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Well, it's official: webkit is the new IE.
Back in the so-called Bad Old Days, you built for IE and then if you felt like it, you built for Everyone Else.
Today, everyone has great hatred for IE. The way it didn't (and still sometimes doesn't) follow "web standards", the way it forced many of its proprietary tags/attributes/features onto everyone, the way we're still dealing with JScript vs Javascript, the way we're still dealing (sometimes) with people new to web development wondering how they can change the colours of scollbars like they can in IE...
It sure is easy to blame IE, isn't it? They created all these neat-o (for the times) features, and it was a dominant browser, and everyone piled on. Clients want promised magical features, so developers want features, and features only need enough implementation in the wild to become part of the standard, or at least the "standard" of "what everyone is building". But who's fault is it really?
Isn't it also the fault of web developers deciding they like some vendor-specific feature so much, they are willing to use it (whether it's experimental or not; whether it's still in testing phase or not; most importantly, whether there are any plans for anyone else to have that feature or not) to the point that, there are so many implementations in the wild that now all other vendors must deal with it?
You know what the mark of a "hip, modern web page" is? Besides that it's written more in new Javascript APIs than actual markup, I mean? The big sign that your site is hip and modern is the "BEST VIEWED IN LATEST WEBKIT" statement you've place on there.Sound familiar?
Well, folks, after the past few years of "mobile? that means webkit!" and iWhatevers claiming the most hype (if not actually the most numbers of actual users/visitors/customers), it seems the other browser vendors have found themselves in a pickle. And it's because people are building for webkit, the exact same way they used to build for IE. Why is the latter so wrong and horrid while the former is Teh Most Awesome Thing Since Sliced Bread?? I don't understand. They are both wrong. They both encourage monocultures. Monocultures suck (they are easier to develop for, sure, but they are more vulnerable to security problems and remove user choice, which yes I realise many developers would love to remove user choice, but as a card-carrying hippy I am for user software choice and diversity... am I the only one??).
But so anyway, for those of you who care, here is an interesting discussion that's going on now: http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-style/2012Feb/0313.html just do a ctrl-f a few times for "vendor prefix" to get to that part of the discussion. Yup, the non-webkits are actually considering adding -webkit vendor prefixes.
Here's a bit of the beginning for those too lazy to click the link. First, imagine the discussion going on in a secret lair.That'll help you stay interested if you're easily bored.The bolded emphases are all mine.
Oh yeah, and making UA strings lie (like they always needed to, since developers are sniffing):
Alan: Or are there other complications where they're doing browser-sniffing or otherwise wouldn't work even if you implement these prefixes? Alan: I'm wondering about the efficacy of implementing webkit prefixes. tantek: None. We will also need to send a webkit-tricking UA string. tantek: Just like WebKit sent "like Gecko" in its UA string, we have to do the same thing again
Yikes. Well. This is what we get for sniffing and blocking. This is what we deserve. However, having seen instances where sniffing (for Device mostly) was the only reasonable option for something mobile, this tells me we have a bigger problem. Our servers need to know more of certain things, and the UA needs to send this info on first request. And yet, anything anyone develops will immediately be compromised by the same people coming to these forums and going on Stack Overflow and Quora and other places asking "how can I write just for Browser X" or, what's more fashionable nowadays, "how can I write just for iDevice version X?"
So long as we insist on writing per device, per UA, per some-feature-nobody-else-even-has, the more the reliability of detection goes down the drain.
Now imagine webkit implements something new and crappy. It won't be crappy when they finally get it right, but initially, it's crappy (let's say, due to a webkit-specific bug... lord there are plenty of those). Meanwhile, Mozilla and Opera manage to implement the same feature and it's way less crappy because they don't have the webklit bug.
With vendor extensions, you could test out the new feature just for the ones who Got It Right (here, Mozilla and Opera), and leave out the -webkit version because it's hairy donkey balls. And vice-versa: a working -webkit something that breaks in Mozilla due to a Gecko bug (lord knows there are plenty of those), same thing. Great, use the -webkit version and leave the -moz version out until they get their sh*t together. This is all great and wonderful
and little forest creatures gather around the white beautiful young singing heroine in sympathy for her horrid fairy-tale plight
while multicultural children hold hands in a circle around her and sing kum-ba-ya....
but now if -webkit-badassery-level: awesome++; starts (sorta) working in IE, now what? Yes, we are all screwed. Or, I mean, we lose the probably single redeeming value of vendor-specific prefixes, don't we? We might as well go back to no prefixes and just let everyone send out their buggy implementations and let us do dirty dubstep hacks around it like we did in the Good Bad Old Days.
Remember these? Were they not fugly?
Why do we want them back? Do we?
So I ask: maybe, just maybe, we as web developers should stand up and take a little responsibility? Maybe we shouldn't just blab about progressive enhancement or feature-detection. Maybe we shouldn't let our employers put out job ads stating things like "cross-browser" and "web standards" when those don't even mean anything. How about we either put our code where our mouths are, and stop trying so hard to break the web to make some Apple-drooling corporate customer happy cause now he can see his FaceSpace iWhatever App thingie yay, OR we should just stop lying to each other about following these so-called web standards and just be brutally honest with everyone else: We don't write for older browsers, we don't write for non-Apple mobile devices, we don't actually do that progressive-enhancement thing, and we sniff UAs because it's freaking awesome and lets us send one set of code to iPhone 4's and another set to iPad2's. Back in the CSS War Room, this is what the numbers are showing.
And then when UA sniffing stops working because everyone's UA string is going to claim it's "Apple Webkit Something Something", we'll whine and b*tch and complain about not being able to send out our specific version of code. (instead of, I dunno, lobbying that the vendor with the offending code fix it right away? or, if we're C++ devs, fixing it ourselves?)
Because right now, we are encouraging that "breaking the web" thing everyone's always whining about. We're breaking it in favour of webkit today, and who knows what tomorrow. If we can't trust vendor-specific prefixes to be vendor-specific, then they are broken and we might as well get rid of them entirely. Ideally,
yeah, ideally,
(uh-oh, there's that hippie left-wing rhetoric that reminds us of Utopia, lawlz)
new features would be looked at by all vendors and bugs and implementation ideas worked out and then added to the standard, so that it's in the specs and we can all use them correctly and other vendors can look up how to implement it correctly and everything can be happy unicorn puke and double rainbows.unicorn puke++
The browser vendors are just reacting to what we do on the web. Guess what? There are a crapload more of us than there are of them. Who has the power here? I mean, yeah, it's fun to blame Apple or webkit but that's like blaming IE for our earlier behaviour isn't it? Or we can just blame uneducated clients demanding stupid things... stupid things some developer promised them. Or, I dunno, doesn't every web developer out there have a blog about nothing somewhere nowadays? Didn't they all rally around stopping that sh*tty SOPA law just a month ago (after that, everyone was happy cuz like, "teh evil SOPA is gone and now we can go back to our entertainment cuz it's not like there aren't 5 other bills doing the same thing as SOPA except we don't care" blah blah)? If we're done patting our backs for that, why not a similar effort to spread the word and convince web developers to watch what they're doing when throwing all these -webkit-this and -webkit-that all over the place??
Otherwise, the War Room's gonna do one of theseYeeeeeeeeeee haaaaaaaaaawwwww!! -webkit-webkit-webkit-webkitbadger badger badger badgermushroom mushroombadger badger badger badgerSNAAAAAAAKE
Nice post, poes. Crikey, if the other browser vendors are thinking like that, why don't they just quit and admit defeat?
Just a couple of small things.
The most idiotic example comes from the mobile world. Opera has implemented a touchscreen media query in the Vodafone widget manager, and called it -o-touchscreen.
When Samsung started to work on its WebKit-based widget manager, it was notified of the existence of this media query and promptly copied it. To the letter.
Thus, we now have a WebKit browser reacting to -o-touchscreen.
And this is just the beginning. It's going to get much, much worse.
Eventually Opera will discover that plenty of sites use -webkit-transition, but not -o-transition. Will Opera start to support -webkit-transition, too?
On the other hand, Chrome 4 (which came out less than two years ago) had no support for inline SVG. But when people bemoan the fact that we still can't embed SVG straight into our HTML, which browser(s) are they probably talking about? (Okay, so it's a contrived example :/ )
Bugs, mistakes, and failed ideas never, ever go away on the Internet. But this new automatic, behind-the-scenes, nigh-unstoppable update scheme seems to minimize their effect, doesn't it?
But this new automatic, behind-the-scenes, nigh-unstoppable update scheme seems to minimize their effect, doesn't it?
For Grandma? Maybe. For those browsers who do update every 15 seconds. Which IE doesn't.
For enterprise? Those who went boldly and left IE for Firefox have started coming back to true old IE, simply because sysadmins revolt against the idea of adminning 1000's of machines every 6 weeks because Mozilla sez "yo dawg we heard you like apps..."
It's hard enough work clamping those browsers down by hand so the users don't click on those stupid shoot-the-monkey, win-the-boobs sidebar flash games and download craploads of virusses... got IE? Dayum, that shizzle can stay on your systems for decades. Lawlz.
But yeah that might be a saving grace: if this decision were temporary enough that newer browsers would replace this duct-tape idea. You can see from the csswg record that some believe this will haunt us for decades... like that great-aunt we offed for the insurance money whose poltergeist keeps throwing things at the new baby
the same way all browsers also admitted defeat when IE managed to win the internetz and kill off netscape?
why is there this lazy obsession from certain developers that all browsers should just use the same engine (and just looking at webkit-specific fragmentation, even that isn't the be all and end all)? sigh...
More PPK goodness: The Great WebKit Comparison Table
On this page I compare 21 WebKits in order to prove that there is no "WebKit on Mobile"...
Makes sense to me, they were building for the vast majority of their users first.
I agree with you that building for Chrome and then complaining about the rest is a trend that is becoming more prominent and those developers need reminding to build stuff for users and not browsers.
Opera is the little guy who will most likely miss out, lucky for him he gets it right nearly always so if you build things correctly you shouldn't have to do too much extra.
Web standards won, things should work in FF, Chrome, Safari, Opera, IE9+IE6-8 should also work if the user share warrants it (which it does)
Opera is the one fretting the most (see comments by Florian in the link... represents Opera). Mobile is their big market, and webkit is their largest competitor really (leaving out that big proxy browser that almost controls China).
a CALL TO ACTION:http://www.glazman.org/weblog/dotclear/index.php?post/2012/02/09/CALL-FOR-ACTION:-THE-OPEN-WEB-NEEDS-YOU-NOW
Where's the T-shirt? Or Occupy Webkit tents.
For the too-lazy-to-click (bold mine, ellipses where I've removed stuff):
That's us. Ya'll do that social-media whatsit stuff, right? Spread the word. Fix your sites. Stop offering your customers an "iWhatever app" automatically instead of seeing if a responsive web site for ALL browsers/devices would work better (even if utlimately, then does end up being your client's best solution... at least you considered other possibilities). Edjumacate your clients that mobile != iPhone/Pad.
Occupy WebkitOpera. Code for the 1%
Remy Sharp's take: http://remysharp.com/2012/02/09/vendor-prefixes-about-to-go-south/
tl;dr: "Bat sh*t crazy."
One valid option is to use just use Compass' CSS3 modules.
.magic {
@include border-radius(4px);
What would be nice is if instead of creating all these vendor prefixes in their rendering engines, IF THEY ACTUALLY IMPLEMENTED THE FEATURE WITHOUT THE PREFIX.
Of course, that would require the spec to be clear on how a feature needs to be implemented and that all browser vendors all implement it the same way. You know, so we don't end up with 4 different ways to do transitions.
In the immortal words of someone on my twitter feed:
[I]OH: "That's why we call it a 'Spec', because we 'spect it to work that way."~@lazycoder
[/I]Now, I'll be the first to admit that I use these vendor prefixes for a bunch of features (border-radius repeated a bazillion times, anyone?). But I do try to be as inclusive as possible here. (i.e. use -webkit -moz -ms -o and of course one last entry without the prefix)
I was going to make a further point, but I forgot. I think it may have had something to do with vendor prefixes starting out as implementations of things that are not yet in the spec or are experimental or something. Maybe someone (who is more knowledgeable than me in this area) can elaborate on that?
Certainly if you're using any of the preprocessors that do this, there is zero excuse to be only writing -webkit prefixes... except when you are using one that only exists as -webkit in the first place.
In other words, everything I've been saying the past SIX YEARS... the saying about "those who forget history" is cute, but it's outright depressing to see it in action. Deploying draft specifications in incomplete implementations? Browser specific code? Implementing new 'standards' before the old ones are even completely implemented?
As I've said a billion times here, "What is this, 1998?!?"
Though I'm starting to think that's unfair -- to 1998... as for me at least, the web was more useful THEN than it is now. All those wonderful new tools and specifications that were supposed to make it more usable, has been abused by people who have no business even making websites to the point that many sites I used to visit every day, I've stopped visiting due to jumping the gun on idiocy like HTML 5, bloating out the pages for nothing with broken/half-assed scripting, and letting the PSD jockeys piss away all the bandwidth. (or in the case of jquery/mootools, completely-assed scripting)
You've been saying stuff? Whoops, I cleared my browser cache and erased my memory
I'm going to try to paraphrase you in the next project I work on that has some ridiculous design. I work in advertising, so that should be fairly soon.
It's funny actually, his are the views that got me to join the forums. It's nice to have a voice for minimalism and functionality to think on as a reminder of some of the reasons why the types of behavior this thread talks about should be professionally abhorrent. Especially when so many people around the web have a tendency to want to code on the "cutting edge" even though users/readers don't actually care to the extent that it doesn't really improve anything for them.
Or worse, makes it less useful -- see jQuery for nothing, AJAX for nothing, and massive code bloat resulting in broken layouts, inaccessible layouts, broken keyboard navigation, pages that don't even TRY to be accessible... we've been given all these tools and given tons of recommendations -- HTML itself is a very SIMPLE specification if you take more than half a second to try and understand it and SHOCK bother to learn ALL the tags...
But you still get people using tables for layout, blissfully unaware of half the tags that should be in tables or forms when using them properly -- we're still dealing with browser makers who are rushing into new DRAFT specifications when they still have decade plus old gaping holes in the old ones -- we have people writing PHP who don't even understand HTML, which is what it's supposed to output -- at which point what in blue blazes qualifies them to do a blasted thing in PHP?
I keep saying "setting it back a decade or more" -- maybe that's not an accurate assessment either since it seems like the majority of developers out there and resources for nubes to learn from have never actually pulled their collective heads out of 1998's tuchas.
See HTML 5 -- welcome to 1998. Mr. Peabody and his boy Sherman would be proud.
Just remember the number one thing you have to tell the art f... art f... art folks...
I wish I had a gold medal for every time I said that around here. You wouldn't believe (well, maybe you would) some of the crap that comes across my desk.
Anyone want to take bets on how many times I've been asked if we can do video in email?
You can complain all you like but reality is no one is going to change what they are doing.


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French doors in the entryway lead out to the back garden. Designer Scott Yetman bought the matching tables during a 24-hour layover in Atlanta. He designed the antique nickel ceiling lanterns and had ash floors installed throughout the house.
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An early-19th-century portrait by the French artist Pigalle overlooks this table.
Interior designer Scott Yetman believes that every room should have black in it, and there isn't a room without it in the Knowlton, Quebec holiday home he shares with his partner Jean Michel Lavoie. In the dining room, a contemporary light fixture combines with a Regency-style table and retro white chairs upholstered with black leather and blue gingham fabric. A mix of modern and traditional keeps the look current.
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Simple pale upholstered furniture highlights this living room's more decorative items: a recovered antique French armchair and the Old English pine mantel, originally from an 18th-century home. Interior designer and homeowner Scott Yetman and his partner, Jean Michel Lavoie, found the wood Sans Souci sign (meaning "without a care") at an antique store nearly 15 years ago. Scott told the vendor, "When I have a house in the country, this is what I'll call it."
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A Louis bed, snapped up for $200 at a garage sale, sits in the bedroom of designer Sharon Mimran's daughter. Drapery, linens and chandelier crystals in pale blue tones brighten the dark wood furniture.
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In this country-style dining area, pretty white flora mimics the delicate pattern in the wallpaper. A weathered wood cabinet with louvered doors and mismatched chairs add character while keeping the space casual.
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Pedigreed furniture mixes with personal touches.
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French antiques create a luxury work space.
An unused bedroom was transformed into a regal home office during designer Julie Charbonneau's major renovation. A furniture arrangement with a sitting area that features a large, comfortable rolled arm chair makes it inviting. Decorating with antiques like the gold sconce and old iron gate keep with the sophisticated French style in the rest of her house.
Art and antiques decorate this exquisite bathroom.
Vintage fixtures and a roll-top pedestal bath tub set the traditional tone of this soothing and elegant principal bathroom. Designer and homeowner Julie Charbonneau designed the built-in cabinet to create storage for linens, recycling former leaded windows from elsewhere in the house into the doors. An off-white palette and Roman shades create a soothing ambiance, while art and an antique chandelier complete the look.
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Get an overview of this hotelHotel in Hauppauge with free breakfast and free airport shuttle
Popular property highlights
Situated in Hauppauge, this hotel is 1.6 mi (2.6 km) from Blydenburgh County Park and 2.1 mi (3.3 km) from Stonebridge Golf Links and Country Club. Bethpage Ballpark and Lakeland County Park are also within 6 mi (10 km).
Hotel Features
An indoor pool, a fitness center, and a snack bar/deli are available at this smoke-free hotel. Free buffet breakfast is provided, as well as free WiFi in public areas, free self parking, and a free airport shuttle. Other amenities include a sauna, a 24-hour business center, and coffee/tea in a common area.
Room Amenities
All 133 rooms provide conveniences like sofa beds and refrigerators, plus free WiFi and flat-screen TVs with cable channels. Microwaves, coffee makers, and free newspapers are among the other amenities available to guests.
Guest Highlights
- Good location
- Breakfast
- Pool
- Helpful staff
- Guestroom size
- Comfy beds and overall room comfort
Holiday Inn Express Hauppauge
Hotel Amenities
Hotel Amenities
In addition to an indoor pool, Holiday Inn Express Hauppauge provides a sauna and a fitness center. The hotel offers a snack bar/deli. A complimentary breakfast is offered. A computer station is located on site and wireless Internet access is complimentary.
This hotel offers access to a 24-hour business center, limo/town car service, and meeting rooms. Event facilities measuring 1400 square feet (126 square meters) include conference space. This business-friendly hotel also offers tour/ticket assistance, multilingual staff, and gift shops/newsstands. Complimentary self parking is available on site.
Holiday Inn Express Hauppauge is a smoke-free property.
- Free WiFi
- Number of buildings/towers - 1
- Sauna
- Free newspapers in lobby
- 24-hour front desk
- Total number of rooms - 133
- ATM/banking
- Laundry facilities
- Indoor pool
- Fitness facilities
- Free airport transportation
- Number of floors - 7
- Coffee/tea in common areas
- Safe-deposit box at front desk
- Multilingual staff
- Free breakfast
- Conference space
- Dry cleaning/laundry service
- Elevator/lift
- Express check-out
- Fireplace in lobby
- Gift shops or newsstand
- Computer station
- Tours/ticket assistance
- Limo or Town Car service available
- Meeting rooms 2
- Luggage storage
- 24-hour business center
- Conference space size (feet) - 1400
- Conference space size (meters) - 126
- Number of meeting rooms - 2
- Snack bar/deli
- Free self parking
- Smoke-free property
Family Friendly Amenities
- Family Hotel
- Indoor pool
- Free Wi-Fi
- Rollaway/extra beds available
- Snack bar/deli
- Laundry facilities
- Sofa bed
- Refrigerator
- Microwave
- Cribs/infant beds (complimentary)
Available in all rooms: Free WiFi
Available in some public areas: Free WiFi
Free self parking
Room Amenities
- Free cribs/infant beds
- Connecting/adjoining rooms available
- Free WiFi
- Sofa bed
- Premium TV channels
- Pay movies
- Free newspaper
- Air conditioning
- Phone
- Free local calls
- Refrigerator
- Coffee/tea maker
- Microwave
- Daily housekeeping
- Private bathroom
- Hair dryer
- Bathtub only
- Desk
- Iron/ironing board
- Cable TV service
- Rollaway/extra beds available
- Flat-panel TV
Where to Eat
Guests are offered a complimentary buffet breakfast.
Nearby Things to Do
Recreational amenities at the hotel include an indoor pool, a sauna, and a fitness center.
Children under 16 years old are not allowed in the swimming pool or fitness facility without adult supervision.
If you have requests for specific accessibility needs, please note them at check-out when you book your room.
- Accessible bathroom
- Roll-in shower
- In-room accessibility
Hotel Policies
Check-in time starts at 3:00 PM
Minimum check-in age is 21
Check-in time ends at 2:00 AM
Check-out time is 11 AM
Payment types
Children and extra beds
- Children are welcome.
- Rollaway/extra beds are available.
- Free cribs (infant beds)!
- Pets not allowed (service animals welcome)
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Extra-person charges may apply and vary depending on property policy.
- The name on the credit card used at check-in to pay for incidentals must be the primary name on the guestroom reservation.
Hotel Name
- Hauppauge Holiday Inn Express
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The property has connecting/adjoining rooms, which are subject to availability and can be requested by contacting the property using the number on the booking confirmation. Alcohol is not served at this property.


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I grew up in a small town in Connecticut and was fortunate enough to travel often with my family. I first visited St. Lawrence on the recommendation of a family friend and fell in love with the school right away due to the friendly people and beautiful campus. After four years, I can emphatically say that St. Lawrence has proven to be the perfect school for me. I love the small classes based on discussion as well talking to friends while sitting outside of my house on a sunny day. Because St. Lawrence is a liberal arts school, I have taken classes in almost every discipline. In fact, I did not plan on majoring in Spanish when I first got to St. Lawrence. I took a Spanish class to fulfill a distribution and ended up immensely enjoying the class.
One Spanish class in particular stands out to me. I took Spanish 202 with Dr. Ilia Casanova my sophomore year. This class had a community service component. For this part of the class I volunteered at Gouverneur Correctional Facility, where I taught English to Spanish speaking inmates. This stands out as one of the most worthwhile experiences of my life. Through this placement I was able to help those in need while also learning about some of the difficulties and past lives of the inmates. I truly felt like I was making a difference in the lives of those I helped. In fact, I am currently taking a class focused on the culture of the North Country that also has a community service component as well. I am again volunteering in a correctional facility because I think it is so important to help out everybody in need.
I have studied abroad both in Spain and Costa Rica. I took part in the St. Lawrence program in Spain. Living with a host family in a major city was certainly a challenge, but one that I looked at with enthusiasm. I participated in a Costa Rican summer abroad program where I volunteered teaching English at an elementary school in a rural area. This was an eye-opening experience as well. Some of the students still did not have electricity but lived their life to the fullest by appreciating the littlest things.
St. Lawrence has given me opportunities to work with those who I would have never had the chance to work with. In addition, it has allowed me to learn about different cultures so far removed from my own. Without the relentless support of my professors and my friends who provided a support system abroad, I would not have been able to enjoy these opportunities as much. As of now, I hope to travel to Ecuador this summer to experience a completely different culture. After I graduate, I plan to work as an alternative educator in Texas, where I will teach inner-city students about the environment. While my upcoming graduation will be bittersweet, I know that the Spanish program, as well as St. Lawrence in general, has prepared me well for an exciting and meaningful future.


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Recombinant Human Prolactin for Lactation Induction
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|Drug: Recombinant human prolactin
|Phase 2
|Study Type:
|Study Design:
|Allocation: Non-Randomized
Intervention Model: Single Group Assignment
Masking: None (Open Label)
Primary Purpose: Treatment
|Official Title:
|Recombinant Human Prolactin for Lactation Induction in Adoptive Mothers
- Breast milk production [ Time Frame: 28 days ]
- Breast milk volume [ Time Frame: 28 days ]
- Breast milk prolactin levels and content [ Time Frame: 28 days ]
|Study Start Date:
|September 2006
|Study Completion Date:
|May 2011
|Primary Completion Date:
|May 2011 (Final data collection date for primary outcome measure)
|Assigned Interventions
|Experimental: Recombinant human prolactin
|Drug: Recombinant human prolactin
Detailed Description:
Subjects will participate in a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled, crossover trial comparing breast pumping, alone, to breast pumping and r-hPRL. Subjects will have one week of instruction with the breast pump alone. Subsequently, subjects will receive 2 weeks of r-hPRL or placebo followed by 2 weeks of the alternate treatment.
Week 1: Study day 1, a baseline prolactin level will be obtained and subjects will be taught to use an electrical, hospital grade breast pump by a designated lactation consultant. Subjects will pump for 10 minutes at each breast. The total volume of milk will be recorded in a diary throughout the study. Prolactin levels will be obtained every 10 minutes for 60 minutes after pumping begins, then every 30 minutes for a total of 3 hours. Subjects will pump 3 times per day increasing to 8 times per day by the end of the first week and will continue this regimen throughout the study.
Week 2: One week after the initial visit, subjects will return to the GCRC for re-evaluation of the pumping technique and the first dose of medication. Subjects will pump for 10 minutes at each breast as on day 1 and prolactin levels will be obtained every 10 minutes for 60 minutes, then every 30 minutes for a total of 3 hours. At 3 hours, r-hPRL 60 mg/kg or placebo will be administered SC. Blood will be drawn every 10 minutes for 60 minutes, every 30 minutes for 2 hours, then at 4, 6 and 8 hours to obtain a peak prolactin level. Vital signs will be monitored every 15 minutes for the first hour, then every 2 hours for a total of 8 hours. Subjects will pump both breasts every 3 hours, starting after the r-hPRL or placebo injection. Subjects will be taught to give themselves SC injections and will administer their second dose of SC r-hPRL or placebo 12 hours after the first dose. Subjects will continue SC r-hPRL or placebo administration every 12 hours for the next 14 days. They will continue to pump daily, approximately every 3 hours, with a 5 hour break in the night to sleep. Subjects will be asked to refrigerate all milk and bring it in to GCRC visits for prolactin levels.
Subjects will return weekly for 4 additional visits (weeks 3, 4, 5, 6). At the weekly visits, blood will be drawn at baseline for a prolactin level and r-hPRL or placebo will be administered. Blood will then be drawn every 10 minutes for 60 minutes, then every 30 minutes for 2 hours, then every 2 hours for a total of 8 hours after the injection. Vital signs will be monitored as described above. At the week 4 visit, subjects will be switched to the alternate treatment for weeks 4 and 5. Subjects will be seen 14 days after their final injection. A baseline prolactin level will be drawn, then milk will be pumped, as previously. Blood will be drawn every 10 minutes for 60 minutes, then every 30 minutes for a total of 3 hours. A 1 cc sample of the milk will also be obtained 14 days after the final injection for analysis of composition. All side effects of r-hPRL will be recorded throughout the study. All milk obtained during the study will be stored and the milk composition will be determined before it is used. Infants receiving milk produced during the study will initially be monitored in the GCRC under the supervision of a neonatologist.
|Ages Eligible for Study:
|18 Years to 45 Years (Adult)
|Sexes Eligible for Study:
|Accepts Healthy Volunteers:
Inclusion Criteria:
- Healthy, non-postpartum women, aged 18-45 years, who desire to lactate for their adoptive children
- Normal thyroid-stimulating hormone (TSH) and prolactin level
- Normal adrenal gland function or taking physiological glucocorticoid replacement
- No medical illnesses that contraindicate breastfeeding
- HIV negative
- Normal breast development
Exclusion Criteria:
- Use of medications known to increase prolactin
- Anatomical breast abnormalities
- Previous mammoplasty or breast augmentation
- Current use of hormonal contraception
- Allergies to mannitol
- Medications contraindicated for breastfeeding mothers
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT00181649
|United States, Massachusetts
|Massachusetts General Hospital
|Boston, Massachusetts, United States, 02114
|Principal Investigator:
|Corrine K Welt, MD
|Massachusetts General Hospital
|Responsible Party:
|Corrine Welt, Associate Professor of Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital
|ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
|NCT00181649 History of Changes
|Other Study ID Numbers:
|Study First Received:
|September 9, 2005
|Last Updated:
|May 8, 2013
Keywords provided by Corrine Welt, Massachusetts General Hospital:
Adoptive mothers
Relative lactation insufficiency
ClinicalTrials.gov processed this record on September 21, 2017


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KANSAS CITY, Kan.—The San Jose Earthquakes have scored 22 times in the final 15 minutes of a game this season, with an astonishing nine of those goals coming in second-half stoppage time.
There isn't much that rattles the league leaders, and U.S. national team coach Jurgen Klinsmann surely was counting on that composure when he sent San Jose forward Alan Gordon onto the saturated Sir Vivian Richards Stadium field late in Friday's tied World Cup qualifier against Antigua and Barbuda.
— Tuesday: U.S. takes on Guatemala, is expected to advance
Gordon, 30, never had played for his country. But his season with San Jose suggested that 17 minutes was more than enough time to overcome any nerves and conjure some of the Earthquakes' "Goonies never say die" magic.
"This year in San Jose, we've had a lot of those situations, which was good for me," Gordon told Sporting News on Monday. "It was nothing new to me. I came in, and it was like business as usual. I came in and came through in a big way."
In the 90th minute, the 6-3 Gordon floated an elegant, first-time cross, the sort one might expect from a skillful 5-8 playmaker, toward the left post. Eddie Johnson was wide open and waiting. The Seattle Sounders forward—making his first U.S. appearance in two years—headed home the goal that lifted the Americans to a crucial 2-1 win.
Now, instead of facing a must-win situation in Tuesday night's qualifier vs. Guatemala here at Livestrong Sporting Park (7 p.m. ET, ESPN2), the U.S. (3-1-1) needs only a draw to move into next year's final round. It can even advance with a loss. That cushion comes thanks to two unlikely MLS players, who along with local Sporting Kansas City hero Graham Zusi (who set up Johnson's opener in Antigua) have carried the flag for their occasionally maligned league when their country needed it most.
There have been signs here and there during Klinsmann's 14 months in charge that his opinion of MLS could be higher. His rosters typically have featured five or fewer field players based in the domestic league, and the German World Cup winner hasn't been shy about expressing his respect for those who compete at the highest levels abroad. Last winter, he helped several MLS players arrange training stints in Europe, which some interpreted as an effort to pave the way for permanent transfers.
MLS commissioner Don Garber told Sporting News recently that it isn't Klinsmann's job to make the league look good.
"I don't think MLS players should get picked because they're playing in our league. They should get picked because they deserve to be picked," Garber said. "He's got to qualify our guys for the World Cup and hopefully get as far as they can and maybe even win. And he needs the best possible team to do that. If those players are in MLS, he's going to pick them. If they're not in MLS, he's not."
Friday night's slog in Antigua didn't demonstrate that MLS players are more talented than those based in Europe or Mexico, but it did send a strong signal that the domestic league can adequately prepare the likes of Johnson, Gordon, Zusi and defender Geoff Cameron—who's now at England's Stoke City but who started for the U.S. while still a member of the Houston Dynamo—for the adversity of international competition.
"If you're in the right environment in MLS, I believe you can develop," said U.S. captain Carlos Bocanegra, who played for the Chicago Fire before heading to Europe. "You take a guy who's playing week-in and week-out and has loads of confidence and is scoring goals for his team, that's what we want coming in here. You've got an example in a guy like Graham Zusi—came in, had a great cross with his left foot and set up our first goal. He's playing week-in, week-out in MLS, has lots of confidence and fits right in with this team."
Zusi, 26, made his U.S. debut in January following a camp that tends to include more MLS players because most European circuits are in season. Klinsmann liked what he saw in the technically sound, mobile attacker (including the winning goal against Panama), brought him back into the fold for the August exhibition in Mexico and then started him in last month's crucial qualifier vs. Jamaica.
At Sporting Kansas City, Zusi is a key cog in coach Peter Vermes' physical, high-pressure system that seeks to put opponents under duress. Klinsmann believes in similar principles and was confident the University of Maryland product, who leads MLS with 15 assists, could make the transition.
"You try always to identify the different levels of play in different places and leagues and competitions, but you're looking at the individual talent of player," said Klinsmann, who keeps close track of players throughout MLS. "You see where he's improving and where he's growing to a point where you have the feeling that it would be a good moment to call him in and introduce him to the senior national team level. You get most of the information from the club coach. This is really the base for the player."
Like Zusi, Gordon (13 MLS goals) and Johnson (14), have been critical to their clubs. They are accustomed to producing under pressure, to being hunted by the opposing team's defense and to forging chemistry with talented strike partners.
According to Johnson, MLS has become a worthy environment for national team prospects.
"This league is a lot better than it was when I left (for England) four years ago," he said. "It has developed over the years. Those rivalry games like Seattle and Portland, with 67,000 (fans), I think by every game meaning so much and playing in a league where it's growing, I think it helped us domestic players to be able to provide a solution in a difficult game, an important game. Like Alan, he's been in a team that's been scoring a lot of goals late and he has that hunger and that winning mentality, and I'm a guy still trying to prove himself, still trying to score goals at the highest level."
Several U.S. players agreed that the standards by which MLS and foreign-based players are judged might differ. Starting for a big European club might draw Klinsmann's eye overseas, but only a dominant performance in MLS will bring his attention stateside. Even if that's the case, there's still an opportunity for MLS players to make the jump, and Friday night proved that once in camp, anyone might see the field and contribute in a crucial situation.
"Absolutely" there's a higher standard, said forward Herculez Gomez, who spent five years in MLS before heading to Mexico. "But it goes both ways. You're in MLS, you're getting seen week-in, week-out. That's a great opportunity. It's also a drawback—they don't see your mistakes sometimes (playing in foreign leagues). But that can be a huge opportunity that's in your favor. Some of us that are abroad, I was waiting a year and a half for my chance. I wasn't getting coaches flying out every week or having the opportunity to see me every weekend. It's not like I was in their back yard."
Following Zusi's quality performance against Jamaica in last month's 1-0 win in Columbus, Gomez said, "If guys in MLS don't see Graham getting a look and making an impact and seeing that as an opportunity, I don't know what they're thinking. I think Jurgen's shown that everybody has a chance to play for this team as long as you can be an integral part of it, do your part and bring that effort."
Klinsmann echoed that on Monday. He wants players who have skill, for sure, but he also has been clear from the beginning that he's after the right intangibles. He's partial to players who are committed to the cause, are hungry to succeed and have a relentless desire to improve. He wants leaders and athletes who are comfortable in the clutch. MLS, while far from perfect, gives more American players that opportunity by putting them in key roles. Alan Gordon may not be a household name, but he handled the pressure of Friday night's qualifier like someone who'd been there before.
"No matter if he plays in MLS or he plays in a league overseas, how consistent is he really in his club? How does he stand out in his club team to do certain things," Klinsmann said. "At the end of the day, we want our national team players to be leaders in their club teams."


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Washington and Lee University School of Law students taking Professor Speedy Rice's International Law of Human Rights class traveled to Europe this semester to see up close how the legal procedures and mechanisms they have studied are put into practice. The students visited international courts as well as non-governmental organizations working for human rights across the globe.
"Learning law, especially in Human Rights, requires study and experience," said Professor Rice. "At W&L, the blending of excellence in academics with unique practical experiences enriches the students and their careers after graduation."
The first trip occurred between January 28 and February 4 and took students to Rome and Paris. In Rome, the students met with the leadership of the Communti de Sant' Egidio, an organization working on many human rights initiatives, including fighting AIDS in Africa, promoting peace and reconciliation in civil war regions, ending the death penalty world-wide, assisting the elderly and immigrant populations in Italy, and assisting the poor of Rome.
The students also met with Hands Off Cain, an Italian organization working for a United Nations General Assembly resolution against the death penalty, enabling the students to see an international organization engaged directly in the political process. Students then traveled to Paris for the Third World Congress against the Death Penalty.
Students participating in this trip were Meredith Abernathy, Ginny Rogers, Jennifer Lavoie, Kevin Quencer, Christina Leventis, Seetha Srinivasan, and Joanna Hood.
The second trip occurred March 11-16, during which students traveled to Geneva, Switzerland and Strasbourg, France. Students were present at the opening of the 4th session of the United Nations Human Rights Council in Geneva, where they heard remarks by the Secretary General of the United Nations, the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights and numerous foreign ministers from State parties.
The students then traveled to Strasbourg to observe an argument before the Grand Chamber of the European Court of Human Rights and to meet with the Human Rights Directorate of the Council of Europe, where the students were briefed on the Council's work to end torture and trafficking in humans.
Students participating in this trip were Kai-Ting Yang, Grainne Ahern, Hilary Loughnane, Lisa Manning and Diana Grimes.
"The trip was amazing. We were allowed to observe the inner workings of human rights institutions, which is an opportunity most people never have," said Kai-Ting Yang, 3L. "But most surprising, the trip clarified how much the law means to me -- I saw how frustrating, elusive, and wonderful it can be, and I am more passionate about working with it."
"These are the kinds of initiatives, together with our internships overseas, that are the key to bringing Lexington to the world," added Mark Drumbl, Class of 1975 Alumni Professor of Law and Director of the law school's Transnational Law Institute.
To learn more about International Law initiatives at the School of Law, visit the Transnational Law Institute web site.Email This Page


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Geomagic® Haptic Devices
Haptic devices that add the sense of Touch to your digital world
3D Systems haptic devices provide true three-dimensional navigation and force feedback, integrating a sense of touch into the Geomagic® Freeform® and Geomagic® Sculpt® 3D modeling systems as well as for research and commercial applications.
When haptics are used in the Geomagic design and virtual sculpting environments, designers can interact and feel the shape of the 3D data almost as if they were designing in physical clay. This enables far more intuitive 3D design with interactive clay sculpting tools that perform just like the real world.
These patented Geomagic haptic devices ingeniously use motors to create forces that push back on the designer's hand to simulate touch when the cursor interacts with the 3D model in virtual space.
Geomagic haptic devices are used in a broad range of applications, as well as cutting-edge R&D projects, in which intuitive, realistic interaction with the digital world is desired. On several models, the device's end effectors can be customized to simulate a variety of tools. OEM applications include medical simulations and training exercises in which the stylus emulates the physical sensations – like probing, puncturing, drilling or cutting – of using a syringe, scalpel, arthroscope or another medical instrument.
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The 3D Systems Geomagic line of haptic devices includes Geomagic® Touch™ (formerly the Sensable Omni), the Geomagic® Touch™ X (formerly the Sensable Phantom Desktop) and the family of 3D Systems Phantom Premium™ models. There's a haptic device to fit almost any set of requirements; the wide array of models vary by workspace size, strength and number of forces, range of motion, position sensing accuracy, inertia and fidelity. Geomagic Touch and Geomagic Touch X devices support a range of motion equivalent to hand movement pivoting at the wrist, and they power a variety of commercial, academic and research applications.
The Geomagic Touch (formerly the Sensable Omni) model delivers a full haptic experience in a cost-effective package. Constructed of durable metal and injection-molded plastics, Geomagic Touch offers six-degree-of-freedom positional sensing. Additionally, Geomagic Touch allows a high degree of flexibility with a portable design, compact footprint, removable stylus and two integrated buttons.
The award-winning Geomagic Touch X (formerly the Sensable Phantom Desktop) haptic device is an affordable, sophisticated desktop solution that provides precision positioning input, high fidelity force-feedback output, stronger force reactions and lower friction. As with all of the Geomagic haptic devices, Geomagic Touch X is CE certified with a comfortable molded-rubber stylus for long-term use.
The 3D Systems Phantom® Premium™ models provide a range of motion equivalent to arm movement pivoting at the elbow or the shoulder suitable for detailed scientific research projects. The Phantom Premium line includes two High Force (HF) models and three 6DOF (Degrees of Freedom) devices. 6DOF devices provide force-feedback on orientation (pitch, roll and yaw) in addition to spatial position.
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In custom, third-party and R&D applications, Geomagic haptic devices require the use of the OpenHaptics® toolkit. This software toolkit gives developers the ability to fully integrate a Geomagic device's capabilities with 3D applications. At a high level, the toolkit enables Geomagic haptic device support, true 3D navigation, material properties, and polygonal object support for applications already using OpenGL. At lower levels, the toolkit gives developers complete access to sensor readings, device control, direct control of force rendering, and more. A QuickHaptics™ micro-API is also included to enable rapid development of haptic applications by using the provided example code.
Simbionix delivers commercial simulation systems for medical procedures using 3D Systems haptic devices and the OpenHaptics toolkit.
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description: Southern Africa holds something for every traveler and budget. Explore a world-class cosmopolitan city or take a world-class safari. Here you'll find some of the world's wildest places and rarest creatures.

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Hi, I’m Patty Kim. Today we’re headed for Southern Africa, a place that holds something for every traveler, for every budget – cosmopolitan cities, world-class safaris, not to mention record-setting sights that will take your breath away. Here’s where you’ll find some of the world’s wildest places, as well as some of its rarest creatures.
Chances are, if you’re heading to this region, you’re heading for the most popular stop – South Africa. But there’s a whole slew of other places like Lesotho, Swaziland, Namibia, Botswana, Zambia and Malawi that also have plenty to offer travelers.
When’s the best time to go? Generally, during the drier, cooler months from around May to October6, though parts of South Africa are pleasant all year round.
With an abundance of national parks and game reserves in southern Africa, a safari should be at the top at any traveler’s to-do list. The wide variety of terrains – savannah, desert, forest, wetland and highland – provide an ever wider variety of animals…and places to encounter them.
The original safari hunters made a list of the toughest animals to hunt – the Big 5 – lions, leopards, rhino, elephants, and Cape buffalo. Today’s modern safari spotters might soon discover that while elephants and even lions are easy to catch sight of, many other animals, including the elusive leopard, are harder to find.
Sharpen your eyes…. and your odds with a few simple tips – go out at dawn and dusk, when animals are most active; head for water, where animals come to drink ….make sure to look near…and far…left…and right…on tree branches…and underfoot. With a bit of practice you’ll capture some amazing photographs.
Some of the best known parks and game reserves in the region include South Africa’s Kruger Park, Namibia’s Etosha, Zambia’s Luangwea National Parks, and Botswana’s Moremi Wildlife Reserve, in the heart of the Okavango Delta, stretching over 6,000 square miles, the largest inland delta in the world.
The Okavango River once fed into a large lake…now vanished under the Kalahari Desert.
When the seasonal floodwaters surge over the land, they create a labyrinth of channels and thickets brimming with wildlife.
For more record-setting attractions, head west into the Namib Desert. One of the oldest deserts in the world, this thin strip of sand along the Namibian coast is home to some of the world’s largest sand dunes. Undulating waves of sand stretch for up to 30 miles in length, reaching 1000 feet in height. The slopes hold animals uniquely evolved for this alien landscape.
Just east of the Namib is Fish River Canyon. It stretches for 100 miles, boasting scenic trails and breathtaking views.
On the Zambezi River, you can canoe or kayak along the border of Zambia and Zimbabwe. Just be careful when you hear the rumbling of water. Its name is Mosi-oa-Tunya – the Smoke That Thunders – better known as Victoria Falls. At some 350 feet in height, and a mile wide, it’s considered by some as the largest waterfall in the world.
The Zambezi River flows eastward into Mozambique and out to sea.
Across the Mozambique Channel off the southern African coast are Africa’s Indian Ocean Islands, including Comoros, the Seychelles, Mauritius, the French island of Réunion, and Madagascar.
Each island competes for best tropical paradise, and it’s easy to see why.
When you’re ready to wind down, head for cosmopolitan Capetown and pamper yourself with some fine dining and sample some local wines.
Remember, Southern Africa is big – nearly the size of the continental United States. No matter where you plan to travel — city, plains, falls, or desert, you’re bound to have an unforgettable adventure.


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i want to use labview with flight gear.
simply send some IO values via udp to flight gear from lab view.
i have seen the following links
but the above links talking about matrixx and i have not use it before but i am familliar with labview.
any one will be appericiated to guide me.
mazhar ali
Hello Mazhar,
You ask an interesting question, if your main question is how to send values via udp in LabVIEW I would recommend looking at the UDP VI and Functions help in LabVIEW.
If you are interested in learning and using the MATRIXx environment, you can check out the evaluation version. It is not a dataflow programming environment like LabVIEW, it is a control design and modeling software, which you may find useful if you work in the aerospace realm. You can check out http://www.ni.com/matrixx/ for more details about this software.
Hope this helps,
Angela M
thanx Angela M
i have used udp once before but now my main objective is to communicate labview with flight gear.
i have downloaded matrixx and an example above nentioned links. but un able to run that example and i have also noticed that i have to take some time to understand matrixx to avoid this i want to run flight ger with labview.
can you help in this labview to flight gear. will be appericiated.
It will be better to ask this question on the LabVIEW forums. This will likely require someone to be familiar with whatever data flightgear sends and receives (hopefully the flightgear documentation is clear on this). Past that, using the UDP VIs should be pretty simple, and you should be able to find help on the LabVIEW forum for that.
Angela M
I just noticed this post. Did you ever get your answer for how to do this with LabVIEW?
UDP is the correct solution and I have VIs that I've attached. TestLVtoFG.vi is where you should start.
The FDM may have changed from the version I worked with, but it should be fairly easy to update to a newer version of FlightGear. I was using the same version specified in the MATRIXx documents.
Hi LBoltzmann,
Thank you for the Labview files but can you explain a little bit more about how to use these vi's with Flightgear? I have a couple of questions.
1. I downloaded the folders "cvi_include" and "FlightGear" which have header and makeucb.bat, makeucb.mk, usrFlightGear.c and
CallFlightGear.cat etc. Do I have to copy these files in the FlightGearVIs (TestLVToFG.vi) folder or in the flightgear aircraft model folder?
2. I use Labview 2010 and Labwindows/CVI 2009. Does it matter to use different version of CVI? (I changed Labwindows/CVI07 lines to Labwindows/CVI2009 in makeucb.mk file, does it correct?)
3. Can we use these vi s with helicopter model?
4. When are we going to run the vi? after running flightgear or before?
5. I could download Flightgear version 1.9.1. Which setting do i have to change?
Can you explain step by step? i tried but i could not connect to flightgear.


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Here is an interview that Regina Mburu, CFCA communications liaison in Kenya, conducted with Truphena, 78. Truphena is in the Hope for a Family sponsorship program in Kenya.
What is your secret for long life?
Growing up in the village I had the chance to eat healthy foods, nothing artificial, only fresh food from the farm and fresh fish from the lake. This has greatly contributed to my long life.
Truphena, sponsored through CFCA's Hope for a Family program in Kenya.
What advice do you have for young people?
I would urge young people to be content with what they can afford. Desiring what is not within their reach can lead them along the wrong path. The youth should also learn that hard work is the only way to achieve what you desire. Listening to the advice given to them by the aging is also very important, if they want to succeed.
What is the most important thing that your mother taught you?
My mother emphasized respect. She told me that to live a fruitful life, one must respect everybody that they come across.
Whatís your favorite food?
I enjoy eating fresh fish from the lake and ugali (a mixture of water and maize flour).
What do you like most about CFCA?
CFCA has supported me by giving me nutritional benefits. I am an old woman and am not able to work and get money to buy food. I am grateful to CFCA because I never go hungry. When I am sick, CFCA helps me get the treatment that I require. The people in CFCA have become part of my family; they talk with me and listen to me, and I feel much appreciated.
If you could visit any place in the world, where would you go and why?
I would like to visit Mombasa (coastal province of Kenya). My wish is to walk on the beach and enjoy the warm climate.
Tell us something special or unique about you.
My hobby is weaving using sisal (fiber from an agave plant, used for ropes and rugs). I find it interesting and enjoyable. It keeps me busy.
Whatís one thing that has changed from when you were young to the present day?
During our days, we used to listen and respect our elders. That has since changed.
What is one thing that has remained the same?
As a Luo, I can say that people from my community have upheld the customs and tradition that were there before.
Could you give us a little more background about your life?
I was married at 15 to a polygamous man. I was the fifth wife. My husband was much older than me, and I bore him three children before his death. I was inherited by his kinsman, and I bore three more children. God blessed me with six children from the two marriages. Four of my children have already passed on. I am a grandmother to 10 grandchildren.


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Feb 28/13
Students from Wilfrid Laurier Universitys Waterloo campus are living outdoors for five days and nights to raise awareness about homelessness. The annual event, part of the national 5 Days for the Homeless campaign, takes place from March 10 to 15.
This is the sixth year Laurier students will be participating in the event. They hope to raise $15,000 for two local youth homeless shelters: KW ROOF and Argus Residence. Last year, Laurier raised more than $10,000.
Students Pat Donnelly, Nicholas Goodfellow, Yanna Klimenko, Hannah Lee and Sara Cousineau will live homeless on campus for five nights.
We strive to provide a meaningful and lasting experience to passionate and dedicated students who wish to volunteer their time and effort to support their fellow youth, Laiya Carayannopoulos, this years 5 Days campaign director. The 5 Days campaign seeks to eliminate the stigma of youth homelessness in our communities and mobilize university students to aid in improving the lives of homeless and at-risk youth.
The participants must follow a strict set of rules:
- They must remain on campus for the duration of the campaign
- They have no access to food or drink other than what is donated to them
- They have no access to shelter, no disposable income and no bathrooms other than what their student cards allow them to access
- They have one pillow and one sleeping bag which can be traded for an emergency meal
- They must attend all of their regular classes and complete all of their academic responsibilities
During this period, the students will also blog and share their experiences with their peers. By doing so, we hope to bring awareness to a pressing, but often overlooked issue in our communities, said Carayannopoulos.
Visit www.5days.ca/wilfridlaurier to read blogs about the participants experiences and to donate. Donations are also welcome in person; the students will be staying in the quad area outside the Fred Nichols Campus Centre.
The 5 Days campaign team will also be collecting winning Roll up the Rim tabs to donate to the local Out of the Cold program, an initiative started by Laurier staff member Cec Joyal. The tabs are passed on to the homeless, who can start their day with a coffee and a small snack. Boxes to deposit winning tabs will be stationed around campus.
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what are the risks of contracting HBV through blood transfusions in under developed countries? I am thinking of SE Asia, Thailand, Vietnam, etc... can I still get HBV from blood if I am vaccinated?
I don't have any specific knowledge of how other countries screen their blood donors for infectious diseases, but the World Health Organization has reported that many countries do not carry out the recommended basic screening.
The Southeast Asian countries you mention have very high Hepatitis B virus (HBV) carrier rates, between 8 and 20%, so your question is a good one. It's hard to predict whether or not a vaccinated person would catch HBV from a blood transfusion if the blood donor was a carrier of HBV, because there may be many factors involved. Particularly shortly after being infected, HBV carriers may have an especially high amount of HBV in their blood, so the risk to the transfusion recipient may be higher. Also, what if the immune system of the recipient of the blood transfusion has been weakened by an illness or medication?
In general, if you have previously been vaccinated and have had anti-HBs Ab positive with a level of >10mIU/mL drawn after the last dose of Hepatitis B vaccine, you should be protected. The CDC says that studies indicate that immunologic memory remains intact for at least 23 years and confers protection against clinical illness and chronic HBV infection, even though anti-HBs levels might become low or decline below detectable levels.
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Jones comes through for Marlins in 10th inning
Singles in pair of runs to snap tie; Koehler fans seven over 6 2/3
ATLANTA -- Second time around with the bases loaded, the Marlins finally delivered.
Garrett Jones slapped a two-run single to center in the 10th inning that lifted Miami to a 3-1 win over the Braves on Monday night at Turner Field.
Jones' big hit saved the night for the Marlins, as they nearly let an opportunity to gain ground on the Braves slip away.
The Marlins have won two straight for the first time since July 5-6, and they moved to 7 1/2 games behind Atlanta in the National League East by claiming the first of four games at Turner Field.
"It definitely felt good to get one and help the team win late like that," Jones said. "It's been a grind. We've been grinding out games like that. There was great pitching on both sides. It was going to take one hit to pretty much win the game. I'm glad I was able to come through finally, for the team. It's been a while. I had been scuffling, personally."
In the 10th, Christian Yelich singled off of Shae Simmons, and moved to second on Jordany Valdespin's sacrifice bunt. Giancarlo Stanton was intentionally walked. Casey McGehee drew a walk, loading the bases for the second straight inning for Miami. This time, Jones came through.
The Marlins filled the bases with no outs against Craig Kimbrel in the ninth inning, only to be turned away.
With no margin for error, Kimbrel got out of it, striking out Jarrod Saltalamacchia and Adeiny Hechavarria, who fanned four times on the night. The threat ended when pinch-hitter Donovan Solano, on Kimbrel's 27th pitch of the inning, lined out to second.
"It's tough when you're facing the best closer in baseball," Jones said. "You've got to tip your cap to him. He made pitches. He's tough. Nothing is easy when it comes to facing him."
Steve Cishek nailed down his 22nd save in 25 opportunities, striking out two in a perfect 10th. Miami is now 6-9 in extra innings.
"Every game for us is big from here on out," Miami manager Mike Redmond said. "We're behind. We've got a lot of ground to make up. I also believe we're a better team when we're playing our game, relaxed and having fun. And not putting pressure on ourselves."
Atlanta had its chance in the ninth against Bryan Morris, but came away empty. Andrelton Simmons doubled with two outs, and pinch-hitter Ryan Doumit walked. But the inning came to a close on B.J. Upton's lineout to right.
Tom Koehler threw 6 2/3 innings, allowing one run while striking out seven. Miami needed a strong start because Atlanta All-Star Julio Teheran was dominant, matching his career high with 11 strikeouts.
"Any time you go out there and face Julio, you know runs are going to be at a minimum," Koehler said. "So you want to go out there and match as many zeros as you can, and try to get the team in the dugout as quickly as possible."
Teheran held Miami hitless for 4 2/3 innings before Saltalamacchia's no-doubt home run, his 10th of the season.
In the fourth inning, the Marlins were denied a hit on a spectacular play by Simmons at short to rob Valdespin of a sure single to center.
Yelich became Miami's first baserunner when he walked to open the fourth. On a hit-and-run, Valdespin stung a sharp grounder up the middle. Simmons was moving to cover second, and lunged backwards to snare the grounder. From the ground, he spun and tagged second base to force out Yelich.
The Braves grabbed the early lead, pushing across a run in the second inning on Chris Johnson's RBI groundout to first.
"He was good," Johnson said of Koehler. "But it also stinks as an offense because Teheran did so good. So, we kind of kick ourselves and wish we could have gotten enough runs."
Koehler avoided more damage in the second when he struck out Evan Gattis for the first out, and Johnson followed with his run-scoring groundout. Simmons tapped to third to close out the inning.
"It's a huge series," Koehler said. "I don't want to say it's make or break, but we're running out of season. These are guys who are ahead of us."
Joe Frisaro is a reporter for MLB.com. He writes a blog, called The Fish Pond. Follow him on Twitter @JoeFrisaro. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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•Don Hall's Triangle Park Bar and Grille, 3010 Trier Road, is serving Valentine's Day Lobster Lovers Specials Thursday through Sunday. Choose from a steak and lobster for $24.99; lobster and shrimp for $23.99; or twin lobster tails for $28.99. All lobster dinners include two side dishes and red velvet cake for dessert. On Valentine's Day, The J Taylors will perform in the lounge 7-9 p.m. Phone: 482-4342.
This next item previously was reported online.DeBrand Fine Chocolates is offering chocolate-covered strawberries for Valentine's Day, while supplies last. They will only be available Thursday at the Auburn Road location, 10105 Auburn Park Drive. All DeBrand locations will offer the Fabric Heart Box filled with traditional Classic Collection pieces or a Truffle Heart Box made entirely out of chocolate filled with truffles. Shop online at www.debrand.com or stop into one of the Fort Wayne locations; Auburn Road, Jefferson Pointe shopping center or 5608 Coldwater Road. Stores will have extended Valentine hours. For details and store contact information, go to DeBrand's website or call 969-8333.Five months after closing due to a fire, Chung King Express, 3101 N. Anthony Blvd., has reopened. Hours are 11 a.m.-9 p.m. Monday-Saturday; closed Sundays. The restaurant is drive-through and carry-out only, and only takes cash. Phone: 471-1288.I noticed the Bulldog Pub last week when I drove through New Haven. Located at 615 Broadway St., New Haven, it's been open since July, but General Manager Cindy Bryant says it's been hard to build the business.
Formerly called Across the Tracks, Bryant says it's been remodeled and is under new management. The pub serves burgers, hot dogs, salads, sandwiches, but their niche is Mexican food. Hours are 11 a.m.-close (usually around 10 p.m.) Monday-Thursday; 11 a.m.-around midnight Friday; noon-around midnight Saturday; and noon-around 10 p.m. Sundays. Phone: 493-7000.•At noon Thursday, Valentine's Day, the Ragin' Cajun Food Truck will be at Parkview Field to participate in the "One Billion Rising Fort Wayne" event along with JumBy's JoiNt and Bravas food trucks. All three trucks will donate a portion of their sales to this cause, which aims to draw attention to violence and abuse against women.Food representing all four of Fort Wayne's sister cities will be prepared by chef Jim Martin, formerly of Catablu and the Blu Tomato, for A Taste of Fort Wayne Sister Cities.
The event begins at 5:30 p.m. Feb. 20 at the Holiday Inn at IPFW, 4111 Paul Shaffer Drive, across from Memorial Coliseum. It features a buffet of foods from sister cities Takaoka, Japan; Gera, Germany; Plock, Poland; and Taizhou, China. There will be a cash bar, silent auction, awards ceremony and music, and Mayor Tom Henry will speak.
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