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I love the pattern matching at the center front, details such as this are the secret of a beautiful garment.ReplyDelete
I don't think that fitting at every step is too much, on the contrary-good fit is one of the best things about self-made garments, isn't it :-)
I would be very glad to see a drafting tutorial for this bodice, it's so well balanced and even though it's summery, it doesn't reveal that much skin.Replies
Thanks! Ok, I will try and write a anytime soon :)Delete
Mooi, zeg! De stof die je hiervoor gekozen hebt, vind ik ook prachtig!ReplyDeleteReplies
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Lovely dress.ReplyDelete
Hope you are feeling better soonReplies
Thanks! Luckily I'm feeling better again :)Delete
Oh Anthea, what awonderful fabric and your dress looks so beautiful.ReplyDelete
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Thank you Agnes! :)Delete
What an incredibly pretty dress. I don't say that lightly - it's spectacular and shines with the upbeat spirit of the 50s so awesomely. What a stellar make, dear Anthea.ReplyDelete
Big hugs & happy mid-summer wishes,
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Thanks dear Jessica!!Delete
I'm with you on all the fitting. It's really worth it when you put so much time into making a garment. Your dress looks brilliant! I love the cross-over bodice and the fabric is gorgeous.ReplyDeleteReplies
Thanks :) Fitting during the proces really pays of in the endDelete
It looks absolutely gorgeous :DReplyDeleteReplies
Thanks! I like your WIP Dress too!Delete
Such a stunning dress and what beautiful fabric, it makes me happy just looking at it! I am in utter admiration of your sewing and drafting skills this really is magnificent! xxReplyDeleteReplies
Thank you Wendy!Delete
What an absolutely stunning dress! I love it! Don't worry, I obsess about fit too and will make several mock ups before cutting it out. I constantly try whatever I'm making on myself throughout the process and get very particular about certain areas. I can't wait to see you in this dress! xxReplyDeleteReplies
Thanks! Luckily I'm not the only one. Sometimes I feel so obsessive because other people whip up a dress like its nothing.Delete
What a beautiful fabric and a still more beautiful dress. Hope summer will last a little longer, it needs to be worn!ReplyDelete
Love the dress and I would absolutely love it if you wrote a tutorial for it. I am just beginning to learn how to draft my own patterns and this would be so helpful. ThanksReplyDelete


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For Unit 10, I did some research in the form of interviewing someone that was deaf from birth (Ricky Collins), as well as play League of Legends and Bravely Second without any sound to try and get a feel for deaf gaming myself.
For some primary research, my class had an interview with a deaf person, Ricky Collins. This helped me get some direct input from someone that was deaf that helped me to design my project.
Ricky's opinion is that older games, such as Sonic and Mario are preferable over newer games, due to their lack of reliance on sound and heavier visual impact, which made the games more immersive to him, as nothing was specifically audio-based, so no important part of the gameplay was missed. This tells me that I should have a more visual focus on my project, and only implement audio cues and effects as luxury effects, so deaf people don't miss out on anything important.
Another point that Ricky made was that certain auditory cues were difficult to pick up if they weren't accompanied by a visual cue. This, again, is something I should consider when I design my project, and I will need to make sure to accompany all my audio cues with visual cues. This may be easier if I reverse the process, and instead focus on the visual cues first, and accompany those with audio cues.
Ricky also stated that he found conversations in games to be somewhat condescending, and showed some distaste towards the lack of subtitles in many current generation games, as it would be very difficult to follow what the story and even objectives of a game would be without knowing what is said during conversations. It is also difficult to follow who is talking during conversations sometimes when subtitles are provided, which makes it difficult to ascertain the context and the tone of the conversation. I will need to make sure I keep dialogue to a minimum, and that I very clearly indicate the speaker and add subtitles in the instances where dialogue is needed. I will also need to make sure to visually mark important objectives.
He also gave his opinion when asked about how vibrations could affect gameplay. He said that they could be helpful, but it would be difficult to gain the correct feedback without full-body vibration, except the hands, as it would make it harder to play the game. This strikes out any plans for using vibration in my project, as I would like to avoid designing it with a reliance on any peripherals.
As another part of my research, I played a few games with the sound disabled. The first was League of Legends.
League of Legends is a 5v5 multiplayer siege game, where each player chooses 1 'Champion', and the objective is to fight amongst 3 lanes and the space in between (the 'Jungle') and eventually reach the opposing teams base, and destroy a structure called the 'Nexus'. The Nexus is protected by 3 'Inhibitors' and 11 turrets, 3 for each lane, and 2 nearby the nexus. A very large part of the game is communication, which is made easier by in-game pings.
The first problem I ran into involved pings, as when a ping is made it has a very clear audio cue, but the visual cue only appears if the ping is already near you in the visible range of what you can see and on the minimap which only takes a small portion of your screen. This made it very hard to tell when a team member was attempting to warn me of a missing enemy or something happening on another part of the map I wasn't looking at, if I wasn't already looking at the minimap. This indicates that my project will need to be designed in a way where any pings are either clearly marked on the screen, or the player is reminded to glance at the minimap, although this effect should be toggle able.
The second problem involved the certain abilities. Some abilities require earlier knowledge that the ability has been used, such as long-distance, high-speed dash or charge abilities, so the player has ample time to react. These effects are usually indicated by an audio cue, but have no visual indication. This made the game very frustrating to play at times as I wasn't always able to react to these abilities easily. This tells me that I should make sure to give a very clear visual indication when a distant powerful effect or trap is triggered, to make sure the player has ample time to react to stop, disarm or avoid it.
However, there were also a few situations where the visual information in League of Legends were very good, such as having extra bars under a champions health and mana for passive effects, or certain visual effects on a champion when they have a buff, and a text chat for communication with your team.
The second game I played was Bravely Second, which I had no issue playing with no sound. The game had plenty of ways to make up for the lack of sound.
The audio-cue when a battle starts in the game is accompanied by a screen fade-out in to the battle screen. Whereas the switch to the battle screen is indicative of the battle in itself, the fade out makes the transition a lot less jarring and makes the player more prepared for what is coming.
Dialogue in this game is also all subtitled, and the speaker is always highlighted unless it is intentionally kept a mystery. This makes it very easy to follow the plot and context of the story and text, although I found the dialogue to drag on for a while at times, almost to the point of making me lose interest, but the story I found entertaining enough for me to want to keep reading.
The game also had objectives very clearly marked on a map with symbols, which were also colour coded to show which were main story objectives and which weren't. This helped to keep track of the objectives very easily and I never found myself lost as to what to do during the game. I should make sure to clearly mark any objectives in my project.
Other than dialogue, the only sounds I found in this game were luxury sounds, such as footsteps or a chime when selecting options in a menu, or sound effects for attacks. Everything had a much clearer visual effect which I think had much more of an impact for the game.

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McCain takes offense at the same lipstick-on-a-pig remark he used himself
We geezers sometimes have memory lapses, and John McCain just had a doozy.
The McCain campaign is complaining that Barack Obama slurred Sarah Palin with these comments made today on the campaign trail:
"John McCain says he's about change, too – except for economic policy, health care policy, tax policy, education policy, foreign policy and Karl Rove-style politics. That's not change. That's just calling the same thing something different. You can put lipstick on a pig – it's still a pig. You can wrap an old fish in a piece of paper called change. It's still going to stink after eight years."
Clearly, Obama was talking about the Bush administration's policies, not Palin. But the McCain people apparently think they can embarrass Obama by making a fuss over this thing.
Aha, but McCain seems not to remember certain remarks he made last year, reported by the Chicago Tribune as follows:
"McCain criticized Democratic contenders for offering what he called costly universal health care proposals that require too much government regulation. While he said he had not studied Democratic candidate Hillary Clinton's health-care plan, he said it was 'eerily reminiscent' of the failed plan she offered as first lady in the early 1990s.
"'I think they put some lipstick on a pig, but it's still a pig,' he said of her proposal."
Of course, this context won't stop the right-wing blogosphere from waxing apoplectic over Obama's alleged rudeness and sexism.
UPDATE (Wednesday a.m.): Blowback against the McCain camp's phony umbrage HERE and HERE and HERE.
UPDATE II: I've found a second instance in which McCain referred to "lipstick on a big" while mentioning Hillary Clinton. The occasion cited above in the Tribune story occurred on Oct. 11, 2007, in Des Moines, Iowa. About two weeks earlier, on Sept. 29, he used the same line at a gathering in Rye, N.H., as we see HERE.
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Come on Pat…you know that Obama meant it as a direct insult to Sarah Palin. Your such a hypocrite you didn't even mention her name in your post. Face it Pat…the whole liberal house of cards has fallen with the selection of a qualified candidate for vice president who happens to be a woman and a Republican. What a joy it is to see you and your minions go postal over your inability to erase the fact that our vice president candidate is more qualified than your President candidate. Hahahahahahaha
The above comment could not have been said better. Well said David.
If he was refering to Sarah Palin, he would have said lipstick on a pitbull.
Come on, enough with the feigned outrage. Obama used a VERY common idiom. And you call the Democrats the victim society…extremely hypocritical on the part of Republicans… then again, that's VERY common, too.
Typical Republican strategy. Brag and bash seems to be all they have for a campaign strategy.
I think Karl Rove is slithering nearby.
Right next to David Axelrod and Eliot Spitzer.
Comparing David Axelrod to Karl Rove is a huge stretch. More than huge.
Eliot Spitzer was a womanizer. So was John McCain. Spitzer was targeted because the wall street pigmen wanted to continue to pick your pocket. He was interfering. The pigmen even cheered on the NYSE floor the day he was taken down.
If you want to compare the snake in the grass Rove to someone, take a look at the present administration.
Pat thanks for using a picture of your wife as a example. You must be a proud boar.
SNuss claims to know what was in the minds of Obama's audience. But what about McCain's audience when he used the same expression in mentioning Hillary? Oh, right. I forgot. That's irrelevant. After all, McCain was a POW. He gets to say whatever he damn well pleases, and if you criticize him, you're out of bounds. And if you criticize Obama your a Racist…..
Off the subject, but Spitzer was targeted? Oh boy.
Your correct. I should not have said that. I apologize. I got wrapped up in all the rhetoric. Again sorry for the personal comment. We all have a right to our opinions with out be personally attacked. Not to say this was correct but your personal attack of being uneducated earlier was uncalled for also. I agreed with some one and you got personal too. But I still do apologize for the personal attack.
Billybeer. So then you agree with the rest of my post, but object to the word targeted? OK, change that to attacked.
Swamp, How does James Carville sound?
Billybeer. Ah yes, James Carville- US Marine, very smart, witty, campaign manager of the year in 1992. I think he's great. A bulldog without lipstick. I like the guy!!!
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House of Cards – an adaptation of the BBC miniseries of the same name – is written by Beau Willimon (The Ides of March) and Eric Roth (Forrest Gump), and follows Kevin Spacey as Francis Underwood, the House Majority Whip in the United States Congress. The press release describes the character as "the politician's politician – masterful, beguiling, charismatic and ruthless." His success comes from the fact that he and his wife Claire (Robin Wright) will stop at nothing to get to the top and stay there.
The new series digs deep into politics and highlights "the back halls of greed, sex, love and corruption in modern Washington D.C." Joining Spacey and Wright in the seedy underbelly of our nation's capitol will be Kate Mara, Corey Stoll, Kristen Connolly, Michael Kelly and Sakina Jaffrey.
Fincher only directs the first two episodes, but James Foley (Glengarry GlenRoss), Joel Schumacher (Batman & Robin), Charles McDougall (The Office), Carl Franklin (Out of Time) and Alan Coulter (Boardwalk Empire) direct the rest of season 1. That's some great talent behind the camera, and it should key audiences into the fact that this will likely have some solid comedy along with the hard-hitting political drama. Spacey is also executive producing the show with Dana Brunetti (who produced The Social Network) and his Trigger Street Productions banner. Fincher, Willimon, Spacey and Roth are executive producing as well.DenisParticipantJoined:Oct 14th, 2011Topics:Posts:AnonymousJoined:Jan 1st, 1970Topics:Posts:November 7, 2012 at 8:39 am #265152
There was a period from 1993 or so to 1999 where Kevin Spacey was the greatest actor on the planet. Forget American Beauty and The Usual Suspects even, but his roles in Seven, HurlyBurly(with Wright), L.A. Confidential, and one of the more criminally underrated performances ever in Swimming with Sharks. Then he started doing K-PAX and Pay it Forward and just had to star in Beyond the Sea and I am hoping this is a return to form for him. So, I am excited. I think Fincher is starting to fall for his own shit a little too much and would like to see him mellow out and do something memorable again.ReplyCopy URLIckyParticipantJoined:Jun 28th, 2012Topics:Posts:November 7, 2012 at 9:05 am #265153
The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo was entertaining enough if not at all necessay. 'Benjamin Button' was garbage. But The Social Network and Zodiac weren't memorable?
Spacek was probably the most overrated actor of the 90's. The Usual Suspects and Seven are my favorite performances of his. He's good at creepy. His Oscar win for that mawkish, hammy performance in American Beauty is where I began to resent him a bit. His work after that and him being a self-righteous still the in the closet queen has led to me flat-out not liking the dude.ReplyCopy URLNovember 7, 2012 at 5:53 pm #265155
"Zodiac" was incredible and his best film. "The Social Network" was not by any means only about the script. Fincher made that extremely verbose script into something cinematic. And "The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo" was entertaining.
Honestly, I think it's his earlier films that are overrated. "Seven" is good, but not as mindblowing as people keep talking about. "The Game" was a mess, and even though I love "Fight Club", I know the cult around the film is based on misinterpreting the film and its satirical aspect.ReplyCopy URLbondzzzParticipantJoined:May 27th, 2011Topics:Posts:theproblemdogParticipantJoined:Aug 30th, 2011Topics:Posts:IckyParticipantJoined:Jun 28th, 2012Topics:Posts:November 7, 2012 at 7:28 pm #265158
Have you seen Swimming w/ Sharks? I agree that he hasn't had a great performance in a decade but he was amazing in the 90's.
And The Social Network was memorable because of the screenplay, not the direction. And I didn't love Zodiac, actually.
He was good in SwS as well. I didn't like the movie, but he was good in it. As I said, he's good at creepy. Many of his performances in the 90's he was playing offbeat or weirdo characters. He's just offputting when he's supposed to be playing "normal". And he's asked to get emotional he always overdoes the sentimentality. The beginning of that was AB.
TSN is all about the script, but it's memorable. That's all that matters. I don't think I've loved any Fincher movie. I like most of his movies, but every one of his movies could have been improved by being less bombastic. I think Zodiac is his best effort.ReplyCopy URLNovember 7, 2012 at 8:20 pm #265159
My top favorite movies wouldn't be in a lot of people's favorite movies. But movies for me are different from TV to me. Alot always has to do to do with who and where I was in my life when they came out. American Beauty, LA Confidential, and Swimming with Sharks are all inmy top 10. Other favorites include Sideways, High Fidelity, Fight Club, and Closer. I thought Slumdog Millionaire was possibily the greatest film I'd ever seen when I watched it before it began selling out theatres but time as mellowed me on it. Michael Clayton and Blood Diamond are two other movies that for whatever reason stick with me. Zodiac, TSN, BB, didn't ever resonate with me. But Nixon/Frost was one of my favorite movies from the slumdog/benji button year. Right now my favorite movies so far have been Looper, Perks of Being a Wallflower, and Safety Not Garuanteed. My favorite movie last year was probably Young Adult. I don't know what my point is. Just that I need movies to move me in some way and Fincher hasn't really done that in a long time for me. Alexander Payne is the greatest living writer as far as I am cocnerned though. Wish he'd do a TV show.ReplyCopy URL
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"American Idol" announced during the Top 5 results show that the next theme would be Songs of the Cinema and the mentor would be one Jamie Foxx of "Ray" fame. He was also last year's Rat Pack theme mentor.
We were initially trepidatious about this theme because in the past it has yielded many bad performances of "Against All Odds," but then we remembered Paige Miles' debacle and felt relieved that we wouldn't have to sit through that song again. The worry came back, however, when we saw this week's list of song choices.
"Idol" might as well have called this Cheesy '80s Songs week or Kenny Loggins Songs week. The list is like six songs long and most of them are completely unusable by the Idols for various reasons — there's nothing to be done but karaoke (most of the list), other Idols have killed them ("Over the Rainbow," "Summertime"), they make us want to barf ("A Whole New World," "Can You Feel the Love Tonight"). But here we go with our choices. We've included the obvious choice and then what we'd like to see the Idols pick to be different and stretch themselves a bit. Also, check out our choices for the Top 4 duets for Crystal-Lee and Casey-Big Mike.
Casey James, "I'm Alright" or "It Might Be You"
The rocking jam band "I'm Alright" by Kenny Loggins seems like the obvious Casey choice. He clearly felt uncomfortable this week without his guitar and we could see him over-correcting by lurching back to his country bar frontman ways. What we'd prefer to see would be an intimate acoustic performance of "It Might Be You" from "Tootsie" that is in the same lane as his "Jealous Guy" and "Don't" performances.
UPDATE: Now that there are more choices, we think Casey could probably pull off a pretty awesome version of "Live and Let Die."
Michael Lynche, "Kiss From a Rose" or "One Night Only"
It seems almost fated that Big Mike will take on Seal's "Rose," right? We hope he doesn't. We weren't that crazy about that song when it came out. It's just so melodramatic. We think Mike has the vocal chops to do "One Night Only," which we know is a J-Hud vehicle but changing genders, bringing it lower and Mike's quieter voice should change it up enough to be really good.
Crystal Bowersox, "Let the Riverrun" or "Evergreen"
"Let the Riverrun" is only Crystal's obvious choice because it's by Carly Simon and it's totally in her crunchy granola hippie wheelhouse. It would still be an excellent choice for her because it's obscure (therefore no comparisons) and it's not cheesy. Our other call for Mamasox is "Evergreen," which yes, is by a nearly untouchable diva named Barbra Streisand. However, we think it would really show off Crystal's voice and since she doesn't have a big diva Babs voice, it wouldn't be an imitation of the original.
Lee Dewyze, "Iris" or "Into the West"
Lee already sounds like those Three-Doors-Down-Goo-Goo-Matchbox-Nickelback singers (we don't mean that in a bad way), so "Iris" is an easy, safe choice for him. However, "Into the West" is much bigger stretch for him vocally and since it's not well known, will let him put his distinctive Lee spin on it.
We hope the contestants push themselves and try to do something different, but we can hardly fault them for playing it safe at this point in the competition. It'll be interesting to see which songs they all choose. Here is the entire list of songs they can pick from:
(Everything I Do) I Do It For You – Bryan Adams
(I've Had) The Time of My Life – Bill Medley & Jennifer Warnes
A Whole New World – Brad Kane & Lea Salonga
Aquarius/Let the Sunshine In – The 5th Dimension
Arthur's Theme (Best That You Can Do) – Christopher Cross
Beauty and the Beast – Celine Dion & Peabo Bryson
Can I Have This Dance – Vanessa Hudgens, Zac Efron & the Cast of HS Musical
Can You Feel the Love Tonight – Elton John & London Community Gospel Choir
Can't Fight the Moonlight – LeAnn Rimes
Danger Zone – Kenny Loggins
Don't You Forget About Me – Simple Minds
Endless Love – Lionel Richie & Diana Ross
Evergreen – Barbra Streisand
Eye of the Tiger – Survivor
Flashdance (What a Feeling) – Irene Cara
Footloose – Kenny Loggins
Have You Ever Really Loved a Woman – Bryan Adams
I'm Alright (Theme from Caddyshack) – Kenny Loggins
Into the West – Howard Shore and Annie Lennox
Iris – Goo Goo Dolls
It Might Be You (from Tootsie) – Stephen Bishop
Kiss From a Rose – Seal
Let the Riverrun – Carly Simon
Moon River (from Moon River) – Audrey Hepburn & Henry Mancini
Mrs Robinson – Simon & Garfunkel
My Heart Will Go On – Celine Dion
One Night Only – Jennifer Hudson, Deena Jones & The Dreams
Over the Rainbow – Judy Garland
Separate Lives – Phil Collins and Marilyn Martin
Summertime – Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong
Take My Breath Away (Love Theme from Top Gun) – Berlin
Up Where We Belong – Joe Cocker & Jennifer Warnes
We Don't Need Another Hero (Thunderdome) – Tina Turner
You'll Be in My Heart – Glenn Close & Phil Collins
UPDATE: They added 16 songs to the list —
Bohemian Rhapsody – Queen
Falling Slowly – Glen Hansard & Marketa Irglova
Gangsta's Paradise – Coolio
Ghostbusters – Ray Parker Jr.
Gonna Fly Now (Theme from Rocky) – Bill Conti
I Believe I Can Fly – R. Kelly
I Don't Want to Miss a Thing – Aerosmith
I Will Always Love You – Whitney Houston
Jai Ho – A.R. Rahman, Sukhvinder Singh, Tanvi Shah et al
Jailhouse Rock – Elvis Presley
Live and Let Die – Wings
Lose Yourself – Eminem
Purple Rain – Prince & the Revolution
Stayin' Alive – BeeGees
Superfly – Curtis Mayfield
Will You Be There – Michael Jackson
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West Virginia 95, Oakland, Mich. 71
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What I expected was a glorified marching band. What I got was so much more.
I was in Bloomington last summer when the hordes of Drum Corps International members raided campus. When they arrived, I was interning in Bedford. And when they left, I was in that awkward transitional phase where I was moving and I didn't have any time to relax.
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-- WWE's website has a new article up looking at The Miz granting his first wish through the Make-A-Wish Foundation. Make-A-Wish kid Dylan wanted to meet The Miz when WWE was in Kansas City earlier this year but Miz was fired in the storylines so he got to meet the other WWE Superstars instead. Dylan finally got to meet The Miz when WWE was recently in Philadelphia. You can check out the article by clicking here.
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Head of Polish Consulate Visits ex-Ambassador in the Intensive Care Unit
Mariusz Maszkievich, former Ambassador of Poland to Belarus, was detained and sentenced to 15 days of jail for participation in the protests on Kastrychnitskaya Square. On March 29 he was brought to intensive care unit of Minsk hospital # 1. Mr. Maszkievich had a severe pain in his chest. Ambulance doctors suspected a heart attack and took him to hospital.
On March 30 Krzysztof Swiderek, head of the consular department of the Polish Embassy, was allowed to visit the former Ambassador. He told RFE/RL: "Yesterday they did not let me in. I came there the moment I heard Mr. Maszkievicz was taken from the detention center to hospital. When we learned he was in the intensive care unit, we became really worried: we didn't know what happened… He had pains in the hear area. Is it really true that he is in the intensive care unit only because the cardiology department is full?!"
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Mr. Maszkievicz complained he had been beaten by riot police on the way from the Square to Akrestsina jail. Then the jail administration did not allow doctors and Polish diplomats to see him for a long time. The Polish Embassy delivered a note to the Belarusian Ministry of Foreign Affairs asking for medical expert examination of Mariusz Maszkievicz.
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In 1983, I graduated from the University of California, Irvine, where I received a Bachelor of Science degree in Biology with a minor in Social Ecology. I was also awarded Excellence in Research and was published in the Journal of Applied Physiology for work I did in the field of muscle physiology. After working as a clinical chemist for a couple of years, I was accepted to the University of San Francisco School of Dentistry. I graduated in 1988 and received my Doctor of Dental Surgery degree as well as a second Bachelor of Science degree in Dental Sciences. From the time of graduation, I have participated in hundreds of hours of continued education in all aspects of dentistry.
My wife and I moved to this area in 1990 to establish roots and raise a family. I have been practicing here from then on and have treated thousands of patients. Being part of the community is important to our family. My wife Lynn, has worked for Modesto schools for the past ten years and is now a Director for Modesto City Schools where she has just created a state recognized reading program for the district. My two children have both attended Modesto City Schools. My son has recently graduated from Beyer High School and is now attending Fresno State where he wants to become a math teacher. My daughter is still at Bayer and hopes to go to The University of California San Diego.
My philosophy in practice is that my team and I provide dentistry for people, not to people. We will always explain treatment needs and procedures. We will discuss alternatives and predicted outcomes. It is our responsibility to deliver the best care possible. It is our patient's responsibility to decide which treatment they wish to have done and with our help, to maintain their oral health and any restorations we have provided. We accomplish these goals in a comfortable, relaxed environment. I have introduced new technology into the office to make our patient's experience as pleasant as possible. Through the use of digital pantograph radiology, patients no longer have to have those irritating cardboard a-ray films placed in their mouths. We can now view the entire mouth using less the 10% of the radiation exposure of traditional radiographs. We also provide CAD/CAM technology which lets us make a crown for your tooth while you wait. No more temporaries to come off and no more second visits to interrupt your busy schedule just to have the final crown put on your tooth. Of course, our sterilization procedures are always state of the art. We always strive to make your time with us a low stress experience.
Please feel free to visit our facility, meet the staff, and ask questions. Once again, thank you for taking the time to review this web site.
Richard Amstadter DDS


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February 28, 2011
EXCLUSIVE WEBINAR: Tom Alexander Presents The Key Elements of Successful Trading
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February 28, 2011
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February 28, 2011
Hot Hedge Fund Activity February 28th
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February 28, 2011
Top 3 Reasons Markets Finished February with a Win
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February 28, 2011
Insiders are Selling Shares of this Giant Retail Company
Should you be selling too?
February 28, 2011
Hedge Fund Strategies February 28th
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February 28, 2011
These Large Companies are on the Brink of Bankruptcy
You'll want to be sure your portfolio is protected against any downside risk by steering away from these stocks...
February 28, 2011
Despite California's Troubles, Texas Won't Eclipse CA's Economy for These Reasons
The discussion on state economies are heating up...
February 28, 2011
These 6 Companies COMPLETELY DOMINATED the Oscars
Sobering up from the Academy Awards after parties? These companies are just getting started ...
February 28, 2011
See Why This Technology Stock is Selling Lower Today
The company's shares are down over 6% today following earnings...
February 28, 2011
What's Moving These Shares the Final Day of February?
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February 28, 2011
Here are Warren Buffett's 10 Secrets for Making Berkshire Hathaway a Success
This is a nice framework to use for evaluating funds and companies ...
February 28, 2011
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February 28, 2011
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February 28, 2011
DONE DEAL! Mergers and Acquisitions of the Week
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February 28, 2011
Rumor Mill: This Week's Mergers and Acquisitions Whisperings
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February 28, 2011
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In this exclusive interview, Academy Award winner Charles Ferguson shares his opinions on Wall St. and the causes of the most recent crisis ...
February 28, 2011
Here's How New Personal Consumption Data Compares to the Past
The Headline PCE index has increased slightly in its annualized rate from 1.18% to 1.22% over the past month. The Core PCE index also increased slightly from 0.77% to 0.81% ...
February 28, 2011
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February 27, 2011
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February 27, 2011
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February 26, 2011
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February 26, 2011
Consumer Confidence: Best in Over Three Years
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The LG Vu series of smartphones might not have been globally successful for the company, but LG remains insistent on launching newer variants of the smartphone. This time it's the Vu 3 which has gone official, with a relatively familiar display and aspect ratio. The uniqueness of the LG Vu smartphones lies in its oddly shaped display and the aspect ratio, and LG has decided to stick with it for a third time. However, LG has left no stone unturned in making it a powerful smartphone. The Vu 3 packs a decent rubber rhodium stylus for those looking for a Galaxy Note like experience.
The Vu 3 packs a slightly larger 5.2 inch display with a resolution of 1280×960 pixels. The smartphone also packs a 13MP camera on board along with the monstrous Snapdragon 800 quad core chip which is seen in most new flagships like the LG G2 and the Samsung Galaxy Note 3. The Vu 3 comes with something known as the Carrier Aggregation technology which is basically a mixture of different LTE-A frequencies to give users double the speed.
There's no information on pricing or availability of the smartphone just yet, but it seems like the handset will be concentrated towards LG's home region first with the rest of the world to follow. LG will bundle unique cases with the smartphone as it did with the LG G2 smartphone, albeit in a slightly different avatar.
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Even hotter than compact CUVs are a new breed of sedans called "compact luxury" and Buick is moving quickly to meet demand with the Verano.
For years Buick was stereotyped as building vehicles catering to seniors—and it was true.
But when GM went bust in 2009, out of the reorganization came just four brands, one of which was Buick that got whole new marching orders to attract younger buyers while retained Buick core values of build quality and solid engineering.
The first result was the LaCrosse sedan and now the Verano with the Encore compact CUV about to come to market.
Younger consumers are aware that the kind of land yachts Buick used to make just don't cut it in a world that has recognized environmental responsibility.
While these buyers want smaller cars, they also want luxury materials to go with the sports sedan ride and handling plus of rich dollop of electronics/connectivity.
In short, they want image with efficiency.
Buick had tried small cars in the past but they were really just econocars with a richer interior and a Buick badge on the grille instead of Chevrolet or Pontiac.
While the new Verano shares the "Delta" platform with a few other GM vehicles, today engineers have learned how to make the overall driving experience different from brand to brand and target market.
If you look around, the usual compact luxury suspects such as Audi A3 and BMW 1 Series are now jostling for attention with the likes of Acura ILX, Lexus IS250 and now the 2013 Verano. Even Cadillac is getting into the game with the ATS.
I drove the Verano a year ago and found it to be perhaps the quietest car I had ever driven to that date.
Part of an almost obsessive effort by Buick to quell noise, Verano was also enjoyable to drive and very richly appointed.
At that time, Buick officials said a Turbo version was coming that they believed would match the Euro sports sedans in any level and now it's on the market.
The Verano with the standard 2.4-litre inline four-cylinder and six-speed automatic is priced at $22,895. But by the time you move up to the topline Leather version with dozens of features, the price jumps to $28,695.
The other engine available is the 2.0-litre direct injection DOHC inline four-cylinder with twin-scroll turbo, thus the model name. This engine is a $2,205 option that puts out 250 hp and 260 lb/ft of torque compared to the 180 hp and 171 lb/ft of torque with the 2.4-litre.
Not only is that 70 more hp but it's also almost 90 lb/ft more torque which, believe me, you can feel.
GM has been working on this engine for a long time and has it to point where it is almost as fuel-efficient as the "normal" 2.4-litre.
Fuel rating for the Turbo is 10.1/6.6/8.5L/100 km (28/43/33 mpg) city/highway compared to the 2.4-litre at 9.9/6.2/8.3L/100 km (29/46/34), which is pretty close.
A six-speed automatic is standard with both engines but there is a six-speed manual available on the Turbo only.
Both versions are front-drive, but I bet Buick is working on an all-wheel-drive version as we speak because buyers in this segment are gravitating increasingly in that direction.
The Verano feels firmly planted and gives off the expected Buick sense of solidity.
The Turbo starts almost silently. That's partly due to the muffled running nature of turbos but largely to Buick's QuietTuning that involves 12 noise reduction and noise cancelling measures including: 5.4-mm-thick acoustic-laminated windshield and 4.85-mm-thick acoustic laminated side glass that minimizes wind noise; acoustic insulation material on both sides of the front steel dash panel and under the hood that reduce engine noise; and five layers of acoustic insulation material in the headliner, including a premium fabric on the visible outer layer that muffles wind noise.
They got rid of tire noise by using three layers of acoustic insulation material in the doors.
The Leather version is fitted with a nine speaker Bose Premium Sound System, which I could hear a whole lot better thanks to the all the external noise reduction.
When cold, there is a slight lag in acceleration, which goes way as soon as you pass 2,000 rpm.
Once heated up, the Turbo responds almost instantly. Part of that is due to the twin scroll technology but also to the turbo intercooler that cools air intake by almost 100 degrees C. The colder the air, the denser the charge and the most power released at ignition.
At the dawn of the passenger car turbo era in the mid-1980s, it was not uncommon for the driver to count to three between the time he/she hit the pedal and the power came in. And when it did, it came in all at once. This "turbo lag" was compounded by "torque steer" which occurred when one half shaft was shorter than the other causing the shorter one to have more grip and track the car off centre, sometimes drastically so.
But with experience in superior engineering and the above is just a bad memory for those of us who experienced it.
The Verano Turbo launches nicely off the line with standard traction control and stability control doing their part, resulting in no wheel spin or crabbing to the left or right.
At highway speeds the Turbo comes into play immediately for passing or lane changes with no drama and, again, very little noise.
One of the surprises is the amount of trunk space at 405 litres or 396 litres if you have the top Bose sound.
With the normal and turbo engines and an eAssist mild hybrid version expected by mid next year, the Verano is not your father's Buick.
As I said last year, Buick is literally on the road to changing how people think about the brand.
Buick Verano Turbo 2013
Body Style: compact luxury sedan.
Drive Method: front-engine, front-wheel-drive.
Engine: 2.0-litre, DOHC inline four-cylinder (250 hp, 260 lb/ft)
Fuel Economy: 10.1/6.6/8.5L/100 km (28/43/33 mpg) city/highway
Cargo: 405 litres (14.3 cu ft); as tested with Bose premium sound, 396 litres (14.0 cu ft)
Towing Capacity: not recommended
Price: Leather trim model, $28,695): Turbo option as tested, $35,115 not including $1,500 shipping free
Website: www.buick.gm.ca/Verano


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Normally, content providers and pay-TV platforms striking deals to deliver channels to subscribers is sort of non-news. But not every signed contract comes against the backdrop of an almost month-long blackout affecting millions of customers. While Time Warner Cable is still CBS-less, Verizon has locked up the broadcaster's channels for another three years, including CBS Sports Network, which has been missing in many of FiOS's larger markets.
If you read between the lines of the press release (embedded after the break), you'll see this message isn't aimed at customers or even the news media, it's directed squarely at Time Warner. New York, Los Angeles and Dallas — the three cities that are currently mired in the blackout — are called out specifically as areas where CBS stations are available through FiOS TV. As part of the statement released, president of television networks distribution Ray Hopkins said, "This deal was reached in a short period of time, and CBS has once again achieved fair value for our over-the-air rights." And, just to rub some salt in the wound, the press release ends with a reminder that CBS also owns the highly desirable Showtime. With the war of words clearly continuing between the two feuding media giants, we wouldn't hold our breath for a resolution anytime soon.
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Of course, just as I extol the virtues of cloud computing and talk about how much I've moved into the cloud Amazon suffers an outage. Opps.
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North Hills School District Board of Education approved a five-year
contract with the North Hills Educational Support Personnel Association on Dec.
5. The union represents approximately 110 North Hills employees including
paraprofessionals, teaching assistants, LPNs, clerks, building-level computer
technicians and nearly all secretaries. Union members ratified the contract on Nov.
8. The previous four-year contract expired on June 30, 2016, and employees have
been working under the terms of the previous contract.
"This contract represents a sustainable compromise by employees and the district in an uncertain funding environment," said Edward Wielgus, North Hills Board of Education president. "Balancing the needs of our taxpayers and desires of district employees can be a challenge, but I am proud that we were able to find a compromise that pleases our employees and upholds the district's fiscally responsible ideals."
The new contract includes wages and salary increases in line with the district's recently negotiated contracts with custodial and maintenance staff, food service employees and district teachers.
The average salary increase will be 3.83 percent in the first
year of the contract, 3.17 percent in the second year, 2.56 percent in the third
year, 2.45 percent in the fourth year and 2.39 percent in the fifth and final
year of the contract.
Negotiating teams for the school district and the union have
been meeting since January 2016. The newly approved contract expires in June 2021.
"We are pleased to have reached an amicable agreement with the district that preserves our vital positions. As many of our employees are residents of North Hills School District, our first priority has been and will always remain the North Hills students," said Cynthia Benoit, ESPA president.


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I go to the gym three times a week to work out my body, and I met this guy Clark, who is a 17-year-old who taught me many bodybuilding exercises. The gym closes at five pm but I can go after the closing hour since I have the key to the gym. Clark also had the key, so we spent our time alone in the gym working out. Yesterday, while I was working out as usual, Clark asked me, 'Are you doing abs?' I said 'Yes, about a hundred per day.' He was like, what? only? you should do more, then you'll have abs like mine and he raised his shirt so I could see his stomach. He really had nice and strong abs covered with hair. I could see the beginning of his pubic hair above his shorts, and that turned me on. We continued our exercises.
After taking a shower, we sat on a large bench talking about school and stuff, when he took my boxers and teased me. 'Come and get them, come on.' He always played like this but this time something different happened. When I reached to get my boxer, he took me between his muscular arms and pressed me against him. I thought this was a game but I realised quickly that he was moving his pelvis against my ass. I was so surprised I didn't move or say anything, actually it felt really good. I took off my towel and he did the same, it's when I saw his hot, muscular and hairy body, and between the dense bush of pubic hair his long and hard cock. I could see he was also amazed by my body that was a bit muscular and very hairy. My cock was pointing straight up in the air demanding to be masturbated. He lay on the bench and I sat on top of him, his penis just under mine. I touched his penis and he encouraged me to continue by caressing my nipples and playing with my foreskin. I masturbated him hard and fast and he was doing the same thing to me.
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3 Things You *Must* Do When Applying for a New Job
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Switching jobs frequently is becoming much more commonplace (in its 2014 survey, the Bureau of Labor Statistics found the average job tenure to be only 4.6 years) and far less stigmatized. Job hoppers have been said to have a higher learning curve, perform better, be more loyal, and even get paid more. That's kind of exciting, isn't it?
If you've stopped feeling fulfilled by your current gig or you just want to try something new, you're clearly not alone. What matters, though, is how you handle the switch. "There are tons of reasons for wanting to leave your job," says Adam Smiley Poswolsky, a career expert and author of The Quarter-Life Breakthrough, a guidebook to help Millennials find meaningful work. "The most important thing to do when you're in this situation is be absolutely sure you want to quit, and if you are, you need to be as respectful of your current employer as possible [during the process]." Read: The key to successfully applying for a new job is tact.
So, once you're done updating your resume and sifting through job boards, add these three must-do items to your job search checklist:
[Related: Ask Erica: "How Do I Explain Why I'm Leaving My Current Job in an Interview?"]
1. Give your current job an honest evaluation.
Before you get any further in the job application process, Poslowsky says to take a minute to really think about why you want to leave your current gig and what you have (or haven't!) learned from it. Doing so will not only help you decide if moving on from this job is really the best decision for you right now, but will also help you determine what you want and need from a future employer. "I see careers as a journey, and each job along the way is just a stop," Poswolsky says. "You need to be sure you've gotten everything you can out of this stop and you're ready for the next one."
[Related: How to Know When It's OK to Walk Away]
2. Create new contacts while still preserving old relationships.
An important part of any career transition is building and fostering the relationships you need to help make that transition successful. This is especially important if you're hoping to switch jobs, switch industries, or take on a role unlike any you've ever worked in before. "Finding new mentors and connections is an important step [in the job search process]," Poswolsky says. "When you're looking for a new job, you're going to want to start attending meetups, networking events, and conferences to find people who can guide you in the right direction." So, pull out your planner and schedule some informational interviews with new contacts, but, as Poswolsky notes, do your best to preserve relationships at your current company, as well—although it might be tempting to just let some of those connections fizzle out, you never know when they could help you out in the future.
[Related: Everything You Need to Know About Making a Career Change in Your 20s]
3. Tell your current employer when the time is right.
As nervous as you might be about telling your boss you want to say goodbye to your current position, there will come a time when you need to let her in on your plans. But, um, when is that, exactly? The answer really depends on when you feel most comfortable talking to your boss, but Poswolsky recommends waiting until you've actually received an offer that you plan on taking—and then still giving your boss enough time to take action. "We've all grown up hearing about giving your 'two weeks notice,'" Poswolsky says. "But in reality, you should probably give your boss a minimum of four to six weeks." Bonus points if you help out with the hiring and training process for your successor, which Poswolsky says is an important responsibility of any employee.
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MagazineAug 26, 2011
Coolest Pix Of Week 34
Week 34 was mostly about the impending victory for the rebels in Libya, but also about an earthquake in Washingon D.C., victims returning to the island of Utoeya and several sporting events. Join TotallyCoolPix on Facebook and Twitter or join our Flickr Group.
School children perform Poorna Bhujangasana, a form of yoga meant to make the spine flexible, at a yoga camp inside a college in the northern Indian city of Chandigarh August 19, 2011. More than 100 students participated. REUTERS/Ajay Verma
The Hungarian women's team paddle to win the K4 500m final during the ICF Canoe and Kayak Sprint World Championships in Szeged, 170km (106 miles) south of Budapest, August 19, 2011. REUTERS/Laszlo Balogh
A soldier of the presidential guard stands with his weapon during the changing of the guard ceremony in front of the presidential palace. in Brasilia August 19, 2011. REUTERS/Ueslei Marcelino
Spanish bullfighters (from L to R) Morante de la Puebla, Javier Conde and Julian Lopez 'El Juli' make the paseillo before starting a bullfight at the Malagueta bullring in Malaga, southern Spain, August 19, 2011. REUTERS/Jon Nazca
A boy climbs on a window railing along a street, during a heavy downpour in Havana August 19, 2011. REUTERS/Desmond Boylan
A member of the Boi do Seu Teodoro musical group performs at an annual cultural festival in the city of Sobradinho in Brasilia August 19, 2011. REUTERS/Ueslei Marcelino
A Belarussian soldier from the Interior Ministry's special unit displays his skills at his base near the village of Volovshchina, about 25 km (16 miles) west of Minsk, August 20, 2011. REUTERS/Vasily Fedosenko
Newcastle United's Joey Barton (L) scuffles with Sunderland's Phil Bardsley during their English Premier League soccer match in Sunderland, northern England August 20, 2011. REUTERS/Nigel Roddis
Ethnic Akha children watch male stag beetles fight at Mae Fahluang District, Chiang Rai province, in northern Thailand, 825 km (513 miles) from Bangkok, August 20, 2011. REUTERS/Sukree Sukplang
Catholic nuns get sprayed with water as they wait for the start of a Vigil with the Pope at Madrid's Cuatro Vientos aerodrome as part of World Youth Day festivities August 20, 2011. REUTERS/Susana Vera
Garmin-Cervelo's riders cycle during the first stage of the Tour of Spain La Vuelta cycling race, a 13,5 km team time trial, in Benidorm August 20, 2011. REUTERS/Miguel Vidal
A demonstrator tries to gain entry into a bank during clashes at the so-called streetparty Schanzenfest in the Schanze district in Hamburg August 20, 2011. REUTERS/Fabian Bimmer
Pilgrims pray in the Grand Mosque during the Muslim month of Ramadan in the holy city of Mecca August 20, 2011. REUTERS/Hassan Ali
Brazil's Under-20 soccer team celebrates with their trophy at the podium after beating Portugal during their FIFA U-20 World Cup final soccer match in Bogota, August 20, 2011. REUTERS/John Vizcaino
Pope Benedict XVI waves to pilgrims from his popemobile as he arrives to lead a mass at the Cuatro Vientos aerodrome as part of World Youth Day festivities in Madrid August 21, 2011. REUTERS/Sergio Perez
Triathletes dive in the water at the ITU Team Triathlon World Championship in Lausanne, August 21, 2011. REUTERS/Valentin Flauraud
Swiss Acro League pilots fly for a demonstration at the Sonchaux Acro Show paragliding competition in Villeneuve August 21, 2011. REUTERS/Denis Balibouse