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KFVS12 News & Weather Cape Girardeau, Carbondale, Poplar BluffChamberlain shaky, Yanks miss chance to tame Texas

By by BEN WALKERAP Baseball Writer

NEW YORK (AP) – Joba Chamberlain took a few steps off the mound and exhaled. the crowd at Yankee Stadium also let loose.

Once a fan favorite, Chamberlain got jeered Thursday after yet another shaky outing for the new York Yankees, this time in a 10-6 loss to the Texas Rangers.

“Honestly, I didn't hear it,” Chamberlain said. “I would boo, too.”

“It didn't hurt my feelings,” he said. “My own son booed me, so I guess that keeps it in perspective.”

Craig Gentry turned a spot start into a tiebreaking hit off Chamberlain in the seventh inning and Texas avoided a four-game sweep in a matchup of AL division leaders.

Texas had lost eight straight at Yankee Stadium overall. the hard-hitting Rangers had done little in this series, too, totaling only four runs before the finale.

Chamberlain gave up four hits while getting four outs. He has a 9.00 ERA in six games for new York, allowing 13 hits in six innings.

The Yankees and their fans had high hopes when the hard-throwing reliever rejoined the team after an injury-interrupted season. He began the year recovering from Tommy John surgery, then dislocated his ankle during spring training in a trampoline accident with his 5-year-old son.

“It's frustrating,” Chamberlain said.

Yankees manager Joe Girardi says inconsistency is Chamberlain's biggest problem and that “right now I don't have any plans to make any changes.”

“We said all along when we brought him back that he would be a factor in September,” Girardi said.

Texas took a 2-0 lead into the sixth before both teams broke loose with the bats. it was a seesaw after that, with the Yankees rallying for a 5-4 lead before the Rangers came back with three in the seventh.

David Murphy hit a tying RBI double off Boone Logan (4-1) and, after an intentional walk that loaded the bases, the speedy Gentry lined a tiebreaking single up the middle.

Gentry started for the first time in two weeks and tied a career best with three RBIs. Adrian Beltre also drove in three runs while Josh Hamilton doubled twice and scored three times.

Ichiro Suzuki got three hits for the Yankees, who had won seven of eight.

Ivan Nova wound up with a no-decision that left him with just one win in his last seven starts. in trouble early, he struck out Hamilton on three pitches with the bases loaded and no outs in the third and escaped that jam without allowing a run.

Nova tweaked his groin fielding Gentry's comebacker to end the fourth, and stayed in the game.

“I think he'll make his next start. We'll see,” Girardi said.

The Yankees closed to 7-6 in the bottom half on Mark Teixeira's RBI grounder. Reliever Michael Kirkman struck out Andruw Jones, who'd homered the previous inning, with runners at the corners to prevent further damage.

Beltre added a sacrifice fly and Geovany Soto hit an RBI single in the eighth, finishing Chamberlain.

Down 4-0, the Yankees once again picked on Derek Holland while rallying for five runs in the sixth.

Batting cleanup for the first time this season, Jones tied it with a two-out, two-run homer that umpires confirmed on video review. Texas third baseman Beltre pointed foul the whole time Jones rounded the bases, but the replay showed the ball clearly landed several feet inside the left-field foul pole.

Rookie right fielder Mike Olt dropped Casey McGehee's fly for a two-base error and Russell Martin met reliever Tanner Scheppers with a go-ahead single.

Holland began the afternoon 0-5 with a 9.26 ERA against the Yankees in regular-season play, though he has beaten them in relief during the playoffs.

Scheppers (1-0) won his first big league decision.

NOTES: Yankees 2B Robinson Cano didn't start for the second straight day because of a stiff neck. He walked as a pinch hitter in the eighth and pulled into third on a double by Suzuki – some fans thought Cano could've scored on the play. … Derek Jeter's RBI single in the Yankees sixth extended his hitting streak to 12 games. … Yankees RHP Phil Hughes starts Friday night at home against Boston.

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KFVS12 News & Weather Cape Girardeau, Carbondale, Poplar BluffChamberlain shaky, Yanks miss chance to tame Texas

North Korean lifts 3 times body weight for gold

LONDON — it was a big record for a little guy.

North Korea’s Om Yun Chol, all of 5 feet and 123 pounds, won a gold medal by confidently lifting an Olympic record 370 pounds in the clean and jerk Sunday at the London Games.

That was more than three times his body weight, something only a handful of others have ever done.

How unlikely was the upset victory?

Om was in the “B” group with lower-ranked competitors and lifted weights of 160 and 165 kilograms on his first two attempts early in the day. He got the crowd roaring when it was announced he would go for 168 kilograms – the Olympic record.

“I wanted to lift a big weight and make the other athletes nervous,” Om said.

As the “A” group entered the platform later Sunday, double world champion and pre-competition favorite Wu Jiangbiao of China lifted 133 kilograms in the snatch to gain an 8-kilogram lead over Om.

But Wu’s 156-kilogram clean and jerk wasn’t enough to beat the North Korean’s total of 293 kilograms, and he had to settle for the silver. European champion Valentin Hristov of Azerbaijan got the bronze.

Om’s successful lift broke the mark of 167 kilograms set by Halil Mutlu of Turkey in Sydney in 2000.

Among the few lifters who have cleared three times their body weight are Mutlu and Naim Suleymanoglu, also of Turkey, known as the “Pocket Hercules.”

Om gave all the credit to Kim Jong Il, the North Korean leader who died last year.

“How can any man possibly lift 168kg?” Om was as saying by the internal Olympic News Service. “I believe the great Kim Jong Il looked over me.”

North Korean athletes have routinely praised Kim and the North Korean people whenever they win gold medals.

Also Sunday, North Korea got its first gold medal of the London Games when an Kae Um defeated Acosta Bermoy of Cuba in the women’s judo 52-kilgram category.

North Korean lifts 3 times body weight for gold

Drake Ignores Nightclub Drama While Performing In Upstate New York

Drake isn’t letting his bust-up with Chris Brown affect his work. He performed a gig in upstate new York last night without missing a beat.

Drake’s entourage allegedly became embroiled in an altercation with Brown and his cronies at Manhattan hotspot W.i.P. on early Thursday morning, leaving Brown with a nasty cut to his chin after he was hit in the face with a bottle. four other people also suffered bloody injuries. the fight was reportedly over Brown & Drake’s connection to Rihanna.

At a concert in Saratoga Springs, NY, that night, Drake refused to even acknowledge the fight as he addressed fans, telling the crowd, “I woke up this morning and the only thing that was on my mind was the fact that we had a f**king show at Saratoga tonight.”

A representative for Drake dismissed rumors suggesting he was involved in the fight, insisting the hip-hop star “did not participate in any wrongdoing of any kind” and was “on his way out of the club” when the trouble began.

Police have launched an investigation into the incident and Brown and his pals are said to have given witness statements to cops to tell their side of the story. a spokesperson for the new York Police Department reveals Drake is planning to answer investigators’ questions about the incident “at a time more convenient for him and his attorney.” Mary J. Blige, rapper Fabolous and Eva Longoria’s basketball star ex-husband Tony Parker were also guests at the party hours before the fight broke out.

Drake Ignores Nightclub Drama While Performing In Upstate New York

Paris Hilton happy being single

People News

Jul 8, 2012, 8:01 GMT

Paris Hilton

Paris Hilton is happy being single.

The 31-year-old star was recently linked to Dutch DJ Afrojack – the first man since her split from boyfriend Cy Waits – but denies they are close as she wants to be an ‘independent woman’ at present.

She said: ‘Every woman dreams of getting married and having a family one day, but right now I’m so busy travelling and working I wouldn’t have time for that.

‘When that time happens, it will be fantastic, but right now I’m just happy being single, and being an independent woman.’

The 31-year-old socialite has recently reinvented herself as a DJ, and admits she has been undergoing extensive training to get herself to the highest level possible.

She told Hello! magazine: ‘I’ve been training every day for six to eight hours for the past year. I was up until 4am most nights, and then I had to change my set when I found out it was going to be more of a pop crowd at the Pop Music Festival in São Paulo, Brazil, rather than a dance music crowd.

‘On the jet out, I spent the entire flight reworking the whole thing.’

Paris Hilton happy being single

Chinplants

According to statistics released by the American Society of Plastic Surgeons (ASPS) last April, Chinplants are the fastest growing cosmetic surgery procedure. in fact, chin augmentation grew more than breast augmentation, Botox, and liposuction combined last year.

Here are some quick facts about chin augmentations last year (data from ASPS):

Number of Procedures overall: 20,680

55 and over: 8,459

A receding chin can make a person look older, which is to account for the popularity of chin implants amongst the older crowd. but that’s not to say younger people with weak chins haven’t benefited from this procedure.

On a related note, apparently women with large chins are more likely to cheat on their partners. Researchers linked large chins in women to higher levels of testosterone, a chemical not typically associated with virtue and restraint. but that’s only for real chins, so if you want a big one like Jennifer Aniston, we’ve got you covered. for real-life examples of how this procedure can change your appearance, take a look at this gallery of Kaufman and Clark Plastic Surgery chin augmentations.

Author: Dr. David Kaufman

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Cosmetic Lip Surgery – What Patients Need to Know

Plastic surgery is one of the fastest growing surgical procedures that take place in states, regardless of what kind it may be. In terms of plastic surgery, we can classify them into two broad categories as reconstructive surgery and cosmetic surgery. Cosmetic surgery is commonly used to change or enhance ones physical appearance, and one of the popular procedures involves the lips. Lip augmentation is used today to both pucker the lips and to reduce the size of lips, depending on which one would apply.

Today, a large portion of the Hollywood crowd is seen taking up surgical procedures to enhance their lips. Lip surgery not only enhances your look, but gives your lips a whole new appearance that just glows. At the end of the day, lip augmentation helps you look and feel more confident in whom you are. There are many reasons as to why you may want to get lip surgery, as you may have been in an accident, or you may have noticed lines and wrinkles on your lips. These are all reasons as to why someone might consider a surgical procedure for their lips. Changing the size of your lips is not the only thing you should look into, as there are various other factors to consider.

Lip enhancement can be done in many ways, especially due to the large number of surgical and technological advancements. There are tiny implants, injections and surgical treatments that can be used for lip augmentation. The whole surgery takes anywhere from one to three hours, and you would be allowed to go home to rest it off. When surgery is done to plump your lips, doctors would usually take your own fat and use it in the implant. this would ensure that you aren’t allergic to what’s being put in you. this method of lip enhancement is known as fat grafting.

If you don’t wish to use your own fat in the procedure, you could also consider using synthetic materials, such as Soft Form or Gore-Tex. since you are not accustomed to synthetic materials, you would never know how your body would react to these surgical procedures. For this reason and more, it is recommended that lip surgery be done with the patient’s own fat.

There are non-surgical lip enhancers as well, which work through a form of injection. These injections contain Dermalogen or Collagen, which is injected into the lips to make it look plumper. having plump sexy lips has become an increasingly common trend and fashion sense among many women around the world. however, like we mentioned before, lip surgery is done for other reasons as well, such as for people who got their lips injured in a fight or accident. These surgeries can be quite expensive, so you would need to consider looking for the best cosmetologist to ensure that you get the best possible surgical or non-surgical treatment.

Cosmetic Lip Surgery – What Patients Need to Know

Eyelid Surgery – Special Considerations For Older Plastic Surgery Patients

In 2007, the eyelid lift was the number one cosmetic procedure of the 55 and older crowd. that age group also accounted for nearly 50% of all the people having the procedure. Now, cosmetic surgical procedures certainly aren’t just for the older crowd anymore.

Men and women in the 30s and 40s are turning back the years as well. However, because their skin still has good elasticity, they can use the non-invasive methods to regenerate their skin. as you get older, your skin loses elasticity and surgical techniques are the only way to truly get rid of the wrinkles and tighten the skin.

While surgical cosmetic work is common in people 55 and older, this means that the surgeon and the patient have to take more precautions. here are some of the special considerations for older patients seeking an eyelid lift:

1. Overall health-This is not to say that everyone seeking plastic surgery that is less than 55 is in perfect health, but the chance of having certain health issues is increased with age. for any patient, but especially older ones, it is important to divulge all medical concerns before having an eyelid lift.

Since this is a major surgery and anesthesia is used, a history of heart attack or stroke makes elective surgery more dangerous. High blood pressure can also cause problems when anesthesia is administered. Operations are stressful on the body, whether you are asleep or not. Diabetes is another medical condition that is contraindicated for elective procedures.

Specific to an eyelid lift, older patients are more susceptible to dry eye syndrome so the surgeon must adjust his technique to make sure the condition is not created or exacerbated.

2. Medicines-Not only do the conditions create problems during the operation, the medications you are taking to control the problem can make the procedure more dangerous. if you are taking any medications, you have to tell the surgeon.

The anesthesiologist needs to know what may interact or reduce the effectiveness of the anesthesia. he will have to watch you more closely during the eyelid lift procedure to make sure you do not become distressed while under.

3. Combination procedures-It is not uncommon for plastic surgery patients to combine an eyelid surgery with others like the brow lift or face lift. for older patients who may have a medical condition, be taking medications or are quite advanced in age, combining procedures may not be a good idea.

The longer anyone is under anesthesia, the more stressful it is for the body. for older patients who have medical conditions, it is even more stressful and dangerous. So, though it is convenient, it may not be a good idea.

Not only should older patients be forthcoming with any medical conditions, they should also carefully choose the right surgeon to perform their eyelid procedure. anyone seeking plastic surgery should verify the credentials of their surgeon.

He should be board certified to perform plastic surgery and licensed to practice in the state you’re in. Surgery is a risky process anyway, but if you add age and medical problems to the mix, it becomes riskier. To get the most from your operation and to make it safer, find a surgeon with experience working with older patients as well as performing eyelid lift procedures.

His knowledge and experience works in your favor if there are special considerations he needs to make. you don’t have necessarily had to mix the idea of looking younger through plastic surgery; you just have to be a little more careful.

Eyelid Surgery – Special Considerations For Older Plastic Surgery Patients

Having Cosmetic Surgery Done – How Young Is Too Young?

How young is too young for cosmetic surgery? This is a question that is asked with a great deal of regularity, probably because there is not simply one answer.

However, if you are asking this question, whether you are a teenager who wants cosmetic surgery or their parent, then the simple answer is probably that now is still too young

(I’ll assume that you are not one of those dreadful parents who are trying to get their kids to get cosmetic surgery.)

There are a number of factors that cause a person to wish to get cosmetic surgery, which can be outlined as follows:

Your features, especially your facial ones, appear to have a flaw that makes you stand out from the crowd, but not in a good way. This could be a lack of balance or symmetry, the nose could be too large compared to the rest of the features, or perhaps the bum seems too flat for the size of the hips and waist.

In other instances, cosmetic surgery is felt to be an option for turning back the clock. The face lift is the most obvious example of this, but there are many other examples as well, including eyelid surgery (blepharoplasty), breast lift surgery, hair transplant surgery and wrinkle removal.

Or maybe some feature has been damaged by an accident, for instance a broken nose, chipped teeth, a torn earlobe, and so on.

The final example of a reason that people may choose to get cosmetic surgery is where the patient actually looks quite normal, and what they want is quite simply to look more stunning

All of these reasons for getting cosmetic surgery are quite legitimate, and there is no reason to consider one more valid than another. However, when it comes to teenage cosmetic surgery, we do have to be a bit more careful, and analyze the motives of the patient a little more.

Where a teenage feels that they are looking old for their years, this is probably the most concerning, and we should be careful that there is not an underlying psychological reason behind their wish for surgery. In the unlikely instance that a teenager is looking ravaged beyond their years, it will be better to be looking at the causes of this, rather than dealing with the cosmetic aspect.

Where a teenage potential patient knows that they look normal, but would like simply to look more beautiful, this is okay, and quite common, but they should be encouraged to wait. it is very normal for people to find that they grow into their appearance, and as we get older, many of us learn to love our imperfections, or at least accept them.

Surgeries that generally should be avoided while still growing include nose reshaping surgery, as very frequently a nose that seemed too big for the face when younger can seem more in proportion later on. for obvious reasons, breast surgery should definitely be a no-no until the mid-twenties at least. Cheek implants and similar should be discouraged until all puppy fat has gone, so again that is likely to be a bad idea until well into one’s twenties. when the youthful fat has disappeared, the features can suddenly gain definition that they didn’t have before.

There are those cosmetic procedures where it has become more acceptable, and even encouraged, to have while young. Ear pinning surgery is one of those, as it is one of the safer surgical procedures. Similarly, cosmetic dental work is often a good idea to have while young.

Where cosmetic surgery reaches its closest proximity to reconstructive plastic surgery, it becomes far easier to accept it as an option for young people. there is no compelling reason why a child should have a badly crooked nose as a result of an injury, or torn ear cartilage due to an earring being pulled out, and this should not be fixed until adulthood. This becomes more a matter for the parents to decide, finances permitting.

But in instances like these, it is quite possible that the benefits the child may get from the increase in confidence may pay dividends for their whole life. The important thing is that each separate case is looked at on an individual basis, and the benefits are weighed up against the risks and disadvantages. And of cause you will want to make sure that you are using a reputable cosmetic surgery clinic, and not just trying to find the cheapest prices.

Having Cosmetic Surgery Done – How Young Is Too Young?