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BALTIMORE – The UMBC track and field team continues its indoor season this weekend by splitting up to compete at both the Penn State Nationals in University Park, Pa. and the Patriot Games at George Mason in Fairfax, Va. Both meets start on Friday, Jan. 31 and continue through Saturday, Feb. 1.
The Retriever women's squad was recently ranked No. 13 in the first Mid-Atlantic Region poll of the season by the United States Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA). The team has three athletes who have already qualified for the ECAC Championships, led by junior Mercedes Jackson (Huntingtown, Md./Huntingtown) who met the regional standard for the 60m and 200m dash events. She currently leads the America East in the 60m dash (7.48) while ranking second in the 200m event (24.78). Jackson will compete in the both events at Penn State this weekend.
Junior Alisha Beeman (Bridgeport, Conn./Bunnell/Hartford) broke the school record in the high jump two weeks ago at the Terrapin Invitational. Beeman cleared 1.71m (5'0.75") to earn UMBC's top mark and qualify for the ECACs. She will compete in the pentathlon this weekend in Pennsylvania.
Senior Kirsten Jones (Brentwood, Tenn./M.L.K. Magnet) rounds out the Retriever trio, having reached the ECAC mark in the 500m run at the Penn State Relays on Jan. 11 with a time of 1:15.60. Her time ranks second in the America East this season with junior Paulette Fogle (Washington, D.C./Bishop McNamara) right behind in third. Jones also ranks seventh in the conference in the 200m dash with her time of 25.34 at last week's NYU Team Challenge. This weekend, Jones will run in the 200m and 400m races at PSU, with Fogle competing in the 500m event.
In the 800m run last weekend, junior Sarah Daly (Lake Orion, Mich./Lake Orion) and senior Cody Mezebish (Westminster, Md./South Carroll) finished one-two and took over the top spots in the league rankings. Mezebish also broke the school record in the 1,000m run earlier this year with her time of 2:56.58 at the Penn State Relays. Both will race in the 800m competition in the Keystone State on Saturday morning.
In the throws, sophomore Nneoma Edokobi (Rockville, Md./Richard Montgomery) sits second in the weight throw (15.26m; 50'0.75") and third in the shot put (12.91m; 42'4.25") in the conference heading into the weekend. She will compete in the weight throw on Friday evening at Penn State and the shot put on Saturday afternoon.
The distance team has paced the Retriever men early in the season with senior Andrew Smith (Chadds Ford, Pa./Garnet Valley) and Hassan Omar (Frederick, Md./Thomas Johnson) each breaking a school record and qualifying for the IC4A Championships last weekend in New York. Smith's 800m mark of 1:51.30 put him atop the conference standings, in addition to the UMBC record list, while Omar ranks third in the conference in the 3,00m run (8:23.50). Smith has also qualified for the regional meet in the 1,000m run this season, but will race in the 800m at Penn State while Omar will compete in the 5,000m run.
Senior Jake Albino (Hampton, N.Y./Minisink Valley) also met his second qualifying standard last week in the Big Apple, posting a career-best mile time of 4:10.23. Earlier in the year he met the mark for the 1,000m run (2:26.27) and will run in the mile this weekend.
At the first meet of the season, sophomore Randolph Patrice (Baltimore, Md.) produced the top UMBC time of the year in the 60m dash, 6.98, to qualify for the IC4A meet. He currently ranks tied for fourth in the America East.
Junior Thor Serafenas (Only, Md./Good Counsel/Clemson) competed for just the second time last week, registering a top season weight throw of 15.91m (52'2.50") which sits him eighth in the conference rankings. He will look to improve his standing in the event, as well as the shot put, in Happy Valley this weekend.


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MACON, Ga. - In a season where few things went right for the Lipscomb Bisons cross country team, Ben Wright earned a spot on the Atlantic Sun All-Academic Team.
"I'm happy for Ben Wright," Lipscomb cross country coach Bill Taylor said. "I knew we weren't going to have many guys on the Scholar-Athlete team this year because freshmen aren't eligible.
"We have so many freshmen that very few of the conference roster runners could be considered. Ben works hard in the classroom in Engineering, a very tough major. He deserves this."
The team was announced Wednesday.
*Adam Chase, ETSU (Sophomore | GPA: 4.00 | Mathematics)
*Ryan Burruss, Kennesaw State (Senior | GPA: 3.54 | Criminal Justice)
Anders Ludvingsen, ETSU (Junior | GPA: 3.71 | Pre-Business)
Jacob Law, Mercer University (Senior | GPA: 3.93 | Engineering)
Kyle Burton, Stetson University (Sophomore | GPA: 3.99 | Biochemistry)
Ben Wright, Lipscomb University (Sophomore | GPA: 3.84 | Engineering)
Ross Oden, USC Upstate (Junior | GPA: 3.379 | Chemistry)
* Unanimous Selection
(A tie in the voting led to an eight man Academic All-Conference selection)
The A-Sun introduced the new sport-by-sport Academic All-Conference teams in the 2011-12 academic year to recognize student-athletes who embody the conference's mission of Building Winners for Life. All the members of the team boast a 3.30 cumulative grade point average (GPA) or better and participated in at least half of their team's games.

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Is anyone aware of any limiting conditions imposed on older-than normal law school graduates because of their age? For example, if one graduates from law school at age 29, do you know if one's age would in any way limit one's professional options (i.e. private practice, professorship, clerkship, public interest law)?
what if you are over 45 and have grey hair or balding?
Age can only help. Two of the offers I have for a summer associate position are from firms who ONLY interview candidates with work experience prior to law school. Apparently more and more firms are doing this. Most of my 2L classmates who don't have offers at the moment went straight through undergrad to law school and are quite young. Age and experience are a definite plus.


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(Warning: the above video is graphic) The judicial system in Steubenville has demonstrated itself as unfit to conduct a proper investigation into the events surrounding the rape of a 16-year-old girl. The perpetrators made public comments on Twitter showing no remorse or sense of humanity. The courts in Steubenville have been incapable of showing even a modicum of justice; only two of the…
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What You Need to Know to Buy the Galaxy S4
How much will the Galaxy S4 cost? Where and when can you buy it? George Stahl discusses on digits. Photo: Getty Images.
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text: Defining a band's legacy is always a difficult thing. In the case of the Indestructible Noise Command, that's made doubly difficult by a rise to seeming prominence followed by a label failure and then a more than two decade hiatus. Now, 2011 finds the INC back in business, a resurrected agent of a gone era faced with a new metal reality. I sat down with guitarist and creative force Erik Barath for some honest Q and A about being back, and what it took to get back.


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As a part-time food blogger and full time food freak, my antenna is always up for delicious things to make, eat and blog about. More and more, I'm cooking and posting original recipes that I've either perfected or – through pure blind luck and some modicum of skill – managed to create from the season's best.
But sometimes, the clamour for a recipe outweighs my desire to be original. And that clamour was resounding last week when I made Bonnie Stern's amazing Harissa-Rubbed Lamb Chops with Charmoula, from her wonderful Friday Night Dinners cookbook. With a houseful of people – 14 to be exact – all of them passionate about great food and wine, we wanted to serve something that was foolproof fabulous. And while our Butter Crunch Salad, Quinoa with Dried Cherries, and Rosemary-Roasted Salmon were all hits, the star of the show was the finger-licking good, garlicky, sweet-and-spicy chops. Easy, beautiful and tasty – a triumvirate that you can't beat.
Harissa-Rubbed Lamb Chops with Charmoula
serves 10 to 12
For maximum flavour, we marinate the lamb a day ahead and refrigerate, and make the charmoula a day ahead too. We sear the lamb the next morning, and refrigerate until ready to cook and serve. So all that needs to be done for dinner is finish cooking the lamb.
You can also freeze the rack of lamb after searing. Just defrost, make the charmoula and finish off the lamb. We did just that last night, and had a ready-made Friday night dinner of our own in 30 minutes flat.
For the harissa:
½ c olive oil
4 cloves garlic, minced
1 tbsp smoked paprika (seek it out – the distinct flavour can't be replicated with just regular paprika)
1 tbsp ground cumin
2 tsp kosher salt
1 tsp cayenne or hot pepper sauce
4 racks of lamb
For the charmoula:
1 c olive oil mayonnaise
2 cloves garlic, minced
1 tbsp lemon juice
1 tsp hot red pepper sauce
½ tsp ground cumin
1 tbsp smoked paprika
2 tbsp finely chopped fresh cilantro
1. Make the harissa by combining all of the wet and dry ingredients in small bowl. Rub every last bit into the lamb. If making immediately, leave on the counter; if holding to cook later, place in a casserole dish, cover and refrigerate (overnight if desired).
2. Make the charmoula by combining all ingredients in a small bowl. Refrigerate until ready to use, bringing to room temperature before serving.
3. If finishing the dish immediately, preheat the oven to 400°F. In a large roasting pan over medium high heat, sear the lamb racks, meaty side down, until browned. Transfer the racks to lined rimmed baking sheet, bone side down, and roast for 20 to 25 minutes for medium rare. Alternatively, grill the racks on a gas or charcoal babecue to enhance the smoky flavour.
4. Slice the lamb into chops, place on a platter, and serve with the charmoula on the side.


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The velocity of change in information technology has blurred the lines between business and personal activities. Many people expect far more than what their employers are able to offer, and many companies have to catch up to keep the workforce engaged.
Cloud computing, social media and "bring your own device" (BYOD) are such trends that just a few years ago sounded absurd to most information security executives, but are quickly becoming mainstream initiatives. These technologies can create tremendous opportunity — and yet also introduce additional risk to the business.
In a recent Ernst & Young survey of 700 leading companies (Turn risks and opportunities into results, available at ey.com/top10challenges), emerging technologies risk was identified as number five in a list of top 10 risks businesses will face in the coming years.
Following are some highlights from our 2012 Global Information Security Survey (GISS), Fighting to close the gap, highlighting some of the risks of these new technologies:
Cloud: Cloud computing continues to be one of the main drivers of business model innovation and IT service delivery. Canada is a heavy adopter of cloud computing, and 86% of Canadian respondents say they are currently using cloud computing services. However, 21% of Canadian respondents say they have not taken any measures to mitigate the risks of using cloud computing services. Many admit that their efforts to address cloud-related risk is minimal or non-existent.
Social media: Social media can quickly build an organization's brand, and just as quickly crush it. Canadian businesses rely on policy adjustments and monitoring rather than blocking access to social media sites, and 43% of Canadian respondents do not have a coordinated approach to address social media. One of the most common tactics management uses is to limit access to social media sites, but this has proven to be ineffective, as employees can access the sites with their own devices.
BYOD: As the mobility of today's workforce continues to grow, the phrase "out of the office" becomes less relevant. Tablet computer use for business has doubled over the last year, and 31% of Canadian respondents now allow the use of company or privately owned tablets in their organization. Canada's rate of adoption for BYOD was 8%, with 62% of respondents currently evaluating alternatives to enable mobile technology in the workplace. Analysts predict that there will be 10 billion internet-enabled mobile devices, smartphones and tablets globally by 2016.
New technologies introduce new entry points into the organization, opening new opportunities for hackers to penetrate the system. Emerging threats range from opportunistic attacks to targeted attacks, and even state-sponsored attacks. Traditional technologies are no longer sufficient to protect against sophisticated threats — and threats can often remain unnoticed in the environment for a long time.
Most respondents to our survey feel that they are not adequately protected from threats that could result in a breach or data loss. Despite the risks introduced by the adoption of cloud-based services, social media and BYOD, organizations are moving full steam ahead to take advantage of the business opportunities.
Before implementing any new technology, companies should do appropriate due diligence. We've identified the following six practical steps you should consider as part of the due diligence.
1. Develop an information security framework: Rely on a known security framework such as ISO 27001/2 to assess each type of technology, its role in the organization and the business opportunities and threats.
2. Understand your risk appetite: Identify the organization's risk appetite using a risk management model that reduces risk to an acceptable level.
3. Review your third-party agreements: If there are third parties who will be involved in the management or usage of the new processes, services or technologies, you need to agree on allocation of responsibilities.
4. Update security policies and prioritize awareness: Adjust your existing security policies and educate your staff on the appropriate use of emerging technologies so that risk is managed.
5. Monitor regulations and compliance: Stay on top of specific regulatory and compliance requirements.
6. Monitor risk in the environment: With the deployment of any technology, monitoring processes and procedures are required. This includes monitoring the use of the technologies by the employees and determining inappropriate use, and closely managing the risks introduced by the implementation.
Social media, cloud and mobile technologies are here to stay, and you need to be prepared. You must minimize the gap between your current security level and what you'll need to do to maintain a competitive advantage and minimize your risk exposure.
Nitin Bedi is a manager in the IT Security practice at Ernst & Young LLP. He has over 17 years of broad international experience in all aspects of IT, including IT security, IT audit and IT project management. Email Nitin Bedi with questions.
To learn more about GISS survey and our IT Risk and Assurance Services, visit us at ey.com/ca.


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I used to settle at my grandmother's feet and listen to her weave the stories of her life, adding the weft of daily life to the warp of womanhood, faith, and family. When she talked about her husband who had died forty years ago, the love light still shone clearly in her eyes. When she talked about her children, I could hear in her voice every time they broke her heart and mended it. Tales of gardening brought back the scent of fading summer roses. With each meal remembered, I could smell every slice of bacon and cornmeal mush that old iron skillet ever turned out.
I am thankful that some power greater than my adolesence made me, usually, sit and listen. If I had anything in my hands, it was a piece of crochet work that she would oversee. Grandma didn't live far into the days of cell phones and laptops, and I either didn't care for or knew we couldn't afford whatever hand-held gadget was considered high-tech at the time.
Thank God. Thank God I didn't miss that. I would not have the my strengths, my straight and narrows, my warp strings, if I did not have those stories.
The closest I've come in recent years to those moments at my grandmother's feet was this past weekend. I listened to a teller of tales, a folk singer, a woman Grandma would have appreciated. Through her stories and songs I felt the dust of a hard road in my shoes, the breeze off a fishing lake, and the dampness of tears rolling down my face as Grandma's coffin was carried into a little country church where voices were raised in old songs.
And I might have missed it. I might have missed it by answering a text. I might have missed it because the open laptop in front of me danced with distractions. I would have justly kicked my own ass if I'd missed that feeling for a damned tweet.
I'm not knocking all tech goodies and gadgetry. I'm writing a freaking blog post, for goodness sake, one tangentially related to a bloggers' conference. There's a reason, however, aside from being broke, that I don't live life tethered to technology. There are things in life that will never fit on a three-inch screen, ideas that can't be expressed in one hundred forty characters, big pictures that don't translate to thumbnails.
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Last year, the Buccaneers uncharacteristically splurged in free agency. One of the free agents on whom they splurged is interested in helping this year's potential splurge.
And, yes, I like the word splurge.
Receiver Vincent Jackson raves about his coach, Greg Schiano, and the team.
"I couldn't be more impressed with Schiano and his staff, the way they were able to come in here in one year, coming from the collegiate level to dealing with professionals," Jackson said, via Rick Stroud of the Tampa Bay Times. "I know [Schiano] has some background in the NFL. But as a head coach, to take the reins the way he did, get his message across, get guys to buy in the way he did under totally different circumstances from years prior, he did an excellent job with that. He's a lot of fun to play for. He's a competitive guy, and he's going to make sure you're as well prepared as you can possibly be."
Not everyone felt that way. Tight end Kellen Winslow complained about Schiano's "toe on the line!" tendencies after being traded to Seattle. Of course, Winslow may have felt differently if he'd gotten a $55 million contract, like Jackson did.
"I would tell [free agents] it's a top-notch organization; it's a top-notch structure," Jackson said. "We have a great coaching staff here. They've built a system and a feeling of family and continuity, not only with the team itself, but I think they've done a great job in the community as well."
As losses mounted late in the year, there was grumbling about "college coaches," an understandable reaction when considering that not every player will react well to change — especially when change leads eventually to a prolonged losing streak.
"His way of doing things was, to us, unorthodox," defensive tackle Gerald McCoy told Stroud. "And with any new thing, change is not going to be easy. It's going to be hard, and there are going to be growing pains. You make adjustments in the offseason, and you tweak things."
The Bucs don't need to tweak much to become competitive for a division title or a wild-card berth. If they can add some new players who will play well, that will help.
In the end, money talks more than anything the coaches say or do. If they're going to hand out $55 million contracts in March, they'll get guys they want — and those guys will be happy to do whatever the coaching staff wants.


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Marilyn never goes out of style
Sunday marks 50 years since the death of Marilyn Monroe, who a half-century later remains the ultimate icon of popular culture.
Monroe's calculated mix of wholesome goodness and sex goddess — going from brunette pin-up girl Norma Jeane Baker to the silver screen's blonde of all blondes — made her a legend. Her life, loves and death have been endlessly studied, chronicled, investigated, dissected and put back together in books, movies and television.
Now fashion visionary can be added to reasons for our enduring fascination with her.
"No one since Marilyn has quite mixed sex and fashion like she did," says Christopher Nickens, co-author with George Zeno of the newly published "Marilyn in Fashion" (Running Press, 2012).
She did, after all, wear the most famous dress ever on film: a white halter with an accordion pleated circle skirt by William Travilla. The dress billowed above a New York subway grate in "The Seven Year Itch," revealing her panties, much to her husband's — baseball great Joe DiMaggio — disappointment and anger. Many said it was the beginning of the couple's marriage breakdown.
Last year, Debbie Reynolds, who owned the dress, sold it for $5.6 million at a Profiles in History auction in Beverly Hills.
Later came Monroe's notoriously sheer gown, adorned with 4,000 rhinestones, that she wore as she breathlessly sang "Happy Birthday" to President John F. Kennedy on his 45th at Madison Square Garden. She promised to dress with decorum. Instead she wore no bra or panties under the Jean Louis gown she bought for $5,000. In 1999, it sold for more than $1.26 million at Christie's Auction House in New York.
Never snobbish about clothes, Monroe mixed off-the-rack outfits and costumes from her movies with selected high-end labels, Nickens said in a phone interview from his Hollywood home.
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This gown is well known to Monroe fans because she wore it in a stunning series of color portraits that are among her most famous. Fashioned from one complete circle of gold lamè fabric, the gown is knife-pleated with a halter neckline. Designed by William Travilla, the dress was worn briefly in "Gentlemen Prefer Blondes" and Monroe later wore the dress when she was feted with Photoplay magazine's "Fastest Rising Star of 1952" honor at the Beverly Hills Hotel.
Monroe promised to dress with modesty when she sang "Happy Birthday" to President John F. Kennedy in 1962 at Madison Square Garden. She turned to Jean Louis to create something "historic" that would show off her newly-slim figure. The clingy, rhinestone-embroidered dress dipped to the waist in the back and was so tight that Louis included a slit of 18 inches in the back so Monroe, who wore the dress sans undergarments, could walk in it. As stunning as the gown was, it was Monroe's bell-shaped hairdo with a sweeping soft-curled bang that was copied by women.
As Lorelei Lee in "Gentlemen Prefer Blondes," Monroe sang about diamonds being a girl's best friend while wearing in a hot pink belted floor-length strapless gown by William Travilla. Fox executives demanded that Monroe wear something "absolutely sexless" for the song and dance number in an effort to distance the actress from nude calendar photos that created a stir at the time. The dress was made of satin fabric and lined with felt for added stiffness so it could endure the song's rigorous choreography.
Worn in 1955's "The Seven Year Itch," this dress also was known as the "subway dress." William Travilla designed the draped halter neck dress cut on the bias with a pleated sunburst circle skirt. Photos from the scene of the dress blowing in the breeze, revealing Monroe's panties, showed up in magazines and that soon catapulted Monroe to pop culture icon. It also contributed to the breakdown of her marriage to baseball great Joe DiMaggio.
She even bought a couple of Gene Tierney's castoffs that were designed by Tierney's husband, Oleg Cassini, who later became Jacqueline Kennedy's official first lady couturier.
Monroe wore Ferragamo shoes, J.C. Penney denim and sweaters and carried Louis Vuitton handbags. She lounged in Capri pants and Emilio Pucci tops. She often went sans undergarments and wore a stripper's G-string under sheer designs.
"In her own way, she was a feminist," Nickens says.
She sought up-and-coming designers, but on the screen she was dressed by the best costumers: Travilla, Louis, Dorothy Jeakins, Eloise Jenssen and others who created memorable movie looks for her, including Travilla's hot pink strapless number in which she crooned for diamonds in "Gentlemen Prefer Blondes." Madonna later copied it for her "Material Girl" music video in 1985.
But Monroe's most loved garment was her terry-cloth bathrobe, Nickens says. She wore it so often that she had a standing order for the $18.67 garment from Bullock's Wilshire, a defunct Los Angeles department store.
She played to her curves with form-fitting silhouettes "instead of the styles of the time that included layered petticoats over voluminous skirts topped by Peter Pan collars," he says.
And she kept fit for her skin-tight wardrobe by working out with weights, decades before the fitness craze.
"'It helps me keep what I've got where it belongs,'" Nickens quotes the star.
For more than 25 years, Nickens has written about Hollywood legends, including biographies of Bette Davis, Marlon Brando, Natalie Wood and Elizabeth Taylor, who never had much of an opinion about fashion, he says.
"She wasn't all that interested," he says about Taylor. "They'd put a dress on her but she always overdid it. She'd throw on a hat and two more necklaces."
Monroe loved hats and fresh flowers, which she would place in her cleavage for decoration. Later in life, she wore wigs. (She was wearing one at her own funeral.)
In 1962, Monroe was found dead in her bedroom in west Los Angeles. She was 36. Her death was ruled "acute barbiturate poisoning" and listed as "probable suicide" though murder theories, too, are rumored.
A tangle of contradictions
Christopher Nickens, co-author of "Marilyn in Fashion," talked recently about Monroe's style sense on and off the screen.
Q: What inspired you to write this book?
A: A "Project Runway" episode when the designers had to create something inspired by Jackie Kennedy, Audrey Hepburn and Marilyn Monroe. I realized that a fashion book about Marilyn hadn't been done. But I didn't want to do just movie costumes. Then I found out we had plenty of off-screen photos of what Marilyn wore as well as her private stuff. She had a tremendous idea of what was right for her. And as she got older she pared everything down to a minimum.
Q: Still, she remained provocative, childlike and coquettish all the while pushing the boundaries of fashion. Why?
A: Because she got such a reaction. In reality, before she became a starlet, she had a very wholesome image as a model in spite of her pinups. Once she decided to start acting, the sex appeal kicked in and that was the big difference. She realized, "OK, this is the way to go," and she went full tilt. Of course, when she posed for that calendar of beautiful nudes, she saw how it didn't ruin her even though it was scandalous. If her fans would accept that, they certainly would — and did — accept a revealing dress. She definitely created the effect that she wanted. She was daring.
Q: Like Lady Gaga daring?
A: You know people talk about Lady Gaga wearing meat, but Marilyn was the first one who would just go out on a limb. Just look at the dress she wore when she sang to President Kennedy and the dress when she met the queen of England. Those were very highly publicized events because Marilyn was pretty daring for her day. No one had really done that. The actresses back then really tried to look dignified. But Marilyn managed to do both — to look elegant and sexy with a hint of wholesomeness. There always was a little bit of Norma Jean in her.
Q: She was a tangle of contradictions, as you point out.
A: She appealed to people with her little girl childlike quality, and then she could turn right around and be completely sizzling. Nobody has completely done that quite the same way. She liked playing it down in simple dresses and sportswear. She enjoyed hanging around in Levis and a T-shirt and even the Pucci dresses toward the end of her life were really quite simple. But when she had to knock the eyes out of her fans, she knew how to do it. She knew that the public wanted that high glamour. I think all great stars have contradictions.
Q: Why is it that many of us have never really thought of her as having fashion taste? Is it because she was so sexualized?
A: Back then no one bothered to ask, "Who are you wearing?" They were just so stunned by her looks, by her beautiful body. She once said that she didn't care for unorganic clothes, for clothes that had no relation to the body. She believed that her body, whether it was the best shape she was in or proportionately plump, should make her clothes look good.
Q: That's actually good advice. What else can women learn from Marilyn?
A: Confidence. It's not even about beauty. It's about confidence — and once you've got that going for you, then you can pull anything off — or keep it on.


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I am trying to get some sourness in my pizza dough. We make 25# flour batches and use vitamin c, malt, yeast, salt and of course water. We also use day old dough. we do not have the space to long proof the dough. It is used the same day. Is there anything that we could add that would give it more of a complex flavor?
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Kwaitzman1 needed a new logo design and created a contest on 99designs.
A winner was selected from 87 designs submitted by 14 freelance designers.
Creative Therapy Consultants
Creative Therapy Consultants (CTC) is owned and operated by occupational therapists that work with the tiniest and sickest of babies in the neonatal intensive care unit. CTC is a company that uses this highly specialized expertise to provide innovative educational opportunities nationally for staff in these units about how to provide state of the art, passionate, family oriented, developmental care for these fragile infants. You can visit http://www.creativetherapyconsultants.com to see our website that needs a new logo that is more fresh, creative, sleek, professional and current.
Neonatal intensive care unit nurses, respiratory therapists, occupational, physical and speech therapists, as well as physicians are the consumers of Creative Therapy Consultants. Most of these caregivers are female and CTC is a female owned company. The company is ten years old and is one of two such companies in the country. We sell a DVD on massage of the high risk infant, and will be selling a DVD on how to feed these fragile infants as well. The new logo will launch a new decade of this highly specialized and important work.
Looking for a creative, simple, professional looking, current design that shares the company's passion for education and caring for infants and their families. We are attracted to shades of purple, and definately don't want baby pink or blue. It should not be cartoonish or loud. Can use CTC in it but doesn't have to. Would like to incorporate the tag "supporting babie's development" if possible, but is NOT a must. Only if it looks "simple" vs busy.
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A summary of everything related to the GPS problem.
Does the people of Openmoko know the problem?
- Yes.
Do they work on the problem?
- Yes, they are actively searching for a solution.
What is the problem?
- The Openmoko Freerunner have a long TTFF with the SD card in the phone.
So it takes a long time (10min+) before you get your first GPS data.
What is TTFF?
- This is the time to first fix of the GPS. This is the time the GPS has
needed to get the first clue on where you are on planet earth. So you have
to do this only once. After you have a FF (first fix), you can get more
fixes without any problems with the SD card in the phone.
So if we have a first fix, the SD card isn't blocking the GPS anymore?
- yes, the SD card isn't blocking the GPS if we have a first fix. (Some
people even claim it's more stable)
Does they have a solution?
- yes. Their is already a highly alpha software workaround. The software
just disables the SD card when the GPS tries to get it's first fix They are
also examine a hardware solution.
Do we have to return our Freerunners to Openmoko?
- Probably not, because the software workaround should work too.
But we can't read of the SD card when the GPS is on?
- Wrong, you will be able to read the SD card when the GPS is on. You will
probably not be able to read the SD card when you're starting the GPS (appr.
30 sec), because the GPS will only block the SD card when it's searching
it's first fix. After that you will be able to read the SD card again.
Is their a better software solution?
- Maybe. From reading the mailing list, I have understood that half the
Openmoko team is looking into this bug. All this information is only 1 à 2
days old and the bug is also young, so I suspect they can finetune the
software workaround and make it only slowdown the SD card or even better.
Did Openmoko test the GPS with a SD card in it?
- yes
Whey didn't they find it while testing the Freerunner?
- Because they have to do the tests with a fake GPS signal and with that
signal it worked. (In a fab you haven't a decent GPS signal) They already
have modified the test, so it correspond the GPS signal better.
Summary of the summary:
You will be able to use the SD card in the same time of the GPS except for
the first appr 30 seconds. (And that's the worst case, because maybe
Openmoko can find better hacks/fixes)
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You're driving through the city and your car hits a pothole. Or maybe you see graffiti you'd like to have cleaned up, or you notice that a streetlight has burned out or a sign has been damaged.
Some people will go through the process of contacting the appropriate city offices to have problems like these addressed. But many will often simply snap a picture with their cellphone and send it to a friend or post it on Facebook, Mayor Lisa Wong said. For a variety of reasons, others will do nothing at all.
Soon, however, it's going to become as easy as sending a text message to alert the city.
By early next year, residents and visitors to the city alike will be able to communicate municipal concerns such as potholes and graffiti to city employees on any day at any time via text and pictures through a free cellphone application called "Citizens Connect."
The program was developed by Boston's Office of New Urban Mechanics about three years ago and received a 2011 Government Computer News Award for IT Achievement.
Now, according to Fitchburg IT Director Trevor Bonilla, Boston is looking to extend the service to up to 20 other cities and towns across the state, including Fitchburg.
The way things work now, Wong said, somebody sees a pothole, calls it in while city offices are open and talks to a person who has to take down the message, which then either gets translated into a call or an email to the person who must address it. With Citizens Connect, several steps — which take up lots of time that could be better used addressing these problems — can be eliminated, she said.
"A lot of times, a citizen will call in a problem, and they won't get a response, so they think that nothing has happened," Bonilla said.
All texts and pictures sent to the city via the app will be stored in a database with real-time information, such as when the request was received and when it was addressed, and these details will all be available for public viewing. It also allows employees to send those making the requests a quick message back to let them know when the problem will be worked on and when it has been solved, Bonilla said.
The program will also give DPW workers, for example, the locations of several potholes mapped out, so that they can work strategically across the city and know how much material they need to bring with them for patching, so more time is spent working and less time is spent driving back and forth across the city, he said.
"We're going to work smarter with this," Bonilla said.
Simultaneously, the city is working on putting a program called "ViewPermit" to advantage for employees, businesses and residents alike, he and Wong said.
Soon, the city will also allow businesses and individuals to request permits and pay bills online through the city's website. From the comfort of a home or office, anyone will be able to find out what requirements they must meet, how much they owe the city and whether they're in compliance with their taxes, "all on the fly," Bonilla said.
Wong has also sent a $7,000 request to the City Council to purchase 14 tablet computers for inspectors from the building, health and other departments that will allow them to access and submit data to permanent storage from the field, rather than having to come back to an office to find it, in an effort to cut down on human error, paper and related costs. Data from every department will be entered and will be accessible to all, so, for instance, a Building Department inspector could see the last time the fire department visited a residence or a water inspector could submit information about structural concerns, she said.
Houses with dangerous dogs could even be flagged for such, she said.
"This is also going to increase worker safety tremendously," Wong said.
If a resident wanted to get information on, for example, a subdivision being built in their neighborhood, now, Bonilla said, he or she would have to go to several individual departments for information. With the new system, one report of everything — all of the permits pulled and where the project is currently at — can be easily accessed in one report available at city offices, he said.
This will also allow board and committee members to do their own research and not have to wait for a department head to come and do a presentation, which will allow them to make more informed decisions and spend more time acting on requests than seeking information, Wong said.
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BERLIN- The Berlin Dolphins youth football teams split a pair of games last weekend with the Cadets rolling past Princess Anne, 28-6, and the Juniors falling to Pocomoke, 19-6.
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habar (or sabar)[note 1] is an unattested Sindarin word likely meaning "delved mine", being reconstructed from an element found in the compound names Anghabar and Nornhabar.[1][2]
Note that this word is debatable as it is seen only in these compounds. Didier Willis has suggested that Tolkien perhaps reused the old Qenya root SAPA "dig, excavate" as a base for this word.[3][1] This seems likely, since SAP- and a derivative sapnā reappear in the 1950s' Outline of Phonology as the source for samna "delved hole, pit".[4]
- ↑ S usually mutates to H in Sindarin.
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Didier Willis, Hiswelókë's Sindarin Dictionary at Jrrvf.com (accessed 19 June 2011)
- ↑ David Salo (2004), A Gateway to Sindarin, p. 327
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, "Qenyaqetsa: The Qenya Phonology and Lexicon", in Parma Eldalamberon XII (edited by Carl F. Hostetter, Christopher Gilson, Arden R. Smith, and Patrick H. Wynne)
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, "Quenya Phonology", in Parma Eldalamberon XIX (edited by Christopher Gilson), p. 86


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General considerations
The Condylar LCP is a modification of the former condylar buttress plate, which was used over the last three decades for treatment of multifragmentary articular fractures. The major problem with use of the condylar buttress plate was varus collapse and loss of fixation of the distal femoral articular block, especially with a short distal segment and/or osteoporosis. The major improvement in the Condylar LCP, as compared to the condylar buttress plate, has been the addition of locking-head screws in the plate, producing angular stability.
The locking head screws distally have prevented varus collapse, even in cases of osteoporosis. Locking-head screws both proximally and distally have made loss of fixation rare.
The Condylar LCP can be used in either an open, or a minimally invasive manner. When inserted in an open manner, a lateral approach is used. This is most common in extraarticular and complete articular fractures with a simple articular component. As with a 95° blade plate, if the plate is positioned on the distal femoral block in the appropriate position, the correct axial alignment (varus/valgus) of the distal femur fracture is ensured. A careful preoperative plan will allow the surgeon to know where the central 7.3 mm screw should be positioned in the distal femoral articular block. This requires preoperative templating of the uninvolved contralateral limb. Thereby, the implant, when placed in the appropriate position distally, helps the surgeon to reduce the fracture.
Alternatively, the implant can also be used in a minimally invasive manner. As with LISS fixation, the reduction of the metaphyseal / diaphyseal component of the fracture should be secured before fixation. Reduction aids are similar to those for the LISS fixation: anesthetic muscle relaxation, supracondylar bolster, manual traction, Schanz pins and external fixation. The advantage of closed reduction / internal fixation is a greater preservation of the fracture biology in the metaphyseal / diaphyseal area. This leads to higher union rates, less infection and fewer wound complications. Closed reduction techniques are generally employed when the surgeon is faced with a complex comminuted metaphyseal fracture. Fractures with a simple, one-plane fracture pattern are generally approached in an open manner, with direct clamp application.
It should be emphasized that, regardless of the surgical tactic, the surgical approach must allow for direct inspection, reduction and fixation of the articular surface.
In Complete articular fractures with a simple articular and simple methaphyseal component, care must be taken to achieve anatomical reduction of both the articular and metaphyseal fracture planes, and carefully controlled axial interfragmentary compression.
Two main steps
In the treatment of complete articular fractures distal femoral fractures, the surgeon first reconstructs the distal femoral articular block. The Condylar LCP is first placed in the appropriate position on the distal femur. By doing so, when the surgeon brings the plate down to the proximal femoral shaft, correct alignment (varus/valgus) is established. Particularly, when the metaphyseal component is a simple fracture it may be advantageous to use the articulated tension device to compress the metaphyseal component of the fracture.
Hyperextension deformity
The gastrocnemius typically causes a hyperextension deformity of the distal femoral articular block.
Correction of hyperextension deformity
Hyperextension deformity must be corrected before fracture fixation. Aids to correcting this hyperextension deformity include:
- Muscle relaxation of the patient
- A bolster in the supracondylar region
- Flexion of the operating table leg segment
Using the Condylar LCP for simple plane fractures
Condylar LCP fixation, when performed in a minimally invasive manner, relies on the principle of bridge plating. It therefore works best in comminuted metaphyseal fractures. Anatomical reduction of intermediate fragments is neither sought nor necessary. If the soft-tissue attachments to the fragments are preserved and the fragments are relatively well aligned, healing is unimpaired.
In the cases where the metaphyseal/diaphyseal fracture has one or two simple planes, make sure that there is no major gap between the reduced fracture fragments. Due to the relative stiffness of the Condylar LCP, major gaps between the fracture fragments can result in higher rates of non-union.
The surgeon has to control three major deformities when performing open fixation of the distal femur with Condylar LCP:
- Varus/valgus: The frontal plane alignment is determined by the fixation of the femoral articular block to the Condylar LCP with the distal locking screws. If the central 7.3 mm screw in the plate is parallel with the tibio-femoral joint surface, this ensures appropriate varus/valgus alignment.
- Rotation: Careful monitoring of the rotation of the limb is observed throughout the operative procedure. The rotation becomes established once a distal screw and a proximal screw have been inserted.
- Flexion/extension (sagittal plane alignment): The alignment of the Condylar LCP on the lateral aspect of the distal femur establishes the presence or absence of any extension, or flexion, deformity at the fracture site. After fixation of the plate to the distal femur, the flexion/extension relationship becomes established ("locked-in") once a second screw is placed in the proximal main femoral fragment.
2 Choice of implant topenlarge
General consideration
For retrograde femoral nailing to achieve adequate fracture stabilization, the fracture should be at least 6 cm from the joint line to achieve distal locking with two transverse screws or a screw and a spiral blade. In contrast, more distal fixation can be achieved with plates, or locked fixators. For example the distal most screws in a LISS plate, or a condylar plate, may be subchondral.
The distal-most fixation for various implants are:
- LISS plate: subchondral
- Condylar plate: subchondral
- 95° angled blade plate: 1.5 – 2 cm
- 95° dynamic condylar screws: 2 cm
- Retrograde intramedullary nail: 6 cm (for 2 locking screws, or one locking screw and a spiral blade)
Plate length/number of screws
Modern plating techniques result in the maintenance of vascularity around the fracture site and relatively longer plates are used than in previous decades. In general, 4 to 5 screws should be chosen in each of the distal femur and proximal femur. A plate length should be chosen that allows for an approximately similar number of empty plate holes in the proximal femur.
The preoperative x-ray planning template is useful in determining the required length of the Condylar LCP and the positions of the screws.
3 Plate and screw characteristics topenlarge
Plate characteristics
Plate head
The anatomically shaped plate head is pre-contoured to match the distal femur, eliminating intraoperative plate modification.
Five threaded 5.0 mm peripheral screw holes accept locking screws
The central 7.3mm screw has an angle of 95° to the plate shaft. Its insertion should therefore be parallel to the tibio-femoral joint surface.
Plate shaft
Combi-holes combine a dynamic compression unit (DCU) hole with a locking-screw hole. This allows the surgeon either to insert a standard bicortical screw, or a locked screw.
Straight plates are available with 6, or 8, combi-holes.
Curved plates are available with 10, 12, 14, 16, 18, 20, or 22 combi-holes, to accommodate fracture patterns that include shaft fractures in conjunction with articular fragments.
Curved plates are precontoured to mimic the anterior convexity (1.1 m radius) of the femur.
Plate design permits the use of a minimally invasive surgical techniques.
Limited-contact design provides minimal periosteal disruption.
Plate material
Implants are made from 316L stainless steel.
There are three types of threaded guides for the Condylar LCP.
- The 7.3 mm wire guide is cannulated for a 2.5 mm guide wire and screws into the central hole on the distal aspect of the plate.
- The 5.0 mm wire guide is cannulated for a 2.5 mm guide wire and can be
screwed into any of the remaining holes in the head of the Condylar LCP.
These guides may be screwed into the plate with a hexagonal cannulated screw driver.
- The 5.0 mm drill guide is used to center the 4.3 mm drill bit in the locking portion of the combi-hole.
Screw types
There are five types of cannulated screws that can be inserted into the head of the Condylar LCP. Of these, 3 are different types of screws which fit into the central hole of the plate. These 3 screws are characterized by the type of head (threaded versus conical) and the length of thread (fully threaded versus partially threaded):
- The cannulated 7.3 mm locking screw creates a fixed angled construct.
- The cannulated 7.3 mm conical screw (fully threaded) compresses the plate to the lateral femoral condyle.
- The cannulated 7.3 mm conical screw (partially threaded) compresses the
plate to the lateral femoral condyle and provides interfragmentary compression
across the intercondylar split.
There are two types of screws which fit the peripheral holes in the head of the Condylar LCP.
- The fourth type of screw is the cannulated fully threaded 5.0 mm locking screw which creates a fixed angle construct.
- The cannulated 5.0 mm partially threaded conical screw compresses the plate to the lateral femoral condyle and provides interfragmentary compression across the intercondylar split.
As with any combi-hole the surgeon chooses to use either a locking head 5.0 mm screw (1) or a standard 4.5 mm bicortical screw (2).
Note: choice of locking versus standard screw
If the alignment of the fracture is appropriate and the plate stands a little away from the bone surface, a locking-head screw should be inserted. In this situation, the use of a standard cortical screw will draw the bone to the plate and deform the fracture reduction.
If the surgeon wishes to align the bone to the contour of the plate, a standard cortical screw should be utilized.
4 Patient preparation top
This procedure may be performed with the patient in one of the following positions:
5 Approaches top
For this procedure the following approaches may be used:
6 Reduction and fixation of the articular block topenlarge
Reduction of the articular block
The chosen approach must adequately expose the articular surface of the distal femoral condyle. Reduction aids that are helpful include:
- A 5.0 mm or 6.0 mm Schanz pin in the medial and/or lateral femoral condyle to act as a joystick.
- Pointed reduction forceps, or large pelvic reduction clamps, to clamp from medial to lateral across the intercondylar split.
Pearl: combination of reduction aids
Attempts at reduction of the intercondylar split with the pointed reduction forceps alone are often unsuccessful, as rotational control of the femoral condyle is also needed. The use of the Schanz pin in conjunction with the pointed reduction forceps is therefore preferred.
Provisional fixation
Before definitive fixation is undertaken, more than one clamp is applied. Usually, one to two additional K-wires are inserted, either from medial to lateral, or lateral to medial.
If the K-wires are inserted from medial to lateral, they may either go through small stab incisions in the skin, or through the parapatellar retinaculum.
Definitive articular surface fixation
Screws may be placed along the periphery of the articular surface of the lateral femoral condyle going from lateral to medial to compress the intercondylar split.
These screws may be fully threaded 3.5 mm lag screws (shown with gliding hole), 6.5mm partially threaded lag screws, or 4.0/4.5 mm cannulated, partially threaded lag screws.
Insertion of screws in this manner leaves a "free zone" of bone into which a laterally based plate system can be inserted (dotted circle).
This end-on view demonstrates the screw trajectories from lateral to medial.
On occasions, it is acceptable to insert screws through the articular surface, when no other option is available. These screws must be countersunk and recessed beneath the articular surface.
7 Reduction of the metaphysis/diaphysis topenlarge
Reduction of metaphyseal component
The key concept in reduction of the metaphyseal component of the fracture when using a Condylar LCP is that proper application of the Condylar LCP on the distal femur allows the surgeon to use the plate to achieve the metaphyseal fracture reduction. When brought down to the proximal femoral shaft, the correct frontal plane alignment has been assured. The surgeon must then control length, rotation, and sagittal plane deformity (hyperextension/hyperflexion). When performed in an open manner, length can be aided by manual traction. The sagittal plane deformity correction can be aided by supracondylar bolsters.
Reduction aids
Open reduction is aided by:
- Bolsters posterior to the supracondylar region, which help correct the hyperextension deformity of the distal femoral articular block.
- Manual traction which helps restore length of the limb.
- Direct pointed reduction forceps placement (particularly helpful in spiral fractures of the metaphysis).
- A Hohmann retractor, which may be used as a lever to correct translational displacement.
- The plate itself; by applying the plate in the correct position on the distal femur, appropriate alignment is established when the plate is fixed to the proximal femur.
Assembly of Condylar LCP
Screw the threaded wire guides for the 2.5 mm guide wires into the 5.0 mm and 7.3 mm screw holes of the plate head.
Frontal plane alignment
With one of the reduction aids listed previously, you can get an approximate alignment of the metaphyseal/diaphyseal fracture, once the articular block has been reconstructed. Then, with the open technique, the next priority is to establish the correct placement of the plate on the distal femur. Place the Condylar LCP onto the lateral femoral condyle. On the AP view, the guide wire placed through the central hole should be parallel to the tibio-femoral joint surface.
Note: The distal edge of the Condylar LCP is usually 1.5 cm from the distal condylar articular surface.
Position on the lateral femoral cortex
The Condylar LCP is adjusted manually so that the plate lies flush on the lateral femoral condyle.
The anterior edge of the head of the Condylar LCP is usually 1.0-1.5 cm from the anterior aspect of the medial femoral condyle.
Proper position check - position on the distal femur
When the plate lies flat on the lateral surface of the condyle, it has been positioned correctly on the distal femur.
A second guide wire in one of the 5.0 mm screw holes will secure provisional fixation of the plate to the femoral articular block.
Prior to proceeding, confirm plate head placement, using visual examination
and an image intensifier. Ensure that:
- the guide wire inserted through the 7.3 mm central hole is parallel to both
the tibio-femoral joint plane and the patellofemoral joint
- the guide wires inserted through any of the four most distal 5.0 mm screw holes in the head of the plate are parallel to the tibio-femoral joint plane.
Additionally, check that the plate is properly orientated on the lateral femoral condyle. Because the shaft of the femur is frequently out of alignment with the distal femoral articular block, proper plate placement can be determined by matching the plate head shape to that of the condyle. The position of the plate on the distal femoral articular block at this point will determine final flexion/extension reduction.
8 Preliminary plate fixation topenlarge
Screw length measurement in distal femoral articular block
Use the measuring device indirectly to measure the lengths of the screws using the previously inserted guide wires.
Although screws may be inserted in any order, it is usual to start with the central 7.3 mm screw. Advance the guide wire until it reaches the medial cortex of the femoral condyle. Measure for screw length using the measuring device. For proper screw length measurement, the measuring device must contact the end of the threaded wire guide. This will place the tip of the screw at the tip of the guide wire.
Pearl: self-drilling/self-tapping screws
The self-drilling, self-tapping flutes of the 7.3 mm and 5.0 mm screws make predrilling and pretapping unnecessary in most cases. In dense bone, the lateral cortex can be predrilled, if necessary.
- Use the 5.0 mm drill bit for 7.3 mm screws.
- Use the 4.3 mm drill bit for 5.0 mm screws.
Distal screw insertion
With the central guide wire parallel to the tibio-femoral joint surface and the plate flush on the lateral femoral cortex, the central 7.3 mm screw may be inserted. This will establish the varus/valgus angulation of the fracture.
After the length of the screw is determined, the wire guide is removed from the plate head and the central screw (7.3 mm) is inserted over the guide wire, using the torque-limiting power screw driver. Inserting only one screw at this point allows correction of small deformities in the sagittal plane (on the lateral x-ray).
After you have confirmed that the plate is in the correct position on the distal femur, when viewed on a lateral x-ray, the additional screws (5.0 mm) should be inserted into the distal femoral articular block.
Now reduce the proximal portion of the Condylar LCP with a combination of maneuvers:
- Manual traction provides length restoration
- The plate is aligned to the proximal mid-lateral cortex and is held into position with a Verbrugge clamp.
9 Intraoperative radiological assessment topenlarge
Establishment of length and rotation
Recognize that, once a screw is inserted into the proximal segment, both the length and the rotation of the fractured limb are established. In general, a standard bicortical screw is first inserted into a proximal segment to bring the plate down to the bone. The length and rotation will have been corrected by the closed reduction techniques.
Generally, the length may be assessed by evaluating overlap or distraction of the posterior cortex.
Place a bolster underneath the buttock of the involved extremity. A simple "rule-of-thumb" is that the foot should be externally rotated 10° after fixation of the supracondylar fracture. If the rotation is correct, the anterior superior iliac spine, the center of the patella and the second toe should be in line. Additionally, and more precisely, the rotation can be assessed using the image intensifier with the lesser-trochanter sign.
Assessment of rotation
Compare the profile of the lesser trochanter with that of the contralateral leg (lesser trochanter shape sign), holding the leg so that the patella faces anteriorly on both sides.
Before positioning the patient, store the profile of the lesser trochanter of the intact opposite leg (patella facing anteriorly) in the image intensifier.
The illustration shows the lesser trochanteric profile of the intact opposite side.
In cases of malrotation, the lesser trochanter is of a different profile when compared to that of the contralateral leg.
Take care to assess rotation with the patella facing directly anteriorly.
Matching of the lesser trochanter shape
After securing the plate to the distal femur, correct any malrotation by rotating the distal femur. Ensure that the profiles of the lesser trochanters are matched.
10 Use of the articulated tension device topenlarge
Application of the articulated tension device
It is strongly recommended to apply controlled compression to the metaphyseal fracture component using the articulated tension device when possible. This is usually the case in fracture patterns in which, after reduction, there is direct contact between the proximal and distal main fragments. There are certain fractures in which the articulated compression device can not be used. This most commonly is a severely comminuted, osteoporotic metaphyseal fracture. It must be stressed, however, that a fracture can be compressed along the lateral cortex (for example) even if there is significant medial comminution.
After the Verbrugge clamp is loosely applied, the articulated tension device is engaged in the proximal hole of the plate and fixed to the bone with a bicortical screw. An articulating wrench is then used to compress the fracture zone. When this occurs the strain gauge on the device goes from the green zone to the yellow zone and finally to the red zone. During the use of this wrench, the fracture complex must be monitored to ensure that no undesirable displacement occurs.
Eccentric screw insertion
After the appropriate tension is applied, you may insert a screw into the proximal segment. Place this screw eccentrically in the standard hole to allow for slight additional compression of the fracture site.
11 Fixation of plate to proximal fragment topenlarge
Insertion of additional proximal screws
You may insert either standard bicortical screws (as illustrated), or locking-head screws, through the proximal plate. A standard screw is inserted after drilling with a 3.2 mm drill bit. A 5.0 mm locking-head screw is inserted after drilling with a 4.3 mm drill bit through the threaded drill sleeve.
12 Completed osteosynthesis topenlarge
Additional screw insertion
Insert additional screws proximal and distal for a total of 4-5 distal and 4-5 proximal screws.
Final check of fracture reduction and fixation
Gently move the knee through a full range of motion. Carry out a clinical assessment of the rotational profile. Finally, perform a radiographic assessment of the frontal-plane alignment (varus/valgus) and sagittal-plane alignment (extension/flexion).
Examine the knee for any ligamentous instability.
Wound closure
Irrigate all wounds copiously. Close the iliotibial tract using absorbable sutures. The use of suction drains may be considered. Close the skin and subcutaneous tissue in the routine manner.


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Senior Advisor's Office: Education issues files I, 1978, 1980-1983, 1986-1999, bulk 1995-1998,
Texas Governor George W. Bush:
An Inventory of Governor George W. Bush Senior Advisor's Office Education Issues Files I Located at the George W. Bush Presidential Library, 1978, 1980-1983, 1986-1999, undated, bulk 1995-1998
Agency History
The governor of Texas is the chief executive officer of the state, elected by the citizens every four years. The duties and responsibilities of the governor include serving as commander-in-chief of the state's military forces; convening special sessions of the legislature for specific purposes; delivering to the legislature at the beginning of each regular session a report on the condition of the state, an accounting of all public money under the governor's control, a recommended biennial budget, an estimate of the amounts of money required to be raised by taxation, and any recommendations he deems necessary; signing or vetoing bills passed by the legislature; and executing the laws of the state. The governor can grant reprieves and commutations of punishment and pardons, upon the recommendation of the Board of Pardons and Paroles, and revoke conditional pardons. He appoints numerous state officials (with the consent of the Senate), fills vacancies in state and district offices (except vacancies in the legislature), calls special elections to fill vacancies in the legislature, fills vacancies in the United States Senate until an election can be held, and serves as ex officio member of several state boards.
The office of governor was first established by the Constitution of 1845 and superseded the office of president of the Republic of Texas. The position now exists under authority of Article IV, Section 1 of the Constitution of 1876 and Texas Government Code, Chapter 401. To be elected governor, a person must be at least thirty years old, a United States citizen, and a resident of Texas for at least five years preceding the election. In 1972, the term of office was extended from two to four years, effective in 1975. Since 1856 the governor has had the use of the Governor's Mansion.
In 1999 there were 198 full time equivalent employees in the Office of the Governor. Thirteen divisions outside of the Executive Office assist the governor in carrying out his functions: Administration, Appointments, Budget & Planning, Communications, General Counsel, Legislative, Policy, Scheduling, Criminal Justice Division, Governor's Committee on People with Disabilities, Office of Film, Music, Television and Multimedia Industries, Women's Commission, and Texas Council on Workforce and Economic Competitiveness.
Margaret La Montagne began working in the Governor's Office in January 1995 as Deputy Director of Appointments. After the 74th legislative session (1995), her title was changed to Senior Advisor reporting directly to the governor and her office was moved to the Capitol. Her focus was on education-related issues, which went through her rather than the Policy Division, especially after the 74th legislative session when the Education Policy person left and the position was not filled. She retained some of her appointment duties after becoming Senior Advisor, including selecting appointees for education related boards and commissions. Her staff included Public Education/Special Projects Counsel [title changed from Public Education to Special Projects and back] (first Michelle Tobias from 1995 to 1998, then Jennifer Piskun, followed by Debra Esterak); Administrative Assistant (Judy Okimura, then Shannon Smith); and Special Projects Assistant (Sheryl Labar for a while, spring 1996-February 1997).
(Sources include: Guide to Texas State Agencies, 9th and 10th eds., (1996 and 1999); the contents of the records; and versions of the Governor's Office web site during Governor Bush's term available on the Internet Archive at http://web.archive.org/web/*/http://www.governor.state.tx.us, accessed on March 3, 2009.)
George W. Bush Biographical Sketch
George W. Bush served as governor of Texas from January 17, 1995 to December 21, 2000, resigning as governor in the middle of his second term to become president of the United States.
He challenged the incumbent governor, Democrat Ann Richards, running on promises to improve public education and to reform the juvenile justice system, welfare, and the state's tort laws -- the system under which an injured person may sue for damages. During the 74th Legislature in 1995, he worked with the Democrats who controlled both houses of the Texas legislature and managed to get bills passed that dealt with the four issues he had emphasized in his campaign. Bush was seen as pro-business and a consensus-builder.
Bush advocated and signed the two largest tax cuts to date in Texas history, totaling over $3 billion. To pay for the cuts, he sought (unsuccessfully) federal approval of a plan to privatize Texas' social services. Education reform was a priority throughout his terms, with legislation emphasizing local control of schools, higher standards, and a revised curriculum. Controversy has followed, with charter schools mired in financial scandals and protests against one test determining a child's promotion. After winning reelection in 1998, Bush began his bid for the presidency and was not as involved in the 76th Legislature in 1999.
George W. Bush was born July 6, 1946 in New Haven, Connecticut and grew up in Midland and Houston, Texas. He graduated from Andover Academy, and received a bachelor's degree from Yale University and a master's from Harvard Business School. He served as a pilot in the Texas Air National Guard. In 1978, Bush was defeated in a run for the U.S. Congress in West Texas. He was involved in energy exploration from the 1970s into the 1980s. From 1989 until his election as governor, Bush worked with the Texas Rangers baseball organization, leading a group of partners in purchasing the team, and then serving as managing general partner. He married Laura Welch in 1977; they have two daughters.
(Sources include: Versions of the Governor's Office web site during Governor Bush's term available on the Internet Archive at http://web.archive.org/web/*/http://www.governor.state.tx.us, accessed on March 3, 2009.)
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The Senior Advisor to Texas Governor George W. Bush focused on education policy issues, reporting directly to the governor. These records include correspondence, e-mails, faxes, and memos; notes; newsletters, brochures and other publications; newspaper and magazine clippings; copies of bills and other legislative records; attorney general opinions/advice and litigation documents; press releases and speeches; reports (both narrative and statistical); policy development files; agenda and minutes; resumes; executive orders; conference packets; videotapes; and audiotapes. Records date 1978, 1980-1983, 1986-1999, bulk 1995-1998. They comprise subject files for the office of Senior Advisor to Texas Governor George W. Bush relating to education (with many of the files created by the Public Education/Special Projects Counsel, Michelle Tobias, later Jennifer Piskun and Debbie Esterak). Most of the incoming correspondence is addressed to Margaret LaMontagne but then was assigned to her education policy staff to work on; some items are addressed to Governor George W. Bush. Correspondents include organizations dedicated to educational issues, state and federal agency officials and employees (especially the Texas Education Agency's Commissioner Mike Moses), professional educators, corporations, consultants (such as Darv Winick and Sandy Kress), and private citizens interested in education. E-mails tend to be between Margaret LaMontagne and the Public Education/Special Projects Counsel. Notes are in the handwriting of both the counsel and Margaret LaMontagne. Many of the incoming letters are copies of logged correspondence, and some of the letters are the originals of logged correspondence. In either case, file numbers assigned by Bush staff have been included in the folder listing. Some letters do not appear to have been logged at all. The first file in the series contains copies of item-level inventories of some of these records, prepared by staff of the Governor's Office.
Among the numerous topics covered by these files, the following are especially well-represented: advanced placement, character education, charter schools, ECS [Education Commission of the States], Hopwood, literacy (including adult literacy), military tuition, property tax, reading (including the Governor's Reading Initiative), school finance, School-to-Work, special education, standards, SBEC [State Board for Educator Certification], teacher preparation, and TAAS [Texas Assessment of Academic Skills].
These records are the first of two groups of similar files. Except for correcting some obvious misfiles, the State Archives has maintained the original order of these records. The second group is the larger of the two (more than twice the size), and there is some overlap in dates. The difference (if any) between the two groups of records is not readily apparent. The researcher should be cautioned to search both groups, as well as any related records.
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Accession number: 2002/151
In December 2000, Governor George W. Bush designated the George Bush Presidential Library as the repository for the records from his tenure as Governor of Texas, under authority of Texas Government Code, Section 441.201. Shortly after he left office, the records were shipped to the Bush Library in College Station, Texas. Texas Attorney General John Cornyn ruled the records are state records subject to the Texas Public Information Act and the management of the Texas State Library and Archives Commission even after transfer to a federal facility (Opinion No. JC-0498, May 3, 2002). In July 2002 the records were transferred from the Bush Library to the Texas State Archives in Austin for preparation for research use. In June 2003, a memorandum of understanding signed by representatives of the National Archives and Records Administration, the Texas State Library and Archives Commission, and George W. Bush replaced a January 2002 interim memorandum of understanding. The records were moved to the George W. Bush Presidential Library in February 2013.
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