He stresses that the Lap-Band is just a tool to help patients lose weight.
And Apple Computer also bucked the trend, thanks to buoyant demand for its new lap-top computer.
Mr. Christie had so-called lap-band stomach surgery in February, said Michael Drewniak, a spokesman for the governor.
Allergan, best known for selling Botox, has tried to use its Lap-Band to tap the obesity market.
Others will question why you decided to do the Lap-Band procedure rather than the permanent Roux-en-Y gastic bypass.
Ministers admit that treating lap-dancing clubs like staid coffee shops is a loophole, says the Local Government Association.
"In the back of your mind you can always take the band off, " he says of the lap-band procedure.
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Some patients choose to loosen their Lap-Bands when they want to enjoy unrestricted eating, like during vacations or holidays.
The Lap-Band can be tightened to create a smaller opening to the stomach or loosened, allowing people to eat unconstricted.
Last year the FDA approved the Lap-Band's use in patients who are only slightly overweight, but insurers have refused to pay.
Jori had Lap-Band surgery which physically constricted the top of his stomach.
It sets up a kind of spoof Batman and Robin, as if the Caped Crusader and his spooky lap-dog were not parody enough.
Of course all this turned out to be as phony as the lap-dancer that likes you for you, but that was what we had.
One version of it is marketed under the brand name Lap-Band.
Locations which tested positive included the Millennium Hotel, the Abracadabra lap-dancing club and the Emirates football stadium, where Mr Lugovoi had watched Arsenal play CSKA Moscow.
The FDA lists possible complications from the Lap-Band procedure: vomiting, difficulty swallowing, gastroesophageal reflux disease, abdominal pain, pulmonary embolism or leaking that could lead to death.
"We weighed up all the options, and went into a lot of detail, looking at lap-times in the races, in qualifying and many other factors, " Faure said.
On February 28, 2005, Hill's Lap-Band surgery was a success.
You would think that after years of eating smaller portions with an tightened Lap-Band, people would have developed new eating habits they could sustain when the band is loosened.
And I do fantasize about filing my blogs from some Windows 8 lap-tablet while on some deserted beach, sipping a fruity cocktail with a little paper umbrella in it.
The final image, a lap-dissolve in which Prefontaine and Bowerman appear in the frame together, suggests that Towne was shooting for something that never really made it to the screen.
The main problem appears to be bad posture when using the laptop on your, uh, lap -- hunching over in this way apparently causes chronic back problems in all sorts of people.
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The Boeing 737-300 in question was only 15 years old when its skin peeled open along a riveted lap-joint while flying above 34, 000 feet (just over 10, 000 metres) with 118 passengers on board.
As an emergency precaution, the Federal Aviation Administration has now said that carriers operating 737s with the same lap-joint design along the roof should inspect the planes after no more than 30, 000 cycles.
The same elimination process will happen at the end of the second 15 minutes, with the next six slowest cars knocked out to fill places 11 to 16 on the grid in lap-time order.
You had to consider the risks of doing nothing or having a fairly aggressive surgery like gastric bypass -- or doing something a little less aggressive like the Lap-Band, also called the adjustable laparoscopic banding system.
Being able to lap flat out, and being forced to because of the fight with the Red Bulls, McLaren were giving fuel consumption warnings to their drivers as early as the 30th lap - just over half distance.
Earlier Sanna had explained that overcast skies and no wind made for a good top speed, but the air temperature, 28 degrees Celsius (83 degrees Fahrenheit), was too warm to sustain it for an entire lap--the engine would overheat.
Ryan made the rounds Friday, mostly to television outlets, to celebrate his one-year anniversary of losing 100 pounds after Lap-Band surgery in March 2010, discussing how the procedure, finding the right doctor and changing his eating habits have helped him.
After modifying the lap-joints in the roof following some early failures, the company felt confident that its older 737s would be good for 60, 000 cycles before they needed to be thoroughly tested for hairline cracks that could lead to fatigue failures.
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