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South Jog Pants (2 pack)
In cool cotton these South jog pants are the perfect workout partner this season. These jog pants will keep you comfortable in the gym or while you're relaxing at home.
These jogging pants by South come in a value pack of two, making them an essential part of your basic wardrobe. These jog pants feature a fold-over waist for a great fit and the gentle flare to the leg flatters. The simple cut of these jog pants makes them ideal for a run, a gym session or just for lounging.
Wear these jog pants by South with a sporty t-shirt or a coloured vest. Add trainers for a stylish finish.
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- Jog pants by South
- Value pack of two pants
- Fold-over waistband
- Inside leg: 29 inch
Nike Mens Miler Long Sleeve Running Top
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3 reviewsNike Miler Long Sleeve Mens Running Top
The Nike Miller top offers unobtrusive, intelligent detailing so you can focus on maximising your performance on the track.
In a crew neck with long sleeves, this top is super-lightweight, preventing unwanted distractions. The flat-seams stop chafing to the skin and the Dri-fit fabric works to wick sweat away from the body, keeping you cool and dry.
Reflective detailing is given to the sleeves and rear collar, increasing your visibility, and the classic Swoosh provides the all-important branding.
Available in three distinct colourways, this Nike running top delivers style as well as hardworking functionality. Team it with shorts and running shoes to capitalise on the range of athletic features.
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- Mens running top by Nike
- Miller
- Long sleeve
- Crew neck
- Lightweight
- Flat seams
- Dri-fit fabric
- Reflective detail to sleeve and collar loop
- Swoosh to chest
- Available in 3 colourways
Profile: Youthful with flexible lightweight comfort are the best way to describe this shoe. upper: Simple pattern and reduced layering enhances flexibility, Bootie construction provides great lockdown. Midsole: Natural motion articulated phylite gives a lightweight ride with great transition. Outsole: Robber pods in toe and heel areas for high wear.
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Nike Dri-FIT Tank Top
Brightening up your workout wardrobe, this ice blue running top by Nike keeps you cool and dry from the first mile to the last.
Featuring Dri-FIT fabric, this tank top wicks sweat away from the body to keep you cool, dry and comfortable no matter the intensity of your training session. Mesh panels at the sides provides further ventilation, while the racer back style provides a full range of motion.
Wear this running top with a pair of Nike running tights and trainers for a coordinated workout look.
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- Running tank top by Nike
- Dri-FIT, sweat wicking fabric
- Mesh panels for ventilation
- Scoop neck with interior taping for comfort
- Racer back design for full range of motion
- Contrast trim and screen print to back for style
Nike Legend Slim Poly Pants
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9 reviewsNike Slim Fit Pants
Since 1971, Nike has been associated with lightweight, high quality premium sportswear, which is why they have developed this range of training pants so you can choose the right fit for your sport.
These slim fit pants by Nike are tight in fit, but still comfortable and perfect for the gym or aerobics classes.
Their slim fit provides support without restricting your free range of motion – so you can still lunge, kick and jump around with ease at your next class. Their double-blend fabric uses polyester to create a soft and lightweight piece that has fast drying benefits, whilst the gentle stretch creates an easy pull-on style. The iconic Nike swoosh is displayed to the hip for an undeniable finish.
For the ideal aerobics class look wear these pants with a regular fit tank top (3HXKR) and a Nike sports bra.
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- Slim fit pants by Nike
- Tight fit for core support and free range of motion
- Nike branding to hip
- Available in three leg lengths: Short (S), Regular (R) and Long (L)
Please note that this is a tight fitted style and you may want to order a size up if you want a more comfortable fit.
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adidas VanQuish 6 Trainers
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1 reviewadidas Vanquish 6 Mesh Mens Running Shoes
Reworked for the new season, the adidas Vanquish 6 is a running shoe that keeps your personal best on track.
With a breathable mesh upper, a moulded insole, and an injected EVA midsole, they offer maximum comfort when you're aiming to boost performance. Secured by sports laces, they offer a padded ankle collar for a snug fit, with a reflective ADIWEAR™ outsole for durability and improved visibility in low light. 3-Stripe branding to the side and logos to the tongue supply the signature touches.
Team these adidas running trainers with a Climalite vest and shorts combo as you pound the pavement in style.
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- Running shoes by adidas
- Vanquish 6
- Mesh upper
- 3-Stripes to side
- Branding to tongue and heel
- Moulded EVA insole
- Injected EVA midsole
- Reflective ADIWEAR™ outsole
- Contrast tread
Nike Filament Mens Running Tights
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3 reviewsNike Filament Dri-Fit Mens Running Tights
These running tights from Nike are constructed from a stretchy, sweat-wicking fabric in a streamlined fit that provides comfort and an enhanced range of motion during a workout.
The Dri-Fit fabric helps to keep you dry and comfortable while protecting the covered areas from UV rays. The elasticated waist with interior drawcord features stretch fabric for a snug fit, whilst the flat seam construction helps to minimise chafing and reduce irritation. The lower leg zips allow for easy on and off and the zip pocket at the back secures the storage of small items.
The reflective details enhance visibility in low light conditions. Providing support to your legs as they work, these running tights can become a key component in your high performance running outfit.
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- Mens running tights by Nike
- Filament
- Moisture-wicking Dri-Fit technology
- Elasticated waist
- Lower leg zips for easy on and off
- Swoosh to leg
- Zippered back pocket
- Reflective details
- Length – 72cm
Garmin Approach S1 Europe - Golf GPS Watch
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3 reviewsApproach S1 is golf's first full-featured sports and golf GPS in one. The sunlight viewable screen features large numbering for at-a-glance visibility. S1 also measures precise yardages for shots played from anywhere on the course. And for those who like to walk there's the S1 odometer to tell you how far you travelled- on the course and off.
Key Features
- High sensitivity GPS receiver.
- 7,400+ preloaded European courses
- Distance information to greens
- Full-featured, waterproof sports watch.
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- Rechargeable Lithium-ion
- Battery life 3 weeks (watch mode)
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Garmin Forerunner 10 - GPS Running Watch
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7 reviewsGarmin is excited to announce the Forerunner 10. This stylish GPS running watch tracks your distance, pace and calories. It's our lightest, most comfortable watch yet and is available in sporty green and black with red accents. It's so easy to use, you can start your run by pressing one button. Forerunner 10 has a virtual pacer feature that compares your current running pace to your target. The watch also identifies your personal records to keep you motivated. When your runs done, upload to Garmin Connect to see your run on the Map, get more detail on each mile and share it with friends for free. Every mile matters and now there's a simpler way to capture each one. See it in action at Garmin.com/forerunner.
Key Features:
- High sensitivity GPS receiver
- Records position, speed/pace, distance and calories
- Easy-to-use button operated
- Identifies personal records
- Virtual pacer, compares current pace to target
- Run/walk feature
- Auto lap
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- Water resistant up to 50m
- Automatic time zone
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- up to 5 hours battery life in training mode
- up to 5 weeks in power save mode
- Weight; Green and White = 1.3oz (36 g)
- Weight; Black and Red = 1.5oz (43 g).
Reebok Long Bra (Light Support)
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Nike Swoosh Sports Towel
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For an extensive gym session you need equipment you can rely on. For the ultimate in softness, durability and quality, look no further than this Nike towel.
Constructed with steam-sheared cotton, it quickly dries your skin after a dedicated workout. The soft, absorbent fabric ensures maximum comfort time after time, leaving you fresh for your next challenge.
In a classic monochrome design, it features a large grey Swoosh set against a black backdrop, bringing that trademark Nike style from the treadmill to the changing rooms.
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- Steam-sheared cotton
- Large Swoosh to centre
- Dimensions: 35 x 80cm
Nike Internationalist Trainers
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ABSTRACT: OBJECTIVES Ketosis-prone atypical diabetes (KPD) is a subtype of diabetes in which the pathophysiology is yet to be unraveled. The aim of this study was to characterize β- and α-cell functions in Africans with KPD during remission.RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODS We characterized β- and α-cell functions in Africans with KPD during remission. The cohort comprised 15 sub-Saharan Africans who had been insulin-free for a median of 6 months. Patients in remission were in good glycemic control (near-normoglycemic) and compared with 15 nondiabetic control subjects matched for age, sex, ethnicity, and BMI. Plasma insulin, C-peptide, and glucagon concentrations were measured in response to oral and intravenous glucose and to combined intravenous arginine and glucose. Early insulin secretion was measured during a 75-g oral glucose tolerance test. Insulin secretion rate and glucagon were assessed in response to intravenous glucose ramping.RESULTSEarly insulin secretion and maximal insulin secretion rate were lower in patients compared with control participants. In response to combined arginine and glucose stimulation, maximal insulin response was reduced. Glucagon suppression was also decreased in response to oral and intravenous glucose, but not in response to arginine and insulin.CONCLUSIONS Patients with KPD in protracted near-normoglycemic remission have impaired insulin response to oral and intravenous glucose and to arginine, as well as impaired glucagon suppression. Our results suggest that β- and α-cell dysfunctions both contribute to the pathophysiology of KPD.Diabetes care 08/2012; · 7.74 Impact Factor - [show abstract] [hide abstract]
ABSTRACT: Introduction Nous avons montré précédemment que l'exposition fœtale au diabète maternel est associée chez le descendant adulte à un déficit de l'insulinosécrétion. L'objectif de cette étude est d'évaluer si l'exposition au diabète de type 1 (DT1) in utero est associée à une altération globale de la fonction pancréatique chez le descendant non diabétique et sans marqueurs d'autoimmunité de DT1. Patients et Méthodes Nous avons exploré 29 descendants de mères DT1 (groupe exposé) et 29 descendants de pères DT1 (groupe témoin). La réponse précoce de l'insulinosécrétion au glucose oral et la sécrétion d'insuline et de glucagon au cours d'une perfusion de glucose par paliers de 40 min de 4 à 16 mg/kg/min couplée à un test à l'arginine (bolus de 5 g) ont été évaluées. La sensibilité à l'insuline a été mesurée par un clamp euglycémique (80 mUI/m2/min) et la composition corporelle par DEXA. La fonction exocrine pancréatique a été évaluée par une analyse coprologique. Résultats L'âge, le sexe ratio, le pourcentage de masse grasse et la sensibilité à l'insuline étaient similaires chez les exposés et les témoins : 25,9 ± 6,2 vs 26,2 ± 6,1 ans, 55 (F/H) vs 52%, 26,3 ± 8,7 vs 24,5 ± 7,9% de masse grasse et 11,5 ± 2,9 vs 11,7 ± 2,5 mg/kg masse maigre/min respectivement. Deux intolérants au glucose étaient retrouvés dans chaque groupe. L'insulinosécrétion précoce au glucose oral [Δ (insuline/glucose) 0–30 min] était plus faible dans le groupe exposé : 7,8 (médiane) (5,5–10,6 Q1–Q3) vs 11,3 (6,4–17,1) µUI/mmol (p = 0,06). En réponse au glucose IV, et à l'arginine, aucune différence n'était observée entre les 2 groupes sur la sécrétion de l'insuline et les concentrations de glucagon. Cependant, les femmes exposées au diabète maternel avaient une diminution significative des débits sécrétoires d'insuline comparativement à celles du groupe témoin : 12,5 ± 4,5 vs 15,2 ± 5,2 pmol/kg/min (p = 0,03). L'activité chymotrypsique dans les selles était significativement plus basse dans le groupe exposé (p = 0,016). Conclusion L'exposition fœtale au DT1 est associée à l'âge adulte à une diminution globale de la fonction pancréatique. Le déficit de l'insulinosécrétion en réponse au glucose IV n'est observé que chez les femmes, ce qui suggère des mécanismes épigénétiques dépendant du sexe.Diabetes & Metabolism - DIABETES METAB. 01/2010; 36. - [show abstract] [hide abstract]
ABSTRACT: We evaluated short-term changes in serum amino-terminal procollagen propeptide (P1NP) and cross-linked C-terminal telopeptide (betaCTX) of type I collagen after parathyroidectomy (PTX) in 41 postmenopausal women with primary hyperparathyroidism (PHPT). Serum levels of 25-hydroxyvitamin D, intact PTH, calcium, phosphate, albumin, creatinine, P1NP, and betaCTX were measured before and 2 days after PTX. Their P1NP and betaCTX levels were compared with those measured in 41 normally menstruating and 30 postmenopausal controls. Fifteen of these 41 women had both pre-surgery P1NP and betaCTX concentrations above the upper limit noted in our postmenopausal controls [high turnover (HT) subgroup], while betaCTX levels were solely above the upper limit lastly mentioned in 11 women [high bone resorption (HBR) subgroup]. In addition, these two markers were within the postmenopausal control range in 12 of them [normal turnover (NT) subgroup]. A more significant decrease in postoperative betaCTX levels was observed in the 15 HT compared with the 12 NT PHPT women. The significant postoperative increase in P1NP levels observed in the 15 HT as well as in the 11 HBR was no longer significant in the 12 NT women. In conclusion, higher pre-surgery P1NP and betaCTX levels in post-menopausal PHPT women are associated with a preferential activation of bone formation over bone resorption after PTX.Journal of Bone and Mineral Metabolism 02/2009; 27(2):240-6. · 2.22 Impact Factor - [show abstract] [hide abstract]
ABSTRACT: Ketosis prone type 2 diabetes (KPD) is an atypical form of diabetes described mainly in people of sub-Saharan African origin. Its pathogenesis is unknown, although we have previously described a high prevalence of glucose-6-phosphate-dehydrogenase (G6PD) deficiency in patients with KPD. However, 50% of these deficient patients lacked the G6PD gene mutation. The isoforms of the transcription factor sterol regulatory element binding protein 1 (SREBP-1) are known to stimulate G6PD gene expression, and some polymorphisms in the SREBP-1 gene (SREBF-1) have been described only in Africans. We investigated one of these, the Arg585Gln polymorphism, in a candidate gene approach for KPD. We examined the presence of the Arg585Gln polymorphism in SREBF-1 in 217 consecutive unrelated Africans [73 patients with KPD, 80 with classical type 2 diabetes (T2D) and 64 nondiabetic subjects]. Patients underwent clinical and biochemical evaluations, and were assessed for G6PD activity and insulin secretion (glucagon test). There were no differences in frequency of the Arg585Gln polymorphism and the 585Gln allele among the three groups (allele frequency: KPD: 0.089, T2D: 0.031, nondiabetic group: 0.070; P=0.1). When the 585Gln allele frequency was compared separately between patients with KPD and those with T2D, it was significantly higher in the former (P=0.032). There was no difference between carriers and noncarriers of the 585Gln allele regarding G6PD activity and insulin secretion. The results of this exploratory study show that the polymorphism Arg585Gln in SREBF-1 is not associated with the KPD phenotype. Further studies in larger populations are needed to confirm our findings.Diabetes & Metabolism 01/2009; 35(1):20-4. · 2.39 Impact Factor - [show abstract] [hide abstract]
ABSTRACT: To characterize insulin action in Africans with ketosis-prone diabetes (KPD) during remission. At Saint-Louis Hospital, Paris, France, 15 African patients with KPD with an average 10.5-month insulin-free near-normoglycemic remission period (mean A1C 6.2%) were compared with 17 control subjects matched for age, sex, BMI, and geographical origin. Insulin stimulation of glucose disposal, and insulin suppression of endogenous glucose production (EGP) and nonesterified fatty acids (NEFAs), was studied using a 200-min two-step (10 mU x m(-2) body surface x min(-1) and 80 mU x m(-2) x min (-1) insulin infusion rates) euglycemic clamp with [6,6-(2)H(2)]glucose as the tracer. Early-phase insulin secretion was determined during an oral glucose tolerance test. The total glucose disposal was reduced in patients compared with control subjects (7.5 +/- 0.8 [mean +/- SE] vs. 10.5 +/- 0.9 mg x kg(-1) x min(-1); P = 0.018). EGP rate was higher in patients than control subjects at baseline (4.0 +/- 0.3 vs. 3.0 +/- 0.1 mg x kg(-1) x min(-1); P = 0.001) and after 200-min insulin infusion (10 mU x m(-2) x min(-1): 1.6 +/- 0.2 vs. 0.6 +/- 0.1, P = 0.004; 80 mU x m(-2) x min(-1): 0.3 +/- 0.1 vs. 0 mg x kg(-1) x min(-1), P = 0.007). Basal plasma NEFA concentrations were also higher in patients (1,936.7 +/- 161.4 vs. 1,230.0 +/- 174.1 micromol/l; P = 0.002) and remained higher after 100-min 10 mU x m(-2) x min(-1) insulin infusion (706.6 +/- 96.5 vs. 381.6 +/- 55.9 micromol/l; P = 0.015). The triad hepatic, adipose tissue, and skeletal muscle insulin resistance is observed in patients with KPD during near-normoglycemic remission, suggesting that KPD is a form of type 2 diabetes.Diabetes care 10/2008; 31(12):2332-7. · 7.74 Impact Factor -
Article: Lessons from second- and third-generation parathyroid hormone assays in primary hyperparathyroidism.
Journal of endocrinological investigation 06/2008; 31(5):463-9. · 1.65 Impact Factor - [show abstract] [hide abstract]
ABSTRACT: To evaluate two-site non competitive insulin immunoassays [BI-INSULIN assay (IRMA) and an electro-chemiluminescent immunoassay (ECLIA)] in routine practice. We studied 145 consecutive patients attending our Endocrine Department for general endocrine explorations and metabolic status investigations. The ECLIA yielded higher results than IRMA in all but six patients treated by glargine. Insulin levels measured by Elecsys in patients treated by glargine are directly related to glargine biotransformation into detectable metabolite (M1).Clinical Biochemistry 05/2008; 41(6):429-31. · 2.45 Impact Factor - [show abstract] [hide abstract]
ABSTRACT: Introduction Le diabète cétonurique (ketosis-prone diabetes -KPD) se caractérise par des épisodes de cétose ou d'acidocétose nécessitant une insulinothérapie le plus souvent transitoire. Il survient principalement chez des sujets originaires d'Afrique sub-Saharienne et sa physiopathologie n'est pas connue. Le glucagon étant la principale hormone cétogène, nous avons évalué la fonction alpha insulaire in vivo chez des patients KPD à distance d'une décompensation cétosique. Matériels et méthodes Nous avons exploré 19 patients KPD en rémission (HbA1c ≤ 6,5 % depuis au moins 3 mois en l'absence d'insuline) comparativement à 19 sujets témoins normo-glycémiques appariés pour l'âge (44,5 ± 2,4 (sem) vs 43,7 ± 1,9 ans respectivement), le sexe et l'origine ethnique. Nous avons mesuré les concentrations de glucagon en réponse à l'insuline (clamp euglycémique hyperinsulinémique), au glucose oral (75 g), au glucose IV (perfusion de glucose par paliers de 40 min de 2 à 10 mg.kg−1.min−1), et à l'arginine (5 g IV). Le produit glucagon x glucose (10−3 pg.mmol.ml−2) a été utilisé comme indice de résistance à la suppression par le glucose de la sécrétion du glucagon. Résultats Au cours de l'HGPO, l'indice de résistance était de 881,4 ± 105,5 vs 614,5 ± 48,7 (p = 0,03) de base, 1576,9 ± 138,7 vs 1188,4 ± 130,2 (p = 0,04) à 30 min, et 1680,8 ± 147,2 vs 652,6 ± 39,9 (p < 0,001) à 120 min chez les patients et les témoins respectivement. Au cours du clamp euglycémique, la baisse des concentrations de glucagon était similaire dans les 2 groupes (patients : 119,9 ± 10,7 à 81,3 ± 7,1pg/ml ; témoins : 124,4 ± 9,3 à 89,0 ± 8,2 pg/ml). Au cours la perfusion de glucose par palier, chaque augmentation d'un mmol/l de glycémie faisait chuter les concentrations moyennes de glucagon de 1,75 % chez les patients contre 4,6 % chez les témoins (p < 0,04). En réponse à l'arginine, aucune différence n'était observée entre les deux groupes. Conclusion Les patients KPD en rémission présentent une altération de la suppression de la sécrétion de glucagon en réponse au glucose oral et intraveineux, comme cela a été décrit chez les patients diabétiques de type 2. Ces données plaident en faveur du KPD comme forme de diabète de type 2.Diabetes & Metabolism - DIABETES METAB. 01/2008; 34. - Clinical Chemistry 03/2007; 53(2):363-4. · 7.15 Impact Factor
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ABSTRACT: Because of previously reported ethnic differences in determinants and markers of obesity and related metabolic disorders, we sought to investigate circulating levels of adiponectin and their correlates in a sub-Saharan African (sSA) population. We studied 70 non-diabetic volunteers (33M/37F) living in Yaoundé, Cameroon, aged 24-69 yr, with BMI 20-42 kg/m2. In all participants we measured waist circumference and total body fat by bioimpedance, and obtained a fasting venous blood sample for measurement of plasma glucose, serum insulin and adiponectin concentrations. We performed a euglycaemic hyperinsulinaemic clamp in 1/4 subjects, and HOMAIR was used as surrogate of fasting insulin sensitivity index since it best correlates to clamp measurements. Males had lower adiponectin levels than females (8.8 +/- 4.3 vs. 11.8 +/- 5.5 microg/L). There was no significant correlation between adiponectin and total body fat (rs = -0.03; NS), whereas adiponectin was inversely correlated with waist circumference (rs = -0.39; p = 0.001). Adiponectin correlated negatively with insulin resistance (rs = -0.35; p = 0.01). In a regression analysis using fasting adiponectin concentration as the dependent variable, and age, HOMAIR, waist circumference, and fat mass as predictors, waist circumference (beta = -3.30; p = 0.002), fat mass (beta = -2.68; p = 0.01), and insulin resistance (beta = -2.38; p = 0.02) but not age (beta = 1.11; p = 0.27) were independent predictors of adiponectin. When considering gender, these relations persisted with the exception of waist circumference in females. Adiponectin correlates in this study population are comparable to those observed in Caucasians with the exception of waist circumference in women. The metabolic significance of waist circumference is therefore questioned in sSA women.Cardiovascular Diabetology 02/2007; 6:31. · 4.21 Impact Factor - [show abstract] [hide abstract]
ABSTRACT: Diagnosis of adrenal insufficiency in critically ill patients has relied on random or cosyntropin-stimulated cortisol levels, and has not been corroborated by a more accurate diagnostic standard. We used the overnight metyrapone stimulation test to investigate the diagnostic value of the standard cosyntropin stimulation test, and the prevalence of sepsis-associated adrenal insufficiency. This was an inception cohort study. In two consecutive septic cohorts (n = 61 and n = 40), in 44 patients without sepsis and in 32 healthy volunteers, we measured (1) serum cortisol before and after cosyntropin stimulation, albumin, and corticosteroid-binding globulin levels, and (2) serum corticotropin, cortisol, and 11beta-deoxycortisol levels before and after an overnight metyrapone stimulation. Adrenal insufficiency was defined by postmetyrapone serum 11beta-deoxycortisol levels below 7 microg/dl. More patients with sepsis (31/61 [59% of original cohort with sepsis] and 24/40 [60% of validation cohort with sepsis]) met criteria for adrenal insufficiency than patients without sepsis (3/44; 7%) (p < 0.001 for both comparisons). Baseline cortisol (< 10 microg/dl), Delta cortisol (< 9 microg/dl), and free cortisol (< 2 microg/dl) had a positive likelihood ratio equal to infinity, 8.46 (95% confidence interval, 1.19-60.25), and 9.50 (95% confidence interval, 1.05-9.54), respectively. The best predictor of adrenal insufficiency (as defined by metyrapone testing) was baseline cortisol of 10 microg/dl or less or Delta cortisol of less than 9 microg/dl. The best predictors of normal adrenal response were cosyntropin-stimulated cortisol of 44 microg/dl or greater and Delta cortisol of 16.8 microg/dl or greater. In sepsis, adrenal insufficiency is likely when baseline cortisol levels are less than 10 microg/dl or delta cortisol is less than 9 microg/dl, and unlikely when cosyntropin-stimulated cortisol level is 44 microg/dl or greater or Delta cortisol is 16.8 microg/dl or greater.American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine 01/2007; 174(12):1319-26. · 11.04 Impact Factor -
Article: Evidence of a marked 25-hydroxyvitamin D deficiency in patients with congenital ichthyosis.
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ABSTRACT: Vitamin D is essential for bone mineralization, and its deficiency may be the cause of skeletal fractures and osteomalacia. Geographical or ethnic factors may modulate the cutaneous synthesis of vitamin D. We hypothesized that major changes in keratinization may similarly alter the cutaneous synthesis of vitamin D. To explore calciotrophic hormones, parameters of bone remodelling and bone mineral density (BMD) in nine patients with non-bullous congenital ichthyosis. Six patients were European, three were North African. Four had received acitretin over a long period of time. A complete biological investigation, including serum and urinary calcium and phosphorus, calciotrophic hormones [intact parathyroid hormone (iPTH), 25-hydroxyvitamin D (25-(OH)D) and 1,25-dihydroxyvitamin D (1,25-(OH)2D)], bone formation and resorption markers, was performed on all patients during the winter season and repeated among four patients after summer. BMD was measured in all patients. All patients had a marked 25-(OH)D deficiency, clearly below the deficiency threshold of 25 nmol/L. Patients from North Africa had a greater deficiency than European patients, perhaps because of the difference in skin pigmentation. iPTH remained normal in European patients but was elevated among the North Africans. After sun exposure, an improvement in vitamin status was visible in only one patient. Bone formation and resorption markers remained normal. Femoral neck osteodensitometry indicated values near the osteopaenic threshold in two young North African females. No deleterious effect of retinoids on vitamin D metabolism was observed. Patients, and in particular pigmented patients, with congenital ichthyosis present a severe deficiency in vitamin D. Care provided to protect the skeletal future of these patients involves measuring BMD and prescribing supplementation.Journal of the European Academy of Dermatology and Venereology 10/2006; 20(8):947-52. · 2.69 Impact Factor - [show abstract] [hide abstract]
ABSTRACT: We describe the first case of a 36 year-old male patient with a somatotropin and thyreotropin secreting pituitary adenoma, co-treated by a long-acting releasing somatostatin analog (Octreotide) and a GH receptor antagonist (Pegvisomant). The patient normalized his biological disease activity reflected by hormone levels but his tumor size remained unchanged as measured by MRI. The co-treatment was well tolerated and induced a synergic effect on IGF1 levels that allowed us to use low doses of both therapies.Annales d Endocrinologie 07/2006; 67(3):249-52. · 1.02 Impact Factor - [show abstract] [hide abstract]
ABSTRACT: Since the demonstration that vitamin D status might influence the clinical and biological expression of primary hyperparathyroidism (PHPT), a serum 25-hydroxy vitamin D (25-OHD) concentration of 50 nmol/l has been considered by an expert panel as the minimum level to be maintained in asymptomatic PHPT patients. Two yr after this recommendation, we aimed to evaluate the frequency of serum 25-OHD concentrations below this threshold in PHPT patients. In the present study, serum 25-OHD, second- and third-generation PTH, calcium, phosphate, magnesium, albumin and creatinine were measured in 72 out 145 consecutive PHPT patients operated on in our Endocrine Surgery Department, in whom blood samples were available before as well as two days after surgical intervention. Before surgery, the frequency of serum 25-OHD levels <50 nmol/l ranged from 91.5 to 100% whatever the classification used to identify patients: whole group, symptomatic vs asymptomatic, patients with calcium levels >3 vs <3 mmol/l. 25-OHD concentrations correlated negatively with the weight of adenoma, PTH levels, and total calcium concentrations measured before surgery. Pre-operative PTH levels, whatever the assay used, and total calcium concentrations were positively and significantly correlated. Two days post-surgery, 13 patients were moderately hypocalcemic. Neither pre-surgery 25-OHD nor PTH, calcium or phosphorus level or adenoma weight were predictive of post-operative hypocalcemia. The dramatic frequency of low 25-OHD concentrations in our PHPT patients demonstrates that the above-mentioned recommendation is far from being applied in France despite evidence of worsening expression of PHPT with decreasing 25-OHD serum levels.Journal of endocrinological investigation 06/2006; 29(6):511-5. · 1.65 Impact Factor -
Article: Unexpected serum parathyroid hormone profiles in some patients with primary hyperparathyroidism.
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ABSTRACT: Third-generation parathyroid hormone (PTH) assays have been reported to measure only intact PTH(1-84), in contrast to second-generation assays, which also detect PTH(7-84) fragments. Higher PTH measurements were observed with third- than with second-generation PTH assays in a few patients with either severe primary hyperparathyroidism or parathyroid carcinoma. We analyzed biological data [second- and third-generation PTH assays, 25-hydroxyvitamin D (25-OHD), calcium, and phosphate concentrations] obtained before and after surgery for 2 groups of patients selected from a large series of consecutive patients with primary hyperparathyroidism (PHPT): 7 female patients with surgically and histologically confirmed PHPT (group 1) and a matched group (group 2). For group 1 but not group 2, PTH concentrations measured by third-generation PTH assays before surgery were higher than those measured by the second-generation assays. Circulating 25-OHD, calcium, and phosphate concentrations were similar in both groups. In addition, PTH values measured with the third-generation PTH assays in group 1 decreased after surgery. Our results confirm that third-generation PTH assays do not measure only PTH(1-84). The frequency of this unexpected finding of markedly lower PTH concentrations than previously reported was approximately 5% in patients with PHPT without malignancy. We do not know whether the presence of this unexpected profile is predictive of malignancy.Clinical Chemistry 05/2006; 52(4):757-60. · 7.15 Impact Factor - [show abstract] [hide abstract]
ABSTRACT: This study was conducted in order to evaluate the effect of glucose-insulin homeostasis on adrenal steroids and was designed to separate the effects of hyperglycaemia from those of insulin. Eight healthy men aged 22.6 +/- 3.4 (SD) underwent an 80 mU/m2/min hyperinsulinaemic euglycaemic 100-min clamp, a 200-min graded glucose infusion at 2-16 mg/kg/min and a measurement of fat mass. Circulating glucose, insulin and adrenal steroid levels including dehydroepiandrosterone (DHEA) were determined before and during both infusion tests. Steroid variations in relation to insulinaemia and glycaemia were analysed using univariate, multivariate tests and nonlinear mixed models. Hyperinsulinaemia induced no significant modification of adrenal steroid levels. By contrast, hyperglycaemia decreased all adrenal steroids except DHEA-sulphate by 47-66%. The drop occurred early, averaging 51% for 17OH pregnenolone and 57% for DHEA at the 80th minute of glucose infusion, whereas blood glucose was 7.1 +/- 1.2 mmol/1. This effect was independent of insulinaemia, fat mass and waist circumference. Thus, we estimated models that could best predict steroid variations according to blood glucose. At thresholds defining impaired fasting glycaemia and diabetes, the estimated decrease in DHEA was 40% and 45%, respectively, culminating at 60% at 9.3 mmol/1 glycaemia, with no detectable further decrease. Our data suggest that hyperglycaemia dramatically decreases adrenal androgen levels in men, possibly by acting at early steps of synthesis, independently of insulinaemia and fat mass.Clinical Endocrinology 02/2006; 64(1):46-52. · 3.40 Impact Factor -
Article: Retentissement d'une insuffisance en vitamine D sur l'expression de l'hyperparathyroïdie primitive
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ABSTRACT: Since the demonstration that the second-generation PTH assays, also called intact PTH assays, recognize a non-1-84 PTH fragment in addition to the intact 1-84 PTH, new PTH assays defined as third-generation assays have been commercialized. Two previous studies aimed at evaluating whether these third-generation PTH assays improved the diagnostic sensitivity for primary hyperparathyroidism (PHPT), but they yielded opposite results. In the present study we compared two second-generation PTH assays (the total intact PTH assay from Scantibodies Laboratory, Inc., and the intact PTH assay from Nichols Institute Diagnostics) with two third-generation assays (the cyclase-activating PTH assay also from Scantibodies Laboratory and the bio-intact PTH assay from Nichols Institute) in a series of 145 consecutive PHPT patients operated in our endocrine surgery department over a 10-month period. A group of 74 healthy subjects served as controls. The diagnostic sensitivities for PHPT of the total intact, the intact, the cyclase-activating, and the bio-intact assays were 93.8%, 97.3%, 84.2%, and 89.0%, respectively, with 95% confidence intervals in the control groups of 10-46, 11-60, 8.4-34, and 9-41 ng/liter, respectively. Our findings demonstrate that the diagnostic sensitivities of second- and third-generation PTH assays are similar. Third-generation PTH assays do not therefore improve the diagnosis of elevated serum PTH levels in PHPT, although there are numerical differences among the values.Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism 01/2006; 90(12):6370-2. · 6.43 Impact Factor - Revue Du Rhumatisme - REV RHUM. 01/2006; 73(10):1130-1130.
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ABSTRACT: White adipose tissue (WAT) plays a critical role in the development of insulin resistance via secretion of free fatty acids (FFA) and adipocytokines. Muscle-specific insulin receptor knockout (MIRKO) mice do not develop insulin resistance or diabetes under physiological conditions despite a marked increase in adiposity and plasma FFA. On the contrary, WAT of MIRKO is sensitized to insulin action during a euglycemic clamp, and WAT glucose utilization is dramatically increased. To get insight into the potential antidiabetic role of MIRKO adiposity, we have studied insulin action in WAT during a euglycemic, hyperinsulinemic clamp, and we have characterized the morphology and biology of WAT. During the clamp, there is no alteration in the expression or activation in the insulin signaling molecules involved in glucose transport through the phosphoinositide 3-kinase/Akt and CAP/Cbl pathways in WAT from MIRKO. The 53% increase in WAT mass results from a 48% increase in adipocyte number (P < 0.05) without alteration in cell size and contemporary to a 300% increase in mRNA levels of the adipogenic transcription factor CCAAT enhancer binding protein-alpha (C/EBP-alpha) (P < 0.05). There is a 39.5% increase in serum adiponectin (P < 0.01) without modification in serum leptin, resistin, and TNF-alpha. In conclusion, the MIRKO mouse displays muscle insulin resistance, visceral obesity, and dyslipidemia but does not develop hyperinsulinemia or diabetes. There is an accelerated differentiation of small insulin sensitive adipocytes, an increased secretion of the insulin sensitizer adiponectin, and maintenance of leptin sensitivity. The MIRKO mouse confirms the importance of WAT plasticity in the maintenance of whole body insulin sensitivity and represents an interesting model to search for new secreted molecules that positively alter adipose tissue biology.Endocrinology 04/2004; 145(4):1926-32. · 4.72 Impact Factor
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Rihanna's tour buses were stopped at the border between Michigan and Canada ... and law enforcement sources tell TMZ ... authorities found weed.
A total of 10 buses were stopped at the Ambassador Bridge, which separates Windsor, Canada and Detroit. Inspectors smelled marijuana on one of the buses and initiated a secondary, bus-to-bus search.
Inspectors then brought drug-sniffing dogs on board, and one of them made a beeline for a passenger and authorities found he was in possession of pot. We're told he was cited with a civil penalty.
Rihanna was not on any of the buses.
The real headline -- they only found a "small amount" of marijuana on one person in one bus. Who woulda thunk?
Dear TMZ..
Not to make you look like bigger TOOLS then you already are but.. It's Windsor Ontario... Just like Detroit Michigan...
It's just a minor offence to smuggle small amounts of drugs between Canada and USA if you agree to NEVER enter the country again. If you refuse, then it's smuggling over an International line.
Get a smuggling charge then guess what.. It's jail. Once you get out of jail.. You're kicked out of the country for life. lol
Only onewas stupid enough to bring his own weed...am sure all others have made arrangements for delivery in Canada...
and they wasted how much time and how many tax $$ to apprehend a thoroughly dangerous criminal and serve them with a civil citation? ...z00m1
I'm all for legalization of pot, but I don't feel sorry at all for them. Everyone knows it is still illegal and everyone knows they can and will search you at border crossings. Idiots.
Interesting all this hate for RiRi. I guess they should call out the drones.. You morons did read the fact she was not on any of those buses. Guess that does not matter. Just put her name in front of this article. You goobers at tmz should be considered stalkers.. We know you all are in fatuated with RiRi.
Did any of you dweebs read the story before posting your idiotic comments. wow riri was no where near or on the bus. And it was only one person on one bus .. READ PEOPLE DUH , READ.
Never mind the weed - how about stopping all those illegal guns from crossing the border from the U.S. That is a bigger issue that needs to be addressed.
So. if there was 10 tour buses and rihanna wasnt on any of them, where were they going without her?
Also, this is my hometown border!
Those cops have to get their jollies somehow. Guess they had a "raging clue" that pointed right at the perp.


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Now in its 19th year, the annual Tree Burn was hosted by Londonderry Boy Scout Troop #521 and remains one of the troop's largest fundraisers.
"There were years when we'd easily get 1,500 or more trees added onto the pile," said Ted Combes, who earned his Eagle Scout badge in 2004 and now serves on the Londonderry Budget Committee. He added: "I think more people tend to have the artificial trees these days."
"We use it to send our scouts to camp, to purchase new gear," Perry said. "It really helps out a lot when we go on our trips."
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Three underused lots could become Graduate Hospital's most vital intersection
Andrew Dalzell, SOSNA
Tuesday, March 04, 2014
Not long ago, the intersection of South 17th and Carpenter Streets in Graduate Hospital was home to a trio of underused vacant lots. All three were owned by the Philadelphia Redevelopment Authority (
) -- it had been attempting to unload the land for a decade.
Now that intersection is beginning to transform in a major way.
The sustainably-designed mixed-use project known as
Carpenter Square
will soon rise there. And due partly to the interest generated by that project, PRA recently released an RFP for the still-empty lot on the opposite side of 17th Street.
Meanwhile, according to the South of South Neighborhood Association's (SOSNA) Andrew Dalzell, that organization is "just waiting on the weather to get good" before moving forward with its plans for
Carpenter Green
, a small corner park slated for the intersection's northwest corner.
After signing a lease with the PRA and surveying neighbors to discover which amenities would be most in demand at the parklet (trash cans, lighting, trees and seating were all popular), SOSNA now has to settle on one of three possible designs before raising funds for Carpenter Green's construction.
Also coming soon to the immediate area: A new vision for the playground at the
Edwin M. Stanton School
, which sits just two blocks north of the intersection.
"2014 could be a very bright year for 17th and Carpenter," says Dalzell after running down the details behind Carpenter Square, Carpenter Green, the E.M. Stanton School playground, and the potential for new construction on the remaining lot. "With just those four things, suddenly that's pretty transformative for this two-block area."
Writer: Dan Eldrige
Source: Andrew Dalzell, SOSNA
Former Governor Ed Rendell wins Ed Bacon Prize for his promotion of smart transportation
David Bender, Philadelphia Center for Architecture
Tuesday, February 18, 2014
The late Edmund Bacon, born in Philadelphia during the summer of 1910, is a man whose name is synoymous with local architecture and urban planning. Former Philadelphia mayor and Pennsylvania governor Ed Rendell will speak on that very subject on February 18 at the
Pennsylvania Convention Center
, where he'll also be awarded with the 8th annual Edmund N. Bacon Prize from the
Philadelphia Center for Architecture
According to David Bender, associate director of the Center, the annual Ed Bacon Prize is awarded to a professional who has achieved a significant amount of success in urban planning, development and design. (Paul Goldberger, an architecture critic for
, and Robert A.M. Stern, dean of the Yale School of Architecture, are both past recipients.)
Rendell's achievements, Bender explains, were largely transportation-related, such as his proposal to add tolls to the Pennsylvania-wide Interstate 80. Investment in transportation infrastructure, Rendell once said, is vital to America's economic competitiveness, and is "the best job creator we have for well-paying jobs and also to help American manufacturing."
The student winners of the annual
Better Philadelphia Challenge
will also be honored during the event. This year's Challenge, which is held in honor of Bacon, asked design and architecture students worldwide to imagine a future Philadelphia landscape populated with the sort of self-driving vehicles currently being designed by
. A $5,000 award will go to the first prize winner.
Writer: Dan Eldridge
Source: David Bender, AIA Philadelphia
Checking in with the Point Breeze CDC
Barbara Kelley, Point Breeze CDC; Alexandra Calukovic, OCF Realty
Tuesday, February 18, 2014
The Southwest Philadelphia neighborhood of Point Breeze has been experiencing a frenzied pace of development over the past few years, with much of it arriving in the form of new construction units and rehabs from local developer Ori Feibush and his
OCF Realty
No stranger to community organization turf wars, the area has long been served by the
South Philadelphia HOMES Inc.
; Feibush launched his own organization, the Point Breeze CDC, in late 2013.
According to the CDC's executive director, Barbara Kelley, "[A lot of] what we're doing right now is supplementing the other agencies' services, and giving referrals to different agencies, like
Legal Aid
The CDC is also working closing with the
Point Breeze Avenue Business Association
. And at some point "very soon," the office will install a sign featuring its new logo, which was designed by a neighborhood art student after a recent logo design contest.
Along with a few neighborhood music producers and area children, Kelley is also helping to develop an official Point Breeze song. The lyrics, she says, will consist of residents' thoughts and impressions about the neighborhood.
In other Point Breeze development news, OCF Realty recently broke ground on a 22 single-family home project on the 1300 block of Chadwick Street designed by
YCH Architect LLC
. OCF plans to donate $1,000 to Neighbors Investing in Childs Elementary (
) for each unit sold by an OCF Realtor.
"What we're noticing is that people leave the city after they have kids, and they come back when they're empty-nesters," says OCF's Alexandra Calukovic. Feibush's idea, she says, involves "donating to make a real impact in the community, instead of just donating to donate. And his thought process was that starts with schools."
Writer: Dan Eldrige
Source: Barbara Kelley, Point Breeze CDC; Alexandra Calukovic, OCF Realty
Washington Avenue's latest development: A year-long beautification effort
Andrew Dalzell, SOSNA
Tuesday, February 11, 2014
Thanks to a newly-inked contract between the Washington Avenue Property Owners Association (WAPOA) and the rehabilitative group known as
Ready, Willing & Able
(RWA), the mile-long western half of South Philly's Washington Avenue is about to become significantly tidier. (For more on the fate of Washington Avenue West,
check out this week's lead feature
Along with career development and educational resources, RWA offers paid transitional work to formerly homeless and incarcerated men. That work often comes in the form of park maintenance and street cleaning. For the next 12 months, the "men in blue" (they wear distinctive blue uniforms) will transform the neighborhood's most economically crucial corridor into a much more inviting space.
"We've know anecdotally for a long time that Washington Avenue is the dirtiest part of this neighborhood," says Andrew Dalzell of the
South of South Neighborhood Organization (SOSNA)
. The group has even utilized something called a "litter index" to quantify the street's trash problem. The conclusion? Not good. But thanks to financial donations from WAPOA, SOSNA,
, Councilman Kenyatta Johnson's office and others, the street is getting $10,000 worth of sprucing up. (The year-long contract began on Feb. 6).
The RWA contract is especially big news for business owners and developers with a stake in the avenue's future. Various beautification efforts along the street's length have been just one of many initiatives instituted by local community organizations as they've attempted to woo development dollars and investment to the area.
"I think the goal is [that once] we make this successful on Washington Avenue, Point Breeze Avenue takes note; Oregon Avenue takes note; Snyder Avenue takes note; South Broad takes note," says Dalzell. "The Avenue of the Arts should be hiring these guys, in my view."
Writer: Dan Eldridge
Source: Andrew Dalzell, South of South Neighborhood Organization (SOSNA)
Is The Boyd Theatre finally ready for its close-up?
Kirk Dorn, Ceisler Media; Paul Safron, iPic Entertainment
Tuesday, February 11, 2014
Following a months-long negotiation process with the city's
Historical Commission
and various preservation groups, Center City's
Boyd Theatre
might finally be ready to come alive again.
Roughly two years ago, Florida-headquartered
iPic-Gold Class Entertainment
first showed interest in developing one of its high-end movie theaters at The Boyd, which opened in late-1928 as a silent film theatre (it closed for good in 2002). And while, in 2008, local preservationists managed to have the Boyd added to the Historical Commission's list of "protected assets," iPic has made a controversial choice: It asked for the Commission's blessing to completely gut the Boyd's auditorium, claiming the project wouldn't otherwise make financial sense. (The building's façade, its marquee and entranceway would all be restored under iPic's plan.)
"The plan to totally restore [the Boyd] into its original state inside -- to make it either a one-screen movie theatre or a Broadway-type theatre -- those plans are all $30 to $50 million," says Kirk Dorn of
Ceisler Media
, which manages iPic's PR. "And you couldn't get the revenue from the theatre to produce that ."
On February 14, iPic will present its development plan -- two stories consisting of eight small theaters with reserved stadium seating, in-theatre dining and in-theatre waitstaff -- to the city's full commission. An onsite restaurant is also in the picture, and assuming iPic receives a "yes" vote on Valentine's Day, "We're hoping to open sometime in 2015," says iPic general counsel Paul Safron.
"We're still willing to work with the preservation community," adds Safron. "We're happy to incorporate some of the design concepts and elements if we can."
On February 12, we were informed by Kirk Dorn that the Philadelphia Historical Commission has postponed iPic's full commission hearing for one month; it's now scheduled for March 14.
Writer: Dan Eldridge
Source: Kirk Dorn, Ceisler Media and Paul Safron, iPic Entertainment
Coming soon to East Passyunk: A proper neighborhood entrance
Sam Sherman, PARC
Tuesday, February 04, 2014
If you walk the length of East Passyunk Avenue in South Philly -- and end up at the convergence of the Avenue, South Broad and McKean -- you'll see a nondescript slab of concrete that extends outward from the United Savings Bank building. The triangle points westward across Broad, as if directing pedestrians to the
Philly Pretzel Factory
across the street.
That will soon change. An exciting development is in the offing for that small stretch of concrete -- currently dubbed the East Passyunk Gateway project. Last week, in a small conference room at the old St. Agnes Continuing Care Center on South Broad, Sam Sherman, executive director of the
Passyunk Avenue Revitalization Corporation (PARC)
, publicly unveiled the plans, which include a small splash fountain; concrete bench seating and chess-playing tables; various architectural lighting elements; shade trees and street-level planters; and a permanent sound system to accommodate events. The transformation will be possible thanks to a $495,000 grant from the
William Penn Foundation
And those are just a small handful of the plaza's intended perks. There are also plans for a small, trellis-roofed area that the plaza's designer, landscape architect
Bryan Hanes
, refers to as "an iconic piece of furniture where events could happen," and where food carts or other vendors could set up shop. There is also talk of a bike-sharing station -- potentially the city's first.
The goal is to break ground on the plaza sometime this May or June. With the project's build-out estimated at six months, there's a possibility that the East Passyunk Gateway could be open for business as early as this fall.
Writer: Dan Eldridge
Source: Sam Sherman, Passyunk Avenue Revitalization Corporation (PARC)
As Benjamin's Desk celebrates an expansion, two new potential co-working locations are in the works
Michael J. Maher, Benjamin's Desk
Tuesday, February 04, 2014
Local coworking space
Benjamin's Desk
recently leased an entire extra floor inside the Allman Building at 17th and Walnut. During the grand opening reception last Friday, visitors had an opportunity to check out the expanding organization in person.
There were the expected touches -- exposed brick walls and duct work, perfectly buffed hardwood floors -- and then there were the amenities you don't always find in the coworking world: craft beers are on tap in the communal kitchen and a small outdoor roof deck that will eventually house a bar with lounge-like seating.
According to president and CEO Michael Maher, who opened Benjamin's Desk on the building's seventh floor in October 2012, the newly-revealed eighth floor has been operational since September of last year. So why a five-months-late grand opening?
"We had the space occupied by a company that was in stealth mode," explains Maher. "Now that the [eighth] floor is [officially] open and we're getting it occupied, we're looking to expand elsewhere in the region, including University City and the suburbs."
Maher says he and his colleagues are still "in the early stages of understanding what potential customers would want" in a University City or suburban-based shared office space, and they're being pretty hush-hush in terms of the exact locations under consideration.
"We definitely think there is a demand in both [University City and the suburbs]," he adds. "But it took us two years to find this location. We'll wait until we find the right locations."
Writer: Dan Eldridge
Source: Michael J. Maher, Benjamin's Desk
This summer, gallery-worthy bicycle racks will sprout throughout Center City
Nicholas Mirra, BCGP
Tuesday, January 21, 2014
Thanks to a recently-formed partnership between the
Bicycle Coalition of Greater Philadelphia
(BCGP) and the City's
Office of Arts, Culture and the Creative Economy
, local cyclists -- especially those who ride into Center City on a regular basis -- will have at least 10 new places to lock up this summer.
BCGP applied to the
Knight Arts Challenge
, a contest aimed at beautifying public spaces. "We were one of the 43 winning proposals selected back in May, along with a lot of other great projects of varying size and scope," says BCGP's Nicholas Mirra.
That application consisted of about a dozen designs for site-specific, artist-created bicycle racks. One particularly unusual rack, constructed from stainless steel with room for four bikes, resembles a patch of waist-high grass. Another rack, this one with space for six bikes, is a minimalist sculpture featuring three life-size guard dogs.
The Knight Foundation's $50,000 grant was predicated on the two partner organizations' ability to raise matching funds. That goal was accomplished via anonymous donations and money offered by the half-dozen or so institutions scheduled to host the racks on their properties. And while negotiations for a few locations are still in progress, the artist-designed racks are set to arrive this summer outside of City Hall, Sister Cities Park, Boathouse Row, Café Pret, Penn Center Plaza and the Philadelphia Museum of Art's Perlman Building.
And for those who suggest that the city already has more than enough parking for two-wheeled riders, Mirra offers this retort: "There aren't enough. If you look around sections of Center City, the spaces for bicycle parking are as full as the spaces for car parking. And so you get bikes parked to trees, [and] parked to private fencing where they're not supposed to be. There's [simply] not enough bike parking in the city."
Fortunately, that's about to change.
Source: Nicholas Mirra, Bicycle Coalition of Greater Philadelphia
Writer: Dan Eldridge
Diggerland USA comes to South Jersey, local construction-loving kids (and adults) rejoice
Chris Peters, Sahara Sam's Oasis
Tuesday, January 21, 2014
At a press conference hosted last week at
Sahara Sam's Oasis
in West Berlin, N.J., representatives of the five-year-old water park announced an upcoming project that will be followed as closely by the area's elementary school set as it will by their parents. A construction-themed adventure park known as
Diggerland USA
will be built on a 14-acre footprint directly behind Sahara Sam's.
Though there are currently four locations in the United Kingdom, Diggerland USA will be the first park of its kind in this country. Sahara Sam's, which is overseeing the construction, is projecting an opening date in early-summer 2014. The project received approval at a late-November planning and zoning board meeting in Berlin Township. The Girlya family, which owns both Sahara Sam's and South Jersey's
Sambe Construction Company
, will build the park; they have already broken ground.
"The Township of West Berlin -- the City Council, the Council members -- have been very supportive [of the project]," says Sahara Sam Director of Marketing Chris Peters. "West Berlin itself is not necessarily a very dense area," he adds, though because the park will be located roughly 90 minutes from Manhattan and across the bridge from Philadelphia, "this has been looked at as a great location for an expansion of an entertainment venue [of this sort]."
Twenty-three separate rides and attractions (most of them made of "modified JCB heavy construction pieces," according to a release) will be on offer when Diggerland USA opens its South Jersey gates. Faux construction machinery designed for child and adult use alike will range from small excavators and dumpers to backhoes and tractors. The park will also sport a ropes course and rock-climbing area.
Source: Chris Peters, Sahara Sam's Oasis
Writer: Dan Eldridge
A new public transit-friendly home for the Resource Exchange, Philly's creative reuse workshop
Karyn Gerred, The Resource Exchange
Tuesday, January 21, 2014
These days, warehouse-sized reuse centers selling old construction supplies and development detritus seem to exist in
nearly every major metropolitan area
. But in Philadelphia,
The Resource Exchange
-- currently located on the corner of Cedar and East Cambria streets in Port Richmond -- operates with a slightly different mission.
Sure, it resells salvaged building materials and housewares, but it also offers donated and salvaged film props and set pieces, along with arts and craft materials, making it popular with artists, makers, DIY-types and other members of the city's creative class.
That popularity has led to an issue.
"Right now, we're kind of tucked into a residential neighborhood," says Resource Exchange founder and Executive Director Karyn Gerred. That makes it difficult for budget-conscious customers to reach the shop via public transportation.
So Gerred decided they needed a change. The Resource Exchange will close for the month of February, then reopen at a slightly larger and much more accessible location on the corner of North 2nd Street and Cecil B. Moore, only six or seven blocks from the Berks Station on the Market-Frankford Line.
"Just in terms of creating a great, welcoming, creative reuse center in a way that I've always imagined, it's a much better building," says Gerred. "It's much better suited to what we are. It lends itself more to being able to have the workshop-and-event part of what we do."
The new-and-improved Resource Exchange plans to open its new 4,500-square-foot location on March 1.
Source: Karyn Gerred, The Resource Exchange
Writer: Dan Eldridge
Could a new river road help revitalize the Lower Schuylkill?
Kate McNamara, PIDC
Tuesday, January 14, 2014
As part of the Lower Schuylkill Master Plan (LSMP), a long-term revitalization blueprint released last year, the
Philadelphia Industrial Development Corportation
(PIDC) has announced an RFP for a feasibility study of a proposed river road in the district. According to PIDC Senior Real Estate Manager Kate McNamara, "It's not your typical PennDot project."
The bottom line, she explains, is that both the city and PIDC are united in their understanding that the Lower Schuylkill, once a hotbed of heavy manufacturing and innovation, is today "a place that [is] really in need of some serious redevelopment attention." In fact, when the final version of the LSMP was published, it recommended splitting the Lower Schuylkill into three separate "campuses" in an effort to drive the next generation of growth.
The 512-acre campus adjacent to University City -- known as the Innovation District -- is where the majority of the LSMP's early projects will be taking place. According to the RFP, roadways on the west bank of the District, roughly between Grays Ferry Avenue to the north and Passyunk Avenue to the south, are "indirect, circuitous, and non-intuitive." And because so many of the businesses that once operated in the area were largely served by the river, quality road infrastructure is lacking.
A budget of $200,000 has been set aside to see if the north-south connector road proposed in the Master Plan is feasible, and to explore possible alternatives.
"You really need another north-south arterial to bring businesses in, and just to bring regular citizens down to the river," says McNamara. "That's where the new extension of the Schuylkill Banks Trail is going to be."
The resulting study should be complete within six to nine months. And after that? Another study, of course, but with much more detail and a steeper price tag. Fortunately, the upside is tremendous. West Philly is home to a number of companies that are getting too big for University City -- they could become new residents of the Innovation District.
"They don't have the space they need, and so a lot of [them] go to the suburbs," says McNamara. "And we would prefer to keep them."
Writer: Dan Eldridge
Source: Kate McNamara, Philadelphia Industrial Development Corporation (PIDC)
Saint Benjamin Brewery, a Kensington nanobrewery, moves closer to opening
Tim Patton, Saint Benjamin Brewery
Tuesday, January 14, 2014
After spending more than two years on a frustrating search for the ideal urban location in which to open a small-batch craft brewery, Tim Patton finally settled on a historic building with beer in its bones. Now, he's only a few short months from opening
Saint Benjamin Brewery
Located in South Kensington near the corner of North 5th Street and Cecil B. Moore Avenue, the three-story, 14,000-square-foot building Patton bought for $395,000 was originally home to the Theo Finkenauer Lager Beer Brewery, which went out of business sometime around Prohibition. Technically, the space was home to the brewery's carriage house and stable, so Patton has been spending much of his time lately (not to mention his money; the project is largely self-financed) rehabbing the space.
"The building itself was actually in very good shape," he says. "This was the first clean and dry building I had actually seen when I was looking at spaces."
Still, certain infrastructure upgrades were necessary. The former carriage house has been outfitted with new electrical circuits, a sprinkler system, new sewer lines and a two-inch gas line, to name just a few of the recent improvements. And,
as Flying Kite reported in April
, Patton used crowdsourcing to fund a facade rehab.
The brewery hopes to officially open for business in early spring, distributing beer to pubs in Fishtown, Northern Liberties and Kensington. Saint Benjamin's will also offer the occasional brewery tour and tasting, and customers will be able to fill growlers onsite.
Patton also has plans to eventually add a brewpub. Unfortunately, that step is still probably another year or two away.
Writer: Dan Eldridge
Source: Tim Patton, Saint Benjamin Brewery
Philadelphia Housing Authority seeks funding to renovate aging housing stock
Nichole Tillman, Philadelphia Housing Authority
Tuesday, January 07, 2014
Federal funding cuts are trickling down to Philadelphia -- notably in lack of maintenance for the city's affordable housing stock. To mitigrate the problem, the
Philadelphia Housing Authority
(PHA) has submitted an application to participate in the
Rental Assistance Demonstration
(RAD) program. If approved by the
U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development
(HUD), PHA will be able to raise funds to rehabilitate aging affordable housing.
PHA spokesperson Nichole Tillman estimates that PHA now receives 82 cents for every dollar that it needs to operate and maintain public housing. She calls RAD "the Obama Administration's plan to address the defunding of public housing."
Operating funds for RAD developments will come from the Housing Choice (Section 8) program, which has historically been more stable and less prone to dramatic funding cutbacks. Under RAD, PHA could borrow against its rental income and HUD subsidies, which would generate funding for capital improvements. This would give PHA more funds to rehab properties and expand public housing, while creating an estimated 400 construction jobs.
Though RAD approval would create jobs for small businesses, it does not equal privatization for affordable housing.
"A for-profit corporation will
own public housing," explains Tillman. "Like current tax credit sites, RAD developments will remain heavily regulated, and tenants will have substantial protections similar to those of public housing residents. PHA is likely to establish affiliated nonprofits, just like those at its existing tax credit sites. A long-term use agreement will guarantee that development rents remain affordable." (RAD requires that rent be set at no more than 30 percent of adjusted household income.)
Tillman said that if PHA gets HUD approval for RAD, the agency will invest the money in rehabbing site infrastructure and major systems, including mechanical, electrical, plumbing, and heating and ventilation. Other quality of life improvements would include upgrades to units' interior layouts; updated kitchens and bathrooms; and greening all systems to make them more sustainable.
PHA should hear about approval from HUD by Spring, contingent upon legislative action.
Writer: Nicole Woods
Source: Nichole Tillman, Philadelphia Housing Authority
Moonshine, a neighborhood bar and restaurant, thrives in Pennsport
Rich Fattori, Moonshine
Tuesday, January 07, 2014
With adjacent East Passyunk recently named
best neighborhood for the second year in a row by Curbed Philly
, and memories from Mummers' revelries a street over still fresh, it seemed a good time to check in on two-month-old bar and restaurant
in Pennsport.
The 46-seat establishment stands at the site of the former East Side Moyamensing Saloon, a no-frills dive bar that operated on the corner since 1935. Co-owner Rich Fattori said he jumped at the chance to buy the property, located about a half-mile south of
The Industry
Federal Donuts
"We found the location because we were the vendors for the jukebox and Megatouch of East Side Saloon," says Fattori. "When we found out the previous owner was selling, we wanted to get in right away, because we thought it was a very up-and-coming area. There are lots of young professionals and new people moving in, but it still has the mystique of a typical South Philly neighborhood."
Fattori was initially concerned about neighbors' reaction to losing a local institution.
"I was a little nervous in how quickly it would take them to warm up to what we're trying to do here," he says. "We've owned another bar in Briarcliffe for ten years and the original clientele is still resistant to any changes."
Fattori and his team made a concerted effort to become part of the community. He even knocked on a neighbor's door to introduce himself: "Before I could even say anything else, she held up her hand and said, 'Stop. I know what you're doing, and I love it.'"
The neighborhood's enthusiasm was documented by local press, such as
Passyunk Post
, as Fattori's team completed renovations over the summer. Since opening, he estimates that about three-quarters of customers have been locals. This fits perfectly with his vision for Moonshine as a welcoming and friendly neighborhood spot.
Fattori's strict adherence to Moonshine's concept, even when it means a loss in profit, was evident in his decision not to open on New Year's Day. Though the restaurant served lunch to a private party (the Holy Rollers N.Y.B. Mummers club), Fattori closed to the public partly based on the recommendations from neighbors and frequent diners.
"We didn't want to change to just open and make a ton of money," he says. "We wanted to keep our character and the vibe we have going here."
Moonshine is located at 1825 East Moyamensing Avenue; make reservations at
or by calling (267) 639-9720.
Writer: Nicole Woods
Rich Fattori, Moonshine
Calling all developers: Build something exciting on Chestnut Street
Kelvin Jeremiah, Philadelphia Housing Authority
Tuesday, December 17, 2013
The Philadelphia Housing Authority (PHA) has issued a Request for Proposals (RFP) to redevelop three lots along Chestnut Street. Chestnut Street has long experienced some difficulty attracting and retaining businesses and storefronts. However,
as previously reported in Flying Kite
, successful residential communities have sprung up along the street in recent years.
Accoring to PHA President and CEO Kelvin Jeremiah, PHA has received several inquiries about the location in question, a vacant four-story building at 2012 Chestnut, and adjoining parcels formerly used for parking at 2014 and 2016 Chestnut. Executive offices in the four-story building relocated more than three years ago, and it has been unoccupied since.
At a time when retail development is growing in the district, it is important to mitigate vacancies.
"It's in the best interest to redevelop this property to help maintain a vibrant, healthy atmosphere in Center City," says Jeremiah.
Proposals for 2012, 2014 and 2016 Chestnut Street may include the demolition or rehabilitation of the current building at 2012 Chestnut. Mixed-use, office, commercial and residential use will all be considered for the project; the winner will best utilize all three lots.
Under the terms of the RFP, PHA will continue to own the ground at the site, leasing it to the developer. The developer will finance, plan, design, construct, own and operate the building or buildings.
Because the site is located in the Center City West Commercial Historic District, the winning developer must also comply with the historic review process.
The deadline for submitting proposals is February 7, 2014; PHA plans on awarding a development contract in May 2014.
Writer: Nicole Woods
Source: Kelvin Jeremiah, Philadelphia Housing Authority
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Plaça De La FontPlaça De La Font, 26, 43003 Tarragona (Show map)
Very good
Score from 372 reviews
The location was fantastic; personnel was very helpful and friendly; breakfast was ok (and cheaper than advertised on booking.com), we loved the room, the bathroom was clean. Not very big, but exactly what we paid for.
Location is perfect, though a bit difficult to find by car. GPS didn't help, locals guided us to the hotel. Parking underneath with discounted price for the hotel guests.
Very friendly staff, comfy room great location!
The hotel was very clean and comfortable and the staff were extremely helpful and friendly.
Drayton Parslow
Well, this hotel deserves more than 1 star ! Location is top, on a lively plaza, at the entrance of the old city, near a parking where you can get 50% discount. Rooms are clean and bathrooms were renewed not so long ago. let's stop and rush there
Great location with amazing sites around hotel. Friendly staff. Enjoyed walking around the town.
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Economical price
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Location was great.
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Most of the staff were pleasant, the room was very clean, and shower was very good.
Ardfert, Tralee
Location is awesome.
Hotel Plaça De La Font is situated in the center of Tarragona's Old Town, 550 yards from the sea. It offers rooms with air conditioning, a TV and private bathroom. The Miracle and Arrabassada Beaches are 10 minutes from the Plaça De La Font by car. Guests can find public parking 5 yards from the hotel. The bar-restaurant at Plaça De La Font offers a fixed price menu from Monday to Saturday. It features a terrace in front of the hotel in the square. City Park is a 10-minute walk from Plaça De La Font Hotel. Tarragona's National Museum of Archaeology is 220 yards away. We speak your language! Hotel Rooms: 20 The most recent booking for this hotel was made on Mar 10 at 5:19 PM from Spain.
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Hotel LauriaJust 300 ft from the Balcón del Mediterráneo Viewpoint, Hotel Lauria is located on Tarragona's main street, Rambla Nova. It offers an outdoor pool and air conditioned rooms with a balcony.Most recent booking for this hotel was yesterday at 15:20
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Hotel SB Ciutat de TarragonaCentrally located on the Imperial Tarraco Square, this hotel features 24-hour room service, and a rooftop plunge pool and a hot tub.Most recent booking for this hotel was yesterday at 19:06
Score from 675 reviews
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- 8.3/10
SB Express TarragonaIn Tarragona's modern district, this hotel offers soundproofed rooms with free Wi-Fi and flat-screen TVs. The A-7 highway is just 650 ft away, while the historic center of the city is 10 minutes away....Most recent booking for this hotel was yesterday at 10:31
Score from 565 reviews
Very good
- 8/10
AstariWith a privileged position enjoying sea views and just 5 minutes from the historic center of town, this modern hotel has a fabulous breakfast and an outdoor swimming pool.Most recent booking for this hotel was yesterday at 13:48
Score from 576 reviews
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- 8.1/10


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