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Breast lift, also known as mastopexy, is the surgical procedure which tightens the "skin brassiere" in order to provide a more youthful appearance to the breast. Most often after childbirth there is a deflation effect, particularly after breast feeding. I have found that the solution to this problem can involve anything from a small "mini-lift" with placement of an implant to fill the loose skin, to a standard mastopexy – with or without an implant at a later date.
There is also now a new option which I'm really excited about. It involves a standard mastopexy with a new technique I am using called suture shaping. The best solution for each patient depends upon your anatomy and the end result you desire. We can work through these various options at your consultation.
The standard mastopexy is usually performed when the patient is happy with her volume (cup size), but is bothered by the saggy appearance of her breast. It involves excision (removal) of an anchor-shaped piece of skin in what is known as a "keyhole pattern". The resultant scars are in the crease or breast fold –a vertical scar from the mid crease to the bottom of the areola – and a circumferential scar around the areola. (The areola is the pigmented circle of skin that surrounds the nipple.) The appearance of your scar is ultimately determined by your genetics, but we find that these scars generally do really well over time – fading nicely and not being too noticeable.
A common problem in doing a standard mastopexy is that it initially pushes up the breast tissue, creating upper-pole or top-of-the-breast fullness, but it typically doesn't last. With the inevitable settling, the first place the volume leaves is the top of the breast. In the past, we told patients that the only way to get long-term upper-pole fullness was to place a small implant but now, we have an exciting new option known as "suture shaping".
The skin portion of the surgery is exactly the same as with a standard mastopexy, but we place a series of sutures in the breast gland tissue before closing the incision. The process is somewhat like pushing in on a bean bag chair (the gland) and placing sutures to hold this "infolding". By doing a series of these infolds and tucks, we are able to change the shape of the gland from a hamburger shape to a more conical projecting shape. The effect is to make the patient's own tissue look like an implant!
I even place some sutures to suspend this shaped mound of breast tissue to the pectoralis muscle to keep it in the position we want. We have been doing this procedure for over a year, and the early results look really positive. We are maintaining much more upper pole fullness than with the standard mastopexy, and in most cases won't require an implant to achieve that result.
The approach with the least amount of incisions is the mini-lift, which may involve a crescent-shaped skin excision just above the areola. This usually goes from the 3 o'clock to the 9 o'clock position and leaves a scar right at the edge of the areola. Sometimes we will combine an inframammary mastopexy with the nipple lift. This involves excision of a wedge shaped piece of skin from the bottom of the breast. The resultant scar is located right in the breast fold or crease, and again, is not too noticeable long term in most cases. Most often the mini-lift procedures, nipple lift and inframmary lift are combined with placement of an implant to fill up the skin envelope. Photos of these procedures demonstrate the benefit of this combination of skin adjustment with an implant.
Breast lift or mastopexy can produce a wonderful improvement if you are suffering from a bra size of 36 "long". It is critical, however, that you select a surgeon who has significant experience in the various breast lift techniques. Be absolutely sure to ask how many of these procedures the surgeon does or has done, and insist on seeing a number of before and after photos. If you would like a more perky, youthful appearance to your breasts, I'd be happy to meet with you and go over the options that are available. I look forward to the opportunity.
Below is an example of a breast lift before and after photo. If you would like to see more before and after photos, click on "Photo Gallery" on the left.
Written by: Dr. Bruce W. Van Natta


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Alpina B7, one of our favorite cars here at BMWBLOG, has been spotted again in Munich by our friend Christian Wimmer. While there is nothing really new to report about the B7, we believe you might enjoy some new real life photos.
As a quick reminder, the Alpina B7 is based on the new F01 7 Series and it is powered by a V8 4.4 liter twin-turbo engine outputting 505 horsepower and an impressive 517 lb-ft (700Nm) reached at 4,750 rpm. Alpina B7 is a rear-wheel drive vehicle and it uses the automatic "SwitchTronic" gearbox.
Alpina remaps the ECU and adds a wide range of extra coolers to keep the engine, intercoolers, hydraulics and transmission in check.
The Alpina B7 weighs 4,312 lb (1,960 kg), still lighter than the 750i or Li production models and it sits on some beautiful Alpina-style 21 inch wheels. All that power and balance needs to be kept in place, so Alpina packs the B7 with 245 and 285 tires.
Official testing show that the B7 runs from 0 to 62 mph in just 4.7 seconds and it is electronically limited at 174 mph (280km/h).
As expected, the fuel economy is not too great on the B7, official estimates place it at 13MPG (17 liter/100km) city driving, 27MPG (8.6 liter/100km) highway and combined at 20MPG (12 liter/100mk).
But if you have the money to buy one, the fuel consumption shouldn't be an issue, right?

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We are continuing our teacher profile series, today we meet Mareen!
Your name?
Mareen Köpnick
What do you enjoy about teaching?
The diversity in topics, the intercultural exchange, the students' joy when they achieve something or are simply enjoying the lessons.
Is there a fun story from your time as an ActiLingua teacher, which you can share?
For one lesson, the students were asked to bring a popular item from their home country. As all the items shared were somehow connected to food, we ended up so hungry, that we all went for lunch after our lesson.
What do you like to do most during your off time in Vienna?
I love cycling along the Danube Canal or in the Prater. Having a cup of coffee and a slice of cake in one of Vienna's many cafés and visit one of Vienna's many free culture and leisure events in summer. (e.g. film and music festivals)
Which pub/bar/restaurant could you recommend to our ActiLingua Students?
In summer, I would definitely recommend Tel Aviv Beach next to the Danube Canal. Apart from that, the Naschmarkt (e.g. Tewa, Deli, Neni, etc.) is great all year round.
What is your personal sightseeing tip for people visiting Vienna?
The Kahlenberg offers a spectacular view over Vienna, which is particularly beautiful in the evening!


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SAO PAULO, Sept 11 (Reuters) - Brazilian industrial group J&F Investimentos SA said on Monday that a judge's decision to suspend its leniency agreement does not change terms of the deal terms, but merely suspends new participants from entering the accord.
The federal judge's decision on Monday to suspend the leniency agreement for the holding company run by the scandal-ridden Batista family cast doubt on billions of dollars of asset sales. (Reporting by Guillermo Parra-Bernal; Editing by Sandra Maler)


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AN ambitious gay musical fantasy inspired by "A Midsummer Night's Dream," Tom Gustafson's "Were the World Mine" is far better in concept than execution. The shoestring budget hurts.
Tanner Cohen plays an openly gay teenager who is cast as Puck in a high school production of the Shakespeare classic.
As part of his preparations, he concocts Puck's magic love potion – which he accidentally squirts into the eyes of Jonathon (Nathaniel David Becker), a hunky rugby player he fancies.
Soon our Puckish hero is turning much of the previously straight town into singing and dancing gay men and boys – sort of "High School Musical" for gays. Sadly, most of the performances are pretty amateurish except for Zelda Williams, daughter of Robin, who has a small role as the hero's confidante.
Running time: 96 minutes. Not rated (sexuality). At the Cinema Village, 12th Street, east of Fifth Avenue.


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SYRACUSE, N.Y. -- There are Jason Derulo fans and then there are Jason Derulo fans. This morning, dedicated fans of the "Wiggle" singer drove to the New York State Fair as early as 5:30 a.m. to snag front row seats for Derulo's 8 p.m. Chevy Court concert.
This morning, the Perez family drove 30 minutes from Fabius and arrived at the crack of dawn to set up camp right in front of the Chevy Court stage, where they wrapped blankets around the hard metal benches and settled in for 14 hours of waiting with Fruit Roll-Ups and Nutri-Grain bars.
Why would even the biggest music fan spend all day baking in the sun, then sitting in the pouring rain, just to see Derulo's hour and a half long concert?
"Have you seen him?" asked Paige Lockwood, 18, of Oswego. "That's why."
Fair enough.
Derulo's most popular songs "Wiggle" and "Talk Dirty" aren't sexually explicit by any means, but certainly suggestive. As a mother, as well as a Derulo fan, Melissa Perez doesn't have any concerns about his lyrics.
"If you try to keep your kids away from it, they'll listen to it anyways," said Perez. "If you influence them the right way, and let them listen to the capacity they know they're allowed, then they're going to respect you."
Check out the video to see Central New York Derulo fandom at its wildest.


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24 - Photos in ExpressionEngine: Gallery Module or Weblog?
The church series resumes with work on the Photos section of the Church site.
There are essentially two ways to build a gallery with EE - either use the Photo Gallery Module that comes with the Personal and Commercial versions, or roll your own using a weblog and custom field approach. Both methods have their advantages and disadvantages and in this post I'll cover some of those and lay out the direction for the sample church site.
So - for photos is it better to use the provided Photo Gallery module or a more custom approach with a dedicated weblog and fieldset? In one sense, photos are just another content type and EE is especially well-suited to storing and presenting different content types. However dealing with photos does raise some issues that you won't normally run into with text content. Let's compare the two build approaches:
Weblog and Custom Fields
This approach to a photo gallery in EE offers the following advantages:
- Unlimited Custom Fields
The photo gallery has custom fields, but is limited to six. With the Weblog approach you can use way more custom fields (not unlimited, but close).
- Searchable Content
Content stored in the Photo Gallery module will not be found by the EE search engine. Content stored in the Weblog module will be.
- Consistent Workflow
Using the Photo Gallery will require a different series of steps for adding/editing/deleting content (as well as access to the Modules tab of the Control Panel). Using a Weblog approach would keep the basic workflow the same as any other content.
- Comment Moderation
The Photo Gallery allows comments and offers most of the same options as weblog commenting. Comment moderation, however, is not currently available in the Photo Gallery Module like it is in the Weblog Module.
- Meaningful URLs
The Photo Gallery does not create "Category URL Titles" like the weblog module does. Nor does it use create a "URL Title" from your image title. Both category and single-image views will have ID's in the last segment of the URL. A Weblog approach would naturally create more meaningful URL's.
- User Submissions Outside the Control Panel
You can use a Stand Alone Entry Form to allow users to contribute photos the site while not letting them have access to the Control Panel. There is no parallel functionality with the Gallery Module.
- Tell a Friend
EE's built-in Tell a Friend function will work for Weblog entries, but not for Gallery Entries
- Multi Site Aware
If you are running the Multi Site Manager and install the Photo Gallery, it will appear installed to all sites. Categories added will appear to all sites. Control Panel access will be to all sites. The templates that the Photo Gallery installs will only go to one site, but overall the Module doesn't slot itself into one site discreetly. A weblog-based approach would live under a MSM installation with better access control and visibility within the Control Panel.
- Category Sharing
Weblogs have categories. The Photo Gallery Module has categories. They aren't the same, and you cannot create one category group and assign it to both a weblog and a Photo Gallery. If you want one category group to encapsulate Photos and other content, then the Weblog approach would be preferable to the Photo Gallery approach.
- Granular Permissions
If you have multiple member groups accessing the site and want to allow them to only have access to a specific gallery, then use weblogs as you can map weblogs to member groups. Access to the Photo Gallery Module is an all or nothing affair, with no ability to map members to a specific gallery or gallery category.
EE Photo Gallery Module
On the flip side - the Photo Gallery does offer some functionality not directly available with the weblog approach:
- Batch Processing
The Photo Gallery allows uploading of a batch of images via FTP to the server. You still need to go through them and add captions, etc before they publish to the site however. There is no batch processing with the Weblog approach.
- Multiple Image Sizes
When you upload an image to a Weblog post you can have EE create a thumbnail. The Photo Gallery will do both a thumbnail and medium size image.
- Watermarking
The Photo Gallery module does offer the functionality of dynamically placing a text or graphic watermark to your image to help prevent image theft. This feature is not available in the Weblog Module.
- File Organization
The Photo Gallery can be configured to create category-specific folders on the server for keeping your photos more organized server-side. This functionality is unavailable in the weblog module.
- Image Editing
The Photo Gallery has a Toolbox tab where uploaded images can be cropped, resized, and rotated, and those changes can also be applied to the related thumbnail. This image editing ability is currently not available via the Weblog module.
- Quick Implementation
If it meets your requirements, the Photo Gallery is just flat-out quicker to implement for a site photo gallery. If your schedule is tight or you're bumping up against the hours you quoted for the job then it's worth looking at as a solution.
Note that there are 3rd party add-ons on both the weblog and Photo Gallery side that solve some of these issues one way or another - my evaluation here is only around out of the box functionality.
So What To Do?
Keep in mind that I'm building out this site using completely made up requirements - at least from a client/use perspective. What's more important to me at this point is the learning value I could show by walking through the implementation. Since setting up and configuring weblogs, custom fields and templates is what I've done for everything else on the site, I'm more interested in walking through the use of the Photo Gallery Module.
Also - since so many folks are looking to use 3rd party tools like the JavaScript "Lightbox" effect for photos with EE I'd like to work that in as well.
So - my implementation will be to use the Photo Gallery Module, and have it present an index page with photo categories listed. Clicking a category will load a page of image thumbnails, and clicking a thumbnail will load the full-size image in Lightbox. The Lightbox script will provide navigation back and forth within the category.
Sound good?
The next post will cover installation and configuration of the EE Photo Gallery Module.
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We do not object to the need for a 'best practice' guide for street performance in Liverpool. What we do object to, however, is the particular policy which Liverpool City Council's have rolled out.
The real issue at the heart of our objections to the policy is the unwarranted clamp-down upon spontaneous and vibrant activities in public spaces by private interests, and the disproportionate sway bodies like the Business Improvement District have in policy formation that will deeply impact upon Liverpool's cultural life.
1. The policy is coercive in nature and lacks a firm legal basis:
- Performers who do not sign up to the mandatory licensing scheme face nebulous threats of prosecution for trespassing on public land. The idea that it is even possible to be trespassing in a public place is deeply troubling.
- In addition, trespass is a civil offence requiring time-consuming prosecution in the civil courts and requiring the council to prove they have suffered material losses as a result of the street art and performance. This is the clumsy misuse of a legal instrument.
- The policy claims that busking is illegal for those under the age of 18, despite the government's own guidelines stating that busking is permissible for anybody over the age of 14.
- The policy attempts to bring street art and performance under the remit of the 2003 Licencing Act, but this act does not apply to busking and street performance, a point clarified by the Department of Culture, Media and Sport in 2006.1
2. Many of the policy's stipulations for performers are absurdly restrictive and give council officials endless capacity to interfere unnecessarily with artists and performers. Some key examples:
- Acts cannot occupy more than a 1.5m radius.
- Performers are explicitly forbidden from sitting on the floor.
- Any signage must be A4 or smaller, no leaflets or cards can be given out.
- Performances or acts can be stopped on the grounds of taste by a council official or police officer.
3. The council did not consult widely enough when it made this policy. The views of street performers and artist were ignored. The Musician's Union were not consulted.
4. The policy is unnecessary as it stands. There are already a number of laws and statutory powers which enable the police and council to take action when they receive complaints about noise and nuisance. This policy gives the council additional powers to unduly interfere in street art and performance.
5. The allocation of scarce council and police resources to enforce this draconian policy is highly questionable at a time when resources are scarce. There are more pressing, but more difficult, issues to tackle: Poverty, homelessness, access to housing, cuts to essential services, violent crime/drug abuse, binge drinking culture, littering, problem venues and unemployment, particularly common amongst 18-24 year olds. In some parts of Liverpool, more than 25% of young people are unemployed.
6. Spontaneous street art and street performance are a vital part of Liverpool's cultural life. It adds animation and colour to streets. It creates a positive and exciting atmosphere for visitors to the Liverpool and is part of what people expect in a city with Liverpool's cultural legacy. This policy jeopardizes Liverpool's deserved reputation as a city that nurtures culture and the arts.
- The DCMS have published the following commitment: "To make clear in {Licensing} legislation that the policy intention is to exclude e.g. carol singers, buskers, puppet shows for children and poetry readings, from requiring a licence. This measure would most likely be delivered via regulation / and or Guidance." in 'Lifting the burden – Improving and realising community capacity', DCMS December 2006, 'Areas to be explored to achieve further reductions in administrative burdens', p23, para H. ↩


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IVARS ARUTJUNJANS And EDGAR RUBENE – Osis Maja
Osis Māja once again has another event this time it seem to be some experimental and improvisational music. Monday 20.00, 28th Nov.
Ivars Arutjunjans is considered one of the top Latvian drummers at present and Edgar Rubenis is a well known improvisational guitarist. Together I think this performance will be a great opportunity to chill out, relax and see the cool little Black Garden Shed next to the opera.
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5k run at 10am
Awards at 11am
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By: Gale Gand
Get your snack and show your kids a healthier way of making delicious treats.
Prep Time: 20 minutes
Chill Time: 30 to 45 minutes
1 cup semisweet chocolate chips
1/2 cup chocolate hazelnut spread (such as Nutella)
1 1/2 cups wheat squares cereal (such as Wheat Chex™)
1 1/2 cups rice squares cereal (such as Rice Chex™ or Crispix™)
Directions: Line cookie sheets with wax paper. Place about 2 inches of water in a saucepan and bring it to a simmer. Put the chocolate chips and hazelnut spread in a bowl and place it over the saucepan. Stir the chocolate occasionally to melt it.
Remove melted mixture from heat and stir in cereals to coat them completely.
Using a large spoon, place spoonfuls of the mixture in mounds on waxed paper lined cookie sheets in mounds about 1 1/2 to 2 inches in diameter.
Refrigerate when done to set the chocolate.
Yields: 2 dozen haystacks
Serving size: 1 haystack
Nutrition analysis: One serving provides approximately: 69 calories, 1 g protein, 9 g carbohydrates, 1 g fiber, 4 g fat (1 g saturated fat), 0 mg cholesterol, 36 µg folate, 2 mg iron, 42 mg sodium
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Ratliff Addresses Medicaid Contractor Probe
AUSTIN - Lt. Governor Bill Ratliff spoke with reporters Thursday about the Travis County district attorney's investigation of a contractor for the state Medicaid program.
Investigators on Wednesday seized records from the Austin and Plano offices of National Heritage Insurance Co., a subsidiary of Dallas-based Electronic Data Systems that has processed Medicaid claims under a state contract.
Ratliff said he did not think the inquiry would hinder efforts this session to simplify the Medicaid enrollment process.
"I can't imagine anybody that would resist doing something to help particularly the children on Medicaid because of problems in the administration of it," Ratliff said. "Surely those are two separate questions. I can't imagine anybody that would oppose any changes like that simply because we've got problems with the contractor."
Senators Approve TNRCC Nominee After Much Debate
Most of the action in Wednesday's session centered on nominee confirmations.
Senate Nominations Committee Chair Jane Nelson of Flower Mound presented a report recommending approval of several of Gov. Rick Perry's appointees to state agencies and boards. Among the appointees was R.B. "Ralph" Marquez, reappointed for a second term as a commissioner of the Texas Natural Resources Conservation Commission (TNRCC). Former Gov. George W. Bush appointed Marquez in 1995 to fill an unexpired term.
Austin Sen. Gonzalo Barrientos, a member of the committee, responded to the report by citing a list of Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) statistics that show Texas is the No. 1 producer in the nation of hazardous waste, among other dubious distinctions.
"Numero uno (number one) is not good enough here," Barrientos said.
But Sen. J.E. "Buster" Brown of Lake Jackson pointed out that Texas, the nation's top petrochemical producer, has improved its water and air during the past ten years.
"I'm not arguing with you, but ... when you cite those facts, those are unacceptable and we're doing what we can to try to bring that down," Brown said.
"Is that good enough for Texas?" Barrientos asked in response.
The Senate did vote to confirm Perry's appointees, including Marquez, but not before a warning from Houston Sen. Mario Gallegos, who grew up near the Houston Ship Channel and now represents the area in the Senate.
"I just want to make sure that Mr. Marquez knows that we're serious -- that the Texas Senate is serious -- about this issue and obviously our constituency," Gallegos said. "Especially, Senator Nelson, those of us that live around those petrochemical plants (and) have to smell and breathe those emissions."
Senate Votes to Approve DNA Testing Bill
Acting on legislation that has been declared an emergency by Perry, the Senate on Monday voted to approve a bill that would establish procedures for the preservation and use of DNA evidence and post-conviction testing.
The Committee Substitute for Senate Bill (CSSB) 3, sponsored by Lubbock Sen. Robert Duncan and co-sponsored by 28 other members of the Senate, was overwhelmingly passed after a short debate on the floor.
The most pointed questions during the debate came from Bryan Sen. Steve Ogden. Ogden said he supports the concept of the bill, but has concerns about the impact the bill could have on the appeals process. Duncan characterized CSSB 3 as a "check and balance" in the criminal justice system.
Ogden and Ratliff are the only members of the Senate who have not signed on as co-sponsors of CSSB 3. Although he still represents the First District as a senator, as lieutenant governor Ratliff does not sponsor legislation and generally does not vote on bills when they come up in the Senate.
A similar bill has been filed in the House of Representatives. If the House passes its own version of the DNA testing bill, the two chambers will work together to craft legislation to submit to Perry.
Ratliff said he is optimistic that the Senate will be able to come up with a bill that will pass in both chambers.
Happy Birthday, 'Mr. Congeniality'
On Thursday, the Senate "narrowly" adopted Senate Resolution (SR) 336.
SR 336 was offered by the four female members of the Senate to honor the birthday of Arlington Sen. Chris Harris, sometimes jokingly referred to as "Mr. Congeniality" by his colleagues.
While introducing the resolution, the sponsors noted that Harris sits on the south side of the chamber while the four of them are on the north side. Plano Sen. Florence Shapiro offered to "trade" Houston Sen. John Whitmire for the day so Harris could join the women on the north side of the chamber.
"Mr. Congeniality" learned that his fellow senators have a few other nicknames for him.
"Dollface ... sweetness and light," said Laredo Sen. Judith Zaffirini.
"... honey, teddy bear, mister charm, lovey," Shapiro added.
The other SR 336 sponsors were Senators Leticia Van de Putte of San Antonio and Nelson.
"The only response I have is that the traits that I have learned are due to Lady Z (Zaffirini)," Harris said. "When she was giving all the other members English-Spanish dictionaries, she gave me one on the battle tactics of Attila the Hun. And I read it, Lady Z, I've taken it to heart, and I hope I've performed admirably under the direction of the book that you gave me."
With tongue firmly in cheek, the Senate passed the resolution by a 16-15 margin.
Van de Putte, Parents, Educators Voice Voucher Opposition
On Wednesday, Van de Putte joined a group of parents and educators from the Edgewood Independent School District (ISD) in San Antonio to voice opposition to any legislation that would create a state-funded school voucher plan.
"These folks are in a unique position, because we do have a voucher program in San Antonio, Texas. It's a private program," Van de Putte said. "And so if you want to find out firsthand what happens to a school district when dollars -- needed dollars -- are taken away, then listen to these folks."
The Edgewood ISD group told reporters that the voucher program did not help the children in the district and that money should not be taken from the state education budget to fund vouchers.
Senate Floor Debate Becoming More Lively
Early in a legislative session, the Senate usually focuses on non-controversial bills. But Senate Bill (SB) 269, sponsored by Ogden, brought some pointed questions Tuesday during floor debate. Ogden's bill would create a felony offense for injuring a pregnant woman, with increased penalties if the woman suffers a miscarriage or stillbirth as a result of the injury.
Dallas Sen. Royce West immediately asked what would prevent an "overzealous prosecutor" from using the statute to prosecute a doctor who performs an abortion. Van de Putte also had questions about how the bill legally defined the term "miscarriage." Ogden assured both West and Van de Putte that he did not intend SB 269 as an anti-abortion vehicle, pointing to two sections of the bill that expressly exempt abortions and that the bill does nothing to redefine the legal definition of miscarriage.
SB 269 was finally approved by a voice vote, but not without the dissenting votes of six senators, who voted against the common parliamentary practice of suspending the regular order of business and suspending the constitutional requirement that a bill be read on three several (legislative) days before it can be considered. The six were Barrientos, David Bernsen of Beaumont, Gallegos, Mike Moncrief of Fort Worth, Eliot Shapleigh of El Paso and Jeff Wentworth of San Antonio.
Bill Would Strengthen Protective Orders
The Senate passed a measure Thursday that would make it against state law for someone under a protective order to possess a firearm. West sponsored the bill, CSSB 199.
A floor amendment by Brown was added to CSSB 199 before it was passed. Brown's amendment would exempt local and state law enforcement officers. Federal law already prohibits an individual under a protective order to have a firearm in their possession.
On Monday, the Senate passed SB 479, also sponsored by West, that would require that protective orders be entered into the Department of Public Safety statewide law enforcement information system within 10 days after the order is received.
The Pecan Joins the Bluebonnet and Mockingbird as Official State Icon
On Monday, the Senate approved the Committee Substitute for Senate Concurrent Resolution (CSSCR) 2, which would designate the pecan "The Official Health Nut of Texas." The floor debate on CSSCR 2 was lengthy but light. After several humorous questions and observations from members of the Senate, Ratliff recognized Brown cautiously: "Sen. Brown, for what purpose, I'm afraid to ask."
"I thought Sen. Moncrief was the official health nut of the Senate," Brown replied.
Horseshoe Bay Sen. Troy Fraser, the sponsor of CSSCR 2, summed up the debate on the resolution: "It's a rather nutty bill."
Amended Bill Seeks Longer Statute of Limitations in Some Felony Cases
SB 214, sponsored by Bernsen, focuses on kidnaping, injury to a child, an elderly or disabled person, or child abandonment or endangerment. Current state law provides a statute of limitations of three years in which to prosecute these offenses. Bernsen's bill would increase that time to five years. The Senate also adopted Shapiro's floor amendment to SB 214 that would increase the statute of limitations in sexual assault cases from five to ten years.
Other Senate News
The Business and Commerce Committee held a special joint hearing with its Border Affairs Subcommittee on Tuesday. The reason for the joint hearing was to hear testimony on SB 517 from the bill's sponsor, Brownsville Sen. Eddie Lucio, Jr., the chair of the subcommittee. SB 517 would provide border counties with the statutory authority to prevent the proliferation of unincorporated subdivisions that lack sanitation and infrastructure development, commonly known as colonias.
As of Thursday, 880 bills had been filed in the Senate. For information on Senate and House bills, please go to http://www.capitol.state.tx.us. There are 95 days remaining in the 77th Regular Session of the Texas Legislature.
The Senate is adjourned until 1 p.m. Monday, February 26.


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We went from speaking over fences to calling each other from tiny and awkward phone booths. Then came the Nokia 'brick' phones that allowed for people to communicate with each in the comfort of their own homes.
Text messaging made it even easier to speak to people while doing something else at the same time. Years later, as phones became advanced communication became easy and affordable even to people from low income households.


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HONG KONG, Sept 11 (Reuters) - U.S. hedge fund Elliott Management Corp said on Monday it has a stake of just over 5 percent in Hitachi Kokusai Electric, a chip making equipment and video solution business.
U.S. buyout firm KKR & Co LP had agreed in April to buy Hitachi Kokusai from Hitachi Ltd in a deal valuing the unit at about $2.3 billion, but put the deal on hold after a third-party committee reporting to Hitachi Kokusai's board said it no longer supported the transaction.
"We are encouraged by the company's recent business success and the board's efforts to safeguard shareholders' interests through the establishment of the third-party committee," Elliott said in a statement.
Hitachi Kokusai shares were up 3.6 percent in afternoon trade, while Hitachi shares gained 1.4 percent, compared with a 1.4 percent rise in the benchmark Nikkei share average. (Reporting by Elzio Barreto; Editing by Edwina Gibbs)


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Who: Young Adults Study (for just out of high school to early family and early career age)
When: First Friday of each month at 7pm.
Where: Lark & Tristan Gwartney's House
7744 Jayhawk Drive
Jurupa Valley, CA 92509
**Please text Lark for gate code: 619.647.3687
Why: To answer questions for this transitional season of life from a biblical perspective.
Who Are We?
This is a Christ centered group of young adults who want to do life together. In a time when Pinterest has turned
up the level of expectation to perfection, Facebook brings the appearance that everyone's lives are perfect and
American individualism tells you we all have to "pull ourselves up by the boot straps," we want you to know you
are not alone. We all have struggles, heart aches, goals, dreams, achievements and disappointments. This group is
about being real and transparent wherever you are in your journey. Every joy you share doubles your joy and every
grief you share is half the grief. We meet the first Friday of each month at 7 pm (unless there is a conflict then we
push it back a week), food and child care are provided for free and there is a short Bible study (verse by verse) each
time we meet. **Young Adults: Just out of high school, College, young professional, young parents, married, single,
up to 35 yrs old.
Topics for discussion:
. Who am I?
. What is my purpose?
. Will school ever end? When can I stop
. Does a full nights sleep actually exist?
. Graduation....What next?
. Is dating okay?
. How to balance work, school, church,
family, personal health and fitness.
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Abreu impressing just about everyone
It wasn't much of an encore for Jose Abreu on Saturday night at U.S. Cellular Field.
On Friday night, the White Sox' new first baseman had a game for the ages, hitting a 2-run homer and walkoff grand slam with two outs in the ninth inning to spark a 9-6 win over Tampa Bay.
In the process, Abreu established a major-league record for rookies with 9 home runs in March/April, and his 27 RBI ties him with Albert Pujols for the most by a rookie in the opening month.
Like the rest of the Sox' offense in Saturday night's 4-0 loss to the Rays, Abreu's bat was silent.
"We had our chances," manager Robin Ventura said. "Nothing happened tonight."
Regardless, Abreu's dazzling debut has the baseball world talking.
"Abreu is going to be one of the best hitters in the league this year," Tampa Bay manager Joe Maddon said. "He's different. He's got a great feel for what he's doing. I don't think he's ever going to be in a panic mode. Every part of the ballpark is small to him, especially in this ballpark. When summer heats up, he's going to carry a lot of flyballs out of here. He's just a very mature, young hitter."
Considered a rookie despite being 27 years old, Abreu handled an earlier 1-for-21 slump with veteran poise and busted out in a big way.
"From the time I met him until now, he's had a solid work ethic and a thought process and a plan about how he goes about his business," White Sox hitting coach Todd Steverson said. "I mean, it's not like he's a 21-year-old kid coming up from the minors. He's had some higher competition style play before, playing in the World Baseball Classic and things like that. It really is just a testament to the type of work ethic and mindset he's able to put out there consistently.
"He handled the little slide he had there. I wouldn't even call it a slide -- it's just a blip that happens to pretty much almost everybody in this game at some point. To be able to evaluate what he was doing that wasn't positive, and to be able to go back and make the adjustment, it was good for him."
Steverson has been preaching pitch recognition and swinging at strikes since taking over as hitting coach on Oct. 31. Even the best hitters stray from the relatively simple plan at times, but the great ones get back to it faster.
"It was the pitches he was swinging at," Steverson said of Abreu's earlier slump. "It's rarely ever your swing. Your swing is your swing, but the approach to swinging at balls that are in the (strike) zone, it's pretty tough to put balls that aren't in the zone into the gap or get a hit.
"He got caught up swinging at a lot of breaking balls out of the zone, and they were using his aggressiveness against him a little bit. He was able to tone that back and get better pitches. I don't want to say he's not going to strike out, but the ability to recognize what you're doing to yourself is huge."


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Pieces and Parts: Reading Large Pieces of Text Together
Lesson 1 of 8
Objective: SWBAT read and explain the important information and details of a section of their textbook to their peers.
Big Idea: Sometimes you run into parts of your day where you can not get through large amounts of reading. In this lesson my students read pieces of their history book and then teach the class the important parts from their reading.
Getting Ready and Go
Anytime group work is involved I feel like I have to be the broke record, and give my students directions over and over again. Restating the expectations and making sure before they begin they are clear on all of the steps.
To begin, I want students to understand why I am choosing to do our reading this way. There is a lot of text to cover in the section, but is broken up in repetitive parts. The sections are on the different regions of the United States, and each region contains the same sections: land, climate, plants, animals, and industry. To keep from taking an hour of time dully reading each section, we are going to make each student an expert and teacher of a particular region of America.
Each student will get a section of the text that they will become the expert on. They will be given two sticky notes to track what they feel the class needs to know about each of the subheadings. I now walk around the room giving each student a page number and the title of the section they will be becoming the expert on.
I then model how their note collection will work. I show them how I first focus on the subheadings of climate, land, plants, animals, and industry. I then show how I would read a section carefully and decide what I think they class might need to know to understand the region better. I write this down so I can share it with the class. I do this on a sticky note like they will do and then move to the next section of the reading.
They can always have more stickies if needed. If you give two, then they won't be inclined to copy straight from the text. I go over putting writing in our own words and how I might choose an important detail.
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Now that each student has a part it is now time for them to read and write notes. I hand out at least two sticky notes to each student. I remind them that their notes should be in their own words and not copied from the book. As they read they need to think about whether or not it is important enough for the whole class to know.
As they read, I walk around the room listening to reading and checking in on my students who are focusing on animals and plants. I found I had to offer more support to how to find the animals and plants but once they knew where to look. It was really amazing to see them take off and feel good about what they were working on.
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They are now ready to teach their classmates. Each student has a section and subheading to present. They will bring their sticky notes to the front of the room and share them their notes on what was important in their section of the reading. As they teach, the class will use their textbooks to follow along and see if they can find where the student found their information. It would be similar to play "I Spy" but in this case they have to listen and find their classmates facts.
Presenting to the class will take some time, but because of the content each student should only be presenting for no more than a minute. If we have extra time, I will have students ask questions to their peers to check for listening and understanding. I will take over the questioning to pace the presentations if needed. I have podium and set the history book on it, in case they need it to help their peers find their facts.
When they are finished with the sticky notes they will add them to a worksheet that I copied from our Arizona History series. They will be able to use their sticky notes to fill in the information that related to the section they read. The sticky note then serves a dual purpose. It helps them present and also to retain the needed information to complete the worksheet. This helps students with special needs have a method for retaining and locating needed information to help them complete an assessment piece or worksheet.


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|O-Glycosylation Regulates Ubiquitination and Degradation of the Anti-Inflammatory Protein A20 to Accelerate Atherosclerosis in Diabetic ApoE-Null Mice
Shrikhande, Gautam V.; Scali, Salvatore T.; Csizmadia, Eva; Matthey, Michaela; Arjoon, Roy; Patel, Rakesh; Maccariello, Elizabeth R.; Andersen, Nicholas D.; Monahan, Thomas; Studer, Peter; Padilha Guedes, Renata; Usheva, Anny; Da Silva, Cleide Gonsalves; Damrauer, Scott Michael; Putheti, Prabhakar; Siracuse, Jeffrey Joseph; Peterson, Clayton Ross; Essayagh, Sanah; Kocher, Olivier Nicolas; Veves, Aristidis; Kaczmarek, Elzbieta; Ferran, Christiane
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|Shrikhande, Gautam V., Salvatore T. Scali, Cleide G. da Silva, Scott M. Damrauer, Eva Csizmadia, Prabhakar Putheti, Michaela Matthey, et al. 2010. O-Glycosylation Regulates Ubiquitination and Degradation of the Anti-Inflammatory Protein A20 to Accelerate Atherosclerosis in Diabetic ApoE-Null Mice. PLoS ONE 5(12): e14240.
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|Background: Accelerated atherosclerosis is the leading cause of morbidity and mortality in diabetic patients. Hyperglycemia is a recognized independent risk factor for heightened atherogenesis in diabetes mellitus (DM). However, our understanding of the mechanisms underlying glucose damage to the vasculature remains incomplete. Methodology/Principal Findings: High glucose and hyperglycemia reduced upregulation of the NF-κB inhibitory and atheroprotective protein A20 in human coronary endothelial (EC) and smooth muscle cell (SMC) cultures challenged with Tumor Necrosis Factor alpha (TNF), aortae of diabetic mice following Lipopolysaccharide (LPS) injection used as an inflammatory insult and in failed vein-grafts of diabetic patients. Decreased vascular expression of A20 did not relate to defective transcription, as A20 mRNA levels were similar or even higher in EC/SMC cultured in high glucose, in vessels of diabetic C57BL/6 and FBV/N mice, and in failed vein grafts of diabetic patients, when compared to controls. Rather, decreased A20 expression correlated with post-translational O-Glucosamine-N-Acetylation (O-GlcNAcylation) and ubiquitination of A20, targeting it for proteasomal degradation. Restoring A20 levels by inhibiting O-GlcNAcylation, blocking proteasome activity, or overexpressing A20, blocked upregulation of the receptor for advanced glycation end-products (RAGE) and phosphorylation of PKCβII, two prime atherogenic signals triggered by high glucose in EC/SMC. A20 gene transfer to the aortic arch of diabetic ApoE null mice that develop accelerated atherosclerosis, attenuated vascular expression of RAGE and phospho-PKCβII, significantly reducing atherosclerosis. Conclusions: High glucose/hyperglycemia regulate vascular A20 expression via O-GlcNAcylation-dependent ubiquitination and proteasomal degradation. This could be key to the pathogenesis of accelerated atherosclerosis in diabetes.
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Currently there are several lines of research in the Cognitive Control and Aging lab including:
Levels of Cognitive Control
Cognitive control is engaged at multiple levels (globally, contextually such as on a location by location basis, and at the item level) with various contextual and participant-related variables constraining this engagement. For instance, older adults (60+ years of age) have difficulty engaging control at the global level but not the context or item level. We have developed methods for isolating the various levels of control, dissociating them from associative learning mechanisms, and exploring their interactivity. Current questions include:
o What insights can pupillometry provide regarding the roles of awareness and effort in modulations of cognitive control?
o Do the various levels of control reflect operation of the same or different mechanisms (e.g., filtering, expectation vs. experience-driven adjustments)?
o What factors facilitate versus impair switching between levels of control?
o Why does aging seemingly spare "lower" levels of control?
Mind Wandering
Mind wandering occurs when attention is shifted from the external to the internal. Older adults report less mind wandering than young adults. We are currently investigating three questions:
o What effect does increasing demands on cognitive control have on various forms of mind wandering?
o How can pupillometry be used to track mind wandering and differentiate various types of distraction?
o What is the locus of the age-related difference in self-reported mind wandering?
Prospective Memory
Prospective memory refers to the ability to remember to perform an action at the appropriate time in the future. Resource-demanding monitoring processes and/or spontaneous retrieval support successful prospective remembering. We investigate both the ability to remember to fulfill an intention and the ability to deactivate no-longer relevant intentions. Our research has found that young adults and older adults are vulnerable to commission errors—the erroneous performance of a no-longer relevant intention. However, older adults are more vulnerable than young adults when faced with deactivating an intention that has been performed repeatedly (e.g., medication taking). Current questions include:
o What translational strategies may be used to decrease commission error risk?
o What are the roles of attention and habit in commission errors?
o What mechanisms explain the Zeigarnik-like pattern whereby commission errors are very common for intentions that were never performed (i.e., are unfulfilled)?
o Under what conditions do young and older adults strategically adjust the allocation of monitoring resources to support prospective memory?
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Building on the EXACT trial in which we found benefits of a multi-faceted approach to cognitive training for improving prospective memory in older adults, we are about to begin a NIA-funded investigation examining the effects of cognitive training and collaborative engagement on several important outcomes. The first is prospective and retrospective memory performance, in addition to neuropsychological functioning. The second is eHealth literacy—especially older adults' ability to evaluate and use health-related information from the Internet to support health-related decision-making.


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Softball splits doubleheader after walk-off win in opener
With runners at first and second, and Kentucky trailing by one run in the bottom of the eighth inning, senior Erika Silence hit her second homer of the season over the wall in deep center to give the Cats a come-from-behind 9-7 win over Arkansas in eight innings in the opening game of a Southeastern Conference doubleheader Wednesday at the UK Softball Complex. The Razorbacks answered with a 7-3 win in the second game of the series to earn a split.
Following the two games, UK is 19-22 and 6-8 in league action. Arkansas is 20-19 and 4-15 in SEC play.
The Cats' offense was at its best in the opening game, accounting for a season-high 19 hits, including home runs from Silence, sophomore Emily Jolly and senior Brittany Cervantes. For Cervantes, it was her fourth consecutive game with a home run.
Quigley earns SEC tennis' weekly honor
Kentucky men's tennis senior Eric Quigley, ranked third in the nation, was named the Southeastern Conference Player of the Week after defeating two highly ranked singles players and helping the Cats clinch at least a share of the SEC regular-season title last week. He also earned the honor on Feb. 1 after becoming the winningest singles player in school history. Quigley started the weekend with a three-set win over No. 15 Artem Ilyushin of Mississippi State. He also had a come-from-behind win over No. 19 Nik Scholtz of Mississippi.
Kentuckian sets American masters mark
Kevin Castille of Nicholasville was named USA Track and Field's Athlete of the Week after setting an American record for the 10,000-meter run in the masters age 40-44 division.
Castille, who turned 40 last month, ran a time of 28 minutes, 57.88 seconds in the Stanford Invitational last Friday. He finished 19th overall in a field filled with athletes nearly half his age. The Louisiana native finished only 36 seconds behind Olympian Dathan Ritzenhein, who won the race.
The previous American record was more than a minute slower than Castille's time. Paul Aufdemberge held the previous record of 30:04.43 for seven years.
"I didn't have a great race, it was really crowded, but it wasn't bad for not having done track races in the past two years," Castille told USA Track and Field. "You forget how to race in an aggressive crowd."
Castille didn't run for nine years after college, and only returned to the sport in the early 2000s. Castille moved to Eugene, Ore., trained with Team Eugene and was able to qualify for the 2004 Olympic Trials in the 10,000. He now lives in Nicholasville, where he works as a volunteer track coach and personal trainer.
"I am 40, but I had a 10-year period where I didn't run," Castille said. "It may have hurt me, but I think it helped me. I'm not a beat-up 40-year-old."
Petrino, mistress were in frequent contact
Former Arkansas coach Bobby Petrino and his mistress exchanged more than 4,300 text messages and nearly 300 phone calls over the past seven months — on game days, before dawn and even as the police report that hastened his downfall was being released to the public, according to a review of his business cellphone records by The Associated Press.
The messages, among some 300 pages of records released under a Freedom of Information Act request, appear to include picture and video files, though there was no way to verify the content. But the records clearly show a married father of four in frequent contact with Jessica Dorrell, a 25-year-old former Razorbacks volleyball player.
Petrino was fired Tuesday night for failing to disclose his relationship with Dorrell, who he hired last month without disclosing his conflict of interest. Athletics Director Jeff Long said he had determined their relationship had been ongoing for a "significant" amount of time, but he did not say for how long.
The cellphone records show Petrino and Dorrell were in contact at least as far back as Sept. 12.
Parcells sticking with retirement
Bill Parcells' initial reaction was to help Sean Payton, but ultimately the former NFL head coach decided he was too comfortable in retirement. Parcells spoke with ESPN — where he works as an analyst — about his decision this week to remove his name from consideration for the New Orleans Saints' job.
"In my mind, I didn't really feel an inclination to do that," Parcells said of taking over as interim coach while Payton serves a year-long suspension for his role in the team's bounty scandal. "My real feelings were about his welfare ... I've been out quite a while now and I have another life and I'm pretty happy with that."
Parcells has not coached since 2006, when he finished four years with the Cowboys. He'll turn 71 this summer and was a finalist for the Hall of Fame in February. Had he returned to the sideline, he would have had to wait at least another five years before reconsideration for the Hall of Fame.
Flyers, Predators win playoff openers
Jakub Voracek beat Marc-Andre Fleury from in close 2:23 into overtime to give the Philadelphia Flyers a 4-3 comeback victory over the host Pittsburgh Penguins on Wednesday night in Game 1 of the Eastern Conference quarterfinal series.
Sidney Crosby, Tyler Kennedy and Pascal Dupuis scored for the Penguins, but Pittsburgh struggled after dominating the first period.
■ Gabriel Bourque scored two goals in his post-season debut, and the Nashville Predators held onto home-ice advantage by beating Detroit Red Wings 3-2. Paul Gaustad scored his first post-season goal, and Pekka Rinne made 35 saves.
Woods' next tournament not until May
Tiger Woods is taking a three-week break before returning to golf at the Wells Fargo Championship in Charlotte, N.C. Woods announced Wednesday he will resume an up-and-down season May 3-6 at Quail Hollow, where he won in 2007. He also committed to The Players Championship the following week. A year ago, he injured his left Achilles tendon and withdrew after nine holes at TPC Sawgrass. Woods missed the next three months.
"I'm going to take some time off and not look at the clubs for a while, and then get back after it," Woods said on his Web site.
In his last three tournaments, Woods withdrew in the middle of the final round at Doral with a sore Achilles tendon, won at Bay Hill for his first PGA Tour title in 30 months and tied for 40th at the Masters, his worst 72-hole position in any major as a pro.
"I know what I need to work on," Woods said. "It's just a matter of getting out there and doing it. Just putting in the reps and the time. I just wasn't able to do it at the Masters."
The last word
Tiger Woods also said it was a mistake to kick his 9-iron after missing a tee shot at the par-3 16th in the second round. He wrote on his Web site:
"One thing I would like to say about the Masters last week is that obviously I got frustrated at times and know some of my actions were wrong, especially at No. 16. The Masters means a lot to me, and I was trying as hard as I could. I'm out there competing. I grind every day, and my expectations are to do my best. It's very disappointing when that doesn't happen."


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Low Loss Sol-Gel TiO2 Thin Films for Waveguiding Applications
AbstractTiO2 thin films were synthesized by sol-gel process: titanium tetraisopropoxide (TTIP) was dissolved in isopropanol, and then hydrolyzed by adding a water/isopropanol mixture with a controlled hydrolysis ratio. The as prepared sol was deposited by "dip-coating" on a glass substrate with a controlled withdrawal speed. The obtained films were annealed at 350 and 500 °C (2 h). The morphological properties of the prepared films were analyzed by Scanning Electron Microscopy (SEM) and Atomic Force Microscopy (AFM). The optical waveguiding properties of TiO2 films were investigated for both annealing temperature using m-lines spectroscopy. The refractive indices and the film thickness were determined from the measured effective indices. The results show that the synthesized planar waveguides are multimodes and demonstrate low propagation losses of 0.5 and 0.8 dB/cm for annealing temperature 350 and 500 °C, respectively. View Full-Text
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Touam, T.; Znaidi, L.; Vrel, D.; Ninova-Kuznetsova, I.; Brinza, O.; Fischer, A.; Boudrioua, A. Low Loss Sol-Gel TiO2 Thin Films for Waveguiding Applications. Coatings 2013, 3, 49-58.
Touam T, Znaidi L, Vrel D, Ninova-Kuznetsova I, Brinza O, Fischer A, Boudrioua A. Low Loss Sol-Gel TiO2 Thin Films for Waveguiding Applications. Coatings. 2013; 3(1):49-58.Chicago/Turabian Style
Touam, Tahar; Znaidi, Lamia; Vrel, Dominique; Ninova-Kuznetsova, Iva; Brinza, Ovidiu; Fischer, Alexis; Boudrioua, Azzedine. 2013. "Low Loss Sol-Gel TiO2 Thin Films for Waveguiding Applications." Coatings 3, no. 1: 49-58.