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One of the best possessions a man owns is his ride. A lot of people display their status and personality through the car they drive. Some may also go to an extent of treating their ride like a life of their own. So, what is the big deal about rides and modifying them for better? Well, for one, a stock product from the showroom is usually boring and common. Second, a pimped ride gives you the leverage to make changes depending on your taste and personality.
When I bought my car this time last year, I spent a few weeks on deciding what I need to change or modify to make my ride look. I always believed that the exterior and the interior cleaning of the car are more important than the make or type. A few things that you can do it yourself to pimp your rides are:
- Installing of a crew cab subwoofer box is relatively easy. It can either be placed under the seat or inside the boot of your car. However, in order to have one of this, you will require a seat that has 60/40 bench. If you really want to feel the music rather than just hearing it, a crew subwoofer box is ideal. It the arguably the best one car audio modification.
- A crew cab subwoofer box can be crafted out of inexpensive wood but you may want to figure out how much it is moisture resistant. Make two large circular holes depending on the size of the speakers.
- Using of soft cloth to cover the subwoofer box gives an elegant look. A naked subwoofer box is not worth the trial.
- In order to make your music heard, a head start is important. And, the best push of music comes from a car amplifier. A focal solid black 470W car amplifier has a variable low-pass filter for better sound clarity. It also has pre-amp and speaker level inputs.
- Connecting the car amplifier with the speakers is easier done than said. Once you have done this in your garage then all you need is the newest music CD by the pop or metal sensation to rock the neighborhood.
A ride always speaks on behalf of its owner. Now, what you want to tell and show the world could never have been simpler. The world's waiting.
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Wednesday, March 6, 2013
The Mount Pleasant Rotary Club annually awards a Rotary Scholarship to an outstanding student/citizen who is a resident of the East Cooper area. The scholarship is now named the Alan Hamilton Memorial Scholarship. The scholarship is limited to recent high school graduates, and for undergraduate studies at accredited four-year colleges or universities. Scholarships are awarded without regard to race, color,creed, religion, gender or disability.
The award is $1,500 for the first year of study and may be renewed in the amount of $2,000, $2,500 and $3,000 for successive years in which the student maintains a cumulative 3.0 GPA. A student's GPA must be documented by provision of a transcript to the scholarship committee following each spring semester. If a student does not
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Applicants and award recipients must be a graduating senior, a full-time resident of the East Cooper area, and a citizen of the United States. Applicants must also carry a total four-year GPA of at least 3.0 based on a 4.0 scale.
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Hip 2 B Square: Throws 4 Home by Melissa Leapman presents endless possibilities for afghans featuring your choice of 15 mix-and-match crochet squares. Five exciting inspiration projects with 8 squares in medium weight yarn will get you going! The squares in this and other Hip 2 B Square books work together beautifully when you use the same weight of yarn and the same size crochet hook. Five throws to crochet (Cables 'n Ribs, Checks 'n Flowers, Polka Dots, Sampler, and Zesty Popcorns) using one or more of fifteen squares (Cabled Braids, Cables 'N Ribs, Daisy, Concentric Circles, Zinnia, Checkerboard, Garden Flower, Teardrops, Textured Vees, Wavy, Zesty Popcorns, Polka Dots, Snowflake, Mitered Square, and Cross Stitch Stripes).
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Here's a handy little guide to seven beautiful Q-hook afghans you can make in a jiffy! Projects include a lacy rose wrap, a warm throw composed of zippy zigzags, and five more touchably textured afghans. Patterns included: Comforting, Breezy, Romance, Zippy, Simplicity, Daydream and Refreshing.
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Delight a new mom or grandmom with a soft afghan for Baby! The eight wraps offer varying degrees of warmth, so you can crochet the best blanket for the season. Two of the patterns also include sweet little booties. 8 designs for Easy to Intermediate.
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Ready to take your crochet to the next level? Crochet Beyond the Basics by Rita Weiss and Susan Lowman brings you a sampling of 10 time-honored crochet techniques, with beautiful projects to put your new skills to practice. Features include Bruges Lace Crochet (doily and heart centerpiece), Tunisian Crochet (bookmark and Christmas tree afghan), Broomstick Lace Crochet (hat and afghan), Symbol Crochet (doily and scarf), Hairpin Lace (stole and scarf), Irish Crochet (four edgings and doily), Filet Crochet (quilt block pillow and Home Sweet Home wall hanging), Polish Stars (poncho), Tapestry Crochet (ornaments and tote bag), and Mosaic Crochet (basketweave placemat). If you've been yearning to learn something new, this book is the perfect guide! 64 pages
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|50 Crocheted Afghan Borders by Leisure Arts
Have you ever completed an afghan and thought there was just something missing? It was really pretty but...well, it seemed to need something else and it wasn't fringe! What that afghan probably needed was a border. And this book by Jean Leinhauser gives you 50 of them, which can be added to just about any afghan, whether it's knitted or crocheted, to provide the finishing touch. Some of the borders are wide and ruffled, some are narrow and tailored. Others are very feminine, some are more masculine. All of them are fun to work and will turn the plainest afghan into something very special. Stapled; 32 pages.
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|Just Ducky Baby Afghans - Crochet Patterns by Leisure Arts
Everyone loves a baby afghan! This wonderful leaflet is filled with seven beautiful ripple afghans for baby, plus a little white crocheted duck. It's perfect for the new baby! Patterns included: Rock-A-Bye Baby, Playtime, Cuddlesoft, Happy Times, Lullaby, Sweet Dreams, Tickled Pink, Duck
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|A Fun Way to Learn Crochet for Kids - Crochet Pattern by Leisure Arts
A Fun Way to Learn to Crochet for Kids by Rita Weiss and Jean Leinhauser introduces a new method of teaching young children the simple basics of crochet. For each crochet stitch or technique, an actual-size drawing is presented so that the child can place her work on the drawing to be sure that what she is doing is correct. Kid-friendly explanations and instructions accompany the illustrations. After learning the basics, children are invited to practice their new skills on five simple projects: In a Hurry Headband, Sacks for Your Stuff, Tablet or E-Reader Sack, All Stripes Scarf, and Roll-Up Holder for Your Hooks or Pencils.32 pages.
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|Learn to Crochet Ripple Afghans - Crochet Pattern by Leisure Arts
You're only 3 simple steps from making basic ripples! Crocheters love the way a ripple design is easy to establish and a breeze to continue - without constantly referencing the pattern! So spend a few minutes l earning the basics; then, begin creating your choice of eight beautifu l afghans - 4 for baby and 4 for home decorating. All of these fun des igns are also perfect for gift-giving! Created for a variety of yarn w eights, designs include Malibu Ripple by Maggie Weldon, Luxurious Ripp le and Budding Beauty by Tammy Kreimeyer, Victorian Lace by Carole Rutter Tippett, Really Ripple Lap-Ghan by Renee D. Chapman, Candy Stripe by Roseanna E. Beck, Gumdrop Ripple by C.A. Riley, and American Sailor by Becky Stevens.
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"I can be changed by what happens to me, but I refuse to be reduced by it."
I refuse to let the the sound of my heart breaking interfer with my smile.
Some whom are weaker depend on it as there source of accomplishment.
So I will cry when im alone in a little while.
But for now ill help you up, and make your fear go away
You will smile a broken smile but let me know your getting through
And instead of leaving to suffer in my own pain ill stand right here.. Ill stay.
My life was once true bliss
Now that Im as weak as my feelings
I have realized all of this...
Was because of you.
But I refuse to feel any less because of it
I will walk with my head high, even if that means dropping it when no-one looks.
I will shove this hurt way down deep into a closed pit.
hollowed out in my heart.
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Scott Kowalchuk
Partying for the sake of friendship
Mark Hopkins likes to meet people. If you have never met him, I'm not sure what city you're living in. This man has 1,400 friends on Facebook . And, in the interest of full disclosure, I should admit that I know him too. But that's not enough for Hopkins. No, he wants to meet everybody, and he's throwing a party to do it.
For the past two years, Hopkins has been hosting We Should Know Each Other parties in his Sunnyside apartment. Essentially, he sends out a message to 500 people on a mailing list every two weeks and whoever shows up is expected to bring someone they want to know better. Preferably that person doesn't know Hopkins.
For the 50th incarnation of these gatherings, the Cat's Eye Vintage building is subbing for the living room, the doors are wide open and there will be bands, conversation stations, foosball, communal Lego building and more.
"Fifty's a big deal to me. I didn't really ever expect to be doing this for two years," says Hopkins. "I want to celebrate No. 50 and I'm really hoping it's a springboard."
New ideas are already percolating, including a We Should Know Each Other's Parents party, and incorporating the Alberta Party's Big Listen initiative into an event. This upcoming party, however, is more like a We Should Know Each Other for organizations. Thrive Calgary, a community economic development group, will host the conversation stations, and musicians and their networks are helping to organize entertainment — even the Telus World of Science is setting up an interactive display on myths and facts about sex and relationships.
"Really, the challenge for me has been taking the model of my living room parties and superimposing that onto a warehouse," says Hopkins. "It's a really different animal."
The idea for the parties started one night after an Alberta Ballet performance at the High Performance Rodeo. Hopkins, a theatre artist, didn't really think about elite dancers the same way he thought about actors, directors, visual artists and the like.
"Then I met the ballet dancers. They were hanging out at the bar afterwards, drinking beer and eating pizza and singing Little Mermaid show tunes and I was like, 'You guys are awesome.' It seems like that's a small thing, but it sort of clicked in my mind that the art community is already so tiny and yet I had created this artificial division within it," says Hopkins.
"So, I was like, 'I'm not meeting people in the art community, who else am I not meeting?'"
In meeting new people Hopkins wanted to dispel certain myths. "People have such ideas about what Calgary is — we're an oil city, we're a capitalist city — and I'm always so fascinated to poke that and find the diversity that exists just around us."
The parties are always different, relying on that strange alchemy of individual personalities mingling in an intimate setting. Sometimes there's a lot of boozing. One time guests sang French folk songs. Sometimes nobody shows up. But without expectations, the parties are always a success.
"I had one party where one person showed up. People came later, but she was already gone at that point. By all standards, that's a failure of a party, but it was really cool actually," says Hopkins.
"We had this really intimate one-on-one conversation in my kitchen."
One-on-one is a far cry from hordes of people (hopefully) showing up at a large venue, so how much can this friendship addict take?
"It becomes a little bit of an issue when you start forgetting people. I read a stat recently where you're only able to have something like 300 friends. That's your brain's capacity on people you can actually care about. I don't know if I agree with that or not," he says.
"I just get so excited about meeting new people, it's my absolute favourite thing to do."


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Mola Mola: The Weirdest Fish in the Ocean?
By Craig Leisher
When it hatches, a Mola mola is the size of a pinhead but will grow to be the heaviest bony fish in the ocean—and the weirdest.
The weirdness begins with the eggs. A female Mola mola or ocean sunfish produces more eggs than any other vertebrate on earth.
One modest-sized female had an estimate 300 million eggs inside her.
At birth, the baby fish are protected by a star-shaped transparent covering that looks like someone put an alien head inside of a Christmas ornament—albeit a very small only a tenth of an inch across.
Even as a baby, the Mola mola has its parents' surprised look with the wide eye and open mouth.
The baby will grow fast. Very fast. One individual in the Monterey Bay Aquarium gained 822 pounds in just 15 months (almost 2 pounds a day).
By the time it is an adolescent, the fish will have not tail fin, no ribs, a fused spine, and will swim by flapping its dorsal fin on the top and its anal fin on the bottom.
It will look like a giant swimming head.
Mola molas spend much of their lives in the open ocean chasing the sea jellie (a.k.a. jellyfish) they often eat. They have unusual teeth that are fused together inside a mouth they never close.
They are called the ocean sunfish because they are frequently seen catching rays on the ocean surface. One reason they float on the surface is so birds can peck out the parasites off their skin.
And they have a lot of parasites. More than 50 species of parasites have been recorded on and inside Mola molas.
Like sharks and rays, the female are far bigger than the males. The heaviest Mola mola on record is a female caught in 1996 that weighed 5,071 pounds (2,300 kg).
Here a picture from 1910 of a Mola mola that weighed an estimate 3,500 pounds. (1,600 kg).
The huge decline in shark populations and far greater numbers of sea jellies in the ocean mean Mola molas now have fewer predators and more food. The 21th century looks like a good one if you're a Mola mola.
But who knows for how long. Given that they are one of the few large fish in the ocean that are doing well, don't be surprised if someone gives the Mola Mola a catchy new name and starts selling them globally, just as marketers did for the Slimehead (Orange Roughy) and the Patagonia toothfish (Chilean sea bass).
You can see a Mola molas at a Nature Conservancy-supported marine protected area near Bali, Indonesia. The Mola mola congregate near Nusa Penida Island, and during the peak of mola season in October, there is a great chance of seeing the weirdness (and the parasites) of the Mola mola firsthand.
Comments: Mola Mola: The Weirdest Fish in the Ocean?
Any idea how long they live?
Mola molas have a lifespan similar to ours. Females live longer than males, and 80 to 100 years is the upper end of the range.
Whoa! That's some fish. But I vote for the blobfish. My kids love that thing.
Jon, great suggestion. The Blobfish is not only weird but is also the ugliest animal on earth according to the UK's Ugly Animal Preservation Society.
How is this different from a Sun Fish? Or is "Sun Fish" just another name for them here in Australia?
Stuart, it's the same as an ocean sunfish (but not the freshwater sunfish). Mola mola is its Latin name and its common name in many countries.
300 million babys for one mom,,,, and eat jellyfish??? how come they have so many giant jellyfish problem in the ocean ??
Josee, by overfishing our oceans, we have wiped out many jellyfish predators and competitors. Pacific leatherback turtles, for example, eat almost nothing but jellyfish, yet their population has declined dramatically (http://www.livescience.com/27519-pacific-leatherback-turtle-decline.html).
Is this fat fish good to eat by humans?
Only if you like eating parasites.
Why do they have so many parasites and how does the number of their parasites compare to other fish?
One reason for so many parasites could be their jellyfish diet. Jellyfish provide shelter for lots of small creatures and their parasites.
I know that they have predators, which surprised me because I thought they were nearly all bone. But apparently the predators just chomp off their fins and leave the helpless molas to languish and die.
There is a lot less bone than one would guess. Look at the mola's skeleton here: http://skullandbone.tumblr.com/post/29209876550/scientificillustration-skeleton-of-mola-mola-as
Craig, great piece on mola molas.
Any updates on the thinking that there are at least two different species here. I believe the M. mola in the first photo with the scalloped tail is the one commonly seen in US waters, while the M. mola in the later image from NOAA looks like ones we get here in Indonesia.
Good to hear from you Robert! There's still only one Mola mola species, but there are different branches of the species (or clades). A meta review of the evidence states: "All individual and group analyses showed high genetic divergence among M. mola specimens indicating two clades; one consisting of animals exclusively from the southern hemisphere and the other containing individuals from both hemispheres."http://oceansunfish.org/Rev%20Fish%20Biol%202010.pdf
There is a thing on TED about the Mola Mola & how they live on jellyfish, and that jellyfish are declining, but I saw pics the other day where jellyfish were all together in some odd event by the millions, miles long, all side by side…I hope this amazing fish stays around, its fasinating! (also called a sun fish)
I didn't know TNC was supporting conservation efforts in Nusa Penida, that place is amazing! Went there last year, it was too early in the year for Mola Mola, but we did get to swim with manta rays by Nusa Lembongan. Happy to see you involved in marine conservation in that part of the world – keep up the good work!
See also this experiment on tracking these stragnge fish with robots: http://sunfish.lsts.pt/
>By the time it is an adolescent, the fish will have not tail fin…
Should be "no tail fin"?
I read in a book that these fish tasted vile, so that might explain why they are still plentiful. Sea turtles, on the other hand, are very tasty, so there is incentive to kill them & tell no one.
that is rude to kill a turtle just to eat it!
loved the info. the Mola fish looks sooooooooo weird. ty 4 da information
I'm trying to find out if the app game Mola Mola. Survive! Is factually correct in the ways that the Mola Mola fish can die. For example, in the game if your Mola sees another Mola die it freaks out and dies as well.
I just wanted to know if the stuff in game are true, cause then this app can be educational as well as fun and addictive
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The holidays are upon us, and you may be debating whether or not to send out Christmas Cards or Holiday Greetings. There's postage to consider, and the time it takes to address them, write personal greetings in them, and whether, after the year you've had, if you really have anything nice to say to anybody about anything. Submitted for your amusement are several funny holiday cards past, bizarre holiday greetings, and funny Christmas cards to make you laugh, and maybe give you some ideas. Which funny Christmas card is your favorite?
Hey Cowgirl
Yee Haw!
Santa Flies
Reindeer, apparently, are jerks.
Bill O'Reilly is a Christmasy Dude
Nothing Says Christmas Like Guns
Or, rather, nothing says Christmas like a dog holding a gun and looking sad.
More Evidence Reindeer are Jerks
Social media + Reindeer = Mega Jerks
Krampus Wishes
In Austria, Krampus is the guy who visits along with St. Nicholas. While St. Nicholas gives presents to the good little boys and girls, Krampus tortures the bad little children. Yeah.
Monkeys Like Christmas Too
It's just so weird.
Homemade is Great
I'm sure her parents are so proud.
Goth and Christmas?
The girl in the photo before may have made this card, eh?
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These animals are dancing because you spend money with our company. Sweet.
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that has an enormous sled that you all ride down the hill on while smiling.
Christmas Party
At least try to wait until you get home.
Holiday Wishes
And I still won't tell you if I am or not.
Holiday Bonus
Next year, working on Christmas will be the new Christmas bonus.
And then we can talk about giving money to charity but spend it on pedicures.
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Two words – surge protectors.
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This is what it's like at my house.
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Santa is such a jokester.
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SEAGROVE N.C. — Residents in the town famous for handmade pottery packed the town library Thursday night to discuss ways of keeping their post office open.
With more people turning to the internet for communication, the U.S. Postal Service lost $5 billion last year alone and many small town post offices may have to pay the price.
"Potters use the post office a lot in mailing packages," said local business owner Phyllis Lawrence who depends on the post office. "A lot of things we can't do over the internet or through email so we have to go through the post office."
Last month more than 6,000 customers in the Seagrove zip code were surveyed on whether to reduce hours at the post office or close the building and continue retail services through mail carriers, a contractor or through neighboring post offices' in Asheboro, Biscoe and Robbins.
"It's really the hub of the community, everybody uses it," said town resident Charlotte Wooten who fears the lack of a post office will hurt the community who is seeing growth. "Some towns are dying but Seagrove is blossoming and I don't even know why they are considering it."
Postal officials plan to share the feedback from customers next Tuesday at 1 p.m. at the Seagrove Post Office.
Residents say despite the inconvenient time they plan to fill up the post office to hear the results and plan to appeal if the decision includes closing down.


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The invention provides a device and methods for analysing body fluids wherein the device is implanted in the body and provides for both the delivery of substances into the body and for the testing of body fluids.
1. A method of analyzing subject fluids and providing substances to the subject fluids comprising the steps of:
(a) accessing a site through an elastic self closing diaphragm implanted in the skin of a living body;
(b) delivering a substance to the site via a feed element associated with the elastic self closing diaphragm; and
(c) analyzing the subject fluids via an aspiration element associated with the elastic self closing diaphragm.
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This application claims the priority of German Patent Application No. 198 22 711.6, filed May 20, 1998, which is incorporated herein by reference.
The invention relates to a process and a device for accessing and analysing body fluids. More particularly, it relates to an implantable device for providing access to the interior of the body and for providing for detecting the concentration and/or existence of substances in body fluids, wherein the device provides a vehicle for both delivery of substances into the body and for analysing of body fluids. The invention encompasses various embodiments wherein the body fluids may be analysed in situ, or partially or completely extracted or aspirated for analysis.
A number of procedures exist in medicine for detecting the concentration and/or existence of substances in body fluids. When testing for blood sugar concentration, for instance, there is the option on the one hand of piercing the patient's skin, such as on a finger, for testing the blood sugar content of blood drawn in this manner. Virtually any intercellular fluid may be examined in many different ways and for different characteristics using a selected "test strip" after such a fluid has been obtained. Another piercing procedure involves piercing the skin with needles for introducing and/or retrieving a sensor at a test point in the body.
However, a severe disadvantage or drawback of such invasive techniques is that they are generally unpleasant experiences to the patient. Another related drawback is that a piercing may be required for each desired test, and such piercings may be frequent and repeated. In addition, needle-type sensors will fail due to being affected and/or rejected by the body after a very short time (approximately half a day).
Non-invasive techniques, for instance detecting said concentration by fluoroscopic methods, have not yet been adequately developed to obtain sufficiently accurate values.
Port bodies, implanted subcutaneously or percutaneously and used for administering drugs through tubular channels, are known from at least U.S. Pat. No. 5,306,255 and EP 0 302 076.
The present invention provides an implantable device for providing access to the interior of the body and for providing for detecting the concentration and/or existence of substances in body fluids, wherein the device provides a vehicle for both delivery of substances into the body and for analysing of body fluids.
It is an object of the invention to provide a method and a device for detecting the concentration and/or existence of substances in body fluids by which the disadvantages of the devices and methods described above are overcome as far as possible. Another object of the present invention is to help avoid pain and inconvenience for patients.
The invention provides a device and method for analysing body fluids wherein the body fluids are accessed via an access means implanted in the body.
The inventive method for detecting the concentration and/or existence of substances in body fluids attains this object by accessing the interior of the body and any fluids to be analysed by an access means implanted permanently or semi-permanently in the body.
Many patients needing regular medication due to the concentrations of certain substances in their body fluids being too low or too high, are being administered the regular medication through an implanted, artificial access means providing access to the interior of their body. The process according to the invention has an object of using such implanted access means for gaining access to body fluids so the fluids can be analysed. Access means, which may comprise quick-replacement elements such as a framed sealing diaphragm, may be permanently or semi-permanently implanted in the body, and include structures or features which end at parts of the body where no blockage of the endings will occur for some length of time. Such access means may be designed to ensure that attacks by rejection mechanisms of the body or attacks by body cells will not affect their function at least over a predetermined period of use. According to the present invention, these aspects of typical access means may now also be used for accessing body fluids. It is an advantage of the present invention that permanent or semi-permanent implanted access means may be used to allow access to body fluids for analysis over an extended period of time and/or to allow for repeated sampling or analysis of body fluids, while sparing a patient the discomfort of repeated piercings.
According to one embodiment of the present invention, access to a body fluid may be effected through a permanently or semi-permanently implanted device for administering medicaments and, in a preferred embodiment, through a port body implanted in the skin, wherein the port body comprises a tubular arrangement extending into the interior of the body.
In one embodiment, a port body is suitable as a permanent means of access for administering insulin, and is implanted into the umbilical vein within the abdominal cavity of the body. The abdominal cavity, the peritoneum and the umbilical vein have proven to be advantageous sites for the administration of insulin, due to insulin being resorbed faster there than after subcutaneous administration. Owing to the fact that insulin consumption takes place in the body cells as such, the cell fluid also seems a suitable place to measure the blood sugar content, due to measuring a central average in this case directly at the place of consumption. Accordingly, port bodies according to the present invention are suitable for the administration of insulin into the abdominal cavity and as access points to body fluid to be analysed.
Although said port bodies are invasive devices, one-time implantation typically will be sufficient, whereby, in a port body in accordance with the present invention, a patient no longer must experience the pain and inconvenience of subsequent repeated access to body fluids for testing purposes.
One embodiment of the process according to the invention is characterized by a test sensor being introduced into the interior of the body through the access means for detecting the concentration and/or existence of substances, with detection being performed at that point. This creates a chance for continuous and intermittent testing, whereby the sensor remains at the test site in the interior of the body and is introduced via a separate tube when using a port body comprising a tubular system.
In another embodiment of the invention, a test sensor remaining in the interior of the body takes body fluid from the interior of the body through the access means, followed by analysis at a point remote from the point of retraction. Body fluid is still analysed, for instance, within the body, preferably at an intermediate point of the tubular system, by means of a sensor and is aspirated for this purpose to a selected point. The benefit of using an intermediate point as a test site is that any deposits, which might arise at the end of the tube, by which access may be effected, will not have any negative influence on the accuracy of tests. Also, the tubular section between the ends, both interior and exterior, protects a test sensor provided at an intermediate point of the tube against direct contamination. Further, constancy of temperature is ensured. When the sensor is replaced, the abdominal cavity is not affected.
According to an alternative embodiment of the process according to the invention, body fluids may naturally be aspirated away or extracted from the body for analysis.
In addition, a preferred embodiment of the invention uses a dialysis microprobe by which substances are extracted from body fluids.
The device for detecting the concentration and/or existence of substances in body fluids according to the invention comprises an access means to the interior of the body, permanently or semi-permanently implanted in the body, and adapted for allowing access through said access means to body fluids for analysis thereof, in situ. In other embodiments of the present invention, the body fluids may be aspirated to a selected point with in the access means for analysis, or they may be removed completely from the body and access means for analysis at a remote location.
Preferably, in one embodiment, the access means is a permanently implanted device for administering medicaments, in particular a port body implanted into the skin, comprising a tubular system extending into the interior of the body. Such a port body may be implanted subcutaneously, as well.
The access means or port body of the present invention comprises tubes, passages or pathways by means of which a test sensor may be introduced into the interior of the body or to a selected location along the passages or pathways. The access means preferably comprises a separate tube for the introduction of a sensor.
One preferred design of the device according to the invention is characterized in that the access means is associated with a dialysis microprobe through which substances in body fluids are withdrawn. The microprobe may be either permanently or removably associated with the access means.
Furthermore, the invention refers to the use of an access means to the interior of the body, permanently or semi-permanently implanted in the body, through which the concentration and/or existence of substances in body fluids are detected and/or analysed.
Other objects, features, embodiments and advantages of the device and method of the present invention will become more fully apparent and understood with reference to the following description and appended drawings and claims.
The accompanying Figures and this description depict and describe embodiments of the port body and methods of the present invention, and features and components thereof. With regard to means for fastening, mounting, attaching or connecting the components of the present invention to form the device as a whole, unless specifically described otherwise, such means are intended to encompass conventional fasteners such as threaded connectors, snap rings, clamps such as screw clamps and the like, rivets, toggles, pins and the like. Components may also be connected by adhesives, glues, welding, ultrasonic welding, and friction fitting or deformation, if appropriate. Unless specifically otherwise disclosed or taught, materials for making components of the present invention may be selected from appropriate materials such as metal, metallic alloys, natural and manmade fibers, vinyls, plastics and the like, and appropriate manufacturing or production methods including casting, extruding, molding and machining may be used.
Any references to front and back, right and left, top and bottom and upper and lower are intended for convenience of description, not to limit the present invention or its components to any one positional or spacial orientation.
Referring then to
The shaft section 11 forms a hollow enclosure containing and/or supporting an elastic self-closing diaphragm 12.
Separate tubes extend generally perpendicularly away from the innermost, lower end of the port body 10, including a feed tube 23 (the full length of which is not shown) and a shorter aspiration tube 21. A feed catheter 24 and an aspiration catheter 22 may be introduced through the diaphragm 12 into each of the tubes 23 and 21, respectively. Although the tubes are shown as extending perpendicularly away from the port body 10, they may extend away therefrom at another angle. Also, in some situations, a port body may have more than two associated tubes, and the tubes 23, 21 may be adapted to contain more than one catheter each.
The tube 23, either the mouth thereof or a point or points along the tube 23, is supplied with a drug, such as insulin, through the feed catheter 24, whilst from a point or points adjacent to or at the end of the tube 21, e.g., at its open mouth, body fluids may be withdrawn through the aspiration catheter 22.
The feed tube 23 is preferably of a standard length of 150 or 180 mm, whilst the aspiration tube 21 presumably has an approximate minimum length of 30 mm, preferably 60 to 120 mm, possibly even 180 mm. This arrangement therefore clearly shows that this port body may be used both for the supply of drugs through the feed catheter 24 and for access to body fluids through the aspiration catheter 22. The tubes 23 and 21 preferably extend into the patient's abdominal cavity where cell fluid can be found, which may be provided with a drug or analysed for specific concentrations.
The dashed arrows show selected various test sites for testing the concentration or existence of certain substances. For example, a sensor 28 may be applied to test point 25 where fluid is aspired from the bottom end of the catheter 22 somewhat upwards, in order to perform a test precisely at this intermediate point 25. As described above, a sensor 28 attached at point 25 would be protected against deposits by the lower section of the tube 21 and/or the catheter 22.
When a test is performed at a point where no major deposits are to be expected, a test sensor 29 may also be attached permanently or removably at a point marked by the dashed arrow 26. The benefit of this detection method lies in the fact that aspiration is no longer required and detection will be feasible directly at a specified test point.
In the two embodiments described, where the test sensor remains permanently in the tube 25 and/or on the end of the tube 26, an electronic test sensor is used, the connecting wires of which may be routed out of the body together with the catheter 22.
Typically, electronic test sensors suitable for use in the present invention comprise a working electrode, a counterelectrode and a zero-current reference electrode. When the shaft 11 of the port body is of a metallic material, the shaft 11 may be used as a reference electrode or counterelectrode, thus allowing simplification of the electric sensor during the said tests according to the invention.
Another option for using the arrangement shown in the Figure consists of inserting a probe (not shown) through the tube 21 for one-time testing or for each individual test. In this embodiment, the probe may comprise a test strip for detecting a concentration. Taking and evaluation of a reading may be performed in inserted condition or after removal.
According to the present invention, a fluid may be aspirated or removed from the interior of the body through the catheter 22 and, as depicted by the dashed arrow 27, analysed at a remote laboratory.
Another option for using the arrangement is shown in
In the foregoing description embodiments of the invention have been presented for the purpose of illustration and description. They are not intended to be exhaustive or to limit the invention to the precise form disclosed. The embodiments were chosen and described to provide an illustration of the principals of the invention and its practical application, and to enable one of ordinary skill in the art to utilize the invention in various embodiments and with various modifications as are suited to the particular use contemplated. All such modifications and variations are within the scope of the invention as determined by the appended claims when interpreted in accordance with the breadth they are fairly, legally, and equitably entitled.
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CRESTVIEW — The weather shelter at New Beginnings Church, 412 W. James Lee Blvd. will open tonight — March 7 — at 6 p.m.
Weather shelters remain open until 8 a.m. the following morning
The Okaloosa County Cold Weather Shelter Program provides protection during freezing weather. Shelters remain open until 8 a.m. the next morning.
Program organizers estimate approximately 50 to 65 individuals take advantage of the shelters each time one opens.


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At the request of the U.S. Ambassador in Monrovia, Secretary of Defense Donald H. Rumsfeld has ordered additional security personnel to the United States embassy. The Secretary has ordered the dispatch of up to an additional 41 FAST members from Rota, Spain to Monrovia. They will augment team members and USMC embassy guards already at the embassy.
The situation will continue to be monitored closely, and there is no additional information to announce at this time.