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Top Definition
An attractive Asian female.
I'd love to slurp up that hot soup I saw at the club last night.
by gsolds February 23, 2012
When your trying to get by people like a crowd you say this along with, excuse me, pardon me.
excuse me, im tryin to get through here, hot soup..hot soup
by Aindrew January 22, 2006
A greeting that can commonplacedly replace whatsup.
*ring ring* "Hotsoup!" "not much man, whaddyou up to?"
by Fonzi Winkler April 23, 2008
Hot Soup is a variation of a Hot Lunch which, in this case, rather than delivering a solid log of crap, you deliver the liquified, diarrhea version thereof. It's heinous, it's awful, you can dazzle your friends by throwing its use out in conversation.
"Did you ever give your girlfriend a hot lunch?"
"No, but I wasn't feeling too well and gave her some hot soup to make myself feel better. Hot soup makes everyone feel better."
"No, but I wasn't feeling too well and gave her some hot soup to make myself feel better. Hot soup makes everyone feel better."
by GLM79 May 08, 2008
(adj) feeling superior or higher than everyone else.
After Bubba drained a 3-point jump shot, he strutted back down the court like he was hot soup.
by c-squared March 25, 2003
Is doing a girl doggie style, when you are ready to cum pull your dick out and lay it on her ass crack, shoot you load on the small of her back, you know in that little spot right above her ass that looks like bowl. You just gave her the gift of lunch; some HOT SOUP
I was pumpin this bitch from the rear after a while I was ready, so I pulled it out and shot her bowl full of HOT SOUP
by Laut June 29, 2006


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The University of Massachusetts rowing program earned a spot in the upcoming NCAA Championships after the squad captured the 2014 Atlantic 10 Title. UMass Sports Network caught up with head coach Jim Dietz and team captains Taryn Wilson and Nicole Juul-Hindsgaul to find out how the squad is preparing for NCAAs. Check out the video below:
More on the rowing team is available through UMassAthletics.com.

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How to Find Municipal Bond Information From CUSIP
Original post by Alex Burke of Demand Media
The securities industry, under the auspices of the American Banker's Association and the Committee on Uniform Securities Identification Procedures, uses a nine character identifier to track all securities, including municipal bonds. A municipal bond's CUSIP identifier and accompanying bond information are stored in a database that is managed for the American Banker's Association by Standard and Poor's. If you have access to the CUSIP database, you have access to municipal bond information. However, finding access to the database may depend upon where you are when you want to access the information.
Getting Access
Step 1
Obtain access to CUSIP's online search portal through your company's CUSIP access. Company's issuing or working with securities such as banks, insurance companies and broker-dealers pay for a license to access data directly from the CUSIP database. Businesses usually restrict access to their networks and computer systems to employees or authorized persons.
Step 2
Obtain access to CUSIP through a third-party provider. Third party providers enter into a licensing agreement with CUSIP Global Services in order to provide search services to investors. Many third party providers require users to sign-up for a subscription to access the CUSIP data. Others may simply ask the user to sign-up for a free user account before searching for municipal bond information.
Step 3
Obtain access through a university library system. Although access may be limited to students, faculty and administrators at the school, alumni sometimes have access too. For instance, the Harvard Business School's Baker Library offers CUSIP access through the Bloomberg Center. Some universities offer a fee based library card to researchers or locals that may also include access to the CUSIP database.
Step 4
Call your local public library and ask about CUSIP access. Some city and county libraries may have the funds to purchase a CUSIP access license.
Searching for Information
Step 1
Search the database using the CUSIP number to locate the exact municipal bond information. The CUSIP number is tied to a specific bond and will return information on that bond only.
Step 2
Use the name of the municipality issuing the bond. The CUSIP number is not necessary to locate municipal bond information. Identify the state in the search criteria and choose the municipalities you are interested in from the returned results.
Step 3
Search by bond rating. CUSIP returns ratings data for municipal bonds from Moody's and Standard and Poor's.
- U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission: CUSIP Number
- CUSIP Global Services: CGS CUSIP Access
- Harvard Business School: Baker Library -- Bloomberg Center; CUSIP Master File
- American Banker's Association: CUSIP - Securities Identification
About the Author
Alex Burke holds a degree in environmental design and a Master of Arts in information management. She's worked as a licensed interior designer, artist, database administrator and nightclub manager. A perpetual student, Burke writes Web content on a variety of topics—art, interior design, database design, culture, health and business.


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Model, Rocket, Saturn, Early Version, 1:96
This is a 1:96 scale model of an early version of the Saturn rocket. After President Kennedy's May 1961 commitment to land two astronauts on the Moon by the end of the decade, increased emphasis was given to development of the three-stage liquid-fuelled Saturn C-5 launch vehicle (later redesignated the Saturn V) capable of sending a manned spacecraft to the Moon in NASA's Apollo program.
The world's largest operational launch vehicle, a Saturn V first launched a manned Apollo spacecraft in December 1968 when the crew of Apollo 8 were placed into lunar orbit. In July 1969 the rocket sent astronauts Neil Armstrong and Edwin Aldrin, Jr. of Apollo 11 to the surface of the Moon while Michael Collins remained in lunar orbit. Saturn V was utilized in the remaining six Apollo missions to the Moon during 1969-1972 and to launch the Skylab Orbital Workshop into Earth orbit in May 1973.
The model's manufacturer and donor are unknown.
Donor unknown
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- United States
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- MODELS-Missiles & Rockets
- Materials
- Wood
- Paint
- Brass
- Plastic
- Adhesive
- Aluminum
- Chrome
- Steel
- Dimensions
- Overall: 104.14 x 19.69 x 19.69cm (3ft 5in. x 7 3/4in. x 7 3/4in.) (assembled)


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A citizen's right to privacy, liberty and personal security? We used to think so.
Now, while sitting comfortably in our homes, our personal phone conversations and personal e-mails are being 'recorded' and 'filed' indefinitely by our own government.
Senator Rand Paul recently announced that he is planning to file a class action lawsuit which questions the right of the government to collect personal telephone calls and e-mails of citizens.
While acknowledging that Americans want personal security, Senator Paul states, "we are not willing to trade our liberty for security." Describing his recent work, he states, "we already have hundred of thousands of signatures from citizens." He emphasizes that "any citizen who owns a cell phone is eligible to join the lawsuit's list of names on my Facebook page." The Senator explains his recent action, http://video.foxnews.com/v/3007827327001/exclusive-rand-paul-to-file-lawsuit-against-nsa/?playlist_id=940325739001.
According to CNN writer, Evan Perez, Top-secret court renews NSA snooping at critical point, "The top-secret federal court that oversees government surveillance on Friday reauthorized the National Security Agency's program that collects data on nearly every phone call in the United States."
In his January 3, 2014, announcement, Senator Rand Paul questioned the "secretive court" in which Attorney General Eric Holder argued the decision regarding the NSA collection of personal data of citizens.
In another security-related matter of importance to citizens, referencing President Obama's recent attempt to sign up for Obamacare, Attorney Orly Taitz submitted an FOIA request to the Office of Insurance Regulation in Florida to verify security procedures in effect during enrollment in the Affordable Care Act.
In December, 2013, White House correspondence officers stated to reporters, among them Foxnews correspondent Ed Henry, that Obama could not sign on the web site as his information "was scrubbed from the data bases."
A newly received response from FOIA Officer Mary-Beth Senkewitcz, Deputy Commissioner, Office of Insurance Regulation in Florida, sent to Taitz stated that "Washington, DC Healthcare Exchange does not have any order by any judge directing them to remove Obama's identification information from their database." Further, Ms. Senkewitcz stated that "there is no mechanism to protect US tax payers from fraud and use of ACA (Obamacare) by illegal aliens or people using stolen Social Security numbers."
Most importantly, the response from FOIA Officer Mary-Beth Senkewitcs indicates, "there is no reporting requirement for employees of the Exchange to report identity fraud, identity theft and use of stolen IDs by individuals signing up for ACA."
How safe and secure can we feel knowing that our 'private' phone calls and e-mails are collected daily by our government?
We have now been informed by a government official that there is no reporting requirement for employees of the Exchange (Obamacare) to report identity fraud or identity theft.
While many of us are required to input our own personal data into the Affordable Care Act web site in order to purchase health insurance, we are apparently advised that no safeguard against fraud and identity theft is available.


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Verizon and Google about to close mobile search deal
Reuters is reporting that the Wall Street Journal is reporting that Verizon and Google are practically at the brink of making an agreement. Apparently, Verizon is aiming to make Google the default search engine on its custom-carrier phones, as well as have a slice of Google's mobile search ad revenue.
The said Verizon-Google deal is supposedly wide-ranging, so there could be more in store than just making Google the default Verizon device search provider. Perhaps Verizon will license Google's open-source Android smartphone OS on several devices in the future? We can't say for sure for now.
However, it is reported that the deal between the two isn't final just yet. They're still discussing a few issues such as Google's wish to store information from user cellphone searches. Of course Google will do this to further help users in their searches, but then again there's the question of privacy. We'll get back to you with details once this deal gets finalized for real.
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Is it possible to locate files in a directory that have strings (with no spaces) longer than x length?
I consider myself a regex noob, but I created a bunch of files with variable length strings in them and I think I got what you wanted, try this:
For those who don't quite understand this:
I couldn't get the example above to work. I was searching for lines in a CSV file longer than 10000 characters. I messed around quite a bit and got this... Find lines longer than 9999 characters...
And this is what I really needed. Lines in CSV file less than 10000 characters. find lines less than 9999 characters


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7 thoughts on "WWII DID NOT END THE GREAT DEPRESSION"
Fighting and losing wars are bad for economies, winning seems to work pretty well….sure didn't hurt the US for how many decades? I told my daughter the meal we were eating at a restaurant was because we won WWII. For the same reason that if you're living within your means currently you're actually living beyond your means in a larger sense – being held up by the dying petrodollar. Fuck, Bretton Woods in '44 – the war wasn't over and they were carving it all up….I think this piece is O.K., but lacking in too many areas to be worth remembering.
And I'll tell you something else, I'm not at all comfortable with the way that gal in the first frame is touching those clearly phallic symbols – you just know she's thinking of Johnny and his big shell. HehHehHeh
Someone has to spit polish the shellls.
Tommy says:
"Fighting and losing wars are bad for economies, winning seems to work pretty well….sure didn't hurt the US for how many decades?"
Some might argue that it was the unfair, advantage we gained by "winning" WWII that lead directly to the problems we have now. With the disproportionate manufacturing capability we built up before and during the war and retained long afterward came an inevitable ramping down of that same ability that leaves us where we are today. It was unsustainable, artificial and falsely taught Americans that the good times would roll on forever. The entire country bankrolled it's future on living beyond its means.
@I_S, you're right. I often laugh about how we laud the materialism and the worship of 'stuff', when making 'stuff' is exactly what gave America the memories of better times and temporary but fleeting good times. Damn, to be a young man back in the fifties and sixties……that had to be a frickin' blast.
Another topic, but I remember when Mexico made everything, then Korea, Phillipines, Taiwan, and whoever until the holy grail of cheap shit China came along.
Tommy, I figure being born in about 1940 would have suited me just fine. I'd have caught that massive expansion of opportunity and if I'd survived Vietnam I'd just about have one foot on a banana peel and the other in my grave about now. Instead I get to hang around and experience the destruction of what may have been the greatest experiment in self rule ever.
Someone said that all economic issues are dealt with on a real-time basis, that there is no indebting (to coin a word) our grand-kids. We may impact the economy in a way that they inherit a poor country rather than a rich one. In support of this idea, I offer: the silent generation left the boomers with a rich country but the boomers did not inherit a windfall, they still had to go to work. The next generation will not inherit a debt, they will still have to go to work at something, whether it pays$15/hr or $1/hr.
As for the broken window fallacy, no need to limit it to the examples offered. We have a situation where many broken windows are impacting the current economy, they are: cell phone plans, cable tv, traffic tickets, parking fees, sports, concerts, (who the fuck decided that so called athletes deserve millions while accountants and doctors scrape by on less than 9 figures?) air travel, TSA inspectors, etc. People actually have money but it is being spent on shit boomers never spent it on. Boomers had drugs but they also had responsibilities to meet. Ah shit, that's a different topic.
Anyways, I circle back to my previous comment, immigrants (boo) have a lower concept of what constitutes 'the bear necessities'. GenXers or whatever they are called, think gadgets are important and spend their life earnings on that shit instead of getting married and raising a family on that money.
By the way, i read today that immigrants (booo) absorbed all the job growth of the last decade. Maybe because they didn't blow the check on a new flatscreen and 300 cable channels including prmium channels. They actually had money left over to pay the nut on a rental and an old junker.


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John Walker Soccer Complex
The John Walker Soccer Complex features a 1,500-seat grandstand designed to keep fans close to the action and includes a soccer house outfitted with team locker rooms, athletic training facilities, coaches' offices, coaches' lounge, the Red Raider lounge (a public lounge), a team lounge equipped with a state-of-the art video system for film study, a team weight room and an Under Armour equipment room. Players enjoy a "boot room" located immediately inside the facility as a place dedicated to their footwear.
The $5 million facility is the only soccer pitch in the Big 12 Conference equipped with FieldTurf, a mix of synthetic blades of grass supported by an infill of sand and rubber. FieldTurf was the first synthetic turf system to receive FIFA recommended status according to the manufacturer's website. The state-of-the-art playing field surface is currently used at 50 NCAA facilities and 21 NFL stadiums nationwide. Ample outdoor warm up areas are ensured by virtue of a separate practice pitch south of the main complex.
Construction of the soccer complex began in 2006 with the soccer pitch installed in time for the 2008 season and the rest of the facility completed in time for the 2009 campaign. The John Walker Soccer Complex was designed by Parkhill Smith and Cooper, and features an iron entry gate emblazoned with the Double T. The gate, designed by Lars Stanley Metalworks of Austin is part of the university's award-winning public art collection. Lee Lewis Construction served as the contractor for the project.
The Texas Tech soccer program officially unveiled the Gerald Myers Indoor Soccer Facility in October 2012.
The facility was completed in 165 days and was constructed over the existing Field Turf practice fields adjacent to the John Walker Soccer Complex. The building is both heated and cooled and is within walking distance of the player's lounge, locker rooms and coaches offices housed within the team field house.
Complete with coaches offices and a player meeting room, the large indoor practice facility also features over 15 Skills King training aids for player use.
The 37,800 square foot soccer-specific training facility sits directly south of the playing field at the John Walker Soccer Complex, and will provide the Red Raiders a state-of-the-art climate-controlled training facility.
The John Walker Soccer Complex was completed in September 2009 and was dedicated on Oct. 2, 2009, after he, his wife, Lisa, and their family contributed $2.25 million toward the project, earning the naming rights.
First Event: August 22, 2008, vs. Lamar, W, 4-0


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Meggs, Five Others Earn Academic Accolades
Six Huskies listed as Pac-12 announces All-Academic teams.
Dawgs Complete WSU Sweep With 5-2 Win
Huskies wrap up road schedule with third straight win over Cougars.
Dawgs Take Series With 3-2 Win Over Utah
Huskies head out on the road to face Portland and WSU this week.
Dawgs Take Season Series From SU With 7-2 Win
Huskies play host to Utah this Friday through Sunday.
Dawgs Bust Out Bats In 8-3 Win Over USC
Huskies get three hits each from Meggs, Mitsui and Wiggins.
PERSONAL: Born in Kirkland, Wash. ... son of Kara and Steve Wright ... has two younger brothers, Dylan and Jordon ... father attended the UW ... communications major.
2013: Broke a 19-year old UW record by making 33 appearances in 2013 ... started four and relieved in 29 games ... pitched in two of the four games at UC Davis ... pitched an inning in relief in the second game of the UCD series and then started in the fourth game ... suffered the loss in the start, allowing five runs (four earned) on eight hits over four and one-third innings ... pitched a pair of scoreless outings in the series at Lamar .. in the third game of the series, went 2.0 innings, allowing just a walk ... the following day (Feb. 24), worked two no-hit, no-run innings to finish up the game ... worked one-third of an inning in the eighth in the Huskies' win over Cal Poly on March 1 ... pitched three and one-third innings March 3 vs. Cal Poly, allowing no runs on two hits ... pitched a scoreless inning, allowing a hit and walk while fanning one, in the March 5 win over SeattleU ... appeared twice in the LSU series, in games one and three ... had two scoreless outings in the UCLA series ... worked one-third of an inning of the first game vs. the Bruins and then went three and two-thirds, giving up two hits and no walks, in the third game ... pitched two and two-thirds innings March 19 vs. Portland, allwoing two runs on two hits with four strikeouts ... pitched three scoreless innings in relief for the win March 24 vs. USC, allowing no runs and just two hits ... pitched in two of the three games at Oregon ... worked one scoreless inning March 29 vs. the Ducks and then gave up two runs on two hits over one and two-thirds the following day ... took the loss in relief outing April 6 at Pepperdine, allowing just one run on three hits over two and one-third innings ... pitched one and one-third innings April 8 at Cal State Northridge ... pitched in two games at Stanford ... worked the final inning in the April 13 win over the Cardinal and then pitched two-thirds of an inning the following day ... pitched in the second and third games of the Oregon State series ... allowed a run, but no hits, in two innings of relief April 24 at Gonzaga ... worked two scoreless innings (one hit) in relief April 27 vs. Cal ... took the loss the following day vs. the Bears, allowing one run in two innings (the 13th and 14th innings) ... pitched in two of three games at Arizona, pitching a perfect ninth on May 3 and then an inning (one unearned run) two days later ... made second start of the season May 7 vs. SeattleU, earning the win with a five-inning outing ... allowed two hits, no runs and no walks with four Ks in win over Redhawks ... pitched in two of three games vs. Utah, picking up a loss and a win ... took the loss with one inning of relief May 10 vs. the Utes and then got the win with two innings of shutout relief two days later ... pitched one and one-third scoreless innings May 14 at Portland ... made third start of the season May 19 at Washington State, pitching seven shutout innings for the win ... gave up six hits and no walks while fanning four in to complete the UW sweep over WSU ... pitched an inning and one-third in relief in the May 24 win over No. 19 Arizona State and then started the game two days later in the season finale ... in that start, went four and one-third, allowing one run on four hits in a 7-2 Husky win.
2012: Appeared in a total of 21 games, all but one of them in relief ... got the victory in the season's second game, Feb. 18 at San Diego State, working one inning in a 12-9 win ... pitched two no-hit innings, striking out three, Feb. 22 vs. Seattle University ... got the win Feb. 27 at Cal State Northridge, working two innings ... struck out four and didn't allow a hit in two innings March 13 vs. Portland ... gave up just one hit and no runs while fanning two in three innings Marcy 17 vs. Oregon ... worked 3.1 innings, allowing one urn on three hits, April 5 vs. Stanford ... lone start of the season came April 10 vs. Gonzaga ... went three innings, allowing one run on four hits, but didn't figure in the decision vs. the Bulldogs ... lone loss of the season came on a 1.1-inning outing April 14 at California ... pitched two scoreless innings in Huskies' 6-5 win over Arizona on April 22 ... worked 2.2 innings April 28 at Utah ... pitched two scoreless innings in Huskies' 3-0 victory May 16 vs. Portland ... pitched in two of three games at Arizona State, totaling 2.2 innings ... picked up third win of the year May 26 vs. Washington State, working one and one-third innings, allowing no runs on one hit, in the UW's 5-2 win ... played summer baseball for the LaCrosse (Wis.) Loggers in the Northwoods League ... helped the Loggers to the league championship ... 3-1 with a 2.61 ERA over 18 regular-season appearances for the Loggers.
2011: Appeared in 17 games, 16 of them in relief and one as a starter, as a true freshman ... pitched a scoreless inning of relief in college debut Feb. 20 vs. Air Force ... struck out three without allowing a hit or a run in an inning and one-third March 11 vs. Dallas Baptist ... worked one scoreless inning each vs. UAPB (March 22) and UCLA (April 2) ... worked three and two-thirds out of the bullpen April 16 vs. Cal, allowing no runs and one hit ... pitched two and two-thirds April 30 at WSU, allowing no runs, hits or walks while striking out five ... longest outing of the season was May 6 at Stanford, going five innings, allowing one run on five hits ... pitched four scoreless innings of relief May 16 vs. Pacific, allowing no runs on just one hit ... struck out two in an inning and one-third vs. ASU, allowing no runs on a hit ... lone start of the season came vs. Washington State in a non-conference game in Pasco, Wash., on May 24 ... no decision despite allowing only one run on three hits with five strikeouts over four innings vs. the Cougars ... pitched a scoreless inning May 29 at Arizona ... played for the LaCrosse Loggers in the Northwoods League over the summer.
KENTLAKE HIGH SCHOOL: Earned three varsity letters playing for coach Jason Evans ... honorable mention All-SPSL North as a senior despite missing much of the year with injury ... second-team All-SPSL North as a pitcher and second baseman as a junior ... made the all-league first team as a pitcher as a sophomore in 2008, when Kentlake won the league and district and finished second in state ... graduated with a 3.48 grade point average.


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Height: 6-0 Weight: 193 lbs.
Born: August 11, 1975 in Baton Rouge, LA
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College: Texas Tech (school history) (Darden college stats)
Drafted by the Minnesota Vikings in the 7th round (225th overall) of the 1998 NFL Draft.
Weighted Career AV (100-95-...): 2 (11632nd overall since 1950)
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Pennsylvania already has a fracking problem groups struggle to inspire politicians to address. Now, a Princeton University study shows that hundreds of thousands of abandoned oil wells are adding to the state's pollution.
CO2, Methane, and Brine Leakage through Subsurface Pathways: Exploring Modeling, Measurement and Policy Options is a first-of-its-kind study from Mary Klang that describes how abandoned oil wells serve as leakage pathways for carbon dioxide, methane, brine and more.
Based on records, Kang estimates that between 280,000 and 970,000 abandoned wells account for 4 to 13 percent of the state's methane emissions.
Three of the 19 wells measured by the team are considered high emitters. Leakage was found in both plugged and unplugged wells.
"Existing well abandonment regulations in Pennsylvania do not appear to be effective in controlling methane emissions from AOG [abandoned oil and gas] wells," Kang writes in her abstract.
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spoiler:A Russian terrorist massacres an airport, kills the CIA mole in his gang leaving his body at the airport and gets away. The Russians take this for an American act, and commit a full-scale attack on both coasts of the United States, which ends up successful thanks to sabotaged intel, and now there's a full-scale Russia/US war on American territory, in what must be year 2010 or so.
spoiler:to stay in character - the whole undercover CIA agent thing.


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Lois C. Armbruster, 89, of Riverside, died Wednesday, May 19, 2010, at her home following a brief illness.
Mass of the Resurrection for Lois will be at 1:30 P.M. on Saturday, May 22, 2010 at St. Marys Catholic Church in Riverside. Reverend Fr. Rich Adam will officiate. Burial will be in the Mt. Olivet Cemetery. Following the committal service at the cemetery there will be a time of refreshments and fellowship at St. Marys Parish Center. Visitation for Lois will be held on Friday, May 21st, from 4:00-7:00 P.M. with a 7:00 P.M. Rosary at the Sorden-Lewis Home for Funeral and Cremation Services in Riverside. A memorial fund has been established at the funeral home for Hospice of Muscatine in Lois name. Online condolences for the Armbruster family may be sent to www.lewisfuneralhomes.com.
Lois Catherine Strabala was born December 31, 1920, in Richmond, IA, the daughter of Wino and Villa (Schmitt) Strabala. On October 3, 1945 Lois was united in marriage to Paul Armbruster at Holy Trinity Catholic Church in Richmond. Lois was a member of St. Marys Catholic Church of Riverside. She enjoyed traveling, gardening, discussing politics, cooking for her family and especially spending time with her grandchildren.
Lois will be deeply missed by her three sons, Philip Armbruster of Riverside, Jeff Armbruster and wife, Jackie, of Riverside and John Armbruster and wife, Cindy, of Cedar Rapids; three daughters, Pauline Malchodi and husband, Tom, of Coal Valley, IL, Patricia Armbruster and Connie Armbruster, both of Iowa City; ten grandchildren and 16 great-grandchildren; her sisters, Mary Connelly of Anamosa, Rita Dull and her husband, Leo of Oregon and Eileen Armbruster of Iowa City; and her brother, Larry Strabala of Iowa City.
Lois was preceded in death by her parents; her husband, Paul in 2004; a son, Martin; two brothers, Maurice and Jim Strabala; and her sister, Lola.


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Our troops' families have mastered the seemingly random factors that dictate what time to contact them. Firstly, it starts with our time zone difference which is that Afghanistan is twelve and a half hours ahead of San Francisco. Secondly, troops wake up at 5:30 am and they're very busy in the morning, and during the day they end up in locations where their cell phones don't work. As a result, they contact their relatives late at night when they're supposed to be sleeping, which is between 10 am to about 1 pm in San Francisco. In other words, it's at lunchtime.
Americans normally take very short lunch breaks, and many salaried employees in offices skip it altogether and quickly eat a snack from home at their desk. That's our culture. But when one's own family member is in Afghanistan it's necessary to make the time to chat with him or her in the middle of the day, and there's always a lot to talk about because people are still getting killed over there on a daily basis.
There's a daily blog called "Today in Afghanistan" on Blogspot.com that reports incidences and casualties to the public. To read it click on this link. Troops' relatives stay on top of information like that, and on the days when they can't reach them because their phones don't work then they keep a close eye on it. If they haven't heard from them for a few days then they read the list of fatalities. To see it click on this link.
Troops are not the only ones in the war zone; their families at home in America are, too. Physically they're here but mentally they're over there when they haven't been able to reach them for a few days. It's tough on everyone.
Some of our troops are single parents who have no one to rely on to take care of their children while they're overseas. Our country never developed a boarding school system for that purpose.


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The Atlantis crew - Commander Mike Bloomfield, Pilot Steve Frick and mission specialists Rex Walheim, Ellen Ochoa, Lee Morin, Jerry Ross and Steve Smith - was awakened at 3:44 a.m. by the University of California-Berkeley fight song performed by the school band and "All Right Now," performed by the Stanford University band. Ochoa requested the songs be played for crewmates Walheim and Smith who attended the rival schools.
On board the station, the Expedition 4 crew, Commander Yury Onufrienko and flight engineers Carl Walz and Dan Bursch, also awoke at 3:44 a.m. to an alarm-clock-like tone. Both crews are ready to support the addition of the new segment to the station.
Ochoa, assisted by Bursch, will command the space station robotic arm, Canadarm2, to grapple S0 about 5 a.m. Canadarm2 will lift the truss segment out and away from Atlantis' cargo bay and temporarily install it on the U.S. laboratory Destiny. The Lab Cradle Assembly will provide a semi-rigid structural hold until the truss segment is permanently attached during four spacewalks this week.
The first spacewalk is set to begin about 10 a.m. today as Smith, wearing the suit with solid red stripes, and Walheim, in a solid white suit, float out of the station's Quest airlock. After initial setup procedures, their tasks during the 6½ hour venture include attaching two of four S0 mounting struts to Destiny, as well as an avionics tray that contains power, data and fluid cables and an umbilical system connected to the Mobile Transporter. If time permits, Smith will remove a launch support beam and also go inside the truss to install two circuit breakers.
Ochoa and Bursch will move Walheim on Canadarm2 to worksites throughout the spacewalk. Bloomfield and Frick will use the shuttle's robotic arm cameras to take video of the spacewalkers while Ross guides them through the outlined procedures.


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The Daniel Bryan injury suffered on last week's episode of "WWE Monday Night Raw" looks like it will be serious enough to keep Bryan out of action at the upcoming "Royal Rumble" pay-per-view. According to PWS on Jan. 19, the word backstage is that Bryan may miss several weeks.
This is really bad news for the WWE, who just fast switched Bryan back into a face thanks to the public attention that was given to a Michigan State Spartans celebration last week where a member of the football team got the entire crowd to start chanting "Yes" shortly after the WWE turned Bryan heel.
Because ESPN picked it up, the WWE cancelled their long term plans to stretch out Bryan's heel turn. However, in the match where Bryan turned on Bray Wyatt and turned face again, he suffered the major concussion.
Daniel Bryan finished the match and never missed a spot. He then scaled to the top of the steel cage and led the crowd in a "Yes" chant, but after that some officials came down to the ring, laid Bryan down and examined him. Backstage, Bryan admitted that he didn't remember hardly any of the steel cage match.
Daniel Bryan and Bray Wyatt were going to wrestle at the "Royal Rumble" next Sunday, but now it looks like Bryan will be out until closer to the "Elimination Chamber" pay-per-view. There was also small talk of Bryan competing in the "Royal Rumble" match as a clear fan favorite, but now the chance of Bryan main eventing "Wrestlemania 30" has been eliminated.
Suggested Links
- WWE rumors: Daniel Bryan face turn rushed because of Michigan State Spartans
- WWE Network: TNA star Austin Aries talks about how it affects wrestling
- WWE news: Ted DiBiase explains what happened at 'Wrestlemania 4'
- WWE news: Paul Bearer heading into 2014 WWE Hall of Fame class
- Pittsburgh Penguins deny plans for WWE legend Bruno Sammartino statue


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text: In 1921, four Navy buddies—Manny Rosenfeld, Moe Strauss, W. Graham "Jack" Jackson and Moe Radavitz—pooled $800 to open the Pep Auto Supply Co. in Philadelphia. Since then, the company has grown to more than 700 stores. We've rounded up classic photos of Pep Boys shops from the 1930s and 1940s to celebrate their 91st anniversary in the auto supply business.


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TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) -- The wife of longtime Florida State defensive coordinator Mickey Andrews has died.
Diane Cook Andrews died Sunday at the MD Anderson Cancer Center in Houston. Her death was confirmed by Tallahassee funeral home director Rocky Bevis, who said the funeral for Diane Andrews is scheduled Thursday at Celebration Baptist Church in Tallahassee.
The Andrews' were high school sweethearts who attended the University of Alabama together in the early 1960s. Andrews was a two-sport star and his future bride was a cheerleader. Andrews played football for the Crimson Tide under legendary coach Paul "Bear" Bryant.
Florida State athletic director Randy Spetman praised Mrs. Andrews as a special person whose love and care touched hundreds of student-athletes and everyone in the Seminole family. Bevis said the Andrews' were married for 50 years.


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Jan. 30, 2007
LOS ANGELES - Rain in the Los Angeles area has forced the cancellation of Tuesday's men's tennis match between fourth-ranked UCLA and San Diego State. Both teams are looking at possibly playing later in the season, however a make-up date for the match has not yet been determined.
UCLA (3-0) has two more matches this week, as the Bruins host No. 18 Cal on Friday at 1:30 p.m. and No. 19 Stanford on Saturday at 1:00 p.m.


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Ready or not, they've already begun. If you ever read The Puschart Wars as a child, this is nothing like it. Is Starbucks the sole, obvious choice where you head when you want coffee on the go? Then it's time to get in step with the changing face of coffee options. McDonald's, with it's remodeling to the McCafe, and ever expanding range of specialty coffee drinks has been accused of suffering from an acute case of Starbucks envy.
Simply put, McDonald's is in love with the corporate model that Starbucks has employed which has resulted in global brand recognition, while suffering from little of the low-class, trailer-trash, grease-hole vibe that some people still fling at Mickey D's. So part of their scheme has been, and will continue to be, finding a way to bridge into the cafe world, which is more than just frappuccinos and indie music. There's a whole vibe and ambiance that McDonald's wishes to embrace. But the ground floor is the coffee.
McDonald's stands as a case study because they've been the first to make this leap, and despite criticism of losing their identity, has promised to double down their commitment to the coffee world. Yet other big names, Chick-fil-A, BK, and Wendy's, most notably, have thrown their hats into the ring. Though if coffee indeed is to be the new face of fast food, McDonald's yet again enjoys firstcomer's advantage. Possibly the most intriguing wrinkle to watch for is how Starbucks reacts to war they face on all fronts. Will they respond with more aggressive food options?
How did McDonald's get the best of the 2012 Olympics?


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Newcomers Give Tech Top Recruiting Class
Wes Kittley will enter the 2012 season with one of the top freshmen classes in the country.
Track and Field News Recruiting Rankings
LUBBOCK, Texas - The current newcomers on the Texas Tech women's track and field squad have gained national attention as the team prepares for the upcoming 2012 season.
The group has been ranked No. 7 in the nation by Track and Field News.
Highlighting the class are four freshmen that were ranked No. 1 in the nation in their specific event during their high school careers.
The freshmen include Hannah Carson (javelin), LaTristan Pledger (long jump), Michaela Palu (high jump) and Cierra White (indoor 100-meter).
"It's a great start to build a foundation with this young group." Head track and field coach Wes Kittley said.
Carson was named Gatorade Athlete of the Year and earned all-state honors at Chandler High School in Candler, Ariz. where she competed in the shot put, high jump, discus and javelin.
Pledger earned all-state honors running the 100-meters and 200-meters, while also competing in the 100-meter hurdles and long jump at Washington High School in Kansas City, Kan.
As a standout in the 100-meters, 200-meters, 4X100 meter relay and 4X400 meter relay, White earned All-American honors at G. W. Carver High School in Philadelphia.
Palu competed in eight events during her career at Marshall High School in San Antonio, Texas and was a member of the 2009-10 All-State team.
The Texas Tech track and field team will begin their indoor season on Jan. 13 by hosting the Texas Tech Open.


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Alamat Tal Road/Wadi of the Horus Qaa/
Dominion Behind Thebes/Gebel Tjauti
Two main pharaonic roads, the Alamat Tal (Wadi Alamat) Road and Farshût Road, cross the Qena Bend between ancient Thebes and the region of Hou, providing a desert "shortcut" to the often difficult waters of the Nile, and giving Thebes direct access to the shortest route to the southern oases — the Girga Road. The Farshut Road, known by the time of the Twenty-First Dynasty as the "Road of Horses,"1 departs Thebes just north of the Valley of the Kings, crosses the high plateau between Gebel Antef (overlooking the Western Valley of the Kings) and Gebel Roma (above the Wadi el-Hol), and descends at the Wadi el-Hol before heading toward Gebel Qarn el-Gir (for more on the Farshut Road, click here). The Alamat Tal Road, discovered by the Theban Desert Road Survey in 1993, provides a more northerly route and travels through the low desert for over ten kilometers before ascending the high plateau at Gebel Tjauti. Both the Alamat Tal Road and the Farshût Road join at the Gebel Qarn el-Gir caravansary, whence lead routes to Hou, the region of Abydos, and the oases of the Western Desert.
The tracks of the Alamat Tal Road, like those of the Farshût Road, appear as meandering grooves in the desert surface, an alternately wide and narrow swath of tracks literally carpeted with potsherds. The ceramic evidence indicates that the Alamat Tal Road was in heavy use from Predynastic times through the late New Kingdom, with reduced activity later, particularly by Coptic travelers.
Alamat Tal 1: Looking down at the Alamat Tal tracks, a nice illustration of the ancient Egyptian phrase "gravel of the desert and broken pots in the road." Alamat Tal: View looking south along the meandering tracks of the Alamat Tal Road with the cliffs of the Theban desert to the right.
Clusters of small dry stone tent bases (stones apparently laid as windbreaks around the bottoms of temporary structures) attest to Middle Kingdom patrols along the Alamat Tal Road, while during the Seventeenth Dynasty two mudbrick towers with dry-stone faced glacis guarded the Theban terminus of the route. The twin towers controlled access into the Theban nome, and protected a small cistern immediately below the towers. As the Alamat Tal tracks enter the middle desert and the large Wadi Imran, cairns and huts mark the road. After crossing the Wadi Imran, the route enters the high desert; at this point, to the north of the road, is the mouth of the Wadi of the Horus Qa-a oriented north-south, which contains at least nine major concentrations of rock art and inscriptions, Predynastic through Early Dynastic in date; one site preserves the serekh of Qa-a, last king of the First Dynasty, after whom we have named the wadi.
West of the mouth of the Wadi of the Horus Qa-a, the caravan tracks of the Alamat Tal Road pass an interesting feature of dry-stone walls, apparently of Predynastic date.2 These semi-circular walls are open to the prevailing north wind, making them unsuitable as campsites, but ideal for concealing either watchmen or hunters who wished to observe human or animal traffic traveling into the gebel and moving toward the north-west along the Alamat Tal Road. As the Alamat Tal Road continues in a northwesterly direction, a subsidiary route branches off, ultimately passing the large rock inscription site "Dominion Behind Thebes," ascending the high plateau, and connecting with the Farshût Road before that track reaches Gebel Roma.
The main Alamat Tal Road ascends the high plateau at Gebel Tjauti, a major rock inscription site named after the Coptite nomarch Tjauti, whose road-building text is one of the major inscriptions at the site. At the base of Gebel Tjauti and below the track itself are large concentrations of ceramic remains that include sherds primarily of Predynastic through mid-New Kingdom date. On the gebel above Gebel Tjauti is another group of dry-stone huts, probably constructed during the Middle Kingdom, and an enormous cairn, over forty feet in diameter. The high plateau portion of the Alamat Tal Road is approximately six kilometers long and — like other portions of the tracks — is marked by small cairns and abundant pottery sherds. A short distance northwest of the Gebel Tjauti ascent, the tracks of the Darb Arqub el-Baghla, ascending the plateau west of Naqada and in use primarily during the Predynastic and Protodynastic Periods, join the Alamat Tal. After descending into the low desert, the Alamat Tal tracks lead towards Gebel Qarn el-Gir, a true ancient crossroads, where tracks from Hou, Abydos, and Kharga Oasis converge with the Farshût and Alamat Tal Roads from Thebes.
Archaeological Remains of the Alamat Tal Road: Ceramic Evidence, the Seventeenth Dynasty Towers, and Guardposts (page coming soon)
Wadi of the Horus Qa-a
Wadi Nag el-Birka and Dominion Behind Thebes (page coming soon)
Gebel Tjauti (page coming soon)
1. For a preliminary description of this route, see J. C. Darnell, "Opening the Narrow Doors of the Desert: Discoveries of the Theban Desert Road Survey," in R. Friedman, ed., Egypt and Nubia: Gifts of the Desert (London, 2002), pp. 132-135.
2. One of the only associated ceramic remains was a large hand-made vessel with features showing both Badarian and A-Group influence (see D. Darnell, "Gravel of the Desert and Broken Pots in the Road," in Friedman, ed., Egypt and Nubia, p. 158).
Copyright 2006 Yale Egyptological Institute in Egypt
Supported by the William K. and Marilyn M. Simpson Endowment for Egyptology


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For Egyptian Immigrants, Celebration Starts as Mubarak Quits
When Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak resigned, Sherine El-Abd couldn't stop sobbing with joy.
The Egyptian-American activist and board member of the nonprofit Arab-American Institute said she has spent years fighting to bring democracy to her native land. And finally, on Friday, she broke down while watching the news at home in Clifton, N.J.
El-Abd expressed her hope that the Egyptian military will now "oversee a clean, democratic election."
In Brooklyn, Khaled Lamada got the news on his cell phone while walking to noon prayers at a mosque.
A physical therapist, Lamada is president of the Virginia based Egyptian-Americans for Development.
He said Egypt's army pressured the president to step down after millions of people protested. But Lamada says he doesn't believe the army will harm Mubarak.
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Someone Went on an Emoji-Themed Diet for a Week
Hope they like rice.
Human guinea pig Kelsey Rexthroat puts herself on a weeklong all-emoji diet for The Atlantic, discovering firsthand the Atkins-unfriendly horrors of lots of rice and rice-derived things. Rexthroat is all set on emoji lore and history, academically speaking, but that doesn't get in her way of confusing the sake bottle for milk, or alarmingly discovering that 8 emojis involve rice, and 11 are desserts (12 if you count dango). But hey, the Unicode Consortium knows it can't please everybody, and there's tons of alcohol on there anyway, plus who complains about burgers, fries, pizza, and cake? [Atlantic]


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Medical School
Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut
Plastic Surgery Residency, New York University Medical Center, New York, NY
Hand Surgery Fellow, New York University Medical Center, New York, NY
American Board of Plastic Surgery
Certificate of Added Qualifications in Surgery of the Hand
Surgical Interests
Hand surgery
Breast reconstruction
Cleft lip and palate surgery
Body contouring
Aesthetic surgery
Research interests include: Tendon injury and repair, Biology of the peripheral nerve, Tissue engineering
Shi CQ-X, Sinusas AJ, Dione DP, Singer MJ, Young LH, Heller EN, Rinker B, Wackers FJ, Zaret BL. Technetium-99m Nitroimidazole (BMS 181321): A positive imaging agent for detecting myocardial ischemia. J Nucl Med, 36:1078, June 1995.
Rinker B, Bahtijarevic Z, Spinelli HM. Reconstruction of upper cranial and cranial base defects utilizing the scalping flap. Plast Reconstr Surg, 101:930, April 1998.
Rinker B, Ginsburg HB, Genieser NB, Gittes GK. Obstructive jaundice caused by placement of a nasogastric feeding tube. J Pediatr Surg, 35:619, April 2000.
Grau J, Rinker B, Sidhu G, Kim A, Newman, E. Acute appendicitis secondary to metastatic carcinoma of the prostate. Contemporary Surgery, 58:518, October 2002.
Rinker B, Karp N, Margiotta M, Blei F., Rosen R, Rofsky N. The role of magnetic resonance imaging in the management of vascular malformations of the trunk and extremities. Plast Reconstr Surg, 112(2):504, August 2003.
Rinker B, Effron CR, Beasley RW. Proximal radial compression neuropathy. Ann Plast Surg, 52(2):174-180, February 2004.
Hausman MR, Rinker BD. Intractable wounds and infections: the role of impaired vascularity and advanced surgical methods for treatment, Am J Surg, 187(5A):44S-55S, May 2004.
Rinker B, Vásconez HC, Mentzer RM. Replantation: past, present, and future, Journal of the KMA, 102:247-253, June 2004.
Rinker BD, Valerio IL, Stewart DH, Pu LLQ, Vásconez HC. Microvascular free flap reconstruction in pediatric lower extremity trauma: a 10-year review. Plast Reconstr Surg. 115(6):1618-1624, May 2005.
Jack JM, Stewart DH, Rinker BD, Vásconez HC, Pu LLQ. Modern surgical treatment of complex facial fractures: A 6-year review. J Craniofac Surg. 16(4):726-731, July 2005.
Ferguson RE, Rinker B. The use of a hydrogel sealant on flexor tendon repairs to prevent adhesion formation. Ann Plast Surg. 56(1):54-58, January 2006.
Rinker B, Vásconez HC. Constriction band syndrome occurring in the setting of in-vitro fertilization and advanced maternal age. Canadian J Plast Surg. 14:41-4, Spring 2006.
Rinker B, Liau JY, Vásconez HC. Wringer washer injuries: not necessarily a thing of the past. Journal of the KMA. 104(6):231-234, June 2006.
Rinker B. Fingertip reconstruction with the laterally-based thenar flap: indications and long-term functional results. Hand. 1(1):2-8, June 2006
Thornton BT, Sloan D, and Rinker B. Squamous cell carcinoma arising from an arteriovenous malformation of the scalp. J Craniofac Surg. 17(4):805-809, July 2006.
Rinker B, Stewart DH, Pu LLQ, and Vásconez HC. Role of recombinant tissue plasminogen activator in free flap salvage. J Reconstr Microsurg. 23(2):69-73, February 2007.
Rinker B, and Jack JM. Subpectoral breast augmentation through the abdominoplasty incision. Ann Plast Surg. 58(3):241-245, March 2007.
Ferguson RE, Schuler K, Thornton BT, Vásconez HC, and Rinker B. The effects of saliva and oral uptake on the tensile properties of sutures: an experimental study. Ann Plast Surg. 58(3):268-272, March 2007.
Habash A, and Rinker B. Dupuytren's disease involving the wrist. J Hand Surg. 32A(3):352-354, March 2007.
Rinker B, Cui XD, Fink BF, Gao DY, and Vásconez HC. Cryopreservation of composite tissue flaps: experimental studies in the rat. Ann Plast Surg. 58(6):656-660, June 2007.
Rinker B, Bowling JT, Vásconez HC. Blood transfusion and risk of metastatic disease or recurrence in patients undergoing TRAM flap breast reconstruction: a clinical study and meta-analysis. Plast Reconstr Surg. 119(7):2001-2007, June 2007.
Rinker B. Injuries of the radial artery: to repair or not to repair. ASSH Correspondence News. Issue 2007-42, July 2007.
Cui XD, Gao DY, Fink BF, Vásconez HC, and Rinker B. Cryopreservation of composite tissues and transplantation: preliminary studies. Cryobiology. 55(3):295-304, December 2007.
Rinker B, Cui XD, Cibull ML, Fink BF, Gao DY, and Vásconez HC. Cryopreservation of composite tissue transplants. Hand 3(1):17-23, March 2008.
Rinker B, Amspacher JC, Wilson PC, and Vásconez HC. The subatmospheric pressure dressing as a bridge to free tissue transfer in the treatment of open tibial fractures. Plast Reconstr Surg 121(5):1664-73, May 2008.
Rinker B, Donnelly M, and Vásconez HC. Teaching patient selection in aesthetic surgery: use of the standardized patient. Ann Plast Surg 61(2):127-31, August 2008.
Rinker B, Veneracion M, and Walsh CM. The effect of breastfeeding on breast aesthetics. Aesthet Surg J. 28(5):534-7, Sep-Oct 2008.
Wilson PC, and Rinker B. The incidence of methicillin-resistant staphylococcus aureus in community-acquired hand infections. Ann Plast Surg. 62(5):513-516, May 2009.
Thomson JG, Liu YJ, Restifo RJ, Rinker BD, and Reis A. Surface area measurement of the female breast: phase 1. Validation of a novel optical technique. Plast Reconstr Surg. 123(5):1588-96, May 2009.
Rinker B. Cryopreservation and the age of the allotransplant. Organogenesis. 5(3):85-9, July 2009.
Rinker B, Fink BF, Barry NG, Fife JA, and Milan ME. The effect of calcium-channel blockers on smoking-induced skin flap necrosis. Plast Reconstr Surg. 125(3):866-71, March 2010.
Rinker B, Veneracion M, and Walsh CM. Breast ptosis: causes and cure. Ann Plast Surg, 64(5):579-84, May 2010.
Rinker B, Fink BF, Barry NG, Fife JA, Milan ME, Stoker AR, and Nelson PT. The effect of cigarette smoking on functional recovery following peripheral nerve ischemia/reperfusion injury. Microsurgery, 31(1):59-65, January 2011.
Rinker B. Extensor tendon injury during cesarean delivery. J Hand Surg, 36(1):125-8, January 2011.
Walter CM, Kirby EJ, Vásconez HC, Rinker BD. Hepatocellular carcinoma metastatic to the scalp. J Craniofacial Surg, 22(2):720-1, March 2011.
Rinker B and Liau JY. A prospective randomized study comparing woven polyglycolic acid and autogenous vein conduits for reconstruction of digital nerve gaps. J Hand Surg, 36(5):775-81, May 2011.
Kirby EJ, Oldham JS, Rinker B. "Babysitting" the flap: a novel approach to chimeric flap transfer. J Reconstr Microsurg, 27(6):365-72, July 2011.
Hill J, and Rinker BD. Microsurgical reconstruction of large, locally advanced cutaneous malignancy of the head and neck. Int J Surg Oncology, vol. 2011, Article ID 415219, pp 5, October 2011.
Brooks DN, Weber RV, Chao JJ, Rinker BD, Zoldos J, Robichaux MR, Ruggeri SB, Anderson KA, Bonatz EE, Wisotsky SM, Cho MS, Wilson C, Cooper EO, Ingari JV, Safa B, Parrett BM, Buncke GM. Processed nerve allografts for peripheral nerve reconstruction: A multicenter study of utilization and outcomes in sensory, mixed, and motor nerve reconstructions. Microsurgery. 32(1):1-14, January 2012.
Kobraei E, Nimtz J, Wong L, Buseman J, Kemper P, Wright H, and Rinker B. Risk factors for adverse outcome following skin-sparing mastectomy and immediate prosthetic reconstruction. Plast Reconstr Surg, 129(2):234e-241e, February 2012.
Chung M, Wilson P, and Rinker B. Community-acquired methicillin resistant staphylococcus aureus hand infections in the pediatric population. J Hand Surg, 37(2):326-31, February 2012.
Kobraei E, Kenady D, Rogers WB, and Rinker B. Cancer recurrence involving a TRAM flap and abdominal donor site following mastectomy and immediate breast reconstruction: a case report. Ann Plast Surg, 68(6):559-61, June 2012.
Kobraei E, and Rinker B. Reply: Risk factors for eventful outcomes following skin-sparing mastectomy and immediate prosthetic reconstruction. Plast Reconstr Surg, 130(4): 615e-616e, October 2012.
Cho MS, Rinker BD, Weber RV, Chao JD, Ingari JV, Brooks D, Buncke GM. Functional outcome following nerve repair in the upper extremity using processed nerve allograft. J Hand Surg, 37(11):2340-9, November 2012.
Rinker B. The use of dermal autograft as an adjunct to breast reconstruction with tissue expanders. Plast Reconstr Surg, 130(6):1179-85, December 2012.
Rinker B, Fink BF, Stoker AR, Milan ME, and Nelson PT. Calcium channel blockers reduce the effects of cigarette smoking on peripheral nerve ischemia/reperfusion injury. Ann Plast Surg, 70(2):222-6, February 2013.
Rinker B. Lowering revision rates in medial pedicle breast reduction by the selective addition of 'inverted T' technique. Aesthetic Plast Surg, 37(2):341-8, April 2013.
Buseman J, Wong L, Kemper P, Hill JL, Nimtz J, Rinker B, Vásconez HC.
Comparison of sterile versus nonsterile acellular dermal matrices for breast reconstruction.
Ann Plast Surg, 70(5):497-9, May 2013.
Rinker B. The evils of nicotine: An evidence-based guide to smoking and plastic surgery. Ann Plast Surg, 70(5):599-605, May 2013.
Rinker B. Thomas Jefferson and the wrist injury that changed American history. ASSH Correspondence News. Issue 2013-13, May 2013.
Rinker B. Reply: The use of dermal autograft as an adjunct to breast reconstruction with tissue expanders. Plast Reconstr Surg, 131(6):928e-929e, June 2013.
Lynch MP, Chung MT, Rinker B. Dermal autografts as a substitute for acellular dermal matrices (ADM) in tissue expander breast reconstruction: a prospective comparative study. J Plast Reconstr Aesth Surg, 66(11):1534-42, November 2013.
Buseman J, Rinker AB, Rinker B. Amniotic fluid for ex-vivo skin preservation: a comparative study of tissue preservation solutions. Ann Plast Surg, 71(6):643-5, December 2013.
Turner JB and Rinker B. Melanoma of the hand: Current practice and new frontiers. Healthcare. 2(1), 125-138, March 2014.
Rinker B, and Thornton BT. Skin-sparing mastectomy and immediate tissue expander breast reconstruction in the macromastia patient using the Passot breast reduction pattern. Ann Plast Surg, 72 Suppl 2:S158-64, June 2014.
Kobraei EM, Ricci JA, Vasconez HC, Rinker BD. A comparison of techniques for myelomeningocele defect closure in the neonatal period. Childs Nerv Syst. 2014 May 7. [Epub ahead of print]
Book Chapters:
Rinker B and Vyas KS, Clinical applications of autografts, conduits, and allografts in repair of nerve defects in the hand. In: Clinics in Plastic Surgery (in press)
Rinker B. Dermal autograft as an adjunct to breast reconstruction with tissue expanders. In: Breast Reconstruction: Art, Science, and New Clinical Techniques, Melvin A. Shiffman, Ed. (in press)


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Extreme weight loss without stomach shrinking
Very obese Americans—those with a BMI over 40—often are not able to sustain sufficient weight loss to significantly reduce their risks of type 2 diabetes and other obesity-related diseases. "For getting to a healthy weight, bariatric surgery has been the most successful option," says Caroline Apovian, MD, director of the Nutrition and Weight Management Center at Boston Medical Center and author of The Overnight Diet. Procedures such as gastric bypass and gastric band reduce the size of the stomach and dramatically decrease a person's ability to digest food, typically leading to substantial loss of pounds.
"In the future, there will be less invasive devices that will be almost as effective as bariatric surgery," says Apovian. These may include AspireAssist, a system that allows a person to remove about a third of her stomach contents after a meal before the calories and nutrients pass farther along the intestinal tract. The partly digested food leaves through a tube that is connected to a valve on the abdomen and gets dumped in a toilet. This system, already available in Europe, is undergoing clinical trials in the U.S.
Another weight-loss device, the Endo-Barrier, is also being used in Europe. It consists of a thin, sleevelike liner that is inserted via the mouth, then attached to the first portion of your small intestine, where it forms a physical barrier that prevents food from being absorbed by this part of your body. This change in the normal digestive process brings down blood sugar and makes you feel full on small meals. Both AspireAssist and EndoBarrier are inserted without risky general anesthesia.
A test for Alzheimer's disease
Almost two thirds of Americans who suffer from Alzheimer's are women. The disease is now diagnosed largely through a process of elimination. Using CT scans and MRIs, doctors rule out other likely causes of memory loss and behavior changes, such as a brain tumor. Currently a definitive diagnosis of Alzheimer's can be made only after a patient has died, through an autopsy of brain tissue that confirms the presence of neurofibrillary tangles, which are twisted protein fibers, and amyloid deposits, which are hard accumulations of protein in the brain.
By 2028 scientists will probably be able to diagnose the disease in people before it causes symptoms. Research centers are trying out tracers that can detect abnormal amyloid deposits in the brain using positron-emission tomography (PET), a type of scan that captures images of brain activity. Amyloid plaque can appear long before Alzheimer's symptoms do, says Hui Zheng, PhD, professor of molecular and human genetics at Baylor College of Medicine. The radiotracers being tested literally light up amyloid in the brain and will allow drug companies to track the progression of Alzheimer's to see how medication affects it. The PET scans will also pick up the disease early. "If we can make this kind of test affordable, I have no doubt that 15 years down the road we will be using it for people with memory issues and even for healthy people," says Zheng.
Earlier detection of Alzheimer's—say, when the neurofibrillary tangles are just beginning to form—might lead to a drug that would clear away what Zheng calls "the cellular garbage" before damage to neurons occurs.
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UKRAINE - The remains of 196 people were loaded on to refrigerated train cars at the Torez train station in eastern Ukraine on Sunday, to be taken to an unknown location.
According to Al Jazeera correspondent Nazanine Moshiri, observers from the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe, were at the railway station to observe the "tagged body bags" and how the bodies will be stored in the frozen carriages.
"We are waiting to hear where the train will be heading. We understand it will be going to Ukrainian government-controlled territory," Moshiri said.
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry said on Sunday the evidence of Russian collusion is overwhelming. He said Russia should take responsibility for the action of pro-Russian rebels who he said the way they handled the dead had been "grotesque." Western countries also criticized the way pro-Russian rebel's restricted access to the crash site.
As evidence continues to mount, it points toward Russia. According to experts, it was the kind the BOK missile launching system that only Russian rebels would know how to operate. A BOK missile launcher was reportedly seen covered by a tarp on Sunday as it left the pro-Russian region in Ukraine where the Malaysia Airlines plane went down.
Black box flight recorders from the Malaysia plane are being asked to be handed over to the International Civil Aviation Organization. The U.S. state department has several reports that aircraft parts and evidence has been tampered with by pro-Russian rebels.
Besides Ukraine having an intercepted call of pro-Russian separatists saying the plane was shot down to their commander, another intercepted call between rebels has been produced by Ukraine military in a call within the pro-Russian separatist military ordering them not to hand the black boxes to the International Civil Aviation Organization.
During a church service in Hilversum, the Netherlands church goers were seen wiping their tears away as church bells rang. "Three families and one individual were ripped from our community. Thirteen people," the deputy mayor of Hilversum said. A copy of the passenger list was seen laying next to a candle that was lit for the victims. A woman was seen looking at the passenger list noticing her former boss along with her entire family was on the passenger list.
Some of the notes left by children said, "You were my favorite teacher" another one said "Lovely Sandra. It's a shame you're dead."
The mother of Bryce Fredriksz-Hoogzand who was among the dead said she is angry and appalled that the bodies aren't being handed over to loved ones.
Speaking on Sky TV from Amsterdam's Schiphol Airport she said "Mr. Putin, send my children home," Send them home. Please."


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College Hockey:Colgate ties it late, then beats Quinnipiac in second overtime of ECAC Hockey semifinal
LAKE PLACID, N.Y. — Colgate hadn't scored an extra-attacker goal this season entering Friday's ECAC Hockey semifinal game against Quinnipiac, while Raiders' forward Kyle Baun was in the midst of a nearly two-month scoring draught.
So it was only fitting that with goalie Charlie Finn pulled, Baun scored the tying goal and then launched the initial shot on net that Tyson Spink shoved past Quinnipiac's Michael Garteig 58 seconds into the second overtime to give Colgate a 3-2 win and send them to their first ECAC title game since 1990.
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"Personally, for me I have been here a lot of times and it's the first time we are in the finals," Colgate coach Don Vaughan said. "We have been in the semifinals a lot, so it is exciting for all of us to play in the title tomorrow."
Finn made 30 saves, while Andrew Black scored the other goal for the second-seeded Raiders. Connor Jones and Sam Anas scored for the third-seeded Bobcats, who got 33 saves from Garteig.
Colgate (19-12-5) will face No. 1 Union in Saturday's title game at 7:30 p.m. EDT, while Quinnipiac will await its opponent next weekend in the opening round of the NCAA tournament.
Both teams barely had time to settle in before Colgate generated a good scoring chance in the second overtime. Darcy Murphy just missed connecting with Joe Wilson on a cross-ice pass as they drove toward the net.
But the Raiders converted on the next shift, as Baun's shot rebounded off Garteig and to Spink on the opposite post for the game-winner.
"It was overtime, so I was just looking for a shoot-first mentality, and Tyson was just driving the net hard," Baun said.
Baun scored the game-tying goal at 19:05 in the third, jumping on a loose puck and pushing it past Garteig to send the game to overtime.
"He comes up at big times and that's what good players do," Vaughan said. "No one attacks the play and separates the puck from the man as well as Kyle Baun. It didn't surprise me that it was him on the end of that."
Each team had several good looks in a back-and-forth first overtime. Quinnipiac's Jordan Samuels-Thomas had the puck on the right post and tried to pass it to Matthew Peca on the other side of the net, but Finn dived out to cover the puck at 7:16.
Colgate's Tyson Spink shot high-and-wide from close in on Garteig with just under four minutes left, while Samuels-Thomas ripped a shot from the right circle that Finn smothered at 18:34. The Raiders freshman finished with 10 saves in the first overtime, while Colgate's defense held strong.
"We made a commitment early in the season to play better defense than we thought we did in the second half of last season," Vaughan said. "A lot of it starts with the skill set to begin with; we don't give up a lot of time and space. We never quit on our play. And that's what you have to do against that the team, they come so hard and have so many weapons."
With the teams skating four-on-four early in the second, Kellen Jones threaded the puck to his twin brother Connor in the neutral zone. Connor broke in alone on Finn, beating the Raiders' goalie to put Quinnipiac up 1-0 at 2:54.
Anas' power-play blast at 15:37 in the second made it 2-0 for the Bobcats. It was the freshman's team-leading 22nd goal of the season.
Colgate cut the lead to one on Black's goal just under two minutes later.
"I don't know if it was the worst goal we gave up this year, but it might be," Quinnipiac coach Rand Pecknold said of Black's goal, which came after the Bobcats mishandled the puck behind the net.
"We had a couple mistakes that cost us and a couple of missed opportunities," Quinnipiac captain Cory Hibbeler said.
It's the second straight year that Quinnipiac has lost in the league semifinals. The Bobcats (24-8-6) were shut out by Brown last year before beating Yale in the consolation game.
But without a third-place game this season, Quinnipiac doesn't have the benefit of a live game to get things back in order entering the NCAA tournament.
"Last year was a little different in that there was a consolation game, so we reloaded for that and beat Yale," Pecknold said. "But it's a good group of guys and we certainly stubbed our toe today and didn't finish off as we should. We played pretty well, but we need to be better."
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Please visit BaoBao Festival at our new website baobaofoundation.org
Click the link for a schedule of events, tickets and more information!
13th Annual BaoBao Festival!
March 9-12th, 2016
BaoBao Festival's mission is to entertain, educate and build community in Colorado through artistic performances inspired by West African tradition and culture.
For the past ten years BaoBao Festival has brought local, national, and international performers to Colorado for a celebration of Africa's age-old community theater experience of gathering under the baobab tree. The Festival is an exciting celebration that weaves together West African singing, storytelling, drumming and dance.
What will you see at BaoBao Festival performances?
Theatrical dancing and drumming by former members of the Ghana National Dance Ensemble who travel here from around the world (click here for more information about BaoBao Festival Performers):
BaoBao Fest provides a unique opportunity to see traditional costumes and contemporary designs, throughout the show.
In the spirit of the community gathering under the BaoBao tree, the Boulder performance includes an array of local talent.
1000 Voices, a singing ensemble led by Nii Armah Sowah:
Check out our photo galleries and videos to enjoy more BaoBao Festival moments.
BaoBao Festival is made possible through the generous support of our sponsors: