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It's not easy to warm up to public transport, but here are nine tips for those brave enough to try.
Public transport in Chennai, is like the coffee in our office canteen. It may make you cringe at first, but pretty soon the practicality and low price overcome its cosmetic limitations, and it becomes part of life. Once your expectations are sufficiently low, you will be occasionally hit with a cuppa that will knock your socks off.
Public transport may not be everybody's cup of coffee, but there are a few physical and mental qualities which if worked on, can make your bus/train/ auto/pedestrian experience a lot easier. This list is drawn from my experience with the public transportation system in Chennai.
1. Invincibility
The more I walk on our roads, the more I realise the folly of being too careful. But to get cocky too soon is dangerous. I spent at least a year being a perfectly lawful commuter before becoming confident enough to break some rules.
For example, it is ludicrous to expect pedestrians to habitually use the subway outside Chennai Central station to get to the other side of the road. It's woefully unsecure, badly maintained, overcrowded, inadequately lighted, and out of the way. During monsoons, I've known the subway to transform into a calf-deep stream of stagnant water, the sight of which could dampen the spirits of even the most sunny dispositions. Luckily our traffic policemen usually empathise, and hold the traffic while the herds of pedestrians cross the road. Nobody complains because it's that time of the day when catching that train is more important than preserving your life.
2. Flexibility
Walking on pavements in this city is a test of your athleticism. Make sure you hop over the manholes, squeeze between the two slow uncles ahead of you, dodge the occasional motorbike and swerve away from a urine-stained wall. But if you're really unlucky, you may find yourself in a street with no apparent pavement. Unfortunately there is no personality trait that can save you from a speeding truck. Keep calm, and jaywalk.
3. Amicability
Granted, you've had a long hard day, the heat and the sultriness has you questioning your will to live, and you are in no mood to socialise with your chatty co-passenger. I've found however, that listening to strangers can be strangely comforting at times. It distracts you from your own grievances, and very often puts things in perspective. I often find myself grudgingly grateful that I'm not the one carrying a cranky infant, or the one with a daughter-in-law who refuses to buy the grocery.
4. Generosity
When I first started using the MTC bus service, I used to detest being asked to keep somebody's bag on my lap. I valued my comfort too much and thought it unfair that I had to suffer because someone else couldn't come early enough to get an empty bus. It's not something I enjoy even now, but I've come to realise that carrying a heavy backpack can be really tiring, not to mention, unsafe when it's crowded, so I'm not as bitter about it as I used to be.
Similarly, if you have a usual route, it helps to not be nasty. It won't kill you to give up your seat for someone who looks like he/she needs it more. What they told us in kindergarten was true. If you're nice to people, they're nice to you. Of course you need to draw lines for yourself. There are days when you just need that seat. And I, for one, may accept backpacks but never babies.
5. Intuition
This one comes only with experience. There will come a point after extensive public transport travelling, when you will develop a subconscious ability to sense when a passenger is about to get off the bus/train. After you spot a candidate, stealthily move towards him/her. A commonly used tactic is trapping the person inside in such a way that when he/she has to get down, you are the only one who can squeeze into the coveted space. This may earn you a few dirty looks and swear words, but if you wanted the seat so badly you'll learn to not care.
6. Tenacity
You want to be popular in the autorickshaw circles? What you need is spunk. Unfortunately, spunk is a trait that you're usually either born with, or you'll never have. To find out if you have it, you just need to shed your shyness and ego. Don't be cute, be frank. Tell him you earn peanuts so can't afford to overpay. It works more often than you'd imagine.
7. Brute force
Most of us tend to undervalue the role of strength in public transportation. Anybody who has frequented the bus service will know of the dreaded jammed window. I'm not joking when I say a closed window can suffocate you during summer. There is a very good chance that the seat you plop down on has a jammed window that can only be fixed with an almighty shove and a grunt. So get fit.
8. Adequate change
One of the easiest and most sure-shot way to a satisfying commute is possessing the right amount of change. Bus conductors do NOT take kindly to Rs. 100/500 notes, so keep them out of sight as far as possible. If you have no choice then be suitably apologetic. Grovel if you must.
9. Olfactory insensitivity
Warming up to public transport cannot take place unless your nasal glands have been sufficiently unsensitised. When my daily commute involved a daily bus ride to Porur, I trained my nose to stall inhalation during the couple of minutes when the bus passed a massive garbage dump. Nasal control is even more invaluable for pedestrians who need to deal with public urinators.
Disclaimer: I am not a professional public transport counsellor. I am merely a (presently) non-vehicle-owning sub-editor. If you are invincible, flexible, amicable, generous, perceptive, tenacious, strong, constantly have change, olfactorily insensitive, and you still manage to fall off the bus, make a new list.
(Nandita Jayaraj writes for 'By The Way', and is a guest-blogger here. She writes about her encounters with the strange and interesting. You can send her feedback at email@example.com. You can also tweet her @nandita_j)
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Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP's 'work is top notch' in the structured finance area. The 14-strong team includes two partners: highly recommended practice head Brian Rance and UK and US-qualified Jerome Ranawake. Third partner Ellen Hayes left to work as counsel for Linklaters LLP. The New York-based group also works in close cooperation with the firm's international structured finance team across Europe and Asia. It has been particularly active in large-scale loan portfolio financings with its expertise in Total Return Swap (TRS) technology. Ranawake advised UBS on a structured TRS programme for Ares Capital's Ares Enhanced Loan Investment Strategies VI fund (AELIS), which provided AELIS with an amortizing TRS facility on a diversified portfolio of loans with a current market value of $1.81bn. The firm is also highly active in the CLO market; associate Ryan Suda is particularly concentrated on this area and counts Citibank as a key client. Rance and Suda advised Citigroup on the THL Credit Wind River 2013-1 CLO and Halcyon Loan Advisors Funding 2013-1 transactions. Other clients include Barclays, JPMorgan Chase and lenders in the fund industry and the hedge fund industry.
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Within International arbitration, Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP is a first tier firm,
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP fields a 'brilliant, extremely knowledgeable and tremendously skilled' international arbitration team, whose dedication to the area – 'from paralegals to associates to partners' – is 'unique and impressive'. The sizeable team has 'unparalleled experience', covering commercial and investment arbitration under a wide range of institutional rules and providing 'the most cost-effective and high-quality service out there'. Practice head Nigel Blackaby, in Washington DC, stands out for his experience in the energy sector and in Latin America-related cases. Together with Alexander Yanos and Washington-based counsel Alexander Wilbraham, he has been representing Crystallex International Corporation in an ICSID dispute against Venezuela in relation to the alleged expropriation of its investment in one of the largest undeveloped gold mines in the world. The 'impressive' Brian King is 'a brilliant strategist' who delivers 'the perfect combination of intelligence and diligence'. King and Yanos are representing ConocoPhillips in an ICSID arbitration against Venezuela, one of the largest investment treaty cases ever filed. Noted as 'a go-to firm for arbitration disputes against governments', it is also acting for Burlington Resources in its $1.3bn ICSID arbitration claim against Ecuador. Newly promoted partner Elliot Friedman and 'very clever' counsel Noiana Marigo are also recommended. The attorneys named are based in New York, unless otherwise stated.
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Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP delivers 'creative solutions to sophisticated legal problems' and demonstrates an 'absolute commitment to protecting its clients' interests'. The relative youth of the practice does not detract from its impressive workload or client roster, which includes well-known national and international companies from various industries such as energy, telecoms and financial services. Particular praise is leveled at Tim Coleman in the Washington DC office, who has 'exceptional credibility with the US government agencies'; he recently represented two British Vita subsidiaries in a criminal antitrust investigation by the DOJ, as well as parallel multi-district litigation. Adam Siegel is particularly active in the FCPA sphere, and advises multinational companies in anti-corruption investigations into operations in various countries such as China and India. Elsewhere, Benito Romano is advising numerous clients on trade sanctions, and was recently appointed independent monitor for a financial services company pursuant to a deferred prosecution agreement for wire fraud and anti-money laundering violations. Practice head Aaron Marcu represents financial institutions and their senior executives in fraud, insider trading and market manipulation investigations. Recently promoted partner Kimberly Zelnick is also recommended. All named partners are based in New York unless otherwise stated.
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Within Antitrust, Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP is a third tier firm,
Although enjoying a higher profile in Europe, Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP is 'perfectly capable in US antitrust too' and continues to grow its practice, with most of its attorneys located in Washington DC. Former FTC official Mary Lehner joined the group as counsel in August 2013, boosting the firm's civil litigation and M&A defense capabilities. Bob Schlossberg focuses on merger control, and recently advised Invensys on its $2.6bn sale of its rail signaling and software division to Siemens. In another transactional highlight, 'extremely smart, strategic and practical' practice chair Paul Yde advised Johnson & Johnson on its $1.2bn acquisition of pharmaceutical company Aragon. Yde also acts in contentious matters, and is defending Hachette Book in the New York e-book class action as well as representing Continental against a private plaintiff challenging the merger with United Airlines. The group is also representing a number of blue-chip financial institutions in highly publicized agency investigations, and Bruce McCulloch is defending an auto parts manufacturer in the DOJ grand jury investigation. Also recommended are Tom Ensign, Michael Lacovara in New York, and Terry Calvani, who has 'exceptional depth and breadth of antitrust knowledge'.
Within M&A: middle-market ($500m-999m), Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP is a third tier firm,
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP's practice is 'very responsive and always available to assist, even on short notice. It is dedicated to clients and very driven to understand their goals and concerns, and to provide practical solutions. The team also operates efficiently, providing clients with one or two contact lawyers who possess an overview of all the issues while managing the remaining team'. The firm's US corporate/M&A practice provides expertise to leading national and multinational corporations, financial sponsors and financial institutions in complex, global transactions, combined with an integrated multi-jurisdictional and multi-disciplinary transactional capability. The team acted for diversified chemical company FMC on its $345m acquisition from Trigg Pharma of Epax, a global producer of high-purity, premium-grade Omega-3 EPA/DHA fatty acids; advised EQT Infrastructure II on its acquisition of Westway Group, the NASDAQ-quoted New Orleans-based global provider of bulk liquid storage and liquid animal feed supplements, in a $419m cash tender offer and related financing; and assisted Vienna-based Constantia Flexibles on its $305m acquisition of Globalpack, a consumer goods packaging company based in Mexico, from One Equity Partners, the private investment arm of JPMorgan Chase. It also advised Amtek Auto, one of the largest integrated auto component manufacturers in India, on the acquisition of NeumayerTekfor Group of Germany and related financings; assisted Ardagh Group, globally known for glass and metal packaging solutions, on its for $1.7bn acquisition from Compagnie de Saint-Gobain of Verallia North America; acted for Foster Wheeler on its announced proposed $8bn business combination with AMEC; and assisted Swiss Re on its sale of an indirect stake in Shinsei Bank to Christopher Flowers. Matthew Herman is department head, and Julian Pritchard is US managing partner. Doug Bacon 'combines excellent technical skills with commercial savvy, and is unflappable even in heated moments'; and Matthew Jacobson and Timothy Wilkins are also recommended.
United States: Tax
Within Financial products, Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP is a second tier firm,
The small but very competent team at Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP is led by Robert Scarborough and Claude Stansbury. It is particularly noted for its capacity to advise on cross-border transactions, currently working on deals in the US, Mexico and South Africa, as well as across Europe, and acts for clients such as Credit Suisse, Citigroup, J.P. Morgan, EQT and Continental AG. Core areas of expertise include bespoke CLOs.
Within International tax, Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP is a third tier firm,
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP's two-partner team works closely with the firm's international network, and is supported by experts across Europe. It assists international banks and private equity funds on cross-border transactions as well as multinational companies investing into the US. New York-based Robert Scarborough led advice to EQT Infrastructure II on its acquisition of Westway Group, a leading global provider of bulk liquid storage and liquid animal feed supplements. In Washington DC, Claude Stansbury recently advised Advent International, a leading global private equity firm, on its $1.15bn acquisition of the coating resins business of Cytec Industries.
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Road accidents claim two persons lives
Two persons were while three others were injured in separate road accidents in southern Cebu over the weekend.
A Suzuki Minvan driven by a police officer accidentally hit a motorcycle while traversing the national highway of barangay Bahay, Sibonga, killing a pregnant woman and injuring three others last Sunday evening.
Glemnar Laude, who was nine months pregnant, 25, was rushed to the hospital but she didn't reach the hospital alive.
Her 4-year-old daughter, Erika, and the motorcycle driver Arnel Sonsona, 23, suffered injuries in their bodies and were transferred from the Deiparine Medical Clinic in Sibonga to the Vicente Sotto Medical Center for further treatment.
Helen Rosales, 39, who was aboard the minivan also suffered injuries in her forehead and mouth.
PO2 Jephthah Jumawan, a police officer assigned with the Cebu Provincial Police Office who was the driver of the minivan, surrendered to Sibonga police after the incident.
Jumawan's other five passengers were not injured in the accident. They are Jessa Mae Milar, 23; Ermie Aparici, 15; Ernamie Milar, 19; Ruel Euge Rosales, 9, and Anselmo Caingles, 22, all residents of Dalaguete, southern Cebu.
Investigation showed that the minivan was headed to Cebu City at past 10 p.m. last Sunday when the motorcycle driven by Sonsona suddenly made a left turn from an intersecting road to the minivan's lane.
Jumawan tried to put on the brakes but he hit the motorcycle throwing Sonsona and his two backriders, Laude and her daughter, to the pavement.
Residents rushed the road accident victims to the hospital.
Jumawan was detained at the Sibonga Police Station pending the filing of multiple homicide and physical injuries charges.
Last Saturday in Samboan town, another road accident claimed the live of a tricycle driver in barangay Sebastian.
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Edward George Anderson, the tricycle driver involved in the crash, was detained at the Samboan police station pending the filing of reckless imprudence resulting to homicide charges.
Investigation showed that Catipay was crossing the intersection at past 5 a.m. when the tricycle driven by Anderson slammed into Catipay's tricycle.
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Here we give you, dear readers, a sneak peek at what transpires on the next installment of Orange County's best-known (and most-hated?) reality TV series. Episode 14 airs tonight (5/15) at 9 p.m. on Bravo, or earlier if you have satellite TV or Bravo's HD channel. Check your local listings.
On tonight's episode, we shall witness "housewife" Gretchen Rossi's boyfriend Slade Smiley seriously consider proposing to her. He goes engagement ring shopping with newest housewife Heather Dubrow. There's one scene where he asks, "Is it possible to do some sort of an imitation stone?" The reason? He doesn't really have any money to buy an expensive ring.
Later, Gretchen and Heather are having a chat, and Gretchen tells Heather, "I don't know if I believe that right now is the best time to get married." That's a warning sign that maybe Slade should not go ahead and propose.
Flash over to the Alexis and Jim Bellino household. Alexis is throwing a princess-themed birthday party for her 4-year-old twins, Melania and Mackenna. One of the Bellinos' puppies pees on the floor, and that causes a great deal of drama. "We have pee pee on the floor!" Alexis announces with urgency. "We have puppy pee pee on the floor!"
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Alexis' boy James acts as a knight and announces the entrance of the two birthday girls.
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"Melania and Mackenna had a very special entrance into the world. They were born at 34 weeks. Mom almost passed away. I had a pulmonary embolism. I entered the hospital for five days. I had a blood clot and I'm on Demorol, I'm on morphine. And that's what this celebration today is about."
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Vicki: "Me too. Me too, with you."
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|Aug 3, 2012, 04:27 PM
Any reason to keep the AppleTV?
I just picked up a Mac Mini to have as a Home Theatre / Media Server. But I discovered a slight snafu.
My TV only has 3 HDMI ports. Currently they are occupied by my Apple TV, PS3, and Cable Box. I know I could get an HDMI switcher, or put the PS3 on components, or get a receiver with multiple HDMI inputs.
However, I don't know that there is a need for the Apple TV anymore.
I have the Mini hooked directly to the TV, so I don't have to worry about airplay to transfer movies or music to the TV. I have PS3 which handles Netflix, and anything I would want to watch on my iPad, I could just watch directly on my TV through the Mini.
That being the case, Is there any need to keep the Apple TV around?
|Aug 3, 2012, 04:33 PM
Drop the cable.
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|Aug 3, 2012, 07:33 PM
I've been using a mini as a HTPC for a few years now with PLEX as the media interface but recently added an Apple TV to replace it for media viewing. The mini worked great for my needs however, as much as I like PLEX, ease of use of the Apple TV for my family trumps it. And now that the Apple TV can handle 1080p, I really couldn't justify not switching. My family watches a lot of Netflix and movies from our media library and doing so on the Apple TV is just easier for them. I'd even set up our Harmony universal remote to control PLEX but I still would get botherEd to help them nearly every time they wanted to watch something. And the performance of Netflix app in PLEX was always spotty at best.
Now, I'm fortunate enough to have an extra HDMI port on the TV (everything else connects via HDMI to our receiver/soundbar) and could just run an optical back to the receiver so I can still watch directly from the HTPC (some of my favorites are not encoded but just direct blu ray rips that the Apple TV cannot handle). But if I was in a similar spot as you and had to pick between the 2, I'd have to go with the Apple TV.
|Aug 3, 2012, 09:52 PM
Sounds like you've graduated past the Apple TV. Congratulations!
Now you can use it with a different TV in the house. Kitchen, bedroom, bathroom, etc...
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Ireland 13-13 France
80 France kick through, the ball goes dead... it's a draw! Nobody's preferred result, but it's the one we've got. Ireland will be frustrated - they failed to score any points in the second half and were the dominant side throughout. Credit to France for fighting back, but this was a savage encounter with a lot of walking wounded. France continue to search for that first win in this year's tournament.
80 Large stoppage of play as Eoin Reddan is stretchered off with a nasty leg injury. France have a penalty with four seconds left in their own half.
78 Ireland attacking but the pressure is well and firmly on. Physio on for Eoin Reddan who looks in a bad way. France turn it over!
76 Drama all round! Brian O'Driscoll is back on - Keith Earls chases a kick through and is given a significant nudge by Vincent Debaty going for the score. Nothing given, France drop out.
TRY, FRANCE, PICAMOLES! 13-13 France with all the pressure as Ireland cling on. Tap and go from Picamoles and France are over! Try to the visitors and it's all level! Or is it? Michalak to convert... he has!
72 Luke Marshall limps off for Ireland as Brian O'Driscoll wobbles. Desperate to stay on but the Irish legend departs to huge applause and a few tears. Ian Madigan on for his debut.
70 French maul in the Irish 22 - Claassen with the carry. Bastareaud pounds the midfield and France are at their best now. Ireland cling on to win the penalty.
68 Knocked on by Ireland, scrum to France with time running out. In fairness, Ireland should really by up by more.
65 Penalty to France after Ireland slow it down. Attack from the lineout - but a penalty to Ireland, holding on the charge after good work from Brian O'Driscoll. Possibly his last game at Lansdowne Road today.
64 France clear their lines and have scrum inside their own half. Michalak has a juggle but survives under pressure.
60 Mid-air collision between Kearney and a Frenchman hands the advantage to Ireland. O'Brien batters Huget out the way, the full-back lying in a crumpled heap. Kicked forward into the corner by Ireland.
57 Careless penalty conceded by Ireland and Parra lines up another shot at goal. It's wide to the left, Ireland maintain their seven point lead.
55 Loose box kick from Parra is snatched up by Ireland. Scrappy passage of play now as both teams knock on, France coming out on top with the scrum on halfway.
54 PENALTY, FRANCE, PARRA! 13-6 Penalty to France, Mike Ross popping up at the scrum. Morgan Parra now on kicking duties and his excellent boot sends it over.
52 Huget with another excellent catch under the high ball. France knock forward, Ireland going backwards and will take the scrum.
49 Free kick to Ireland from the scrum - Murray taps and goes and Ireland are hungry for a second try. Racking up the phases, Jackson feigns a drop goal and passes onto Kearney, who does go for a drop goal but makes a mess of it.
47 Ireland drive with Sean O'Brien at the base. Loose pass and France will have the scrum.
45 Jackson's effort falls just short. Kearney takes the dropout and Ireland attack. Marshall's grubber is ineffective and France clear. Ireland come again through Kearney's kick, rolling into touch in the French 22.
42 Put-in reversed after France fail to use the ball at the back of the scrum - Ireland win the penalty, Mike Ross getting on top of Thomas Domingo. Jackson going for goal.
41 Ireland's mauling game shows itself once more, but the ball is knocked on by Mike McCarthy. France scrum.
40 Paddy Jackson starts the second half in Dublin. No let up in the weather - can France find a spark?
Ireland 13-3 France
40 Penalty to France, Ryan offside for Ireland on the floor. Michalak goes for goal and... it' wide. End to a half that promised little given the horrendous conditions, but has proved hugely more entertaining than the earlier game between Scotland and Wales. Ireland much improved - France need an improvement.
39 Lineout won by Ireland - Jackson jinks past a defender in his own in-goal area before clearing well.
38 Kearney takes a high ball but Murray's box kick is wasteful. Huget goes long - very long in fact as the ball dribbles into touch on Ireland's five metre line.
36 Loose passage of play but Ireland come clear with the ball, Cian Healy with a strong carry. Kicked long and Beauxis gathers. Picamoles forced into touch.
35 Safe lineout taken by Nyanga and then France win the penalty - Donnacha Ryan the perpetrator.
34 France working their way back into the game, but the ball is turned over by Best and Luke Marshall sends a brilliant kick downfield into the French 22.
PENALTY, IRELAND, JACKSON! 13-3 Another excellent strike from Jackson from long-range, Ireland with a deserved ten point lead.
31 Samson looks to have turned the ball over for France, but is penalised by Steve Walsh for not supporting his body weight. Jackson going for goal.
PENALTY, IRELAND, JACKSON! 10-3 More excellent power from Ireland from the maul and Jackson has a penalty attempt. Over it goes!
PENALTY, FRANCE, MICHALAK! 7-3 Successful kick for Michalak, France are on the board.
25 Thierry Dusautoir knocks on attempting to snatch up the loose ball on the deck. Cian Healy penalised, Michalak will go for goal.
23 France attempting to play out of their own half - Parra is charged down but France recover the ball. Michalak dinks a kick across to Vincent Clerc, but his grubber bounces off Keith Earls into touch.
22 Jackson's attempt falls wide to the left, France to drop out.
21 Penalty to Ireland at the breakdown, long way out for Jackson but the young Ulsterman will go for goal.
20 Irish scrum after the French lineout is not straight. Free kick to France who clear long.
18 Conor Murray drills a low kick into the French 22 - Ireland look composed and calm early on. Promising.
15 Ireland infringe and Michalak goes for his first points of the afternoon... but he doesn't get them. Decision for Parra not to be kicking is a strange one.
13 Ireland taking control here, Kearney sends an excellent kick the length of the field but Huget responds well. Foul conditions. Rory Best's lineout is not straight, scrum to France in the Irish 22.
TRY, IRELAND, HEASLIP! 7-0 Great purpose from Ireland as they thunder forward at the scrum, leading to a lineout in the left corner. Another monstrous drive, and Jamie Heaslip is over! Very impressive power from the home pack, playing to the conditions. Jackson converts.
6 First scrum of the day to France. Resets, resets, resets... a free-kick to the visitors.
3 Ireland's lineout working well - Murray dabs a box kick over the top and Huget is forced to scramble. Irish lineout in the French 22.
1 Lineout to Ireland just inside the French half - high ball from Paddy Jackson is safely taken by Yoann Huget. Keith Earls struggles with the return ball and Mÿ©dard attacks, but is forced into touch.
Kick-Off Frederic Michalak gets us started following the blast of Steve Walsh's whistle - here we go!
Anthems Anthems sung, players drenched - this doesn't quite have the feel of a 60 point classic now does it? Still we live in hope.
The heavens have very much opened in Dublin - wet, windy. Miserable.
Team News Ireland make three changes, with Cian Healy, Fergus McFadden and Mike McCarthy all in the run-on side while Tom Court, Craig Gilroy and Donncha O'Callaghan miss out. Paddy Jackson stays at 10. For France, they recall Frederic Michalak while Maxime Medard is on the left wing. Florian Fritz starts at 12.
Welcome Hello and welcome to the Aviva Stadium for what should be a titanic clash between Ireland and France. Who would have predicted these two sides being in fourth and sixth respectively at this stage of the Championship but that is where we are at, with both coaches under serious pressure ahead of kick-off.
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From Sam Spiegelman, TurtleSportsReport.com … After a decade under Ralph Friedgen's tutelage, the Randy Edsall-led Terrapins will be based off of their defensive premise. Edsall has already began the process of moving defensive stars, most notably moving All-Atlantic Coast Conference safety Kenny Tate to linebacker. The moves being made will help the players play to their strengths while building upon a defense that ranked top 40 in the nation in points allowed and made its name for holding opponents down in the red zone.
Offensively, the Terrapins will be without NFL-bound wide-out Torrey Smith and Adrian Cannon, as well as offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach James Franklin. Certainly the pressure will be on redshirt sophomore quarterback Danny O'Brien to build upon an ACC Rookie of the Year campaign as he looks to utilize the next generation of Maryland receivers -- Ronnie Tyler and Kevin Dorsey, who demonstrated their potential last season.
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Mike Moore completed 50 catches using five balls in 8.27 seconds.
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Nice, Pedro! You did much better than your football team did today. :-)
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Hard to take it as a compliment but thank you ;)LIKE (1) · REPLY response to previous attempt
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Brian, I only counted 41 catches
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It's just like you people to do this to me!
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You have a nice pattern though, just submit another run!
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Hi Ma-Ann, would it be possible to edit the rules to include "Must do a cold start"? In juggling, that just means "must start with all the balls in your hands", rather than an already running pattern (which would cut the time by as long as it takes to throw 4 balls).
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Hi Mike. Thanks for your input. Criteria added.
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I also did a cold start mine was submitted 4 days ago & still not verified what gives
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Hi Brian, you may want to recount the number of catches in your video. When I counted, I only saw ~46 (but I've been wrong before!)
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You may want to add to the rules that you need to do a cold start.
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Expandable intraluminal stents are provided as well their method of manufacture. These stents are made of metal, the metal characterized by a desired porosity, with a drug compressed into the pores of the stent. The stents are formed by subjecting one or more powdered metals in a die cavity to a pressure treatment followed by a heat treatment. The metal may be cast directly in a stent-like form or cast into sheets or tubes from which the inventive stents are produced. The so-formed porous metal stent is then loaded with one or more drugs.
1. A method of forming a stent comprising the steps of:
providing a first powdered metal;
providing a second powdered metal, the first powdered metal and second powdered metal having a different composition or different physical properties or both;
treating the first and second powdered metals to form a stent-preform;
forming a stent from the stent preform.
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the treating step includes subjecting the first and second powdered metals to high pressure to form a compact and sintering the compact to form a preform selected from the group consisting of sheets and tubes and either
rolling the preform in the case where the preform is a sheet to form the stent or
laser cutting the preform in the case where the preform is a tube to form the stent.
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13. A method of forming a stent comprising the steps of:
providing a tube formed from a powdered metal;
cutting the tube to a desired shape using a laser.
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providing a sheet formed from at least one powdered metal;
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[0001] This application is a Continuation of U.S. application Ser. No. 08/940,696 filed Sep. 30, 1997, the contents of which are incorporated herein in their entirety by reference.
[0002] This invention relates to stents for maintaining the patency of body passages. Additionally, the stents may serve as drug delivery vehicles. The invention has particular application to stenting in blood vessels of the human body and will be described with reference thereto. However, in a broader sense it relates to stenting in any body passage, including such passages as the gastrointestinal tract, urethral and ureteral tracts, bronchial and esophageal tracts. The invention also has particular reference to stents comprising compounds useful for the treatment and prevention of restenosis and also will find application in dilating and maintaining the patency of various body passages such as ureters and the like.
[0003] In accordance with the present invention, a porous stent made from a powdered metal or polymeric material is disclosed. The inventive stent is an expandable intraluminal stent comprising a main body portion having a first end, a second end and a flow passage defined therethrough, the main body portion being sized for intraluminal placement within a body passage and subsequent expansion for implantation. The main body portion of the stent of the present invention is further characterized in that it is formed at least in part of at least one porous material, the porous material having been formed from a powdered metal or polymeric material.
[0004] In another embodiment of the present invention, a drug is contained within the pores of the stent for delivery to the body.
[0005] In another embodiment of the present invention, the stent may be coated with a drug.
[0006] In another embodiment of the present invention, the stent is comprised of at least two porous metals.
[0007] The present invention is also directed to a method for making a porous expandable intraluminal stent comprising the steps of providing a powdered material, subjecting the powdered material to high pressure to form a compact, sintering the compact to form a final porous material and forming a stent from the porous material. In another embodiment of the above-mentioned inventive method, at least one drug is loaded into the pores of the stent.
[0008]FIG. 1a is a perspective view of one embodiment of a stent according to the present invention.
[0009]FIG. 1b is an enlargement of a portion of FIG. 1 a showing pores on the surface of the metal.
[0010]FIG. 2 is a sectional view of another embodiment of a stent in accordance with this invention.
[0011]FIG. 3 is a perspective view of another embodiment of a stent according to the present invention.
[0012]FIG. 4a is a plan view development of the inventive stent in sheet form prior to rolling.
[0013]FIG. 4b is a sectional view of another embodiment of a stent according to the present invention.
[0014]FIG. 5 is a perspective view of yet another embodiment of a stent according to this invention.
[0015] The present invention relates to a porous stent made from a powdered material such as powdered metal or polymer for maintaining the patency of body passages. Stents to which the present invention relates may be either balloon expandable or self-expanding as well as springy in form. For example, self-expanding stents are known which are braided, woven or mesh-like in structure, although many other types of self-expanding stents including solid stents are also known. Such stents have memory characteristics and, if distorted in length and/or diameter by external forces, they will return or tend to return to a preformed configuration upon the release of external forces. This expansion may be due to the natural springiness of the stent, for instance with a rolled up sheet stent, or as a result of a phase transition occurring in the stent material. Balloon expandable stents may be expanded by the application of a suitable amount of force to the stent.
[0016] The stents of the present invention may be used to deliver drugs to a desired bodily location. As used in this application, the term "drug" denotes any compound which has a desired pharmacologic effect, or which is used for diagnostic purposes. Useful drugs, in the context of the present invention include, but are not limited to angiogenic drugs, smooth muscle cell inhibitors, collagen inhibitors, vasodilators, anti-platelet substances, anti-thrombotic substances, anti-coagulants, cholesterol reducing agents and combinations thereof. The drugs may include radiochemicals to irradiate and/or prohibit tissue growth or to permit diagnostic imaging of a site.
[0017] The porous stent may be used as a drug-delivery system to, for example, prevent restenosis. The drugs may include radiochemicals to irradiate and prohibit tissue growth. Angioplasty and stent deployment may cause injury of the endothelial cell layer of blood vessels, causing smooth muscle cell proliferation, leading to restenosis. To control smooth muscle cell growth endothelialization of cells on the inner wall surface of vessels will prevent or prohibit the smooth muscle growth. To promote endothelialization human growth factors may be included in the outer layer and delivered.
[0018] The stent of the present invention may be formed of any bio-compatible powdered metals such as stainless steel. Powdered metals typically are available in powder sizes as small as 40 microns or less. While powdered metals of any powder size may be used in forming the stents of the present invention, preferably powders 40 microns or less will be used in forming the porous metal stent of the present invention. More preferably, powdered metals ranging in size from 6 to 12 microns will be used. Especially desirable are powders with good flow properties so that the particles may be dispensed easily into a die cavity for metal processing. Other suitable metals include, but are not limited to, spring steel, nitinol and titanium as well as any other bio-compatible metal which may become available in powdered form in the future. Suitable metals do not produce toxic reactions or act as carcinogens. The stent of the present invention may also be formed of bio-compatible powdered polymeric materials such as PTFE.
[0019] The stents of the present invention may also be prepared with different mean pore sizes. Pore size is an important parameter in that certain macromolecular drugs may be excluded from use where the pore size is very small. The pore size may also play a role in determining the extent of cellular infiltration or tissue ingrowth during implantation of the stent. While cellular ingrowth is sometimes desirable, it can also lead to complications such as infection and difficulty in removing the stent. Stents with a mean pore size of greater than about 10 microns can allow infiltration of cellular sized biomaterials; stents with mean pore sizes in the range of 1-10 microns may accommodate infiltration of some of the above bio-materials. Stents with pore sizes less than about 1 micron will not generally accommodate infiltration of any of the above biomaterials but can accommodate infiltration of macromolecular and small biomaterials. Thus, the pore size of the stent may be varied to foster or inhibit cellular infiltration and/or tissue ingrowth. Of course, the pore size may also be varied to facilitate delivery of drugs of different molecular sizes.
[0020] The material processing proceeds with a pressure treatment step in which the powdered material in a die cavity is subjected to pressures of up to twenty tons or more. At such high pressures, the powder begins to interlock, forming a compact with pockets of air remaining in the metal. The pressure treatment step usually proceeds at room temperature although warm or hot pressing may be used. Other techniques to form the compact, as known in the art, may be substituted for the pressure treatment step. The die cavity used in this step may be a stent die cavity to allow for direct casting of the stent or alternatively, may be for some other form such as a tube or a sheet. Following the pressure treatment step, the compact has sufficient strength to allow for routine handling without breakage.
[0021] After ejection from the die, the compact is sintered to form a coherent metal or polymer mass in the shape of the die. Alternatively, the pressure treatment step can be eliminated and the processing limited to a sintering in which the metal or polymer powder is heated in a die resulting in a low density, highly porous compound. Although the sintering step may actually partially melt the metal or polymer as in liquid-phase sintering, in the preferred embodiment, the sintering step does not melt the metal or polymer as the temperature is maintained below the melting point of elemental metal or any alloys that have formed or the polymer melting point. The sintered metal or polymer will exhibit a porosity ranging from less than 10 percent to about 80 percent of the total volume. The percentage porosity is a measure of the void space within the metal.
[0022] Following sintering, the now porous metal or polymer may be formed into a stent, if it has not been so-formed already. Any known process in the art may be used including laser cutting and braiding of porous metal strands. FIGS. 1a and 1 b illustrate one such stent 10, with pores 14 formed by laser cutting apertures 18 in a sheet of porous metal. FIG. 2 illustrates a stent 20 which is composed of a number of interconnected members 22, the members and interconnections 24 made of a metal containing pores 26. A braided stent may be formed of a series of strands arranged in a crossing configuration which may be woven, braided or the like. The strands of porous metal or polymer can be deformed so to provide a reduced diameter of the stent which facilitates its delivery to the targeted portion of a vessel or other passageway and once disposed at the target portion the stent can then be allowed to expand to its preformed configuration and larger diameter.
[0023] The stents of the present invention may be prepared in a range of porosities allowing for the production of stents with differing drug delivery characteristics. The porosity may be between twenty and eighty percent of the total volume and more suitably between forty and sixty percent of the volume.
[0024] The stent may be impregnated with one or more drugs by any known process in the art including high pressure loading in which the stent is placed in a bath of the desired drug or drugs and subjected to high pressure or, alternatively, subjected to a vacuum. The drug may be carried in a volatile or non-volatile solution. In the case of a volatile solution, following loading of the drug, the volatile carrier solution may be volatilized. In the case of the vacuum, the air in the pores of the metal stent is evacuated and replaced by the drug-containing solution.
[0025] In accordance with the present invention, the stent may further be coated with one or more layers of one or more drugs to allow for longer term drug elution optionally employing a number of different drugs over time. As such, the drug in the pores would not be eluted until the coating of drug has been absorbed, thereby allowing for longer term drug treatment than would be available from the coated metal alone.
[0026]FIG. 3 shows a coil stent 30 in which the porous metal stent 30 further comprises such a coating 32 (the pores have been omitted for clarity).
[0027] The inventive stent may also be formed from a rolled up flat sheet comprised of a porous metal or polymer as shown in FIG. 4a. The sheet 35 contains a plurality of apertures 36 and pores 38 as well as tabs 37. The tabs are inserted into the holes 36 a-c when the stent is rolled, as shown in FIG. 4b. The stent may be rolled tightly for delivery and implantation and be self-expandable to the extent that it tends to unroll. The stent may further be laminated with a layer of drug over the porous surface of the stent. Otherwise, it may simply be expanded by independent expansion means such as a balloon catheter positioned inside the stent as is already known in the art.
[0028] Another embodiment of the invention contemplates the fabrication of any stent design per se taken from the prior art, the stent prepared from a porous metal or polymer, the pores of the metal or polymer including one or more drugs.
[0029] Another embodiment of the invention is an expandable intraluminal stent comprising a main body portion having a first end, a second end and a flow passage defined therethrough, the main body portion being sized for intraluminal placement within a body passage and subsequent expansion for implantation, the main body portion being further characterized in that it is formed at least in part of at least two metals, the two metals comprising a first porous metal characterized by a first porosity and mean pore size and a second porous metal characterized by a second porosity and mean pore size. FIG. 5 depicts one such stent, 40, the first metal 42 containing first pores 44 therein and the second metal 46 containing second pores 48 therein.
[0030] In the above embodiment, one drug may be loaded into the pores of the first porous metal and a second drug loaded into the pores of the second porous metal. Alternatively, the same drug can be loaded into both the first and second porous metals.
[0031] The present invention is also directed to a method for making a porous metal, expandable intraluminal stent comprising the steps of providing a powdered metal or polymeric material, subjecting the powder to high pressure to form a compact, sintering the compact to form a final porous metal or polymer, forming a stent from the porous metal and, optionally, loading at least one drug into the pores. The drug(s) may be loaded into the pores by placing the stent in a liquid bath comprising the at least one drug at high pressure, by placing the stent in a liquid bath within a chamber, the liquid bath comprising the drug(s), and reducing the pressure within the chamber below ambient pressure or by any other method known in the art.
[0032] In yet another embodiment, the invention is directed to a method of making an expandable intraluminal stent of varying porosity comprising the steps of providing two or more metal and/or polymeric powders in a die, subjecting the two or more powders to high pressure to form a compact, sintering the compact to form a final porous metal or polymer of varying porosity, forming a stent from the porous metal or polymer and, optionally, loading at least one drug into the pores. The two or more powdered metals and/or polymers can comprise at least two different metals and/or polymers or can comprise one metal or polymer, the one metal or polymer provided in at least two different average particle sizes or can comprise several different metals or polymers provided in several different average particle sizes. In such a way, the porosity of the stent in different regions of the stent can be tailored by forming the stent of several different powdered metals or polymers comprising a combination of different elemental metals or alloys or polymers in powdered form, or using the same elemental metal, alloy or polymer but providing it in several powders of different average particle size or by some combination of different metals and/or polymers and same metals and/or polymers of different particle size.
[0033] While the invention has been described in connection with what is presently considered to be the most practical and preferred embodiments, it is to be understood that the invention is not to be limited to the disclosed embodiments but, on the contrary, is intended to cover various modifications and equivalent arrangements included within the spirit and scope of the appended claims.
[0034] The above Examples and disclosure are intended to be illustrative and not exhaustive. These examples and description will suggest many variations and alternatives to one of ordinary skill in this art. All these alternatives and variations are intended to be included within the scope of the attached claims. Those familiar with the art may recognize other equivalents to the specific embodiments described herein which equivalents are also intended to be encompassed by the claims attached hereto.
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