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What is Gastroenterology?
What does a Gastroenterologist Do?
Gastroenterology is a subspecialty of internal medicine. However, it is specifically focused on the diagnosis and treatment of ailments and diseases related to digestives system of our body. A gastroenterologist will assist patients with the following conditions:
● Gastroesophageal Rreflux Disease – GERD or severe indigestion
● Ulcer disease
● Colon polyps and colon cancer
● Irritable bowel syndrome – IBS
● Spastic colon
● Crohn's disease
● Ulcerative colitis
● Chronic liver disease
● Diarrhea
● Lactose intolerance – also whey from milk
The most common symtoms of GERD or Gastroesophageal Rreflux Disease is severe heartburn, a continuous sour taste in your mouth, nausea, chronic cough, sometimes a prolonged hoarse voice and possibly the onset of asthma.
The digestive system of our body starts from mouth and ends at anus. Structures that come in between mouth and anus are esophagus, stomach, small intestine and large intestine. Liver and pancreas are also part of digestive system as they produce acids (juices) that help in digestive process. Gastroenterology deals with diseases of all these organs.
Digestive system is affected by a large number of diseases which include infections, auto-immune diseases, cancers and other diseases. Symptoms of a particular disease depend upon which part of digestive system is involved. Common symptoms for gastrointestinal diseases include
• Decreased appetite which is associated with a number of diseases
• Loose motions occur in diseases of small and large intestine for example, celiac disease, infection of small and large gut, inflammatory bowel disease, cancers of small and large intestine
• Weight loss accompanies a number of diseases for example, tuberculosis of intestine and cancer of gut
• Dyspepsia, indigestion or heart burn commonly occurs in diseases of esophagus and stomach
• Constipation
• Blood in stool is a dangerous symptom that may occur in infection of lower gut, piles, inflammatory bowel disease and cancers of gut
• Vomiting
• Blood in vomiting occurs in liver disease or due to ulcers in the stomach
• Abdominal pain occurs in many diseases like hepatitis, gastritis, pancreatitis, cancer, etc.
• Foul smelling stools are a common complaint in patient having problem of malabsorption (food is not properly absorbed in gut)
• Yellowness of eyes and itching appear in diseases of liver, gall bladder and pancreas
Patients with digestive system disease are treated either through medicines or some intervention is performed.
Medical treatment
The most common treatment offered to patients having gastro-intestinal disease and liver disease is administration of drugs both oral and inject able. Commonly used drugs for this purpose include,
• Antibiotics
• Drugs to increase motility of intestinal system
• Drugs to relieve constipation
• Drugs to reduce acidic secretions of stomach for treating dyspepsia and ulcer of stomach,
• Immunosuppressive drugs and steroids for treatment of many auto- immune diseases like ulcerative colitis and crohn's disease.
• Interferon treatment for Hepatitis B and Hepatitis C
Intervention in gastroenterology
Gastroenterology also provides many interventions for diagnosis and treatment of diseases. Some common interventions used in gastro-enterology are:
Gastrointestinal Endoscopy (gastroscopy and colonoscopy)
Many diseases of esophagus, stomach, upper portion of small gut and large gut can be diagnosed and treated through endoscopy. The gastrointestinal endoscopy procedure allows the physicians to closely examine the interior lining or your entire digestive tract using a micro-video camera. Endoscope has both a camera and light. When it is advanced into stomach or rectum, it displays high quality color images of the internal lining and any internal structures on screen of a monitor. Additionally, it is used to view the inner part of digestive system and can be used to take biopsy of abnormal tissue. The gastrointestinal endoscopy can also be used to inject drugs into diseased tissue or blood vessels that would otherwise be unreachable without surgery.
Esophageal Acid (pH) Testing
The Esophageal Acid test uses a micro sensor which gets positioned in the lower part of your esophagus to measure the direct amount of acid that regurgitates into your esophagus; and will then relate the amount of regurgitation. This is a fairly easy exam and the information obtained may establish the cause of your symptoms without necessitating further medical study.
An ulcer can occur in both infants and grown adults. An Ulcer in the stomach lining, called a peptic ulcer, is a sore or hole in the lining of either the stomach or the first part of the small intestine (duodenum). Generally, ulcers are caused by an
infection. Spicy foods tend to inflame ulcers and can cause serious irritation. Over 25 million American man and woman will suffer from an ulcer at some point during their life. They are generally very painful and easy to diagnose. The majority of ulcers is caused by an infection with the bacterium "Helicobacter pylori", and can be easily cured in a few weeks with a course antibiotics. You will need a physician to test for an H. Pylori infection. The test is a simple as blowing into a balloon with a chemical that reacts if it detects H. Pylori in your breath. The most common symptoms of an ulcer is a burning pain in your stomach. If left untreated, the uncle may get bigger, multiply, and cause more burning feeling. Today, ulcers are easily treated.
Capsule Endoscopy
The conventional endoscope cannot clearly visualize the entire small intestines. The intestine has far too many curves, twists and turns, and lined in many directions. Therefore, to diagnose a disease of the small intestine, a capsule size endoscope is used. The capsule is swallowed through mouth; it has no wire.
The capsule endoscope contains a micro-camera which can take many pictures and images of the internal organs as it follows through your digestive system, the same way a piece of food would travel. Additionally, the endoscope capsule is also capable of taking biopsy from abnormal tissue.
Endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreaticography is a unique intervention in gastroenterology. This is used to diagnose and treat diseases of biliary tract which include bile duct, hepatic duct and pancreatic duct. Endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP) is a technique that combines the use of endoscopy and fluoroscopy. ERCP use has mostly been replaced with the use of magnetic resonance cholangiopancreatography (MRCP) and endoscopic ultrasound for treating gallstones, bile duct infections, internal inflammatory scars and various types of cancers.
What are the most common causes of diarrhea?
Severe diarrhea or Acute diarrhea is usually related to a bacterial, viral, or a parasitic infection. When diarrhea becomes chronic and ongoing, it is typically related to functional disorders such as irritable bowel syndrome or inflammatory bowel disease.
Severe diarrhea is also caused by the following:
• Parasites. One or more Parasites can enter the body through food, water or an injury like a cut on your foot. The parasite then usually settles within the digestive system. There are many Parasites that cause diarrhea, They include Giardia lamblia, Entamoeba histolytica, and Cryptosporidium.
• Bacterial infections. Several types of bacteria which may be consumed through contaminated food or water can cause diarrhea. Common culprits include Campylobacter, Salmonella, Shigella, and Escherichia coli (E. coli). Also, when traveling to foreign countries, you can get diarrhea merely because of the different standards of water purification and potability.
• Viral infections. Many viruses cause diarrhea. Typical Diarrhea causing viruses are rotavirus, Norwalk virus, cytomegalovirus, herpes simplex virus, and viral hepatitis.
Food intolerances and Food Allergies. Some people are unable to digest certain food components such as wheat-celiac disease, lactose—the sugar found in milk, whey-a protein found in milk, eggs, shellfish, nuts-especially peanuts, soy and some artificial sweeteners. While some allergies can be outgrown, like wheat allergies are usually out grown in children, other stay with the patient throughout their life. Patients who suffer from celiac disease should avoid gluten, found in wheat, rye, barley, and sometimes oats
• Reaction to medicines. Antibiotics, blood pressure medications, cancer drugs, and antacids containing magnesium can all cause diarrhea. In addition, certain anti-depressants and other medications can also cause diarrhea.
• Intestinal diseases. Inflammatory bowel disease, Crohn's disease, Colitis, and Celiac Disease may generally lead to diarrhea.
• Functional bowel disorders. Diarrhea can be a symptom of irritable bowel syndrome.
Some people develop diarrhea after stomach surgery or removal of the gallbladder. The reason may be a change in how quickly food moves through the digestive system after stomach surgery or an increase in bile in the colon after gallbladder surgery.
Crohn's Disease
Crohn's disease is an ongoing painful disorder that causes inflammation of the gastrointestinal (GI) tract a/k/a Digestive tract. Crohn's disease typically affects the lower part of the small intestine, called the ileum. As such, Chrons is considered an inflammatory bowel disease. However, Crohns can affect any area of the GI tract including the large intestines, and the swelling extends deep into the lining. The swelling caused by Crohns disease is usually painful and can cause ongoing diarrhea and severe cramping pains. Crohn's disease is sometimes called ileitis or enteritis.
Crohn's disease is generally difficult to diagnose because the symptoms of Crohn's disease are similar to many other GI and intestinal disorders such as irritable bowel syndrome and ulcerative colitis. In Crohn's disease, all the layers of the intestine may be involved, while a healthy sections can be found between sections of diseased bowel. On the other hand, with Ulcerative colitis, you can find inflammation and ulcers in the top layer of the lining of the large intestine. The differences are hard to diagnose without actually visualizing and sampling the intestinal tract. Roughly 20 percent of people diagnosed with Crohn's disease have a family member with the same or similar diagnosis. Crohn's disease appears to genetically run in family lines.
What causes Crohn's disease?
There are many theories regarding the exact causes Crohn's disease, but none are conclusive. However, most people with Chrohn's disease have several common factors which include the patients inherited genes, the quality of the patients' immune system itself, and environmental factors such as antigens. Generally, most doctors surmise that Chron's disease is an abnormal reaction which occurs in the body's immune system that incorrectly treats bacteria, foods, drinks and other substances as being foreign and dangerous. The immune system's confused response is to attack these foods and other bacteria as bad invaders, instead of treating it like the food it is. This error in judgment causes a plethora of white blood cells to accumulate in the lining of the intestines, producing a chronic inflammation, which leads to ulcerations and bowel injury. Most recently, doctors have to believe that a particular protein produced by the immune system, called anti-tumor necrosis factor (TNF), may cause the GI track inflammation that is generally associated with Crohn's disease.
What are the symptoms of Crohn's Disease?
To begin with, Crohn's disease is very painful. Typically, you would feel frequent abdominal pain which is generally focused in the lower right area or your abdomen. Additionally, Crohn's patients suffer from frequent diarrhea. Other symptoms include rectal bleeding, weight loss, arthritis, skin problems, and sometimes fevers. The rectal bleeding may be serious and persistent at times which could lead to anemia, requiring hospitalization. While the different patients suffer from a range or ailments, it is common for children who have Crohn's disease could possibly suffer delayed development and stunted growth. Therefore, especially in children, get the medical attention you need if you have any of the symptoms of Crohn's disease.
What are the complications of Crohn's disease?
One of the most painful complications often found in Crohn's disease patients is an intestinal blockage. Patients who suffer from Crohn's disease may also have stomach or intestinal sores (ulcers-as pictured above) that can extend into surrounding tissues like the bladder or vagina. AN intestinal blockage usually occurs as a result of the disease causing the intestinal walls to thicken with swelling and scar tissue. This causes a narrowing of the intestinal passage which can also extend to areas around the anus and rectum. The pathways or tunnels, called fistulas, are a common complication and often become infected. While simple fistulas are treated with medications, more severe fistulas require surgery. Moreover, small tears called fissures can also develop in the lining of the mucus membrane of the anus adding to the complications of Crohn's disease.
Additional symptoms of Crohn's disease include malabsorption of nutrition, deficiencies and lack of protein intake, deficiencies in calories, and vitamins as well. These deficiencies may be caused by inadequate dietary intake and poor ability to absorb the nutrients and proteins normally found in food. Additionally, Crohn's disease patients frequently suffer from arthritis, skin problems, inflammation in the eyes or mouth, kidney stones, gallstones, or other diseases of the liver and biliary system.
What is the treatment for Crohn's disease?
Treatment may include drugs, nutrition supplements, surgery, or a combination of these options. The goals of treatment are to control inflammation, correct nutritional deficiencies, and relieve symptoms like abdominal pain, diarrhea, and rectal bleeding. At this time, treatment can help control the disease by lowering the number of times a person experiences a recurrence, but there is no cure. Treatment for Crohn's disease depends on the location and severity of disease, complications, and the person's response to previous medical treatments when treated for reoccurring symptoms.
Some people have long periods of remission, sometimes years, when they are free of symptoms. However, the disease usually recurs at various times over a person's lifetime. This changing pattern of the disease means one cannot always tell when a treatment has helped. Predicting when a remission may occur or when symptoms will return is not possible.
Someone with Crohn's disease may need medical care for a long time, with regular doctor visits to monitor the condition.
Drug Therapy
Anti-Inflammation Drugs. Most people are first treated with drugs containing mesalamine, a substance that helps control inflammation. Sulfasalazine is the most commonly used of these drugs. Patients who do not benefit from it or who cannot tolerate it may be put on other mesalamine-containing drugs, generally known as 5-ASA agents, such as Asacol, Dipentum, or Pentasa. Possible side effects of mesalamine-containing drugs include nausea, vomiting, heartburn, diarrhea, and headache.
Cortisone or Steroids. Cortisone drugs and steroids—called corticosteriods—provide very effective results. Prednisone is a common generic name of one of the drugs in this group of medications. In the beginning, when the disease it at its worst, prednisone is usually prescribed in a large dose. The dosage is then lowered once symptoms have been controlled. These drugs can cause serious side effects, including greater susceptibility to infection.
Immune System Suppressors. Drugs that suppress the immune system are also used to treat Crohn's disease. Most commonly prescribed are 6-mercaptopurine or a related drug, azathioprine. Immunosuppressive agents work by blocking the immune reaction that contributes to inflammation. These drugs may cause side effects like nausea, vomiting, and diarrhea and may lower a person's resistance to infection. When patients are treated with a combination of corticosteroids and immunosuppressive drugs, the dose of corticosteroids may eventually be lowered. Some studies suggest that immunosuppressive drugs may enhance the effectiveness of corticosteroids.
Infliximab (Remicade). Remicide is a controversial drug in treating patients with Crohn's disease. On one hand, it can block the body's inflammation response but may at the same time lower your ability to fight off infections. The medicine is not without substantial risk. The FDA has formally approved the drug for the treatment of moderate to severe Crohn's disease which does not respond to the standard treatments and therapies such as mesalamine substances, corticosteroids, immunosuppressive agents) and for the treatment of open, draining fistulas.
Infliximab is the first medicine based treatment that the Food and Drug Administration has approved specifically for Crohn's disease. However, it is a TNF substance. As such, the manufactures of Remicide have reported that serious side effects may occur. Among the side effects is the possibility of a rare form of fatal lymphoma. According to the manufacturers website "Unusual cancers have been reported in children and teenage patients taking TNF-blocker medicines. A rare form of fatal lymphoma has occurred mostly in teenage or young adult males with Crohn's disease or ulcerative colitis who were taking REMICADE® and azathioprine or 6-mercaptopurine. For children and adults taking TNF blockers, including REMICADE®, the chances of getting lymphoma or other cancers may increase". Therefore, you should discuss the benefits and risks with of taking Remicade with your physician before you use it for any treatment.
Antibiotics. Crohn's disease patients are commonly treated with antibiotics to treat the bacterial overgrowth in the small intestine which is caused by stricture, fistulas, or prior surgeries. The most common antibiotics prescribe are ampicillin, sulfonamide, cephalosporin, tetracycline, or metronidazole. In some cases, more than one antibiotic will be used in a treatment regime.
Anti-Diarrheal and Fluid Replacements. Diarrhea and the painful cramping often associated with diarrhea can usually be relieved with anti-inflammation medications. Several antidiarrheal medications, including immodium could also be used to stop the diarrhea as wellother meds like diphenoxylate, loperamide, and codeine. Patients with diarrhea also risk being dehydrated and should immediately be treated with fluids and electrolytes.
In some patients, Crohn's disease subsides for certain periods of time and inflame in other times. Doctors still do not understand the Crohn's schedule but some say that living with Crohn's disease is so stressful that the stress itself can trigger an attack. Patients often require long periods of medication, dietary restrictions and, on occasion, may require hospitalizations. However, the majority of patients who get treatment for Crohn's disease can live a somewhat normal life and raise families, maintain employment and can live with the disease virtually unnoticed by outsiders. While doctors do not know of any foods that cause Crohn's disease bulky grains, hot spices, alcohol, and milk products tend to increase the amount of cramping and diarrhea in patients suffering from Crohn's disease.


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REVIEW: Branded by Fire by Nalini Singh
Dear Ms. Singh,
Your Psy/Changeling series has me hooked. Set in a future and alternate Earth peopled by three races, humans, Psy, and changelings, the books feature dynamic characters, suspenseful plots and subplots, intricate world-building, and a lot of sexual and romantic tension. Though the world is dominated by the Psy, who are connected through a telepathic net, the changelings, who can shift form from animal to human, have slowly been gaining power, and it is they who are the focus of Branded by Fire, the sixth book in the series.
The story begins with a hot encounter between two changelings. Mercy, a sentinel for the DarkRiver leopard changeling pack, walks through the forest feeling the effects of eight months of abstinence. She is now the only one of the sentinels who is still unmated, and she worries she'll remain that way. Mercy is dominant in her personality, and while she doesn't want to walk all over a submissive man, she will also never allow someone else to boss her around. It's a problem that other dominant females have sometimes been unable to resolve, and Mercy fears that even if she finds the right partner, she will resist the mating bond and roam away from him instead of accepting his love.
Just as Mercy is musing out loud that she would settle for a temporary lover to satisfy her physically, Mercy's nemesis, Riley Kincaid, walks out of the woods. Riley is a wolf changeling whose rank in the wolves' SnowDancer pack, lieutenant, is equal to Mercy's leopard sentinel rank. Ever since Mercy's DarkRiver leopard pack formed an alliance with Riley's SnowDancer wolf pack, Mercy and Riley have been irritating one another, and now, Riley does not pass up the opportunity to taunt Mercy with his awareness of her physical needs.
A furious, frustrated Mercy attacks Riley and after he tries to subdue her without hurting her, things get sexual. Did I say this scene was hot? Scorching is more accurate. Even in bed (or rather, on the ground) Mercy and Riley vie for the upper hand, and the struggle for power turns them on more than they can stand to admit.
The next day they wake up feeling both satisfied and confused by the events of the previous night. After all, wolf and leopard are different animals. There may now be a truce between their packs, but cats and dogs are each other's natural enemies. Not only that, Riley has always wanted a mate he could protect and keep safe, as he could not do for his mother or his sister Brenna, and Mercy will never allow any man to turn her into a submissive little wife. So why are they constantly thinking about each other, even on the trail of a rogue lynx changeling and on the search for the lynx's brother, who has been kidnapped?
Branded by Fire may well be my favorite book in this series, and considering how much I enjoyed Caressed by Ice, that is saying something. I closed Branded by Fire at 11 PM, having skipped making or eating dinner until then so I could finish reading Mercy and Riley's story. Sexy, intense and riveting, this book was also deeply satisfying. I couldn't put it down.
I absolutely adore Mercy, who is not only strong and courageous but also loyal and generous. There is a scene in which Riley, after reliving his sister's kidnapping in a nightmare, turns up outside Mercy's house in the middle of the night, and she invites him to her bed, not for sex, but so that he can have the comfort of her company, without prying into his pain. The scene spoke volumes about the size of Mercy's heart. For all that she knows that her toughness is her strength, Mercy also knows how to compromise without losing any of her self-esteem.
The latter is also true of Riley. Because of the hard time he gave Judd in Caressed by Ice, Riley started out with two strikes against him (in my book, anyway). I couldn't blame Mercy for being annoyed with his taunts, either. But he won me over by making real sacrifices for Mercy, such as restraining his protective and possessive instincts so as not to lose her. By the end of this book, I also felt I understood his actions in Caressed by Ice better. I had forgotten, or maybe not known, that he raised his brother and sister from childhood, so it's no wonder that what happened to Brenna in Slave to Sensation continued to haunt him even long after it was over.
In addition to Mercy and Riley's romance, Branded by Fire also contains several intriguing subplots about the Human Alliance, the Psy Council, PsyNet, Lucas and Sascha, and Hawke and Sienna. The deeper into the series I've gotten, the more fascinated I've become with the complex tapestry you are crafting from these various, interwoven threads. I cannot wait for Hawke and Sienna's book. I am so hoping these two will end up together. Please don't make us wait too long to learn how things will turn out for them.
I do have a few minor criticisms. Besides the fact that it took me a little while to warm to Riley, I also felt that the writing wasn't always smooth. There were POV shifts within scenes, and while I don't always mind these, a couple of times I was confused as to whose thoughts I was reading. Additionally, toward the end of the book, I was so absorbed in the various plots that I felt somewhat impatient during the last couple of sex scenes, which did not hold my attention as strongly as the earlier ones.
But on the balance, I thought Branded by Fire was a deeply rewarding book. I don't know you, but while reading Branded by Fire, I had the feeling that you weren't holding anything back. There is a passion to your writing, and I don't mean just the sex scenes — the whole book feels like it is written from a place of deep investment. I am now looking forward to November's Blaze of Memory. B+/A- for Branded by Fire.
This book can be purchased at Amazon on July 3, 2009, or in ebook format from Sony or other etailers on that same date (will update when link is available).

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Come Home.
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Where things are done
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Where your choices
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Go ahead, put your feet up on the coffee table.
Dirty the dishes. Forget the beds.
In fact, forget everything.
Drop your worries in the corner and leave them for us to sweep away. We'll take it from here.
Relax. Take a deep breath.
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[OR17-4] Increased Risk of Overall Mortality in Patients with Type 2 Diabetes Receiving Glipizide, Glyburide, and Glimepiride vs. Metformin. A Retrospective Analysis
Kevin M Pantalone, Michael W Kattan, Changhong Yu, Brian J Wells, Susana Arrigain, Anil Jain, Ashish Atreja, Robert S Zimmerman. Summa Western Reserve Hospital Physicians, Inc, Hudson, OH; Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH; Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH; Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH; Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH.
Background: It remains uncertain if differences in mortality risk exist among the sulfonylureas, especially in patients with documented coronary artery disease (CAD). Conflicting reports have surfaced concerning whether an increased overall mortality (or cardiovascular mortality) risk accompanies the various sulfonylureas (1-6). A difference in mortality risk may exist, as the individual sulfonylureas vary significantly from one another in terms of hypoglycemic risk, sulfonylurea receptor selectivity, and their effects on myocardial ischemic preconditioning (7, 8).
Purpose: To assess the risk of overall mortality in patients with type 2 diabetes treated with glipizide, glyburide, or glimepiride vs. metformin.
Methods: A retrospective cohort study was conducted using an academic health center enterprise-wide electronic health record (EHR) system to identify 23,915 patients with type 2 diabetes who initiated monotherapy with metformin (N=12,774), glipizide (N=4,325), glyburide (N=4,279), or glimepiride (N=2,537), ≥ 18 years of age, with and without a history of CAD. The patients were followed for mortality by documentation in the EHR and Social Security Death Index. Multivariable Cox models with propensity analysis were used to compare the anti-diabetic monotherapies.
Results: Baseline characteristics for the entire cohort and subgroup of patients with CAD include mean age (years) +/- SD of 61.8 +/- 14.3 and 67.9 +/- 11.0 years, 50.4% and 69% male, and 77.9% and 84% Caucasian, respectively. The median follow-up was 2.2 years. There were a total of 2,546 deaths in 58,513 person years of follow-up in the entire cohort, and 419 deaths in 5,980 person years of follow-up in the subgroup of patients with documented CAD. An increase in overall mortality risk was observed in the entire cohort with glipizide (HR 1.64; 95% CI 1.39-1.94), glyburide (HR 1.59; 95% CI 1.35-1.88), and glimepiride (HR 1.68; 95% CI 1.37-2.06) vs. metformin; however, in those patients with documented CAD, a statistically significant increase in overall mortality risk was only found with glipizide (HR 1.41; 95% CI 1.07-1.87) and glyburide (HR 1.38; 95% CI 1.04-1.83) vs. metformin.
Conclusions: Glipizide, glyburide, and glimepiride are associated with an increased risk of overall mortality vs. metformin. Our results suggest that if a sulfonylurea is required to obtain glycemic control, glimepiride may be the preferred sulfonylurea in those with underlying CAD.
1. Khalangot M et al.,Diabetes Res Clin Pract 2009 Dec;86(3):247-53. 2. Pantalone KM et al.,Diabetes Care 2010 Jun;33(6):1224-1229. 3. Schramm TK et al., Eur Heart J. 2011 Aug;32(15):1900-8. 4. Zeller M et al., J Clin Endocrinol Metab. 2010 Nov;95(11):4993-5002. 5. Horsdal HT et al., Diabetes Metab Res Rev 2009 Sep;25(6):515-522. 6. Andersson C et al., Diabetes Res Clin Pract 2011 Oct;94(1):119-125. 7. Gangji AS et al., Diabetes Care 2007 Feb;30(2):389-394. 8. Krentz AJ., International Congress Series 2003;1253:261-277.
Sources of Research Support: This research was supported through a grant from Astra Zeneca.
Disclosures: RSZ: Speaker Bureau Member, Novo Nordisk, Santarus, Inc.; Consultant, Bristol-Myers Squibb, Astra Zeneca; Research Funding, Merck & Co. Nothing to Disclose: KMP, MWK, CY, BJW, SA, AJ, AA
Date: Sunday, June 24, 2012
Session Info: ORAL SESSION: Emerging Strategies in Diabetes (11:15 AM-12:45 PM)
Presentation Time: 12:00 pm
Room: Theater C
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If you get Brazilian waxes like I do, you know the Padilha sisters are considered the founders of the Brazilian Wax and their J Sisters Salon is insanely popular. Anyway, the book was just what I needed. It's one of those books that you can't put down. It's written in an easy breezy way that you feel like the author is your girlfriend and she's just giving you great advice about your life. Janea explains to you why and how Brazilian women are so comfortable in their own skin. Why and how she created the Brazilian Wax. She also dishes on some really amazing secrets about spicing up your intimate life (I thought I knew them all) but apparently I don't. She talks about the fact that women depend way too much on other people to bring them happiness, especially on men, when in fact the only one who should make them happy is themselves. **So True!!** She also talks about taking care of yourself, and how important that is in life. And her tips on having a succesfull realtionship are so on point. 1 tip that I loved is never ever ask your significant other if he loves you or if he thinks you're pretty. Just feel confident, and never look down on yourself, and no one else will either. There's a lot of great advice in this book and all in all, I would highly recommend it to all women.
You can order it here.
Can you recomend any great books to read during my maternity leave?
Have you ever been to J Sisters?
4 comments:
- Tiffany said...
Sounds interesting. Can't wait to pick it up!
- May 27, 2010 at 2:05 PM
Don't try to read, just sleep! If you somehow have an opportunity to read, make it easy to pick up and put down... I found that movies worked better for me.
- June 1, 2010 at 12:45 PM
- KMP (Keep Me Posted) said...
I'm adding that book to my summer reading list. Sounds really good. Thanks for the recommendation.
- June 1, 2010 at 6:24 PM
I got the book this week from Amazon..I pretty much have read it all. I find it quite interesting she is all about loving yourself regardless, but she made a career because she deemed something that is natural on us all, as unattactive.. Maybe it's just me but I found that quite ironic. I do appreciate her contribution to make us women find a new way of thinking when it comes to our flaws.
I love your blog by the way and I love that your personality come across..
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The township sought approval of a 2.25-mill, five-year waste district levy on the May 7 ballot. Issue 12 was a renewal of an existing 1.25 mill waste district levy, with an increase of 1 mill.
According to unofficial results from the Hamilton County Board of Elections, the issue passed by a vote of 1,487 to 153 - a margin of about 91 percent to 9 percent. ...


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And the Articles of this Confederation shall be inviolably observed by every State, and the Union shall be perpetual; nor shall any alteration at any time hereafter be made in any of them; unless such alteration be agreed to in a Congress of the United States, and be afterwards confirmed by the legislatures of every State.
Javal you forgot to bold the important part of Article XIII, And the Articles of this Confederation shall be inviolably observed by every State. The key part of your question is the Articles shall be inviolably observed.
Since there is no article in the AoC that stops the states from leaving the Union this article does not prevent them from leaving. Secession does not alter the perpetual Union nor does it alter any of the articles. You may have a perpetual Union with any number of states. Does a perpetual Union preclude adding more states? Meaning of perpetual: http://www.realdictionary.com/p/dir/perpetual.asp
1) s :occurring so frequently as to seem ceaseless or uninterrupted 2) s :uninterrupted in time and indefinitely long continuing 3) s :continuing forever or indefinitely
I believe that states leaving the Union would not alter the meaning of perpetual. The only way the perpetual Union would cease is by a Constitutional Amendment to form a new government.
The only way the AoC could be replace was by unanimous consent of the states. Since only nine states approved the Constitution when it was approved does this not make the Constitution an act of secession? If you think the Constitution was the law of the land in 1860 that makes the AoC a moot point in the arguement of secession.
One final point: Can you violate a law that does not exsist?
Thank you for your reply. I hope I have answered you question.
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Now, I have to admit I am not a huge fan of werewolf movies with the exception of the "Ginger Snaps" franchise but I am a big fan of Wes Craven – the EARLY pre-"Scream" Wes Craven, that is. And after seeing "Cursed", starring Christina Ricci, Joshua Jackson and Jesse Eisenberg, I'm still not a big fan of werewolf movies but I AM still a fan of the pre-"Scream" Wes Craven.
The movie plays like so many of the teen horror films today with a few novel exceptions – the heroes are siblings and Ricci's character, Ellie, works within the Hollywood machine, as a publicist on "The Craig Kilborn Show" which gave writer Kevin Williamson the opportunity for some inside joking around. Other than that, this could have just been another entry in the "Scream" series: cameos by Shannon Elizabeth, Portia de Rossi, Mya, Lance Bass, Scott Baio and Craig Kilborn (all three playing themselves) and the other principal actors all seemed stamped by the "Scream" cookie-cutter. Even the plot was predictable, down to the usual people-going-into-dark-rooms-and-not-turning-on-the-damn-lights and it was pretty easy to guess who the "villain" was and how everything was going to end.
The special effects, by the great Rick Baker, weren't bad although the CGI was WAY too obvious to be scary. The gore, however, which was REALLY trimmed for the PG-13 theatrical release, IS here in all its dripping, slimy glory. There was one effective dream sequence that startled me with a literal fountain of gushing grue and Shannon Elizabeth's demise involved seeing the lovely lady trying to drag her body, JUST the upper half of her body, with entrails hanging out, away from the site of her attack. We have one character doing an almost erotic "taste-test" on the globs of hemoglobin stuck to her hands and fingers after she has disemboweled a victim and a fairly graphic decapitation involving the ever handy shovel and some extra "push" from the decapitators to ensure the job gets done. There are some other fairly gruesome dispatchings of characters but the ones just mentioned were VERY effective.
The acting wasn't bad – Christina Ricci is great in everything she does and Jesse Eisenberg as her little brother, Jimmy, was effective as the high school geek who gets his revenge. There was an interesting little plot twist involving the boyfriend of Jimmy's crush Brooke that I didn't expect and found amusing and Milo Ventimiglia as Bo, the boyfriend, who is first Jimmy's main tormentor and then later a comrade-in-arms, was very good. I almost didn't recognize Portia de Rossi as Zela the gypsy but thought she did well in her tiny but important-to-the-plot role but I was disappointed at how brief Shannon Elizabeth's role was as the DVD box has her third billed, as though she has a much bigger part. She is the Drew Barrymore of this film. Even Solar as Zipper, Ellie and Jimmy's pet dog, performed admirably especially when the "curse" is upon him. Dr. Mambo had better watch his back.
I should also mention the soundtrack which had some great songs on it, beginning with the quintessential, along with "Bad Moon Rising", werewolf movie song, "Lil' Red Riding Hood", performed here by Bowling for Soup. There are also songs by Collective Soul, Seven Wiser, Steve Harwell, Whodini, Apollo 440, Three Days Grace and Dashboard Confessional. The soundtrack is available on Image Entertainment.
All in all, the unrated version of "Cursed" isn't terrible – I enjoyed watching it as a new movie but it's not one I would return to watch again and again. But, compared to the garbage being released lately, like "Alone in the Dark" or any of the "Chucky" movies, I would always pick a Wes Craven film as I know that there will be moments of greatness. But I recommend going with his older stuff – if you want to be really freaked out, try "The Last House on the Left" or "The Hills Have Eyes". Or check out the wonderful "Ginger Snaps" series if you want to see some great and original werewolf films.


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New Sons Of Anarchy season 7 teaser spoilers dished out by producer Kurt Sutter. Recently, TV Line got the lucky chance to talk with "Sons Of Anarchy" creator/producer, Kurt Sutter, to get the skinny on what's going to go down in the upcoming season 7,and he also explained why poor Tara had to loose her life, and more.
Kurt kicked things off by explaining this whole Tara death madness, stating, "Obviously, it's a major shift in the mythology. I knew, ultimately, where I wanted to take Jax in the final season I wanted to remove his 'True North,' because I feel like there needs to be this major psychic and emotional shift that has to happen.
What direction it will push him in we will see next season. But what happens to a guy like that now that he's lost both of the people he loves the most, who were able to be his moral compass, with Opie and now Tara. It really is Jax completely untethered and on his own in the final season."
Kurt also confessed that he knew he was going to have to get rid of Tara in season 6 as far back as season 2! From there, Kurt started in on where season 7 might pick up, stating, "I don't want to lose the weight of what's happened in the finale. There may be a little bit of time passed like we had this season, which will be a few weeks, but there won't be a vast amount of time."
He said, Jimmy Smits aka Nero will return for action in season 7, stating, "Yeah, we made a deal with Jimmy. I love him and feel that he brings such gravitas to the show. I want to be able to play that out." Peter Weller aka Charles Barosky was also confirmed for a season 7 return. Kurt explained, "Even if I wanted Peter to go away, Peter wouldn't go away. Peter will be back. A lot of that stuff is happening in Stockton. And I'd love to bring back Kim Dickens' character as well."
Next, he talked about Juice's fate, saying, "I'm not quite sure exactly where that's headed. Knowing that he's betrayed Jax is not necessarily a place that you want to be in in the outlaw community. I don't think it was a calculated move on Juice's part to save Gemma; in the moment he did what was expected of him.
But now, the great thing is that we get this rich dynamic between the two of them. They were tied with the whole Clay of it all and now they're deeply tied with this secret. Now, we have really something fun to play with." Kurt also revealed that he really wants to bring CC Pounder aka Tyne Patterson back around as well, stating, " I'd love to bring CC back and we're in the process of trying to bring her back.
That relationship between Jax and Patterson was way more potent than anything I could have imagined with Donal Logue's character. She's got that really strong maternal energy, but it's a little bit masculine. We got to see that dynamic play out in that scene at the ice cream shop. I'd love to bring her back and play with what does she do now?
Procedurally, what would happen is they would bring Jax in and place him in custody and question him extensively. We'll see what that all looks like next year. I just knew that I didn't want to end the season on a police beat." Season 7 is set to premiere next Fall 2014. Stay tuned. Also, get your favorite TV Show stuff, and more by Clicking Here.


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Johannesburg - A man who allegedly stabbed another man to death at Jacobs Hostel, in Durban, has handed himself over to police, KwaZulu-Natal police said on Sunday.
The man, who had allegedly killed 35-year-old Khulekani Mvubu, handed himself over to police on Thursday, said Colonel Jay Naicker.
"Since the murder, police have been in contact with the suspect and he was encouraged to hand himself over... the suspect eventually handed himself over to detectives at Brighton Beach (police)."
The man allegedly approached Mvubu and confronted him over allegations made by the man's ex-girlfriend.
"The suspect then stabbed Mvubu in the presence of a witness before fleeing," said Naicker.
Mvubu later died due to the wounds he had sustained, with the stabbing taking place last Sunday.
"The murder resulted in a lot of tension at the hostel as residents blamed the suspect's ex-girlfriend for the murder," said Naicker.
The man, 29, was expected to appear in the Durban Magistrate's Court on Tuesday. - Sapa
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The Grand River peaked at 21.85 feet Sunday night, topping the previous record of 19.64 feet set in 1985, the National Weather Service reported Monday. Flood stage is 18 feet.
Officials in West Michigan are urging people to stay out of the Grand River and other waterways that have overflowed their banks.
The warning comes after the Grand Rapids Fire Department rescued a kayaker who got trapped in the Grand River at Riverside Park on Sunday night.
Firefighters used a jet ski to reach the kayaker, who fell into the water. He was stranded in a part of the park that usually isn't under water.
Meanwhile, the Fulton Street bridge over the Grand River in downtown Grand Rapids has reopened after being closed because of high waters.
Officials reopened the bridge this morning after shutting it down Sunday. Traffic is restricted.
The bridge was closed because high-voltage Consumers Energy power lines attached to the bridge were deemed at risk because of floating debris, mostly trees and logs. The CMS Energy Corp. unit says the power lines are shut down, and electricity is rerouted.
Meanwhile, officials say a 6-foot-high sand berm built around Grand Rapids' wastewater treatment plant worked to protect the facility from area floodwaters. The plant is located between the Grand River to the west and Plaster Creek to the east.
The facility serves 300,000 customers in the city and 14 communities.
The Grand River peaked at 21.85 feet Sunday night, topping the previous record of 19.64 feet set in 1985, the National Weather Service reported Monday. Flood stage is 18 feet.
Hundreds of volunteers filled sandbags to stack around downtown buildings. Mayor George Heartwell, who declared a state of emergency, has estimated that the city will spend at least $500,000 on flood defenses, according to officials.
"We have prepared for the worst," Heartwell said.
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New York Islanders center John Tavares isn't oblivious to the fact Steven Stamkos had a coming-out party in his second NHL season.
When NHL.com caught up with Tavares late last season, he reiterated that point, realizing it took a lot of hard offseason work and dedication by Stamkos to go from 23 goals as a rookie to 51 in 2009-10. Tavares possesses that same gumption as Stamkos. He might not look at things the same way, but that doesn't mean expectations won't be even higher his second season on Long Island.
Though Tavares doesn't have the kind of help around him like Stamkos does -- Vincent Lecavalier and Martin St. Louis, among others -- Tavares is beginning to find himself surrounded by some better talent, including Josh Bailey, Kyle Okposo, Matt Moulson, Blake Comeau and the fifth pick of the 2010 Draft, Nino Niederreiter, the highest Swiss-born player ever drafted by an NHL team.
"(Stamkos and I) are two different kinds of players, but I think we're both high-profile players coming into the NHL and we both want to keep doing well and improving," Tavares told NHL.com. "If I can keep improving and keep contributing at a high level, then I think for sure that it'd be great to keep making those strides and get better every single year."
Tavares, who was second on the Islanders last season with 24 goals and first with 11 power-play goals and 54 points, seems primed to take that next step.
The Isles finished fifth in the Atlantic Division and 13th in the Eastern Conference with 34 wins and 79 points in 2009-10 -- a jump of 18 points from 2008-09, but nine points short of a playoff berth. The team last broke the 40-win mark in 2006-07, which also was the last time it qualified for the Stanley Cup Playoffs. With Gordon entering the final season of his contract, there will be pressure for more improvement, if not a playoff berth, this season.
Adding Tavares helped the Islanders make some strides on offense -- they finished 21st (2.61 goals per game) last season after placing 29th (2.42) in 2008-09. The Islanders failed to produce a 20-goal scorer for the first time in team history in 2008-09, but linemates Matt Moulson (30) and Tavares (24) both broke that barrier last season.
Look for Gordon to keep Moulson and Tavares together on most nights. Former first-round picks Okposo (19 goals, 33 assists) and Bailey (16 goals, 19 assists and a team-best plus-5 rating) showed improvement last season, and Comeau (17 goals) was among the NHL's hottest players down the stretch. A healthy season from captain Doug Weight, who had 17 points but played in just 36 games due to shoulder problems that required season-ending surgery, would boost the power play.
The Isles hope veteran Trent Hunter (28 points, 126 hits) and youngsters Frans Nielsen (12 goals, 38 points) and Rob Schremp (25 points) can continue to make strides. Expect minor-league sniper P.A. Parenteau to receive a chance after producing 20 goals and 25 assists in 35 games for the AHL Hartford Wolf Pack last season. Parenteau, 27, has been a big scorer at the AHL level; he played in 22 games with the New York Rangers last season and notched 3 goals and 5 assists. The Isles hope he'll emulate Moulson, who blossomed when finally given a chance to play at the NHL level.
Niederreiter, who signed a three-year, entry-level contract Sept. 21, skated on a line with Bailey and Nielsen on the opening day of training camp and figures to get a chance to make the team, at least for the first nine games before the Isles would have to commit to keeping him for a full season. The 18-year-old Swiss sensation had 36 goals and 60 points in 65 games in his first junior season with the Western Hockey League's Portland Winterhawks in 2009-10. He's bigger and stronger than Bailey and Tavares, who both played in their first season after being drafted.
The one area General Manager Garth Snow was determined to upgrade after finishing 28th in goals allowed for a second straight season was defense. The Isles surrendered 264 goals, second-most in the Eastern Conference, and physically were overmatched in their own zone on most nights.
He feels he addressed those needs by signing Mark Eaton and Milan Jurcina during the opening week of free agency and acquiring James Wisniewski from Anaheim for a conditional third-round draft pick. Wisniewski finished with a career-high 30 points in 69 games last season.
More will be required of them, as well as the rest of the defense corps, in the wake of a left shoulder injury suffered by top defenseman Mark Streit. Streit fell hard into boards during a scrimmage Saturday and the Islanders have said he will be out indefinitely.
If Streit misses a major amount of time, it would be a huge blow to the team. Streit had 11 goals and 49 points last season, played 25:41 per game, and skated in all situations.
Among those who will be looked at to step up are Jack Hillen, who returns for a third season, and Andrew MacDonald, who finished second on the team with a plus-4 rating as a rookie last season. Bruno Gervais, 25, who had 103 blocked shots and 63 hits, could be squeezed out. The team also offered a training camp invitation to 35-year-old Anders Eriksson, who had 5 points in 20 NHL games with the Coyotes and Rangers. He also played in the AHL last season.
The organization also has a few defensive prospects waiting in the wings, including 6-foot, 180-pound Calvin de Haan, who sustained a torn labrum and underwent shoulder surgery in January. In two seasons with the Oshawa Generals of the Ontario Hockey League, de Haan -- selected 12th in the 2009 Draft -- has 13 goals and 74 assists in 102 games. De Haan's biggest task is to get bigger, which could mean another season in Oshawa.
Travis Hamonic, a second-round pick in 2008, is more physical than de Haan, a teammate with Team Canada at the 2010 World Junior Championships. Expect Hamonic to start the season with the Isles' AHL affiliate, the Bridgeport Sound Tigers, but don't be surprised if he reaches Long Island at some point.
In the last two seasons Rick DiPietro, who signed a 15-year, $67.5 million contract in September 2006, has played in 13 games for the Islanders. During that time, he's gone 3-8-0 with a 3.06 goals-against average and .896 save percentage.
He's also had two hip surgeries, two knee surgeries, been listed day-to-day with the flu and has sustained multiple concussions -- certainly not the ideal scenario for your franchise goalie.
Still, the 29-year-old DiPietro, who says he hasn't felt discomfort in his knee for about a month now, is confident he'll be ready for the start of the season.
"The last couple of years have been tough, but I've learned a lot of pretty important lessons," DiPietro said. "You take the positive out of all of that and move forward. I'm pretty optimistic and excited about the start of the season."
Snow signed Dwayne Roloson and Martin Biron last summer, but Roloson got the bulk of the playing time and Snow allowed Biron to leave as a free agent this summer (he signed with the Rangers). Roloson is capable of handling a heavy workload, having gone to the Stanley Cup Final with the Edmonton Oilers in 2006. If DiPietro can't play, it's likely Nathan Lawson would become Roloson's understudy. Lawson was 16-16-3 with a 2.52 GAA and .922 save percentage in Bridgeport last season.


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TV Pick: Hugh Grant - Taking On The Tabloids
By Oliver Franklin-Wallis 28 November 12
He's just a man, standing in front of a jury, asking it to reform press regulation. Hugh Grant's personal campaign against the tabloids has been well documented, but with Lord Justice Leveson releasing the long-awaited results of his Inquiry into press standards tomorrow, the timing ofthis fly on the wall Channel 4 documentary is no coincidence. Taking On The Tabloids follows Grant's Hacked Off campaign against the post-News Of The World Fleet Street, including a memorable encounter with Boris Johnson and Grant's exposure of the worst tabloid indiscretions of the past. For balance, there's also interviews with MPs and editors talk about the importance of the free press. While unlikely to affect the outcome of the report tomorrow, this certainly promises to be a decent refresher course.
Hugh Grant - Taking On The Tabloids is on tonight at 8pm on Channel 4.


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This couple shares a Hollywood, Calif., home with their two dogs. They've been engaged since Dax proposed over the holidays in 2010, but the funny couple have been vocal about their decision to wait to wed until gay couples have the right to marry in California. "We consider ourselves already married,"Kristen told Vegas magazine. "We already wear the rings. I don't want a wedding. It's too much stress."
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INDEX 2014 Exhibitor Preview: Sandler
SCHWARZENBACH/SAALE, Germany — February 13, 2014 — Building materials that render our home warm, quiet and cosy; acoustically efficient absorbers in the automobile that dampen driving noise and ensure a pleasant trip; hygiene products that help us feel secure and comfortable in any situation; wipes that help quickly remove little mishaps – nonwovens are in use all around, making our life easier and more pleasant. At the 2014 INDEX, Bavarian nonwoven maker Sandler invites you to experience the fascination with nonwovens for yourself. Apart from hygiene products, the company also puts a focus on nonwovens for technical applications in its trade fair presentation.
(Nonwoven) Model home with a garden
A modern, light-filled house, clear lines, an elegant minimalist design, a terrace fitted with lounge furniture and a large garden: A description of your dream home? Well, in any case this is Sandler's new booth at the INDEX. Have a seat and experience the fascination with nonwovens first hand.
Inside the house, nonwoven insulation materials on walls and ceiling create a comfortable indoor climate and provide quiet rooms for productive talks despite the hustle and bustle of the trade fair. A patchwork picture made of different nonwoven qualities, equipped with print and embossed motifs, showcase acoustic efficiency combined with a host of design opportunities. Have a first glimpse into the world of Sandler nonwovens with our new image trailer screened in the showroom or plan the implementation of the next innovation in nonwovens in our meeting room. Nonwoven wall paper for exterior application commends itself as a textile alternative for renovation and design on the façade of the house. Visit the Sandler booth and be inspired. Your Sandler team is looking forward to develop nonwoven innovations with you and for you.
In the garden you are invited to "feel the difference": sample collections showcase Sandler's latest developments for automotive applications, filtration, technical insulation, hygiene and wipes:
Softness + function+ comfort = Sandler nonwovens for hygiene products
Nonwovens in hygiene articles are our daily companions. They lend support to little explorers and further an active lifestyle through discrete protection. Thus, softness providing for a high level of comfort and reliable performance ensuring confidence in use are the paramount objectives in product development. In this respect, the latest Sandler innovations for hygiene products leave nothing to be desired:
New materials for topsheet applications provide increased comfort in feminine hygiene with a silky touch. A special combination of fibre blend and manufacturing technology makes these nonwovens even smoother—silk touch for softness, a high level of comfort in use and a recognisable "nothing there" feeling. After all, there is so much more to think of than hygiene products.
In all applications, nonwoven distribution layers providing excellent fluid management are becoming a talking point: They reliably absorb fluid and quickly transport it to the absorbent core. Reliable protection allowing us to simply enjoy whatever the day may bring, no matter whether we are using a product ourselves or are able to get a good night's sleep knowing the baby diaper keeps our child dry and comfortable as well.
In baby diapers and incontinence products extensible sawabond® and sawasoft® nonwovens as well as elastic sawaflex® composites create room to move. In diaper ears and other closure systems these air-permeable nonwovens combine a textile feel and facilitat optimum fit. With these nonwovens hygiene products adapt to any situation—whether your child is learning to walk or you are trying a new type of sport.
From design to sustainability—Sandler nonwoven wipe substrates
Sandler wipe substrates are the friend in need from baby care to industrial cleaning: They may be lightweight, conserving resources, and they are soft to gently care for sensitive skin in baby care or cosmetics. Or they may be particularly sturdy and bulky to easily remove even stubborn dirt. The nonwoven substrates are characterised by excellent lotion handling.
Partnership and sustainability are Sandler's watchwords regarding Eurocel—a fibre developed by Lenzing AG, manufactured in Europe from base materials of European origin.
Using the "European fibre", delivery distances for raw materials are shorter, carbon dioxide emissions during transport are reduced and the nonwovens' carbon footprint is improved. With Eurocel wipes become more bulky, more stable when wet and dry out less quickly. This fibre also reduces elongation.
And since care is also supposed to be fun, Sandler brings life to nonwovens with application-oriented print and embossed designs. The latest embossed design for baby wipes invites you to just dive in: sea dwellers® introduces a lively underwater world with seahorses, fish, turtles and clams.
Sandler homepage reloaded – Re-experiencing the fascination with nonwovens
For its company anniversary Sandler re-launched its corporate website sporting a brand new look. On www.sandler.de a discovery tour into the world of nonwovens, their properties and functions and into the company itself awaits you. Learn more about Sandler's product range prior to the Index show, find out how nonwovens can enhance your application. Get to know the Sandler team in the process and possibly meet us in person at the Index14.
Your Sandler team is looking forward to welcoming you – at booth 2431 in hall 2.
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partnering stronger communities
Commitment to the community
This year's winner of the Alcoa sponsored Community Award in the Western Australian of the Year Awards was Youth Focus Chief Executive Jennifer Allen.
The awards, which were held in June on WA Day, recognised the achievements of Western Australians across the following six categories:
Jenny was awarded for her dedication to the community, working with children and the youth and her commitment towards preventing youth suicide. Jenny has held numerous roles in both public and private sector, chaired numerous charities and held positions on many Australian and Western Australia suicide prevention boards.
Jenny said it was such a great honour to receive the Celebrate WA Community Award.
"This recognition will most certainly bring youth mental health to the fore and foster stronger community awareness and support for Youth Focus work in changing the lives of vulnerable young people battling with suicide, depression and self-harm." Jenny said.
Alcoa of Australia Managing Director Alan Cransberg said it was wonderful to see Jenny win Alcoa's Community award; she was a most deserving winner.
"Alcoa has been a proud partner of Youth Focus for the past two years, supporting Jenny and her team and helping to fund the Connect and Change Mandurah program," Alan said.
"The program helps young people in the Peel region who may be at risk of depression by providing free professional and confidential counselling services.
"As a society we face an enormous challenge to overcome mental illness in young people. Suicide accounts for one quarter of deaths of men under 25 years of age and one in seven deaths of young women.
"By providing services that help young people, we can empower them and their families to tackle the issues associated with depression and suicide and give them the opportunity to live more fulfilled lives."
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How to Apply For a Boating License in New York
New York requires a Boater Education Card for boaters, and not a boating license. The regulatory authority for the card is New York State Parks.
Persons above the age of 14 are allowed to operate a personal watercraft if they possess the above mentioned certificate. Until the year 2009, boaters of the age 10-13 are allowed to operate personal watercrafts with some restrictions. Persons between 10-18 years of age are allowed to operate motorboats if they possess the safety certificate. Persons under the age of 10 are allowed to operate motorboats (excluding personal watercrafts) if they are under the supervision of someone above the age of 18 or someone between the age of 10-18 who has completed the Boaters Safety Education course and holds a certificate.
The boating laws of the state require that the person operating a boat should not be under the influence of intoxicants. The legal limit of the blood alcohol content (BAC) is 0.08% and if arrested for a higher BAC, harsh penalties may be imposed on the operator, based on the severity of the offense as well as the previous number of such convictions.
The following persons are exempt from the above requirements:
- Boat operators possessing a valid boaters' license issued in their state of residence and approved by NASBLA. Boaters must have this certificate onboard at all times.
BOATER EDUCATION COURSETo obtain the Boater Education Certificate, you must complete a boater education course approved by the New York State Parks. In an approved course, students learn how to operate and maintain their boats, the legal requirements for boating, and what to do in emergencies. This ensures that boating remains a safe and fun experience. There are various approved ways you can complete the course and obtain the certificate:
- The classroom options are offered by New York State Parks, the U.S Coast Guard Auxiliary and the US Power Squadron.
- The course duration is a minimum of eight hours.
- The courses taught by the State Parks are usually free. U.S. Coast Guard Auxiliary may charge a fee for materials.
- To pass the course, you must get 80% of the answers right on the exam administered at the end of the course.
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|ABSTRACT: A 66-year-old man with left pyriform fossa squamous cell carcinoma (T2N0) was treated with chemoradiation. Nine months later, an emergency tracheostomy was performed for respiratory distress. Contrast-enhanced neck and thorax CT demonstrated a right pyriform mass. FDG-PET/CT showed linear increased uptake extending superiorly from the tracheostomy to the right Eustachian tube and inferiorly to the posterior mediastinum. Postmortem examination confirmed a 7 × 2.2 cm abscess extending from the right parapharyngeal, peritracheal, and prevertebral structures to the mediastinum.
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Hello all! I have gone through the post all of you have posted 2 to 3 times now soaking in any and all info I can. I found a Belgian Mare for sale recently. I am physicaly going to look at her this afternoon and hope to go on from there. If I get her or not I am getting a draft very soon. My fiance and I already have an Arab gelding and have noticed in our research of drafts the world is different. I have some questions for yall.
Feeding: I have read a lot of info on this forum about the feeding and differences etc. In all I have gathered this much, low protein and high fat. If you even think about replying please be as detailed as possible all the way to weights and brands. My biggest questions are: She is currently pasture only and shares a round of coastal with 2 zebras and a water buffalo. She is not worked or riden at all. She is not stalled and lives on the pasture only. I plan to turn her in and out during the day and night with feeding in the stall or paddock. With this I am sure her diet must change when I begin to put her on a work out to get her in shape and in training. I would preffer to cut some of the coastal out of her diet and go with oats, complete feed, etc in small percentages. Coastal prices are through the roof right now in Texas due to the gruling sumemr we went through. So please when answer to my post please keep in mind we NEVER see snow on the ground here unless it is a freak once in 10 years 1 inch. I welcome any and all feedback but have found a lot of information for people up north to be slightly different than down deep south where we see consistent warm days toping 100 and dippin on average low as 60. So long story short the coastal fields have been destroyed over the summer here. Our pastures (30 acre just horse pasture) are green again but once again I would like to slowly wean her from pasture as the primary food source (unless you can justify why not to). I have read myself blind on the EPSM risks, diet, etc. Any and all info you ahve please share as detailed as possible.... I want the best care for her as we all do.
Supplements: Brands, reasons to use them, frequency of use, etc?
Vitamins/Minerals: Same questions as supplements.
Getting her back in shape for riding only she will never be hitched. Do you recommend any thing supplement, feed, anything about everything,etc..? She is in shape now so please don't take me as using that as a weight loss term I actually want to build her muscles back up, endurance, while at the same time working her manners, and see what hint if any formal training is there. She will lead, saddle, etc but I will be the 3rd owner and the 2nd owner has no knowledge of formal training.
Part 2 of this is....: She might be of Foal.... a.... Hybrid foal at that. 1/2 zebra. She has not shown signs of heat in 2 to 3 months now. The current owner has not had an ultrasound or any formal check, so is unsure. If this is the case I am aware of the high risk with hybrids but am totally opened ear to anything you have to say. This takes me back to diet... If she is of foal what do I do food, supplement, vitamins??? This is an area I don't know much about other than what books have said. I will hire a vet to take care of this one if she is knocked up. Anyone here with knowledge of this process either horse or hybrid is welcome..
Sorry for the long post, look forward to hear what everyone has to say. If I sound rude or brash in my post I am not at all and probably the goofiest person you could ever meet. I work on the legal/regulatory side of the oil and gas biz, and I swear that has caused my text typeing to come off as EVIL or rude.
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Hi, to be honest I've never tried cleaning the EGR valve. I've seen the wynns EGR cleaner spray where you spray into the induction pipe after the air filter. But not sure how effective it is.
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EGR cleaner spray is of limited use and so is cleaning just the EGR valve (neither is terraclean or any kind of fuel additive or "super duper" fuel because it goes into the fuel system/ injectors so cannot clean the inlet/ manifold)- the entire EGR valve and inlet manifold really has to come off and be cleaned properly because the inside of these things gets covered in carbon deposits/ gunge (the oil from the breather mixes with the carbon from the EGR forming an oily "gunge" that eventually chokes the inlet) from an un-blocked EGR valve (one that has not been deleted or has a solid EGR blanking plate fitted)


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Warren Haynes brings his jam band Gov't Mule to Hoyt Sherman Place at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday. / Special to the Register
Indie rocker turned soul/pop singer Caroline Smith performs at 9 p.m. Wednesday at Vaudeville Mews. / Special to the Register
Dave Holland. / Special to the Register
Kenny Barron. / Special to the Register
Mark Maddy plays Thomas and Jordyn Shipley is Vanda in StageWest's production of 'Venus in Fur.' / Special to the Register
1. Gov't Mule on Wednesday at Hoyt Sherman Place
Warren Haynes brings his jam band Govt Mule to Hoyt Sherman Place at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday. The band has been performing for 20 years, starting as a side project while Haynes was performing with the Allman Brothers Band. Last fall the Mule released its 10th album, Shout!, featuring collaborations with Grace Potter, Toots Hibbert, Dr. John and others. $32-$45. www.ticketmaster.com
2. Caroline Smith Wednesday at Vaudeville Mews
Indie rocker turned soul/pop singer Caroline Smith performs at 9 p.m. Wednesday at Vaudeville Mews. She got her start with the Minneapolis band the Good Night Sleeps but has changed direction with her new album, Half About Being a Woman, which is inspired by 90s pop acts. $10. www.vaudevillemews.com.
3. Civic Music jazz concert at Sheslow Auditorium
The jazz pianist Kenny Barron joins bassist Dave Holland for a Civic Music Association concert at 7:30 p.m. Friday at Drake Universitys Sheslow Auditorium. Both artists earned Grammy nominations and are, by most accounts, at the top of their game. University of Indiana jazz scholar Pat Harbison offers a pre-concert talk at 6:45 p.m. $20-$48. www.civicmusic.org
4. StageWest presents "Venus in Fur"
StageWests sexually charged staging of Venus in Fur, about an actress audition for an erotic play, opens Friday at the Des Moines Civic Centers Stoner Theater. It starts at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday through Saturday and 3 p.m. Sunday through March 2. $25-$30, with half-price rush seats on Wednesday and $15 Sunday seats for seniors and students. www.stagewest.com
5. Two guys named Mike step up to the mic
Two open-Mike nights are coming right up. The first Mike, Wisconsin humorist and pig farmer Michael Perry, presents his Stories from the Middle of Nowhere at 7:30 p.m. Friday at the Temple Theater. $17. www.sneezingcow.com. The second, local author Michael Wellman, will discuss writing and read from Versus the Demons, his novel about Des Moines old bush-league baseball team, at 2 p.m. Saturday at the Franklin Avenue Library. Free. www.dmpl.org/events
6. 25th annual musicale in Ames
The Ames Town & Gown Chamber Music Association celebrates its 25th annual musicale with a concert program full of local talent, including Iowa State music faculty, and a feast of chocolate-covered goodies at 7 p.m. Saturday at St. Johns Episcopal Church in Ames. $50 for adults, $15 for students. www.amestownandgown.org


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The New Zealand Consulate General does not provide information about visiting, working or living in Switzerland, however we strongly recommend consulting the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade SafeTravel website before travelling for how to best prepare for your travel and what assistance may be available to you whilst abroad.
The following organisations may be useful in preparing for travel to Switzerland:
- Embassy of Switzerland in Wellington (for visas and permits) - telephone: (+64 4) 472 1593, facsimile: (+64 4) 499 6302, email email@example.com
- Gateway to Switzerland's federal government, cantons and local authorities
- Federal Authorities of the Swiss Confederation
- Swiss Federal Customs Administration
- Switzerland's Federal Department of Foreign Affairs - news and information about Switzerland
- Switzerland Tourism and Travel
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Pod Armoire perfect one for kids storage. This armoire has 2 adjustable shelves and 1 hanging bar, metal glides with safety stop, dovetailed drawers for maximum longevity, a stabilizer bar under each drawer for maximum load, and a dust-proof bottom panel. Inspired by an upscale urban lifestyle, this Armoire incorporates green components with a subdued modern design, and is proudly produced in Canada.
Nantucket Kids Storage Bench is an elegant furniture piece that helps keep bedrooms clean and organized. Top of bench can be used for seating or additional storage. Three kids storage bins perfect for sports equipment, shoes, toys and more. Bins slide in and out of bench for convenient access. Perfect for placing at the foot of a child`s bed. Made of wood and sturdy construction.
Spacify has a wide collection of childrens beds for sale from low cost metal bedsteads to Silentnight kids storage beds with guest under beds. From wooden bed frames, pink metal bed frames for girls, to excellent value for money single divan beds. Any of these beds are ideal for a childrens bedroom with kids storage furniture. We also have matching and contrasting low cost high quality bedroom furniture – take a look our bedroom furniture collections.
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2015 New Hope Annual Outdoor
Juried Arts & Crafts Festival
September 26 – 27, 2015
Saturday 10 am – 6 pm
Sunday 10 am – 5 pm
New Hope-Solebury High School
New Hope PA
Rain or Shine Free Admission Festival Food
Free Shuttle to/from Downtown
Over 175 fine Artists and Craftsmen will exhibit using media such as oil paintings, watercolors, pastels, sculpture, jewelry, ceramics, works in wood, wearable art, glass art, photography, and more.
Check the links to the right for maps, exhibitors, parking, and more information.
We are excited to invite you to join us for this year's New Hope Arts and Crafts Festival to be held on September 26-27, 2015 from 10-6pm on Saturday and from 10-5pm on Sunday. The Festival will take place at the New Hope-Solebury High School on West Bridge Street, just a few minutes walk from the center of the business district, and there will also be a free bus to from the Festival to Main St.
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It's not every day that you hear about a law professor who allegedly exposed himself to a law student, but today's just one of those days.
A criminal complaint has been lodged against Clark Calvin Griffith, a former adjunct law professor at the William Mitchell College of Law. Griffith is 70 years old, but he stands accused of unzipping his pants and forcing a female law student to squeeze his penis. Makes you wonder if they serve Viagra in the William Mitchell faculty lounge.
Let's learn some more about the lurid allegations against him….
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French designer Gaspard Yurkievich has transfered his talented eye onto Eastpak's high-end series of their bag designs for this Fall/Winter 2010 collections. Gaspard Yurkievich's designs are said to be a tribute to the "buffalo" movement, launched in the 80's by the late Ray Petri, a stylist with a penchant for bring luxury to the streets. By using fabrics such as high-tech nylons and metallic jacquard the bags take on a very futuristic aesthetic that will no doubt resonate with Eastpak's continued fans.
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A man is dead after a single-car accident on Route 15 in Yigo early this morning.
Monten Peter, 28, of Dededo, was killed when a Nissan Pathfinder he was driving veered off of Route 15 just after midnight, said Guam Police Department spokesman Officer A.J. Balajadia. Peter was ejected and pinned under the vehicle, Balajadia said.
The driver was transported to Guam Memorial Hospital at about 1:45 a.m. where he was pronounced dead, said GMH nursing supervisor Maria Mafnas.
Three passengers survived the crash, Balajadia said. A male adult passenger was treated at the scene while two other male adult passengers refused treatment, he said.
The vehicle was traveling northbound when the driver lost control near Mt. Santa Rosa, not far from the Andersen Air Force Base back gate, Balajadia said.
Balajadia couldn't say whether any of the men were wearing their seat belts. He said police are continuing to gather information about the accident.
The crash left the Pathfinder on its side about 40 feet into the jungle on the roadside. Police used a flat-bed truck to tow the damaged vehicle out of the jungle.
Police closed the road for several hours to investigate the accident.