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Plastic surgery is a medical specialty concerned with the correction or restoration of form and function. Though cosmetic or aesthetic surgery is best-known kind of [|plastic surgery], most plastic surgery is not cosmetic. Plastic surgery contains many types of reconstructive surgery, hand surgery, microsurgery, and the treatment of bones. Reconstructive surgery techniques were being carries out in India by 800 BC. [|Sushruta], the father of Indian surgery, made important contribution to the field of plastic and cataract surgery in the 6th century BC. The ancient Egyptians and Romans also preformed plastic cosmetic surgery. The Romans were able to perform simple techniques, such as repairing damaged ears from around the 1st century BC.======

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Up until the techniques of [|anesthesia] became established, surgeries involving healthy tissues involved great pain. Infection from surgery was reduced by the introduction of sterile techniques and disinfectants.======

The five most common surgeries are liposuction, breast augmentations, nose jobs, eyelid surgery, and tummy tucks.
Links: [|Kids Health] [|Youtube - Plastic Surgery on Celebrities] [|Youtube - Nose Jobs on Celebrities] [|Youtube - Micheal Jackson's Transformation]

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The [|future] is the indefinite time period after the present. Whether it's less than a millisecond away or a billion years, its arrival is considered inevitable due to the existence of time and the laws of physics. Due to the nature of the reality and the unavoidability of the future, everything the currently exists and will exist is temporary and will come to an end. The future and the concept eternity have been major subjects of [|philosphy], [|religion], and [|science] and defining them non-controversially has consistently eluded the greatest of minds. It is the opposite of the past, and is the time after the present. In the [|Occidental] view, which uses linear conception of time, the future is the portion of the projected time line that is anticipated to occur.======

-[|Patick Dixon], author of [|Futurewise].
Links: [|BBC - Visions of the future]

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[|Scott Westerfeld] (born May 5, 1963) is an American author of [|science fiction]. He was born in the U.S. state of Texas and now divides his time between [|Sydney], [|Australia] and [|New York City], [|USA]. //[|The Risen Empire]// and //[|The Killing of Worlds]// are parts one and two of the same book, originally titled //Succession//. In 2005 it was published in the UK as one book under the title //The Risen Empire//. //[|So Yesterday]// has been optioned to be made into a film by one of the producers of //[|Fahrenheit 9/11]// and //[|Bowling For Columbine]//. The [|Uglies series] was optioned by Twentieth Century Fox as a possible film series in 2006. In 2001, Westerfeld marries Australian author [|Justine Larbalestier].======

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The second book of the Uglies trilogy is the //[|Pretties]////.// Links: [|Wikipedia - Hunger Games] [|Teen Reads - Pretties]


 * __//Specials//__**

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The last book of the Uglies trilogy is the //[|Specials].// Links: [|Answers - What happened to Zane?]

__**Extras**__ [|Extras] is a companion book to the Uglies series. Tally is also a part of this story. Links: [|New York Times - Extras Book Review]