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Pressure was mounting on Rafa Benitez last night after 24 hours without a win as Chelsea manager...
But as Benitez ran the gauntlet of Twitter comedians following the unprecedented hostility of his coronation at Stamford Bridge on Sunday, his Blues keeper Petr Cech called for a ceasefire from fans.
Cech also told his team-mates: "If you don't like it here, you can leave."
If Benitez was shocked by the ferocity of his 'welcome' as the Blues' interim manager, Cech cut through the yelping and posturing to point out that the Spaniard has been hired to improve results, not as a double agent plotting the fall of an empire.
So far, the players have not embraced the prevailing mood of revolt among histrionic elements of the west Londoners' support.
Juan Mata, Chelsea's stand-out performer this season, has tweeted enthusiastically about the positive impact of Benitez's first few training sessions.
And Cech has warned the European Cup holders of their moral obligation to put the new gaffer's ideas into practice on the pitch, saying: "Getting to know another new manager and his methods is not a problem.
"For all of us, it's the same: You get on with it or you're out, so it's up to you how you react. It's as simple as that.
"You are here to play - to do as the manager and the club wants you to do. If you don't like it, then you can leave.
"If you stay sad, you will end up on the bench even more disappointed."
Although Sunday's impasse with Manchester City was hardly a triumphal entrance, following the absurd sacking of Roberto Di Matteo, Blues fans chose to vent their anger on Benitez instead of the rich man who appointed him.
Emboldened by nine years in which their team has won every major prize in club football, supporters resent Benitez because he was the man who twice denied their beloved Jose Mourinho in Champions League semi-finals.
But Cech, grateful for the small mercy of a first clean sheet in 11 games, insists it is time to bury old grudges and give the former Liverpool boss a fair crack at the job.
He said: "When you change the manager and his first game is against the champions, you want a positive start - and we have something to build on.
"I wasn't listening to the crowd much. When I go on the pitch I am in my 'zone' and concentrating on my own job.
"We know there is a history, but he has come here to improve the situation at the club and to help. He can only do that by getting good results and let's hope that is the case.
"It's up to us, as players, to help the fans move on. We need a good run of results for them to change their minds.
"I think the manager deserves to have a chance, as does every new manager who has joined the club. It's up to us to make things happen and to send the fans home happy.
"When you come to a situation where you change the manager, it's because the situation is bad and everybody is to blame.
"As players, we feel our share of responsibility because we are responsible for the manager leaving and we want to put things right for the new manager.
"We know the score - if the players are performing, nothing happens to the manager. But everybody knows our last few results were not good and the manager was changed."
Cech, Chelsea's acting skipper in the absence of injured duo John Terry and Frank Lampard, was saddened by Di Matteo's rapid demise, the axe falling just 187 days after he delivered the holy grail via that Champions League miracle in Munich.
But after the procession of eight managers in nine years at Chelsea, he was not surprised, admitting: "I was disappointed at the way it all ended for Robbie, but as a player you have to switch on at all times, and in football things can happen fast in both a good way or a bad way.
"Unfortunately, when the bad way happens, the consequences are not nice sometimes and the supporters are disappointed, but that's the way it is.
"In an ideal scenario, we will go on a run of results and suddenly the season will look different, but that's why the change arrived.
"We needed to change the situation, but we were in it (a bad run) for some time and we couldn't seem to find a way out.
"Now we have two difficult London derbies coming up against Fulham [on Tuesday] and West Ham [next Saturday], and we need to take as many points as we can so we can take off for Japan (for next month's Club World Cup) in a strong position."
* CHELSEA outcast Florent Malouda wants showdown talks with new boss Rafa Benitez to see if he still has a future at Stamford Bridge.
The Chelsea Column: Click here to read Martin Lipton on why Rafa's Chelsea reign is not quite Brian Clough at Leeds - yet...
Jeers to cheers: Bosses who silenced their knockers
SIR ALEX FERGUSON After a trophyless first three seasons at Manchester United, a banner appeared in the crowd saying: "Three years of excuses and it's still crap.. ta-ra Fergie". He won the FA Cup in 1990.. and the rest is history.
ALAN PARDEW Derided as a member of the 'Cockney Mafia' after his surprise appointment as Newcastle boss in December 2010. Won over his critics and recently signed an eight-year contract extension.
SAM ALLARDYCE Purists among the West Ham fans were less than impressed at the decision to bring in Big Sam – often dismissed as a long-ball merchant. But he got them promoted to the Premier League in May, and they already look safe from relegation.
ENZO BEARZOT During the 1982 World Cup, after poor performances in the three first matches, the Italy boss famously announced the so-called 'silenzio stampa' (press silence) in response to vicious criticism. Paolo Rossi starting banging in the goals and Italy went on to win the tournament.
...but sometimes the boo-boys do get their way:
STEVE KEAN The Scot was subjected to a sustained and vitriolic hate campaign from disgruntled Blackburn fans after taking over from Sam Allardyce in August 2009. Despite a promising start to the 2012-13 season, he was sacked in September.


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Integrated sustainable urban infrastructure management : the Brisbane urban growth model
Au-Yeung, Benson, Yigitcanlar, Tan, & Mayere, Severine (2011) Integrated sustainable urban infrastructure management : the Brisbane urban growth model. In Green Technologies : Concepts, Methodologies, Tools and Applications. IGI Global, Hershey, Pa, pp. 902-919.
Sustainable urban development and the liveability of a city are increasingly important issues in the context of land use planning and infrastructure management. In recent years, the promotion of sustainable urban development in Australia and overseas is facing various physical, socioeconomic and environmental challenges. These challenges and problems arise from the lack of capability of local governments to accommodate the needs of the population and economy in a relatively short timeframe. The planning of economic growth and development is often dealt with separately and not included in the conventional land use planning process. There is also a sharp rise in the responsibilities and roles of local government for infrastructure planning and management. This increase in responsibilities means that local elected officials and urban planners have less time to prepare background information and make decisions. The Brisbane Urban Growth Model has proven initially successful in providing a dynamic platform to ensure timely and coordinated delivery of urban infrastructure. Most importantly, this model is the first step for local governments in moving toward a systematic approach to pursuing sustainable and effective urban infrastructure management.
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On Friday they walked into the Great Hall in an awkward clump, not sure where to sit.
"I guess we could just take some food and bring it outside," suggested Albus.
"But I wanted shepherd's pie," complained Rose. "I can't bring that outside."
They stared at each other.
"What if we just sat at the Hufflepuff table?" said Scorpius, grinning.
"None of us is in Hufflepuff, you prat," said Rose, elbowing him.
"Let's do it," said James, heading for the Hufflepuff table. "There's no rule against sitting at another House's table."
"Er… I think there is one, actually. As Head Boy, you should probably know that," said Rose, but they all followed James anyway. The nearest Hufflepuffs looked quizzically at them as they sat down, but nobody actually complained or told them to go away. Which was surprising, considering that they'd been banned from three House tables in three days. Somehow, James ended up right next to Aurelia, with everyone else on the opposite side of the table. The table was crowded, and Aurelia could feel the warmth of James' body through both of their robes.
"BEING IN HUFFLEPUFF IS GREAT!" yelled Scorpius, spooking many a nearby Hufflepuff.
"Don't be a git," said Albus, "they're fragile."
"What're they going to do, sting us?" said Scorpius. "Geddit? Because they look like bees."
"We got it, thanks," said Rose, rolling her eyes.
Aurelia began ladling potato and leek stew into a bowl. "You know, I think they get better food than us."
"Probably the House-Elves feel sorry for them," said Scorpius. "Because, you know, they look–"
"Like bees." interrupted Rose. "We know."
"The sight of pumpkin juice makes me sick now," said James, eyeing a nearby jug of it with distaste. He'd just come in from Care of Magical Creatures, and looked even more charmingly windswept than usual. "I guess once you've been covered in a food it sort of loses its appeal…"
"Debatable." said Albus. "I wouldn't mind being covered in, say, bread pudding."
"So, Aurelia," said Scorpius with a wide grin, "Big Al's in need of your womanly advice."
"I'm a woman, too," grumbled Rose.
"You're a child who doesn't understand the ways of the adult world," said Scorpius with a large, teasing grin that disappeared very quickly when Rose stomped on his foot underneath the table.
"Still hung up on Fay Nott?" asked Aurelia.
"I wish everyone would stop saying that so loudly," said Albus with a frown.
"Everybody knows." said James, Rose, and Scorpius in unison.
Ignoring them, Albus said, "I want to ask her to watch the match with me, but I don't know how to go about it. Scorpius keeps saying I should go up to her and say–"
"That was a joke," said Scorpius quickly, "don't repeat that."
Rose raised her eyebrows, giving Scorpius a deadly look. The fact that she was holding a sharp knife only added to the intimidating effect.
"Fine," said Albus. "Scorpius keeps saying I need to think up some clever line. Like–"
"Don't repeat that one either!" hissed Scorpius. "It doesn't make for appropriate mealtime conversation."
"You told me to say it," said Albus.
"Say what, exactly?" said Rose in a dangerous voice, glaring at Scorpius.
"Look, Albus," said Aurelia as Scorpius tried to ignore Rose's terrifying stare. "You don't need some clever line to hide behind. All you need to say is 'will you go to the match with me on Sunday?' Just be yourself."
"Or you could always try a Love Potion," said Scorpius brightly.
"Or we could cut off Scorpius' hair," said Rose darkly.
Scorpius' hands jumped protectively to his mane of gold hair. "You wouldn't do that! You love my locks!"
"Sometimes I think I'd like them better if I dyed them blue," threatened Rose.
"N-no!" whimpered Scorpius.
"Aurelia's right," said James, who had been occupied with a lamb chop for most of the conversation. "The only kind of girl who likes those sorts of pickup lines is Valerie Vane."
Rose winced. "Gross. It figures."
"Really?" said Scorpius eagerly. "What'd you say to her, Jamesie?"
James shook his head, reaching for a pudding. "If I told you, it'd be like letting a little kid play with fireworks."
"It's that good?" said Scorpius, his eyes wide. "Please tell us, James!"
Aurelia felt a bit uncomfortable all of a sudden. The idea of James sidling up to Valerie Vane and reciting some stupid, probably perverted pickup line made her feel faintly sick. She looked over at Albus, who seemed to be deep in thought. His eyebrows were practically knitted together, and he seemed to be twiddling his thumbs – something that Aurelia had heard about, but never actually seen somebody do.
"Let's go now, Albus," she said.
He looked up. "What?"
"Let's go ask out Fay Nott," said Aurelia firmly. "You've got to do it today – you don't want to wait until the day before the match. Where does she usually go after lunch?"
"Not now!" protested Albus. "I'll do it later. After dinner. In the common room."
Aurelia shook her head. "Nope – you're going to do it now."
"Let's all go along and laugh at him from a distance," said Scorpius cheerfully.
"Absolutely not," said Aurelia. "We'll stay here. You can come back and tell us how it went, and if she says no we'll hex her."
Albus laughed nervously. "Er…will…you come with me, though?"
Aurelia blinked. "Me?"
"Yeah," said Albus. "If you don't mind. I mean, if you'd just walk with me part of the way I–"
"Let's go," said Aurelia, grabbing some nondescript pastry from the table as she and Albus stood up. "It's better just to do it without really thinking about it – that way you won't have the time to get nervous. Where are we headed?"
"The Lake," said Albus as they began to walk out of the Great Hall, leaving James, Rose, and Scorpius behind. As they left the Great Hall, they could hear Scorpius' voice shouting "YOU'RE JUST A LOT OF BEES!" in the distance.
"You look nervous," observed Aurelia, munching on the pastry, which had turned out to be a cheese-stuffed croissant. Albus was holding his arms straight at his sides as he walked – it looked like he was carrying two very heavy, invisible briefcases. His face was set in an expression of grim determination.
"I am." he said simply.
"There's no need to be," said Aurelia, smiling. She had never seen Albus look anxious like this before, and it was sort of cute. "All the girls in your year love you and Scorpius."
"But Fay Nott isn't like all the other girls in my year," said Albus.
Aurelia followed him outside of the castle and down to the Lake. Several groups of students sat at intervals around the Lake, chatting and doing homework. A Ravenclaw boy had brought a chicken leg out of the Great Hall and was levitating it above the water, just out of reach of the Giant Squid's flailing tentacles. On the far side of the lake, a group of four or five girls were sitting in the grass. From the way Albus blushed when he saw them, Aurelia guessed that Fay Nott was a part of the group.
"You can take it from here, kid," said Aurelia, patting Albus on the back. "Pretend it's just a normal conversation. Pretend you're talking to James or Scorpius."
"Why would I ask James on a date?" said Albus, frowning.
"I just mean – oh, never mind," said Aurelia. "Just get it over with."
With one last, somber look at Aurelia, Albus started off toward the Slytherin girls. Aurelia ducked back into the castle, and had almost reached the Great Hall when she came face to face with Evander.
Both of them stopped in their tracks, staring at each other. Aurelia hadn't spoken to Evander since the Hospital Wing incident, which had left her feeling confused and uncomfortable. Nothing that had happened in the Hospital Wing had had any romantic connotation, and she hoped Evander hadn't gotten any ideas.
"Hi," said Evander. "It was our night to patrol last night. I guess you forgot?"
"Er, yeah, I did," admitted Aurelia, feeling relieved. Of course he'd just wanted to berate her for shirking her Prefect duties, as always. "Sorry about that."
"'s okay," said Evander, whose hands were stuck in his pockets. "I, er…heard about your parents."
"You and the rest of the school," said Aurelia, feeling extremely uncomfortable. The gossip about Aurelia's parents had finally died down, but Aurelia hadn't actually spoken to anyone about it. James had been even more kind than usual, sneaking her pastries from the Kitchens in between classes, and Rose kept asking if she was all right, but she hadn't had a real conversation with anybody. Gushy talks about feelings just weren't Aurelia's style – she preferred to be left alone. She'd heal eventually.
"Right," said Evander. "I just wanted to see if you were feeling well."
"I'm fine," said Aurelia, avoiding Evander's eyes, which all of a sudden looked extremely soft and sweet. "Thanks."
Evander nodded, and they stared awkwardly at each other for a few seconds.
"So, there's a Quidditch match this weekend," said Evander conversationally.
"Oh, yeah," said Aurelia, who had no idea why he was telling her this. Maybe he just wanted something to talk about. "Good luck."
"Thanks," said Evander, stepping a bit closer to Aurelia. "Look, I don't know if you were planning on watching, but maybe if we win–"
Aurelia turned around – Albus was speed-walking down the corridor, a huge grin plastered across his face. Before she knew what was happening, he had lifted her off of the ground into an enormous bear-hug and was roaring with joy.
"Er… I'm guessing she said yes," said Aurelia in a muffled voice, because her face was being pressed into Albus' robes.
"Yeah," said Albus, setting Aurelia down. "Let's go tell the others – I can't wait to rub it in Scorpius' face!"
He started off toward the Great Hall, pulling Aurelia along by her sleeve. She had never seen him this happy before, and she couldn't help but laugh. He was like a big, bumbling bear. Fay Nott was definitely a lucky girl.
Aurelia waved helplessly at Evander. "See you around!"
They ran into James, Rose, and Scorpius in the entrance to the Great Hall. James and Scorpius were guffawing together, though their hair was plastered with what appeared to be some kind of pudding. Rose's face was grim, and she was pulling the two boys out of the Great Hall by their sleeves.
"I hate to tell you this, but we just got banned from eating at the Hufflepuff table," she said. "I guess it was my fault, but I just couldn't control myself."
"I got James to tell me the pickup line he used on Valerie," cackled Scorpius. "Rosie didn't like it much."
James patted Albus' head with a hand covered in pudding. "How're you handling the rejection, son?"
"She said yes," said Albus with a broad grin.
James' jaw dropped. Scorpius made a noise that was somehow in between a gasp and a hoarse yell.
Rose's face lit up. "Well, it looks like the two of you owe me five Galleons."
Scorpius shook his head, looking shocked. "She's out of her mind. Fay Nott has lost her mind."
"Did you Confund her?" asked James, looking suspiciously at Aurelia. Somehow, he managed to look attractive even though his hair was slicked down against his face with great globs of pudding.
Aurelia held up her hands in a universal sign of innocence. "I just stepped back and let the magic happen."
"It was magical," said Albus dreamily, looking absurdly happy. "I just plodded right up to her and said, 'Fay, can I have a word?' and her cheeks turned all red and she said I could, and her friends were all giggling. Of course, I knew she'd say yes, so I was very relaxed as I–"
"You prat," Aurelia interrupted, rolling her eyes. "He nearly fainted, he was so nervous."
Albus looked sheepish as laughed. "Fine, so I was nervous. Look, Aurelia, will you come sit in the Slytherin box on Sunday? I'd feel more comfortable if you were nearby."
Rose snorted in amusement as James' face morphed into a bright red expression of alarm.
"What the hell is going on with you two?" snapped Scorpius, staring at the two of them. "And why haven't you let me in on it?"
"You're a child who doesn't know the ways of the world," said Rose in her best impression of Scorpius' voice (it sounded more like a walrus in pain), echoing his earlier speech.
"What on earth would I do in your box?" said Aurelia, deciding that James' and Rose's weirdness was their own problem, and turning back to Albus. "I'm not nearly foul enough to pass for a Slytherin – people would look at me funny."
"People already look at you funny," muttered Scorpius, earning himself a sharp poke in the ribs from Rose.
Albus looked down at his feet. "Right. I just thought I'd feel more comfortable if you were there."
"I'm not going to chaperone your date," said Aurelia firmly. "Fay would think you were insane if you brought along another girl."
"Nah, she'd think he was a smarmy git," said James in a feeble attempt at wit – his cheeks were still visibly pink under a sticky layer of pudding.
"You can sit with me," offered Scorpius. "Rose refuses to set foot in our box during matches on account of Gryffindor pride, and without Alby I'll be all alone. We can sit right behind them, and throw bits of toast at the back of his head if he starts acting stupid."
"I don't want you there," huffed Albus, shoving his best friend.
"I'll sit with you, Scorpius," said Rose sharply.
"Aha!" gloated Scorpius. "So, you've come crawling back to me!"
"Oh, shut up," said Rose. "Let's go to Transfiguration early – I need to explain something to you."
With a quizzical look on his face, Scorpius allowed himself to be dragged off to class by Rose, who had a businesslike look on her freckled face. Aurelia, James, and Albus stared at the odd pair until they had disappeared from the corridor. When they turned back to each other, Albus and Aurelia were sporting looks of extreme confusion. James just looked embarrassed.
"What is going on with you and Rose?" asked Albus, frowning and rubbing his chin. "You're both acting very odd. I haven't seen you look this affected since mum told you were too old to do tea parties with Lily and her stuffed rabbits."
"It's none of your business," said a red-faced James through gritted teeth. "And I was just helping her fix the tea. I didn't actually play with the rabbits."
"Sure, sure," said Albus, flashing disbelieving look at Aurelia, who laughed. "Well, Goldie, you ought to be thanking me about now."
"For what?"
"Rescuing you from that daft curmudgeon who was assailing you," said Albus.
"Oh, you mean Evander," said Aurelia, suddenly feeling uncomfortable. A few months ago she would've been happy to make sport of Evander with the Potters, but now that she knew his true feelings, it just didn't seem right. "He was just asking about the match on Sunday."
"What about the match?" said James very loudly. "Isn't he playing in it?"
Aurelia nodded. "Yeah, he just asked if I'd be watching. Probably just trying to make conversation."
"He's clearly not too good at it," said Albus cheerfully.
"Maybe you should give him lessons, smooth operator," said James sarcastically. "Did you even tell Fay where you're going to meet her before the match?"
Albus' eyes popped open. "Damn. I didn't. I'll be right back!"
Albus raced down the corridor at top speed, practically tripping over his robes, and leaving James and Aurelia alone outside the Great Hall. They laughed, watching Albus' mad dash, and then turned to each other. James looked very tense all of a sudden – he was blinking very rapidly, and breathing rather loudly – and Aurelia realized that he had been acting strange lately. Maybe it was a Quidditch thing.
He took a deep breath, combing a hand through his pudding-soaked hair, and stuck a businesslike expression onto his face. "Er, Aurelia. Can I have a word with you…in private?"
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Exterior of the former Palace Theatre, Barrow-in-Furness, 1997
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- Image titleExterior of the former Palace Theatre, Barrow-in-Furness, 1997
- DescriptionColour photograph showing the façade and sidewall of a Cascade Bingo Hall, formerly the Palace Theatre, in Barrow-in Furness. Taken from across the road on Duke Street, it shows a two-storey, rendered façade in white with blue dressings with a pitched roof. A large sign reading 'BINGO Cascade BINGO' sits above a main entrance set back into the building. The plain sidewall dominates the right hand side of the photograph.
- Depicted theatrePalace (Barrow in Furness)
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We have a pick up limit in my league and I only have one pick up left for the rest of the year including the playoffs. As we have a pick up limit I don't normally pick up and drop players week to week for "fill ins" to try to win that week. Obviously with a pick up limit it's not possible to pick up and drop players just for a one week fill in. My question is does this strategy work? Do people find that one week fill ins pan out?
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A time to run
I still haven't ridden a bike since I crashed two weeks ago. My barometer for readiness is my ability to drive — when I can successfully hold both hands on my steering wheel for the length of a trip, then I will feel ready to take a chance on riding, starting with my fixie on the bike path. Sadly, I haven't been successful yet. Even the suspension in our brand new Subaru causes too much jiggling on my arm, and pain quickly increases from annoying to intolerable. I stubbornly held on over the speed bumps today; that was a terrible idea. Needless to say, if my arm can't handle speed bumps in a Subaru, those nerves are going to need a bit more healing before I can rip mad descents on my mountain bike.
It's hard to determine exactly why there's still so much pain. My wound is still open, shedding dead tissue and bleeding some, but there's no sign of infection. And my running strength has nearly returned to normal. I ditched my sling on Tuesday, and while I still run with my right arm held in place (and my left arm flailing to make up for this minor imbalance), I can run without pain. But every time I place pressure on my arm or grip something, the pain returns. It almost seems like a deeper internal problem, possibly with a muscle or other tissue that was compromised. I believe it will just take more time, and I'm willing to give it all the time it needs. It's been a rough two weeks, and I am so tired of this pain that I'll give up anything to avoid it, even cycling. Yes, it seems the universe has finally found a way to keep me off my bikes while I'm (otherwise) healthy and strong.
That said, if I were training for a 50K right now, I'd be pretty pleased with myself. Although I had a slow start to the week, I've been running stronger since I ditched the sling. A bit of pent-up energy and the fact I still have to short-step the descents has led me to push as hard as I can on the climbs — lung-burning, gut-busting hard. As I crested today's eight-mile, 2,500-feet-of-climbing jaunt, it occurred to me that I've been running six to nine miles daily all week, and starting to feel hungry for a long run. Without my bike in the picture, it's suddenly not difficult to log a 50- or 60-mile week. This has led me to believe that if I just injured my arm before the Tahoe Rim Trail 100, I might have actually finished the thing. (I kid, I kid.)
I'm still sad I won't be getting on a plane to Seattle tomorrow to race the Capitol Forest 100. But I'm glad I didn't push that pipe dream; it's obvious I'm not ready.


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2 week post op of Liposuction, I feel no difference from before; same weight, lots of bumps. Is this normal? (photo)
I got liposuction done like two week ago on my upper and lower abs hips and back my pants fit the same.. The Lil patch I have from have 4 kids is still there... I still feel uncomfortable sad cuzI feel like they did everything in hurry cuz my appointment was 8:00am and they told me 9:45 so i was so late... i feel it's $6500 dollars in the trash if I'm the same weight.. and look the same but with a lot of bumps that still hurt..
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Disappointed with liposuction
Thank you for your picture. You are only two weeks after your liposuction procedure. Your results won't be apparent for three months. I would continue to wear your compression garment as this will aid in the improvement of your result. You will have some firm areas that can be massaged out over time.
Good luck.
Earl Stephenson Jr MD DDS FACS
Good luck.
Earl Stephenson Jr MD DDS FACS
2 Weeks After Liposuction Is Too Soon for Results
You are still very early in the recovery process from your liposuction of the abdomen. Continue to follow your surgeons postoperative instructions so that you heal as nicely as possible. You should see good improvement by 4-6 weeks but can take up to 3-6 months to see full results. Good luck!
Dr. Parham Ganchi - NJ Plastic Surgeon
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Web reference: http://www.ganchi.com/plastic-surgery/body/liposuction/
It is too early!
Two weeks is not enough time too see your results from a liposuction, the swollen is only staring to reduce at this time. I would recommend you contact your surgeon, he or she would suggest you some alternative to help with the process, but the real thing is that you need to wait about 4-6 weeks for a approximate look and 4-6 month to see a full result.
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It's early to see full liposuction results.
2 weeks is very early to expect to see the final result of your liposuction. As the swelling goes down over the next 3-4 weeks you will have a better idea of your final contour. If you are concerned that not enough was done, ask to see the amount of fat removed from the different areas. For now you have to be patient, avoid salt and follow up closely with your plastic surgeon.
Liposuction result questions
It has only been 2 weeks, so you should definitely give the results time. You should talk to your plastic surgeon about things you can do to smooth the results - massage, girdle, avoidance of certain types of garments are some options. You are also still probably bloated from surgery - be careful about salt intake. Follow your surgeon's instructions about allowable activities - in my practice, you are able to return to the gym to help optimize your results and recovery. People do not tend to lose weight with liposuction surgery - your contour should improve, and with careful diet and exercise, your clothes should be looser.
Web reference: http://www.drshermak.com/body-surgery-baltimore/liposuction/
Two weeks after liposuction
At two weeks after liposuction you still are swollen. It will take several months for things to settle down and heal. Be patient.
Liposuction healing takes time
At 2 weeks you are still too early to make any conclusions. What you are describing is normal definitely. Judge after 6 months to one year. Form the one photo you have sent I feel you were likely a better candidate for an abdominoplasty? Get pre and post photos at 6 months and one year. This sound like you had a bad experience over all. Get copies listing amounts of fat removed from each area. They should accommodate you on all of this. My best, Dr C
2 week post op of Liposuction, I feel no difference from before; same weight, lots of bumps. Is this normal?
You should be seeing a dramatic change. was the doctor even a Plastic Surgeon? Was your surgery in the US? Ask amounts of fat removed. Just from your photo I would have been able to remove 4 liters...
No results seen after two weeks
I don't know what technique was used for you, but it takes awhile for your tissues to fully recover following liposuction. First, you are not going to step on a scale and see a difference in weight after two weeks. Liposuction is not a weight loss procedure. A lot of fluid is pumped in and a lot of stuff is suctioned out during the procedure. Then you retain fluid because of the trauma to your tissues. If anything, you may actually weigh more following liposuction because of the excess fluid in your body. It takes time for this swelling to resolve. Second, the elastic fibers in your skin don't spring right back after liposuction. It takes time for them to tighten down. I tell my patients that they may not see their final results from traditional liposuction for three to six months following the procedure, nine months if Slimlipo or Smartlipo is used. It just takes that long for your tissues to recover. So, in the grand scheme of things, two weeks is still early in the process. My advice is to be patient and follow your doctor's instructions at present. Don't judge your results until several months have passed.
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What is the best password? It's obviously one that keeps your login secure and is not going to be cracked.
There are several schools of thought regarding what constitutes a good, strong password. Sites that test the strength of your password will opt for one or the other and so may give you a false sense of (in)security depending.
The first approach is to create a long "random" string of letters (upper and lower case), numbers and characters. LastPass, KeePass and other password storage systems generate such strings with given parameters. Here's one KeePass created for me just now – Jc\z'ofg5^fhr95lx.`eUTHDaO (Obviously, I'm not using that password for any logins). Such sites are a pain in the *ss. Password Meter tells me that this password is "100% Very Strong" based on the mix of characters.
About 438 decillion years to hack this password, and so should be "pretty safe".
Not all sites allow passwords like this. They often exclude numbers, or characters, they might even restrict you to 8 or fewer characters.
There is a second approach, that is gaining credence among security experts. That is to create a password simply using four random words that you can learn easily. For example, you might pick sliver, finger, purple and breakfast. Your password then be sliverfingerpurplebreakfast. This password doesn't meet most of the criteria of standard password tests. How Secure Is My Password, warns me that the password looks like a word or a name, obviously it's not, that it contains no characters or numbers, but does claim that it would still take a desktop PC about 20 sextillion years to hack your password. Not quite as long as the random string, but still a pretty long time. The time to crack can be extended substantially by adding an upper case letter or two. Say, make the first and last letters upper case: 2 nonillion years!
Microsoft reckons SliverfingerpurplebreakfasT is still "best", although sliverfingerpurplebreakfast is only "strong". Likewise PasswordMeter baulks at some aspects but tells me that both passwords are 100% Very Strong.
So, my advice? Create a string of four random words, pick a couple of letters to capitalize in the string and learn it so that you will never forget it. Now, use that string as the login for your password safe and use its random string generator to create passwords for all your logins akin to Jc\z'ofg5^fhr95lx.`eUTHDaO. Several of those offline (and even online) password stores insist that you create a passphrase rather than a password. That's fine, but if you pick a phrase like "Build me a willow cabin at thine gate" or "Green grow the rushes", then that might be open to quote dictionary attack. I think a phrases comprising several words picked at random would be stronger.
Then, of course, there are biometrics, which are discussed at length by B.L. Tait and S.H. Von Solms of the University of Johannesburg, South Africa, who have devised a BioVault approach to security or Roman Yampolskiy of the University of Louisville, Kentucky, USA, who has developed action-based user authentication.
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Terrebonne School kids earn pie-in-face fun
Far outdistance other schools in canned food drive
At Tuesday morning's assembly, Terrebonne Community School students learned the result of the Redmond Toy and Food Drive canned food competition -- and the just desserts for the winners came in the form of several pies in the faces for their principal, the Redmond fire chief and other worthy targets.
"We are pretty sure their cheers could be heard in the neighboring counties," Redmond Fire Marshal Traci Cooper said later of the joyous, laughter-filled occasion.
This competition is a yearly event ,and over 80 percent of the food that goes into the programs food boxes is donated through the schools.
As Fire Chief Tim Moor told the students, "We could not do this without all of you and your generous giving."
Through this program, a classroom at each school has a chance to win a pizza party with the firefighters.
The program is made possible through a partnership with Pappy's Pizza.
Over the last three years, a new prize has been added to the competition. The principal told the students that if Terrebonne won, he and some of his staff would take pies in the face.
This year, the fire department got in on the action. Clara Butler, the fire department liaison, ha advised the students that if they won this year's completion -- for the fifth straight time, by the way -- she also would take a pie (or two) in the face, after she was challenged by a competing school.
The results were amazing, Cooper said.
This year, Terrebonne -- the district's smallest elementary school, and in an area hard hit by economic woes -- set a goal of gathering seven food cans per student.
Not only did they meet that goal -- they more than doubled it. When the dust had settled, the average per student was announced at 14.28 cans per student.
Last year Terrebonne Comunity School donated 3,357 cans of food. This year – 5,487 cans of food were collected!
That is by far the most food collected from any school in the history of this Redmond Fire program.
This year's winning class at Terrebonne was Mrs. Tobish's second-grade class, with 1,049 cans. This class brought in more cans than any other in the school district.
When Chief Moor heard about the amazing results, he volunteered to surprise the students by taking some pies himself.
Terrebonne Community School has held on to the championship for five years running.
"They are an inspiration to all of us on the meaning of giving!" Cooper said.
"The sense of caring and giving that is exemplified by students, families and community members this time of year is amazing," Moor said. "It is heartwarming to see people coming together to help those in need. We would like to thank everyone who is involved in making this program possible each year."
Due in large part to the young people of Terrebonne, this year, the Redmond Toy and Food Drive will be helping around 450 families.


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Russell's allocation to growth investments is at the higher end.
The Blended Balanced Portfolio is 70 per cent invested in growth assets and suits investors with a medium- to high-risk tolerance, and an investment time frame of at least five years. However, those able to take on a little extra risk have been rewarded.
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Firstly, the firm sets an appropriate mix of assets, which is influenced by new ideas and research from across the firm's global network.
Secondly, it seeks to add value and take advantage of short-term market movements by "tilting" portfolios towards or away from certain asset classes.
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Finally, its in-house trading team members ensure daily changes to portfolios are made cost-effectively.
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Two examples are London-based boutique Colchester and New York-based Hyperion Brookfield manage part of Russell's global fixed-interest portfolio.
Of the 5000 products that Russell continuously monitors around the world, only 40 or so funds are included in its Australian portfolios.
Since its inception Russell has always been a staunch advocate of active management in fixed interest, and it has been well rewarded for taking on that risk.
"Because credit spreads were so wide there was plenty of opportunity, so we invested in the best active fixed- interest and cash-enhanced managers in the world and our defensive assets really performed," Sneddon says.
The fund's overweight exposure to domestic and global fixed interest was a major contributor to its success, as was its recent foray into global real estate investment trusts and infrastructure.
In the past few years, Russell has slowly built up its exposure to real assets including global property and listed infrastructure. In 2008, the group's super and multi-sector funds had zero exposure to those assets, and today they represent about 8 per cent of the portfolio.
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Red Sox Notes: Andrew Miller will start against Texas
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As the calendar turns to September, the Red Sox will have a number of decisions to make regarding their pitching staff. The first move — although certainly not the last — involves the rotation for their series with Texas this weekend.
Andrew Miller, who has been sharp since returning to the rotation, will take the mound on Friday followed by Erik Bedard and John Lackey. Sox manager Terry Francona said that Tim Wakefield will pitch against Toronto when the team travels north for a four-game series with the Blue Jays, although the date has not been determined yet.
Miller has allowed just one run and six hits in his last two starts and is coming off his best outing this season — against the Rangers — when he threw 6 1/3 innings of three-hit shutout baseball. Wakefield, meanwhile, has struggled allowing 12 runs — eight earned — in his last two starts and has been sitting on 199 career wins since July 24.
"There's a lot to think about," Francona said. "Some of what [Miller] can do is pretty exciting and we want to give him a legitimate chance to do that. We gave him that time off because he was struggling a little bit. He came back and really threw the ball pretty well. What we've asked of Wake this year, he's done exactly what we've asked. I know what's on the line with him personally. I'm very aware of that. I think it's my responsibility to always try to put our team in the best position, so that's what we'll do."
Francona said that Wakefield could pitch out of the bullpen if needed and that flexibility will allow him to line up Wakefield and the rest of the rotation as needed. With 23 games in the next 23 days, including a Sept. 19 doubleheader, the Sox will likely have a need for all six of their starters down the stretch.
– Kevin Youkilis and J.D. Drew are expected to play for Triple-A Pawtucket on Tuesday and Wednesday against Rochester. According to Francona, one will play in the field and the other will DH and then switch roles for the second game.
Drew is scheduled to rejoin the team on Thursday when rosters are expanded. Youkilis will be eligible to come off the disabled list on Friday and Francona expects he will back with no restrictions.
– Bobby Jenks was scratched from his schedule rehab appearance in Single-A Salem over the weekend and is back with the team for evaluation. Francona said that Jenks was sick and then Hurricane Irene squelched plans for him to join Pawtucket.
– The Sox aren't likely to add too much to their roster when they expand from 25 to 40 players on Thursday.
"We get J.D. back. That's an outfielder," Francona said. "We get Youk the next day. That's an infielder. We definitely want to get a pitcher here. Other than that I think we'll take it day by day."
The Sox can also get Ryan Lavarnway back on Sept. 5. He was optioned on Aug. 26 to make room for Scott Atchison. While the Sox are most intrigued by his hitting ability, he could also serve as a third catcher.
Francona said that he and GM Theo Epstein were on the same page regarding their September roster philosophy. They don't want to add players without a role.
"You never want to get caught short. At the same time just calling guys just to put them in the bullpen or to sit on the bench, I'm not sure that's in anybody's best interest," Francona said. "If we ever run short we can get somebody up here the next day and these guys can continue to do what they're doing."
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After descending the 1000 feet of Buddhist hillside, we continued on toward Habarana. Here is a place famous for having many wild elephants, most notably they roam Kaudulla and Mineriya national parks, but as these two parks were flooded the elephants had made their way to Eco Park. Mahinda and I hopped in a jeep and were off on safari! The park is a natural habitat having not only elephants, but many bird species, water buffalo, cows, etc. As the day passed and we wound our way through the reserve we came across three different herds of wild eles. One herd was rather large, with at least 12 elephants making there way through the habitat. After having seen elephants chained up, made to perform, and controlled by spikes (US, Thailand, India), it was quite nice to witness them strolling freely in search of mass quantities of food!


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Man Accused Of Nearly Running Over Officers During Chase
PITT COUNTY - 25-year-old Robert Cogdell was arrested early Friday morning after police said he led them on a chase before crashing into a fire hydrant and street sign.
Greenville Police said Cogdell was on house arrest at his mother's home in Ayden. Pitt County Sheriff?s Office was monitoring him via an ankle monitoring device.
Authorities said Cogdell stole his mother's car and drove to the 1100 block of Myrtle Street in Greenville.
Greenville Police attempted to execute a traffic stop but Cogdell fled the scene, nearly running a few officers over in the process.
Officers chased Cogdell until the suspect crashed the car into a fire hydrant and street sign around 3:30 a.m. on Friday. This was at the corner of Chesnutt Street and Line Avenue.
Cogdell was still wearing the ankle monitoring device when police arrested him.
Cogdell's mother, Lila, doesn't believe her son did it.
"My son do a lot of stuff but he don't try to kill no cops," Cogdell said.
She also doesn't believe he stole her car.
"He didn't steal it. He left a note and said he got the car for an hour and he'll bring it back," Cogdell said.
Cogdell was hurt in the crash and taken to the hospital. However, he has since been released.
"He's not a bad person. He's a nice, kind person. Just had a hard life. I think he was trying to get it straightened out but he got back in the wrong track," Cogdell said.
His family said he has been struggling with a drug addiction and has been in and out of prison because of it.
His sister didn't want to release her name but believes she knows why he left the house that morning.
'I think he was chasing that drug and wanted it. He needs help but he's never had that help. His actions were wrong and he has made some poor decisions but he did not try to hit or harm the officers. He needs a program and not prison. He can't fight this addiction on his own" she said.
He is being held in Pitt County Detention Center under a 165,000 dollar bond.
Cogdell is charged with assault with a deadly weapon with intent to kill, assault with a deadly weapon, felony flee to elude arrest, hit and run, damage to real property, careless and reckless driving, driving with a revoked license and 2 counts of resisting a public officer.
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The Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA) hailed the conviction in San Francisco on Monday of Curtis Salisbury, who pleaded guilty to two charges under the Family Entertainment and Copyright Act of 2005 (FECA).
Salisbury, who could face a fine of up to $250,000 as well a up to five years in jail, admitted using his handheld video recorder in a movie theater to copy the 2005 films Bewitched and The Perfect Man.
He then uploaded the theatrical releases to a computer network for Internet distribution, according to the MPAA.
"Movie piracy is a serious crime that carries severe consequences and that is what Mr. Salisbury found out," said MPAA chairman Dan Glickman.
"Our federal laws are working to make stealing movies by camcording in movie theaters a less attractive option for movie pirates," he added.
The FECA law criminalized the use of recording equipment to copy movies in theaters and banned the pirated film being distributed on a computer network.
Hollywood's major movie studios, which are represented by the MPAA, claim that piracy cost the industry around 3.5 billion dollars in lost revenues in 2004, not including illegal on-line file-swapping.
According to a study by Smith Barney, that number is expected to jump to 5.4 billion dollars in 2005.
The average movie costs almost 100 million dollars to make and only about 60 percent of those movies recoup their original investment, meaning that piracy endangers the survival of the industry, according to the MPAA.
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Sunlight in Karachi city is the harshest I have ever seen. Unless you are a vampire, you can't avoid the sun. You have school, work or shopping to do; you simply cannot avoid going outside during the day, can you? And if sun exposure doesn't get you sun burnt, you're likely to tan.
If your skin is getting dull and tanned every day and you need help, here's what you can do to restore your original skin tone.
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Gram flour (Besan) is also very effective at removing tan and lightening skin. Take two tablespoons gram flour, quarter spoon of turmeric powder (Haldi), squeeze half a lemon and add some milk (rosewater if you have oily skin). Now mix them all to make a thick paste. Apply to face or neck, leave it for at least fifteen minutes and rinse with warm water. You can do this every alternate day. Trust me, it works wonders.
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by Brent Hueth, assistant professor, Department of Economics, email@example.com, John Lawrence, livestock economist and director, Iowa Beef Center, email@example.com
Editor's Note: This article is adapted from a CARD briefing paper, "Quality Management and Information Transmission in Cattle Markets: A Case Study of the Chariton Valley Beef Alliance." The full text of the briefing paper is available at www.card.iastate.edu.
Beef consumption has declined steadily over the last two decades, both in total quantity and as a share of U.S. meat consumption. Reductions in the price of pork and poultry and health concerns about the effects of red meat consumption account for much of this trend. However, relative improvements in the quality and consistency of pork and poultry products may also be a factor. Perhaps it is no coincidence that the beef industry has trailed pork and poultry in adopting methods for vertical coordination among the various production stages from farm to market. Contract arrangements and vertical linkages - alliances among producers, processors and retailers - are common in pork and poultry production. Beef production, on the other hand, mainly is still coordinated through traditional market structures.
Whether vertical coordination of the kind observed in pork and poultry markets is necessary for further improvement in beef quality is a question that beef industry participants currently are trying to sort out. The beef industry has adopted a variety of novel marketing practices in recent years to improve quality and reduce overall production costs. At one extreme are recent attempts to fully integrate the beef production process, with a single firm coordinating genetic selection, feeding practices, slaughter and fabrication, and marketing. Long-term marketing arrangements between feedlots and packers represent a somewhat less extreme form of integration and have been used in some production areas for many years. Interestingly, the most widely adopted change in recent years - so-called grid pricing - represents an attempt to improve market coordination through more sophisticated quality-based pricing mechanisms. In this case, and in contrast with direct vertical integration, there are essentially no formal vertical linkages; instead, the process attempts to improve vertical coordination through the communication of precise signals about the relative value of various carcass attributes.
Behind all these efforts is at least one common objective: to align incentives so that quality improvement is in everyone's best interest. It seems that many of the traditional methods for marketing live cattle (both feeder and finished cattle) are not designed with this objective in mind. In particular, in traditional marketing, the flow of production-relevant information across the various stages of beef production is significantly restricted.
Cattle Markets and Information Transmission
The production process for beef cattle is typically characterized in terms of a number of distinct stages starting with genetic selection and breeding, then rearing and weaning, and finally fattening to market weight (finishing) and slaughter. Specialization in cattle markets to some extent mirrors each of these stages: seedstock firms control genetic selection and breed development; ranchers manage cow and calf herds and raise young calves through the weaning stage; feeders raise animals from weaning to market weight; and packers slaughter and process live animals. Although there are many variations on this structure of specialization, for the moment we will focus on this particular arrangement.
We can characterize efficient decision making at each production stage, subject to a given set of growing conditions, breed types, feed costs, other market parameters and other pieces of production-relevant information. For instance, a feeder's nutrition and health maintenance program for a given animal (or lot of animals) might conceivably depend on nutrition and treatment histories during the rearing and weaning production stages, thus creating the need for information transmission from ranchers to feeders. It may also be important to transmit information in the reverse direction, from feeders to ranchers. For example, ranchers need information on feeders' management procedures, finishing performance and post-slaughter carcass quality in order to evaluate past decision making.
While sharing this kind of information may seem like an obvious requirement for efficient decision making in beef production, in fact it rarely occurs. Tracking, recording and transmitting information is costly. If the costs are high enough, the transacting parties may choose to either forgo information transmission entirely or may seek some substitute information that is not quite as detailed but is less costly to obtain. In the context of markets for feeder calves, many feedlots employ order buyers to visually inspect calves for traits that are appropriate to the particular operation. However, any such visual inspection, no matter how experienced the buyer, is an imperfect substitute for perfect transmission of all production-relevant information. Specifically, vaccination, nutrition and treatments histories cannot be observed. Feedlots assume a worst-case scenario, often expecting the need to readminister treatments, and they therefore reduce bid offers. Similar problems arise in the transmission of information from packers to feeders and ranchers.
The Chariton Valley Beef Alliance
The Chariton Valley Beef Alliance (CVBA) is a group of 350 southern Iowa cattle producers who are attempting to overcome these problems. The CVBA has been in place since early 1998. The alliance arose because area packers increasingly used grid-pricing arrangements and the producers wanted to learn to produce, sort and market cattle more effectively under these arrangements. Carcass data collection and source verification are two of the alliance's primary activities.
Carcass Data Collection
Grid marketing involves the pricing of individual animals (rather than lots of animals) based on the measurement of various carcass-quality attributes. Yet, animal-specific carcass measurements are rarely transmitted back to the feeders and cow-calf producers who deliver under these arrangements. Perhaps the most important activity of the CVBA is to facilitate and coordinate this transmission. Producers interested in obtaining carcass data pay a service fee to the CVBA ($3–$8 per head). The CVBA then coordinates with a third party to physically carry out carcass measurement during slaughter, recording them in electronic form for access by the relevant producer. Packers cooperate in this process by allowing third-party access to the slaughter floor for traits measurement (beyond those reported in USDA yield and quality grades). The CVBA additionally provides support for accessing and interpreting the relevant data. This analysis allows growers to make better marketing, nutrition and genetic decisions.
While it might seem a small matter to distribute animal-specific carcass-quality data to producers (given that prices are based on this data), in fact it is quite complicated and costly. As we noted, doing so adds $3 to $8 dollars per head to the cost of production. Iowa State University Extension estimates a gross margin of roughly $15 per head for Iowa feedlots.
Source Verification
Assessing quality in markets for feeder cattle is a notoriously difficult task. USDA quality grades do exist for feeder cattle, but they are rarely used. Instead, most quality assessment is accomplished through visual inspection by experienced buyers. Of course, many of the important quality characteristics of feeder calves are not fully expressed until the calves have been fattened and readied for slaughter. One means of making this process more objective is to provide third-party verification of genetic and health characteristics of feeder cattle. In addition to providing an objective measure of quality, source verification provides feedlots with accurate information on the status of medical treatments that have occurred before the point of sale and on the genetic composition of animals in a given lot. In addition, the CVBA's source verification program includes agreements by those receiving information on feeder cattle to return information on carcass quality. Information thus flows in both directions.
An Evolving System
Vertical integration can be defined in many ways, and it is not clear what specific type of arrangement may be necessary to further improve coordination. Whatever the type, however, the feature that seems most important in cattle markets is the establishment of a long-term (and potentially exclusive) relationship among the transacting parties.
While clearly beneficial in some respects, long-term commitments (that is, vertical integration) also entail costs. In particular, the parties to such an agreement limit their use of markets, which offer greater flexibility in procurement and sourcing options, enhanced price discovery, and arguably higher-powered incentives for cost-reducing efforts. Firms inevitably involve elements of bureaucracy that can lead to higher overall production costs. Activities by organizations such as the CVBA therefore can be viewed as attempts to achieve the degree of coordination and information transmission observed in firms without sacrificing the benefits associated with market institutions. Time will tell whether such an outcome can be achieved.