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Hi all,
So I have strong opinions that you DON'T ever suggest to a client that you put your web designer company link in the footer area of your client's site. I'm currently talking to this potential business consultant/marketer partner who suggested we do that if we are going to start offering web design & I said NO WAY.
He thinks there's nothing wrong with it. I was always taught it's cheap & unprofessional. I'm not a graphic web designer or website coder, I'm a netrepreneur, so IMO, that's the client's real estate, not some free spot to promote one's biz.
What are your opinions?
My opinion is that I like your attitude that the website belongs to the client and you shouldn't use it to advertise yourself. However...
In years past it was very common for web designers to put links/give credit to the designer that created the site. And yes, it is a way for the designers to advertise themselves. And in this challenging economy, I think there are a lot of small web design businesses out there that can use all the help they can get. It seems like less designers are putting their links on client websites these days. Either that or the clients are refusing to allow it.
In any creative field, the people who work on a project want publicly visible credit for the contributions they make. When TV shows and movies list the credits at the end, the producers aren't doing it because they want to; they do it because the people who work on the project demand it. Even lowly workers like gaffers, grips, makeup artists, lighting technicians, location scouts, and others get credit for their input into the finished product. A link to the web design firm that creates a website serves the same purpose, plus it also serves as advertising.
If the client is comfortable with a link in the site footer giving credit to the web design firm that created it, I don't see any problem with it. The advertising aspect is more likely to be helpful than harmful and it gives creative credit where credit is due.
Ok, I see what you are saying. I just don't know if the client knows they can refuse. If it's a first time business owner, they won't have any clue.
Although it might have been standard operating procedure in years past, you are correct that the tactic does seem cheap and unprofessional. When I hired a freelancer to update my website, his first draft had his link in the footer. It was one of the first things, I deleted when I gave him my first set of changes.
There might be a happier medium, you could ask as a designer for a page in your clients website that credits the design to your firm. A page only accessible via the site's sitemap or a non-prominent link in a non-high traffic page like the "about us" page. To be honest, that might even be better for the designer because you can put the link in context and allow you to add related content.
www.clients-website.com was designed by....located in....and providing online presences worldwide with more than X years in the fieldUsing the following technology: CMS, PHPlink
I bet that for SEO purposes that would work much better.
This topic has come up a few times - try a search on this specific forum for the term 'footer link'. Personally, I think it's cheeky to expect it, you've been paid to create the site and should have no expectation to get free advertising from your client.
Good idea LoanUniverse.
My issue is that I don't know if I can trust this guy now b/c of his views. He's not a web designer by any stretch, but a so called business & marketing consultant.
Should I just chalk it up to that he's ignorant b/c he doesn't know much about the web design industry? That despite he has a team that will create sites for you?
Like so much of business it comes down to context.
Whether it's trust marks, popular brands, or news media, companies include logos to show association all the time. In fact we may even pay to get them. Now you can argue that certain ones are expected as they bring some level of validation but it easily moves past that to positive recognition... The WordPress footer denoting blogging standards, the vBulletin credit [on this forum] establishing familiarity, the tier-one partner signifying you're in the big leagues.
A firm can provide a similar benefit or it can be an adventitious business decision or even a matter of pride. The more the client likes the provider, the better the incentive, the more likely it is they'll want to include the credit. And that's really the line I'd suspect people should be using -- do they want it there vs can you force it to be there.
I think the difference with WP & VB is that it's a generic piece of software which you can then tweak & remove the acknowledgement at the bottom.
When it's a custom site, that's different IMO. If it was a template that's inexpensive where several others purchase the same one, fine, I don't have a problem with that & then usually they charge you more if you want no banners/company name on it, but what I'm talking about is a custom site.
Sure if the site owner doesn't care that's fine, but if the site owner is ignorant they won't know that it's not standard. The GWD could make them believe this is normal in the industry when it's not. I guess we could liken it to a contractor who builds houses. He usually plants his sign on the front lawn, but then the minute the house is finished, it doesn't stay there. That would just be cheezy.
I admit there are times when I've seen a site & loved the design & wanted to know who the designer is, but any time I've seen acknowledgement in the footer, it's always gone to a portfolio where it's clear they don't know what they are doing.
Just seems desperate IMO.
Yes, it always seems desperate to me when artists sign their name across the bottom of their work. Picasso, Rembrandt ... when you see that, you know straight away it's cheap, nasty junk. Same with cars ... I just see that Rolls Royce logo and think—there goes another desperate company about to hit the wall.
But seriously, as Ted says, branding can be a status symbol, especially if a high profile company has built your site. It seems fair enough to me to have a link in the footer, though I don't tend to do it any more. I've never had anyone complain about it, anyhow. And it's not uncommon for people to want to know who built a site. You can use a meta element instead, but most potential clients won't know to look there.
Wow, I'm being attacked for my opinion. How nice.
What if the client is a big fan of the work they've paid for and wants to advocate their partner? What if there was a mutual exchange provided for the link? What if to ralph's point the creation embodies more than a cookie cutter design with a logo stamped on.
I don't disagree about forcing / defaulting to this approach but it's not a binary issue and in all reality a website should be distinct enough that you want to have someone to credit, even if you elect not to actually to do so.
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I was being tongue in cheek, not intending to offend. But I think it's a fair point, though. I don't see a difference between an artist signing his name and a web designer "signing" his/her work. Often an artist's work is commissioned, and yet it's still considered OK to sign the work. It's how the world works, isn't it? As I say, every client I've come across has been more than happy for a link to appear on the site. It's pretty common to have things like that in the footer, just as you have credits in films, an imprint in books etc.
Sure, if the company loves them & wants to promote them why not, but I was talking about when the guy just places his link there while he's creating the site or he makes it seem like this is standard & the owner doesn't know any better & so allows it.
I would disagree actually, if I had an ace in the hole with a GREAT GWD, I don't think I'd want to advertise him to my competition Most companies wouldn't.
Well I didn't take it that was as I don't consider GWDs to be anywhere near Rolls Royce, Picasso, Rembrandt, etc. nor is this a painting, it's a business. A business who's selling their products/services, not someone else's.
I also can't compare a site to a movie/TV show, etc., it's just not the same thing. They are giving credit to EVERY person who worked on that set, not just one person.
Does a site owner give credit to the website coder? To the copywriter? To the shopping cart software or vendor? To the PHP programmer? There can be many people who take part in creating a site, not just the GWD.
As for books, the writer gives credit to whomever he wants to give credit to, the book designer or editor can't sneak it in there without the author/publisher finding out about it & I highly doubt they ask the author, "can you give me credit in your book please."
If you think it's supposed to be that way, then tell me why you don't see it on all or most sites?
No offense. Glad your clients are doing it for you, I wanted to know what the norm is just in case I was missing something since the last time someone told me it's a no no.
I do see it on a lot of sites. I'm not sure what the % is, though. I guess it's all a matter of opinion how one interprets the comparisons, but it still seems fair enough to me to give some credit. Certainly there may be various people involved in a site, but usually there is a central player/company. I sometimes team up with other people, and we sometimes put more than one link in the footer. As I said, I tend not to do that any more (mainly because I haven't found it that useful to do so), but I personally don't have a problem with it, and no one has ever complained. Once I didn't do it, and the client asked why I hadn't—almost as if he was offended! (He was much happier when I had added it in. Go figure.)
In 99% of cases, the footer link is only there for the benefit of the developer, so IMO it is something you should politely ask the client for at the end of the project, just like you'd ask for a testimonial etc. Having it as a clause in your contract or just shoving it there without asking is very presumptuous.
As for comparing it to an artist signing their work, that's a pretty threadbare analogy which only works for a very small minority of web sites. Having a work of art signed by the artist is going to add value to any commission, and is often the very reason the work was commissioned in the first place (i.e. proof of who made the work). Having John Doe sign the web site he designed is not going to add any value to a 'commissioned' web site, because who designed the thing rarely has anything to do with the actual purpose of the commission (e.g. to promote a business, provide a service, information, shopping etc).
If a developer feels the need to sign his work, he could do it in the source code. As for the visitors who think 'I wonder who made this site' - yeah, sucks for the developer, but how is this any concern of the client who owns and paid for the site - I don't see how they should be obliged to have a life time, site wide external footer link for that reason? However, if they want to help the developer, they can write up a good testimonial and the developer then adds the site to his online portfolio; then all that visitor has to do is do a quick Google search to find out who designed the site.
Yes, no harm in asking, but 'expecting' seems wrong to me
This issue keeps coming up, and I agree it depends on context. In many cases, a designer/developer credit on a site can seem cheap or inappropriate. In other cases, it seems just fine. It can go both ways - I have seen credit/links that suggest that both the client and the vendor are downmarket, but I've also seen high-end sites that were built by high-end vendors where the credit/link seemed to be a matter of pride for everyone.
There seems to be no 'best practice' on this one!
Just curious, you say you see a lot of sites with links in the footer. Where are these companies located? I don't know where Batmania is or if that's a joke, is that where all these companies are located?
I agree, it's the expectation that turned me off from this guy who wanted to do it.
It was like he thought this is normal so every client would have to do it.
A testimonial is better yes, unfortunately there's no way to know who created the site UNLESS the designer puts a link to the site on his portfolio page & the proper kws & then we can find it that way.
Nor is putting the manufacturer's logo on my car, or the logo of the guy who sold it to me, or the guy who builds my fence attaching his logo to it etc. etc. but I don't begrudge them doing so.
That's not something I tend to worry much about, unless I'm buying something from them. Their sites are on the web, though. (I say it's not uncommon, because I often see sites I like and look at the footer to see who created it ... and often the developer's link is there, and I check out their site and other work. It's there often enough for it to be worth looking, anyhow.)
I don't know where Batmania is or if that's a joke ...
It's not a joke (well, not completely). Try Googling it.


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Then I clicked on the "Erase" button to make sure there's nothing hindering the download process
Then I clicked on the "Other" button
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But I couldn't find it under the "CD-Drive/Image" list
I repeated the process many times just in case I happen to have missed anything. I double-checked the extension format...it was an ".iso" format!
If there's another way that anyone knows of, that will help me make a successful download to BackTrack Linux, please do tell me
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By Bill Miller • Tuesday, January 8, 2008 - 09:58
Having sped past the U.S. as the world's leading emitter of greenhouse gases, China has become a despoiler on a scale as monumental as its economic expansion, plundering smaller nations to fuel its own rising tide of consumption.
A New York Times article just after the UN climate-change conference in Indonesia identified China as the pivotal determinant on global warming. Now, the left-leaning Mother Jones magazine has drawn a scathing portrait of a nation that not only leads the world in coal consumption, but also uses more than the next three highest-ranked nations – the U.S., Russia and India – combined, with ominous implications for the planet.
China says that as a poor nation of 1.3-billion people, it is entitled to pollute and spew greenhouse emissions to alleviate poverty. But with its middle class projected to leap from less than 100 million to 700 million by 2020, and with sales of Porsches, Ferraris and Maseratis flourishing in Beijing, that argument is rapidly losing its edge.
No sector better illustrates the vast reach and explosive impact of China's powerhouse economy than logging, with demand for Chinese-made furniture and other wood products creating social and environmental devastation in the poor countries that supply the wood.
The resulting deforestation dramatically accelerates climate change. Felled trees not only lose their ability to absorb carbon but also release sequestered carbon. Thus, deforestation accounts for 18 percent of world greenhouse gas emissions, eclipsing the global transportation sector's 14 percent.
Amazingly, staggering deforestation in poor, non-industrial Indonesia places that country third among the world's emitters, after the China and the U.S.
Among China's leading wood importers, Thailand and Philippines have already been stripped of their natural forests, while Indonesia and Burma are projected to lose theirs within a decade. Papua New Guinea's will succumb within 16 years, and the vast forests of the Russian Far East will survive no more than two decades.
Even so, Washington, D.C.-based Forest Trends estimates China's wood imports will probably double within 10 years, with manufacturers already developing replacement sources in Africa.
South America's forests are also threatened, but for a different reason: China's growing consumption of pork and chicken is fed by soybeans grown on newly cleared Amazonian land. By one estimate, 30 percent of the jungle could eventually be transformed into soybean fields.
Until 1998, China logged its own forests. Then Chinese companies began clearcutting other nations' trees. Since most of the world's remaining natural forests are protected by law and regulation, deforestation is largely due to illicit logging, and China is the world's leading importer of illegally logged wood.
Chinese wood purchases have also helped finance armed conflicts by such notorious brigands as Cambodia's Khmer Rouge, Burma's military government and Liberia's Charles Taylor. The UK watchdog Environmental Investigation Agency says, "China is the number one buyer of timber from many of the countries most affected by the scourge of illegal logging."
The largest timber supplier to China is Russia, where half of all logging is illegal. In Siberia, where pine forests are largely protected unless damaged by fire, loggers bent on exporting to China routinely set the woods ablaze.
It would undoubtedly help to end U.S. and European purchases of products made from illegal clearcutting, as half the tropical wood that enters China is exported as finished goods. Still, some 90 percent of Chinese-manufactured wood products are consumed within China.
This is alarming, because Chinese per-capita consumption of wood products is still far below that of developed countries, and is bound to grow as the middle class expands. China's per-capita consumption of paper, for example, is now only an eighth of the U.S.' If it reaches the American rate, suppliers will have to double the world's annual timber harvest.
As Greenpeace said in a 2006 report, "The world's forests cannot support either the level of consumption of developed countries, or the aspiration of developing countries to attain a similar level."
It makes me ill
When I read this kind of article, my frustration knows no bounds! We in the west have set the standard to which countries like China aspire. It's fine for us to say we won't commit to a new binding treaty unless China (India, etc) sign up too, but here we sit with all of the toys! Can you say "decadence"? Until we are willing to take a hit in our lifestyle for the sake of humanity, to set a new standard based on responsibility & sustainability, we have no moral authority to ask the developing world to make do.
Time for everyone to read very carefully The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, I think!
Fern Mackenzie
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Crypto-denieralists are paper tigers!
For once I agree wholeheartedly with Fern Mackenzie!
"It's fine for us to say we won't commit to a new binding treaty unless China (India, etc) sign up too, but here we sit with all of the toys! Can you say "decadence"?
Yes. Why, yes I can. We short-sighted bourgios Westerners have never heeded the wise teachings of Chairman Mao – and look where it's gotten us. Decadence, comrades! We should be ashamed, like Fern Mackenzie.
"Until we are willing to take a hit in our lifestyle for the sake of humanity, to set a new standard based on responsibility & sustainability, we have no moral authority to ask the developing world to make do."
Well put, comrade Fern! As Chairman Mao taught, "Morality comes at the end of a gun." So we know the next step we must take!
We Westerners must take a leadership role in encouraging China to return to it's roots – say, right around the end of The Great Leap Forward, or the beginning of The Cultural Revolution.
We must train young cadres of "Green Guards" to criticise and berate their elders. Those who do not submit to self-criticism sessions will be re-educated.
Once the Chinese proletariat see how successful we in the West become at purging decadent bourgios elements from The Party, they will be inspired to rid themselves of morally harmful luxuries like automobiles, electricity, running water, and food.
We can only achieve this noble goal by reducing (or, as I like to call it, "right-sizing") our standard of living to the lowest common denominator, like, say, that of Somalia. This will initially be undertaken by progressives like Fern Mackenzie, who will live in a mud hut, so as to inspire the masses. Naturally, seeing this brave example, everyone else will follow suit – completely voluntarily.
Keep up the good work, comrade Fern Mackenzie! Perhaps you will suceed, where Chairman Mao has failed? In the meantime, just try to ignore all those who laugh at you – they will be "dealt with" when the revolution comes!
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Stern on China
From his address to the American Economic Association last Friday, Sir Nicholas Stern:
[[We underestimated the flow of emissions from developing countries, especially China," he said, observing that emissions of greenhouse gases from China over the next 25 years will equal the total emissions from the U.S. and Europe over the last century. Emissions from developing countries and developed countries must be capped, he said, but the ethics of allocating the pain are delicate. "If you're consuming the goods, you can't blame the location of the factory," he argued.]]
Picked this up from Common Tragedies:
What???? I can't confirm Stern numbers but is China really forecast to emit in the next 25 years what the US and Europe did during all of the last century, while the West, India, Russia, Japan, Australia, Canada, Saudi Arabia, Brazil, etc., etc., continue to emit even significantly reduced amounts in the meantime??… If so, from a starting concentration now of, what, 385ppm CO2e… we are really up the proverbial river… Surely that has to be the "business as usual" forecast… Please???
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Dear China...
On a related note, here's an interesting new site: ww.dearchina.org invites people to write a letter to China. The letters will be translated (yes, by actual human beings) into Chinese. Who knows if they will make it across the Great Firewall, but a cool idea all the same…
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It's sad but we must face it
The Earth has withstood huge catastrophies before, with a 90% loss of species when the dinosaurs became extinct. It is tragic that the natural world we know and love is facing collapse, but nature rebounds. Different creatures evolve, maybe not the charismatic animals we know and love, if we want to keep those we have to protect them. It's important to reverse as much of the damage as possible so we can keep as much biodiversity on Earth as we can. Unfortunately we are facing a global species collapse of something like 50%. The Earth has about 100 million years of amicable climate left to evolve life. That's not enough time for a new complex group of organisms to evolve. We are Earth's last shot, so, let's make it a good one, live in balance with nature, because we have no idea how biodiversity may benefit us in the future.
I agree with your points,
I agree with your points, but there is something about the way you phrase it that suggests that we as human beings are somehow not a part of the natural world that is facing a 50% species extinction. I don't know whether you meant for it to come across that way, but it's worth noting that we are very much a part of the biodiversity that is under threat. We may have a technological edge, but that might not save us from a major survival crisis. I have always believed that part of our problems stem from the assumption that we have somehow elevated our species above the natural world of "survival of the fittest" (ie, best fit to survive a certain set of conditions). If we are the last best hope for a highly evolve species on this planet, it's time we reconnected with our evolutionary roots.
Fern Mackenzie
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This is a disturbing
This is a disturbing article. Wood consumption is obviously going to happen, but it could easily be brought down by using hemp products insted of paper products. Hemp is more durable and cheeper to produce, why this world has not recognized this fact is beyond me.
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USA's Moto
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I think I've been ruined by
I think I've been ruined by Wikipedia. I read copy such as "deforestation accounts for 18 percent of world greenhouse gas emissions" and "Thailand and Philippines have already been stripped of their natural forests" and all I can think is "…..[citation needed]. Big calls, back them up.
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Just as suggestion,
Just as suggestion, leveraging the insights provided by Mr. Miller, it is imperative that we use our military might to reduce/ensure that Chinese per capita consumption of wood products to sixteenth of the U.S. This way, we will have an immediate 50% reduction in Chinese wood consumption!
Surely, the Chinese can get use to sharing a chair during dinner time, which is a lot better than what they had. In fact, in order to provide a complete and final solution to this problem, we could prescribe and enforce a life style for the Chinese that precludes pork, chicken, soybeans, chairs, tables, beds and houses, so that when we visit Cambodia or Brazil we can still enjoy the old forest, and we could even celebrate this occasion by building a big bonfire.
Keep it up Billy, you are doing a heck of job.
Stop argueing about who's fault it is. Take Action Now!
As mankind faces the most dramatic natural disaster in history we are squabbling instead of taking action. Let's stop arguing and come up with a plan.
Our poles are melting, temperature and weather patterns are changing. Those are facts. Whose fault it is, man made or natural is almost irrelevant. The important thing is that we take action to prepare for the unavoidable consequences of climate change NOW.
Past climate changes have happened quick, the most recent having taken only about a decade. We have seen weather patterns change over the last few years, lost a bunch of ice, witnessed massive amounts of species going extinct and see a slow-down of the ocean's conveyor which regulates temperature patterns around the globe. My gut feeling is to say that we are in the midst of climate change. Whether it's caused by CO2, an active sun or any other cause is not the issue. The issue is… we can't change, avert or avoid it so we have to figure out how to deal with it and survive it's effects.
The focal point of all the issues surrounding climate change is energy. More specifically, present and future energy. The energy we currently use, which most say changes the climate, and the energy we will need in the future to supply more people and to stave off the effects of a changed climate. We need cleaner fuel now, not only because of pollution or the fact that we are running out, but because we will need much more fuel in the future.
The world economy is currently dependant upon CO2 emitting fossil fuels and we won't just be able to throw a switch to convert to another source so we have to start now. We have to stop spending billions fighting over the remaining oil. No matter who owns it, we will use it up. As demand increases and supply dwindles it will become more expensive and economic factors will dictate that we replace it. If we're lucky, mankind will be reasonable enough to spend more money finding new energy sources than fighting over obsolete ones. That's a long shot but there's always hope.
We will need more energy and there is no denying that burning oil and coal pollutes our planet. We have 2 choices if we want to survive as a species.
1. Come up with more, preferably cleaner energy.
2. Shrink our global population to a size that our current energy supply can sustain.
The first is preferable but considering our primitive human nature, the second is more probable. Let's let common sense overpower human nature and strive towards option 1.
Think about it. There are many sources of energy, known and yet to be discovered that we can use. Wind, water, tidal, and solar are clean technologies that we have explored and can improve. We have started tinkering with ways to use the Earth's magnetic field. There is gravity and countless types of cosmic rays that we haven't even tried to harness yet. Nuclear has been around for decades and if it doesn't blow up on you, it is extremely clean.
My suggestion, no, my demand is that mankind stop it's economic and religious squabbling and start taking the action we need for our survival as a species. It will be impossible to get mankind to act as one, but someone has to start. If the US trimmed it's government and military to a minimum, keeping enough troops and nukes to sustain sovereignty, we could save billions and use it to develop energy sources.
That scenario might even be good for the economy. Imagine all of the workers needed to make electric cars or cosmic ray powered toasters. Besides, whoever discovers a technology usually has a lead when it comes to selling it's usage or the products it spins off.
New energy won't solve global warming but it will help us deal with it better. Right now it's the only option we have so let's get on it!
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Rainbow color rivers of China
The original is in Japanese but you can look at the best rivers of China.
The word "best" is ironic though.
Just think of what you maybe eating when you goto China, and how those waters? from the rivers go back to the ocean will absolutely be the worst of all.
BTW, look at the links at the bottom of the page, just below the smog images.
And below the smog images, another images that people are watering the grass. But really, they're coloring the grass to make it green! How wonderful of the word green energy.
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cutting the trees is widespread - so sad
I live in Romania, Eastern Europe, and I have seen for the last 20 years, ever since the fall of the communism, how people are cutting the forests. They think that if they own a piece of land with trees on it, they can do whatever they please and not be held accountable. But life is not without its irony: those who cut the trees and sold the wood for almost nothing are now watching their own houses riding the landslides. There is a lesson in that, but why be so stupid and learn it on your own expense? Eloise


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Metopic ridge
A metopic ridge is an abnormal shape of the skull. The ridge can be seenon the forehead.
The skull of an infant is made up of bony plates that allow for growth of the skull. The place where these plates connect are called sutures or suture lines. They do not close up until the second or third year of life.
Metopic ridge occurs when the two bony plates in the front skull join together too early.
The metopic suture remains unclosed throughout life in 1 in 10 people.
A birth defect called craniosynostosis is a common cause of metopic ridge.
When to Contact a Medical Professional
Call your health care provider if you notice a ridge along your infant's forehead or a ridge forming on the skull.
What to Expect at Your Office Visit
The health care provider will perform a physical exam and ask questions about the child's medical history.
Tests may include:
- Head CT (maybe)
- Skull x-ray
No treatment or surgery is needed for a metopic ridge.
Kaney PM. Congenital malformations of the skull and meninges. Otolaryngol Clin N Am. 2007;40:9-26.
Gunny RS, Chong WK. Paediatric neuroradiology. In: Adam A, Dixon AK, eds. Grainger & Allison's Diagnostic Radiology. 5th ed. New York, NY: Churchill Livingston; 2008:chap 70.
Kinsman SL, Johnston MV. Craniosynostosis, In: Kliegman RM, Behrman RE, Jenson HB, Stanton BF, eds. Nelson Textbook of Pediatrics. 19th ed. Philadelphia, Pa: Saunders Elsevier; 2011:chap 585.12.
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Men's ClothingStyles varied from casual dress worn by laborers to suits. The man in the family portrait wears his best suit. Collars worn standing up with a variety of silk ties were fashionable in the period. Men's mustaches were trimmed and waxed in the 1890s; in this turn-of-the-century portrait, he's retained his full mustache.
Children's ClothingPlay clothes for children were introduced in the early 20th century, but this little girl wears a light-colored dress that mimics some of the design elements of her mother's dress, i.e. the wide collar.
Photo DetailsWatch for the spontaneous moments in a family picture. The little girl
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About the PhotographerAlfred Adt of Waterbury, Connecticut, took this photo. According to city directories of Waterbury found on Ancestry.com and details in census records, Adt was born in approximately 1863 and was a photographer in Waterbury from at least 1894 to 1909.
Use the comment field below to tell me how you came to own your family photos. Which relative gave them to you?
In 1920, a good worsted suit cost approximately $60 from the Sears Roebuck Catalog while a tie cost less than a dollar. For a fun look at men's neckwear, see Roseann Ettinger's 20th Century Neckties Pre-1955 (Schiffer, 1998).
These items provide details about Connelly's life in the first half of the 20th century.
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As more progressive farming operations have grasped new technologies to make producing the nation's and world's food supply more efficient, progressive equipment dealers and the companies they represent have strived to keep pace with the advancements in agricultural technology. GPS, precision agriculture and more recently, coordination by telematics, comprise the current generations of technological applications that most dealers are and have been assisting customers with for years.
That brings us to the next major advancement in precision agriculture, and specifically, what will the equipment dealer's role be, if any. Unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV s), or drones, are replacing more expensive manned aircraft to provide aerial imagery of farm fields. This high-quality imagery is used to provide a real-time assessment of current problems as they occur during the growing season.
While the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) currently prohibits the commercial use of UAV s, the agency is in the process of developing rules for commercial use. However, researchers and agricultural companies are gearing up to test UAV s and to develop applications for farmers. It is pretty clear to see the advantages UAV s can and ultimately will play in crop production. The economic potential for agriculture is too great for it not to take hold.
With this growing interest in how drones can be valuable new tools in agriculture, the FAA has selected six public entities that will develop and conduct unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) research through test sites around the country. These congressionally mandated test sites will conduct critical research into the requirements necessary to safely integrate UAS into the national airspace over the next several years. The selected sites include the University of Alaska, the state of Nevada, New York's Griffiss International Airport, North Dakota's Department of Commerce, Texas A&M University at Corpus Christi, and Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University (Virginia Tech).
According to an article in Farm Industry News, "UAV s can obtain a vast array of aerial data by flying over farm fields, and the type of data they collect depends on the camera system the UAV is carrying. Most UAVs carry consumer-grade cameras that collect high-resolution still images and video when flying over a field. The user then views the images or footage once the UAV surveys a field to identify abnormal spots that may need to be visited for problems related to nutrients, pests, weeds, moisture or other issues. The benefit lies in being able to scout your fields faster by quickly identifying the problem spots rather than walking a whole field on foot."
Will equipment dealers have a place in the marketing, sale and servicing of UAVs? Will the equipment manufacturers develop a stake in the distribution? If so, this potentially could be a significant revenue generator for the equipment dealer who has and will provide value-added consulting services and products for their customers. In fact, one NAE DA member, Riesterer & Schnell, a multi-store dealership in Wisconsin, is taking that step into the future. The dealership will begin offering the helicopter-style drones (hexacopters) for sale to agriculture customers through their retail locations.
This proposition is probably not as far-fetched as it may sound. While these types of services have traditionally been provided by farm service and custom application businesses, shouldn't the dealer of the future be looking at these opportunities? Without question, UAV s could become a complement to the current and future products and services dealers can use to provide to remain a viable partner with their customers.
Maybe robots are next?
JOE DYKES is director of Member Services for the North American Equipment Dealers Association (NAEDA).


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Many of us take our remaining vacation days during the holidays. This is a good time to visit an automobile museum. The weather can often be nasty and unless you're into winter sports there isn't a whole lot to do. We're lucky to have several motoring museums within easy driving distance. Nearby there's the Crawford Auto Aviation Museum in Cleveland, the Canton Classic Car Museum in Canton and the National Packard Museum in Warren. If you're willing to drive a bit further there's the Auburn Cord Duesenberg Automobile Museum in Auburn, IN, the National Studebaker Museum in South Bend, IN and the Ford Museum and Greenfield Village in Dearborn, MI. Also located in metropolitan Detroit is the National Automotive Hall of Fame in Dearborn and the Walter P. Chrysler Museum in Auburn Hills, MI. Also located in metro Detroit is the last Hudson dealership-Miller Motors Hudson and the Automotive Heritage Museum in Ypsilanti, MI. If you're into motorcycles the Motorcyle Museum and Hall of Fame is located in Pickerington, OH. For racing aficionados there's the Indianapolis 500 Hall of Fame and Museum in Indianapolis. If you go to Indianapolis check out the restored Stutz automobile factory, which now houses several businesses. One of the newest museums is dedicated solely to the Hudson automobile; the Eldon Hostetler Collection and it's located in Shipshewana, IN. Now, did I miss any of your favorites?
The sad state of the American auto industry has been in the headlines for the past few months but the fact is that it has been in decline for decades.
The most obvious reminders of this are various abandoned car factories, especially in the Detroit area. The sad state of these once-majestic architectural tributes to a former world leading industry is an eery foreshadow of what the big 2 1/2 are experiencing. Follow the link for a little history and some current photos of five historic former car factories.
I was looking at today's ohio.com classifieds (doesn't everyone?) and noticed something that I found very interesting. There were only ten listings in the "Antique and Classic" cars for sale section. Within those ten listings, only six had cars that were actually for sale. The other four were offering services such as chrome plating or promoting events such as future swap meets.
As a contrast to the six ads with antique cars for sale, ohio.com today has thirteen classified listings for towing companies that will come and pick up your old for free. Some of these overly generous individuals will even pay you scrap value for your old car. What a deal!
During these winter months many of us use that time to perform not just maintenance on our collector cars but restoration work, as well. Paying someone to work on your car can become very expensive very quickly. I've learned the importance of not only getting an estimate from the restorer but maintaining regular communications. An estimate is just that-an estimate. Restoring old cars isn't like have work done on your modern car, where mechanics can pretty much follow the book. When it comes to old cars there can be plenty of surprises as things are taken apart. I know; I've been there. I would add 20% to whatever a restorer tells you and expect more. And, if this is a long-term project, there should be monthly billing with details on work performed, parts purchased, etc. It should go without saying that a car owner must do his/her homework before choosing a restorer. It's not just enough to see the restorer's work. And, remember, a car restoration is a partnership between the owner and restorer. Both parties must be candid and honest with one another and, again, communicate clearly. There's a shared responsibility. I've seen this work out well-and, unfortunately, not so well.
I know it's always better to give than to receive, but receiving a special treat every once in a while is pretty nice too. Even though many people have tightened their budgets on holiday giving this year, cool gifts for car guys* are available in all shapes, colors, sizes and price ranges. Of course, a new car is the ultimate gift but tools, accessories and even services like detailing are sure to make any enthusiast happy.
Automotive lifestyle gifts are the latest hot trend. Everything from reproductions of vintage shop rags to motorized four legged stools are available. Last year, my kids got me a coat rack with different shift levers as hanging pegs. It's useful and brings a smile to my face every time I see it. Typically, these types of things were only available the specialty catalogs but Summit Racing has recently picked up a wonderful line of these products. If you haven't been to their flagship store in Tallmadge, you really owe it to yourself to take a visit. Just make sure to budget a couple hours to browse the amazing variety of products they have to offer.
It's the holiday time and people find reasons to get together and celebrate the season. As a lifelong car guy, I've found that car people make their own reasons to get together all year long, even in our less than ideal climate.
Of course, in the summer, we have shows and cruise-ins and all types of racing. In addition to these events, I have found that there's an abundance of casual, semi-organized and even formal breakfast/lunch/evening get-togethers of car people year round in our area. Some are based through established car clubs but many are just a group of enthusiasts who enjoy each others' company and convene to tell lies, umm, I mean share stories about cars. These things take place in dive bars, fancy restaurants, corner repair shops or just someone's garage (heated of course).
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Royce Henson
Missing since March 23, 1979 from Tulsa, Oklahoma
Classification: Endangered Missing
Vital Statistics
Circumstances of Disappearance
Kathleen Henson and her son Royce Henson were last contacted on March 23, 1979.
Henson was en route to the home of a friend and did not arrive.
Henson's older son, who was 9 at the time, arrived at their home in the 600 block of South Peoria Avenue that night after his father dropped him off following a visit. He fell asleep and woke up to realize that she had never come home.
The car he went missing in was a 1969 Chrysler 4-door sedan, brown over gold in color.
On March 25, 1979 her vehicle was found at the corner or Ute Street and Peoria Avenue. Foul play is suspected.
If you have any information concerning this case, please contact:
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Although it hasn't received near the publicity or lobbying of other state measures this year, Proposition 31 has the potential for profound effects on California budgeting and politics.
Backed by California Forward, a nonprofit that describes its mission as creating a "smart" government, the proposal would include changing the state budget from a one- to two-year cycle, prohibiting expenditures of $25 million or more by the Legislature unless revenues or spending cuts are first identified, and giving the governor the power to unilaterally cut the budget "during declared fiscal emergencies if (the) Legislature fails to act," according to the state's official ballot summary.
The initiative also includes performance goals and reviews for state programs and could shift $200 million annually in taxes from the state to local governments to provide public services.
The budget reform proposition is also intended to bring more transparency by requiring publication of bills at least three days prior to a legislative vote.
Despite its far-reaching aspirations, the initiative has been almost lost between the debates swirling around Proposition 30, the tax-raising initiative Gov. Jerry Brown has been stumping for, and Proposition 32, a campaign finance measure that labor unions have spent nearly $40 million to defeat.
In short, Prop. 31 aims to fundamentally change the way business is conducted in Sacramento.
Weighing in at 8,000 words, the initiative can be stultifying to the average voter, and critics say it is too broad and vague to be effective.
Mike Madrid, campaign manager for California Forward, counters by saying of the state's budget and fiscal woes, "it's a complex problem that requires complex solutions. There's no short fix."
Steve Smith, spokesman for the California Federation of Labor, which opposes the measure, says Prop. 31 creates more problems than it solves and adds layers of bureaucracy that will weigh down government.
"I think in the beginning it was well-intentioned, but ultimately it didn't solve problems and creates more," Smith said.
The initiative faces an uphill battle with nearly 2-1 opposition among voters, according to a recent Field Poll. Only 21 percent of voters polled said they were likely to support Prop. 31, while 40 percent were opposed and 39 percent undecided.
Plus, voters have traditionally opposed efforts to give the governor sweeping powers to cut the budget, rejecting initiatives with similar provisions in the 1990s and in 2005.
However, Madrid said, drastic times require drastic measures.
"We're in dire straits," Madrid said. "It's not theoretical anymore, it's real."
He added that the state's fiscal problems are drastically different than in prior elections.
Proponents of the proposition have poured about $3.5 million into the initiative, outspending opponents by more than 700 percent.
Labor groups, environmentalists, the Democratic Party and, curiously, the Tea Party, oppose the bill.
The bill may also suffer from certain bureaucratic verbiage -- such as "best practices," "prioritized spending" and "performance goals" -- that may turn off voters.
"(Voters) see (Prop. 31) as a confusing measure that would be bad ultimately for the state," Smith said.
Madrid urges voters to do their homework before they decide.
Papers in the Los Angeles News Group and others across the state have come out in favor of the initiative. Madrid said only the Sacramento Bee and Ventura Star-News have opposed it.
Whatever shortcomings the bulky proposition may have, Madrid said, "Few can credibly say it's not a step in the right direction."
Proposition 31YES means: Certain fiscal responsibilities of the Legislature and governor, including state and local budgeting and oversight procedures, would change. Local governments that create plans to coordinate services would receive funding from the state and could develop their own procedures for administering state programs.
NO means: The fiscal responsibilities of the Legislature and governor, including state and local budgeting and oversight procedures, would not change. Local governments would not be given (1) funding to implement new plans that coordinate services or (2) authority to develop their own procedures for administering state programs.
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Presidential hopeful Mitt Romney, who once strapped his dog to the roof of the family station wagon before embarking on a road trip, has again chosen to thumb his nose at the all-important dog vote by throwing a fundraising birthday party for his wife Ann at the house of Frederick Malek III. While to most people, Malek is just another rich guy who respects Romney's Reaganesque hair, to dogs, Malek is a living terror — when he was a youth, he was arrested for animal cruelty after police discovered that he and some friends had killed and barbecued a dog. What the everloving hell is wrong with Mitt Romney?
Fred Malek III has had a long, illustrious career in politics— he's worked for President Nixon and the first, less-shitty of the Presidents Bush. In 2008, he served as the National Finance Co-Chair of John McCain's Presidential campaign. He's had a formidable business career as well, serving important roles with Mariott and the Carlyle Group and Northwest Airlines. But before any of this, he was just a young, drunk, blood-covered West Point graduate standing around a spit containing a slowly rotating, skinned dog.
In 1959, a police officer in Peoria, Illinois, discovered five young men acting about as suspiciously as a person could act in one of the city's parks. By "suspiciously," I mean like villain being questioned for murder in an episode of CSI: Miami suspiciously— they were covered in blood (as was the inside of their car), and three of them appeared to be burying something. Turns out, the blood was animal blood. And later, officers discovered a skinned dog on a spit elsewhere in the park, a liquor bottle nearby, which is a visual horrific enough to sort of make you wish that the blood on the men's clothes had been human blood.
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Portland Fire Bureau adds Quints
Budget cuts are forcing the Portland Fire Bureau to find ways to operate more efficiently. The city is leasing two rigs that are called Quints. They combine the capabilities of a fire truck and a fire engine. The crews can fight a fire and perform rescues. It's efficient, because instead of sending eight personnel a Quint carries four firefighters.
The Portland Firefighters Association has been critical of the new trucks, because of concerns there won't be enough personnel to perform the duties on a call. Fire Chief Erin Janssens says that won't be a problem.
The Quints are being located at stations with lower call volumes.
The Quint is an aerial apparatus (105' aerial) and comes complete with ground ladders, hydraulic extrication equipment, and saws, but is also outfitted with a pump and limited amount of hose for a quick fire attack and limited water supply. PF&R's first Quint recently went into service at Station 2 in Parkrose.
Another adjustment to PF&R's response approach is the addition of Rapid Response Vehicles for medical calls. Surging medical calls in areas such as East Portland and downtown have meant shifting some firefighter positions from Kenton and Parkrose to medically-focused rapid response vehicles for help in other areas. The RRVs will help improve response times and response reliability of fire & rescue apparatus needed on more complicated or critical emergency calls.


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US Open Day 3: Wayward Braids, Cramps, and Ugly Wins
Wednesday, August 27, 2014 at 10:17PM
Not so Top 10..@CaroWozniacki gets her hair stuck in her racquet in the middle of the point but attempts to play on - http://t.co/8vm45J35hA
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Here's something I hadn't seen before... Caroline Wozniacki lost a point because her racket got stuck in her hair! Guess that's the risk you take when you have such pretty, long hair. She bravely tried to play the point, (I say brave because that could have hurt!), but failed. She won the match anyway.


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This tournament brings together community and corporate leaders, San Francisco trustees and stakeholders for a great day of golf, followed by a celebratory banquet and auction.
Join us for a fabulous day on the green, while supporting the our local community. We provide skilled and compassionate care for our community's frailest elderly.
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Saturday, March 16, 2013 from 1:00 PM to 4:00 PM (PDT)
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Finding new and easy ways to make chicken can be so daunting. And boring, extremely mind-numbingly booooor-ing. Just like the same chicken over and over is boring. So I wanted something new and something we hadn't had in a while. This recipe did the trick, and actually reminded me to get my Uncle Bob's sweet Chinese Chicken wings recipe and try that soon, those little suckers are delish!
So this simple teriyaki recipe fit the bill, it was easy and fast and of course I added in some lemon juice to help tenderize the meat a bit, used brown instead of white sugar and so on.
1 chicken, cut into pieces
1 cup of brown sugar
3/4 cup of soy sauce
1 tsp lemon juice
1 tsp ground ginger, or 1 tbs chopped fresh ginger
2 cloves of garlic, minced
Throw the brown sugar and soy into a large measuring cup or bowl, I like the measuring cup because it pours so lovely when I am done.
Whisk in the ginger.
Add in some lemon juice.
Mince up your two cloves of garlic.
Poke little holes all over the chicken.
Pour the marinade over the chicken, and refrigerate it for a couple of hours.
Cook at 350 for about 45 minutes, or until done. I served it with veggies and whole wheat couscous, which I did in a vegetable broth instead of plain water, and the kids absolutely scarfed it back!


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Experts believe that more than half of human cancers may be preventable. Diet, as well as tobacco use, infections, and chemicals or hormones are thought to be major risk factors that can be changed. However, there is still little agreement over which dietary changes can prevent most cancers.
Fiber and cancer; Cancer and fiber; Nitrates and cancer; Cancer and nitrates
Diet and breast cancer: Although a high-fat diet has been studied as a cause of breast cancer, no clear evidence has been found. A high-fat diet may promote breast cancer by causing the body to release more of certain hormones.
Det and prostate cancer: Because prostate cancer appears to be more common with a Western lifestyle, diet has been closely studied as a risk. However, results have not led to a clear answer:
Diet and colon or rectal cancer:
Diet and stomach or esophageal cancer: Countries in which people eat a lot of salt-cured, smoked, and nitrite-cured foods have a high rate of cancer of the stomach and esophagus. Examples of such foods include bacon, ham, hot dogs, and salt-cured fish.
The best advice is to eat a well-balanced diet and avoid focusing on one "cancer-fighting" food.
United States Department of Agriculture. Center for Nutrition Policy and Promotion. Dietary Guidelines for Americans. 2010. National Academy Press, Washington, DC, 2010.
Pierce JP, Natarajan L, Caan BJ, Parker BA, Greenberg, Flatt SW, et al. Influence of a diet very high in vegetables, fruit, and fiber and low in fat on prognosis following treatment for breast cancer: the Women's Healthy Eating and Living (WHEL) randomized trial. JAMA. 2007;293;289-298.
A Dahm CC, Keogh RH, Spencer EA, Greenwood DC, Key TJ, Fentiman IS, et al. Dietary fiber and colorectal cancer risk: a nested case-control study using food diaries. J Natl Cancer Inst. 2010;102:614-626.
Larsson SC, Orsini N, Wolk A. Vitamin B6 and risk of colorectal cancer: a meta-analysis of prospective studies. JAMA. 2010;303:1077-1083.
Gaziano JM, Glynn RJ, Christen WG, Kurth T, Belanger C, MacFadyen J, et al. Vitamins E and C in the prevention of prostate and total cancer in men: the Physicians' Health Study II randomized controlled trial. JAMA. 2009;301:52-62.
Kushi LH, et al. American Cancer Society guidelines on nutrition and physical activity for cancer prevention: reducing the risk of cancer with healthy food choices and physical activity. CA Cancer J Clin. 2006;56:254-281.
Zell JA, Meyskens FL. Cancer prevention, screening, and early detection. In: Abeloff MD, Armitage JO, Niederhuber JE, et al. Abeloff's Clinical Oncology. 4th ed. Philadelphia, Pa: Elsevier Churchill Livingstone; 2008:chap 26.


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While some economic theorists take notice of class distinctions and their impact on quality of life, few choose to go deeper by asking such questions as "how does capitalism shape our feelings?"
Eva Illouz does just this by bringing abstract economic theory to the realm of the personal. Illouz acknowledges the trendy yet ensconced cultural tendency to observe life through emotional lenses. Her recent book, Saving the Modern Soul: Therapy, Emotions, and the Culture of Self-Help, provides an in-depth articulation of this shift. Transcending academic and professional categories, Illouz spearheads a new kind of study, analyzing psychological and emotional language in its attention to human behavior. Guernica Magazine's Jesse Tangen-Mills gives Illouz the label "cultural theorist," as this approach doesn't fit the typical labels of "historian," "philosopher," or "sociologist."
Illouz's thesis in "Saving the Modern Soul" reveals—if not pronounces—a change in contemporary discourse. In the early 20th century, "society" understood the world according to relationships. Community was what mattered; less so, the individual. When talking about the family unit, we spoke of it in terms of the greater good. Any defiant individual who caused harm to the community, for example, we "felt" and spoke of as being in direct opposition to the social good. When considered, the individual was most frequently viewed in opposition to, or in support of, the community, rather than the community towards the individual. This view has since been flipped.
Tangen-Mills points out that in shifting towards the emotional and psychological we now "hearken back to childhood memories and recognize emotional needs" when we talk about ourselves. The defiant individual is no longer a mere enemy, but is recognized personally. We begin to view the individual as a victim of the family and/or the greater community. We turn from a discourse that sees only the greater good to recognizing the personal and individual good.
If we doubt this trend, we need only look at the popularity of Oprah Winfrey and Woody Allen—both of whom, Illouz points out, have built their careers by recognizing the deeply emotional and often broken nature of modern day individuals.
The question is not whether such a trend exists, but whether it is in fact good that we have turned from a communal discourse towards an individualistic one. In evangelical Christian circles, the term "individualistic" is often antagonizing because it's believed that an individualistic society perpetuates "self-focus," which is in direct opposition to the selflessness directive given in Scripture.
Constantly evaluating the personal impact of one's environment—for example, how a person was treated by their family—turns our attention furthur towards the "singular," and away from the family and community. Rather than viewing a poor individual and his affect on the community at large, we fastidiously turn our heads towards the emotions he experiences because of his lack. Illouz comments:
…in literature people focused on interpretation of text and really never bothered to actually pay attention to the fact that texts and movies elicit emotions and draw you in through emotions. Or sociologists who asked themselves why people do what they do could talk about competition, when you consume something, or they could talk about class stratification but never about the envy or the humiliation or the shame that can accompany class stratification.
Prior to the last several decades we analyzed and articulated subjects of study externally. Sociologists who talk about "competition" regarding human behavior, for example, remain just outside of a discourse of feelings and emotions. Competition is a perspective of relationship with others, rather than an emotion that comes out of such a relationship. The development of psychology as a discipline has brought with it a reading of human behavior that regards emotions almost to the exclusion of all else.
People spend an increasing amount of time focused upon the misery of an individual rather than of healing and triumph. Movies, for example, are more likely to show the gradual digression of users defeated by heroin or cocaine, such as Requiem for a Dream, than to show the impact of users upon the greater public or those individuals finding healing in their communities.
We are now inspecting the parts of a picture, instead of the picture. Yet, to ignore the minutia is to ignore what makes up the whole. This turn towards the psychological and emotional experience of the individual may not be such a bad thing.
In fact, by looking inward, we find some of the causes of our social diseases and have the opportunity to solve them. Modern society's "emotional" approach is in fact liberating in its own right. Examining human experience according to its psychological and emotional impact allows us to understand our environment and community in a much deeper way. We give voice to injustice and pain, and doing so, are given the insight to carefully respond to the social or familial harms that create an experience which negatively influences individuals who become "defiant."
Despite this psychological and emotional discourse being new to humanity, the emotional and psychological is part of our makeup. Humanity has always been and always will be emotional. Our discourse has changed; we have not.
But the way we speak about ourselves affects how we relate to one another. And so, as we continue in this new way, we should cautiously remember that individuals make up a greater whole. Environment and relationships affect the individual, and though the individual is important, he or she also impacts the whole. '


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Burfict and Green to Pro Bowl
Bengals WR A.J. Green and LB Vontaze Burfict have been voted to this season's Pro Bowl game, the NFL announced today. The game will be played Sun., Jan. 26 at 7 p.m. at Aloha Stadium in Honolulu and will be televised nationally by NBC.
For the first time this year, the Pro Bowl will be "unconferenced." Instead of the AFC vs. NFC matchup that was the format since the 1970 season, players were selected without regard to conference in voting by fans, coaches and players. Players will be assigned to opposing teams during the first-ever Pro Bowl Draft on NFL Network on Wed., Jan. 22 at 8 p.m. ET. The teams will be known as Team Rice and Team Sanders, after Hall of Fame players Jerry Rice and Deion Sanders, who will serve as alumni team captains and head the draft selection process for each of their squads.
Green, a third-year player, has been voted to the Pro Bowl for the third time. Burfict, a second-year pro who joined the Bengals last year as an undrafted free agent, is on the Pro Bowl roster for the first time.
"It's a great honor for both our guys, and it's especially great for Vontaze," said Bengals head coach Marvin Lewis. "Everyone knows what an exceptional player A.J. continues to be, and we kind of expect him to be in the game, but it's very gratifying to see Vontaze recognized for the fine season he's had."
Entering Sunday's regular season finale vs. Baltimore, Green has 94 receptions for 1365 yards and 10 touchdowns. With 76 receiving yards against the Ravens, he would surpass Chad Johnson's club record of 1440 yards in a season, set in 2007.
Green has set Bengals records this season for most 100-yard receiving games (six) and most consecutive 100-yard receiving games (five, in Games 6-10).
Burfict is the first Bengals LB to make the Pro Bowl since 1976, when Jim LeClair earned his one trip as a Bengal. The only other Bengals LB in the club's all-star history is Bill Bergey, who was selected for the 1969 American Football League All-Star game.
Burfict led the Bengals in tackles by a wide margin as a rookie last year, and this year his lead is even greater. In statistics compiled by the coaching staff, he has 188 tackles, 85 more than second-place Rey Maualuga (103). His solo tackle total of 128 is more than twice the total of Maualuga (second with 61).
Burfict also leads the Bengals front seven in passes defensed (10), ranked third on the team. He's tied for the team lead in tackles-for-loss on rushing plays (seven), and he has three sacks, an interception, two forced fumbles and a fumble recovery. He scored a touchdown on a forced fumble and return on Nov. 17 vs. Cleveland.
Two Bengals players were voted as alternates. Andrew Whitworth was voted a third alternate at OT, and Andy Dalton a seventh alternate at QB.
Alternates are selected for the Pro Bowl when roster replacements are needed due to injuries or other reasons. This year's Pro Bowl will again be played a week in advance of the Super Bowl, so Pro Bowl selections from the two Super Bowl teams will be replaced from the alternates' ranks.
The last Bengals WR to make the Pro Bowl before Green was Chad Johnson, who earned his sixth trip in the 2009 season. Other Bengals WRs in the Pro Bowl, with their total number of selections, have been Isaac Curtis (four), Carl Pickens (two), Eddie Brown (one), T.J. Houshmandzadeh (one) and Chip Myers (one).


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Eyelid surgery or Blepharoplasty is a cosmetic surgery, which is used to correct droopy eyelids. It reduces the saggy quality of lower eyelids which you get with age and also rids of the excess skin from the upper lids. Apart from making your eyes look younger, Blepharoplasty also enhances your peripheral vision which can get affected due to sagging skin. An eyelid surgery does not help you get rid of dark circles or crow's feet which you get on the outer corner of your eyes.
Reasons to Consider Eyelid Surgery
Eyelid surgery is a good option if you want to get rid of the sagging skin from your lower eyelids or the excess skin on your upper eyelids. Sometimes with age your lower eyelids may appear puffy, making you look old and exhausted all the time. An eyelid surgery can make your eyes look younger and livelier and also do away with the grooves and lines formed under your eyes.
Precautions to take after the Surgery
You need to stay indoors after the surgery for more than a week for your eyelids to heal. You may suffer from dry eyes; so always keep ice packs handy. Your doctor may prescribe eye drops or artificial tears, according to your needs. Make sure you always use clean towels and consume painkillers only if your doctor recommends.
It is of primary importance to follow up the surgery with postoperative care. Your doctor will give you detailed information about dressing, a dosage of antibiotics, activity level allowed and also the complications which can arise. Make sure you follow all the instructions and are prepared for the symptoms associated with it.
Risks associated with Eyelid Surgery
Fortunately, major complications associated with Blepharoplasty are rare; yet there could be some side effects of this surgery. Sometimes, there might be cases of infection and bleeding or a bad reaction to anesthesia. Hematoma or accumulation of blood under the skin is also one of the side effects of eyelid surgery.
Blacked around eye from long time no sleep I sleep for 4 to 5 hours so. Please let me know what to do.
Sir I am 29 yrs. I had ocular myasthenia .I.e my left eye lid gets drooped. Recently I am going to marry. With d eyelid dropping I am facing difficulty in marriage matches. I used many Ayurveda and English medicine. So please give proper ayurveda medicine to strengthen my eye muscle that don't droop. So please give me ayurveda medicine.
Monsoon brings joy as you say goodbye to summer – and your sunglasses (remember, they also protect your eyes from infection). Monsoons bring with them an army of infections that cause eye pain and discomfort, so don't ignore your eye health this monsoon. Viral infections are known to thrive and spread during rains due to increased moisture in the air.
Proper eye care should become a priority during monsoons to help protect from infections like conjunctivitis, stye, dry eyes and corneal ulcers which can lead to blindness.
Here are some of the precautions you can take during monsoons to maintain good eye health.
- Precautions are usually based on hygiene. Avoid touching your eyes with dirty hands.
- Ask your children to not touch their eyes.
- If you (or someone around you) suspect you've got or are getting conjunctivitis, wash your eyes gently and use a cold compress. The best thing would be to see a doctor.
- If someone at home is down with conjunctivitis, wash your hands after administering drops.
- Redness, irritation & itching are common monsoon-related problems, especially after too much reading, long hours at the computer or watching too much television, and most hospitals treat such problems with lubricating eye drops. However, if you have such a problem, don't self-medicate – ask a doctor.
- Avoid sharing your towel and similar personal items with others, because infections mostly spread through hands, clothes and other commonly touched items.
- Stye is a common eye infection that occurs during monsoons, and is caused due to bacteria. It manifests as a painful lump along the eyelid, and is normally treated with the help of a warm compress, though a visit to the doctor is highly recommended.
- In case of red eye, avoid over-the-counter eye drops as they may contain steroids which can be harmful, and seek expert advice. Also avoid using contact lens during this period.
- Wearing glasses when travelling helps.
- Avoid roadside food.
- Always wash your hands after coming from outside.
- Try to keep children away from puddles and waterlogged areas. Children often like to have fun in or around such places but they are highly bacteria prone.
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I have pain in testicles from more than 3 months sometimes on left side and sometimes on right side and sometimes in both testicles. Mostly I see Swelling on outside and Pain above balls inside of testicles alternatively. Tube like structure also swells sometimes in either of testicle. Pain is increased and triggered like repeated shocks while moving on uneven roads and speed breakers and while doing strenuous physical activities like running and climbing stairs and Masturbating sometimes Pain is mild and continuous gradually decreasing for a week but as soon as I masturbate it suddenly increases more constant Pain for sometime and reducing slowly but not completely and Triggered again and continues Testicles become Uncomfortable due to Pain while sleeping also and by doing physical activities. Today Pain was in right testicle In which disease condition I am? Is it Effecting mg normal life and damaging testicles? How can I get rid of Pain completely and become normal? Should I take rest and pain Will reduce? Suggest any Home Remedies, Tips and medication?
Myself 25 years male have suffering from myopia have an error of -2.00 and I am wearing spectacles from last 10 years .Now I am fed up with this spec culture and want to end it. Apart from laser surgery ,is wearing contact lenses safe for eyes .Tell me the pros and cons of wearing contact lens.
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Sir I am suffering from myopia from last 2 year and my right eye power is -2.5,and my left eye power is-1.75 so, I want to know how to can this problem be cured.
Glaucoma is a group of diseases that causes damage to your eye's optic nerve and gets worse over time. The optic nerve is a bundle of millions of nerve fibres which carry visual impulse from the retina at the back of eye to the brain. The increased Eye pressure, called intraocular pressure, can damage the optic nerve and fasten the natural nerve fibre loss. Since nerve cells can't regenerate this damage is permanent and irreversible.
Without treatment, glaucoma can cause total permanent blindness within a few years. Because most people with glaucoma have no early symptoms or pain from this increased pressure, it is important to see your eye doctor regularly so that glaucoma can be diagnosed early and treated before significant functional visual loss occurs.
If you are over age 40 and have a family history of glaucoma, you should have a complete eye exam with an eye doctor every one to two years. If you have any risk factors, you may need to visit your eye doctor more frequently.
What Are the Symptoms of Glaucoma?
For most people, there are usually few or no symptoms of glaucoma. The first sign of glaucoma is often the loss of peripheral or side vision, which can go unnoticed until late in the disease. This is why glaucoma is often called the "Sneak Thief of Vision" or "Silent Thief of Eye Sight".
If you have any of the following symptoms, seek immediate medical care:
- Seeing halos around lights
- Vision loss
- Redness in the eye
- Eye that looks hazy (particularly in infants)
- Nausea or vomiting
- Pain in the eye
- Narrowing of vision (tunnel vision)
Risk Factors
There are several risk factors, which may lead to glaucoma, such as
- Age of the individual
- Ethnicity- African, Caribbean, Hispanics and Asians are at higher risk
- Increased eye pressure or IOP History of glaucoma in family or relatives
- Presence of Myopia or Hyperopia
- Previous eye injuries
- Use of steroids- as injections, tablets, eye or ear drops or ointments or protein supplements for muscle building in gyms or inhalers
- Previous history of anemia
- Individuals conditions affecting blood flow like hypertension, diabetes or high blood sugar, migraine etc are also at risk.
The treatment for glaucoma relies on the nature and seriousness of every case. Generally, glaucoma cannot be totally cured, but it can be controlled. Eye drops, pills, laser strategies, and means of surgery are utilized to maintain and prevent further harm from happening. Talk to your eye doctor to find out if you are at risk of developing glaucoma. If you wish to discuss about any specific problem, you can consult an Ophthalmologist.