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Hi All,
I seem to see that some people are able to transcode .mkv files to the 360. Every-time i try to play these files i get an error on the 360 saying unable to play content. I have not had any issues with any other files that i am trying to play.
All the content i have works fine with the PS3 from streaming to transcoding. Is there a step that i am missing on getting it to transcode mkv to the 360.
TVersity used to transcode to the 360 without any issues but that also does not work when i tested this time(have not used in a while). Also TVersity upscales the image on the 360 but the PS3M does not on the 360 but does on the PS3.
I found the debugging file. looks like this is the error "[Thread-23] DEBUG 12:34:59.529 Couldn't open codec wmav2, br=256." Any help would be grateful.
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[Timer-1] DEBUG 12:34:59.377 Buffered Space: 0 bytes / inputs: 0
[Thread-24] DEBUG 12:34:59.521 AVS file format detected.
[Thread-24] DEBUG 12:34:59.521 VIDEO: [YV12] 1280x720 12bpp 23.976 fps 0.0 kbps ( 0.0 kbyte/s)
[Thread-24] DEBUG 12:34:59.521 [V] filefmt:38 fourcc:0x32315659 size:1280x720 fps:23.976 ftime:=0.0417
[Thread-24] DEBUG 12:34:59.521 ==========================================================================
[Thread-24] DEBUG 12:34:59.521 Opening audio decoder: [pcm] Uncompressed PCM audio decoder
[Thread-24] DEBUG 12:34:59.521 AUDIO: 48000 Hz, 6 ch, s16le, 4608.0 kbit/100.00% (ratio: 576000->576000)
[Thread-24] DEBUG 12:34:59.521 Selected audio codec: [pcm] afm: pcm (Uncompressed PCM)
[Thread-24] DEBUG 12:34:59.521 ==========================================================================
[Thread-23] DEBUG 12:34:59.521 ** MUXER_LAVF *****************************************************************
[Thread-21] INFO 12:34:59.521 Result of \\.\pipe\mencoder1249385695358 : true
[Thread-23] DEBUG 12:34:59.521 REMEMBER: MEncoder's libavformat muxing is presently broken and can generate
[Thread-23] DEBUG 12:34:59.521 INCORRECT files in the presence of B-frames. Moreover, due to bugs MPlayer
[Thread-23] DEBUG 12:34:59.521 will play these INCORRECT files as if nothing were wrong!
[Thread-23] DEBUG 12:34:59.521 *******************************************************************************
[Thread-24] DEBUG 12:34:59.521 OK, exit.
[Thread-24] DEBUG 12:34:59.522 Opening video filter: [expand osd=1]
[Thread-24] DEBUG 12:34:59.522 Expand: -1 x -1, -1 ; -1, osd: 1, aspect: 0.000000, round: 1
[Thread-24] DEBUG 12:34:59.522 ==========================================================================
[Thread-24] DEBUG 12:34:59.523 Opening video decoder: [raw] RAW Uncompressed Video
[Thread-24] DEBUG 12:34:59.523 VDec: vo config request - 1280 x 720 (preferred colorspace: Planar YV12)
[Thread-24] DEBUG 12:34:59.523 VDec: using Planar YV12 as output csp (no 0)
[Thread-24] DEBUG 12:34:59.523 Movie-Aspect is undefined - no prescaling applied.
[Thread-24] DEBUG 12:34:59.523 videocodec: libavcodec (1280x720 fourcc=32564d57 [WMV2])
[Thread-24] DEBUG 12:34:59.523 [VE_LAVC] Using constant qscale = 1.000000 (VBR).
[Thread-24] DEBUG 12:34:59.528 Selected video codec: [rawyv12] vfm: raw (RAW YV12)
[Thread-24] DEBUG 12:34:59.528 ==========================================================================
[Thread-24] DEBUG 12:34:59.529 Exiting...
[Thread-23] DEBUG 12:34:59.529 Couldn't open codec wmav2, br=256.
[Thread-21] DEBUG 12:34:59.544 EOF
[win32/mencoder.exe] DEBUG 12:34:59.559 EOF
[win32/mencoder.exe] TRACE 12:34:59.559 Process C:\Program Files\PS3 Media Server\win32\mencoder.exe has a return code of 1! Maybe an error occured... check the log file
[Timer-1] DEBUG 12:35:01.377 Buffered Space: 0 bytes / inputs: 0
[New I/O server worker #1-1] DEBUG 12:35:01.527 Ready to Stop: true
[New I/O server worker #1-1] DEBUG 12:35:01.527 Sent to socket: Accept-Ranges: bytes
[New I/O server worker #1-1] DEBUG 12:35:01.527 Sent to socket: Connection: keep-alive
[New I/O server worker #1-1] DEBUG 12:35:01.527 Sent to socket: Content-Type: video/x-ms-wmv
[New I/O server worker #1-1] DEBUG 12:35:01.527 Sent to socket: Server: Windows_7-x86-6.1, UPnP/1.0, PMS/1.11.350
[Timer-1] DEBUG 12:35:03.377 Buffered Space: 0 bytes / inputs: 0
[Thread-25] INFO 12:35:04.027 Stopping process: win32/mencoder.exe
[Thread-25] INFO 12:35:04.027 Destroying buffer


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The South Tahoe Boys Basketball Program would like to thank Paul and Judy Bruso and their staff at Ernie's for hosting our 6th Annual Ernie's Burger night. With the generous donation of their restaurant, staff and time, our program was able to raise $1,850. We served more than 200 meals. Thanks again Ernie's!Coach Chris ProctorSouth Tahoe Boys Basketball
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Are you sick of your friends who can't stop talking about the inauguration? Then you're really going to hate Twitter today. A special edition of the Twitterati to catch up with this morning's chattiness:
Jennifer 8. Lee of the New York Times had her importance recognized on arrival.
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Just updated to the latest SVN (r486 at the time of writing) in Eclipse.
Eclipse reports a missing jar: hamcrest-all-1.3.0RC2.jar from lib.
It is presumably a runtime-only lib because it seems to compile ok. Possibly it is not used anymore and needs to be removed from the Eclipse project .classpath file?
I will raise an issue but I thought you might want a heads up.


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Holocaust Denial on Trial, Trial Judgment: Electronic Edition, by Charles GrayTable of Contents
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Irving's response: Hitler's knowledge of and complicity in the gassing programme
6.133 Turning to the issue of Hitler's knowledge of and complicity in the gassing programme, Irving argued that there is no evidence that Hitler was personally involved in the decision to transfer the gas vans which had been used in connection with the euthanasia programme to the East to assist in liquidating Jews there. Longerich replied that Hitler was intimately involved with the euthanasia programme, so it is logical to assume that he would have been similarly involved in the transfer of the equipment and personnel to the eastern front once the euthanasia programme was halted. The documents show that the Fuhrerkanzlerei was involved in the transfer and the Chancellery reported to Hitler.
6.134 Irving argued that, at least until October 1943, it remained Hitler's preferred solution to the Jewish problem that the Jews should ultimately be deported but not until the war was over. Whilst he accepted that, at least in general terms, Hitler was aware that Jews were being shot in large numbers by the Einsatzgruppen, he contended that the evidence does not establish Hitler's involvement in or his knowledge of Operation Reinhard, that is, the operation involving the killing of hundreds of thousands of Jews in gas chambers at the Reinhard death camps. Irving's stance was that, whilst Hitler had no excuse for not knowing about the extermination programme from October 1943 onwards, the documents are unhelpful as to his state of knowledge over the previous 18 months or so. In this context Irving again emphasised that there is no "Hitler Befehl" (Hitler order). The eminent German historian Hilfberg originally claimed that there had been but in later editions he took out all references to there having been such an order. Irving criticised Browning's claim that Hitler gave signals and set expectations as "frightfully vague". But he did recognise that, if Hitler had been informed of the killings prior to October 1943, he would have raised no objection.
6.135 As to the Wannsee conference, said Irving, Hitler was not present and there is no evidence that he was apprised of the discussions which there took place. Heydrich's claim to have the authority of Hitler was either pro forma or a false claim designed to provide reassurance to those present.
6.136 Irving underlined the fact that from 1938 right through to 24 July 1942, as evidenced by his Table Talk for that day, Hitler continued to talk of the Madagascar plan. Browning agreed that until about 1940 that was a concrete plan on which the Nazis people were working which they might have attempted to implement but he asserted that after 1940 it became an anti-semitic fantasy. Irving maintained that Hitler's preferred solution to the Jewish question was deportation and not genocide.
6.137 Irving accepted that SS General Wolff, one of whose roles was to act as a conduit between Himmler and Hitler, would have told Hitler about the transports of Jews to the death camps. But he relied on the post-war recollection of Wolff (dismissed by Longerich as self-serving) that he was certain that Hitler did not know what was going on. Irving produced an extract made in manuscript from a document contained in the Munich archive in which Wolff is recorded as having said in 1952 that only 70 odd people ranging from Himmler to Hess (whose association went back to the 1920s) were involved in the extermination of the Jews. When the complete document was obtained, it became apparent that Wolff had said that "probably" (wohl) only those 70 had been involved. Wolff is also recorded as having said that Bormann and Himmler were the real culprits; they had taken the view that the Jewish problem had to be dealt with without Hitler "getting his fingers dirty". Himmler is said by Wolff to have taken the whole burden on his own shoulders for the sake of the German people and their Fuhrer. Irving relied heavily on this document, emanating from someone close to both Himmler and Hitler, as convincing evidence that Hitler was not implicated in or even aware of the killing in the death camps.
6.138 Dealing with the Wolff document, Longerich described it as "interesting" in that it refers to millions of Jews having been killed and to "the gassing idea" probably having emerged when an epidemic broke out. He observed parenthetically that in his translation Irving translated Ausrottung as "extermination". But Longerich was distinctly unimpressed by the record of the interview as a whole: Wolff was plainly concerned to distance himself from the events of the Holocaust. Unless he placed on record his denial that Hitler had any knowledge of the murders, it might be inferred, since he was the conduit between Himmler and Hitler, that he was himself implicated. Moreoever Wolff was and remained an admirer of Hitler anxious to portray him in the best light. Longerich was unable to accept that Himmler was acting unilaterally, not least because he had himself referred to the burden of carrying out this very hard order placed on his shoulders by Hitler, when writing to Berger on 28 July 1942. In any event Longerich considered that the figure of seventy for those involved in the "ghastly secret" was too low. Wolff in the interview himself described Himmler as subservient. Longerich observed that this description ill accorded with the notion that Himmler was acting on his own initiative. The interview of Wolff is in his opinion worth little and should be discounted.
6.139 Irving rejected the criticism levelled at him that, in his use of Wolff's recollections, he picked that part which fitted with his thesis about Hitler's ignorance about the mass extermination policy and ignored or suppressed the rest, in particular Wolff's references to gassing and to millions of Jews having been murdered. Irving surmised that Wolff referred to the gassing idea because he had read about it in the newspapers since the war.
6.140 Irving argued that, whilst there may be documents which at least arguably incriminate Himmler, they do not implicate Hitler. Moreover he argued that, when Himmler stated on 28 July 1942 that Hitler had placed on his shoulders the implementation of this very difficult order, what he meant was that Hitler had left it entirely to Himmler to decide by what means to empty the Ostland of Jews. In other words Hitler was not involved. Similarly Irving relied on Himmler's remark of 4 October 1943 that "we do not talk about this between ourselves" as indicating that the exterminations were kept from Hitler. Irving notes that in his speech on 6 October 1942 Himmler claims that it was he, rather than Hitler, who took the decision to extend the shooting to women and children.
6.141 Irving rejected Longerich's claim that it is inconceivable that Himmler did not discuss with Hitler the extermination of Jews by gassing. He dismissed that claim as mere speculation based on little more than the fact that they met and spoke regularly. At the time there were many other more pressing matters to attend to. Longerich answered that it is absurd to argue, as does Irving, that Himmler could have carried out the vast, expensive and logistically complex enterprise behind Hitler's back. Browning likewise argued that, from his understanding of the relationship between the two of them, Himmler was not a man to act without the authority of the Fuhrer. Both Browning and Longerich contend that it was a Hitler order which initiated the executions, which were carried out with the full knowledge and approval of Hitler.
6.142 Irving pointed to the absence from Gauleiter Greiser's letter to Himmler of 1 May 1942, concerning the "special treatment" of 100,0000 Jews in his area, of any reference to Hitler having authorised their being killed. The letter talks entirely of authority having been given by Himmler and Heydrich. Greiser, argued Iriving, would have wanted to be sure that Hitler approved the "special action". Longerich agrees that there is no reference to Hitler having given such authority but claims that it is clear that Greiser was only too keen to conduct the operation and did not feel any need for Hitler's go-ahead.
6.143 Irving referred to the evidence given at Nuremburg by Frank, General Governor of the General Government, who recalled having asked Hitler on 2 July 1944 about rumours of Jews being exterminated. According to Frank, Hitler in reply acknowledged that executions were going on but apart from that claimed to know nothing. When Frank persisted, Hitler suggested Frank should ask Himmler.
6.144 In answer to the criticism made of him that he omitted to mention that Frau Schroeder had written to the journalist Gita Sereny that Hitler knew what was being done about the Jewish question by virtue of his private conversations with Himmler, Irving testified in the course of the present trial on 21 February 2000 that he had not done so because Ms Sereny had produced no record or notes or anything of any such interview, so he had concluded that she was making the whole thing up. It was then put to him that in a parallel action he had written to solicitors acting for Ms Sereny seeking specific disclosure of notes of that and other interviews. In reply their dated 10 February 2000 Ms Sereny's solicitors had informed Irving that there were no notes because Frau Schroeder had imparted her information about Hitler by means of a letter which had already been disclosed. The solicitors gave Irving the disclosure number. Irving repudiated the suggestion put to him later that his early answer on 21 February had to his knowledge been false. He claimed that he had not had time to look out the letter to which Ms Sereny's solicitors had referred him. He refused to withdraw the allegation that Ms Sereny had made the whole thing up.
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It took two days to complete, but the Neosho and Diamond Lady Wildcats made Monday's game official on Tuesday as Neosho came away with a 55-26 victory at Diamond High School.
Neosho continued to, shall we say, surge, again on Tuesday after play was suspended the night before with them leading 25-6 in the second quarter when the power suddenly went out. The teams picked up where they left off, however, and Neosho never missed a beat.
Morgan Rathmann, who was well on her way to a big game on Monday, completed the effort with a game-high 18 points to pace Neosho's offense.
"We got off to a good start (Monday) night," Neosho coach Lance Robbins said. "I thought we came out again (Tuesday) and kind of picked up where we left off. We played well on the defensive end.
"Morgan Rathmann did a great job (Monday) and again (Tuesday) of stepping up and hitting shots for us when we needed shots. She's been great all year long and continued to do that tonight. We got good play out of all of our kids. We're working hard every day and hopefully we'll continue to get better."
Neosho (4-3) also got solid performances from Matty Liedtke and Chelsey Henry, who had 10 points each followed by Morgan Rogers with seven, Brooke Stauffer and Corea Lowery four each and Addi Long with two.
Diamond (5-4) was led by Cady Littlefield with nine, Hanna Million five, Macie Seward and Heather Wilson four and Kirsten Eden and Maghen Dresslaer two apiece.
Diamond is at Lockwood at 6 p.m Thursday.
Neosho begins play at the Neosho Holiday Classic on Wednesday.
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The Kansas Supreme Court ordered a change in how the state funds our schools. Late Friday afternoon the Kansas House gave tentative approval to a plan to provide an extra $141 million in aid to poor schools. But the House plan still needs to be reconciled with a different plan passed in the senate late Thursday night.
The Senate's plan could mean a big change for the way many teachers teach and creates confusion over Common Core standards and funding.
Common Core is a new series of standards saying what students should be learning when. It was developed by a group of educators, administrators and researchers from across the country and has been adopted by 44 states, including Kansas.
Over the last couple of years schools like Pray Woodman Elementary in Maize have spent thousands to change how they teach your children. And they say going back to the old way would hurt your kids.
In Crystal May's 4th grade math class the emphasis isn't on getting the right answer but rather on why it's the right answer and how you got it.
"My kids can talk about numbers like I never could talk about numbers," said May. "My kids can do things with the numbers that I could never do."
It's a method of teaching May spent years developing to teach the Common Core standards.
"I had to do a lot of reading, studying, almost practicing some of these techniques myself, before I brought them into the classroom with my children," she said.
Sometimes she still can't believe how well it works.
"I catch myself thinking, 'Ah, I'm not so sure my kids can do this.' But when I give it to them, they surprise me every time," May said. "It's just amazing."
If the Kansas Senate's school funding bill becomes law and ends state funding for Common Core the way May teaches would have to change back.
"That would be so hard for me to do, because I don't think it's the right thing for the kids," she said. "The difference that I see in them, I think it would be a true disservice to the students."
Like many educators she says the bill is unclear on how schools would have to remove Common Core to continue getting state funding.
"To me it means that they wouldn't be able to give any money to the schools at all," she said. "It's just so enmeshed in everything we do, that I'm not sure what they would be able to fund."
The way one educator put it, Common Core says you have to be able to do double digit multiplication by the end of fourth grade. But, the way the senate bill is written, he said, it sounds like you wouldn't be able to teach or test double digit multiplication anymore because it's part of the Common Core.
In addition to halting state spending on Common Core, the Senate plan would grant property tax breaks to families who "home school" or send their children to private school. It also eliminates due process, which requires administrative hearings for public school teachers before they are terminated. And, transportation funding would be cut by more than 16%.


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From left: Eric Lander, Susan Hockfield, Drew Faust, Eli Broad, Edythe Broad, Deval Patrick, David Baltimore
The Broad Institute was founded in 2003 and launched in 2004 through the extraordinary generosity and remarkable vision of Los Angeles-based philanthropists Eli and Edythe Broad. The Broads recognized earlier than almost anyone else the inherent promise of genomics to change medicine, and they saw the need to empower scientists to work together to realize that promise. Their founding gift was intended to provide the resources necessary to allow the institute ten years to build and prove a new, collaborative model of science focused on transforming medicine. The Boston area's pre-eminent biomedical research organizations — Harvard University and its affiliated hospitals, and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology — shared the Broads' vision and joined together with them as the founding partners of the Broad Institute. On September 4, 2008 (photo above), Eli and Edythe Broad announced that they would endow the Broad Institute with an unprecedented $400 million dollar gift in addition to the $200 million already pledged, assuring the permanent status of the young organization. On July 1, 2009, the Broad Institute became a fully realized 501(c)(3) nonprofit research organization.


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BASALT - Whole Foods Market is scrambling to fill the shelves and complete the interior decor of the 26,000-square-foot supermarket it is opening Aug. 15 in Basalt.
The space at Willits Town Center is the tale of two puzzles right now. Specialty coordinators out of Whole Foods' regional office are stocking shelves with goods that aren't time sensitive. The produce, meat, seafood, dairy, bakery and prepared-foods sections will remain bare until closer to the opening. Meanwhile, construction crews flit around the inside making final adjustments.
Roughly 60 jobs were created and filled by Roaring Fork Valley residents. There were 250 applicants. Those hired are going through training now.
Rocky Mountain Regional President Will Paradise said he liked what he saw while touring the Willits store Tuesday afternoon. He said some observers have asked him why the company is opening a store that's only 26,000 square feet. He said it's the perfect size for the Roaring Fork Valley market at this time.
Whole Foods initially planned a grocery store that exceeded 40,000 square feet. Plans changed when the recession hit. A Chicago firm that was former owner and developer of Willits Town Center twice failed to meet conditions of a contract to deliver the shell of a building to the natural grocer chain.
Whole Foods Market stuck with plans to open in Basalt despite the poor economy and the midvalley development's fiscal woes.
"It was close to not happening," Paradise said.
The key was scaling down the project. A third contract was signed with Mariner Real Estate Management, a company that acquired most of Willits Town Center out of foreclosure. Mariner turned over the exterior shell in mid-May.
The Willits store, officially dubbed Whole Foods Market Roaring Fork, will be No. 332 opened by the national chain. Of those stores, roughly 70 are smaller than the Willits store, Paradise said. Several of the smaller stores are "killing it" in sales, he said.
Paradise remains confident the store will do well in the Roaring Fork Valley, as well, relying on customers of all types, from wealthy second-home owners in Aspen to middle-class families throughout the valley.
Whole Foods is aware that valley residents are driving to its stores on the Front Range as well as the Target store in Glenwood Springs and Costco in Gypsum. That leads company officials to believe they will come from throughout the valley to the Willits store.
Customers won't get shortchanged because of the size of the Willits store, Paradise said.
"I think people are going to find what they're looking for here," he said.
The store will stock everything customers are accustomed to, maybe just not as wide of a variety as other, larger stores, said Ben Friedland, Whole Foods Market spokesman. The Willits store will stock "the best of the best," he said.
The best, in this case, includes beef from Crystal River Meats in Carbondale, produce from throughout the Western Slope, special baked goods from Midland Bakery in Basalt and goat cheese from Avalanche Cheese Co. of Basalt. All told, more than 40 Colorado vendors signed up to provide goods, many of them from the Roaring Fork Valley.
Roaring Fork Valley residents in focus groups told Whole Foods officials months ago that locally grown food was even more important than organic, Friedland said. The grocer has responded by going "super-local," he said. And customers will get the message.
"You walk in the store, and you're going to have piles of peaches from Palisade," Friedland said.
The wood for an ample number of produce bins came from beetle-killed pine in Colorado.
Customers can take a sneak peek for themselves. Tours will be offered Aug. 12 and 13. Groups of 20 will be led through the store every 15 minutes.
"Our goal is to get 1,000 people through the store," Friedland said.
Sign up at www.facebook.com, and search for "Whole Foods Market Roaring Fork."


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For most waterfowl hunters, the hunting season never lasts quite long enough. Just when it seems the ducks are finally plentiful or when you're looking for a bright spot to end the season, it's time to put the guns away for those eight or so long months until the next one opens. But for more than a decade, hunters have found some consolation in federally litigated light goose hunting, which lasts as long as the geese are around. So what made the government step in and throw hunters a bone? The answer is actually a matter of ecosystem conservation.
In the late 1990s, then-DU-Chief-Biologist Dr. Bruce Batt served as chairman of a committee anxious to address a very serious conservation problem: overabundant mid-continent snow geese causing damage to arctic and sub-arctic nesting grounds critical to a variety of other waterfowl and wildlife. With the light goose population increasing by five percent each year, Batt and his fellow committee members performed population modeling and made a recommendation to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and the Canadian Wildlife Service that pleased many waterfowl hunters.
"We were concerned about the degradation of this habitat in the arctic and sub-arctic regions, and we found the best way to control adult survival was to relax hunting restrictions on snow, blue and Ross's geese," Batt said. "This option made the most sense. Hunting is a socially acceptable pastime, hunters are educated in the proper methods and they could help our cause at basically no cost to the government or private conservation organizations."
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President Franklin D. Roosevelt signs the Migratory Bird Hunting and Conservation Stamp Act into law.
First duck stamp, designed by Pulitzer-prize winning editorial cartoonist, Jay N. "Ding" Darling, issued.
Prairie drought peaks.


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Published: Thursday, March 21, 2013 at 3:30 a.m.
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Fans players and friends react on twitter to Mal Moore's decision to step down at the University of Alabama's Athletic Director.
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Donald Trump has dropped a lawsuit he filed against Bill Maher, claiming the comedian and TV host went back on a promise to donate $5 million to charity if Trump could prove he was not part orangutan.
Give us a second while we clean up the food we just spit out of our mouth.
According to TMZ, Trump sued Maher in February, saying Maher skipped out on a promise to donate $5 million to charity if Trump could prove he wasn't part orangutan. Maher made the offer during an appearance on "The Tonight Show," after Trump made his $5 million challenge to President Obama regarding the his birth certificate.
Do you ever wonder if any of these grown men have anything better to do?
In the lawsuit, Trump said he formally responded to Maher's challenge with a copy of his birth certificate, proving he's the "son of Fred Trump," who we're guessing isn't a monkey. Though Trump should be the first person to acknowledge that a supposed birth certificate isn't real proof of anything.
TMZ said Trump filed papers on March 29 in Los Angeles County Superior Court to dismiss the case. However, Trump's rep the battle may not be over.
"The lawsuit was temporarily withdrawn to be amended and refiled at a later date," says Michael Cohen, Trump's executive vice president and special counsel.
Hopefully some DNA tests are being done as we speak. Many of us want an explanation for that hair.
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PGA of Australia chief executive Brian Thorburn announced Monday that the tournament would be moved away from the Sunshine Coast region where it has been staged since 2000. The venue for the 2013 tournament has not been disclosed.
Thorburn said a "lack of flexibility of dates ... and signage matters" prompted golf's national governing body to seek alternatives to the resort owned by mining magnate Clive Palmer.
The contract with the resort had been in jeopardy since the 26-foot mechanical T-Rex nicknamed "Jeff"—placed between the ninth green and 10th tee—generated international headlines and plenty of jokes. Palmer agreed to turn off the movement sensors on the dinosaur so it didn't flip its tail or open its mouth for a menacing roar during the tournament.
He also put up more than 60 signs around the golf course to promote his business interests, which include his plan to build a replica of the Titanic. Some of those signs were in the landing areas on the fairways and forced organizers of the championship, which dates to 1905, to mark those areas "ground under repair" during the tournament.


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There really are no words to describe this video other than "completely insane." But let's try: here is a ridiculously edited discussion of a sex tape from a recent The View, juxtaposed with Rob Lowe talking about his own sex tape on Oprah, Satan Lady on Dr. Phil with lots of weird props added into and onto the ladies for your, uh, viewing enjoyment? We don't even know. We just don't want to watch this alone.
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Published: Friday, November 9, 2012 at 7:43 a.m.
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HENDERSONVILLE — Lillian Catherine Wertz, 83, of Hendersonville, died Thursday November 8, 2012 at Mission Hospital.
Funeral arrangements will be announced by Thos. Shepherd & Son Funeral Directors.
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CORPUS CHRISTI – In the championship game of the Emerald Beach Islanders Classic the Texas A&M – Corpus Christi women's basketball team fell just short, as the Islanders lost 58-55 on Saturday.
Once again, Jasmine Shaw led the way for the Islanders with another 20-point performance, putting up 22 to make her way on the All-Tournament Team. Senior Ashley Darley also was put on the team, as she knocked down eight points in the game for a tournament total of 21.
Taryn Gregory also added 12 points to go along with a team-high five assists, picking up several in key transition plays late in the game.
After going 8-27 in the first half, the Islanders got into a rhythm offensively in the second, accumulating a 46 percent average from the field in the final twenty minutes of play. They also went 11-14 from the line in the second half.
It was a quick start for Fairfield, as they scored eight unanswered points to begin the game. The Islanders came right back though, scoring the next four points to make it 8-4 at the first media timeout.
Shola Adebayo would come off the bench and start right where she left off from last game, drilling a three before slicing down the lane to make it a 14-10 ballgame with the Stags still ahead.
After Fairfield went on a 7-2 run to open the lead up to a 21-12, head coach Royce Chadwick called a timeout to gather his team. The Islanders responded, especially one of their senior leaders, as Gregory scored four during A&M – Corpus Christi's 6-0 run to trim the deficit to just five.
The teams would both go on a four-minute scoreless streak before the Stags gathered an offensive rebound and put it back in to go back up by seven with one minute left in the half. It was a quick response by the Islanders though, as Shaw came right back down the court and found an opening in the lane to make it 18-23 with the clock winding down.
A make and a miss on the charity stripe for Fairfield, followed by a shot rimming out for Alissa Campanero at the buzzer, would send the Islanders to the locker room facing a 24-18 deficit.
The Islanders got off to a hot start offensively in the second half, as Shaw knocked down a triple on the team's first possession of the half to bring the Islanders within three.
Once again, Fairfield would not let A&M – Corpus Christi get any closer for the moment, as it two consecutive layups would extend the lead back to seven.
The Islanders would finally break through though, as after Gregory pulled down a defensive board and found Shaw on the outlet for the easy bucket, Darley would come right back down to hit a running jumper to give the home team its first lead of the game at the 15:36 mark in the second half.
Over the next four minutes and 48 seconds, neither team was able to grab solid control of the game, as during that stretch there were four changes of possession and three ties to give the Stags a two-point lead with just under 11 minutes left in regulation.
Much like in the first half, the Islanders would inch closer to the Stags, but could not quite catch up and Fairfield would open up its biggest lead of the half after a three pushed the Islander deficit to eight with 3:43 left on the clock.
It was Brittany Mbamalu that had the response for A&M – Corpus Christi, as she came off the bench, making made her first points as an Islander count by knocking down a three to cut the lead to five.
The gap would still loom at five for the Islanders with just 47 ticks left on the clock, but the tide turned for the Islanders, as Fairfield's Brittany Obi-Tabot picked up a foul and was then issued a technical to send the Islanders to the line to shoot four free throws.
Shaw stepped and sank the first two to cut the gap to three, but Lexy Harris was not able to convert on her shots from the line. However, the ball would find its way out of bounds and the Islanders would retain possession with 26 seconds left.
Off of the inbound pass, Shaw's three-point attempt would go just a little long, but once again the ball would go off of a Fairfield defender and A&M – Corpus Christi would have one more shot to tie it.
With seven seconds left on the clock, the ball was inbounded to Gregory and she looked to get it to Shaw to give her another chance to tie it, but she could not and had to swing it over to Adebayo, but she was unable to get off a three and Fairfield would go on to win the Emerald Beach Islanders Classic by a score of 58-55.
After playing two games in two days, the Islanders will get a quick break, as they resume action on Thursday, Nov. 14 as Southern Utah makes the trip to the Coastal Bend. The game will be played in the Dugan Wellness Center with tip scheduled for 7 p.m.
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Friday, 11/04/2005
Convocation Center, Northern Illinois University, Dekalb, IL
Set 1: Mr. Completely, Shine, Drifting, Dark and Down, After Midnight, Spin, Sweet Dreams Melinda, Waves[1], Never[1], Love That Breaks All Lines[1], Pebbles and Marbles[1], Money, Love and Change, Wherever You Find It, Low
Encore: Come As Melody
[1] Trey solo acoustic.
Notes: Tea Leaf Green opened. This setlist is unconfirmed as recordings of the performance do not circulate. Trey performed "Waves" through "Pebbles and Marbles" solo acoustic.
Musicians: Trey Anastasio, Jennifer Hartswick, Skeeto Valdez, Ray Paczkowski, Christina Durfee, Les Hall, Tony Hall


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Not surprisingly, industries operating in a free market tend to emulate and implement successful practices from divergent industries. This tendency is particularly true for technology-based industries such as biopharmaceuticals and software development—two industries that are customer-focused and rapidly changing. Although the term "platform" dates back hundreds of years, the concept of developing a platform or framework off of which subsequent products can be launched originated in software development. Current industry leaders in software development have implemented this concept with great success. Over the past decade or so, biopharmaceutical companies have applied platform processes to various aspects of their operations. The concept has gained considerable traction within the field of bioprocess development as an increasing number of groups have implemented it and begun touting its benefits in quick succession. However, as with any idea, there are benefits as well as disadvantages that need to be assessed prior to and concurrent with implementation.
The central argument in favor of a platform process, particularly in the context of bioprocess development, is that it expedites project timelines. By leveraging similarities between new molecules, a platform process enables resources to be deployed efficiently, reducing costs while also shrinking timelines. Everything from cell-culture expansion steps to filter sizing can be grouped together to form a comprehensive, thaw-to-formulation platform process. Particularly in the context of preclinical and early-phase clinical production needs, platform processes allow for rapid development of molecules. Even for late-phase clinical production needs, a platform process provides a starting point for subsequent development, readying a process for regulatory approval and eventual commercialization.More specifically, platform processes also allow bioprocess development groups to focus on those aspects of the process that require greater evaluation or development such as viral clearance and bioreactor harvest criteria. For instance, viral clearance must be demonstrated under the conditions employed during purification steps to ensure the safety of the end product. Orthogonal steps capable of removing viral contaminants by alternate modes of action must be employed, with the performance of each step quantified. Because each molecule is different, with different physiochemical properties such as its isoelectric point (pI), and purified under slightly different conditions (i.e., buffers, pH, and conductivity), viral clearance must be demonstrated routinely. Similarly, specific cell-culture conditions can degrade the desired product based on culture duration (i.e., temperature and pH), cell viability, and the onset of apoptosis.
Determining how these and other factors affect product quality is vital to successful transfer and implementation of a GMP process. It is crucial to understand these operations because of their potential to affect release of the final product. Therefore, both operations need to be explored in detail. With a platform process in-hand, many noncritical operations can be ignored and run based on the platform, focusing instead on critical operations such as the two described above. This ability to prioritize effectively while maintaining a high level of process understanding is another benefit of platform technology.
Another realized benefit of employing platform processes is that it simplifies the complexity of the interactions taking place between groups inside and more importantly outside of the process development group. Groups such as quality assurance, quality control, logistics/supply chain, and manufacturing can all benefit from process development's use of platform processes. For instance, vendors for everything from growth media to chromatography resins can be assessed once (audited and certified by quality assurance) and relied upon routinely because multiple programs will use the same raw materials and consumables. Similarly, specifications defined by quality control and material numbers defined by logistics can be defined once and be used for multiple programs. Implementation of a platform process also espouses confidence in manufacturing groups because preparing and executing batch records are simplified. In other words, all of these groups external to process development benefit from standardized, well-defined workflows that have been previously tested and shown to be effective; a hallmark of a true platform process. In fact, the better the platform, the more these desirable characteristics can be achieved.


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Kenny Chesney's a warm weather kind of guy - but no matter how low the temperature dips this fall, he'll be ready to perform. Kenny's headed to New York next month to take part in the Thanksgiving week festivities as part of the "Today Show" morning concert series. He'll perform three songs, and he can't wait. "When you're out there on Rockefeller Plaza, you can see all those people looking right straight at you" said Kenny. "You throw the music at them, and they throw it back! It's about the coolest thing there is." No doubt temps will be a little "un-island-like." "It's not like I've never been in the snow or the cold," countered Kenny, "but if you get to pick between 75 degrees and sunny or icy cold and snow which would you choose? Even when it comes to skiing, I'm much more water than snow."
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In other Terrebonne Parish Council Action: Aug. 29
Published: Wednesday, August 28, 2013 at 6:01 a.m.
Last Modified: Wednesday, August 28, 2013 at 11:00 p.m.
The following is a rundown of all action taken by the Terrebonne Parish Council at its Wednesday meeting. All members were present and all votes were unanimous unless otherwise noted.
Action: Approved an ordinance to levy the 2013 millage rates to be used for the 2014 budget year.
Action: Approved an ordinance to allocate $938,400 of sewer revenue bonds to make improvements to the parish sewer system.
Action: Approved an ordinance to amend the 2013 budget for the following items:
— $9,023 for boat launches.
— $145,560 for Houma Police Department vehicles.
— $22,437 for a weatherization program.
— $58 to the Coastal Restoration Department (Christmas tree donation).
— $130,000 for Fireman's Skate Park.
— $1.5 million for upgrades to bio-filter pumps at the North Treatment Plant.
Action: Approved an ordinance to allow people with family plots in parish-owned cemeteries to obtain burial permits in advance.
Action: Approved an ordinance to allow the parish to enter into an agreement with the Terrebonne Levee and Conservation District to exchange certain property as needed.
Action: Approved an ordinance to create a no parking zone on T. Baker Street from the north side to the south side from Ruth Street to Williams Avenue.
Action: Approved an ordinance to authorize an agreement for the lease of property at 110 Indigo St. and 107 Fishermans Lane.
Action: Declared the following properties as surplus, adjudicated properties, in which the parish has 100 percent interest:
102 Williams St., 1128 La. 665, 141 Williams St., 156 Sandy Grounds Court, 160 Pitre St., 168 Porche Lane, 183 Orange St., 277 Fishermans Lane, 343 Bayou Dularge Road, 7406 Shrimpers Row, 828 Elder St. and 8965 Grand Caillou Road.
Action: Appointed Tyler Legnon, an H.L. Bourgeois High School student, to serve on the Terrebonne Parish Youth Advisory Council. Appointed Jack Manno, a Vandebilt Catholic High School student, to serve as an alternate member.
Action: Appointed Robert Bergeron and Travis Gravois to serve on the Bayou Cane Fire Protection District Board.
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Today's activity: Hiking to Winnemucca Lake.
Conditions:On a beautiful June day, Michelle takes a hike to Winnemucca Lake. The hike is an easy one, but is about 5 miles roundtrip. Get there via Carson Pass and Highway 88. Kids love this hike as the trails are well maintained and in soon the wildflowers will be in full bloom. Stop at Frog Lake on the way for a break, and since it's too early for wildflowers, out come the fishing poles! Don't forget the bug spray.
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- 'Sons of Anarchy' recap: No dead bodies
- San Jose: One-time 'Sons of Anarchy' actor detained for ditching tab at downtown bar
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- 'Sons of Anarchy' recap: Jax rallies the troops in wake of bombing
- Oct 9:
- 'Sons of Anarchy' recap: Explosive shocker has SAMCRO in disarray
- Oct 8:
- 'Sons of Anarchy' recap: Explosive shocker has SAMCRO in disarray
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- 'Sons of Anarchy' recap: Tensions, body count rise
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- 'Sons of Anarchy' recap: Tensions rise and so does the body count
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- 'Sons of Anarchy' recap: Are we about to say goodbye to a SAMCRO fave?
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- 'Sons of Anarchy' recap: Fallout from school shooting begins
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- 'Sons of Anarchy' recap: Did shocking plot twist go too far?
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- 'Sons of Anarchy' recap: Did shocking plot twist go too far?
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So did your blood freeze when Tig Trager uttered those words as August and his goons walked in on him? Poor Tig. Caught completely by surprise. And now it's payback time. Looks like we're about to say farewell to one of the main men of SAMCRO. But curse you Kurt Sutter for making us wait another week to find out for sure.
Yes, "Sons of Anarchy" left us with quite a juicy little early-season cliffhanger during Tuesday night's episode, "Poenitentia." And those of us who thought the whole Tig issue was put to rest last season when Pope went down are left to worry about him all over again.
August, as we know, wasn't about to let Jax out of an old debt, even if Pope is no longer in the picture. Tig killed Pope's daughter and now Tig apparently must die. It would "send the wrong message" otherwise. And so Jax meets with August under a freeway underpass to deliver the info on Tig's whereabouts down at the port. Do you think Tig had any idea that the kiss Jax planted on his cheek earlier in the day was the kiss of death?
Funny how things work out on this twisted little draconian tale. Clay somehow manages to keep breathing, despite his outrageous sins (Jax now needs him to help deal with the IRA), while Tig, who was spared via Jax's elaborate ruse in Season 5's scintillating finale now might be headed for the grave, thanks to Jax -- unless he can talk, or fight, his way out of this one.
As I watched "Poenitentia," I found myself thinking about just how much Sutter and his writers hang their narrative on the idea that certain characters don't know what's going on with other characters. So many secrets. Of course, all dramas use this technique to a certain extent, but on "SOA," it runs rampant:
-- Jax had no idea that Tig murdered that Iranian thug, so he was caught completely off guard when the drive-by shooting at the bakery went down. And he certainly doesn't know what Tara has up her sleeve. Or what Bobby is up to.
-- Nero doesn't know that Jax had his cousin's old lady killed via pillow smothering.
-- Auggie doesn't know that Jax had a hand in Pope's death.
-- Our D.A. lady, who so desperately, wants to find Matthew's mother, doesn't know that she's dead and buried somewhere in the woods. And she certainly isn't aware that Lee Toric, the man she has aligned herself with, is a psycho scum ball who callously kills women in his motel room (and plans to frame Nero), or has a habit of torturing dudes by converting their mouths into bottle openers. Yikes. What a prime-time freak-o this guy is!
Oh, yes, so many dirty little secrets. So many potential time bombs that could blow up in various faces. When will they come to light?
So what did you think of "Poenitentia" (which apparently is a Latin term for repentance)? Are you prepared to say goodbye to Tig? Or do you think he'll be spared? Could it be just a big tease?
And, finally, were you creeped out as much as we were by the sight of a near-naked Donal Logue? Please share.
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Our elected president and vice president raised their hands and took an oath to" preserve, protect and defend" the Constitution of the United States (again). All of it and not selected parts that they like!
The Second Amendment of that document, one of the cherished Bill of Rights, is very clear. "A well, regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a Free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed."
The right of the people to bear arms is clearly assumed. This right shall not be infringed, modified, amended, etc.
If Mr. Biden, President Obama and their congressional colleagues want to protect our schools, theaters, public places of all sorts, they have to find a better solution than to infringe on that right. No questions asked, period.
There is a wonderful play-movie-book out at the moment, "Les Miserables.
Watch it and then ask if the citizens at the top of that barricade at the battle of the Bastille would agree that they should not be armed.
That was a battle between the citizens and the police forces of the day. The police were the armed. The citizens had to fight with sticks, stones, and clubs.
This event has occurred in every dying society for the last 11,000 years, studied by Mr. and Mrs. Durant. Who are they? They wrote all 11 volumes of "The History of Civilization."
When the ruling class, king, president, etc., lose sight and contact with the real needs of the citizens, they will rise up and bring them down. That is why that amendment exists in the first place. Our constitutional designers were coming out of feudal Europe. It won't happen again, you say? Guess again.
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The Azimut 82 made her debut about a year ago, replacing the successful Azimut 80 Carat.
Ask an American to pick between style and substance, and chances are good he'll go for substance. Ask the same question of an Italian and he'll likely answer that style IS substance. Lucky the dudes who gave us Armani and Ferrari also bring plenty of substance to the table with their high-styled yachts.
Italian builder Azimut last fall unveiled its new 82, a replacement for the tried-and-true Azimut 80 Carat, which had been in the line for eight years. The 82 is a muscular, feature-rich yacht with flash and flair—a testament to those indefinable things that make guys in Italian suits stand out from the crowd.
Dinner at the Club?
Make no mistake here: the Azimut 82 was not built for nautical curmudeons. It's, well, a shade on the flashy side. If you can get past that though, this boat has plenty to offer, especially if you fancy beating everyone else to the club bar.
The Italians don't do trawlers. Vessels in this size range from Italy generally are well-endowed under the hood. In the case of the Azimut 82, a pair of Cat C-32s generating 1,675 hp each will wind the boat up to a hissing 28 knots, according to reports.
A retractable soft cover in the hard top on the flybridge quickly turns sunshine into shelter. The hard/soft top also covers a massage tub equipped for five. The expansive lounge on the foredeck provides space for al fresco dining or unfiltered sun worshipping.
For most people, the Azimut 82 is a thing of beauty. Many square meters of glass bring outdoor and indoor environments together. The vertical bank windows amidships flank the master stateroom. The horizontal window forward illuminates the VIP.
The Azimut 82 accommodates eight in a full-beam master, a VIP forward and two guest staterooms between. Two crew fit aft.
The saloon and dining area on the Azimut 82 is no place for a traditionalist – unless you are a Saudi Prince, then all of the pillows and gold will make you feel right at home. Is that gold leather? Well, at least it won't soak up the cabernet. Careful of that white rug though.
Again, the master suite amidships is as modern as tomorrow, and you have to love the "windows." Look at the curtains! The whole thing has the distinct feel of a luxury suite in a trendy five-star hotel. Not pictured: his and hers heads with a hydro massage and shower, a lounge area, a vanity corner and wardrobes.
Like the master, the VIP stateroom forward benefits from scads of natural light. And again, the space feels more like a deluxe hotel room than a stateroom on a boat.
The lower helm is complemented by a settee, which makes it an appealing, sunlit, climate-controlled gathering space. We are big believers in having two people at the helm, particularly when going fast or at night. With all of this room, certainly Azimut could fit in a companion seat.
Azimut has crunched the instrument console down to the size of that of a big center console. More power to them. We always worry about visibility forward with arrangements like this though, especially when sitting. Lowering the whole console won't hurt.
If you like to go fast—and you prefer Armani over Brooks Brothers—an Azimut 82 might suit you just fine.
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Dental implant surgery is a procedure that replaces tooth roots with metal, screw-like posts and replaces damaged or missing teeth with artificial teeth that look and function much like real ones. Dental implant surgery can offer a welcome alternative to dentures or bridgework that doesn't fit well.
How dental implant surgery is performed depends on the type of implant and the condition of your jawbone. But all dental implant surgery occurs in stages and may involve several procedures. The major benefit of implants is solid support for your new teeth — a process that requires the bone to heal tightly around the implant. Because this healing requires time, the process can take many months.
Dental implants are surgically placed in your jawbone, where they serve as the roots of missing teeth. Because the titanium in the implants fuses with your jawbone, the implants won't slip, make noise or cause bone damage the way fixed bridgework or dentures might. And the materials can't decay like your own teeth that support regular bridgework can.
In general, dental implants may be right for you if you:
Like any surgery, dental implant surgery poses some health risks. Problems are rare, though, and when they do occur they're usually minor and easily treated. Risks include:
Because dental implants require one or more surgical procedures, you must have a thorough evaluation to prepare for the process, including a:
Tell your doctor about any medical conditions and any medications you take, including prescription and over-the-counter drugs and supplements. If you have certain heart conditions or orthopedic implants, your doctor may prescribe antibiotics before surgery to help prevent infection.
To control pain, anesthesia options during surgery include local anesthesia, sedation or general anesthesia. Talk to your dental specialist about which option is best for you. Your dental care team will instruct you about eating and drinking before surgery, depending on what type of anesthesia you have. If you're having general anesthesia, plan to have someone take you home after surgery and expect to rest for the remainder of the day.
Dental implant surgery is usually an outpatient surgery performed in stages:
The entire process can take many months from start to finish — three to nine months and sometimes longer. Much of that time is devoted to healing and waiting for the growth of new bone in your jaw.
If your jawbone isn't thick enough or is too soft, you may need bone grafting before you can have dental implant surgery. That's because the powerful chewing action of your mouth exerts great pressure on your bone, and if it can't support the implant, the surgery likely would fail. A bone graft can create a more solid base for the implant.
With bone grafting, a piece of bone is removed from another part of your jaw or your body — your hip, for example — and transplanted to your jawbone. It may take up to nine months for the transplanted bone to grow enough new bone to support a dental implant. In some cases, you may need only minor bone grafting, which can be done at the same time as the implant surgery. The condition of your jawbone determines how you proceed.
During surgery to place the dental implant, your oral surgeon makes a cut to open your gum and expose the bone. Holes are drilled into the bone where the dental implant metal post will be placed. Since the post will serve as the tooth root, it's implanted deep into the bone.
At this point, you'll still have a gap where your tooth is missing. Usually, a type of partial, temporary denture can be placed for appearance. You can remove this denture for cleaning and while you sleep.
Once the metal implant post is placed in your jawbone, osseointegration (oss-ee-oh-in-tuh-GRAY-shun) begins. During this process, the jawbone grows into and unites with the surface of the dental implant. This process, which can take up to six months, helps provide a solid base for your new artificial tooth — just as roots do for your natural teeth.
When osseointegration is complete, you may need additional surgery to place the abutment — the piece where the crown will eventually attach. This minor surgery is typically done with local anesthesia in an outpatient setting.
To place the abutment:
In many cases, the abutment is attached to the dental implant metal post when the post is implanted. That means you won't need an extra surgical step. Because the abutment juts past the gumline, however, it's visible when you open your mouth — and it will be that way until your dentist completes the tooth prosthesis. Some people don't like that appearance and prefer to have the abutment placed in a separate procedure.
After the abutment is placed, your gums must heal for one or two weeks before the artificial tooth can be attached. Once your gums heal, you'll have more impressions made of your mouth and remaining teeth. These impressions are used to make the crown — your realistic-looking artificial tooth. The crown can't be placed until your jawbone is strong enough to support use of the new tooth.
You and your dental specialist can choose from two main types of artificial teeth:
Whether you have dental implant surgery in one stage or multiple stages, you may experience some of the typical discomforts associated with any type of dental surgery, such as:
If swelling, discomfort or any other problem gets worse in the days after surgery, contact your oral surgeon. You may need pain medications or antibiotics.
After each stage of surgery, you may need to eat soft foods while the surgical site heals — as long as 10 to 14 days. Typically, your surgeon will use stitches that dissolve on their own. If your stitches aren't self-dissolving, your doctor removes them in about 10 days.
Most dental implants are successful. Sometimes, however, the bone fails to fuse sufficiently to the metal implant. Smoking, for example, can contribute to implant failure and complications.
If the bone fails to fuse sufficiently, the implant is removed, the bone is cleaned up, and you can try the procedure again in a month or two.
You can help your dental work — and remaining natural teeth — last longer if you:
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Two decades ago, Barry Gifford was nearly broke and recovering from an illness that left him barely able to read when he woke up in a North Carolina hotel with the voices of a man and woman in his head.
The voices were so vivid that Gifford could have been eavesdropping on the couple's conversation in the next room, he said. But no, the voices came from his imagination, and the couple he dreamed up that night would famously become Sailor Ripley and Lula Pace Fortune, immortalized by Nicolas Cage and Laura Dern in the 1990 David Lynch film, "Wild at Heart."
Gifford, a Berkeley novelist and poet, would go on to write seven novels featuring Sailor and Lula, "the Romeo and Juliet of the South."
The violent satire featuring Sailor and Lula is a "true love story in seven novels," Gifford said recently at the Pacific Film Archive, located on the UC Berkeley campus. He was there to talk about his work, including the film "Perdita Durango," which the archive is showing in its uncut European version Saturday night.
The 1997 Spanish film, shot in English, was a surprise hit abroad but flopped here, where it was released only on video as "Dance with the Devil."
The film had been edited in part to tone down the sex and violence. But the cruelest cut, the one Gifford attributes to ruining the U.S. release, is of footage from the final scene of the 1954 Western "Vera Cruz" with Gregory Peck and Burt Lancaster. Because of a dispute over royalties, the video was released domestically without the scene, considered by film critics to be the movie's finest moment.
Saturday is a rare chance to see "Perdita Durango" as Gifford and director Alex de la Iglesia intended it to be.
In addition, Gifford will be at the screening and answer questions afterward.
The film was part three in the Sailor and Lula saga, "59 degrees and Raining: The Story of Perdita Durango."
The film archive described the film adaptation as a "singed saga of tainted love between carnivorous Ms. Durango and Romeo Doloarosa, a Santeria priest and all-around psychopath."
Gifford wanted to cast then-newcomer Jennifer Lopez as Perdita. "We could make her down and dirty," he said.
Brooklyn actress Rosie Perez, who got her start as a dancer, was cast instead.
Javier Bardem, however, was perfect for the part of Romeo, Gifford said.
At the time, Bardem was a rising star in Spain who was just learning English. During the lead-up to filming, he stayed at Gifford's Berkeley home, where the writer's cats curled up with the sleeping guest.
The actor provided the elusive "magic moment" in the film the minute he stepped on the set with "that ridiculous haircut," Gifford said of the mullet Bardem wore for the movie.
"There has to be something that's memorable, that gets people. Otherwise, why do it," said Gifford, who was once described as the "master of hip disenfranchisement."
The son of a liquor-store owner with a criminal record, Gifford was born in 1946 in a Chicago hotel. He grew up in Chicago and New Orleans surrounded by a colorful cast of show girls, politicians, gamblers and cons who would later show up in his writing.
He had written one screenplay before Lynch called him in the late 1980s to write the screenplay for "Wild at Heart."
Gifford said he turned Lynch down but gave the eccentric director of "Elephant Man" and "Eraserhead" the green light to write the screenplay himself.
"It took him six days," Gifford said.
—'Wild at Heart' changed everything," Gifford, dressed in a sweater and jeans, both black, told the film archive audience.
Gifford and Lynch went on to collaborate on the movie "Lost Highway," which screens before "Perdita Durango" on Saturday.
Over the years, Gifford has published a striking number of essays, novels, screenplays and poetry collections. He founded Black Lizard Press in Berkeley, which revived the hard-bitten crime fiction genre.
The Barry Gifford collection at Stanford University houses 48 boxes of his papers. Gifford said he keeps some control over what happens to his work on its way from paper to the screen, but very little.
Once the screenplay is released, he said, "Anything can happen and generally does.
"Perdita Durango"
What: Rare screening of 1997 film, followed by Q&A with screenwriter Barry Gifford.
When: 9:10 p.m. Saturday. That screening will be preceded by another David Lynch-Barry Gifford collaboration, "Lost Highway." at 6 p.m.
Where: Pacific Film Archive, 2575 Bancroft Way, Berkeley
Info: bampfa.berkeley.edu


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SAN FRANCISCO -- The Giants have spent the vast majority of the last month in fourth place, the result of one dispiriting loss after another. Few of them, however, carried the sting of Friday night's defeat.
Brandon Belt had a grounder go through his legs with two outs and two on in the ninth inning as the Giants blew a late lead and lost to the Chicago Cubs 3-2. The defeat dropped the Giants back to 10 games under .500 and a season-high eight games out of first in the N.L. West.
The Giants had been 37-1 when leading after eight innings, but the ninth-inning trouble started right away. Closer Sergio Romo gave up a leadoff single to Julio Borbon and walked Dioner Navarro. After a strikeout and fielder's choice put runners on the corners, Romo went to a full count on Anthony Rizzo. Rizzo hit a slider to the right side and Belt, usually a strong defensive first baseman, couldn't handle it, allowing the tying and go-ahead runs.
As manager Bruce Bochy came out to pull Romo, Belt walked over to the mound and apologized.
"He did everything he was supposed to," Belt said of Romo. "Even though he knew it already, I wanted to let him know that that was my fault. I just felt bad that that situation happened. I felt bad for Sergio, I felt bad for my teammates. I know I let them down."
Belt's late mistake was the most glaring, but the Giants made several on a night when they couldn't take advantage of Matt Cain's best start of the month.
Cain gave up one run in seven innings after throwing just eight total innings in his three previous starts. He worked through an error in the first and scattered six hits, with the hardest-hit ball being a one-out double by Nate Schierholtz in the sixth. The former Giant scored a batter later when Starlin Castro hit a grounder up the middle that went under a diving Tony Abreu.
"It felt good," Cain said. "I just had a good feeling coming out of the bullpen tonight."
As Cain dominated, the Giants had just two hits through the first six innings against Edwin Jackson, but they broke through in the seventh. Pablo Sandoval drew a one-out walk and went to third on Hunter Pence's double. After an intentional walk to Belt, Jeff Francoeur gave the Giants the lead with a two-run flare to right.
The Giants have had just about everything go wrong over the past two months, and even Francoeur's go-ahead hit came with a blunder. As he rounded third, Belt saw that Jackson was chastising himself and not watching a throw home that got away. Belt took off for the plate but was tagged out when the throw skipped right back to Jackson, who ran down Belt.
"It's just bad judgment," Bochy said.
Even with the wasted opportunity, the Giants took a lead into the ninth. On a play he's made hundreds of times in games, Belt blundered. The ball tipped off his glove and went through his legs into right field, taking with it another victory in a season with surprisingly few of them.
"It doesn't feel good," Belt said, "but I don't plan on doing that again."
The 29-year-old has played four seasons in the big leagues and gone 11-12 with a 4.16 ERA. His best season came in 2011 when he had a 3.38 ERA in 23 appearances for the A's. He will join the Giants' bullpen, possibly as soon as this series.
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Giving back to the community can stem from numerous incentives, including strengthening a college application or building a resume. For Vail Mountain School junior Erica Charles, the motivation is simple - when everyone gives, everyone gains.
Charles is participating in Eagle River Youth Coalition's Youth Leaders Council, a local program that brings together students from various local high schools to engage in leadership development, participate in service projects, and advocate for community needs.
"I've learned a lot about the issues that affect kids here in Eagle County, and I have gained respect for others," Charles said. "I love getting to know other people from around the valley. They all have different perspectives to bring to the table. I feel more involved in the community, and more aware."
This year's Youth Leaders Council class has served in an advisory capacity for various program concepts and marketing strategies so that community entities have a strong sense of how youth will react before unveiling a new effort.
"I really liked learning about the Police Post 204 (Police Explorers) program and I hope to see kids from the valley take advantage of the opportunity," Charles said. "I think its values and lessons are so important for kids to learn - self-confidence, self-defense, as well as helping the greater community while having fun!"
Charles' service interests vary, and include volunteering at a Denver-based soup kitchen, Habitat for Humanity, the senior center, and elementary schools throughout the valley. She is also involved with philanthropy and women's leadership groups through Vail Mountain School.
Charles encourages peers to get involved in service for the learning and growth opportunities that stem from giving back.
"I hope they gain a greater understanding of pressing issues as well as a greater awareness of opportunities to help the community," she said.
Charles hopes to use her voice to influence others in the valley to make smart decisions and to give back.
"Service can bring together the community and create positive change, to lead to a better future," Charles resolved.
Michelle Stecher is executive director of the Eagle River Youth Coalition. The Youth Leaders Council is a project of the Eagle River Youth Coalition, a local nonprofit organization that offers collaborative prevention programs and services to tackle three main areas that affect the development of teens and adolescent youth including: substance abuse prevention, emotional wellness and mental health promotion, and academic achievement. In addition to Youth Leaders Council, Eagle River Youth Coalition offers various levels of parenting classes and trainings to community members. For more information, call 970-949-9250 or visit www.eagleyouth.org.


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After leading the Los Angeles Galaxy to their second straight Supporters' Shield trophy and finishing the regular season undefeated at home; Landon Donovan spearheaded the Galaxy's playoff run. In the 2011 MLS Cup the Los Angeles Galaxy faced the Houston Dynamo.
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