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The Raiders head to Minnesota this week to face the 2-7 Vikings. On the surface, the 5-4 Raiders appear to be the odds-on favorite. But this one is about matchups. And in today's NFL, parity is the law of the land. The Raiders know this full well with the AFC West in a tight race from top to bottom. Here are the areas of interest to watch closely as the game unfolds.
Lito's back in the Land-o-Lakes
The last uniform Lito Sheppard put on before the Silver and Black was a purple and yellow one (I won't say purple and gold because it isn't gold… it's yellow). He played in 13 games in 2010 for the Vikings, starting two. They didn't re-sign him after that as they thought he couldn't play at a high level anymore.
Whether Sheppard is of NFL starting quality or not won't matter in this game. He will be starting for the Raiders and will be looking to show the Vikings that they made a mistake in letting him go. He was signed off the street prior to last week's game and was immediately inserted as the starter. He played a great game versus the Chargers though he did drop an interception that was as easy as they come.
With one game under his belt and health on his side, Sheppard has an ideal opportunity to perform at a high level against his former team and perhaps exorcise a few demons.
Return of DHB?
The past two weeks Darrius Heyward-Bey has not had a single catch, after he was in the midst of a career year. He averaged 96 yards per game in the previous four games, and there appeared to be no reason it would stop. But since the bye week, and the acclimation of Carson Palmer into the offense, DHB has barely even seen the field.
This week, the Raiders will be without Jacoby Ford who went down with a sprained foot early in last week's win in San Diego. This means that if DHB is going to find his way back into the Raiders' offense, this would be the most opportune time.
Hue Jackson said in his press conference Friday that Darrius has gotten in sync with the Raiders' new big armed quarterback and he expects DHB to return to form and have a big game. The previous week he had said the reason Darrius was not starting and didn't see much time was the Raiders were simply running different offensive schemes–ones that apparently DHB didn't fit into. So as a way of making it appear he was being honest, DHB came out on the first play. But even so, he didn't see a single target in the game.
This leads me to believe that we shouldn't expect to see much more in this game. I would put the over under for DHB at 1.5 catches, 17 yards.
Adrian Peterson all day
The Raiders should expect a heavy dose of runs from NFL top five rusher Adrian Peterson on Sunday. This would likely be the case for the Vikings regardless, but with a rookie quarterback behind center, it is even more so.
The Raiders' run defense has been up and down this year. They are still susceptible to being picked apart by the run. The game against the Broncos is the most recent example of this. Granted it was more a product of the zone read option that stumped and bewildered the Raiders defense. However, there is a lot the Vikings can learn from watching the tape of that game.
The Vikings will be studying the tape of the Broncos game as well as the Bills game in week two where Fred Jackson ran for 117 yards and two touchdowns and the Patriots game in week four in which Stevan Ridley and Benjarvis Green-Ellis combined for 172 yards rushing and two TD's.
The Raiders have had some good games versus the run this season, but it won't be too hard for the Vikings to find the chinks in their armor. Especially when they have Adrian Peterson there to make chinks where there might not otherwise be any.
The fightin' Jareds
Raiders starting left tackle, Jared Veldheer, will face his toughest challenge yet. He will be lining up against the NFL's sack leader, Jared Allen.
Veldheer is entering his second season in the NFL. He has been the Raiders' everyday starting left tackle for going on 20 games now. This season through nine games, he had yet to give up a single sack. It wasn't until last week that he gave up his first sack of the 2011 season, and even that one was borderline his fault. He blocked his defender as if he was protecting the pocket. Unfortunately Carson Palmer had escaped the pocket and ran to the right. At which point, his man ran full speed and got to Palmer just as he was throwing to force a sack/fumble.
There has been nothing accidental and very little borderline about Jared Allen's sack numbers this season. He has 13.5 sacks already this season. That is more than any Raider player had all season last year. The battle between these two will be epic.
How Veldheer handles himself against the relentless pass rush of Allen could say a lot. Most expect Allen will beat the young Veldheer at least a couple times. If Veldheer can keep Palmer clean, he will have earned the right to play in the Pro Bowl this season. If not, then we will know he still has a lot of work to do and Jared Allen is who we all know he is—a beast.
Seymour buts
Raiders pro bowl defensive tackle Richard Seymour hasn't practiced all week. Every day through Thursday, Hue Jackson blew it off saying, "He's fine." But when Seymour missed practice on Friday, Hue was not so optimistic.
Up to this point, it appeared Seymour just had nagging nicks that older players such as him are known to get. Having days off of practice is a good thing to keep him rested and ready and give him a chance to be at his most healthy come game day. Now there is a chance he may not play.
If he can't go, he will be replaced by another veteran, John Henderson, who has also missed some practice. Henderson returned to practice on Friday and should be plenty ready to go. He had a great game against the Chargers last week and the dropoff shouldn't be too significant. But when you are facing Adrian Peterson, you can't afford any sort of dropoff.
I still see Seymour able to play Sunday with little or no issues. But we won't know until game time if that is the case.
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text: I don't know if anyone else here has read all of the various articles posted lately at the Chronic and the Texans sites, but I have and I'm very happy with what I'm hearing. The post-Palmer era sounds as if its getting off to the right start. Of course there are reasons for the articles to be slanted, especially from the Texans official board writers. But what is most telling for me are the comments from players themselves: "It's been a nice change as far as the intensity he brings," Carr said Tuesday about Pendry. "You're accountable for everything. Nothing slips through the cracks with him." "I kind of feel like I'm back in college again." "The relationship was like two friends," Carr said about Palmer. "Joe's not really friends with anybody. He doesn't care what people think about him." Andre Johnson: "Practice has changed, period, since he's become the offensive coordinator. And he calls you out when you mess up." Steve McKinney said Were going to call our plays and go out there and run them. Let the chips fall where they may. Pendry: "It's always been my belief that the passing game is protection-driven," he said. "It's not receiver-driven or quarterback-driven. So I guess that's what we're working on the most. "There are a lot of factors when it's protection-driven: depth of the route. Are you at the right spot? Is the quarterback dropping right? Is the back protecting? If you don't get it (pass) off, it doesn't matter how pretty we are." They (need to) feel comfortable about, 'We know what to do. We know how to do it. We're going to do it, and let's be as physical as we can be.' " I don't see us going to the Super Bowl because of this small but much-needed change, but I see a lot of things that we've pointed out being addressed. Carr still needs to be coached, keep things simple until you learn to execute them perfectly, be more physical than the other team, etc., etc. It all seems so simple and such common sense, but yet we were not getting any of that with Palmer here.

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Yesterday I made a start on some Calla lillies. Twenyt four hours later and they're still soft.
It's very wet and warm in Bristol at the moment so I think it's a case of too much moisture in the air but thought it might be worth a post on here to see if anyone else is having problems?
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SLC34A3 encodes a member of SLC34A transporter family of proteins, and is expressed primarily in the kidney. Additionally we are shipping SLC34A3 Antibodies (19) and SLC34A3 Proteins (5) and many more products for this protein.
we have generated a renal-specific and inducible knockout model of NaPi-IIc/Slc34a3. absence of NaPi-IIc does not disturb the homeostasis of Pi in mice. However, ablation of the cotransporter in weaning mice does not alter the homeostasis of Ca2 (show CA2 ELISA Kits)+.
The expression of Npt2c-v1 mRNA was detected in the heart, spleen, testis, uterus, placenta, femur, cerebellum, hippocampus, diencephalon and brain stem and sperm of mouse.
reduced intestinal Pi absorption in VDR (show CYP27B1 ELISA Kits) (-/-) mice does not seem to be the only factor that causes hypophosphatemia; reduced Npt2a (show SLC34A1 ELISA Kits), Npt2c, or PiT-2 (show SLC20A2 ELISA Kits) protein levels during development might also cause hypophosphatemia and rickets in VDR (show CYP27B1 ELISA Kits) (-/-) mice.
Targeting of NaPi-IIc to the apical surface of renal epithelial cells is regulated by a unique amino acid motif in the cytoplasmic C-terminal domain.
Findings suggest that Npt2a (show SLC34A1 ELISA Kits), Npt2c, and PiT-2 (show SLC20A2 ELISA Kits) are necessary for the phosphaturic activity of FGF23 (show FGF23 ELISA Kits).
NaPi-IIc mRNA and protein was up-regulated by the low-Pi diet in all nephron generations analysed
Npt2c maintains normal Ca metabolism, in part by modulating the vitamin D/fibroblast growth factor 23 (show FGF23 ELISA Kits) axis.
Differential regulation of the renal sodium-phosphate cotransporters NaPi-IIa (show SLC34A1 ELISA Kits), NaPi-IIc, and PiT-2 (show SLC20A2 ELISA Kits) in dietary potassium deficiency.
FGF23 (show FGF23 ELISA Kits) decreases renal NaPi-2a (show SLC34A1 ELISA Kits) and NaPi-2c expression and induces hypophosphatemia in vivo predominantly via FGF receptor 1.
Npt2a (show SLC34A1 ELISA Kits) and Npt2c in mice play distinct and synergistic roles in inorganic phosphate metabolism and skeletal development.
This is the report of a patient with compound heterozygous mutations of SLC34A3 and normal skeletal features. Biallelic mutations in SLC34A3 can thus be associated with hypercalciuria not accompanied by rickets.
Individuals with mutations affecting both SLC34A3 alleles had a significantly increased risk of kidney stone formation or medullary nephrocalcinosis, namely 46% compared with 6% observed in healthy family members carrying only the wild-type allele.
this study reports the first cases of hereditary hypophosphatemic rickets with hypercalciuria in Africa and describes a novel causal mutation within the SLC34A3 gene
A man with hereditary hypophosphataemic rickets with hypercalciuria & his 3 heterozygous children had a mutation in intron 5 of gene SLC34A3 (NM_080877.2:c[ 448 +5G>A] + [ 448 +5G>A]).
Data show 101-bp deletion in intron 9 of the SLC34A3 gene.
SLC34A3 mutations (exons and introns) were searched in two previously not reported hereditary hypophosphatemic rickets with hypercalciuria kindreds, which resulted in the identification of three novel mutations.
these data suggest that mutations in SLC34A3 in hereditary hypophosphatemic rickets with hypercalciuria result in defective processing and stability
Functionally important sites in the predicted first and fourth extracellular linkers of the type IIa Na+/Pi cotransporter (NaPi-IIa (show SLC34A1 ELISA Kits)) were identified by cysteine scanning mutagenesis (Ehnes et al., 2004).
NaP(i)-IIc has a key role in the regulation of phosphate homeostasis.
Loss of function of the SLC34A3 protein presumably results in a primary renal tubular defect and is compatible with the hereditary hypophosphatemic rickets with hypercalciuria phenotype.
This gene encodes a member of SLC34A transporter family of proteins, and is expressed primarily in the kidney. It is involved in transporting phosphate into cells via sodium cotransport in the renal brush border membrane, and contributes to the maintenance of inorganic phosphate concentration in the kidney. Mutations in this gene are associated with hereditary hypophosphatemic rickets with hypercalciuria. Alternatively spliced transcript variants varying in the 5' UTR have been found for this gene.
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Climate Policy Hill Briefing on Agriculture and Climate Change: Risks and Opportunities
Agriculture and Climate Change: Risks and Opportunities
August 25, 2009
The Pew Center on Global Climate Change held a briefing on the risks and opportunities facing the agriculture sector from climate change and climate change policy. Agriculture is likely one of America's most vulnerable sectors to climate change, and this briefing helped frame the central issues and options for agriculture's role in climate legislation. Topics discussed at the briefing included the role of agricultural offsets in energy/climate policy, potential for bioenergy, and the impacts that agriculture could face from a changing climate.
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Janet Peace is the Vice President of Markets and Business Strategy at the Pew Center on Global Climate Change. In this role she manages the Center's Business Environmental Leadership Council (BELC), the largest US-based association of companies devoted to climate-related policy and corporate strategies. The BELC includes 44 mainly Fortune 500 companies with combined revenues of over $2 trillion and over 4 million employees. In addition, she manages the Center's engagement in the Offset Quality Initiative, a multi-group effort to address a key climate policy element believed by the Center to be necessary for a credible and robust carbon market. She is also deeply involved with the United States Climate Action Partnership (USCAP) in its effort promote a sensible and effective U.S. climate policy.
To the climate change topic, Dr. Peace brings 20 years and a wide spectrum of experience on environmental issues. Prior to taking on the Director role at Pew, Dr. Peace was the Senior Economist with the Center, providing economic analysis of climate policy at the International, National, and State level. Before coming to Pew, Dr. Peace was the Director of Offsets Development and Industry Relations with a Canadian non-profit group, Climate Change Central. Here she worked on issues related to implementation of the Kyoto Protocol, including the assessment of cost effective, alternative policies that were politically feasible for industry and all levels of government. Working with Canadian stakeholders, she was a founding Chair of the National Offsets Quantification Team – an intergovernmental /industry group currently developing standardized offset quantification protocols for use in the Canadian offset program. In addition, she has taught environmental and natural resource economics at the University of Calgary, has worked as a resource specialist with the U.S. General Accounting Office and worked for a number of years as a geologist with the U.S. Geological Survey.
Dr. Peace holds an MS and PhD in Economics and an undergraduate degree in Geology.
Jay Gulledge is the Senior Scientist and Program Manager for Science and Impacts at the Pew Center on Global Climate Change. Dr. Gulledge oversees the Pew Center's efforts to assess the current state of scholarly knowledge about the science and environmental impacts of climate change and to communicate this knowledge to policy-makers and the public.
Dr. Gulledge is a Certified Senior Ecologist with more than 15 years experience teaching and conducting research in environmental science. Prior to joining the Pew Center he served on the faculties of Tulane University and the University of Louisville, where he developed courses in global environmental change and ecosystem ecology, among others. His academic research program is housed at the University of Wyoming, where he holds an adjunct faculty appointment. His research investigates how environmental change alters the natural exchange of greenhouse gases between soils and the atmosphere, and he actively publishes in the peer-reviewed literature on this and other global change topics. He also serves on the editorial board of Ecological Applications, a peer-reviewed journal published by the Ecological Society of America.
Dr. Gulledge earned a PhD (1996) in biological sciences from the University of Alaska Fairbanks and M.S. (1991) and B.S. (1988) degrees in biology from the University of Texas at Arlington. He was a Life Sciences Research Foundation Postdoctoral Fellow at Harvard University (1997-1999) and a postdoctoral research associate with the Bonanza Creek (Alaska) Long-term Ecological Research Program of the National Science Foundation (1996-1997).
Wiley Barbour is Vice President of Corporate Development at Camco North America, and is an expert in environmental markets having spent the last 20 years of his career providing technical and policy support to governments, corporations and nonprofit clients on issues related to air pollution, greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, corporate climate change strategy and renewable energy policy. He is an internationally recognized expert in the development of GHG measurement and verification protocols, GHG accounting standards and the US carbon market.
Prior to joining Camco, Mr. Barbour served for 6 years as the Executive Director of Environmental Resources Trust (ERT), a national nonprofit environmental organization focused on harnessing the power of markets to protect the environment. At ERT, Mr Barbour provided advisory services, technical support and independent verification services to numerous corporate clients and supported transaction of millions of tons of verified emission reductions. After successfully leading ERT into a merger with Winrock International in 2007, Mr Barbour became the Innovation Program Officer for Climate at Winrock International where he founded the American Carbon Registry which continues to support early action to reduce GHG emissions.
From 1995 to 2001, Mr Barbour previously served in the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's Policy Office. At the EPA he directed the U.S. Government's Greenhouse Gas Emission Inventory Program and provided policy analysis in support of international negotiations on climate change. Mr Barbour contributed to the work of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, chairing several expert groups while developing the IPCC Guidelines for National GHG Inventories and the IPCC Good Practice Guidance. In recognition for his contributions, Mr. Barbour was officially notified that he shares the 2007 Nobel Peace Prize with IPCC colleagues around the globe. Mr. Barbour has also worked for 6 years as a consultant and senior air pollution engineer at Radian Corporation and served with the State of Florida's Department of Environmental Regulation as a landfill inspector.
Mr. Barbour is a licensed environmental engineer and lives in Northern Virginia inside the Washington DC beltway with his wife Lynda and their two boys.
John Sheehan has been the scientific coordinator for biofuels and its global sustainability at the University of Minnesota's Institute on the Environment since February 2009. In August 2008, Sheehan established his own consulting business in the area of biofuels and sustainable development. In 2007, John Sheehan joined LiveFuels, Inc. as Vice President of Strategy and Sustainable Development, where he helped to forge a path to commercial production of biofuels from algae. From 1991 to 2007, he served as an analyst and project manager at the U.S. DOE's National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL). At NREL, Sheehan has led research on the production and use of biodiesel and ethanol. From 1993 to 1998, he was the project manager for DOE's Biodiesel from Algae Program Sheehan has authored groundbreaking life cycle assessment studies related to biodiesel and ethanol technology. Prior to NREL, John worked as a biochemical engineer at W.R. Grace and Company and Merck Pharmaceutical. He holds B.S. and M.S. degrees in biochemical engineering from the University of Pennsylvania and Lehigh University.


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Phoenix goes green Saturday
SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. -- Even here in the desert, TPC Scottsdale is a long, lush oasis of green.
Saturday during the Waste Management Phoenix Open, though, the color could get a little overwhelming as the tournament holds a "Green Out" to promote awareness of the eco-sensitive efforts of the event and its title sponsor.
And for every fan who wears green on Saturday, the tournament host Thunderbirds will donate money to Arizona Clean & Beautiful.
Charley Hoffman and Joe Ogilvie, who represent Waste Management on the PGA TOUR, are among those in contention. Hoffman is 7 under through 33 holes while Ogilvy is 5 under and has yet to start his second round.
So both should get plenty of notice on Saturday -- and Hoffman, for one, plans to do his best to live up to the "Green Out" standards.
"I will guarantee you I have green pants, green shoes, green hat, green gloves," Hoffman said earlier in the week. "I haven't decided if the white shirt will look better than the green shirt yet. The shirt is probably the only thing up for grabs."
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I love chicken tenders, chicken wings, chicken nuggets, and any other chicken that's been breaded and deep fried. But eating deep fried chicken every night would wreak havoc to my body so we've started trying out making breaded chicken that is baked. Most of the time I've found you don't get quite the same crunch as normal fried chicken so it isn't as good. This baked almond chicken gives you that crunch by adding almonds to the breading and is one of my all-time favorite chicken dishes. And the best part? It is simple, three steps and you're done.
We love to serve this with grilled asparagus and a creamy cauliflower puree but it would go well paired with any of your favorite side dishes I'm sure. All you do to make the chicken is make the breading, bread the chicken, and bake. That's it.
This can almost be a great gluten-free dinner if you just leave out the bread crumbs in the breading. Or you could make your own bread crumbs using gluten-free bread that's been toasted and crumbled in the food processor before you add in everything else.
Almond Chicken
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- 1/2 cup almonds
- 1/4 cup bread crumbs
- 1 tsp garlic powder
- 1/2 tsp paprika
- 1/2 tsp dried oregano
- 1/2 tsp dried thyme
- 1/2 tsp salt
- 1 egg, beaten
- 4 small or 2 large chicken breast halves
- Preheat oven to 375 degrees F.
- Combine the first 7 ingredients (through the salt) in a food processor. Pulse until the almonds are chopped fairly small.
- Pour the almond mixture in a shallow bowl.
- Pour the beaten egg egg in a shallow bowl.
- Salt the front and back of each piece of chicken.
- Working with one piece at a time, dip the chicken in the egg and then coat with the almond mixture making sure to pat the mixture into the chicken.
- Place the chicken on a baking sheet sprayed with PAM.
- Drizzle olive oil over top of chicken to help make crispy.
- Bake for 22-25 minutes and remove from oven.
- Let rest for 3 minutes to let juices redistribute
- Serve hot.
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Stuff with the Perl Foundation. A couple of patches in the Perl core. A few CPAN modules. That about sums it up.
At Portland Perl Mongers, we've had chromatic give talks about tests and Schwern rant about tests. Since many people still aren't testing, I had an interesting idea, but now I have to put my money where my mouth is.
In October, I'll bring my laptop and have no presentation whatsover. Instead, I'll take an idea for a module from the assembled mongers (I'll have a backup idea or two if the ideas are not practical) and I'll sit down and create the module, in front of them, using test-driven development. Further, it's going to be mathematically challenged pair programming as I'll invite everyone to kibitz, er, pair, and we'll build a module together with me explaining things as we go. What an
Interestingly, I was at Powell's Technical Bookstore [powells.com] the other day and I noticed that not only was "Perl Medic" the best selling Perl book, it was also one of their top selling books over all. Amusingly, their top Java book's subject was about how to avoid bloat in Java programming.
Hm, was that second book also Perl Medic?
love the idea about tests. However, I am not doing anything (that I believe) warrants that level of testing.
Then you need to go see Ovid's talk! The point about TDD is the fact that it helps you drive your code's design, getting a good test suite out of it is just a pleasant side effect
I've done it a couple of times when running tutorials for some companies.
Random advice:
Have you found any "assignments" be more successful and pedagogic than others? Anything to avoid?
I guess pick something that you can get up and running quickly, but can expand easily if you have time. I found that it can be quite a shock how much slower TDD is when you have to explain as you go.
Some of the things I've used:
I've done the "build a module from scratch" to demonstrate the parts that go into it. Module::Starter basically started from there.


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Note: Common placeholders include shapes or title placeholders.
Do either of the following:
Delete only some of the 3-D effects from the placeholder, or remove all of the 3-D effects from the placeholder in Slide Master view, to make the placeholder two-dimensional (2-D).
In the Format Shape dialog box, click the 3-D Rotation pane, and then under Text, select the Keep text flat check box.
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I am a 36 yr old female with 3 children and I cant have anymore children I would like to have a breast augmentation but I dont think I want the scar's from a lift. Can anyone tell me what kind of lift I would need? I would be ok with small hidden scar's but not the lollipop or the anchor scar's
I Am Interested in Implants Do I Need a Lift As Well? I Dont Want the Scars. (photo)
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Lift with augment
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In Canada, I have been using form stable tear-drop shaped implants (Allergan Style 410) in order to get lift from the implants alone. I have had success using implants alone in patients that have mild to moderate ptosis. These implants have more projection than round implants, and the maximal projection is lower down on the implant, which I believe helps rotate the ptotic breast upwards (similar to pushing a kid on a swing). Many of my patients like yourself opt for the implants alone with the understanding that if the droopiness still persists and they are unhappy about it, they can have the breast lift done at a second procedure. I can tell you, for properly selected patients, 95% never want that secondary breast lift.
After examining your photos, I think that breast augmentation with form stable implants may be possible. If not, you would most likely benefit from a peri-areolar (around nipple) or lollipop lift (although a consultation would be more accurate in confirming which type of lift is most suitable). A breast lift would help you achieve a firmer, perkier breast contour. The procedure can be performed at the same time as your breast augmentation, allowing you to address two concerns simultaneously.
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Breast lift for shape, implants for volume
Implants alone in your case would leave your breasts sagging, only heavier and you may be disappointed with the shape. Only a lift will provide a perky shape. I recommend a vertical lollipop incision that will fade if you are willing to work through the scar management process over one to two years.
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?lift and what type
From the photos you provided, it seem to me that you would benefit from a lift. The type of lift is a vertical one. But, this answer is no replacement for proper examination and consultation.
Don't want breast lift scars.
Your photos show quite a loss of breast volume and projection, however the nipple is at the breast fold. It is very reasonable to have an augmentation without a lift and you might be very pleased with the implants alone. If the scar is not going to be acceptable try without.
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Implants +/- Lift
When I initially looked at your frontal photos, I felt you definitely would need a lift, because it appeared that you had a lot of sagging (ptosis). But your side view shows that, though you do have ptosis, it is not at severe as it appeared. Your breasts initially look worse than they are because of a significant loss of volume in the upper pole. So, I think you may very well be a candidate for augmentation alone.
If it works out you will have saved yourself a lot of scarring. If it is not all you had hoped for, a lift can be done later.
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Interested in Implants...Do I Need a Lift As Well? (photo) ANS:
Yes you will need some sort of lift...Sorry...But implants alone will not correct your droop, just make you bigger with a droop! Now you may be able to do more of a limited lift along the lines of a Donut lift or a Lollipop lift but that will really depend on actual exam and the experience of your surgeon. From your side picture those more limited procedures may be possible...
Aumgmentation alone when I might need a lift
Thanks for your question. If you were my patient I would reccommend a lift looking at your pictures. A lollipop vertical would be my preference, but if you pick a modest implant, you could have only a peri-areolar lift around the areola with less scarring but less improvement in shape and position as well. Please see a board certified plastic surgeon in your area to get a more thorough explantation.
Breast augmentation with a breast lift.
I can understand your desire to avoid scars unless they are necessary. No one is eager for the scars.
Based on your photographs I think you are definitely a candidate for a lift. Most likely a lollipop lift, but it is not possible to determine for sure without an exam.
Additionally it is necessary to understand what your overall goals are with the operation. If you just want more fullness of your breasts when in clothing then you could have a breast augmentation without a lift and the bra will help hold the breast tissue where it needs to be.
On the other hand, if you want the best possible appearance of your breasts when not wearing clothing then you most likely will need a lift.
Make sure your surgeon is very comfortable performing both of these procedures together and has a lot of experience. Many surgeons will not perform both operations at the same time. Experience is critical as there is a fairly high revision rate reported in the literature when combining the two surgeries.
Do I need a lift?
In reviewing your photographs it appears that you have a grade II ptosis. I think that you would do best to have both a breast augmentation and a mastopexy. A crescent-type lift is not probably going to provide enough of a lift for you and you would do best to have a lollipop or anchor type lift if you are willing to accept the scar.
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March Madness has officially arrived for NC State. The Pack is known for producing a magical run here and there in the postseason, and they'll need another one if they want to continue their season beyond the ACC Tournament this weekend.
Here are five things to look for in Atlanta when the Pack competes against their conference rivals for the ACC title. If the Pack can achieve these five things, they just might have a chance.
Score at least 70 points
Every team has a number they must get to seemingly have a chance to win the game. For instance, top-seeded North Carolina's number is 80. The Heels have not lost a game since the second round of the 2006 NCAA Tournament where the opponent scored less than 80 points.
For NC State the number is 70. For the Pack to have a good chance of winning, they need to score at least 70 points. NC State went 13-4 when they had at least 70 points on the scoreboard. More importantly, they were just 3-9 when they scored less than 70, including a 71-60 loss to Maryland on March 1, the first-round opponent today for NC State.
The good news is NC State can be efficient offensively. They shoot 47.7 percent from the field, third best behind Wake Forest (49.7 percent) and North Carolina (48.5) in the ACC. NC State also has the third best three-point shooting percentage at 38.0 percent in the ACC. The Pack is 9-4 when they shoot 40.0 percent or better from long range. NC State is also second in the ACC in assists per game at 15.2.
However, State has been dismal holding on to the basketball. They average 14.5 turnovers a game, eighth in the ACC, and have the worst turnover margin by far in the conference at negative-3.21. The next closest is Boston College at negative-1.10.
Start strong and take a lead into halftime
After 29 games it has been established that NC State is not good at coming from behind. Outside a rally from 10 down with five minutes to go against Georgia Tech on Jan. 17 at the RBC Center to win in overtime, the Pack has gone winless when trailing with five minutes to go.
In fact, viewers may have a good feel for which way the game is going to go right off the opening tip. NC State is 13-4 when they score first, 3-9 when they do not. However, if the Pack is trailing at halftime, it's not a good sign at all for State fans. NC State is just 1-7 when trailing at the break, 15-6 when tied or leading at half.
One thing for certain, if State is not leading with 10 minutes to go, it's not a good sign. The next time the Pack breaks open a tied contest or rallies from a deficit at the point in the game to win would be the first this year. State is 0-10 when tied or trailing with 10 minutes to go in the game.
Hold the opponents under 70 points
Going back to 70 being the magic number for NC State, that works on both ends of the court for the Pack. NC State has not proven to be good at outscoring teams this year. Realistically, they need to hold their opponents to under 70 points in the ACC Tournament. NC State is 12-3 when it does that, and 4-10 when the opponent gets 70 points or better.
NC State is not likely to do it with pressure defense. They force only an average of 11.3 turnovers a game, easily the fewest in the conference, and average just 5.7 steals a contest, also worst in the ACC. NC State is not likely to block many shots either, since once again they're last in the league there at just 3.8 a game.
So State will need to rely on its field-goal percentage defense and rebounding to get the job done. The good news is that the Pack is plus-3.2 on the boards this year, fifth in the conference. This is the first time since the 2003-04 season that the Pack has had a positive rebounding margin for the year. Also their first round opponent Maryland is last in the conference in rebounding, the lone team in the ACC to have a negative margin at negative-1.8.
NC State's field-goal percentage defense though will be tested. They allow teams to shot 43.0 percent from the field, third worst in the league. Teams shoot 32.7 percent from long range on State, which is middle of the road in the ACC at seventh best. State is 1-6 this year when their opponents shot 50 percent or better. The one win came against Wake Forest on Feb. 11, who would be the Pack's second-round opponent.
Be the aggressor
Conventional wisdom is that it's harder to shoot in a spacious dome such as the Georgia Dome, and that the shooting percentages, especially from long range, will be lower because of that. So that may put the onus on being more aggressive offensively and attacking the basket and drawing fouls. It just so happens that when NC State does draw fouls and get to the line, they do well.
NC State is 14-5 this year when they have attempted the same amount or more free throws than their opponents. When the opposition gets to the line more times, NC State is just 2-8. Once you get to the free-throw line you must also convert, and NC State will need to show some improvement. State shot 71.5 percent from the line this season, only good for eighth in the ACC.
If they allow Maryland to get to the line more, State is in trouble. The Terps lead the ACC with a 76.8 percent mark at the line.
State should be helped out if senior wing Courtney Fells does indeed play as projected. Fells is the only member of State's regular rotation to shoot above 80 percent from the line, making 85.7 percent this year. Freshman Julius Mays, who has played a total of one minute in the last eight games, leads NC State at 88.0 percent.
Find a go-to guy
Any ACC title winner is going to have that player that rises to the occasion and has the weekend of his life. John Gilchrist did it for Maryland in 2004. Who could ever forget Randolph Childress for Wake Forest in 1995 when he scored 107 total points in three games.
When NC State had their improbable run to the ACC Tournament title game in 2007, it was forward Brandon Costner, then a redshirt freshman, who rose to the occasion. Coming into this tournament, Costner has averaged 18.0 points in five ACC Tournament games. He would seem like the most logical candidate to emerge once again as State's go-to guy this weekend. He is State's leading scorer at 13.6 points per game.
However, Costner only averaged 11.9 points per game in conference action, and it's interesting to note that NC State is only 11-10 this year when Costner scores 10 points or more. Some may argue it should be sophomore forward Tracy Smith, who emerged as a force in the second half of the ACC slate. However, State is only 8-7 when Smith scores in double figures.
The player to watch may actually be senior center Ben McCauley. When McCauley scores at least 10 points, NC State's chances of winning go up. The Pack is 14-7 this year when McCauley reached double figures. That's not a one-year anomaly either. State is 38-19 throughout McCauley's career when he reaches double figures.


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Thank you
...I understand your position about this. Hard to find an expert to diagnose such things in my area and I know it would not come cheap. You know the drill, they have to take it apart and inspect, clean, & oil...takes a lot of time and they have to charge for it all. A good pal of mine that is high volume shooter is right--stick with Rugers, far less problems.
Sorry about my calling the hammer block a transfer bar...I am not up on all the names for the parts.
Whatever I did, did fix the problems on both guns (M-29 & 57) they work just fine now. Seems that proper lubrication was the answer in both cases.
With the Model 29...it was bizarre to cock the hammer and pull the trigger and have it "misfire" ie the firing pin was blocked and didn't make contact..but now it works again...
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