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is an internationally renowned success coach and the best-selling author of The Inside-Out Revolution, You Can Have What You Want, Feel Happy Now!, Supercoach, both the Effortless Success and both the Coaching from the Inside-Out audio programs. He has spent the past 23 years as a coach, adviser, friend, mentor, and creative spark plug to celebrities, CEOs, royalty, and people who want to get more out of themselves and their lives. He is the also the founder of Supercoach Academy, an international school that teaches people how to coach from the inside out. Michael's books have been translated into 13 languages, and his public talks, retreats, and seminars have touched and transformed lives at the United Nations and on five continents around the world.
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Bad TPS sensor 2007 990ADV?
My bike has developed a real bad fueling issue just off idle. and it is not your normal snatchy throttle that we we are talking about. At just off idle 2-4% throttle the bike acts like it shuts off! and some time it does:eek1 I thought i had some bad gas so i drained the tank and replace the fuel filters. No better. 15 min idle, no change. if your running hard it seems okay but if your in town in 4th or 5th gear the bike is unrideable :baldy This felt like a TPS sensor so i opened up the air box and pulled the connector for the TPS. hooked up my Fluke 78. I am getting about 3.95K ohms at idle and 1.5K at WFO but at that 2-4% throttle it spikes to about 4.3K ohms. I have been on the H.O.W. and searching around here looking at TPS issues and only have found topics related to 950 carbs not 990 EFI??? any one else have some help???? OH yea the best part KTM does not list the TPS sensor as a separate piece you have to buy the complete throttle body for a $GRAND$ :kboom
HELP! any one have a used one? or an idea WTF is wrong with my bike??
Yep complete throttle body... (rediculious) I don't know if anyone has sourced an alternative.
This suggestion is more of a hack. Connect tune ecu and see what it does for TPS (if its really screwed it may peak at a high throttle at that position). Next I would see if you can adjust that part of the potentiometer out and still be in the voltage tolerance for the idle position. Then do a reset and 15 minute idle.
All that information is in the Tune ecu thread and on there website.
Here is a comment, not trying to confuse you but just some knowledge. At that low of a throttle position and below about 5k it should be calculating off the map sensors. I don't know what the TPS would be inputing but it could be causing the FL settings to switch to the bad TPS value.
Message me if you need help, I had a wierd issue with my bike and had to figure all this stuff out.
Well i just got off the phone with my local KTM dealer. He called the tech guy and they claim to "never have problems with the TPS" and will not sell the part separate. so the only way to get the part new is to buy a throttle body for $1000.00 NOT!!! I am really considering a carb conversion, solves all my problems and i end up with a better bike at the end of the day!! Anyone parting out a 950 and want to sell me the carbs and components???
That dirty pot will cause your problems. You could try cleaning it with electrical contact cleaner. You'd need to drill a small hole in the right place, don't ask me where. This works on automotive TPS, for a while.
The 2011 model shows the separate part for $109 - 61041077000 Throttle position sensor. Good bet it would fit.
See! That's why this is the best forum on the planet! Options, work-arounds, help:clap I am still thinking about the carb swap but at least i can get it on the road for one tenth the cost... i hope
Thanks guys for the replies will keep you posted.
Couple questions for some one with a shop manual for a 990 please???
1 Is the TPS sensor adjustable on it?
2 if so what is the procedure and value to set it?
Here is good information on how to adjust your TPS from the "Wisdom of the Forum" - The procedure for adjusting the TPS on carbs and fuel injection is the same -
Here is a reply from Dusty that has a copy of the page from the KTMmanual showing how to adjust the TPS -
This page has a photo from Dusty also that shows how he made an access hole and used a plug to access the TPS lockdown screw so you do not have to remove your throttle bodies to make the adjustment -
Well i got the bike into the dealer last week to have them check it out for me.
There KTM mechanic called in sick that day:(: I was able to get them to reload the map and re set everything. But no diagnostics or anything else. the bike stalled on the way out of the parking lot but by the time i got it home ( 1.5 hour ride) it seemed better!! to be sure i also replaced the battery the next day and did another 15 min idle reset. Off i go on a 1000 mile weekend trip, the bike was running pretty good for about a day... When we got to the middle of no were everything goes to hell. the bike would not stay running from idle to 4000 RPM:baldy
I thought the thing was going to leave me stranded for sure so i made a b- line for home! it would run pretty good at 85mph+ so i got back in a hurry! the good news is that the check engine light came on and set a code:clap
6 blinks. code 6 bad TPS sensor what a surprise. I just ordered a TPS for a 2011 for $92.00 bucks, i sure hope it is a match otherwise the efi is coming off and i am putting carbs on this POS so i can get on with my life!
The TPS sensor part# 6104107700 for a 2011 Adventure (thanks Zuber) is a match :clap Remember to switch the O ring. I installed it last night and set it to .61V at idle and 3.71V WFO cold. Then i did a 15 min idle reset and checked it again and was at .57V- 3.68V hot- PERFECT!
Put it all back together and went for a 40 mile ride and everything is good:D Knock on wood. i wont be 100% sure for a few days or even a week but it is running better than it ever has!
Thanks everyone for the input!
There may be a lot of guys out there with severe throttle snatch that may benefit from this new sensor???
It is great you got the bike fixed with out KTM getting a $1000 out of you for a part they should sell every day. I am also the pissed owner of a 2007 990, should have spent the extra for a 2010 or 2011. I am having trouble with it running terrible over 4500 rpm's and think it my be a pump that I will drop $500 for a new one. I going to test today and if it is low pressure pull it and operate on the regulator.
I wonder if the 2007/2998 owners would be better installing a new ECU and map.
This thread is about a year old but it has an interesting bit of information: the 2011 TPS is sold as a unit and it seems to be fit for the early 990's.
My 2006/7 is acting weird and i'm leaning towards a bad TPS. Here's what happen:
1. key on
2. kill switch off/on, fuel pump works, secondary butterflies move, tach sweeps.
3. hit start
4. engine starts perfectly, but stays at 1400/1500 revs even when in cold start, i'd guess it should be at 1700revs
5. twist the throttle in neutral, all ok, revs go up nice and easy.
6. shift first, bike not moving, throttle acts normaly
7. start moving, ok
8. still moving, pull the clutch, revs drop to 1000/900, engine stalls
9. start button, engine turns, but does not start or only start if the throttle is a bit twisted, running roughly.
10. kill switch off, then switch on, fuel pump works, etc... same as step 2.
11. hit start
12. engine starts normally, stays again at 1400/1500 revs
13. repeat step 5., 6., 7. , etc...
To summarize, in neutral, she works ok, still does not speed up the idle for cold start (weather has been hot though..), when start moving if the clutch is pulled, the revs drop and engine stalls. Even when going through 3 or 4k, if closing the throttle i can clearly feel she's going to stall like if the kill switch was switched to off and the engine is turning due to rear wheel transmission, and if the clutch is pulled, she'll stall.
This means i don't have idle speed and in traffic i face a vtwin engine lock, which in low gears will mean a locked rear wheel until the clutch is puled. Not a good sight on a +200kg bike
I'm thinking about TPS totally wrong and not recognizing idle point, yet, it's strange that after reset with kill switch on/off, will start and idle at 1400/1500 almost normally, and when detectes phisical movement will go crazy and not idle.
what do you think?
I not sure but recall the clutch has a switch and your issue may be related, try a search.
thanks, let's see what happens
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Change in the Board of Directors at Myriad Group AG ZURICH, Switzerland - 19 April 2013 - Myriad Group AG (SIX Swiss Exchange: MYRN), the company creating and connecting communities across mobile and TV, today announced that David Arnott will not stand for re-election at the Annual General Meeting on 29 April 2013, due to his full-time commitments as CEO of Temenos. Myriad will propose Richard Francis (Managing Director of Francis Vienne Ltd) as a new non-executive member of the Board of Directors for election at the Annual General Meeting of Shareholders on 29 April 2013. Erik Hansen, Chairman of the Board of Directors commented: "I want to extend my sincere thanks to David for his great contribution to the board during a challenging financial year, I wish him the very best in his future. We are also very excited about Richard's nomination for election to the Myriad Board of Directors because of his vast operational and strategic experience in our industry and his well established reputation in the market". Curriculum Vitae of Richard Francis Born/Nationality 1969, British citizen Mr. Francis has been serving as Managing Director of Francis Vienne Ltd, a company providing strategic financial services to high-growth companies, since 2011. He has experience in managing finance and operations for both public and privately-held technology companies. His most recent public company role was CFO of Day Software (2008-2011), a Swiss listed company that was acquired by Adobe Systems in 2010. Previously, Mr Francis was Senior Director of Finance, EMEA for Interwoven (2004-2008). He has also held senior finance positions with Novell, Gillette and Duracell, and qualified as a Chartered Accountant with Deloitte. Mr Francis holds a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Economics from the University of Manchester. Contacts James Bodha Gary McManus Chief Financial Officer Investor Relations Tel: +44 161 249 5400 Tel: +44 161 249 5400 Email: firstname.lastname@example.com About Myriad Myriad delivers consumer applications, messaging solutions, and embedded software to leading OEMs, mobile operators, and pay TV providers world-wide. Our messaging services deliver email, instant messaging and social networking to tens of millions of users in Latin America, Asia and Africa. Working with some of the world's most successful mobile phone operators, Myriad's market leading services enable consumers to connect to Internet services they want to reach in simple and affordable ways. In many cases, Myriad's services are providing them with their first experience of the Internet. Our market proven and innovative connected home solutions are found in billions of mobile phones and tens of millions of set-top boxes and Blu-ray players. Myriad is now driving the convergence of mobile, tablets and TV having created a suite of exciting connected home solutions including app stores for the TV, media sharing and simple access to social networking services within a multi-device, multi-screen connected home environment. We operate worldwide, with offices in Switzerland, France, Germany, UK, USA, Canada, Mexico, India, UAE, China, South Korea, Taiwan, Japan, and the Philippines. Headquartered in Zurich, Switzerland, Myriad is listed on the SIX Swiss Exchange (SIX Symbol: MYRN). For more information please visit our website: www.myriadgroup.com. You can also follow us on twitter @MyriadGroup and view our YouTube Channel - YouTube.com/myriadgroupmarketing. Press release (PDF) Provider Channel Contact Tensid Ltd., Switzerland newsbox.ch Provider/Channel related enquiries www.tensid.ch www.newsbox.ch email@example.com +41 41 763 00 50
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Euro Crisis is Just Beginning, Global Collapse is Coming
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The economic collapse that is coming will be global. What we're seeing in Europe is just the beginning.
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The economic collapse that is coming will be global. What we're seeing in Europe is just the beginning.
Spain's economy is under such duress that the country is prepared to request a 40 billion Euro cash injection from the Euro zone this weekend. The request comes after Fitch Ratings reduced Spain's credit by three notches on Thursday. This move will make Spain the fourth country to need a bailout since the European debt crisis began. The Spanish banking sector's weakness and contagion from Greece's debt crisis have put Spain's economy in such a precarious position that the International Monetary Fund reported a need for 90 billion Euros to entirely cleanse Spain's banking sector.
Much has been said about the problems of Greece and how those problems will impact the Eurozone. However, the size of Spain's economy is over four times that of Greece's. Spain's 11.5% share of the Euro zone's GDP has a far greater impact on European finances than does Greece's 2.5%.
What the world is witnessing is the collapse of the European socialist economic model; the failure of government dependency. As more people become dependent on government, fewer people are left to pay the cost.
But it goes beyond simply spending other people's money. The socialist entitlement mentality makes people less productive. As more and more people become less and less productive, an ever-smaller minority of productive people become responsible for shouldering the burdens of a completely lopsided, unfair system. When a tiny number of productive people are required to deprive themselves of the fruits of their own labor in order to finance the lives of the remaining population, where is the incentive for them to produce?
If that is not enough, reliance on a big government nanny state makes people less responsible for themselves, less self-reliant. That is the antithesis of the American way of life.
When European settlers colonized the New World, they left the security of Europe behind in favor of North America's unknown wilderness. They left homes, family, friends and country behind in exchange for an opportunity to build better lives for themselves. They were freed from the constraints of Europe's restrictive class system. They openly rejected the European way by leaving.
When the British Monarchy deemed to re-impose that system on Britain's thirteen North American Colonies, that attempt was adamantly and thoroughly rejected. Hence the Declaration of Independence, the American Revolution and the founding of the United States of America.
When America's pioneers ventured west to traverse the Great Plains and cross the Rocky Mountains they were completely self reliant. They took care of themselves. They didn't have, want, or need a big nanny state government to take care of them from cradle to grave.
This is the stuff of which America is made.
Because it gives them control over "the masses", "progressives" have long sought to fashion America after the European socialist model, to make Americans more government dependent. There was FDR with the New Deal and Social Security. LBJ gave America the Great Society, Welfare Programs and Medicare. Now obama forces upon an unwilling America the crown jewel of European style socialism; government controlled medicine.
Every time obama holds a press conference he sounds exactly the way he has always sounded: he inherited the worst economic crisis since the Great Depression. his policies are working, but need more time. Congress needs to quit stalling and enact more of his policies. The private sector is doing fine but to grow the economy government needs to spend more money to create more government jobs at the state and local level.
Coming as it does on the heels of the Wisconsin recall election, where such policies were rejected, this shows precisely how out of touch obama is with the private sector, how the economy works, American history and the nature of America's people…and with reality.
Europe won't work in America. Neither will an out of touch narcissist who insists on imposing a long rejected European system upon America.
obama, you are fired.
European business activity fell in May, nearing a 35-month low, according to a survey by Markit. Its survey, based on European manufacturing and service sectors, fell to 45.9. The euro fell to a 22-month low against the dollar in response. Disagreement at Wednesday's summit between European leaders about how to solve the dilemma did nothing to boost confidence.
Chris Williamson, chief economist for Markit, said research indicated the downturn had "gathered further momentum in May. The survey is broadly consistent with gross domestic product falling by at least 0.5% across the region in the second quarter, as an increasingly steep downturn in the periphery infects both France and Germany,"
Economic reports show that concerns over Greece are having a broader economic impact than originally expected. "It clearly indicates that the evaporating sentiment that we have seen in recent weeks, as the Greece crisis has intensified, is having a big impact on the economy" said Peter Dixon from Commerzbank.
Socialist President Hollande wants France to increase spending; a plan Chancellor Angela Merkel says Germany will oppose until there is more budget discipline across Europe.
Facing the reality that sovereign nations will retain and defend their own national views, interests and sovereignty is bad news for Globalists. New World Order proponents saw Establishment of the European Union and eurozone as an important step in the march towards their grand vision of One World Government.
Theorists within the "progressive" movement have envisioned such an eventuality since the early Twentieth Century. Woodrow Wilson, after winning re-election in 1916 on the campaign slogan: "He Kept Us Out Of War", entered WWI in order to involve the United States in world affairs, thereby creating justification for his desire to establish the League of Nations.
While in Paris after the war, Wilson engaged in creation of the League of Nations while also helping shape the Treaty of Versailles. The Versailles Treaty resulted in economic devastation within Germany, leading to the rise of Adolph Hitler's Nazi Germany. In 1919, Wilson and a Republican controlled Senate fought over giving the League of Nations power to force the U.S. into a war, a clear violation of Article One, Section Eight, Clause Ten of the United States Constitution, which assigns Power to declare War to the U.S. Congress. To the credit of Republicans in the Senate, they stood for U.S. sovereignty, rejecting the Treaty of Versailles, and voting against U.S. entry into the League of Nations.
Although the League of Nations proved completely impotent in the prevention of WWII, that didn't deter "progressive" Globalists from forming the United Nations. The original aim of the UN was to keep peace throughout the world, develop friendly relations between nations, to help eliminate poverty, disease and illiteracy, stop environmental destruction and encourage respect for rights and freedoms. These aims were based on, among other principles, that all member states would have sovereign equality and that the UN was not to interfere in the domestic affairs of any country.
Pending before the United States Senate today are threats to U.S. national sovereignty:
The Convention on Biological Diversity, the Law of the Sea treaty, the International Labor Organization Convention No. 111, the Inter-American Convention against the Illicit Manufacturing of and Trafficking in Firearms, Ammunition, Explosives, and other Related Materials, the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants.
Additionally, there's Agenda 21, which dictates action to be taken globally, nationally, and locally in every area where humans directly affect the environment. If the Agenda 21 agenda doesn't clearly describe the UN interfering in America's domestic affairs, what would? The Law of the Sea treaty, if ratified, would grant the UN mineral rights within U.S. territorial waters. If that's not a violation of national sovereignty, what is? Were the firearms treaty to be ratified, the UN would then have control over arms within the United States, an open violation of the Second Amendment to the U.S. Constitution.
It's time for Americans to stand up for national sovereignty and kiss the UN, Globalists and One World Government "progressives" goodbye. The best way to accomplish this is to do what Americans did in 1920 after Woodrow Wilson's early attempt to violation American sovereignty. Elect Republicans in a landslide.
With the Euro-zone embattled in a financial crisis that has seen the heads of the governments of Greece and Italy ousted, it certainly appears that there will be more leaders of financially insolvent countries to also be ousted from office in the very near future. One of the most recognizable signs of an economy in trouble is generally considered to be found in the host country's unemployment numbers. With the creation of the Euro-zone and the one-region monetary currency of the Euro, the huge disparities between Euro-zone economies was supposed to be equalized, to hear the globalists that forced the Euro onto the countries of Europe tell it. Once again, it appears that the creation of the euro-zone has resulted in more of what it was promised to prevent: Countries such as Greece, Spain, Italy and Portugal have now suffered immensley, compared to the economies of, say Germany. The following chart showing Unemployment numbers across the Euro-Zone, with U.S. and Japan included as a reference) compiled from Eurostat, shows just how Germany has thrived while other countries are suffering today. Germany has seen it's unemployment remain stable around 5% right through the major EU financial crisis, while Spain's has shot up to over 23% today.
In an article from Reuters and posted on MSNBC.com we see that Germany's Angela Merkel and France's Nicholas Sarkozy are calling for a new European treaty that would mean "stricter controls on each nation's budget.. and harsh punishments for those who don't stick to them."
President Nicolas Sarkozy and Chancellor Angela Merkel said their proposal included automatic penalties for governments that fail to keep their deficits under control, and an early launch of a permanent bailout fund for euro states in distress.
They said they wanted treaty change to be agreed in March and ratified after France wraps up presidential and legislative elections in June. "We need to go fast," Sarkozy said. (emphasis mine)
The question still remains unanswered as to just where the funding for this "permanent bailout fund" will come from. In looking at the unemployment numbers above, and the Merkel/Sarkozy refusal to the issuing of bonds in theory guaranteed jointly by all euro zone countries, but in practice by the bloc's strongest member, Germany. "We reject the idea of euro bonds," she said.
Sarkozy rallied behind her, saying it would be absurd for France and Germany to cover the debts of countries on whose debt issuance they-Zonehad no control. The two biggest economies that have inserted themselves as power-brokers over all of the Euro-zone now refuse to put up any of their funds to bail out the smaller countries. Again from the above-linked MSNBC article, we see the following tidbit from the UK government:
Several governments, notably Britain, Ireland and the Netherlands, oppose treaty change because it might not win public backing in a referendum.
The British government said the changes proposed by Sarkozy and Merkel did not mean a significant transfer of power to Brussels and would therefore not require a referendum in Britain, which does not use the single currency.
Merkel and Sarkozy's "treaty change" will not require a referendum in Britain, who was smart enough to see this train-wreck of a powerplay for the disaster it was a long time ago. Meanwhile Germany and France enrich themselves while demanding stiff penalties for the smaller countries that have suffered directly from the EU Globalists massive power-grab. This situation is far from over, regardless of what Merkel and Sarkozy tell the world.
European Union and the Euro (€)
Just in case you don't know, the European Union (EU) uses, predominately, the Euro (€). Some countries, such as Great Britain, chose to not use the Euro. And some European countries, such as Switzerland, didn't even join the EU. Now we see that Greece, a member of the Eurozone (countries in the EU that use the €), is just about bankrupt and continues to look to the International Monetary Fund (IMF) for a €8 billion loan in November, 2011, and says it will run out of money in mid-December if it does not get the loan.
Greek Referendum or Not?
Greek Prime Minister George Papandreou expressed optimism Wednesday, November 2, 2012, that the Greek people will support his plan to remain in the Eurozone despite having to endure austerity measures. Now we learn that a national Greek referendum on the latest European bailout for the debt-riddled country may never happen. Papandreou said that he would never place membership in the common currency up for referendum. The EU bailout would give the heavily indebted Greek government €130 billion while it imposes a 50% write-off on private holders of Greek debts, in return for deeply unpopular austerity measures. Papandreou said the referendum on the deal was never an end in itself, and there were two other choices – an election, which he said would bankrupt the country, or a consensus in parliament. "If we had a consensus we wouldn't have to go to a referendum," Papandreou said.
The G20 Summit
The G20 Summit is being held this week in Cannes, France. The leaders of the 19 largest economies in the world are here (the 20th permanent member of the G20 is the EU). Europe's leaders said they had reached the end of their patience with Greece, demanding that the beleaguered nation declare whether it wants to stay in the Euro currency union — or risk going it alone.
Here is a very brief summary of decisions by G20 countries:
Germany's Take
Germany is by far the most stable economy in the EU. So what do the German people think about once again bailing out Greece? Germany's best-selling daily newspaper, Bild, summarized the view in Germany that Greece had pushed things too far by calling for a referendum on its bailout deal. "Take the Euro away from the Greeks!" read Bild's front-page banner headline. "That's it," Bild wrote. "We put up hundreds of billions of Euros to save the bankrupt Greeks and now they're going to have a referendum to decide if they're going to agree to austerity measures."
Hermann-Otto Solms, a financial policy leader in German Chancellor Angela Merkel's center-right coalition, said Greece should start thinking about leaving the eurozone. The worsening Euro crisis has hurt Merkel's standing in Germany, with 50 percent now saying they do not want to see her win a third term in the next election due in 2013.


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I entered a soap making challenge this month. Amy Warden from Great Cakes Soapworks challenged us to make soap inspired by Ebru Art. Ebru Art is an ancient art form where the artist paints on water. There are so many different techniques out there, so we had to pick one and try to make a soap based on our chosen method.
Here is the video of my entry. This is my third attempt. My first failed miserably. My second (which I will include pictures of below later) did not translate well in soap as it did in my head, lol. I don't know how my third will hold up against the other entrees, but I had a ton of fun doing it.
I wanted a high contrast of colors, so I chose purple, yellow, blue, green, black, and white. I used my trusted slow moving recipe of 4% Castor oil, 36% Coconut oil, and 60% Olive oil. This recipe allows me to have enough time to mix and swirl as many colors as I want.
After I finished adding the soap to the mold, I used the rest of the colors that were still in my mini mixing containers to splash a bit of color on top. This simulates the brush splattering motion that a lot of Ebru artists use.
What I learned from this experience: What you see in your mind does not always look good on "canvas". I also learned that watching too many videos can actually be a bad thing. I was so unsure of what technique I wanted to mimic. I watched so many Ebru videos that made me feel like I could become an Ebru artist with the right tools. I actually made some marbling combs to use for future batches (picture enclosed below).
My inspiration:
Finished soap inside mold:
Marbling combs I made for future batches. You can find instructions on how I made these here:


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By Eric Kohn | Eric Kohn June 21, 2010 at 7:35AM
An interestingly heated discussion flared up at the end of last week in the wake of Armond White's inevitable pan of "Toy Story 3." IFC's Matt Singer has a terrific summary of the angry reaction to White's review, much of which is because he ruined the movie's 100% rating on Rotten Tomatoes.
Seriously. If people are going to get so ticked off about one person's opinion, maybe this is the new critical standard:
Truth be told, Singer's dead-on about the "who cares?" factor. Then again, if the fact that "Dogtooth" has an 89% "fresh" rating as of this writing makes any difference in the turnout for the movie when it opens on Friday, more power to the system.


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The present invention relates to a device comprising a substrate based essentially on nitinol and, arranged thereon at least partially, a covering or a coating based on at least one polyphosphazene derivative having the general formula (I), a process for its production, and the use of the device as an artificial implant, vascular or nonvascular stent, catheter, thrombolectomy or embolectomy catheter, fragmentation spindle or catheter, filter, vascular connector, hernia patch, oral, dental or throat implant or urether.
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a substrate comprising an intermetallic compound of nickel and titanium;
a TiO2 layer disposed on the substrate and produced by electropolishing and plasma treatment of the substrate resulting in a uniform oxidation of the surface;
an adhesion promoter disposed above the substrate; and
a coating, disposed on the adhesion promoter, comprising a polymer having the general formula (I),
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coating the adhesion promoter with at least one polymer according to the formula (I),
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This application is a continuation of copending application Ser. No. 10/486,809 filed Apr. 12, 2004, entitled Device Based on Nitinol, A Process For Its Production, and Its Use, which is a 371 national phase filing of PCT/EP02/09017 filed Aug. 12, 2002, and claims priority to German Application No. 101 40 522.7, filed Aug. 17, 2001 and to German Application No. 102 02 467.7 filed Jan. 23, 2002, the entire disclosures of which are incorporated herein by reference.
The present invention relates to a device, comprising a substrate based essentially on nitinol and, arranged thereon at least partially, a covering or a coating based on at least one polyphosphazene derivative having the general formula (I), a process for its production, and the use of the device as an artificial implant, vascular or nonvascular stent, catheter, thrombolectomy or embolectomy catheter, fragmentation spindle or catheter, guide wire, filter, vascular connector, hernia patch, oral, dental or throat implant or urether.
The material nitinol is an intermetallic compound, mainly consisting of the metals nickel and titanium. After earlier deformation at a low temperature, nitinol has the peculiarity of assuming its original shape again after heating to a high temperature. This property is also known as "thermal shape memory". Moreover, nitinol has a second functional property, the "mechanical shape memory" or alternatively super-elasticity. The latter property in particular, the ability to tolerate elastic extensions up to 8% completely reversibly, has led to a large number of applications as implants and components for interventional treatment methods, such as, for example, stents, stent grafts, vascular connectors, filters, capture baskets and guide wires. Using insertion instruments, stents and filters are customarily brought to the position of the vessel at which they open up to the original shape. For insertion into the insertion system, the nitinol component is compressed in the cold at extensions up to approximately 8%. For instance, endovascular stents having a defined diameter are first processed, then compressed in the cold and brought to the position of the vessel at which they are to be placed by means of insertion instruments. At the desired position, the previously compressed stent opens up to its original shape due to the body heat and/or due to its elastic ability and supports the surrounding vessel. Owing to the shape which is already fixed during manufacture, an overextension of the vessel can be avoided.
The material nitinol per se has a very good body compatibility. In order to avoid from the start a "bleeding out" of nickel or nickel ions possibly occurring and in order to achieve a particularly uniform surface structure, various techniques were developed in order to seal the surface of an implant essentially manufactured from nitinol, such as, for example, a stent, and to provide it with a leakproof, nickel-impermeable layer. These processes of chemical aftertreatment customarily lead to a leakproof layer of titanium dioxide, through which nickel can hardly escape. These processes are known, inter alia, as electropolishing and are customary in different variants.
Although oxidic layers do not inevitably worsen the physical compatibility of implants, they yield a surface which only allows a low hemocompatibility to be expected and thus makes necessary the use of vitamin K antagonists, and other anticoagulants, such as acetyl-salicylic acid. This represents an additional stress for the affected patients.
Moreover, the process of electrochemical polishing cannot be employed everywhere. In areas or places in which electrochemical polishing cannot be used, such as, for example, in implants which consist of a combination of various materials and accordingly would dissolve these selectively during electrochemical polishing, natural oxide layers offer a poorer protection against the discharge of metal ions and accordingly a lower blood and physical compatibility.
A form of surface improvement to be additionally used would thus be desirable, such as, for example, a coating which makes leakproof the properties of a surface which is produced by electropolishing or in another way and is impermeable to metal ions, in particular nickel ions, with respect to the hemo- and biocompatibility and also further improves other properties, such as, in particular, the glidability, without damaging the leakproofness and isolating properties of such a surface.
From the prior art, an abundance of materials are known and investigated which are used for the production of such coatings. For instance, an expandable sheath of ε-PTFE is disclosed in WO 98/56312, which can be used for the culturing of artificial vessels. Other materials for this use are cited in EP-A-0-810 845, in which, for example, polymers are mentioned which are described in U.S. Pat. No. 4,883,699 and U.S. Pat. No. 4,911,691. Further polymers for the purpose mentioned are, for example, hydrolyzed polyacrylonitrile (U.S. Pat. No. 4,480,642), hydro-philic polyethers (U.S. Pat. No. 4,798,876) and polyurethane diacrylates (U.S. Pat. No. 4,424,395). Furthermore, various hydrogels are known which can be employed as a coating for this purpose. The number of the potentially usable materials can be supplemented further by polyvinyl-pyrrolidone (PVP), polyvinyl alcohols (PVA), poly-ethylene oxide (PEO) and polyhydroxyethyl methacrylate p(HEMA). The use of a number of standard materials such as polyurethanes, polyethylenes and polypropylenes as possible materials is further described in the prior art. Likewise, mixtures of these materials with one another are known for the coating of implants. A number of further materials is moreover disclosed in EP-A-0-804 909.
The properties of these materials are different and it can be assumed therefrom that each of these materials has particular properties for certain applications in the coating of artificial implants and other medical devices. For instance, PVA is very readily soluble in liquids and is rapidly absorbed. Other materials have good blood compatibility. In turn, other materials are particularly readily stretchable. However, all materials exhibit disadvantages in certain areas. PVA, for example, does not show good blood compatibility. ε-PTFE is very readily stretchable, for example, and also exhibits good blood compatibility, but this material is extremely difficult to handle and the production of such coatings necessitates a number of processing steps (cf. WO 96/00103). A surface obtained in such a way is also only temperature-stable within limits and becomes brittle in the cold, which in the specific case of the coating of nitinol leads at least to hairline cracks, at which thrombi can form. Moreover, the adhesion of such a coating is not particularly good. This becomes brittle during the cold treatment which is necessary and as a result of this detaches very easily, which in particular in the case of implants in endovascular systems can have considerable health sequelae. In the case of other materials, elastic properties which are important in virtually all cases for a coating of the type mentioned are only achieved by the addition of plasticizers. Plasticizers, however, decrease the blood and physical compatibility considerably. Further, a mobilization of the plasticizers can additionally lead to inflammatory reactions, reactions of the immune and anticoagulation system and thus to stress for the patients. Fundamentally, however, the majority of plastics and plastic mixtures "plasticized" in such a way become brittle in the cold and and lose their elasticity. As a result, in the case of such materials the danger is always present that on renewed expansion cracks form or the layer detaches.
Further known complications which can occur in the case of such a coating are connected with those of the degradation of some substances used for the coating and the degradation products resulting here. For instance, it is known that in the dissolution or the absorption and the decomposition of some of the coating substances known from the prior art inflammatory reactions can occur (van der Giessen, Circulation vol. 94, no. 7. 1996). This problem results either due to the in some cases imperfect compatibility of such coatings or else due to reaction to give decomposition products, which result in the decomposition of the substances mentioned. This lies in particular in the fact that the substances can in some cases only be applied in a not very controlled manner and thus are decomposed or degraded at different positions to a differently severe extent.
Further, for the problem-free handling of coated implants of this type the behavior toward bacteria, macrophages and proteins which deposit on the surfaces of the implants and devices plays a central role, since these deposits, in particular, can lead to inflammation and other problems during the growing-in of the implants. In particular, in the production of vascular implants, such as vascular and nonvascular stents, hernia patches, urethers, filters, vascular connectors, and implants in the oral, dental and throat region, the properties and peculiarities of the materials mentioned are a significant aspect. This is based on the fact that due to temperature effects during the processing of nitinol cracks produced are starting points for increased thrombus formation and other deposits such as proteins, macrophages, etc., which after implantation can become a risk for the patients.
The present invention is thus based on the object of making available a device based on nitinol suitable as an artificial implant, which is to be distinguished by high physical compatibility and a very good hemo-compatibility. Additionally, a device of this type should withstand the considerable temperature variations and mechanical stresses, such as, for example, elastic extensions of up to approximately 8%, which occur during the processing and use of the material nitinol, without a worsening of the property profile of the device, such as, for example, detachment or crack formation. This should in particular be achieved without the use of a plasticizer, since otherwise the physical compatibility of such an implant would be considerably decreased.
This object is achieved by the embodiments characterized in the claims. In particular, a device is made available comprising a substrate based essentially on nitinol and, arranged thereon at least partially, a covering or a coating based on at least one polymer having the following general formula (I),
A further subject of the present invention is the use of the device according to the invention as an artificial implant, vascular or nonvascular stent, catheter, thrombolectomy or embolectomy catheter, fragmentation spindle or catheter, filter, vascular connector, hernia patch, oral, dental or throat implant, guide wire or urether, preferably as a vascular or nonvascular stent or as an oral, dental or throat implant.
Surprisingly, the device according to the invention exhibits a high physical compatibility and a very good hemocompatibility. Moreover, the device according to the invention shows essentially no adsorption of macrophages or colonization of bacteria. The polyphosphazene having the above formula (I) specifically selected in the context of the present invention for the coating of the substrate based on nitinol withstands in a particularly advantageous manner the in some cases extreme temperature variations and mechanical stresses in the course of the processing of the nitinol substrate without becoming brittle, detaching or tearing. As a result of the specifically selected polyphosphazene having the above formula (I), the surface properties of nitinol are permanently improved, since the specifically selected polyphosphazene derivative according to the general formula (I) is degraded neither hydrolytically nor enzymatically. Advantageously, the specifically selected polyphosphazene having the above formula (I) is elastic over a very wide temperature range, in particular at temperatures below the freezing point, without the use of plasticizers.
The degree of polymerization of the polymer according to the above formula (I) used for the coating of the nitinol substrate is 2 to ∞. A range for the degree of polymerization of from 20 to 200,000, more preferably of from 40 to 100,000, is preferred.
Preferably, at least one of the radicals R1 to R6 in the polymer used is an alkoxy radical which is substituted by at least one fluorine atom.
The alkyl radicals in the alkoxy, alkylsulfonyl and dialkylamino radicals are, for example, straight- or branched-chain alkyl radicals having 1 to 20 carbon atoms, where the alkyl radicals can be substituted, for example, by at least one halogen atom, such as a fluorine atom.
Examples of alkoxy radicals are methoxy, ethoxy, propoxy and butoxy groups, which can preferably be substituted by at least one fluorine atom. The 2,2,2-trifluoroethoxy group is particularly preferred. Examples of alkylsulfonyl radicals are methyl-, ethyl-, propyl- and butylsulfonyl groups. Examples of dialkylamino radicals are dimethyl-, diethyl-, dipropyl- and dibutylamino groups.
The aryl radical in the aryloxy radical is, for example, an aryl unit having one or more aromatic ring systems, where the aryl radical can be substituted, for example, by at least one alkyl radical defined above. Examples of aryloxy radicals are phenoxy and naphthoxy groups and derivatives thereof.
The heterocycloalkyl radical is, for example, a ring systems containing 3 to 7 atoms, where at least one ring atom is a nitrogen atom. The heterocycloalkyl radical can be substituted, for example, by at least one alkyl radical defined above. Examples of heterocycloalkyl radicals are piperidinyl, piperazinyl, pyrrolidinyl and morpholinyl groups and derivatives thereof. The heteroaryl radical is, for example, a compound having one or more aromatic ring systems, where at least one ring atom is a nitrogen atom. The heteroaryl radical can be substituted, for example, by at least one alkyl radical defined above. Examples of heteroaryl radicals are pyrrolyl, pyridinyl, pyridinolyl, isoquinolyl and quinolyl groups, and derivatives thereof.
In a preferred embodiment of the present invention, the polymer is poly[bis(trifluoroethoxy)phosphazene]. The polymer can also be a poly[bis(trifluoroethoxy)-phosphazene] labelled by 32P, 33P or As or Sb isotopes.
As a volume material, the polymeric compound poly[bis(trifluoroethoxy)phosphazene] shows a good antithrombogenic action (cf. Tur, Investigations on the thrombus resistance of poly[bis(trifluoroethoxy)-phosphazene] and Hollemann Wiberg, "Stickstoff-verbindungen des Phosphors" [Nitrogen compounds of phosphorus], Textbook of inorganic chemistry, 666-669, 91st-100th edition, Walter de Gruyter Verlag, 1985, and Tur, Vinogradova, inter alia "Entwicklungstendenzen bei polymeranalogen Umsetzungen von Polyphosphazen" [Development tendencies in polymer-analogous reactions of polyphosphazene], Acta Polymerica 39, 424-429, no. 8, 1988. In DE 196 13 048 A1, the fluorinated form of polyphosphazenes was employed as a coating for the coating of artificial implants, heart valves expressly being mentioned. Such implants, however, are not produced from nitinol. Moreover, no disclosure is found in DE 196 13 048 A1 with respect to the aspect of the extreme temperature stresses in nitinol implants.
The devices according to the invention on the one hand have excellent mechanical and body-compatible properties and on the other hand a high resistance against inflammation-promoting organisms, such as, for example, macrophages. As a result of the coating of the nitinol surface with the specifically selected polyphosphazene having the above formula (I), on the one hand the hemo- and biocompatibility of the surface mentioned is improved, on the other hand in the application of the coating or of the covering the surface layer sealing the nitinol surface generated by electropolishing or other techniques is not damaged. Thus possible subsequent damage after implantation can be reduced.
In the context of the present invention, the substrate based on nitinol can be partially coated with a covering based on at least one polymer having the general formula (I). Customarily, however, it is preferred that the substrate is based on nitinol coated completely with a covering based on at least one polymer having the general formula (I).
In one embodiment of the present invention, the nitinol substrate, which coated thereon has a covering of the polyphosphazene polymer according to the formula (I), is present in the form of an at least partially pierced or perforated tube, such as is customary, for example, in the case of an endovascular implant, such as a stent.
The covering of at least one polyphosphazene polymer according to the formula (I) according to the present invention arranged or deposited on the nitinol substrate can further comprise one or more pharmaceutically active compounds, such as, for example, cytotoxic compounds, such as rapamycin, taxol, doxorubicin, platinum derivatives, 5-fluoracyl or antiinflammatory active compounds such as diclofenac or acetylsalicylic acid or other active compounds in a corresponding pharmaceutical preparation, preferably having delayed release or quantitatively controlled release over a relatively long period.
The covering of the device according to the invention has, for example, a thickness of approximately 1 nm to approximately 100 μm, preferably to approximately 500 nm and particularly preferably to approximately 100 nm.
In one embodiment of the artificial implant according to the invention, between the surface of the substrate and the covering constructed from the polyphosphazene derivative is arranged a layer which contains an adhesion promoter, i.e. adjacent to the coating based on at least one polymer having the general formula (I) is arranged an adhesion promoter layer.
The adhesion promoter or spacer preferably contains a polar end group. Examples of these are hydroxyl, carboxylate, aldehyde, amino or nitro groups. However, end groups based on an alkoxy, alkylsulfonyl, dialkylamino or aryloxy radical or a heterocycloalkyl or heteroaryl radical having nitrogen as a heteroatom can also be present, where these radicals can also be differently substituted, for example by halogen atoms, in particular fluorine.
In particular, the adhesion promoter can be, for example, an organosilicon compound, preferably an amino-terminated silane or a compound based on an aminosilane, an amino-terminated alkene, a nitro-terminated alkene, a nitro-terminated silane or an alkylphosphonic acid. As adhesion promoter, amino-propyltrimethoxysilane and aminopropyltriethoxysilane are particularly preferred.
The adhesion promoter in particular improves the adhesion of the covering to the surface of the nitinol substrate by coupling of the adhesion promoter to the nitinol surface, for example by means of ionic and/or covalent bonds, and further coupling to the described polymer of the formula (I) of the covering, for example by means of ionic and/or covalent bonds.
A further subject of the present invention relates to the production of the device according to the invention, comprising the steps:
The substrate based on nitinol can be made available in step (a), for example, in the form of an at least partially pierced or perforated tube. The substrate essentially comprises nitinol as the material forming the substrate. The substrate based on nitinol can in the course of this already be subjected to an electropolishing or other treatment for the production of a surface which is leakproof and impermeable to nickel ions.
In step (b) of the process according to the invention, a plasma treatment of the nitinol surface takes place, the plasma preferably being an air or oxygen plasma. By means of the plasma treatment, an ultrathin, leakproof TiO2 layer is produced on the substrate based essentially on nitinol. Other plasma gases such as, for example, argon can also be employed. The plasma gases employed can further optionally contain one or more additives customary in such a process step, such as, for example, allyl, vinylbenzene, etc. In step (b) of the process according to the invention, an activation and cleaning of the nitinol surface by means of the plasma treatment takes place, whereby a complete and uniform oxidation and activation of the surface is brought about. At the same time, impurities or foreign bodies present are oxidized and the surface is cleaned. In this connection, it is to be mentioned that the activation and coating of the surface, as described in DE 196 13 048, removes a surface produced by electro-polishing and thus allows the escape of nickel or nickel ions. The procedure described in DE 196 13 048 is therefore unsuitable for the coating of nitinol implants or devices and leads to implants whose use brings about potential harm to the patient by the elution of nickel or nickel ions. Furthermore, as a result of the use of sulfuric acid described in DE 196 13 048 the formation of compounds of the type TiO(SO4) occurs, which dissolves and thus damages and destroys the TiO2 surface generated by the surface treatment.
Subsequently, in step (c) a hydroxylation of the nitinol surface, for example by water, is optionally carried out and an adhesion promoter, preferably amino-propyltrimethoxysilane (APTMS) or aminopropyltriethoxy-silane, is applied to the surface and crosslinked.
A solution which contains at least one compound of the general formula (I) in a concentration of 0.1 to 99% by weight is then applied to this surface in step (d), customarily by spraying or dipping. As possible solvents, ethyl acetate, acetone, THF, toluene or xylenes can be used here. However, the choice of the solvents or solvent mixtures is not restricted to the solvents mentioned.
The evaporation of the solvent can proceed without further measures. Customarily, the concentration of the solvent vapor above the substrate, the pressure and the temperature is controlled. At the beginning of the first drying phase, an atmosphere saturated with the solvent vapor is customarily established above the coated substrate, the concentration of the solvent vapor subsequently being slowly reduced over a number of hours. The temperature can vary here from −30° C. to +90° C. During the first drying phase, the pressure can run through a ramp from normal pressure to water jet vacuum (20 torr). After the first drying phase, the coated substrate is then dried further for a certain time in an oil pump vacuum (0.1 torr).
The device coated with the dried polymer of the compound (I) based on nitinol can then be directly further used after appropriate sterilization and further processed in the cold, i.e. compressed. Depending on the concentration of the solution of the polymer compound (I) and the conditions during the first drying phase, various layer thicknesses of from 0.1 nm to 300 μm or thicker, preferably in the range from 500 nm to 30 μm, and particularly preferably around 100 nm, can be produced.
The structuring of the polymer coating is subject to no specific restriction. Thus structures of the order of magnitude of nanometers, micrometers or even larger or smaller, preferably in the range from 10 nm to 100 μm, can be produced. Furthermore, all structures can be produced and used which can be generated photolithographically or using electron beams, X-rays or laser beams or by means of other techniques.
A microstructuring of the coating can also be obtained by means of direct "writing" on a film produced beforehand based on at least one polyphosphazene derivative according to the above formula (I) by means of laser beams, electron beams or X-rays or else by "melt structuring", where a thin wire is brought to the melting temperature of the polymer, which then melts the desired structure into the coating by direct contact. Particular advantages can be achieved by a structuring of this type in that structures are imprinted in the film which particularly favorably arrange the flow behavior of liquids (e.g. sharkskin or lotus effect).
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Édouard Lock's new work, which was to form part of Scottish Ballet's Dance Odysseys on Friday 16 August, has been cancelled due to family illness. In its place, Scottish Ballet will now perform two works, Kenneth MacMillan's Sea of Troubles and Christopher Hampson's Silhouette on the main stage of the Festival Theatre in an evening performance starting at 8.00pm.
In its 25th anniversary year, Kenneth MacMillan's haunting Sea of Troubles explores relationships in sharp, stylised scenes. Inspired by Shakespeare's Hamlet and set to music by Webern and Martinu, each character is haunted by a ghost and their own guilt.
Performed for the first time in the UK, Silhouette is an exuberant celebration of ballet at its most classic. A joyful study of composer Francis Poulenc's Concert Champêtre in this the 50th anniversary year of his death, Degas-styled dancers present clear, crisp lines in this multi-levelled journey from darkness into light.
Those with tickets for Édouard Lock's World Premiere will find them automatically valid for the performance of Sea of Troubles andSilhouette on Friday 16 August.
Those wishing to return their tickets are entitled to a full refund through Hub Tickets, Castlehill, Royal Mile, Edinburgh EH1 2NE. If customers have any queries about their refund or exchange the Hub Tickets box office team are available on +44 (0)131 473 2089 to talk through any questions.
More information on the full Dance Odyssey's programme and an interview with Scottish Ballet's Artistic Director Christopher Hampson are available online at www.eif.co.uk
Sea of Troubles (1988)
Choreography Kenneth MacMillan
Music Webern/Martinu
Design Deborah MacMillan
Staged from the Benesh Notation by Gary Harris
Silhouette (2010)
Choreography Christopher Hampson
Music Concert Champêtre by Francis Poulenc
A part of Dance Odysseys
Produced by Scottish Ballet in Association with Scottish Dance Theatre and Gelabert Azzopardi Companyia de Dansa.
Friday 16 to Monday 19 August
Festival Theatre Edinburgh
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I'm always smiling, full of energy, positive, never drama filled, usually thinking of a master plan, and down to enjoy everyday. As of right now I work in oil and gas for a service company. I'm a well log data analyst. I have decided that I want to become a doctor so i'llbe pursing a degree in nutrition in the spring. I lean more towards a nature/holistic type of approach so I would like to go to a natural medicine school and get my NP.. Why I?m on Match Ok so the commercials got to me! Well not really but their marketing is pretty damn good I must say ! lol But seriously I'm here for the same reasons most are: to meet new people and hopefully find my love. I'm young but im ready lol .. no im serious. Im really ready to fall in love and really find someone to share my world with. I?m not into the club/bar scene and most of my girlfriends are married so I don?t get a chance to meet a lot of new guys. Between work and other stuff I stay pretty occupied but am ready to create some room in my life for a great guy. I do think you must be happy and fullfilled before getting into a releationship but there are levels of happiness and success you just cant reach on your own. I got out of a relationship some months ago so since then I?ve just been taking my time to enjoy life and doing things for me. I don?t believe in taking your past into your future when it comes to relationships so I?ve just kept to myself but now I am ready to get back out there and start meeting new people. I consider myself to be a very valuable woman who has alot to bring to the table. I dont settle and am ok taking my time until I find the right match. I would be interested in someone who is on their path to following their dreams as well. There?s nothing like two people together living in their purpose and making it happen. I would like a relationship where we make each other better, motivate one another, and help each other reach our greatness.
Book club , Coffee and conversation , Business networking , Cooking , Dining out , Movies/Videos , Museums and art , Music and concerts , Exploring new areas , Performing arts , Political interests , Religion/Spiritual , Travel/Sightseeing , Volunteering , Watching sports , Wine tasting
Aerobics, Dancing, Yoga
I exercise 3-4 times per week.
I have Dogs
I have two little dogs named Michael and Malcolm. I love them to pieces :) I love horses but im afraid of them..Does that even make sense lol.. One day im going to learn to ride.
One of my favorites places to eat in Houston is "The Palm" and "Harvest Organic Grill" My favorite areas of town are Montrose, Midtown,River Oaks, Herman Park Discovery Green Favorite cities New York/New Orleans hands down..LA would come in 3
University of Houston, Houston, TX
.My favorite place on earth is a beach.. Thats where i like to recharge and just relax. I always feel really close to God when i'm near the ocean. In the next year I plan to go to Jamaca One of my favorite things to do is cook. I'm pretty good
Movies Cooking Taking classes Dancing Wine Tasting Hanging out with friends Reading Riding my bike Golf - Just learning
The last couple books i read were Rich Dad Poor Dad Secrets of a millionaire mind Selling you - Napoleon Hill Branding yourself - Erik Deckers
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|5'6" (167cms)
|5'10" (177cms) to 8'0" (243cms)
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|Dark brown
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|Social Drinker
|Technical / Science / Computers / Engineering
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Petro oil/gas Data Analyst. Currently working two jobs but off on weekends..
|I'll tell you later
|No preference
|Never Married
|Never Married
|Have kids:
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|Definitely, Someday
|Black / African descent
|No preference
|Christian / Other
|Muslim / Islam, Spiritual but not religious, Christian / Other
I'm more spiritual than religious but if I had to identify with any one I'd say my beliefs align with Christianity... I like to specify because many people think when you say you are more spiritual that you are really atheist or agnostic.not me
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|Some college, Associates degree, Bachelors degree, Graduate degree, PhD / Post Doctoral
Next year semester I'll be pursuing a degree in nutrition..I really love medicine and hope to change my path at some point from analyst to doctor!


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I live in shenzhen China now.
Glad you read my profile. I need to be very sincere said, I come from faraway China. I also live in China now, but I already have intention to travel in the United States, so I also hope to understand the different culture, I also hope to know new friends, when I came here I will have a new friend, I will not be strange in this country. If you are interested in Chinese culture, I would like to introduce to you about China, the most beautiful tourist city in guilin, lijiang, chengdu, Tibet, if you are interested, I can tell you more about China. We can communicate different culture and I don't mind to meet more new friends, and when I come, I can with my best friend my coffee. If you want to learn Chinese language, if the time match, I am willing to do a free Chinese teacher. I can teach some Chinese, although my English is not very good, but I still can teach Chinese. I hope my friend from me with the Chinese culture.
Camping , Cooking , Dining out , Fishing/Hunting , Movies/Videos , Museums and art , Music and concerts , Video games
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CCISD to review player's ailment
King linebacker hospitalized after Friday's contest
Corpus Christi Independent School District officials are investigating events that led to a King football player's hospitalization and emergency surgery after last week's game against Flour Bluff.
Not long after the Hornets' 12-9 win Friday at Cabaniss Multipurpose Stadium, senior linebacker Nick Garza was taken to Driscoll Children's Hospital. He ended up in the operating room shortly after being admitted.
"At this point we're just trying to find out what happened," CCISD director of athletics Brenda Marshall said. "We're not going to do anything until we hear all sides of the story. We have to go over it before we put together all the pieces of the puzzle."
Marshall, who visited King High School on Tuesday to get statements from coaches, said she would be talking to both sides more today.
"The investigation is still ongoing, so we can't say much about it until we do all the interviews," Marshall said.
Attempts to reach Garza and his family were unsuccessful Tuesday.
KRIS-TV reported Monday that during the game Garza complained of stomach pains to athletic trainer Alain Dorval. The report said Garza asked to be taken to the hospital, but was told to stay at the game. The station reported that later Friday night, Garza had part of his intestine removed during surgery.
Marshall said the team doctor was in attendance and examined Garza on the sideline.
"The team doctor was there and looked at him," Marshall said. "We're not sure if everything we heard on TV is right. We're hearing more than just that side, so we want to find out all the details.
"We have to check everything. You can't ever take just one side of the story."
CCISD superintendent Scott Eliff said Dorval followed athletic department procedures.
"He examined the young man and made the determination that the direct course of action was to finish the game and go home with the team," Eliff said. "The one deviation is that the trainer went into the stands to talk to the mom. Procedure was followed, but we're going to continue to look into what occurred and see if any actions need to be taken.
"Of course our main concern is that the young man has a speedy recovery."
Marshall did not find out about the incident until Monday's meeting with the district's five athletic coordinators. King athletic coordinator and head football coach Jim Elam would not comment.
"I'm not at liberty to discuss that," Elam said. "We've been told not to discuss that."
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30th July 2013
Russian police in Sochi beat and rape man with a crowbar over Winter Olympic housing job pay dispute 24
3:41 PM — Police in the Russian city of Sochi, which is due in 2014 to host the Winter Olympics, allegedly beat and raped a construction worker over a pay dispute amounting to around £400.
29th July 2013
Police launch drugs crackdown ahead of Brighton Pride
3:07 PM — Three men were arrested last week in Brighton as part of a crack-down on drug dealers by Sussex Police in the run up to Saturday's Pride festival.
25th July 2013
Reading: Two men robbed in homophobic attack 4
5:33 PM — A gang attacked and robbed two gay men on Sunday evening in a suburb of Reading, as they walked home from a party.
23rd July 2013
New York: 4 charged over homophobic assault on Long Island 6
10:49 AM — Four young men have been charged in connection with a homophobic attack on Long Island, New York.
22nd July 2013
Russia: 4 Dutch citizens quizzed by police over 'gay propaganda' 10
5:31 PM — Four Dutch nationals have been questioned by police in Russia over alleged "gay propaganda" offences.
5th July 2013
South African Human Rights Commission condemns murder and sexual mutilation of lesbian 3
6:19 PM — South Africa's Human Rights Commission has condemned the recent murder and sexual mutilation of Duduzile Zozo.
4th July 2013
Video: Homophobic street preacher arrested in London 138
3:09 PM — A Christian street preacher has been arrested and questioned about his beliefs after saying that "fornication" and homosexuality are a sin.
3rd July 2013
MEPs condemn transphobic police crackdown in Greece 14
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2nd July 2013
Russia: Four gay rights activists detained for unsanctioned rally 7
4:49 PM — Moscow city police on Tuesday afternoon detained four gay rights activists for staging an unsanctioned rally in the downtown area of the city.
1st July 2013
Lesbian former army officer becomes president of Unison 6
3:13 PM — Unison, one of Britain's largest trade unions, has elected its first openly gay woman as its new president.
27th June 2013
Sunderland: Homophobic attack report may have been false, say police
1:07 PM — Police investigating last week's reported homophobic crime attack on two women in Sunderland say the incident may have been falsely reported.
25th June 2013
Sunderland: Teen arrested following homophobic attack in chip shop
4:52 PM — Northumbria Police say a 15-year-old boy has been arrested in connection with a homophobic attack in Sunderland.
Sunderland: Two women suffer homophobic attack by gang of youths 3
12:19 PM — Police are appealing for information after a homophobic attack in Sunderland.
24th June 2013
Ghana: Church minister suspended over gay sex claims 4
6:02 PM — A church minister in Ghana has reportedly been suspended over claims of engaging in "homosexual acts" with seven young men aged between 20 and 28.
19th June 2013
First LGBT centre set to open this weekend in Carlisle 2
2:15 PM — Carlisle's first LGBT centre is set to open its doors this weekend.
Deputy Speaker Nigel Evans re-arrested on new indecent assault allegations
12:10 PM — The Deputy Speaker of the House of Commons, the openly gay Conservative MP Nigel Evans, has been arrested on suspicion of three more counts of indecent assault.
18th June 2013
Gay former police officer accuses the Met of 'institutional racism and homophobia' 9
4:18 PM — The Metropolitan Police has a policy of "cover-up and containment" that punishes officers who complain of racism and homophobia within its ranks, a gay mixed race ex-police officer has said.
13th June 2013
UK: Jailed women in sexual 'fraud' case freed by Court of Appeal 22
1:05 PM — An 18-year-old woman jailed for three years on the grounds of obtaining the sexual consent of another woman "by fraud" has been freed by the Court of Appeal after serving 82 days in prison.
11th June 2013
Russia: Protesters detained as lawmakers look set to pass law banning 'gay propaganda' 2
2:24 PM — The State Duma in Russia looks set to give final approval to a law which would ban "homosexual propaganda" to minors, and includes harsh punishments including jail time and fines.
10th June 2013
Police investigate explosion at gay MP's constituency office 3
11:57 AM — Lincolnshire Police has launched an investigation following a minor explosion at the constituency office of gay Conservative MP Nick Boles.


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A crackdown on underage drinking and driving
One teenager is sitting on the front porch about to drink a can of beer. Another is driving down I-95 with a blood alcohol content above the legal limit.
If caught, which teenager would receive a harsher punishment? The one on the porch, according to current state law.
Members of the General Assembly recently voted to correct that disparity and increase the penalties for underage drinking and driving.
In Virginia, possession of alcohol by someone under 21 is a Class 1 misdemeanor – a crime punishable by up to 12 months in jail and a $2,500 fine.
The section of the Virginia Code dealing with underage drinking and driving makes no mention of a misdemeanor. It simply states:
"It shall be unlawful for any person under the age of 21 to operate any motor vehicle after illegally consuming alcohol … A violation of this section shall be punishable by forfeiture of such person's license to operate a motor vehicle for a period of six months from the date of conviction and by a fine of not more than $500."
During the General Assembly's recently concluded session, lawmakers passed legislation that will make underage drinking and driving a Class 1 misdemeanor.
The assembly passed two identical bills on the subject: Senate Bill 770, proposed by Sen. David Marsden, D-Burke; and House Bill 1407, sponsored by Delegate Bill Janis, R-Glen Allen.
Both bills won unanimous approval in the House and Senate and have been sent to Gov. Bob McDonnell to be signed into law.
The measures offer "zero tolerance" for underage drinking and driving: They would punish any driver under 21 who has a blood alcohol content of 0.02 or higher. (A BAC of 0.08 is considered legally intoxicated.)
Under the legislation, young people convicted of underage drinking and driving must forfeit their license to operate a motor vehicle for one year and either pay a mandatory minimum fine of $500 or perform 50 hours of community service.
Marsden said opponents of underage drinking have been trying to pass such a measure for years. But he said there were concerns that it might violate the federal Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act. (Under that law, states could lose certain federal funding if they arbitrarily criminalize "status offenses" – offenses based on a person being underage. The goal of the act is to minimize the number of young people sent to jail for nonviolent crimes.)
However, Marsden said federal officials assured him that this wouldn't be a problem and that Virginia wouldn't lose any funding if it cracks down on underage drinking and driving.
After he shared this information with his colleagues, Marsden said, the passage of SB 770 "went very smoothly."
Alcohol awareness groups like Mothers Against Drunk Driving view SB 770 and HB 1407 as a positive step.
Christopher Konschak, the program manager for the Virginia branch of MADD, said he hopes the new law will change some of the decisions teenagers make.
"We want young folk to look hard at what they are doing," Konschak said. "We don't want them in jail."
According to MADD statistics, 28 percent of fatal traffic crashes involving teen drivers are alcohol-related.
Kurt Gregory Erickson, president of the Virginia-based nonprofit Washington Regional Alcohol Program, also praised the legislation.
"Virginia lawmakers' reaffirmation to crack down on drinking and driving teens is not only welcomed but needed," Erickson said. He cited government statistics showing that more than one in 10 drunken drivers killed in Virginia in 2009 were under 21.
"What this law will mean come July 1 is that teens driving in Virginia with virtually any amount of alcohol in their systems will lose their license for a year and be guilty of a Class 1 misdemeanor," Erickson said.
To track or comment on the legislation against underage drinking and driving, visit: http://www.richmondsunlight.com/bill/2011/sb770 or http://www.richmondsunlight.com/bill/2011/hb1407.
'Proof of Heaven' coming to Glen Allen
Dr. Even Alexander, a New York Times best-selling author who has been featured on Oprah and Dr. Oz, was in town last week to promote his June 27 talk, "Proof of Heaven," at Glen Allen High School.
Alexander (pictured, at right, while Unity of Bon Air church member Harry Simmons interviews him) has written about what he considers to be his journey through the afterlife.
Tickets to this month's event are $25 and will support the new Bon Secours Hospice House being built later this year. > Read more.
Innsbrook Rotary celebrates 25 years
The Innsbrook Rotary Club, which is celebrating its 25th year in 2015, has completed a number of volunteer projects this year and raised thousands of dollars for various organizations through three events.
The club's annual rose sale, benefit for youth live auction and Virginia Fire Games competition, combined with individual and corporate donations, have raised nearly $70,000 – money that the club contributes back to the community.
FeedMore is the beneficiary of the club's 25th anniversary project, which provides refrigerated trailers to be used for the distribution of food throughout Central Virginia. > Read more.
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