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ACTIVE TIME: 20 minutes
TOTAL TIME: 2 hours 20 minutes (includes chilling time)
Whisk 1/4 cup sugar, cornstarch, and 1 tablespoon instant espresso powder in heavy medium saucepan to blend. Gradually whisk in milk. Whisk over medium heat until mixture boils and thickens, 3 to 4 minutes. Remove from heat. Whisk in chocolate chips, butter, and vanilla extract until smooth. Divide mixture among 6 small ramekins or glasses. Cover and chill pudding until cold, about 2 hours.
Using electric mixer, beat cream, remaining 2 tablespoons sugar, and 1 teaspoon espresso powder in medium bowl until peaks form. Top each chocolate pudding with dollop of espresso cream.
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Ringo Starr wants 'peace and love' for his 70th birthday
Former Beatle Ringo Starr turns 70 Wednesday (July 7).
And all he wants for his big 7-0 birthday is for all of his fans all around the world to raise a collective peace sign and say the words "peace and love" at noon today.
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Diabetes is common among old people particularly 65 years and older. It is a crisis for many doctors to come up with the best treatment to manage diabetes in elderly people who usually have various medical conditions.
When I read the news on the Internet after dinner, I found a new study that said the majority of medical professionals who use a one-size-fits-all method to treat elderly people with diabetes actually cause more harm than good. Tight diabetes control doesn't appear to benefit the senior patients. It just make them more vulnerable to hypoglycemia.
Older persons, particularly those with complex medical problems, may derive less benefit from intensive strategies to lower glucose levels and are more susceptible to hypoglycemia and its consequences compared with younger, healthier persons.
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Heat index: 110: Drought monitor says Stutsman abnormally dry
July 20, 2012 at 12:58 am in The Jamestown Sun
At 3 p.m. Thursday Jamestown was holding the honors for the highest heat index in North Dakota.
With an official air temperature of 98 degrees and a dew point of 75 degrees, the National Weather Service calculated a heat index of 110 degrees here.
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Superman, Superwoman, but not Superdog are well starred this month in any flying through the air theatrics or world saving rescue selflessnessess.
Rousing speeches to those who look up to you are particularly well starred, especially if you are wearing knee length shorts and a t-shirt with a popular cartoon character from times past but without the weather to match your attire.
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We live in a world of misanthropes. Want proof? Look at the comments following almost any story on this newspaper's website.
But Andrea Thome has an answer.
As a member of the Woman's Board of Children's Home + Aid, and with her connections to a host of other charities, she deals with a lot of people, the majority of whom are wonderful, she says. And yet …
"There are some people who are just miserable," says Thome, 41. "And I remember what my mother would say: 'Send them some white light and send them on their way.' I think if you show some kindness to them, maybe you plant a seed."
Andrea Thome and her husband, Jim, the former major league slugger who's now a special assistant for the White Sox, have planted a lot of those seeds through the years. They've done charitable work along the many stops of Jim's 22-year career. Now, she says, "we've put down roots" in the western suburbs.
Born in Detroit, Thome has spent much of her life living in different parts of the U.S., including West Virginia and Ohio.
A graduate of Bowling Green State University with a degree in journalism, she interned at "Entertainment Tonight" and went on to a broadcasting career covering sports and entertainment in Toledo, Ohio, and Cleveland.
"I'm reluctant to admit this, but in 1993 I competed in the Miss USA pageant, live on CBS, representing my home state as Miss Ohio USA," Thome says.
Thome has been involved with Children's Home + Aid (childrenshomeandaid.org) since 2006. The 130-year-old organization's mission is "to give children help, hope and opportunity." It helps with adoption, counseling, child care, fostering, parent support and other family issues.
This year, Thome's participation included co-chairing the gala held Sept. 6; it's the Woman's Board's biggest fundraiser of the year. Her role included myriad tasks, all with the goal of raising funds for the organization's programs.
"This year's gala raised nearly $600,000," she reports, "which is very exciting."
Thome talked about her charitable work and her family — Jim and daughter, Lila, and son, Landon, both in elementary school.
Following is an edited transcript of the conversation.
Q: Your involvement with Children's Home + Aid seems to be growing.
A: When Jim was traveling (as a player), it was hard to commit more time. Then last year they asked me to deliver the keynote at the gala. Then they asked me to be on the Woman's Board. Then they asked me to co-chair the (2013) gala.
Q: Both you and Jim have a long history of helping others. Where does this come from?
A: For my whole life, charity has been very important to me. My mom was very philanthropic. When we lived in West Virginia (as a child), every Christmas we used to adopt a family. But we didn't just get them gifts for Christmas, and that was it. We stayed in touch with them after. Later I was a candy striper. Why, I don't know; I can't stand the sight of blood.
Q: One very cool thing, You still do things for charities in other cities where you and Jim lived. What are some of those?
A: We've tried to stay connected with at least one or two organizations in each of the cities where Jim has played and we have lived. Other passions of ours are the Fieldstone Farm Therapeutic Riding Center in Cleveland, the Near West Theatre in Cleveland (an intergenerational theater with an emphasis on helping youth), Cheerful Givers in Minneapolis (which provides birthday gift bags for needy children), Tapestry (a Minneapolis center for women and children in crisis) and Maternity Care Coalition in Philadelphia.
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Fallacy of extrapolation
From Conservapedia
The fallacy of extrapolation occurs when a phenomenon responsible for a number of trivial local effects is read into the great global phenomena. For example, Darwin's theory of evolution makes use of a fantastic extrapolation in which the mechanisms of random variation and natural selection are declared to account for the development of such complex structures as the mammalian eye or the immuno-defense system.[1] When attempting for an interpretation of research results, the scientist must be leery of extrapolating beyond the range of the data and conscious of the underlying assumptions to avoid drawing invalid conclusions.[2]
Typical examples
Euler's conjecture
Based on evidence from unsuccessful manual searches of relatively few numbers, Euler predicted that there were no whole number solutions to the following equation, similar to one pertaining to famous Fermat's Last Theorem:
- x4 + y4 + z4 = w4
For two hundred years nobody could disprove this claim despite years of computer sifting. Lack of a counter-example was interpreted as strong evidence in favor of a theory until Naom Elkies of Harvard University discovered the solution in 1988.[3] Despite all the evidence, Euler's conjecture turned out to be false at the end. Extrapolating a theory to cover an infinity of numbers based on insufficient and limited amount of evidence without absolute proof has shown to be an unacceptable gamble. The moral is that it is not possible to use evidence from first local set of million numbers to prove the theory or rather conjecture about global set of all numbers.[4]
Microevolution and Macroevolution
In 1980 the scientists at the Chicago conference were trying to address the question whether the mechanisms underlying microevolution can be extrapolated to explain the phenomena of macroevolution. Despite the risk of doing violence to the positions of some of the people at the meeting, the answer given was a clear "No".[5]
See Also
- ↑ David Berlinski (2009). "Has Darwin met his match?", The Deniable Darwin. Seattle, USA: Discovery Institute Press (reprinted from Commentary February 1998 by permission), 307. ISBN 978-0-9790141-2-3.
- ↑ Riegelman R. (September 1979). The fallacy of free extrapolation 189-91, 194. Postgraduate medicine. Retrieved on October 31, 2013.
- ↑ David Searle (2009). The True Marvel of Numbers: And How Fermat Proved His Last Theorem!. AuthorHouse, 71. ISBN 978-1-4389-4530-9.
- ↑ Simon Singh (1997). Fermat's Last Theorem. Fourth Estate, 177-178. ISBN 1-85702-521-0.
- ↑ Evolutionary theory under fire: A historic conference in Chicago challenges the four-decade long dominance of the Modern Synthesis 883-887. Science (November 21, 1980). DOI:10.1126/science.610799. "The central question of the Chicago conference was whether the mechanisms underlying microevolution can be extrapolated to explain the phenomena of macroevolution. At the risk of doing violence to the positions of some of the people at the meeting, the answer can be given as a clear, No."


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Woods hits from the rough on the 15th hole at the first round of the British Open.
LYTHAM, England: Tiger Woods made the most of what he called the easiest conditions he has seen at Royal Lytham Thursday to fire an opening-round 67 and stand three strokes off the pace at the British Open.
While his score was one stroke off what he posted as an amateur in his 1996 visit to the Lancashire links course, he matched his best round since March to share fourth as he seeks his first major title since the 2008 U.S. Open.
"I played well," Woods said. "I really hit it well. I was very close on making a few more putts. Every ball was starting right on my line. I was very pleased with that. I've just got to hit the putts a little harder."
Woods sank a 10-foot birdie putt on the par-3 first, followed with a 20-footer at the fourth, added a 15-foot birdie at the sixth and birdied the par-5 seventh to reach four-under and sole possession of the lead briefly.
"It was a good start," Woods said. "I hit the ball well all day. I was just lacking a little bit of pace on the greens coming home."
A bogey at 14 slid Woods back while Adam Scott birdied five of seven holes in a back-nine binge to seize the lead at six-under 64. Woods was among six major winners hot on Scott's heels.
"It was pretty soft," he said. "The wind wasn't blowing. So we knew that we needed at least to get off to a quick start on that front nine and I figured a couple under would have been good.
"But I look up on the board and Scotty is going pretty low and so is everyone else. I felt I had to make a few more and I was able to."
"I'm very pleased with what I did today. I only hit one putt that was off line. But every putt was right on my start lines. I just needed to hit the putts a little bit harder. These greens are not quick with the amount of rain that they have had so I've got to make that adjustment," he added.
Woods mostly managed to avoid the deep rough he dubbed "almost unplayable" after his first practice round last Sunday.
"I felt like I had pretty good control. I was shaping the golf ball both ways," Woods said. "Sometimes I rode the wind. Sometimes I held it against it. I had certain sections I wanted to put the ball in and I did that all day."
Woods, a 14-time major champion chasing the all-time major title record of 18 won by Jack Nicklaus, is far from secure, knowing stiff breezes off the Irish Sea may yet have their way with the world's finest golfers.
"We've got a long way to go," Woods said. "I got off to a positive start. We have a lot of golf left."
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Sumbawanga — BUSINESS activities in Mpanda, Katavi region have gained momentum as the newly established region takes off. More than 200 visitors accepted invitations to attend the Lake Tannganyika Investors forum.
Businessmen have come from Tabora, Kigoma, Rukwa, Shinyanga, Kagera and as far as Mwanza. Forty-five foreign investors came from Turkey, North Korea, China, Germany, Japan and Syria. Shops and open air markets are occupied in anticipation of the week-long celebrations to officially launch the new region on Monday.
A survey conducted by the 'Sunday News' revealed that local traders are making a profit by selling various items to visitors. "Over the past six months my business has been doing badly but on Saturday, it has gained momentum, as I now sell up to mid night", said John Marekani, who sells chips and roast meat. Hotel owners are equally happy with the influx of visitors.
Internet cafes owners are smiling all the way to the bank as the visitors want to stay connected with their businesses and families. Taxi and 'bodaboda' drivers seem to be making huge profit as visitors hire as they go about their shopping in the process hiking fares as they now charge up to 2,000/- for a town bound trip up from 1000/-.
This is only time we will earn a quick buck", says Hamis Akilimali , a 'bodaboda' driver in Mpanda town. Meanwhile, Vice-President Dr Mohamed Gharib Bilal is expected to grace the Lake Tanganyika Investors' Forum in Mpanda District, Katavi Region meant to evaluate success and challenges recorded after the previous forum held over a year ago.
The one-day meeting scheduled for November 24, will also mark the climax of weeklong celebrations to officially launch the newly established Katavi Region, pencilled to officially kick off on Monday until November, 25 this year. The Katavi Regional Commissioner, Dr Rajab Rutengwe, revealed this over a telephone interview with the 'Sunday News' recently.
Dr Bilal, who is scheduled to arrive in Mpanda town on November 23 will also inaugurate several development projects in the area. "Among invited dignitaries is the Prime Minister, Mr Mizengo Pinda, who is expected to fly from Kigoma Region on November 23," added the RC.
The meeting, organised by the Katavi Regional Government in collaboration with counterparts from Kigoma and Rukwa is aimed at evaluating the success, challenges and progress made since the last Lake Tanganyika Zone Investors' Forum held in October last year.
The event was officiated by President Jakaya Mrisho Kikwete and sought to enhance investment in Lake Tanganyika regions of Rukwa, Kigoma and Katavi. The three regions are richly endowed with vast natural resources, have great investment opportunities in tourism, agriculture, mining, fisheries, among others.
Dr Rutengwe confirms that everything is in order for the meeting expected to change the economy of the people of the three regions and the nation as a whole. He said 10 envoys from various countries have confirmed participation.
The newly established Katavi Region is lagging behind in tourism and investment despite vast attractions due to myriad of problems including poor and unreliable road, rail, port, and airport infrastructure as well as water and power blues.


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US Supreme Court hears arguments on CA Prop 8: audio and transcript
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Today the Supreme Court of the United States heard oral arguments in a challenge to California's ban on gay marriage.
California voters approved Prop 8 as a constitutional amendment in 2008 but it was struck down by a federal appeals court.
California couples, Kris Perry and Sandy Stier of Berkeley and Paul Katami and Jeff Zarrillo of Burbank, filed a federal lawsuit in May 2009 to overturn the same-sex marriage ban that voters approved the previous November. The ballot measure halted same-sex unions in California, which began in June 2008 after a ruling from the California Supreme Court.
Roughly 18,000 couples were wed in the nearly five months that same-sex marriage was legal and those marriages remain valid in California.
The high-profile case has brought together onetime Supreme Court opponents. Theodore Olson, a Republican, and Democrat David Boies are leading the legal team representing the same-sex couples. They argued against each other in the Bush v. Gore case that settled the disputed 2000 presidential election in favor of George W. Bush.
The case is Hollingsworth v. Perry, 12-144.
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36" inch interior diameter would be enough for your needs. If it's just 1 or 2 pizzas at a time 36" is the maximum you will need.
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I am just about to start my 35" oven and like you, 1 or 2 pizzas at most. Plus, if I can do a couple of slabs of spare ribs I'm good. :D
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If you are only going to do a few pizzas a 21" would be fine. It is all about how you manage your oven. Yhe bigger you make it the more materials you need, Bigger stand, more money, fuel etc.etc.etc.
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I have always gone with the philosophy the bigger the better. Although my wife says that doesn't apply to my waistline!
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A MACHINE from Earth is now resting on an ice-strewn plain a billion kilometres away. The Huygens probe landed on Titan last Friday. It started transmitting during its descent and kept on going far longer than anyone expected after it reached the surface. The images and other data it sent back are extraordinary.
Although analysis has barely begun, educated guesses by the Huygens team are giving us a first impression of this new world. There appear to be canyons cutting through hills of ice, surrounded by tarry plains strewn with ice cobbles and frosted with methane. There are many signs that exotic hydrocarbon liquids have shaped the landscape, and may still be present a few centimetres under Titan's surface.
After the failure of the European Space Agency's Beagle 2 trip to Mars in 2003, mission scientists were understandably tense as Huygens approached Titan on 14 January. No probe had ever ...
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IDY28000 Australian Government Bureau of Meteorology Bureau National Operations Centre Satellite Notes for the 0600UTC chart on 06 July 2015 Issued at 5:30 pm EST Monday on 06 July 2015 A surface trough and associated low pressure system over western Bass Strait is bringing extensive cloud to southern NSW, Victoria and Tasmania. Southwesterly winds west of the trough are resulting in patchy areas of low cloud about the South Australian coast, while a cold front is approaching the southwest of Western Australia. Further north, southeasterly trade winds are generating areas of low cloud along the east Queensland coast. Patchy cloud is also evident about the Top End. The remainder of Australia is relatively clear due to a broad ridge of high pressure through the interior of the country.


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After a year that included making up and breaking up with Justin Bieber, canceling the remainder of her Stars Dance World Tour and a stint in rehab, Selena Gomez is ready to be in power once again. Naturally, she's doing it in a bikini on Instagram -- it is summer, after all.
"Taking my power back ... can't wait to show you where I've been," the former "Wizards of Waverly Place" star captions the photo of herself in the sand. "I love y'all. Ps, I still obsess over pickles." At least she still has pickles. What kind of world would it be without those?
Now that she's got her power back, it'll be interesting to see how she shows it to her fans. Perhaps through another album, though initially Gomez said she wanted to continue expanding her acting career as well, after starring in the critically-acclaimed "Spring Breakers."
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Kenan Thompson is currently in his seventh season on "Saturday Night Live," and has entertained millions with his impressions of Bill Cosby, Reverend Al Sharpton and Star Jones as well as "DJ Dynasty Handbag," the scathingly fierce co-host of "Club Traxxx." This season on "SNL," Kenan has introduced fresh outrageous characters such as "Grady Wilson" (and his instructional sex videos for the elderly) and "Oscar Rogers" (whose catch-phrase is "Fix It!").
A native of Atlanta, Thompson made his television debut as a member of the kids sketch-comedy series "All That." He and his comedy partner, Kel Mitchell, starred on the spin-off "Kenan and Kel" in 1996 and later starred in the hit feature film "Good Burger." Thompson also had a recurring role on "Felicity."
Thompson also starred opposite Samuel L. Jackson in the buzzed-about "Snakes on a Plane" and will next be seen in the comedy "Wieners." Thompson's feature film credits also include "Fat Albert," "D2: The Mighty Ducks," "Rocky & Bullwinkle," "Heavyweights," "My Boss' Daughter" with Ashton Kutcher and "Barbershop 2." He also has voiced several animated characters in both television and film. Most recently, he is the voice of the Lebron James puppet in the current Lebron/Kobe Nike commercial campaign.
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Kenny Rogers, a former MSU player and recruiter for an NFL agent, may not speak to Mississippi agents, however, his attorney Doug Zeit told USA TODAY on Thursday.
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The Mini-Education Pipeline System—Where developing strategies that begin building children's educational success from early childhood through high school and on to college are essential to building a community of opportunity where people will have a chance to realize their full human potential. However, this is no easy task, especially when persistently low achieving schools dominate the inner-city landscape. To strengthen the available public education and bolster the life chances of young people, the planning team is developing an early childhood education center at the Perry housing complex that will be based upon creating a continuum of progressive services, programs and activities that will facilitate the movement of children through successful early childhood education experiences to elementary, middle, high school and on to college and/or a career. A collaborative partnership involving parents, the Community Action Organization, the Buffalo public schools system and University at Buffalo, is being established to develop the mini-educational system.
The Neighborhood-based Service Delivery System—The location and delivery of health, human and social services in the Perry neighborhood matters. The decline of welfare and other types of cash assistance has meant that recipients must travel to government offices and/or non-profit organizations to receive help from a social service program. Often residents must make repeated visits to several different agencies each month, increasing the expense and complications of difficult commutes among home, work, and child care facilities, often without access to reliable automobile or public transportation.
The Perry Choice neighborhood cannot be re-created and redeveloped without being a safe and secure place to live and work. The planning team will develop a community-based strategy for making the Perry Choice neighborhood a safe place without increasing police presence. This will be done by developing a neighborhood-based strategy that centers on violence intervention, creating opportunities for young people, resident street patrols and working closely with law enforcement agencies.
The Section 3 Business and Employee Development Center will be a joint venture with the University at Buffalo School of Management and the Buffalo Municipal Housing Authority. The rebuilding of the Perry Choice neighborhood requires the development of a strategy that makes it possible to turn the neighborhood redevelopment process into jobs and opportunities for business ownership among the people living in the neighborhood. This strategy will involve the implementation of an innovative Section 3 program designed to train business owners and to produce workers capable of taking advantage of the emerging opportunities. The program will be anchored with a supportive service system that will help workers and owners deal with health, human and social issues.


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Indiana Township Man Pleads Guilty To Drug, Gun, Fraud Charges
PITTSBURGH, Pa. - Acting United States Attorney Robert S. Cessar announced today, May 28, 2010, that Robert Korbe, a resident of Glenshaw, Pennsylvania, pleaded guilty in federal court to violations of the federal drug, firearms, and mail fraud laws.
Korbe, age 41, pleaded guilty in three (3) separate cases, to a total of four (4) counts, before United States District Judge Terrence F. McVerry.
First, in connection with the guilty plea, Assistant United States Attorney Troy Rivetti advised the court that from in or around October 2007, and continuing until in or around September 2008, in the Western District of Pennsylvania and elsewhere, Korbe conspired with others to distribute and possess with the intent to distribute more than five (5) kilograms of cocaine, a Schedule II controlled substance.
Second, in August of 2008, Korbe was insured by Liberty Mutual in a homeowner's insurance policy and a motorcycle insurance policy. On August 26, 2008, Korbe contacted local police and Liberty Mutual and fraudulently reported that a burglary had occurred at his residence while he and his family were away on vacation. Korbe claimed that his motorcycle and various other items of personal property had been stolen in the burglary. As a result of Korbe's fraudulent insurance claim, Liberty Mutual paid Korbe approximately $29,000.
Finally, as part of the guilty plea, Korbe waived prosecution by indictment and pleaded guilty to an Information charging that on November 19, 2008, Korbe illegally possessed four (4) firearms and various ammunition, and he unlawfully possessed with the intent to distribute 360.5 grams of cocaine and 161.6 grams of cocaine base. Korbe -- at that time -- had three (3) prior state court felony drug-trafficking convictions. Earlier this year, Korbe pleaded guilty in the Court of Common Pleas of Allegheny County to a fourth felony drug-trafficking conviction stemming from his arrest on May 16, 2008 by local authorities. Federal law prohibits Korbe from possessing a firearm and/or ammunition.
Judge McVerry scheduled sentencing for September 24, 2010, at 9:30 a.m. The law provides for a total sentence of not less than twenty (20) years and up to life in prison, a fine of $8,250,000, or both. Under the Federal Sentencing Guidelines, the actual sentence imposed is based upon the seriousness of the offenses and the criminal history of the defendant.
The Federal Bureau of Investigation, the Drug Enforcement Administration, the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, and the Pittsburgh Bureau of Police conducted the investigation that led to the prosecution of Robert Korbe. Other agencies participating in the investigation include the Pennsylvania State Police, the District Attorney's Office - Violent Crimes/Firearms Task Force, the Allegheny County Sheriff's Department, the Allegheny County Police Department, the Allegheny County Adult Probation, the Internal Revenue Service - Criminal Investigation, the United States Marshals Service, the West Mifflin Police Department, the Coraopolis Police Department, the Jefferson Hills Police Department, the Mount Lebanon Police Department, and the Pennsylvania State Parole.
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Cairo — The Arabic Network for Human Rights Information (ANHRI), relieved due to the decision of the attorney-general to investigate the assault on journalists affiliated to a satellite TV channel during covering a session to the members of the national conference.
The "Capital Channel" team of journalists were beat, kicked and pushed by elements of guards affiliated to the national conference. The security guards were wearing civilian costumes, and they assaulted the journalists while they were covering an exceptional session to some of the members of the national conference on Friday February 1, 2013, despite they show the authorizations and denouements required to let them in.
Investigating the assaults decision was made after the denunciation campaign launched by the several journalists in which they have accused the national conference of systematic sought to silence the voices of the journalists and not enabling them from exercising their job in addition to subdue them and not denouncing such acts. In addition to video broad-casted on the Internet.
ANHRI said that "it welcomes the decision of the attorney-general to investigate the assaults which is a significant step on the path to support the journalists and to secure their way to access to information".
ANHRI said that "the repeated assaults and prosecutions to the freedom of opinion and expression during the era of the dictator "Qaddafi", mustn't not be existed in Libya after the revolution; people paid their souls a price for it".
ANHRI valued the status of the attorney-general and calls on him to conduct investigations related to the previous violations in particularly as the kidnapping of the blogger "Taloubah" who was released after he was held for 12 hours by the high security committee affiliated to the ministry of interior.
ANHRI calls on drafting legislations and laws that could guarantee the freedom, protection and access to defense to the journalist. In addition to access to the information and report it without restrictions or prosecutions that were always documented and proved. Moreover, the necessity that these legislations and laws must include penalties to whoever assaults a journalist in particularly as he had the required documents that proves practicing this profession.


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President Obama will concentrate his State of the Union speech Tuesday on the economy, shifting the emphasis away from the broad social agenda of his second inaugural address to refocus attention on a set of problems that vexed his first term.
Several senior administration officials involved in the speech say he will use his fourth State of the Union address to talk about jobs after the national unemployment rate ticked up last month. He will propose ways to make college more affordable to more people. And, the officials said, he will argue for the need to spend public money — on research, on roads, on education — to prepare Americans for a world where a warming climate, a nomadic labor force and new technology are shutting doors and opening new ones across the national economy.
"Our single biggest remaining challenge is to get our economy in a place where the middle class is feeling less squeezed, where incomes sustain families," said a senior administration official who spoke on the condition of anonymity to describe the address based on drafts, marked up with highlighters, that were circulating among senior staff members late last week.
"This project is not complete, by any means," the official added.
With Obama's popularity up in recent polls, he made the back-to-basics approach clear last week in a meeting with House Democrats, whose inconsistent support will need firming up if his full domestic agenda has any hope of succeeding.
He told lawmakers at a Thursday policy retreat in Virginia that his second-term priority "starts with an economy that works for everybody," adding that "our economy succeeds and our economy grows when everybody is getting a fair shot."
"That is a growth agenda — not just an equity agenda, not just a fairness agenda," Obama said, adding that on Tuesday "I'm going to be talking about job creation right here in the United States of America."
A president's first State of the Union speech following reelection has historically been his most ambitious — other than, perhaps, his first. Since it follows an inaugural address, it also gives a president a rare pair of opportunities, just weeks apart, to present the essence of a second-term program.
Many, though, have proved forgettable — more prose than poetry, and more ambition than practicality in actually presenting achievable goals. This may be one of Obama's last meaningful formal addresses on his domestic agenda, given that a second-term president's political power at home tends to ebb sharply after midterm elections.
Most first-of-the-second-term State of the Unions also share an essential frame of reference, one that emphasizes first-term successes and the unfinished agenda ahead. As President Ronald Reagan noted in his 1985 address, which followed a first term defined by a slow economic recovery: "We have begun well. But it's only a beginning."
Beyond that basic frame, however, post-reelection State of the Union speeches vary based on whether a president wants to signal a grand ambition — as Reagan did on tax policy in 1985 and George W. Bush did two decades later in pledging Social Security changes — or a litany of policies such as those that defined Bill Clinton's long-winded 1997 address.
White House officials view Obama's back-to-back speeches as essentially one — a thematic prologue, delivered on Inauguration Day, followed by a prescriptive second chapter detailing the president's view of the country's economy.
Obama's approach, as described by several senior administration officials, will flip the emphasis of his second inaugural address.
In that speech, Obama argued stridently for social equality through an expansion of gay rights, citizenship for undocumented immigrants, and the moral imperative of reducing gun violence and confronting climate change. White House officials acknowledge that he may have overshadowed his underlying message of economic fairness as a result.
On Tuesday evening, Obama will mention issues such as gun control, immigration and climate change primarily in an economic context: job opportunities in ¬clean-energy technology, the fair-play benefits of a legal labor force, and safe schools as a way to drive economic growth.
"If the second inaugural outlined what the president believes is the charge for America over the course of his second term, then this address will be a return to middle-class economics and what the president believes must be done on that front," said a second senior administration official, who like the first discussed the speech only on the condition of anonymity.
Obama's return to an overtly economic message is supported in part by polls.
Since his reelection, Obama has sought to move quickly on immigration legislation, hoping the Republicans' poor showing last year among the fast-growing Latino electorate will provide urgent incentive to act before the midterm congressional races.
In addition, Obama has elevated gun control to a top domestic priority after the December shootings at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn., that killed 20 children and six adults.


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A third period gets wrestled only if there were the same technical points scored in the 2 periods.
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Yogurt Cheesecakes
Sin-less Greek Yogurt Cheesecakes are a favorite dessert for children. A digestive biscuit or graham crackers are the main ingredients for the cheesecake. Colorful garnishing makes the dessert a favorite dish for everyone.
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|Powdered sugar
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|Sweet digestive biscuit
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|Melted butter
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|Mint leaves
|1⁄4 Cup (4 tbs) (For Garnish)
|Orange slices
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Put biscuit in a plastic bag, crush it in crackers.
In a bowl combine butter and crackers.
Mix them well.
Take a cookie cutter, spray non-stick cooking oil inside the cutter.
Put the cutter on a plate, pour your cracker inside the cutter, and press it well.
In a bowl combine yogurt, sugar, and vanilla.
Mix them well.
Pour it over the cracker, spread evenly on top.
Remove the ring.
Put the cracker in the freezer for a minute or two to set.
Garnish with mint leaves and orange slices, enjoy!
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"Great company but work can be overwhelming. "
I have been working at Ericsson-Worldwide
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Work can be very tough and challenging. Work-life balance can be hard to achieve. Cost-cutting measures can be baffling.
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Huge company driven by consensus and therefore not always the fastest to decision. Have had a hard time to break out of the telecom vertical
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supporting managers, nice people, appreciate hard efforts, managers doors are always open to listen to you (if they have their own room which I haven't seen this in any office yet). warm environment to keep you motivated
the typical problems that you can face in big companies, there re lots of people with lots of attitudes and behaviors which you may not like it very much.
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The hydraulic pump power (in HP or Watts) is Q*P, where Q is the flow rate at the pressure P: power=flow*pressure.
The pressure is actually pressure differential. For a 3000 psig pump, just use 3000 psi. The engine (or motor) needs to output the required horsepower at the rated RPM of the pump. As such, a gearbox may be needed - dependent on the pump.
As an example: a 1 gpm hydraulic pump operating at 3000 psi needs 1.75 horsepower (hp) or ~ 1.3 kW of power.
power = (1 gal/min)*(231 in^3/gal)*(3000lb/in^2)*(1min)/(60sec)*(1 ft/12 in)*(1 hp/550 ft-lb/s)= 1.75 hp
Hydraulic pumps that produce 3000 psi are positive displacement pumps - which means flow = displacement/revolution * RPM. You can have a more powerful engine than required. A normally closed directional valve can be used, but cooling for the full pump horsepower may be needed - such as a reservoir heat exchanger, dependent upon operation. Good luck!
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Nairobi — A survey funded by the Danish government has shown that there are more than 500,000 firearms in the wrong hands in Kenya.
The study conducted by the Small Arms Survey and the Kenya National Focal Point on Small Arms and Light Weapons indicated that most of the guns are held in pastoral communities and urban areas.
"We have received the report and we are taking all the necessary measures to recover these arms because of the danger they pose to the country's security," Internal Security Permanent Secretary Mutea Iringo said when he received the report at his Harambee House office on Wednesday.
The PS said the government is now mapping out strategies to recover the arms, to ensure they are not used to destabilise the country during next year's General Election.
"This is a very critical period for the country because we are going to the elections, that is why we want to carry out a mop-up exercise before then," he said.
The report shows that illegally owned firearms include those brought in the country through the porous Somalia border while others were stolen from police officers by gangsters.
Iringo said the availability of the illegally owned guns is one of the major challenges the government is facing in restoring security in the country.
"And that is why we are urging people holding these guns to surrender them. Even those in the pastoral communities should bring them. We guarantee them security, they don't have to hold illegal firearms to feel secure," he said.
David Kimaiyo, the Director of the Kenya National Focal Point on Small Arms and Light Weapons said they will work closely with security agents to recover the guns.
"The government is committed to using the information from this undertaking to inform its policies and programmes in the months and years ahead," Kimaiyo said.
The Managing Director of the Small Arms Survey Eric Berman on his part urged the government to implement the report fully, to avoid a recurrence of the armed violence experienced in the country during the disputed post election violence of 2008.
A commission tasked to investigate the violence documented that up to 1,133 people were killed and half a million others displaced during the poll chaos.
"Alongside this growing demand are concerns about the potential proliferation of armed groups and the growth of existing organised gangs," the report states.
The report recommends the establishment of a broad-based reporting and cooperation framework for early warning and early response that should maximise public participation and multi stakeholder engagement.
"Further, there is need to engage community leaders in curbing illicit arms trafficking through the identification of gun runners, trafficking routes and gun markets," the report states.
It also calls for the upgrading of the Kenyan forensic laboratory and acquiring new technological equipment.


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A drug delivery ophthalmic insert prepared by forming a water soluble solid polymer into a paste by the addition of a small fixed amount of water, drying the paste and then sectioning the paste into a plurality of rod shaped inserts is provided. The insert is rendered suitable for prolonged and sustained delivery of medication to the eye since it is formed by the addition of a small amount of water and has a surface area less than about 3 mm2. Specific water soluble solid polymers which may be used include methylcellulose, hydroxyethyl cellulose, alginic acid and combinations thereof as well as mixtures of pilocarpine dispersed in methylcellulose and its combinations.
1. A method for preparing an ophthalmic insert capable of releasing a desired amount of therapeutic substance into the eye of a patient comprising the steps of:
adding an amount of water to a therapeutically effective amount of a water soluble solid polymer of a therapeutic substance suitable for use in said insert sufficient to form a paste;
extruding said paste;
sectioning said extruded paste; and
drying said sectioned extruded paste to form a plurality of said inserts.
2. The method according to claim 1, wherein said inserts are rod shaped.
3. The method according to claim 2, wherein each of said inserts has a length between about 0.1 to 2.0 mm.
4. The method according to claim 3, wherein said length is between about 0.1 to 0.2 mm.
5. The method according to claim 2, wherein each of said inserts has a surface area less than about 2.7 mm2.
6. The method according to claim 3, wherein said water soluble solid polymer is selected from the group consisting of methylcellulose, hydroxyethyl cellulose, alginic acid and mixtures thereof.
7. The method according to claim 6, wherein said water soluble solid polymer is methylcellulose.
8. The method according to claim 7, wherein said methylcellulose has a viscosity grade between about 100 to 400 cps.
9. The method according to claim 7, which further comprises adding alginic acid to said methylcellulose polymer during paste formation.
10. The method according to claim 7, which further comprises adding at least one compound selected from the group consisting of pilocarpine nitrate and hydrochloride salt to said methylcellulose during paste formation.
11. The method according to claim 6, wherein the proportion of water soluble solid polymer to water is about 1 gram of polymer to between about 2 and 5 milliliters of water.
12. The method according to claim 11, wherein said proportion is about 1 gram of polymer to 5 milliliters of water.
13. The method according to claim 1, further comprising drying said extruded paste prior to sectioning.
14. The method according to claim 11, wherein each of said inserts has a surface area less than about 3 mm2.
15. The method according to claim 1 which further comprises adding a therapeutically effective amount of a medicant to the water soluble solid polymer during paste formation.
16. The method according to claim 15 wherein the medicant is selected from the group consisting of pilocarpine, timolol maleate, dexamethasone, antibiotics, and sulpha drugs.
17. The method according to claim 16 wherein the medicant is in particulate form.
This is a continuation of application Ser. No. 07/291,426, filed Dec. 23, 1988, now abandoned, which is a continuation of application Ser. No. 06/873,021, filed Jun. 11, 1986, now abandoned.
This invention relates to a method for manufacturing solid drug delivery ophthalmic inserts. More particularly, the method involves the preparation of rod shaped inserts used for the treatment of dry eyes and ophthalmic diseases by forming a paste gel by the addition of controlled increments of water to a hydrophilic water soluble polymer.
Conventional ophthalmic drug delivery methods utilize liquid drops, ointment or suspension type installation in order to evoke the desired therapeutic response. Although effective in treating ocular diseases, these methods have specific disadvantages. A patient may lose a substantial portion of the medicine due to poor delivery technique or to involuntary tearing following installation. Additionally, many patients may not adhere to the physician's prescribed regimen for daily treatment. Furthermore, if drug delivery is required more than once or twice a day, the patient may be inconvenienced while away from home.
A more recent development relates to a water soluble solid ophthalmic insert for the treatment of dry eyes composed of a water soluble polymer of appropriate size which can be placed in the cul-de-sac of the eye. The insert is prepared by completely dissolving particles of the polymer in water and subsequently evaporating all the water in order to form a solid insert.
However, this method does not produce a sufficiently sustained therapeutic response for the treatment of various eye diseases. Since inserts of water soluble solid polymer are formed by completely dissolving the starting drug particles in excess water, significant amounts of water are retained by the dosage form even after drying. Additionally, if the shape of the inserts is circular and dimensionally thin, a large surface area remains in contact with the lacrimal fluid in the eye after application. These features contribute to rapid dissolution and release of the product when treating eye disease.
Accordingly, it is desirable to provide an improved method for ophthalmic drug delivery having a more prolonged and sustained delivery of the required medicinal dosage.
Generally speaking, in accordance with the invention, a method for manufacturing a drug delivery rod insert is provided. Specifically, the drug delivery rod insert is manufactured by forming a water soluble solid polymer into a paste by the addition of fixed increments of water. The paste is dried at room temperature. Thereafter, the dried paste is sectioned to form cylindrical rod shaped inserts which are packaged in an empty gelatin capsule. In a preferred embodiment, each dry rod insert has a surface area less than about 2.7 square millimeters based on a diameter of 0.65 mm and an arbitrary length of 1 mm.
Specific water soluble solid polymers which may be used in the invention include, but are not limited to, methylcellulose, hydroxyethyl cellulose, alginic acid, a mixture of pilocarpine dispersed in methylcellulose and combinations of these polymers.
The drug delivery rod insert described herein can be used for the treatment of various eye syndromes including keratoconjunctivitis sicca, exposure type keratitis and glaucoma. Additionally, the rod insert may be employed with drugs which relieve eye itching and burning sensations due to the presence of extraneous bodies in the corneal area.
Accordingly, it is an object of the invention to provide an improved method for manufacturing a drug delivery rod insert.
Another object of the invention is to provide an improved method for manufacturing a drug delivery rod insert used for the treatment of dry eyes.
A further object of the invention is to provide an improved drug delivery rod insert to be used for the treament of ocular disease.
Still another object of the invention is to provide an improved drug delivery rod insert which provides prolonged and sustained delivery of the drug that is incorporated into the insert.
Yet a further object of the invention is to provide an improved drug delivery rod insert having significantly less water than that contained in prior art rod inserts.
Another object of the invention is to provide an improved drug delivery rod insert having minimal surface area.
Still other objects and advantages of the invention will, in part, be obvious and will, in part, be apparent from the specification.
The invention accordingly comprises the several steps and the relation of one or more such steps with respect to each of the others, and the composition possessing the features, properties and the relation of components which are exemplified in the following detailed disclosure, and the scope of the invention will be indicated in the claims.
For a fuller understanding of the invention, reference is had to the following description taken in connection with the accompanying drawings, in which:
FIG. 1 is a graph showing comparative hydration data for various opthalmic inserts; and
FIG. 2 is a graph showing the rates of water vapor loss of methylcellulose rod inserts and hydroxyethyl cellulose rod inserts.
In order to obviate the conditions of bound excess water and high available surface area as well as diminish the rate of dissolution for increasing corneal contact time, a method for manufacturing a drug delivery rod insert is provided. The method includes the preparation of a paste-like hydrogel which, upon drying, results in the formation of xerogel inserts having mixed crystalline and amorphic concentration regions.
Specific drugs that may be used in accordance with the invention include, but are not limited to, methylcellulose, hydroxyethyl cellulose, alginic acid, a mixture of pilocarpine dispersed in methylcellulose and combinations of these polymers. In addition, the insert can include pilocarpine, timolol maleate, dexamethesone, antibiotics, sulpha drugs and, without limitation, any other drug that can be used in the eye in drop form.
In general, the chosen drug particles are formed into a paste by the addition of limited amounts of water in order to induce levigation, trituration and blending of the compounds to a pasty consistency. The ensuing mass is packed into and extruded through the hub orifice of a hypodermic syringe as continuous cylindrically shaped rod lengths, dried at room temperature and sectioned into small rod inserts. These cylindrical rod inserts are in contrast to the flat shaped flakes that are known in the prior art.
Table 1 shows various formulations for preparing a drug delivery rod insert in accordance with the invention (formulations A-L) and one prior art formulation (formulation M). The formulations include the amount of water soluble solid polymers and water used to form the paste. It is to be understood that these formulations are presented for purposes of illustration only and are not intended to be construed in a limiting sense.
TABLE 1______________________________________FORMULATIONS FOR PREPARING DRUG DELIVERYROD INSERTS______________________________________A. Formulation (For Dry Eye Syndromes) Methylcellulose powder (100 cps) 5 grams Sterile Water For Injection, ad 25 mlB. Formulation (For Dry Eye Syndromes) Methylcellulose powder (400 cps) 5 grams Sterile Water For Injection, ad 25 mlC. Formulation (For Dry Eye Syndromes) Methylcellulose powder (4000 cps) 5 grams Sterile Water For Injection, ad 25 mlD. Formulation (For Dry Eye Syndromes) Hydroxyethyl cellulose 5 grams Sterile Water For Injection, ad 25 mlE. Formulation (For The Treatment of Glaucoma) Pilocarpine Nitrate or Chlorine Salt powder 2.5 grams Methylcellulose powder (4000 cps) 5.0 grams Sterile Water For Injection, ad 25.0 mlF. Formulation (For Dry Eye Syndromes) Methylcellulose powder (4000 cps) 5 grams Sterile Water For Injection, ad 15 mlG. Formulation (For Dry Eye Syndromes) Methylcellulose powder (4000 cps) 5 grams Sterile Water For Injection, ad 10 mlH. Formulation (For Dry Eye Syndromes) Methylcellulose powder (4000 cps) 2.5 grams Alginic Acid Powder 2.5 grams Sterile Water For Injection, ad 25.0 mlI. Formulation (For Dry Eye Syndromes) Methylcellulose powder (4000 cps) 2.5 grams Alginic Acid Powder 2.5 grams Sterile Water For Injection, ad 15.0 mlM. Formulation (For Dry Eye Syndromes) Methylcellulose powder (4000 cps) 1.0 grams Sterile Water For Injection, gs 100.0 ml______________________________________
Although formulation E discloses specific amounts of pilocarpine nitrate and salt, it is to be understood that varying amounts may be used. Additionally, although specific viscosity grades of methylcellulose and hydroxyethyl cellulose are provided in all the formulations, it is to be understood that varying viscosity grades may be used.
In formulations H and I, dispersion of the powdered drug in water, which functions as a plasticizer, is enhanced due to the addition of alginic acid powder. Accordingly, a rod insert which includes alginic acid powder as an active ingredient or as a plasticizer will have a more uniform distribution of drug material.
If methylcellulose, hydroxyethyl cellulose or alginic acid are the water soluble solid polymers, the compounds are triturated in a mortar and then blended with the water until the mass assumes a paste-like consistency or a viscous gel appearance.
If pilocarpine-methylcellulose is the water soluble solid polymer, pilocarpine is first dissolved in water to form a solution. The solution is added to methylcellulose powder or to a combination of polymers and is then triturated in a mortar until the mass assumes a paste-like consistency or a viscous gel appearance.
After the paste is prepared, it is packed and extruded as a wet gel from the barrel of a 10 ml or larger disposable plastic or glass syringe having a hub orifice equal to or greater than 2 mm. Alternatively, the paste may be packed in a cylindrical extrusion type apparatus rather than in a syringe.
After the paste is packed in the barrel, the plunger of the syringe is inserted and a sufficient amount of pressure is applied to extrude a continuous length of gel paste onto a flat hard surface. After the paste is partially dried, sections are cut using a cutting tool such as a scalpel, razor, microtome or the like, in order to form ophthalmic rod inserts. The length of the rod inserts ranges between about 0.1 mm and 2 mm.
After sectioning, the rod inserts are placed onto a clean dry glass or other suitable surface such as plastic or metal. One method of drying is to attach a vacuum hose to the end of a conical funnel stem so that the funnel is placed over the rod inserts in a manner that allows a space of approximately 0.5 mm to be maintained between the surface of the glass plate and the funnel cone. Vacuum is applied so that the rod inserts are suspended in a stream of insurgent air in the interior area of the cone. Alternate drying techniques may also be employed, such as drying at controlled room temperature (15�-30� C.) or under accelerated heating at 50�-75� C., and the method of the invention is not limited by the particular drying technique employed.
The dried rod inserts are sterilized using dry heat sterilization. The technique is employed at a temperature of between about 160� and 170� C. for a period of about two hours in order to assure complete sterilization of the insert.
After sterilization, the rods are individually packaged in gelatin capsules that have been air cleaned using filtered air. The capsule may be a number 0 to 4 type gelatin and may be clear, colored and/or opaque in appearance.
After packaging, the insert may be easily introduced into the cul-de-sac of the eye by either a physician or patient. The physician or patient separates the ends of the enclosed gelatin capsule while keeping the insert confined in the longer body segment of the capsule. He then withdraws the inferior cul-de-sac and drops the insert into the lower interior part of the eyelid. This method is superior to using forceps since the capsule body is maintained at a safe distance from the eye of the patient.
After the insert is placed within the cul-de-sac of the eye, the insert begins to swell at its outermost surface while maintaining a rod like shape in the core. Consequently, drug release via a diffusion process is slow and insert residency within the eye is prolonged. While in the eye, the insert is transported around the eyeball by tearing or blinking.
Clinical use of a drug delivery rod insert in accordance with the invention produces a sufficiently sustained therapeutic response. In tests, the insert continued to deliver medication long after it was inserted in the eye, up to a period of about 30 days. In contrast, an insert prepared by completely dissolving drug particles in water dissolved in the eye within a period of about 24 hours.
This finding may be explained by the difference in the water content between an insert manufactured by completely dissolving the drug particles in solution (total solution method) and applicants' invention (limited hydration process). The following experiment was carried out.
Inserts prepared via the total solution (Formulation M) method were formed using methylcellulose 4000 cps by dispersing 1% (w/v) of the powder in pre-heated 75� C. sterile water for injection, USP followed by mechanical agitation to enhance wettability for a period of one hour. The resultant liquid dispersion was "shock" cooled in an ice bath for forty-five minutes and refrigerated for a period of twenty-four hours at 3�-5� C. to obtain an optically clear colloidal liquid. Representative aliquots of the resultant formulation were subsequently transferred onto the surface of a glass Petri dish and subjected to evaporation at an accelerated temperature of 50� C. for a fifteen hour interval at which point a viscous nonhomogeneous type of fluid mass was observed. Heating was continued until the ensuing mass assumed a polymer: total insert normalized weight ratio of 16.6%, simulating for purposes of analogy the lowest proportion of active ingredient present in Formulation type A, for inserts prepared via the limited hydration (paste) technique of applicants' invention.
Following this treatment phase, 47 mm lengths of all gels (Formulations A,F,G and M) were respectively extruded from packed syringes onto the surfaces of Millipore glacine type filter pad backings and allowed to dehydrate at controlled room temperature (CRT; 25� C.) for fifteen hours followed by stressful heating at 50� C. for an additional twenty-five hours with dehydration being monitored as a function of time until each mass assumed constancy in weight. Following this period, the dry insert lengths were transferred to a CRT environment and allowed to equilibrate for periods of seventy-two hours prior to undertaking measurements on water vapor imbibition by the respective inserts.
Initial CRT dehydration (liquid: wet gel transition) established gelation water state. 50� C. drying ascertained degree of bound water and terminal CRT equilibration periods reflect moisture content of inserts exposed to normal ambient conditions of storage.
Data advanced in FIG. 1 and Table 2 below clearly establish significantly lower water levels present in inserts prepared via the limited hydration gel method in comparison to inserts prepared from solution.
TABLE 2______________________________________Water levels of Ophthalmic inserts dried under controlledroom temperature (CRT) and at accelerated heating at 50� C.Summary of % Water ChangeTempera-ture Exposure Hydration State Formulation�C. Period (hr) of Inserts A F G M*______________________________________CRT 15 Gelation -84 -74 -66 -92 Water50� C. 25 Bound -9 -6 -4 -19 WaterCRT 70 Imbibition +20 +12 +7 +40 Water______________________________________ *Normalized/wet gel basis at 16.6% polymer: insert ratio content followin dehydration at CRT (controlled room temperature 25� C.); negative (-) sign indicative of water loss; positive (+) symbol water uptake at each respective hydration state. Formulation (H) = 22% water content; Formulation (I) = 13% water content.
In Table 2, water content was determined by comparing the difference in weights via direct dehydration at 50� C. followed by a three day period in which the insert (M-I) was maintained in an environment of room temperature air. The results clearly establish that the limited hydration process produces opthalmic inserts containing significantly less water than inserts manufactured by the total solution method.
The preparation of the M gel mass, in accordance with the total solution methodology (TSM), results in the formation of a very "wet" and highly "swollen" gel structure during the pre-extrusion stages of production. This is in contrast to the firmly compacted and not as extensively or sparingly hydrated mass formed via the limited hydration technique (LHM). Inserts prepared by the LHM technique have a mass:volume relationship that is significantly greater than the mass:volume relationship of inserts prepared by the TSM technique. The net effect, under constant conditions of comparable extruded gel surface areas will be that TSM lengths of gel, upon drying at a fixed temperature and unit time, will yield inserts having significantly less weight than LHM cylindrical type rods. One, therefore, must not only be aware of absolute w/w relationships, but also of the very important spatial parameter of the prepared gel finished volume which influences the concentration gradient of both types of gel.
For a true comparison, a common denominator of equal surface area of extruded lengths must be introduced. Arriving at a 16.6% w/w normalized gel ratio prior to extrusion does not mean the respective inserts subsequently extruded and subjected to dehydration at two different thermal environments for purposes of estimating both gelation and bound water levels in the gel will be in a 1:5 ratio. Since the degree of swelling or positive volume change in the TSM insert is significantly greater than that found in the LHM gel, the two extruded inserts will not reach equal weights following the drying cycles and as expected the LHM dosage form will exhibit greater weight.
The percents of water levels can be ascertained using the relationship:
% ΔH2 O=((wf t.sbsp.2 -wi t.sbsp.1)/wi t.sbsp.1)102
(to →tT)
where the percent change (% H2 O) from time t0 to time tT is reflected by the difference in final and initial mass states (wf,i) at each respective hydrated plateau state.
One cannot look only at absolute total % change values of water lost without reference to their states of mass. There is a significant difference between the two types of inserts when compared relative to their mass under anhydrous conditions as used in the dehydration process, i.e., at 12 and 20 mg respectively. These percents have to be viewed in terms of total dry mass.
Most importantly, one should focus on the final state of each insert, i.e., the imbibition periods. It is this region that largely determines the finished state of hydration of the inserts. As can be seen from the data, there is a two-fold difference between the two types of inserts in this region. The magnitude of this difference is controlled primarily by the pre-extrusion treatments to which the systems have been subjected in the preparatory stages of the respective gels which influences their basic matrix structures, thereby, setting the stage for rehydration to occur.
Rod inserts manufactured in accordance with the limited hydration method of the invention preferably have a surface area less than about 2.7 mm2 in order to allow for maximum comfort and adequate contact time. In contrast, conventional eye inserts have a surface area ranging between about 5 and 80 mm2. As the rod insert described herein has considerably less surface area for contact with lacrimal fluids, dissolution of the insert after placement in the eye can be expected to be inhibited.
For the treatment of dry eye syndrome, it is preferred that the water soluble solid polymer be methylcellulose since methylcellulose is more hydrophobic, thereby leading to diminished solubility. In order to demonstrate this property, experiments were conducted to compare the dissolution and release characteristics, the rates of water loss, and the degree of water retention.
In order to compare the prolonged release and delayed drug delivery of a methylcellulose rod insert to a hydroxylated cellulose insert, static dissolution experiments using Technicon Analyzer 2 m cup stations were carried out in 0.9% isotonic sodium chloride. The experiments were conducted at room temperature for similar time periods.
The results of the experiment indicate that a methylcellulose insert exhibits significantly less dissolution in comparison with a hydroxyethyl cellulose insert. Additionally, the methylcellulose insert maintains its rod like shape for a significantly greater time interval. Upon examination, the macroscopic appearance of the methylcellulose insert was that of a rod shaped structure, in contrast to the hydroxyethyl cellulose insert which exhibited physical shape disruption within 30 minutes of exposure. Furthermore, after further examination, the methylcellulose insert has a solid rod core in the interior of the gel matrix whereas the hydroxylated insert shows evidence of complete gelation.
In order to further show the advantage in using a methylcellulose rod insert, additional studies were conducted using sections of wet extruded inserts. The result showed the presence of a solid core in the interior of the rod even after a time period of about 90 minutes. Thus, the methylcellulose rod insert maintains its physical integrity for a prolonged duration, suggesting prolonged in vivo release time.
In order to compare the rate of water loss in a methylcellulose rod insert to a hydroxylated rod, 84 square mm wet cylindrical rod of methylcellulose 100 cps, 400 cps, 4000 cps, hydroxyethyl cellulose and mixtures of methylcellulose with pilocarpine were examined in order to determine their rates of dehydration. Individual rods were placed on a Millipore GS 0.22 micron filter pad backing and total weight loss was determined as a function of time at a room temperature of about 24� C.
Reference is now made to FIG. 2 which illustrates the results of the dehydration experiments. For each ingredient, the rods were examined over the transition wet-dry interval for a period of approximately 2 hours. For the methylcellulose rods, the transition point was determined to be about 75 minutes; for the hydroxylated rods, the transition point was determined to be about 135 minutes. Additionally, the hydroxylated rods lost significantly greater amounts of water over a given time period when compared to the methylcellulose rods.
FIG. 2 shows that the drying rates of the methylcellulose rods obtained from first order plotting of moisture loss against time produce rate constants K1 and K2 to be equal to about 9.71�10-3 min-1 for the hydroxylated rods and 16.93�10-3 min-1 for the methylcellulose rods, respectively, or approximately twice as great for methylcellulose rods. Additionally, rods made of methylcellulose 400 cps, methylcellulose 100 cps, methylcellulose 4000 cps and pilocarpine-methylcellulose 4000 cps exhibited no significant difference in the rate of dehydration.
In order to compare the degree of water retention in methylcellulose rods to hydroxyethyl cellulose rods, water entrapment tests at controlled room temperature were carried out on a 94 mm2 rod inserts. The rods contained the water soluble solid polymers recited in Table 3 below.
TABLE 3______________________________________ Wet Gum Dry Normal-Dosage Wgt Content Wet H2 O ized* H2 OForm (mg) (mg) (mg) (mg) (mg) (%)______________________________________Methyl- 117 19.50 23 +3.50 +3.76 +17.9cellulose100Methyl- 127 21.20 25 +3.80 +3.76 +17.0cellulose400Methyl- 137 22.83 25.1 +2.27 +2.09 +9.9cellulose4000Methyl- 131 20.15 34.3 +4.07 +2.83 +13.5cellulose 10.084000 Pilo- 30.23carpineHydroxy- 190 31.66 46 +14.34 +9.51 +45.3ethyl-cellulose______________________________________ *Normalized to a 21 mg dry weight basis; Pilocarpine as the nitrate salt; % H2 O (uptake) = [H2 O (mg)/gum content] � 100; Surface area = SA (mm2) = 2 π r2 + 2 π rL, where r and L represen the radius and length, respectively, of a solid cylindrical mass.
Table 3 shows that hydroxyethylcellulose rod inserts have a water uptake value of at least two and one-half times greater than the value for the lower viscosity methylcellulose rods and about five times greater than the highest viscosity grade results.
Since dissolution is significantly greater for rods containing hydroxylated compounds than rods containing methylcellulose compounds, methylcellulose and methylcellulose pilocarpine inserts manufactured in accordance with the invention have improved physical and chemical properties and are therefore the preferred water soluble solid polymer of a rod insert manufactured in accordance with the invention.
It will thus be seen that the objects set forth above, among those made apparent from the preceding description, are efficiently obtained and, since certain changes may be made in carrying out the above method and in the composition set forth without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention, it is intended that all matter contained in the above description and shown in the accompanying drawings shall be interpreted as illustrative and not in a limiting sense.
It is also to be understood that the following claims are intended to cover all the generic and specific features of the invention herein described and all statements of the the scope of the invention which, as a matter of language, might be said to fall therebetween.
Particularly it is to be understood that in said claims, ingredients or compounds recited in the singular are intended to include compatible mixtures of such ingredients or compounds wherever the sense permits.
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