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A tubular parison for forming a medical device balloon. The parison is formed of a polymeric material, for instance a thermoplastic elastomer. The parison has an elongation at break which is not more than 80% of the elongation of the bulk polymeric material. The elongation of the parison is controlled by altering extrusion conditions. Balloons prepared from the parisons provide higher wall strength and/or higher inflation durability than balloons prepared from conventional parisons of the same material.
1. A tubular parison for forming a medical device balloon, the parison being formed of a polymeric material, the parison having an elongation at break which is not more than 80% of the elongation at break of the bulk polymeric material.
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3. A medical device balloon formed from a parison as in
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8. A medical device comprising a balloon as in
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10. An extruded tubular parison for forming a medical device balloon, said parison as extruded and cooled prior to any further processing steps toward formation of said balloon, the parison being formed of a single polymeric material, the parison having an elongation at break, measured on a 3 inch sample of the parison as extruded and cooled, the elongation at break being no more than 80% of the elongation at break of the single polymeric material determined on the bulk material according to ASTM D-638.
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Medical devices comprising catheter balloons are used in an increasingly widening variety of applications including vascular dilatation, stent delivery, drug delivery, delivery and operation of sensors and surgical devices such as blades, and the like. The desired physical property profile for the balloons used in these devices vary according to the specific application, but for many applications a high strength robust balloon is necessary and good softness and trackability properties are highly desirable.
Commercial high strength balloons having wall strengths in excess of 20,000 psi, have been formed of a wide variety of polymeric materials, including PET, nylons, polyurethanes and various block copolymer thermoplastic elastomers. U.S. Pat. No. 4,490,421, Levy and U.S. Pat. No. 5,264,260, Saab describe PET balloons. U.S. Pat. No. 4,906,244, Pinchuk et al, and U.S. Pat. No. 5,328,468, Kaneko, describe polyamide balloons. U.S. Pat. No. 4,950,239, Gahara, and U.S. Pat. No. 5,500,180, Anderson et al describe balloons made from polyurethane block copolymers. U.S. Pat. No. 5,556,383, Wang et al and U.S. Pat. No. 6,146,356, Wang et al, describes balloons made from polyether-block-amide copolymers and polyester-block-ether copolymers. U.S. Pat. No. 6,270,522 Simhambhatla, et al, describes balloons made from polyester-block-ether copolymers of high flexural modulus. U.S. Pat. No. 5,344,400, Kaneko, describes balloons made from polyarylene sulfide. All of these balloons are produced from extruded tubing of the polymeric material by a blow-forming radial expansion process. U.S. Pat. No. 5,250,069, Nobuyoshi et al, U.S. Pat. No. 5,797,877, Hamilton et al, and U.S. Pat. No. 5,270,086, Hamlin, describe still further materials which may be used to make such balloons.
Different balloon materials provide different properties. In general, materials with high elongation and low flexural modulus give relatively greater resistance to pin hole formation and to winging upon deflation and also provide better trackability through body lumens, but such materials tend to give balloons with lower burst strengths and higher distensibility. Conversely, polymer materials with relatively high tensile strengths and hardness tend to give balloons with low distension and high burst strengths, but at a sacrifice of susceptibility to pin holing, winging and/or loss of trackability.
A variety of blow forming techniques have been utilized. The extruded parison may be radially expanded as is into a mold or by free-blowing. Alternatively, the parison may be pre-stretched longitudinally before expansion or reformed in various ways to reduce thickness of the balloon cone and waist regions prior to radial expansion. The blowing process may utilize pressurization under tension, followed by rapid dipping into a heated fluid; a sequential dipping with differing pressurization; a pulsed pressurization with compressible or incompressible fluid, after the material has been heated. Heating may also be accomplished by heating the pressurization fluid injected into the parison. Examples of these techniques may be found in the patent documents already mentioned or in U.S. Pat. No. 4,963,313, Noddin et al, U.S. Pat. No. 5,306,246 Sahatjian, U.S. Pat. No. 4,935,190, Tennerstedt, U.S. Pat. No. 5,714,110, Wang et al.
Following blow-forming the balloons may be simply cooled, heat set at a still higher pressure and/or temperature or heat shrunk at an intermediate pressure and/or temperature, relative to the blow forming temperature and pressure. See U.S. Pat. No. 5,403,340, Wang et al, EP 540858 Advanced Cardiovascular Systems, Inc., WO 98/03218, Scimed Life Systems.
Thus a great deal of attention has been paid to blow forming processing conditions and to balloon materials. Less attention has been paid to extrusion conditions for preparing the polymer tubing used as the parison. In general, dry polymer has been used. It has been recognized that a single die can be used to produce different tubing diameters by varying the draw down ratio, but, at least since the advent of PET balloons, relatively low draw down ratios have been recommended to provide an amorphous state and thereby facilitate the subsequent blow-forming step. See S. Levy, "Improved Dilatation Catheter Balloons," J. Clinical Engineering, Vol. 11, No. 4, July–August 1986, 291–295, at p 293.
Balloons made from thermoplastic elastomers are desirable because they are relatively soft and robust, have good trackability and still provide adequate strength for many applications. However, as demands for balloon performance have increased, a need has arisen to find a way to improve wall strength of thermoplastic elastomer balloons without requiring still further increases in hoop ratios, and/or to provide more robust balloons without sacrificing wall strength.
The present invention is directed to methods of forming balloons and parisons therefor.
Surprisingly, it has been found that improved balloon properties can be obtained by controlling the parison extrusion in a manner which restricts the elongation of the parison material in the longitudinal direction. In one aspect the invention is a method of extruding a parison useful for forming a medical balloon by a radial expansion process, the method comprising extruding the parison in a manner which provides the parison material with an elongation which is not more than 80% of the elongation of the bulk material. In another aspect the invention is a method of extruding a parison, the method comprising extruding a tube of polymeric material to form the tube at a cross-sectional area draw down ratio of about 8 or higher.
In still another aspect, the invention is directed to improved balloons characterized by a particular high strength property; to medical devices comprising such balloons; and to surgical procedures employing such devices. A particular embodiment is a balloon formed from a thermoplastic elastomer and having a wall strength of at least 34,000 psi, especially at least 37,000 psi, in pre-sterilized condition. A further embodiment is such a balloon, in post-sterilized condition, having a wall strength of 32,000 psi or more.
Further aspects of the invention are described in the following detailed description of the invention or in the claims.
All published documents, including all U.S. patent documents, mentioned anywhere in this application are hereby expressly incorporated herein by reference in their entirety. Any copending patent applications, mentioned anywhere in this application are also hereby expressly incorporated herein by reference in their entirety.
It has been found that the distention and the burst pressure of a balloon are affected by the elongation properties of the extruded parison, as well as by the hoop ratio and the tube wall thickness. It is believed the elongation affects the balloon properties through its effect on the balloon wall thickness. Thus, for a given hoop ratio and tube size, as parison elongation decreases, the balloon wall thickness increases, the balloon distention decreases and the burst pressure increases.
Thus, while an increase in the hoop strength and modulus comes at the expense of thinner balloon walls, which can increase distention and decrease burst pressure, it is also possible to extrude tubes with lower elongation to break. This allows one to provide even stronger walls than were previously been obtained with a given polymer. Alternatively, the invention can allow one to thicken the balloon wall, while affecting the hoop strength and distension very little, thereby obtaining a balloon which is more suited to stent or other surgical device delivery operations.
In one aspect the invention involves modifying the parison processing so as to provide the parison material with an elongation which is not more than 80% of the elongation of the bulk material. In particular, when 3 inch length of the extruded tube is stretched until it breaks, the length of the tube when it breaks will correspond to a percentage increase which is not more than 80% of the elongation value obtained by determining elongation of the bulk material per ASTM D-638. In some embodiments the parison is processed so as to provide the parison material with an elongation which is not more than 70% of the elongation of the bulk material, and in still others the parison elongation is less than 60% of the elongation of the bulk material.
The parison processing techniques described herein, alone or in combination can provide balloon wall strength improvements of as much as 10–25% over those obtainable in their absence, for non-sterilized balloons. Sterilization, depending on the technique chosen, may reduce this benefit somewhat. The invention may be used with any known balloon materials, however high strength thermoplastic elastomers are preferred, especially polyamide/polyether block copolymers, including polyamide/polyether/polyesters such as sold under the PEBAX trademark, in particular PEBAX 7033 and PEBAX 7233; polyester/polyether block copolymers such as sold under the HYTREL and ARNITEL trademarks, in particular ARNITEL EM 740 and HYTREL 8238; and polyurethane block copolymers such as PELLETHANE 2363-75D. The parison may be extruded as a single layer or in multiple layers, for instance 3, 5, 7, or even more alternating layers of PEBAX 7033 and Pebax 7233. Blends of such polymers may also be used.
Parison elongation may be controlled by varying one or more of the following extrusion parameters:
Extrusion Temperature:
The temperature at the extrusion head, die temperature, is lowered relative to the temperature in the extruder barrel. Heat loss begins even as the material is passing through the die head. The resulting tubing has a higher degree of crystallization. In general the die head temperature reduction should be about 5 to about 50� F., suitably 10� F. to 40� F., and preferably about 20–30� F. below the barrel temp.
Draw Down Ratio:
Die configuration, extruder pressure and/or line speeds can be adjusted to provide a cross-sectional area draw down ratio in excess of 5:1. Ratios as high as 17:1 have been employed, and even higher ratios may be advantageous because they reduce extruder pressure demands. Typically the draw down ratios will be in the range of about 8:1 to about 17:1.
Quench Time:
Decreasing the gap between the extrusion head and the cooling bath tank can also lower parison elongation by shortening the quench time. Quench time can also be shortened by increasing the line speed.
Bath Temperature:
Maintaining the cooling bath at a lower temperature also can lower the elongation of the parison.
A surprising benefit of at least some embodiments of the invention is that balloons prepared from parisons of the invention have improved resistance to repeat inflation bursts versus controls utilizing the same polymer, but prepared using typical extrusion parameters for commercial balloons. The improvement may permit three times, or even more, the number of inflations to rated pressure, compared to the controls.
The invention is illustrated by the following non-limiting examples.
In the following examples the following abbreviations are used.
All values are averages of at least 6 balloons. Balloon blowing conditions used the same times, temperatures and sequences, except where indicated. All data is for balloons having a nominal diameter of 3.0 mm at 6 atm. The balloons were made from PEBAX 7033. The published elongation value for the bulk polymer, per ASTM D-638, is 400%. The balloons were made from conventionally extruded parisons using a very high hoop ratio and a step-wise dipping process similar to that described in Wang et al, Example 3, U.S. Pat. No. 5,714,110. A typical program is as follows:
Table 1 provides an example of a balloon formed using conventional tube processing at a high hoop ratio.
The elongation at break of this parison corresponds to about 91% of the published value for the bulk polymer.
Table 2 gives the results of the same balloon wall thickness made in accordance with the invention by increasing the DDR. The increased draw down ratio reduced the elongation of this tube to about 48% of the published elongation value.
Table 3 shows extrusion parameters and balloon property results when, after extrusion, the parison was modified by one of the following steps before it was blow-formed into a balloon.
A freeze spray process was used to selectively reduce parison cone and waists as per Example 1 of U.S. Pat. No. 5,807,520.
Cones and waists were selectively reduced by a grinding and necking process which did not stretch the body-forming portion of the parison. Similar to Example 2, first paragraph of PCT/US01/26140, filed Aug. 22, 2001, corresponding to U.S. application Ser. No. 09/672330 filed Sep. 28, 2000.
The entire parison was stretched longitudinally at ambient temperature under internal pressurization to maintain ID at the extruded dimension (�4%) at a stretch ratio 3x, where x is starting length. See control in Example 1 of PCT/US01/26140.
In examples 2–4, the burst pressure in all cases was comparable to the control balloon, but with thinner walls so the wall strength is much improved over the control balloon.
Balloons were made using PEBAX 7033 parisons stretched at ambient temperature at a stretch ratio of 1.5x and a hoop ratio of 7.0. Parisons, extruded to keep the parison elongation at break above 80% of the published elongation of the polymer, were used as controls. Parisons, extruded to provide a parison elongation at break of about 50% or less of the published elongation of the polymer, were prepared as invention examples. The balloons were inflated to 211 psi and deflated repeatedly. Four balloons were present in each group. The control balloon group, on average, failed at about 80 repeats. All of the balloons of the invention group survived 235 repeats without failure, at which point the test was discontinued.
The above examples and disclosure are intended to be illustrative and not exhaustive. These examples and description will suggest many variations and alternatives to one of ordinary skill in this art. All these alternatives and variations are intended to be included within the scope of the claims, where the term "comprising" means "including, but not limited to". Those familiar with the art may recognize other equivalents to the specific embodiments described herein which equivalents are also intended to be encompassed by the claims. Further, the particular features presented in the dependent claims can be combined with each other in other manners within the scope of the invention such that the invention should be recognized as also specifically directed to other embodiments having any other possible combination of the features of the dependent claims. For instance, for purposes of claim publication, any dependent claim which follows should be taken as alternatively written in a multiple dependent form from all prior claims which possess all antecedents referenced in such dependent claim if such multiple dependent format is an accepted format within the jurisdiction (e.g. each claim depending directly from claim 1 should be alternatively taken as depending from all previous claims). In jurisdictions where multiple dependent claim formats are restricted, the following dependent claims should each be also taken as alternatively written in each singly dependent claim format which creates a dependency from a prior antecedent-possessing claim other than the specific claim listed in such dependent claim below.
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Blood samples can be collected without substantial contamination from ambient air, such that the blood sample may be analyzed accurately for gaseous components such as oxygen and carbon dioxide. An embodiment of the device has integrated actuation, lancing, and sample acquisition components, which in some embodiments are miniatuized and/or disposable.
1. A method for sampling blood comprising the steps of:
using an electronic driver to drive a penetrating member and lance a piece of skin to create an incision and a wound tract, the electronic driver being coupled to a processor and the processor being coupled to an amplifier; and
using the amplifier to modulate power from a power supply to the electronic driver to provide a controlled slowed retraction of the penetrating member at a different velocity than a velocity of the penetrating member during creation of the incision, the slowed retraction of the penetrating member creating a bracing of the wound by keeping the tract from closing and keeping a flap created at a skin surface from sealing an opening at a top of the tract, wherein control during retraction of the penetrating member includes controlling velocity of the penetrating member based on penetrating member position using a mechanically predetermined path or an electrical position feedback mechanism.
2. A method of sampling blood according to
said bracing comprises controlling the retraction velocity of a lancet.
3. A method for sampling blood according to
said controlling comprises of monitoring the displacement of the lancet.
4. A method of sampling blood according to
said bracing comprises inserting a tube in the wound tract.
5. A method of sampling blood according to
said bracing comprises stretching the piece of skin before and after said lancing.
6. A method of sampling blood comprising the steps of:
puncturing a piece of skin to create a wound tract; and
bracing said wound tract with a biodegradable structure to provide a controlled slowed retraction of the penetrating member at a different velocity than a velocity of the penetrating member during creation of the incision and permit a controlled sample of blood to exit said wound tract ,the slowed retraction of the penetrating member creating a bracing of the wound by keeping the tract from closing and keeping a flap created at a skin surface from sealing an opening at a top of the tract, wherein control during retraction of the penetrating member includes controlling velocity of the penetrating member based on penetrating member position using a mechanically predetermined path or an electrical position feedback mechanism.
Lancing devices are well known in the medical health-care products industry for piercing the skin to produce blood for analysis. Biochemical analysis of blood samples is a diagnostic tool for determining clinical information. Many point-of-care tests are performed using capillary whole blood, the most common being monitoring diabetic blood glucose level. Other uses for this method include the analysis of oxygen and coagulation based on Prothrombin time measurement. Typically, a drop of blood for this type of analysis is obtained by making a small incision in the fingertip, creating a small wound which generates a small blood droplet on the surface of the skin.
Early methods of lancing included piercing or slicing the skin with a needle or razor. Current methods utilize lancing devices that contain a multitude of spring, cam and mass actuators to drive the lancet. These include cantilever springs, diaphragms, coil springs, as well as gravity plumbs used to drive the lancet. Typically, the device is pre-cocked or the user cocks the device. The device is held against the skin and mechanically triggers the ballistic launch of the lancet. The forward movement and depth of skin penetration of the lancet is determined by a mechanical stop and/or dampening, as well as a spring or cam which retract the lancet.
Variations in skin thickness and hydration can yield different results from different users of the lancing device. Current devices rely on adjustable mechanical stops or damping to control the lancet's depth of penetration and compensate for skin thickness and hydration. Such mechanical stops do not regulate the acceleration in order to control the velocity of the lancet as it is protracted and retracted. Conversely, cams offer rough control of lancet velocity in and out of the skin, but do not allow for compensation for skin thickness and hydration. Hence, not-all lancing events are successful in generating a blood sample sufficient for the desired analytical test.
Success rate means the probability of producing a blood sample with one lancing action which is sufficient in volume to perform the desired analytical test. The blood droplet produced by the action must reach the surface of the skin to be viable for testing. In some instances, blood will flow from the cut blood vessels but is trapped below the surface of the skin, forming a hematoma. In other instances, a subcutaneous wound is created, but no external blood is obtained. The success rate of obtaining an acceptable blood sample with industry standard lancets available on the market today is 75% to 80%; meaning that up to one in five lancing operations will yield insufficient blood or no blood. For patients required to self test five to six times daily, this inability to obtain a blood droplet every time the finger is lanced translates into needlessly repeating a painful protocol.
In accordance with some embodiments of the invention, a method for lancing uses a lancet, a helix, or an elastomer to maintain the patency of the wound tract once the lancet has cut into the skin. If penetration takes place, and an appropriate number of blood vessels are cut, blood is allowed to flow up through the wound tract and onto the surface of the skin because the lancet, the helix, or the elastomer coats or braces the wound tract, keeping it open and patent. Coating or bracing is defined generally as keeping the wound open so that the blood from the capillaries can reach the surface of the finger. The term flow control can include any means for bracing the wound tract created by the lancet.
It is to be understood that both the foregoing general description and the following detailed description are exemplary and explanatory only and are not restrictive of the invention, as claimed.
The objects, advantages and features of this invention will be more readily appreciated from the following detailed description, when read in conjunction with the accompanying drawing, in which:
Anatomically, the fingertip has a capillary mesh network sufficient to yield 30 to 60 microliters of blood, but the fingertip also has a dense nerve network. The thenar web's nerve network is less dense than the fingertip, but the thenar web also has a less dense capillary network which cannot offer blood volume on the order of the fingertip. The forearm does not produce successful blood samples due to the completely different skin tensile properties. The wound tract seals up following lancet withdrawal, preventing the blood from reaching the surface, and lancing is usually accompanied by hematoma. Lancing the forearm requires large diameter lancets and active pumping to collect enough blood for testing.
Other known mechanisms for increasing the success rate of blood yield rely on creating a vacuum, suctioning the wound, applying an adhesive strip, vibration while cutting, or initiating a second lance if the first is unsuccessful. None of these methods address the interaction of the lancet with the tissue during wound creation.
Reference will now be made in detail to embodiments of the devices and methods having features of the invention. Lancing is defined generally herein as penetrating the skin and cutting blood vessels for the purpose of collecting a blood sample. In some embodiments of the invention, lancet interaction with the skin tissue is controlled while creating the wound so as to yield an appropriate amount of blood every time. Achieving a sampling success rate to near 100% can be an important factor to successfully combining sampling and acquisition of the sample into an integrated sampling module. An example of an integrated sampling module could be an integrated glucose sampling module which incorporates a glucose test strip.
Slowed retraction of a lancet embodiment braces the wound by keeping the tract from closing and keeping the flap created at the skin surface from sealing the opening at the top of the tract. During the slowed retraction, blood is allowed to accumulate and follow the lancet back through the incision. Embodiments of the present invention contemplate numerous devices and methods for providing such blood flow control. To achieve a controlled slowed retraction, a lancet driver is preferably able to retract the lancet at a different velocity than the velocity of the lancet during creation of the incision. Such controlled retraction is achieved by altering spring or cam drivers, or using an electric lancet actuator so that retraction velocity follows a predetermined profile.
Control during retraction of the lancet involves controlling the velocity of the lancet based on the lancet position. This can be done using a mechanically predetermined path or can be dynamically altered using an electrical position feedback mechanism as described in a copending application (PCT/US02/19053, Inventors: Dominique Freeman, et al., entitled "SELF-OPTIMIZING LANCING DEVICE WITH ADAPTATION MEANS TO TEMPORAL VARIATIONS IN CUTANEOUS PROPERTIES") submitted on the same day and assigned to the same assignee as the present application. This copending application discloses embodiments that that control a lancet to achieve a controlled retraction. Said copending application is incorporated by reference in its entirety herein.
The tube or helix (40) is made of wire or metal of the type commonly used in angioplasty stents such as stainless steel, nickel titanium allow or the like. Alternatively the tube or helix (40) or a ring can be made of a biodegradable material, which braces the wound tract by becoming lodged in the skin. Biodegradation is completed within seconds or minutes of insertion, allowing adequate time for blood to pool and flow up the wound tract. Biodegradation is activated by heat or pH from the skin.
Other methods of keeping the wound open include coating the lancet with a powder, which coats the wound tract and keeps it open when the lancet is withdrawn. The powder is a coarse bed of microspheres or capsules which hold the channel open while allowing blood to flow through the porous interstices.
In another embodiment the wound is held open using a two part needle, the outer part in the shape of a "U" and the inner part filling the "U." After creating the wound the inner needle is withdrawn leaving an open channel, rather like the plugs that are commonly used for withdrawing sap from maple trees.
Other embodiments of the invention will be apparent to those skilled in the art from consideration of the specification and practice of the invention disclosed herein. It is intended that the specification and examples be considered as exemplary only, with a true scope and spirit of the invention being indicated by the following claims.
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Any one have one of these yet? I thought they were to hit the shelves in June. What is the price point on it going to be?
Shot one?
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They're not available here yet. List price is supposed to be $622.00.
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They're not available here yet. List price is supposed to be $622.00.
WHOOO WHOOOO NELLY! : I like it alot but I thought $450 would be top dollar. At that price point I wouln't even consider it. Their are alot of really fantastic options that would be way, way up on the list before it! Too bad.
Well the MSRP on the P99 is a little higher than that and they sell for around 550. So I would think that the PPS would sell for about 520.
Being that I own a P99 compact and a Keltec 32, I don't see a need to buy this gun, myself.....
well I have seen the PPS listed at $520 for 9 &.40
and the SP22 starting @ $290/4inch, $305/6inch and $355/6inch w/rail
The one with the wood target grip is over $500 and might be out of my range for a .22lr
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No person shall take, possess, purchase, sell, barter, exchange or attempt to possess, purchase, sell, barter or exchange any of the following species or parts thereof:
Atlantic angel shark; Caribbean sharpnose shark; sand tiger shark; basking shark; dusky shark; sevengill shark; bigeye sand tiger shark; Galapagos shark; sixgill shark; bigeye sixgill shark; largetooth sawfish; smalltail shark; bigeye thresher shark; longfin mako; smalltooth sawfish; bignose shark; narrowtooth shark; whale shark; Caribbean reef shark; night shark; white shark.
Sharks taken under a recreational bag limit shall not be sold, purchased, exchanged, bartered or attempted to be sold, purchased, exchanged or bartered. A person subject to a bag limit shall not possess at any time, regardless of the number of trips or the duration of a trip, any shark in excess of the bag limits mentioned above. The practice of "finning," that is, removing only the fins and returning the remainder of the shark to the sea, is prohibited within and without Louisiana waters. Notwithstanding other provisions of this part, a person may fish for, but not retain, white shark (Carcharodon carcharias) with rod and reel only under a catch and release program, provided the person releases and returns such fish to the sea immediately with a minimum of injury.
66" min lower jaw fork length
12" min total length
25 daily per person - bag; 15 daily per person with no more than two over 25" (in specified areas)
Two days' bag limit allowed in possession off of the water, not while fishing or in a boat.
12" minimum total length. 25 fish per person daily bag limit. Except: 15 fish daily take and possession limit, with no more than two spotted seatrout exceeding 25" total length, regardless of where taken, in a defined area of Cameron and Calcasieu Parishes in southwestern Louisiana. Within those areas described here, including coastal territorial waters: south of Interstate 10 from its junction at the Texas- Louisiana boundary eastward to its junction with Louisiana Highway 171, south to Highway 14, and then south to Holmwood, and then south on Highway 27 through Gibbstown south to Louisiana Highway 82 at Creole and south on Highway 82 to Oak Grove, and then due south to the western shore of the Mermentau River, following this shoreline south to the junction with the Gulf of Mexico, and then due south to the limit of the state territorial sea, under the authority of the provisions of R. S. 56:325.1(A), the daily take and possession limit shall be 15 fish, regardless of where taken, with no more than two spotted seatrout exceeding 25 inches total length. Those spotted seatrout exceeding 25" in length shall be considered as part of the daily recreational take and possession limit.
1-800-256-2749 | (225) 765-2800 | Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries, P.O. Box 980002000 Quail Dr. Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70898


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During the course of her day, Nancy Zimpher is often introduced as the first female chancellor of the state's 64-campus university system.
Similarly, Zimpher was the first female chancellor and president at both the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee and the University of Cincinnati.
"One day I had a young man shadowing me and I think I was giving a speech at a local Rotary and on the way back to campus he said, 'Don't you get tired of being introduced as the first woman dot dot dot' I said back to him, 'When it doesn't have to be said anymore, it won't be.'"


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LiVES is a Free, Open Source video editor *and* a VJ tool.
LiVES lets you start editing and making video right away, without having
to worry about formats, frame sizes, or framerates. LiVES will let you
start creating your own tools, utilities and effects via the built in
RFX builder.
LiVES is aimed at the digital video artist who wants to create their own
content, the video editor who wants to produce professional looking
video, and the VJ who wants to captivate with spectacular images.
WWW: http://lives.sourceforge.net/
NOTE: FreshPorts displays only information on required and default dependencies. Optional dependencies are not covered.
To install the port: cd /usr/ports/multimedia/lives/ && make install cleanTo add the package: pkg install multimedia/lives
cd /usr/ports/multimedia/lives/ && make install clean
pkg install multimedia/lives
===> The following configuration options are available for lives-2.4.0:
DOCS=on: Build and/or install documentation
DOXYGEN=off: Build documentation with Doxygen
FREI0R=off: Frei0r video plugins support
MATROSKA=off: Matroska container format support
NLS=on: Native Language Support
===> Use 'make config' to modify these settings
ghostscript:run libtool pathfix perl5 pkgconfig python shebangfix tar:bzip2 gettext
Number of commits found: 96
Convert code in bsd.port.mk for USE_GHOSTSCRIPT* to USES=ghostscript.
Add GHOSTSCRIPT_DEFAULT to bsd.default-versions.mk for easy version selection.
Arguments supported: <empty>, build, run, nox11 and agpl
PR: 201201 (exp-run)
Approved by: portmgr (mat@)
Exp run by: antione@ (previous patch)
Differential Revision: https://reviews.freebsd.org/D2938
- Update to version 2.4.0
- Remove upstreamed patches
Implement workaround for expose event problems in gtk+ 3.10.
Fix threading crash in multitrack.
Fix invalid saving of layouts in multitrack.
Fix sizes of scrolled windows inside dialog boxes (regression).
Fix timeline start position for gtkgrid widget in multitrack.
Fix "fade background mode" (b) so it looks nice again.
Stability fix for expose event during startup.
Stability fix for mkv_decoder with broken end frames.
Implement C++ language bindings (liblives).
Fixes for several smaller issues (Thomas Berger).
Code cleanup / reformat.
Updated translations to UK English, French, Galician, German, Russian and
Simplified Chinese.
- Update to version 2.2.7
- Use gtk3 for gui
Add support for audio triggered generators.
Add support for projectM (milkdrop) generators.
Improvements to openGL playback plugin.
Add permanent inputs in jack and pulse audio when handling external audio.
Fix bug in chroma_blend transition.
Further code cleanup.
Fix text width for "show VJ keys" window.
Remove unnecessary deinterlacing from threaded player.
Added OSC commands /clip/selection/rte_apply, /clip/undo and /clip/redo.
Add libvisual plugins to correct submenu (regression).
Minor fixes for the rfx builder window.
Minor fixes for merge in clip editor.
Replace USES=libtool:oldver with USES=libtool or USES=libtool:keepla in
the 32 ports that still use it. Bump PORTREVISION on their dependent
ports except the ones that depend on these:
In these cases the same trick as in the recent gettext update is used.
- Drop .la files from multimedia/dirac and multimedia/schroedinger
- Bump dependent ports as .so versions have changed
- While here, remove @dirrm* from plists and add missing empty directory to
plist of multimedia/lives
Approved by: portmgr blanket
Remove @dirrm's from my ports plists
Update the default version of GCC in the Ports Collection from GCC 4.7.4
to GCC 4.8.3.
Part II, Bump PORTREVISIONs.
Tested by: antoine (-exp runs)
Approved by: portmgr (implicit)
- Update to version 2.2.6
- Switch to USES=python
- Add USES=libtool and bump dependent ports
- Add INSTALL_TARGET=install-strip
- Remove PTHREAD_CFLAGS and PTHREAD_LIBS
- Use MAKE_CMD
- Fix fetch by using SourceForge mirrors
- Tarball has been rerolled by author:
- Update to version 2.2.5
- Fix smogrify runtime version detection
Convert all :U to :tu and :L to :tl
Since FreeBSD 8.4 and FreeBSD 9.1 make(1) do support :tu and :tl as a
replacement for :U and :L (which has been marked as deprecated)
bmake which is the default on FreeBSD 10+ only support by default
:tu/:tl a hack has been added at the time to support :U and :L to ease
migration. This hack is now not necessary anymore
Note that this makes the ports tree incompatible with make(1) from
FreeBSD 8.3 or earlier
With hat: portmgr
Convert graphics/sdl_gfx to USES=libtool. Also set USE_AUTOTOOLS because
upstream forgot to regenerate the build scripts. This makes the build use
the correct version information and causes a library version bump. Use
this opportunity to use USES=libtool instead of USES=libtool:oldver.
Bump PORTREVISION on all dependent ports and convert them to USES=libtool
where needed. Also use USES=(gmake, pathfix, tar) and new LIB_DEPENDS
syntax here and there.
- Option helpers.
- Staging.
- Use dirrmtry for locale directories.
- Staging.
- Update to version 2.2.4
- Make Matroska support optional and off by default (mainly due to
multimedia/mkvtoolnix being notoriously broken)
- Fix few shebangs
- Install striped binaries
Remove dependency on expiring and forbidden xmms
With hat: portmgr
- Convert to USES=tar
- Use precise BSD licenses
Update to version 2.2.2
Version 2.2.2 (10 December 2013)
Fix crash in new multithreaded renderer.
Version 2.2.1 (10 December 2013)
Fix major error introduced in 2.2.0 which can break files when inserting frames.
Fix audio insert/encode problems for some non-standard frame rates.
Optimisations for copy/insert.
Update to version 2.2.0
- Update graphics/*opencv* to 2.4.7
- Revert options helpers to if statements since the OFF condition is not
applied when OPTIONS_EXCLUDE is used
- Move most of the OpenCV modules from the graphics/opencv-core port to
graphics/opencv, leaving opencv-core as just the bare minimum required
for building ffmpeg with OpenCV support
- Install examples for python and java bindings
- Add new slave port graphics/opencv-java: Java bindings for OpenCV
- Bump PORTREVISION and make dependency adjustments and fixes for
dependent ports
- Add UPDATING entry
Fix dynamic plist creation when DOXYGEN=on
- Update to version 2.0.6
- Add patches to fix build after ffmpeg update
- Support STAGEDIR
Update to libmpc version 1.0.1 which brings the following fixes:
- Switched to automake 1.11.6, see CVE-2012-3386.
- #14669: Fixed extraction of CC from gmp.h.
- Fixed case of intermediate zero real or imaginary part in mpc_fma,
found by hydra with GMP_CHECK_RANDOMIZE=1346362345.
This is on top of the following changes from version 1.0
- Licence change towards LGPLv3+ for the code and GFDLv1.3+ (with no
invariant sections) for the documentation.
- 100% of all lines are covered by tests
- Renamed functions
. mpc_mul_2exp to mpc_mul_2ui
. mpc_div_2exp to mpc_div_2ui
multimedia/x264: Update to 20130827 snapshot
- Update to 20130827 snapshot
- Add CONFIGURE_ARGS to disable OpenCL, fixes configure failure
- Chase library version bump in dependent ports
PR: ports/182484
Submitted by: mm
Reviewed by: kwm, bapt
Add NO_STAGE all over the place in preparation for the staging support (cat:
- Switch to new LIB_DEPENDS format
- Convert USE_PERL5 to USES
- Remove stale MAKE_JOBS_SAFE
- Trim dependencies where they are too detailed
- Remove MAKE_JOBS_SAFE variable
Approved by: portmgr (bdrewery)
- Update to version 2.0.5
- Convert to new options macros, list all options in OPTIONS_DEFINE
- Make DOXYGEN independent of DOCS option, use generated plist for it
- Fix build on HEAD
Update to version 2.0.4
Chase textproc/libebml, multimedia/libmatroska update.
Approved by: multimedia (bapt, kwm)
Fix build with bmake
Remove USE_CDRTOOLS from bsd.port.mk
This macros has been useless since cdrtools-cjk port has gone.
This macros also lead to badly handled dependencies assuming that the dependency
on cdrtools was most BUILD and RUN dependency. While most of the time it is
simply a RUN dependency and sometime a build one.
While here:
- Trim some headers
- Convert some ports to optionsng
- Convert some ports to USES= gettext
- Convert USE_GETTEXT to USES (part 4)
Approved by: portmgr (bapt)
Finish converting the whole ports tree to USES=pkgconfig
Update to version 2.0.3
Feature safe: yes
Remove PTHREAD_CFLAGS and PTHREAD_LIBS from my ports
- Update to version 1.8.2
- Don't force update of translations files - now it's done by default
Fix build with clang
- Update to version 1.8.0
- Order USE_ flags, drop gnomehack it's messy
- Cleanup REINPLACE_CMDs
- Sort plist
Update PCRE to 8.32
Introduces the UTF-32 library pcre32
Bump PORTREVISION in dependent ports
- Update to version 1.6.4
- Remove ABI versions from LIB_DEPENDS
- Use common description for FREI0R option
- Silent REINPLACE_CMD command
- Trim Makefile header
Feature safe: yes
- Update to version 1.6.3
- Add missing deps
- Sort and remove ABI versions from LIB_DEPENDS
- Port needs USE_PKGCONFIG=build
libogg.so.8: Bump PORTREVISION for ports that depend on libogg,
directly or indirectly (via libvorbis, libtheora).
- Update to version 1.6.2
- Remove description for DOXYGEN option
Convert my ports to optionsNG
- update png to 1.5.10
Use correct path for touch, /bin/touch -> /usr/bin/touch
This fixes initial directory creation on first launch.
Reported by: Andrew Johnson <firstname.lastname@example.com>
- Update to version 1.6.1
- Add missing build/lib deps
- Add option to build doxygen documentation (default off)
- Update devel/sdl12 to 1.2.15
- Update audio/sdl_mixer to 1.2.15
- Update graphics/sdl_image to 1.2.12
- Update graphics/sdl_ttf to 2.0.11
- Update graphics/sdl_gfx to 2.0.23
- Update net/sdl_net to 1.2.8
- Bump PORTREVISIONs on ports that depend on one or more packages due to
ABI and shared library version changes
- Update Mk/bsd.sdl.mk accordingly for the new shared library versions
Tested by: exp-run by pav
- Bump PORTREVISION to chase the update of multimedia/libvpx
USE_GETTEXT only when NLS is enabled
- Update to version 1.3.12
- Disable documentation building when doxygen is found on system
- Respect WITHOUT_NLS
- Use bsd.port.options.mk
- Fix few portlint warnings
- Add LDFLAGS to CONFIGURE_ENV and MAKE_ENV (as it was done with LDFLAGS)
- Fix all ports that add {CPP,LD}FLAGS to *_ENV to modify flags instead
Submitted by: myself
Exp-runs by: pav
Approved by: pav
- remove MD5
Update to 0.115.2000
- update mjpegtools to 2.0.0
- chase library bump
- Update my email to FreeBSD
Approved by: miwi, wen (mentors)
Update to version 1.0.10
Add LICENSE
Mark MAKE_JOBS_SAFE
Few portlint fixes
Pass maintainership to submitter
PR: ports/151497
Submitted by: Pawel Pekala <c0rn at o2.pl>
Bump PORTREVISION for ports that depend on libogg, directly or indirectly
(via libvorbis, libtheora).
Bounce PORTREVISION for gettext-related ports. Have fun, ya'll.
- update to 1.4.1
Reviewed by: exp8 run on pointyhat
Supported by: miwi
- Update to 1.0.9
Submitted by: Ports Fury
- Chase multimedia/mjpegtools shlib bump
- update to jpeg-8
- Update to 1.0.8
Submitted by: Ports Fury
- Update to 1.0.6
Submitted by: Ports Fury
- Update to 1.0.5
Submitted by: Ports Fury
- Update to 1.0.4
Submitted by: Ports Fury
- Update to 1.0.3
Submitted by: Ports Fury
- Update to 1.2.0
Submitted by: Ports Fury
Feature safe: yes
- Update to 1.0.0
Submitted by: Ports Fury
Bump PORTREVISION after libogg and libvorbisfile major version increment.
- Update to 1.0.0.p1
Submitted by: Ports Fury
- Update x264 to 0.0.20081218
- Remove x264-gtk
PR: ports/132780
Submitted by: Bapt <email@example.com>
- Update libquicktime to 1.1.1 to fix build with new x264
Submitted by: kwm
- Chase x264 shlib bump
- Chase graphics/sswf shlib bump
- Update ImageMagick to 126.96.36.199
- Libraries Magick++, MagickCore and MagickWand bumped to 2
- Update all ports using libraries above
Reset infofarmer due to maintainer-timeouts and no response to email.
Hat: portmgr
Bump portrevision due to upgrade of devel/gettext.
The affected ports are the ones with gettext as a run-dependency
according to ports/INDEX-7 (5007 of them) and the ones with USE_GETTEXT
in Makefile (29 of them).
PR: ports/124340
Submitted by: edwin@
Approved by: portmgr (pav)
- Chase graphics/ImageMagick shlib version bump
Pointyhat to: mi@
- Update to 0.9.8.10
The FreeBSD GNOME team is proud to annunce the release of GNOME 2.22.0 for
FreeBSD. The official GNOME 2.22 release notes can be found at
http://library.gnome.org/misc/release-notes/2.22/ . On the FreeBSD front,
this release features an updated hal port with support for video4linux
devices, DRM (Direct Rendering), and better support of removable media. Work
is also underway to tie webkit more closely into GNOME. As part of the
GNOME 2.22 upgrade, GStreamer received a rather large upgrade as well.
Be sure to consult UPDATING on the proper steps to upgrade all of your
GNOME ports.
This release would not have been possible without the contributions and
testing efforts of the following people:
Pawel Worach
Peter Ulrich Kruppa
J. W. Ballantine
Yasuda Keisuke
Andriy Gapon
- Chase devel/sdl12 shlib version bump
Chase libtheora lib version
- Update to 0.9.8.6
[patch] multimedia/mjpegtools - update to 1.9rc1
The current mjpegtools (mpeg2enc for example) is dumping core way
too often to be able to do useful media conversions.
This version has been running on my system for two weeks now and
it works much better.
portrevision bump for multimedia/lives multimedia/mjpegtools-yuvfilters
multimedia/y4mscaler since they have LIB_DEPENDS on this port. Other
ports having RUN_DEPENDS on this port are not bumped.
PR: ports/113878
Submitted by: Edwin Groothuis <firstname.lastname@example.com>
Approved by: Michael Johnson <firstname.lastname@example.com>
- Apply a quick bugfixing patch from upstream
- Update to 0.9.8.5
Use multimedia/ffmpeg now instead of multimedia/ffmpeg-devel
- Welcome X.org 7.2 \o/.
- Set X11BASE to ${LOCALBASE} for recent ${OSVERSION}.
- Bump PORTREVISION for ports intalling files in ${X11BASE}.
- Add a vendor-suggested patch
- Fix ghostscript dependency
PR: ports/110951
Submitted by: rafan
- Update to 0.9.8.4
- Update to 0.9.8.3
- Use new USE_CDRTOOLS variable
- Fix dependencies
Reported by: pointyhat via kris
Add port multimedia/lives:
LiVES is a Free, Open Source video editor *and* a VJ tool.
LiVES lets you start editing and making video right away, without having
to worry about formats, frame sizes, or framerates. LiVES will let you
start creating your own tools, utilities and effects via the built in
RFX builder.
LiVES is aimed at the digital video artist who wants to create their own
content, the video editor who wants to produce professional looking
video, and the VJ who wants to captivate with spectacular images.
WWW: http://lives.sourceforge.net/
Servers and bandwidth provided byNew York Internet, SuperNews, and RootBSD
18 vulnerabilities affecting 47 ports have been reported in the past 14 days
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Posts tagged with Photographers
Yesterday I met up with a friend at the Harp, an excellent recent discovery, before we went along to the big David Bailey show at the National Portrait Gallery. The show runs until early June, so if you find yourself in . . .
This morning a friend and I took almost the last chance to see the Cartier-Bresson: A Question of Colour show before it closes over the weekend.
Some lovely black and white images are at Adrian Davis's site, or rather:
Actually, brown and white! I like color images too, but for personal, fine art work, I prefer monochrome with a slight warm tone. I print exclusively on Hahnemuhle . . .
Ian Bramham is an architect and photographer based in the Peak District but seems to prefer coastal regions for his mainly black and white work.
This was my favourite, from Ravenglass in Cumbria, but also see his Morecambe Bay
The Guardian notes that Chris Killip's retrospective is being held in Essen and asks "why is great British documentary photography overlooked at home?"
Surely, too, a group retrospective of the above-named pioneers of British photojournalism [Tony Ray-Jones, Graham Smith, Chris . . .
Based enviably close to the Lake District, I wasn't sure if Stewart Smith's web site was a fell-walking blog as there's so much about climbing half a dozen fells before breakfast and camping at 2500 feet, while his excellent photographs . . .
Peter Hogan seems to be a black and white guy – at least, calling his site MonochromePhotography.com is a pretty convincing clue. No doubt I enjoyed his site all the more for its having a decent number of Lake District . . .
I've been stuck indoors recording a tutorial about Photoshop's wonderful Mixer Brush for the last few days. Fun though it was, it took me a while to get to grips with Camtasia and . . .
Today's helping of black and white goodness is Elin Hoyland's reportage work, particularly her Brothers series which I think I first noticed in a magazine somewhere. If I remember – because her site doesn't contain much info – it depicted . . .
I've decided that each day this month I'll try to link to web sites featuring great black and white work, so today it's a nice coincidence that this morning I saw that John Gravett of Lakeland Photographic Holidays has a . . .
You'd be forgiven for thinking this site has recently become fixated with the Lake District in general and Blea Tarn in particular. You would be right, as I have felt rather that way since . . .
Adam Burton's Lake District pictures contained some lovely angles on Blea Tarn. And while here he's talking about the Langdales in general, I rather feel his comment could apply to this one little spot.
This iconic location is probably my favourite . . .
Having recently spent a couple of weeks up in the Lake District, I obviously can't get enough of the region and was thinking about places to go next time. So I found myself browsing one or two sites until I . . .
Peter Gabriel's new album New Blood just arrived – yes, I do still buy CD's and no, I don't want to download compressed mp3 files for the same price – but for the last week or so he's been trailing . . .
See The shot that nearly killed me, a Guardian special report where war photographers talk about their profession (not sure that's the word). There are some horrific pictures and lots of comments like "I'd just finished a master's in photojournalism . . .
Last night I found myself watching an excellent documentary on BBC4, Last days of the Arctic, and thinking Ragnar Axelsson's excellent b&w work seemed familiar. It's mainly about his pictures showing the fast-vanishing farming communities of his native Iceland and . . .
I'm not sure if Photoshop.com's Spotlights is new (via) but it's a good excuse to link to Carl Warner again as he is one of the featured photographers and is interviewed here about how he creates his wonderful food pictures:
The . . .
An optometrist and a photographer
Enjoying an excellent pint of Hesket Newmarket's Catbells at Buttermere's Fish Inn this afternoon – reward for a walk round Crummock Water – I had last month's Black and White Photography with me.
It's not the magazine it used to be, . . .
There are some lovely impressionistic black and white images on Jonathan Luckhurst's site, many looking like they've been printed (in the darkroom) through cloth or a mesh to provide a timeless, dreamy effect. From the crowds, one can only guess . . .
I was originally drawn to Jonathan Andrew's web site by a link to his pictures of WW2 concrete defences but his other landscape work really caught my eye. When you've seen a lot of landscape pictures I feel you tend . . .


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Gross Electric lights area for nearly a centuryWritten by Duane Ramsey | | firstname.lastname@example.com
Gross Electric Inc., a family-owned electric distributor and retailer, has provided electric parts and lighting products for the industrial, commercial and retail markets in the Toledo area for nearly 100 years.
George Joseph Gross, known as Joe, came to Toledo from Chicago in 1910 to close a local operation for his employer at that time, Peerless Gas Mantle Company. Instead, Gross decided to buy the location and open his own store.
"He sold everything from light bulbs to appliances and was once the largest appliance store in Toledo," said his granddaughter Laurie Gross, president of the family business.
Gross Electric was located Downtown for many years in what is now Fort Industry Square. Joe's son and Laurie's father, Richard, joined the business in 1950 and got involved in the electrical supply business.
The company opened a second location in Ann Arbor in 1967, which is still operating. In 1978, it moved its main operations from Downtown to Reynolds Road just south of Central Avenue, and opened a store on Woodville Road in 1978.
"Dad was in love with the electrical business and ran it for 50 years," Laurie said. "He's retired now, but still comes in and helps with special projects."
Her brother, Joe Gross, runs the supply end of the business, and she concentrates on the retail business. About 30 percent of their business is commercial and 70 percent is residential.
However, 60 percent is sold to electrical contractors for installation in homes and businesses, Joe said.
"Our pricing is very competitive with the big-box retailers, but we have stayed in business because of the personal service we provide to our customers," Laurie said.
Gross has more than 2,000 lighting products on sale in its 5,000-square-foot showroom, but nearly 30,000 individual items from 150 manufacturers in total inventory.
The company has 60 employees, many of whom have worked there for 30 to 40 years.
Laurie and Joe said dedicated and qualified employees make the difference with their customers.
The Lifestyle Center in the Toledo showroom features the latest in decorative and recessed lighting with electrical controls for homes and businesses.
Gross also offers repair and refurbishing services for lamps and light fixtures, starting at $40.
The company recently introduced a "Bulb Busters Program" for homeowners, which provides a free evaluation of the home with recommendations for more energy-efficient lighting products.


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wow, i am the first! hahahaha.
the sausage looks nice! long time never eat potato salad. hmmmmm, can make it for the gathering.
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I love those bread….do they provide any different spread or sauce?
I did not make it for this events as we need to attend some functions. Glad that you go and thanks for sharing. Looking @ the photos remind me to do some review of Ingolf soon. lol
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Your title – Christmas Bazaar & Celebration @Malaysian-German Society | What2See : Best of Penang Food! – caught my eye on the google blogsearch page. Just goes to show you how important good titles are! I've added http://www.what2seeonline.com to my reader, so I can see what else you come up with
Everything looks delicious!! I remember going for the same bazaar last year and not seeing as much food. Spicy hot wine… I want!
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Daniel was there also. You didn't bumped into him?
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Couldn't wait to try out this German fare. The German sausage looks good.
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I bet you enjoy yourself?! huh?
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550ml jar of faith – I find that this year was better than the last. Hopefully we can be there again next year.
Email2me – The place was quite crowded, I must have miss seeing him. Hope to see him with you next month.
Sweet Jasmine – The sausages were very tasty after being smoked.
New Kid on the Blog – Quite a nice and unusual outing which we can't get to go normally.
I read about it in the papers but have forgotten abt it so miz it leh. Would love to try their jumbo sausages and their wine
Thanks for sharing , at least I get to drool over those mouth watering german food :p
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very nice spread, i must say! throw in a nice german beer and it'll be excellent!
any pork knuckle?
Wah, cannot resist the German sausage… macam very sedap leh!!
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Ah, I knew I forgot to go somewhere! It's this event. Sigh…oh well. luckily didn't go, or else end up stuffing myself silly again…heheheh
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Argh !!! we have missed out on this. I love German food !!!
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Desmond-t – I understand…who could resist tasty sausages.
Foong – I am also a bit greedy…bought and tried most of the food and also got the different kind of cakes too…
Food Promotions – Remember to put the date in your calendar for the coming year.
lk – My hubby loves the sausages too.
wow, simply great food!
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Kudos to you, CK… Such a wonderful blog and thanks for sharing…
Whenever I run out of idea for lunch/dinner, I will come here to check out for new places
yum yum… nice big sausage. I think I can't finished them all. I had never been to the German Christmas Bazzar before, I heard my friend said got free flow beer? Is that true?
the german sausage make me drool too…. and drool at late night…
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Hi CK, i stay in AIr Itam but not sure where the place is? Were you invited to the function? Or it was opened for the public? I have no idea at all… @@
Yea… i also don't know where is this place… I don't want to miss this event next year too… hehe
Hi CK, your blog is absolutely wonderful!!
Plenty or food reviews, definitely whet my appetite to try some of those food and new places…
FYI, the German Society is located along Jln Air Itam (if not mistaken, the road not yet become Jln Dato Keramat).
After the Masjid Negeri traffic light, from Air Itam, drive straight towards Georgetown. After the road curves to the left, keep a sharp lookout for a sign says Malaysia-German Society. Turn left into the very small and narrow junction and drive straight. You will see the building on the right.
Been to their Oktoberfest last year, had a real blast, good food, great beer (though is expensive, German cuisine mah), superb entertainment by authentic German band. Will definitely go there every year, though missed the Xmas bazaar due to conflicting occasion..
Gluehwein….it's nice. It even feel nicer if drink at outdoor during winter time. It really warm your body up
Did they serve german beer then?? I missed german beer so much, it is the best beer i ever have.
where to get the entrance ticket for this christmas function? anyone can advice.thanks.
hi CK Lam,
the detail for this year function (date and time) will u post in the website?


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On a day when Crimson coach Sue Caples was honored along with her 1981 teammates at UMass, her alma mater got the better of her current team of 24 years, as Harvard (2-1) fell, 3-0, to the Minutewomen (2-3) in their home opener.
Caples, an All-American at UMass, captained the Minutewomen to the 1981 NCAA Championship game, collecting All-Tournament honors along the way. Since becoming Harvard's head coach in 1988, the Crimson has been 5-8 against her former squad.
"It's great seeing how what Coach Caples and her teammates accomplished 30 years ago is still reverberating today," junior midfielder Kim Goh said. "What they did is what we want to create here, so we definitely have a lot of respect for them."
The ceremony aside, Caples tried to ensure that her players focus remained on the task at hand.
"She's very adamant that our pregame is as focused as possible," Goh said. "She really tried to keep it the same as every game."
UMass did not wait around before trying to emulate Caples and her former teammates, going up, 2-0, in the first 16 minutes of regulation on goals from junior forwards Kim Young and Nicole Cordero.
Young's effort was unassisted while Cordero scored off a long lead pass from sophomore teammate Alyssa Ineson.
It was the second goal of the season for both Young and Cordero.
Senior midfielder Nikki Panciocco added a third goal early in the second half to seal the deal.
A stifling defensive effort by the Minutewomen limited Harvard to only two shots on goal.
"They were a very strong, physical team," junior goalie Cynthia Tassopoulos said. "They were able to get to the ball before us and they really stepped up to defend and prevent our shots from getting off."
Despite the loss, Tassopoulos continued her stellar play in this young season, recording 13 saves to give her 26 on the year.
She currently has a save percentage of .839, compared to her .725 mark from last season.
"If there is any reason for my improved play I would have to say it is my team mates," Tassopoulos said. "We have got a lot of good freshmen who have really integrated into the team, and we are just challenging and pushing each other every day at practice."
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BEEVILLE - Beeville brought out the band and even took a game from the state-ranked Calallen volleyball team Tuesday night.
In the end, however, it was the determined Wildcats reminding the pesky Trojans just who the 19th-ranked team in the state really is.
District 31-4A champion Calallen survived somewhat of a scare before unloading in Game 4 for a 25-17, 25-19, 21-25, 25-11 area playoff victory over Beeville.
The Wildcats (31-3 overall) advance to play 29-4A champion San Antonio Harlandale in the Region IV-4A quarterfinals either Thursday, Friday or Saturday at a site and time to be determined.
"Beeville has improved so much since the beginning of the season, and I think this was good for us that it went four games tonight," said Calallen coach Lupe Cardona, whose team is one step away from returning to the Region IV-4A semifinals for the seventh time. "The girls did a great job of coming back in Game 4 tonight and were able to stay focused after kind of losing their focus in the second and third games."
The 30-4A runner-up Trojans, meanwhile, finished their season 24-10.
"I hope we can take something from this (loss)," said Beeville coach Stella Resio, whose team had only two seniors playing this season. "I think the girls kind of got content with just winning that (third game). Calallen has a great team and we knew this would be a tough one."
Trojans junior middle blocker Kasha Clay had a big night with match-high 17 kills, while Calallen juniors Kelsey Schwirtlich and Amanda Haven combined for 24 of the Wildcats' 46 kills and also five of the team's six blocks. Schwirtlich and junior Courtney Oertli also combined for 36 of the Wildcats' 41 assists in the game, while Lauren Hardy and Cassandra Vela combined for 24 assists for Beeville.
Calallen raced to a 15-5 lead en route to seizing the first game.
Game 2 was much closer, as the Trojans erased a 12-6 deficit and used an 11-4 run to take a 17-16 lead on six straight service points by Beeville junior Amber Contreras. Schwirtlich (who played despite a shoulder injury) then had a big kill to knot the game at 17. Calallen senior Sandy Heim then served two straight aces to help the Wildcats reclaim the lead, 19-17. Calallen junior Kelsey Ferguson later added three consecutive service points to help the Wildcats build a 23-18 lead to give Calallen the momentum it would need to take that game as well.
Beeville jumped out on to a 12-4 lead in Game 3 and pushed the lead to 21-12 before the Wildcats used a 9-1 run to close to within 22-21.
Two service points by junior Keleigh Kremers and a big kill by junior Brittany Holder (who finished with eight kills) capped the game to help the Trojans avoid the sweep.
Calallen using Heim's six straight service points and an ace to break a 2-all tie and take control of Game 4. Juniors Colter Tope and Becky Hook combined for five clutch service points during the 23-9 run to help the Wildcats put it away.
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Calallen def. Beeville 25-17, 25-19, 21-25, 25-11.
ACES - Beeville, (Brittany Holder 2, Amber Contreras 1). Calallen (Sandy Heim 3, Kelsey Schwirtlich 1). BLOCKS - Beeville (Erin Tabb 2, Brittany Holder 1). Calallen (Kelsey Schwirtlich 3,. Haven 2); DIGS - Beeville (Nellie Herrera 13, Keleigh Kremers 8, Audry Jones 8). Calallen (Becky Hook 6, Courtney Morris 6).. ASSISTS - Beeville, (Lauren Hardy 18, Cassandra Vela 6). Calallen (Courtney Oertli 18, Schwirtlich 18). KILLS - Beeville, (Clay 17, Brittany Holder 8). Calallen, (Schwirtlich 13, Amanda Haven 11).
RECORDS - Calallen 31-3 overall. Beeville: 24-10.
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The bankruptcy of the Obama administration's stillborn attempt at "engagement" with Tehran is no longer in doubt. The question is whether Washington will draw the proper conclusions and adjust its policy.
An interesting interpretation of the situation comes from M. K. Bhadrakumar, a former Indian diplomat writing for the Asia Times. He points out that Iran has received strong support from China throughout the tumult over the stolen presidential election and that Syria has remained a steadfast ally to Iran also, despite a flirtation with Obama.
More to the point, Bhadrakumar's piece directly contradicts much of what has been written about the Iranian regime in recent weeks. Rather than being weakened by the election fiasco and the subsequent protests, he sees the regime — Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei in particular — as strengthened by recent events. His thesis holds that the regime is more united than ever in its resolve to hold onto power and that Ahmadinejad's challenger Moussavi is completely isolated. Bhadrakumar believes Iran can retaliate against efforts to isolate it by complicating American efforts in Afghanistan.
Bhadrakumar is clearly sympathetic to the Islamic regime since he thinks that Ahmadinejad's victory is legitimate. More absurdly, he seems to give some credence to the Islamist claim that the massive demonstrations against Ahmadinejad were ginned up by Western intelligence services. He laments Obama's hardening stance against Iran — presumably as a result of pressure by U.S. public opinion — and advocates further appeasement of the regime after a "decent interval," the same phrase employed by the Times' Roger Cohen.
What can we make of this? First, I think Bhadrakumar's point about the regime's consolidated unity is well taken. Khamenei and Ahmadinejad have demonstrated that they are in full control of the armed forces and can employ them without encountering dissent among their ranks. But his idea that Khamenei is now in a stronger position than before is nonsense. What the elections showed is that the Iranian version of democracy was always a sham. The Islamist clerics ruling that country with an iron fist can no longer pretend they do so with the consent of their people. This would give tremendous leverage to President Obama, should he decide to lead the West toward new stringent sanctions aimed at forcing Iran to give up its nuclear ambitions. Once the regime has shown a willingness to kill its own people with impunity, sympathy abroad has been diminished.
By now, President Obama must realize it is no longer possible to pretend that a policy of making nice with Islamist tyrants will achieve any of America's objectives. But Obama's popularity abroad gives him a unique chance to rally the world in isolating Iran. Obama may have entered office thinking he could sweet talk the Iranian nuclear threat away. But his gift of oratory can still be put to good use in the cause of both regional peace and Iranian freedom. Rather than worrying about whether Khamenei thinks he's "meddling" or what the regime's apologists say about him, Obama has an opportunity to lead on an issue of vital importance that will, due to Iran's steady progress on the nuclear front, sooner or later be brought back to the top of his agenda. The question now is whether he has the wisdom and the courage to act.


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My wife and I love to be nude, and are naked at home all the time. We also have some friends who share in this joy, so we often go nude at each others houses. Unlike many nudist resorts where erections are frowned upon, at each others houses they are encouraged and praised. The ladies say they would be insulted if we weren't hard!
While my wife and I love sex with each other, we're also avid masturbators. There's something relaxing about being able to pleasure one's self, and not have to worry about another person, trying to match their pace, etc. As such we have an "open masturbation" policy. Anytime we feel like getting off we can, without fear or recrimination of being caught. Rather, with the full support and praise of the other person.
It's incredibly liberating, having this blanket permission to pleasure ourselves. We've 'caught' each other many times, and encouraged each other. Sometimes we stay and watch, other times we'll just say "have fun" and leave. There have been times where one of us has left the house, leaving the other to have the ability to fully explore the solo kinky side.
We've also gone to public places together and gotten off. For example we'll go to a store, she'll go to the ladies room, me to the men's, knowing full well that we're going to go in there to masturbate. Knowing my wife is only a few feet away getting herself off really adds to my excitement.
Just wondering if any other couples had this kind of experience, or a similar "open masturbation policy" in their houses?
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Being a fellow nudist, I could fully appreciate what you were saying about nudist resorts and erections. Going to friends homes sounds like a great idea and especially not have to worry about erections. Because sometimes, you just can't help getting excited. Loved hearing about you and your wife's public experiences. As for me, I enjoy going into the great outdoors and getting naked. It's a great experience to be fully nude in nature and at the same time the freedom to masturbate to some very vocal orgasms!


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Bono and the boys debuted a new song, "Ordinary Love," on their Facebook page Thursday and accompanied it with a beautiful lyric video. The song appears on the forthcoming soundtrack to Nelson Mandela's biopic "Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom," ending U2's four-year musical drought.
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