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What are the potential complications of this fracture?
Complications are events or conditions which make the process of recovering from the fracture more complex. Although most of them are rare, much of the management of the injury is directed at avoiding or reducing the extent of complications. More detail on complications is provided in A Patients Guide to Adult Fractures. Here we will focus on complications that have a major effect on the management of shoulder fractures.
Related Document: A Patient's Guide to Adult Fractures
Nerve Injuries
Injuries to the brachial plexus were referred to above. If the injury is complete the prognosis for full recovery is poor as the nerves have a long way to grow before they re-attach to their "targets" in the hand and forearm. Even after surgery to repair the nerves the outcome cannot be predicted. More often the injury is a stretch and recovery is slow but complete. If a brachial plexus injury does not fully recover, the treatment depends on the disability and the needs of the patient. Muscle transfer operations to restore the function of the elbow and hand may be needed.
Injury to the axillary nerve after a dislocation also usually recovers. This nerve is close to the upper end of the humerus and may be damaged during surgery for ORIF.
After an open fracture there is a risk that the contamination at the time of the injury will result in a bacterial infection. After surgery on a fracture the risk of surgical site infection is 2% or less.
If the wound remains swollen, tender and red longer than normal an infection must be suspected. A fever may occur and pus may accumulate in the wound or drain from it. Culture of the pus or blood cultures may isolate the bacteria causing the infection. This problem requires high doses of antibiotics for an extended period.
Usually it is also necessary to repeat surgery to remove contaminated and non-viable tissue, wash out the wound and drain it. Antibiotic beads are often placed in the wound so there is a high local concentration of the drug.
With early aggressive management it is usually possible to suppress or eliminate the infection until the fracture heals. At that point removal of any remaining metal implants usually allows the infection to heal completely with no long term sequellae. Where an infection of bone is incompletely healed, it may be quiescent for some years and flare up later when the patient is stressed.
Recurrent Instability
After dislocation of the glenohumeral joint the ligaments may be pulled off the front of the glenoid and do not re-attach securely. The shoulder is then at risk for repeated dislocations, each of which will further stretch and damage the structures that normally prevent dislocation.
This situation frequently results in surgery to reconstruct or re-attach the ligaments. Recurrent instability may also occur at the acromioclavicular joint and the sternoclavicular joint if they have been injured. Treatment of these problems depends on the individual situation.
Related Document: A Patient's Guide to Shoulder Dislocations
Malunion means that the fracture heals in an incorrect position. This is frequently asymptomatic; the shoulder-blade often unites with fragments overlapping or rotated. However, because it acts primarily as a site of attachment for muscle the new shape does not affect function and is rarely noticeable. The collarbone is just under the skin and any malunion can be felt as a swelling or overlap. In rare cases spicules of bone from an angulated clavicle fracture may work their way through the skin and may need to be trimmed off.
The worst problems with malunion occur in relation to joints. If an avulsion fracture of the greater tuberosity heals malunited it may impinge on the acromion process in abduction. This situation can be treated with surgery to recess the tuberosity back into position and fix it. If the fracture involves the joint surface itself malunion may mean that the joint surface is irregular. This predisposes to early post traumatic arthritis. If the malunited fracture involves glenoid it may be possible to operate to move the fragment back into position and make the joint surface smoother. Because of problems with the blood supply this may not be advisable in the case of malunited fractures of the head of the humerus.
When a fracture has failed to heal and will not heal without further intervention it is called a nonunion. This is unusual in all the bones of the shoulder girdle except the collarbone. Even there it is rare but can be troublesome with pain and tenderness limiting function of the arm. Treatment involves surgery, bone grafting and fixing the fracture with a plate and screws. This procedure is successful in healing the fracture 90% of the time. Because of the possibility of nonunion and concerns about malunion of the collarbone some surgeons are recommending ORIF for the initial injury in selected patients. When a collarbone has been treated in this way the plate is usually just under the skin. It is uncomfortable especially with shoulder straps and it may be necessary to do a second operation to remove the plate. Nonunion in proximal humeral fractures occurs in the context of fixation failure (see below).
Hardware Failure
Metal that is repeatedly stressed will feventually undergo fatigue failure. We do this commonly with wire, wiggling it up and down until it breaks. This is true of metal implants used in fracture treatment - the "wiggle" is supplied by micro-movement at the fracture site. It is a race between the bone healing and the metal failing, which the bone usually wins.
In cases of delayed or non union, cases where the fixation is weak, or cases where the shoulder is loaded early before the bone has healed, the hardware may fail. This is the reason for restrictions on using the shoulder too early. Even though the shoulder may feel painless and strong, if it is still dependent on the metal for its strength, it makes no sense to test that strength.
Hardware failure can sometimes be treated nonoperatively by resting and immobilizing the shoulder and expecting healing to progress. Often it requires repeat surgery. The restrictions on activity imposed by the surgeon and physical therapists are aimed at avoiding this complication.
Another problem that is specific to the shoulder region is the quality of the bone. Many fractures occur in the elderly with osteoporotic bone. Bone that is osteoporotic does not hold screws well and loss of fixation can occur when screws pull out of the head of the humerus. Modern plate designs with locking screws are aimed to avoid this problem but this is only partly successful. Failure of fixation for whatever cause makes nonunion or malunion more likely.
Post Traumatic Arthritis
Where a joint has not moved for a long time, where the joint surface was damaged as part of the injury or where the joint surface is irregular one, can expect the joint surface to wear out prematurely. This is called post traumatic arthritis. The shoulder will become aching and painful to move or load; the range of motion of the joint will become restricted; and the x-rays show loss of joint surface, spurs, and loose bodies in the joint.
This process takes years but may be a severe functional problem in a younger patient. The symptoms can be treated with pain medication and anti-inflammatory medication (NSAIDs) and physical therapy may be helpful in retaining range of motion. In cases with severe pain a shoulder replacement may be the outcome.
Injury often causes bleeding into a joint. This blood clots (coagulates) but remains in the joint. Eventually the clot is transformed into scar tissue. If the joint remains immobile while this scar tissue forms, it may adhere to different parts of the joint and bind them together (adhesions). This will result in loss of range of motion (stiffness) of the joint and sometimes pain when the scar is stretched. With three joints involved in a shoulder injury it is not unusual for one or more of them to stiffen up during the recover process particularly if the shoulder needs to be immobilized for a long period.
Preventing this stiffness is the reason for early pendulum exercises or circus movements of the shoulder. At the earlier stage of blood clot, the tissue has no strength and can easily be stretched. It is painless too; the developing adhesion has no nerve supply at that stage. Later on the adhesions may also be stretched but this is an altogether different affair, both slow and uncomfortable, and may not be completely successful.
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Earlier this month I went to the doctor's office. I looked at the scale. I think I've said enough. That very day I became a member of the green smoothie club! I've found that I really enjoy a homemade green smoothie much more than I thought I would. I'm a major fan of NAKED Juice's Green Machine, but there's nothing like making something yourself. When made with only fruit, veggies and ice, a green smoothie leaves me feeling refreshed, energized and ready to go about my day. It took a few tries to get the right consistency but I think I've finally got it! Check out some pics below!
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It's great that in Brentwood, we have a lot of options to have the party outside the house. Here are some options we have gathered from the ones that "do it all for you" to those places you can rent out for a few hours, to those businesses you can call to help you party it up! Let us know of any more ideas!
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The Capital Journal talks to South Dakota Democratic Party chairman Ben Nesselhuf about the lack of legislative primaries on the left side of the aisle — only three primaries for 105 possible races, compared to 27 Republican primaries.
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Nesselhuf said that's not a bug, it's a feature:
"We were not focused on creating primaries," Nesselhuf said. "We tried to make sure we didn't have primaries."
Republicans, Nesselhuf said, are divided. Democrats aren't:
"We're a unified party right now, unlike the Republican Party," Nesselhuf said. "We're all on the same page."
Do you agree with Nesselhuf that a lack of primaries is helpful for the party? It means candidates can focus on attacking Republicans and not each other. But primaries can also rouse the base (see: the 2008 Democratic presidential primary) and can reflect a healthy interest in the party on behalf of strong candidates. You get primaries when lots of people want to run for office. Right now, Democrats don't have a surplus in that area.
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Yahoo! Inc. and People en Español launched the fifth annual Bello 51 program to discover a previously unknown Hispanic beauty who will be featured in People en Español's "50 Más Bellos" (50 Most Beautiful) issue. The Bello 51 consumer contest provides Yahoo! en Español users with the opportunity to submit their photos and vote for the most beautiful, with one lucky winner receiving the title of People en Español's "51st Most Beautiful" person. http://www.51bello.com
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Yahoo! Inc. and People en Español launched the fifth annual Bello 51 program to discover a previously unknown Hispanic beauty who will be featured in People en Español's "50 Más Bellos" (50 Most Beautiful) issue. The Bello 51 consumer contest provides Yahoo! en Español users with the opportunity to submit their photos and vote for the most beautiful, with one lucky winner receiving the title of People en Español's "51st Most Beautiful" person. http://www.51bello.com
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Kerri Allen to Lead INFUSE, Cohn & Wolfe's Newly Branded Multicultural Division
Communications agency Cohn & Wolfe has launched INFUSE, an expanded and newly branded Latino and multicultural communications practice to help clients better understand specific market segments and reach them in fresh, relevant ways. The branding of the agency's four-year-old multicultural practice comes in response to growing demand for culturally relevant campaigns and the hiring of Vice President Kerri Allen, who will lead and grow the new practice, reporting to US Consumer Lead Liz Beck.
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National Latina Business Women Association Elects Suzanna Sanchez as Board President for 2012
The National Latina Business Women Association (NLBWA) is pleased to announce the election of Suzanna Sanchez as National Board President. The election took place during the Board of Directors bi-monthly meeting held in December and is effective on January 1, 2012. Sanchez will serve a two year term and will oversee the operations of the National Board of Directors, focus on growing the organization, aligning partnerships and supporting the development of chapters across the country.
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Ida Chacon Joins Latinum Network as VP of Marketing & Commercial Solutions
Latinum Network has hired former Procter & Gamble executive Ida Chacon as Vice President of Marketing and Commercial Solutions. In this newly created role, Chacon will lead a team of experts that will work with each one of Latinum's more than 75 corporate clients to develop marketing solutions. She will also leverage the network's reach and access to fuel commercial collaboration initiatives amongst the brands and companies inside the network.
Chacon joins Latinum with more than 13 years of experience in
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Wilde Media Launches New Targeted at American Bi-Cultural Latinos
Wilde Media Network, a new national cable television network aimed at American bi-cultural Latinos, is officially available online at WildeMediaTV.com and will be available in major media markets on television by 2013.
Wilde will target English-speaking, American bi-cultural Latinos ages 18 to 49. The network will provide programming dedicated to entertaining and informing today's English-speaking Latino audience. With original programming from game shows and reality TV, to cooking and travel shows, Wilde will
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LatinWorks Becomes Five-Time Winner; Ad Age's 2011 Multicultural Agency of the Year – Congrats!
Austin, Texas-based advertising agency LatinWorks has been named Multicultural Agency of the Year by Advertising Age and Creativity, marking the fifth year in row that the agency has been recognized by these leading industry publications for its outstanding work.
Founded in 1998 with a vision to engage the booming Hispanic market in an authentic, progressive way – a departure from pervasive stereotypes and conventional wisdom – LatinWorks has grown from a small agency of just two individuals into the most awarded
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Did you know there are roughly 300 to 400 million English blogs on the web? With staggering numbers like that, you might think it is getting harder to get your website noticed on the Internet.
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Sonia Sroka of Porter Novelli Named One of the Top LATINA Executives of 2011 – Congratulations!
An award-winning bilingual, bi-cultural marketing and communications leader based in New York City, Sonia Sroka directs all aspects of strategic planning for Porter Novelli's Hispanic marketing practice, which she played a central role in developing. Responsible for overseeing daily operations of the practice, Sroka has created and managed Hispanic campaigns for national and global clients including Gillette, Hewlett Packard, Sony PlayStation, Timberland PRO, SOYJOY, Pfizer, Merck, Bayer, and the Federal Deposit
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Campaign to Include Musical Video Vignettes, Performed by Television Personality and Singer Minerva Borjas
To help Hispanic families kick-off their new year, The Clorox Company, in partnership with Spanish TV network Vme, has launched a campaign to encourage germ prevention, entitled "Hogar + Sanito en Tres Pasitos." The program aims to help families create a healthier home by following three simple steps: receiving a flu shot, washing their hands and disinfecting surfaces. The campaign also includes a specially
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GM Selects The Vox Collective as Hispanic Agency
General Motors has selected New York advertising and communications agency, The Vox Collective, as its U.S. Hispanic public relations agency for 2012 following an extensive review of agency capabilities in public relations, corporate communications, and public affairs before the rapidly expanding Hispanic market.
"The Vox Collective demonstrated a genuine understanding of our company's priorities," said Eric Peterson, GM vice president of Corporate Diversity. "At GM we're focused on making meaningful connections with
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According to a new report, Americans waste a lot of food. According to foodies on Twitter, reducing food waste can actually be pretty simple.
Despite record-breaking drought and a faltering economy, a new study indicates that Americans are throwing away as much as forty percent of their food each year
Pick My Crop connects gardeners with excess produce with eaters in their area to save fresh food from a rotten fate.
In an effort to reduce the state's additions to landfills, Massachusetts will become the first state to ban food waste from being thrown into the trash.
Why does the compost pile smell? How often do I turn it? How do I know it's garden-ready? This composting primer is handy for beginners and experts alike.
Learn how to get a little free labor out of your flock. Here's a hint: Sometimes the best move forward is a giant step back.
As food production has become more industrialized, food factories have found ways to continue to recycle massive amounts of would-be food waste.
One-third of the world's food goes to waste. However, one single country or practice isn't to blame.
In celebration of Earth Eats, we find a use for past-its-prime salsa so it doesn't end up uneaten and in the trash.
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I've gotta say, the patch changes really were for the best (at least so far). The constant monitoring of procs got a little easier, and I don't find fights where I'm struggling just to hit everything while it's still available.
That said, I think we're still a bit too reliant on procs. I've gone entire dungeon boss fights without getting a single proc, and others where I've gotten them as fast as I can press the buttons for four or five seconds. It's better, but still results in massive swings in our DPS (or at least mine).
4.0.6 definitely feels a little calmer to me too. It's terrible - I've always been very dismissive of "rotation helper" addons, claiming that you should know your spec well enough to play without one. However, a month or so ago I gave up and started using clcret - and wow, what a difference it made. Now, I'm starting to get the hang of things again, and getting the finger reflexes and muscle memory where it needs to be, and I'm trying to wean myself away from it again; but for anyone having ret rotational issues, give it a try.
Honestly, there is no reason not to use CLCRet or any other rotational aid. It keeps your focus on the encounter, allowing you to provide certain utility where needed or move. There are times when HoF/HoSac/HoSalv and even HoP are of great use, one of your cooldowns can save the entire raid, so get your focus out of your bars and get it onto the encounter.
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I didn't do this on my first Cataclysm character, I did it on my second one - my Blood Elf Priest that used to be my main (and who is still my favorite character).
I loved Hyjal. I can't even begin to go into how much I LOVED that zone, the lore, the quests. For me, the moment where Aessina picks up your character and asks him or her why they even care, and then goes on to tell them that this is there are no more second chances, charging you with the welfare of Mount Hyjal, well...I got choked up! There I was, with my Sindorei, talking to an ancient of -my- people, that we had rejected...I dunno, it may sound silly, but it was a hugely emotional moment. And for me, the point where Aessina banishes the fire and turns it into the Regrowth was huuuuge. The only thing I wish they would have done was a cut scene showing her actually driving the flames out and bringing new life.
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Coleman's Christmas: Mostly Missing Matt
To know Matt Smith is to love Matt Smith. Indeed, it is arguably the actor's greatest superpower when it comes to his time as the Eleventh Doctor. No matter how a person feels about these last few "Grand Moff" years, it can't be denied that Smith has brought a personal air of friendship and comraderie to both fandom and the show itself, possibly even on a world-wide scale.
Whether it's fans or co-stars, men or women, or people young and old, Smith effortlessly piles up new friends wherever he goes.
And that, of course, includes Ms. Clara Oswin Oswald herself, Jenna ("Hey, where'd Louise go!?") Coleman. It seems that her friendship with Smith isn't just limited to the Doctor-companion relationship we see on our TV screens. Speaking recently to Zap2it.com, she talked about Smith's impending departure and what it will mean to lose her co-star and friend:
I will miss him. I will so miss him. We don't say things like that to each other. But I just can't imagine it yet.
And the actress had nothing but praise for Smith's portrayal of The Doctor:
The Eleventh Hour' is one of my favorite episodes, and it's one of Matt's as well. I think he's been such an incredible, amazing Doctor.
What do you think, fans and friends? Will you feel just as Ms. Coleman does, and have a Matt Smith-shaped hole in your heart come Christmas? Or will the looming Mr. Peter Capaldi be your new biggest bestest mate in the whole wide universe?
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23 Responses to Coleman's Christmas: Mostly Missing Matt
Nope, glad he is going. One of my lease favourite realisations of the timelord. Hoping that the change of leading man will also create a change in the style of Moffat's writing of the Dr. Fingers crossed!
I couldn't possibly disagree more with you.
But, it's your own opinion and I respect it. ^^
Fortunetaly, that doesn't make a truth.
You know what, I dunno why I haven't enjoyed his interpretation of The Dr. He's no means the worst for me, (& I've been watching since Troughton's 2nd season) but just don't get him and it's so annoying. Maybe because Moffat's writing of the character? Loved the 11 Hour, but then on found the show, on the whole, quite irritating with too much schoolboy humour that didn't aid the younger looking Dr. Don't think the pairing of him with Amy helped and with River it seemed she was like Mrs Robinson, never a convincing romance. Clara works better, and I an genuinely sorry that, for whatever reason, we didn't see a 4th season for the 11th Dr as I think Matt & Jenna are a compatible and realistic pairing. It was a huge mistake to have 2 split seasons to fill in a gap year, especially as matt was still under contract… even 4 or 5 specials, as with DT, would have helped.
Yep, on reflection style and wrong companion probably killed it for me!
Will completely miss him. I loved Eccleston, couldn't really get on the Tenth Doctor (that's not a reflection on Tennant as an actor at all, just the way he was written), but Matt Smith's portrayal was absolutely perfect. All awkwardness, yet with incredible depth. That said, I'm very excited to see what Peter Capaldi brings to the role.
Will probably miss him for about five minutes asnd then get totally caught up in Peter Capaldi's portrayal of Doccie 12.
Nope, couldn't stand him as the Doctor, so excited to see what Peter Capaldi can do (if only Moffatt will write a more serious, dignified Doctor for him).
One of the greatest Doctors of all time.
Of course I will miss him, don't know how anyone can say they couldn't stand him, hes a phenomenal actor, all 11 have been fantastic and so will 12 be.The part is all about change it literally isn't possible to do it wrong. People do tend to miss the whole concept of the show in that way. We all have our favourite, but to say you couldn't stand him, to think he was that bad…..well frankly I don't know what you've been watching, do wonder what planet some people are on some times:p Will agree the writing hasn't been brilliant in 11th Doctors reign there have been moments when Matt and other cast members have carried the show.
Matt is my doctor, and he'll be missed.
Matt was fine but his parting was due and Capaldi is an excellent choice. I've seen enough Doctor's come and go not to get to fussed when a change happens…
I absolutely adore Matt's Doctor. I have loved many of them over the 50 years, but Matt is my favourite and his understated humour is wonderful. I will miss him SO SO much, his acting has been a magical surprise.
Smith ran with what Tennant had already established, just as it was gaining popularity world wide. Not to say Matt wasn't excellent, he was Tom Baker and Troughton in a 21st century package! My favourite had to be Tom Baker, seconded by Pertwee, then Tennant, then Smith.
It' depressing to see so many people piling on Matt now that a new guy is coming. People did the same with David and I know there were those who were very happy to see the backside of Tom Baker, so he's in good company. No Doctor is universally popular; there are no exceptions to this. Me, I've never disliked any Doctor, though of course I like some more than others, and as such the BBC has a 100 track record with me in terms of choosing the actor to play the Doctor. I don't expect that winning streak to end with Peter Capaldi.
I liked Matt's portrayal , but (as i began feeling about tennant ) I thought it was getting a bit samey. Rtd and tennant left as the new car smell wore off, and it began leaking oil a bit,,, but moff and smith seemed to do well with what they had to work with. I don't think smith was there too long, as much as I feel rory and Amy were there too long.
Hopefully, with capaldi coming in, they'll rebuild the doctor who bus with some fine walnut trim and rich Corinthian leather.
Looks like a reboot
As far as I am concerned Matt Smith could have stayed for ever – I think he has been brilliant. However, I am sure I will warm to Peter Capaldi, and it is good to have an older actor for a change. Not wanting to be ageist (I am nearly as old as Capaldi), but I hope it may put paid to love scenes for the Doctor…….
Totally agree!, The love scenes need axing now as they would look odd I think with Capaldi as the Dr. Its great to have a Dr older than myself again, just!
So this is the 4th new Dr since the show returned, I wonder if Mr will be as role defying as the classic No.4? I do hope so
I can honestly say I'm as excited of the forthcoming new series with Capaldi, as I was when the beeb announced that the show was returning in 2005. What a great feeling! That's the beauty of the concept, the series is always being refreshed
i'm depressed about him leaving. I didn't really get into the show before he came along. This would've been my favourite show had he been in more seasons. Because he is the best. Having said that, I'm going to give this new guy a chance. But I'm gonna be crying ALOT when the christmas special comes along!!! I wish he could've at least done one more series!! I'll Miss u Matt Smith. You'll always be my perfect Doctor.


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Captain Insano, mad scientist who sails the seven seas, striking fear into civilians and ninjas a like with his band of mighty cyborg-pirates, skills with the sword and mastery of SCIENCE!
Because the only thing more awesome than either a Mad Scientist and a Pirate is a Mad Scientist Pirate!
After MONTHS of waiting for the Zane ZX booster pack to be released, I finally managed to get my hands on it at the weekend.
As I mentioned before, I am a huge fan of the designs of the ZX ninjas, and now that I have all four on my work desk, I can truly admire how unique all the designs are. I hope in the future to add on more indepth photos of them.
The one thing I do find weird though is Jay's (the blue one) and Zane's (the white one) weapons. The other two make sense and look amazing, but Jay's is meant to be a sword…? Even though it's blades on a saw? And I have no idea what Zane's is. It's shurikens on a stick (making it a spiked hammer according to previous releases) with a blade on a chain on the end. Is this meant to be some kind of variant of Kama and chain? It's a shame as I like the "Gold Weapons" and like to pose the characters with them.
Expect more photos soon.
I LOVE collecting mini figs. Whether it's Lego or Minimates, there's this appeal to them that I can't quite put into proper words. Maybe it's the fact they're so small but, if done well, have amazing detail. Maybe it's because they have that "Got To Catch Them All" approach. Maybe it allows me to relive my childhood. Honestly, I don't know, but I do know one thing – I am a big fan of Lego's Ninjago line.
Up until about a year or so ago I had pretty much lost touch with Lego. Sure, I still had the odd set kicking around from my childhood and I had picked up the odd licensed minifig for my collection, but the "pure" Lego I knew was something I'd hardly interacted with. Growing up as both a Martial Artist and a TMNT fan, when the original Ninja Lego line was released in 1998, I wanted to collect it so badly but knew it would be looked down upon by my peers (it's weird how during my teens it would be considered a bad thing, but now I'm in my twenties I can collect it and have friends and colleagues agree it's cool). I will admit I got a few sets but kept it secret. I'm not sure how but in 2011 I stumbled across the Ninjago line. It interested me but I didn't rush out to buy it.
However in 2012, the line continued and my interest has grown, partly due to the "ZX" Ninjas. I just love the re-designs shown on these models. The front and back torso are nicely done, as are the new masks and shoulder pads. The shoulder pads also allow you to hold two Katana swords, which is a great improvement over the original "mask/holder", though that was by no means a bad thing. At the moment I only have the Jay ZX fig, but as time goes on I hope to get the others, especially the Green Ninja. For now, he'll sit on my office desk alone, waiting for me to get his allies.
I quite like the Jay ZX figure as a while. I like the fact his right arm is grey, to show the fact the armour on his torso wraps around his arm as well. Apparently the "Golden Weapon" in the pictures above is meant to be some double bladed sword. I do think it's a nice use of parts but it just looks weird. I do however really like the spear, which is something I'd been trying to get my hands on for a while (this came with the promotional Kendo Jay pack). I am fond of how Ninjago has buildable weapons as well as simple molded ones and I'm tempted to buy multiple versions of each one for parts I can mix and match.
Poor Hazmat Guy. First he was chased by a Zombie; now he's been exposed to a chemical that's turning him into a Lizard-Man!
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Gladiator vs Viking!
Chose your fighter and place your bets.
So far the score is 4 - 0, but whom is winning? Whoever wins shalt face… The Spartan.
Yesterday I posted a photo of a custom Lego Ash minifig cutting up a zombie, which I took at my office desk just before finishing work for the day.
Using the app "Whats App" on my phone, I sent it to a couple of my friends, including Liam, whom is a photoshop wiz. Earlier, I received an email from him and upon checking found out he got bored and made the two images above.
I love Evil Dead II. One of my favorite films of all time. Bruce Campbell is awesome, the cheesy effects are awesome, a chainsaw for a hand is awesome. It's just an awesome film. After seeing some custom Lego Ash figs on the internet, I knew I had to track down the necessary parts to make my own.
I may mod this photo in Photoshop and add in a "BZZZZZZT!" effect and maybe a speech bubble with "Groovy!" in it. Watch this space


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President Obama says he wants to focus his administration's efforts on closing the income gap between rich and poor, and Republicans in Congress have vowed to make immigration reform a top priority this year.
Both are wildly out of touch with the American public, according to the latest IBD/TIPP Poll.
When asked which should be a top priority of the president and Congress, 49% say the economy and jobs. Another 16% say it should be the national debt. Nine percent name national security.
Just 6% list income inequality as a top priority, and the same minuscule share say it should be immigration. Among independents, immigration ranked even lower as a priority, with just 3% putting it at the top of the list.
Not even Democrats think income inequality or immigration should be a top agenda item. While 47% put the economy and jobs first, just 12% put income inequality at the top of the list, slightly ahead of immigration at 11%.
So far this year, however, the topics du jour have been both of these low-priority items.
Obama late last year called the growing income gap "a fundamental threat" to the country and said closing it would be the "focus of all our efforts." Income inequality also formed the core of his State of the Union address last week, with the president saying that "our job is to reverse these trends."
But fully 61% of those asked say that Obama doesn't have his priorities straight.
And not only does the public think income inequality is a low priority item, most disagree with Obama's approach.
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Indeed, the only group that thinks otherwise is self-identified liberals, 59% of whom put closing the income gap first over "creating an environment to help people produce and earn more."
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My best effort in completing Project 365 A place to put cool stuff I find around the interwebz when I don't know where else to post it. A lot of Tampa Bay Lightning and cute animals.
I'm not ready to go back anywhere with a windchill less than 87 degrees #latergram #cozumel
Sad about the @TBLightning loss but our seats were ah-mazing! I've decided I play hockey like Nate ;) #cantwinemall
Hanging with Thunderbug in Thunder Alley! @tblightning #GoBolts (at Tampa Bay Times Forum)
Yay! It's getting framed woohoo #TBLightning #meandthecaptain
One of my favorite places! I'm back again. Can't wait for the game tonight! @tblightning (at Tampa Bay Times Forum)
Scooby likes his new bed
So stuffed I can't move. Spinach & artichoke fettuccine Alfredo and spinach/feta crescents. Recipe on the blog soon! Blurgh…
I wasn't exaggerating, #Detroit is starving for hockey. The #RedWings are scrimmaging the AHL #Griffins and its televised on FSN Detroit
It didn't take me long to cave, Detroit is starving for some #NHL hockey #RedWings
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My worth:
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do you know how much a liver goes for on the black market?
My being a "whore":
-You must obviously know my sexual habits so well. Pssssh please. Everyone knows im as buttoned up as they come.
My weight:
See pic.
Ive been on a half assed (in no way serious diet) for a good month now and VOI FUCKING LA. I went down a full jean size and still kept my curves. So Anon:
I finally feel that I look good and theres nothing you can do to change my mind. ;3
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I've been on hiatus for a bit, but now I'm ready to take commissions again. I have a few NEW rules for my commissions this go around though.
1. One commission per person at a time. This means I will not do large batches of commissions for one person. The whole point of me doing commissions is to give myself a bit of a challenge drawing other people's fan characters... if I have to draw seven of basically the same character at once it becomes annoying. You can still have up to five characters in your single picture (more if the characters aren't very detailed). I am only making this rule to stop being flooded with massive amounts of commissions from a single person at one time.
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I made this the other day and my husband and teenage son loved it. It was pretty easy to put together. I used Granny Smith. I thought the flavor of molasses was a little strong, but I think that just may be personal preference. Next time I will crumble bread into smaller pieces so that the molasses gets spread around more. Mine did not look like the picture -- my topping melted a lot more and was not crumbly. Still, if my guys love it, I call it a keeper. I will definitely make it again.
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Absolutely delicious recipe. It's a Christmas staple at my house. Great for company or to give to neighbors on a cold winter morning. We make it every year.
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Only had McIntosh apples and still was extremely good
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Too-Busy Chris Hardwick Shares His Time-Management Philosophy
Chris Hardwick is considered one of the busiest TV professionals today, hosting and contributing to a wide range of shows across several networks. The man somehow does too much with too little time, and here's how he does it without burning out.
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When Chris Hardwick isn't hosting the new Comedy Central talk show @Midnight, he's hosting AMC's The Talking Dead, voicing Nickelodeon cartoons, getting nerdy on BBC's The Nerdist, releasing podcasts, cracking up audiences as a stand-up comedian, pitching his next project, or…. well, the list goes on. I think you get the picture. He's obviously Superman's buddy the Flash in a suit & tie, or maybe he knows something we don't.
His achievements in the past few years would make anyone jealous. Thankfully, he's willing to share his secret to success: utterly amazing time management. He shares 7 eye-opening tips in an interview with Fast Co, and the one about overcoming a creative block (similar to a "writer's block") is perhaps the most inspiring.
"Even if what you're coming up with is gibberish at first, you're unsqueaking the wheel, and you might not notice the benefits right away, but after 15 minutes or so, you'll find them. You just have to push through it. There's no trick."
Though he finds value in pushing through a creative or even physical slump, he warns not to over exhaust yourself.
"Your body tells you when you've taken on more than capacity. That's when you start getting really anxious, or getting insomnia … It's important to take some time off to recharge, even if it's just a day or two. Sometimes my girlfriend and I will go to Disneyland, just to take a day off."
Keep in mind that you have limits. Sometimes, pushing through the block isn't worth it, and your relentless drive starts to backfire. Learn how to read your body. Know what it needs in every moment, and give it that.
The Most Important Time-Management Skill: Know Yourself
Knowing your body and decoding its messages are invaluable productivity tools, and that's something I quickly learned after college. It's amazing what a difference my level of performance is now compared to the first year out of school.
For example, knowing the difference between a caffeine comedown and actual exhaustion is critical for a creative professional like myself, but I had no idea how to tell the difference during my student years. I'd caffeinate myself for way too long with way too much, and little did I know that less caffeine in the right moments goes much farther than tons of caffeine all the time.
In a similar lesson, I had to figure out that exercise has a very positive effect on my my mental state. My focus and energy were annoyingly inconsistent as a student. As a professional, I discovered the difference between over-exhaustion and exhaustion from not being fit enough. Little did I know that my brain's energy is directly affected by the state of fitness of my body. The more fit I am, the more my brain can handle, and I could have only learned this lesson by first learning myself.
Knowing yourself is one the most important time-management skills that you'll ever develop. Start there, and everything else will surprisingly fall into place.
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How to do Better Business: Making Brand Evangelists
The brand evangelist is the holy grail of any marketing team. He/she promotes your brand to the most relevant audiences, and the best part is evangelists are free, unlike employees. But how exactly do you make a brand evangelist?
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Brand evangelists are difficult to make, and some brands can never figure it out. Some companies never even give the concept a shot, assuming brand evangelists are impossible for their respective companies or industries. While it's true that brands like the NBA have a much easier time developing evangelists than brands like Delta Airlines, it's not true that it's impossible to make evangelists for your specific business. Think about it…
Success Story: Virgin Airlines
Prior to Virgin Airlines, it's hard to believe that an airline could ever be a hip brand like Coca Cola, especially in social media, which is where many evangelists do some of their best evangelizing. But if you take a look at the company's online presence, it's clear there is an army of evangelists out there working on behalf of Virgin, and it could not have been as successful as it is today without those evangelists.
What is Virgin's secret? More importantly, what is the brand doing that other airline companies are not doing? The answer is actually pretty simple: Virgin has Richard Branson, the company's CEO and ultimate brand evangelist.
Branson is one of the most famous businessmen on the planet right now. His fame and work rival that of Steve Jobs, Bill Gates and Warren Buffet. More importantly, the global impact of his companies are literally changing the world as I type out this article, not just in terms of technology but in terms of philanthropy as well. Don't believe me? Check back in ten years when Virgin Galactic is shuttling tourists in space as one of the first space "airlines" for consumers. Oh wait, it's already happening, and you can reserve your seat right now.
You could argue that space flight is actually the answer to making brand evangelists for Virgin. After all, that is another major difference between Virgin and the rest of the airline industry, but you'd be wrong. There are a handful of other companies that have achieved similar feats as Virgin Galactic, but most people have no idea those companies even exist. Branson, it turns out, is the key to making brand evangelists out of Virgin customers.
Steve Jobs Illustrates the Importance of Public Leaders
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Steve Jobs, Apple and its customers have a similar relationship with each other, but don't misunderstand this. It's true that you need to have a great product/service and a stellar marketing team to make brand evangelists. However, the company's "fearless leader" is ultimately the foundation that ensures the existence of brand evangelists. Without the fearless leader, there'd be little to no die-hard fans, or evangelists.
The Brand Mentalist describes the relationship between Apple and its fans in an excellent piece titled "Evangelism".
"Apple users are evangelists because they truly believe in the values of the company. They feel that the company's motto ("Think Different") is a reflection of who they are as individuals. Apple evangelists feel inspired and connected when they see Apple commercials, as these advertisements show people who share Apple's beliefs, messages that challenge the status quo, and people who actually "Think Different." Most importantly, all of Apple's products are a reflection of this belief. The company has always innovated products that actually do "Think Different" from what the mainstream version of that product is.
It's not a coincidence that the leader of Apple held the same beliefs as the company. Steve Jobs was a misfit. Everything he did in life followed the mantra "Think Different." In fact, you can even argue that one of the reasons he died is because of this belief."
Apple represents Jobs, not the other way around. It's important to keep that in mind when making evangelists. If your company doesn't represent its fearless leader, you'll never make evangelists.
"If you, as a leader, live a life that embodies your company's meaning, and you make sure that all company decisions are a reflection of this mantra, your users will slowly begin to join you. Your users will start to advocate for you, and truly believe that your company is a representation of who they are. They will start to feel that your company always has their best interests, without even questioning you."
As long as your customers feel that your brand's fearless leader shares their beliefs and values, they will trust the company and its decisions. They will even promote it to their friends and family for free. After all, who doesn't love to share good news?
"This kind of loyalty has nothing to do with design or features; this is about the innate need of social creatures to join groups that represents their values."
You can always break down any marketing strategy to basic psychological elements that accurately predict the customer's behavior, and in this case, people naturally feel a primitive desire to join groups with members that share the same values. Exploit this psychological tick with your company's fearless leader, and you have yourself a competent brand-evangelist-making strategy.
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Marketing Case Study: Weight Watchers Leads the Weight-Loss Race
We love to break down complex marketing campaigns to uncover the core motives of human behavior that fuel corporate success. This week, we're analyzing Weight Watchers and the company's classic marketing techniques.
Weight Watchers continues to dominate the weight-loss game with over $1.2 billion revenue each year and 8 million website visitors per month, and it's closest competitors are about a third of its size. This constant success stems from a solid product that delivers results, but behind every great product is an even greater marketing campaign. Below, we break down the principles that made and continue to make the company's marketing campaigns so damn successful. .
+ Sell the consequences. The average Weight Watchers customer isn't interested in the product itself. Actually, the idea of self control is scary or boring, so why are people lining up for a membership? They want the consequences associated with that self control. They want the success, intimate relationships, fitness, appearance, money and whatever else results from losing weight, and they want to eat what they want while getting it. Weight Watchers sells the consequences, not the product.
+ Sell happiness. Weight Watches sells happiness, not a weight loss system. Similar to the previous point, the idea is to focus on the internal (emotional) results, not the actual product.
+ Offer a test drive. Weight Watchers allows prospective customers to "join" the service for free. Furthermore, Weight Watches doesn't force prospective customers to hand over a credit card number to do this. This style of free trials produces about a 30% conversion rate, which is not bad at all.
+ Make it easy. The PointsPlus system makes it easy for customers to track calories without actually tracking calories. Sure, it's based on basic nutritional science, but the target audience hates learning. PointsPlus is much easier in the short term.
+ Exclusive products make it hard to leave the proprietary system. Weight Watchers sells (and sometimes gives away) PointsPlus calculators, snack foods, frozen meals, ice creams and other products that make it even easier to track calories. These products actually serve a brilliant marketing purpose because they: 1. boost brand awareness at key locations within supermarkets (where the target audience spends a lot time) and 2. make counting calories the traditional way even more tedious.
+ Seek out new audiences. Your audience can get stale if you don't actively court new targets. Weight Watchers recently started marketing to men, but they don't expect men to show up at the meetings where 90% of the attendants are women. As a result, the company launched online tools and mobile apps that help men diet on their own - since men often prefer to diet alone.
As a marketing professional, it's hard not to get jealous when a company's marketing campaign is consistently successful, but that's why we're here to break it down. Happy hunting! And thanks to Marketing Profs for the core data
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Caribou Coffee's Brilliant and Fresh Marketing Campaign: Life is More than Coffee
Apparently, life is more than coffee. I was unaware of this, but this is the message of Caribou Coffee's new marketing campaign. Well, I'm glad someone finally told me because I've been working inside this cubicle, sipping on lattes and green tea all day. The brilliant marketing campaign is a stark contrast from the classic message that coffee is all about focus and office productivity.
"Life is more than coffee. That's why there's coffee," says Caribou Coffee via its new marketing campaign. The campaign launched in March with a series of innovative cups that aim to inspire and exercise your creativity with designs that you can draw on, color in or paint yourself.
The coffee shop's napkins also offer similar function with inspirational and time-wasting fun while you sip, sip, sip.
Of course, that part of the campaign is great at marketing to current customers, but what is Caribou doing outside of its shop to attract the attention of the rest of us? Images coupled with messages that promote a love of life beyond the office and coffee shop populate the company's consumer-facing marketing materials, including billboards.
The message is quite the opposite of the message of the marketing campaign that popularized the term "coffee break". Back in the '50s and '60s, the Pan American Coffee Bureau launched radio, magazine and newspaper campaigns that touted the benefits of coffee, mostly as it relates to work. Prior to this marketing campaign, employers didn't allow for coffee breaks. The idea of a coffee break was absurd, but people didn't associate coffee with productivity at the time.
The absurdly successful slogan, which took many forms over the years, originally read: "Give yourself a coffee break, and get what coffee gives to you." And the promotion worked. Employers learned about the benefits of coffee, and they made room for it during work hours. Cigarette companies tried a similar scheme, though it didn't work as well.
Today, Caribou Coffee is taking a different approach, disassociating coffee with the drab office. Why should marketers limit the benefits to work? Now that everyone understands the benefits of coffee, the association to the boring office is actually a downer, not a positive message. After all, coffee can boost any moment, so take a cup with you wherever you go and smile. Marketers and advertisers, take notes.
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The Death of Retail? Analysis of the Office Depot / OfficeMax Merger
Retail is an ever-changing landscape, but it will never be the same after the mass adoption of the Web. The office supplies industry is learning this the hard way as retail giants struggle to stay afloat in a world that is learning to prefer digital goods and services instead of the traditional stuff.
We stumbled upon an excellent analysis of the upcoming Office Max and Office Depot merger, which is supposed to save both companies from economic doom. Unfortunately, it's going to be a steep uphill battle as technology reduces the need for office supplies and e-commerce stores undercut the brick-and-mortar option with better prices and to-your-door delivery. In other words, get ready to pay even less for your office supplies as a revolutionary war is about to consume this industry.
It's a good read that inspires some important questions. Who will emerge as the online leader? Will Amazon step in to take over? Will a new, forward-thinking company emerge? Is there any room innovation? Who will remain the brick-and-mortar option? How far will prices drop? Only time will tell, but we suspect that established online giants, like Amazon, and web-based promotional products suppliers, such as AnyPromo.com, will play a big role in Office Depot/Max's woes.
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