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In a Thursday statement, Gamaa Islamiya, one of the coalition's member groups, declared that it would participate in the rally, both to voice support for President Morsi and call for a 'yes' vote in an upcoming constitutional referendum.
According to Muslim Brotherhood Secretary-General Mahmoud Hussein, Friday's rally will begin at 10am in the public square outside the landmark mosque.
Egypt is currently divided between Islamist parties and groups that support the draft constitution and liberal, leftist and nationalist parties and movements that are calling for a 'no' vote in Saturday's poll.
The proposed charter is seen by the opposition as having been drafted by an unrepresentative Constituent Assembly dominated by Islamist members. Before it approved the draft constitution, the assembly suffered several high-profile withdrawals by representatives of Egypt's Coptic Church, journalists syndicate, workers and farmers and other independent figures.
The unprecedented polarisation has led to several mass rallies by both camps, most recently on Tuesday when the president's supporters (who also support the draft charter) gathered in Cairo's Nasr City district while the opposition rallied at the nearby presidential palace. Tens of thousands turned out for both demonstrations.
On Wednesday, bloody clashes erupted at the presidential palace when the president's supporters forcefully dispersed a sit-in being held by opposition protesters. The ensuing violence left ten dead and over 700 injured from both sides.
The National Salvation Front (NSF) – a recently formed umbrella group comprising liberal, leftist, nationalist and independent groups – had initially called for the poll to be postponed until a "consensus constitution" could be drafted. Now that the referendum looks set to be held on schedule, however, the NSF is urging the public to vote against the proposed charter.
On Thursday, however, the NSF stressed that it would not accept poll results unless it had certain guarantees that the voting would be conducted fairly and transparently.
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The Art of Autism: How Painting Changed an Autistic Teen's Life
Guest blogger Debra Hosseini, author of The Art of Autism: Shifting Perceptions, on how painting changed her autistic son's life.
"I don't think Kevin belongs here," Ellen, the preschool director, gently says. "He doesn't play well with other kids. He knocks over their toys and doesn't engage."
I blink hard; tears well up in my eyes. My heart sinks as I watch Kevin, a solitary child in a room full of children, lining up the toy trains.
Looking around the happy parent-participation schoolroom I say sadly, "But I like it here."
"Kevin needs more structure than we offer; the County has a program for children like Kevin."
For the next three years a little orange bus arrives at our house each school day. Kevin is barely tall enough to see out the bus windows as it bumps along for the twenty-mile trip to his school.
At first I think, He can't have autism. He loves to be hugged and cuddled. I tell the neurologist this.
"He'll need care for the rest of his life. You better start planning," his comment makes my blood turn to ice. That's when the recurring dreams of Kevin being lost begin.
I meet with Dr.'s Bob and Lynn Koegel at the UCSB Koegel Center for Autism. Therapy begins. Kevin must learn to use his words. We must not give in to him when he screams.
Our house becomes a revolving door of therapists.
Five years later, Kevin's therapist, Colin, brings art supplies for their session.
Kevin demands, "Draw me a picture."
"No, you draw me one," Colin answers.
Thus began Kevin's and my journey into art.
"Lots of texture," Kevin exclaims gleefully, smearing the canvas with heavy paint. He loves to mix the colors and feel the brush drag across the canvas. It fulfills a sensory need in him. Soon our house is filled with bright-colored paintings.
Within a year, I need to find places to house all of his art.
I arrange for Kevin and a few other artists to show their work at a charity benefit. My new vocation is born: securing art venues for differently-abled artists.
Now, Kevin is a junior in high school. Last year his art was displayed at the Museum of Modern Art in the Ukraine. We flew to Canada for Kevin to receive an international award (from ANCA - Naturally Autistic) for the category "Visual Artist 18 and Under."
I'm now an author and promoter of talented individuals on the spectrum. My latest book, The Art of Autism: Shifting Perceptions (April 2012), includes 77 artists and poets, as well as stories of the power of families, love and determination. I hope the readers of the book will be inspired by each artist's journey. I'm inspired every day by the art and poetry that fills my inbox. I continue to find venues for artists to be seen and heard.
"Let's dance," Kevin's classmate Ben says to Kevin at the Valentine's Day party.
I take their picture holding hands as they walk to the dance floor. For the first time, Kevin is making friends.
My reoccurring dream of Kevin being lost has stopped.
Debra Hosseini, is the parent of 3 children. Her youngest, Kevin, is on the autism spectrum. She is the author of The Art of Autism: Shifting Perceptions. In 2011, she co-founded with autism mom Keri Bowers, The Art of Autism collaborative. For more information visit www.the-art-of-autism.com. Kevin's website is www.kevingallery.com.

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Instant information and world influences often drive dairy markets, but wise traders also follow proven pricing patterns.
It is interesting to note how all of us generally personify the market. We give it a mind and a life. One of the reasons we tend to do this is because it can many times act like an uncontrolled being that moves as it wills. So we have coined the terms, "The market knows where it wants to go" or "Oats knows where corn will go" and a few others.
These phrases are coined because of patterns that have been established over years of trading. This is much like the "Farmers Almanac" or a book I once read entitled, "Weather Wisdom," which recorded the atmospheric events old-timers observed for years and the resulting weather patterns experienced. I would have to say that many of these observations seem to be more accurate than the current weather technology available to us today.
When it comes to marketing, much of the same can be said. Certain market patterns can still be followed and, in the end result, be more accurate than the day-to-day volatility. However, technology and the instant access to information around the world as well as twitter opinions can have a significant affect on day-to-day and well as minute-to-minute trading activity.
This was seen when an Associated Press Twitter account was hacked last week, and false information was transmitted resulting in the stock market "flash crash," only to regain value is short order after the tweet was discovered to be bogus. This is a fearful situation and one that can have significant impact on the markets. Panic produces volatility, but panic is short-lived and should not be a consideration when using the markets for price protection.
Dairy markets have been moving through a situation similar to this over the past few months. Weather in New Zealand and Australia has been the catalyst for Global Dairy Trade auction prices showing dramatic increases over the fear of world supplies tightening as the year progressed.
Figures released by Statistics New Zealand indicated China as the largest importer of dairy products from the country for the first quarter of this year. Exports to China increased 32% from a year earlier. Since 2008, China's imports from New Zealand have more than tripled. This is getting quite a bit of attention from the industry, especially due to the weather situation New Zealand has been experiencing. If supply from the country is reduced substantially, China will likely be looking for supply from anywhere else it can find it. Interestingly enough, the U.S. was and is the third largest importer from New Zealand, according to the report.
Not only has the market changed as far as instant information and world market influence, but it has also changed from the standpoint of comfortability. Grain markets seem to have become more comfortable with tighter inventory and lower stocks-to-use ratios while, on the other hand, dairy markets seem to be more comfortable with larger inventory.
On the latest "Cold Storage" report released last week by the USDA, American cheese stocks increased 19.2 million pounds from February to 680.2 million pounds, up 4% from last year and the highest stocks since 1986. Swiss cheese stocks increased 4.0 million pounds to 30.5 million pounds, up 6%. Other cheese stocks increased 13.8 million pounds from the previous month to 391.4 million pounds, up 7% over last year. This put total cheese inventory at 1.1 million pounds, 5% from a year ago and the highest since 1986. Butter stocks increased 19.5 million pounds for the month to 254.8 million pounds, 22% higher than last year and the highest stocks for the month of March since 1993. Even with these high inventory levels, the industry feels the market is comfortable and not burdensome.
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- Global Dairy Trade auction on May 1
- April Federal Order class price on May 1
- California Class 4a/4b prices on May 1
- Dairy products report on May 2
- World Agricultural Supply and Demand report on May 10
Robin Schmahl is a commodity broker and owner of AgDairy LLC, a full-service commodity brokerage firm located in Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin. He can be reached at 877-256-3253 or through his website.
The thoughts expressed and the data from which they are drawn are believed to be reliable but cannot be guaranteed. Any opinions expressed are subject to change without notice. Those acting on this information are responsible for their own actions. This material has been prepared by an employee or agent of AgDairy LLC and is in the nature of a solicitation. By accepting this communication, you acknowledge and agree that you are not, and will not rely solely on this communication for making trading decisions. Hypothetical or simulated performance results have certain inherent limitations. Simulated results do not represent actual trading. Simulated trading programs are subject to the benefit of hindsight. No representation is being made that any account will or is likely to achieve profits or losses similar to those shown. There is risk of loss in commodity trading that may not be suitable for recipients of this publication.


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Tuesday, January 31, 2012
Hallway Display
10 comments:
- Jordon, The Messy One said...
Wow! That's amazing. Thank you for sharing!
- January 31, 2012 at 7:22 PM
- kherbert said...
I love this. I'm passing this along to our science vertical Team. This would be great to put up outside our gym.
Cafeteria would also be great but ours doesn't have the wall space.
- January 31, 2012 at 9:03 PM
- Kate said...
What an awesome idea! I have to save this for next year! I will definitely be pinning it :)
To The Square Inch
- February 1, 2012 at 7:44 PM
- Jackie O. said...
Love this! I'll definitely be doing it next year. Thanks!
- February 28, 2012 at 9:40 PM
- ScienceGal said...
Really like this idea! It has many applications....thanks for sharing!
- March 10, 2012 at 9:12 AM
- Alysia Battista said...
Great idea! I used to do a word wall for each unit with big ideas, but I like the drawings even better!
Miss B, Busy Bee
- March 27, 2012 at 9:27 PM
- Ms. Prince said...
I don't really like bulletin boards because students won't look at them in middle school; however, I think the hallway display idea forces them to stop and learn. I think I will try this activity next year and the social studies teacher is interested in doing the same. How do you determine what iis posted on the display? What information is posted on the sun in each display? Would this be a big idea or a connecting statement from one unit to the next?
- April 5, 2012 at 8:55 AM
- Eve Heaton said...
Ms. Prince - I agree it does serve a dual purpose both as a hallway display and a review! What we have been doing with the students is everytime we cover a concept we ask for student ideas to put on the wall. The student who comes up with the best one gets to make it (or the student who is done early makes it for us). You can put anything you want on the sun. I just like having one thing that connects all the learning we do in science. On the weather sun we put "The sun powers the water cycle". On the light/electricity/and magnet one we put "The sun is the largest source of light and has a magnetic field". On the plant/animal one "The sun provides energy for plants to grow" and on the Astronomy one "The sun is the center of our universe". You can certainly put anything you like. I like the idea of a connecting statment.
- April 5, 2012 at 8:44 PM
- The Teacher Treasury said...
Wow! Awesome displays!
- September 10, 2014 at 3:12 AM
- Doreen Orr said...
Your site is amazing! I have visited many times in the past several years, since I started lapbooking and interactive notebooks with my 3rd grade class. I have used many of your ideas. I absolutely love the hall displays of all the learning taking place. I have just recently started my own blog, right now it is mostly about lapbooking. I would love to leave a link from your blog, would you be willing to link to mine? http://www.doreensrockin3rdgrade.com
Thank you.
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MARIUPOL, Ukraine – Pro-Russian separatists who have occupied administrative building in the east of the Ukraine for the past two weeks showed no sign of relenting Friday despite amnesty being offered by the Ukrainian government.
"Come out. Your time has passed," Ukraine Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk said at a meeting In the capital of Kiev in reference to separatist militants who have take over buildings in at least eight cities in East Ukraine.
Yatsenyuk said the government has drafted a law promising militants they would face no legal consequences if they leave seized buildings and give up their weapons.
The measure was drafted after diplomats in Geneva on Thursday agreed on a statement in which they called on all sides to stand down in the conflict. Among those agreeing was Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, whose country has been accused by the United States of providing support to Ukraine militants who are demanding to secede from Ukraine and join Russia.
Yet critically, the militants were not party to the agreement and on Friday had not abided by it.
"Lavrov did not sign anything for us, he signed on behalf of the Russian Federation," said Denis Pushilin, head of the self-declared Donetsk People's Republic.
Militants forced their way into several buildings in Donetsk, an industrial city of about 1 million people in East Ukraine on the border with Russia.
The city a significant population of Russian-speaking ethnic Russians, and it is they who primarily have taken over buildings and are building barricades to prevent Ukraine security forces from driving them out.
Well-armed soldiers in matching uniforms and masks have been assisting the militants. Ukraine and anti-Russia residents of Donetsk say the soldiers are Russian military sent in by Russia President Vladimir Putin to create unrest as an excuse to invade as he did last month in the Ukraine province of Crimea.
On Thursday night, thousands of people who do not want to join Russia held protests in the city. Pushilin says he wants a referendum by May 11 to ask residents whether they want sovereignty.
In Mariupol, an eastern seaport city of some 460,000 people, the city hall has been occupied since Sunday. Militants have surrounded the building with barricades made of tires and bags filled with sand.
The several dozen men holding Mariupol's city hall are demanding a referendum in which people of the region can vote on joining Russia. That is the same tactic used by pro-Russia groups in Crimea who took over buildings with the help of Russian troops.
The referendum was held but and approved, and followed by annexation into Russia by Putin.
"It would be great if Vladimir Vladimirovich (Putin) took custody of us," said 26-year old Vitaliy Skovronskiy, standing on the city hall's balcony that was turned into a lookout post to watch out in case of police attack.
Police say they have not attempted to take back the building. A so-called "anti-terrorist operation," initiated by Ukrainian government on Monday to retake control of such buildings seems to have been put on hold or has not been successful.
A Ukrainian State Security Service spokeswoman, Maryna Ostapenko said Thursday the operation had not moved forward due to pro-Russian groups – some who she claimed were from the Russian military – using civilians as human shields. Some of these groups have been blocking roads into the cities and dared Ukraine troops to shoot at them.
The troops have not done so, and instead are parked alongside roads.
To keep more Russian military from getting into the country, Ukraine put travel restrictions on male Russian citizens between the ages of 16 and 60 from entering Ukraine.
Since the beginning of the week, some 11,000 Russians were restricted from entering Ukraine, according to State Security Service, with 117 of them were discovered to be previously involved in extremist activities.
Ukraine's prime minister said he expected Russia to immediately remove "diversionist groups" from the east of Ukraine, following the Geneva meeting.
"We in Ukraine can restore order on our own if Russia stops helping the terrorists," Yatsenyuk said.


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Let the politicians have their fun wagering Philly cheesesteak sandwiches and Rocky Mountain oysters over the outcome of the Colorado Rockies/Philadelphia Phillies battle for a berth in the World Series.
Pumped by the Colorado Rockies' victory today, florists BJ Dyer and Guenther Vogt of Bouquets made a much prettier bet of their own by sealing a deal with Chad and Scott Kremp of Kremp Florist in Philadelphia for a box of locally grown posies.
Dyer and Vogt have no doubt the Rockies will go all the way.
"We're in this for the long haul," declares Vogt, "and I look forward to the Rockies slugging it out again with the Yankees at Coors Field, this time for the World Series Championship."
In fact, Vogt, who is originally from New York, and Dyer have created a network within the Society of American Florists to represent each of the eight Major League Baseball teams in contention for the title.
The ante increases at the conclusion of each playoff series.
If it comes down to the Rockies playing the Yankees, the loser is prepared to work in the winner's flower shop for a weekend and create a grand bouquet of flowers to congratulate the 2007 World Series champions.
"Our shop is just blocks from Coors Field, and we have already set aside a space where the New York florist can work," teases Vogt as he keeps victory in mind.
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Chicago developer Bob Angevin combined retail with rental property when he took over The Landmark building in Andersonville. He did the same at The Abbey condominiums in Hyde Park. So he was ready to venture into the Near West Side when the opportunity arose at 1401 W. Taylor St. Like the two other neighborhoods, he says Little Italy has a vibrancy about it.
That joie de vivre may be from the 25,000 students at the University of Illinois-Chicago. UIC anchors the east side of the neighborhood. The west end is marked by a laundry list of medical centers— Rush University Medical Center, Stroger Hospital of Cook County, University of Illinois at Chicago Hospital and the Veterans Administration West Side Hospital. Each day these medical centers draw 75,000 people into the immediate area.
Angevin, principal of Starbuck Capital LLC, says the 1401 building, which was built in 1895, hits both cylinders as it provides a rental and retail opportunity in the center of a neighborhood where demand for both comes from those neighboring employers and institutions.
Angevin is not alone. Developers and investors are taken with the Near West Side and the results are staggering. It is an area where everything old is new again.
Since the late 1990s, developments like University Village, University Commons and University Station began transforming the South Halsted corridor and Maxwell Street area with new construction, rehabs and the creation of vest pocket parks and other shared green spaces. These developments are changing the face of a neighborhood that hadn't seen growth in 50 years.
Christopher Provenzano, executive director of the University Village Association, holds a disk of the organization's development committee guidelines for Taylor Street. "It's a template for development geared for the street," he says then ticks off examples of how the group works with developers yet keeps the faith for the neighborhood.
"We have had significant changes in the neighborhood in the last eight years," Provenzano said. "The biggest change is the transformation from the Jane Addams homes into Roosevelt Square [under development] right on Taylor Street."
He says Roosevelt Square is the largest residential construction project ever for the Chicago Housing Authority.
Now in phase two of six phases, it will spread north to south from Taylor to 15th Streets, west to Ashland and east to Racine and Blue Island Avenues. Plans call for 2,441 affordable and mixed-income homes plus 40,000 square feet of retail space, including standalone stores. Planners expect to complete one phase every two years with a reported completion date of 2012 on the $750 million development.
When out-of-town guests visit the Provenzanos, he takes them on a driving tour of the neighborhood that starts with the parks.
Garibaldi Park boasts a children's playlot and pathways, while Arrigo Park's green space hosts children's soccer, flag football games and cricket under the watchful eye of Christopher Columbus' statue. Sheridan Park with its four baseball diamonds and indoor pool is the spot for organized Little League and summer programs.
Some residents say the view of the city skyline is best seen at Skinner Park, and the Fosco Park expansion includes a new softball field.
"The old South Water Market area is impressive," Provenzano says. He makes sure his group always stops at Halsted and Maxwell before visiting the Shrine of Our Lady of Pompeii, if only to see the bronze cast doors that were created in Italy and installed by Italian craftsman.
Provenzano's tours also hit University Commons, the South Water Market landmark buildings that house a modern lifestyle behind restored facades, and the Tri-Taylor Historic District. Tri-Taylor provides a wealth of older homes that remain single-family or have been converted to condominiums and upscale rentals.
Neighborhood Tours offers a walking tour of Little Italy, which is where Provenzano and friends usually end up for a meal.
Bounded by Western Avenue to the west, 16th Street to the south, the Eisenhower Expressway on the north and the Dan Ryan Expressway to the east, the Near West Side is accessible to anyone going in or out of town.
In the 12th District, property crime, such as theft from autos, construction sites and shops, is a problem. According to the Chicago Police Department's online CLEARpath crime report, larceny (57 incidents) outnumbered all other crimes combined (50) in the 12th District for the period of Feb. 25 through March 10.
"The 12th has programs for seniors, businesses, schools. In schools some of the programs we present are on bullying, anti-gang workshops. You name it, we have it," says Sgt. Rebecca Arguelles.
There is a wealth of public transportation via bus lines along the main arteries of Halsted, Racine, Ashland and Taylor. The Blue Line connects to the Loop, the northwest side and O'Hare International Airport.
As easy as it is to come and go, mostly people come and stay.
When UIC expanded in the Near West Side, Mary Jo Iacovetti's family relocated but always returned to visit the relatives that chose to stay in Little Italy. Twenty-eight years later, Iacovetti returned with her husband. "We came back to start our family," she said. The bond that she feels with the neighborhood is one that she wants for her daughter. "People live here, remain here for three and four generations. We came back and it was like we never left."
There are all types of homes on the Near West Side — single-family, townhomes, conversions and condominiums, according to Bill Altier, broker associate at Koenig & Strey GMAC Real Estate on Taylor Street.
"A home will stay in the family for generations," Altier explains. "Then a widow, an empty nester will want to sell. Or their children will want to cash out and a home will go on the market."
Altier was born in the neighborhood at Polk and Paulina. While his career took him other places in the country and other areas in Chicago, his affinity for the Near West Side brought him back to specialize in the area. "People still sit on porches in this neighborhood because that is what it is. A neighborhood.
"The strong employment centers make this area what it is. Little Italy is surrounded by employment," he added with a nod toward the Illinois Medical District and UIC.
He likens that impact on the community to that of hosting two Chicago Cubs games a day at Wrigley Field. "An afternoon game and then an evening game. What impact would that have on the surrounding area?"
"Plenty," he answers.
Altier says the area has seen very few foreclosures. "The economic engine from the surrounding employment pool keeps the neighborhood stable. Even though there is transition, property values in this area have held."
The availability of housing stock helps first-time homebuyers to move up. And to stay, Altier said. "Just a few years ago you would be surprised to see strollers on the street. Not any more, as renters buy their first home and then, with a family, move up and stay."
As bullish as Altier is on the neighborhood, is there anything that he would like to see developed?
A golf course, he says.
Little Italy: The little neighborhood that could
Chicago developer Bob Angevin combined retail with rental property when he took over The Landmark building in Andersonville. He did the same at The Abbey condominiums in Hyde Park. So he was ready to venture into the Near West Side when the opportunity arose at 1401 W. Taylor St. Like the two other neighborhoods, he says Little Italy has a vibrancy about it.


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Not necessarily. A large percentage of women have breast augmentation before having children. However, if one is actively trying to get pregnant or intends to become pregnant in a year or two after surgery, then breast augmentation should be postponed until after pregnancy.
Some sagging and deflation of the breasts often occurs after pregnancy and the added weight and volume of breast implants may make such changes worse than they would be if implants were not present.
The ability to successfully breast feed varies for all women with or without breast implants. However, studies have found that breast augmentation can interfere with a woman's ability to breast feed (lactate). One study published in 1996 by Hurst compared 42 women with implants and 42 women without implants. The study found that "a significantly greater incidence of lactation insufficiency was found in augmented women compared with nonaugmented women (P < .001). Among 42 augmented women, 27 (64%) had insufficient lactation, compared with only three (less than 7%) of the 42 nonaugmented women. Augmented women who experienced sufficient lactation were equivalent in age, ethnicity, type of delivery, smoking, previous breast-feeding experience, and lactation course compared to augmented women with lactation insufficiency. However, the type of breast incision was significantly associated with lactation outcome. More specifically, it was the periareolar approach that was most significantly associated with lactation insufficiency.
In addition, a review published in 2007 by Michalopoulas concludes: "with good surgical technique and proper postoperative management, most of the complications associated with surgery that may result in insufficient milk production can be minimized but not always avoided. Compared with nonaugmented women, women who have had augmentation surgery have a higher incidence of lactation insufficiency."
We generally place the breast implants in the subpectoral space, also known as "under the muscle." However, there are a number of important considerations that factor into this decision and in some cases we do place implants in the subglandular location, known as "above the muscle." For detailed information please click this link: Learn more about breast augmentation muscle placement.
This depends upon multiple factors, such as the type of breast implant you receive, the natural shape and size of your breasts and whether or not there is any degree of capsular contracture. In most cases, breast implants are soft and fluid and move naturally. However, in women with very small and tight breasts and skin, or in those with capsular contractures, the implants may be somewhat firm and immobile and not move like a naturally large breast.
Insertion of implants can cause stretch marks, but this is not a common problem. Choosing a small to moderately sized implant will help to minimize this risk.
This depends on the characteristics of your breasts. Most of the major swelling will resolve with the first 6-8 weeks and the implants will be in good position. However, this is true in those women with soft and slightly loose skin. In patients with small breasts and tight skin, it often takes 3-6 months for the tissues to relax and for the breast implants to settle. We have seen, in some very tight breasts, the implants take 9-12 months to fully settle. To illustrate this point, please see breast augmentation recovery photos.
We advise that you perform implant massage twice daily, beginning about one week after surgery. You will push down (toward your ribs) on the edge of the implant to displace it in all directions around your breasts. We recommend that you hold the implant in a displaced position for about 15 seconds and that you repeat this five times in all directions. You should be lying down (supine) when doing these, as the implants will move much easier in this position, as the overlying muscles will be relaxed. Note: in some cases Dr. Connall will recommend a certain pattern of massage based on your specific case and needs. We ask that you don't begin massage until we review this with you during you first or second post-operative visit.
We recommend that you massage your breasts, beginning about one week after your surgery. This implant displacement massage is to keep the soft tissue "pocket" around the implant open, soft and supple. It is hoped that with massage the pocket and developing soft tissue capsule around the breast implant will stay a little bigger than the implants, allowing the implant to move freely and naturally with your breast. Also, we like for the pocket to stay open, especially early on while the muscle and skin are still relaxing and the implants are "settling". Finally, it is hoped that massage will limit your risk of the soft tissue capsule from shrinking and squeezing on the implant. Such shrinking of the capsule is termed: capsular contracture. Implant massage is the only thing that may help prevent capsular contracture, so we definitely recommend it.
At least until your implants have fully settled, usually about three months. However, it is reasonable to continue this practice, at least a few times a week, for as long as you have implants.
Generally, a soft, comfortable bra, without under-wires is most appropriate. In many cases we want the implants to "drop", so we want you to avoid a lot of support. In fact, many women wear camisoles and tank-tops with soft built-in bras. After your implants have settled, you may then wear any type of bra. However, in some cases when the implants are in good position early on, we will recommend a very supportive bra to hold the bases of the implants in place. This is especially true in complex cases where the lower breast fold must be adjusted or reconstructed. In each case we will give recommendations on your bra choice.
For the first week, don't worry because we will provide you with your first post-operative bra.
Yes. These noises have been described as anything from a squeaking to a sloshing or gurgling. Noises from the breasts after breast augmentation are the result of air bubbles or fluid in the space around the implants. Within a few weeks after surgery, the air and fluid completely absorb the noises and the noises cease.
No, Dr. Connall does not use drains after breast augmentation.
No. With our gentle surgical technique we find that our patients do well with pain control and do not require the added, risk, hassle and expense a pain pump causes.
No. You will simply be placed in a comfortable post-surgical bra that we supply.
The next day.
Yes, and for any surgical or invasive medical procedure. For women with breast implants standard antibiotics should be given before the procedure and can be prescribed by your dentist or doctor.
Inverted nipples are not corrected with breast augmentation and will generally be unchanged from their pre-operative state.
Yes, during breast augmentation inverted nipples can be corrected with an additional procedure. However, for breast lifts and reduction, a case by case decision is needed on the safety of including inverted nipple correction.


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We usually imagine medical science and doctors never doing anything except making revolutionary discoveries and saving lives. Is this realistic or a rose-tinted view? History shows medicine and doctors can 'go bad' spectacularly. Some medical controversies were accidents, but many have resulted from deliberate actions. Sometimes doctors believed the greater good (as they saw it) was more important than ethical behaviour. Many of these incidents were not problematic at the time, and only became controversial when society's values and opinions changed.
The Hippocratic oath
The Hippocratic oath was introduced in ancient Greece as a guide for new doctors on how to behave in their work. The oath was incorporated into Islamic medical practice. However, in Europe it was forgotten after the fall of the ancient Greek civilisation. It was 'rediscovered' after the Second World War and the discovery of human experiments on concentration camp prisoners by Nazi doctors. The oath was re-established as ethical behaviour guidelines for medical practitioners.
Justifying prejudice
Science and medicine have been used to justify prejudice. In the 1800s and early 1900s scientists examined human difference using the language of racial difference. Assumptions of European superiority influenced how data were collected and interpreted. The conclusions drawn are now discredited, but were considered mainstream science at the time. They were also used to justify European colonialism and older ideas about European superiority. Only a few critics pointed to the racism of the underlying assumptions.
Medical science also determined 'normal' physiology and psychology. Eugenics emerged in the late 1800s. Eugenicists argued the human race was 'degenerating', losing its 'normal' qualities. They believed individuals with 'superior' qualities should have children to improve the population. Eugenics was popular in many countries, and was seen to 'improve' the population. Sometimes this meant improving poor people's living conditions and health. More often it focused on preventing those deemed inferior from reproducing.
Family-planning campaigners such as Marie Stopes and Margaret Sanger embraced eugenics in calls for birth control. In the 1930s, government programmes in the USA and in countries across Europe sterilised 'unfit' individuals such as the severely disabled. In Sweden, this practice only stopped in the 1970s.
There was also a belief that intelligence and likelihood of criminal behaviour could be determined based on physical appearance. This was widespread in Europe during the late 1800s. Criminal anthropologists such as Cesare Lombroso, Alphonse Bertillon and the surgeon and anthropologist Paul Broca made these arguments.
Nazi extremes
Ideas of degeneration and racial superiority became extreme in the Nazi ideology of a pure Aryan race. This 'superior' race needed to be defended against degeneration by systematically exterminating the biologically 'inferior' in concentration camps. This included disabled people, homosexual men and women, and Jewish and Roma people. Nazi doctors such as Josef Mengele also used camp prisoners in human experiments. Doctors' use of torture in the name of science was examined during the Nuremberg trials. It shocked the medical profession into accepting medical ethics and moral responsibilities.
Withholding treatment: the Tuskegee study
Unethical experiments and research did not end after the Second World War, and included cases in which drugs were deliberately withheld. For example, in the 1932-72 Tuskegee Study of Untreated Syphilis in the Negro Male, US doctors secretly withheld penicillin from black patients to see what happened if they were left untreated for decades. The scandal led to another overhaul of medical trials involving humans.
Insufficient testing
Insufficient clinical testing can have a huge human cost. This was the case with thalidomide. The drug was thought harmless, but around 1960 it resulted in thousands of babies born with limb malformations. There were many other examples where drugs were tested on patients without permission, even when outcomes had been positive. The 1960s debate over 'human guinea pigs' led to tough controls on the testing and release of drugs. New drugs had to be formally tested before release.
Animal testing
Using animals in medical research has infuriated animal rights activists since the Victorian age. Testing drugs on human volunteers who may feel under pressure has also been problematic. Until the early 1970s, prisoners were sometimes used to test drugs in the USA. Experiments on uninformed patients in poor parts of the world have also been condemned.
Pharmaceutical research and ethics
Pharmaceutical companies invest huge sums in researching new drugs. Critics question the ethics of companies using placebo trials. For instance, people with HIV/AIDS would benefit from existing antiretroviral drugs.
Patients in developing countries are increasingly used as cheap and available subjects to test new drugs. Critics ask how they can give informed consent when many are illiterate and the financial reward is more important than any risk. The free medication is taken away at the end of a trial, and patients cannot afford to continue treatment.
Doctors and legitimate death
Finding a cure might not be the doctor's intention. Some brought 'legitimate' death to thousands without being seen as murderers.
In the 1700s, Joseph Guillotin and Antoine Louis developed the guillotine as a more 'humane' way of executing criminals. In the late 1800s dentist Alfred Southwick and doctor Julius Mount Bleyer invented the electric chair and the lethal injection respectively. Both wanted to find a more humane method of execution.
The death penalty is problematic for doctors. In the USA a physician must oversee any execution, but the American Medical Association forbids it. Euthanasia and physician-assisted suicide are even more controversial. In both cases, patients living in conditions they find intolerable can end their lives with medical advice or assistance. This is hotly debated in many countries.
Some issues accepted in their time are now shocking. Other medical techniques and practices, such as genetic screening, vaccination and stem-cell research, are still debated, particularly when they are seen to conflict with other beliefs and value systems.
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When Disney and Marvel Studios made the official announcement that Joss Whedon signed a three-year exclusive studio to write and direct The Avengers 2, while also helping develop a live-action TV series on ABC, it was very obvious when the sequel to the third-biggest box office success of all-time would come out.
Today, Disney and Marvel Studios have confirmed the date and to no surprise, The Avengers 2 will be coming to theaters May 1, 2015.
Let's flashback just over one week ago where Disney released the following official statement about the Joss Whedon deal.
Joss Whedon has signed an exclusive deal with Marvel Studios for film and television through the end of June 2015. As part of that deal, Whedon will write and direct Marvel's The Avengers 2 as well as help develop a new live action series for Marvel Television at ABC. He will also contribute creatively to the next phase of Marvel's cinematic universe.
We immediately called out the end-date of this deal as when The Avengers 2 would be coming out, and knowing how all three Iron Man films along with The Avengers opened each respective summer movie season in the first weekend of May, it was a no-brainer that The Avengers 2 - the sequel to the biggest summer film of all-time - would be doing the same on May 1, 2015. Here's the official announcement:
The Walt Disney Studios has announced a release date for Marvel Studios' sequel to the biggest Super Hero blockbuster and third highest grossing film of all time, Marvel's The Avengers. Joss Whedon returns to write and direct the UNTITLED MARVEL'S AVENGERS SEQUEL set for release May 1, 2015.
Each press release seemingly confirms or teases what the next could be about and this one confirms that The Avengers 2 won't be titled "The Avengers 2." Just like Captain America: The Winter Soldier and Thor: The Dark World, the film will embrace a subtitle in favor of the numbered system employed by the Iron Man films.
Our other question directly relates to the bigger picture plans of Phase Two. The Avengers represented a fluke year in Marvel Studios' forward-thinking plans of having at least two theatrical releases per year (The Runaways was initially meant to be the other for this year). With two-three films coming next year, and two confirmed films for 2014, it's a safe bet that there will be at least one other 2015 release from Marvel Studios and it'd be smart for them to get it out just before The Avengers 2, utilizing a spring release date just as Captain America 2 will be doing in 2014.
Let the speculation begin!
Iron Man 3 releases May 3, 2013, Thor: The Dark World on November 8, 2013, Captain America: The Winter Soldier on April 4, 2014, Guardians of the Galaxy on August 1, 2014 and The Avengers 2 on May 1, 2015.


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The U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) collects user fees to recover certain costs incurred for processing, among other things, air and sea passengers; and various private and commercial land, sea, air, and rail carriers and shipments. These fees were created by the Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1985 (COBRA) and are deposited into the Customs User Fee Account. CBP also receives appropriations, including a Salaries and Expenses appropriation. To pay for certain expenses, it reimburses its salaries and expenses appropriation from its COBRA collections.
GAO discovered that CBP has a $639.4 million unobligated balance in its Customs User Fee Account as a result of excess collections from a temporary fee increase and elimination of North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) country exemptions from January 1, 1994, to September 30, 1997.
Clarifying the availability of unobligated balances in CBP's Customs User Fee Account could enable Congress to revise the agency's future appropriations, thereby producing a one-time savings of up to $640 million. When the NAFTA Implementation Act was amended in 1993, in addition to authorizing a temporary increase in the COBRA user fees charged to passengers arriving in the United States from abroad on commercial vessels or aircraft from $5 to $6.50, the amendment also temporarily lifted the exemption for passengers arriving from Mexico, Canada and adjacent islands, and U.S. territories (other than Puerto Rico). The additional amounts collected due to these temporary adjustments, which expired in 1997, were deposited in the Customs User Fee Account and were available for reimbursement of inspection costs, including those related to passenger processing. These funds, which accumulated from January 1, 1994, to September 30, 1997, remain unobligated in the account.
GAO first identified these unobligated balances in 2008. CBP officials stated at that time that although they formerly believed they needed additional authorization to spend these balances, it later appeared that the funds may be used as authorized by law. However, when GAO discussed these unobligated balances again in 2009 and 2010, CBP officials said they provided information on the excess collections to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) and requested OMB's assistance multiple times to clarify the availability of these funds. They said OMB has not responded to their request.
GAO believes this is an issue that Congress may wish to address since these unobligated balances have remained in CBP's Customs User Fee account for more than 10 years. Congress could clarify the purposes for which the $640 million in unobligated balances is available and take action as appropriate.
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The data contains 35 variables (including the dependent variable, the growth rate of per capita GDP) for 73 countries and for the period 1960-2000. The dependent variable, GDP growth, is calculated for five year averages resulting into eight observations per country. Moral-Benito (2011) argues in favor of calculating averages of flow variables, while stock variables have been measured at the first year of each five-yer period.
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RIP Craigos. A true CW legend. You will be missed.
He just sounds stupid on the mic most of the time. A mid carder for most of his career and a main eventer for a few years because of that ridiculous gimmick that a lot of people liked **** knows why. Has some of the most memorable matches ever but I don't like his promos at all.
I am proud of this post.
There's a difference between 'I don't like' and not being good.
Foley's job was never to be a main eventer. Even when he was, that wasn't his job. He was a kingmaker. Put everyone he faced over in and out of the ring. The intesity of his promos and the pain he was prepared to go through demonstrated how tough his opponents must be to beat him.
Who were the three biggest stars of the Attitude era? Triple H, The Rock, Stone Cold. Guess who put them all over?
Stone Cold's first opponent as champ? Dude Love in a couple of absolute wars.
The Rock was made by his wars with Foley.
And Triple H was made by Foley twice, first in his rise to credibility in the summer of 97, and secondly in cementing himself as a bona fide badass in 99-2000.
And if he was just a ****ing midcarder, then why on earth was his first feud in the WWF with THE UNDERTAKER?
While we're at it, can't stand that **** Shawn Michaels, got over purely on his amusing gammy eye and entertaining theme song, fair dues he was decent on the stick but got by throughout his entire career on a three move moveset, WAC.
I don't like your CW persona and think you're a ****. GAGFC.
Interesting Raw. The whole R Truth thing is quite interesting. The thing which interests me most though is the Ryder Revolution.
Zack Ryder for WWE Champion!
The speed at which a fielding team gets through the innings is overrated.
off topic I know but just dropping a post to say happy birthday to GIMH, aware there's a thread in the other forum but figure it's more appropriate in here seeing as any good birthday will end with him in a Scott Hall state, so yeah. hope you have a good one dude!
Just seen this now. Appreciate it hugely. And the Scott Hall thing was spot on. Thanks
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Did I mention that I love crazy R-Truth? Because I completely ****ing love crazy R-Truth.
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Today, most scientists regard the term mutation as a description of a change in an individual gene, and more precisely as some minute alteration of the DNA of that gene, especially a nucleotide substitution. But the idea of mutation has changed considerably from the pre-Mendelian concepts of Darwins generation, who viewed fluctuating variations as the raw material on which evolution acted, to todays up-to-the-minute genomic context of mutation. Mutation: The History of an Idea from Darwin to Genomics explores six generations of mutation research, providing the backgroundthe people and the ideasfor this biological journey.
After exploring Darwins and Francis Galtons concepts of mutation, Carlson shows how the 1900 rediscovery of Gregor Mendels experiments let to a discontinuous model of evolution by mutation and how cytological investigations led to the chromosome theory of heredity of classical genetics in which there was random mutation in genes. Carlson details how Mendelian and biometric approaches to heredity and evolution were closely tied and how induction of mutations by radiation and chemical mutagens led to biochemical investigations of gene action, shifting attention to the chemistry of the gene. The interpretation of the gene as DNA and the deciphering of the genetic code then gave rise to molecular interpretations of mutation, views that also impacted evolutionary biology, population genetics, commercial development of plants and animals, and human genetics.
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...the idea of mutation has meant different things over time, changing greatly how Darwin perceived it to how it is used in the context of the genome. It is the evolution of the concept of mutation that drives Elof Axel Carlsons new book...Beginning with Darwin and pre-Mendelian ideas of what mutation was, continuing through to the ideas of mutagenesis,...and mutation in relation to evolution, Carlson admirably straddles the very fine line between losing the reader in overly detailed explanations or by being so vague as to say nothing at all. The book is a quick read. It doesnt seek so much to re-educate readers on what mutation is, as it does construct a timeline of how scientists have perceived it through the past couple of centuries....Carlsons book presents a history of the concept of mutation, but also a history of how science itself has changed because of that words evolution....In seeking to lend a sense of history to a word that is used often in todays science, Carlson succeeds.
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Carlson trained as a Drosophila geneticist with Hermann Muller surely the person who has done more than any other in advancing our understanding of mutation. But he is also a historian, as witnessed by his previous books...Altogether Carlsons account of the story of mutation is well told...Genetics has been fortunate in having such a wide-range and thoughtful person as Carlson to examine the topic of mutation from a broad perspective, and I greatly hope that this book will not only be enjoyed by geneticists of all kinds, but that it will lead them to Carlson's other equally enjoyable historical books on genetics.
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Because Carlson has been directly involved in some of the research, there are details and insights one is unlikely to find in any other public reference source....Mutation: The History of an Idea from Darwin to Genomics tells this story in an engaging narrative....
Biologists conceptions of hereditary variation and mutation have undergone considerable shifts since the days of Darwin. In Mutation:The History of an Idea from Darwin to Genomics, Carlson traces those changes in the meaning of the term from genetics at the turn of the 20th century to the emergence of genomics, identifying the researchers involved and how ideas evolved....Carlson includes commentary on human genetics, concern for genetic effects [of] radiation with the development of atomic weapons, and the use of radiation in medicine and industry. He argues that the deployment of new techniques has resulted in the changed meaning of mutation, and in this regard, all readers will agree.
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