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EATING chocolate, wearing pyjamas all day and watching Jeremy Kyle — these are some of the top guilty pleasures enjoyed by Bolton mums, according to a new survey.
A poll of mothers in the borough aged between 25 and 40, conducted to coincide with Mother's Day, took a look into the things that mums love to do that they keep secret from their nearest and dearest.
Other pleasures high on the list included taking a day off and doing nothing, enjoying a cheeky glass of wine and ordering a weekly take-away.
The research, which has been conducted by online fashion retailer, Getthelabel.com, to celebrate Mother's Day, also found that a fifth of all those surveyed in Bolton confessed to enjoying not getting dressed until after midday and going two days without washing their hair as well as spending hours on Facebook and watching programmes like Jeremy Kyle and The Only Way is Essex.
The most popular guilty pleasure, shared by 46 per cent of the mums polled was wearing pyjamas all day, edging ahead of eating chocolate, which raked in 40 per cent of the vote, while having a lie in came in third place.
Bolton mums are not alone in their love of spending the day in their nightwear — the extended survey found that mothers in East Anglia, the West Midlands, Scotland and Wales also rated wearing pyjamas all day as their number one guilty pleasure.
At the other end of the scale, things like flirting, eating food that was bought for the children and taking the lift instead of the stairs are not seen as guilty pleasures.
Liz McNamara, marketing director at GettheLabel.com said: "Guilty pleasures can lift people's mood and make us smile, especially after a hard day's work or a day spent looking after the kids. It's great to see that as a nation, mums still enjoy the simple pleasures in life."
We hit the streets to see if mother's in Bolton agreed with the results of the survey.....
Mum of one, Anne Reid, aged 59, from Ladybridge said: "Well for starters I hate Jeremy Kyle, so I wouldn't agree with that and I also enjoy washing my hair every day, I wouldn't consider it a pleasure to leave it for two days.
"I do like spending a day in my pyjamas however, I think another guilty pleasure would be a nice glass of fizz."
Nina Howard, aged 44, from Darcy Lever, said: "I will be letting my son take me into town to treat me ahead of Mother's Day.
"I will admit to watching a bit of Jeremy Kyle, mainly because it makes me feel better about my own family.
"I think lying in bed is enjoyable but my favourite guilty pleasure would just be going to the pub with the family."
Nicola Daniels, aged 27, said: "I do like spending the day in pyjamas, its nice when you can stay in bed until dinner time and I am keen on a bit of Jeremy Kyle too.
"It's my eight year old son's birthday before Mother's Day so I will be treating him before I get any treats myself."


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Cabin - had a surprising amount of storage (mini suite), interesting curved design and I know the bathrooms get a lot of criticism, but personally I loved being able to have a bath with no danger of 10 year old son disturbing me when wanting the loo. If I hadn't been expecting it, I suppose the separate areas would have been a surprise, but it's hardly a state secret - clearly shown in brochure deck plans, after all! Great cabin steward who we saw every day - immaculate housekeeping, friendly, helpful.
Kids club - absolutely brilliant - our 10 year old usually refuses to go (in 5 star beach hotels), but loved it day one and wanted to go back every evening. Made some great friends too.
Entertainment - lots of activities, clearly explained in a daily booklet available in multiple languages. We did quizzes, bingo, talks, cinema, shows, tours, games , fitness and craft activities over the week. A Behind the Scenes tour More was especially interesting (it's one of a very few ships where 90% of staff have individual cabins), as was a q&a with both cruise staff and the Blue Man Group.
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'Tuskegee' marks Richie's third No. 1 album and his first chart-topper since he topped Billboard Hot 200 with 'Dancing on the Ceiling' more than 25 years ago.
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Suicide bombings not against Islam
I refer to Dr Mazeni Alwi's article Live, don't die for Islam (July 22).
Let me begin first by stating that I think I can understand where Mazeni is coming from and have no doubt as regards to his sincerity and his concern for the Palestinians. However, I have serious misgivings on many of his viewpoints.
Muslims live and die for Islam. Both are equally important and need to be emphasised. During the 'iftitah' or opening supplication read by Muslims during their five daily prayers, Muslims say 'Verily, my prayers, my Haj rituals, my life and my death are all for Allah, Lord of the universe". That prayer is a proof that both life an death are equally important from an Islamic perspective.
As regard to the martyrdom operations (or the so-called 'suicide bombings') carried out by Palestinians in Israel, let us be clear from the very outset that those actions are not against Islamic teachings.
From an Islamic viewpoint those actions are not immoral. Please read the lengthy explanation given by the European Council for Fatwa and Research on this matter.
To be honest, I find it hard to understand why Mazeni is still talking about moral equivalency on this issue even though the eminent and highly respected Dr Yusuf Qaradawi and members of the European Council for Fatwa and Research have given clear and detailed explanations on the matter. The only explanation for his personal stance, to my mind, is that he has not read the detailed explanations given by the scholars.
As regard to the question of whether it is strategically clever or not for the Palestinians to engage in this method in order to further their struggles, I must point out that according to Dr Azzam Tamimi of the London-based Institute of Islamic Political Thought, many people in Britain and elsewhere are increasingly sympathetic towards the Palestinians despite the suicide bombings.
Many people are quite rational. When they read of the martyrdom operations carried out by Palestinians, they begin to wonder why they would resort to such actions. As a result, they begin to try and understand the causes for those actions.
They also begin to realise the extent of the atrocities committed by the Israelis towards innocent Palestinians. Unlike the unjustified, stupid and un-Islamic operations of Al-Qaeda members and supporters, martyrdom operations involving Islamically-oriented Palestinian groups (e.g. Hamas) are carried out only in Palestine and not anywhere else.
Therefore, it is easier for the world at large to connect with the plight of the Palestinians. People will also begin to want to find out the background of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. This is a good thing - especially if they start researching the historical background of the conflict and find out the nature of the Israeli society.
For example, they will find out that the so-called innocent citizens of Israel also include hundreds of thousands of immigrant Jews from Russia and Eastern European who are reservist soldiers and who also are living on lands illegally dispossessed from Palestinians.
Incidentally, the recent slowdown of emigrants from these countries into Israel and the reduced attractiveness of settlements on Palestinian lands is also largely due to the martyrdom operations (as reported by the BBC).
Mazeni seems to suggest that Palestinians should try to negotiate for their rights with the Israelis. Obviously, Mazeni does not seem to be fully aware of the actions of the Israelis. During all previous negotiations, the Israelis continued to change the `reality' on the ground in order to strengthen their bargaining position.
For example, now the Israelis are saying that it is impossible to completely abandon the West Bank because of the great number of settlements there. But they intentionally failed to tell the world that many of these settlements were built whilst political negotiations were going on.
It is therefore, grossly unfair to keep asking the Palestinians to negotiate with a party that has proven itself to be interested only in practicing ethnic cleansing.
Moreover, the current international geo-political arrangement will ensure that any 'political' settlement between the Palestinians and the Israelis must require the arbitration and endorsement of the US government.
Surely we can see the futility of such an exercise from the viewpoint of the Palestinians.
Mazeni mentioned that, on moral reasons, it is difficult to defend the 'martyrdom operations' to non-Muslims. Well, I had lunch with a non-Muslim colleague. I asked him what he personally thinks of `suicide bombings' (I deliberately used that term instead of `martyrdom operations') by Palestinians.
He said: "If you asked me this question a few years ago, I would've have said that those people are crazy. But having seen the injustices being committed by the Americans and Israelis towards them, I will say that if I am a Palestinian, I will also do the same thing.
"What choice do the Palestinians have? The Palestinians simply do not have any other choice".
Mazeni obviously needs to give more credit to some non-Muslims with regards to their understanding of this conflict. And he also needs to give more credit to Hamas and other Islamically-oriented Palestinian groups because surely they have also considered the possible impact of their martyrdom operations on the perceptions of non-Muslims throughout the world.
Lastly, I think that if we are genuinely concerned for the plight of our Palestinian brothers, we should spend more efforts highlighting the atrocities committed towards them by the Zionists.
Even if we are confident enough in our intellectual and scholarly capabilities to disagree with Sheikh Yusuf Qaradawi and other eminent Muslim scholars (who, unlike us, have spent their entire lives studying the religion), I still think that the need to highlight the plight of the Palestinians takes precedence over the need to preserve our personal images as so-called `moderates' in the eyes of non-Muslims.


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J. Cole Blesses Fans With New Song 'Grew Up Fast'
After securing a gold-selling debut album ('Cole World: The Sideline Story') and a Grammy nomination for Best New Artist, J. Cole reached another milestone today (Feb. 22): he accumulated two million followers on Twitter. In celebration of that social-media feat, the 'Work Out' rapper released a free downloadable track called 'Grew Up Fast.'
Produced by Canei Finch, the song boasts a soulful David Ruffin sample and a 808 drum kick. On the track, J. Cole takes shots at sensitive rappers who have gone soft with their rhyme flows. "Y'all got way too electro / Damn near techno / Half way homo / Way too metro / Hennessy XO / Cole flow special / Style like Tribe Called Quest meets Death Row," he raps.
The song is available for download at J.Cole's blog DreamVillain.net.
Meanwhile, J. Cole is not finished promoting his 'Sideline Story' album, just yet. The North Calackie MC just completed a video for his next single, 'Nobody's Perfect' featuring Missy Elliott. "It'll probably be my best video yet, visually," he says about the production. "Man, just to have Missy on that set and to see her singing the song that I wrote. It's Missy, I don't think people really understand; that's my era and how I look at her and how creative she is and her and Timbaland and the things that they did. That was a beautiful moment right there."
In addition, fans can catch J. Cole this spring on his Campus Consciousness / The Sideline Story Tour. The 17-city trek starts on April 11 in Kingston, R.I., and ends on May 4 in South Orange, N.J.
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T-Projects and Transit Oriented Development
Transit-oriented development (TOD) is compact, walkable development around transit stations. Generally including a mix of uses such as housing, shopping, employment, and recreational facilities—TOD is designed with transit and pedestrians as high priorities, making it possible for visitors and residents to move around without complete dependence on a car.
TOD represents an opportunity for communities all across Massachusetts to enhance their quality of life by turning parking lots and underutilized land near public transportation into vibrant mixed-use districts, diverse housing, and lively public places.
Numerous MBTA properties located at or near T stations are involved in the TOD Program on MBTA Surplus Property. The MBTA and the EOEA are both working to facilitate TOD in the Commonwealth.
Wonderland Station, Mattapan Square Station, Newburyport Station, Forest Hills, and JFK/UMass are a few of our current TOD projects on MBTA surplus property.
View other examples of TOD in Massachusetts or visit the EOEA website to download the Smart Growth/Smart Energy Toolkit.
For more information about TOD opportunities with the MBTA, please contact Massachusetts Realty Group at 617-316-1654 or email through their website.


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Why Is Air Suspension Better?
Why Is Air Suspension Better?
Have you ever bottomed your car on a steep driveway? Not with air suspension.
Have you ever driven in deep snow? Much better with air suspension.
Do you like a smooth ride? Or a smoother ride?
I have tons of speed bumps in my neighborhood, which is why I ordered the air suspension.
And I drive in the snow to ski at Mammoth where low ground clearance is a killer of sports cars.
I helped a tow operator work one evening waiting for my BMW to get a tow (right rear chain wrapped on axel) and he mentioned that Porsche and other sports vehicles that are low to the ground "float" on deep snow when it gets wedged under the front bumper.
Yep, I have an AWD sports car. Even with great snow tires on it, when the snow gets deeper than 6", I'm hosed in it because either it starts snow-plowing with the front air dam (not good) or the snow starts getting jammed into the undercarriage. Being able to raise the car up another 2" would be really helpful sometimes. Air suspension FTW.
Also, speed bumps and weird driveways (like mine) require a bit more road clearance than you'd ever want at highway speeds (unless you like driving a sedan that feels like an SUV).
Remember that it automatically lowers from Very High when speed exceeds about 20 mph (in my experience).
Looks like everybody covers pretty much everything.
Don't forget that:
--Uneven weights: Too light on the left and too much heavy sagging weight on the right? It evens the weights out in your car and level out the car.
--Noisy bumps and pot holes: It is noticeably much quieter.
Standard Suspension is great. Active Air Suspension is greater.
Some people do not see any difference so there's no need to pay for more.
(That's the same with standard sound and Premium sound package: Some people cannot hear the difference and don't even feel the vibration, rumbling bass from subwoofer, then there's no need to pay extra for the subwoofer).
However, once I experienced the slight difference, I can no longer go back to standard suspension. "Great" is now torturing to me!
I have the air suspension. But interestingly I would not get it again since I don't have steep driveways or snow, etc. and having driven the standard suspension notice only marginal difference.
In fact, I already have anxiety about the air suspension limiting the effective practical life of my car. When an air suspension fails it can be extremely costly to fix. And it is "when" not "if."
Once the car is over 8 years old the cost of repairing the air suspension may be a significant percentage of the residual price of the car. Standard suspension will not have this problem.
If you hope to keep your car for a long time, air suspension may not be the most sensible choice.
It may have only been my perception, but I feel that the active air suspension significantly helps improve the comfort of the low profile tires on the 21" wheels over bumps compared to what I expected. Sadly I wore through the 21s with 15K miles and are now driving on 19". A lot more rubber so the ride is more comfortable, but handling is definitely less. I wish I didn't put on so many miles.
I have not driven the regular suspension, but would like to compare.
On a possibly related note (although I don't proclaim to have any real understanding), I feel a fair amount of highway speed issues. I've had it serviced and they definitely improved it, but sometimes it can feel like the active air suspension could be over compensating for bumps on the highway and causing the car to sway a little. The alignment doesn't seem to be an issue when I just let go of the steering and there are no bumps. Although I've tried all the different steering settings, it also feels like a little over steering too. In addition the rear end suspension could be a lot tighter in my opinion. I really wish I wasn't # 646 off the line and had the option of adding the Plus for a fraction of the price it would cost me now.
Don't know what the above thread/link has to do with air suspension - that has to do with bolts on a bumper. The fact that the Performance version comes with air suspension included (can't remove it) tells me that it's essential for performance. I will welcome the smoother ride.
The nuts I meant to ref were on the axle. Some aren't torqued down, and permit squirrelling.


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Here's a nice spoiler for the upcoming season of True Blood. 8 character descriptions have appeared online, and you don't have to worry about being too spoiled concerning the fifth season's plot line.
The following were uncovered by True Blood News for Episode 5×03 titled "Whatever I Am, You Made Me."
[LINDSEY] In her 20s, attractive in a small town kind of way, she's fixing a flat tire in a narrow country road when a vampire comes upon her. 1 speech & 3 lines, 1 scene. Co-star.
[MOLLY] In her 20s, bubbly, with a retro Bettie Page/Suicide Girl vibe, "cute as a button if buttons had fangs," she works for the Vampire Authority and outfits two prisoners with complicated deadly devices. Visible tattoos a plus. One-day guest star. Possible recurring.
[MISS JILL STEELER] In her 40s, an ex-teacher, recently divorced and back in town, "she used to be beautiful, now she looks like an attractive, pleasantly plump housewife." Guest star. This role contains topless nudity.
[BARBARA PELT] In her 50s, a kindly, well-dressed woman, she is Debbie's (Brit Morgan) mother who is anxiously searching for her missing daughter. She and her husband, Gordon, confront Alcide. Guest star.
[GORDON PELT] In his 50s, a kindly, well-dressed man, he is Debbie's (Brit Morgan) father who is anxiously searching for his missing daughter. He doesn't appreciate Alcide speaking ill of Debbie. Guest star.
[DOROTHY] Seen in flashback to 1905, this pretty young prostitute has been glamored and is being drained by two vampires when another vampire saves her. 1 line, 1 scene. This role requires nudity.
[TRACY] In her 20s to 30s, heavily made-up, hair-sprayed and spray-tanned, she owns a small town clothing store and talks trash about Jason to Jessica. One-day guest star.
[CLAUDE] Early 20s. Very attractive, omni-sexual guy (with and without a shirt) A mysterious young man who speaks with a British accent and catches Jessica's attention and curiosity. Recurring. Must have a British accent.
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Holyhead to Dublin Ferry - Travel to IrelandGetting Around - other travel pages in this section Dublin Flights - Liverpool Ferry - Holyhead Ferry
One of the most popular sea routes in Europe, the Holyhead to Dublin ferry is a quick route to Ireland from Britain. Two companies run ferries on the route with several sailings daily so it's worth knowing all the options before booking a ticket.
Irish Ferries
Irish ferries sail from Holyhead to Dublin's North Wall (Dublin Port) several times daily and offer two services on this route: a three and a quarter hour journey on their mammoth car ferry, and a one and a half hour journey on their fast ferry.
Stena Line - Holyhead to Dun Laoghaire
Stena Line has daily sailings from Holyhead to the North Wall in three and a half hours and from Holyhead to Dun Laoghaire on their fast ferry in just one and a half hours.
You can take a cheap-booze cruise day-return for a tenner with either company, though with the abolishment of EU duty-free benefits you're not really going to find any bargains on board. A five-day return for foot passengers on the ferry costs about £30, add on another £6 for the fast ferry.
If you're planning to take your car try booking well in advance as you'll get the best deals. On average a five-day return with car costs about £200 in peak season on the ferry, £240 on the fast service; an open return costs about £250 on the slow boat and £280 on the fast ferry.
Getting to town
From Dublin Port at the North Wall, it's a short bus journey to town (€2.50) but the infrequent service only runs when a ferry arrives. It's fine if you don't mind waiting for every man, woman and child on board to get their act together, but an extended exercise in patience for mere mortals. A taxi costs about €10 and saves a lot of agro.
Transport from Dun Laoghaire is much better. The easiest way into the city centre is to take the DART (Dublin Area Rapid Transit), a light train than whisks the seven miles along the bay into town for about €1.50. Buses to town are much slower and cost roughly the same amount. A taxi to the city centre from Dun Laoghaire costs about €15.
As with most things these days, the best fares for the Holyhead to Dublin ferry can be found online. If you're planning to take the fast service with either Irish Ferries or Stena Line book well in advance as the service is more popular than the ferry and the boats are smaller.
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Roadtec introduced improvements to its line of cold planer cutter drums. Among the refinements three major areas were addressed. Combined, they provide a better milling pattern and a longer tool life. The drum end ring configuration has been redesigned for better match-cutting and increased tool life. The impact angle of all the tools on the drum was perfected to optimize the life of the consumable bit.


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A very pregnant Miranda Kerr has fronted a new video campaign to raise awareness of fistula, a birth complication which can spell death developing countries.
The campaign, organised by Virgin's not-for-profit arm Virgin Unite, co-incided with V2 Night B4 Halloween, a charity event on Richard Branson-owned Necker island which raised money for the Fight Against Fistula.
In the video Kerr says,
"Fistula is caused when a woman endures a complicated, prolonged delivery without sufficient access to proper medical care.
"For the 3.5 million women suffering from Fistula the injuries leave them incontinent and in most cases their baby dies," she said.
The model, who reportedly follows the Nichiren branch of Buddhism, is no stranger to public awareness campaigns. Her charitable work includes Wildlife Warriors Worldwide and Children International and last year Kerr posed naked, chained to a tree, for the Australian issue of Rolling Stone magazine, in order to attract public attention for protection of the koala's natural habitat.
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Panasonic PT-AE8000 vs. Epson Home Cinema 5020 UB Projector Comparison
11/14/2012 – Art Feierman
The Bottom Line - PT-AE8000 vs. HC5020 UB
Overall Picture Quality, Performance 2D, 3D
Color performance is going to be more about your calibration or settings, than hardware/firmware differences between these two projectors.
Gandalf: PT-AE8000 first, Home Cinema 5020 2nd:
No question about it. when considering 2D, the Epson has to be my choice. This year it still offers a modest advantage in calibrated brightness, of more than 10%.
The extra black level performance, all by itself, gives the Epson more pop on darker scenes. If everything else is simply equal, that rates a win for the Home Cinema 5020 when running in 2D.
Overall Picture Quality:
Bottom Line 2D Winner: Epson Home Cinema 5020 Projector:
Bottom Line 3D Winner: Epson Home Cinema 5020
Panasonic gives you more 3D modes, but the Epson's 3 are enough. Mostly it comes down to 3D brightness. Epson has the black level advantage now, as well, but it's less important in 3D as you aren't starting with as bright an image. Unadjusted, Epson's 3D Dynamic mode has, by my taste, slightly better color than Panasonic's, but both can easily be tweaked to have better color with little sacrafice of brightness. And don't forget the Epson's glasses are light weight and RF, although the Panasonic's are even lighter.
Warranty and Cost of Operation
Two primary factors relate to Cost of Operation:
1. Projector warranty and reliability
The Epson has 2 years parts and labor with a 2 year, 2nd day replacement program, and no limit in hours of use on the projector. The replacement program sends you one, 2nd day, so your time without a projector if there's a warranty issue is a few days at most.
The Panasonic also has a 2 year parts and labor warranty, however Panasonic limits the standard warranty to a maximum of 2000 hours on the projector.
If you are a heavy user, who uses the projector as a TV, then 25 hours a week, is nothing, but even then you'll run out of warranty before the second year is up. No replacement program for the PT-AE8000, so if there is a warranty problem, you'll be without your projector while you ship it to service, and wait for it to be repaired and returned, which can be A week, two weeks or longer, depending on how far away you are from service, and shipping times. If you are a 40 hour a week user, then essentially you have a 1 year warranty – give or take.
Warranty: Big Win for Epson
As to reliability, historically both have good reps, although Epson I would say has the better reputation for reliability.
Epson also is particularly well known for great support, especially since they seem to take their customer's word when they complain about a problem, and promptly ship out another projector.
2. Cost of lamp and lamp life
Lamp life this year is the same, but the Epson lamp seems to be $299 and the Panasonic is $399.
Winner: Epson – with the same rating for lamp life, the Epson's lower replacement cost gives it the advantage.
Lamp Life and Cost: Small Win for Epson (If you go through a lamp, even every 2 years (40 hours a week), that's an extra $50 a year. Not much in the grand scheme of things.
Cost of Operation: Winner with slight advantage: Epson
Placement Flexibility:
This has to be qualified by the Lens Memory feature. That in its own right is a plus for the PT-AE8000, and it is the reason a number of people choose the Panny. That advantage goes away, if you, like most stick with a typical 16:9 screen. Here, we look at other aspects of placement flexibility:
Zoom ratio: A slight edge for Epson, with it's traditional 2.1:1 vs. the Panasonic's 2.0:1 zoom. Basically the Epson can be placed anywhere the Panasonic can, but can be a little closer or further away from the screen if needed.
Lens Shift: Both offer vertical and horizontal. As has been the case in the past, the Epson offers slightly more lens shift range. The chances that the slight differences in placement being critical to your situation, is very unlikely. They represent two of the most flexible projectors on the market, short of having a range of lenses to choose from.
General Features: PT-AE8000 vs. Home Cinema 5020 UB
CFI – Creative Frame Interpolation
I personally rarely use CFI except for sports. When I compare their CFI, I find that for movie type viewing the Panasonic seems to have less of a "live digital video" look, so it would be the one I would prefer IF I watched movies with CFI on. I think it does the least damage of the two.
On sports I had no issues with either. I did not feel a need for the high setting on either projector. I also associate both high settings with having visible noise artifacts. Ultimately, the Panasonic has the advantage for being less "destructive" to the look and feel of film based movies, when engaged. For sports I would engage CFI with either projector.
Gamma Adjustments:
Epson offers a number of predefined gamma's and an easy method to customize your own, based on visual adjustment or by the numbers. Panasonic offers a more sophisticated (complicated) set of controls. Both give the calibrator extensive control of the gamma of the image. Remember though, Panasonic has its side by side comparison mode. That helps.
Color Management System
The HC5020 and PT-AE8000 projectors have pretty standard color management systems that are laid out, and work pretty much the same.
For 2D in general, my personal winner is the Epson Home Cinema 5020 UB [of course if you would like WirelessHD, choose the 5020 UBe], as the better choice for most folks who are primarily or completely into 2D. For $400 less than the Panasonic, (or $600 after the Panasonic glasses promo ends), you get a modestly brighter projector (calibrated), with better black levels and more pop on those darker scenes, and a much better warranty.
For 3D in general, again, I have to go with the HC5020 UB.
That's a change from last year. The Epson is still brighter in 3D, but this year, engaging the dynamic iris, Super-Resolution and other dyanmic features now gives the Epson the black level advantage that the Panasonic had last year.
Of course it's your job to match the right projector to your situation, and tastes. Generally, the Epson Home Cinema 5020 has a brightness advantage that can translate into a slightly larger screen. I wouldn't sell it's warranty and support advantage short either. It's 3D is brighter than the PT-AE8000, and now has similar features engaged. 3D glasses – sort of a toss up. The Panasonic's are so light! The Epson's are about 60% heavier, but still lighter than most people's regular glasses (for those who wear them). As I said elsewhere, even the Epson's are almost as light as my half frameless regular glasses, and they are very light.
Panasonic gets the win for glasses weight, but I have to favor the Epson's solution overall, thanks to switching to RF instead of IR. The ability to give the depleted glasses battery a quick charge capable of getting one through a movie takes about half the time of microwaving a bag of popcorn, so that's a non-issue. Panasonic's glasses are also rechargeable, but they make no similar claim, and I haven't yet run the glasses down to the point where they are discharged, to see if a 3 minute charge will accomplish the same as the Epson.
The Panasonic PT-AE8000 has the convenience of motorized zoom and focus, (a nice touch), although in most cases these projectors get mounted, in which case, you aren't zooming or focusing but once. Motiorized zoom and focus, however, are critical to using a wide screen ("anamorphic shape, such as 2.35:1), for without the motorized, you couldn't have Panasonic's Lens Memory.
Finally, for a few of you:
Those two key special features I discussed earlier – Lens Memory, vs. Split Screen, can determine your decision, all by themselves. I say that because, while we can talk out which projector is truly better, they are both very good ones, and more similar than different.
This probably won't be a surpise to many of our regular readers: The combination of price and performance that I favor consistantly, leads me to pick the Epson Home Cinema 5020 over the PT-AE8000 as my personal favorite of the two. The Epson is one of two favorites among the 2D/3D projectors I've reviewed under $3500.
Above: PT-AE8000 calibrated. Below HC5020 UB calibrated. Source: HDTV from Victoria Secret Fashion Show (note they are not exactly the same frame, but other than for possible motion blurring, might as well be)
That said, choose wisely. While many folks, including some other reviewers will agree with my assessment, no doubt there will be plenty of folks (and other reviewers) who will find the Panasonic to be the better fit.
This Year's Overall Winner: Epson Home Cinema 5020 UB
The contest definitely was closer in some regards, but overall, the Epson Home Cinema 5020 UB did what it had to do, to improve performance overall compared to the Panasonic PT-AE8000. Basically it now offers brighter, and overall better 3D, last year it offered brighter, but not as good 3D.
When it comes to movies both offer a pretty similar look in terms of skin tones, when calibrated. For most brighter scenes, for watching movies and general HDTV content, from a color standpoint, they are about equal. Sometimes one is likely to look better, other times the other. And overall, they do closely resemble each other. When the scenes get dark, though, there's a clear winner. Overall, on all but dark scenes the Epson has a touch more "pop" vs. the Panasonic's touch more "natural" look.
In 2D, the Panasonic made great strides in brightness. It's now the equal to the Epson in brightest modes, and measures only about 11% below the Epson when calibrated (last year the Epson was 40% brighter calibrated). None-the-less, the Epson remains the brighter, or as bright in all cases.
The Epson projector may have lost some of the brightness advantage (compared to last year's contestants) but still has the advantage in 2 of 3 areas – calibrated 2D, brightest 3D, while brightest 2D is a statistical tie.
As a side note, Just two years ago, before both company's first 3D projectors, it was the Epson 8700UB vs. the Panasonic PT-AE4000. That Panasonic was significantly less expensive. Neither projector was 3D, nor as bright, but in many ways, the comparisons were similar to todays Epson and Panasonic projector (including the Panny having lens memory). Back then, the Panasonic competed in the under $2000 price category (at $1999) while the Epson was hundreds more. Somehow the price positioning of these two projectors has reversed over 2 years.
The very bottom line: A need/desire for Lens Memory notwithstanding, essentially most of the performance and image quality aspects of these projectors slightly favor the Epson Home Cinema 5020UB, but what puts it way over the top for me are non-performance issues: Epson's definitely superior warranty, and that it is currently $400 less expensive, that will be $600 less if the Panasonic free glasses promo goes away.
If you are first and foremost a serious movie viewer, then considering the Panasonic paired with a 2.35:1 screen is a viable consideration. If that makes sense to you, to go anamorphic widescreen, the Panasonic is a great projector. As I've discussed, you will have a nice large image for those movies, but your 16:9 content – movies and HDTV, will be significantly smaller.
Otherwise, price and performance favor the Epson HC5020 and a standard 16:9 screen, at least to my taste and logic.
Now that I'm done quibbling over the "details" let me reiterate that the reason for doing this comparison each year, is beause these are both formidable projectors. Both will look great. Both will be very successful in terms of market share.
While you can't go wrong with either projector, in general, it's all about "tweaking" your selection to get the one that really is the best combination of price and performance for your world!
Choose wisely!
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HOUMA — A few people grew teary-eyed with happiness as they listened to a guest deejay Thursday morning on a local radio station.
HOUMA — A few people grew teary-eyed with happiness as they listened to a guest deejay Thursday morning on a local radio station.
Myles Dupre, 28, of Gray fulfilled a major ambition by taking to the airwaves for an hour at C107.5 KCIL-FM, a country-music station in Houma.
Dupre, diagnosed with epilepsy and moderate retardation, had for several years longed to join the station's morning deejay, JD, in entertaining listeners with country songs and chitchat, said Dupre's mother, Linda Lirette of Gray.
Lirette said she became emotional when JD asked her son for his thoughts on the experience and Dupre replied, "It's been the best day of my life."
Dupre said he enjoyed playing a song by Joe Nichols and dedicated a Patsy Cline tune to his uncle in Texas during his stint as a guest deejay. He also did some on-air speaking.
"I talked about my job," said Dupre, who works in the screen-printing department at the Terrebonne Association for Retarded Citizens.
"It brought tears to my eyes," Lirette said.
The reached dream also resulted in joyful tears for Page Smith, Dupre's support coordinator through the nonprofit group Easter Seals.
"It's just so touching," Smith said. "One of his goals and dreams was to be on the radio station announcing songs."
Smith started planning Dupre's radio experience soon after she began working with Easter Seals in April. Dupre has adored country music since he was young and listens to KCIL often, Lirette said. He owns more than 200 country-music CDs and boasts a detailed collection of knowledge about the genre, she said.
Dupre shows a large amount of self-sufficiency despite his diagnoses, Lirette said.
"He's capable," she said. "He does well."
Friday morning, Lirette grew teary again when JD complimented her son's on-air performance.
The guest deejay also walked away with four VIP passes to a Clint Black performance in Baton Rouge this summer.


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Many kids worry too much about tests and this can lead to them not sleeping, drinking alcohol and getting headaches, said mental health charity, Mind.
Other bad symptoms can be:
Most young people sit around 87 exams during their school life, Mind said.
'Don't try to cope on your own'
"Exams are always a really difficult experience and everybody deals with them differently," a spokesman for the charity said.
"It is important they don't deal with the stress all on their own."
Worried pupils should speak to their parents, their teachers, friends or an organisation which helps kids with stress.
Mind have published a leaflet, called How to Cope with Exam Stress, to help kids who are feeling under pressure.


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Well Spotted is an ideal pattern to highlight hand painted yarns. The vast majority of this sock is worked in very simple stockinette stitch. The spots are created by knitting into a stitch 5 rounds below and unraveling the stitches above it. The socks are suitable for men, women and children and come in five sizes.
Circumference (unstretched): 5.75 7, 8.25, 9.5, 10.75 inches in circumference before blocking
MC: 1 1, 1, 2, 2 skeins solid fingering weight sock yarn (shown in Stroll Solid, Navy). Sock pictured used 35 g.
CC: 1 1, 1, 2, 2 skeins variegated fingering weight sock yarn (shown in Stroll Handpaint, Playtime). Sock pictured used 31 g.


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First of all, thanks to all of you that participated. We hope you enjoyed it as much (or more) as we did.
Here are the winners of last weeks competition:
Congratulations! You will be contacted soon (if you haven't been already).Thanks to SP for offering another ePack book, so no draw was needed to see who won the book and who won the coffee mug.
And here are the correct answers:
1 Everyone talks about it, but there is no concensus on what it really is. You could, for example, store your files in here (5 letters) CLOUD2 Google can't read it, Apple doesn't like it (5 letters) FLASH3 CSS is too much (4 letters) LESS4 #sitepoint (7 letters) TWITTER5 Used to enhance the user experience (10 letters) JAVASCRIPT6 Before we used short URLs everyone wrote application (3 letters) APP7 On the road (6 letters) MOBILE8 This is all SEO people care about (9 letters) BACKLINKS9 … media (6 letters) SOCIAL
The place that brings all these things together SITEPOINT
That's all for now, folks. But stay tuned for our next competition
Congratulations to the winners - well done
(I guessed the word would be Sitepoint but only got about 3 of the answers right :))
Congratulations to all the winners (and thank you Sitepoint for hosting this competition :)).
Congratulations to the winners. :award:
And commiserations to the losers. Well done for taking part, and better luck next time.
Beginner's luck.
Actually, I must confess I feel a little stupid for putting down "specialist" for "javascript". LOL
The best part is getting a book ! Already picked mine:
PHP Master: Write Cutting-Edge CodeLorna Mitchell, Davey Shafik and Matthew Turland
Thanks you SitePoint and thank you guido and the rest for a good effort.
And, of course, good luck next time everyone.
Thanks Sitepoint.
I have already chosen a Wordpress book.
My sticking point was 5 and 8 I originally had navigation and backlinksThis give me 2 n's which didn't fit with sitepoint. I wasted a lot of time because I thought backlinks was wrong. SEO people must think of something else!When I looked back at UX I realised it must be javascript.
Meh. Same here. I guessed Sitepoint, but couldn't get 3, 4, 6, or 8.
Anyone want to share what they thought?
Meh. Grats to all the winners!
Congratulations to ALL who participated. The time spent applying your knowledge and brain power has paid you dividends (even if you did not win a book).And HUGE thanks to the Sitepoint staff for creating this fun event.
dagnabbit, i had API instead of APP
but very happy to win an electronic version of a book
i just hope it's a PDF, 'cause i can't read kindle files or whatever formats those whizzbang devices are using...
I hear Simply SQL is a good one...
If I'm not mistaken, in the SP book shop it's specified what electronic formats each book is available in.
I would imagine most are available as PDFs.
Got my ebook today! Thank you SitePoint, thank you very much!
You earned it. Congratulations.
Don't miss the OTHER fun game @TehYoyo created for Saint Patrick's Day!
I'm already... puzzled. LOL
@@Itmitica; Is this about the St. Patrick's Day clue hunt? You can discuss in the thread if you want.
Heh heh, me too. Glad I wasn't the only one.
I got API as well. =p
I got all but 3 and 6. =p
Can anyone explain #s 3 and 6?
Could be wrong about #6 though but thats what makes sense.
Correct. We first had "Before the Iphone..." but that was way too obvious. Therefore the more obscure hint. Almost half of the participants guessed it, so it wasn't impossible.


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A series that looks into the world of Fancy Pigeons. All descended from the common Rock Pigeon, these birds have been in-bred and over-bred to such a monstrous extent that they are barely functional without the aid of human care.
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- What exactly are you doing?--Sycamore (Talk) 12:54, 16 May 2009 (UTC) Trying to write something, but I messed up, don't change it
never mind
edit Cajek's stuff to say
Hey Staircase! You asked for a quick review, here it comes:
- Introduction: I'm sorry buddy, but I don't see what's so funny about milky way bars being the best.
- 1 Flavor: Hmmm. I think describing Milky Way bars is an okay idea, but there's not much to say, is there? You go back into saying how much better the chocolate, nougat, and nuts are than other candy bars, but what's so hilarious about that, even if it was false?
- 2 Customer Satisfaction: Well, it's the same as the other sections, except now it's yelling it in my face. If I didn't find it interesting when it said it calmly, why would I like it when it's ALL IN CAPS?
- 3 Nutritional Value: Now I would be just asking "what does the author have against this brand of chocolate bar? Why does he keep spelling out how shitty this chocolate bar is like I'm a moron?"
- 4.1 Comb: meh
- 4.2 Pipe Cleaner: I'm sorry man, I just don't think it's very funny.
- 4.3 Plunger: meh
- 4.4 Galaxy: Here there's some potential for an article. Could you think of making an article comparing milky way to the Milky Way? I haven't seen the original article, so I can't say if it's been done before but it feels kind of obvious now. Maybe too obvious?
- 4.5 Remote Control: An idiot would say, "Hey, candy bars aren't remote controls!" and they would be correct :) In other words, we don't know what you're talking about.
- 4.6 Litter Box Cleaner: Again, I don't get it
- 5 In Conlcusion: (whoops, speeling erorrr!) NEVER put your username in any article you write, ever: It makes you look like a god damned whore.
- What I like: The length is good for an article, and you had lots of material which is a good first step. I think if you stepped back from the irrational hatred of this particular brand of chocolate, you could go in a different direction. I'm not sure. Of course, you could put this in UN:PR just like you did the UnNews and get a more in-depth opinion (from someone else, of course). I like your effort, here Staircase
- One thing to note: think of the reader as only slightly stupider than you unless you're doing an article that's highly technical or sarcastic (but be VERY careful with articles of those types)
• <23:44 May 29, 2009>
- Thanks for the "quick review". I don't know really what to make this article about, though, so I'll probably make the drastic changes, maybe of even the whole concept, after I get the real review. Staircase CUNt 23:52, 29 May 2009 (UTC)


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He was found abandoned in the streets of Addis Ababa, Ethiopia when he was less than a year old.
The staff at the orphanage he was taken to taped a tag to his chest with the word 'small' on it, referring to his tiny size for his age.
Around the same time, several thousand miles away, Lloyd and Sharon Small had begun exploring the idea of adding another child to their family. The Brandon couple had three biological children (Jarrod, Joel and Erin) and had adopted a girl (Katherine) from Romania six years earlier.
One of their daughters, Erin, who was about 11 years old at the time, had met the children of Canadian Advocate for the Adoption of Children founders Richard and Deborah Northcott. Sharon later attended a meeting in Brandon about international adoption which was where she met the Northcotts and saw photos of a group of children including the one of baby Kimon with the word 'small' on his chest. The family had been discussing the adoption of a girl, because they already had Katherine... until Erin stepped in.
"Erin sat there and cried. He was the youngest in the pictures, about 11 months old, and Erin said to us, 'Just because he's a boy you're going to let him die!'" Sharon recalled recently during an interview at her Brandon home. "So that was it. And look at the sweetheart that we got!
"It's our Christian belief that these kids were suffering and that if we could, we should do something."
Kimon (pronounced Kee' mon), who these days is a setter with the Brandon Volleyball Club Under-18 boys' team, was adopted in June 1997 when he was three years old. He arrived in Winnipeg with a group of other African children who had been adopted by Westman families through the CAFAC agency in Minnedosa.
His first name was given to him by Lloyd and Sharon while his birth date of May 15, 1994 was assigned to him at the orphanage.
"If they didn't take me, maybe I would have gone somewhere else but I could have just died, I guess," Kimon said. "I find it so amazing that it worked out the way that it did. I just think that it's really cool that they chose me and I have this family."
The process to adopt Kimon was arduous. It took two years and a seemingly endless stream of demands for money from the Ethiopian government and the placement home where Kimon was living during the adoption process.
"Once you've started and sent thousands and thousands of dollars, you couldn't stop, you had to see it through," Lloyd said, noting he and Sharon continue to be required to file yearly reports about Kimon with the Ethiopian government. "We don't know where the money was going. The children weren't being looked after. When he came he was very malnourished. He had the distended stomach and parasites. And he didn't understand a word in English."
Now 17 years old and a multi-sport athlete who has excelled in football, volleyball, basketball and track among others, Kimon will graduate this spring from Crocus Plains Regional Secondary School as did his four siblings before him.
Older brothers Jarrod, now 29, and Joel, now 25, both played university volleyball -- Jarrod with the Winnipeg Wesmen and Joel with the Brandon Bobcats. Sister Erin, now 27, played volleyball at Calgary's SAIT college. Joel, who played with Canada's national men's volleyball team, has coached Kimon in club volleyball.
Sharon and Lloyd estimated it cost a total of about $12,000 to adopt Kimon and about $10,000 to adopt Katherine, now 20. But the couple said their adopted children have been joyful additions to their family, embraced instantly by their three other children.
Joel, 25, joked that it changed his status in the family.
"I went from the youngest to middle child which I may have used to my advantage," he laughed.
Kimon has no ties to Ethiopia -- no family he can trace -- and doesn't know if he'll ever want to visit the country.
"I'm very grateful that it (the adoption) happened. I have everything I could want here, a family, a house, a car, clothes, a great life," he said.
Sharon and Lloyd are extremely proud of the young man Kimon has grown to be -- a well-rounded individual who works hard in school and sports, self-taught in guitar, enjoys wood-working and has an easy-going personality and a quick laugh.
"There isn't a week that someone that knows Kimon and tells me what a lovely young man he is," Sharon said.


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Expectant mama Tori Spelling was photographed using a motorized scooter while at an outdoor market in Los Angeles, Calif. earlier this month. On her blog today, the soon-to-be mom-of-four writes about how her fourth pregnancy has taken its toll on her body.
"I won't miss having to pee 4 times a night or hearing my now pliable pelvic bones move and crunch when I try to pull myself out of bed in the morning," Tori shares. "Hopefully I WILL forget the dry nipples, constant heartburn, and constipation!"
As she awaits the arrival of her fourth child – which she assumes will be her last – with husband Dean McDermott, she reflects on her growing family.
"I always knew I wanted kids but I never could have predicted that I'd want such a large family and how much I would love being pregnant, and then taking care of and raising babes," she shares.
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VILNIUS, Lithuania (Apr. 7)
The issue of Jewish property restitution may influence the upcoming presidential election here.
In a March 29 meeting with Lithuanian President Valdas Adamkus, Lithuanian Prime Minister Algirdas Brazauskas proposed the president form a special committee to solve the nation's "very urgent and very sensitive" issue of Jewish communal property restitution.
Both politicians are the assumed leading candidates for president, although neither has announced candidacy for the December election.
The prominent Polish newspaper, Gazeta Wyborcza, recently wrote, "Brazauskas wants the president to solve the problem of Jewish property restoration, which is unpopular in Lithuania, all the more so because anti-Semitic sentiments are still strong in Lithuania."
In January, Brazauskas formed a working group to address restitution issues, but he says its implementation is largely dependent on nonsubordinate institutions and Parliament. Now, he's looking to enlist Adamkus' help.
All of this while international pressure to restitute Jewish property is heating up.
Brazauskas said returning Jewish property is "very closely related" to Lithuania's acceptance into Euro-Atlantic alliances like NATO and the European Union.
Perhaps because of a fear of widespread anti-Semitism, few politicians have willingly addressed Jewish issues since Lithuania gained independence in 1991.
Brazauskas tasted such sentiments in 1995, when as president he received widespread criticism in Lithuania when he apologized for his nation's contribution to the Holocaust during a visit to Israel.
A proposal to rebuild fragments of the former Jewish ghetto in Vilnius has stalled in Brazauskas' hands for the past 19 months, despite receiving sweeping approval in Parliament in 2000.
Approximately 240,000 Jews lived in Lithuania before World War II. Vilnius was known as one of the greatest Yiddish culture centers. The Nazis and their Lithuanian collaborators annihilated approximately 94 percent of Lithuanian Jewry.


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JERUSALEM (Oct. 12)
Israel's peace initiative is not dead yet, according to Foreign Minister Moshe Arens.
But instead of negotiating with the Palestinians, the dialogue for the moment is with Washington, and there is every chance that agreement will be reached over how to proceed, he said.
Interviewed Thursday on army radio, the foreign minister dismissed reports from Israeli correspondents in Washington that U.S. Secretary of State James Baker is "growing impatient" with the positions taken by himself and Prime Minister Yitzhak Shamir.
Arens said that based on his acquaintance with Baker, he is convinced the secretary does not lose patience easily.
"We, for our part, will not lose patience because we are negotiating over our vital interests," the foreign minister said.
Likud hard-liners, backed by an extreme right-wing constituency, are demanding that the entire initiative be abandoned.
Meanwhile, the Labor Party, Likud's coalition partner, says it will not rock the boat while Shamir and Arens try to resolve their differences with Washington.
However, if that fails, Labor says it is ready to bring down the government.
The present situation began to develop last month, when President Hosni Mubarak of Egypt offered a 10-point plan which he insisted was no more than a fleshing out of Shamir's proposals for Palestinian elections in the West Bank and Gaza Strip. Shamir unveiled those plans in April.
Mubarak invited Israelis and Palestinians to start negotiations in Cairo for the elections, but Israel balked at proposed members of the Palestinian delegation on grounds they were controlled by the Palestine Liberation Organization.
Labor, for its part, was willing to accept Mubarak's points as the Palestinians' opening bargaining position, and was not upset over the composition of the Palestinian negotiating team.
At Labor's request, the 12-member Inner Cabinet, the government's top policy-making body, voted on the issue on Oct.6.
The result was a 6-6 split along party lines. By law, a tie is a negative vote.
Arens said the two outstanding issues in the ongoing Jerusalem-Washington exchange are the composition of the Palestinian delegation and the agenda of the proposed dialogue.
Shamir reiterated categorically Wednesday that he would reject any effort to introduce even an indirect role for the PLO in the peace process.
"If the PLO are in, Israel is out," he declared.
Shamir and Arens reportedly are seeking to strike from the new American proposals any reference to separate American-Egyptian consultations on the proposed Palestinian delegation.
The Israelis fear that would imply a PLO role behind the scenes in selecting and approving delegates.
Defense Minister Yitzhak Rabin, who has been the key figure on the Labor side promoting a dialogue, said Wednesday that neither he nor Vice Premier Shimon Peres, the Labor Party leader, are being kept privy to details of Jerusalem's exchanges with Washington.
"But that's OK with me — if Arens and Baker reach an agreement, I'll buy it," Rabin said.


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3D mammography allows doctors to examine the breast tissue one layer at a time. The exam uses digital breast images and stacks them into "slices," building a three-dimensional mammogram. A good analogy is to think of the pages in a book. If you look down at the cover, you cannot see all of the pages. But, when you open it up, you can go through the entire book page-by-page to read everything between the covers and see the whole story. 3D mammography is designed with the same concept in mind.
Although all women could benefit from the 3D technology, it is particularly effective for women with dense breast tissue and those with an increased risk for breast cancer. It is performed in conjunction with a conventional 2D mammogram.
3D mammography offers a number of benefits, including:
A 3D mammogram is very similar to a traditional mammogram. Just as with a digital mammogram, the technologist will position you, compress your breast under a paddle and take images from different angles. A 3D mammography exam may be used as a screening tool in conjunction with a traditional digital mammogram or may be used by itself for a diagnostic mammogram.
During the 3D part of the exam, the X-ray arm sweeps in a slight arc over the breast, taking multiple breast images in just seconds. You doctor is able to view your breast tissue in one millimeter layers. Instead of viewing all of the complexities of your breast in one flat image, the doctor can examine the tissue one "slice" at a time.
There is no additional compression required with 3D mammography and it only takes a few seconds longer for each view. The technologist will view the images at their computer work station to ensure they have captured adequate images for review by a radiologist, who studies them and reports results to either your physician or directly to you.
Most insurance companies will pay a large portion of the cost of the 3D mammogram. Patients may incur an additional $40 out-of-pocket cost for the exam.
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