal of this project is to convert all of the Japansese Pokémon names to the English Pokémon names. Contents[show] News and Updates Do not get caught converting the english Pokémon names to japanese Pokémon names after we convert them or there will be consequences. It is also called vandalism. Gatorfan6 05:57, March 25, 2011 (UTC) Rules and Requirements All you will need is a working computer and knowledge of Pokémon names. To-Dos (Currently Working On) Convert all of the japanese names in the Unova locations. Aims To have all English Pokémon Names added to articles so people who read the articles know what Pokémon it is. Discussions For any discussions see Talk Project Members Project Translation is a memberof Project Translation. Any member who have joined this project please add {{ProjectTranslation}} anywhere on your userpage. Gatorfan6 Leader Darkraian10 Co-Leader Retrieved from "http://pokemon.wikia.com/wiki/Pokepower:Project_Translation?oldid=295962" Category: Community


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May 6, 2016
Two men accused of selling synthetic marijuana out of a tobacco store are scheduled to head to court Monday morning.
Store manager, 21-year-old Daifallah Adbulla and his employee, 25-year- old Kenneth Parmer are scheduled to appear in a Pitt county courtroom to face charges of trafficking the drug out of the Tobacco Outlet In Pitt County.
The sheriff's office raided the store off East Tenth street near Greenville, after reports they were selling the drug.
More than $21,0000 dollars in cash along with paraphernalia were seized.
Narcotic officers this afternoon found what they say is synthetic marijuana at a Greenville tobacco shop.
WITN was there as narcotic officers raided the Tobacco Outlet on East 10th Street, located in the Rivergate Shopping Center.
So far, deputies say they have seized a large amount of illegal synthetic marijuana, some $21,000 in cash, glass pipes and scales. Deputies say they have been investigating the business for several months and today obtained a search warrant.
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My first map I'm doing for my book I'm writing.
My first map I'm doing for my book I'm writing.
There might be a reason why this thread does not get many comments yet... I guess most readers are as confused by it as I am.
Your style is at least.... wierd. It is as if you wanted to make a map in the way Van Gogh would have painted it. Possible, but if that it your intention, you need to put a lot more effort into it.
This style makes it also very difficult to identiy the elements of your map. Ok, there is land. There is water. There seems to be a river coming from a lake. Are the grey lines south of the lake supposed to be mountains? Cliffs? What are the blue lines in the north meant to be? What is this red-white-black something? A volcano? A city? I could not say.
Perhaps the best advice I can offer: look through the many different tutorials offered on this forum, and try a different style.
Adding new land around the new land also.
Finenaly some feedback and the blues lines in the north meant to be an glacier receding leaving and lake then go down and cliff (the grey lines.) and flow out into the ocean also the "red-white-black something" the black part is an stronghold the white is salt (To have high contrast to help spotting of attackers.) and the red is lava. Also I never looked at any tutorials and I wanted it to look like its painted it poorly (hence the white in the ocean.) I'll post the updated version.
This requires a certain amount of planing and ability.
First you have to consider just what style and method your fictional cartograper would use. What is his intention with this map? What tools does he have at his disposal? Just how did he do it?
Then you personally would need to have the ability to "fake" this style and method in a digital way.
If your painter uses pencil, brush or quill, if he paints in crayon, chalk or oil colours... you need to be able to reproduce this on a computer. Your map, no offense meant, looks too digital.
I am definitly the wrong person to teach you about digital arts, but if you want to continue your map in this style, I am certain you can find helpful tutorials elsewhere on the web.
Personally I can only ask you to consider starting over, and trying to do your map in one of the many different and quite easy to follow ways that this forum offers. I found Darklingrisen's , Gidde's or RobA's to be excellent tutorials to start with.
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Prologue We
came to an grand mountain pass. It looked like cloth
drawn over an mountain. It was riddled with holes but two stood out. The holes were archways opening to an artificial cave. Connected through an labyrinth of tunnels underneath. When I walked into the the left entrance I heard an clang of amour and steel. I jumped,calmed myself down and yanked my sword for its sheath. As I rounded the corner, the cave beckoned me of my death, when I came to the cave an humanoid looking creature with an bow drawn was trembling. The reason was I had an magnificent sword with every swipe would make the enemy burn. The humanoid known that because my sword always lit the way. As I advanced into the strange cave I acted as if I didn't notice the creature. Then I ran to him the light became streaks and the cave became a blur as my sword sliced through the creatures head with an ease that was unimaginable. I searched him he had an note it stated "For if you behold the sword of light douse the flame both of the human and the sword." It was signed by the war lord of mauka. "That." I sighed. "How dare he try
to slay me." I protested with anger.
Chapter One I
awoke from slumber in an stupor I walked to my cellar
for an block of cheese. As I walked down the hallway that was as foul smelling as an public trough I heard something rustling in my armory. I turned and opened the door as quietly as I could so I could catch this thief.
"Who goes there?" I said. The thief turned around and said "Uh,um" he stammered. "Well speak before heads role like his wife." I said. "Ok,ok I was trying to steal your sword." he cried. "Who sent you?" I asked. The thief didn't answer. "I said who sent you?" I asked. "Well I aught a." I protested. "The war lord of mauka sent me." the scum sighed. "So where is this "War lord" staying?" I asked. "Um,uh." He said. "Well spit it out or I'll do it for you." I demanded. "He living at his fortress about uh,one months journey on foot and an half a month
on steed." said the thief. "Now leave before I yell for the guards." I sighed. As he left I done an inventory on my items. Nothing was missing. "He was an honest man afterall." I thought. I put on my amour and strapped me sheathe to my hip. I walked down the hallway before grabbing my supplies for the journey. I opened the door and walked through though it was an humid morning I could bear walking all day. I went to the local market to buy an dagger. I was met by an strange looking fellow asking me if I wanted their special "You look like an lad that's in need of an sword." "No thank you." I said.
"But it's fifty zimmbers off." he insisted. "I said no!" I yelled. "If you want to scam me off a couple of hundred zimmbers well fine but I'm an sharper than the average tool." I exclaimed. An crowd gathered around us. I jerked my sword form its sheath. "See this?" I asked. "This in an enchanted sword, That my father gave to me." I yelled. "It's on fire now isn't it?" I screamed. "Yes,yes." The teller cried. "Now all I came here is for an dagger, do you have any?" I asked. "Yes we do" "We have an bronze,copper,iron,and steel and all of them can be hardened." He informed. "Yes I'd like an steel dagger." I stated. "That would be One-hundred zimmbers." he said. I gave him the zimmbers and he inturn gave me the dagger. Everyone looked at me as I stormed out of the city of Grynd. As I walked out of Grynd I saw rolling hills and off in the distance I saw an massive forest beckoning me to explore it. As I didn't have a steed I was forced to walk clad in amour that seemed as heavy as a mountain. I still yet of found an place for my newly acquired dagger although I planed to hide it in my undergarments incase I got capture or my sword broke.
I put the cold dagger in an inside pocket I made. I thought why would an war lord want me slayed? Zimmbers, my sword, or something of my ancestry.
Maybe my family and his fought an war. Or got in an fight with one of my family. It doesn't matter he tried to kill me now I have to defend my self. I set up camp for the night. I couldn't start an fire because it give away my location,so I slept in the dreadful cold of the night. I woke up to an noise in the dead of night. "Who are you?" I asked staring blankly at an bush. "Have you been following me?" I said. An figure stood up. I couldn't make out much of the person features. But what I could make out was ghastly. He wore an mask with an cloak clad in dark blue. "So you know to travel in blue not black at night." I stated. "Um, Yes,yes I'm Sir Grauk of the land of glaciers." the figure stated. He tried not to make it obvious but he was mentioning my homeland. "So, You come from the land that I hail?" I said. "How did you know?" the figure asked. "Theirs only one group of glaciers in the known world so where other place." I said. "I came here to protect you from a war lord." He said. "Stop playing dumb I know that the war lord of mauku Is trying to kill me so don't try to fool me." I stated. "I don't even need your protection." I exclaimed. "But you don't know of what their sending against you their sending two fire and water bound assassins." he said. "I did not know anything of this you couldn't just told me to skip much of this conversation." I informed him. "Now why are you here and not somebody else." I asked. He conjured a light spell to illuminate the night.
"Don't do that you'll give out location away." I pleaded.
"It's ok only we can see the lights illumination." He said.
"The reason they sent me is because I'm an mage." He said. The was interesting because of the fact of the clothes he was wearing. "Now why are you wearing theses clothes when you cloud cast a spell to hide your self?" I asked. "You don't understand, casting an spell is like running in full amour for an days walk." He stated. "It just doesn't come at no cost." "Also the more you use it the weaker you get and the shorter you live." "So if you want to waste an life go ahead I won't save you." He said. "alright,alright just make an bed so I can get rest" I
sighed. "Right." He said.
Hi Dominic, welcome to the Guild. First off, you have picked a difficult style to work with: namely, a hand drawn (painted) style. It usually takes time learn the techniques to pull off this style well. It looks like you are just stating off on the path of learning this style and could use some pointers on technique. There aren't many tutorials here on painting, but there are some on drawing/painting maps by hand. Here are some you may want to refer to:
- DJ's Step By Step Tutorials
- Torstans Assorted Tips & Tricks and Drawing Hand Drawn Maps
- Ironmettle's Hand Drawn Map Elements
There may be more, but these are the ones I'm aware of. At any rate, I think they will offer you some pointers on ways to improve your map.
As to my own comments, I can't tell what kind of brush you are using, but between the brush strokes and the smudge tool, the geographical details of the map all look blurry and out of focus. Nothing really looks well defined in the map. You may want to try using smaller, cleaner brush-strokes to distinguish, say, the land from the sea. Anyway, hope the tutorials are useful.
Some tips for painting a map by hand...
Large file size: Paint it mostly zoomed out, so you get the whole picture; high resolution also helps keep the image from becoming pixelated; using as large a brush as possible for your details keeps it smoother; if you need more detail in a specific area - don't use a five-pixel-wide brush - use the rectangular selection tool to grab the spot you want to define and copy it to a new file, enlarge that image 2-3x and use the bigger, smoother brush to make it all fancy before selecting the whole thing and shrinking it back to the original size to copy back into the original place on the original map.
You might try painting your map in grey-scale, so the values (light to dark and everything in between) remain solid and pleasing to look at. Things won't jump out as much. You can overlay color later on if you want to, on a different layer, or more, so you can play with many combinations to get the best look. Also, if you start with a mid-grey color as your background instead of white, any show-through will be less jarring.
Composition and space: Your map, at the moment, feels squished, since you have so many smaller areas of interest at the corners and edges. Give it some breathing room.
Shading: If you depict your map, especially top-down, as if the sun were shining from closer to the horizon (shadows on the opposite side of things), you'll give more weight to the shape of the land and buildings, etc.
That should be enough to start with. =)


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Treatment Options for Rotator Cuff Tears: A Guide for Adults
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Is This Guide for Me?
- YES, if your doctor has told you that you have a rotator cuff tear, which is an injury to one or more of the muscles and tendons in your shoulder.
- NO, if you have any other type of shoulder or upper back injury, or an injury that is not related to the rotator cuff. Talk to your doctor to learn if this guide is right for you.
This guide will tell you about what research has found regarding the different choices for treating your rotator cuff tear. You can use it to help you and your doctor or other health care provider (nurse practitioner, physician's assistant, physical therapist) discuss and decide what treatments are best for you.
Where does the information for this guide come from?
The information in this guide comes from a review of the many different studies on treatments for rotator cuff tears. It is not based on a single study but on many studies looked at together by a team of researchers, doctors, and other experts.
Understanding Your Condition
What is a rotator cuff?
Your rotator cuff is a group of four muscles on your shoulder blade with tendons that attach to the "ball" of your humerus (upper arm bone).
These muscles and tendons help you to lift and rotate your arms. They also help hold the ball of your humerus firmly in your shoulder socket.
What is a rotator cuff tear?
The tendons of your rotator cuff can tear much like a piece of leather. Sometimes, the tendon is only slightly damaged or irritated. Sometimes, the tendon has a complete tear, which means that the tendon has torn away from the bone.
What causes rotator cuff tears?
The tendons of your rotator cuff can tear for a variety of reasons:
- An injury, such as falling or being hit in the shoulder.
- Overuse over time from repeated actions, such as lifting, painting, cleaning windows, or throwing.
- Natural wear and tear from aging.
How rotator cuff tears affect your life
Tears in your rotator cuff are not life-threatening, but they can limit movement and cause pain.
Limited movement
Even small shoulder and arm movements, like combing your hair, putting on a coat, or lifting groceries, may be difficult and can hurt.
The pain can range from mild, to moderate, to sharp. You may feel pain on top of and in front of your injured shoulder. The pain may spread down the outside of your upper arm. You may feel more pain at night, especially when you are lying on the injured shoulder.
Swelling from inflammation is your body's natural response to injury. Sometimes this swelling is inside of your body and you cannot see it. This swelling is the most common cause of your pain.
Cracking and stiffness
You may hear clicking, cracking, or popping sounds when you move your shoulder, especially when lifting something heavy.
Understanding Your Treatment Options
Two types of treatments
There are two types of treatments for your rotator cuff tear. Patients get better with both of these kinds of treatments.
- Non-surgical treatments (see below). This includes physical therapy and other treatments. These treatments are often used first, before considering surgery.
- Surgical treatments (see "Three types of surgery" below). There are different kinds of surgery used. All surgery comes with specific risks.
Your doctor or health care provider may advise you to have one or both of these types of treatments for your rotator cuff tear. This advice will depend on the type and size of your injury.
The amount of damage to the tendon of your rotator cuff will help your doctors decide what treatments you may need and how long treatment may take.
Treating your rotator cuff tear without surgery
Rotator cuff tears are treated without surgery in these ways:
- Undergoing physical or occupational therapy. A skilled therapist assists you with a variety of exercises and stretches to strengthen your shoulder muscles.
- Taking oral medicines. These medicines may include either acetaminophen or "nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs" (also called "NSAIDs"), such as ibuprofen or naproxen.
- Taking a steroid as a pill or an injection.
Which treatment should I choose?
Many of these non-surgical treatments have been shown to help improve pain, weakness, and arm movement. However, there is not much information about which treatment type is better than the other.
Your doctor or health care provider may use several of these treatments at the same time to help you.
There is also not enough research to know how these treatments compare with surgery in improving the use of your rotator cuff.
Your role in treatment
You play an important role in your recovery. Be sure to follow the instructions from your doctor or other health care provider, keep your therapy appointments, and do your home exercises. Talk to your doctor about what to expect during treatment and when you should start feeling better.
Repairing your rotator cuff tear with surgery
How long do I wait before choosing surgery?
There is not enough information from studies to answer this question. Your doctor or health care provider may explore your options with you based on the type and size of your tear and how long you have had the injury. Physical therapy may be enough to help improve the pain and weakness, or surgery may be a better treatment choice. In some cases, surgery is used when physical therapy does not improve symptoms.
How is the rotator cuff repaired during surgery?
In most cases, a surgeon uses stitches to connect the torn edges of the muscle or tendon back together or to connect the tendon back to the ball of your humerus. This is called "rotator cuff repair."
In addition, your doctor may consider two other surgical treatments:
- Removing loose fragments of tendon or damaged bone or cartilage that may be lodged in the joint. This is called "debridement" (pronounced dee-BREED-ment).
- Removing some of the bone underneath the shoulder blade, or some of the tissue between the bones (called "ligaments") in your shoulder joint to give the tendon more room to move your arm freely. This is called "acromioplasty" (pronounced ah-KROM-ee-o-plast-ee).
Three types of surgery
- Arthroscopic surgery: The surgeon makes very small openings (cuts) into the muscles of your shoulder and uses a device called an "arthroscope" (a small tube attached to a camera and tiny surgical instruments) to repair the tear.
- Open surgery: The surgeon makes a larger opening into the muscles of your shoulder and repairs the tear with regular surgical instruments.
- Mini-open surgery: The surgeon uses an arthroscope for the first part of the surgery, and then makes an opening large enough to use other surgical instruments for the repair. The opening does not have to be as big or affect the muscle as much as with open surgery.
What type of surgery should I choose?
Research found that:
- There is no difference between the open, mini-open, and arthroscopic types of surgery in the improvement of shoulder function. They all work about the same. However, arthroscopic surgery usually requires less recovery time.
- A few studies found that:
- Some patients who had mini-open surgery returned to work or sports about 1 month sooner than those who had open surgery.
- Some patients who had open repair surgery had better improvement of their shoulder function than those who had arthroscopic debridement (removing loose tendon, bone, or cartilage fragments that are lodged in the joint) without repair of the tear.
- The results for the patients who had arthroscopic surgery with or without acromioplasty (creating more space in the joint by removing some bone or tissue) were about the same.
Is surgery safe?
All surgeries come with some risk. You and your doctor can decide what risks may exist for you based on your overall health. Rotator cuff surgery is safe for most people. The most common problems are infection and re-tears.
What type of treatment should I have after my surgery?
Although most doctors agree that you should have rehabilitation therapy after your surgery, there is not enough evidence to tell you which type is best. Talk to your doctor or health care provider about what kind of rehabilitation therapy is best for you.
Making a Decision
Ask your doctor
- Given my tear, what benefits and harms for using non-surgical or surgical treatments should I consider?
- If I need surgery, given my tear and my other medical conditions, which surgery (open, mini-open, or arthroscopic) do you think would be best for me?
- What type of treatment will I need after surgery?
- How long do you think it will take me after treatment to return to my activities?
- Will these treatments help my rotator cuff for many years?
- When should I expect my pain and other symptoms to feel better?
The information in this guide comes from the report Comparative Effectiveness of Nonoperative and Operative Treatments for Rotator Cuff Tears. It was produced by the University of Alberta Evidence-based Practice Center through funding by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ). For a copy of the report, or for more information about AHRQ and the Effective Health Care Program, go to www.effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov. Additional information came from the Medline-Plus® Web site, a service of the U.S. National Library of Medicine and the National Institutes of Health. This site is available at www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/.
This summary was prepared by the John M. Eisenberg Center for Clinical Decisions and Communications Science at Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX. It was written by Andrea Humphries, Ph.D., Thomas Workman, Ph.D., Chantele Singleton M.S., CHES, Laura Petersen, M.D., Charles Reitman, M.D., and Michael Fordis, M.D. Illustrations were created by Douglas Alexander. Patients with rotator cuff injury reviewed this summary.


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I think our biggest accomplishment was shedding light on Connecticut Light & Power Co.'s abysmal customer service, which has resulted in dramatic changes by the company. Hopefully, even more changes will come about, and with your vigilance we will make sure these changes become permanent.
I could not have accomplished that by myself. It was complaints from readers that led me to raise questions about CL&P.
As we celebrate the first anniversary of the Watchdog column, we would like to honor those readers who have had tipped us off to the biggest issues.
While many deserve to be honored, I have selected 12 people whose complaints and questions had the most impact. They will be honored Tuesday night at The Courant. I hope this will become an annual tradition.
Of the 12, seven were selected because of the issues they raised in the CL&P investigation.
Anthony Calibey of West Hartford and Karl Steinhart of Hartford were the first to send me letters raising the possibility that CL&P's meters - despite the company's claims - were fallible.
In investigating their claims that their meters were causing overcharging by the company, I found that their stories were credible. When I wrote about them last June, I said in the column that despite claims by CL&P officials and state public utility regulators that only one or two of the 1.2 million meters were faulty, I suspected that there were many more.
More than a dozen CL&P customers responded after the first column raising their own concerns, including Denis Levesque, a Manchester machine shop owner, who was billed an astounding $57,000 in less than a year.
Others had similar stories. Despite a state law requiring CL&P to test their meters, the company refused, claiming that the customers' high bills were caused either by someone stealing their electricity or that they were using more than they thought.
By this time, state Attorney General Richard Blumenthal had heard enough and began his own investigation into CL&P. He and leaders of the General Assembly's energy and technology committee successfully pressured state public utility regulators to investigate CL&P's customer service practices.
Blumenthal, state Consumer Protection Commissioner Jerry Farrell and state Better Business Bureau President Paulette N. Hotton are planning to attend Tuesday's ceremony.
Further evidence of CL&P meter problems came from Sybil Nassau of Westbrook who took it on herself to review the electricity bills she received working at an elderly housing project funded by the government. She discovered that one meter had to be erratic because of the unusually high numbers it sometimes recorded.
Taras and Marli Rudko of Colchester spent months gathering evidence that major fluctuations in the electricity CL&P provided their neighborhood were destroying electrical appliances. Their efforts forced CL&P to upgrade the neighborhood's electricity distribution system.
And because of Virginia S. Glowacki of Granby, we learned that CL&P needlessly sued hundreds of seriously ill customers whose power they could not terminate legally for lack of payment. Glowacki's story so embarrassed CL&P President Raymond Necci that he ordered the company to freeze all pending lawsuits and to stop filing new ones while the company figures out how to deal with the issue.
Among the first batch of e-mails I received when I launched the column was from Eric Hammer, an East Hartford schoolteacher.
Hammer's tip helped me prove that Best Buy had created a secret website that was used by some of its employees around the country and in Canada to cheat customers out of cheaper prices it was advertising on its similar public website.
As a result of the outcry, Best Buy was forced to change its practices and is now defending itself against a civil lawsuit brought by Blumenthal.
Stephanie Chernoff of Simsbury provided me with the evidence to persuade police in Fairfield to stop issuing tickets to motor vehicle operators whom they could not positively identify.
Chernoff received a citation for illegally talking on the phone while driving in Fairfield. She was able to establish that neither she nor her car were within 100 miles of Fairfield.
U.S. Army Spec. Sheri Watson Martinez, who was serving in Iraq, alerted us to the fact that some giant finance companies were failing to honor federal laws enacted to protect members of the armed forces who are on active duty.
Rusty Lanzit of Chaplin got tired of watching his son and his college friends being financially abused by the managers of the College Pro painting company. Blumenthal is investigating the firm's marketing practices.
And Hartford attorney Jeffrey Nobel has come to the aid of people whose cars may have been improperly towed and impounded on the instructions of Hartford police. As a result of complaints to me, Nobel has two pending lawsuits in federal court accusing the Hartford police of failing to follow department policies as well as state laws.
Two other lawyers also gave many hours of their time to deserving victims of government abuse.
Attorney Mike Agranoff of Ellington spent dozens of hours without charge to help a Southington woman navigate the bureaucracy at the state Department of Mental Retardation. The woman has a 23-year-old son who is legally blind and has brain deformities. She came to me for help on transportation and other issues and Agranoff came to her rescue.
Hartford attorney Kyle Macci, who is also a full-time New Britain police officer, also helped several readers, including Chernoff and two people with landlord issues without charging a fee.
The people being honored Tuesday and the hundreds of others who have written to me have all contributed to making our lives better. They deserve a round of applause.


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Is the 'global' city an age-old historical phenomenon associated with economic, cultural, and imperial power (Rome, Athens, Beijing, Istanbul), or a consequence of the industrial revolution? Is it a product of the media age or a continuation of the power and influence of the imperial metropolis? In the nineteenth and for much of the twentieth century it would have been claimed as a Western imperialist phenomenon (London, Paris, New York) or cities and countries that consciously emulated western imperialism (Tokyo). This conception -- if ever actually true -- certainly cannot be supported today. The European and north American cities now vie with the booming cities of Asian Tigers (Mumbai, Shanghia, Seoul), and the great developing cities (Mexico City, Sao Paulo, Bahía Blanca, Lagos), as well as regional expressions like the 'Pacific Rim' cities.
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Conservatives don't seem to think much of the New World Order, whatever it is. In fact, they hate the idea so much — check that: the FEAR the idea so much — that for decades they've completely controlled the message about the New World Order — what it is, who's behind it, what they want, how they'll do it.
To hear them tell it, it's some nefarious something or other funded by billionaires who want to control everything about our lives — how we live, what we read, who we marry, what we do with what little money they allow us to have, how we vote. Who can vote.
Mmm. Project much? That's sorta been the conservative modus operandi for a while, though. Blame liberals and progressives for what they do. You know, like how godless and immoral we are, Newt Gingrich. David Vitter. Chris Lee.
Glenn Beck is the current Konspiracy King. Unless you want your head to ache as much as mine, don't try to figure it out. Glenn and an awful lot of Republicans like to hang out with the original conspiracy monger, a dude named Alex Jones. There are others. Of course there are others.
They've all got dozens, if not hundreds, of New World Order conspiracies, no small number of which conflict with others. I guess if you're gonna go all Konspiracy Kook then it's a good idea to have as many as you can, that way when one doesn't work out, you've got a failsafe.
On the other hand, if you're a good conspiracist, then nothing anybody can ever say to you will change your mind, because, of course, the proof against their nuttiness is, to them, proof of the conspiracy. Don't ask me. I don't get it either.
Anyway, all of these hideously awful things are designed to Control Us and Make Us Do The Bidding Of The Evil Masters. And be vewy vewy careful — because our would-be masters are so sneaky, the bastards make it sound like a good thing! But it's not! Don't buy it!
So they think a group called the Bilderberg Group, about 140 influential politicians, businessfolk, military and media folk that meets once a year to talk about the state of the world and brainstorm ideas to help, is plotting to take over the world. It's all so secret, you see. Actually, the only thing that's secret is what they talk about — the attendees are quite public. And the reason what goes on in the meetings is kept secret is … well, just take a look at, oh, say, CNN's Political Ticker and count how may pieces of utter bullshit have been strung up there with no context whatsoever in order to stir up controversy. If I were invited, I'd want to be able to talk openly without Politico asking Sarah Palin what she thinks about what I said.
Same with the Trilateral Commission, which is an organization that fosters better relations between Europe, the United States and Japan. Barry Goldwater had a hard time with them.
In my view, the Trilateral Commission represents a skillful, coordinated effort to seize control and consolidate the four centers of power: political, monetary, intellectual, and ecclesiastical. All this is to be done in the interest of creating a more peaceful, more productive world community. What the Trilateralists truly intend is the creation of a worldwide economic power superior to the political governments of the nation-states involved.
Gee, what's the problem?
Well, it's actually pretty simple. And I'm gonna 'splain it all to you. Well, some of it anyway. And I'm gonna use what people like Alex Jones and Glenn Beck call "Humanity's Tombstone" to do it.
On a low hill in eastern Georgia, not too far from the South Carolina state line, there stands some gigantic slabs of Georgia granite — four of them, with a capstone on top and a central stone. They are inscribed on each side, with the same thing, but in the eight modern languages — English, Spanish, Swahili, Hindi, Hebrew, Arabic, Chinese and Russian. There's also a shorter message, written in four ancient languages — Babylonian cuneiform, classical Greek, Sanskrit and Egyptian hieroglyphics.
And boy, let me tell you. These Konspiracy Klowns really pull out all the stops to make the Georgia Guidestones the most evil thing on the planet.
What do they say? Here ya go:
- Maintain humanity under 500,000,000 in perpetual balance with nature
- Guide reproduction wisely — improving fitness and diversity
- Unite humanity with a living new language
- Rule passion — faith — tradition — and all things with tempered reason
- Protect people and nations with fair laws and just courts
- Let all nations rule internally resolving external disputes in a world court
- Avoid petty laws and useless officials
- Balance personal rights with social duties
- Prize truth — beauty — love — seeking harmony with the infinite
- Be not a cancer on the earth — Leave room for nature — Leave room for nature
Oh my fucking god! It's the fucking end of the fucking world! Let's see what's so horrible about them.
Maintain humanity under 500,000,000 in perpetual balance with nature.
The New World Orderists wasted no time telling us exactly what they plan for us on this one. They're going to commit genocide and kill 6 billion people. That's what this means. No, really. There are 6.5 billion people on the planet now, which you and both know is far too many, and the only way to get it down to 500 million is to KILL US. Now, I don't know about you, but if I planned on killing 6 billion people, I'm thinking I wouldn't make it the first thing I carved into stone for everybody to read. But if I were living in, say, the late 1970s, when the Georgia Guidestones were put up, I might be a little worried we were all going to kill ourselves, what with all the war and all, and maybe I'd like to think that if we survive, or some of us do, maybe we'll get our shit together and realize we cannot feed 10 billion people on this rock. Perpetual balance with nature and all, y'know.
Guide reproduction wisely — improving fitness and diversity
Eugenics! They're going to create a fucking master race!!!!! Arrrghhhhhhhhhhhhh! Stop them!
Have you ever seen puppies from a puppy mill? That's where they keep the momma dogs in perpetual pregnancy and nursing. The puppies, bless their little hearts, suffer for it, too. They're weaker just from the fact that they're moms are at the point of exhaustion all the time. That's kinda what we do here on this planet. Yay! Go ahead, have all the babies you want (or in the case of an awful lot of women, you DON'T want but are forced to have). If we were to actually use our big brains — "wisely" — we probably would be creating a much more fit and diverse population. But that's telling us what to do! China! Be fruitful and multiply! Yeah, and overcrowd the fucking planet with morons. See above.
Chill, little frightened humans. You just ain't that important.
Unite humanity with a living new language
Now, this one is downright funny, because some of the Kornspiracists think that the Georgia Guidestones are some kind of modern Tower of Babel, you know, what with saying the same thing in eight languages. I was thinking more along the lines of the Rosetta Stone myself, but let's go along with this. See, according to the Only Religion That Matters, the Judeo-Christian one, the big sky father, jealous of humans who could actually build physical towers and were trying to build one to reach him — hey, I woulda been honored they wanted to come see me — and so handed out a gazillion new languages so they couldn't talk with one another anymore and had to stop work on the tower. I don't think I have to go into the preposterousness of that particular biblical story. But anyway, here, the authors of the guidestones say we should go back to that one language, that maybe if we all didn't have so many nuances and complete and utter fuckups when we try to translate each other that maybe we'd get along better.
Of course, if I were a Konservative Konspiracy Kretin, I'd probably still want the langauges to be different because I wouldn't want people to understand each other — good grief, how can we exploit fear and anger if we don't need Men In Suits to tell us what the other people are thinking and saying and doing?
Rule passion — faith — tradition with tempered reason
Now what could possibly be wrong with that? Huh? Be reasonable about our passions, our faith and our traditions. Not too hard to figure out, really. If you're gonna be reasonable, that means you're not gonna get to shout down the people who know what they're talking about with your outlandish superstitions and mythologies. Now, nobody says you can't have those — you're welcome to believe whatever you want, to have faith in a fucking monument in rural Georgia or whatever. But reason would tell you that you cannot possibly know shit and all your attempts to force everyone else to believe as you do says but one thing: that you are so insecure in yourselves that you cannot bare for anyone to disagree with you.
And that's why Konservatives and Konspiracy Kreators hate reason.
Protect people and nations with fair laws and just courts
Whoops! The Guidestone creators screwed this one up for the Konspiracists. "Protect people and NATIONS" … kinda defeats the purpose of a one world government, doncha think? But this is a bad thing because … because … SHARIA LAW! Who's gonna decide what's fair and just? And what if we think those people or those nations don't deserve to be treated fairly and justly? I mean, what if they're terrorists? Or or or heathens! Communists! Socialists! Black people! Oops. Never mind that last one. We're not racist. But illegal immigrants!
Fair and just. Fair and just.
Let all nations rule internally resolving external disputes in a world court
OK, seriously, again, the "nations" thing. Personally, I don't have a problem with a one world government. It cannot possibly be worse than what we have now. But if we can't, then this isn't so bad — nations, do you're own thing inside your borders (being reasonable, and all that) and if you have conflicts with each other, then we go to a world court instead of shooting at each other. It's like neighbors, you know. My neighbor and I may be having a dispute over who actually owns the tree that fell on my car. But we don't start shooting at each other. We go to court, or to mediation.
Ahhhh … but we can't do that on an international level, now can we? Because we might lose. And if the world court says that Israel needs to fucking stop building settlements in the West Bank, then we can't just go along with that! Israel! Terrorists! The Holy Land! Armageddon! Ooops. Forget that last. That was a slip. We're not waiting for the End Times here.
Somehow, I suspect the Georgia Guidestones may have been written for after the End Times. And maybe it'll all work out all right if that's the case. After all, our religious zanies will have all been raptured and we can finally relax.
Avoid petty laws and useless officials
You can probably sort out for yourself why the Konservative Konspiracists would be a little upset about this one. Most of them would be on the "shun" list. And where would America be without petty laws?
Balance personal rights with social duties
This one should be pretty obvious too. Just look at Congressional Republicans. This one goes against their entire philosophy, which, if it were on the Georgia Guidestones, would say, "Me first and fuck you."
Prize truth – beauty – love – seeking harmony with the infinite
This is another one that would seem awfully good to me. But remember, according to the Krazy Konspiracists, the One World Orderists say things that sound good so you won't know how evil they are. Like, who's gonna decide what truth, beauty and love are? And seeking harmony with the infinite? That's some New Age hokey pokey that's they're gonna use to make us all have the same religion, right?
"The infinite" — I have an understanding of what that means to me on a spiritual level, and frankly, it makes much more sense than any of the crap I've heard out of the world's religions. I really don't care if you believe what I believe — but if you can, just imagine that "the infinite" is what might be called "god" or "allah" or any kind of supreme being that is neither supreme nor an actual being. Seek harmony with the infinite. Isn't that what the religions are supposed to about, seeking to become one with god, however god is understood? Or … just simply to seek harmony with the earth, very easily done after death but taking a little work before hand. The earth is pretty infinite. Oh, sure, someday it'll blow up, or crash into the sun, or get hit by an asteroid or something, but the building blocks of this planet ain't goin' nowhere.
So to my way of thinking, this one's just a reminder that we are far from what we humans really should be doing.
Be not a cancer on the earth – Leave room for nature – Leave room for nature
Seriously. Be not a cancer on the earth. In typical Konservative fashion, the Krazies think this one ties in the first one. They believe this one shows that the evil one worlders believe humans are a cancer on the earth and need to be considerably culled. Well, to be honest, some humans are. And if we weren't so busy trying to pretend that selfish bastards are anything but selfish bastards, we'd realize that. They don't need to be culled though. They just need to be treated like the selfish bastards they are. Same goes for companies that pollute. For governments that think pouring more concrete is progress.
There's a reason it says "leave room for nature" twice.
Well, there you have it. The New World Order, the One World Government. The evil that will be foisted upon us if the Tea Party doesn't gain control of the Senate and the White House in 2012.
We need a new world order, and soon. The Tea Party would have us go back to their delusional visions of a past that never was when I — we — want to go forward to a vision of a better world that we can have if we drop the pretenses of being masters of the earth — and of other people.
The Konspiracists don't like things like the Georgia Guidestones because they scare the bejesus out of 'em. It means they need to change their entire view of everything, and for most people, that's just too damned frightening. But they can't admit that either, so they play the straw man game — the evil billionaires want to tell us what to do! Individual rights! The second amendment!
Such short sightedness. So sad. When I read something like the Georgia Guidestones, a little spark of hope for humanity flares. It's not much, but it gets me through the next barrage of hate and anger and selfishness that passes for humanity out in the real world these days.
It is a little spark of truth, there for all to see, if only they have eyes unfettered by the ugliness of those who would keep us enslaved.


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Answer a question, then ask a question.
I'll start. Can you name one of the other nine proposed Toronto Raptors team names?
Answer a question, then ask a question.
I'll start. Can you name one of the other nine proposed Toronto Raptors team names?
Oh, I like this game.
I know one was Hogs. I think Beavers and Dragons were also in the mix. As were Towers and Bobcats. Can't remember the rest.
Who was the first member of the Raptors?
None other than the Miami Heat's All-Star forward, Chris Bosh.
Q: How many former Raptors have gone on to win an NBA championship? Their names?
It's understanble that Chris is the franchise leader in almost every category. I mean the team has only been around since 1995.
He had 600 blocks as a raptor
Matt Bonner with the Spurs in 2007.
I think that's it and seeing how no one asked a question, I'll step in and ask a question inspired by the last question:
Can you name the Raptors who had won championships before coming to the Raptors?
Corliss Williamson and Lindsey Hunter also spent brief times in Toronto before winning with Billups in Detroit.
How about Hakeem Olajuwon. Won twice with Houston before his brief stint with the Raps
Kapono won with Miami in 06
Patrick O'Bryant?
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