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I am actually surprised this idea took this long to come to fruition, but someone has finally built a "Zipcar for scooters" business. For those not familiar with the idea, Scoot promises to offer urban commuters convenient access to its network of electric scooters that it has parked around in major metropolitan areas. From what we can gather, the idea is that members of the Scoot community pay a monthly fee to have access to these scooters (in addition to the hourly-usage rate), and can use the Scoot scooters around to run errands in cities like San Francisco.
Brammo announced today that it has raised another $13 million, in a Series C funding round that was lead by Polaris Industries. Hoping to secure a total of $45 million over the course of the entire round of funding, the investment by Polaris is the second one that American company has made into the Ashland-based electric motorcycle company.
Polaris first invested in Brammo back in October, as the Minnesota-based company was rumored to be taking a close look at a number of electric motorcycle firms for a strategic partnership. Ultimately settling on Brammo, Polaris was a part of the Oregonian company's $28 million Series B funding round, and is said to have lead this current Series C tranche.
After being courted by several major OEMs according to our sources, electric motorcycle manufacturer Brammo received a minority investment by Polaris Industries today. The move will give Polaris access to Brammo's proprietary electric powertrain technology, and positions the large OEM to enter further into the electric motorcycle market as a strategic partner to the Oregonian company. In the process of this investment, Brammo has also closed a $28 million Series B round of funding that also included contributions from repeat investor Alpine Energy and first-time Brammo investor NorthPort Investments, LLC.
Polaris has already been aggressively expanding into new market segments this year by buying both Indian Motorcycles and electric car manufacturer GEM. Polaris's investment in Brammo, the two companies will form a strategic partnership that will presumably see Brammo's electric drivetrain in different Polaris Industry products, which gives the American company a formidable ally in the move to electric-powered vehicles. For Brammo, the news bodes well as it not only means an infusion of fresh capital, a roadmap to further funding, and a step closer to a possible exit, but Polaris will also be sharing its vast array of technical, sales, and support knowledge to the electric startup.
News comes to us from across the Bay this morning, as Mission Motors has announced that it has closed a $9 million Series B financing round led by Warbug Pincus. A global private equity firm with $30 billion in assets under management, Warbug Pincus invested $7.5 million in Mission Motors (with room up to an additional $41 million), while Infield Capital, one of Mission's original investors, doubled-dipped back into the company, presumably with the remaining $1.5 million for the series.
The use of funds will go towards Mission Motors's continued venture of supplying OEM customers with electric and hybrid drive train solutions — an exclusive endeavor the company has been undertaking for over a year now, but apparently something the less-informed motorcycle press is only now taking notice of today.
Six months after US Highland lost three members of its executive team in a tragic small-plane accident, the American company has announced that it will be idling its Tulsa plant while it continues to finish its latest round of funding. Despite this news, US Highland is reportedly close to achieving its fundraising goals, and hopes to have production rolling again once the fundraising is complete.
The Southbridge Advisory Group (SAG) has been brought in to help find a new executive team for US Highland, and is also helping the motorcycle manufacturer find new investors. While any one of these goals would be a large undertaking on its own, having to contend both with raising capital and finding a new executive team is a daunting task.
Zero Motorcycles may not be amassing as large of a war chest as Brammo, but the Santa Cruz company is getting a lot of free money and help from its local governments. Scoring a $177,906 grant (free, as in beer, money) from the Monterey Bay Unified Air Pollution Control District (MBUAPCD), Zero intends to use the money to continue its R&D efforts in developing its drivetrain components. This money will be added to the $900,000 grant that the California Energy Commission gave Zero last much, whose funds were then matched by the City of Santa Cruz and other investors.
Brammo Inc. filed the appropriate forms with the SEC yesterday stating that it has raised $12.4 million in Series B funds, in what is still an open round of financing. Brammo hopes to raise a total of $30 million in the Series B offering, with the use of funds likely going towards expanding Brammo's reach into the Asian and European markets, as well as building out the company's product line into other target segments.
Also in the Form D filing with the SEC we get a glimpse of the people behind the company's management, which includes a presence from Brammo's initial investors Best Buy & the clean-tech venture capital group Chrysalix, as well as Brammo's CFO Bruce Gilpin. New to the ranks is David Kurtz from Alpine Inc., an oil and gas exploration and development firm that is leading the Series B round with another firm that is so far unknown.
Zero Motorcycles has secured a $900,000 grant from the California Energy Commission for the company to begin development of a new advanced compact electric powertrain. The city of Santa Cruz is matching the grant with an additional $900,000; and with other contributions, Zero has raised a total of $1.84 million dollars. This figure would seem to be in addition to the $5.5 million the company raised earlier in the year. The powertrain Zero is developing is rumored to have multiple speeds, and we wouldn't be surprised if it was water-cooled.
Loris Capirossi seemed destined to owe Dorna boss Carmelo Ezpeleta a steak dinner after the Balatonring supposedly secured funding from the Hungarian Development Bank. That bad fortune (for Hungarian MotoGP fans, not for Capirex) seems to have changed however as the loan has now been refused by the Hungarian bank, which leaves the Hungarian circuit a big question mark for the 2010 MotoGP calendar as it struggles to raise the needed $80 million. Story gets worse after the jump.
Zero Motorcycles has raised an additional $5.5 million in its Series A funding, bringing it's total war chest to just over $10.5 million in funding to date. The Invus Groups seems to have lead, if not solely financed, the Series A round, and retains two seats on Zero's Board of Directors. The funding is reported to "help grow the company", which in these financial climates could mean anything from paying looming costs to amounting cash for harder days ahead. Whatever the reason, it's a positive sign for Zero Motorcycles, and an early high-point to their 2010 accomplishments.


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Ecological impact of marine plant harvesting in the northwest Atlantic: a review
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The ecological impact of marine plant harvesting is related to the intensity of exploitation, the harvesting technique, and the vulnerability of the species or habitat to perturbation. In eastern Canada information was available on four levels of impact: long-term changes in the target species and direct loss or damage to non-target species, direct or indirect impact on the habitat or community, indirect effects of changes in habitat or community structure, and trophic level impact. Near monoculture stands of Chondrus crispus have associated with them up to 36 animals species and 19 major species of algae that are vulnerable to removal as by-catch. Indirect effects of changes in macrophyte cover were not observed in fish species utilization of Ascophyllum nodosum beds on rising tides. Subtidal areas devoid of all macrophyte cover had lower levels of the preferred foods for Homarus americanus than kelp-covered areas; however, barren grounds are not created by macrophyte exploitation rates of 20% to 80% in eastern Canada. Long-term harvesting has altered the population structure and population ecology of C. crispus and A. nodosum in some areas. In general both target species and associated communities are resistant to perturbation.

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CHARLOTTE — U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood is the featured guest at a Charlotte roundtable on ways to help boost North Carolina's transportation industry.
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YOU can't compress the many tales of The Thousand and One Nights into a single evening. Mary Zimmerman's adaptation limits itself to a handful of the less-familiar stories. She frames them with those of Shahryar and Scheherezade.
Shahryar is a Persian king who, in revenge for his wife's adultery, takes a new bride each day and executes her next morning, Scheherazade is his vizier's daughter who ends this and wins his love by enthralling nightly storytelling.
As one story segues into another the mood changes from comedy to an exposition of Islamic values and explores a range of human foibles, sometimes coarse and bawdy, sometimes serious, always making some point about human behaviour.
It is played on a simple green disk backed by a black brick wall through which a jagged aperture is broken. Above hang a myriad of starry lights that dazzle into brightness at significant moments and Ben Stone's design is rich with colourful costumes bathed in Richard Howell's golden light. Music and dance from Iranian pop band Take It Easy Hospital and choreographer Anne Yee help keep Lu Kemp's production lively.
With even Adura Onashile (Scheherazade) and Sandy Grierson (Shahryar) doubling roles this is very much the work of an ensemble. The plethora of accents from a multi-national cast sometimes makes dialogue hard to follow but when it culminates in a Babel-like crescendo of storytelling it makes powerful theatre.
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A new feature of Wi-Fi could help people find both each other and things nearby, without even being near a hotspot.
With the launch of Windows 10, anyone who walks into your house and gets your Wi-Fi password for their PC could potentially let all their friends onto your network, thanks to a new feature that has ignited controversy online.
Wi-Fi aggregator Fon is continuing its mission to cover the world with shared broadband Internet connections, with recent deals giving it a boost. But the U.S. market continues to elude the company.
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The new world of Wi-Fi is a bit like the proverbial airplane being built in mid-air: Unless you really need to enter the new world of LANs right now, it might make sense to hold off. A case in point is the first 802.11ac Wave 2 access point from Cisc...
Chipsets that power equipment capable of smoothly moving 4K video streams inside homes over wireless and wired networks were on display at the Computex trade show.
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Wireless hotspots that can deliver hundreds of megabits per second in real-world bandwidth will become more common as operators increase their investments in Wi-Fi networks.
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Most of us have had the experience of being unable to connect to a Wi-Fi network in a location with lots of people. A technology that promises to alleviate that problem is, however, slowly but surely making headway.
The new MacBook is supposed to usher in a wire-free future for laptops, but Apple left out technologies that could have saved road warriors a few ungainly wires.
In the romantic city of Barcelona, cellular and Wi-Fi are getting set up on a lot of dates this week.
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Will the Blabbermouths Wake Democrats Up?
It is often said, believed and undoubtedly right that the Republicans' ace in midterm elections is apathetic Democrats not showing up at the polls. But that once predictable waltz into November is threatened by blabbermouths of the right's seeking self-aggrandizement by hurling darts at the sleeping Democratic bear.


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Yankees call them peanuts. Southerners call them "goobers" or "goober peas," derived from the African word nguba. Peanuts are native to South America, but they made their way to North America via Africa, courtesy of the Spanish and Portuguese explorers of the 16th century.
In Africa, the peanut plant took root, so to speak, and the African slaves who had learned how to cultivate and cook with this rich, nutritious food carried the peanut plant with them to the Southern plantations. Even though the plantation owners initially rejected peanuts as merely pig fodder and poor men's food, the African-American slaves harvested peanuts in their own gardens and before long, they were roasting peanuts in the kitchens of their masters' houses. If you've ever smelled the aroma of fresh roasted peanuts, you'll understand how easy it was to convert the entire South to becoming peanut lovers. Later, Dr. George Washington Carver helped develop the peanut into a prosperous industry that helped replace the cotton industry and offered nourishment to people around the world.
Peanuts are actually legumes (as in beans and peas) and not nuts at all. The British call them groundnuts because after flowering, the plants bend over and bury their flower stems in the soil, where the fruit pods we know as peanuts develop. If you can find raw, unshelled peanuts, roast them in your home oven for a warm, satisfying snack, perfect for munching on during ball games with an ice cold brew. (Be sure to keep a vacuum cleaner handy—the shells can get messy.)
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New York City - Manhattan
Chosen People Ministries International Headquarters in Manhattan houses the offices of the President and administrative staff of the Mission. In addition to this, it provides meeting rooms and facilities for various short-term missions programs such as the Summer Training and Evangelism Program (STEP) and other classes pertinent to faith issues.
New York City - Brooklyn
The Charles Feinberg Messianic Center in Brooklyn was dedicated in September 2013. It is located in the heart of Brooklyn's one-million-strong Jewish population, which contains Jewish people of many different religious and ethnic backgrounds. Outreach activities include a Messianic Shabbat fellowship, prayer and Bible study meetings in English and Russian, English as a Second Language classes, and cultural events that invite people to become involved in the life of the Center. We pray that this Center will be a great instrument to reach Brooklyn's diverse Jewish community for Yeshua (Jesus) the Messiah.
Los Angeles
Los Angeles has a population of over 600,000 Jewish people and Chosen People Ministries has had a presence in Southern California for over fifty years. The hub of the Mission's activities is located in Orange County, with Congregation Shuvah Yisrael (Return O Israel), a thriving Messianic congregation of about 225. Chosen People Ministries' staff in Southern California carries out evangelistic outreach, youth ministry, discipleship programs and home Bible studies and fellowship groups.
South Florida
With about three quarters of a million Jewish people, South Florida is one of the largest Jewish population centers in the world. Chosen People Ministries carries out a vigorous outreach there that includes home visiting, fellowship groups and evangelistic training. The Mission recently acquired a property that will serve as a Messianic Center and will also be the focal point for Bible studies, discipleship programs, special services and other outreach events.
The Jewish population of Chicago is diverse, consisting of Orthodox, Conservative, Reform and Secular communities. The Midwest staff of Chosen People Ministries is equipping Christians to be better prepared to share the Gospel with Jewish friends and neighbors by helping them see the unity of the Old and New Covenants. Outreach activities include Messianic Bible studies in the Loop of Chicago, a vibrant Messianic Congregation, Adat Hatikvah (Congregation of the Hope), home Bible studies and a developing Messianic Center that will further expand the ministry.


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I primarily purchased this little computer for my kids, even though I've been playing with it alot too. My two little girls go to the Webkins web site everyday, they practically live on that site but this computer will not work properly with that site. Every thing moves very slowly with this computer on that site. None of the games will work correctly so the kids will not use this computer because of that. I've tried using a windows computer with Mozilla to see if it was the browser but it works fine. I've ran a live cd version of Knoppix with Mozilla on that site and it works fine, so it's something to do with this system. Can anyone help me figure this out so I can have a legitimate reason to keep this little computer. Remember I purchased this computer for the kids, and they now will not use it.
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Information Technology: The State of Affairs for Blacks
When the Black Data Processors Association convened in Dallas this past August for its annual conference, high on its agenda were entrepreneurship and career vitality. Given projections for the industry's growth, the underrepresentation of African-American professionals and entrepreneurs in the field and the outsourcing of IT jobs offshore, those priorities were right on target for the 29-year-old group, the premier association for African-American information technology professionals.
Take entrepreneurship. Rudy Duke, president and CEO of the consulting firm NexTium Solutions and executive director of the BDPA Education & Technology Foundation, says minorities tend to do well in technology, but most contracts go to Asians, with East Indians getting the lion's share. Why? "These are U.S.-based companies that have the following infrastructure: They've gotten the "formula" down on how to get contracts; they share contacts and have collaborative networks; they have good technical training," Duke argues in the July issue of BDPA's newsletter.
Some entrepreneurs do not have the necessary certification to bid on certain contracts. Of the Black respondents in a survey conducted by redIbis, an umbrella group of minority IT and technology businesses and organizations, 86 percent say they were not certified as a minority business enterprise, or MBE, effectively eliminating them from bidding on many private-sector and government contracts. The federal government spent about $49 billion on IT alone in 2002, and that figure is expected to grow to $65 billion within four years. Few Blacks are earning that money. In fact, 66 percent of Black respondents in the redIbis survey said they have never bid on a government contract.
Certified MBEs, for example, can take advantage of the U.S. Department of Commerce's Commerce Information Technology Solutions (COMMITS) program, a multimillion-dollar solutions-based IT Government-Wide Acquisition Contract set-aside for small and minority business to provide information technology services and solutions to all federal agencies. The program provides performance-based IT services and solutions in three major functional areas: information systems engineering support solutions, information systems security support solutions, and systems operations and maintenance support solutions.
In the redIbis survey, of the 86 percent not certified, 14 percent said they did not know where to apply for such certification; 11 percent said they had never heard of certification; 12 percent said the certification process is too cumbersome; and 15 percent said they did not see the benefit of certification. Only 6 percent said they planned to get the certification.
The redIbis survey was conducted between the end of 2003 and early 2004 among minority technology professionals and entrepreneurs in the New York tristate area. It has a 2 percent to 3 percent margin of error. Black respondents included those who identified themselves as African-American, African and Caribbean Black.
The Professional Picture
The Bureau of Labor Statistics estimates that the number of IT jobs will grow slightly more than 7 percent a year between 1998 and 2008. But between 1996 and 2002 alone, the percentage of African-Americans in the IT work force fell to 8.2 percent from 9.1 percent, the Information Technology Association of America reported in April. Other ethnic minorities fared better in the same period. The percentage of Hispanic-American IT workers rose to 6.3 percent from 5.4 percent; Native Americans to 0.6 percent from 0.2 percent; and Asian-Americans to 11.8 percent from 8.9 percent, ITAA said.
The organization contends that not enough qualified Blacks are in the pipeline for IT jobs. "Until our education system produces more qualified candidates, these percentages of IT workers are not likely to improve significantly," ITAA President Harris N. Miller says. Even so, the redIbis survey shows Blacks in 20 different IT professions, ranging from health-care IT administration, education and training, Web production and consulting to banking technology, aerospace defense and software development.
Industry Demands
Information technology is a $2.5 trillion–plus global industry, and the United States is the largest single customer of IT products and services. Demand continues to grow for skilled IT professionals "because IT products and services—and the workers who provide them—are found throughout the economy," the Bureau of Labor Statistics says. Indeed, labor experts say demand for computer-related occupations will increase as a result of rapid advances in computer technology, continuing development of new computer applications and the growing importance of information security. Some even argue that the Bureau of Labor Statistics' projection that the number of jobs for computer system analysts and computer engineers and scientists will double between 1998 and 2008 is too low.
In their outlook for IT, the Bureau of Labor Statistics and ITAA cite the following figures:
- IT is the fastest-growing sector in the economy, with a 68% growth in output projected between 2002 and 2012.
- There were 10.3 million IT workers at the beginning of 2003, up 4.2% from the start of 2002 (Information Technology Association of America).
- The IT industry is expected to add 632,000 new jobs between 2002 and 2012, an increase of 18%.
- Computer programming jobs will increase by about 29 percent between 1998 and 2008.
- Seven of the 30 fastest-growing occupations are expected to be IT-related, with a projected average employment growth rate of 43%.
While most IT professionals work in computer services firms, many can be found in other industries. Health care, for example, is rapidly adopting IT solutions to meet a host of challenges, from regulatory to cost reduction and patient care, the ITAA says. Some of these IT solutions include computerized physician order entry initiatives, electronic medical records and electronic claims processing. Indeed, IT spending in the United States among health-care providers is projected to reach $17.3 billion in 2007 from $15.1 billion in 2002.
Coping With "Offshoring"
Forty-nine percent of the Black respondents in the redIbis survey say global outsourcing, or offshoring, has limited their ability to find work. Research firms tracking the movement of U.S. jobs offshore now say that by 2005, 40 percent more white-collar jobs than previously expected will move to low-cost labor sites overseas, such as China, India and Mexico. IT work will continue to be a prime candidate for that shift, they say. TowerGroup, for example, reports that the top 15 U.S. financial institutions spent some $1 billion last year on IT offshoring and will probably spend $2.5 billion per year by 2008.
"The facts are that some IT services will no longer be performed within companies in the United States," says Will Bundy, national BDPA outside director. In a BDPA newsletter, he advises those affected to sharpen their individual skills, seek alternative career paths and recognize that the key to continued employment and personal growth is delivery of needed services to a customer or employer. "As individuals we must understand our 'brand' and what it is we have to offer. All of us must work to create a personal 'brand' that delivers what our employers or customers need. If employers no longer need maintenance programmers and you are a maintenance programmer, you are in a low-demand job. You need to change your brand," Bundy says.
Securing the Pipeline
Education, training and mentoring are priorities at redIbis, BDPA and the National Association of Black Telecommunications Professionals, which serves Blacks in IT's sister industry. The concern is to "make sure we're building a pipeline of future leaders who look like me," Rodney C. Adkins, vice president for development at IBM Systems & Technology Group, told The Network Journal earlier this year. US Black Engineer and Information Technology magazine this year named Adkins one of the 50 most important African-Americans in technology.
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I had a tummy tuck about 3 weeks ago. How long should I expect the swelling to last?
How Long Does Tummy Tuck Surgery Swelling Last?
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Swelling after a tummy tuck
Thank you for your question.
It is very common to get swollen in the lower abdomen after tummy tuck. There are a number of factors involved. In the early phase the abdomen may seem bloated because many of the narcotics used for pain can slow down the GI tract and cause bloating or constipation. This will generally resolve itself within a few weeks.
In the second phase, the tissues above the lower abdominal scar become swollen because the scar tissue stops fluid from migrating downwards. The peak of the scar tissue is about 12 weeks after surgery. This can also be the peak of the puffiness. As the scar tissue matures over 6 to 12 months the fluid in the lower abdomen can travel more normally and the swelling diminishes. While most patients will see a dramatic decrease in swelling about 12 weeks after surgery, the swelling can even improve out to a year.
Lastly, the final healing process of the tummy tuck is the abdominal wall stretching again as it decides how tight it can remain after muscle tightening. Even after tightening, the abdominal wall will relax somewhat and find a new equilibrium. As one might expect slender people tend to stay flatter than people to carry more weight inside the abdomen.
I hope this helps to answer your question.
Swelling takes quite a while to resolve after any surgery
Quick answer: The majority of swelling resolves within 2 months, a small amount takes up to a year.
A tummy tuck is a major procedure that requires "lifting up" your stomach skin (dividing lymphatic drainage vessels from under the skin surface), pulling it down to reset the tension of the skin, and then an excision to remove the excess. Basically, the skin from the scar up to your ribcage is in a new environment. It can only drain fluid "up" and to the sides. Until new lymphatic connections occur across the scar line and down to the stomach muscles, all this swelling fluid has to run against gravity to get out of the skin. This is one of the reasons that we suggest patients wear compression garments for a period of time after surgery - these garments assist with the "uphill" removal of fluid, and you may feel more comfortable wearing them until those new connections occur.
A simple way to judge how you are doing is to look at the indentations that elastic clothing create on your trunk. One the front, you will see more of a lasting impression than on your back / flank region (even though there is even pressure all the way around your body) (I'm assuming you did not have flank liposuction or anything back there.) This is a way you can monitor the swelling, and you can expect it to go away over several months. After a few months, most of what patients consider "noticeable" swelling has resolved.
Web reference: http://www.drmichaelbogdan.com/plastic-surgery/tummy-tuck-faq.cfm
Abdominal swelling after a tummy tuck"
We usually use the time of about 3 months to judge results with our patients. Still at that time there can be some degree of swelling that comes and goes, but that is small amount.
At 3 weeks you will be reaching a point where swelling gets worse as the day goes on and is better in the morning. Sometimes the lower abdomen feels pretty firm late in the day.
Of course everything varies with what your surgeon did. We do a lot of liposuction with our tummy tucks which may prolong healing a bit.
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How long does swelling last after a tummy tuck?
This is one of the most popular questions after an abdominoplasty.
After a tummy tuck, you can look forward to a newer, more shapely you. Abdominoplasties are wonderful at removing fat, tightening the underlying muscles, and removing excess skin.
Tummy tucks vary depending on the technique the surgeon used, whether or not they used liposuction, etc.
When I perform a tummy tuck, liposuction is essential to give the patient the figure they want. Because of this, my patients have to wait for the swelling to subside from the elevation of the flap & from the liposuction itself.
I tell my patients that they will immediately notice a difference in their abdominal area, but that it will take 2 to 3 months for most of the swelling to subside and to get their final result.
Sometimes, some swelling persists over the suture line - this will also go down as your body continues to heal across the scar.
Hope that this helped!
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There are 2 causes of swelling after a tummy tuck. One...
There are 2 causes of swelling after a tummy tuck. One is just the natural edema in the skin as a result of dividing the lymphatic channels to the skin as it is lifted off the muscles to accomplish the result. This goes away after 3-4 months.
The other cause of swelling a person might have at 3 weeks postoperatively is called a "seroma" and is a collection of fluid between the skin and the muscles. This can feel like a waterbed and have a fluid wave across the lower abdomen. If present, it may require drainage of the fluid by your doctor.
Swelling After Tummy Tuck
The area right above the stitch line in the lower center part of the tummy will stay swollen longer, and will seem puffy long after the rest of your tummy is looking great. Expect the area above the stitch line to very slowly improve over 12 -18 months.
Massage therapy using lymphatic drainage techniques can be very helpful in reducing swelling and encouraging better blood flow.
Web reference: http://drzwiebel.com/tummy-tuck-denver
The swelling after a tummy tuck will last at least a good 3 months. The degree of swelling will vary depending on:
- the extent of the surgery
- the inclusion of liposuction
- the amount of physical activity you engage in post surgery
- your diet (salt content for example)
- and how often you wore your abdominal girdle / pressure garment.
There will be visible improvements during these 3 months. The swelling will also persist beyond this time frame but will be much less evident and will eventually dissipate.
Abdominoplasty swelling
Swelling after abdominoplasty can be one of several things. Post-operatively things like ruptured suture plications can create bulges in the mid-line. These areas of swelling will not demonstrate a "fluid wave" (essentially being able to tap on one area of the swelling and seeing that tap transmitted through the swollen area... think bowl of jello). This swelling may be permanent and require surgical revision as it represents a bulge of muscle that is no long pulled as tightly as the rest of the muscle.
Swelling that has a fluid wave may be a seroma (serous fluid collection) or a hematoma (a collection of blood). These collections can be drained with a needle or left to absorb on their own. Serous collections typically resolve more quickly than hematomas.
General swelling in the soft tissue is common in any type of surgery and is caused by the interruption of the lymphatics and inflammation which brings fluid into the surgical area. This swelling is typically more diffuse and may take up to six months to fully resolve.
I hope this helps.
Postoperative swelling after tummy tuck
Best wishes,
Dr. Basu
Houston, TX
Web reference: http://www.basuplasticsurgery.com/houston-body-procedures/tummy-tuck/
Swelling after Tummy Tuck
Tummy tuck surgery can leave you with swelling for months. I usually tell my patients that the majority of the swelling will subside within 1 month but can take up to 5 months to completely go away before you can really appreciate your "final results." It is very normal to experience what you are describing and this should completely resolve. Just make sure you are still seeing your plastic surgeon regularly to evaluate and make sure you don't have any fluid collections, or seromas (medical term), that can be contributing to your swelling.
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Doing a remodel of the public areas of the house - about 1000 square feet to cover. Single story ranch on a concrete slab.
Want to do a all wood or wood engineered floating floor - not laminate.
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Did a small basement entrance/computer area, maybe 60'. Used the HD cheap ($1.00/ft.) stuff, Simple Lock I think it's called with the pad under. The dogs go in and out that way a lot, I bring tools and stuff through to my shop. It's held up better than I really expected. Figured the dogs would scratch it up (hence the cheap stuff) and I'd redo it after 5 or 6 years. It's probably been 5 and it's still in good shape. Did probably 600' of laminate for my mother-in-law. She bought Pergo. She loves it. I've done some real wood "nail down" but none on concrete, so I can't speak for that side.
Floating is alot easier and gives you more to work with if you have subfloor irregularities.
What's your moisture reading on the slab?
My neighbors put down mid-grade big box store stuff on a concrete slab. Turns out it had a low spot. Every time you walk across it you can see and hear the deflection. So, check for level and use leveling agent as needed.
Sound right?
I am in the same boat. Did the plastic test in 4 spots around the room..no moisture. Looking to buy Armstrong laminant. Not sure how good it in. My application will be in my new home office.
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I would say a floating wood engineered product would be your best bet, if you do not plan to install a sub floor to nail 3/4" hard wood floor. This would require 2x3 on 16" ctrs and 5/8" t&g ply glued and screwed.
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Yesterday night was a good night, filled with great company, food and makeup goodies. A big thank you to Sophia, Kim, Amy, Jerlaine and Kas for the presents and the awesome cake, and also to Gwen who came to meet us too.
Dinner was at Everything with Fries (EwF) at Orchard Central. We each had a Har Jeong Kai burger meal with either sour cream and onion fries and garlic fries. The serving is pretty generous for a $9.90 meal and I personally couldn't finish this.
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The birthday cake! The girls had lighted a candle and were waiting to surprise me with this yummy looking chocolate cake on the table while I was away in the washroom. This cake is from Awfully Chocolate which, as it turns out, are the same people behind EwF.
The presents! Urban Decay Mariposa palette and fresh Brown Sugar edp. I am so happy with my gifts. Been lemming for both and now I can strike them off my wishlist.
That was not all. More goodies were exchanged and passed around. Everytime we meet it's like Christmas.
Benefit velvet eyeshadows from Jerlaine's mini spree. I chose a couple of neutral shades in Fawn Over Me and Tickled Mink.
Beauty.com F&F 20% sale spree items from Gwen. I got a large Z-palette after I filled my first one with Inglot eyeshadow pans, and also bought the Cargo Safari collection that Kim recommended to me. It comes with a full-sized blush in Coral Beach, an eyeshadow duo in gold and olive green shades, an eye pencil in khaki, a lip gloss in Serengeti and a mascara. Not bad for USD34 when a blush by itself costs USD28. Comes in a cute little pouch.
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After dinner, we trooped to Lush which had just opened at Wisma Atria. It's just like a candy store. Everything looks so yummy and smells good. I didn't buy anything there and then, but I'm sure I'll be back to check out the store soon.
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" 'President Lee will present the direction of the world economy after the (2008-2009) crisis and focus on improving understanding on new agenda items,' Cheong Wa Dae spokeswoman Kim Eun-hye told reporters, adding that South Korea wants the G20 to start formal discussions on ways to foster development of poor nations and create a global financial safety net in the November summit."
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"The deal with China leaves South Korea as the only country to maintain its ban Canadian beef after an outbreak of bovine spongiform encephalopathy disease in 2003. It is expected to push Seoul toward resolving a dispute with Canada that's currently before the World Trade Organization."
Mexico: We have a summit coming up!
It's somewhat poorly translated from Spanish, but the gist of Mr. Calderon's public diplomacy will be around promoting his country's hosting of the next climate convention:
"President Felipe Calderón will participate on Saturday and Sunday at the Fourth Summit of Leaders of the G20, among whom he will make a presentation of progress and remaining challenges XVI towards the UN Convention on Climate Change to be held in Cancun, Quintana Roo."
And in El Universal, it was predicted that Calderon will push to lower trade barriers within North America:
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Russia: Zany!
Russian news sites seem, uh, a little less than sober. I really hope this isn't just the translator (feel free to let us know if Google's got it wrong, or if the Russians really do write news like this) on the protests in Toronto:
" The leitmotif of their foul calls on the Internet can be described by Gorky: 'Let the storm will break soon. " Они обещают мировому капитализму горячие три дня. They promise world capitalism hot for three days. Канадская королевская полиция в свою очередь сообщает, что запаслась цистернами с водой - будет остужать горячие головы. Royal Canadian Police, in turn, said that the tanks stocked with water - will cool the hot heads. Канадская королевская полиция в свою очередь сообщает, что запаслась цистернами с водой - будет остужать горячие головы."
But Pravda takes the cake, here's their most recent top stories:
- Australia's New Ptime Minister To Face Severe Unfeminine Problems
- USA and Israel Bring Smell of Gunpowder to Persian Gulf
- Words of Truth Leave US Troops in Afghanistan Without Commander
- Obama Gradually Slides into Snake Pit that He Digs for Himself
For somewhat sane views on Russia, we recommend the new Kremlin Twitter feed:
"Met with David Cameron. Have agreed that we'll continue to speak in person, not just online @number10gov"
Saudi Arabia: Oil!
The Arab News called the summit an "economic clash of civilizations," but didn't really spell out what that meant.
They did provide some interesting text on how the Saudi's refer to their ruler and themselves: "Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Abdullah is already in Toronto to represent Saudi Arabia at the summit. Saudi membership of the G20 is in direct recognition of its position as the single largest oil exporter in the world, in addition to being a country with the largest oil reserves."
Their view of the summit prep was also, um, interesting:
"Canadian police patrolled the Lake Ontario waterfront on boats and jet skis. The number of security forces protecting the summit meetings was estimated at 19,000, drawn from all over Canada.
"Under the new regulations, police, at their discretion, can deny access to the [security zone]and 'use whatever force is necessary' to keep people out.
"A number of schools in the downtown Toronto area, including the prestigious University of Toronto's downtown campus, were closed down and exams rescheduled, so as to avoid any major disturbance."
South Africa: Window Dressing?
In South Africa's Mail and Guardian there was some concern about "window dressing" over Stephen Harper's invitation of seven African countries - South Africa, Malawi, Ethiopia, Senegal, Nigeria, Algeria and Egypt - to attend this year's G8 summit.
" African leaders make themselves objects of ridicule if they just engage in conversations on the sidelines of these kinds of meetings," said Dr Francis Ikome, director of the African and Southern African programme at the Institute for Global Dialogue (IGD).Report Typo/Error


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SWANSBORO, N.C. - The North Carolina Court of Appeals has overturned a decision that could have led to expansion of the Hammocks Beach State Park near Swansboro.
The Daily News of Jacksonville reported (http://bit.ly/10eu126) the court overturned a decision that the state Board of Education should be trustee for the nearly 300 acres of land next to the park.
The court awarded the property to the grandchildren of the late John and Gertrude Hurst, who had challenged the state's claim to the property.
The State Board of Education had expected to turn the land over to the Division of Parks and Recreation, probably to expand the state park.
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Australia stands ready to provide further help to the struggling Pacific nation of Nauru, but Prime Minister John Howard maintains that any aid will remain tied to changes in governance.
Mr Howard today discussed Nauru's plight with other Pacific leaders and said Australia recognised that the island was in a difficult position.
''We are friendly,'' Mr Howard said.
''We have helped a lot in the past and we obviously stand ready to help in the future.''
Australia has already sent a financial adviser and police commissioner to Nauru, as part of a deal involving $A22.5 million in aid over two years in return for Nauru continuing to process asylum seekers on the island.
''Obviously we provide aid,'' Mr Howard said.
''We are asking that there be changes in relation to governance.''
Mr Howard said changes in governance were occurring in Nauru.
Nauru's new president Ludwig Scotty is in Samoa with Mr Howard and other Pacific leaders for the annual meeting of the 16-member Pacific Islands Forum, the Pacific's main regional political body.
Mr Howard said the forum's members had all agreed to adopt the principles of an Australian-funded study into regional transport issues.
He said Australia would provide a $A2 million fund to help facilitate and implement a number of the study's recommendations.
The recommendations included the need for transparency and a realistic recognition of the difficulty some smaller islands had in maintaining particular transport capabilities.
''Whilst not saying that government shouldn't own airlines or have corporatised airlines, the major role of government is a regulatory one,'' Mr Howard said.
''Where there are subsidies they should be transparent.''
Security was tight at the Sinalei Reef Resort in Samoa for today's leaders' retreat.
Mr Howard and his New Zealand counterpart Helen Clark were expected to watch the Wallabies versus All Blacks match tonight.
Both leaders have publicly backed moves to establish a Pacific team in an expanded Super 12 competition and continuing a combined Pacific Islanders Test side.
''I hope to see a Pacific Islands team playing,'' Mr Howard said.
''I think it would be wonderful for the Pacific islands, it would be wonderful for rugby and it would be a fair adjustment of a situation that has not worked in my view fairly for the smaller rugby playing countries of this region.''
Meanwhile, Australia today pledged $4 million to a trust fund to help the tiny South Pacific island of Niue recover from the devastation unleashed by tropical cyclone Heta in January.
Prime Minister John Howard said Niue had been knocked around by the cyclone.
''Obviously this is a case where help is needed not only in the aftermath of that but also more generally,'' he said.
Australia's contribution adds to the $5 million given to the trust by New Zealand.


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For most visitors of the Southernmost Point, a stone's throw from Mile Marker 0, it is daylight hours when they stand beside the colorful bouy landmark smiling for a photo.
At 3 a.m. Friday, 28 Cubans made a landing, but it was a far cry from the usual hustle and bustle of tourist season. Another three made it ashore in Marathon on Thursday around 9:20 a.m.
Instead, this group came ashore in the dark with little else but the clothes on their backs.
Once U.S. Customs and Border Protection authorities were notified, the refugees were well on their way to freedom. They will be processed, given medical treatment if needed and taken to a center near Miami. It usually takes up to a month to get the necessary paperwork before they are released.
The U.S. has the "wet-foot, dry-foot policy" that puts Cubans who reach U.S. soil on a fast track to permanent residency. The government initiated the policy in 1995 as an amendment to the 1966 Cuban Adjustment Act passed by Congress when Cold War tensions ran high between the U.S. and the island nation.
A Key West police officer was also on site Friday morning and handed out a bunch of American flags he had collected following the fireworks display at Higgs Beach earlier in the evening. The immigrants got their picture taken near the famous statue.
But not all refugees are lucky enough to make it to land. Many more are intercepted in the waters outside of the U.S. and are returned to their native homeland when the U.S. Coast Guard comes upon their vessels.
"Primarily, the Coast Guard maintains its humanitarian responsibility to prevent the loss of life at sea, since the majority of migrant vessels are dangerously overloaded, unseaworthy or otherwise unsafe," a press release from the Coast Guard states.
In 1981, 120,000 migrants from 23 countries were interdicted by the Coast Guard. Between 1991 and 1995, there was a dramatic increase in attempts from Haitians following a coup. In 1994, it rescued some 63,000 Haitians, with 17 U.S. boats patrolling around the world's poorest country.
Statistics released by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security/United States Coast Guard in the first six months of 2013, show that 705 Cubans have been apprehended at sea or attempting to land on U.S. soil and were sent back to their county. During the same time period, 385 Haitians, 60 Dominicans, 17 Mexicans, 1 Ecuadorian and 5 Chinese refugees were intercepted.
The numbers seem high, but are not near the totals in 2007 when it reached 9,455, of which 2,868 were from Cuba. However, this year's statistics have already surpassed 2010 when only 422 Cubans were caught.


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The fire in the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness continues to balloon in size. Federal fire crews and the National Guard have been called in to help fight the blaze. The estimated size of the blaze is 100,000 acres and growing.
Gov. Dayton directed four Minnesota National Guard UH-60 "Blackhawk" Helicopters and Army and Air National Guard Aviation support teams to begin assisting firefighting efforts.
Under the Dome
Democrats are making an effort to restore the Market Value Homestead Credit. The popular tax break for homeowners was eliminated in the state budget deal.
New U.S. Census data shows one in ten in Minnesota lives in poverty. The poverty rate also increased across the country.
Gov. Dayton speaks to the Eden Prairie Chamber of Commerce today. He held an economic round table on the Iron Range on Tuesday.
The Mesabi Daily News says Dayton is talking with his commissioners about creating a point person to help accelerate mining projects toward development.
The MPCA approved an air permit for a taconite expansion. The approval means the U.S. Steel plant can emit more mercury.
MPR takes a look at efforts to clean Minnesota's waters.
Attorney General Lori Swanson dropped Dorsey and Whitney as the state's bond counsel.
The Minneapolis Police pension fund approved a merger with the state's pension fund.
President Obama takes his jobs pitch to North Carolina today. He was Ohio on Tuesday.
CNN says Obama's push for the bill could last months.
The Financial Times says President Obama will propose cuts to Medicare and Medicaid.
The debt panel started its work on Tuesday.
The White House is pressed on a $500 million loan to a solar company that is now under investigation.
There will be a new airport security policy for children.
5,400 Hill staffers have gone to K Street.
A fraud case rocks the Democratic Party in California.
DFL Rep. Keith Ellison says he's uncomfortable with the Social Security tax cut in President Obama's jobs plan.
Congress passed GOP Rep. John Kline's Education bill and extended transportation funding.
The education bill would also expand charter schools.
DFL Rep. Tim Walz joins an effort to repeal the Defense of Marriage Act.
Militants in Kabul launched an attack on the U.S. Embassy.
The Specials
The GOP candidate in NY-9 scored a major upset in a special election in that state Republicans say it's a bad sign for President Obama.
A Republican also won a Nevada special election easily.
The party-backed candidates running to win two Minnesota Senate seats won their primary battles. The general election is scheduled for October 18.
Race for President
GOP Rep. Michele Bachmann backed off earlier suggestions that the HPV vaccine could cause mental retardation. She made the claims after Monday night's debate and on Tuesday's Today Show.
A Failed executive order on the HPV vaccine haunts Texas Gov. Rick Perry's campaign.
The Washington Post says Perry's financial ties to the vaccine maker, Merck, are deeper than he suggested.
A Bachmann Super PAC typifies new election ground rules.
AP says Bachmann's book is called "Core of Conviction."
An unidentified Pawlenty staffer throws Nick Ayers under the bus.
Politico reports that Pawlenty had a retire the debt party in Washington D.C.


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Facts and Figures
Streaming of Food Waste
Dry Food Waste
To avoid unnecessary Land-Fill, the hotel has purchased a Bio-Digester (at a cost of 30,000) to compost all dry food waste. This process takes 6 weeks and the compost is used to enrich the soil of the hotels Herb Garden and is also supplied to local Organic Vegetable growers.
Wet Food Waste
All wet food waste is sent to Co. Louth to be processed into Bio-Fuel for the generation of electricity without the use of fossil fuels.
Streaming of Hotel Waste
All waste is separately collected which means that we can take full advantage of a wide variety of re-cycling companies and facilities. This means, that with the exception of mixed waste and light bulbs, there are no charges incurred by us - making good business as well as environmental sense.
|All mixed waste 1100Lt bins
|per pickup/disposal
|All bailed plastic
|Free pickup/disposal
|every 2 weeks
|All bailed cardboard
|Free pickup/disposal
|every 2 weeks
|All bailed shredded paper
|Free pickup/disposal
|every 2 weeks
|All bailed tin/aluminium
|Free pickup/disposal
|every 2 weeks
|All bulbs - 1100Lt bin
|when full
|All bailed brown paper
|Free pickup/disposal
|every 2 weeks
|All batteries - 240Lt bin
|Free pickup/disposal
|when full
|All bailed newspapers/magazines
|Free pickup/disposal
|every 2 weeks
The Hotel has invested heavily (250,000) in providing its own facility to treat effluent. This state of the art plant is also quite unusual in that the finishing stages of the process uses Irish Peat as a natural filter.
The Hotel has commissioned a Wood Chip Plant (67,000) to provide all the current heat for the building and for the Spa and Pool. Bio-Mass fuels such as wood chip are not only eco-friendly, removing the need to use fossil fuels, but are also Carbon Neutral. The calculated carbon saving to the atmosphere by the hotel will be in excess of 356 tonnes if CO2 per annum.
New conference centre, bedrooms and function rooms will use Geo-Thermal heat sourced from underground springs to generate heat for the buildings. This process negates the use of fossil fuels.
Air conditioning provided to all the Hotel Suites uses new technology in the form of Heat Pumps to generate Hot Water for the Hotel from the heat extracted from the Bedrooms. The condenser unit, the first of its kind in Ireland, incurred an investment of 50% more than conventional units (64,000)
The Hotel invests heavily in Organic Producers (currently in excess of 1 million per annum) The Strawberry Tree is the only licensed Restaurant in Ireland. The Hotel Bakery is also licensed. Both The Herb Garden and the woodland adjacent to The Hotel are also licensed.
Calculated savings on the use of chemicals (pesticides and fertilizers) by just one local Organic Farm supplying vegetables to the Hotel is in excess of 9 Tonnes per annum.
More about Brooklodge's Keeping it Green policy
Organic Articles
Official - organic really is better - Sunday Times, 28th October 2007
Eat your words all who scoff at organic food - Sunday Times, 28th October 2007


text: Six years. It's been six years since Rising Sun came out. This is my Six year suckaversary review. This, wow, I mean, look at this. It's almost like I've gone snorkeling and my capalaries blew up. This game looks like it came out back in the glory days of the PS1(no offense Sony). I mean, look closely at this. Is there really any reason to be excited over this? As I've stated before in a review of World at War(yes I know there is a six years between the games) the Japs just don't feel like something in World War 2. Nothing really screamed at me like it had any chance of doing good. The gameplay was sluggish(although it does have very good sound) and the AI was as braindead as a mouse who can find it's way down a straight path(and yes I'm sure there are mice about that brain dead but they are probably smarter than these pack of Jappies). The devolopers didn't take full control over the idea that the Japs had kamikaze attacks, and Banzia charges(they will occasionally pop out of spider holes in some of the later missions). The aiming crossair didn't do very good, and I wasted clip after clip of ammo in my Garand(eventually I decided to just take the automatic weapons and just spray instead of making the shots count, I mean what was the difference)? This game gives a whole new definition to war is hell. Look at this! At one point you ride on an elephant(hold laughter>snort<) and tear up guys with an MG(must resist urge to make crappy joke). I don't know what was so scary about the Japs in this game, they were suppose to be ruthless, violent, and ready to kill in WW2, but it's more like a shooting gallery, and you've got really bad aim.


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Every generation gets its own big-screen version of timeless epics such as The Three Musketeers, from Richard Lester's 70s two-parter to the Gene Kelly-starring 1948 opus. The latest cinematic incarnation of Alexander Dumas' swashbuckling romp, presented in spectacular 3D, is enhanced by a retro-tech sheen as air-bound dirigibles replace the customary battleships.
"The Three Musketeers is such a classic and, like a lot of classics, it's been adapted again and again," says director Paul W.S. Anderson. "People have been making movies out of The Three Musketeers for almost 100 years now but the difference between them all is that they're told in a slightly different way to reflect the times that they're made in. We're in a post-Pirates of the Caribbean-style world right now, where certain period movies have slightly hyper-real, modern-day settings."
Renowned for high-octane action flicks Resident Evil and Mortal Kombat, the Newcastle-born 46-year-old is making his first historical outing with The Three Musketeers.
Working from a script by British costume drama expert Andrew Davies (the BBC's Pride and Prejudice and Little Dorrit) and Predators' Alex Litvak, Anderson claims to have stayed fairly faithful to the 1844 novel. "We've taken a lot of what was great about the book," he claims. "It's a cracking story and the themes of the book are also the themes of the movie, which are friendship, loyalty, love and camaraderie.
It's a classic 'all for one and one for all'. Those themes never date, which is why the book still has currency over 150 years after it was written. We didn't want to mess with that but what we've done is introduce this modern gloss, which is where the visual effects, the airships and the slightly heightened action scenes come in."
According to Anderson, young hothead D'Artagnan and the perennial trio of Athos, Aramis and Porthos were the 007s and Ethan Hunts of their day. "In the 17th Century, the Three Musketeers were the best of the best," he explains. "If there was a mission that was totally impossible, you'd call on them. If someone has to go to London and bring back the diamonds in an impossibly short period of time, you send the Musketeers. I wanted them to have the kind of gadgetry that you'd associate with a Bond or Mission: Impossible movie."
Described by Anderson as "a coming-of-age story", the film features 19-year-old Californian Logan Lerman (Percy Jackson And The Lightning Thief) as the youthful D'Artagnan. "What I like about Logan is that for the first time in a Three Musketeers movie, D'Artagnan is played by a real teenager," says Anderson. "He was a boy in Percy Jackson but he becomes a man in this movie." British stalwarts Matthew Macfadyen (Spooks), Ray Stevenson (Rome) and Luke Evans (Tamara Drewe) respectively take on the roles of Athos, Aramis and Porthos. "They're all such nice people and it happened really quickly," recalls Anderson. "They all come from England so I spent a day in a hotel in London, having endless cups of tea and coffee, meeting lots of actors and saying 'I'm a big fan of yours, I'd love you to be in my movie'."
He also assembled an impressive supporting cast, which includes Inglourious Basterds Oscar-winner Christoph Waltz as Cardinal Richeleau, Orlando Bloom as the scheming Duke of Buckingham and Resident Evil star Milla Jovovich as treacherous femme fatale Milady de Winter. "I always thought that it was a shame that Milla hasn't been used in more period movies because she has such a classically beautiful face," says Anderson, who married the Kiev-born actress in 2009. "And if anybody was going to be able to pull off complicated fight scenes in tight skirts and corsets, it would be her. Christoph was the first guy to sign on and it was the first movie he took after winning the Oscar for Inglourious Basterds. He had seen the Gene Kelly [version of] Three Musketeers at school and just loved it. He saw the movie as just a big popcorn film and really wanted to be a part of it. It was a real coup to ask Orlando to play a villain but what I didn't realise was that he was desperate to do something like that after being in two of the biggest franchises in the world but always playing a good guy."
While it remains to be seen whether contemporary audiences will embrace his efforts, Anderson is hoping to return for the inevitable sequel. "We had a tremendous amount of fun making the movie, as you can probably tell, and there's nobody who wouldn't want to come back and have another adventure," he says. "We've actually only done the first half of the first book and Dumas wrote several books so there are plenty of adventures left for D'Artagnan, that's for sure." The Three Musketeers is in cinemas from Thursday.


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Election for Sai Trust chairman next week
The 86-year-old spiritual leader had left no will and that his caretaker Satyajit was just an employee.
Puttaparthi: Trustees of the Sri Satya Sai Central Trust on Thursday said Sai Baba did not have any successor in his mind and that a new Chairman of the Trust may be elected next week, as they sought to put up a united front asserting there were no differences among them.
A day after Sathya Sai Baba was laid to rest in this pilgrim town in Andhra Pradesh, the Trustees also said the 86-year-old spiritual leader had left no will and that his "caretaker" Satyajit was just an "employee" of the Trust chosen by him for some personal work and nothing more than that.
"Election of Chairman may happen next week when the Trustees and Council of Management will meet. There is no will of the Baba as far as we know nor did he have his successor in mind," the trustees said at their maiden press conference at the Satya Sai Indoor Stadium in Puttaparthi.
The Trustees while asserting they had no individual "vested interests" also sought to drive home the point that there was no difference of opinion among them.
"We have no individual vested interests. But, there are certain vested interests that are tring to defame the fair name of the Trust, its functionaries and the Trustees," the Trustees said.
"We don't want to name anybody but there are efforts to defame us," said Trustee Venu Srinivasan, a former chairman of the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII), at the crowded press conference in the company of his other Trust colleagues.
"The traditions that Baba established in various practices have been crystallised. The glorious traditions... We will follow in letter and spirit and maintain the same values. Both the Central and the AP governments have assured that they would not interfere with the Trust activities," Srinivasan said while speaking on behalf of the Trustees and the Council of Management.
"They told us that the governments were neither interested nor was there any proposal to interfere with the Trust activities.
In fact, we never approached the government for aid at any time," he pointed out.
Maintaining that the value of Trust properties was "hugely exaggerated" by the media, Srinivasan and another Trustee Naganand said the value was always subjective.
"Also, in the light of baseless, irresponsible and false accusations of defalcation of gold, valuable artefacts and even money, it is emphatically stated that the accusations are wholly untrue and it is believed these have been engineered by certain vested interests," Srinivasan said.
"The Trust properties are for a specific purpose. Every single piece of land owned by the Trust is for charitable purposes and the properties are not available for sale or commercial exploitation," he said.
The Trust, henceforth, would be transparent and maintain the same values established by the Baba, he added.
It was probably for the first time ever that Trustees of the Satya Sai Trust addressed a formal press conference.
"When Baba was alive, we never had an occasion to interact with the media," Srinivasan said.
Refuting reports that none of the Baba's family members was allowed into the ICU when he in the hospital, Ratnakar, a Trustee and Baba's nephew said: "All 27 days I was with him in ICU on behalf of the family.
All members of the family could go once in a while and darshan of the Baba in ICU.
On allegations against Baba's "caretaker" Satyajit, the Trustees said he was an ex-student of the Satya Sai Institute and the Baba chose him for some personal work, nothing more than that.
Satyajit was with the Baba for 20 years as the latter chose him. But Baba never took a decision to induct Satyajit into the Trust.
"He is just an employee of the Trust," the Trustees pointed out.
Asked about the "differences" between him and Satyajit, Ratnakar said he had a "reasonable good relationship" with Satyajit. "There are no differences between us."
Trust secretary and Baba's trusted aide K Chakravarthi said he quit Indian Administrative Service in 1981 and joined the Satya Sai Institute of Higher Learning as Registrar.
Later he oversaw the implementation of the drinking water supply projects launched by the Trust.
"Subsequently, Baba wanted me to be the Secretary of the Trust.I am not a Trustee and only a secretary of the Trust. I am only a facilitator," Chakravarthi said.
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In the battle of vet vs. pet care experts, who best to handle husbandry?
Big dog's got a bone. So what does he do with it when a little one comes around? He snarls and growls, showing off those big white teeth and prodigious hackles so as not to let the itty-witty thing below him get the wrong impression. 'Cause no way is he planning on sharing.
So it goes with veterinarians and the army of pet care providers who offer ancillary healthcare services such as chiropractics, massage and acupuncture, for example. If the person providing these services is not a veterinarian or under the direct supervision of a veterinarian, my profession is staunchly opposed to the practice. 'Cause no way are we planning on sharing.
I got to thinking about this perennial issue after one of you posed this question:
Every now and then I see [an] attempt to pass legislation that will outlaw common husbandry practices by anyone except a veterinarian. Here is an example of the fallout: www.mofirst.org/news/Freedom-Center.html. This case has to do with floating teeth in horses, but the law is so vague it could apply to other things as well, even to dog trainers. I have a great deal of respect for veterinarians, but I don't think they are the experts in everything to do with animals, so I am concerned about attempts to take over husbandry. Do you have any thoughts on this issue?
Why yes, as a matter of fact, I do.
But first up, some basic background on this case, one that pits a trained, experienced "floater" (someone who provides a common dental service to keep horses' teeth nice and even), Brooke Gray, against the Missouri Veterinary Medical Board. According to what appears to be her legal counsel's website:
On September 9, 2010, the Attorney General's office filed a lawsuit accusing Brooke (the offending floater) of practicing veterinary medicine without a license. The Veterinary Medical Board, the plaintiff in the case, invoked the authority of a 1992 law that makes it a criminal offense for any non-veterinarian other than an owner or the owner's full-time employee to change an animal's physical or mental condition. Violation of the law is punishable by a fine of up to $1,000 and a year in prison for each separate animal involved.
"The breadth of this law is truly astonishing," said Dave Roland, the attorney who has taken up Mrs. Gray's defense. "The law offers no exceptions or narrowing definitions, meaning that if it chose to do so, the Board could prevent non-veterinarians from providing such common services as horseshoeing and cattle branding — or even dog grooming and training!"
The page offered no link to the statute, but if their claim with respect to its language is correct (and no, it would not surprise me if it were), this example offers more of the same kind of professional protectionism we veterinarians have been increasingly guilty of. Here's what I mean:
With our culture's seemingly inexorable drive toward a more enlightened appreciation of animal welfare principles to consider, and more of the same barn-to-backyard-to-bed evolution to look forward to, it only makes sense that the public demand higher quality care for all animals.
The veterinary profession has responded to these social and economic pressures by ramping up production of specialists, drugs, procedures, and specialty facilities, among other niceties. In so doing, it has sought to enact restrictions on the degree to which non-veterinary service providers could commercially offer procedures we veterinarians now consider worthy of greater quality care (e.g., equine floating vs. veterinary dentistry).
So you see, the point here is ostensibly all about ensuring that our animals are treated with a high standard of care and not at all about making sure veterinarians are the ones to reap the available economic benefits of floating, chiropractics, acupuncture, etc.
But is it really?
In many cases I'll hasten to agree. Our animals really do deserve the higher quality of protection afforded by the kind of work that only a licensed practitioner can provide. Traditional medicine and surgery fall into that camp. I happen to be conflicted over the twin issues of chiropractics and acupuncture. But floating and horseshoeing?
Just as for dog training and grooming ... not so much. These are highly skilled areas where those who do lots of it will almost always do it better. And while attention to medical issues is critical to both practices, they're amenable to the kind of schooling these trade groups offer.
So back to the question: Is it fair to let veterinarians take over husbandry? Not at all! Veterinarians should not be the de facto boss of all things related to animal care. Nonetheless, if veterinarians are charged with standing up for what's best for animals' healthcare, is it not our role to try and raise husbandry standards across the spectrum?
I think so. The trouble comes when instead of lending our related trade groups a hand when it comes to training, certification, and adoption of higher standards, we prefer to snarl and growl and bare our teeth. Which helps animals not at all.
Dr. Patty Khuly
Pic of the day: "I could eat a horse" by publicenergy


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March 1, 2012
Showbiz Shelly, Nia Green, Rachel Holderman, Sara Angel,
B96 Rich Central Bartlett Whitney Young
Sure, we care about who snags the best actor or best picture at the Oscars, but we admit we love watching awards show because of one thing: Fashion! Who did it right this time? Our fashion police—including B96's Showbiz Shelly—patrolled the red carpet.
Showbiz Shelly: I love the style, cut and color of this dress, but the style, color and cut of her hair is a different story. The pixie cut makes her look like a teenager going to prom. She needs to go back to her "Dawson's Creek" days.
Nia: There is so much going on with this dress, I don't even know where to begin.
Rachel: The dress is like looking at a sunset, just not as relaxing.
Sara: The coral color of her dress really complements her skin tone. What a doll.
Showbiz Shelly: Angelina always looks gorgeous. I just hope she returned the velvet drapes after the show. And yes, we know you have nice legs.
Nia: Is velvet ever a hot look in L.A.??? Survey says, "NO!"
Rachel: Is that a dress or an arrow pointing to her leg?
Sara: Did she just wear the velvet drapes from her house?
Showbiz Shelly: Kate, I think the tailor missed a piece on your right arm. Oh, wait …
Nia: Talk about flesh tone. I had to look hard to tell she was even wearing a dress.
Rachel: The dress is gorgeous, but it has one flaw. Is it a sleeve or did someone rip her strap?
Sara: Hey, Kate, your dress is falling off!
Showbiz Shelly: The staff won't need to dust after she sweeps through the theater. The hair is also a bit reminiscent of Beyonce from "Austin Powers in Goldmember."
Nia: Her 'fro looks almost as tired as she does. But the color of her dress works for me.
Rachel: I get the feeling you like oversized things?
Sara: There's something so natural about this look. Just not right for the Oscars.
Showbiz Shelly: While the red color compliments her hair nicely, not sure if I like the style. All I want for Christmas is an Oscar dress for next year.
Nia: Her bow looks like it is holding her back from having a good time.
Rachel: The dress is perfect except for the extra fabric that someone forgot to cut off the shoulder.
Sara: This would have been really nice but the bow looks like its choking her.
Showbiz Shelly: So that's how Morticia Adams would look as a blonde.
Nia: If this dress is the costume for the next "Scary Movie," then we have a winner.
Rachel: Let me get my sunglasses. It's a little too shimmery for my liking.
Sara: You can't go wrong with black sparkles. I like it!
You can hear Showbiz Shelly, the entertainment reporter for B96, every weekday morning reporting on the latest celebrity gossip. At 7:15 a.m., she takes on listeners in the Showbiz Shelly Smackdown, a pop culture quiz. Follow Shelly on Twitter: @showbizshelly
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