96% Monsters, Inc. 3D

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It may be harder nowadays to dazzle audiences with fancy visual effects, but Monsters, Inc. 3D proves that smart, imaginative storytelling still does the trick every time.

Most of the charm of "Monsters Inc." comes from its vocal cast.

If history is any guide, you and your family - whether young or old - will probably want to see "Monsters University" over and over.

The movie itself stands up well, even from an adult, two-dimensional perspective.

Its reassuring message is more relevant than ever.

The good guys are those who realize that laughter is stronger than fear. That's a message worth taking to heart these jittery days.

Pixar's overlooked gem arrives in a worthwhile collector's edition bursting with features and exceptional A/V presentation.

While nippers will love the colourful creatures and their slapstick antics, grown-ups will find less humour and layers than in the likes of Toy Story, meaning less overall appeal as a result.

[I] really don't see the point of paying extra for children under eight. Their eyes are still developing, their noses are still small for slippery glasses, and... isn't a trip to the pictures enough for them in any case?

If anything, it improves with age.

Monsters displays wonderful imagination which makes it worth reliving in an extra dimension - particularly the energetic chase scene along a conveyor belt of doors.

Pixar's soaringly lovely fourth feature ...

[An] exciting, imaginative and very likable adventure.

Despite its eternal message about physical differences and the importance of love over fear of the unknown, Monsters, Inc primarily remains an ambitious concept film.

It's in the visuals that 'Monsters Inc' comes to life, from the jazzy, Norman McLaren influenced opening to the hilarious, shakycam amateur-dramatic recap over the closing credits.

Another chance to see Pixar's most dazzling premise, now spruced up with a third dimension.

Now in 3D, the filmmakers have created a wonderful reality - the reality of Monstropolis, which like the worlds of Oz and Pleasantville, whisk us far, far away on a magic carpet of fantasy

A shrewdly timed reminder of Pixar's early, heady days, when the animation powerhouse could do no wrong.

This didn't need 3D to work. It long ago passed the kids-wear-out-the-DVD-rewatching-it test.

There's really little reason to check out Monsters, Inc. 3D in... well, 3D, rather than going for a good old-fashioned 2D screening instead.

It does well, but not brilliantly: an amusing trifle from a studio whose best work still lay ahead of it.

Not quite a Pixar classic, but funny, witty and visually spectacular enough to be enjoyed again on the big screen.

Monsters, Inc. continues a positive 3D trend for the company, who appear to be selecting their upgraded titles wisely, choosing features that benefit from the additional depth.

Not even the opportunistic 3D-ification can squander the pure delight of the film's meticulously detailed world of ragtag creatures.

Source: http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/monsters_inc_3d/

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Op-Docs: ?The Man Who Sells the Moon?

[unable to retrieve full-text content]For three decades, Dennis M. Hope, a Nevada man, has built a thriving business by ?selling? land plots in space.

Source: http://www.nytimes.com/2013/03/11/opinion/the-man-who-sells-the-moon.html?partner=rss&emc=rss

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Stroke Prevention Device Misses Key Goal in Study

[unable to retrieve full-text content]Boston Scientific?s Watchman may not be better than a drug that is used now to prevent strokes, heart-related deaths and blood clots in people with atrial fibrillation in the long term.

Source: http://www.nytimes.com/2013/03/10/health/stroke-prevention-device-misses-key-goal-in-study.html?partner=rss&emc=rss

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Domestic Bliss Squared: Floor Update (DIY Home Improvement!)

I love doing crafty things and cooking, but I LOVE home improvement projects! ?I'm always on the lookout for interesting and easy updates that only need *minimal* help from my husband!

One thing I would love to change in my house are my floors. ?The bathroom has this awful linoleum (taupe with blue roses on it) and a few years ago, my daughter put my iron on the kitchen floor, turned it on and left it there.

Use your imagination folks. ?There is an awful iron-shaped black mark on my kitchen floor. ?It irks me every time I see it.

So I've been eyeing different types of flooring. ?A friend told me tiling wasn't so hard, but tiles can be expensive, so I was super stoked when I found this:

It's tile, but it's not tile! ?It is tile made out of linoleum. ?I kind of scratched my head at first. ?Like, isn't linoleum deliciously eighties? ?I wanted laminate flooring until I heard you aren't supposed to put it in kitchens or bathrooms.

Which is totally where I need it.

So, I grabbed a few tiles from my local Lowes (both Home Depot and Lowe's have awesome tiles, I just happened to find my favorite at Lowe's) and threw them on the floor to see if I like them.

Yes! ?So I bought a case and started the project. ?It was a fairly easy project and I only needed *minimal* help from my husband! ?Here's a quick overview. ?(If you want good tutorials, there are tons of YouTube videos out there and websites. ?This is mostly to get you interested and excited!)

After endless configurations, I liked this pattern the best:

We had to do a few prep steps (hehe, I rhymed).

We ripped off the baseboards...?

and sawed under the doorjambs (so we could slip the tiles under them easily).

We removed the toilet by cutting the caulk, draining it (there's a great tutorial on that here) and pulling it out of the bathroom, leaving a really scary hole behind.

I wiped up the floors with a damp rag to make sure they were clean. ?

Then I started laying the tiles out and sticking them on the floor (like giant stickers) right over the original linoleum...

So I kept laying and sticking them....?

Until I had put them all down.

I really liked these tiles because they are groutable, which makes them look fancy and SUPER waterproof. ?One problem we have in our bathroom is the linoleum around the bathtub has been peeling and leaving a gap for years. ?We always caulk it, but it doesn't stayed sealed. ?These allowed me to grout and make an airtight seal between the floor and the tub.

After a layer of grout made especially for linoleum tiles, ta-da!

There were only a few finishing steps - replace baseboards, put toilet back in, touch up wall paint.

They look so much more modern than the previous flooring, the tiles are super pet/child/water resistant (some come with a lifetime warranty!), and they make my bathroom look bigger.?

All for....

$25 for the tiles (I used one case plus two singles for a total of 22).

$8 for the grout

$4 for a pack of new utility knife blades

For a grand total of $37, my floors went from this:

to this:

Worth every penny! ?The kitchen is definitely next....(just don't tell my husband!)

Oh! And go check out all the other Pinterest Challenge posts at Merrick's Art!

Source: http://www.domesticblisssquared.com/2013/03/floor-update-diy-home-improvement.html

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Extremely high estrogen levels may underlie complications of single-birth IVF pregnancies

Feb. 25, 2013 ? Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) researchers have identified what may be a major factor behind the increased risk of two adverse outcomes in pregnancies conceived through in vitro fertilization (IVF). Two papers published in the journal Fertility and Sterility support the hypothesis that extremely high estrogen levels at the time of embryo transfer increase the risk that infants will be born small for their gestational age and the risk of preeclampsia, a dangerous condition that can threaten the lives of both mother and child. They also outline a protocol that reduced those risks in a small group of patients.

Both papers addressed IVF pregnancies resulting in a single live birth, not multiple-birth pregnancies which continue to be the most significant risk factor of any assisted reproduction technology. But even single-birth IVF pregnancies are more likely than unassisted single-birth pregnancies to result in premature delivery, low birth weight and other serious complications. In the January 2013 issue of the journal, the investigators at the MGH's Vincent Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology report that freezing embryos of women who had excessively elevated estrogen at the time of egg retrieval, followed by embryo transfer in a later reproductive cycle when hormonal levels were closer to those of a natural cycle, significantly reduced the percentage of small newborns and eliminated the incidence of preeclampsia in a small group of patients.

"We've known for a long time that singleton pregnancies conceived by IVF were at higher risk of these adverse outcomes, but the reasons were unknown," says Anthony Imudia, MD, of the MGH Fertility Center, lead author of both articles. "Now we know which facet of IVF might be responsible, which will allow us to identify at-risk patients and implement ways of averting those risks."

At most fertility centers, IVF involves a sequence of coordinated events that stimulate the ovaries in a way that leads to the growth and maturation of several eggs at the same time. Prior to ovulation the eggs are retrieved for fertilization outside the mother's body. If fertilization is successful, embryos that appear to be developing normally are transferred into the woman's uterus within 5 days of egg retrieval in a process called fresh embryo transfer.

Egg cells grow and mature in ovarian sacs called follicles, which release estrogen, so the development of multiple maturing follicles can lead to significantly elevated estrogen levels. Animal studies have suggested that excessively elevated estrogen early in pregnancy can interfere with the development of the placenta, and other research has associated placental abnormalities with increased risk for both preeclampsia and delivery of small newborns.

In the June 2012 issue of Fertility and Sterility, the MGH team reported that -- among almost 300 IVF pregnancies that resulted in the birth of a single infant from 2005 through 2010 -- the women whose estrogen levels right before egg retrieval were highest had significantly greater incidence of preeclampsia and of delivering infants small for their gestational age. Women whose peak estrogen levels were at or above the 90th percentile had a nine-fold greater risk of a small infant and a five-fold greater risk of preeclampsia than women with lower peak estrogen levels.

To follow up that observation, the MGH team examined how a protocol instituted for mothers at risk of a complication of fertility treatment called ovarian hyperstimulation syndrome (OHSS) might affect the apparent risks associated with extremely high estrogen levels. At the MGH Fertility Center, if the estrogen levels for IVF patients exceed 4,500 pg/mL on the day they are scheduled to receive a hormonal trigger of final egg cell maturation -- indicating increased risk for OHSS -- standard practice is to counsel patients on alternatives. These included postponing the procedure until a future IVF cycle or proceeding with egg retrieval and fertilization but freezing the embryos for implantation in a later cycle to allow time for the ovary to recover.

The team's January Fertility and Sterility report compared the outcomes of 20 patients who choose to have their embryos frozen and implanted later because of their risk of OHSS with those of 32 patients with pre-retrieval estrogen levels over 3,450 pg/mL who proceeded with fresh embryo transfer. Only 10 percent of the infants of mothers who choose embryo freezing and transfer in a subsequent cycle were small for their gestational age, compared with 35 percent of the infants of mothers who had fresh embryo transfer. While the incidence of preeclampsia after fresh embryo transfer was almost 22 percent, none of the patients who chose embryo freezing with later implantation developed preeclampsia.

"Our center takes a very individualized and conservative approach to ovarian stimulation, so fewer than 10 percent of our patients had extremely high estrogen levels of greater than 3,450 pg/mL," says Imudia, who is an instructor in Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Biology at Harvard Medical School. "If other centers validate our findings by following the same approach and achieving similar outcomes, we would recommend that each patient's hormonal dosage be adjusted to try and keep her estrogen levels below 3,000 pg/mL. If the estrogen level exceeds this threshold, the patient could be counseled regarding freezing all embryos for transfer in subsequent cycles, when her hormone levels are closer to that of a natural cycle."

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Journal Reference:

1. Anthony N. Imudia, Awoniyi O. Awonuga, Anjali J. Kaimal, Diane L. Wright, Aaron K. Styer, Thomas L. Toth. Elective cryopreservation of all embryos with subsequent cryothaw embryo transfer in patients at risk for ovarian hyperstimulation syndrome reduces the risk of adverse obstetric outcomes: a preliminary study. Fertility and Sterility, 2013; 99 (1): 168 DOI: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2012.08.060

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McCain, Obama to meet on immigration Tuesday (cbsnews)

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