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I had Rhinoplasty and my surgeon cut the nose and made my bridge small. If I want it larger, is there a way to ADD a rib graft? Or would it have to be replaced completly? Can the nose be made as big as the patient desires, or are there limitations?
Adding Rib Graft to Make Nose Bridge Larger?
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Role of Rib Grafts in Rhinoplasty
The role of rib grafts in rhinoplasty is to add significant dorsal augmentation, projection, and for reshaping especially in ethnic noses or secondary rhinoplasty. This does require an additional donor site. It has some discomfort, but it is overall a good operative procedure that must be done in the hands of an experienced rhinoplasty surgeon.
Nose bridge can be made larger rib graft
Since you have already had a reduction rhinoplasty, it is best to wait at least a year before embarking on further rhinoplasty procedure. If indeed you do want the nose larger, there is a way to add cartilage to the nose to build up the bridge. The first alternative would be to use nasal cartilage, and the second alternative would be to use ear cartilage, and the third alternative would be a rib graft. It is impossible to make the nose too big, and there are limitations to the skin envelope of the nose. If too much cartilage is placed in there, the blood supply to the skin gets compromised and necrosis can ensue. It is important to not place too much tension on the skin.
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Raising a Low Bridge with Rib Grafts
In revision rhinoplasty, it is usually necessary to reconstruct and reshape the nasal framework using cartilage grafts. Because available septal cartilage has usually been removed during the first surgery, grafts must obtained from another site - either the ear or the rib.
Rib cartilage has many uses and advantages in revision rhinoplasty. It can be carved or shaped to the desired configuration. Its rigidity can provide support to a weakend nasal framework. It works particularly well for building up (augmentation) a low bridge.
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Rib Grafts in Nasal Surgery
The bridge can be enlarged using cartilage grafts, but I prefer to harvest the cartilage from the nasal septum or the ear. Rib grafts are my last choice because this approach is more difficult for both the surgeon and the patient.
Nasal grafts
If the bridge of the nose is flat or low, then a cartilage graft can be used to augment this area. There are always limitations to how large a graft can be put in becuae of the skin envelope. A rib graft is usually best if a large graft is needed.
Graft to nose
Hi, rib graft can certainly be used to augment the bridge of the nose. We also use the septum and sometimes cartilage from the ear. You can go larger, but keep in mind that your skin will only tolerate so much underneath, so there is a limit to how large you can go in that sense. In some cases, the nasal tip is very large in relation to the rest of the nose, and this makes the dorsum of the nose seem small. In that case, you might just need to have the tip reduced. in any case, you should find someone qualified and experienced in your area who can discuss your desires with you. Good luck! /nsn
Rib grafts for dorsal augmentation.
Cartilage grafts are often used to rebuild the nasal bridge in cases in which too much was was taken during a previous surgery. Although rib cartilage may be required, most surgeons use this in cases in which other sources of cartilage (septum or ear) are not available. If it is needed, it can be an excellent choice, however, the surgeon must be experienced in order to prevent potential complications.
Rib graft is the most aggressive option, but is necessary sometimes
Cartilage grafting is the best way to augment the nose. It is the least likely to have infection and rejection issues. The progression of cartilage grafting is usually nasal septum, ear cartilage, then rib cartilage. Septal cartilage is the most accessible but often is limited in quantity. Significant nasal bridge augmentation may require more than what the septum can offer. Ear cartilage offers more but the bend in ear cartilage makes it less attractive for the nasal bridge but can be used for small augmentations. Rib cartilage usually is needed when the nasal bridge needs to be raised a significant amount.
When you start to consider the whole nasal bridge and if it is more than 2-3mm in change, you should start to consider rib as an option. You can also consider a silicone implant. Although this is a foreign object the rejection is really low if the implant is done right. There are limits to how big you can make your nose. The limiting factor is the skin envelope and the lining of the nose. Making it much bigger than what it used to be is hard. There is really no science that is out there yet to determine how much bigger one can make the nose. An adequate release of the tissues to allow the rib or other graft to expand the skin is necessary.
Rib cartilage graft is a good option
I agree with some of the comments from the other surgeons that a rib graft could be used in the absence of sufficient septal cartilage. The rib cartilage will provide more than enough tissue for enlarging your nose and provide support that is not achievable with other grafts such as ear cartilage. Your surgeon does need to be experienced with this procedure in order to achieve a good result. The limitation in making your nose larger is the skin of your nose; one does not want to stretch it to the point where it may die! Rib cartilage grafts do not resorb if properly placed and the results can be very predictable (I have taken out a broken cartilage rib graft, and replaced with a new one, in an 81 year old patient who had her original operation 51 years before!). Good luck.
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Rib Grafting
Yes, a rib graft can provide autologous (your own) support and contour enhancement to your nose. I use rib grafts when local resources are either depleted or their harvest would destailize the infrastructure of the nose. I prefer nasal septal cartilage but in many of the revisions I perform, the septal cartilage has already been used. I therefore typically move to the ear as a source, unless the ear cartilage is not adequate.
My advice is to find a board certified Plastic surgeon with extensive exprience with reconstructive/revisionary cosmetic nasal surgery. Have them take a look and advise you accordingly.
Good luck!
Dr. C
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WASHINGTON - With a lineup even further diluted due to soreness and fatigue, the Rangers rallied for two late runs behind Yu Darvish to beat Washington 2-0 Sunday.
They finished the longest road trip of the season with a 7-4 record for stops at Detroit, Minnesota and Washington.
The Rangers started the game with Daniel Robertson in left field over Shin-Soo Choo (sore ankle) and Michael Choie (sore shin) and with Donnie Murphy at first base over Mitch Moreland (sore ankle and back).
Darvish, however, was magnificent in his return from missing a start due to a stiff neck, holding Washington to five hits in eight innings while striking out 12. The Rangers gave Darvish a 1-0 lead in the seventh on a Leonys Martin homer and added a run in the eighth on Murphy's two-out single.
The Rangers return home after an off day Monday to start a nine-game home stand.
The arms: In two starts with Chris Gimenez behind the plate, RHP Yu Darvish has allowed a pair of runs in 15 innings while striking out 18, walking five and allowing no homers. … Of the Rangers' 11 shutouts, Darvish has started four. … Darvish has pitched at least eight innings in three of his last four starts. … After going to the mound with 94 pitches to start the eighth inning, Darvish needed just eight pitches to get through the inning. … Darvish has started seven games after a Rangers loss. The Rangers are 5-2 in those games and he has a 2.31 ERA in them.
The bats: 2B Luis Sardinas took a pair of walks. It ended a stretch of six games with one or no walks. … With runners on the corners and one out in the first, 3B Adrian Beltre struck out. … RF Alex Rios grounded into his AL-worst 15th double play to end the third inning. Rios had 17 double plays all of last year. His career-high is 21. … 3B Adrian Beltre, swinging on 3-and-1 with a runner in scoring position, grounded to second to end the sixth. … Just before his go-ahead homer, Leonys Martin failed to make contact on a hit-and-run, resulting in Donnie Murphy being thrown out at second base. … With a runner on second and one out in the eighth, Rios struck out. …
The gloves: 3B Adrian Beltre battled the sun to catch three pop ups to account for all the outs in the seventh. … 1B Donnie Murphy played his first career game above the little league level at first. He received a short tutorial about 90 minutes before the game. …
RANGERS SEVENTH: Leonys Martin ended the Rangers' six-game, 67-inning homerless drought. Rangers 1, Washington 0
RANGERS EIGHTH: With two outs, Donnie Murphy singled to center to score Daniel Robertson, who led off with a single. Rangers 2, Washington 0


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By RAMZY BAROUD
So this is how democracy works? In 2004, France banned headscarves and school principals chased after young "defiant" Muslim girls who continued to cover their heads in school. Now, following a national referendum, Switzerland has banned the construction of minarets, because minarets also somehow symbolise oppression. Thanks to the dedicated action of the far-right Swiss People's Party, the Alpine skies will be free from the snaking menace, which would spread intolerance and taint the splendour of Swiss architecture.
In between these two peculiar events, the targeting of Muslims in Western countries and the subjugation of entire Muslim nations all over the world has never ceased. Not for a day.
Moreover, the collective targeting of small or large Muslim communities in Western countries, and the deliberate abuse and degradation of Muslim individuals and Islamic symbols (from the Holy Qur'an to the Prophet Muhammad) has also never ceased.
Bizarrely, most of these actions have been done through "democratic" channels and justified in the name of democracy, on the basis of upholding the principles of secularism and Western values.
Many thoughts come to mind here; all unreservedly angry.
I remember when the word "democracy" used to resonate so loudly among Arabs and Muslims around the world. The more they were denied it, the more they yearned for it. University campuses in Cairo, Gaza and Karachi took their student union elections so very seriously. Innocent blood was spilled in clashes around campuses as students desperately tried to express their right to vote, to speak out and to assemble.
Those were the days, when al-demoqratia, Arabic for democracy, was the buzzword in the Middle East and beyond. Even Palestinian political prisoners held their elections, ever so faithfully, surrounded by highly fortified towers and under the deriding gaze of armed men in the unforgiving heat of the Naqab desert.
Arab and Muslim masses were keen on democracy to the extent that there was a near consensus that democracy, although a Western conception, could be distinguished from the many ills invited by Western interventions, imperialism and wars that scarred and continued to impair the collective Muslim psyche.
An entire school of Muslim thought was in fact established around the concept that democracy and Islam are very much compatible. Such a notion goes back to Egypt's Azharite scholar Rifa'a al-Tahtawi, who argued in the first half of the 19th century that the principles of European modernity were compatible with Islam.
"Al-Tahtawi's work influenced the philosopher Muhammad Abduh [1849-1905], another Azharite who is often described as the founder of Islamic modernism, which is captured in his statement that in Europe he found Islam without Muslims, while in Egypt he found Muslims without Islam," wrote German anthropologist, Frank Fanselow.
If one sets his prejudices aside to ponder this for a moment, one would realise the intellectual valour it takes to consider and even embrace commonalities with the very powers that have instilled so much harm and fear.
Even in their darkest, least proud moments, Muslim intellectuals and nations displayed impressive open-mindedness. They are hardly ever credited for that.
More recently, in Egypt, people tried hard to vote, in the face of beatings, public humiliation and imprisonment. In Palestine in 2006 the price was even higher – starvation. Gaza continues to endure under a medieval Israeli siege, ultimately because of an election.
Muslim communities in the West have long been considered the luckiest; after all, they live in the abodes of democracy. They drink from the fountain of rights and freedoms that never runs dry.
However, these idealised assumptions missed the fact that Western democracy was conditional. And unconditional democracy can only be a farce.
Much has been said to explain the West's faltering on its own commitment to democracy. No, the tragedy of September 11, 2001, is hardly the defining moment that created the growing chasm that made the West fearful of Islam. Despite all that has taken place since then – the constant spewing out of right-wing hatred, evangelical fanatic preaching and all the rest – America is still more tolerant than Europe. Nor was the growing anti-Muslim sentiment in Europe a response in solidarity to America's woes.
Honestly, the French are not fond of Americans, nor are the Germans necessarily that passionate about the Swiss. But this didn't stop a German Christian Democratic state interior minister, Volker Bouffier, from making a "recommendation" to Muslim communities in his own country: "Naturally the Muslims in Germany have a right to build mosques. But they should make sure not to overwhelm the German population with them."
How do you overwhelm people with minarets? Is this a post-post-post-modernistic logic that we are yet to be informed of?
There are only four minarets in the entire country of Switzerland, a country with a population of approximately 7.6 million people. How overwhelming can that be? And aren't religious freedom and the freedom of collective and individual expression basic rights guaranteed by democratic values?
But this is hardly about a 4.8-metre tall minaret in the northern Swiss town of Langenthal. It's about the fact that the one who suggested the structure is a Muslim furniture salesman by the name of Mutalip Karaademi. He didn't know, of course, that his modest idea of adding a minaret to the community's mosque would generate a nationwide referendum, and an international "controversy".
Karaademi was not trying to "Islamificate" the Swiss. He just wanted his community to have a place for worship (as opposed to the unused paint factory it currently uses for prayer), to be able to express its collective identity without fear. Ironically enough, the Muslim community in Langenthal is mostly Albanians, refugees who fled Kosovo seeking escape and deliverance.
What a strange paradox: Muslims escaping to the West, physically and figuratively, only to find double standards, self-negation and, at times, pure hypocrisy.
For now, however, a new consensus is forming: democracy can be invoked and used against Muslims only, and not for Muslims. It can be manipulated to deny them their identity in Europe and their freedom in Palestine, to ensure their subjugation in Iraq and in Afghanistan, and to meddle in their internal affairs everywhere else.
Al-demoqratia, indeed.
[Ramzy Baroud (www.ramzybaroud.net) is an author and editor of PalestineChronicle.com.]
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Pitching still key to success in Legion ball
Winning tonight's tourney opener more important than ever
Wednesday, July 23, 2014 11:00 AM
Madison head coach Tim Armstrong (above, 21) talks to the Niners in the dugout before Monday's regular season finale at Post 9 Field. Armstrong thinks Post 9 has enough quality and depth in pitching to make a strong tourney run starting with tonight's regional opener with Batesville. Pitchers like right-hander Clark Vaughn and lefty Nate Hunter (below) are just two arms on a pitching staff that also includes Kyle Baker, Channing Collins, Carson Compton, Josh Helton, Tanner Jones, Kyle Konkle, Ethan Leach, Conner Smith and returning ace Trevor Tutterow. (Courier file photos by Mark Campbell)
"We don't have any overpowering pitchers but what we have is a lot of guys who are very solid and who are able to keep us in games ... I am confident that when Wednesday comes this team will be ready to play."
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Regional Tournament Schedule
at Shawe/Post 9 Field
Wednesday, July 23
Game 1 - Madison Post 9 vs. Batesville Post 271, 5 p.m.
Game 2 - Floyds Knobs Post 42 vs. Seymour Post 89, 8 p.m.
Thursday, July 24
Game 3 - Loser Game 1 vs. Loser Game 2, 6 p.m.
Friday, July 25
Game 4 - Winner Game 1 vs. Winner Game 2, 5 p.m.
Game 5 - Winner Game 3 vs. Loser Game 4, 8 p.m.
Saturday, July 26
Game 6 - Winner Game 4 vs. Winner Game 5, 1 p.m.
Game 7 - Winner Game 4 vs. Winner Game 5, 4 p.m. (if necessary)
A change in the schedule and a dwindling number of teams has this year's American Legion Baseball Tournament looking decidedly different than in year's past.
Gone is the sectional round, replaced instead by eight regionals that feed into an eight-team state finals. Also gone is the idea of a weekend tournament in which as many as seven games are crammed into three short days.
Madison Post 9 plays host to this year's regional, which kicks off tonight at Shawe Memorial High School's Post 9 Field. The Niners will face Batesville Post 271 in the first game with Floyds Knobs Post 42 and Seymour Post 89 playing in game two. The winners advance to Friday while the losers will play the first elimination game on Thursday in the double-elimination tournament.
Madison head coach Tim Armstrong, who has been around Legion baseball for the past 25 years, said the different schedule will certainly have an impact on the way the tournament is managed.
"Especially when it comes to pitching because with so many games in three days you had to really figure out how you were going to use your pitchers," Armstrong said. "Now you have that day off and it makes winning that first game so important. It'll be different."
The primary reason for the tournament change was the dwindling number of Legion posts that support teams throughout the state. It wasn't that long ago that there were more than 100 Legion teams but that number has shrunk to less than 40 as travel teams and all-star teams have taken over in several communities.
The eight-team state finals, which will be held in Plymouth, kick off next Wednesday and Armstrong said the decision to start the regional so early was to give the winner a chance to head into the state finals as fresh as possible.
"Our goal is to get the tournament done by Saturday so that gives the winner plenty of time before the state finals," Armstrong said. "Really, starting on Wednesday was the only option."
Of course Armstrong hopes that winner will be his team earning the berth to the state finals. Once a regular in the finals with a 2000 state championship to its credit, Madison hasn't reached the final round of the tournament since 2010.
To advance Madison will have to beat three teams it has faced - and beaten - already this season. The Niners swept Batesville in two games and split with Seymour. Just last week Madison was victorious in its only meeting with Floyds Knobs.
Armstrong feels that having played all three can be a double-edged sword.
"We've seen everybody, we've beaten all three of them but come tournament time you never know what's going to happen," Armstrong said. "We've got to be on our 'A' game come Wednesday night because you don't want to be in the losers' bracket. Even though it's double-elimination, we don't want to be in the losers' bracket."
Madison comes into the tournament with an 11-7 record, a mark that could have been better had it had a chance to play more games. The team took a scheduled week off during the Regatta and then had three games this past weekend canceled.
On Monday the Niners played a warm-up game with Yeager Post 199 out of Harrison, Ohio, a team that had already won its regional and was just waiting for the Ohio State Finals to begin. Armstrong was happy to pick up the late game even though his Niners fell 9-5 in 12 innings.
"They're a quality program and have won the Ohio tournament a couple of times and we just talked about how we hope we meet in the Great Lakes Regional (in a couple of weeks)," Armstrong said. "But the important thing is that we got a game in and got a chance to get some work before Wednesday."
Armstrong sent five pitchers to the mound by design during the game with only Switzerland County's Kyle Konkle working more than two innings. But none of the pitchers threw more than 30 pitches and Armstrong announced that all arms will be ready for the tournament.
It will be pitching that will carry Madison if it is to win the title. The Niners are deep in pitching and have a good enough offense to stay in games. And even though the defense has been apt to make errors at times, Armstrong believes that his defense is still a strength.
"We don't have any overpowering pitchers but what we have is a lot of guys who are very solid and who are able to keep us in games," Armstrong said. "The offense is solid. But we gave up nine runs today and we can't do that and expect to win. What we need is for the defense to be more consistent. We had some errors tonight and we need to clean that up but I am confident that when Wednesday comes this team will be ready to play."
Should Madison win, the Niners will face the Seymour-Floyds Knobs winner on Friday at 5 p.m. A loss and the Niners will head to the losers' elimination game on Thursday. The championship game will be played on Saturday. If weather postpones a game the tournament will be shifted to Sunday.
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Hundreds of youth from Muskingum County schools spent the morning at Secrest Auditorium learning about music and the arts.The Zanesville Concert Association held their annual concert for students with special guest David Tolley, a well known musician and composer. Tolly's musical ability and success relayed the importance of musical education and opportunity.
"Our performer is from Ohio and was discovered on The Tonight Show. So it's sort of, if you've prepared yourself and you're ready, and the opportunity comes and you take the opportunity, you have a career," said Jim Mclaughlin,ZCA Board Member. "Of course in these economic times there's the temptation to cut back the arts. So we want to herald keeping the arts in schools. And then also for those kids who have music this is an opportunity for them to find the next level of performance."
A few students and teachers had the opportunity to sing on stage with Tolley's accompaniment. The ZCA recognizes the importance of musical education.
"Its a tremendous blessing. The research is out that the people who get the best grades in school are in the arts," said Mclaughlin. "This is a free event to the schools. The Zanesville Concert Association provides it each year. So its quite a bit of money that's being invested into these children by our foundation. It's a great treat that ZCA offers to train the next audience for our community."
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Solar Energy Construction Permits: House Bill 2615 (Arizona 2008)
HB 2615 requires municipalities to adopt standards for issuing permits for the use of certain solar energy devices, including single-family residential construction with solar photovoltaic systems intended to connect to a utility system and single-family residential solar water heating systems. It also requires that any building or permit fee assessed by a city or town relating to a solar energy product must be attributable and defray or cover the expense of the product or service for which the fee is assessed.
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Despite the looming oil spill, last winter's cold spell and the constant threat of too-bright beachfront lighting, it seems that Clearwater's loggerhead sea turtle nests are doing a-okay — for now, at least.
Since May 23, staffers from the Clearwater Marine Aquarium have discovered 43 turtle nests on public beaches.
"That's pretty normal," said Mike Anderson, the aquarium's supervisor of sea turtle nesting.
Honeymoon Island park manager Peter Krulder said rangers have found slightly fewer turtle nests on Egmont Key this year, and slightly more on Honeymoon Island.
As it turns out, though local wildlife suffered when the temperatures dipped below 40 degrees in January, loggerhead turtles off the coast of southwest Florida were largely unaffected, Anderson said.
His explanation: While green and hawksbill sea turtles bide their winters just off the coast of Tampa Bay beaches, loggerhead turtles spend the coldest months farther out to sea, in deeper waters.
The temperatures in those waters are much more consistent, he said, and resistant to temporary weather fluctuations.
That means that just as many loggerhead turtles as usual are now arriving on local beaches to plop their eggs in the sand. Their nesting season runs from May 1 to Oct. 31.
Still, residents living close to the surf need to remember to turn off their porch lights during egg-hatching season, Anderson said. The lights confuse baby turtles, who normally use the direction of the moonlight to find their way into the water.
"It's still a problem," Anderson said. "But we've seen a lot of improvement over the years."
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We started our bank with the philosophy that the world does not need another bank. We started knowing that we wanted to push people out of their comfort zones in regards to what they thought of our bank. We started knowing we would not be fit for everybody and are o.k. with that. We constantly get feedback from new clients who visit our office, pull up our website, or read our ads of, "you do not look or feel like a bank." I personally get feedback that, "you do not look or act like a bank president." While I am uncertain such feedback is always in the form of a compliment, I am flattered nonetheless.
Let's face it - 99% of all banks are BORING. Take the sign off the front of the branch or brochure and you could not tell the difference between most. Simply put, banks play it safe. Why? Because safe is easy. It is easy to act like everybody else. Getting out of your comfort zone means that you may come up short at times; you may fail. I have always thought that if you were not failing often enough, you were not pushing yourself hard enough. It is easy to do what has always been done. Wake up each morning, put on your suit, smile at customers and coworkers, please your investors, and, well, you get it, do the same thing the next day. It is hard work creating something special that people truly value. It is hard work implementing constant enhancements to your operation. People have just come to expect less from their bank - the big banks have set the bar very low and, due to their massive size (multi-trillion dollar institutions!), have implicitly created an industry mired in complacency. Surveys show that the majority of people are completely indifferent, at best, about their bank.
Our passion at Affinity Bank is to create something special, to "reinvent the way banking is conducted in the 21st Century." While we are far from achieving this lofty goal, I am hopeful that our passion shines through to our clients each day and, while we may not be perfect, we would not be considered boring.
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The management theory of Frederick Taylor blends two elements to create a more productive workplace: individual worker experience, and ...
The management theory of Frederick Taylor blends two elements to create a more productive workplace: individual worker experience, and well-described tasks for each worker to perform. In the Taylor theory of management, every individual in a company is taught exactly what he or she is supposed to do before starting work, but management is open to implementing improvements in the work cycle, as suggested by experienced workers.
Frederick Taylor's theory was first published in 1911. Since then, businesses using his management theory have come up with ways to apply the Taylor theory of management to their 21st-Century businesses. Here are three productivity-increasing strategies inspired by the management theories of Frederick Taylor that you can take to work:
1. Transform your production methods with business process re-engineering.
2. Open up the lines of communication with Taylor's theory on quality circles.
3. Cut out errors and faulty products with total quality management.
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Put the Taylor theory of management to work through business process re-engineering
If you've ever stared at a production diagram and wished you could start all over, business process re-engineering, or BPR, is for you. BPR uses Frederick Taylor's theory of scientific management to take apart a production system, reduce it to its smallest parts, develop training for each part, and put the parts back together so that they flow naturally into one efficient process.
Share employee knowledge in quality circles inspired by Frederick Taylor management theory
How often do you find out that people are performing the same task in three different ways, or that one group has come up with a time-saver that only they know about? Quality circles, inspired by Taylor management theories, bring employees together to share what they know and get everyone on the same page. When everyone shares best practices, productivity increases.
Use Taylor's theory of management to work to gain Total Quality Management
Quality control requires both top-down and bottom-up commitment. Total Quality Management, or TQM, applies a lesser-known aspect of Taylor's theory of management, which is that managers have to be as knowledgeable about product and process as the people under them.
Baldridge National Quality Program from the National Institute of Standards and Technology offers general business criteria for quality, or excellence, assessment, as well as criteria for the health care and education industries.
- Taylor management theories on quality circles and TQM were first used most notably in Japan, and are credited with building Toyota and Honda into global powerhouses whose cars are nearly flawless.


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STAGE TUBE: Cast of ONCE Sings 'Thank You' to Fans to Celebrate One-Year Anniversary on Broadway!
ONCE, winner of eight Tony Awards including Best Musical and the 2013 Grammy Award, celebrated its first Anniversary on Broadway on March 20, 2013. The production, based on the 2007 Academy Award-winning film, opened to rave reviews on Sunday, March 18, 2012 and is playing at the Bernard B. Jacobs Theatre, 242 West 45th Street. In honor of their one-year anniversary, the cast of ONCE wrote and performed a song to thank fans for their continued support. Watch it below!
ONCE won eight Tony Awards including Best Musical. The production was also named Best Musical by the New York Drama Critics Circle, Drama Desk, Drama League, Outer Critic Circle and Lucille Lortel Awards.
Featuring an impressive ensemble of actor/musicians who play their own instruments onstage, Once tells the enchanting tale of a Dublin street musician who's about to give up on his dream when a beautiful young woman takes a sudden interest in his haunting love songs. As the chemistry between them grows, his music soars to powerful new heights... but their unlikely connection turns out to be deeper and more complex than your everyday romance. Emotionally captivating and theatrically breathtaking, Once draws you in from the very first note and never lets go. It's an unforgettable story about going for your dreams and the power of music to connect us all.
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The IRS Can't Collect If You are Bankrupt!
Numerous people have to pay money because of financial issues. Among creditors, the IRS is the most ruthless and utilize certain techniques to collect tax debts. You can get the IRS off your back with the protection made available by a bankruptcy claim.
Taxpayers generally misconstrue bankruptcy. It is often seen as a simple escape or method that enables people to skip out on their debts. This is not true. Bankruptcy helps people seek relief from debt legally, including tax debt. When you file for a Chapter 7 bankruptcy, there's a significant chance that, along with all of your regular debts, your tax debt will also be cancelled. This can occur, but there's obviously no guarantee that your tax debt will be included. Anyone filing a Chapter 11, 12, or 13 bankruptcy has the ability to solve their IRS problem through a payment option.
When you file for bankruptcy, you get legal protection which is often called the 'automatic stay'. Once you've filed for bankruptcy, all of your creditors, including the IRS, should cease all actions against you. The sole way creditors can bypass the stay while your bankruptcy is still being dismissed or discharged is to appeal to the bankruptcy court. Judges rarely lift the automatic stay, although the IRS is a government office. The IRS has to give evidence that fraud is being made for that to occur. You have more serious IRS problems on your hand if you are conducting fraud.
The statute of limitations is effectively prolonged when you file for bankruptcy. Essentially, the 'clock' stops until the bankruptcy is either discharged or dismissed. If it is dismissed, then the clock goes on from that point forward.
The sole form of bankruptcy that will erase any tax debts definitely is the Chapter 7 bankruptcy. For tax debts to be eligible for discharge in a Chapter 7 bankruptcy claim, specific conditions must be met. For instance, the 3-year rule should be satisfied during the bankruptcy proceeding. The 3-year rule states that any tax debts should come from a tax return that was filed no less than 3 years prior to the year you file for bankruptcy. This includes extensions, although typically pointing to April 15 of the year the return was filed.
There's also the two-year rule which includes taxes filed 2 years before bankruptcy. Another rule is the 240-day rule, applied to taxes assessed 240 days prior to bankruptcy filing.
If a tax lien was filed before filing bankruptcy, the IRS still has rights to the taxpayer's property, even by filing a Chapter 7 bankruptcy. This is a considerably important loophole that the IRS applies. The taxpayer basically is bought time to settle the IRS issue by re-organization when a Chapter 11, 12, or 13 bankruptcy is filed.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR: Darrin T. Mish
Darrin T. Mish is a nationally recognized tax attorney whose practice represents clients nationally and internationally with IRS problems. With over a decade of experience resolving clients' IRS issues, he is AV rated by Martindale-Hubbell and has been honored by a listing in Martindale-Hubbell's Bar Register of Preeminent Lawyers. He is a member of the American Society of IRS Problem Solvers and the Tax Freedom Institute. With a passion for providing IRS help to taxpayers with both individual and payroll tax problems, he travels the country training attorneys, CPAs, and enrolled agents on how to handle their toughest cases with the IRS.
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It seems as though it is much easier to subsist solely on junk food than it is to seek out healthier food choices. If you have any doubts about this bit of common sense, try going on a diet. Your perceptions about food will instantly change. Health foods, and health products, are expensive. Fortunately, every once in a while, you can find some healthy things for absolutely free.
I recently started the Atkins diet. So far, I have spent some money on the book, as well as quite a few varieties of the Atkins food products. It turns out that I could have gotten some of those things for free.
If you sign up with the Atkins website, you can get a free weight loss kit, and three free Atkins bars. As far as I can tell, this gives you a free "quick start guide", (that has a carb counter and list of acceptable foods), a booklet of Atkins approved chef recipes, and a rebate for $3.00 off of the Atkins book. It also comes with three Atkins bars. I'm not sure exactly what flavors will be in the weight loss kit, but I can say that the ones I have tried tasted pretty good.
I have heard that some people experience constipation when they first start the Atkins diet. If that happens to you, then you might want to get a free sample of Fiber Choice. Just fill out the form on the website, and your sample will be sent to you in the mail.
I've been told that one way to lower your cholesterol is to eat Cheerios. I've no idea if this actually works, or if it just wishful thinking. In any case, Honey Nut Cheerios are tasty. You can get a free sample box of Honey Nut Cheerios breakfast cereal when you sign up to receive the Betty Crocker newsletter. Doing so also gives you a coupon for 75 cents off the cost of a box of Honey Nut Cheerios cereal.
Getting a good nights sleep can really help people to stay healthy. This isn't always so easy if you are traveling, (like on a family Summer vacation, for example). A Sleep Number travel pillow might be exactly what you need to help you wake up refreshed in the morning. You can get a free Sleep Number travel pillow when you stop by any Sleep Number store between now and August 17, 2011.
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What's Google's new local business tool?
Google's new product doesn't have an official title – it goes by many nicknames such as Google Local Business Cards, Google Post Business Cards, Business Cards and more. For this blog, we'll call it Local Business Cards. The service, which is now in an early testing phase with a few select businesses, is a platform – or as Google refers to it, a podium – that allows a brand's content to bypass Google's traditional ranking, and feature directly on the first page of search results.
Local Business Cards are powered by "Google Posts" (also not an official name, but Google's information on them is at google.com/posts, so we'll be refering to them as Posts). You might have seen them for the first time in January 2016, when they were introduced for presidential candidates to use. They appear as scrollable cards at the top of result pages, and allow verified users to directly and instantly publish text, video and pictures.
Not your average listing
These candidate Posts, as well as Local Business Cards, differ from other more familiar display formats. The following are formats that currently display on Google SERPs:
- The Knowledge Graph offers information on popular search terms, usually aggregated from common sources like Wikipedia or IMDb, while Local Business Cards source directly from a brand.
- Google Carousel shows pictures of popular items, which are chosen in part by Google's algorithm, rather than the direct source as with Cards.
- The Local 3-pack shows popular local business related to a search term. Unlike Posts, the content is displayed in the form of excerpts from the business's website, instead of being published specifically for SERP visibility. Additionally, Google's algorithms assist in ranking the results, as opposed to Local Business Cards.
- Google AMP provides scrollable cards on the SERP, which are simply graphical, quick-loading, mobile links to already-published content on a company's website.
A different way of indexing
While Google's algorithms play a part in all of the above display formats, the landscape of SERP content display might be changing. Some SEO experts claim that the emergence of Local Business Cards could be an early sign of Google's attempt to lessen (or remove) the importance of links when ranking sites. Since Google's Local Business Cards don't rely on traditional indexing, this could be one of the first instances of Google ranking based solely on popularity – real popularity based on dynamic user opinions and patterns – without the influence of links.
Who will lose out?
There will be many winners and losers of Google's new SERP display formats. Here are some of the entities who might not fare so well once Local Business Cards are released in full:
- Non-local businesses might lose out on display real estate and clicks. Google rewards the content of local businesses, especially in mobile searches. Non-local businesses will be less likely to qualify for cards.
- Service area businesses (those who don't have brick-and-mortar storefronts, but operate at the customer's location, like house painters or electricians) could hurt from the release of Local Business Cards.
- Similarly to service area businesses, e-commerce sites may lose SERP real estate, as local will take priority.
- Local directory sites like Yelp and TripAdvisor could take a backseat to the actual companies that they list. Google would rather host custom, timely information directly from a business than link to a directory that includes those businesses.
- For similar reasons, content sites like eHow, wikiHow and About could see declining hits.
- Local businesses that are too small to have a dedicated content marketing department and can't keep up with content creation are be at risk of losing representation on Google's results.
Who will benefit?
Mobile-optimized sites will be among those who are likely to succeed with Local Business Cards. Google makes strong associations between mobile and local behavior, and they display results designed to satisfy local intent more often on mobile than on desktop.
Perhaps the biggest beneficiaries are companies or their digital marketing agencies with the ability and scale to create high-quality content. Content builds a brand's web presence. Regularly updated, high-quality content designed to satisfy specific, local user intent builds that presence more fully. Publishing multimedia content frequently to a business's website, as well as to Google+, is one of the most important factors for Google to weigh when deciding who gets the coveted Local Card real estate on a results page.
Agencies will be the biggest beneficiaries. As we have seen with Google My Business, adoption of a service that pumps your data directly into Google's SERPs is actually easy for a huge number of businesses to ignore and is driving huge growth in the Local SEO services industry. But now, imagine an agency can guarantee presence in the SERPs, and that presence benefits from regular updating and optimization. I see nothing but green field for local marketers big and small alike. – Andrew Shotland, Search Engine Land
Companies that are able to build real, strong relationships with their communities – customers, employees and industry – will benefit from Google's new podium.
The final group to benefit will be Google itself. They are offering companies an opportunity to have their content shown directly on the first page of the results, and encouraging brands to compete with each other to get the spot.
SEO and content managers will spend more time and resources within Google. The more effort brands put into making high-quality content to satisfy the algorithms, posting on Google+, uploading to YouTube, and optimizing for the search engine's mobile standards, the less time they are likely to spend on rival networks.
Furthermore, since the content on the cards is not indexed in the traditional way, other search engines can't crawl it. Google is cementing itself as the only host for your Card's content, though it is shareable to social networks.
Problems with people exploiting the system
Some businesses might find ways to exploit the system, at least in the beginning of the new service, by spamming and hijacking listings. However, like most search algorithms and SEO opportunities, Google will likely eventually bring balance by punishing abusers and exploiters of the system, and rewarding honest SEO practices. This is already happening as Google is allowing a feedback option for users to weigh in on the Cards.
- Click here to join Google's waitlist and to see if your business qualifies to participate in Local Business Cards. For a look at our checklist for local optimization for 2016, head to our blog here.


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We are delighted to announce the launch of the Global Challenges Prize 2017: A New Shape. This competition is a quest to find new models of global cooperation capable of handling global risks. It will award US$5 million in prizes for the best ideas that re-envision global governance for the 21st century.
Be part of the effort to safeguard our world for future generations. Be part of the global conversation. Help to change the shape of things to come.
What is the competition looking for?
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Entries can be submitted.
The final submission deadline.
All eligible and complete entries will be assessed by an Expert Academic Panel, a group of leading academics, working in relevant fields, all appointed by the GCF.
Shortlisted candidates will be invited to a judging day in Stockholm in May 2018, after which the final results will be announced.


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In case you're still scrambling to find the perfect holiday gift look no further than the W San Francisco's Holiday Pop-up Shop. Eight artists, designers and makers will host boutiques in the heart of SoMa for a one of a kind shopping experience you won't want to miss.
After a fierce competition, only eight of San Francisco's very best brands were chosen to sell their stunning wares at this exclusive shopping event. With unique product offerings from J. Hilburn, Girl on a Motorcycle, Philanthropicpanda, Gyoie, Hatch Shops, Coffee Cream Press, Grael Projects, and Fluffy Co. there's bound to be something for even the most difficult person on your gift list.
Gift options include small leather goods from Girl on a Motorcycle or a terrarium from Grael Projects and, while you're there, make sure to pick up a one-of-a-kind charm necklace from Philanthropicpanda as a special treat for yourself. You deserve it.
Keep your shopping stamina up with holiday sips, light bites and panoramic views of the new Bay Bridge while you peruse all the fabulous items in the swanky MIXX lounge of the W Hotel.
RSVP by December 16 to this limited event, and block out your calendars for December 18 from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m.


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You may have read about the kerfuffle at Mountain View High School over a student newspaper that had the temerity to publish an edition that dealt with love and sex.
A group of parents crawled from their caves to protest that the student journalists had taken things too far -- that the stories promoted unprotected sex and imperiled futures.
In truth, the articles in the Oracle, the student newspaper, were fairly tame. There were stories about the side benefits of breakups, a sex poll, a guy's humor piece, and a short feature called "What they teach you in health, and what you really need to know.''
At a board meeting of Mt. View—Los Altos school board this week, the trustees listened politely to the complaints but declined to take action against the journalism department.
The whole affair, however, helps define where we are as a society. You can divide the players into three categories -- searchers, fools and heroes.
THE SEARCHERS -- The searchers, naturally, were the high school journalists. In addressing a controversial subject -- and doing it very well -- they were exploring publicly what is the grist of countless private text messages.
The Oracle managed to impart important facts. Abstinence-only sex education doesn't work. Two of three teens say they wish they had waited to have sex. A teenage girl who has sex without contraception has a 90 percent chance of pregnancy in a year.
Sure, the edition had a few questionable moments. The photograph of the baseball players with their belts undone and their jockey shorts showing was arguably tasteless. It wasn't obscene. You can find the same in many magazines.
THE FOOLS -- No question: The fools were the parents who objected. It's not just that they were trespassing on the modest First Amendment rights of student journalists. It's they fundamentally don't understand their kids.
After one mom got up and said that incoming freshman didn't need to know about masturbation, a groan went through the audience. "Shooting the messenger won't fix anything,'' said Oracle staffer Tom Ashkenazi.
Even sillier was the man who claimed that an employee writing the same articles for a company newsletter would be fired. Let me break it to you gently, buddy. This isn't a company newsletter. It's a high school paper published by kids trying to figure things out.
The parents who claimed that the articles could jeopardize the kids' admission to college were precisely wrong, unless we're talking Oral Roberts University. At a good college, work like this would aid their chances.
THE HEROES -- This may shock you. As bold as the journalists were, they weren't the heroes of this story. They were simply tackling a topic at the top of teenage concerns.
The heroes were the administrators and educators who stood up for the paper, led by Superintendent Barry Groves. At the meeting, Groves praised the journalism department and said, "There's nothing I would have taken down.''
We all know that a superintendent's job is a political one. The job calls for balancing the demands of parents with the needs of kids and teachers. In this situation, a lot of administrators might have temporized much more.
Groves didn't do that. Instead, he ringingly defended the Oracle. He deserves our applause. And maybe we should stand up when we clap.
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TOWN OF ULSTER, N.Y. -- Katie Shults is a veteran when it comes to state basketball tournaments.
John A. Coleman Catholic High's girls basketball team is preparing for a fifth consecutive trip to the big event and the senior point guard has been a valuable part of the last four,
The (23-0) Stateswomen, which won the Class D title two of the last three years, play Hoosic Valley in the Class C semifinals 2:15 p.m. Saturday at Hudson Valley Community College.
"I'm definitely spoiled by this," an apologetic Shults said during Monday's practice.
"I was on the varsity when I was a freshman. That was the year we won the state title the first time."
Shults provided a defensive spark coming off the bench the first two years and has been starting at the point the last two.
"It's been an incredible experience. I've really been blessed."
She said it's hard to compare the previous state-bound teams.
"They're all very different and unique," Shults said. "Each season has different challenges and things to overcome."
Shults has worked hard to improve her game, enhancing her shooting, passing and dribbling skills while remaining the team's top defender.
"I think I'm a lot more confident this year," she said. "Last year, I was really trying to get the hang of it."
This weekend will be bittersweet in that it marks her basketball finale.
Shults has starred in every sport she's tried, standing out in soccer, basketball, cross country and track.
It is soccer, however, that she will pursue in college.
She committed in January to attend Division III Messiah College in Grantham, Pa.
Located 20 minutes from Harrisburg, Messiah is a powerhouse. The Falcons have won the national championship three of the last year years, including last fall.
Messiah edged SUNY New Paltz 1-0 in the Sweet 16.
"I've always heard about Messiah. They're known for their program and just how successful they are," said Shults, aware that the college is 119-2-4 in the last five seasons.
Those two losses were in the national final.
"I knew I wanted to play soccer in college and I wanted to go to a Christian college," she said. "The faith aspect is an important part of my life.
"It's a number one priority even in my sports."
Shults has always loved to run and play team sports. She started playing soccer, which she calls "my first sport," in fifth grade.
Before Coleman began its girls soccer program two years ago, she was a starting forward as a sophomore on the boys varsity squad.
"That was an amazing experience," she said "I loved the faster pace of the game. It pushed me to get better."
Shults benefited from the teachings of three soccer coaches: Emmanuel Nnenji, who trained her in the Kingston Area Soccer League; Dave Jutton, her Coleman girls coach; and legendary scholastic and collegiate coach Gene Ventriglia, who worked with her on the U-16 Quickstrike club in 2010.


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FLAGLER COUNTY, Fla. - Detectives with the Flagler County Sheriff's Office have recovered property from several car break-ins in Palm Coast and are asking victims to come forward to claim their property.
The burglaries occurred on Oct. 17 and 18 on Frenora Lane.
Anyone who thinks they may have been a victim is asked to call Cpl. Mike Lagana or Detective Paul Kandour to see if their property has been recovered. Either deputy may be reached at 386-586-4801.
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If you need self storage in Columbia, SC near the West Beltline Blvd & Two Notch Road, Beltline Storage & Office Centre located at 3905 West Beltline Blvd in the former Hancock Motor Company building has the best self storage units in this area of Columbia. This facility is family owned and offers a large variety of self storage units. We are located about 1 mile from the McDonalds at the intersection of West Beltline Blvd and Two Notch Road, just before you get to the railroad tracks. All of our storage spaces are easily accessible inside our building. We have climate and non-climate controlled units in various sizes ranging from 5X5X5 to 20X40 to fit your needs. In addition, we also offer professional rental offices that can be rented on a month to month basis starting at $289 per month. That price includes utilities and internet plus plenty of parking for you and your customers. Perfect for a new company or one that may be downsizing.
Come by our office between the hours of 9:00 am - 6:00 pm Monday through Saturday and let us show you around our facility. Tracye & Eric or Carol are our store managers there and can help with your storage needs. We have a large variety of LOCKS, BOXES and other PACKING SUPPLIES to help make your move easier. We look forward to helping you with all of your storage needs and providing you with the best self storage in Columbia.
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What size storage unit do I need?
Hover over the different sizes under the 'Available Units' section for this facility to see what fits in each space. When choosing a size, remember to think about how you intend to use the unit. Are you trying to cram it as full as possible, or do you need some extra room inside? We always recommend leaving a pathway for easy access to items at the back of the unit.
How tall are storage units?
Storage units typically have a ceiling height of about eight feet. Special units like "storage lockers" are around five feet or less. Units for vehicle storage will have higher ceilings to accommodate RVs and boats. Call us if you need more help on choosing the best unit size for your car, boat, motorcycle or RV!
Do I need climate-controlled storage?
Climate control is crucial if you live in an extreme climate or a location prone to swings in temperature. Opt for climate control if you're storing items like leather furniture, antique woods, important documents, photos or electronics.
What are the minimum number of months I can rent?
Storage leases are typically month-to-month, so you are not obligated to a set rental length. However, many facilities offer promotions and discounts that require a minimum rental length in order to be redeemed (for example: First month free with two-month minimum). These terms will be detailed above.
Do I need a reservation or can I just walk in and rent a space?
Most facilities welcome walk-ins and don't require a reservation. However, because prices fluctuate often based on demand and availability, we recommend booking beforehand to secure the unit and price before it changes. By using SpareFoot you can compare units and prices near you and then book online or by phone for free.
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LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. (AP) — Doctors told Charlie Beljan he was in good enough health to leave the hospital Saturday morning, but perhaps not to play golf. With his job on the line and his name atop the leaderboard for the first time, Beljan ignored the recommendation and was glad he did.
One day after a panic attack so severe that he struggled to breathe and feared for his life, Beljan managed just fine in the Children's Miracle Network Hospitals Classic. Despite a pair of early bogeys, and one nervous moment when he felt his chest tighten, he had a 1-under 71 that gave him a two-shot lead at Disney.
Suddenly, the 28-year-old rookie has a chance to do more than just keep his card. He's one round away from winning on the PGA Tour.
He stayed overnight in the hospital — with his shoes on for most of the night — and only got about an hour of sleep. This is the final PGA Tour event of the year, and Beljan is at No. 139 on the money list. Only the top 125 keep their cards, and Beljan likely would need to finish around 10th.
Beljan said he started to feel some of the same symptoms from Friday as he approached the turn. He ate a sandwich, tried to calm himself, and back-to-back birdies to start the back nine certainly helped. He closed with six straight pars to reach 13-under 203. That gave him a two-shot lead over Brian Gay (67), Josh Teater (67) and Charlie Wi, who was tied with Beljan until two sloppy bogeys at the end for a 70.
When last seen at Disney, Beljan was gasping to draw a big breath and sitting in the fairway to wait his turn to hit. Paramedics followed him around the back nine after a spike in his blood pressure. After signing for a 64, Beljan emerged from the scoring room strapped into a stretcher and was loaded into an ambulance.
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Inbee Park moved into position for her third victory of the year, shooting a 6-under 66 to take a two-stroke lead into the final round of the Lorena Ochoa Invitational.
The South Korean player had a 15-under 201 total at Guadalajara Country Club. She won the Evian Masters in France in July and the LPGA Malaysia last month and leads the LPGA Tour money list.
Park also is trying to catch Stacy Lewis in the player of the year points race, but has to win Sunday and next week in the season-ending Titleholders to have any chance to pass Lewis.
Singapore Open
Matteo Manassero shot a 7-under 64 on Sunday to take a two-stroke lead into the final round of the rain-delayed Singapore Open.
The 19-year-old Italian played the final 15 holes of the round Sunday morning, opening with four straight birdies. He had an 11-under 202 total on Sentosa's Serapong Course.


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A bit new to C and struggling with passing a pointer back to a calling function. Read the manual but not sure what I am doing wrong..
Basically I have a function (JRRreadRecord) which reads a record from a file (among other things). I want this to return the result to pRecord in the main call. I know that the result returned by the readFile function will either be a pointer to the record or NULL if no record is found.
This is core dumping on the line that starts char *pRecord in the main function. I was wondering if I should be passing the value back using an int memory address rather than a char*?
Code is...
public main()
/* go read a record from the file in function JRRreadRecord */
char *pRecord = JRRreadRecord();
while ( pRecord != NULL) {
process the file in here
PUBLIC char* JRRreadRecord()
/* read a single record from the file. The readFile function returns a Pointer to record or NULL if no record found.*/
char *pResult = readFile(fileName);
/* The question is do we return the record or do we return the memory address? like this.. */
return pResult
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A woman threatening to jump off a footbridge in Twickenham had to be talked down by police last night.
The woman, in her mid-20s, appeared to be in distress and caused the closure of the A316 Chertsey Road at 7pm yesterday.
Officers succeeded in talking the woman down from the bridge.
The incident caused major traffic delays in Whitton and Twickenham.
A police spokesman said: "Police were called at about 7pm on July 2 to reports of a woman who appeared to be in distress on the A316 footbridge.
"Officers temporarily closed the road while the woman, who is in her mid 20s, was taken to safety.
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Monday, June 16, 2008
Romance & Cigarettes (2005)
John Turturro's wrong headed musical dramedy demands much from the viewer, and gives very little in return. James Gandolfini plays Nick Murder, a Queens area riveter who, when he's not riveting, cheats on his long suffering wife (Susan Sarandon) with a saucy, safety-orange haired trollop (Kate Winslet, who does an uncanny Jane Horrocks impression). Nick also has a tendency to spontaneously launch into lavishly staged production numbers of 1960s-era pop and soul hits. At first you think perhaps this is just a device to show how unsatisfied Nick is with his life, and as such, it would have been an effective conceit. But no, pretty soon everyone in the film is breaking (and I do mean breaking) into elaborately produced songs. Eventually, provided the viewer plays along, these musical digressions actually start to work and the film begins to achieve a bit of loft. Then, wham-bam, Turturro changes direction again, and heads the movie down a dark and preachy path, that voids any modest entertainment value this film may have had. In assessing this movie there is really only one thing you need to know: Mary-Louise Parker and Aida Turturro are cast as teenagers. Teenagers! And we are supposed to buy that. There are so many things wrong about this movie, you just have to wonder what on Earth were all these talented people thinking?
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Competition in European Telecom Markets
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Head-shaving volunteers needed to break world record
The Canadian Cancer Society is teaming up with the Calgary Fire Department to hopefully set a new world record.
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[Thought questions for Discipling the Sick January 29, 2014]
1. Health and healing. How important was the healing ministry in earthly Jesus' life? We're told that Jesus spent more time healing than preaching. Was that a wise distribution of His power and love? Why? Should we as His followers and friends, spend more effort than we do in ministering to the frail? the sick? the weak? the fearful? How can we expand our efforts to reach those who are physically challenged?
2. Messiah the Healer. What was the outstanding difference between the way pagan gods seemed to perform healing acts and the way Jesus dealt with the sick? Why was it most effective for Jesus as God to take on Himself our human weaknesses, even sickness? What were some of the times in His life that Jesus suffered the most in a physical or emotional sense? Did the crowds surge around Jesus hoping for healing as He walked in their midst? Did He grant their requests?
3. Sickness and sin. Have you ever had a bad stomach ache because you ate too much? Was the stomach ache a punishment for your sin? Do faithful, true followers of Jesus get sick from lung cancer? or get hurt when driving on the highway? Does Jesus ever try to win us to Him by causing us to suffer? How should we treat a sick person who doesn't seem to have a Christian relationship with Jesus? What should we think of someone who prays earnestly to be healed but dies anyway?
4. Physical and mental healing. Do Christians ever suffer from mental illness? Is there a cure for everyone who seems to have a "sick" mind and cannot cope well with life? What can church members do for fellow believers who seem to have a terrible temper, constant weariness, or troubles too great to bear? How should we relate to the family members of a person who ends his or her life because of the weight of discouragement? Do you believe in the power of happiness in Christ?
5. The resurrection and the life. In the beginning did God create us to live forever? When sin entered, what took the place of an endless life of joy? Why didn't God create us ready to welcome death whenever it comes? Why do so few Christians believe that when you die, you are dead, unaware of the world? Do they really believe their loved ones would be happy watching what's going on with family members and friends on earth? How should we view receiving the gift of eternal life when Jesus comes compared to the gift of our lives being extended a little longer now?
6. Christ's healing legacy. How much money could we bring in if we could bring healing to the sick with just a touch or a word? Do God's people still possess the ability to heal those who are sick? Should financial gain ever be the motive for applying healing skills? Seventh-day Adventists are famous for being healthier and living longer than average folks. Are we doing all we can to share the skills and knowledge we have about good health? Are there people we can bring to Jesus by introducing them to the joy and good health we obtain by following Him? What are we waiting for?


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A yeah meet ya at The Crown in about 2 hours?
I wish haha yeah thats a long drive!
Ah a few combustibles and pints was grand really
In the protest for the lolz
Damn it ashley i was gone for nearly two days of interrogation hahaha
I just was looking at the top profile visits and you are 6th all time already. I thought you might get a smile out of that haha.
I found it kind of funny that they protest a flag yet destroy the town they live in!!
Of course you are! The paige giver haha
Ah tbh i actually hate drinking lol
Don't tell anyone i will be deported
Oh right yeah! How is Belfast now still protesting?
And i thought you were cool haha We(ed) The People Ashley!
Ahh that sucks everyone else sleeping and you off to school lol
The act of getting completely stoned and wastingly drunk.
Interesting. hahaha
Oh yeah it wasn't a bank holiday for ye!
Thats just crazy i'm calling Stan Lee i found another superhuman alcohol resistant girl!
Good girl haha slap a smack addict upside the head!
You seem wiser than me in that decision i will admit that i only recovered today about 2 hours ago haha
And some need a slap in the fayesss!
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Dear all,
I had read that the original pali canon (first written one) which was on palm leaf was lost and only copies remains.
I like to learn more on this if any member knows further information.
Thank you,
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cooran wrote:Hello CJ,
This might be a start:
Pali Canon - can it be attributed back to the Buddha?
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The Vajracchedikā Prajñāpāramitā Sūtra is a Mahayana text composed quite sometime after the death of the Buddha. The fact of it being printed in Chinese and surviving all this time is, indded, quite remarkable. The linked version of the Vajracchedikā Prajñāpāramitā Sūtra is certainly not a translation, given that "translator" makes no reference to working with the Vajracchedikā Prajñāpāramitā Sūtra in its original language.SarathW wrote:Hi CJ
My home town is only 30 km from "Matale Aluvihara" where Pali cannon was written. If you go there you can get them to write something in palm leaves. My birth certificate was written in a palm leaf and lost after 30 years. They last for hundreds of years. If you are looking for oldest Buddhist script still remain you have to go to London library where there is a copy of world oldest printed book – Diamond Sutra.
A copy of the Diamond Sutra is the world's oldest surviving printed book which is a historical document describing how Buddha explains the concept of Anatta to his disciples.
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Who makes the best .22 magnum rifle?
Who makes the best for the money? Any reviews? Thanks
I have a savage .22 magnum and the thing is a tack driver
For $125, the Mossberg .22 Plinkster is a really great shooting rifle to own.
Marlin 25MN, which if I were a better shot on this day, this pic would be a smiley-face :)
Got the smile part...needed the eyes...LOL...but a gust caught me off on the last two bullets...
Marlin 25MN/25M/882/925M/982-series(heavy barrel)/XT22M series all share parts and you can put an XT trigger into a 25MN & the others...
The big differences are the stocks & trigger assemblies (25 is pretty basic, the 925/982 have the T-900, & the XT series have the Best trigger...adjustable)
As it stands, my Marlin 25MN usually shoots better than I can :)
Not to mention being less expensive than most offerings out there...
As to which is the best for the money, that's a tough question. All the major manufactures make a pretty good product, and generally the more expensive a rifle is the higher the quality. The Ruger M77/22 looks to be about the best quality .22 mag, but you'll pay for it. I think you're just going to have to look at the models and figure out which one you like for the money. :)
Oh, and if you like Semi-auto .22WMR, there are few working options...
Grendel R-31 (own, requires Goldenloki.com reliability treatment, works fantastic after!)
Marlin 922M (own)
Keltec RMR-30 (want to own)
H&R 700 (hard to find, but worked well!)
Volquartzen's .22WMR (too expensive...)
Magnum Research's .22WMR (too expensive...)
The ones that don't work well or generally suck for other reasons...
Excel Accelerator (don't want)
Ruger's 5-times discontinued 1022M (more problems than a Yugo...that's why they sold it to MR & VQ)
I'm thinking there's one or two more..., but they suck, so it doesn't matter ;)
CZ reportedly also recently came out with a .22WMR semi...but I've yet to test one.
Should be interesting ;)
I have a Winchester 9422m, I see them for sale in my LGS every now and then.
For semi-auto if you could find an H&K model 300, you would not be disappointed.
As far as new guns, Henry makes both levers and pumps in a 22 mag.
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We're craving color right now. It's goodbye to the white and gray of winter and hello to hues of purple, yellow and pink in the spring flowers that will soon bloom. If you can't wait even that long, get to the Mount Holyoke College Botanic Garden at Talcott Greenhouse. It's where we shot some of this issue's spring fashion photos. A quiet walk though the greenhouse is a relaxing and mood-lifting experience. Fragrant, colorful flowers greet you in the Show House. If you're lucky enough to visit when the sun heats through the greenhouse glass, you will feel like it is already spring - summer, even.
The Cycad House and the Conservatory house collections of plants native to subtropical and tropical areas. A little imagination, and you're on a tropical vacation. Admission is free, and donations are accepted.
Smith College also has a botanic garden, which will fast forward you into spring in a similar way. Again, another no-cost way to invigorate your senses and soothe your soul.
We're craving color in clothes, too. Our cover story this month focuses on spring fashion. While the economy may be bleak, our wardrobes need not be. Yellow is still a color favorite for spring. Our cover photo shows it in the form of a flirty and feminine dress from Cici Boutique - worn by the very aptly-named April.
Accessories are a girl's best friend this season, as they can affordably enhance your wardrobe in colorful and sparkling ways.
I love the whole boho look, the floral print dresses and full skirts. Fashion is exciting for spring, and even if it is no longer acceptable to usher in the season with the abandon of a shopaholic, we can give ourselves permission to purchase judiciously, and with the sharp eye of a bargain- hunting fashionista.
As Meredith Paley, vice president of public relations for Talbots says about spring fashion, "Whatever makes people feel comfortable and happy works right now." Indeed.
We're craving color in food. We're longing for the vibrant colors of gardens, produce stands and farmers' markets filled with fresh, native fruits, vegetables and flowers. While we have to wait a few months for the fruits and vegetables, it's time for gardeners and would-be gardeners to plan - and soon, to plant. If you're a first-time gardener, you'll want to read "Getting in Touch with Your Roots," by Denise Favro Schwartz. She interviews Health gardener Pat Leuchtman, who has advice for first-time for first-time vegetable gardeners.
Ah, the promise of spring. Enjoy the issue.
Just Say No to Pills
Have you noticed that more and more of your sweaters are pilling? After just the third or fourth wearing, I have found growing clusters of these annoying and unsightly balls and strands of fabric hanging from my sweaters. Cashmere sweaters, too. Oh, and it's not just sweaters - they appear on wool pants and dresses. They do not discriminate.
When I complain, as I often do, about these pills to the cheerful woman who works at the dry cleaners I use, she tells me she hears the same complaint from other women. What I really want is for the dry cleaner to find a way to remove them so I don't have to - so I don't look like I am wearing sweaters that have been around since my college days. If you have removed pills from sweaters, you know it is not a fun nor a quick procedure. Sweater combs don't work and sweater stones smell like someone lit a match in a room where eggs have just been hard boiled.
I've purchase these garments at well-known national women's retail stores - stores that I've shopped at for years without ever seeing a pill -- until the past few years. In fact, I own a beautiful, two-ply pink cashmere V-neck sweater from one of these stores. It's several years old - and not a pill on it. I bought a lovely blue cashmere cardigan with rhinestone buttons at that same retail store this winter - and guess what? It pilled! I checked the label, and very cleverly, they do not mention what ply the cashmere is.
So, ladies, let's band together and just say no to pills! Retailers, take note.
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Bands of mounted brigands under the command of General Mamontov, a former landlord, have broken through to Tam boy and from there to Kozlov and Yelets.
These bandits on horseback have destroyed railways and telegraph lines, they are plundering, violating, burning, killing workers and peasants.
Mamontov's task is to terrify the working population and help Denikin to strangle the workers and peasants and restore the power of the nobles and the capitalists.
In view of the above, be it known that:
This order is to be posted in railway stations, barracks, transit and victualling points, post and telegraph offices, rail way carriages both civil and military, and the premises of village and volost executive committees. The appropriate commissars and chairmen of Soviet institutions are personally responsible for reading this order at village assemblies, gatherings of rail way and post-and-telegraph employees, local army units, and so on.
All the local Soviet press in the endangered zone is to publish this order prominently and to assist in every way to make it widely known and put into practice.
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