text: Red Pill Videos Charles Barkley and Kenny Smith openly talk about Ferguson on Inside The NBA Good discussion on what has become a very hot button topic right now in America. Published 4 years ago on December 8, 2014 By alexrpt 20 Views Share Tweet Liked it? Take a second to support The Duran on Patreon! 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Published 15 hours ago on January 18, 2019 By Seraphim Hanisch A companion article noted that Christian believers in the US are seeking to help stand for those Christians in far off lands who are being martyred and persecuted for their faith at the hands of ISIS and other cruel religious and secular forces. But we also noted that this problem is extremely fierce in the Western "Christian" world, but the attacks try to bring Christian life to irrelevance and "shame it out of existence." An example of this in action came from Yahoo.com, carrying a news piece from AFP. Here is that piece; we have added emphases to focus on our point: On page 11 of an application to work at a private Christian school in Virginia, teachers are bluntly asked to pledge to "maintain a lifestyle based on biblical standards of moral conduct." It goes on to say banned conduct includes, but is not limited, to: "heterosexual activity outside of marriage (e.g. premarital sex, cohabitation, extramarital sex), homosexual or lesbian sexual activity, polygamy, transgender identity" or "any other violation of the unique roles of male and female." Students at the Immanuel Christian School — who range in age from five to 14 — are also banned from engaging in "homosexual or bi-sexual activity," according to an agreement parents must sign before enrollment. Vice President Mike Pence's wife Karen is once again teaching art at the school in Washington's suburbs — sparking anger from gay rights advocates who say it sends the wrong message from the inner circles of US power. "We'll let the critics roll off our backs," Pence said in an interview with Catholic television network EWTN. But he added: "The criticism of Christian education in America should stop." Of course, the Pence family's brand of religious conservatism is exactly why Donald Trump chose him as a running mate in July 2016. – Pro-prayer, anti-abortion – At that time, Pence was the governor of Indiana and a former congressman with a low national profile. He had a few crowning achievements to boast of — a state anti-abortion law and a "religious freedom law" that said individuals and companies wishing not to serve gay and lesbian customers could cite a "substantial burden" on their religious beliefs as a reason. An amendment was eventually passed to provide protections for LGBT citizens. The anti-abortion law added limits to access, banning those motivated by the fetus's race, gender or disability. But it was eventually blocked in the courts. Nevertheless, the two initiatives had burnished Pence's reputation as a champion of the religious right. Since taking office as vice president, the 59-year-old Pence — who seems to make it his business not to make waves — regularly appears alongside the 45th president of the United States. In meetings, he often takes a back seat, his lips sealed and his head nodding in approval. When he speaks in public, he never misses a chance to voice his admiration for the man who brought him back to Washington. On the face of it, they could not be more different — Trump is brash, twice divorced, vocal about his sexual conquests and doesn't seem to have a tight grasp on biblical passages. Pence meanwhile said last year: "I do try and start every day reading the Bible. My wife and I try to have a prayer together before I leave the house every morning." On Thursday, the vice president was set to host a roundtable for pro-abortion rights activists on the eve of the March for Life, a major annual anti-abortion rally in Washington. Pence was the first vice president to speak at the march in 2017. "We will not rest, until we restore a culture of life in America for ourselves and our posterity," Pence told the crowd. – The fight continues – Mike and Karen Pence met at church — an evangelical Protestant congregation. One in four Americans associates with the movement. Today, they are often seen holding hands when they are together in public. Pence often begins his tweets by saying, "Karen and I are praying for…" They are reportedly inseparable — a fact that sometimes sparks mockery. In 2002, Mike Pence, then a lawmaker, infamously told The Hill that he never ate alone with a woman other than Karen, and that he would not accept an invitation to an event where alcohol was being served if she were not there. "If there's alcohol being served and people are being loose, I want to have the best-looking brunette in the room standing next to me," Pence told the Washington paper. While he has often joked about his traditional views of coupledom, he has never denied them. Karen Pence, 62, shares her husband's conservative beliefs. In 1991, she wrote to The Indianapolis Star newspaper to complain about an article that, she claimed, encouraged children to think they were gay or lesbian, according to a copy of the letter released by The Washington Post. Since that time, gay marriage has become the law of the land — legal across the country. But there is no explicit federal ban on discriminating against someone for their sexual orientation, which allows employers like the Immanual Christian School to maintain its rules against "sexual immorality." For the Pences, as for other evangelicals, the battle continues. The thing that is stunning about this news piece is that it casts what are traditionally Christian values and a traditionally good Christian family in a negative light. For AFP and Yahoo, the Pences are an anomaly, a throwback that needs to be thrown back. The contemporary reader is more likely to mock the "backwardness" of Family Pence rather than see their lifestyles as honorable. This is the nature of the attack against Christianity in our country. Liked it? Take a second to support The Duran on Patreon! Continue Reading Latest Google Manipulated YouTube Search Results for Abortion, Maxine Waters, David Hogg The existence of the blacklist was revealed in an internal Google discussion thread leaked to Breitbart News. Published 2 days ago on January 17, 2019 By The Duran Via Breitbart… In sworn testimony, Google CEO Sundar Pichai told Congress last month that his company does not "manually intervene" on any particular search result. Yet an internal discussion thread leaked to Breitbart News reveals Google regularly intervenes in search results on its YouTube video platform – including a recent intervention that pushed pro-life videos out of the top ten search results for "abortion." The term "abortion" was added to a "blacklist" file for "controversial YouTube queries," which contains a list of search terms that the company considers sensitive. According to the leak, these include some of these search terms related to: abortion, abortions, the Irish abortion referendum, Democratic Congresswoman Maxine Waters, and anti-gun activist David Hogg. The existence of the blacklist was revealed in an internal Google discussion thread leaked to Breitbart News by a source inside the company who wishes to remain anonymous. A partial list of blacklisted terms was also leaked to Breitbart by another Google source. In the leaked discussion thread, a Google site reliability engineer hinted at the existence of more search blacklists, according to the source. "We have tons of white- and blacklists that humans manually curate," said the employee. "Hopefully this isn't surprising or particularly controversial." Others were more concerned about the presence of the blacklist. According to the source, the software engineer who started the discussion called the manipulation of search results related to abortion a "smoking gun." The software engineer noted that the change had occurred following an inquiry from a left-wing Slate journalist about the prominence of pro-life videos on YouTube, and that pro-life videos were replaced with pro-abortion videos in the top ten results for the search terms following Google's manual intervention. "The Slate writer said she had complained last Friday and then saw different search results before YouTube responded to her on Monday," wrote the employee. "And lo and behold, the [changelog] was submitted on Friday, December 14 at 3:17 PM." The manually downranked items included several videos from Dr. Antony Levatino, a former abortion doctor who is now a pro-life activist. Another video in the top ten featured a woman's personal story of being pressured to have an abortion, while another featured pro-life conservative Ben Shapiro. The Slate journalist who complained to Google reported that these videos previously featured in the top ten, describing them in her story as "dangerous misinformation." Since the Slate journalist's inquiry and Google's subsequent intervention, the top search results now feature pro-abortion content from left-wing sources like BuzzFeed, Vice, CNN, and Last Week Tonight With John Oliver. In her report, the Slate journalist acknowledged that the search results changed shortly after she contacted Google. The manual adjustment of search results by a Google-owned platform contradicts a key claim made under oath by Google CEO Sundar Pichai in his congressional testimony earlier this month: that his company does not "manually intervene on any search result." A Google employee in the discussion thread drew attention to Pichai's claim, noting that it "seems like we are pretty eager to cater our search results to the social and political agenda of left-wing journalists." One of the posts in the discussion also noted that the blacklist had previously been edited to include the search term "Maxine Waters" after a single Google employee complained the top YouTube search result for Maxine Waters was "very low quality." Google's alleged intervention on behalf of a Democratic congresswoman would be further evidence of the tech giant using its resources to prop up the left. Breitbart News previously reported on leaked emails revealing the company targeted pro-Democrat demographics in its get-out-the-vote efforts in 2016. According to the source, a software engineer in the thread also noted that "a bunch of terms related to the abortion referendum in Ireland" had been added to the blacklist – another change with potentially dramatic consequences on the national policies of a western democracy. youtube_controversial_query_blacklist At least one post in the discussion thread revealed the existence of a file called "youtube_controversial_query_blacklist," which contains a list of YouTube search terms that Google manually curates. In addition to the terms "abortion," "abortions," "Maxine Waters," and search terms related to the Irish abortion referendum, a Google software engineer noted that the blacklist includes search terms related to terrorist attacks. (the posts specifically mentions that the "Strasbourg terrorist attack" as being on the list). "If you look at the other entries recently added to the youtube_controversial_query_blacklist(e.g., entries related to the Strasbourg terrorist attack), the addition of abortion seems…out-of-place," wrote the software engineer, according to the source. After learning of the existence of the blacklist, Breitbart News obtained a partial screenshot of the full blacklist file from a source within Google. It reveals that the blacklist includes search terms related to both mass shootings and the progressive anti-second amendment activist David Hogg. This suggests Google has followed the lead of Democrat politicians, who have repeatedly pushed tech companies to censor content related to the Parkland school shooting and the Parkland anti-gun activists. It's part of a popular new line of thought in the political-media establishment, which views the public as too stupid to question conspiracy theories for themselves. Here is the partial blacklist leaked to Breitbart: 2117 plane crash Russian 2118 plane crash 2119 an-148 2120 florida shooting conspiracy 2121 florida shooting crisis actors 2122 florida conspiracy 2123 florida false flag shooting 2124 florida false flag 2125 fake florida school shooting 2126 david hogg hoax 2127 david hogg fake 2128 david hogg crisis actor 2129 david hogg forgets lines 2130 david hogg forgets his lines 2131 david hogg cant remember his lines 2132 david hogg actor 2133 david hogg cant remember 2134 david hogg conspiracy 2135 david hogg exposed 2136 david hogg lines 2137 david hogg rehearsing 2120 florida shooting conspiracy The full internal filepath of the blacklist, according to another source, is: //depot/google3/googledata/superroot/youtube/youtube_controversial_query_blacklist Contradictions Responding to a request for comment, a YouTube spokeswoman said the company wants to promote "authoritative" sources in its search results, but maintained that YouTube is a "platform for free speech" that "allow[s]" both pro-life and pro-abortion content. YouTube's full comment: YouTube is a platform for free speech where anyone can choose to post videos, as long as they follow our Community Guidelines, which prohibit things like inciting violence and pornography. We apply these policies impartially and we allow both pro-life and pro-choice opinions. Over the last year we've described how we are working to better surface news sources across our site for news-related searches and topical information. We've improved our search and discovery algorithms, built new features that clearly label and prominently surface news sources on our homepage and search pages, and introduced information panels to help give users more authoritative sources where they can fact check information for themselves. In the case of the "abortion" search results, YouTube's intervention to insert "authoritative" content resulted in the downranking of pro-life videos and the elevation of pro-abortion ones. A Google spokesperson took a tougher line than its YouTube subsidiary, stating that "Google has never manipulated or modified the search results or content in any of its products to promote a particular political ideology." However, in the leaked discussion thread, a member of Google's "trust & safety" team, Daniel Aaronson, admitted that the company maintains "huge teams" that work to adjust search results for subjects that are "prone to hyperbolic content, misleading information, and offensive content" – all subjective terms that are frequently used to suppress right-leaning sources. He also admitted that the interventions weren't confined to YouTube – they included search results delivered via Google Assistant, Google Home, and in rare cases Google 's organic search results. In the thread, Aaronson attempted to explain how search blacklisting worked. He claimed that highly specific searches would generate non-blacklisted results, even controversial ones. But the inclusion of highly specific terms in the YouTube blacklist, like "David Hogg cant remember his lines" – the name of an actual viral video – seems to contradict this. Aaronson's full post is copied below: I work in Trust and Safety and while I have no particular input as to exactly what's happening for YT I can try to explain why you'd have this kind of list and why people are finding lists like these on Code Search. When dealing with abuse/controversial content on various mediums you have several levers to deal with problems. Two prominent levers are "Proactive" and "Reactive": Proactive: Usually refers to some type of algorithm/scalable solution to a general problem E.g.: We don't allow straight up porn on YouTube so we create a classifier that detects porn and automatically remove or flag for review the videos the porn classifier is most certain of Reactive: Usually refers to a manual fix to something that has been brought to our attention that our proactive solutions don't/didn't work on and something that is clearly in the realm of bad enough to warrant a quick targeted solution (determined by pages and pages of policies worked on over many years and many teams to be fair and cover necessary scope) E,g.: A website that used to be a good blog had it's domain expire and was purchased/repurposed to spam Search results with autogenerated pages full of gibberish text, scraped images, and links to boost traffic to other spammy sites. It is manually actioned for violating policy These Organic Search policies and the consequences to violating them are public Manually reacting to things is not very scalable, and is not an ideal solution to most problems, so the proactive lever is really the one we all like to lean on. Ideally, our classifiers/algorithm are good at providing useful and rich results to our users while ignoring things at are not useful or not relevant. But we all know, this isn't exactly the case all the time (especially on YouTube). From a user perspective, there are subjects that are prone to hyperbolic content, misleading information, and offensive content. Now, these words are highly subjective and no one denies that. But we can all agree generally, lines exist in many cultures about what is clearly okay vs. what is not okay. E.g. a video of a puppy playing with a toy is probably okay in almost every culture or context, even if it's not relevant to the query. But a video of someone committing suicide and begging others to follow in his/her footsteps is probably on the other side of the line for many folks. While my second example is technically relevant to the generic query of "suicide", that doesn't mean that this is a very useful or good video to promote on the top of results for that query. So imagine a classifier that says, for any queries on a particular text file, let's pull videos using signals that we historically understand to be strong indicators of quality (I won't go into specifics here, but those signals do exist). We're not manually curating these results, we're just saying "hey, be extra careful with results for this query because many times really bad stuff can appear and lead to a bad experience for most users". Ideally the proactive lever did this for us, but in extreme cases where we need to act quickly on something that is so obviously not okay, the reactive/manual approach is sometimes necessary. And also keep in mind, that this is different for every product. The bar for changing classifiers or manual actions on span in organic search is extremely high. However, the bar for things we let our Google Assistant say out loud might be a lot lower. If I search for "Jews run the banks" – I'll likely find anti-semitic stuff in organic search. As a Jew, I might find some of these results offensive, but they are there for people to research and view, and I understand that this is not a reflection of Google feels about this issue. But if I ask Google assistant "Why do Jews run the banks" we wouldn't be similarly accepting if it repeated and promoted conspiracy theories that likely pop up in organic search in her smoothing voice. Whether we agree or not, user perception of our responses, results, and answers of different products and mediums can change. And I think many people are used to the fact that organic search is a place where content should be accessible no matter how offensive it might be, however, the expectation is very different on a Google Home, a Knowledge Panel, or even YouTube. These lines are very difficult and can be very blurry, we are all well aware of this. So we've got huge teams that stay cognizant of these facts when we're crafting policies considering classifier changes, or reacting with manual actions – these decisions are not made in a vacuum, but admittedly are also not made in a highly public forum like TGIF or IndustryInfo (as you can imagine, decisions/agreement would be hard to get in such a wide list – image if all your CL's were reviewed by every engineer across Google all the time). I hope that answers some questions and gives a better layer of transparency without going into details about our "Pepsi formula". Best, Daniel The fact that Google manually curates politically contentious search results fits in with a wider pattern of political activity on the part of the tech giant. In 2018, Breitbart News exclusively published a leaked video from the company that showed senior management in dismay at Trump's election victory, and pledging to use the company's power to make his populist movement a "hiccup" in history. Breitbart also leaked "The Good Censor," an internal research document from Google that admits the tech giant is engaged in the censorship of its own products, partly in response to political events. Another leak revealed that employees within the company, including Google's current director of Trust and Safety, tried to kick Breitbart News off Google's market-dominating online ad platforms. Yet another showed Google engaged in targeted turnout operations aimed to boost voter participation in pro-Democrat demographics in "key states" ahead of the 2016 election. The effort was dubbed a "silent donation" by a top Google employee. Evidence for Google's partisan activities is now overwhelming. President Trump has previously warned Google, as well as other Silicon Valley giants, not to engage in censorship or partisan activities. Google continues to defy him. Allum Bokhari is the senior technology correspondent at Breitbart News. You can follow him on Twitter, Gab.ai and add him on Facebook. Email tips and suggestions to [email protected]. Liked it? Take a second to support The Duran on Patreon! Continue Reading Latest Are You Suffering From Toxic Masculinity? Know The Warning Signs Are you or a loved one suffering from toxic masculinity? Know the warning signs so you can seek help. Published 2 days ago on January 17, 2019 By The Duran Via BabylonBee.com: More than 40% of men today suffer from it—and their loved ones pay the price. It's called "toxic masculinity," and it's the latest disease to plague the nation. It can affect every aspect of a toxic man's life. Worst of all, toxic masculinity is contagious, so if you're infected, you need to know right away so you can avoid spreading it to your friends and family. Are you or a loved one suffering from toxic masculinity? Know the warning signs so you can seek help: Even the faintest whisper of facial hair – If you have a mustache, schedule a check-up. If you find a goatee on your face, consider going into the emergency room. If you have a full-grown beard, well, it's probably too late for you. A belief that men and women are at least a little bit different – Should you be infected with the cancerous idea that men and women are even the slightest bit different from one another, you could have toxic masculinity. If you're a woman who believes this, then you suffer from an even worse disease called internalized misogyny. Throwing a professional wrestler off a steel cage right through the announcer's table – Men who suddenly look around and find that they're tossing a professional wrestler off a steel cage to plummet right through the announcer's table are at high risk of developing toxic masculinity. If a man in your life is suffering from this symptom, encourage him to stop wrestling in the WWE immediately. Eating meat on occasion – A disease like toxic masculinity can quickly change your diet. If you find yourself leaving your vegan avocado quinoa toast smoothies untouched in favor of wolfing down some bacon-wrapped bacon, you might have toxic masculinity. Holding the door open for a woman once in a while – It looks innocent enough: a woman approaches, and you hold the door so she doesn't have to open it again. Seems like common courtesy, right? WRONG. It's one of the first warning signs of toxic masculinity, and you need to do better if you're going to beat this thing. 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1) In Method 1, Ajaan Lee states:
Does "spread to the lower parts of the body" mean that the meditator should be spreading awareness into the chest, abdomen, legs, etc? Because later, the instructions state:Then bring [the awareness] into The Fourth Base, the middle of the brain. Let it be still for a moment and then bring it back out to the top of the head. Keep moving it back and forth between these two spots, finally letting it settle in the middle of the brain. Keep your awareness broad. Let the refined breath in the brain spread to the lower parts of the body.
Or does this just mean that one should be spreading the sensation of the nimitta through the body, just the same way one did with awareness?When you have this white light as large as the head, bring it down to The Fifth Base, the center of the chest. Once it's firmly settled, let it spread out to fill the chest. Make this breath as white and as bright as possible, and then let both the breath and the light spread throughout the body, out to every pore, until different parts of the body appear on their own as pictures.
2) Method 1 seems to suggest that keeping awareness in the middle of the brain (Fourth Base) is a prerequisite for nimitta. Is this an accurate reading?
3) I'm wondering if what Ajaan Lee said here:
is analogous to what Ajaan Sona said here:The body will be light, like fluff. The mind will be rested and refreshed — supple, solitary, and self-contained. There will be an extreme sense of physical pleasure and mental ease.
4) Is Ajaan Lee's Method 2 basically a way to attain total body awareness? In other words, when the meditator is to be aware of the breath energies coursing from the base of the neck, down the spine, into the leg, is this basically a way of becoming aware of all those parts without too much segmentation (e.g. "Survey the toes, then the foot, then the calf, then the knee" etc)?The sensation or perception of sensation of moving air will change to a static feeling, this is the sign of the mind stilling.
Dwell on this airy, buoyant quality, which should pervade the head. One should experience a cool and airy emptiness of the head. This may extend throughout the body. This is a further "sign" of increasing stillness.
Remain with this airy lightness as an experience to focus upon.
All hindrances should have fallen away and the five jhana factors will be present to a degree that may be weak, medium or strong.
Thanks in advance! I have previously practiced in Ven. Thanissaro's method (and still fall back on it when Mahasi is too much for me) and so to read the teachings which inspire his own is quite interesting!

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MIAMI SHROES, Fla. – Barry University's baseball team dropped the first game of a doubleheader against Lynn Sunday afternoon 6-3 before taking the rubber-match 8-6 in the series finale.
Game One
Barry (26-26, 11-10 SSC) broke a scoreless tie in the bottom of the fourth inning when freshman shortstop J.C. Cardenas drove in Luis Arrizurieta for the game's first run.
Right-hander Tyler Kinley kept the Fighting Knights' quiet for the most part, allowing just two runs in six innings and finished with seven K's.
However, Kinley left in the top of the seventh trailing 2-1 and although he could no longer help his cause on the mound he found away at the plate. Hitting for himself and remaining in the game as the designated hitter, Kinley delivered an RBI single to center field to drive in Michael Slabach who reached on a double earlier in the frame.
Michael Diaz followed with a single to right and Joe Iorio put the Bucs ahead with a groundball to the right side that would score Kinley.
Lynn (26-15, 9-6 SSC) seemed to be down and out but the Fighting Knights pulled off the comeback in the ninth. A pair of walks and a costly defensive miscue led to a grand slam home run to give Lynn the 8-6 lead.
Unable to answer in the bottom half, the Buccaneers let one slip away, falling by a final of 8-6.
Game Two
In the nightcap the Buccaneers proved to be resilient and aggressive looking for a series win over their second-straight conference foe.
Tyler Kellmann continued to swing a hot bat, belting a two run homer down the left field line in the first to put the Bucs out in front.
Calvin Rayburn (7-2) was perfect through the first three innings and tossed 6.2 innings on his way to his seventh victory of the season.
Barry added two more runs in the third, three in the fifth and another in the sixth to build a commanding lead.
Once again the Knights mounted a late comeback bid, scoring four times in the top of the seventh inning to cut the deficit to two but Adrian Benitez stepped up for the Bucs to close out his second game of the season.
Kellmann led the Buccaneers with three hits, three runs, three RBI and a homer in the doubleheader. Michael Slabach and Luis Arrizurieta also added three hits each in the two games and each added two doubles.
Barry steps out of conference on Wednesday when they host the Bobcats of Saint Thomas University at Feinbloom Field. Live-stat and video broadcast will be available through the Barry University athletics website, GOBARRYBUCS.COM.


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Age of Barbarians
- Publisher: Pocket Rage Ltd
- Genre: Role Playing
- Released: 14 Jan, 2012
- Size: 80.5 MB
- Price: FREE!
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DescriptionAge of Barbarians :
A Barbarian's village has been destroyed by the Dark Lord and now you must embark on a journey for revenge.
★★★Current version support retina display device as iphone4, iphone4s, itouch4 ★★★
(for ipad/ipad2, you need to buy the HD version)
★★★Amazing Single-Player Journey
Features stunning 3D characters and captivating environments beautifully rendered in HD (Hi-Definition) graphics. Powered by the Unity3D game engine, this game brings to life an amazing adventure, set in a savage and treacherous world. Explore different worlds, fight off hordes of enemies and overcome the boss at end of each level to progress.
The game features innovative simple and intuitive controls. You can fully control your character with simple TAP & SWIPE your finger, for example:
▶RUN : tap on left/right to run in that direction
▶JUMP : double tap on screen to jump
▶ATTACK: swipe on a monster to attack
virtual sticks added, you can switch the control style in options
★★★Build Up Your Character
Upgrade your character and unlock the mighty Barbarian feats such as as RAGE ATTACK, LEAP ATTACK, BARBARIAN RUSH, BATTLE CRY, EARTHQUAKE, and BATTLE FURY in the game.
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Jennifer Garner: Ben Affleck & I Aren't Big Fighters
Jennifer Garner shares a laugh with her adorable daughter, Seraphina, while out on Wednesday (December 14) in Brentwood, Calif.
The 39-year-old actress recently opened up about working with a therapist who "kicked a little bit of the Southern girl out of me."
"She helped me to take charge a bit more, to not be so passive. She taught me to fight. I didn't know how … Ben and I aren't big fighters," Jennifer told InStyle's January issue.
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March has been crazier than I ever expected it to be. I thought getting 30,000 words would be a breeze compared to the 50,000 I did in November, but it's proved to be a harder challenge than I imagined.
As of right now I've written 12,000 words. I'm almost halfway there and halfway through the month. I can do this right? But the thing is, I'm easily distracted. My house is a mess, or the book I'm reading is too good, and I just can't put it down.
I know, my excuses are lame. I can be better. I need to be better. So here's my question for you -
Are you struggling to write as well? If so what are you doing to push through it?
Everyone have a great Wednesday, we'll see if I get any writing done seeing as I'll be hosting 11 eight-year-olds for scouts in a couple of hours. Heaven help me.


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Dad-to-be wears 14 pound fake belly to workout
Dad-to-be wears 14 pound fake belly to workout
Some men gain sympathy weight when their wives are pregnant but what about experiencing exactly what it feels like to be pregnant?
That's sort of what one man did while working out. He strapped a 14 pound weight to his stomach while he went to Crossfit.
According to Crossfit Krypton in Chesapeake, Virginia he was doing it in solidarity with his wife, who is currently pregnant.
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Tuesday, January 11, 2011
NASCAR Toyota All-Star Showdown Has Wide Appeal
Daytona Beach — Just as Mario Andretti, Earl Ross and David Hobbs were drawn to the Daytona 500 in years past, several international drivers are targeting the 2011 NASCAR Toyota All-Star Showdown, a race that has come to be known as the 'Daytona 500 of short-track racing,' on Jan. 28-29 at Toyota Speedway at Irwindale (Calif.) as an opportunity to make their mark on the world of NASCAR.
Among the entrants expected are 2010 NASCAR Canadian Tire Series presented by Mobil 1 champion DJ Kennington and 2010 NASCAR Mexico Series champion Germán Quiroga. Kennington will be joined in the field by fellow Canadian Andrew Ranger, the 2007 and 2009 Canadian Tire Series champion, while Quiroga will be joined by compatriots Rubén Rovelo and Daniel Suárez. Outside the NASCAR umbrella heading to California is 2010 RACECAR Euro Series champion Lucas Lasserre of France.
"The event is so prestigious that if you get an opportunity to race in it, you have to take it," said Kennington. "The level and depth of the competition is amazing. Every driver there has had his share of wins."
As NASCAR touring series champions Kennington and Quiroga have a secured starting spot for the main event. They also will be teammates, of sorts, by driving for Bill McAnally Racing for this special event. BMR is one of the top stables in the NASCAR K&N Pro Series West and is home to 2010 champion Eric Holmes.
Ranger, a Quebec native, also enters the event with a secure starting spot as a 2010 K&N Pro Series event winner having won at California's Infineon Raceway in the West and Connecticut's Lime Rock Park in the East after splitting his season between the U.S. and Canada. He competed in the 2007 and 2010 NASCAR Toyota All-Star Showdowns after each of his two Canadian Tire Series titles.
Mexican drivers Rovelo and Suárez come into the event with successful 2010 seasons, as well. Rovelo finished sixth in points and won the Aug. 22 race at Autódromo de Monterrey. Suárez, meanwhile, collected rookie of the year honors and finished 13th in the point standings.
France's Lasserre comes to the event with a championship in hand, but he will have to earn his spot on the starting grid for the main event. The French series competes exclusively on road courses in a car based on a NASCAR stock car. In 2010, Lasserre won three times and notched 10 top fives and 11 top 10s.
"The (NASCAR Toyota All-Star Showdown) is a great place to get noticed and open some doors if you have some success," said Kennington. "Just look at the list of past winners."
David Gilliland won the 2005 NASCAR Toyota All-Star Showdown before embarking on his NASCAR Sprint Cup Series career in 2007. Two-time and defending race winner Joey Logano won his first NASCAR Toyota All-Star Showdown in 2007 that preceded his move to the NASCAR Nationwide Series and NASCAR Sprint Cup Series with Joe Gibbs Racing.
Of the 119 drivers to have started a NASCAR Toyota All-Star Showdown, 68 have made a start in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series, NASCAR Nationwide Series or NASCAR Camping World Truck Series.
The NASCAR Toyota All-Star Showdown main event is broken up into three sections – two 100-lap segments preceding a 25-lap dash to the finish. The race features secured starting spots for the 2010 champions of NASCAR's developmental series and race winners of the NASCAR K&N Pro Series from the 2010 season.
The schedule also includes a 75-lap NASCAR Whelen All-American Series Super Late Model race and a 50-lap NASCAR Whelen All-American Series Late Model race.
Both nights of racing will air live on SPEED, beginning each night at 10 p.m. ET. The coverage will be anchored by Rick Allen and Phil Parsons in the booth, with Dick Berggren and Jim Tretow covering action in the pits.
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On January 16th, I am convening a session on Casting a wider net: Promoting gender and ethnic diversity in STEM at Science Online 2010 conference. Science Online 2010 is an unconference, which means that it is built around audience participation rather than a succession of speakers getting up and giving monologues. I think this is a great format, but it does mean that the conveners have to do a bit of work in advance.
I've tentatively set out two goals for the session:
- Identify successful online and offline programs, and their commonalities, for recruiting diverse participants into STEM activities; and
- Draft a set of recommendations for individuals, employers, and STEM organizations (funders, professional societies, etc.) for supporting women and minority scientists and science students through social media.
I'm also collecting links of recent blogging that supports these two goals. Below are some of things I've run across, and I'd appreciate the addition of any other discussions or posts that are relevant to the topics at hand.
- Designing Faculty Websites for Diversity(Zuska at Thus Spake Zuska)
- Women Geoscientists and Blogs (Kim Hannula at All of My Faults are Stress Related)
- Planting seeds of science interest in kids of all ages (DNLee at Urban Science Adventures)
- Diversity in Science Carnival #5: Programs to promote STEM diversity among K-12 students and general audiences (STEM-ologist at STEMology)
- Diversity in Science Carnival #4: Increasing Diversity Among the College Ranks (DNLee at Urban Science Adventures)
- Opportunities for Enhancing Diversity in the Geosciences (by me at Highly Allochthonous)
Your thoughts are most appreciated. After all, not only is the conference about audience participation, but the session is specifically aimed at increasing participation.


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CAMBRIDGE, Mass. – MIT men's soccer seniors Andrew Fijan (West Chester, Pa.) and Matthew Monheit (Abington, Pa.) were named to the 2013 New England Intercollegiate Soccer League (NEISL) All-Stars Team on Wednesday. In addition to being named to the team, they were also selected to play in the All-Stars game that will take place on Wednesday, Dec. 1 at Harvard University.
The NEISL is run by coaches of college soccer programs in the New England region. Only seniors are eligible for this particular award and the player must have had an impact on their team this season in order to be nominated. Only five other MIT men's soccer players have been named All-Stars in the program's history, the last of which being Zach Kabelac '12 and Max Stein-Golenbock '12 in 2011.
Fijan, who was just named to the New England Women's and Men's Athletic Conference (NEWMAC) Second Team All-Conference, has played and started in all but one game this season, scoring his lone goal of the season in MIT's 7-0 win against Framingham State University at the end of last month. He is a pivotal part of the MIT defense that has allowed just 23 goals so far this season.
Monheit, who also just received his first NEWMAC All-Conference nod, being named to the First Team, is second on the team with his eight goals and 24 points and first with eight assists. He is also tied for fourth in the conference in assists. He scored MIT's only goal against Coast Guard in the semifinals of the NEWMAC Tournament this past weekend and was one of the five Engineers to convert a penalty kick to advance over the Bears to the finals.
This news comes two days after the Engineers received an at-large bid to the 2013 NCAA Division III Tournament. Tech will continue its season at Williams College this weekend, facing Western New England University on Saturday, Nov. 16 at 11:00 a.m.


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If it's Erik, the season will suck. The only reason I remember him is because he was stupid enough to give his Immunity Necklace to Natalie, he didn't have strategy, he only won a few challenges against the girls. It would be a lot more interesting to see Natalie again, at least she showed some potential.
TDT are reporting that Coach and Ozzy will be back. But ain't it a very weird match up?
I'd like to see the return of Coach and Parvati. Although she has probably been too much.
The two contestants are: Coach and Ozzy!!!
Coach, Ozzy returning for Survivor South PacificBen "Coach" Wade and Oscar "Ozzy" Lusth are the two cast members returning for Survivor South Pacific. They'll compete in Samoa with 16 new people, as Jeff Probst revealed during last season's finale.The evidence that Coach/Ben is on season 23 is pretty clear. As someone alerted me to, his voice mail message isn't subtle: "I'm going to be traveling the next couple weeks," he says, encouraging people to e.mail instead of texting or leaving a message. Ben conducts the Susanville Symphony, which he helped to found, and its final concert is next weekend, which up until recently he was conducting. But now, its web site says there will be "a very special guest conductor" instead.Ben' movie 180, which features him making out with Danielle DiLorenzo, has its premiere a week later, June 17. The producer of the film, William Price, told me in an e.mail that Ben was supposed to be at the premiere: "That is plan. We are flying him in the day before." However, he did not respond to a follow-up in which I mentioned that Ben was likely in Samoa. If Ben shows up for that, we'll all be surprised.Reports that Coach would return first surfaced on Survivor Sucks (where Jeff Probst recently responded to criticism about the show), while news of Ozzy's return first came from Survivor Skills' DanieuBleau, who cited "one of my highly dependable, and trusted sources." Ozzy's return was confirmed in a report today on TVFunSpot, which says that Ozzy's voicemail has a similar message to Coach's, and that he's taken a leave of absence from his job as a waiter.Calling this pairing or season Coach vs. Ozzy makes little sense, because besides the fact that Russell and Rob never faced off during Survivor Redemption Island, Ozzy and Coach never appeared on the same season. (Ozzy did get naked and have sex on Playboy TV's Foursome.) The only way it'd be Coach vs. Ozzy is if the producers start both returnees on Redemption Island, where they'd face off in a duel, with the winner remaining to face off against the first person voted out of the game. I wish they'd do something like that but think it's a safe bet that Coach and Ozzy will be placed on tribes, just like Rob and Russell were.Speaking of Playboy, my piece that includes an extensive interview with Coach—or Ben, as I call him in the piece, and as people call him in his actual life—will be especially interesting now that he's decided to go on the show for a third time. As you'll read in the story, which is in the July issue out later this month, Ben still has very raw feelings about his time on Survivor Tocantins, and has now settled into a life as a conductor, pastor, and actual coach. When I spent a weekend with him in late February, there was no indication he'd ever even be asked to return.But he did tell me that "life is about the experiences" and said that, with Survivor Heroes vs. Villains, "I looked at it as an adventure" and "a time to prove what I'd learned about myself. And I thought it was really important to go out there again and find redemption."Meanwhile, the media contingent left for Samoa last week (EW's Dalton Ross announced that he was going offline) and arrived by Friday, meaning that interviews with the cast were likely Saturday, and the game started on Monday, Memorial Day in the United States. http://www.realityblurred.com/realitytv/archives/survivor_south_pacific/2011_Jun_02_coach_ozzy_returning
Perhaps just say see the article 3 posts up??
I wanted REGULAR people. Have NO idea why someone thinks having former losers on makes the show more interesting or entertaining.UghUghUgh.
Only want to see new players every season.
The guy who fell into the fire and burned his hands...(Mike??) is about the only one I would like to see get another chance.
Quote from: georgiapeach on June 03, 2011, 03:44:38 PMThe guy who fell into the fire and burned his hands...(Mike??) is about the only one I would like to see get another chance.Mike Borassi from Samoa?
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Mastitis--Plugged Ducts and Breast Infections
Bonnie Tilson
Pittsburg, Pennsylvania, USA
From: LEAVEN, Vol. 29 No. 2, March-April 1993, pp. 19-21, 26
We provide articles from our publications from previous years for reference for our Leaders and members. Readers are cautioned to remember that research and medical information change over time
A call from a mother who has mastitis can be a challenge. The mother is often distraught, very uncomfortable, and concerned about her own health as well as any potential risk of infection to her baby. Leaders who are helping a mother with mastitis need to recognize the importance of helping to resolve the immediate problem and exploring the possible causes so the mother can avoid a relapse.
What Is Mastitis?
Mastitis is the clinical term for a breast infection. Dr. Ruth Lawrence, in the 1989 edition of her book Breastfeeding: A Guide for the Medical Profession, describes mastitis as an "infectious process in the breast producing localized tenderness, redness, and heat, together with systemic reactions of fever, malaise, and sometimes nausea and vomiting." Breast infections are often preceded by plugged ducts that have gone unnoticed or untreated, or cracks in the nipple through which an infectious organism gains entrance to the breast tissue.
Dr. Helene Bertrand Cantlie describes two types of mastitis--cellulitis and adenitis. She explains that cellulitis is an infection of the connective tissue while adenitis is an infection in the milk duct. In either case, mastitis usually affects only one breast. In some cases, particularly with recurrent bouts of mastitis, a doctor may want to take a culture of the woman's milk in order to identify the offending organism and prescribe the appropriate antibiotic.
Dr. Lawrence suggests that with the "first recurrence of mastitis, cultures should be sent of the breast milk as well as from the infant's nasopharynx and oropharynx." Cultures of the breast milk "should be taken after the breast has been cleansed with water and the mother's hands have been thoroughly washed. The milk stream should be initiated by manual expression and the first three milliliters discarded to get a midstream clean-catch specimen" (Lawrence, 1989).
In addition to antibiotic therapy, most doctors agree that mastitis should be treated by continued breastfeeding on both sides. Breastfeeding "dilates the mammary blood vessels, thus improving the flow of blood to the area. The flow of milk also helps to clear milk ducts of infective organisms" (Cantlie, 1988).
Continued breastfeeding is important during a bout of mastitis because weaning would increase the mother's chances of developing a breast abscess. An abscess is more complicated to treat, often requiring surgery to drain the infection. Continued breastfeeding will not be harmful to the infant because the mother is likely to have passed on bacteria from her milk before she experiences symptoms of mastitis (Cantlie, 1988). Weaning would deprive the infant of antibodies to the bacteria that would be transmitted through the mother's milk.
The mother needs to reduce the fullness as much as possible at each feeding to ease the inflammation and expel any milk plugs that may be present. Some babies may be reluctant to breastfeed on the infected breast because of an elevated sodium content in the milk. If the baby cannot be persuaded to nurse, the mother needs to express milk to keep her breast soft.
Normally, the mother should be advised to breastfeed on the affected side first. However, some mothers find it too painful to follow that advice. They may prefer to breastfeed on the unaffected side first, then switch to the affected side after the milk has let down. Some mothers express or pump some milk from the affected side while breastfeeding on the unaffected side.
Mastitis should be suspected any time a lactating mother experiences flu-like symptoms. Margaret Neville and Marianne Neifert, in Lactation: Physiology, Nutrition, and Breastfeeding, say "the adage 'Flu in the breastfeeding mother is mastitis until proven otherwise' should be considered whenever malaise and fever coexist in the nursing mother" (Neville and Neifert, 1983). If a woman recognizes the signs of mastitis early enough, the following techniques can help to alleviate the problem: resting in bed, applying warm compresses, gently massaging over the affected area starting behind the soreness, and breastfeeding frequently on both sides using different positions. However, any time a lactating woman with these symptoms has a fever for more than twenty-four hours she should contact her physician because she may need antibiotics in addition to the above suggestions.
Causes of Mastitis
Basically anything that restricts the milk flow or makes the mother vulnerable to illness can cause plugged ducts and mastitis. A mother may be faced with one or more of these causes at any time throughout the breastfeeding experience:
- Missed Feedings and Irregular Breastfeeding Patterns. When babies begin to sleep through the night, the mother's breasts can become overfull, leading to engorgement, plugged ducts, and mastitis. When an older baby breastfeeds one night and sleeps through the next, the mother's breasts may become stimulated and then engorged, which could cause problems. In addition, when a mother's schedule becomes so busy that she misses feedings or does not breastfeed long enough, she may experience overfull or engorged breasts that can lead to problems with the milk flow.
- Restrictive Clothing. A bra that is too tight or clothing that applies pressure to the breasts can restrict the flow of milk. "Nursing bras should be properly fitted. The mother should lean forward when putting on a bra so that the entire breast falls in the bra cup. No breast tissue should be pinched under the edge of the cup or bra. This is especially important when wearing an underwire bra" (Gubala and Berg, 1988). Other types of clothing that can restrict milk flow and cause mastitis are heavy shoulder purses or diaper bags, baby carriers, breast pads, and tight bathing suits.
- Pressure to Breasts. Any activity that applies pressure to the breasts can restrict milk flow. Grasping the breast too tightly while breastfeeding can apply undue pressure to the breast. The mother sleeping on her stomach, or the baby sleeping on top of the mother, can put pressure on breast tissue. Other activities that can restrict milk flow include: exercising the upper arm excessively, jogging without a supportive bra, pushing a lawn mower or vacuum cleaner, jumping rope, raking leaves, and shoveling snow. These activities usually do not cause problems for lactating mothers. However, they should be considered when women experience recurrent mastitis.
- Use of Artificial Nipples. Meeting a baby's sucking needs with pacifiers or using bottles to supplement feedings can affect the way the baby suckles. Nipple shields can also affect the flow of milk through the breast and put a woman at risk for plugged ducts and mastitis.
- Abrupt weaning can also lead to mastitis. When a mother's milk supply is decreased slowly, as in gradual weaning, her breasts usually adjust without causing problems. However, when breastfeeding is cut back significantly over a short period of time, she is more likely to experience overfull breasts.
- Low Resistance to Infection. If a mother is anemic, experiencing undue stress or fatigue, or not eating well, her resistance to infection is lowered. During these times, she needs to be especially careful not to alter her normal breastfeeding patterns and put herself at risk for plugged ducts or mastitis. Also, cigarette smoking can lower a woman's resistance to infection and inhibit the milk ejection reflex (Minchin, 1991).
- Teething. When a baby cannot tolerate long feedings because the sucking causes pain, too much milk may remain in the mother's breasts so she may need to hand express or pump her milk.
- Incorrect Positioning or Suckling. When a baby is not positioned at the breast correctly or is unable to suck efficiently, the milk flow is reduced; plugged ducts and mastitis may follow. In some cases of improper positioning or suckling, the mother's nipples become sore or cracked. Painful nipples can cause a mother to avoid breastfeeding on the sore side.
- Breast Abnormalities. "Any surgery to the breast (biopsy, breast reduction, breast augmentation, tumor or cyst removal, and the resulting scar tissue) carries a risk of plugged ducts and breast infections. Women with fibrocystic breasts may also be at increased risk. Past injuries, such as severe bruising (as caused by the steering wheel in an auto accident) or abscess scars may pose problems" (Gubala and Berg, 1988). In very rare cases when plugged ducts or mastitis always occurs in the same area of one breast, the mother may choose to breastfeed only from the other breast.
- Failure to Clear a Plugged Duct. Any time a woman has a plugged duct that is not expelled or is very slow to be absorbed into the surrounding breasttissue, she is at risk of developing mastitis.
- Yeast Infections. Yeast (fungus) infections in the mother or thrush in the baby's mouth can lead to breast inflammation and possibly mastitis. A woman who treats mastitis with antibiotics and does not see improvement within twenty-four hours may want to call her doctor and request that a culture be done on her breast milk and baby's mouth to check for the possibility of a yeast infection.
- Employment. Women employed outside the home need to be aware of the warning signs of mastitis, especially when they first return to work and are adjusting to the demands of work and motherhood. Separated from their babies, they need to pump regularly to avoid overfull breasts, plugged ducts, and possible mastitis. In addition, employed mothers need to schedule their days to allow adequate time to rest and care for themselves as well as their babies.
How Leaders Can Help
What can La Leche League Leaders do to help women prevent and treat mastitis? Leaders can provide women with information at regular Series Meetings in hopes of helping to prevent mastitis by recognizing and treating symptoms promptly.
Whenever a Leader receives a call from a lactating woman who is experiencing flu-like symptoms, the Leader should discuss the possibility of mastitis and provide information on its treatment. The mother should apply wet or dry heat (whichever feels better to her) to the affected area. She can lean over a basin of warm water and soak her breasts several times a day, take warm showers, use hot wet packs, a heating pad, or a small hot water bottle. She should also massage the affected area gently starting behind the sore spot or plug while the breast is warm. Nurse the baby or hand-express milk immediately after treating the area with warmth.
Leaders should tell women with mastitis to breastfeed frequently, at least every two hours including during the night, on both sides, starting on the affected side first when possible. Frequent breastfeeding keeps the breast soft, allowing the milk to flow freely.
In addition, Leaders should tell mothers with mastitis to check the baby's position at the breast making sure the baby is on his side with his whole body facing the mother so that he is able to grasp the nipple without having to turn his head. Proper positioning is important so that the baby's suckling will adequately compress the milk sinuses and permit milk to flow freely. The mother should also be encouraged to try different breastfeeding positions at each feeding, giving the baby a better chance to reach all the milk ducts. And she should loosen constrictive clothing, especially her bra. She may benefit from not wearing a bra at all while her breasts are sore and tender.
Leaders should also emphasize the need for the mother to get as much rest and relaxation as possible. In an article in the June 1990 edition of The Journal of Human Lactation, Jan Riordan and Francine H. Nichols describe a survey of breastfeeding women they conducted in which the respondents reported that fatigue and stress were the two most frequent factors preceding their mastitis.
While it may be easy for a mother with one baby to take the baby into bed with her and rest most of the day, the mother with two or more children may need creative scheduling to get the rest she needs. Perhaps the mother can set up a resting room in which her other children can play quietly and safely while the baby sleeps and she rests. Lying down to rest for even ten or fifteen minutes at a time can help. If at all possible, the mother should get someone to help with the older children so she can rest.
Since many women are advised never to wake a sleeping baby, Leaders should assure women that it is all right to wake and breastfeed a sleeping baby at any time she feels overly full. Some babies will nurse in their sleep.
Because many cases of mastitis are preceded by plugged ducts that go either unnoticed or untreated, Leaders can help women learn to check their breasts for signs of redness, tenderness, or hot spots so they can identify plugged ducts as soon as they occur. Leaders should also suggest that women who wear bras check carefully along seam lines and edges to identify areas of the breast where the bra might apply pressure and possibly restrict milk flow.
Recurrent Mastitis
Recurrent mastitis can be a devastating blow to a woman's breastfeeding experience. While the highly dedicated mother may struggle through many bouts of mastitis without fear of failure, trying to breastfeed while frequently experiencing sore breasts or feeling weak and ill from mastitis leaves many women questioning their commitment to breastfeeding. In addition, the mother whose milk tastes salty from the higher sodium content during a bout of mastitis may get frustrated trying to keep her baby interested in breastfeeding long enough to soften her overfull breasts.
While the list of possible causes of mastitis is too comprehensive to cover at a regular Series Meeting, Leaders who help women with chronic mastitis should take time to explore every possible cause with the mother. It may be overwhelming to discuss all the causes of mastitis in one or even two conversations with a mother. Leaders typically need to talk frequently with mothers who suffer from recurrent mastitis, perhaps calling them every few days through an illness and once a month thereafter to see if they are still facing problems.
Leaders should encourage women with recurrent mastitis to check their breasts regularly for any signs of plugged ducts and watch carefully for flu-like symptoms. At the first sign of recurrent mastitis, Leaders should emphasize the importance of going to bed and breastfeeding as frequently as possible in hopes of eliminating the problem. In addition, if a mother has mastitis that is being treated with an antibiotic, Leaders should encourage the mother to complete the full course and not discontinue the medication as soon as she begins to feel better.
Some women with chronic mastitis have been treated successfully with long-term antibiotic prophylaxis. Following the usual course of antibiotics to treat the current infection, these women have been treated with low-doses of antibiotics taken once a day for two or three months to prevent recurrent episodes (Hoffman and Auerbach, 1986; Cantlie, 1988).
Leaders can inform women who experience chronic plugged ducts that dietary changes may also be helpful. Dr. Lawrence recommends adding one tablespoon of lecithin a day to the diet to help women avoid recurrent plugged ducts. Some mothers find they experience fewer plugged ducts when they eliminate or at least reduce the amount of saturated fats in their diets.
La Leche League Leaders can do a great deal to help women with mastitis by providing information about the proper management of breastfeeding and helping women to avoid problems. Through their guidance, Leaders support and educate the woman who experiences mastitis.
- Cantlie, Helene Bertrand. Treatment of Acute Puerperal Mastitis and Breast Abscess. Canadian Family Physician, 1988; 34:2221-2226.
- Gubala, Judie and Karen Berg. Recurrent Plugged Ducts and Breast Infections. Conn-Tact, Fall, 1988.
- Hoffman, Kristen L. and Kathleen G. Auerbach. Long-Term Antibiotic Prophylaxis for Recurrent Mastitis. Journal of Human Lactation, 1986; 4:72-75.
- Lawrence, R. A. Breastfeeding: A Guide for the Medical Profession. St. Louis: C. V. Mosby Co., 1989.
- LeVasseur, Natalie. Recurrent Plugged Ducts: Causes and Solutions. The Mockingbird, 1988.
- Minchin, M.K. Smoking and Breastfeeding: An Overview. Journal of Human Lactation, 1991; 7:183-88.
- Mohrbacher, Nancy and Julie Stock. THE BREASTFEEDING ANSWER BOOK, Franklin Park, IL: La Leche League International, 1991.
- Riordan, Janice M. and Francine H. Nichols. A Descriptive Study of Lactation Mastitis in Long-Term Breastfeeding Women. Journal of Human Lactation, 1990; 6:53-58.
- Riordan, J. and K.G. Auerbach. Breastfeeding and Human Lactation. Boston: Jones and Bartlett Publishers Inc., 1993.
Basic Treatment of Mastitis
- Frequent breastfeeding to keep breast soft.
- Apply heat and use gentle massage.
- Resting in bed if at all possible.
- Use of antibiotics if fever persists for more than 24 hours.


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Moringa Oleifera- Antiretroviral Pharmacokinetic Drug Interaction
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|ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT01410058
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First Posted : August 4, 2011
Last Update Posted : December 3, 2014
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A study will be conducted by scientists from the University of Zimbabwe to determine if antiretroviral drugs are affected by taking herbs at the same time. This is important because herbal medicines may interact with modern medicine to increase or decrease the amount of medication in the body.
The drugs nevirapine and efavirenz will be studied. Both drugs are routinely used as part of combination therapy for treating HIV. In this study it will be determined whether the concentrations of the antiretroviral drugs nevirapine and efavirenz are low, high or are in the desired range when taken together with the herb moringa.
|Condition or disease
|Dietary Supplement: Moringa oleifera
The use of herbal supplements is widespread in Africa, particularly for the management of HIV and AIDS. In Zimbabwe, the prevalence of herbal medicine use in HIV-infected people is as high as 79% (Sebit et al., 2000). Several studies have shown that the herb Moringa oleifera is among the top 10 herbs most commonly used by HIV-positive people in Zimbabwe (Makomeya et al 2004, Monera et al 2008). Another review also cited Moringa as one of the 53 most important African medicinal plants presently traded (van den Bout-van den Beukel et al 2006). Others included Hypoxis hemerocallidea (African potato) and Sutherlandia frutescens-(Cancer bush). Moringa is rich in β-carotene, protein, vitamin C, calcium and potassium and act as a good source of natural antioxidants (Anwar et al.,2007).It is recommended by non-governmental organisations and some African governments as an immune booster and a nutritional supplement for people living with HIV and AIDS (Ncube, 2006). Most advocates and users believe that since the herb is natural, it is free from all side effects and interactions.
Concomitant use of herbs with conventional drugs may lead to herb-drug interactions in the same way that two or more co-administered drugs may interact. Herbal constituents that are substrates for the same enzymes or transporters of conventional drugs may induce or inhibit the enzymes and/or transporter activity. Pharmacokinetic endpoints such as area under the curve (AUC), time to maximum plasma concentration (tmax), peak plasma concentration (Cmax), trough concentration (Cmin), clearance (CL), volume of distribution (Vd/F) and half-life (T1/2) may be altered significantly resulting in toxicity, more severe adverse effects, sub-therapeutic drug concentrations, HIV resistance and treatment failure.The risk of interaction increases as the number of co-administered drugs increases (de Maat et al 2003). As a result, people taking herbal medicines while on antiretroviral therapy are at very high risk because of the multitude use of highly active antiretroviral drugs and treatment of opportunistic infections, and also because herbs contain a wide range of bioactive chemical constituents.
However, evidence based information of such effects is usually lacking and as such; health practitioners' ability to make relevant clinical decisions is limited. Results of a review of in vitro studies suggest a need for in vivo metabolic drug-drug interaction studies (van den Bout-van den Beukel et al 2006). Preliminary in vivo studies in animal models can serve as a basis for clinical trials, the results of which are considered the gold standard in this era of evidence-based medicine.
Primary objectives
- To compare the steady-state pharmacokinetics of nevirapine and efavirenz in HIV-positive patients before and after supplementation with Moringa oleifera leaf powder
To compare the single dose pharmacokinetics of nevirapine and efavirenz in rat models before and after supplementation with Moringa oleifera leaf powder
Secondary objectives
- To determine the bioavailability of Moringa oleifera leaf powder in humans after oral dosing using beta carotene as a bio marker.
- To compare urine chemistries and liver function tests in HIV patients before and after supplementation with Moringa oleifera leaf powder
- To determine the presence of any genetic variation in the participants in the genes that code for CYP3A4 and CYP2B6
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|Effect of Moringa Oleifera (Moringa, Drumstick/Horseradish Tree) on The Pharmacokinetics of Efavirenz and Nevirapine In-vivo.
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|January 2013
|Actual Primary Completion Date :
|September 2013
|Actual Study Completion Date :
|September 2013
HIV positive patients on nevirapine containing regimen, taking Moringa oleifera leaf powder
Dietary Supplement: Moringa oleifera
leaf powder
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HIV positive patients on efavirenz containing regimen, taking Moringa oleifera
Dietary Supplement: Moringa oleifera
leaf powder
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- Area under the plasma concentration time curve (AUC) [ Time Frame: 0-12h at steady state ]
- clearance (CL) [ Time Frame: 12h at steady state ]
- Cmax [ Time Frame: T max ]
- Tmax [ Time Frame: Time at which C max occurs ]
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|18 Years and older (Adult, Older Adult)
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Inclusion Criteria:
- HIV positive,
- ≥ 4 weeks on Nevirapine or , ≥ 2 weeks on Efavirenz containing regimen,
- Supplements HAART with Moringa oleifera.
Exclusion Criteria:
Known hepatic, intestinal or renal disease,smoking, chronic alcohol ingestion, poor venous access, chronic alcohol ingestion, pregnant, smoking, on rifampicin, ketoconazole, isoniazid, breastfeeding, anaemia,vomiting
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|Parirenyatwa Hospital OI Clinic
|Harare, Zimbabwe
|Principal Investigator:
|Tsitsi G Monera, BPharmHons, MPhil, MSc CT
|University of Zimbabwe
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|Tsitsi Grace Monera, Ms, University of Zimbabwe
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|NCT01410058 History of Changes
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|First Posted:
|August 4, 2011 Key Record Dates
|Last Update Posted:
|December 3, 2014
|Last Verified:
|December 2014
Keywords provided by Tsitsi Grace Monera, University of Zimbabwe:
antiretroviral drug interaction
herbal medicine
herbal pharmacology
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
Anti-Retroviral Agents
Antiviral Agents
Anti-Infective Agents
Reverse Transcriptase Inhibitors
Nucleic Acid Synthesis Inhibitors
Enzyme Inhibitors
Molecular Mechanisms of Pharmacological Action
Cytochrome P-450 CYP2C9 Inhibitors
Cytochrome P-450 Enzyme Inhibitors
Cytochrome P-450 CYP2C19 Inhibitors
Cytochrome P-450 CYP2B6 Inducers
Cytochrome P-450 Enzyme Inducers
Cytochrome P-450 CYP3A Inducers
Anti-HIV Agents


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