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Campaign for "santorum" neologism
The campaign for "santorum" neologism was initiated by American columnist and gay rights activist Dan Savage in 2003 to associate the surname of then-Senator Rick Santorum with a sexual act. He created a website called "Spreading Santorum" to promote the definition, which became a prominent search result for the senator's name on several search engines.
- the frothy mixture of lube and fecal matter that is sometimes the byproduct of anal sex.
- Brewer, Paul Ryan (2007). Value War: Public Opinion and the Politics of Gay Rights. Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc.. pp. 82-86. ISBN 9780742562110.
- In the 'for what it's worth' department, the frothy mixture of lube and fecal matter that is sometimes the byproduct of anal sex is called santorum. … Safety Warning #6: Be particularly cautious where this santorum goes. As previously noted, you don't want to get any fecal matter in the vaginal area. Bad safety risk.
- Rubel, Robert J. (2007). Squirms, Screams and Squirts: Going from Great Sex to Extraordinary Sex. Nazca Plains Corp. pp. 64-65. ISBN 1887895647.
Dan Savage[edit]
- After telling a reporter that he likes homosexuals just fine -- provided we refrain from engaging in homosexual acts -- Mr. Santorum came out in support of laws against sodomy.
- Savage, Dan (April 25, 2003). "G.O.P. Hypocrisy". The New York Times (The New York Times Company): p. 31; Column: 2
- Striking down an insulting, discriminatory, unconstitutional law will not, as Santorum fears, open the doors to incest, adultery, bigamy, and bestiality. Straight people blew those doors off their hinges long, long ago.
- Savage, Dan (May 8, 2003). "Savage Love Family Ties". The Stranger (www.thestranger.com).
- There's no better way to memorialize the Santorum scandal than by attaching his name to a sex act that would make his big, white teeth fall out of his big, empty head.
- Savage, Dan (May 15, 2003). "Savage Love: Bill, Ashton, Rick". The Stranger (www.thestranger.com). Retrieved on December 19, 2006.
- There was no name for it. It wasn't competing with anything. It's unwelcome. If you're doing [anal sex] right, it's not gonna happen, and if it happens, it's a bit of a killjoy, which is what it would be if the actual senator strolled into the room.
- Spikol, Liz (October 4, 2006). "Savage Politics". Philadelphia Weekly (www.philadelphiaweekly.com). Retrieved on December 19, 2006.
- While Santorum would have been defeated even without a filthy, lowercase definition of his last name floating around out there, having a name that can barely be mentioned in polite company anymore didn't help.... We helped to make Rick Santorum into a national laughingstock — with an invaluable assist from Rick Santorum, of course.
- Savage, Dan (November 16, 2006). "Make a Joyful Noise". The Stranger (www.thestranger.com). Retrieved on March 12, 2007.
- I do have issues — I have lots of issues — but I take particular issue with politicians who compare loving, stable same-sex relationships to 'man on dog' sex, as Santorum has done, or who would ban same-sex marriage and adoptions by same-sex couples, as Santorum has promised to do if he gets elected president.
- Barr, Andy (February 23, 2011). "Santorum's Google tormentor reloads". Politico (www.politico.com). Retrieved on May 11, 2011.
Rick Santorum[edit]
- If the Supreme Court says that you have the right to consensual (gay) sex within your home, then you have the right to bigamy, you have the right to polygamy, you have the right to incest, you have the right to adultery.
- Loughlin, Sean (April 22, 2003). "Santorum under fire for comments on homosexuality". CNN (Time Warner). Retrieved on October 2, 2007.
- It's one guy. You know who it is. The Internet allows for this type of vulgarity to circulate. It's unfortunate that we have someone who obviously has some issues. But he has an opportunity to speak.
- Peoples, Steve (February 16, 2011). "Santorum Talks About Longtime Google Problem". Roll Call. Retrieved on May 9, 2011.
- I don't see it as a problem at all.
- Moody, Chris (April 28, 2011). "Santorum says he has no plans to fix his 'Google problem'". The Daily Caller. Retrieved on May 9, 2011.
- It's a free country and people can do and say what they want to say.
- O'Neill, Brian (May 12, 2011). "Santorum occupies big stage as underdog". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette (www.post-gazette.com). Retrieved on May 12, 2011.
Use in fiction[edit]
- She wads up the t-shirt, uses it to wipe a trickle of santorum from her ass, and throws it under the cot.
- Dunn, Jack R. (2005). Hard. p. 134.
- Then, one of them broke ranks and rammed his blood-lubed fist straight up my ass and twisted hard, pulled it out and licked the santorum clean.
- Polney, Richard J. (2008). "A Horrible Night of Research and Erudite Bloodletting". in Pierce, Christopher. Men on the Edge: Dangerous Erotica. STARbooks Press. p. 38. ISBN 978-1934187289.
- Any residents not burned alive in the fires or drowned in the flood will be made to drink a mixture of bodily fluids typically deposited in on the streets during Mardi Gras until death. The mixture should consist of (but is not limited to) sweat, snot, urine, saliva, tears, vomit, sexual fluids, and feces and santorum.
- James, Austen (2008). Hate Starve Curse. Broken Science Press. p. 30. ISBN 978-148235028.
Use in music[edit]
- I'll fuck you till my dick's dry / Squirt santorum in my eye
- Icemilk (April 1, 2011). "Booty Sex". Sofa King Delicious. Retrieved on January 23, 2012. , video.
- This year the strongest contender was santorum.... We dismissed one potential problem — that newspapers wouldn't print the term if it won — on the grounds that we shouldn't censor ourselves. And indeed... santorum did win, but many newspapers simply skipped this category in their coverage. So much for academic freedom.
- Sheidlower, Jesse (January 11, 2005). "Linguists Gone Wild! Why "wardrobe malfunction" wasn't the word of the year.". Slate (Washingtonpost.Newsweek Interactive Co. LLC; www.slate.com; Section: Dispatches). Retrieved on December 19, 2006.
- Possibly the longest-lasting pop-culture reference to Santorum is that of sex columnist Dan Savage (carried here in Philadelphia Weekly), who started what's become a popular campaign to use the senator's surname to describe a byproduct of anal sex.
- Gross, Dan (April 18, 2006). "Tony S. likes 'Sanatorium'". Philadelphia Daily News: p. 37.
- Savage was persistent, and his efforts met with success — among other honors, the American Dialect Society named it their Most Outrageous Word of the Year. Since 2004, I'd wanted to use SANTORUM as soon as possible, and was happy to have the opportunity here. I think crosswords should embrace interesting neologisms, warts and all.
- Tausig, Ben (2007). Gonzo Crosswords. Sterling. p. 89. ISBN 1402742789.
- Long before Savage successfully campaigned to turn anti-gay Senator Rick Santorum's last name into a hilariously insulting noun, Landers laid the groundwork for such subversive political activism.
- Sullivan, Catey (June 5, 2008). "No question: 'Answer lady' is utterly perfect". The Antioch Review (Pioneer Press).
- Like Savage's methods or not, they were successful and arguably had an impact on Santorum's ultimate defeat. … If Santorum actually thinks he has a shot at president, his opponents will surely dredge this bit of dirty silliness from his past and use it to make him appear like a joke candidate.
- "Can we get some Santorum in here?". Columbus Ledger-Enquirer (Georgia). February 6, 2011.
- Santorum also has a Google problem. His position on gay rights prompted liberal gay rights activist and columnist Dan Savage to redefine 'santorum' as an explicit aspect of gay sex, and if you Google his last name the result is the first to show up.
- Montopoli, Brian (May 11, 2011). "What are the 2012 GOP candidates running from?". CBS News (CBS). Retrieved on May 11, 2011.
See also[edit]
External links[edit]
- American Dialect Society's Word of the Year, Most Outrageous category (2004)
- January 3, 2012 Urban Word of the Day, Urban Dictionary
- Spreading Santorum, official website created by Dan Savage to document the spread of the phenomenon
- Santorum, background at Rotten.com
- Santorum, analysis of the phenomenon at Know Your Meme by Rocketboom


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PETER Kildemand knows it's foolish to read too much into pre-season form but is still taking great confidence from his performances leading up to the new campaign.
After a winter spent building bikes, buying a house and working in the gym at home in Denmark, Kildemand has returned to Britain with a bang with a string of impressive displays in individual meetings.
The Dane top scored in the four-man Swindon team at Mads Korneliussen's testimonial, finished third at Wolverhampton's Olympique meeting on Monday, and topped the lot with five heat wins at the Selco Classic at Birmingham on Wednesday night before crashing out in the final.
His displays have given all associated with the Robins confidence their number one will be bang on form when the season begins on Thursday night, but the man himself knows he needs to continue to work hard to ensure his form translates into competitive racing.
"It's all been good and the pre-season meetings have all been going very well for me so far so that's encouraging," he said. "The winter was very good for me too and I've built all new bikes and been working hard in the gym so it's nice to see it all pay off for me a bit so far.
"For me it's always important to start well, especially when you are doing for leagues like me, so I need to be organised and get off to a good start.
"It's only a start though and hopefully I can keep it going when the season gets started."
Kildemand, like many in British speedway at the moment, found it hard to predict which teams would be competing for the league title but believes Robins reserves Darryl Ritchings and Steve Worrall will stand up well in their first Elite League season.
"It's really hard to say because all the teams seem to be so even with really good one to fives," he said.
"For me Poole have some really good reserves so you never really know.
"I've met Darryl before when he's done some laps here and ridden in individual meetings and he seems like a nice kid, and Stevie is a good rider too."

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National Grid is carrying out roadworks to fix a gas escape and the road along the A38 Sansome Walk to Pierpoint Street has been closed to traffic today.
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The Summit on the Park located at 46000 Summit Parkway will be open as a Warming Center. The hours are 5:30am until 10pm Mon – Fri, 6am – 8pm Sat and 6am – 7 pm Sun. Please sign in at the front desk and they will direct you from there. The telephone number for the Summit is 394-5460.
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Cass Community Social Services is located at 3901 Cass Avenue, between Woodward Ave. and Second Street. The center capacity is approximately 50 beds, available for women and children only. The center will be open for client services through March 31, 2013.
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Situated in converted warehouses at the Arts on Main complex in downtown Jo'burg, the market is proof of the success of ongoing inner-city rejuvenation projects – it now attracts visitors from around the city to what was once a no-go area.
At this Johannesburg market, held on Sunday mornings, you can sample chilli relishes, pickles, pâtés, cheeses, brownies, cupcakes and cookies as you browse the more than 40 stalls, curated by leading South African designer, Jacques van der Watt of Black Coffee. There is also Ethiopian, Moroccan, Chinese, Italian and Indian food for sale, as well as fresh African coffee, a cocktail bar, artisanal beers, organic wines, free Wi-Fi and even kosher hotdogs.
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At the GL11 Project centre in Fairmead, Neighbourhood Wardens provided an enjoyable two-course lunch and transport for 60 people over three separate events.
The aim of the event, funded with a grant from Age Concern UK, was to combat the loneliness elderly people often suffer as well as an opportunity to provide health and well-being and crime prevention information packs. In addition, funds were matched by Stroud District Council's community safety partnership, who also helped out at the events.
Manager of the GL11 centre Ann Wheeler said the council was keen to see if the centre could accommodate people for the community lunches over the Christmas period.
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"We recognise that being lonely should not be an inevitable part of ageing and it is never too late to improve our communities well-being."


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The Risk for Diabetes: What You Need to Know
One of the chronic illnesses that has a tendency to develop along with lupus—which itself is very difficult to deal with—is Type 2 diabetes.
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http://www.totemspot.com/vb/showthread.php?t=6829There are different priorities for secondary stats depending on which Tier 6 talent you have taken, and whether you have T15 4pc and/or the Sinister Primal Diamond
Elemental Blast Intellect > Hit/Spirit to 15% cap > Haste > Mastery > Crit
Primal Elementalist Intellect > Hit/Spirit to 15% cap > Haste = Crit > Mastery
Unleashed Fury Intellect > Hit/Spirit to 15% cap > Haste > Mastery = Crit
With T15 4pc & Sinister Primal Diamond
Elemental Blast Intellect > Hit/Spirit to 15% cap > Mastery > Haste = Crit
Primal Elementalist Intellect > Hit/Spirit to 15% cap > Mastery > Haste > Crit
Unleashed Fury Intellect > Hit/Spirit to 15% cap > Mastery > Haste
There's still one, but since the only guide avaible for Elementals combines 4pc with the legendary gem, you cant really see stat differences. I dont have the legendary gem yet, but with the 4pc I simmed always mastery > haste ~= crit from ilvl 517 up to 525.
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<3Originally Posted by Socialhealer
i generally run primal elementalist/echo, i have 4 pc t15 and the legendary meta, sims still showing haste > mastery > crit.
also for those of you unaware, binkenstein's bis trinket list ranks the trinkets ON PROC ONLY. i run wushoolay's and hydra currently.
That's really the only part you need to rank. The passives will depend on your own stat weight in simcraft that you just add on to the proc.
Newish Elemental Shaman here (raided once just a few bosses)- Recently switched from Priest. I am currently seeing that Relic of Yu'lon is less overall dps than Volatile Talisman of the Shado-Pan Assault & Cha-Ye's Essence of Brilliance (LFR). Is this correct ? Here is my toon. I have random trinkets on as i was testing up-times on the dummys.
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does the mastery procced lava burst reduce our ASC cooldown? or just the main hit
Supposedly Bink was working on a spreadsheet and sim of the T15 trinkets. Not sure if this is it or not. Can anyone confirm/deny
if i apply FS with unnearing vision procced, will the entire duration of the flameshock crit?
On paper it would he best, in raid i doubt the leshen trinket will be so good . and councill trinket should he better and volitile isnt that good when you have gem. yday got my council trink and on leshen with Pe+eote and council trink+lfr hydra on pull such a insane burst and for most of the time councill trink proced right after it expired so elemental got 40sec of that trinket. only enha shamy beat my burst
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Too often, we are mistaken for druidic types. perhaps that's true for some shaman, but do not let yourself be plagued by the ignorant belief that we are always peaceful.
Nothing about what I do is harmonious. I command the elements to my will. There is nothing offered in return. I would have it no other way.
Never assume an ogre's stupid, that's when they'll get you.
Unerring Vision of Lei-Shen has no effect on lava burst, right? or did I miss something?


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A second-half Brandon Goodship goal and a courageous backs-to-the-wall defensive display helped the Magpies climb off the bottom of the Skrill South when the clubs last met in November.
Everyone associated with Dorchester would give anything for a repeat of that victory this time around, though with Sutton winning nine and drawing two of their last 11, the hosts start as huge underdogs again.
However, after upsetting the odds once already this term, Simkin and his troops know an equally dogged performance tomorrow may do the trick for a second time.
Reflecting on that 1-0 triumph last autumn, Simkin said: "That was a hell of a result for us, and it was all based on a really good defensive performance.
"Steve Walker, Mark Jermyn and Alan Walker-Harris were absolutely outstanding on the day, heading and punching everything away from our goal.
"Brandon scored a goal out of nothing and we got an unlikely win.
"We upset the form book that day and we will be looking to use what we did to our advantage on Saturday.
"It could be a difficult afternoon for us but we will give it our best shot."
He went on to add: "Their manager is going to be hammering it into them about that game in November, and he will want to make sure it doesn't happen again.
"That was three points they didn't expect to lose and they have strengthened their squad since then."
The Magpies' chances of pulling off another shock result have been made even tougher with Mark Jermyn's hamstring injury and the departure of Nathan Craig and Ashley Yeoman back to parent club Torquay.
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My letter is in response to Ken Allred�s article titled �Gambling addictions deserve more light� posted in Jan. 29 Gazette. According to a 2011 report titled Gambling in Alberta: History, Current Status, and Socioeconomic Impacts, 77 per cent of VLT profits and 72 per cent of slot machine profits in this province (also known as electronic gaming machines or EGMs) come from �problem gamblers.� This same report also mentions that up to 55 �problem gamblers� commit suicide each year in this province alone � that�s over one per week!
Far too many of our fellow citizens have already not survived EGMs and far too many more will come to believe, as I used to, that suicide is the only way out of this horrific addiction, that is ... unless someone helps them understand before it�s too late the reasons why it is not them who are sick but rather the machines that are making them sick!
I was, for many years, one of the tens of thousands of �EGM problem gamblers� in this province. First let me say that I am not against gambling but rather for the right to be able to make informed choices. The only reason I survived my addiction is because of asking my higher power for help which led me to research EGMs over a 10-year period.
Most people I talk to believe EGMs are no different than alcohol and tobacco but there are at least two major differences: people know exactly what they are buying when they go pick up liquor and cigarettes and secondly, neither of these products are advertised or sold as entertainment!
The questions that have plagued me since my research are as follows: If the bulk of EGM profits are derived from �problem gamblers,� who of the people hugely benefiting from them would have the incentive to find out if it�s true that losing control of money and time while playing these machines is a common and natural experience? Which ones would have the incentive to educate themselves about the reasons why EGMs:
Undermine rather than facilitate the player�s ability to gamble responsibly; addict players three to four times faster than other forms of gambling; entice them into a dissociative state; prevent them from making controlled, informed and rational decisions; entice players to chase their losses or lose the most amount of money in the shortest amount of time and are designed for �player extinction.�
Who of the people hugely benefiting from EGMs would want to advertise why these machines are known throughout the world as the �crack cocaine of all gambling� or warn people about their many addictive features? Would it be, for example, the owners or managers of the bars and casinos who would likely lose 75 per cent of their EGM profits without �problem gamblers?� Would it be the employees, the CEO or board members of the corporation that own these machines or the charity groups that are now able to raise the whole of their annual funds by working a casino for a few days? How about the taxpayers who would each have to pay about $600 extra per year without EGMs in this province? Or would it be the gambling researchers and treatment counsellors whose funding is derived from these machines?
Who, of all the people benefiting so greatly from EGMs would want to ask the question that begs to be asked: which came first in our community � problem gamblers or problem machines? Which one of them would care to know there are more �problem gamblers� in this province than people living with cancer? Why would any of these people care to seek out the reasons why many EGM players go broke, lose their jobs, family, friends, homes, businesses and live with constant and extreme depression and even sometimes end up in jail? Who would be willing to give up such huge profits long enough to research why so many �problem gamblers� commit or attempt suicide each and every year or why such atrocity has been allowed to go on silently for so long? As it did for me, the truth will find those who ask the questions that should have been asked before and every day since these unconscionable fund-raisers were brought into our province!
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"Those $60 tickets are gone," Josh Ybarra said while checking for seats right as they went on sale. "It's crazy. They went in a matter of two, three minutes."
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"I'm in section 103, row...I think, what is it, row 12? Somewhere around there," said Vineyard. "A friend of mine, which is my boss, is the general manager. He's a season ticket holder."
Prices were expected to run up to $2,000 a ticket.
"My minimum would be $500," said Kamisha Dewitt, a Texans fan. "The highest would probably be $1,000 because if they win, I think it would be worth it."
"I probably wouldn't pay more than $300, but somewhere between $100 and $300," said Matt Nordstrom, a Texans fan.
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The Benefits Of Playing RPG's
Usually, the image most people have of people who play role playing games (RPGs) involve some overweight teenager or young adult with bad acne playing World of Warcraft in his parents' basement. Interestingly enough, this common stereotype doesn't hold water when compared to the real demographic that enjoys RPGs. People who play RPGs come from many different backgrounds and
come in a wide range of shapes and forms, depending on how fast your PC is. In fact, many people who have busy careers and active lives take the time to play RPGs because of some solid benefits this game genre offer. Far from the socially awkward and withdrawn stereotype of RPG players, most of these players enjoy a healthy balance in career, personal life, and recreational activities. They play RPGs primarily for the following benefits.
Stress relief
Whether you're managing employees, grading test papers, doing research, or designing the next wave of software, or trying to handle a growing family, the daily obligations and cares of an active career and home life can take their toll, which is why many people take a hunger suppressant instead of working out. RPGs provide welcome stress relief by taking you to a fantasy or science fiction realm where none of your daily hassles can follow you. Whatever drama you may encounter in an RPG stays in the RPG once you choose to logout-unlike the real world. RPGs distance from the real world-in terms of themes and relationships-provide a very welcome break from the demands (like stuff like this) of your real world life. An investment of a few hours every week in an RPG is good enough to recharge your emotional, creative, and mental batteries for the rest of your life's activities. (I found it hard to miss them when I was on a bike tour in Holland with this operator last week, which was crazy boring).
Pushing creative boundaries
Many RPGs are very open ended. While they may have fixed or static quests and story lines, almost all other elements of the game are open ended. You get to choose which trade or profession to master. You choose the sequence of quests to take. You get a lot of freedom, and you are free to explore your creative side. This is especially true when it comes to dealing with other players. You quickly realize that creative arrangements yield solid strategic benefits.
Challenging problem-solving skills
RPG quests help get your creative juices flowing. There are many riddles and sequence-specific quests available on most RPGs. These help you navigate thorny issues, allocate scarce resources, make tough judgment calls, and otherwise push your creative boundaries in how you deal with challenges. These online skills can help you in the real world since you face many similar resource allocation and judgment call issues at work or at school.
RPGs aren't all bad. They aren't a waste of time for all people. Many players get solid benefits from those games that not only help them step their game up online but in the offline world as well.


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Clinical Evaluation of BackStop in Patients Undergoing Intraureteric Stone Lithotripsy
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The purpose of this clinical study is to evaluate BackStop, a polymer-based device that is intended to be used during ureteroscopic lithotripsy to prevent retrograde stone migration. It is a water soluble polymer with reverse thermosensitive properties; the polymer exists as a liquid at low temperature (below 17 C) and rapidly transitions to a high viscosity gel at body temperature (i.e. in the ureter). BackStop is injected above the stones in the ureter and is intended to prevent retrograde migration of stones during ureteroscopic lithotripsy. Upon completion of the lithotripsy procedure, BackStop dissolves naturally or by irrigation.
The study hypothesis is that a greater proportion of patients will experience no retropulsion of a kidney stone when BackStop is used versus no anti-retropulsion device when undergoing intracorporeal lithotripsy.
|Renal Calculi Kidney Stones
|Device: BackStop Device: Intracorporeal lithotripsy without the use of an anti-retropulsion device
|Study Type:
|Study Design:
|Allocation: Randomized
Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment
Masking: Single (Participant)
Primary Purpose: Supportive Care
|Official Title:
|A Randomized, Controlled, Prospective, Single Blind Clinical Evaluation of BackStop in Patients Undergoing Intraureteric Stone Lithotripsy.
- Ability of BackStop™ to minimize migration stone fragments in the proximal ureter will and reported as "yes" or "no". [ Time Frame: intra-operative ]
- Extent of residual fragments remaining in ureter at the follow-up visit 2 to 4 weeks post-procedure. [ Time Frame: one month ]
- In the event that stone fragments migrate retrograde, there may be a need for the physician to employ additional procedures [ Time Frame: one month ]
|Study Start Date:
|February 2008
|Study Completion Date:
|December 2008
|Primary Completion Date:
|November 2008 (Final data collection date for primary outcome measure)
|Assigned Interventions
Experimental: BackStop
Intracorporeal lithotripsy with the use of an anti-retropulsion device.
Device: BackStop
BackStop in a gel plug that potentially prevents retropulsion during intracorporeal lithotripsy.
Active Comparator: Control
No anti-retropulsion device will be used during lithotripsy.
|Device: Intracorporeal lithotripsy without the use of an anti-retropulsion device
|Ages Eligible for Study:
|18 Years and older (Adult, Senior)
|Sexes Eligible for Study:
|Accepts Healthy Volunteers:
Inclusion Criteria:
- Patient with a solitary, radio-opaque ureteral stone in the proximal ureter.
- Clinical indication for treatment by ureteroscopic lithotripsy.
- Minimum 18 years old (or any institutional age limits for participation in clinical study).
- Patients must be willing and able to participate in any follow-up visits, as required.
- Patients must provide informed consent.
Exclusion Criteria:
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT00893282
|Canada, Quebec
|McGill University Health Center
|Montreal, Quebec, Canada, H3A1A1
|Responsible Party:
|James Wilkie, Vice President, Operations, Pluromed, Inc.
|ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
|NCT00893282 History of Changes
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|Study First Received:
|May 1, 2009
|Last Updated:
|May 4, 2009
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Additional relevant MeSH terms:
Kidney Calculi
Pathological Conditions, Anatomical
Kidney Diseases
Urologic Diseases
Urinary Calculi
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(Dell is holding a machinima contest, which we'll discuss shortly. They asked me to write a tutorial to help new machinimators get their start.)
Every day, I feature a video by some brave soul that dived in head first into the world of machinima. For those that aren't familiar with the term, it stands for machine and cinema. The literal definition is movies made in a 3D gaming platform. Using this basic guide, as well as the other tutorials and resources available to you, you'll be creating your first project in no time!
Here is what you'll need if you want to make a machinima for free:
- WeGame camera - A free capturing program
- GIMP - A free image editing program
- Audacity - A free audio editing program
- Windows Movie Maker/iMovie - Free video editing programs that should have come with your appropriate system
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Main Entry: 1re·cal·ci·trant Pronunciation Guide
Pronunciation: -nt
Function: adjective
Etymology: Late Latin recalcitrant-, recalcitrans, from present participle of recalcitrare to be stubbornly disobedient, from Latin, to kick back, from re- + calcitrare to kick, from calc-, calx heel -- more at CALK
1 : obstinately defiant of authority or restraint : stubbornly disobedient <recalcitrant and dangerous heretics and obstructionists -- G.L.Kline> <a recalcitrant child> <call forth the forces of the Union to coerce recalcitrant states -- S.E.Morison & H.S.Commager>
2 a : difficult or impossible to handle or operate : UNMANAGEABLE <the materials in these fields are more complex and more recalcitrant than the simpler and more readily measurable phenomena of the languages -- Mortimer Graves> <the car had a recalcitrant gearshift lever -- M.M.Musselman> b : not responsive to treatment <many of these patients were suffering from recalcitrant forms of the disease -- Journal American Medical Association> c : RESISTANT -- usually used with to <this subject is recalcitrant both to observation and to experiment -- G.G.Simpson> <nothing perhaps is more recalcitrant to logical systematization than local custom -- G.H.Sabine>
synonym see UNRULY
I found this interesting discussion of the word "recalcitrant" and an apparently new word "incalcitrant".
Main Entry: cal·ci·um Pronunciation Guide
Pronunciation: kalsm
Function: noun
Inflected Form(s): -s
Usage: often attributive
Etymology: New Latin, from Latin calc-, calx lime + New Latin -ium -- more at CHALK
1 : a silver-white rather soft bivalent metallic element of the alkaline-earth group that quickly tarnishes in air and when heated burns with a brilliant light, used chiefly in alloys and in various metallurgical processes, often as a scavenger, and never occurring native but very common in combination in certain minerals and rocks, especially as a carbonate (as in limestone), sulfate, or phosphate, in practically all natural waters, and in most animals and plants as an essential constituent -- symbol Ca; see ELEMENT table
2 a : a very strong white light source given by lime heated to incandescence in an oxyhydrogen flame -- compare LIMELIGHT b : the flame of acetylene gas generated by reaction of calcium carbide with water
In the etymology for the word "recalcitrant", MW unabridged indicates the latin root "calc" or "calx" means "heel".
In the etymology for the word "calcium" the same root appears but in this case MW indicates it means "lime".


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Decent BBQ...wouldn't call it the best BBQ in the world, but it was a great time.
A very talented Country Musician performed. His name was Phil Vaught....awesome!
It was St. Patrick's Day.....I didn't realize that Nashville was so crowded at night...maybe it was just b/c of the holiday, who knows. But I at least celebrated it right......
Horses running around on the ceiling:
The wife's Pulled Pork Sandwich...
My Tennessee BBQ Platter.......Shaved Beef Brisket and Pulled Pork......the Molasses BBQ Sauce was pretty decent....the Mustard-Based Sauce was "OK", but nothing spectacular.....pretty decent though.
All in all, the wife and I had a great time in Nashville...although everything was COMPLETELY overpriced, and due to the disastrous flood last year, not everything is back open.....will be better in the future, I imagine.
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text: In Search of the Buy Sign Book explains contextual marketing. By Valerie Seckler on November 12, 2008 When he was walking around Tokyo's Shibuya district this year, marketing consultant Martin Lindstrom got a text message from Starbucks on his cell phone saying, "Martin, one of your friends is in the area. Would you like to meet him?" After failing to spot anyone familiar, Lindstrom responded that he would like to meet the friend. Starbucks answered, telling him, "Starbucks would like to sponsor your meeting. He is at the nearest Starbucks, one-and-a-half minutes away and we'll give you a free cup of coffee." When Lindstrom arrived at the coffee shop, his friend was indeed waiting. "I didn't know he was in town," he recalled. Both had signed up for track-a-friend connections. It's this kind of product placement — contextual product placement "where the brand helps me to become a hero" — that is likely to emerge as the "number-one marketing tool" inside 10 years, predicted Lindstrom, author of newly published "Buyology: Truth and Lies About Why We Buy" (Doubleday, $24.95). If things unfold the way the 38-year-old, globe-trotting native of Copenhagen anticipates, the marketing landscape worldwide will have changed significantly. Lindstrom pans product placement as the least effective form of marketing, working about 1 percent of the time. "We are hardwired to be seduced by stories," he said, noting our brains "filter" out brand images that are randomly or commercially dropped into a story where they play no role. "What does the brain say about that? It says, 'Forget about that. It's destroying my story line and I can't cope.'" Most of this could be happening without our even knowing about it. Based on his research for "Buyology" — functional MRI- and EEG-like brain scans of what stimulates craving, status seeking and other responses in 2,000 people — Lindstrom contends that 85 percent of what we do is prompted by subconscious triggers. While we may think we've bought a shirt or gone to a concert for one reason or another, the author suggests otherwise. "It's not that we mean to lie — it's just that our unconscious minds are a lot better interpreting our behavior [including why we buy]," he writes. Though marketing to evoke particular brain responses may elicit images of the thought police, the way Lindstrom sees it, his findings mean that roughly 85 percent of marketing money is being wasted. Last year, that amounted to about $99 billion of the $117 billion he estimates was spent on marketing products in the U.S., including advertising, packaging and displays. He would also throw in another $10 billion wasted on the market research. What is working is advertising of the subliminal variety. "Subliminal advertising, hate it or love it, is much more powerful than anything else I've seen," Lindstrom said. "It is probably the reason we have 17 million shopaholics in [the U.S.]. People have built whole lives around the entertainment of shopping, rather than entertaining themselves." With mirror neurons that incline us to mimic the actions of others, and the feel-good dopamine rush that accompanies buying something, consumers may be easy marks for marketers that can play to those impulses. Take Abercrombie & Fitch, for example. "As the clerk rings up and bags your purchases in that beautiful black-and-white Abercrombie bag tattooed with bare-chested models, you're feeling cool, you're feeling gorgeous — you're feeling like one of 'them,'" Lindstrom wrote in his book. "[This] produces a feeling the brain automatically links back to the models [hired to hang out] outside, the fragrant and pervasive smell, and the late-night atmosphere of the store itself….You're taking home a little bit of that popularity with you." Or, at the least, one's nucleus accumbens — the "craving spot" around the head's temple — may have been triggered. The author-consultant himself believes he has experienced this. While tooling around in the Second Life Web site one evening, he saw a Pizza Hut storefront with a sun rising behind it appear in the virtual community on his computer screen. The dawn of a new day? No, simply a pizza promptly ordered by Lindstrom and delivered to his home, about a half hour later. WWD logo To Read the Full Article SUBSCRIBE NOW Already a Subscriber? Log in. Tap into our Global Network Of Industry Leaders and Designers load comments blog comments powered by Disqus


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I've been meaning to do this for ages!!! I finally made my own natural perches tonight. I got the stainless steel hardware from www.myparrotshop.com for much cheaper than i have been able to find them locally, so i'm happy!
I took the bark off because it looks prettier, hehe!
Close up of the hardware end.
For the second perch i added beads and buttons and stuff to chew! It's a play-perch!
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Hey there, time traveller!
This article was published 16/3/2013 (1619 days ago), so information in it may no longer be current.
Who's even interested?
LAST year "reality" TV starlet Brandi Glanville claimed to have had a roll in the hay with actor Gerard Butler, and she rated him "11 out of 10." He, when asked about it, responded "who's Brandi Glanville?"
Now he tells Howard Stern they did indeed hook up. And he explains that flippant response:
They met at a beach party and "had a little fun" one afternoon, he said, but later he issued the "who's Brandi Glanville?" line "because one, I didn't know her last name, and two, I didn't know she was a celebrity, and I didn't know she was going to (bad word) tell people about it."
He's 43. she's 40.
The One... for now
MORE Butler: A reporter from extratv.com asked the actor if he's getting serious about his current girlfriend, Romanian model Madalina Ghenea. Could she be The One?
His answer: "She's amazing. I'm having fun. I'm very lucky, she's a great girl."
In other words, "no".
A Kink in the plans
JAMES Franco says he lost some endorsement deals because he produced a documentary, Kink, about a hardcore-porn studio, and another, Interior: Leather Bar, about a gay bar.
The films "did get a lot of praise," he told Attitude mag, but there was a downside:
"I was supposed to do a commercial with this company and they pulled out because they... didn't like the subject matter of the films. It was a champagne company. You'd think they'd be grown up enough..."
He lost a car-company gig, too, he added.
He's 34.
Wilde romance
OLIVIA Wilde tells Marie Claire mag that when she first met Jason Sudeikis, now her fiancé, she wasn't optimistic.
"I thought, 'He won't be interested in me; I'm not a contender'... He's a brilliant actor with a brain like lightning. I thought 'I'm not beautiful enough or his type'."
They met in 2011, on the set of Saturday Night Live.
She's 29. He's 37.
Coal miner's dater
ELIN Nordegren, formerly married to Tiger Woods, is dating West Virginia coal zillionaire Chris Cline, says the N.Y. Post They're neighbours in Florida. (What, you thought a zillionaire would live in West Virginia?)
He's 53, she's 33.
A new Day
THE rock star life: With Green Day about to resume their tour, Billie Joe Armstrong has told Rolling Stone what led to his on-stage guitar-smashing episode in Las Vegas in September, when he was babbling about not being Justin Bieber, or something.
Turns out - who knew? - he was deeply into prescription drugs, plus booze. His agent and his wife sent him to rehab.
"I couldn't predict where I was going to end up at the end of the night," he told the mag. "I'd wake up in a strange house on a couch ... It was a complete blackout."
He's 41.
Chariot of the Gaga
SURE, Lady Gaga's hip surgery forced her to cancel much of her world tour, but nothing can stop her from seeking world domination through publicity.
She now has a convertible reclining wheelchair with gold-plated spokes on the wheels.
The N.Y. Post says she hired design-world star Ken Borochove, and he gave "the chariot" a black leather seat, a removable canopy, etc. No cost figure was given.
Sing it, Tina
REPORTERS (and columnists) are still trying to milk something out of Taylor Swift complaining about the joke Tina Fey and Amy Poehler made at the Golden Globes.
And it worked: prompted by a scribe, Tina claimed the other day that she's thinking about writing a musical number, Swift-style, about the whole squabble. "I could do a song. I could do a whole song about it."
Game over
TO the surprise of nobody, Miley Cyrus and Hunger Games star Liam Hemsworth have ended their engagement. He's gone home to Australia.
There have been he's-fooling-around rumours for month, we've seen sulky behavior from her, and the internet has been full of stuff about her being a party animal and him not so much.
She's 20. He's 23.
She's a writer... honest
MOMS! Want to keep your family "chic and healthy"? Jessica Alba can help.
She has written a book on exactly that topic, and is now out doing the publicity rounds for it. It's called The Honest Life, sort of in parallel with The Honest Company, which she started last year to sell "natural and eco-friendly products" for the home.
The book is billed as "Jessica's collection of tips and tricks for making natural living fun, real, and stylish" and she says it will make your loved ones "chic and healthy".


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FORMER workers at British Cellophane and BFF got back together again for a festive dinner at Bridgwater Rugby Club.
The get-together is an annual event and gives old colleagues the chance to catch up.
Margaret Sampson, a member of the retirement club, said that she would like to see more ex-employees joining in the fun next year.
Margaret said: "We would really like to have some more members. I was at British Cellophane for ten years but I could name many more people who have been there more years than me."
The British Cellophane and BFF ex-employees meet every second Thursday. The next meeting is on January 16 at 2.30pm at the rugby club.


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AN appeal to raise money for a war memorial honouring men from the village who fell in the First and Second World Wars is being launched by South Wraxall residents.
The names of the military personnel are printed onto two paper scrolls in the porch of St James Church but villagers decided more needed to be done, particularly with the centenary of the outbreak of the First World War this August.
Mark Caroe, chairman of South Wraxall Parish Council, said villager David Wyper approached the council wanting to see if a permanent memorial could be created.
Cllr Caroe said: "It is a fantastic idea and most timely." Mr Wyper, 70, who was in the Navy for 39 years, has researched the names using family tree websites and books. He found some discrepancies with initials and the rank of one name and plans to verify his findings at the Wiltshire and Swindon History Centre in Chippenham.
He said: "The paper scrolls in the church porch won't last forever and not everyone sees them. It is important, especially this year being the centenary, that we commemorate the 12 people within the village.
"If anyone can help with identifying people or if there are any relatives of those names, we would like to hear from them."
The village has to raise around £7,000 for the York-shire stone memorial, which has been designed by a village architect, and will ask the area board for funding. Residents have already been donating money individually and the South Wraxall Club has planned an inaugural South Wraxall 0.75km sponsored walk on June 12 to raise further funds.
The walk will start from the club in Lower South Wraxall and finish at the Long Arms pub. Walkers need to raise a minimum of £10 each. There will also be a barn dance and auction on September 12 at Mr Caroe's barn in the village. Anyone with information about the 12 men named can call Mr Wyper on 01225 865384.


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Australian stocks are set for a soft start after Wall Street eased on concerns the Federal Reserve could be about to change its stance on bond buying while Euro stocks eased.
On the ASX24 at 7.25am, the SPI futures contract was 22 points lower to 5051. The Aussie dollar has fallen sharply in after-hours trade on concerns about the US Fed's bond buying program. The local unit was recently buying $US1.027, down from a local close yesterday of $US1.0365. It was also buying 96.3 yen, 76.94 euro cents and 67.18 pence.
Earnings season continues with another busy day of company reports, with Qantas, Origin, AMP, Goodman Group, Brambles and Echo Entertainment among the companies set to report.
What you need to know
- SPI futures are 22 points lower at 5051
- The $A is lower at $US1.0247
- In recent trade in New York, the S&P500 was 1% to lower 1514.49
- In Europe, the FTSE100 added 0.26% to 6395.37
- China iron ore added 90 US cents to $US158.90 a metric tonne
- Gold lost $US25.80 to $US1,578.40 an ounce
- WTI crude oil fell $US1.97 to $US94.69 a barrel
- Reuters/Jefferies CRB index was down 0.6% to 294.70
Making news today
In economics news:
- RBA foreign exchange transaction for January
In company news:
- The following companies release first half results: Fairfax Media, Insurance Australia Group, Qantas, Origin, Consolidated Media Holdings, Commonwealth Property Office Fund, Goodman Group, Brambles, Drillsearch, Mortgage Choice, Echo Entertainment Group, Retail Food Group, Transpacific Industries, Tatts Group, St Barbara, iiNet, Envestra
- Adelaide Brighton full year results
- AMP full year results
- David Jones Ltd Q2 sales result
- Ardent Leisure interim results
- APN News & Media full year results
- PaperlinX interim results
- Panaust full year results
- Tatts Group first half results
- Alumina full year results
- Iluka Resources full year results
Analyst rating changes:
- Monadelphous Group cut to sell at Deutsche Bank
- Monadelphous Group cut to neutral at Macquarie
- Asciano downgraded to underperform at Macquarie
- Sonic Healthcare cut to neutral at Bank of America-Merrill Lynch
- Arrium reinstated to underperform at Bank of America-Merrill Lynch
Offshore overnight
United States
With about two hours of trade remaining, US stocks had extended losses as minutes from the Federal Reserve's last meeting showed several policy makers said the central bank should be ready to vary the pace of bond purchases amid a debate over their risks.
Key numbers:
- S&P500 slipped 0.6% to 1521.33
- Dow Jones Indus Avg lost 0.17% to 14011.25
- Nasdaq composite lost 0.7% to 3191.14
European stock markets diverged, with London gaining on an increasing prospect of more cash stimulus from the Bank of England (BoE), while Paris dropped on profit-taking, analysts said.
Key numbers:
- London's FTSE 100 added 0.26% to 6395.37
- Frankfurt's DAX 30 lost 0.30% to 7728.90
- In Paris the CAC 40 lost 0.69% to 3709.88
Asian markets mostly climbed, with dealers taking a positive cue from Wall Street and Europe, following a surge in investor confidence in eurozone powerhouse Germany. Japanese shares posted healthy gains on Wednesday as the yen softened and data showed exports rose for the first time in eight months in January, although the country still posted its worst ever monthly trade deficit.
Key numbers:
- Tokyo's Nikkei added 0.845 to 11,468.28
- Hong Kong's Hang Seng added 0.71% to 23,307.41
- China's Shanghai composite added 0.60% to 2397.18
Global oil prices plunged as traders seized on speculation over possible plans for an increase in crude production and digested downbeat US housing starts data, analysts said. Traders also took the opportunity to cash in recent gains as they awaited publication of minutes from the US Federal Reserve's latest monetary policy meeting.
- In late afternoon London deals, Brent North Sea crude for delivery in April sank $US1.57 to $US115.95 a barrel.
- New York's main contract, light sweet crude for March dived $US1.97 to $US94.69 ($A91.91) per barrel. The March contract expires at the close.
Precious metals
Gold was poised to settle at a seven-month low below $US1,600 an ounce as investors bet that the Federal Reserve may signal an early end to its bond-buying program.
- The most actively traded gold contract, for April delivery, on Wednesday traded down $US25.80, or 1.6 per cent, at $US1,578.40 a troy ounce on the Comex division of the New York Mercantile Exchange.
Base metals
Base metals on the London Metal Exchange (LME have) closed mostly lower after the group pared overnight gains early in the session, with a lower euro on the day weighing prices toward the close.
- At the close of open-outcry trading, LME three-month copper was 1.1 per cent lower on the day at $US7,960 a metric ton, falling below the psychological $US8,000/ton level.
- Nickel once again led declines in a bearish week for the metal, closing 1.2 per cent lower at $US17,165/ton.
How we fared yesterday
Australian shares rose 0.3 per cent on Wednesday, extending the market's bull run at 4-1/2 year highs, drawing momentum from overseas leads and a better-than-expected earnings season. The S&P/ASX 200 index finished the day 16.8 points higher at 5,098.7.
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Mother of Pearl Bar Set
Such an elegant gift for the wine or overall bar lover. The set includes two wine stoppers, a wine opener, and a bottle opener. All made from nickel plated brass and complemented with mother of pearl accents. So lovely for numerous occasions including weddings, engagements, anniversaries, or birthdays.


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Diversity and Outreach Fair
Generously supported by DEMCO
2011 Diversity and Outreach Fair Application
All applications are due by 4:30 p.m. CT on Friday, April 15, 2011.
Theme: Family Literacy
The Diversity and Outreach Fair will feature innovative and successful library-based family literacy programs. Family literacy programs are broad in their scope and reach. Some family literacy programs rely on traditional literacy activities, storybook reading and storytelling, to reach across generations, while others use high-tech resources, digital storytelling, blogging and online journaling, to connect generations.
Applicants are encouraged to propose presentations which highlight:
1) Family Literacy
2) Library services to underserved or underrepresented communities, including:
People with disabilities
Poor and homeless populations
People of color
English language learners
Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender people
New Americans
New and non-readers
Older adults
People living in rural areas
Incarcerated & ex-offenders
3) Mobile Library Services and Bookmobiles