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In Which Words Fail Me
January 23, 2006
Before Noah was born, people used to tell me that having a child is like having your heart living outside of your body.
And I would nod because, yeah, I can totally see that. Their joy is your joy, their hurt is your hurt, blah blah weepcakes.
But then Noah was born, and this sentiment doesn't even come close.
My love for him is so visceral and deep that it's almost violent. It consumes me. It makes me want to swallow him whole. To put him back in my womb where he belonged exclusively to me, where I could keep him safe and secure.
Now that Noah is here, I feel like someone scraped off the top layer of my skin and created a little person with it.
I feel everything that he feels -- every hug, kiss and mean old needle prick. And I'm standing over here with no skin at all -- raw, exposed and vulnerable.
Being Noah's mom is like nothing I ever expected.
I expected to be sleep deprived, since that's the favorite horror story people love to tell pregnant women. (YOU WILL NEVER SLEEP AGAIN. YOU WILL PRAY FOR DEATH INSTEAD.) I figured I'd get maybe two hours of sleep a day and be grateful for it. Instead, I got a baby who sleeps through the night 90% of the time. (The 3 am feeding snafu of last week has been rendered moot by the irresponsible introduction of the abusive rice cereal.) He lets us sleep in on the weekends as long as he's in bed with us in the morning, spooned against my chest, with his arms outstretched and his fingers curled around his daddy's hands.
I never expected to find the sounds of two snoring men in my bed to be so damn comforting.
I expected to never leave the house again. Instead, we found a great babysitter almost immediately. And we got a baby with such predictable eating and sleeping patterns that we can take him out to (appropriate) restaurants knowing he'll sleep the entire time, and even if he does wake up, he loves watching people and is so damn smiley and good-natured that the waitstaff and people at the next table over routinely ask to hold him and fuss over him, even if they gave us dirty looks when we walked in, carseat in tow.
I expected a small chubby baby. Instead, I got a humongous boy, all lean and muscular, who wears six- to nine-month sized clothing already and looks just like a little man when we dress him in jeans and hoodies and MY GOD, I can't keep his feet out of my mouth.
I didn't expect my baby to be kind of gross. I thought babies just kind of stayed perfectly smooth and white and sweet on their own. Instead, I spend hours mopping up big lines of drool and clipping his talon-like nails and cleaning his ear wax and digging out boogers and picking lint out of his toes and scrubbing his underarms and wiping dried spit-up out of his neck rolls. Other women talk about how they don't even think their babies' poop smells. My baby's poop smells. Bad. And I'm always a little relieved when he has his daily diaper-rattling poop at daycare and I don't have to deal with it.
I didn't realize it was possible to be so intimately acquainted with someone's hind-end business and still think that they are the most beautiful and delicious person on the entire planet.
I didn't expect my baby to be so smart. I didn't expect it to take every fiber of my being to not be one of those parents who won't shut up about how advanced their baby is. Babies develop at their own pace. Delays are not the end of the world. I didn't ask about his APGARs until he was three days old because honestly, who the fuck cares? But oh my GOD, this child has the verbal skills of a six-month-old and can sit unsupported momentarily and balances on his legs like a real live person and reaches for toys and rolls over in both directions and blows bubbles and opens his mouth for a spoonful of cereal and plays with his feet and amuses himself with rattles and seriously, when you look in his eyes he's just trying to figure you out and the little wheels are turning and...wow. Where did this big giant brain of his come from, and how do I not fuck him up with my own numbskullness and reality TV habit?
I expected to be able to make my baby laugh. Babies have always liked me, and I am the creator of the famous "OOPS" game, a game that has gone down in my family's history as one of the most hilarious things ever. To play, you will need: one ultra-patient Aunt Amy, one little baby niece named Allie, one of those plastic stacking rings. Put ring on baby's head. Wait for ring to fall off baby's head. Say "OOPS" when ring falls off baby's head. Wait for baby's hysterical laughter to die down, put ring back on baby's head. REPEAT ONE FRILLION MILLION TIMES.
Jason can make Noah laugh. His daycare teachers make him laugh deep, ringing belly laughs just by talking to him. It's absolutely amazing to witness. But I cannot make him laugh. I can evoke beautiful and beaming smiles -- full-body smiles that involve the flailing and drawing in of limbs, but he won't laugh at me, no matter how stupid I act for him.
I expected to maybe feel weird about being a mom sometimes. To fight the tendency to let it define me. I never expected that, on my very first night out with a girlfriend at a bar last week, I'd whip out the camera phone to show off pictures of Noah to every single person who spoke to me because I simply could not help it, BEHOLD WHAT I HAVE WAITING FOR ME BACK AT HOME.
I expected breastfeeding to suck. And...well, it does. It certainly never went like I wanted it to, although I kind of always expected my supply to suck absurd amounts of ass. But I never expected breastfeeding, in the rare, precious moments when it works just fine, to be such a powerful bonding experience. Nursing is no longer about food. When he's hungry, he wants eight solid ounces of milk and has no patience for the four ounces or so that I can provide. But when he wakes up in the night or early morning, or when we arrive home after a long day apart, or when I accidentally ding his head on the door frame, or when the dog jumps on his chest and scares him, he immediately reaches for my shirt, mouth open and panting, his eyes searching my face in a plaintive plea for boob, Mama, boooob.
I never, ever expected to love him so damn much.


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Police in Montana say a man who broke down crying while trying to rob a pizza restaurant may have lied about wanting to support his wife and children.
Lacey allegedly walked into the Papa John's wearing a bandana to hide his face and handed the clerk a note that read: "Hay Bro r Sis I Don't wont eny [expletive] just give me what I want AND you wont Get hert OK! Thank you."
The clerk asked, "What is this?" and the man said, "Just do it," a police affidavit stated.
The clerk pulled a total of $24.56 out of the register, a store report cited in the affidavit shows.
"David said that when the register was placed on the counter, he realized there was hardly any money," the affidavit said. "At that point, David told the clerk the story about needing money for his wife and kids. David does not have any children in Helena and told me he was referring to his friends' kids, who consider him an uncle."
After Lacey broke down, the clerk made him a pizza, which Lacey accepted.
The affidavit said when Lacey was later arrested, he admitted to the robbery, telling police he needed money to buy food. He was being held at Lewis and Clark County jail with bail set at $25,000.


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Summaries of EU Legislation
Summaries of EU legislation: direct access to the main summaries page.
Removal of shark fins
The practice of removing shark fins and discarding the remainder of the carcase at sea * represents a serious threat to the conservation of these species and to the sustainability of fisheries. Demand for shark fins is growing, particularly on Asian markets where they fetch very high prices. Measures need to be taken urgently therefore to ban or prevent the expansion of the practice. This Regulation, which prohibits the removal and retention on board vessels of shark fins and their transshipment and landing is a measure aimed at lowering the excessive mortality of these vulnerable species.
Council Regulation (EC) No 1185/2003 of 26 June 2003 on the removal of fins of sharks on board vessels.
In this Regulation the Council seeks to ban the practice of removing shark fins on board vessels and discarding the remainder of the shark carcases at sea. The most effective and rational way of applying a measure to ban the practice of 'shark finning' and make shark by-catches less advantageous is to prohibit the removal of fins on board as well as the retention on board, transshipment and landing of fins that have been removed from the bodies of sharks.
For practical reasons, however, including where the carcase is to be kept and used, the removal of shark fins on board and the separate processing of fins and the remainder of the body on board may be necessary in certain types of fishing. In these circumstances, it is considered appropriate to issue a special fishing permit for this practice provided that the presence on board, landing and transshipment of fins are accompanied by the presence on board, landing and transshipment of a corresponding carcase weight. In order to make the application of these rules easier and to limit possible abuses, a single, restrictive conversion factor applicable to all species of sharks is to be adopted.
The problems raised by the practice of removing shark fins extend beyond Community waters. For that reason the regulation applies to all fishing vessels operating in Community waters and to Community vessels operating outside those maritime waters falling within the sovereignty of the Member States.
Prohibited activities
The regulation prohibits:
- the removal of shark fins on board vessels and their retention on board, transshipment or landing;
- the purchase or sale of shark fins which have been removed on board, retained on board, transshipped or landed in contravention of the regulation.
Derogation and associated conditions
Flag Member States may issue and administer a special permit authorising the removal on board of fins from dead sharks (followed by their retention on board, transshipment or landing), on condition that the remainder of the carcase is also retained on board (with the exception of waste associated with gutting, beheading and skinning). Such authorisation may be granted only where the fishing vessels are capable of using all parts of the sharks and can demonstrate the need for the separate processing of shark fins and other shark parts.
In that case, the weight of the fins retained on board must never exceed 5% of the total weight of the shark catch (live weight).
A system of recording and monitoring the quantities of shark fins and other parts of sharks retained on board, transshipped, landed and sold makes possible the monitoring of compliance with these provisions by the masters of vessels which hold this permit. The data must be verified by the Member States.
Where landings take place at non-Community ports, a system of prior notification of at least 72 hours is also included in the monitoring arrangements.
Key terms used in the act
- Removal of shark fins: this practice, also known as finning, consists in cutting off and retaining the fins of sharks and discarding the remainder of the body at sea. The practice contributes to the excessive mortality of stocks of these species.
Entry into force
Deadline for transposition in the Member States
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cutting down on the absurb prices for 'prosthetic' devices is great, but someone who is blind has to pay $1000-$2000 for a "Reading Machine" and that's not so great, especially since in the USA this is not covered by Medicare, howoever www.topocr.com has a $5.00 program that does the same job with a $60 scanner or a $95 document camera, I have to say that I'm a happy customer, I wish more people would develop low cost technology that provides an alternative to the big ticket items that "medical" companies charge, mainly to people who can't afford it.
The additional $41,950 is allocated towards sunk costs including
Meanwhile, the 3D prosthetic hand has only the following sunk costs to cover.
It's important to remember to keep the background details out of perspective... or in perspective, depending on whichever context you'd prefer to hock.
Cosmetic designs of a hand like-prosthetic to prevent adults staring uncomfortably and children exclaiming "cool"!
Idk about you, but I'd think an obvious robot hand would be easier to deal with than a fake looking piece of plastic mimicking a human hand.
I worked with a guy for years, though I only met with him every few weeks at most. Turns out he only had one arm the entire time I knew him, but it was a long time before I realized it, and I wasn't sure about that for quite a few meetings since his prosthetic was so good. Someone later just happened to mention that he'd lost it in a traffic accident years before.
Being initially inconspicuous might matter to some people.
If I lost a hand I'd definitely go for the robot look though.
I had an uncle with a wooden leg and I thought it was a big deal until I found out my aunt had a cedar chest.
Idk about you, but I'd think an obvious robot hand would be easier to deal with than a fake looking piece of plastic mimicking a human hand.
It's probably impossible to know until you are actually in the same situation. There have been highly functional, highly useful hand prosthesis long before robotics - the classical hook is just one example - but the vast majority of patients have always preferred a hand mimic, even when it is completely nonfunctional and even when the mimiry is far from perfect.
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Not getting stared at, and fitting in, is critically important to people, in this case as in others. Should'nt be too surprising when you think about it in such terms.
Being that self-conscious about things that have happened or are out of your control is a waste of time, and that's coming from someone with a birth defect. If you're getting a prosthetic for extra freedom and usefulness, great, but getting a fake hand for the sake of a fake hand is just being vain IMHO.
[...] but getting a fake hand for the sake of a fake hand is just being vain IMHO.
People are vain. People do care what other people think of them, and people do want to make a good impression on others. And it's completely rational; we are being judged by how we look, what we wear, how we behave. What we think of that is besides the point.
So yes, it turns out most people care about what their prostheses look like as much or more than how well they function. Any maker that disregards that is setting themselv
Great, go tell that to the people who lost a hand. I'm sure it will make them feel better.
Hurr, stupid idiots, having emotion! Why don't they just stop feeling things!?
Well, he did say a few posts up that he has a deformed left hand. He's not exactly asking people to go where he hasn't been.
No, but he is imposing his values on others.
He might not care about appearances. That's good, it's how it should be.
But it isn't how it is - some people do care. Some of those people might be potential employers who wouldn't want a "wierdo" or a "flid" around because it might disturb colleagues and customers.
It's probably impossible to know until you are actually in the same situation.
It's possible to know because you know how it is from the side of people noticing things. I find artificial hands immediately obvious, as much so as a robotic hand would be.
I think either would fare just as well in terms of not attracting notice when covered by a glove. Why not, then you would just look a little odd in summer...
Interestingly, kids LOVE 3D printed hands. If you go to http://enablingthefuture.org/ [enablingthefuture.org] there are tons of pictures of thrilled kids. It's cool to be like Iron Man!
That's the exact thought I had when I saw the video.
The "human-like" hand is dead in the middle of the uncanny valley.
In fact, the 3D printed hand had motion which looked far more "natural", despite looking nothing like a natural object.
IMHO, trying to make a prostethic look human is like saying "I'm ashamed of not having a hand".
Adults will stare uncomfortably at both. With the printed hand I think most people will just think "well, he doesn't have a problem with it, why should I?".
And children will be exc
- and since it is a commercial product, a couple of million dollars getting it approved by the FDA.
It all adds up.
Well, not only that but most people don't know how to operate a 3D printer, nor how to customize the hand to fit the individual. So while the $42,000 hand includes the professional services involved with fitting the device, the 3D printed one depends on a charitable donation from the 3D printing operator to do the work. It won't be much but it's all probably going to be significantly higher ($400-$1,000) for the human being to operate and configure the 3D model for the individual.
I bet there are only $100 worth of aluminum, gold, silicon and acrylic in the $42,000 hand too.
This drives me crazy when people don't include the costs of labor. It would be like someone getting a car donated to them and saying "Wow cars only cost $200 for a title and registration! Why do people pay thousands of dollars for a car!?" Because someone gave you one for free!
I work in film production. I have a $50k camera that I rent out. On most productions your total rental per day will be about $2,000 a day. Now you could say that you could shoot a TV commercial for "only $2,000 in rentals!" But that ignores the fact that cameras don't operate on their own, lights don't just place themselves, actors should be paid for their skills, assistant directors need to keep production on schedule, locations need to be paid for the rights to use their property etc. So yeah it "only costs $2,000" as long as you ignore the $20,000 per day in crew costs for a small production.
People who say a film only costs $20,000 to make are either productions that somehow shot and finished in 1 day or else they're saying that their crew's time was worth nothing.
If I spent $10,000 on a 3D printer. I couldn't just open the box and push the "Give me a 3D Prosthetic Hand" button. I would either need to spend a good week or so learning how to print ($100 an hour * 40 hours = $4,000) or else spend $1,000 on a professional to setup and configure the scene/hand for me specifically.
I see that all the time in IT with people wanting to cowboy up solutions cobbled together from a bunch of random shit. Yes, you can do that, and it can be made to work. However how much time will it take to do and support? Because unless your time is free, you need to factor that in.
Labour is a big part of the cost of pretty much anything you buy. Software is the ultimate example. The materials and distribution cost of software is minimal even if done on physical media. However that doesn't mean it is free
And people who overcharge are great at exaggerating the cost of labor.
If I spent $10,000 on a 3D printer. I couldn't just open the box and push the "Give me a 3D Prosthetic Hand" button
No shit, you need to print the button first.
Getting from $50 to $42,000 would be a lot of labor. Are you saying it takes 5 months or so full time per hand? Let's be generous and say instead that the labor is $1000. Now to account for the other $41,000
More likely it's the same MBA math that claims going from the $0.10 part to the more durable but otherwise identical $0.20 part absolutely must add $10 in hard costs to the end product, just because.
In the video that is attached to the article the guy says that in addition to the 3D printed components there are "various bits of hardware, Velcro, padding etc". All of which requires some know how and some assembly. So unless somebody came out with very good instructions or perhaps a kit with all the additional parts I doubt the average person is going to make this at home.
The other thing that is not really touched on there is that the $42,000 hand hooks onto the entire forearm. It uses the muscles in the forearm to control the actuator. Where the 3D printed hand hooks over the stump of the guy's left hand and uses the muscles in his palm to control movement and to provide the actual strength. A lot of people with missing arms don't have the palm of their hands left to provide that strength and control. For those people the 42K version is going to continue to provide utility where as they wouldn't be able to use the $50 version at all. For this particular type of case the $50 outperforms the 42K version. If you took 500 people with various levels of amputation I suspect that the 42k version would help a lot more of them than the $50 version.
What is shows me is that there is a tendency in the prosthetic industry to try and go for a one size fits all solution. Where it is clear that for some patients you could use a less expensive solution. It might bare some research to see just how many people are being fitted with 42k prosthetic when much cheaper solutions might work better for them.
To be fair, some of these costs would exist in any business. There are always capital equipment costs, employee costs, administration costs and in some cases research and development costs. However, you are on the right track with your criticism of artificially high medical device costs. Indeed, these high costs can be seen not just in prosthetic hands or limbs but also in more mundane devices such as hearing aids and prescription eyeglasses. In my estimation there are two main reasons for this:
First, the devices are sold through specialized middlemen who bill your insurance company which in turn bills you and perhaps your employer for premiums. This is the classic third party payer problem that exists throughout the healthcare industry here in the United States and is in no small part responsible for the high costs which are ultimately borne by the consumer in the form of higher premiums and higher out of pocket costs.
Second, and related to the first point, the market for FDA approved medical devices here in the United States is highly regulated and therefore high cost. There is a great deal of regulatory rigmarole and ceremony required to bring a product to market. This imposes costs of course, but it also results in delays while the product winds it's way through the circuitous approval processes. By the time something is approved for sale as a medical device it's not only expensive but often obsolete or at least several generations behind the state of the art technology.
Finally, it ought to be remembered that medical devices are now assessed an additional tax under Obamacare, on top of any previous expenses. It's hard to see how this will lower costs, especially for those who find themselves in need of a medical device. Although, I suppose that "reform" is in the eye, or the hand in this case, of the beholder.
It's more that it's poorly regulated than that it is highly regulated. The FDA has no concept of risk assessment. Medicine is highly regulated everywhere in the 1st world, but it is vastly more expensive in the U.S.
The additional $41,950 is allocated towards sunk costs including
When I see the actual books - not what the PR people say or what is reported to the SEC* - then I'll believe it.
The CEO class - actually they are MDs in the medical industry sometimes with a MBA on top of that - usually gets the spoils.
And the insurance on the lawsuits is exaggerated.
*They don't have to nor do they volunteer to report the most of the above costs. All you will see is overall insurance costs, R&D, and lump sums of ALL the salaries. To get an actual product cost (indirect and direct) is i
This is really the point. The $40K+ prosthetic is simply over engineered. It's a poor argument saying that we should support engineers, their families, their companies, etc so that they can charge a disabled person $40K when we could have a single developer make a much simpler product that can be produced at a local 3D fab shop or in the garage of an enterprising neighbor.
Clearly this is an early version, though fully functional. Improving aesthetics can certainly be an optional component. Today, a blac
There's also the concept of "Price the Market will bear," which gets convoluted in the mire of health insurance companies. No one really knows what the market will bear, cuz it's always just payed whatever price was asked.
$42,000 for a prosthetic hand? Sure, if that's what it costs.
$1000 for an MRI? OK, if you say so.
$500 per pill to treat my hypochondria? Seems reasonable... etc.
Right now, the market will bear a 42,000 hand. And these guys could probably sell their $50 version for 45,000 on the clai
You're coming very much from the prospective of a wealthy American/European, where a $42K prosthetic is an option.
But if you're not covered by very good insurance, which is the case for the majority of humanity, an affordable 3D printed hand is much better than nothing.
And a free/open innovative community working on prosthetics can move much faster than the commercial options, and perhaps innovate past them the way home 3D printing exploded past the commercial 3D printing companies. The commercial guys were too concerned with the expensive/subtle issues, when what people may well care more about is being able to cheaply and easily solve their problem.
You're right that the $42K prosthetic isn't the same as the $50 one. A major difference, which you missed, is that it's myoelectric and active, while the $50 one is mechanical. It turns out that for this patient, the simple, mechanical solution worked better than the sophisticated, computerized one. So it's fundamentally a cheaper, simpler solution.
The rest of the costs pretty much come down to the traditional business model vs. FOSS. If you want to buy a product from a company that you can sue, with MBAs and lawyers and on-staff researchers, etc., you get to pay the big bucks for the product. If you don't have the money for that, or you prefer free/open source solutions for other reasons (such as the ability to modify the designs to suit your personal needs), you can go the Free Open Source Software route, and print your own.
Yes, this relies on volunteer labor to do the printing, assembly, fitting, etc. There are 600+ people registered at http://enablingthefuture.org/ [enablingthefuture.org] (mainly in the Google+ group). That's the point - by empowering people with FOSS designs and documentation, they can help each other, at much lower cost than paying professionals with all of the overhead that you mention. And it turns out that many of the volunteers work professionally in the field - this is just a new way for them to apply their skills to help patients.
And I'll also point out that your comments reveal some misunderstandings of how rapidly 3D printing has progressed.
- It doesn't cost $10K for a quality 3D printer. You can get a fine 3D printer for $1K, or a cheap one for $300, and the most expensive home 3D printer is $3K. There are some great industrial printers, but it would be stupid to buy an industrial printer to print one thing - there are plenty of people and Maker spaces who already have 3D printers. See http://enablingthefuture.org/c... [enablingthefuture.org] and register if you're interested. And of course there are service bureaus such as ShapeWays if you really want a high-end printed version.
- The materials aren't as fragile as you think. There are 100+ people happily using ABS prosthetics now, and we're finding that printing in Nylon is amazingly durable. You can hammer on Nylon, and just bounces back. Amazing stuff. Hospitals and medical researchers are using 3D printed Nylon now, so using it for prosthetics is pretty reasonable.
- If you can print a replacement for the raw cost of materials, that changes the economics. If you can print your own replacements for $1, it doesn't make sense to spend $millions in R&D, and spend vastly more for the prosthetic's materials, because the cost of avoiding breakage far outstrips the cost of the breakage.
All of the designs are published, and open source. So there's nothing being hidden in the video - you can download the models and inspect them to your heart's desire.
If you don't like the music that someone selected, feel free to make a better video!
make it 1000 for the printer.
10 000$ bucks printer(mojo) doesn't print in taulman nylon(which is what he is now printing another version in for him).
Yeah, but not since the original days of Libraries has there been a chance for Library/Staples option to "rent a 3d printer".
That could bring down the price to print something to say $100 + materials and Bring Your Own Design.
"Sunk costs"... you're not using it right. Perhaps you mean "hidden costs" or "unaccounted for costs".
So what you're saying is that the conventional prosthetic is made by a horribly inefficient company that should have been washed out by the market but the market failed (as is typical for anything vaguely medical).
The 3D printed prosthetic had to be designed as well and apparently it was designed better. It could probably be stronger and even cheaper if it was mass produced.
I'm no expert in prothetics, but it seems the printed Cyborg Beast [thingiverse.com] hand is a completely passive device, relying on wrist movements to control the fingers. On the other hand, the $42,000 device was a "myoelectric prosthetic device, which took signals from the muscle fibers in his forearm, translated those signal, and then used them to mechanically move the fingers of the prosthetic, which looks pretty close to an actual hand."
This guy prefers the less-realistic device. Good for him. A direct comparison is somewhat unreasonable, though.
More importantly it ignores labor costs. Simply listing the price of the materials isn't an apples to apples comparison to the robotic hand which needs someone to setup the 3D printer, and then actually assemble the hand (Probably takes someone with a working hand to perform the threading of the cables etc.)
Typically the first one is assembled by the volunteer working with the family, as a training session, and after that they can print replacements and do the assembly themselves.
this approach does require a parent/relative/friend with some dedicated to get started. There's a map of volunteers http://enablingthefuture.org/c... [enablingthefuture.org] . If you don't have anyone around that wants to help, you'd better have insurance to cover paying a professional to help you out.
$50 3D printed hand preferred over $42,000 prosthetic hand by particular guy
This is great news for this particular guy, but it doesn't necessarily follow that the 3D printed hand is therefore objectively better than the other.
When you buy a medical prosthetic from a medical company, almost none of the sticker price covers materials or basic engineering. Most of the money is split between liability insurance and extra R&D and testing overhead to make damn sure that someone won't misuse the device, thereby generating a law suit. In Law, products liability is a huge area; big companies have deep pockets and often lose in suits where the user of their product was clearly doing something really stupid. (Chain saw instructions: Do not use hands to stop chain!) The fact is, people are sue-happy, and that's the primary reason why all medical devices cost so damn much.
If someone is selling 3D printed prosthetics, they are GOING to get sued, and they'll get put out of business very quickly by some moron who found a way to hurt themselves in a heretofor never conceived of manner. It's just inevitable.
If someone were to make open source designs avaiable for prosthetics so that people could print them themselves, you'd think that the user would be taking all the liabilty into their own hands right? Ha! When something goes wrong, the maker of the 3D printer will get sued. And no matter what kind of disclaimer they put on it, the maker of the 3D schematics will get sued too. All because people find amazing ways to hurt themselves and sue over it. Especially with medical devices.
Why do you think airline food is so damn expensive? When something goes wrong with a plane, everyone gets named in the suit. The airline, the airplane manufacturer, all subcontractors of said manufacturer, including the company that made the rivets, the supplyer of the airline food, the pilot, you name it.
The designs are open source, and freely shared, very specifically with no warranty or guarantee. Just like open source software. People who release open source software don't get sued over the software, because they're not selling and supporting it, they're giving it away specifically with no guarantees or support.
I've worked in the airplane business. As screwed up as liability law is, there still has to be actual liability to award damages. So unless someone can prove that food was a cause of a crash, I do
You have no idea what you're talking about. We're dealing with a medical device in this situation, not some open source piece of software that jerks off Linux penguins. You cannot simply release specifications for a medical device and think that because you made them free and said you're not liable that you won't get pounded into the ground by a lawyer who is much, much smarter than you. Grow up and face the real world some time.
As I said, I used to work in the airplane business. And if you bought a kit for an airplane and built it yourself, you can't sue the company that sold you the kit because you assumed the liability. That's why most innovation in airplanes in the US is in kit planes - commercial manufactures fall under liability, which complicates their lives quite a bit, which (perversely) discourages innovation, so many people are flying airplanes with engine designs from the 1950s.
Hand prosthetics are "prosthetic devices c
Yeah, face the real world: in the real world, we have things like books and libraries. They are full of ways describing how to build things you can use to hurt yourself. If you build those things and hurt yourself, it's your problem.
This shouldn't come as a big surprise.
You'll routinely pay 10x or 100x markup for all that lovely FDA "protection". If only the mafia were providing health care, I'm sure their "protection" wouldn't be quite so pricey.
Medicine is all about information technology and customization. The prices of these things have been coming done exponentially, but medical prices still go up. Why? Because fuck you, that's why. Because they can. Because with medicine, the link between your money and your life is more direct t
What kind of idiot fails to understand that all those nasty government regulations came about because people were getting fleeced left right and centre by quacks, confidence men, grifters, Republicans and other thieves.?
"all those nasty government regulations came about because people were getting fleeced..."
Are you really enough of a buffoon to believe that?
I'd note that if the concern were really about getting fleeced, fraud has been both criminally and civilly actionable for a long long time.
What kind of idiot fails to understand that all those nasty government regulations came about because people were getting fleeced left right and centre by quacks, confidence men, grifters, Republicans and other thieves.?
Quite right, that's why they came about. And now, instead of just a small number of stupid people getting fleeced because they believed some snake oil salesman, the entire nation gets fleeced, and it gets fleeced by many of the same companies. And the irony is: the regulations don't even wor
You forgot Democrats and the Independents. Include them, and I partly agree with you.
3D printing right now tends to scratch an itch for somebody. Recently the GF had a part break on a brand new lamp. Nothing fancy just a utility light for her crafting room. 30 seconds of searching on thingverse to find that multiple people have come up with a better replacement. Mind you I'm a wood guy a few minutes with a scrap of hardwood and a shop full of tools would be my normal response but had a new toy to try out.
As I recall, it was Dr Strangelove. But the ones they had back then had glitches that caused the hand to attempt to strangle the person to whom it was attached. I am sure that they have this problem corrected by now..
I am a prosthetist, and I regularly fit and bill for these devices as a result. Sure it sounds great that this particular patient can get a hand made for $50, but it's not a fair comparison and doesn't necessarily apply for every amputee. Also, as several others have pointed out, that does not take into account the labor or other overhead costs. (Cost estimates that follow are just some ballpark figures)
First off, the patient has part of his hand, and has opposition capabilities at his wrist. If his amputation level was directly through the wrist, or higher, the 3D-printed hand would need a harness or some other element to provide the body power. He's also lucky enough that he can get away without having an extensive socket to suspend the 3D printed hand on his arm as a result.
Based on the myoelectric prosthesis shown, the $42,000 cost is likely "Usual and Customary" cost. At a contracted rate with insurance on a device like this, you're probably best case looking at about $16,000 actually being billed to the insurance company. Looks like a Sensorhand Speed (or similar) hand being used, which has a parts cost upwards of $4000 from the manufacturer. The electrodes, battery unit, and custom made socket probably cost an additional $3000 in parts. The billed amount to the insurance company includes the prosthetist's evaluation, casting, manufacturing, fitting, and subsequent follow-up and adjustment appointments for 6 months.
All that said, the patient probably shouldn't have been fit with the system shown; most of the benefits he's stating (such as holding a box at work) are more related to him having a proper limb length with the 3D printed hand! The myoelectric prosthesis shown has thrown off the alignment of the hands for performing bimanual tasks, placing his prosthetic hand way further from his elbow than his sound side hand. He would probably benefit from an M-finger prosthesis which would probably have only run about $5,000 to the insurance company, even being custom made to match the patient. Probably $1500 in parts.
.... but if they said a $1500 prosthetic hand was outperformed by $50 3D printed hand, people wouldn't get as hyped up.
Wow, nice to see someone with an informed post. The amusing thing to me is that we've got tons of videos, and this is the one that made Slashdot. But we're happy with any of the patent's stories. They're pretty cool, actually - patients talking about their prosthetics, shot by either the patients, their parents, or the "maker", and a few videos of people giving presentations (e.g. at TED). Check out http://enablingthefuture.org/m... [enablingthefuture.org]
We're not claiming that 3D printed prosthetics are better than commercial
-sigh- bad day not to have any mod points
Thanks for posting an informed, reasonable response.
Luckily http://www.accessdata.fda.gov/... [fda.gov]
Luckily "External limb prosthetic component, Class I" aren't regulated as tightly.
Do you think you can use adamantium in a 3D printer?
Asking for a friend.
OK, I realize I may skew a little older than many Slashdot readers, so here. Consider this your Easter gift:
http://youtu.be/ftgAG3Vnif8 [youtu.be]
Medical device racket.
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Listen here for Chris Edwards' interview with Duke baseball senior Mark Lumpa.
After a slow start, Lumpa emered as one of Duke's most consistent hitters over the second-half of the 2013 season. Over the final 25 games of the season, the Udhailiyah, Saudi Arabia native led the team in batting average (.390), on-base percentage (.515), hits (32) and walks (18). For the season, Lumpa led the Blue Devils in on-base percentage (.438) and ranked tied for second in batting average (.311).
Lumpa has seen time at second base and left field during his Duke career, while also making 30 apperances on the mound. A .286 career hitter, Lumpa also owns a .402 on-base percentage over his first three seasons with the Blue Devils.
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The joint administrators of Quinn Insurance Limited want the High Court to approve the transfer of 5,000 health policies to a subsidiary of one of the world's biggest insurance providers, Swiss Re.
The polices, which provide payments to holders in the event they become sick, are all held by people living in Ireland.
The proposed transfer is part of the orderly unwind of QIL's business.
The company, established by former billionaire businessman Sean Quinn, was put into administration after an application by the Financial Regulator more than four years ago over serious concerns how the group was being run.
The joint administrators of the company, Paul McCann and Michael McAteer, have petitioned the court to sanction the transfer of the 5,000 policies to Luxembourg based insurance entity 'iptiQ', which has a branch in Ireland.
The company is part of the Swiss Re group which is a leading global provider of insurance. It employs more than 11,500 people and had a group net income of $4.44 billion in 2013.
Today High Court President Nicholas Kearns was informed that the joint administrators have agreed a deal, subject to the approval from the court, for the transfer of the policies.
As part of the proposal, 'iptiQ' will accept all liabilities arising under the polices for a cash consideration from QIL which reflects the value of those liabilities. It is also proposed that iptiQ will also become the controller of the policyholder's data.
In response to questions from the Judge, Barrister James Doherty for the joint administrators said that it is hoped the proposed transfer "will be as smooth a transition as possible," and that the proposed transfer will not effect the policies.
Mr Justice Kearns made a number of preliminary directions including one allowing the joint administrators to advertise the proposed scheme of transfer. The full hearing of the joint administrator's application will come before the High Court in early October.
In 2007 QIL acquired part of the Irish health insurance business operated by BUPA. Quinn Insurance was placed in administration in March 2010, and Mr McAteer and Mr McCann were appointed as joint administrators.
In 2011 the Quinn Healthcare business was sold by way of a management led buy out. The company was renamed Laya Healthcare. As part of that deal Elips, a wholly owned subsidiary of Swiss Re, became the underwriter of Laya's polices.
Also in 2011 QIL's general insurance, excluding healthcare, business was sold following a successful joint bid by the Liberty International group and the Anglo Irish Bank group.


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Submission + - SCO Proposes Sale of Assets to Continue Litigation (sltrib.com)
The embattled SCO Group Inc. is proposing to auction off its core products and use proceeds to continue its controversial lawsuits over the alleged violations of its copyrights in Linux open-source software.
The Lindon company has filed a new reorganization plan with the federal court in Delaware where it sought bankruptcy protection from creditors after an adverse ruling in the Linux litigation.
If approved by a bankruptcy judge, the plan could mean SCO's server software and mobile products lines are owned by other parties while SCO itself remained largely to pursue the lawsuits under the leadership of CEO Darl McBride.
"One goal of this approach is to separate the legal defence of its intellectual property from its core product business," McBride said in a letter to customers, partners and shareholders.
Jeff Hunsaker, president and COO of The SCO Group, said the litigation had been distracting to the company's efforts to market its products.
"We believe there's value in these assets and in order for the business to move forward it's imperative we separate it from our legal claims and we allow our products business to move forward," he said Friday.


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Sheryl Sandberg, Facebook's Chief Operating Officer, pushed buttons with her new book Lean In: Women, Work and the Will to Lead. In it, she advises young women to 'lean in' to their careers, and be more aggressive in pursuing leadership opportunities. Host Michel Martin asks the moms roundtable if they agree.
Moms Lean In... Or Not
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A Rotation Decided…
With the selections of Ivan
Nova and Freddy Garcia as the #4 and #5 starters in the Yankees rotation, I
think that manager Joe Girardi made the right choices (even if those were
really the only viable options).
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I agree with those who
speculate that Bartolo Colon is better suited to be the long man in the
pen. Given his physical conditioning,
there are clearly concerns about his stamina.
His arm may be alright but that wouldn't get him through long
innings. The trade of Sergio Mitre to
the Milwaukee Brewers opens the way for Colon to make the Yankees roster.
I am not sure what I think
about the Yankees signing pitcher Kevin Millwood to a minor league deal. I realize that he is strictly an insurance
policy, but I'd really like to see one of the younger guys, like Andrew
Brackman, Hector Noesi, or Dellin Betances, get the opportunity should Nova or
Garcia falter. Millwood is probably just
coverage for the next month, while the prospects will be options later in the
The Yankees gave Chris
Dickerson, the outfielder they acquired in the Mitre trade, Darryl Strawberry's
old jersey number (39). Those are big
shoes to fill. I love great home run
swings and for as many sluggers that have come through the Bronx, few can
compare to the swing that Straw had.
Dickerson is not a home run guy, so we won't be seeing #39 swinging for
the fences. But the number did bring
back some great memories of Strawberry at the plate. Dickerson was the player the Reds sent to the
Brewers last summer in the deal that brought Jim Edmonds to Cincinnati. He turns 29 on April 10th so he is
no longer really considered a prospect, but I'd like to see him carve out a
role on the team. With Curtis Granderson
hurting, the Yankees will definitely need help in the outfield and Andruw Jones
can't do it all by himself.
With all the talk about
catchers Francisco Cervelli, Jesus Montero, and Austin Romine, it's strange
that Gustavo Molina has emerged as the frontrunner to capture the backup
catching position behind starter Russell Martin. I suspect that Cervelli will take the
position once he is healthy but I am disappointed that neither Montero or
Romine could hit well enough to stay on the major league roster. I know that it just means their arrivals are
simply delayed. Hopefully, they can draw
positives from the heavy focus this spring and use it to power forward when
their next opportunity comes.
I was surprised that Baltimore
Orioles manager Buck Showalter took potshots at Derek Jeter and the Boston Red
Sox. I would have expected better from
Showalter, but I can honestly say that I have never missed him from the day he
left the Yankees.
It's hard to believe that
Opening Day is next week! I am so glad
that the season is finally upon us. Win
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The 'Boys did just that, shining on offense, defense and special teams, and giving the 90,239 fans in attendance and team owner Jerry Jones a big 71st birthday present with a convincing 31-16 victory.
Dallas won the coin toss and elected to receive. Tony Romo and company marched methodically down the field and scored a TD on their first possession of the game to take an early 7-0 lead. The drive was 80 yards in 10 plays and took 6:08.
Washington and Robert Griffin III responded with a long drive of their own that culminated with a Kai Forbath 20-yard field goal that cut the Dallas lead to 7-3. The scoring drive was 78 yards in 13 plays and took 7:14 off the first quarter clock.
On their second possession, Josh Wilson intercepted a Tony Romo pass that ended a promising drive. The pick was the fifth of Wilson's career. The Dallas defense rose to the occasion and forced a three-and-out. Sav Rocca's punt hit B.W. Webb and the ball was recovered by Washington, but the ruling on the field was that Webb was pushed into the ball by a Redskins player, so Dallas got possession at their 24 with 9:16 left in the first half. They were unable to mount a drive and punted the ball away.
From that point on, neither team was able to sustain a drive until late in the half, but Dwayne Harris took a Rocca punt down the sideline into the end zone from 86 yards out with 2:26 left in the first half, and after Dan Bailey's extra point, Dallas extended the lead to 14-3. To add insult to injury, a member of the Redskins bench contacted an official at the Washington 38 during the return, and a 15-yard penalty was assessed to the visitors on the kickoff, and Bailey kicked off from midfield.
Washington got the ball back at their 18 after the kick and mounted a drive that consumed the remainder of the half. They moved the ball down to the Dallas 14 and took their final time out with 1 second left in the half. Forbath notched a 32-yard field goal on the last play of the half, capping an11-play, 68-yard drive that took the remaining 2:26 of the second quarter, and the teams went to the locker room with Dallas leading 14-6.
The 'Skins opened the second half with a 10-play, 65-yard drive that consumed 4:57 and resulted in a 33-yard Forbath field goal, cutting the Dallas lead to 14-9.
On the ensuing kickoff, Dwayne Harris made his second big play of the game, returning the ball out of his end zone down the sideline to the Washington 15, and the 'Boys were in position to expand their 5-point lead.
On the second play of the possession, Tony Romo hit Terrence Williams from 15-yards out and after Bailey added the PAT, the Dallas lead expanded to 21-9 with 9:03 left in the 3rd quarter. The 2-play, 15-yard drive took 1:00.
Washington came back with 3:43 left in the third quarter with a 45-yard TD run by Alfred Morris, capping a 3-play, 71-yard drive that took only 37 seconds. The drive was aided by a 15-yard penalty against Bruce Carter when he threw an elbow at Griffin III after chasing him out of bounds. After Forbath hit the extra point, Washington trailed by only a 21-16 count.
After the Cowboys failed to sustain a drive in their next possession, the Redskins moved down the field, and Forbath attempted a 49-yard field goal. The attempt sailed wide to the left and Dallas took back over at their 39 with 14:42 left in the game.
Romo and the Cowboy offense get in a rhythm from that point, and they almost had a touchdown, but DeAngelo Hall broke up a pass intended for Miles Austin at the last minute in the end zone, and Dallas ended up settling for a 30-yard Dan Bailey field goal, moving the lead to 24-18 with 10:36 left in the game. The drive was 9 plays, 49 yards, and took 4:06.
The Dallas defense rose to the occasion on the next possession when Kyle Wilbur knocked the ball out of Griffin's hand. He recovered the ball at the 'Skin 3. Two plays later Joseph Randle ran into the end zone with 8:49 left in the game. After Bailey's extra point, Dallas appeared to have the game in hand with a 31-16. The 2-play, 3-yard drive took only 47 seconds.
Washington tried to come back, but Orlando Scandrick intercepted Griffin in the Dallas end zone with 5:08 left in the game when his intended receiver tripped and fell down. The teams exchanged possessions from that point, but neither team lit up the scoreboard any further.
It was a very happy Coach Jason Garrett who addressed the media after the big win. "It was a great team win for our football team and each of our three phases showed up, and you know, the starting players showed up in this game. I thought (Dwayne) Harris did a great job. Brandon Carr did an outstanding job, Jason Hatcher played an outstanding game, but there were a lot of other guys playing who haven't been around here real long. I think particularly on that defensive line—those guys just battled their asses off on that defensive line. (They're) playing as well as they can and they really stepped it up and made an impact on this football team."
Tony Romo was also proud to get the win, and had high praise for the efforts of Harris with his two big returns. "In a game like that, that can be the difference in the game. These games, you see it each week, they come down to a swing play here or there and Dwayne, you know, did a great job and almost allowed us to sit over there as an offensive unit and rack up all his yards as if we did it without too much work. It was a great job; great job by all our special teams all the way around."
The Cowboys don't get to enjoy the big win for long, as they meet another NFC East Divisional foe, the Philadelphia Eagles, on the road Sunday at noon Central Daylight Time. With both clubs sitting at 3-3 now, the winner of the contest will walk off the field alone atop the standings in the East with just one more game to go to get to the midway point of the 2013 season after the contest. IF Dallas can find a way to get the big road victory, they would go to a perfect 3-0 in their division, and could be on the verge of putting a very successful season together. HOPEFULLY, they can find a way to make that happen!


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Punxsy Volleyball fulfills dream with D-IX gold
ST. MARYS — Every team dreams and sets goals for its seasons. The Lady Chucks volleyball team was able to fulfill its dream of District IX gold in dramatic fashion Thursday night at St. Marys High School.
Trailing by a game, Punxsy came together to take game four and outlasted Bradford, 18-16, in the match-deciding set to capture the program's seventh title in eight years.
"Everyone on this team contributed to this win tonight. It feels like a dream to bring the District Championship plaque back to Punxsutawney," exclaimed the winning head coach Heather Good.
The Lady Owls started the night off by taking the opening contest, 25-17. The Lady Chucks responded to even the best-of-five with a 25-20 win in the second game.
Bradford regained the momentum over the third game, 25-19.
With its back against the wall, Punxsy forced the tie-breaking game with a 25-21 win in game four.
The evenly matched clubs could not have played a better fifth set. The 15-point game continued until Punxsy pulled out the 18-16, two-point margin and victory.
"This was an awesome win for the team tonight. These girls have worked so hard all season long to get to this point," explained Good. "During the first few weeks of practice, we sat down as a team and wrote a goal: 'While we hold on to the rope for our fellow teammates, we will become one as we work hard, communicate, hustle, have fun and play with passion to make it to and win districts. We will bond together to form a family.' I don't think there is any questions in anyone's mind as to whether or not we achieved those goals."
Punxsy (15-5) avenged its one-set district championship loss, 13-25, to the same Bradford team last year.
The Lady Chucks give Good her first head coaching title in her inaugural season at the helm. Punxsy also retakes the title it enjoyed holding for six seasons in a row (2005-10) under former coach and mother of the current coach, Lisa Good.
Punxsy headed into the title tilt confident after its three- set dominating victory Thursday against Clearfield. The Lady Chucks also were able get the victory after being swept by the Lady Owls earlier in the season.
"Even with the earlier season loss to this team, the girls never lost confidence in each other. They truly believed in their abilities and the ability to bring each other up. This team is constantly encouraging each other and constantly helping each other, a characteristic of the team that has greatly contributed to our success on the court," said Good. "Bradford is an excellent team. They have very strong hitters and quick defense. I give credit to head coach Mike Leet for how far he has brought that team in the past few years."
The Lady Chucks will have Friday to enjoy their title before heading back to St. Marys on Saturday. Punxsy will now play in the PIAA subregional and face the winner of District VIII at 1 p.m. District runner-up Bradford will play the District V champion in the other match.
"We have one night to get in the gym before the subregional Saturday," pointed out Good. "With the progress these girls have made, we are confident that they will continue to have a positive impact on each other on the court."
Taylor Newcome led the Punxsy hitters with 18 kills along with nine digs and a block.
Sydney Weaver added an all-around solid game of 15 kills, five aces, five blocks and 18 digs.
Setters Ashley Reitz and Shaina Painter combined for 30 assists. Reitz had 17 of the assists while lining four aces and digging 11 attacks. Painter had 13 assists with three digs and a block.
"Ashley and Shaina were great with the ball tonight. Their hands were smooth and they made awesome decisions about where to put the ball for our hitters," said the Punxsy coach. "As for the hitters, Taylor and Sydney truly dominated at the middle position, taking whatever Bradford did and playing very effectively against them.
"They essentially did what they wanted with the ball. None of that would have happened without the passes. Our defensive players were dead on tonight, really digging up some crazy balls."
Libero Chelsea Engeholm produced 12 digs and laced an ace. Emily Reitz added 10 digs and an ace of her own, while Sydney Phillips had eight digs.
Shayla Brink chipped in five kills and four digs. Emilee States contributed four kills and eights digs with a block and one assist.
Bella Gallina rounded out the effort with two kills, four digs, an assist and one block for the night.


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Drug Testing
Posted 24 March 2012 - 01:31 AM
Doc just came in and said her drug test was positive what drug test?
Posted 24 March 2012 - 06:39 AM
Edited by beli, 24 March 2012 - 06:40 AM.
Posted 24 March 2012 - 09:07 AM
Posted 24 March 2012 - 09:35 AM
If it is a medication that she was given, then no harm, no foul (and you can scream at them to your heart's content).
However, if it was an illegal street drug, then it is best you know about it and her counselor knows about it. You don't want to lose your child to drugs. Sometimes, it takes an "invasion of privacy" (especially with teens) to head off disaster.
Posted 24 March 2012 - 10:02 AM
I'd also be asking the doctor for a copy of my authorization for the test
Posted 24 March 2012 - 10:23 AM
It was positive for opiates so the doctor asked her about that which we told her about her getting Hyrdo's and morphine and Tyl 3's that last 3-4 weeks due to her fractured wrist and stomach pain so that explained that (which I know pain pills will cause a positive)
The other positive (can't think of the name) she thinks was from the nausea med because depending what one the hospital gave her (she got it three times in the last week) can cause that.
Everything else was negative, we have given the girls drug tests at home, it as part of the deal to get ungrounded, they both passed those and we told them we will do them randomly.
I did not sign anything, if I wanted a drug test done I would have asked of course dd could have refused she has that right. The doctor just said they where going to draw blood to check the normal stuff white blood count and so on.
I doubt my insurance will cover the test.
Posted 24 March 2012 - 10:26 AM
Posted 24 March 2012 - 10:53 AM
Not sure if that's normal practice or not because I've only been to the doctor twice in the fifteen years.
Posted 24 March 2012 - 11:01 AM
Posted 24 March 2012 - 05:28 PM
When I went to the doctor, they handed me my lab draw requisition form and sent me to the lab area. On the form things were checked like CBC, CMP, lipid panel, UA. I would have seen if they had checked any drug screen stuff.
Not sure if that's normal practice or not because I've only been to the doctor twice in the fifteen years.
Some offices still do that, most (the office go to) it is all done on computer and the orders are sent to the lab you never see what is ordered.
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English muffin toasting bread is full of holes, nooks and crannies just like english muffins! Best when toasted, it takes on the same chewy, crunchy deliciousness that they are known and loved for.
This is one of the easiest yeast recipes I've ever made – no kneading required! All it takes is a quick one-minute mixing of ingredients to make a soft dough that rises in 45 minutes right in the cornmeal dusted loaf pan. After one rise it bakes in a mere 25 minutes! You have to love it for its ease and quickness.
Not to mention it's superior toasting abilities!
- In a large mixing bowl whisk the flour, sugar, salt, baking soda, and instant yeast together.
- In a separate microwave proof bowl combine milk, water, and oil; heat to between 120°F and 130°F. I use a thermometer to test. {The liquid will feel very hot (hotter than lukewarm), but not so hot that it would scald you. As a reference point, the hottest water from your kitchen tap is probably around 120°F (unless your tap water is so hot that it burns you).}
- Pour the hot liquid over the dry ingredients in the mixing bowl. Beat at high speed for 1 minute, the dough will be soft.
- Lightly grease an 8 1/2? x 4 1/2? loaf pan, and sprinkle the bottom and sides with cornmeal. Scoop the soft dough into the pan, leveling it in the pan as much as possible. Cover the pan, and let the dough rise till it's just barely crowned over the rim of the pan about 1/4? over; about 45 minutes to 1 hour.
- While the dough is rising, preheat the oven to 400°F. Remove the cover, and bake the bread for 22 to 27 minutes, till it's golden brown and its interior temperature is 190°F.
- Remove the bread from the oven, and after 5 minutes turn it out of the pan onto a rack to cool. Let the bread cool completely before slicing.
Adapted from King Arthur Flour
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Mattel's Reputation With The CPSC Is Officially Crappy
Mattel is being investigated (again) by the CPSC over the timeliness of its latest batch of recalls. According to the WSJ, Mattel knows it is required to inform the agency within 24 hours of receiving information about a defect that could cause injury—it just doesn't do it because it thinks its not fair.
Mattel Chairman and Chief Executive Robert Eckert said in an interview that the company discloses problems on its own timetable because it believes both the law and the commission's enforcement practices are unreasonable. Mattel said it should be able to evaluate hazards internally before alerting any outsiders, regardless of what the law says.
By mandating that companies immediately report any incident that could conceivably expose a hazard, the commission's "standard might apply to almost anything," Mr. Eckert said. "It's very easy for anyone to apply the word 'could' backward," he added.
The CPSC doesn't agree. "It's a statute; it's clear," said Julie Vallese, the commission's spokeswoman, referring to the 24-hour rule. Yet enforcing such rules poses a challenge for the small agency, which has limited resources and is only authorized to impose fines of less than $2 million against companies that Ms. Vallese says "think they can get away with delaying reporting."
Most recently the CPSC fined Mattel's Fisher-Price division almost a million dollars for delaying reports that a popular toy was causing injuries for 7 months. The company denies any wrongdoing.
And then there were the fires. Mattel's popular Power Wheels toys (we were never allowed to have one growing up and are still bitter about it) started catching fire in 1995. Two years later, after the CPSC finally hears about the fires independently, Mattel reports what they already know. In Oct 1998, 10 million Power Wheels toys were recalled for fire hazard, 3 years after the initial reports. The above photo shows pictures of a garage that was destroyed by a Power Wheels toy that caught fire 2 hours after it was last played with, according to the WSJ
"The agency has a real problem in finding out about dangerous products. They know after [company] lawyers might know — that's after a death or injury," said Pamela Gilbert, the former executive director of the commission.
Safety Agency, Mattel Clash Over Disclosures [Wall Street Journal]
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Jordan Lynch ended his college career as a Heisman Trophy finalist at the quarterback position.
Built more like a safety than a signal-caller, the Northern Illinois product went undrafted, but signed as a free agent Saturday with the Chicago Bears.
While the Bears drafted quarterback David Fales in the sixth round, coach Marc Trestman still wanted to add Lynch to the roster.
"He said, 'Look man, I want you here,'" agent Cliff Brady said, per the Chicago Tribune. "Trestman told him, 'I have 10 different things I can do with you, come with us. Come here and we'll make it work.'"
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The question is whether Lynch will remain in the quarterback room or move to another position. During the draft process, some scouts viewed him as an in-the-box safety, while others saw him as a short-yardage running back.
Bears general manager Phil Emery noted Lynch's running ability Saturday -- the Bears need a goal-line back after cutting Michael Bush. Lynch said he's willing to do whatever it takes to make the roster.
"Whatever I can do to help a team out, I'm willing to do," he told the Tribune. "I'll run down the field on special teams."
UPDATED: We didn't have to wait long for our answer. The Bears listed Lynch as a running back Sunday when they announced the signing.
The bulldozing runner could have a role as the sledgehammer to the new Matt Forte-Ka'Deem Carey duo. He should also play a part in special teams. Whereas other running college quarterbacks have insisted on remaining under center when they made the leap to the NFL, Lynch made the right move to the backfield.
At the NFL Scouting Combine, Lynch ran running back drills for scouts. Per NFL Media's research team, he had the third-fastest three-cone drill (6.55) of all running backs since 2003. Of course, he also would have had the sixth-slowest running back 40 time at 4.76.
You don't give Lynch the ball for his blazing speed, though. You give it to him to do this:
Gil Brandt broke down all the top undrafted free agents, most of whom signed Saturday.
Some other highlights:
» Tight end Michael Flacco, brother of Joe, signed with the San Diego Chargers.
» Connor Shaw joins Johnny Manziel in a now-crowded Cleveland Browns quarterback room.
» The Browns also grabbed Brandt's top running back, Isaiah Crowell.
» Silas Redd, the former USC and Penn State running back, signed with the Washington Redskins.
» Brandt's top UDFA receiver, Brandon Coleman from Rutgers, signed with Sean Payton in New Orleans.
» The University of Texas was shut out of the draft for the first time since 1937. Its athletic receiver, Michael Davis, signed with the Oakland Raiders.
» Third-team All-American linebacker Max Bullough -- who fell out of the draft due to off-field issues -- signed with the Houston Texans.
The "Around The League Podcast" wrapped up the draft by picking our winners and losers.


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By Fred W. Baker III
American Forces Press Service
July 16, 2007 – Troops on the ground in Iraq are not as much tired of the war as they are of those who are not in the fight saying that no progress has been made, a top commander in the region said today. The troops there see progress every day, said British Army Lt. Gen. Graeme Lamb, deputy commander of Multinational Force Iraq and senior British representative in Iraq, speaking to Pentagon reporters via satellite.
"They see the water going to people who didn't have it before. They see electricity coming on line. They see stability to the networks. They see all the stuff that no one really portrays," Lamb said. "While it's so clear to them that we're making progress, it's not reflected by those who are not in the fight, but [who] are sitting back and making judgment."
Overall, Lamb called the day-to-day work there by coalition forces "hard pounding," and said that extraordinary things are being accomplished by ordinary people.
"You should be enormously proud of what I see your Marines, your Air Force, your Navy, your Army and the civilians who are in the fight out here, as to what they do, and gladly," Lamb said.
The British general has served in Iraq since August 2006. This is his second tour to the region. He said, that in the first month of the surge there has been "good progress, steady momentum, hard fighting, [and coalition forces] going places where they haven't been before. I see -- unequivocally -- that this surge is making a difference."
Lamb compared the complexities of the mission there to playing three-dimensional chess in a dark room - while being shot at.
But, he said, Iraqi forces are making ground in their training and several units own their own battlespace. This is key as coalition forces begin clearing and holding new sections of the capital city.
Only a few years ago, after coalition soldiers would leave cleared areas, insurgents would return and again take control. Under the new strategy, coalition forces now hold sections of the city allowing for local governments to be formed, construction of key infrastructure, training of security forces and the rebuilding of the economy and workforce.
Now, when coalition forces leave, Lamb said, the "vacuum" is not filled with insurgents, but a trained security force and a growing economy.
He said it is a concerted effort on the parts of coalition forces, the local community, Iraqi security forces and the Iraqi government. "The sum of the parts is so much greater than where we were before, and the difference should not be underestimated," Lamb said.
Already, several Iraqi units are holding their own north in Diyala and Salahuddin and south in Babil and Basra.
Still, most units require U.S. help with logistics, command and control and intelligence, he said.
Iraqi security forces and the Iraqi government are busy weeding out those who are aligned with the insurgency and sectarian violence, especially within the police force, he said. U.S. forces are arresting, and turning over to the Iraqis, any of their security force who are guilty of using their positions to promote sectarian violence, Lamb said.
"We'll take the individuals, arrest them and put them through the Iraqi criminal justice system," he said.
Already, 11,000 members of the police force have been removed and 4,000 are in the criminal justice system under review.
"I've seen over my time here people ... looking to improve and deliver a force that is Iraqi rather than sectarian," he said.
Tuesday, July 17, 2007
Troops See Progress, Grow Weary of Negative Reports on War
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The 4-year-old gray daughter of Stormy Atlantic ran past pacesetter Spectacular Sky early in the stretch and went on to a 1 ½ length decision for her third win in six starts.
Those ahead of Baffert are also members of the Hall of Fame. Charlie Whittingham leads with 222, followed by Bobby Frankel (149), Ron McAnally (123) and Richard Mandella (103).
Owned by Kaleem Shah Inc., American Lady, who is out of the Rubiano mare Comfort Zone, pushed her earnings to $133,866. Ridden by Rafael Bejarano, who leads all jockeys at the Spring/Summer meet with eight stakes wins, completed the 7 ½ furlongs over Cushion Track in 1:30.49.
The win was the second in three local appearances for American Lady, who was a $230,000 yearling purchase at the Keeneland September sale in 2009. She won a $61,032 allowance at 6 ½ furlongs last June 30.
Top Debutante, the second longest shot in the field at 16-1, rallied along the inside to gain second, 2 ¼ lengths in front of Spectacular Sky. Top Debutante returned $7 and $2.80 while Spectacular Sky paid $2.20 to show.
The Baffert-trained Pink Lollipops, the 2-1 second choice, and Suzettes Friend completed the order of finish.
In absentia, Doug O'Neill, who has 10 training titles at Betfair Hollywood Park, had his first multiple win day of the Spring/Summer meet.
Currently in New York preparing Kentucky Derby and Preakness winner I'll Have Another for his bid at history in the Belmont Stakes June 9, O'Neill won Friday's first race with River Kiss and the third with first time starter Mahogany Ridge.
Through 22 days, O'Neill has seven victories, leaving him tied for third in the trainer standings with Jeff Bonde and Hall of Famer Jerry Hollendorfer. Baffert, the defending Spring/Summer champ, leads with 17.
On the jockey side, Bejarano, who has three riding titles at Betfair Hollywood Park, including the 2010 Oak Tree meet, leads Joe Talamo 28-22.
Racing resumes Saturday. Post time is 1 p.m. Track gates open at 9:55 a.m. for simulcasts.
The feature attraction is the $150,000 Californian, a Grade II at 1 1/8 miles over Cushion Track. The field is headed by 2011 Santa Anita Handicap winner and Hollywoo Gold Cup runner-up Game On Dude and recent Mervyn LeRoy Handicap winner Morning Line. The Californian is the eighth of nine races.


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Judas H Priest, that was an incredibly awesome episode. I don't know where they're getting the budget for this, but these last two episodes looked like they cost about two seasons worth of most shows... Just...holy shit, the flame, Alex and Sloth, Envy, the flame... And more motion "camera work" (that can't be cheap to do...). Gorgeous.
Can't wait to see it in HD...
|2010-04-25, 07:28
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Oh... wow... 0_0
Usually raw don't impress me that much and I wait for subs but this episode is an exception 0_0
I definetly liked Roy VS Envy in anime more than in manga... Roy is one scary beast and I just love that scream he gives when firing the last time into the empty corridor... and Envy... I felt sorry for him, to see Envy cry is something new.
And go Alex! He stole the ending!
I just like Olivier's and Alex's relationship^^ They definetly have a hate/love sibling relationship
And yay! The two scariest females in the show aka Olivier and Izumi will finally meet!
|2010-04-25, 09:12
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Incredible episode. Everything was top-notch. The animation - the flames were absolutely wonderful and so was the Sloth vs. Alex fight and everything else that moved.
The music worked very well, including that insert at the ending with Hoho confronting Father. The piece coupled with the Hughes flashbacks really brought out Roy's raw emotion in the scene and even got me a little teary. Everything that played in the background this week was placed nicely.
Voicework was great, too. Wish Roy got to scream a little more but where he did, Miki was awesome. I can't stress how well he did in these past two episodes. His Angry Roy was utterly convincing. And Takayama was also stellar as Envy, his screams, his cries and his eventual demise was almost... heart-wrenching, more so than the manga.
BTW, I also loved the Roy/Riza Ishval flashback at the beginning. It was nice to see it animated. This episode/chapter is one of the reasons why us Royai fans think that Roy and Riza are THE pairing of FMA.
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^It really doesn't supris me. after all riza said that she will die the moment Roy will. She litteraly suggested that she would kill him and herself right afterwards. Roy was completly against her being killed... so yeh it does seal Royai relationship very well^^
|2010-04-25, 10:55
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Anyways, this episode was another easy 10/10 for me (much like quigonkenny, I'm still shocked at how they're still keeping up this ridiculous animation quality with each passing episode), but I feel like I should watch it with subs first before writing more extensively about it, since the dialogue was pretty important here and they actually seemed to add some lines and flashbacked to some previous ones too, which I thought was great and added to the scenes.
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Jesus Christ was an episode. It 100% delivered in every way possible.
-Insane animation quality yet again. BONES are showing no signs of stopping here with this episode, which looked just as good as last weeks. Seriously impressive with more Mustang flames, together with Alex's epic shinning moment.
-Music placement in this episode was off the charts, especially with the new pieces. The new version of Beyond the Walls (my favorite piece from the first soundtrack as well) which was used gave me the shivers, along with the so damn epic piece used for Alex's scene, my god it was so awesome.
-Adding in the Hughes flashbacks such great impact for the viewers, along with Envy's lines that came pouring in. Very nicely handled.
Man this episode, just wow.
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Really liked a lot of things about this episode. In particular, the character facial animation is really above average for this episode, and it's a good thing because it really needed it. The detail in how Roy's eyes are drawn as the episode progresses really makes the episode for me.
Yoshimichi Kameda is a really, really good animator. BONES has done an amazing job in discovering new talent with FMA:B, and even though they don't use the veteran action animators I've come to expect from BONES, the series has really found its own style and action milestones as the series progressed.
I commented early on in the series that part of the problem with FMA:B was that as a reboot it was constantly being compared to the original, and it would be hard for a new team to do the same action scenes that were done in the original series with the same impact, and it was something that worked against the team. I'm glad to say that now towards the tail end of the series, I've seen more than enough in the last 40 or so episodes to be able to conclude that yes, the new team has indeed managed to make their mark on the major animation sequences and have animated many scenes which they can be very proud of and will always be associated with them, and not compared to the previous series. Hironori Tanaka and Yoshimichi Kameda are every bit the highlight of FMA:B, just like Yutaka Nakamura and Takashi Tomioka were for the original FMA.
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Am I the only one who wants to laugh each time I see Mustang's expresion in the flashback when Riza shows the tattoo?
He looks so spaced out there! I guess he was thinking of something different than Alchemy there
EDIT: Now that I saw subs... looks like Alex's guess was right about why Olivier had sent everyone away from the mansion^^
And lol at Izumi and her tunnels
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Envy's death was quite impressive, quite emotive. I was never quite as moved by Hughes' death as many people seemed to be, so it was Envy's confession of his jealousy of humanity that moved me the most about this episode.
As for the animation...to be honest, impressive as it was, somehow, at this point in my appreciation for fantasy action my foremost reaction to Roy's pillars of flame was "is this physically accurate"? My understanding of Roy's alchemy being based on the flow of air had me thinking 'with all these short bursts and powerful explosions, where is he getting the oxygen?' And with regards to Envy's burns, I was wondering if it might not be more effective to set him on fire and let his flesh burn slowly as opposed to repeatedly blasting him with so many individual bursts of flame. I dunno. I liked the rest of the action though.
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Despite all the drama and emotions when Envy realised he is jealous of humans, i found him rather irritating xD
oh yea is it me or the scene between mustang and riza wasn't part of the manga?
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We had heard that Mass Effect 3's final piece of downloadable content, the single-player mission called Citadel, was a large undertaking. But just how large wasn't clear until recently, when BioWare revealed that the content had been split into two parts on Xbox 360 due to size restrictions.
A FAQ from BioWare explains that this pack is larger than previous ones, necessitating the split. The first part will be listed as $14.99, and the second will be listed as free. This means you could technically download the second part without buying the pack, but it won't work without the first downloaded as well. The PC and PlayStation 3 versions of Citadel will each come as one download.
Mass Effect 3's Omega had already pushed the limits of allowable size on Xbox Live, as the 1.99 GB download touched the very edge of the 2 GB limit on the platform. Citadel was always aiming to be more ambitious, so it makes sense that it would cross Microsoft's limit.
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Suppliers slam coal seam gas decision
Gas utility AGL has slammed the decision by the NSW government to restrict exploration for coal seam gas around residential areas, which could substantially restrict the company's activities in Sydney's south west.
The NSW cabinet yesterday decided to impose a two kilometre buffer between exploration areas and residential areas, in a bid to take the heat out of public unease over exploration for coal seam gas, with the move immediately sparking pressure from environmental groups for further restrictirons to be imposed.
AGL said the government's move will "add to the gas supply crisis that New South Wales is facing as existing supply contracts roll off between 2014 and 2017".
"This roll-off of contracts will coincide with very substantial increases in demand for gas as LNG export projects come on line in Gladstone. The absence of multiple new sources of supply in NSW will add to substantial upward pressure on gas and electricity prices in the state."
Along with its exploration south of Sydney, AGL has significant exploration acreage in the Hunter Valley, which it is hoping to tap to supply the Newcastle market in particular, where it is building a gas storage facility.
Newcastle pays some of the most expensive prices for gas in the country, since it is located at the end of the gas supply pipeline which extends from central Australia.
AGL said it relinquished prime agricultural land used by the wine industry from its exploration licence in the Hunter following community opposition.
"The Hunter remains a critical future source of gas for NSW," AGL said. "AGL will be seeking an urgent meeting with the Premier and Deputy Premier to clarify the details of this proposal."
Other gas explorers in NSW also expressed concern over the O'Farrell government's decision, with both Dart Energy and Metgasco seeking to meet with government officials to clarify the planned restrictions.
"The decision today will impact gas users and risk thousands of jobs, pushing industry out of NSW," Dart's chief executive, Robbert de Weijer, said.
This proposal will add to the looming gas supply shortage that New South Wales is facing as existing supply contracts expire between 2014 and 2017, he said, hitting supply and pushing up the cost of gas.
Metgasco, which is operating in the north of NSW said it is seeking an urgent meeting with the government since the changes could significantly effect its exploration.
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What a wonderful picture.
What a wonderful picture.
Thanks for the comments lads....Hope the weekend went well. That last one always makes me...smile.
Some more of my fave guys...
Frottage and docking are very exciting practices
Excuse my bad English but I am French and thus I speak usually only about French http://pics-aeronef.discutfree.com/u...s/smiley_f.gif
a nice set...happy monday.
CF guys. sigh.
glad to hear it
Here's something you might find "interesting" from agaymale's vintage pic thread:
Keep smilin'!!
WISDOM is the Knowledge you've gained ... After you could have used it! _Me
Gray Tuesday here...
a second batch to brighten things up.
and thats today guys...
Late in...
gnight...back tomorrow.
Thursday dump.
Thursday dump 2
You guys are awesome! These pics are some of the best I've seen in years! Thank God for you guys!
But then, when it "came" to touching another Guy's dick with your own, and "Playing" ... Real "sword play", so to speak ... well ... the "oomph!" in that has Never worn off!!
Just sayin' ...
Keep smilin'!!
WISDOM is the Knowledge you've gained ... After you could have used it! _Me
I guess for me, it is an intimacy thing. I like to take things slower, plus it is different because both of us FEEL the same thing at the same time. Dinks head to head and balls to balls. I don't venture into the deeper meaning of things much, but no one is submitting or a passive player. I'm rather attracted to a nice dink though, so I am biased.
Besides it's a great way to finish things up together too, whatever came between. I like cummin cock 2 cock with my guy, makin out, 1 hand around both dix.
my 2cents...wait a minute? My Thread!
Long week...almost done. here's some stuff.
back on later...
Semi off topic but...too hot not too share. Found em in my travels today.
Late...flickin around. Thought I'd toss some in.
not much...just sropping pics
late file dump for sunday....hoping everyone had a fun weekend.
a bit more, one more to follow.
and to all a good night
super hot shot. keep it up dunhill ; great thread - any shots of dick on dick to climax cum all over..
Posted this one before, long hot vid with some great frot!
(Not sure if it will work. Was OK first time now members only!)
Another hot frot vid which does still work!
First vid was a winner, second no longer exists. Thanks for the try though!
as per request
Thats about all I got of guys finishin up.
droppin some stuff...slow night.
I'm going to run out at this rate...no one wants to help
any pics of 2 hairy men doing it and cuming @ same time?
you have a great eye for sexy shots - very hot.. what's this from?
no clue! Just hot.
the last of my shooters.
Mason...always a crowd pleaser.
some dick. I feel like it.
Thanks Andrew...ahem. go to bed. wink
some mutual fun.
few more...no real theme but hot
dunhill ...
You've really got to stop posting all these "HOT" pics! I mean ... I find myself "yoinking" most of them, and they're filling up my HARD Drive!!!
And, to be Truthful ... that's not all that I'm "yoinking", either!!
Keep smilin'!!
WISDOM is the Knowledge you've gained ... After you could have used it! _Me
I am fine with admitting I have nicked some from you as well.
Found in other threads lately.
more pinched from around here.
and some random mix sh*t.
Ohh I didn't say that sh*t