A urethral prosthesis with prostatic and bulbar segments connected by two types of ties allows the prosthesis to assume at least two configurations different with inter-segmental distances adapted to situations where the patient either has or does not have normal control of the external sphincter. For each hand of play the player makes a wager and cards are displayed, according to the rules of the game, in order from the inventory to define a winning or losing outcome. The controlled force is provided steadily for at least one month or alternatively 1-3 months. This provides an image reading apparatus usable in both the high-speed monochromatic mode and the low-speed color mode and capable of achieving high speed, high accuracy, and low cost. In one embodiment, the method is further comprised of depositing a powder into the mold. The next requester that is granted the bus is therefore not confronted with a full buffer, and not thereby forced to abort the request and make a retry.