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SB -8 , the major charter school legislation introduced last week by Sen. Richard Stevens (R-Wake), continues to take shape. This morning, the Education/Higher Education subcommittee met to discuss a boatload of amendments to the Proposed Committee Substitute Amendment (PCS) to SB-8, which unfortunately is still not available online. Law makers were told to expect a vote next week on the legislation and amendments.
Now is not the time to discuss all the proposed amendments. In my view the most important provisions of the PCS include: removing the cap, eliminating restrictions on annual enrollment increases and the creation of a North Carolina Public Charter Schools Commission to authorize and administer charter schools. According to the bill, the commission will remain under the State Board of Education and will consist of eleven members. Two members will be appointed by the governor, four members by the House and four members by the Senate. The Superintendent of Public Instruction or their designee will also be a member. The commission will have the power to approve all applications for charter schools.
I understand there are charter school supporters on both sides of the Commission issue. Still, while I acknowledge the new commission has pluses — and may be better than the current arrangement which places the State Board of Education in the position of authorizing charter schools — somehow it doesn't seem right to create a bureaucracy to counter a bureaucracy, all in hopes of furthering less bureaucratic schools.


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Offering rich accommodation, La Lumière di Piazza di Spagna is found in a renovated medieval palace next to the most exclusive shopping districts in Rome. You will be within walking distance of the Trevi Fountain, Pantheon, Via Veneto and Piazza Navona.
A 3-star hotel, La Lumière di Piazza di Spagna provides free Wi-Fi and a stylish atmosphere where you can admire precious marble work and antique furniture. Relax in elegant rooms furnished with modern comforts such as satellite TV and jacuzzi bath. You can even request a room with a view.
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So the time to get up at silly o'clock is here and that means the start of a new season in F1. The wait is over and its time to see who 's who on track.
As my role within F1 falls consists of Audio Visual work within the team Motorhomes my actual F1 season doesn't start until May when the circus moves to a mainly European location.
This means that for the first four races I am watching as a fan but as well as looking at who's who on track I am looking at who's who off track. All the people that are walking the paddock and working in the garages are the same mechanics, journalists and ex racing drivers that will be at the races I will attend.
Although as I said I am watching as a fan I am also watching something very familiar, similar in some ways to a déjà vu.
I have loved Motor Racing from a teenager and I have followed F1 since then. That equates to around 10 years of viewing as just a fan. 10 years of not really paying that much attention to who was standing in the garage or who was at the podium celebrations etc. Then it's just some bloke or a group of non-descript blokes jumping and cheering. 10 years of wondering what it would be like to be there.
Personally I was very lucky to get to work in F1 and I never, not once ever planned to get a job within the sport. The day I walked into a race circuit and then into a team garage and stand next to a real F1 car was a very surreal experience. One I will never forget.
These days my viewing of the race is of course completely different. I have a good knowledge of the way things are done, the protocols that are in place and the faces of those working in the garage. No longer is it some bloke, it is a person I may consider a friend, somebody that I have had some good times with and seen them doing and saying things that will forever remain in the private domain but I know happened. I may see somebody that has been out of f1 for a season or two working for a team or organisation and I make a mental note to go see him or her when I get trackside. On track if the car is does or is doing well it adds an extra buzz of excitement that you may get a chance to run to the pit wall and be apart of that crowd at the foot of the podium yourself.
As well as that there is also the realisation in the back of your mind that your season is fast approaching and whatever you may have left to do in your preparations in and out of work it needs to be done sooner rather than later. Work wise its not so bad because you have a set deadline and the set-up time at the circuit so any final things can in a worst case be finished there. At home however you are leaving for (in my case nearly a month) an extended period and so certain things need to be planned ahead or be in place because you don't want to be sorting your personal life when you hundreds of miles away. Of course things do pop up when you're away but its best to try and keep that to a minimum.
When your working at the circuit you may not get the chance to pay 100% attention to the race, you may not get to see it at all so being at home on the sofa with a cup of coffee and your racing buddy is nice. Once the race has finished you can turn the TV off and go make a Sunday roast which is also nice knowing that those guys out there have to now pack up. On the other hand there is a part of you that wishes you were there and it makes you look forward to getting involved.
That feeling also comes with a pinch of guilt if, like me you have a young family. You may be looking forward to being in F1 but you are not looking forward to leaving them behind. Older children can be told and have an understanding of why you have to leave but a baby does not. This is something that I find difficult to deal with, knowing that mummy will have to deal with everything that the baby throws up which will include a few frustrated tears at wondering where I am. Skype does help a little but you can't have cuddles through a web cam.
So watching the first four races is a mixed bag of emotions but one thing to look forward to when you do the European races only is that you know that you can watch the conclusion to the season back on the sofa with that cup of coffee and my racing buddy who also happens to be the love of my life.


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Nearly 300 families a week are being forced to move into shoddy newly-built homes that have not been finished as builders cut corners to meet targets, it has been claimed.
Buyers are picking up keys to new homes to find leaks, mould, water-logged gardens, missing windows, badly fitted doors, broken toilets and gaps in the guttering.
In some cases, new-build buyers are discovering more than 170 faults in their homes and having to wait months for a builder to fix them.
Some 93 per cent of buyers report problems to their builders, according to a report by the all-party Parliamentary Group for Excellence in the Built Environment.
Of these, one in three are discovering around 11 faults, and one in five have more than 16 problems, according to the data collected as part of a new home customer satisfaction survey by the National House Building Council and the Home Builders Federation.
The same survey shows satisfaction levels among new-build buyers has fallen from 90 per cent to 86 per cent.
The report estimates that this means around 15,500 buyers a year – or 298 a week – are 'dissatisfied' with their property.
Having previously lived in a 'perfect' new-build house from CALA Homes, Andrea Fisher and her partner Steve Antonio were looking forward to a hassle-free move to another of the company's developments.
But seven months on, work to correct a 'snagging list' running to 12 pages has not been finished. The couple say their £390,000 house in Bishops Itchington, Warwickshire, was rushed to the point that much of the interior has needed replacing, including plasterwork and all the internal doors. There were problems with the lead guttering, causing water to pool on the roof, and a pipe could not be accessed.
Although completion was supposed to be last May or June, Miss Fisher, 41, and Mr Antonio, 38, were unable to move in until August. Miss Fisher said: 'We've been left to live in a house that isn't fit for purpose and should not have been sold to us in the state it is in.' CALA Homes said it has apologised to Miss Fisher and her partner and is working to put right the defects.
The trade bodies that conducted the survey dispute this figure, arguing that the number is nearer 4,000 as some respondents were neither happy nor unhappy. In January Bovis Homes was revealed to have paid buyers to move into unfinished homes to hit its sales targets by signing off properties as complete ahead of its financial deadline at the end of 2016. Some buyers said they had been offered £3,000.
Now families are complaining of similar problems at nearly all of the biggest developers, which are raking in huge profits from the drive to build more homes – and are under pressure to hit targets.
The Government wants 200,000 new homes built every year of this Parliament, but it appears the pressure is causing builders to cut corners. MPs have been lobbying the Government to intervene, fearing a further fall in standards. Last night Melanie Onn, Labour MP for Great Grimsby, said: 'It's not fair that people save up to buy their dream family home only to have it lie in ruins because of poor workmanship. The industry should be better focused on quality of finish otherwise they risk bringing all builders into disrepute.' The Home Builders Federation said: 'The overwhelming majority of new home buyers are happy with their purchase. In the small percentage of instances where there are issues builders will look to address them in a timely manner to the satisfaction of the customer.'


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Despite my best efforts, my school system- GoGuardian- does not know how to tell educational sites from malicious and or fake game websites like coolmaths. In turn, this leads it to block almost every site I go to. I would like to bypass this restriction and/ or remove goguardian altogether via coding. But the problem is, I'm a less than novice coder that needs help every ten seconds. Which is why i'm asking here. Is there a way?
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Corporate Social Responsibility, CSR can help attract and maintain skilled labor. With a corporate membership your company will get a natural opportunity to talk about your CSR activities - whether it is about providing clean water, ensure access to electricity through solar cells or preventing environmental problems.
The objective of Engineers Without Borders is to help the world's poorest in building a better and sustainable future in their local environment. We believe that the world's poorest have and can learn the necessary professional and technical competences for themselves to play a crucial role in building and developing their local communities. With a corporate membership of EWB-DK, your company can help fight against poverty and help "building a better tomorrow" for people who are affected by disasters and poverty.
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In 2015, EWB-DK has established several new CSR partnerships. Among others with Lodam Electronics A/S, a Danish engineering company working with innovative and efficient electronic climate control solutions. The partnership with Lodam focuses on combining the technical knowledge and interests of the company with EWB-DK's work and projects. By combining the technical knowledge of Lodam with that of EWBDK's volunteers, and sharing it with local partners, projects are elevated to a higher technical level, securing local sustainability and benefiting the end users.
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Along with "eat less and move more," the next most common diet advice might be "everything in moderation." When you deprive yourself of some food or the other, the thinking goes, it becomes an unnecessary craving. And if you just have a little now and again, it can't do too much harm. Findings from a recent study published in PLOS ONE fly in the face of that philosophy, saying that "diet diversity" (the number of different foods a person eats in a given period of time) may actually make you fatter.
Researchers at The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (UTHealth) and the Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy at Tufts University analyzed data from more than 6,000 people who participated in the long-running Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis, which collected diet and other information from a range of whites, blacks, Chinese-Americans and Hispanic-Americans in an effort to identify risk factors for heart disease. They looked specifically at this info reported by participants and measured several nutrition diversity-related categories:
- The number of different foods they consumed in a given week (diet diversity)
- How evenly calories were distributed across foods (Big Mac versus green salad)
- How similar or dissimilar the foods were from each other in terms of how they affect metabolic health, like sodium or fiber content
"In previous large studies what they did was ask people how many different foods they ate in a week," explains Marcia C. de Oliveira Otto, Ph.D., assistant professor at UTHealth. "That number alone was not catching a lot about the differences in the foods."
Researchers for Otto's study developed an index defining attributes that foods have related to healthfulness. So, a sweet potato is going to rate a lot better than a candy bar, giving a more accurate picture as to the overall quality of a person's diet.
After analyzing the dietary reports, the researchers compared the information with the waist circumferences of participants after five years and their Type 2 diabetes risk after 10. They found that the sheer number of different foods and caloric evenness didn't positively affect diabetes risk or waist circumference. In other words, eating a wide range of foods isn't going to earn you any health-related awards because the range often includes a lot of poor nutritional choices.
In fact, after five years, the people who reported higher levels of dissimilarity in their food choices actually experienced about a 120 percent greater increase in waist circumference than those participants who ate the same types of stuff all the time. This was a surprise to the researchers.
"We found that people with more dissimilarity were eating less of the healthy and more of the unhealthy," says Otto. "We suspect that the benefits from eating healthy foods was actually outweighed by the potential harm of eating unhealthy foods. So, basically eating a little bit of everything was not leading to health benefits as we used to think."
Of course, this outcome is assuming that the more limited selection of foods the person eats is all healthy as opposed to, say, a limited but fattening diet of burgers, fries and ice cream.
"The 'little bit of everything' notion is actually giving people permission to eat more of the unhealthy foods," Otto says. "This notion is playing a role in populational health."


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I know my comments are not in the correct space. I just read that Bob Sheppard had passed. I will allow the better writers to eulogize him here and elsewhere. The point of this posting is to describe how hard it was for me to explain to my 6 year old daughter why here Daddy had tears in in eyes. >
I told her of Bob's place in history, the impeccable elocution, the refinement, and the strength of character. When I described him "as the voice of God," she told me to be happy. "You'll hear him every Sunday." Then she gave me a big hug and bounced off to go play.>
This forum is for baseball and I respect that. Respect for Bob Sheppard – he is missed, but I'll get to hear him every Sunday, right?>
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Mertens, a former DI staffer and long-time SPI Board member, was editor and publisher of The (Burlington) Hawk Eye from 1984 to 2004. He died in 2004 and left a legacy of journalistic achievement over three decades. The DI continues to honor Bill through this scholarship, which has jumpstarted the careers of many exceptional student journalists.
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Did you know that more than 300 chemical reactions in the body rely on the mineral magnesium, yet the average American only get about three quarters of the recommended 400 milligrams a day? It is not overly surprising that the "standard American diet," with a heavy reliance on packaged and refined foods, results in deficiency. What is surprising, however, is that even people with a comparatively healthy diet can be at risk of deficiency of magnesium in the body due to improper meal planning, overcooked vegetables, or the wrong calcium to magnesium ratio. Dark leafy greens, legumes, nuts, and seeds are the best foods to ensure the body is getting enough magnesium.
What is the role of Magnesium in the body?
Maintains Nervous System Balance
All of our cells contain receptor cites that allow messages to be transported through the body. Some of the most studied receptors are the receptors found in brain cells. The NMDA receptor in the brain is the cite where recreational drugs and anesthetics seem to affect brain function. Research has shown that when magnesium levels are too low, the NMDA receptors are affected, and there is an increased risk of depression. Magnesium aids in calming the nervous system which is helpful not only for depression, but also sleep disorders, pre-menstral syndrome, irritability, and emotional disturbances.
Relaxes Muscles
Calcium contracts the muscles and magnesium relaxes them. Calcium blocking drugs are often given to stop heart disorders and headaches, but magnesium has been used to create the same effect. Some women get bad menstrual cramps and headaches associated with hormone changes prior to their monthly cycle. About a week or two before my period I always take a calcium, magnesium, and zinc supplement. I notice my body also craves lots of magnesium rich foods. I think this is why so many women crave chocolate! I never get cramps or headaches, ever. Maybe I am just blessed with good genes.
Maintains Bone Health
About 50-60 percent of Magnesium is stored inside the bone. Research has found that even a mild ongoing magnesium deficiency can lead to bone loss. When magnesium levels get low inside the body, levels of the parathyroid hormone go down. This leads to a decrease in calcium absorption, and a loss of both calcium and magnesium in the urine. The relationship with calcium and magnesium is one of the most actively studied, yet frequently misunderstood mineral interactions. Magnesium is necessary for calcium absorption, however, both calcium and magnesium compete with each other. I worked at a health food store many years ago and the science of that time stated that magnesium and calcium ratios had to be 2:1 in order to be properly absorbed. Now research is dictating a 1:1 ratio and clinical trials show that supplements with the incorrect ratio may cause the mineral with the higher level to completely block out the absorption of the other. The best remedy for this is to get minerals through whole foods rather than supplements if possible.
Facilitates Energy Production
One of the functions of our cells is energy production. This requires a complicated task involving a long chain of chemical reactions. Many of these reactions cannot take place unless magnesium is present. Low magnesium levels can be a contributing factor in causing fatigue.
Decreases Inflammation
While some inflammation in the body is useful for tissue repair and injury, chronic inflammation has been frequently linked to a greater risk of cardiovascular disease, obesity, diabetes, and dementia. Research has shown that restoring magnesium to recommended intakes has reduced inflammation in clinical trials.
Maintains Healthy Blood Sugar Levels
Magnesium is involved in the control of blood sugar and glucose metabolism. Research has shown that people with low levels of magnesium have poor blood sugar levels and improvements were found when magnesium levels normalized.
Best Magnesium Rich Foods
- Spinach
- Swiss Chard
- Pumpkin Seeds
- Halibit
- Collard Greens
- Turnip Greens
- Mustard Greens
- Green Beans
- Sea Vegetables
- Black Strap Molasses
- Sesame Seeds
- Black Beans
- Sunflower Seeds
- Cashews
- Almonds
For a full list of all magnesium rich foods visit Worlds Healthiest Foods.
How to Prepare Vegetables to Maximize Magnesium Content
Magnesium is a mineral and unlike vitamins, nothing can be created or destroyed in the process of cooking. That being said, magnesium can be lost in the cooking water during boiling and steaming, especially the longer the process takes place. A study was conducted on spinach and kale and found that after boiling for 3-5 minutes 20 to 30 percent of the magnesium was lost into the water. One effective way to save the lost minerals is to re-purpose the water for a sauce or soup. Leafy greens are delicate and really do not need much more than a one to two minute quick steam or sauté.
Can I Be Eating Too Much Magnesium?
Too much Magnesium can occur from supplementation, but not usually from food alone. The National Academy of Sciences and the Institute of Medicine have not established any upper limit on magnesium. A level of 350 milligrams, from supplementation alone, has been known to cause loose stools. Those with renal failure need to follow special guidelines on magnesium as the kidneys are the primary regulator of blood magnesium levels.
I have a pretty healthy diet rich in a variety of whole foods. I like to buy whatever seasonal produce that looks appealing. I often run out of a particular fruit or veg but have a whole crisper full of beets (Thanks Ashley!) So I can't justify buying more until I use up what I have. What this means is that I may go for a while without spinach, kale, or dark leafy greens. I probably get most of the magnesium through almonds and almond milk, but after a while without the greens, I will crave them and feel the difference after I eat them. For me, magnesium is the best mineral for when I am feeling easily irritated, stressed out, muscle soreness, or having trouble sleeping. My favorite magnesium supplement, for when I am not eating what I should is Natural Calm by Natural Vitality. I like this one because it is loose powder and I can control how much I want to take. A serving gives 80 percent of the daily amount (325 milligrams), which is more than most people need.
This post was inspired by a woman wanting to know more about magnesium. Customer requests help me direct my creativity and are always welcome and appreciated.
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Byrd-Bredbenner, Moe, Beshgetoor, Berning. Wardlaw's Perspective's in Nutrition. Ninth Edition. Mcgraw Hill. 2012.
Pitchford, Paul. Healing with Whole Foods. Third Edition. North Atlantic Books.,Berkley, California. 2002.
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Sagicor General first achieved its A. M. Best rating of A- (Excellent) in the year 2002 and has continued to maintain this rating, which reflects our historically profitable operating performance, prudent underwriting leverage, regional market presence and parental support.
In the latter part of 2007 Sagicor Financial Corporation acquired the managing agency of Lloyd's Syndicate 1206. Now known as Sagicor at Lloyd's, the company writes Property and Casualty business, and will spearhead Sagicor's development as a competitive institution in the European marketplace.
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Efficient, Accurate Mortgage Recordings
VisiRecording is designed to deliver a productivity boost of 50% or higher. This workflow driven product streamlines your recording function by efficiently processing Real-Estate collateral and manages county correspondence.
Our goal is to assist mortgage services in decreasing their operational costs. This product is able to align people, process, and technology at a service provider. We understand the priorities of a servicer such as the urge to reduce cycle time and demand to cut down county rejections.
The Challenge
Recording teams are required to properly carry out many steps before dispatching it to the county. These steps include calculating the correct check amount, attaching the right affidavits, and considering marginal requirements. The requirements vary from state to state and county-to-county, so the team must be sure to be county specific. County specialists must be relied on to recognize and understand the various distinctions. This knowledge requires years of training and observation of county rejections. E-Recording presents another speed bump since the user must constantly switch between spreadsheets and the E-Recording vendor portal.
We have designed servicers that conduct this manual intensive process that eliminate any excess time and preserve valuable resources. VisiRecording® offers workflow technology to ensure continuous operations. It carries out data transfer between the processor. This product also provides a comprehensive list of all of the county guidelines. These are presented the user, so that all of the requirements can be fulfilled. Designed using the latest webservice architecture VisiRecording® is integration friendly with existing upstream and downstream systems.
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Using business process modeling techniques the recording process was translated into an optimized workflow consisting of automated, hybrid and manual tasks. This allows the supervisor to assign, monitor and measure workload of Full Time Employees (FTEs), teams and various departments. Business processes have been automated, to pull, translate and populate existing information from upstream systems. Similar automation was designed to feed downstream systems as well.
Our team has refined the entire business process to maximize efficiency and significantly reduce cycle time. Separate queues for management, supervisors and users are put in place to prioritize work and highlight any exceptions.
A business engine enables the users to define complex business conditions. These business conditions are associated with the relevant tasks to ensure verification at the completion of each task. A powerful and flexible print engine is implemented for the printing of checks and cover letters.
VisiRecording® is an orchestration of task dependent workflow, rule templates and interfaces operating seamlessly under a queue management environment. Individual team members or whole teams can operate locally, near-shore or offshore. A 20 person recording team could improve its throughput by 100%. = Hypothetically, a 20 person recording department can be cut down to 4 in the US and 10 offshore, lowering the cost per loan order to $3.00.
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- Supports automatic ACH transaction with E-Recording vendors
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- Escalation if task is not completed within due date
- Flexible cover letter templates for all states/counties for all document types
- Option of setting up shared work queues or work queues with automatic load distribution
- Built-in county recording guidelines and ways to maintain them on an ongoing basis
- Automated generation of paying agent information
- Digital signature capability for signers
- Suspend/Resume any transaction in case of NSF, short payment, etc.
- Provide the capability to integrate with the new loan number in case of internal refinance loans
- Built in Issue management system. Escalate, assign, re-assign recording issues to team-members. Also keep log of all issues and report them accordingly
- Workflows to handle county rejections. Assign, re-assign to the right team for corrective actions and resubmit to the county accordingly.
- Supports document attachment for record keeping. Attach images of recordable docs and supporting docs from the file.
- Schedule your printers for checks and coversheets printing or take manual control
- Integration with imaging system
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- Interface with Title Company for sending and receiving research request.
- Interface with Abstractors if delegation is required
- Data exchange interface with Servicing System
- Load all data required from servicing/origination system and post updated info in return
- Interface with document management group to get the recordable or recorded mortgage document to provide flexibility to outsource the process to any outside vendor.
- Interface with Servicing Check Processing System for Request Check using file update facility (601 Transaction Code – "CORPORATE ADVANCE DISBURSEMENTS")
- Interface with county website and force associate to check other sources and exhaust all options before ordering research to save research cost
Visionet offers a comprehensive range of solutions and services for mortgage and title firms. To learn more, please visit the Visionet Mortgage microsite.


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Create an SAPUI5 Application for SAP Variant Configuration and Pricing
You will learn
- How to use SAP API Business Hub's productivity tools for developers (like sandbox environment and code snippet generator) to easily test cloud services
- How to use SAP Cloud Platform's trial environment and SAP Web IDE to build a small SAPUI5 application
- How to orchestrate and use the different APIs of the Variant Configuration and Pricing services
Create a free trial account on the SAP Cloud Platform to be able to use the Web IDE. Go to SAP Cloud Platform and click on Start your free trial.
Fill the registration form by providing you name, email and a password. Once your account is created, log in and launch SAP Web IDE.
Direct link: (https://account.hanatrial.ondemand.com/cockpit)
In the Web IDE, create a new application from the template by selecting File -> New -> Project from Template.
Select the SAPUI5 Application template, then click Next.
Provide a descriptive project name and namespace, then click Next.
You may rename the initial view, then click Finish.
The application is now created. The configuration will be created using the API during the initialization of the form.
Add an empty
onInit function to the controller, /
ProductConfigurationAPITutorial ->
webapp ->
controller ->
Main.controller.js, in which the API will be called.
You will call the following cloud service APIs:
POST /api/v2/configurationsto create a new product configuration.
GET /api/v2/knowledgebases/{kbId}to read static master data for display (descriptions of a characteristic and its values in our example).
PATCH /api/v2/configurations/{configurationId}/items/{itemId}/characteristics/{characteristicId}to change a characteristic value.
GET /api/v2/configurations/{configurationId}to read and displayed the changed configuration results.
POST /api/v1/statelesspricingto get the price based on the chosen characteristic value.
In the API Business Hub search for SAP Variant Configuration, find the SAP Variant Configuration and Pricing API Package and select it.
Once on the API package page, choose Variant Configuration service.
On the API reference, find the
POST /api/v2/configurations method and click on the Code Snippet link.
Click on the JavaScript tab and then click on the Copy and Close buttons to copy the code to your clipboard.
APIKeyis used as an authentication method. Each time an API is called, the
APIKeyneeds to be sent in the http request header. Make sure you are logged in SAP API Business Hub when copying the code to your clipboard so that your
APIKeyis automatically added in the generated code. If you need to get your
APIKey, you can use the Show API Key button on the same page.
Back in Web IDE, add the copied code from the API Business Hub to your
onInit function. For the data variable use the example input JSON found for the service on API Hub.
var data = JSON.stringify({
"productKey": "CPS_BURGER",
"date": "2018-08-09",
"context": [{
"name": "VBAP-VRKME",
"value": "EA"
ESLINT errors caused by console statement or hard-coded URL can be switched off in project settings or by inserting
Java /* eslint-disable */in the first line.
Run your application. You should see a blank application with a title. The pre-generated code puts the results of the API in the browser console. To find the result, open your browser's developer tools and go to the Console tab.
Which field in the response body of service endpoint
/api/v2/configurations returns the unique identifier of the configuration? This identifier must be provided as input field
configurationId to the subsequent calls to the other endpoints, e.g. to change a characteristic value.
The result from the API consists of the configuration, characteristics, and characteristic values. Add a
ComboBox to display characteristic
CPS_OPTION_M value.
Open your main view and add a
ComboBox. The
ComboBox items and selected item will be set from the result of the API call.
Ensure that core namespace is declared via
Back in the controller file, you will need to define the model used in the view. You need to add the
JSONModel library to your controller. In the
define at the top of the controller, add the
JSONModel library by adding
sap/ui/model/json/JSONModel and defining the
JSONModel in the controller function.
], function (Controller, JSONModel) {
In the
onInit function, you need to save the current version so that you can access the view associated with the controller in the API call response. Create a new variable called self and set it to this.
var self = this;
Additionally, you need to create a new
JSONModel to house the results of the API call. Bind a new empty
JSONModel to the view.
this.getView().setModel(new JSONModel({}));
To actually bind the result to the model, you need to parse the API response in the
xhr.addEventListener function. The result from the API comes back as text, so you need to parse it to JSON.
var jsonResults = JSON.parse(this.responseText);
Then, you can set the relevant properties into the model. The
ComboBox needs
CPS_OPTION_M possible values and its initial value.
var CPS_OPTION_M = jsonResults.rootItem.characteristics.find(function (i) { return i.id === "CPS_OPTION_M"; });
self.getView().getModel().setProperty("/possible_values", CPS_OPTION_M.possibleValues);
if (CPS_OPTION_M.values.length > 0) {
self.getView().getModel().setProperty("/value", CPS_OPTION_M.values[0].value);
} else {
self.getView().getModel().setProperty("/value", "");
The used find() statement is not supported by Internet Explorer 11.
Save your changes. If you execute the application, you will see a
ComboBox filled with
CPS_OPTION_M characteristic possible values, having the selected value be the default value for this characteristic.
Next, update the configuration if the user changes the value of the
ComboBox. First, you need to declare a new event on the
ComboBox control in the view.
Back to the main controller, create an empty
onChange function.
onChange: function (oEvent) {
As in step 3, head over to SAP API Business Hub, locate the PATCH
/api/v2/configurations/{configurationId}/items/{itemId}/characteristics/{characteristicId} method and copy the JavaScript code.
Add the copied
Javascript code from API Business Hub to the newly created
onChange function.
Change the data variable declaration to assign the value from the value property of the view model, which is bound to the
ComboBox value.
var data = JSON.stringify({
"values": [{
"value": this.getView().getModel().getProperty("/value"),
"selected": true
Since this API PATCH method does not return a response body, in the
xhr.addEventListener call of the
onChange function, you may change the console log so that the response code is logged instead of the response text.
To fill out all parameters for this API method, you need to add a few fields in the view model, namely
configuration id and
item id. Add these new properties on the model in the
xhr.addEventListener call of the
onInit function so that the model is filled when the configuration is loaded.
self.getView().getModel().setProperty("/config_id", jsonResults.id);
self.getView().getModel().setProperty("/item_id", jsonResults.rootItem.id);
Once they are added in the model, replace hard-coded
{configurationID} and
{itemID} in the generated
url in the
onChange function by the values in the model. Likewise, replace hard-coded
{characteristidID} by
"https://sandbox.api.sap.com/cpservices/prodconf/api/v2/configurations/" +
this.getView().getModel().getProperty("/config_id") + "/items/" +
this.getView().getModel().getProperty("/item_id") + "/characteristics/ CPS_OPTION_M"
Almost done! The variant configuration API uses HTTP header fields
etag and
If-Match as an optimistic lock. You need to capture the
etag header in the model from the HTTP response when loading the configuration and send back that value in the
If-Match HTTP header when updating the configuration. In the
xhr.addEventListener call of the
onInit function, set the
etag property of the model with the
etag value of the response header.
self.getView().getModel().setProperty("/etag", this.getResponseHeader("etag"));
In the same way, you need to capture the
etag value of the characteristic change response in case the user wants to update the value multiple times. Add the same line in the
xhr.addEventListener call of the
onChange function.
Back in the
onChange function, fill the
If-Match request header value with the
etag value of the model.
xhr.setRequestHeader("If-Match", this.getView().getModel().getProperty("/etag"));
Do not forget variable
selfin this and the coming new functions.
Run your application. You should see a
ComboBox filled with the possible values of characteristic
CPS_OPTION_M, having the selected value be the default value for this characteristic. If you change the value of the
ComboBox, the call is made to the API to change the value, and you can see the response code in the JavaScript console, which should be 200.
By how much is the
eTag value in the service response header increased with each change to the characteristic
CPS_OPTION_M? Check the development tools of your browser.
Currently, the value keys are displayed in the interface. In a real-world scenario, you might want to provide the value descriptions to the user and add a label to the
combo box. This can be achieved by getting the knowledge base details.
First, create a new method
readKb in the controller that takes a knowledge base id as parameter.
When creating a configuration (Step 4), the knowledge base id is returned from the API. To get the
KB details, another API needs to be called. Go to the API Business Hub (as in step 3), locate the
GET/api/v2/knowledgebases/{kbId} method, copy the JavaScript code then paste it in the
readKb function.
Modify the URL of the request to include the knowledge base ID function parameter.
xhr.open("GET", "https://sandbox.api.sap.com/cpservices/prodconf/api/v2/knowledgebases/" + kbId + "?$select=products,classes,characteristics,characteristicSpecifics,bomItems,description");
Now you need to bind the possible values to the model by parsing the response text to JSON then retrieving the
possible_values property of
CPS_OPTION_M. Also, add the characteristic name to a new model property
var jsonResults = JSON.parse(this.responseText);
var CPS_OPTION_M = jsonResults.characteristics.find(function (i) {
return i.id === "CPS_OPTION_M";
self.getView().getModel().setProperty("/possible_values", CPS_OPTION_M.possibleValues);
self.getView().getModel().setProperty("/name", CPS_OPTION_M.name);
Remember to remove the assignment of
possible_values to the model in the
addEventListener function of the
onInit function.
Now, you need to call the new function
readKb when the configuration is created with the knowledge base id, at the
addEventListener of the
onInit function.
In the view, add a
SimpleForm which contains the previous
ComboBox and a new Label. Set the label text to the new model property
Finally, adjust the
ComboBox control in the view so that elements
id and
name of
possible_values are used as key and text respectively.
<sap.ui.layout.form:SimpleForm xmlns:sap.ui.layout.form="sap.ui.layout.form" editable="true" layout="ResponsiveGridLayout" id="form0">
<Label text="{/name}" id="label"/>
<ComboBox items="{/possible_values}" selectedKey="{/value}" selectionChange="onChange">
<core:Item key="{id}" text="{name}"/>
Run your application. The value descriptions are provided by the
ComboBox, and the label text comes from the knowledge base.
In addition to the configuration, SAP Variant Configuration and Pricing also provides a way to calculate the pricing.
In the Burger model, the price is influenced by the menu option. By changing the menu option values, we should see a difference in the calculated price.
For the pricing API to correctly reflect the status of the configuration, the variant condition
characteristic values needs to be provided. Which means that the configuration needs to be read after updating it in the app.
Locate the GET
/api/v2/configurations/{configurationId} in the SAP API Business Hub, copy the JavaScript code and paste it in a new method
Modify the URL of the request to include the configuration ID from the model.
xhr.open("GET", "https://sandbox.api.sap.com/cpservices/prodconf/api/v2/configurations/" + this.getView().getModel().getProperty("/config_id"));
In the
xhr.addEventListener function, assign the configuration JSON in a new attribute
Call this new method from the
xhr.addEventListener function of the
onChange method, so that the configuration is read again as soon as it is modified.
Next, add new read-only fields that will be used to show the base price and selected options as well as a button to calculate the price.
Do not forget to update your
i18n file with the new labels!
basePrice=Base price
selectedOptions=Selected options
getPrice=Get pricing
Next, go to the SAP API Business Hub, locate the
/api/v1/statelesspricing method in the Pricing service, copy the JavaScript code and paste it in a new method
There are a lot of parameters in this API that you would fill out in a real-world application. But for this tutorial, hard code all values except for the
KOMP-VARCOND attribute of the item 000010.
Get the variant condition values from the configuration and assign them to the
KOMP-VARCOND attribute in the request data.
var varCond = this._config.rootItem.characteristics.find(function (i) {
return i.id === "CPS_VARCOND";
var varCondValues = [];
for (var i = 0; i < varCond.values.length; i++) {
In the
xhr.addEventListener function of the
onPrice function, get the net value as well as the value of the condition purposes
ZSS1 and
ZSS2, which in this test model means Base Price and Selected Options, and assign them to the JSON model.
var jsonResults = JSON.parse(this.responseText);
self.getView().getModel().setProperty("/price", jsonResults.netValue);
self.getView().getModel().setProperty("/base_price", jsonResults.conditionsWithPurpose.find(function (i) {
return i.purpose === "ZSS1";
self.getView().getModel().setProperty("/selected_options", jsonResults.conditionsWithPurpose.find(function (i) {
return i.purpose === "ZSS2";
Run your application. The selected options and price values will change depending on the menu option you choose.
Congratulations! You have successfully completed the tutorial. We hope that you find it useful and it helps you to start discovering our services.
In the example above, possible values of the characteristic are read at the end only from the knowledge base. List of possible values can change during runtime, therefore in a real world example possible values from configuration results must be considered.
In the example above, the sandbox environment of the API Hub is used with an API key when calling the services. In the productive environment, OAuth authentication with client credentials would be used.
In the example above, the configuration service is called without providing session context. For optimal performance and resource consumption, please ensure that the cookie retrieved with each configuration creation (implementation in the
onInitevent listener of the function in our example) is used when calling the other configuration service APIs for the same configuration session (functions
readKB, and
getConfigin our example).
self.getView().getModel().setProperty("/cookie", this.getResponseHeader("set-cookie"));
xhr.setRequestHeader("Cookie", this.getView().getModel().getProperty("/cookie"));
Please read the development guide (https://help.sap.com/viewer/p/SAP_VARIANT_CONFIGURATION_AND_PRICING) for more information about how to use the services.
Step 1: Create a cloud account
Step 2: Create an SAPUI5 application
Step 3: Get pre-generated code
Step 4: Load configuration in your application
Step 5: Run your application
Step 6: Display characteristic value
Step 7: Change characteristic value
Step 8: Use value description
Step 9: Calculate pricing
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New Music: The Underachievers "Play Your Part"Posted by Andy B. under New Music
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Thanks to a strong showing of fan support, buzzing Brooklyn duo The Underachievers will now release their eagerly anticipated debut mixtape, Indigoism, tonight at 9pm EST—slightly earlier than its scheduled midnight arrival. And as a final test of our impatience, the Brainfeeder-signed, Beast Coast-repping pair treat us to the project's woozy closing track, "Play Your Part." It might not have been shared with full consent, though: "Our label and management just spazzed on me you see the sh*t I do for you guys!" tweeted Dash. Still, give it a listen below and check back on MissInfo.tv later tonight when Indigoism finally drops.
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This Museum is open 7 days a week, from noon to four pm, except legal holidays. Plattsburgh Art Museum, Plattsburgh State University of New York, Myers Fine Arts Building, Plattsburg, NY, 12901 . Phone (518) 564-2475. Plattsburgh Art Museum
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One of the most important decisions you'll make about your home audio system is whether it will be wired or wireless. As the new kid on the block, you may not know much about wireless audio. Before you can even consider adding it to your home you may want some answers to some common questions Maybe you're wondering how the sound transmitted and if it is reliable. Or maybe you want to know what sources work well with a wireless system. Perhaps the most important question of all: would a wire-free audio system benefit your Atlanta, GA home? Continue reading to get a handle on the facts and find your answer.
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For many people, music is an essential part of life. It invigorates the soul in the morning and soothes us during the evening. Music is well known to have a significant impact on mood, productivity, and even health. That's why it makes sense to create the perfect environment for music enjoyment in your Baltimore, MD home. Elevating the quality of music to its highest potential requires more than just off-the-shelf speakers stuck on bookshelves and end tables. Below, we discuss the features that turn a regular multi-room audio system into one that is fit for a luxury home.
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Wireless audio systems have come a long way in the last decade. Instead of bulky, unreliable devices, you can now get an elegant system that provides high-fidelity music at the push of a button. Many homeowners opt for a "plug and play" system that gives instant access to music. However, if you want to go beyond basic capabilities and create a listening environment perfectly suited to your home's acoustics and décor, then a professional installation is the way to go. Keep reading to learn how a professional audio installation goes above and beyond for luxury homes in the Baltimore, MD area.


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As a periodontist whose practice is largely focused on dental implant therapy, the author believes the topic of dental implant maintenance is important but subject to confusion due to a lack of protocol in the literature. The fact is, implants are not like teeth and, therefore, must be maintained differently. Further, because when peri-implant disease develops, it is so unpredictable and difficult to treat, practitioners should make every effort to prevent its occurrence if possible. This is best achieved through a personalized approach to both home care and office hygiene visits, whose duration and frequency should be determined according to the individual patient's need.
How Implants Differ From Teeth
The main difference between teeth and dental implants lies in their tissue attachments. The peri-implant attachment is quite different from the periodontal attachment. The peri-implant attachment is lacking around the implant, and at the gingival margin the gingival fibers run circumferential, parallel to the implant, so they are not inserted inside the abutment or the implant surface, unlike around a tooth, where there is a hemidesmosomal attachment to the gingiva. Therefore, the peri-implant soft-tissue junction does not create a seal as the periodontium does.
Dental implant maintenance is especially important in light of evidence that, according to the 3rd EAO Consensus Conference, peri-implantitis defined by Froum and Rosen as peri-implant disease that has progressed beyond peri-implant mucositis to the point of bone loss1 develops within 5 years of placement among one in five patients.2
While the stated goal of dental implant maintenance is to reduce the number of peri-implantitis cases behind such statistics, the real objective is to eliminate the condition entirely, ideally through prevention, but certainly at the first sign of inflammation—ie, peri-implant mucositis—which is seen in nearly 63% of the patients.
Risk Factors for Peri-implantitis/Restoration Failure
The author's position is that peri-implantitis and subsequent implant failure could best be avoided by understanding and addressing the factors that place some patients at higher risk for its development. Among them are local factors such as previous or current periodontitis, residual subgingival cement, occlusal overload, foreign body reaction, and poor oral hygiene, which can be countered by teaching patients the right oral hygiene techniques. Because patients' peri-implant health is affected by systemic issues such as smoking, diabetes, and generalized chronic inflammation, it is important to ensure a good patient history and referral to the right medical professional.3
How Implants Should be Maintained at Home
Homecare generally includes brushing, flossing, and the use of mouth rinses. Mainly because patients may ask about it, doctors should also be aware of an Ayurvedic technique called oil pulling, where oil is swished between the teeth or implants for about 20 minutes. Although there are some studies suggesting this method reduces bacteria and gingivitis, it has not been studied to determine its effect on peri-implantitis or peri-implant mucositis and should, therefore, not be recommended.
The evidence is somewhat mixed on whether powered or manual toothbrushes are best for implants. Results of a 6-year multicenter study reported significant decrease in bleeding on probing (BOP) and plaque using electric brushes.4 Another paper based on a systematic review of self-performed oral hygiene practices for optimal maintenance of dental implant-supported restorations revealed a lack of evidence to support best practices, but concluded that powered toothbrushes were found to perform better than manual toothbrushes.5 Ultimately, the right tool depends most of all on the patient's willingness and ability to use it properly. For patients with poor dexterity, an electric toothbrush is specifically recommended.
There is a fair amount of literature on mouthrinses. For example, chlorhexidine irrigation seems to be more effective in reducing plaque and bleeding than swishing it alone, and swishing Listerine® mouthwash was also found to be better than saline with regard to reducing plaque and bleeding around dental implants. These findings from the Cochrane Database of Systemic Review done in 20106 found no difference between toothbrushes or between chlorhexidine rinse or saline rinse. More studies are needed to verify whether swishing Listerine mouthwash is actually better than chlorhexidine.
Flossing/Interdental Devices/Oral Irrigator
Numerous tools are available for interdental cleaning. Interdental brushes can be helpful in patients who have implant-supported prostheses on bars, but they must have the dexterity to use them properly. Such patients may also have difficulty getting underneath the prosthesis with floss. The author recommends the use of oral irrigators/water flossers—particularly for patients with limited manual dexterity—which are supported by studies published in 20137 and 2015.8 Both of these studies found that water flossers are 80% more effective than string floss in reducing bleeding around dental implants after 30 days.
There are a wide variety of such interdental products on the market. For implant patients, the author recommends choosing an oral irrigator that pulsates and has at least two tips: the universal tip and the dental implant tip with three tufts. A Tufts University School of Dental Medicine study found a water flosser with implant tip was 145% more effective than string floss around implants when used in conjunction with a manual toothbrush.9 Significant reduction of gingival bleeding at 2 weeks and 30 days, respectively, were reported.9 Improvement in the health of tissues around implants can be seen in one patient who presented with inflammation around an implant (Figure 1), and another patient with a full-arch prosthesis that now has minimal-to-no plaque around both the top and bottom peri-implant tissues (Figure 2).
An oral health study from the University of Southern California's Center for Biofilm Research reported that holding a water jet over the surface of the implant tooth removed 99.9% of mature plaque biofilm in only 3 seconds.10
Establishing a Good Implant Maintenance Program
Brushing and Flossing
Recommendations to patients should consider the individual—including dexterity, motivation, and the type of restoration. Unless there are dexterity problems, the author generally leaves it to implant patients to choose whether to use an electric or manual toothbrush, but based on the literature, strongly recommends that they incorporate a water flosser or oral irrigator. Patients who are avid string flossers should be cautioned about the risk of injury to gingiva and peri-implant tissues using the floss because the attachment of the peri-implant tissues is not as strong as the periodontium.11,12 To prevent permanent damage to those tissues, they may be switched to an oral irrigator.
Educating Patients About the Importance of Maintenance
In addition to the challenge of convincing patients to adhere to proper home maintenance is getting them to comply with recommended office visit recommendations. For that reason the team must take the time to educate patients about not only the methods, but the importance of the maintenance visit. Patients should be made aware that this is not just to prevent peri-implantitis—which can be costly, time-consuming, and unpredictable—but to maintain their oral health for the sake of their overall health, especially if they are suffering from or are at risk for chronic illnesses.
Recall Visit Management for Implant Patients
Intervals Between Appointments
Determining the interval between appointments—anywhere from 1 to 6 months—should be personalized, based on the patient's ability to perform good oral hygiene at home. There is no protocol established in the literature for the 6-month interval for implant patients. To prevent the development of peri-implantitis in a patient who has difficulty cleaning underneath the prosthesis, an interval of 1 or 2 months may be appropriate.
Length of Appointments
Then, too, to consider is the length of the appointment—anywhere from 30 to 60 minutes, depending on the complexity of the care rendered in the office. For example, for a patient with six implants and no dentition, 30 minutes may be sufficient, but most patients have mixed dentition and implants, so usually a 45- to 60-minute dental maintenance visit is necessary in order to complete good record-taking, patient education, and plaque removal.
Implant-Related Record-Keeping
Records such as photographs and radiographs taken by the hygienist at the implant maintenance appointment show how the patient is maintaining over time. Ideally, radiographs should be taken once a year. Pocket depths, BOP, inflammation, and plaque levels should be reported. Occlusion and mobility also should be noted. Baseline photographs, radiographs, and probing depths should be taken at the time of implant placement and prosthesis delivery, so changes can be monitored over time.
Medical History, Including Supplements
In addition to assessing the patient's hygiene, oral health, systemic health, and medications, it is important to determine their wellness status and ask about nutritional supplements, because 68% of Americans today take some kind of supplements that can affect oral health.13 If they do not take supplements, that could be a problem, too. An example is a lack of vitamin D—a systemic deficiency that increases the risk of osteoporosis, high blood pressure, allergies, colds and flu, mental health, and heart problems. An adequate level, on the other hand, positively affects oral health by reducing inflammation and modulating cell growth and immune function. Vitamin D level has also been inversely associated with gingival bleeding and level of periodontal disease.14
Therefore, the author suggests gathering information about the patient's vitamin D level or asking them to be tested. Optimal vitamin D recommendations (Table 1) are now rising in keeping with research that supports it.14
Given patient concerns about radiation exposure, it is important to know how, when, and why radiographs should be taken. Although there are concerns about radiation, radiographs make it possible to determine bone levels at baseline—ie, at implant and restoration insertion—and to monitor them over time. Vertical radiographs should be as parallel as possible to the implant body, so that the implant threads are clearly visible. Typically, periapicals should be taken once a year around dental implants. Figure 3 and Figure 4 shows bone loss up to the fifth and sixth thread.
It is important to know when and how to probe for the same reasons as taking radiographs—to establish initial pocket depths at baseline (insertion of the restoration) and to monitor for changes over time. For this, a traditional periodontal probe should be used, exerting light force, 0.25 N. However, unlike bone loss, neither BOP nor probing depths—even as much as 6 mm—are correlated to bone loss around implants, according to the Estepona consensus on peri-implantitis 2012.15
Assessing Plaque Level
The plaque/calculus level should also be documented regularly for signs of changes. The location (supragingival, subgingival, or on the prosthesis itself), severity (mild, moderate, severe), and whether it is anterior/posterior, buccal/lingual, and upper should be documented to see if there is improvement at the next hygiene visit.
According to the literature, the location of plaque may affect its accumulation. Quirynen et al16 found minor differences in the amount of plaque on rough versus smooth surfaces, but Wennerberg et al17 reported similar plaque formation. Baldi et al concluded that dual acid-etched surfaces have greater plaque accumulation than machined surfaces, but there is less marginal bone loss.18 Because etched or rough surfaces around dental implants have greater plaque accumulation but less marginal bone loss than machined surfaces, it is best to try to protect implant surfaces from plaque exposure but to correct it if it has been exposed.
Plaque Accumulation Removal
While some hygienists like to use plastic scalers, studies show that all scalers, whether filled or unfilled resin or titanium, leave scratches on the titanium surface.19 Instead, hygienists can use ultrasonic devices that come with the rubber tip protectors that cause less damage or scratches to the abutment. Hygienists should be mindful of minimizing scratches on the smooth implant/abutment surface, because scratches can actually increase the plaque accumulation.
The author does not recommend using air-powder abrasive for cleaning around implants to avoid bleeding particles around the tissues. A study by Tastepe and others noted minor surface changes on titanium treated with air-powder abrasives, with treatment results influenced by the powder type being used, the application time, and whether the powder was applied surgically or nonsurgically; remnants were observed on and impacted in the titanium surface.20
Checking Occlusion/Occlusal Overload
That the implant patient's occlusion should be checked at every hygiene visit is suggested by the literature, including a monkey study by Isidor associating a loss of osseointegration with occlusal overload of oral implants21 and a review by Fu et al22 in which unbalanced occlusion affected the marginal bone loss around dental implants. A study by Miyata et al,23 which examined the influence of experimental occlusal overload on peri-implantitis in monkeys, showed that bone resorption around implants tended to increase with 180 µm or more excessive height of the superstructure, suggesting that minor occlusal overload is not a significant concern. However, over time—especially with mixed dentition, eg, porcelain or zirconia crowns, which wear differently than enamel—the implant can suddenly be in hyperocclusion associated with bone loss, which could eventually lead to implant loss. Therefore, occlusal overload should be checked and, if necessary, adjusted every 6 months to prevent problems.
Dealing With Residual Cement
Residual cement left subgingivally can lead to bone loss and implant failure, as observed by Wilson,24 whose findings support scrupulous cement removal at the time of cementation, considering the unintended presence of cement as a potential cause when signs of peri-implant disease are seen. Ideally, whenever possible, a screw-retained restoration should be fabricated. If cementation is unavoidable due to the angle of the implant, then it is important to use a radio-opaque cement, which is visible on x-rays, to facilitate complete removal.25 It is also important that the margins of the implant crown are not placed subgingivally to allow for visualization of the cement and easy removal.
Bacterial Culture
The literature offers some insight about whether or not to culture patients who have peri-implantitis or some slight suppuration from mucositis. A study by Renvert et al26 did not find any significant difference between the bacteria in nearly 1,000 implants, whether or not affected by peri-implantitis. These findings suggest peri-implant disease is a factor of the amount of bacteria and the genetic susceptibility of the patient, not necessarily the type of bacteria that is in the mouth. Similarly, Hultin et al27 found high levels of periodontal pathogens in peri-implantitis.
Both studies suggest that it is not necessary to culture right away. Most important is, if there is a significant amount of suppuration inflammation, the area should be irrigated locally with antimicrobials; systemic antibiotics are really not necessary. In short, culturing should be done on a case-by-case basis, not for everyone with peri-implantitis.
Understanding Prosthesis Contours and Cleansability
The contours of the prosthesis can have a significant impact on the patient's ability to maintain good oral hygiene at home and keeping healthy peri-implant tissues. The practitioner should be aware of this issue and make sure restorations are as cleansable as possible. For example, a concave surface from the abutment to the buccal surface is a plaque trap and should be immediately corrected (Figure 5 and Figure 6).
It is particularly important to ensure that the space beneath the prosthesis be designed to maximize cleansability. To prevent food impaction, a gap beneath the prosthesis should be minimized through correction, such as realignment. In general, all intaglio surfaces of the prosthesis should be convex or flat, and buccolingual dimensions should be as narrow as possible, but not so thin that the prosthesis is likely to break. The patient must be able to get the water flosser all the way through and underneath the prosthesis.
The clinician should also be aware of the importance of having keratinized attached tissue around dental implants, and monitor for it. Thicker keratinized attached gingiva creates a better seal around the abutment and prevents plaque and food accumulation.
Using Ozone
To combat fungus, bacteria, and parasites that may contribute to peri-implant disease, the author has incorporated ozone in recent years. This ozone, which is three molecules of oxygen that are used in the form of gas or ozonated water to clean in both dentistry and medicine, safely helps kill any fungus, bacteria, or parasite on contact. However, although it is natural and safer than bleach, because the only two tissues in the human body that do not have anti-oxygen capacity are the eyes and the lungs, it should not be inhaled, and eye protection is needed. Proper training is required if ozone is to be incorporated in the dental office.
Ozone is used in peri-implantitis or where the beginning of inflammation is seen in mucositis by using a cannula (Figure 7) to blow the gas directly underneath the tissues affected. Although this has been around for more than 100 years, until recently there were few studies, likely due to the advent of antibiotic resistance to antimicrobials. However, one that studied the influence of gaseous ozone in peri-implantitis reported that a 24-second treatment around areas of the inflammation can sterilize and eliminate the microorganisms Strep sanguinis and Porphyromonas gingivalis without affecting the osteoblasts and the tissue cells.28
Improving Hygiene Compliance
There are several components to improving patients' hygiene compliance: understanding their desires; identifying causes of noncompliance; making hygiene visits pleasurable; and changing their protocol and getting them involved in decisions made. These concepts apply to all patients, but the stakes—uncontrolled disease leading to implant failure—are especially high for implant patients. Therefore, the dental team needs to help them understand why it is important to recognize initial mucositis or initial changes because it is more predictable to correct them in the beginning. It is important to work with patients who are not receptive to that message or are negligent about their hygiene appointments. A protocol designed in keeping with their desires and abilities and that is developed with their involvement is most likely to be effective. For example, a patient who cannot or will not use string floss should be changed to an oral irrigator, and those unwilling or unable to practice optimal homecare should be seen in the office more frequently.
Optimal peri-implant maintenance is based on several pillars. First, the clinicians and all dental team members must listen carefully to each patient to understand their desires and goals. Based on individual patients' abilities and needs, implant patients should be educated on a personalized program of home care. Further, the dental team should ensure that hygiene interval schedules and appointment lengths are customized to meet the individual patient's needs.
About the Author
Dr. Moldovan is a periodontist and nutritionist whose practices in Los Angeles, California, and New York City are primarily devoted to implant therapy.
Dr. Moldovan received an honorarium for the preparation of this manuscript.
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Festival season is here, and while I live far away from any of the good festivals that are going on, I still like to sit and admire the beautiful outfits that are being worn! When I think of festivals and fashion, so many things come to mind, the main thing being that festival season and the main festivals like Coachella are the modern re-visited woodstocks, which means it is the perfect time to let out your inner boho princess, which is one of my favorite styles! Festivals are also so hyped up because they are in a sense they're own fashion week...the groups playing the different "designers" shows, and the with the many attendees, there's always great "street style", and people dying to be photographed in their booties and kimonos. But bohemian isn't the only style present at festivals, there are of course other appropriate styles for the occasion like girly, rocker, and rustic. So if you're planning to attend some festivals this season, here's some good outfit ideas and tips that will surely make your style stand out!
When you're trying to get your outfits ready to go for whichever festival your attending, make sure you also get on Pinterest for some good outfit inspiration from frequently-photographed attendees of these festivals that fit the style you're going for. For example if you're trying to go for the perfect boho look, I would definitely recommend looking at Vanessa Hudgen's Coachella looks, because they are perfection! Along with that, as long as you follow these tips, you're sure to be not only festival ready, but you'll definitely be standing out amongst the crowd in what ever you decide to wear, and you'll also be having more fun in your adorable outfit!


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Madison Southern and Model played another classic game Thursday in the semifinals of the 44th District Tournament at McBrayer Arena — and as it did last year, the game came down to the final seconds.
And as they did last year, the Eagles made the plays down the stretch to hang on for a tough 68-63 win over the Patriots to advance to today's championship game against Madison Central.
The game featured a little of everything — big shot after big shot, runs by both teams and comebacks by both teams, nine lead changes and four ties and a few controversial calls thrown in for good measure.
After trailing 39-30 with six minutes left in the third quarter, Southern fought back to take a 46-45 lead on a basket by Tyler Abshear with seven seconds left in the quarter.
A three pointer by Mike Rothermel ended a 9-0 run early in the fourth quarter that gave the Eagles a 57-47 lead with 3:27 to go in the game.
Trailing 60-49 with 1:11 left on the clock, Model refused to go down without a fight.
Anthony Gerald nailed a three pointer five seconds later to pull the Patriots to within 60-52.
After two Abshear free throws, Gerald scored on a layup after a steal and hit another three pointer to cut the Eagle lead to 62-57 with 47 seconds left.
Following a Drew Taylor free throw, Gerald hit another three pointer with two Southern players draped all over him to pull the Patriots to within three at 63-60.
The Patriots then knocked the ball loose from Damien Harris at mid-court near the Southern bench and as three players fought for the loose ball, Southern coach Shane Buttry was awarded a timeout, much to the displeasure of the Model bench.
Abshear was fouled after the timeout to push the lead to 65-60, but Zack Rice-Gordon buried a three pointer with 12 seconds to go to pull Model to within two at 65-63.
On the inbounds play, Southern hit Drew Taylor with a run-out pass. Taylor scored and was fouled with 6.5 seconds to go. He hit the free throw to give the Eagles the 68-63 win.
"If you look at our games this year, we won 18 games and in at least 12 of them we were trailing in the third quarter, so I knew we could come on," Buttry said. "We made some great passes late in the game. They went to double-team Tyler and unselfish as he is he gave it up and we make two passes out of the trap and get a layup. And we knocked down some free throws. We may have banked in three of them but they went in. I don't care when we win, it's a win."
As for the loose ball timeout, the second time a timeout was awarded to Southern in a scramble for loose balls, the two coaches had very different opinions on whether it should have been awarded.
Buttry said he felt it was the appropriate call.
"Both of the calls they were upset about, I called them and the official was standing right beside me," Buttry said. "Two were working the plays and one was looking at me, so they got the call right. I don't know who all believes that, but they did get it right because we had two hands on the ball."
Model coach Wes Scarberry on the other hand wasn't exactly thrilled with the officiating all night.
"I felt like we lost 100 percent for one reason and anybody who watched that game knows exactly why we lost that game," Scarberry said after the game. "It's a shame. We didn't deserve that. At this point in the year you are supposed to have the best out there and I debate that."
While the officiating can be debated, one thing that can't be questioned was the total domination the Eagles had on the backboards in the fourth quarter when they made their run.
Model pulled down five rebounds in the fourth quarter while Southern grabbed 16 rebounds, seven of which came on the offensive glass, giving the Eagles second and sometimes third-chance scoring opportunities.
Abshear lead three Eagles in double figures with 21 points, while Mike Rothermel and Drew Taylor added 11 each. Spencer Stone finished with six points, Harris, Jake Napier and Marlin Taylor had five points each and Jake Napier had four points.
Gerald led Model with a game-high 22 points, Jon Ballard and A.J. Hammons had 15 points each, while Rice-Gordon had five points, Jesse Middleton had four points and Brendan Hill had two.
Though disappointed following the loss, Scarberry said he was proud of his team for not giving up.
"It's our trademark with these seniors, they don't quit," Scarberry said. "They never have in their whole life and that is what is going to make them successful people beyond high school and beyond basketball."
Madison Southern and Madison Central are scheduled to tipoff at 8:15 p.m. today following the girls championship game between the Lady Indians and Lady Eagles.