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NviousHair necesitaba un nuevo diseño de logotipo y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 103 diseños de 23 diseñadores freelance.
NVious Hair & Make-up
I'm a hair stylist/ makeup artist with a bit of an edge. I specialize in photo shoots (dramatic/ high fashion), Weddings/ proms. My style is big hair smokey eyes, high heels, False lashes, GLAMOUR! I also love a natural look with a kick! I love making skin flawless, and the eyes stand out. I keep up with the trends and incorporate my own artistic views. I always keep the client in mind. I give my clients a look that will be best for them whether they want a dramatic look or natural look. I'm a perfectionist. I use top of the line products and I try to educate my clients as much as possible. My style is edgy but not gaudy. Think Vogue magazine or Glamour, not punk or heavy metal however I LOVE black because it can go with anything!
I Want the logo to appeal to teens but not to young feeling and busy. I also don't want it to be plain. My style seems to appeal mostly to 19-32 year olds.
*I'm looking for something creative that has a signature feel to it (more like a messy yet readable type of signature!)
*I would like but not subjected to the "NV" standing out among the rest of the letters "ious" then "Hair & make-up underneath. Then maybe the "NV" on the top or side in its own special design.
*The Only colors I really wanted was red (not to bright, but not maroon) because I plan on using this logo for business cards and websites on a black backround. I also considered white... or hot pink but I'm not sure if that would come across to young feeling!
*I also thought maybe having the "NVious" in a different texture almost like I wrote "NVious" with red lipstick!
I'm really open to other designs as long as it's kinda funky but not to busy! I want it to have more of a high-end/ kinda pricey (yet affordable) feel but NOT in an elegant/ rich Bill Gates type of way (if that makes sense!)
I DON"T want:
* Vines, scolls, floral
* boxy or bubbly fonts
* elegant hand writing fonts
* clipart
* no outline of faces or hair
The first link below is a picture I was goofing around with in photoshop. That's how I kinda came up with the idea of a messy signature idea but that picture is obviously sloppy and amatuar!
I also added some pictures of my hair and make-up work taken by the photographer Chris Sawicki!
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The Central Connecticut volleyball team earned its first victory of 2013 with a three-set sweep of Binghamton on Saturday afternoon. The Blue Devils are now 1-2 on the season.
The Blue Devils won the first set 25-18, the second 25-23 and dominated the third set 25-12 to claim the victory. In the third set Central hit an amazing .643 with 18 kills and no errors. For the match the Blue Devils hit .367 with 42 kills and just 10 errors.
Six Blue Devils recorded six or more kills in the match, led by freshman Brooke Schwab who had a match-high nine kills. Senior Veronika Ban, freshman Nicole Dean and sophomore Makenna Lommori each added seven kills while Cassidy Stankowski and Rachel Dunlap each had six.
Schwab's nine kills came with just error in the match. She also had two solo blocks and five block assists. She hit .667 in the win.
Lommori paced the offense with 34 assists in the match, while adding two digs and a pair of block assists. Junior Brittany Schumacher had 12 digs to lead the defense.
The match was the final one of the weekend for the Blue Devils in the Colgate Classic. They finished 1-2. Next weekend they head to Sacramento State for a weekend tournament with Sacramento State, San Jose State and Cal Poly.

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Dear Lifehacker,
I've just moved to a new town, and video chat is great for staying in touch with friends, but my call quality is pretty mediocre. Video is choppy, the audio echoes and cuts out, and I can barely see the person on the other end. How can I make video chat better?
Stymied by Skype
Photo remixed from an original by Hypno_Bedhead.
Dear Stymied,
While it isn't realistic to expect the same level of quality Skype shows off in their commercials, you can probably make your chats look better, sound better, and generally run more smoothly with a few simple tweaks at home. Here are some of the best things you can do to improve your video chat quality.
Note that for some of these, we'll be using Skype as an example, since it's the most popular video calling application. However, you can apply almost all of these tips to any video chat program. We'll note where the tip is Skype-specific.
Make sure Skype is updated to the latest version. They improve the quality of video chats with each new version, so if you're still running a copy from two years ago, you're probably going to get the same crappy quality you had two years ago. This also goes for iChat and any other video chat programs. Web-based apps like Google Chat and Facebook Chat should stay up to date, though you might want to check and see if they have any updates or add-ons—like Google's Enhanced Video Chat Lab in Gmail—to get your quality as high as possible.
Wear headphones. If anyone is hearing echoes in the audio, it's because the other party's speakers are too loud. Wear headphones and this problem disappears instantly. Any headphones are fine; earbuds are nice since they don't distract from your face. Note that this depends on a bit of communication between you and your friend: if you hear an echo, they need to wear headphones, but if they hear an echo, you need to wear headphones. Photo by Dan McKay.
Adjust your light. Again, this is a small tweak that can make a world of difference. Make sure you have a lamp or other light behind your monitor, pointing toward you, and that you don't have too much light behind you. If you're on a laptop, make sure the camera is at eye level and not pointing up at the ceiling lights, or down at the floor. Better lighting can mean the difference between talking to a real person and talking to a grainy silhouette.
Make sure your background is stationary. If you're in a bustling coffee shop, or you have your family watching TV behind you, move somewhere else. The more motion is in your shot, the more work Skype will have to do and the choppier your video will get.
Don't overload your internet with other tasks. If you're downloading files, watching YouTube videos, or playing video games (or if someone else in your house is doing any of these things), that's less bandwidth Skype gets for itself. Close any unnecessary programs, specifically those that are using your internet, and you might find that the call quality increases dramatically.
If you can, use wired Ethernet instead of Wi-Fi. Wi-Fi is okay, but you're much more likely to get lag and interference, which can make your video and audio choppy. Wired internet will give you a much smoother, more consistent experience.
Adjust your webcam's video settings. Most webcams will let you tweak the brightness, contrast, microphone volume, and other things within their settings. If you're using Skype, you can get to them quickly through Tools > Options > Video Settings. Drag the video settings window so its next to Skype's Options window, so you can see your video preview. Adjust any brightness, exposure, color, while balance, and other sliders until your video looks better. This could take a bit of playing around, and it won't help as much as, say, better lighting will, but if you're short on real-world fixes this can help a bit.
Set up Quality of Service on your Router, if you have it. We've talked about setting up Quality of Service (QoS) before, so I won't go too deeply into it here, but this should have the same effect as shutting down BitTorrent, online video games, and other programs that hog your bandwidth. Essentially, it ensures that when you're video chatting, it takes bandwidth away from other applications and gives it to you. Again, it's the same as shutting down those programs yourself, only with QoS your router will do it automatically. Note that not all routers have this setting, but if you don't, you might still be able to use it by installing DD-WRT on your router.
Increase Skypes frames per second. This is a Skype-only workaround, and it's a little "hacky", but it can help if you're experiencing really choppy video. Quit Skype if its open, and open up Windows Explorer. Tyle %appdata into the address bar, and then navigate to Skype > [your Skype username] and open up config.xml in your favorite text editor. Find the line that starts with , and create a new line under it. On this line, type 25, then save the file and quit. When you open up Skype, you should notice that your video is much smoother, though it will likely be blurrier. It isn't a perfect fix, but if you'd rather have smooth video than high-resolution video, it's a little hack that can help.
These tips should help get you started, and while buying a new webcam or getting a faster connection might help, you'll want to try these easy, low-cost methods before going more extreme.
P.S. Got any of your own tips that have helped you get better video chats? Share the with us in the comments.
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Fairness and accuracy are among our core values. But perhaps nothing stands above the need for the newspaper to maintain and preserve its integrity. We cannot hold the people we cover to standards we do not meet ourselves. The public's trust in our work - our most important asset - depends on our meeting these high standards.
This document is meant to provide a set of guideposts. It examines the fundamental and often difficult questions staff members might confront in the course of carrying out our journalistic mission. No policy can forecast every possible conflict of interest or ethical quandary that an employee of Bend Weekly might confront. But this policy is an attempt to provide boundaries and encourage employees to be aware that, as journalists, we must adhere to a code of conduct that is equal parts ethics and common sense.
An ethics policy should be a living document. The committee that drafted these guidelines anticipated that Bend Weekly, on occasion, must revisit the important ethical issues of the day to ensure its ethics policy does not become obsolete or, worse, ignored. Therefore, these are broad outlines; the newspaper will establish a fair method of dealing with ethical questions.
(An important note: Our relationship to our parent company, .Com Endeavors, Inc. (DCEI), is a special case and, therefore, outside the boundaries of this policy. It is unique among all possible relationships and we acknowledge that at the outset. For example, it is permissible to hold stock in DCEI -- even if you're covering it or making decisions about play and placement.)
Bend Weekly strives to operate with fairness, accuracy and independence.
It strives to be diligent in its pursuit of the truth without regard to special interest and with fairness toward all. Although the law does not require it, Bend Weekly whenever possible seeks opposing views and solicits responses from those whose conduct is questioned in news stories.
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Even those staffers not involved in news decisions are reminded that information often available in the newsroom is in advance of public announcement and should not be used to make financial decisions.
In general, employees should avoid any potential conflict of interest between their financial holdings and their jobs. If for any reason you are asked to report or make key decisions about a story concerning a company in which you have a financial interest, this interest shall be fully disclosed to your ME. If a significant assignment is undertaken, you may not buy or sell securities of the company, or the industry of which it is a part, before the story's publication date.
The ethics policy should be read by all employees annually, and prospective and new employees will receive this policy. All employees will be held responsible for adhering to this policy.
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We use "freelance" as a broad term, to include text, photos, graphics, illustrations, and copy-editing. (Similarly, when we say that staff members may not work for organizations or companies they cover, we use "cover" to include writing, editing, photography, illustration or page design. We say this because any facet of coverage could be compromised in a way that could favor an organization.) The umbrella extends overall.
As Bend Weekly employees, our first obligation is to the newspaper.
Freelancing for magazines that originate in the Bend Area is permitted after possibilities for publication in Bend Weekly have been explored, and their immediate supervisor has been notified of the assignment.
Bend Weekly staffers must not scoop the paper. Breaking news, enterprise stories and noteworthy items about the people, places, events, etc. you cover should be reserved for the paper.
When freelancing for a print publication, it is important to not allow the publisher to automatically claim online rights. There are cases where a print publication does not compete with the paper, but the publication's online site does. Check with a supervisor before granting online rights.
Generally, freelancing for online sites shall follow the guidelines for print. However, online is developing so rapidly and business alliances are so fluid, it is difficult to draw a definite line between what Bend Weekly staffers can and cannot do.
Because the "Friend or Foe" distinction is often blurred online, freelance decisions are best made on a case-by-case basis. In general, staffers will need to notify a supervisor to freelance for online publications that compete directly with the Bend Weekly digital site. When making "Yes or No" decisions, supervisors must take the marketplace into consideration. (For example, if a staffer is offered $1,000 to do freelance work for an online site and Bend Weekly can only offer $25, the supervisor must take the disparity in pay into account.)
When freelancing online, the staffer, when appropriate, is to be identified with Bend Weekly. Whenever possible, a cross-link between the site and BendWeekly.com will be established.
Shows that are related to a staffer's area of expertise - in other words, shows where the appearance is generated by work that has appeared in the paper - require the approval of their immediate supervisor. The guest must be clearly identified as a staffer at Bend Weekly.
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Staff members shall demonstrate the same commitment to fairness and high standards of impartiality that they do in the newspaper.
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Staffers must not accept freelance assignments from PR firms and marketing agencies that have a connection to the area they cover. No writer will do work for a PR journal that is connected to the area they cover. Writers must not write for the publications of institutions they cover ... the business writer assigned to a local business should not write for that business�s in-house magazine; the writer who covers COCC may not write for their alumni magazine.
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Books, records, sample food products, software or other items sent to Bend Weekly for review purposes are accepted as news releases. They may be kept by the person who reviews them or given to staff members who can use them as part of their job. Materials that are not distributed should be given to a charity or public institution. These items should never, under any circumstances, be sold for personal profit.
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Employees shall not use the company name, reputation, phone number or stationery to imply a threat of retaliation or pressure, to curry favor or to seek personal gain.
For example, it is improper for an employee to write a personal letter of complaint to a merchant on company stationery, or to arrange a personal purchase at wholesale or discount rates through the public relations office of a corporation.
Because the newspaper should be perceived as impartial, staff members should avoid outside activities that could conflict with their jobs. Under no circumstances should a general assignment reporter, for example, work for a political campaign, either for pay or as a volunteer because it could be interpreted by the public as Bend Weekly involvement in the campaign. Likewise, a drama critic should not serve as a fund-raiser for the Tower Theatre because it might indicate a built-in bias on the part of the writer. In many cases, it would be a clear conflict to accept appointive office or run for elective office. In other cases, it may not be a conflict. For example, there would be no problem for most staff members in holding office as president of school PTA. But if the education reporter were to hold the same office, a conflict would be present. There is no desire to unduly restrict staff members' exercise of the rights and duties of citizenship. But we must recognize that the reputation of Bend Weekly is important to us all, and that a full discussion of possible conflict is essential to avoiding public embarrassment.
Staff members should avoid advertising or blatantly espousing viewpoints on public issues while at work, such as wearing an anti-nuclear button while covering a rally. Reporters and editors should be aware that such blatant espousal casts doubt upon their impartiality. Staff members should also avoid signing petitions or otherwise identifying themselves with causes they are expected to cover.
Employees shall not write, photograph, illustrate or make news judgments about anyone related to them by blood or marriage, or with whom they have a close personal relationship. This does not apply to first-person stories or stories in which the relationships are clearly spelled out. Nor shall personal relationships within the newsroom affect news judgment.
For example, it is clearly a conflict to report on a public official with whom one is romantically involved.
Under ordinary circumstances, reporters or photographers ought to identify themselves to news sources. There might be times, however, when circumstances will dictate not identifying ourselves. Only the Publisher or Managing Editor may approve such exceptions.
Plagiarism exists in many forms, from the wholesale lifting of someone else's writing to the publication of a press release as news without attribution. The weekly newspaper should be an original work. Do not borrow someone else's words without attribution.
Any attempt to pay for news or for access to news raises serious questions about the validity of the news and the motives of seller and buyer. Except in extraordinary circumstances - approved by the Publisher or, Managing Editor - we do not pay for news.
We will avoid the use of unnamed sources. We will make every attempt to get sources to speak on the record in every instance.
We will not allow the use of unnamed sources in the case of personal attacks and we will avoid letting them be the sole basis for any story.
In all cases, we will attempt to get independent, corroborating sources for every assertion in a story.
We will attribute information to unnamed sources only when news value warrants and it cannot be obtained any other way.
When a story arises where the reporter and editor together believe that the use of an unnamed source may be necessary, the following guidelines apply:
1. The editor and reporter need to ask each other: why does this person need to remain unnamed? There must be a thorough discussion between reporter and assigning editor of whether there is any other way to get the story and the ramifications of using the unnamed source, considering the option of not running the story at all if the source cannot be identified. We recognize that some people may be risking their livelihood by speaking out for a story and need to be protected.
2. If both reporter and editor agree that the use of an unnamed source is necessary, the source must be described in as much detail as possible to indicate the source's credibility. Simply attributing a comment to "a source" is inadequate.
We should try to be as specific as possible. We should use the source's job title or general job description or say how they know the information if possible. We should use the word "person'' or an equivalent rather than the word "source" in most cases; the word "source" is journalistic jargon and is vague. And we should be precise about the number of sources we have for any piece of information; saying "sources close to the investigation" when there is only one source is not acceptable.
Some examples of phrasing that works in describing an unnamed source: "a city employee" or "a person present at the meeting'' or "a university administrator" or "someone who has seen the affidavit."
3. While it is important to protect the identity of our unnamed sources, we should not mislead our readers in order to provide this protection. So we should not say that a key source "could not be reached for comment" if we reached them and had a not-for-attribution interview. Likewise, if an unnamed source in a story is quoted on the record elsewhere in the same story, we should not allow the source to use the on-the-record quote to make contradictory assertions or distort the facts.
4. The reporter must identify the source to his or her editor and the editor must ask for the identity of any unnamed source used in the story. Editors who learn the identity of the source will be bound by the same confidentiality agreement reached between the reporter and the source, and the source's identity will not be made known to anyone outside of Bend Weekly.
5. In cases where the assigning editor judges the story to be of great importance, of a highly sensitive nature or has any questions about using the unnamed source, that editor needs to bring the story to a department head for discussion and approval. In all cases where a story is based largely on unnamed sources, the matter should be discussed with a department head. Department heads should discuss any sensitive issues with their supervisors.
6. Every story that includes an unnamed source must include a notation indicating that the use of the source has been discussed with an assigning editor (Sources OK - Luis). In cases where the use of the source has been brought to the attention of a department head, there should also be a notation indicating the department head's approval (Sources OK - Elisabeth).
It is obvious that we should not knowingly publish falsehoods.
A reporter should not make it sound as if a source made a statement to the reporter if, in fact, it came to us through a third party. Nor should we write about an event we did not attend in a way that gives the impression we did.
In the interest of integrity and fairness, photographers and editors should exercise caution in the use of "set-up" photographs. In the same way that reporters do not make up quotes, photographers do not reconstruct scenes or events with the purpose of making them appear as if they were "found" moments.
However, photographers are often called upon to make environmental portraits or do illustrative photography. In no way should such photographs be approached or treated as anything but what they are. They are either portraits or are demonstrative of a situation. Both should be clearly labeled.
That means that care should be taken in writing captions so they do not suggest the picture is something it is not. For example, is Clark Kent working in his study or is he simply in his study (for purposes of a portrait)? Is Lois Lane actually practicing her technique of boomerang tossing or is she demonstrating her technique of boomerang tossing (for purposes of a photograph)? Such distinctions make a difference.
Any employee who is aware that another staff member has caused or intends to cause publication of a falsehood has a responsibility to alert a supervisor. Any employee who suspects a fellow staff member of committing ethical violations is encouraged to report the matter.
Quotations should always be the exact words that someone spoke, with the exception of corrections in the type of errors, as of grammar and syntax, that often occur unnoticed when someone is speaking but are embarrassing in print. In most cases, the grammar of people for whom English is a second language should be corrected as well. Spoken hesitancies such as um and ah should usually be omitted.
Parentheses within quotations are almost never appropriate and can almost always be avoided. Quotations are used to enliven and emphasize elements of a story, and internal explanations will often bog them down. If many parenthetical explanations are needed, the quote probably wasn't set up properly or wasn't a good quote to start with.
Avoid ellipses within quotations. While reporters often use ellipses in an attempt to remove extraneous elements, to readers they simply signal that we have altered the quotation and raise concerns that we may have changed its meaning in the process. Simply put: ellipses raise issues of credibility. We will, however, use ellipses to remove profanity from quotations.
How do we identify the manner in which quotes are received? Quotes obtained in a face-to-face conversation or over the phone need no special explanation. However, we generally should explain when a quote was received in some other way: via e-mail, in a prepared statement, in a televised press conference.
We should avoid the vague term "could not be reached for comment" in favor of phrasing more specific to the medium (by phone, e-mail, left message with assistant), time frame and number of attempts. For instance, instead of writing "Anita Roberts could not be reached for comment," we should say, "Anita Roberts did not respond to a message left with her assistant or to an e-mailed inquiry on Friday."
In cases where we conduct an interview through a translator, we should identify quotes received in that manner ("said through a translator"), as a signal to the reader that there are limits on our ability to attest to the accuracy of the information. In cases where the reporter does the translation, no special designation is necessary, unless the fact that the interviewee spoke in a foreign language is material to the story.
Bylines, datelines and credit lines should accurately convey to readers the source of our reporting.
Bylines tell readers who is responsible for an article's content while giving credit where credit is due.
When multiple bylines are proposed for an article, the editor should consider, did all reporters contribute significantly and more or less equally? If not, a credit line is more appropriate for lesser contributors.
In multiple bylines, the first name generally should be that of the reporter who wrote the article, or if different, of the largest contributor. This most directly tells readers who is responsible for the content.
When a reporter writes an article based on wire service reports, the source should be cited in the article and the article should carry the reporter's byline and a credit to the wire service. If the reporter independently reports the facts of the story, the byline can stand alone. If the reporter simply inserts some local reaction, or simply assembles the wire copy, the byline should be the originating source with a reporter's credit at the end.
Datelines: There is clear policy on the use of datelines - a dateline means that a reporter was there.
Bend Weekly is sensitive to the privacy of victims of rape and child molestation, and of subjects who clearly would be in physical danger by publication of their names and addresses. There may be circumstances in which we would nevertheless publish such names, but they must be approved by the Publisher or Managing Editor.
Ordinarily, consent is implied if a photographer approaches a subject, indicates that he/she is a newspaper photographer and asks for names and other facts. In some circumstances, written releases may be required (at mental health institutions or orphanages, for example).
Bend strives to guard against inaccuracies, carelessness, bias or distortion through either emphasis or omission.
Errors, whether made by the reporter, editor or source, shall be acknowledged. This includes all matters of fact, including the misspelling of proper names. When an error has been made, it shall be acknowledged in a straightforward correction, not disguised or glossed over in a follow-up story. Corrections and clarifications shall appear in a consistent location.


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Closure in effect Saturday, March 14 until at least Friday, April 24, 2020.
About the Library:
In November 2013 the City of Olympia installed 33 solar panels on the Olympia Library rooftop. See more information about the solar panels including real time usage data.
In December of 1896, the Women's Club of Olympia established a library service with "reading matter" donated by citizens. In March 1909, the city offered to take over the collection of some 900 volumes and maintain a public library.
The Olympia library was housed in a Carnegie building at 7th and Franklin until 1978 when a new library was built and opened at 8th and Franklin. Olympia joined the Timberland library district in 1968.
The library underwent extensive remodels in 2000 and 2008. In 2000, the building was recarpeted and painted; a meeting room was converted to additional space for the children's area; and new public computers, computer stations, a teen area and shelving for about 10,000 additional items were added. In 2008, the circulation and information desks were replaced, the building was recarpeted and painted in bright, warm colors, the lounge furniture was replaced, and the computer stations were refurbished.
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Lawrence Doebler, professor of performance studies and director of choral activities at the School of Music, will be retiring at the end of the semester after 35 years with Ithaca College.
To celebrate Mr. Doebler's time here, the School of Music will hold a reception in his honor on Friday, May 3, 2013 from 3:30 p.m. - 5:00 p.m. in the in TC Lounge on the 14th floor of the East Tower (formerly the Tower Club).
Across more than three decades with the college, Doebler has led the Ithaca College Choir on tour in the United States and Ireland, founded the Ithaca College Choral Composition Contest and Festival (1979) generating 33 commissioned works published by Theodore Presser and Roger Dean Publishing, appeared at major MENC and ACDA conventions with the choir, and conducted the Choral Union and Symphony Orchestra at Lincoln Center, Carnegie Hall, and other major venues.
Just this past weekend, he conducted the Ithaca College Choir and Symphony Orchestra at Lincoln Center's Alice Tully Hall, performing Poulenc's Gloria with Jessica Julin, alumna soprano soloist. In past tours to Lincoln Center, he conducted Orff's Carmina Burana and Verdi's Requiem.
Following his retirement from IC, Doebler will relocate to North Carolina with Patricia, his beloved wife of 46 years (though they've been together for 51!). Ithaca College will miss him dearly. Come wish him well in his next chapter of life!
Lawrence Doebler's Retirement Reception Details
Friday, May 3 | 3:30 - 5:00 p.m.
TC Lounge, 14th Floor of East Tower
Individuals with disabilities requiring accommodations should contact the School of Music at 607-274-3717. We ask that requests for accommodations be made as soon as possible
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ALBANY — A memorial service will be held Aug. 24 for former Mayor Bill Cain, who suffered a fatal heart attack on Aug. 2. He was 67.
"It's a shock to all of us," said his widow, Suzanna Yeh.
Cain spent four years on the City Council and six on the school board. He also served on the Planning and Zoning Commission.
His removal as commissioner in 1995 because of his opposition to a casino proposal at Golden Gate Fields sparked a citizen's initiative in 1996 that changed the city charter to prevent similar actions in the future.
Cain also played a large role in securing funding to rebuild Albany High School and Albany Middle School.
"We made numerous trips back and forth to Sacramento in his convertible," said Marsha Skinner, who served on the school board with Cain. "We had a very difficult time getting that hardship funding. He was invaluable on the board in getting funding for both of those projects."
Cain's expertise as an engineer played a large part in his testimony. He spent nearly 20 years as an associate civil engineer for the East Bay Municipal Utility District.
"Bill was a really nice guy," said David Pratt, engineering manager at EBMUD. "He was really dedicated to his craft. He was in the top three or four easy. Probably in the top two. One of the best structural engineers we had here. The ratepayers were real lucky to have him."
William James Cain was born Feb. 21, 1947. He earned an A.A. degree in engineering from Taft College and then a bachelor's in civil engineering and a master's degree in structural engineering and structural mechanics from UC Berkeley.
During his time in Albany, he was a key figure in the Albany Little League in addition to his government service. He helped raise five sons — three from his first marriage and two stepsons from his marriage to Yeh.
Skinner said that Cain stood out because of his politics. Or lack thereof.
"The main thing I would say about Bill, he didn't run because of a particular slant, he didn't run because of a particular group," she said. "He grew up in a small town and believed everyone needed to serve. And he took his turn. He was always prepared. He read his stuff before each meeting."
The controversy over Cain's removal as Planning and Zoning Commissioner in November, 1995, led to significant changes in how commissions work in Albany.
Cain had been appointed to the commission by Councilwoman Elizabeth Baker. But after plans for a casino at Golden Gate Fields were unveiled, Cain, along with appointees to other committees, came out in opposition. Baker then demanded all of her appointees resign.
Jerri Holan was Baker's appointee to the Waterfront Committee and was also asked to resign. When they refused, the council voted to remove them from their positions. To that point, appointees served at the pleasure of the council member who appointed them.
"We were dismissed," Holan said. "I called (Bill) up and said, 'This is really unfair, we should do something. Maybe we should amend the city charter.'"
While the City Charter Review Committee proposed some reforms, they didn't go far enough, according to Holan. So they went ahead with their initiative.
Measure O, the Charter Committee's reform measure, was easily defeated, while Measure Q, the citizen's initiative, passed. Now, committee and commission members may only be removed for cause.
Cain was also involved in the building of the city's new library and community center.
In his professional life, Cain helped manage EBMUD's seismic improvement program, a $200 million project to improve water facilities in the East Bay. He was also the project engineer on the Claremont Tunnel Seismic Upgrade project, which was a major component of the seismic work.
Cain also worked with the Association of Bay Area Governments on disaster preparedness, specifically with plans for restoring water service after an earthquake.
"He was very active in developing emergency plans," Pratt said. "Here's what we're going to do, these are the areas that we're going to repair first to get the most water back to the greatest number of people."
Cain served on the board of Rebuilding Together East Bay North for 23 years. The nonprofit group, formerly known as Christmas in April, helps low-income seniors and disabled homeowners with upgrades and repairs to their houses.
Cain spent his final years living in Berkeley. He is survived by Yeh as well as sons Bob, Tom, Michael, David and Michael.
A memorial service will be held at the Albany Library, 1427 Marin Ave., at 1 p.m. Aug. 24. It is open to the public. A tribute is also scheduled for the City Council meeting on Sept. 2.
In lieu of flowers, the family requests a donation in Cain's name be made to Rebuilding Together East Bay North.


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September 10, 2019, 6:25 pmBradley BealSG, Washington Wizards
In an interview with CBS Sports, Wizards GM Tommy Sheppard reiterated that the team wants to build around Bradley Beal and have no intentions on trading the superstar guard.
Beal didn't sign a three-year, $111 million contract offer from the Wizards earlier this summer, which led to speculation that he may be leaving soon. Though, that hasn't deterred Sheppard one bit from locking down Beal, who is under contract for two more years, for the long haul. The Wizards may be forced to have a different tune if Beal doesn't sign an extension by next offseason.
Source: CBS Sports
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April 4, 2020, 4:45 pmLeBron JamesSF, Los Angeles Lakers
Speaking on ESPN on Friday, Brian Windhorst said that there has been increasing pessimism about the NBA season resuming.
Windhorst noted that the league has begun to discuss the financial ramifications of shutting the league down, and we've seen reports about the league looking for players to take paycuts as a result of the season's uncertain future. The fact that the CBA in China was set to resume and then delayed again is an ominous sign with NBA markets nowhere near the apex of COVID-19.
Source: ESPN
April 3, 2020, 7:57 pmKobe BryantSG, Los Angeles Lakers
According to Shams Charania of The Athletic, Kobe Bryant, Tim Duncan and Kevin Garnett will be inducted into the 2020 Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame.
Formal announcements will be made on Saturday, but it appears to be a done deal. The three aforementioned players helped define and then redefine the sport during their primes, making the 2020 class one of the most star-studded since Michael Jordan was inducted. Bryant, especially, who was often compared to his "Airness" will be a bittersweet entrant as the NBA and the world is still dealing with his sudden passing.
Source: Shams Charania on Twitter
April 3, 2020, 1:44 pmZach LaVinePG, Chicago Bulls
Adrian Wojnarowski is reporting that the Bulls have begun their search for a top executive who will have full authority on basketball decisions.
Interviews will begin next week, with Toronto GM Bobby Webster and Denver GM Arturas Karnisovas on Chicago's wish list. Ownership will have discussions with current GM Gar Forman about his place in the organization moving forward, whlie VP of Basketball Ops John Paxson is expected to move to an advisory role with the franchise. The Bulls have been lost in the wilderness for some time now, and it's mildly surprising that it's taken them this long to hunt for someone to take the power out of GarPax's collective hands.
Source: ESPN
April 3, 2020, 12:57 pmMichael Porter Jr.PF, Denver Nuggets
Michael Porter Jr. said that his right ankle is now properly healed.
Porter missed six games with a right ankle injury, and though he was able to play in nine of Denver's last 10 games (the absence was a DNP-CD) before the hiatus, he admitted that his ankle was still bothering him and he was playing through pain. MPJ flashed tremendous potential when given the appropriate minutes but it's going to be hard for him to hold fantasy value outside of deeper formats when the Nuggets are fully healthy — he topped 15 minutes just three times in those nine games. The silver lining of the league's suspension is that hurt and injured players are getting the chance to heal up, Porter included.
Source: Denver Post
April 2, 2020, 2:40 pmKemba WalkerPG, Boston Celtics
Kemba Walker has been rehabbing his left knee while in quarantine, and says that it's "doing well."
Walker actually played in the Celtics' last three games before the season was shut down but has missed a total of eight games this season (plus one in preseason) due to left knee soreness. It's clearly a chronic issue at this point, and fantasy GMs just have to hope that this lengthy layoff will help Walker get back to full strength if and when the season resumes.
Source: MassLive.com
April 2, 2020, 2:32 pmMeyers LeonardC, Miami Heat
Meyers Leonard is still rehabbing his sprained left ankle and estimates that his recovery is at about 90%.
Leonard shed his walking boot at the end of February but it's been slow going, as he's still not recovered despite getting hurt on February 3. The NBA hiatus might've saved Leonard's season, but even when healthy there won't be any fantasy appeal here despite some strong runs earlier in the campaign.
Source: Anthony Chiang on Twitter
April 2, 2020, 2:28 pmNikola JokicC, Denver Nuggets
The Nuggets have announced that the person who tested positive for COVID-19 is now symptom-free.
The team never said who tested positive, only that it was a member of the organization. The Nuggets have completed their 14-day quarantine, so hopefully all involved are able to remain healthy moving forward.
Source: Mark Medina on Twitter
April 1, 2020, 7:54 pmRomello WhitePF, College
Romello White declared for the 2020 NBA Draft on Wednesday.
White is "keeping his options available" despite declaring for the draft. It is probably a good idea considering he isn't a lock to be drafted. The junior power forward averaged 10.2 points, 8.8 rebounds and 1.2 blocks for Arizona State this past season. He isn't likely to be on the fantasy radar even if he does earn a roster spot in the NBA.
Source: Jon Rothstein on Twitter
April 1, 2020, 3:53 pmKevin DurantSF, Brooklyn Nets
The four players from the Nets who tested positive for COVID-19 are symptom free after passing a 14-day protocol but are still self-isolating, according to Greg Logan of Newsday.
Logan went on to say that the entire traveling party for the Nets are healthy at the moment. This is a good sign to see players and staff recovering from the virus without any new cases reported.
Source: Greg Logan on Twitter
March 31, 2020, 9:05 pmMarcus SmartPG, Boston Celtics
Marcus Smart plans to donate his blood plasma to the National COVID-19 Convalescent Plasma Project for research on how the virus affects the blood of those infected or have been infected already, according to Shams Charania of The Athletic.
This marks an interesting end (fingers-crossed) to Smart's coronavirus infection and subsequent quarantine. Only five NBA players have received confirmed positive tests for COVID-19 but the NBA obviously isn't taking any chances during this global pandemic. With speed being medical professionals' biggest pressure with regards to a vaccine, Smart really stepped up to the plate. Hopefully other public figures who have recovered from the virus will follow his lead in donating necessary items for research. This also doesn't hurt Smart's public image, which has been known to fluctuate dramatically during his college and professional career.
Source: Shams Charania on Twitter


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[COLOR=black][FONT=Verdana][COLOR=black][FONT=Verdana]To celebrate spring and in honor of St. Patrick's Day, I'm posting a garden blog entry. I realize spring doesnt officially begin until next Tuesday, March 20th. However, here in Chicago, it feels like we skipped spring and jumped right into summer. We are having the most peculiar weather in Chicago this spring and as a gardener, I am feeling quite challenged. Last fall, my husband and I planted spring bulbs - daffodils/buttercups & tulips for our anniversary (October 26). I can't believe the daffodils/buttercups are already blooming! Below are pictures of one of the flower beds on the side of our house. The photo on the left was taken on 3.13.12 & the one on the right was taken on 3.16.12. We usually have crocuses popping up out of the ground in February, but this is the earliest we have ever had these bulbs blooming in our garden. I believe the early bloom can be attributed to a mild winter and the unusually warm weather weve had this past week. I plan to enjoy the flowers and the warm temperatures for as long as they last. [/FONT][/COLOR][FONT=Verdana][COLOR=black]Have a great day and:[/COLOR][/FONT][/FONT][/COLOR]
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So if you take Instagram, which lets you share photos with a select group of friends, and take out the ability to choose your friends, what do you have? Color, which is available for the iPhone and Android. It's a bit confusing.
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The following code demonstrates how to extract the metadata from sealed content using the
peek method. The sealed content can be provided as any type of
java.io.InputStream; this example uses a file input stream. Once peeked, the file metadata, which includes the
Classification details, can be examined. The sample code prints out the human-readable classification details (the labels) that were sealed into the content.
peek method does not attempt to check the public header against its declared signature. If the metadata has been altered post-sealing, this method will not throw an exception.
Example 7-2
import static oracle.irm.engine.content.sealing.SealingOperationsInstance.peek; import java.io.FileInputStream; import java.io.IOException; import oracle.irm.engine.content.sealing.ContentDescription; import oracle.irm.engine.core.classification.Classification; import oracle.irm.engine.core.general.Label; public class PeekFile { public static void main(String[] args) throws IOException { // The name of the file to peek is the first // command line argument FileInputStream stream = new FileInputStream(args[0]); // Perform the peek, providing a stream to the sealed file ContentDescription contentDescription = peek(stream); // Close the file stream stream.close(); // Extract the classification details from the content Classification classification = contentDescription.getClassification(); // Show all the labels sealed into content for (Label label : classification.getLabels()) { System.out.println(label.getLocale().getDisplayName() + " : " + label.getName()); } } }


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Emily Gogolak
Emily Gogolak lives in New York City. Her work appears in publications including The New York Observer, Rolling Stone Middle East, GlobalPost, and IHT/Ha'aretz.
It's afternoon in downtown Manhattan, and Mohammad "Tipu" Sultan, a 34-year-old taxi driver from Bangladesh, stands by his car at a gas station on the corner of Houston and Broadway. It's one of the city's warmest summer days, and Sultan is carrying a plastic grocery bag filled with about a dozen water bottles. "I'm going to need these soon, after the last prayer, around eight, when I can break it," he says. Sultan is of course referring to the intensified prayer and sunrise-to-sundown fast followed by devout Muslims worldwide during the month of Ramadan, which began July 19 and ends Saturday night. Refueling his car before beginning his 12-hour shift, he points to an empty corner at the back of the station. "Look, they're starting," he says.
A small group of drivers has parked and unrolled prayer mats. Giant billboards towering overhead, the air filled with incessant honking, and the sidewalk packed with camera-clad tourists, they kneel eastward, praying toward Mecca. "We have until 7:45 or so to make this prayer, the fourth of the day, so people are going to be coming in and out to pray," Sultan explains.
This gas station is just one of hundreds of formal and informal destinations, from mosques to the parking lot of Kennedy Airport, where New York City's Muslim taxi drivers gather to pray five times daily (six during the month of Ramadan). Taj Khan, a Pakistani driver among the worshipers, says, "We work, but we stop, we pray." Another driver from Bangladesh, Akhtar Alam, seconds this. "I stop at whatever mosque falls on my route. I make it work with the system."
But drivers also say they face additional challenges behind the wheel besides intensified prayer and hours of fasting. According to Bhairvai Desai, director of the New York Taxi Workers Alliance, the largest taxi union in the country, taxi drivers are 30 percent more likely to be attacked on the job than any other worker. And when mixed with heightened anti-Islam sentiment in America, the threat to Muslim drivers—who make up over 50 percent of the city's driving community—is even greater. "They see a turban or taqiyah"—the short, rounded cap worn by observant Muslim men—"or read our name, and they think terrorist, terrorist," Sultan says. "Ever since I started driving, in 2002, I always have those passengers who get out and say, 'Go back to your country!' or 'You're a terrorist.'"
Mostly the discrimination is just talk, but sometimes the passengers act.
One night during Ramadan two years ago, Sultan was praying outside of the same downtown gas station when he heard news that would send shivers down the spines of Muslim taxi drivers across the city and beyond. Earlier that evening, Ahmed Sharif, a 44-year-old driver from Bangladesh, had just started his shift and was taking a passenger to 42nd Street and 2nd Avenue. The passenger asked him if he was Muslim and was observing Ramadan. He answered in the affirmative. Moments later, according to a public statement by Sharif, the passenger said, "This is the checkpoint" and "I have to bring you down." He reached across the plastic partition with a knife, slashed Sharif's throat, and stabbed him repeatedly on his arm, hands, and face. "We heard that the first thing out of Ahmed Sharif's mouth, after he escaped alive, was 'He cut me because I'm a Muslim!'" Sultan says.
Another incident occurred last December, when Egyptian cab driver Mohammad Ammar, 44, was allegedly attacked by William Bryan Jennings, co-director of North American fixed-income capital markets for Morgan Stanley. According to the police report, at the end of a 40-mile drive from Manhattan to Darien, Connecticut, Jennings refused to pay his fare, which led to an argument. Ammar told police the argument ended when Jennings said, "I'm going to kill you. You should go back to your country." Jennings then allegedly pulled out a 2 1/2-inch blade and stabbed him.
This Ramadan, fear of hate crimes is at a new high among Muslims in America. After six Sikh worshippers were killed at a temple in Wisconsin earlier this month in what was seen as an Islamophobic act (turbaned Sikhs, mistaken for Muslims, have been targeted in hate crimes since 9/11), the fear among drivers is tangible. "I let it go when people say things to me in the car," Alam, the Bangladeshi driver, says. He then paused and lowered his voice, "But, still, you never know. People are crazy."
In the midst of this fear, however, the observance of Ramadan can be a unifying force. "The Muslim community today is stronger than I've ever seen it," Sultan says, "If we can't make it to a mosque, we pray on the sidewalk. If the mosque is too crowded, we pray on the street. We aren't afraid to show we are Muslim." Khan agrees. "I don't care where the Imam is from, or where in the city I am," he says. "We are all Muslim. And we are not terrorists."
Sultan says he will probably break his fast at a mosque on 29th Street and Broadway, just a few blocks from where Sharif was attacked. It's highly likely, however, that he ended up praying on the sidewalk. Tiny and half underground, the mosque often attracts as many as 600 worshipers, and is sandwiched between a luxury apartment building, a 17th-century Protestant church, one of New York's trendiest hotels, and a Korean electronics store. Just before eight o'clock, dozens of taxis, "off-duty" lights on, park and further double-park on the block.
Drivers rush out, some with prayer mats and others with unfolded newspapers, and situate themselves on the street. More and more men stream in from around the corner. The imam starts the prayer, the fifth of the day, and about 200 men in the street move in unison.
At the same time, briefcase-toting professionals pass on the sidewalk. Italian tourists drink coffee on the steps of the hotel. Two photographers and a model are engaged in a photo shoot across the street. A group of Orthodox Jewish men walk by. The imam's voice grows louder amid honking traffic. Five minutes later, the prayer is over, the fast can be broken. A horde of men rush to the Halal restaurant upstairs. Others hop back into their taxis and back to their shifts. Abdoulaye, a driver from Senegal, says in French, "We're Americans, too. You see? Watch 'the melting pot.'"
All photos by Ian Veidenheimer.
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Supercod brauchte ein neues Logo Design und hat einen Wettbewerb auf 99designs gestartet.
Aus 148 Designs von 44 Designern wurde eine Gewinner gewählt.
http://www.paidonresults.com/ is getting a complete redesign and we are looking for a new, modern, professional logo that will be used as the base for this redesign.
paid on results
Paid On Results is a UK based Affiliate Marketing Network. Without going in to much detail, Paid On Results is basically in the online marketing arena.
The current logo includes a symbol http://www.paidonresults.com/99/logo-dc.jpg you can either chose to use the symbol in your design, improve it, change it or come up with something totally original, seeing new ideas is the preferred option.
Logo will be used across web and print so ideally using two colours and work well at different sizes.
Please note we are totally open minded when it comes to ideas for the logo.
We will be holding a separate web site design contest after the logo contest is complete with the logo being the base of the design.
Final file format would vector format, ideally Illustrator or Freehand.
All rights to the design will be fully transferred to Paid On Results Ltd at the end of the contest, once payment has been sent. All work must be original!
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A leading expert on psychological assessment and emotional intelligence, he has consulted to military and government agencies including the Canadian Forces©, U.S. Air Force, Army, Navy™, special units of the Pentagon, FBI Academy, as well as corporate organizations including American Express©, Air Canada©, Canyon Ranch®, Coca-Cola© (Mexico), and professional sports teams.
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sujito necesitaba un nuevo diseño de logotipo y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 95 diseños de 23 diseñadores freelance.
We are building a new way of social engagement based on tailored randomisation. The key theme is "Shake", and these are the characteristics:
- Shake-a-Friend is super intuitive and easy to use. It will take you less than 3 seconds to know what you have to do, which is basically touch the button "Shake!", to start shaking and be connected to a new random person for a chat conversation. Once you have shaked for the first time, you can start to build your profile so that the shakes are more tailored to your interests.
- You can kill time
- You can have insightful conversations with people you don't know
- You are likely to find people who share your interests
We need a logo which drives the rest of our brand. It needs to look attractive on a modern website and print well on business cards, although we can potentially have a main logo for the website and a different logo for the cards based on the same.
We have designed a draft of some "maracas" which we are attaching for information, although we are not constrained by this, which show the "shaking" as well as the "social" aspect of Shake-a-Friend.
We think maracas are good because they cover the fun aspect as well as the shake aspect, they make noise, they are a bit random in their sound, etc. Again, happy to see any other kind of creativity and something completely different and exciting
Our target market is mobile users between 18-35, 50% male, 50% female, with high education and interests to share information, thoughts, ideas, know new people, explore, and who are not afraid to try things a little bit outside their comfort zone.
We like bold cartoons and animations. We like Princess mononoke's spirit characters. We like the design of skype with rainbows and stars getting out of the "image box"
We like shadows and effects, we like 2D. We don't want too many colours so that it can look nicely on any page or print.
We would like to be able to take a small part of the logo (perhaps the head of a character) to create our page.ico, and the same for a potential iPhone or android app icon.
We like safe colours which can later be taken to build a beautiful modern website. We want something that people can easily read and understand.
It is appealing to the eye and shows how much fun you can have and the kind of interesting people you will meet.
The logo can be seen as stand-alone from the text if we want to use a drawing somewhere else
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All donations to MarineParents.com Travel Assistance Program will receive a receipt. This is an outreach program of MarineParents.com, an IRS-approved 501(c)(3) public charity. The mission of our Travel Assistance program is to provide financial assistance to Marine Corps family members who would otherwise not be able to attend their Marine's boot camp graduation.
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Attending the graduation ceremony for your newly-minted Marine is an experience every soon-to-be Marine parent would like to experience. However, some families cannot afford to attend their recruit's graduation. The MarineParents.com Travel Assistance Program purchases airline tickets for the parents or spouse of a recruit to attend their Marine's graduation from boot camp. When donations allow, we also pay for hotel accomodations. Travel expenses (airfare and hotel) vary widely depending on locations, but typically run approximately $650 per person and $1,000 for a couple traveling together.
All applicants to the MarineParents.com, Inc. Travel Assistance program are required to submit an application with financial records to verify significant need for travel assistance. Applications are accepted from single or married parent(s) or guardian(s) of a recruit as well as a legally married spouse of a recruit. Available funds may vary depending on donations. For more information about the application criteria and process, see MarineParents.com/TA


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A virtual
colonoscopy uses X-rays and computers (computed tomography [CT] or
magnetic resonance imaging [MRI]) to take two- or
three-dimensional images of the interior lining of your
large intestine (colon) and rectum. A virtual colonoscopy can be used to
screen for precancerous and cancerous growths in the colon or rectum (colorectal cancer), such as
polyps or tumors.
Virtual colonoscopy (also called computed tomographic
colonography, or CTC) is still being studied to determine whether the results
are as accurate as a
regular colonoscopy. Virtual colonoscopy is not yet
widely available.
Virtual colonoscopy is one of many tests that may be used to screen for colon cancer. Which screening test you choose depends on your risk, your preference, and your doctor. Talk to your doctor about what puts you at risk and what test is best for you.
For more information on screening tests for
colon cancer, see:
A virtual colonoscopy may be done
Virtual colonoscopy is not commonly done for other
conditions at this time but may prove to be useful to:
Virtual colonoscopy
requires the same cleansing colon prep as a regular colonoscopy. Colon prep
takes 1 to 2 days depending on which type of prep your doctor recommends. For
many people, the prep for a colonoscopy is more trying than the actual test.
Researchers are studying methods that could be used to mark (tag) stool in the
colon before virtual colonoscopy so cleansing colon preps would not be
Before this test, you will need to
clean out your colon. The following information gives you a general idea of the
preparation for a colonoscopy. Your doctor will give you specific instructions
before your test.
Virtual colonoscopy may be done in
a doctor's office, clinic, or a hospital. The test is most often done by a
doctor who specializes in performing and interpreting diagnostic imaging tests
(radiologist). The doctor may also have an
You will need to take off most of your clothes. You
will be given a gown to wear during the test.
First, you will be
asked to lie on your back. Air (or in some cases, carbon dioxide) will be used
to expand your colon. This helps the doctor see all parts of your colon. The
air is added using a tube placed in your anus. It may be uncomfortable when the
air is put into your colon. You may be given medicine to help the muscles in
your colon relax.
You will be asked to hold your breath while the
pictures of your colon are being taken. If you can't hold your breath for the
whole time, the doctor may need to take pictures a couple times in order to get
the whole colon. You may be asked to roll over and lie on your stomach. The
doctor will ask you to hold your breath again and pictures will be taken with
you lying in this position.
The test usually takes about 15 to 30
Virtual colonoscopy has advantages and disadvantages
compared to a regular colonoscopy.
If you have an average risk for colorectal cancer, virtual colonoscopy
may be an appropriate screening test for you. But if you are at an increased
risk, you may require a regular colonoscopy because tissue biopsies or polyp
removal can be done at the same time.
Virtual colonoscopy requires
the same cleansing colon prep as a regular colonoscopy. If an abnormality is
found on virtual colonoscopy, you may need a regular colonoscopy to remove and
test the abnormal tissue. Since your colon is already clean, you may have the
regular colonoscopy the same day.
Virtual colonoscopy is not
available everywhere because it requires special equipment and special training
to interpret the test. The initial evaluations on virtual colonoscopy were done
by highly trained radiologists, so the results of your virtual colonoscopy may
vary widely depending on the amount of experience your doctor's office or
clinic has with the procedure.
Virtual colonoscopy is being
studied to determine whether the results are as accurate (sensitivity) as a regular colonoscopy. More evidence
is needed to show that virtual colonoscopy is a benefit in people with average
risk for colon cancer and whether this screening method can prevent cancer.
Colon preps that are more comfortable are also being studied.
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