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The full set list of songs and artists has been announced for NBA Baller Beats, the first ever full-body motion-based NBA video game that lets players use a real ball to gain real skills. Kanye West, Common, Queen, Skrillex, Wiz Khalifa, Rise Against, Santigold, and many more are featured in the game, where players of all skill levels – from rookie to pro – will dribble to the beat of popular and chart-topping music tracks, across various genres including hip-hop, rock, and old school favorites.
NBA Baller Beats will come packaged with an official Spalding NBA game ball replica and will make its debut exclusively on Kinect for Xbox 360 on September 11, 2012.
"The music is your guide as you bounce the ball to the beats of some of your favorite baller tracks," said Jesse Sutton, Chief Executive Officer, Majesco Entertainment. "NBA Baller Beats is a beats driven experience that lets you learn crossovers, pump fakes, behind-the-back and other ball-handling skills. Follow the rhythm to help you master the skills."
NBA Baller Beats tracklist:
- "Access Hollywood" – Consequence
- "Autobiotics" – Calling All Cars
- "Canon" – Justice
- "Championship Fever" – Najee
- "Disparate Youth" – Santigold
- "Don't Sweat the Technique" – Eric B. and Rakim
- "Get Ur Freak On" – Missy Elliott
- "It's Ok" – Cee-Lo Green
- "Music Makes Me Feel So Good" – Static Revenger
- "Night By Night" – Chromeo
- "O.N.E." – Yeasayer
- "Roll Up" – Wiz Khalifa
- "Satellite" – Rise Against
- "So Good" – B.o.B.
- "Surf Hell" – Little Barrie
Previously announced tracks:
- "Amazing" – Kanye West ft. Young Jeezy
- "Another One Bites the Dust" – Queen
- "Bangarang" – Skrillex ft. Sirah
- "Blue Sky" – Common
- "Bust A Move" – Young MC
- "Chillin" – Wale ft. Lady Gaga
- "C'Mon Catch 'Em By Surprise" – Tiesto vs. Diplo ft. Busta Rhymes
- "It's Tricky" – Run DMC
- "Let It (Edit Remix)" – Machine Drum ft. Melo X
- "New Fang" – Them Crooked Vultures
- "Obstacle 1" – Interpol
- "Party Rock Anthem" – LMFAO ft. Lauren Bennett and GoonRock
- "Slam" – Onyx
- "Stylo" – Gorillaz
- "Tightrope" – Janelle Monae
Launching exclusively on Kinect for Xbox 360, NBA Baller Beats challenges players to time their dribble to the beat of each song and perform a variety of skill moves displayed on-screen to score points, earn achievements and unlock assets and additional gameplay. Players are challenged to perfect 20 different baller moves and increase their stamina in single player mode, break it down and practice different skills in Move School mode or show-off in multiplayer mode and go head-to-head against up to 8 players. To maximize their performance, gamers can visit the extensive in-game tutorial where two-time NBA champion and Emmy Award-winning TNT NBA analyst Kenny Smith dishes tips for success. From novice to pro, every baller can raise their game with three difficulty levels available on every song: Rookie, Pro, and Baller.
For more information about NBA Baller Beats, please visit www.NBABallerBeats.com. For the latest news and alerts follow them on Twitter @NBABallerBeats.


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Coyle cautious as Samuel nears return
Bolton boss Owen Coyle believes defender Jlloyd Samuel is in need of another two reserve matches before completing his long-awaited comeback.
Samuel has not played for Coyle's side since a pre-season friendly with Osasuna in August due to a ruptured thigh.
But Samuel is now firmly on the road to full fitness after playing the full 90 minutes of Bolton's 3-2 reserve team victory over Manchester City this week.
Saturday's Premier League trip to Newcastle comes too soon for Samuel, although Coyle is naturally delighted the full back is nearing the end of a long road.
"Jlloyd did very well to come back and play through the reserve game given he had been out for months,'' said Coyle.
"He's back training with the group, but he's only had one reserve game, so he's certainly not in contention to face Newcastle.
"However, he is progressing, which is great because he's a terrific lad as well as a top player.
"We hope that with another couple of reserve games then he'll be right back in the mix.
"That will be great because the loss of Zat Knight (knee) and Sam Ricketts (Achilles), who have been hugely influential as part of our group this season, were big blows.''
Coyle has also confirmed another defender in Gretar Steinsson, who has been out for a month with a knee injury, may come into contention for the trip to St James' Park.
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Can You Tase Me Now? Goo-YEEOWWWWW!!!
A Penn Hills, Pennsylvania high school student was Tasered last week after he brought a loaded weapon to school and waved it around the school hallways.
Just kidding, he was Tasered because he allegedly refused to stop talking on a cell phone and pushed a police officer.
According to a story in the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, a Penn Hills police officer did what's called a "drive stun," which involves pushing the Taser against a portion of a body, like a leg, it immobilizes that part of the body.
"The kid refused to listen," Chief Burton told the Post-Gazette. "The officer took him by the arm and said, 'You have to go to the office.' The student resisted, pushed the officer. The officer, defending himself, took out his stun gun and did a drive stun."
"NNNNGGGKKKK!" the student said.
Chief Burton said after the student had collapsed on the floor, he was still resisting, and so was cuffed by the macho, burly police officer who shocked him into submission, rather than just wrestling him to the ground.
The student said he had a headache and was dizzy, so he was taken to a local hospital.
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text: XenForo Template To Be or Not To Be (1942) Blu-ray ReviewErnst Lubitsch's dark comedy To Be or Not To Be is one of a number of curious films whose reputations have grown with each passing decade. Originally thought by some to be in poor taste with its satirical swipes at the Nazi regime played for laughs, the film now is admired not only as a top-notch comedy with career-best work from a host of actors but as a deft mixture of comic and adventure elements that continually surprise and delight the viewer. In every way superior to its 1983 remake, To Be or Not To Be is one of the true landmarks of Ernst Lubitsch's storied career. Studio: CriterionDistributed By: N/AVideo Resolution and Encode: Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1Audio: English PCM 1.0 (Mono)Subtitles: English SDHRating: Not RatedRun Time: 1 Hr. 39 Min.Package Includes: Blu-raykeep caseDisc Type: BD50 (dual layer)Region: ARelease Date: 08/27/2013MSRP: $39.95 The Production Rating: 5/5 When the Nazis invade Warsaw in 1939, a troupe of Polish actors who had been rehearsing a Nazi-themed comedy called Gestapo must put their production on hold. The company's leading actor Joseph Tura (Jack Benny) and his wife Maria (Carole Lombard) are none too happy about these circumstances, but Maria compensates by entertaining a worshipful Polish pilot Lieutenant Sobinski (Robert Stack) who's on his way to London on a secret mission. While there he meets Professor Siletsky (Stanley Ridges) who's soon returning to Warsaw, and he and a bunch of his fellow flyers send messages home to loved ones through him not realizing that Siletsky is actually a Nazi spy looking for the names of Nazi underground enemies. Once they realize their mistake, Sobinski flies back to warn Maria that her identity has been compromised. In order to head off the spy before he reports to Nazi Colonel Ehrhardt (Sig Ruman), the little acting company begins a series of crosses and double-crosses as they use their Gestapo costumes to impersonate German officials in order to outwit the enemy.Ernst Lubitsch begins the film with a simply breathtaking masquerade that the first-time viewer is unaware of thus enlightening the audience about the many masquerades to come. It's a brilliant way to begin a film based on play acting for a purpose other than entertainment (though it's hugely entertaining for the viewer), and the title, which of course refers to Hamlet's great monologue that's referenced three times in the film to hilarious effect, does double duty just as the actors do suggesting that these players will be or won't be who they are appearing to be. (Tura, in fact, must play both Siletsky and Ehrhardt before the company can get to safety). The famed "Lubitsch Touch" is everywhere in the film: in the naughty-though-innocent sex talk between the flyer and the object of his obsession, in the delicate handling of farcical elements which could have become tasteless but aren't, and with the smart way serious material (invasions without a declaration of war, talk of concentration camps, a suspenseful scouring of a theater looking for the spy, suicides) is ladled into the story without arousing the ire of the Production Code.Jack Benny always gave the lion's share of his success in the movie to the director saying that Lubitsch showed him exactly how to play the role, and the result is his funniest and truest film performance as the ham actor with a modicum of talent and a monumental ego. Carole Lomband's swan song to films (she died in a plane crash weeks after completing filming) is a wonderfully effervescent performance with real movie star glamour and supreme confidence in handling both the comedic and dramatic moments with ease. Felix Bressart who plays a crucial role in the final plan of escape recites the Shylock speech from The Merchant of Venice with aching sincerity that is worthy of his high billing in such a small part. Robert Stack is the very conventional matinee juvenile but fits comfortably into his role despite being less important as the film runs. Sig Ruman is joyously daft as the befuddled Nazi, and Stanley Ridges as the sneaky spy is conversely quietly effective. Video Rating: 4.5/5 3D Rating: NA The film is presented in its theatrical 1.37:1 aspect ratio in 1080p resolution using the AVC codec. Taken mostly from the camera negative, the transfer is sharp and very film-like apart from a couple of shots lacking in the same kind of sharpness and obviously the bits not taken from the same source. The grayscale is pleasingly conveyed through consistent contrast which offers handsome black levels and whites which are superbly under control. The film has been divided into 12 chapters. Audio Rating: 4.5/5 The PCM 1.0 (1.1 Mbps) sound mix has been wonderfully cleaned up for this high definition offering with next to no hiss or other aural artifacts to intrude on the listening experience. Dialogue is always easily discernible and never obliterated by the Oscar-nominated score of Werner Heymann or the sound effects. Special Features Rating: 4/5 Audio Commentary: a superb effort by film historian David Kalat who offers plenty of historical background on the principals of the production team as well as comparisons to other Nazi-based films of the era, and then and current opinions on the film's quality.Lubitsch le patron (53:10, HD): a 2010 French documentary on the life and career of the producer-director Ernst Lubitsch featuring clips of films from both his silent and sound periods.Pinkus's Shoe Palace (44:58, HD): a 1916 German silent directed by and starring Ernst Lubitsch as a happy-go-lucky lad whose misadventures lead him to making a great business success.Screen Guild Theater: two radio broadcasts. Variety (29:31) from 1940 features Jack Benny, Claudette Colbert, and Ernst Lubitsch. To Be or Not to Be (25:41) from 1943 features William Powell, his wife Diana Lewis, and Sig Ruman from the film.25-Page Booklet: features a cast and crew list, stills from the movie, film historian Geoffrey O'Brien's analysis of the work as a prime example of Ernst Lubitsch's style, and Ernst Lubitsch's own defense of his film after several notable critics attacked it in its initial release.Timeline: can be pulled up from the menu or by pushing the red button on the remote. It shows you your progress on the disc, the title of the chapter you're now in, and index markers for the commentary that goes along with the film, all of which can be switched on the fly. Additionally, two other buttons on the remote can place or remove bookmarks if you decide to stop viewing before reaching the end of the film or want to mark specific places for later reference. Overall Rating: 4.5/5 Highly Recommended! 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Derry's renaissance under manager Brian McIver over the last year makes Sunday's USFC clash with Donegal a fascinating prospect.
Derry's league performances over the last 15 months suggest they are making major progress however, they did suffer a big defeat last time out in the Division One final against Dublin.
It's hard to know exactly where Donegal are. They eased to promotion from Division II, but their performance levels dipped towards the finish.
Derry have a doubt over James Kielt (quad) but Seán Leo McGoldrick is back in contention after missing out on the Allianz League final defeat due to a knee ligament injury.
McIver is likely to name a couple of championship debutants in his team with goalkeeper Thomas Mallon (The Loup) and defenders Kevin Johnston (Dungiven) and Oisín Duffy (Foreglen) all pushing to start.
Donegal are without midfielder Rory Kavanagh (suspended) while they also have a concern over his midfield partner Neil Gallagher (ankle).
The Glenswilly man could yet start, but Martin McElhinney, Christy Toye, Luke Keaney, Hugh McFadden and Conor Classon are waiting in reserve. The winners of this game advance to an Ulster semi-final against either Fermanagh or Antrim.
Meanwhile, Down and Tyrone meet in Newry on Saturday looking to finish the job both came so close to completing last Sunday.
The quarter-final place on offer looked to be Tyrone's for three quarters of the game last weekend, with Mickey Harte's side leading 2-9 to 1-5 heading into the final quarter.
However, Down turned things around brilliantly with the introductions of Benny Coulter and Ryan Johnston changing the complexion of the midfield battle. Goals from Donal O'Hare and Conor Maginn brought Down level, and James McCartan's side were seconds from victory when Seán Cavanagh sailed over a brilliant late free to ensure Saturday's replay.
McCartan is hoping Down can carry their second half display into the replay and make the most of a rare home championship outing in the Marshes.
"We'll be trying to feed off the energy we got from the second half performance," said the two-time All-Ireland winner. "We're at home in Newry, it hasn't happened very often. We've proved very hard to beat there in the league over the last four or five years and hopefully that will continue next Saturday night."
Tyrone will be without Tiernan McCann for the replay after he suffered an injury against Down, but defender Ronan McNamee is in contention after a shoulder injury. Harte also has experienced quartet Martin Penrose, Justin McMahon, Conor Gormley and Stephen O'Neill available to him, with those four having come on as substitutes the last day.
McCartan will have a decision to make regarding Coulter and Ryan Johnston. The pair made an immediate difference when coming on last weekend, and have surely put themselves in contention to start this weekend, even if Coulter admitted earlier this week that he isn't sure if he is capable of playing for 70 minutes at the moment.


text: Show Hide image Culture 13 November 2008 No place like home Fernando Meirelles has made his name with films inspired by the turmoil in his native Brazil. He tel Sign up for our weekly email * Fernando Meirelles is celebrated for directing intense, disturbing films: The Constant Gardener (2005), which focused on the unethical activities of pharmaceutical firms in Africa, and City of God (2002), a graphic depiction of violence in the slums of Rio de Janeiro. In person, however, he does not seem like a man with the weight of the world on his shoulders. His friend and collaborator, the screenwriter Don McKellar, describes him as "almost jarringly easy-going". He is certainly remarkably laid back when I interrupt the end of his lunch at a private members' club in London. Sitting back in his chair, his legs loosely crossed, he exudes youthful energy. Only the laughter lines around his eyes give away his age of 53. His relaxed demeanour could not be more of a contrast with the nature of the film we are here to talk about. Meirelles's latest venture is an adaptation of Blindness, a novel by the Nobel Prize-winning Portuguese writer José Saramago. It envisages the breakout of a mysterious epidemic which strikes sufferers blind. Those affected, including a doctor (Mark Ruffalo) and his still-sighted wife (Julianne Moore), are put into quarantine. The film follows the inmates journey from solidarity to social breakdown and utter brutality. In tone and content, Blindness has much in common with Children of Men, another apocalyptic thriller directed by a Latin American, the Mexican Alfonso Cuarón. Blindness is still more graphic: it includes two particularly harrowing scenes of gang rape. For Fernando Meirelles, the film represents "the idea that we really don't truly know other people or even ourselves". He insists, however, that its portrait of humanity is not entirely bleak. "By the end of the film we see that it is possible to change our perception and to see people in a different way. There are so many ways for us to open our eyes." It is clear that this project - just as much as the more obviously Brazilian City of God - draws on his experience of growing up in a deeply divided society, which seems always to be teetering on the brink of violence and chaos. "Brazil is a problematic country, with much social division. We are used to living with quite traumatic situations all around us every day. I think that is reflected in my films, even if they are not set in Brazil. There are always characters who are dealing with forces that are much bigger than they are, and problems which they are incapable of solving." Meirelles set about creating a convincing portrait of social breakdown by encouraging strong bonds between actors and crew. "He is one of those directors that succeeds by inspiring his co-workers to collaborate," says McKellar. All the actors, both leads and background, along with some of the crew, including Meirelles, went on day-long, or sometimes two-day, "blind camps", in which they were blindfolded and set tasks such as eating and walking around. The cast was kept together in the filthy dorm set, while cameras rolled unobtrusively - often actors weren't even told when they were running. According to McKellar: "It was prob ably the most comfortable and least hier archical set I've ever been on - this despite, or perhaps because of, the difficult material." For Meirelles, a director should not be an auteur but rather someone who simply "selects the best bits" of a group venture. "A film is a collaboration between very creative people. I'll tell them if I disagree with something," he says. Meirelles was born into a comfortable middle-class family in São Paulo in 1955. He originally trained as an architect, but during his studies started making experimental short films and eventually abandoned his course to form an independent production company. He went on to work in television and advertising, and directed 180 episodes of a popular Brazilian children's series. In 1991, he set up the O2 Filmes production company (now the biggest in Brazil), together with his friends Andrea Barata Ribeiro and Paulo Morelli - the pair produced and directed, respectively, the film version of Meirelles's television series City of Men, a spin-off from City of God, released earlier this year. When they started, it was almost impossible to get funding. "In the late 1980s, early 1990s, there were only a handful of films being made in Brazil each year. This year there are over 90 films being released, and lots of these are from first-time writers and directors, so there's a whole new generation just waiting to emerge." The boom was kick-started by new tax laws in 1993, which encouraged investment in the film industry and helped Meirelles to make his first feature films, Menino Maluquinho 2: a Aventura (1998) and Domésticas (2001), before the Cannes 2002 screening of City of God brought him to the attention of the international film industry. Its slick, Tarantino-esque take on modern Brazil won four Oscar nominations, including Best Director for Meirelles. Since then, the director has received many invitations to join the Hollywood big league. He has resisted: "I prize my independence too much." Even Blindness, which includes several Hollywood actors in lead roles (Danny Glover, as well as Ruffalo and Moore), was funded by Brazilian, Canadian and Japanese money, and shot in São Paulo with a predominantly Brazilian crew. The choice to use English was apparently a request from Saramago himself, who had initially been reluctant to sell the rights to his novel. "Saramago only asked two things of me when I was making the film. First of all that it be shot in English, to make it seem as universal as possible, and secondly, that the story should not be set anywhere recognisable. That's why we chose to shoot in São Paulo, because audiences don't really know what it looks like. If we'd shot it in London, or New York or Washington, it could have been interpreted as a comment on that particular society - on the Bush administration, for example. But it's not about that, it's a comment on human nature." Meirelles is proud of the legacy of City of God, and is dismissive of those who criticised it for glamourising the violence of favela life. "After that there was a wave of films about favelas; so something that was invisible for the rest of the country suddenly became visible. The film may not have made a big improvement to everyday life in the favelas, but at least people know much more about them than they did a few years ago." He is keen, however, to move into new, less fraught areas. His latest project is a "silly, light, easy-to-tell comedy" called Twentysomething. "It's about a group of university graduates who are very well prepared for life - except they don't know what to do with themselves." Even so, Hollywood is going to have to wait. "There is a new cinema coming from Brazil, and from South America, and it's a cinema that is very alive and vibrant and touches on urgent matters. Brazil is living in a great moment for film." "Blindness" is released on 21 November Subscribe from just £1 per issue This article first appeared in the 17 November 2008 issue of the New Statesman, Obamania More


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AccreditationThe School of Art, MSUM, is accredited by the National Association of Schools of Art and Design (NASAD). These associations are composed of schools representing the highest traditions and educational goals of the artist and designer. Member institutions have proven their dedication to promoting high standards for art and design.
NASAD requires a complete review of the School of Art every tenth year for accreditation renewal. A written report and supporting documentation, as well as a site visit by an outside review committee, is required.In addition, NASAD requires a yearly summary update.
The Student BodyThe students who make up the School of Art come to the program with many different backgrounds, and with varying levels of preparation in art and design. For many students, their participation in MSUM art classes in the freshman year constitutes their first real art experience. Others come to the program with a variety of previous artistic experiences. Regardless of previous preparation, all students beginning as freshman art majors are required to take the Basic Drawing and Foundation Design sequence of courses.
The student body is drawn largely from Minnesota, North Dakota, and neighboring states, although students from many other states also matriculate. In addition, students from numerous foreign countries are members of the department, including those visiting for a semester or year on academic exchange.
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I could have sex all day every day if I could! It's fun, it's exercise, it feels great and I don't know how I lived without it for so long!!!
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Snigdha Nadipati, 14, from San Diego, Calif., has won the 85th Scripps National Spelling Bee, MSNBC reported.
Her winning word: "guetapens," which means "an ambush, snare or trap," MSNBC reported.
Stuti Mishra of West Melbourne, Fla., finished second after messing up on the word "schwarmerei," the Associated Press reported.
Snigdha is the fifth Indian American in a row to become the Scripps spelling bee champion and the 10th to win the competition in the last 14 years, the AP reported.
Snigdha said she prepared for the contest by studying 10 to 12 hours on weekends and six hours on weekdays, MSNBC reported. She used a computer program her father wrote to help her study.
A notably calm competitor throughout the night, Snigdha plans to become a psychiatrist or neurosurgeon, the AP reported.
Prizes she's taking home with her include $30,000 in cash, a $2,500 US savings bond, a $5,000 scholarship, $2,600 worth of reference works from the Encyclopedia Britannica and an online language course, according to the AP.
Nine contestants made it to the televised final round of the three-day competition held Thursday night, the Washington Post reported. One of the finalists was 12 – last year's third-place finisher, Arvind Mahankali of Bayside Hills, NY. The rest were 14: Snigdha; Stuti; Frank Cahill of Parker, Colo.; Gifton Wright of Spanish Town, Jamaica; Jordan Hoffman of Lee's Summit, Mo.; Emma Ciereszynski of Dover, NH; Nicholas Rushlow of Pickerington, Ohio; and Lena Greenberg of Philadelphia.
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The 2014 Arctic Winter Games are now committed to history and Hay River's best and brightest certainly didn't disappoint in Fairbanks, Alaska.
As a town, 16 athletes came away with some sort of hardware from their chosen sports, such as Brooke Schaefer, who won a bronze uluit in badminton thanks to a win in the junior girls doubles with her partner, Sujal Shrestha of Yellowknife.
Clell Crook was a double medalist in snowshoe biathlon, snagging bronze in the junior boys 4-km mass start and the same result in the junior mixed 3 x 2-km relay, where he was teammates with Kaed Blake.
The bantam boys hockey team suffered a cruel fate and were forced to settle for the bronze ulu thanks to a 5-4 win over Nunavut but in all respects, it should have been a lot better.
The boys held down a 5-1 lead in the third period of their semifinal against Alberta North but a huge collapse in the final frame saw the boys cough up five goals in less than 15 minutes and they couldn't recover, losing 6-5.
As much as the bantam boys had a disappointing loss, the midget boys suffered perhaps the crueler fate.
The midgets were the betting favourites heading into the gold ulu game against Alaska on March 22, having gone unbeaten through the round-robin. In the title contest, Team NWT was rolling, building up a 4-1 lead and looking the better of the two teams.
But just like the bantams, they ended up in trouble as soon as the third period began.
Discipline became an issue and Alaska managed to storm all the way back thanks to three power-play goals, the final one coming after Carter Hill ended up taking a penalty for hitting from behind, and forced the game into overtime tied at 4-4. In the extra frame, Alaska's Trevor Wagoner snuck in on the wing and stuck it past goaltender Jaden Beck for the winner and the gold ulu for Alaska.
Joel Demarcke, who played a terrific game for Team NWT, said it was a bitter pill to swallow once the game was over.
"Everyone was pretty bummed out afterward," he said. "No one really said too much in the room after. We just kind of sat there, got undressed and the coaches didn't say too much either. They told us they were happy with the way that we played and I thought we still played a good game, even though we didn't win."
As for the power-plays in the third period, Demarcke said the team took too many penalties they shouldn't have taken.
"I don't know if they were real penalties and I'm not blaming the referees," he said.
Even in defeat, Demarcke said he's happy with how he performed in what was his final AWG as a player. He'll be too old for 2016, even though the midget hockey event is still up in the air right now due to the situation surrounding venues in Greenland.
"It sucks to win silver for the second straight time but I'm happy with it," he said.
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I had a breast augmentation 6 months ago.(440 cc silicone under the muscle) My breasts looked amazing. Last month I fell and injured my left breast. My surgeon says I have a lateral tear in the pocket of my left breast and he cannot repair it. Is this correct? I have lost the fullness on the top part of that breast and it is now visible wider than the other.
Can a Torn Pocket Under my Breast Implant Be Repaired... My Surgeon Says No.. Really?
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Breast Implant Torn Pocket Can Be Repaired
Thank you for your question. The lateral tear in your breast implant pocket can certainly be repaired with internal sutures.
This procedure should restore the fullness that you have lost due to the lateral displacement of the implant.
See a Board Certified Plastic Surgeon for a second opinion.
Learn more: http://drseckel.com/surgical-procedures/result-oriented-breast-augmentation-breast-enlargement/
A Torn Breast Implant Pocket CAN Be Repaired
RE: "...My surgeon says I have a lateral tear in the pocket of my left breast and he cannot repair it. Is this correct? I have lost the fullness on the top part of that breast and it is now visible wider than the other."
When we perform a Breast Augmentation we surgically separate the chest wall/breast tissues creating a specific pocket where the implants sits. With time, the body creates a scar wall around the implant which further holds the implant in that location. (In 85% of women the scar, or capsule, remains soft while in 15% it thickens and hardens squeezing the implant and that is termed - Capsular Contracture). When you fell you applied a sudden great forced to the walls of the capsule and bluntly cracked and enlarged the side and bottom wall of the pocket ("Closed Capsulotomy"). As as result, the new pocket is no longer centered around the nipple and the implant dropped lower and to the side losing the upper pole fullness you had.
This CAN be fixed and there are several ways to fix it, some requiring putting in a biological sling such as Strattice to prevent breaking of the capsule repair stitches. I SUSPECT since this mishap is not your surgeon's fault, he does not feel that he should have to pay for it and that he may feel that if the results of the repair do not produce the before accident results you may be unhappy with him. If you want him to do it, you should pay for the repair or ask him to refer you to one of his colleagues if he declines.
Implant Malposition Can Be Corrected
The pocket can be sutured , a new pocket can be made ( neo sub pectoral ) , adm such as alloderm or stratice can be used to correct implant malposition. I would need to see your photos and or examine you to know what the best approach would be. Good Luck. Dr Grant Stevens
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Repairs require surgery
Repairs require surgery. Conservative treatment with a good supportive garment should be tried first. If that fails then repair might require removal of the implant, and revising and repairing the "pocket" it sat in. That repair is dependent upon suturing what may be, a capsule of modest strength, and of proportionate reliability. Adding any matrix support can increase the cost of the surgery substantially, but may be indicated. There are many things to be considered, and a Board Certified Plastic Surgeon, would be able to examine you and discuss them further. Good luck.
"Torn" breast capsule can certainly be repaired.
Capsule repair (capsulorrhaphy) can certainly be performed, though the thickness and tensile strength of your capsule may be quite limited. As surgeons, we strive to obtain a thin, soft, pliable capsule so you end up with a soft, natural feeling breast. When capsule surgery is necessary (symmastia, implant malposition, or in cases such as yours), then having enough scar for the sutures to "hold" becomes an issue. Still, wearing a bra during the healing process easily helps healing in this (lateral) location, so I would ask your surgeon again, or "read between the lines" and understand that he or she does not want to help you with this issue, perhaps out of concern that "perfect" repair may not be feasible.
Seek other advice from an ABPS-certified plastic surgeon if necessary. Good luck and best wishes!
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Can my breast injury be repaired?
Not sure why your surgeon gave you the impression that implant displacement cannot be corrected or improved. Be sure your implant is not ruptured. If it is, replacement is definitely indicated, and pocket can be fixed at that time. Capsulorrhaphy, capsulotomy, and use of acellular dermal matrix are all popular techniques for restoration and improvement of post surgical abnormalities in implant positioning.
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Capsulloraphy is the repair of breast capsule
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Implant pockets can be repaired, really
In order for your breast pocket to tear, the fall and pressure would have had to have been tremendous. Just ask any surgeon who is familiar with 'closed capsulotomy' in the past. If the implant is now wider and out to the side, what you say must be true and a snug bra day and night might help hold the breast implant centered in the pocket. If this fails, then the pocket certainly can be repaired and closed, just as any other pocket issue such as a bottomed out or low implant.
Best of luck,
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Torn pocket can be fixed
Sorry for your injury. I usually start with postoperative breast straps or garments to help the capsule in the pocket heal itself much the same way a cast on your arm helps the broken bones heal without surgery. This could take 4-6 wks. if that does not help, then a surgical procedure called capsulorrhaphy can be performed. If it is a very complicated repair, artificial dermal matrix like Strattice can be used. Best of luck.
Breast Implant Malposition
Hello Lajpon,
I do not have the benefit of examining you or viewing photographs of you, but in general, implant pocket issues can be corrected routinely and accurately to restore the position of the implant and shape of the breast. These techniques should be performed by surgeons that are highly experienced in performing revision breast augmentation. These surgeons are certified by the American Board of Plastic Surgery, and are also members of the American Society for Aesthetic Plastic Surgery.
Best of luck!
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Boston&Carters Mom 2 kids; Middleville, Michigan 257 postsDec 3rd '12
I have my 12 week ultrasound tomorrow. I asked the doctor when I scheduled and they said they can guess. I mean they have a 50/50 shot of being right ha
PreemiePowerOn 1 child; 2 angel babies; Gaylord, MI, United States 51 postsDec 3rd '12
They told my best friend at 12 weeks she was clearly having a baby boy, her first boy out of 6. Guess what?? 2 days ago she had a ANOTHER GIRL!! I would wait to find out or wait to make 100% sure the baby is what the doctor thinks.
Boston&Carters Mom 2 kids; Middleville, Michigan 257 postsDec 4th '12
I had my 12 weeks ultrasound today and they said they go by a "nub theory" and she said its 90% a boy. She has been there 5 years and only been wrong 5 times.
I will have to see how accurate that is in a couple months when its parts are a more distinct :)


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Museum of Civilization restores rare, well-travelled canoeMay 22, 2007
From New Brunswick to Galway to Gatineau: visitors can watch as Museum of Civilization restores rare, well-travelled canoeGatineau, May 22, 2007 A 200-year-old Canadian birchbark canoe is home for a visit and a facelift this summer after spending most of its life in Ireland. The rare, six-metre (21-foot) Maliseet watercraft is on display at the Canadian Museum of Civilization as conservators begin a painstaking restoration of what may be the oldest canoe of its kind in the world.
Researchers at the National University of Ireland in Galway (NUIG) have entrusted their precious artifact to experts at the Museum of Civilization who are keen not only to repair the vessel, but also to help fill in the gaps in its intriguing history.
"This is the oldest and one of the largest Maliseet cargo canoes I have ever seen," says Stephen Augustine, Curator of Maritimes Ethnology at the Canadian Museum of Civilization and a hereditary Mi'kmaq chief from New Brunswick, where the canoe was made. "Its size and age indicate it may have been used for transporting British military, surveyors, furs or possibly salmon up and down the Saint John River."
Maliseet craftsmen built the canoe in the early 1820s and sold it to Stepney St. George, a captain in the British Army who shipped the boat to his residence, Headford Castle in Country Galway. When the potato famine devastated Ireland in the 1840s, St. George, a widower and Chairman of the Relief Committee, contracted famine fever from one of the people to whom he was serving soup rations. His tragic death in 1847 left seven children in the care of his older brother Richard. Richard St. George moved the family to Dublin and tried to avoid bankruptcy by leasing Headford Castle to a magistrate who then donated the canoe to NUIG's James Mitchell Museum in 1852.
"This canoe is precious to us both for its beauty and for its remarkable history," says Dr. Kathryn Moore, a professor at NUIG who has led the effort to have the canoe restored. "The canoe's past encompasses war, colonization, famine and heroism, and it is a wonderful symbol of military, migration and trade relations between Canada, Ireland and Britain."
The canoe is an excellent example of traditional construction, with finely shaped birchbark over white cedar ribs, attached with black spruce roots and sealed with pine resin and bear grease. Hand-sewn buoys along the canoe's length are decorated with flowers and fiddleheads, motifs still used by some Maliseet canoe-makers near Fredericton, Augustine says.
Starting on May 22, visitors to the Museum's Southern Salon on Level One will be able to watch as conservators restore the canoe and answer questions about its history and significance, weekdays from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. until August 31.
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Paul Ryan to Joe Biden: General Motors Isn't Alive in My Hometown
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(NEW YORK) — Ahead of the Democratic National Convention, Vice President Joe Biden summed up how Democrats hope the country views the past four years, telling a Detroit Labor Day crowd that "Osama bin Laden is dead and General Motors is alive."
But vice presidential candidate Paul Ryan shot back on Tuesday, telling ABC's George Stephanopoulos that General Motors isn't alive in his hometown of Janesville, Wis.
"The president came to Janesville…before the plant shut down and said he would lead an effort to retool the plant. After the plant was shut down he said he would lead an effort to retool the plant to get people back to work. They're still not back to work," Ryan said. "I really ask the 23 million people George who are struggling to find work in America today if we're better off than we were four years ago?"
The congressman says the Romney-Ryan ticket offers "big solutions in a big year" to create jobs, lower our debt, lower our taxes and create economic growth. But the Democrats are taking aim at those ideas, accusing the Romney tax plan of raising taxes on the middle class by $2,000.
"Not true. What we're saying is we're going to reduce people's tax rates by 20 percent and we'll do it by closing loopholes. Here's the point, George. We believe that there's a bipartisan consensus to be had through this kind of tax reform," Ryan said. "Democrats like the Simpson-Bowles Democrats agree with us that we should be lowering tax rates and broadening the base by plugging loopholes so that people get to keep more of their own money, so that families with small businesses can have a fair, simple…tax system. We think that's one of the keys to economic growth."
The non-partisan Tax Policy Center analyzed Ryan's budget plan and said that he cannot lower taxes and raise enough money by just going after loop holes.
Ryan disagreed.
"What other groups have shown is you can do this. Look, George, economic growth is the key to this and one of the keys to economic growth is tax reform. And when we keep taxing our families and successful small businesses at much higher tax rates than our foreign competitors tax theirs, we make our businesses less competitive," he said. "Don't forget the fact, George, that eight out of 10 businesses file their taxes as individuals. President Obama wants their tax rate to go above 40 percent. Other countries are lowering their tax rates on their businesses. President Obama is promising a higher tax rate. More to the point, he uses this money for more spending. We don't think we should be taxing small businesses and families more to spend the money in Washington."
On the campaign trail, Ryan has accused Democrats of "raiding" Medicare by taking $716 billion to pay for the president's health care plan.
And although Ryan wrote and pushed a budget through the House with those same savings, he told Stephanopoulos his budget is based on current law.
"Don't forget the fact that we've already vote and we've already proposed to repeal Obamacare, every part of Obamacare, including this raid of $716 billion from Medicare to pay for Obamacare. They can't have it both ways, George. You can't spend the same dollar twice. You can't say that Obamacare is a cost-saver and that we're extending the life of Medicare. One or the other. The point is, and this has been pretty well verified and established, taking $716 billion from Medicare to finance Obamacare, that really is a raid of Medicare for Obamacare. We think that's wrong. Our plan to save Medicare does not affect or change the benefits for any that is in or near retirement," Ryan said.
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You know that weird thing where you hear about something for the (seemingly) first time and it strikes you as odd/interesting/worth paying attention to? And then suddenly you are seeing/hearing/talking about said thing over and over and it seems more than coincidence? Almost freaky? Like said thing is either stalking you or you have been subconsciously stalking it?
This is what happened to me and duck fat. (For the non foodies, yes, that is the fat rendered from ducks, and used as a distinct ingredient.)
First it was that New York Times Magazine spread on chef's tattoos from way back in March. I love chefs. I love tattoos. I loved this spread. And even though the pork tattoo is ballsy, it was the duck fat tattoo that stuck with me.
I mean, listen to this woman wax eloquent about why she would have such a gorgeous, old school tattoo of the word duckfat on her arm:
Next it was reading restaurant reviews and generic Bon Appetit-Gourmet-yada yada that was not particularly memorable, except that duck fat was popping up all over the place. So when we ventured to York, Maine to check out the new gourmet foodie store Trillium, and saw a tub of duck fat, I knew I was taking it home. $5 for the tub, which seems fair and good.
''I love duck fat,'' said Jill Barron, the executive chef at De Cero, a
Mexicanrestaurant in Chicago. ''I love cooking with it; I love rendering it. It's my favorite fat.''
Next it was reading restaurant reviews and generic Bon Appetit-Gourmet-yada yada that was not particularly memorable, except that duck fat was popping up all over the place. So when we ventured to York, Maine to check out the new gourmet foodie store Trillium, and saw a tub of duck fat, I knew I was taking it home. $5 for the tub, which seems fair and good.
(By the by, Trillium has some fun cheeses, dried goods, dairy stuff, smoked meats and sausages, etc. I also brought home a healthy serving of the most delicious Parma ham I have ever had. Mmmmm . . . Parma . . .)
I used the duck fat to saute some new potatoes I had gotten at the farm market a few hours before. Wondrous. (This is also some fore-shadowing. The combination of duck fat and potatoes proves to be the star again and again in this chronicle of fowl fat.) I also tried spreading it on toasty good quality bread, much to B's horror, although he gamely tried it and pronounced it too gamey. I thought it was ok, but would've been better if I were making grilled cheese, very savory style, with the bread. It should be noted here that B did not like the truffle cheese we had on our scrambled eggs that we ate with our potatoes and toast (for dinner). So his opinions about such things should almost be discarded.
The duck fat has the quality and consistency of room temperature butter, even very cold. It is white, and very clean. It didn't brown when cooking the potatoes - more experimentation is in order.
Finally, a friend told me about and then the next day I read about, a restaurant in Portland, Maine, called Duckfat. So we went.
We ordered the Belgian frites, of course, and of course they are fried in duck fat and come with a sauce, of which there are many choices. If you are tired of reading this post, you can stop here because this was the highlight of Duckfat. Not that the rest wasn't very good, it was. It's just that these are the best damn fries in the world. If you are anywhere near Portland, and are not afflicted with vegetarianism, you need to get thee to Duckfat and get thee some frites. I loved loved loved these.
Those wooden things sticking out are little forks. I loved my cute little frite fork.
B and I each ordered a panini, and they were real and not trendy so much. His was the BTC, with very good bacon, a tomato reduction that was very good. I will say I could've used much more cheese. Mine was the duck confit panini with plum chutney and boursin. Too much chutney. I wish I had tried the fig and port sweet panini. I got a black and white milk shake that was delicious. Next time I will order a vanilla one because mine melted together too quickly but the vanilla part I did taste was amazing. B got a home made ginger brew which he hated. He likes Jamaican style ginger beer and this wasn't. It tasted like ginger powder.
I very much liked the food, and am happy to try other things. Duckfat has definite service issues. It is counter service, but at the same time you are in line you're trying to gage if you are going to have a table when you get your food, because there aren't very many tables (in fact, I don't know if you can tell from the photos, but we are really sitting at a 2 foot by 12 inch slab up against a wall). It worked, at one point two different parties behind us staked claims to tables before food, leaving us and the people in front of us a little hurt and confused, but it all worked out. Also many other people got their drinks before us, so we had our nice hot salty fries and no refreshing beverage. I think the best thing might be to order ahead, and take your food out on a picnic.
In the end (is this finally the end of the duck fat saga? I still have some left in the fridge . . .) I do love duck fat. Especially when potatoes are fried in it. But not enough to obsess over it, and not enough to tattoo the word on my body. Though it really is wonderful, and I've been itching for another tattoo . . .


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Yily Doll in the Making - New York, NY
Almost my time to go to D.R
Ok seven days to go before my procedures and my nerves is getting the best of me.i bought all my meds that I will be taking with me still have a few shopping to do.thanks to ms. coocoo I will not take too many things with me cause it not need.I feel can wait to get this over and done with.i will put up before pics soon
on my way no turning back.
Wow I'm sitting on the plane waiting to push back from the gate house ladies and gentle man shit just got real.there is no way for me to turn back now all I can do is sit and wait for me to land in DR.wish me luck, on my way to be a Yily doll. 2014 summer body is going to tun up dwl.
Just wanna get it over with already.
Ok so yesterday was a bust my flight was cancel due to the weather.so now I'm finally here just to fine out I'm .06 off from my blood level sucks, so can't do anything until Thursday not bad but I just wanted to get it started and over urgggggggg. On the good note jacquline spa recovery house I love it why because the staff is so friendly and kind.Anna is such a sweet heart and go above and beyond to help you.so I have to stay a little bit longer but because of how helpful and nice they are here I really don't mind. I just have to find a way to entertain myself.
It's crazy need to know
Ok so let me give you the T...shit is not all that it seems arrive on tues the feb4,2014. Went in on tues and I did my blood work and of curse in yn I was 12.5 when I got here I was a 11.4 so you know that's a no go,why your iron drops after your plane ride and periods o yes Hunny. So Jacqueline recovery house staff Anna love her made me beets juice and molasses nasty as heck but hey.they gave me iron shot which help no here I am friday blood works good and all ooh yes BMI can not I repeat can not be over 3.5 so many people got turn back because of this
Finally here but the wait is crazy
Ok so it's friday 6am and have to be there by 730am.did all my paper work and I am fine good to go yeaa me so I thought.its now 5:48 pm and still didn't do anything yet prepared for a long wait are maybe with all the delay in flights and people coming in days later she's back up but I'm hungry haven't ate anything from 10 pm last night.i still have 2 people ahead of me...the wait is crazy no one letting you know what's going on.i seriously change my mind about this twice .people that came in after us was done before us.oh yes med don't get them at clinic let the house nurse get it for you it cost less they charge you more than the local pharmacy.
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So friday night some time I did my surgery made a lot of wonerful people here including jewel from healing haven which is not even where I was staying but she did look out and help me out a lot and I wasn't even staying there. She is an amazing person.i would also recommend her too.sitting on this hard. Ass bed waiting to put my garment on
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It's already mid-February, which -- besides cold weather and the bourgeois contrivances of Valentine's Day -- means Ubuntu developers are more than halfway to the release of the next version of the operating system, 12.04. And with that in mind, it seems timely to take a look at how Unity is shaping up. Read on for some highlights on what to expect from the desktop environment in April and beyond.
If Ubuntu is the world's most popular Linux distribution -- or at least was -- Unity is undoubtedly the world's most controversial open source user interface. Loved by some but passionately loathed by many users in its earlier iterations, the desktop environment is nonetheless here to stay, since Canonical shows no signs of shipping Ubuntu with anything else in the near future.
Fortunately, despite all that was wrong with Unity when it was first introduced, Ubuntu developers have been hard at work improving stability and usability. If everything goes as planned, the version of Unity that ships with Ubuntu 12.04 in April 2012 will be full of enhancements that will make the problems of its predecessors only bitter memories.
Unity Improvements
More specifically, here are some of the new features to look for in the latest and greatest iteration of Unity, as well as some other enhancements currently in development, based on developers' blogs and mailing list messages:
- Better multi-monitor support: Arguably (and I did argue about this a couple months ago), it would have been nice if Unity would just have worked with multiple monitors from the get-go as well as other desktop environments did. But since it didn't, it's great that this should be less of an issue in Ubuntu 12.04.
- Enhanced VMware Unity integration: It's not yet clear that this feature will be complete in time for the 12.04 release, but Unity developers have been talking about making VMware's "Unity" mode -- a feature that integrates the windows of a guest operating system into those of the host, like VirtualBox's seamless mode -- work better under the Unity desktop environment.
- Support for virtual drives in the Unity launcher: With developers working on this bug, there's hope that the upcoming version of Unity will do a better job of handling launchers for virtual drives. This may not be a huge deal, but it would certainly be nice to get this stuff working -- especially since it was so much of a non-issue in GNOME 2, for instance.
- Playing nicely with Compiz: Developers are working to smooth over some of the ugliness involving Unity and the Compiz compositing manager. This is mostly back-end stuff, but it should benefit users by making for a more bug-free experience.
- New screen edge detection: In an effort to make the Unity dock less intrusive, it will now require more than a quick mouse hover to unhide itself. Personally, I can't say that this issue has bothered me too much, and I think I'd rather just see more options for customizing how the dock behaves. But I'm encouraged all the same by the attention afforded to this usability concern.
- Last but not least, there's HUD, Canonical's latest user interface adventure, which most likely soon will be integrated into Unity. I'm curious to see how users react to this change, given that there was so much outrage when Canonical simply moved the window buttons from the right to the left a few releases ago. But maybe people will end up learning to like it.
This list certainly isn't exhaustive, and the Ubuntu 12.04 release remains more than two months away. Plenty could change between now and then -- and undoubtedly will, as Ubuntu developers respond to the user feedback on Unity they've been soliciting. But overall, by most appearances upcoming versions of Unity promise to be more user-friendly and robust than their predecessors. And that's a great thing, because I don't want to keep using MATE and Cinnamon forever.


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The Atlanta Hawks have re-signed guard Jannero Pargo to a second 10-day contract, the team announced Saturday in a press release. In his first deal, Pargo averaged 5.2 PPG and 2.6 APG, appearing in five games.
With Pargo playing well and Louis Williams out for the season with a torn ACL, it would appear likely that, following this second 10-day contract, the Hawks will guarantee Pargo for the rest of the 2012/13 season, although there has been no indication of that.
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You run into them every once in a while...caliber snobs
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You will always find people who say "If the caliber doesn't begin with a 4, don't rely on it for SD". Thats just silly if you ask me. Shot placement is much more important IMO; yes a 45 will in theory do "more damage" to a target than a 9MM; but a shot to the head, lung or heart of a target is the only "guarantee" it will slowed or stopped.
I seem to recall some story on the news years back during the Iraq war about a couple of insurgents hole up in a hut; they had to run the hut over with a tank to finally kill the guys inside. They found each bad guy had been hit dozens of times but that because they were so hopped up and no vital areas had been hit they were able to keep up the fight.
A shot to a non critical area is not likely to stop your target if they are hopped up on certain drugs; this whole "one shot stop 45" thing is a myth perpetuated by the movies. I wish I had a magic 45 that made people fly across a room with a single round and instantly dropped each bad guy where they stood. In the real world; the only thing that is going to do that is a shot "guaranteed" to one shot stop someone is a shot to the center of the head.
It is best to focus on what works best for you; I don't like 40 S&W because I don't like how "snappy" it is. I like 45 ACP too but I don't like the trade off in ammo capacity.
If 9mm was "too weak" then the Navy Seals would not be using it.
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Just when you think that computer publishing has been permanently broken into niches of novice, intermediate, advanced and programmers, along comes a company with a brand-new idea-ease of use.
Nerdy Books LLC, headquartered in Flemington, N.J., is the brainchild of Wendy Richardson and Bob Flisser, two computer trainers with more than 20 years' experience between them. In 1994 Richardson opened her own business, the Software School, and hired Flisser. What they learned convinced them there was still an unserved need in the world for handy information that anyone could get quickly.
"We've trained secretaries and MIS people, teenagers and retirees," says Flisser, "and what we found was that there were all these techniques for making programs work, but there were so many, and some were so buried in the big manuals, that nobody could find them. These aren't undocumented, they're just not accessible."
And thus was born this fall Nerdy Books, with Richardson and Flisser as sole owners and authors, and the series called Just the Tips, Man.
Each Nerdy book contains "more than 500 tips, tricks and shortcuts," according to Flisser. "Nobody needs to know all of them; in fact, almost nobody uses more than few, but everybody needs some of them, and you want to be able to find out how to do it quickly, and get back to what you were doing."
So Wendy, an industrial engineer and designer by training, designed Just the Tips, Man to work like a flip chart or desk calendar. Each book has a Wire-O binding, like a calendar, and a cardboard stand built in so it can stand open on a desk next to the mouse pad for quick reference.
Will Richardson, Wendy's husband and one of a half-dozen employees, deals with marketing and production. "The idea is that those big computer books are just too much-too heavy, too expensive, too intimidating. Less is more; Nerdy books are more usable because it's so easy to find just what you want, fast. And they're small enough to be more portable-we can really see people carrying these books with them."
Design and production are done in-house; printing and binding at Eerdmans in Grand Rapids, Mich. "We chose Eerdmans because they have both sheetfed and webfed presses," Nisser reports. "That way, if our books begin move fast, we can print up to 50,000 copies in the same plant."
Cast of Characters
Just the Tips, Man uses a cast of five cartoonlike characters to give the reader clues about how easy or advanced a particular tip is.
Kenneth, a propeller-head preteen, appears on the "really easy" pages-such as a reminder on the table of contents to check the index at the back, too. "Fairly easy" tips-such as how to set tabs-are pointed out by Shagg, a hippieish character.
Mr. Nester handles longer and more involved tips, but also is impatient with things that don't make sense to a lot of computer users: Tip # 150 shows him tearing his hair out and asking, "Whose idea was it to make the same button change depending on what you selected?"
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"That's the point," Flisser says. "Today's software is so powerful and complex, there are often several ways to do the same task. It's not just knowing the keystrokes or mouse clicks: Some people prefer to use the mouse for everything, and others like to use the keyboard. Sometimes the software companies want it to be easy to do something from any place, and sometimes they want it to happen only one way-but they aren't very good at explaining these things to users. So we have Nerdy Books."
The first eight titles are in production now, with first printings of 10,000 each. The first to hit the market will be Just the Tips, Man for Microsoft Word 2000, scheduled for official release in April through Seven Hills Books in Cincinnati at $15.95 retail.
The Word title will be followed within a month by titles on PowerPoint 2000, Excel 2000, and Windows Millennium Edition. Early in the summer, four more titles will follow, covering Windows 2000, Adobe Photoshop 6, Corel Draw 10, and the Internet and e-mail.
Nerdy is also taking orders directly via its Web site, www.nerdybooks.com.
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Queried about the Corel Draw title, Flisser points out that Draw is the bestselling illustration program in the world. "People think of Adobe Illustrator first, and Illustrator is number one among Macintosh users, but when you look at the number of Windows users, there's no comparison."
Future plans for Nerdy include a series called Just the Tips, Kid, aimed at younger readers. "That's my area," reports Will. "I have been a high-school teacher in English and technology. When you think of it, these tips are just good habits to get into. And teaching kids is all about getting them to form good habits early and stay with them. So we see this as a really good market for us."


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Work ethics
When religious beliefs conflict with professional duties how do we decide what's fair? We asked Richard Rowson, the man who wrote the rules
When Lord Carey, the former Archbishop of Canterbury, argued last month that civil liberties cases involving Christians should only be heard by judges favourably disposed towards that faith, he illustrated the minefield of competing "rights" that employers are forced to navigate in order to meet their obligations to both their employees and those they serve. Carey, who subscribes to the view that Christians are being "persecuted" in Britain today, was referring to several recent high-profile rulings in which he feels Christians have been discriminated against. There's the case of Shirley Chaplin, the nurse who was refused the right to wear a cross pendant which contravened NHS uniform code, and Lillian Ladele, the Islington registrar who lost her job for refusing to conduct civil ceremonies for gay couples. In those instances Carey, along with sections of the tabloid press, sees persecution. But when similar cases involving other religions result in favourable judgements, political correctness is seen to have gone mad. Thus after it was revealed that Muslim nurses would be allowed to cover their forearms to preserve their modesty, despite uniform regulations requiring doctors and nurses to keep theirs uncovered in the interest of hygiene, the Daily Mail despaired that "Muslim nurses CAN cover up . . . but Christian colleagues can't wear crucifixes."
Such dilemmas are bound to arise in a multicultural society, but how should they be resolved? We invited Richard Rowson, author of Working Ethics, who has devised a formula widely used in the public sector to settle such disputes, to explain.
Richard Rowson
As a moral philosopher I have spent much of my life not only analysing views about ethics from Plato to the 21st century, but applying them in a practical way by helping professions develop their ethics policies. People I have worked with include nurses, doctors, social workers, teachers, psychotherapists and government departments.
When I begin working with these professions two questions are always raised: "What do we mean by ethics?" and "Whose ethics should we adopt, since there are so many ethical perspectives around?" It soon becomes clear that we should not base policies on the values of any specific religious or secular perspective because members of the profession work with people of different faiths and of no faith. If we were to base policies on, say, Christian or on humanist ideas, then non-Christian or non-humanist patients, clients, students and others might fear that the professionals would not be sympathetic to their interests and might discriminate against them. Such lack of trust could prevent the profession achieving its objectives. Nurses, for instance, are more likely to bring care, comfort and cure to patients who trust them to value their wellbeing and respect their cultural views.
so how do we find values that are appropriate? The answer: within the profession's own objectives and the context in which it operates. For instance, the basic objective of nursing is to care, comfort and promote cure for all patients regardless of their cultural affiliation, race, religion, sexual orientation or level of disability. Implicit in this objective are the ethical concerns to seek the best results for patients and to be fair by not discriminating between them. To gain the trust of patients nurses need to act with integrity towards them and to respect their informed wishes. So, the appropriate shared values for nursing are fairness, seeking the best results, acting with integrity and respecting autonomy. By rearranging the sequence of values we have an easily remembered ethical framework: Fairness, Autonomy, Integrity and Results, known as the FAIR framework. When applying the framework, employers have to balance the obligation of the profession to achieve its objective and the values of respecting the autonomy of its employees and the users of its services, seeking the best results for all affected by their decision, acting with integrity and not discriminating against employees and service users.
It has turned out to be an appropriate ethical basis for decision-making in many professions. Various institutions have adopted it, finding its guidance particularly useful when faith views impinge on professional practice. While of course decisions taken using the FAIR framework will not always please everyone, they show an approach to making decisions about faith requests which is impartial between religions. When employers refuse a request from a particular religion they do not do so because they disagree with that religion, nor because they wish to promote the view of a rival religion or to take an anti-religious stance. The FAIR values are neither specific to any religion nor are they anti-religious – they are simply non-religious.
Case study 1: A Christian nurse asks to be excused from caring for women undergoing termination of pregnancies
Here, the employer has an obligation to provide for the termination of pregnancies. It also has both an obligation to respect the autonomy of women requesting termination and a potentially conflicting obligation to respect the request of the nurse not to participate in the procedure. There is also a potential conflict between seeking the best results for the patient and those for the nurse. The integrity of the nursing service requires it to fulfil its function of providing terminations. Unfairness to employees might arise if acceding to the nurse's request made her work load less than normal and the work load of other nurses more so.
By bearing in mind these considerations the employer decides to accede to the nurse's request so long as nurses who do not object to terminations are available to take part in the procedures, and so long as the nurse who made the request can be fully employed in other ways. While the employer will strive to ensure other nurses are always available, if that is not possible the nurse may be required to provide support for a termination.
In this situation the employer does its utmost to respect the autonomy of its employee, so long as doing so can be made compatible with its other countervailing obligations (in this case, to provide the service which is part of its professional objective and to prevent harm to the patient); but it considers that when this is not possible, its countervailing obligations outweigh the ethical importance of acceding to the nurse's request.
Case study 2: A Muslim nurse working in a hospital asks to wear a veil to protect her modesty
In this case, the employer allows the nurse to do so for a week and monitors how it affects her work. In the hospital the majority of patients are not Muslim and some of these – particularly the old, the confused and children – are frightened by her appearance. Some cannot relate to her because they cannot see her face. Even though she treats them well it is clear that some are not comforted or reassured by her attention. Since one of the objectives of nursing on a ward is to give care and comfort it is decided that wearing the veil interferes too much with the objectives of her work and so her request is rejected.
Case study 3: A Muslim female police officer asks to vary her uniform by wearing a hijab to cover her hair
Here, the authorities decide that though the hijab is not part of the normal uniform she should be allowed to wear it. They consider that since it does not impair the effectiveness of her work they have no obligations which conflict with that of respecting her autonomy.
Case study 4: A male police officer asks not to have to deal with homosexual members of the public
Because of his religious views, the officer says he finds it difficult to treat them with the same respect as other members of the public as is required by police regulations. The authorities consider that since it is impossible to arrange an officer's duties to ensure he does not encounter homosexuals, if they were to try to accede to his request he could not be a fully contributing officer. Moreover, they take the view that the importance of delivering police services in a fair and non-discriminatory way outweighs the importance of respecting the officer's views. They conclude that he must either comply with the regulation to treat homosexuals with respect or leave the service.


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I recently had two new crowns placed on my #10 teeth. I had veneers before &truly loved the look of it, however, my new dentist recommended that I get crowns instead since they both have RCT done on them. My new crowns fit great however, the face of the crowns are so rounded that when I smile in a photo, it looks like my two crowned teeth are barely there. Since they are rounded and not flat like my natural teeth, light does not reflect on them in an appealing way. Can they be reshaped&polish
Can a Crown Be Reshaped?
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Reshaping of esthetic crowns
The art of dentistry and final restorations take a lot of experience, knowledge of teeth anatomy, feeling of harmony, balance, "feeling" of color, shape and symmetry. The problem that you describe is one of the most common details that identifies "good" crown from "great". The real teeth are never round, they have marginal ridges and don`t appear out of the gum looking like an apple or a mushroom. Usually minor reshaping can be performed carefully in the dental chair with proper finishing and polishing. However, when the remaining crown structure is minimal, this reshaping can become problematic and can require re-do of the crowns. Before any cementation of any final prosthesis, crowns, or veneers, patient gives the final approval. You shouldn`t hesitate to discuss your concerns with your dentist and possibly reshape or re-do the crowns.
Crown reshaping
I agree with Dr. Lockhart. Crowns can be reshaped for minor changes, but major changes are not so easy. It depends on the type of crown that was placed as well. If you are flattening the front surface of the crowns it makes the porcelain thinner. On a porcelain to metal crown this will expose the more opaque porcelain layers or even the metal substructure and make it look even worse. You might be able to try this if the crowns are all-ceramic crowns. Even these are often more opaque toward the core.
It is also difficult to get a highly polished surface when polishing in the mouth. It can be done though. I would say try to contour with the idea in mind that if it doesn't work, the crowns will be redone. This is your smile, and you are a walking billboard for your dentist.
Can a Crown Be Reshaped?
Wow, great question and great information. Some minor reshaping can be done on most crowns; however, it is extremely difficult to restore the finish to an extensively adjusted crown. It's a shame that the natural contours of the adjacent teeth weren't mimicked in your new crowns. In my office, we would have solicited your approval BEFORE cementing the crowns but even if you were not satisfied after giving approval we would more than likely redo the crowns at no cost to you. It's so important that the doctor/patient relationship is open, honest and trusting. Discuss this with your dentist and I'm pretty sure they will have the same general policy as we do.
Good luck and don't settle for mediocrity.
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Crown Reshaping
It is possible to re-shape a ceramic crown, however the question that needs to be addressed is whether the re-shaping will result in a lower glaze that may not be cosmetically pleasing. If to much reshaping is necessary, it may be a wiser alternative to have the crowns remade. Make sure that you discuss your concerns with your dentist so that communication with the lab is correct.
Crown Reshaping
It is far easier to round off a flat or squared area than the reverse. Said another way, it is easier to remove a little material than put it back.
It is critical that the lab technician consider the contours of the adjacent teeth when designing a veneer or crown so they are mimicked accordingly. In our office we always try the restorations in and have the patient examine the look in a mirror prior to permanent cementation. In some aesthetic cases we may place the restorations with a temporary adhesive so the patient can have their spouse or partner get a look before making things permanent.
You probably will need to have the crowns removed and replaced. If you have a picture of the former veneers or a dental study model that includes the veneers in place, the lab can use them to make a more accurate reproduction. You can also have the dentist place and modify temporaries until you get the desired aesthetic result, take an impression of the temporaries and have the lab use that information to duplicate the look in the new crowns.
Fixing crowns
they can be contoured with diamond drills, but this will not change the tranluscency and might make them worse.
I would do them over again and go see the ceramist at the dental lab face to face. Tell him what you want. Make sure you are happy with the shape of the temproary crowns first. Then photo graph them and take a mould of them for the lab to copy in the design of the permanent crowns.
ReShaping Dental Crowns
Yes Crowns can be reshaped. However, it is nicer if the crowns are reshaped prior to permanent cementing. This way, if a good deal of reshaping is performed, the vrown can be sent back to the lab and re-glazed to give it the natural appearance that it originally had prior to reshaping. We can polish the crown after reshaping and it will look good, but sending to the lab for re-glazing is best.
Yes, you can reshape a cemented crown
Minor reshaping is common on crowns and not a problem in most cases. If removing some of the 'over roundness' helps the new crowns match you existing teeth, then yes reshaping is the best solution. Your dentist can easily manage this and polish the porcelain to a high gloss again. Of course, some additional concerns apply to metal based crowns - although the great majority of anterior crowns are all-ceramic in 2011.
The only problem is if the new crown needs 'extra' porcelain to match the surrounding natural teeth. In this situation, the crown needs to be removed and remade.
I would ask your dentist about your new crown and have him/her evaluate your concerns. I'm sure you will be happy in the end by honestly discussing the issues you have with th shape of the new crown.
These answers are for educational purposes and should not be relied upon as a substitute for medical advice you may receive from your physician. If you have a medical emergency, please call 911. These answers do not constitute or initiate a patient/doctor relationship.


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The timestamp internal mechanism is not adjustable. The OPCOM process generates an internal time stamp every 5 minutes. Every 12th occurance of the internal time stamp is written to the OPERATOR.LOG file. Both of these values are hard-coded. If you want more frequent timestamps, you can generate your own timestamps using using the REQUEST command. A batch or detached process easily could issue this command at whatever interval(s) you desire. A simple example: $LOOP: $ request "Timestamp" $ wait 00:00:10 $ goto loop $ exit This DCL procedure would produce an entry in OPERATOR.LOG every ten (10) seconds. These messages will also be displayed on each enabled operator terminal. You might want to use the REQUEST/TO= qualifier to direct the REQUEST messages to an operator class that is explicitly disabled at your site. This avoids the display of the messages at operator-enabled terminals. Please see HELP for REPLY/DISABLE for more details. Note that OPERATOR.LOG messages are buffered within the OPCOM process. Thus your messages may not actually appear in the log file until the next five (5) minute (internal) time stamp occurs.


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One is a little bit country. The other is a little bit R&B.
Either country crooner Kree Harrison or vocal powerhouse Candice Glover will be revealed Thursday night as the 12th season champion of "American Idol."
The winning finalist of the Fox singing competition will be awarded a record deal and could follow in the footsteps of such chart-topping winners as Kelly Clarkson and Carrie Underwood — or less successful champs like Lee DeWyze and Kris Allen.
VOTE: Who Will Be The Next 'American Idol' — Kree Or Candice?
"I don't want to be a flash in the pan after this experience," Harrison said earlier this month. "I want to make great records. The whole reason I did this is because I want to be able to sing for the rest of my life."
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During Wednesday's final performance round, Harrison, the soulful 22-year-old country singer originally from Woodville, Texas, sang Sarah McLaughlan's "Angel," Patty Griffin's "Up to the Mountain" and potential future single "All Cried Out."
"I think all three of your performances showcased your beautiful voice and your beautiful soul," judge Nicki Minaj beamed to Harrison.
Glover, the booming 23-year-old R&B vocalist from St. Helena Island, S.C., performed Adele's "Chasing Pavements," Ben E. King's "I (Who Have Nothing)" and potential future single "I Am Beautiful."
"It fits her like a Glover," joked Keith Urban of Glover's empowerment ballad.
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Randy Jackson declared the finale a dead heat after Harrison and Glover performed their tunes.
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Thursday's finale could also serve as a send-off for Minaj, Urban and Mariah Carey after reports surfaced last week that the entire judging panel would be replaced following a season overshadowed by rancor and ratings issues.