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Beraprost Sodium and Arterial Stiffness in Patients With Type 2 Diabetic Nephropathy
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Diabetic nephropathy, the leading cause of end-stage renal disease in many countries, is characterized by high cardiovascular mortality and morbidity even in the early course of the disease. In addition, cardiovascular complication has been the most common cause of death in these patients. Thus, early detection and appropriate intervention for this highly common and critical complication is considered to play an important role in the management of the disease. In this regard, much interest has been focused on the early markers which can predict arterial diseases before the clinically apparent cardiovascular diseases. Recently, glowing evidence suggests that arterial stiffness as assessed by pulse wave velocity (PWV) may serve as a surrogate marker for future cardiovascular disease. In fact, increased PWV has been known to be independently associated with diabetic nephropathy in type 2 diabetes.
Beraprost sodium (BPS) is a stable orally active prostacyclin (PGI2) analogue that has a potent vasodilatory and anti-platelet effect. Also, BPS has been suggested to improve a micro-vascular circulation through a reduction of red blood cell deformability. In addition, recent studies have demonstrated that BPS improves endothelial function through an increase in endothelial nitric oxide synthesis and NO synthase gene transcription. These beneficial effects of BPS have been known to reduce PWV in patients prone to cardiovascular diseases such as elderly, hypertension, or a history of cerebral infarction. However, the effect of BPS on arterial stiffness in patients with diabetic nephropathy remains elusive. Our study will address the effect of BPS on arterial stiffness by PWV in patients with diabetic nephropathy.
|Diabetic Nephropathy
|Drug: Beraprost sodium
|Study Type:
|Study Design:
|Allocation: Randomized
Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment
Masking: Quadruple (Participant, Care Provider, Investigator, Outcomes Assessor)
Primary Purpose: Treatment
|Official Title:
|Effect of Beraprost Sodium on Arterial Stiffness in Patients With Type 2 Diabetic Nephropathy (BESTinDN Study)
- Brachial ankle pulse wave velocity (PWV) [ Time Frame: 12 weeks ]The change of brachial ankle PWV at 12 weeks compared to baseline (0 week)
- Ankle brachial indices (ABI) [ Time Frame: 12 weeks ]The change of ABI at 12 weeks compared to baseline (0 week)
- Urine albumin creatinine ratio (UACR) [ Time Frame: 12 weeks ]The change of UACR at 12 weeks compared to baseline (0 week)
- IDMS MDRD estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR) [ Time Frame: 12 weeks ]The change of IDMS MDRD eGFR at 12 weeks compared to baseline (0 week)
- Lipid profiles [ Time Frame: 12 weeks ]The change of total cholesterol, LDL-cholesterol, and triglyceride at 12 weeks compared to baseline (0 week)
- Blood pressure [ Time Frame: 12 weeks ]The change of systolic and diastolic blood pressure at 12 weeks compared to baseline (0 week)
|Estimated Enrollment:
|Study Start Date:
|March 2013
|Estimated Primary Completion Date:
|August 2014 (Final data collection date for primary outcome measure)
|Assigned Interventions
Experimental: Beraprost sodium
Beraprost sodium 0.02 mg capsule by mouth every 12 hours for 12 weeks
Drug: Beraprost sodium
Other Name: Berasil
Placebo Comparator: Placebo
Placebo capsule by mouth every 12 hours for 12 weeks
|Ages Eligible for Study:
|20 Years to 75 Years (Adult, Senior)
|Sexes Eligible for Study:
|Accepts Healthy Volunteers:
Inclusion Criteria:
- Aged 19 years or more and 75 years or less
- Type 2 diabetes who is prescribed glucose-lowering agent or insulin
- Estimated glomerular filtration rate (GFR) by isotope dilution mass spectrometry (IDMS)- Modification of Diet in Renal Disease (MDRD) equation 30 ml/min/1.73 m2 or more
- verified 2 times or more of albuminuria 30 mg/g cr (or protein 300 mg/g cr)or more in a spot urine sample with interval of 1 week or more in recent 6 months
- Patients whose blood pressure is 140/90 mmHg or less and did not receive a prescription for additional antihypertensive medication in recent 3 months
- Patients who give written consent to this study by oneself
Exclusion Criteria:
- History of kidney transplantation
- current advanced congestive heart failure (NYHA class III or more)
- current uncontrolled arrhythmia
- current advanced liver cirrhosis (Child-Pugh class C)
- History of bleeding diathesis
- current active infection or uncontrolled inflammatory disorders
- History of cerebrovascular accident or myocardial infarction
- current use of anticoagulant
- current use of two or more antiplatelet agents
- patients with advanced malignancy (life expectancy less than 6 months)
- patients with uncontrolled diabetes (Hba1c more than 10%)
- patients with severe anemia (Hb less than 8.0 g/dL)
- female who are pregnant, trying to get pregnant or lactating
- Genetic diseases such as galactose intolerance, lactose deficiency or glucose-galactose malabsorption
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT01796418
|Contact: Chun-Soo Lim, Prof
|Contact: Dong Ki Kim, Prof
|Korea, Republic of
|Hallym University Sacred Heart Hospital
|Anyang, Korea, Republic of
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|Seoul National University Bundang Hospital
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|Department of Internal Medicine, Seoul National University Boramae Medical Center, Seoul, Korea
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|Department of Internal Medicine, Seoul National University Hospital, Seoul, Korea
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|Department of Internal Medicine, Seoul National University Bundang Hospital, Seongnam, Korea
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|Sung Gyun Kim, Prof
|Hallym University Medical Center
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|Young-Ki Lee, Prof
|Hallym University Kangnam Sacred Heart Hospital
Publications automatically indexed to this study by ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier (NCT Number):
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|Study First Received:
|February 19, 2013
|Last Updated:
|December 13, 2013
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
Kidney Diseases
Diabetic Nephropathies
Urologic Diseases
Diabetes Complications
Diabetes Mellitus
Endocrine System Diseases
Platelet Aggregation Inhibitors
Vasodilator Agents
Antihypertensive Agents
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Double standard? State senator defends job appointment
VANCOUVER, Wash. - Accusations of political favors and a backroom deal has sparked a bitter feud in Clark County.
One county commissioner is accusing the other two of changing the rules and hiring their political ally.
Republican state Sen. Don Benton, who represents Vancouver, is in familiar territory. He once went on KATU questioning whether a political opponent negotiated a backroom deal. Now, the two Republicans on the county commission gave him his new job without the lengthy application process.
Benton says he doesn't believe it was favoritism. He says just like the president and governor, Clark County commissioners can appoint anyone they want to be a department head, including making him the director of Environmental Services.
Benton denied there was any special deal made behind closed doors.
But Commissioner Steve Stuart, a Democrat, has one word for the deal: "Cronyism."
He says the two Republicans didn't go through the hiring process that's been in place to make sure a candidate is qualified.
The commissioners who appointed Benton said they couldn't wait because there were too many jobs in jeopardy. They needed to fill the position that has a strong say in which projects get permits.
"Political crony is a fallacious argument," said Commissioner Dave Madore.
In 2002, Benton was running for county assessor. KATU obtained an email written by his incumbent opponent, Linda Franklin. It said: "I will be away from the office in March."
Even though Franklin said it was a misunderstanding, Benton suggested his opponent had negotiated a backdoor deal to do what's called a "retire-rehire," or double dipping.
"I think an informed population will need to decide for themselves whether they view this as ethical behavior," Benton said at the time.
Today, if the shoe was on the other foot, Benton says there'd be no reason for him to be outraged.
"Again, there''s nothing unethical, there is no backroom - look, am I qualified for the job? The answer is yes, very well qualified for the job, based on my experience," he said.
Commissioner Madore said just because things like hiring were done one way in the past doesn't mean that's how they will continue to go.
About 150 people, a lot more than usual, have expressed interest in speaking at Tuesday's commissioners meeting about this situation.

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Model: Monica Goe
Back in 1996, Brandon Kinnard was living in Fairbanks, Alaska – a place that receives plenty of unpredictable and very inconsistent weather throughout the year. Given these conditions, the custom car scene there is not a fraction of what it is in California, or even throughout the continental U.S. for that matter. For Alaskan residents, custom car shops are few and far between and, alternatively, having car parts shipped up to them is not too cheap either. Regardless, the day that Brandon – a teenager at the time – walked through a movie theater parking lot and saw a dude named Mike Bartch come around the corner hitting the three-wheel motion in a '64 Impala changed his life. It was that spectacular sight that sold Brandon on the idea that he had to get a Lowrider car of his own one day.
Staying on high alert, Brandon kept his eyes open for any opportunity for the right car to come onto his radar. It seemed to almost drop into his lap just a short time later when he was washing his car one day. A '63 Impala drove by with a "for sale" sign in the window, and Brandon immediately jumped into his friend Russ's car and they chased down the classic Chevy. On his 18th birthday, Brandon bought the car and stored it into his garage for the winter. During that cold season, he saved some money and purchased a set of 13-inch spoke rims and a hydraulic setup. By spring, the hydraulic setup was getting installed and by the summer, it was ready for cruising. Brandon says that rolling in the Lowrider during the Alaskan summertime is great because they get 18 to 20 hours of daylight per day!
Brandon admits that it was hard for him to build this car, especially at first. He didn't know much about building Lowriders and really didn't know anybody to call for help. Thanks to the assistance of locals Jeff Hutson and Dewayne Brown of the GoodFellas Car Club, Brandon was pointed in the right directions to get things done. Along the way, Brandon also learned quite a few things on his own.
After a few years, it seemed the small custom car scene in Fairbanks just about disappeared. People were selling their cars, moving out of the area, and just weren't customizing their rides like they used to. There really wasn't anybody for Brandon to go to for support and he eventually decided to give Lowriding a break.
Once he had taken a couple years off, Brandon came back with another '63, but this one was a convertible. He had it for a year and then decided to sell it and go back to having a hardtop. That's when he acquired the "Alaskan Passion" '63 Impala. He came up with that name because it had the West Coast style but with a little Alaskan swag. With his new '63 project, Brandon made a move to the larger Alaskan city of Anchorage, about 350 miles from Fairbanks. From there, he hooked up with Uso Car Club and made some great connections to get his '63 to the point it's at now. Brandon gives big thanks to his Uso Family, Embellish Customs, Sound Works Car Audio, Phat Customz, and TNT Auto Body for all their help and support on the buildup of this rolling masterpiece.
Tech Specs
Owner: Brandon Kinnard
Vehicle: 1963 Chevy Impala
City/State: Anchorage, Alaska
Club: Uso Car Club
Engine: 1963 Chevrolet 283-c.i.d. V8 built by Miguel Aguirre from San Diego, California. Transmission is a 2-speed power glide. FlowMaster exhaust.
Body/Paint: Poney's Auto Body Shop in San Diego's east county did the necessary prep work before Tom Reed of TNT Body Works in Anchorage laid down a PPG silver star finish.
Interior: Miguel Aguirre upholstered the interior in the OG fashion by using a Cars reproduction kit. The ride was also upgraded with custom kick panels, power windows, back window blinds and a digital dash.
Sound System: John Murphy of Sound Works Car Audio in Anchorage installed an Alpine flip-out head unit, JL Audio HD amplifier, Alpine Type X tweeter and mid-range speakers, and JL Audio W7 woofers. An eye-popping large 32-inch flat screen TV was installed in the trunk and hooked up to a PlayStation 3 gaming system.
Setup: Reggie Russell of Phat Customz in Anchorage installed an Oasis air compressor and an airbag setup on this reinforced and powder coated X-frame. 7 switches control the rides altitude.
Tires: Hankook 155/80/13 whitewall
Wheels: 13×7 Dayton


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I agree on Leach. HE would have been a good coach combo with Crean. Because Crean is likable for the both of them.
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I agree on Leach. HE would have been a good coach combo with Crean. Because Crean is likable for the both of them.
Figured you guys might wanna know DJ White signed to play for the Shanghai Sharks. That's the same team Bonzi Wells played for and pretty sure Kenyon Martin dude during the lockout. Bonzi put up some ridiculous Oscar Robertson statline that makes me think about moving the some craphole country and dominating a "pro" league that's equivalent to 2A Indiana HS ball. But whatever.
The Chinese league ends in I think March, which's make White a FA and eligible to sign wherever and make a playoff roster. I'd take him over Hans.
Isn't that the same team who Yao played for pre-NBA and then bought post-NBA?
"I had to take her down like Chris Brown."
-Lance Stephenson
I think so BWD.
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The poster "pacertom" since this forum began (and before!). I changed my name here to "Slick Pinkham" in honor of the imaginary player That Bobby "Slick" Leonard picked late in the 1971 ABA draft (true story!).
This ****ing board. *********** all I want to do is post a ****ing picture. Why is it so ****ing difficult? *******.
Everyone has given up on Wilson WAY too soon. The offense has already made huge strides even with Tre going down for the season. The defense is still a work in progress but is improved over last year.
It took Crean three years to fix IU basketball. At least give Wilson that much time before writing him off. That has been the problem at IU in the past. They hire a coach and can them after a few seasons and have to restart from scratch all over again.
Yeah, we are never getting anywhere if we fire our coach every few seasons. Wilson was a coordinator at an ELITE college program for years. What kind of better candidate could we reasonably expect to get?
The loss of Roberson a brutal unfortunate blow. We'd be 3-0 if it weren't for that.
Because I have yet to see that ability from Wilson.
And people need to quit pretending like Roberson would have guaranteed us a win against Ball State. For all we know Ball State had a great gameplan for neutralizing him, and then had to throw something together at the last minute when he went down. A Roberson led team BARELY beat Indiana State for gods sake.
True you can't build a program firing somebody every other year. But you also can't hold onto them that long. If we had fired Lynch after his first year as HC we could have started rebuilding that much sooner.
But heres the #1 reason why Wilson will not succeed as a head coach at IU
When the opposing team can at will get a first down by handing it to any RB on their team. Your gonna lose.
Good point. The Roberson injury will definitely hurt as the year goes on though.
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We look like complete garbage. If Wilson goes winless in the big ten again, should we really keep him?
Yep like mad mad mario says give me a coach who has actually built a program over a coordinator
He may not be a good football coach but at least he makes up for it by being an insufferable prick.
"I had to take her down like Chris Brown."
-Lance Stephenson
If Knute Rockne rose from the dead and coached our team, we still wouldn't be any good. It's IU football. In sports, you have those certain teams that always seem to lose, regardless of who they have. Chicago Cubs, Detroit Lions, and IU football. I'm glad I really don't care all that much. The only football I care about is played on Sundays. College football is a snoozefest compared to the NFL, IMHO.
Last edited by Sollozzo; 09-29-2012 at 01:22 PM.
Never ever thought i would miss Lynch. But gosh darn it I do. At least his teams look prepared enough to catch wide open passes
Wow. This is pitiful, but not surprising I suppose. Not even marginally competitive. Offense is hideous despite Wilson's "offensive genius".
I'd rather die standing up than live on my knees.
-Emiliano Zapata
So how come when Northwestern got called for a Hold, all that was done was a replaying of the down. Doesn't seem like much of a penalty.
Yeah, if only because if we fired a coach at our program after two years it would be incredibly difficult to get anyone worth a **** to take the job.
I am, however, all about putting pressure on him and making him fire our ****** defensive coordinator.
It is a spot foul and the hold was 10+ yards down field. It also took a TD (temporarily) off the board.
Also, my god that defense is atrocious.
"I had to take her down like Chris Brown."
-Lance Stephenson
Gotta give credit for showing some 2nd half life, but 700 yards offense allowed? Can't make an adjustment to slow down the option on the dive play that absolutely killed us all game long?
There are some playmakers scattered around the offense, but I think Wilson should have tried to establish the run more in the fist half. Play calling on numerous key possessions in 2nd half was weak. Overall though, I'm not sure either of the QBs can do it without more consistent running balance throughout game. Sudfeld is rough, but I think he'll prove to be better than Coffman. QB sitch is what it is...unfortunately.
I'd rather die standing up than live on my knees.
-Emiliano Zapata
Apparently defenses are taking the week off. This Baylor/West Virginia shootout has video game type numbers.


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It's going to be 21-9 before our offense gets the ball again
If the Colts keep stinking it up I better hear the fans boo this team like there's no tomorrow or at least chant "Fire Caldwell" or something.
You know if this does keep up I'm starting to think Manning might be underpaid.
Was McCoy past the line of scrimmage on the touchdown throw? Sure looked like it to me.
The running game has looked stellar this year. Addai and Carter look great.
Our red zone play calling is ****.
Next to Manning
Adam is our most important offensive player on this team.
This honestly just looks like two bad teams playing each other right now.
The refs certainly aren't doing us any favors today.
Hmm, that was clearly a hold by the safety.
I can hear the media clamoring for the Colts to call Grandpa Favre
But even he wouldn't take on this gig even he's not that dumb.
And that's how sad the Colts are without Manning
Anyone who thinks this coaching staff is worth a damn is in denial.
That's twice we've knocked the ball loose and been unable to recover.
Rushing D has actually been ok today. Go figure.
Well, so far, this game is going pretty much how I expected.
Cleveland has arguably the worst passing offense in the NFL, but it is still encouraging to see us stopping the run a bit.
Alright Collins, time to earn your paycheck.
Here comes another 4th and 1...
Learning curve or not, I've just about lost my patience with Collins. He looks like a damn rookie out there.
Nice special teams bro
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Hi Everyone,
On January 21, 2013 my life turned upside down... my father was diagnosied with cancer, but they didn't know if it was hepatocellular carcinoma or cholangiocarcinoma. All lab work is normal...Liver Enzymes, Red blood cells, white blood cells, tumor markers... everything is NORMAL! The only symptom he has is weight loss and we were thinking that it might be from his diabetes. He had gone to his doctor for his blood surger levels because it had gone up a little and he needed to increase his oral meds. His doctor felt his liver and it felt a little large so he sent him for an ultrasound and ultrasound sent him for a CT. CT showed that there was a tumor. His doctor referred us to an oncologist and the oncologist said that it is either HCC or CC and said that we needed a biopsy to confirm. After the biopsy we were told that it was CC, stage 4a. They came up with stage 4a because it has gone from the bile duct to the entire left lobe of the liver and to 2 parts of the right lobe. But what I cannot get my head around is that all his blood work is normal. How can something be stage 4 and have normal white blood cells and normal tumor markers? Yesterday was our first day of chemo. They are giving him Gemzar and Oxaliplatin and next week they are giving him only the Gemzar then he's going to have 2 weeks off and they're going to give it again. They said that they have to give him 3 2 week sessions and get another CT and hope that the tumor has shrunk. If it has shrunk they will give him 3 more session but if it doesn't they will give him another type of chemo. I'm trying to be as possitive as I can but its just so hard sometimes. Has anyone heard of this combination of chemo?


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I discuss at length with my patients how to prevent a malpresentation. It's much easier to prevent this problem than to treat it. The number one way to prevent malpresentation is for the mom to stay as active as possible: Walk every day. When going up stairs, take two steps at a time. If the back hurts, do pelvic rocks. Get familiar with your baby, feel your belly. Do you mostly feel "small parts" (knees, elbows, feet)? That's not good—baby could be posterior. Do exercises to change that situation. Do you feel mostly a smooth longitudinal back? Great! Avoid like the plague sitting in a recliner. Lying on your back in the recliner helps encourage the posterior position. My Mennonite women say, "During pregnancy, wash your kitchen floor on your hands and knees every time and you will have an easier birth." It's true. That position puts the baby's back toward your front. And while washing your floor, scooting on your knees from one spot to the next, wiggle your hips to encourage proper positioning of the head. My best advice is to not be a slug in these coming weeks, and your baby will be in the best possible position.
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VBAC Disinformation
I first realized that the assault on normal childbirth wasn't merely a series of sporadic events when I read the VBAC study and accompanying editorial that appeared in the New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM) in July 2001. I was struck by the disparity between what the study said and the accompanying editorial.
The study analyzed data on 20,500 Washington State women with previous cesareans. Researchers found that the risk of uterine rupture during a spontaneous VBAC labor was 5/1000, the same as other studies have shown, 7/1000 with oxytocin induction, but a whopping 25/1000 with prostaglandin (PGE2) induction. The risk in women planning cesareans was 2/1000, not far off the odds with spontaneous labor. An unbiased person would conclude that PGE2 inductions should be avoided and that primary cesarean introduced the risk of uterine rupture regardless of subsequent birth route.
The editorial, however, written by a NEJM editor, hammered home the dangers of uterine rupture during VBAC and how doctors and their professional organizations were "coerced or cajoled" into supporting VBAC programs. It concluded, "After a thorough discussion of the risks and benefits of attempting a vaginal delivery after cesarean section, a patient might ask, 'But what is the safest thing for my baby?' Given the findings of Lydon-Rochelle, et al., my unequivocal answer is elective repeated [sic] cesarean section."
Surely a physician who had achieved the rank of editor had to know that the study said nothing of the kind. For one thing, the differences in rupture rates were modest, provided you didn't use PGE2. For another, uterine rupture isn't the crucial issue—it's what happens to the baby as a result. The study didn't report this, but calculation using its data showed that with spontaneous labor, the odds of losing the baby were a very low 3/10,000. But more important, you can't determine the merits of VBAC versus elective cesarean by just looking at uterine rupture rates because there are complications that occur more frequently with cesarean. My own compilation of 30 studies comprising 56,300 VBACS and 30,000 elective cesareans found a 2/10,000 perinatal mortality rate in the elective cesarean group—no different from the study's VBAC PMR.
I recalled that NEJM had published several articles and editorials on obstetrics over the past few years that followed this same pattern—distorted interpretation of data, prejudiced editorial using loaded language, or both [Ed note: to read more, see the entire article in Midwifery Today Issue 63]:
Flaws: One-third of the expectant management group was actually induced, and one-third of the induction group actually began labor spontaneously, which would flatten out the differences between groups. A follow-up analysis in a different journal revealed that one-fifth of women in the expectant management group with spontaneous labor onset had cesareans versus a third of women who were induced. Among nulliparous women, 25% of women with spontaneous labors had cesareans compared with 40% of induced women. The question of why so many healthy women with term pregnancies and a singleton, cephalic baby in either group ended up with c-sections wasn't of course, addressed.
Flaws: The only VBAC study to conclude that repeat cesarean had the advantage, it did so by coding wound infections and hemorrhage requiring transfusion as "minor complications." These would normally be considered major complications, and coding them as such would have wiped out the difference. Even so, the major complication rate was a bit less than 1% in the elective cesarean group, a bit more than 1% in the VBAC group, hardly grounds for recommending elective cesarean.
Flaws: According to the FDA, Cytotec can cause, among other things, uterine tetany with marked impairment of blood flow to the fetus, uterine rupture, sometimes requiring hysterectomy; amniotic fluid embolism; severe genital bleeding; shock; fetal bradycardia; and fetal and maternal death. Uterine hyperstimulation may increase the incidence of meconium passage and cesarean delivery. As regards superior effectiveness, a meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials of PGE2 versus misoprostol shows that Cytotec produces virtually identical cesarean rates.
— Henci Goer, excerpted from "The Assault on Normal Birth: The OB Disinformation Campaign," Midwifery Today Issue 63
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Forum Talk
For someone whose baby rotates to transverse and then vertex and then breech, etc., with no fetal or pelvic anomalies (past 35 weeks), would you suggest a belly binder of some sort? Just wondering what would be the course of care to promote a longitudinal lie (preferably vertex).
— Nicole
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Question of the Week
Q: I have a client who has kidney failure and produces sistine kidney stones. Her creatinine levels are descending and are currently at 1.9. She has catheters from her kidneys to urethra which have been replaced during pregnancy to accommodate the uterus. Obviously her nephrologist and GYN have told her she should have a cesarean because the catheters won't withstand the "pressure" of labor. Does anyone have advice about/experience with this situation?
— Luna Maya Birth Center, Chiapas, Mexico
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Q: I am looking for information for a client regarding septate uterus. She is now 21 weeks pregnant and can find resources only for prevention rather than stats about outcomes or what can be done to attempt to ensure a safe outcome and carry the baby to full term.
— Shari Gorman
A: Williams Obstetrics textbook: "Partially septate uteri may be expected to have relatively normal deliveries. Septate uterus has a complete longitudinal septum and may give rise to a host of possible difficulties, including prematurity, pathologic lie, uterine dysfunction, and even uterine rupture."
Pregnant women diagnosed with a septate uterus should do what every low-risk pregnant woman should do: eat a healthy diet, exercise moderately and anticipate a normal delivery.
— Judy Slome Cohain
A: I have worked with only three women with septate uterus. None of these women had difficulty carrying babies to term (no miscarriages). However, I shared a total of five births with one mom who was a G3 P2 the first time I cared for her. Her first two babies were vertex, her third (my first with her) presented breech, was a surprise and born at home with no complications. Her next baby was also breech, but with her history we found out about the septum with an ultrasound to double check this baby's presentation. Another full-term homebirth. The next baby was vertex, then breech; the last was vertex. The interesting part was that if the baby implanted on the right side, assuming ovulation from the right ovary, the baby would be breech throughout the pregnancy. If the baby implanted on the left, it would turn to vertex. The septum was not midline but rather pushed over into the right quadrant, and we theorized that babies implanted on the right side just did not have any room to rotate to vertex later in pregnancy. There was always a marked bulge on the right side with the breech babies and they were on average about 1-1/2 pounds lighter.
— Patricia Edmonds, midwife
A: I have a friend who was told repeatedly that she would not carry to term and that she would most likely require a section. She went on to deliver twice, full-term babies with not one problem. Just because a medical book says a septate uterus is a complication doesn't mean you have to believe it or treat it that way until it proves otherwise. She is not the only woman I have heard of to have been a success.
— Heather
A: Unfortunately, not much can be done right now during pregnancy to solve your septate uterine issue. Good nutrition, relaxation and visualization are good. You may need careful monitoring from here on in. Pay attention to your uterus and contact your birth attendant if you experience any contractions. That is all you can do for now. Even a cerclage won't help because this is not a cervical issue. After your baby is born you may want to contact a good surgeon and have the septum removed. That way future pregnancies will be easier.
— Kathy Metzler, RN
A: For women with a septate uterus it is very, very important to have a vaginal birth rather than a cesarean if the woman is planning more than one child. According to Lieberman (2001) the uterine rupture rate in women with septate uterus in pregnancy after the cesarean was 8%, compared to the average rupture rate after cesarean which is 2/1000. (Lieberman. Risk factors for uterine rupture after cesarean. Clin Ob Gyn 2001; 44(3): 609–21.)
— Judy Slome Cohain
Regarding Group B Strep [Issue 7:22]:
Q: I am a mom of six and would like to find out how most midwives deal with Group B Strep (GBS)-positive mothers. Are there herbal remedies or are they destined to a hospital birth and IV antibiotics?
— Anon.
A: I do not agree with assessing risk factors to determine if a mom should be tested for GBS. I am a strong proponent of testing everyone, as risk factors do not accurately divulge everyone who is GBS-positive, therefore leaving numerous babies at risk of GBS infection from an untested mother. Some mothers are GBS-positive in a previous pregnancy and negative in subsequent pregnancies and vice versa.
One writer said that in homebirths, she doesn't test mothers and only does vaginal exams (VE) when necessary [Issue 7:22]. I agree that VE should be restricted in *any* delivery. However, it wasn't mentioned what she does when a mother's membranes are ruptured. The longer a bag of water is ruptured, the longer the baby is exposed to GBS. Studies show that giving a mother at least two doses of IV antibiotics spaced apart according to the safety of administration (i.e., PCN should be 4 hours apart and Clindamycin should be 8 hours apart for doses) prior to delivery (and this is as close to delivery as possible) enormously decreases the chance of passing on the GBS infection to the infant.
Have you ever seen an infant ill with a GBS infection? It can quickly bring them to demise. GBS is no small matter. It kills infants, whether full-term or preterm. Screening is necessary, along with proper treatment for prevention of infection in infants. This may entail a hospital birth if that is the only option in your community, but I would have to guess that a mother would be willing to give up the homebirth setting (even though it is so much more welcoming and calming) in exchange for greatly decreasing the chance of infection in her unborn child.
— Tanya Jennison, RN
A: I am a mother of two, and I was diagnosed with GBS in both pregnancies. I delivered my first son in a out-of-hospital birthing center with an IV and everything. It was a great birth and a healthy baby—no complications. Thirteen and a half months later, I gave birth at home to my second son without an IV. My midwife's backup doctor thought it would be safe for me to take oral antibiotics during the last two weeks or so before the birth. My second delivery was much better than the first, I had an equally healthy baby and a faster recovery time.
My personal advice and opinion is to study the risks and benefits of GBS and antibiotic treatment, then make your decision based on what you feel is right. Of course, talk to your midwife to make sure you understand the risks and what they could mean to you personally.
— Maria Moles
A: Unfortunately, too many women focus on their experience of birthing and forget that the most important aspect of the pregnancy is a safe and healthy outcome for mother and baby. While GBS doesn't affect the woman, it can (and does) have rapid and devastating effects on the infant. Recently our maternity unit in Australia had two sad cases of babies dying/developing meningitis as a result of no IV AB cover in labour. If women are really serious about the safety of their babies, they would consider the child's health over their own right to not have antibiotics. I am a big advocate for women's rights in pregnancy and labour, but comfort and wants should *never* outweigh health and safety.
— Meg
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Around the second and fourth postpartum months this process reverses, leading to rapid hair loss. The hair's growth cycle returns to normal between six and twelve months postpartum.
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text: Surviving Project Surprises When a snag sends a project south, keep your relationship with your client headed in the right direction with these tips. * required fields From* To* Message cancel A stroke of bad luck, Murphy's law, a series of unfortunate events—whatever you call it, it happens to all of us at one point or another. Whether it's a budget breach, a blown timeline, or a sudden demand from management, problems and obstacles have a way of creeping into even the most heavily planned interior projects. And while most obstacles are minor and easily addressed, there are occasionally bigger bumps that have the potential to make or break your relationship with the client. In the face of serious adversity, how do you keep your relationship with your client on track? We spoke with designers and architects from some leading firms to learn their techniques for handling the unforeseen. manage expectations Maintaining a positive client relationship begins well before any obstacles present themselves. As soon as you understand the scope of the project, manage your client's expectations from the outset by having an open conversation about the process—and what could keep the process from moving forward. Knowing and presenting the specific issues that may come up will help soften the blow if they are encountered on a project. "If you're doing a remodel, you might say to them, 'We're going to be tearing down a lot of walls, and we may find plumbing in a wall that we're not aware of that won't allow us to move the wall exactly where you want it,'" explained Janette Ray, senior associate at Davis Partnership Architects. "Or, 'We may find asbestos, which will cause the project to take longer than we originally thought.'" Managing expectations includes ensuring that you can deliver the promises you make. The client may enjoy hearing that you'll be able to meet their demanding budgetary and time limitations—and you'll feel good winning their business—but that rosy glow will fade when you can't deliver months down the road. "If it's May 1 and a client says 'I have to move in June 1,' and you don't think you can meet that deadline or help the client meet that deadline, you don't need to walk away from the project, but don't promise anything you can't deliver," Ray said. "Clearly, a discussion when the project starts is much more important than trying to manage a problem after it's occurred." communicate clearly This step relates to the cardinal rule of crisis management: if a problem occurs, you need to convey the issue to your client before someone else does. "We talk to the owner as soon as we know or suspect something is wrong. We find that the earlier that we deal with it, the better it is," said Bob Kraemer, principal and co-founder of Kraemer Design Group. "For example, on a construction problem, we'd rather not have the general contractor or construction manager tell the customer—we'd rather that we deliver the message." Not only is timeliness of communication important in preserving client relationships, but the mode of communication is paramount as well. In-person is always better than the phone; the phone is always better than email or other forms of digital communication. Also be cognizant of how you're framing information for your client. If it's not a true emergency, be careful presenting it as such. "When you need a quick response—when you really need your client to do something for you or you need something immediately—make sure you really need it. Save your 'emergency' for a true emergency," explained Corgan Principal Lindsay Wilson. "Inevitably, at some point you're going to have to call your client and say, "This happened, and I need you to make a decision by 8 a.m.' If you managed to wait the whole project and you only have to do that one time, they will understand, and it ends up not being a big deal." Pages: 1 2 View All Related Articles Cooper Robertson Publishes "Flood Mitigation in Museum Design" Global Design


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B.J. Upton may get the free-agent outfielder market moving.
The Tampa Bay Times reported Saturday that Upton wants to decide on his next team this week, well before the Dec. 3-6 winter meetings.
Upton's main choices appear to be the Atlanta Braves and Philadelphia Phillies. Both teams wooed the former Tampa Bay Rays center fielder earlier this month. The Washington Nationals, who tried to trade for Upton in the past, are reportedly in the hunt as well.
A move by Upton could help set in motion other signings by outfielders, in particular by Josh Hamilton, Michael Bourn, Nick Swisher and Angel Pagan.


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With the trek altitude of 3,300m above the sea level, the Kareri Lake Dharamshala or the Kumarwah Lake is one of the most stunning lakes in Himachal Pradesh. With the melting snow of the Dhauladhar Range as the source of water, this quaint lake and the terrains that leads to it, entices trekkers from different corners of the world.
While the Dhauladhar Range adds to the mesmeric appeal of this lake, the fact that it remains frozen during early December to March/April, serves as the main attraction of this trek. The Kareri Lake trekking originates from the Kangra District of Himachal Pradesh and takes the participants through lush forests, narrow terrains, whirly passes, scenic meadows and much more. Adding more, while on this trek, the trekkers can also participate in local tours and adventure activities like Tyrolean Traversing.
Duration of the Tour: 7N/8D
Altitude: 3,300m
Activities: Lake Visit, Tyrolean Traversing, Local Market Visit
Total Trekking Distance: 29km
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Weekend Adventure at Kikar Lodge, Punjab is one enthralling activity that enables you to enjoy the exotic wildlife species while relaxing in this nature's abode. Walk through the marked trails in the lush-green thickets surrounding the lodge.
While here enjoy the mesmerizing landscapes surrounding your stay. Delight in the pleasant views of wildlife species roaming around the vicinity carefree. For a bird's lover this place is a paradise – view about 180 species of birds in the forest area. Capture these beautiful birds while relaxing in this serene land.
Indulge in some exciting rounds of indoor games, give your opponent a taste of your game by participating in a session of table-tennis. There is no better way to enjoy nature than by exploring it. Walk around the green meadows and delight in your close encounters with beautiful and exotic animal and bird species.
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Stars are all about the shock factor, but in 2012, a couple of the boldest-faced names left the world truly open-mouthed and gob-smacked.
Bond saves the Queen
In her 60 years on the throne, Queen Elizabeth II has never been mistaken for a Bond girl - until London's Summer Olympics.
During the opening ceremony, dashing Daniel Craig, dressed as James Bond, strode into a Buckingham Palace room to find sitting at a desk - the Queen! "Good evening, Mr. Bond," she said, smiling slightly.
The odd couple boarded a helicopter in the back garden and headed for Olympic Stadium. As the chopper hovered over the stadium, the "Queen" - actually a double in the same dress - parachuted down. Then the real Queen arrived more, well, regally, to roars of applause.
Clint steals the convention
A Hollywood royal made a little mischief this summer, too. Clint Eastwood turned up at the Republican National Convention in Tampa in August to give what was supposed to be a five-minute speech blessing GOP presidential candidate Mitt Romney. But no-one imagined he could be incoherent.
And not funny.
The Oscar winner delivered a rambling 12-minute monologue directed toward an empty chair meant to represent President Obama. Instantly, reporters pronounced the moment the weirdest ever in convention history, and Twitter lit up. Film critic Roger Ebert tweeted: "Clint, my hero, is coming across as sad and pathetic."
Obama's team tweeted a picture of the back of a chair with the back of Obama's head above it and the line, "This seat is taken."
Romney later said he laughed at the performance. Eastwood seemed to brush the whole thing off, telling USA TODAY: "It was just a private-life deal that came over me at the last minute."
Anne Hathaway skips the underwear
Taking quite a departure from her cheery, good-girl image, the Golden Globe-nominated actress vamped it up on the red carpet at the New York premiere of Les Miserables in a fitted black Tom Ford gown, which she wore with a pair of complex, over-the-knee (and over-the-top) bondage-inspired boots, also by Ford.
But Hathaway's night got off to an, um, interesting start, when photographers snapped her bare crotch as she got out of the car. Oops!


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Banana Bungalow West Hollywood
This groovy hostel has a hip crowd, free BBQs and so many tours you'll never run out of stuff to do!!
Banana Bungalow West Hollywood can be found on the Melrose strip on the west side of Hollywood, bordering Beverly Hills.
Our super-clean hotel-style building has a cool design and is in a great location and features a Tiki courtyard, perfect for sunbathing.
We offer dorm rooms, each catering for up to six people. Private ensuite bathrooms are in every room. Rates include free linens.
Stay in touch with those from home using our Internet connection and free Wi-Fi.
Relax and get to know your fellow travellers (a fun international crowd) at our regular free BBQs and gatherings – there's also a kitchen available where you can cook a meal after a day's sightseeing. Movie nights are also run frequently at the hostel.
We have free breakfast, free coffee and tea, free parking and more.
Our friendly staff organise many activities including pub crawls, poker nights, canyon tours and karaoke nights to ensure you have an enjoyable stay and get to know your fellow travellers.
We also offer discounted tours and a shuttle to Disneyland, Six Flags, Magic Mountain, L.A./Hollywood City Tour, Venice Beach, Knott's Berry Farm, stars' homes and Sea World.
Car rental is also available - please enquire at reception.
Availability & RatesTo view availability and prices please select dates and click 'Update Dates'
Hostel Facilities & Policies
- 24 Hour Security
- Air Conditioning
- Bicycle parking
- Board Games
- Book Exchange
- Free Breakfast
- Cable TV
- Card Phones
- Common Room
- Credit Cards Accepted
- Elevator
- Telephone/Fax Facilities
- Free City Maps
- Free Internet Access
- Free Parking
- Free WiFi
- Foosball
- Games Room
- Fitness Centre
- Hair Dryers
- Hair Dryers For Hire
- Hot Showers
- House Keeping
- Internet Access
- Self-Catering Facilities
- Late check-out
- Laundry Facilities
- Linen Included
- Security Lockers
- Luggage Storage
- Meals Available
- No Curfew
- Outdoor Terrace
- Parking
- Pool Table
- Reception (limited hours)
- Steam Room
- Taxes not included
- Tea & Coffee Making Facilities
- Tours/Travel Desk
- Towels Included
- Vending Machines
- Washing Machine
Cancellation PolicyThis property has a 2 day cancellation policy. Failure to cancel within this time will result in a cancellation charge equal to the first night of your stay.
Must-Read Hostel InfoThis property has specific Terms & Conditions.
Taxes are not included in listed prices. A 14% city and hotel tax are added at check in. Check in starts at 2 pm. Check out is 11 am. At check in, international guests must present a valid passport. US residents must present valid government issued identification (ie: drivers license, state id card, passport). Guests may also be asked to present proof of onward travel. Please do not reserve a dorm without proof of current travel or you will not be accepted at check-in, sorry. Please reserve a private room if you have no proof of travel. Anyone under 18 must be accompanied by a guardian. Guests under 16 permitted only in private rooms unless an entire dorm is rented. Couples must reserve two beds. There is an administrative fee of four percent per transaction for any payment made to the hostel.
There is a discount of four percent per transaction for any cash payment made to the hostel. We try to put people traveling together in the same dorm room, however, due to availability, there is a slight chance parties booking dorms will be in separate rooms. Thank you for staying with us !
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From Los Angeles International Airport (LAX):
By shuttle: Shuttles available outside luggage claim area.
By car: Take Century Blvd east for 1.5 miles. Make a left on La Cienega and head north for 9.6 miles. Make a right on Melrose Avenue and head east for 0.7 miles. Make a right on Fairfax then a right on Clinton and park in the basement. Our address is 603 N. Fairfax Avenue in West Hollywood on the corner of Fairfax and Clinton. If you hit Beverly, you went too far.
From Downtown Los Angeles Alameda Union Train Station:
By car: Take Alameda Street South for 0.1 miles. Get on the 101 Freeway north and go 3.8 miles. Get off on the Melrose Avenue exit and turn left, heading west for 3.7 miles. Make a left on Fairfax then a right on Clinton and park in the basement. If you hit Beverly Blvd, you went to far.
By metro: If you don't have a car, take the Metro (subway) to the Hollywood and Highland stop, then take the local bus #217 heading west on Hollywood Boulevard to Fairfax and Melrose. Then walk one block south to 603 N. Fairfax Avenue.
From the Downtown Los Angeles Greyhound Bus Station:
By car: Make aright onto 7th street and head west for 0.2 miles. Make a right on S. Alameda and head north for 1.4 miles. Get on the 101 Freeway going north for 5.5 miles. Take the Melrose Avenue exit and make a left, heading west for 2.5 miles. Make a left on Fairfax then a right on Clinton and park in the basement. If you hit Beverly Blvd, you went too far.
By metro: If you don't have a car, take the Metro to the Hollywood and Highland stop, then take the local bus #217 heading West on Hollywood Boulevard to Fairfax and Melrose. Then walk one block South to 603 N. Fairfax Avenue.
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The Melrose area is a very special part of Los Angeles. It is located on the West side of Hollywood and borders Beverly Hills, you can walk to many of the great experiences that Hollywood has to offer plus you will be centrally located to access all the sights and sounds of LA.
Melrose itself is a fantastic place to shop, eat, beautiful people watch and check out the latest worldwide trends in clothing, music, fashion and food, easily, safely and all on a traveler's budget.


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The Regnum Christi Movement offers its members some guidelines of a gospel-based spirituality as an ideal of Christian life. The spiritual path that Regnum Christi members walk mainly consists in knowing, loving, imitating, and proclaiming Christ. This is the path and these are the goals.
Below, we offer some resources that can help nurture the spiritual life of Movement members and of any Christian.
Daily Prayer 2013-05-17
Listen to podcast version here.
Father Walter Schu, LC
John 21:15-19
After Jesus had revealed
himself to his disciples and eaten breakfast with them,
he said to Simon Peter, "Simon, son of John,
do you love me more than these?" He said to
him, "Yes, Lord, you know that I love you."
He said to him, "Feed my lambs." He then
said to him a second time, "Simon, son of John,
do you love me?" He said to him, "Yes,
Lord, you know that I love you." He said
to him, "Tend my sheep." He said to him the
third time, "Simon, son of John, do you love
me?" Peter was distressed that he had said to
him a third time, "Do you love me?" and he
said to him, "Lord, you know everything; you know
that I love you." Jesus said to him, "Feed
my sheep. Amen, amen, I say to you, when you
were younger, you used to dress yourself and go
where you wanted; but when you grow old, you
will stretch out your hands, and someone else will dress
you and lead you where you do not want
to go." He said this signifying by what kind of
death he would glorify God. And when he had
said this, he said to him, "Follow me."
Prayer:Lord, I believe in you and all that you
have revealed for our salvation. I hope in you
because of your overflowing mercy. Every single act of
yours on this earth demonstrated your love for us. Your
ascent into heaven before the eyes of the Apostles
inspires my hope of one day joining you there.
I love you and wish you to be the center
of my life.
Petition:Lord, help me to respond with
love to your self-giving love.
1. "Do You Love Me?"
The moment for which Christ has been preparing ever
since his Resurrection has arrived. He is alone with
Peter. Their last encounter before Jesus' death was that
sad occasion when Christ looked at Peter, forgiving him after
his threefold denial. Now Christ takes Peter a little
apart from the others and gives him the opportunity
to affirm a threefold pledge of his love. The one,
supreme condition for Christ to renew Peter's commission to
tend his sheep is Peter's love for his Master.
Love is the one, supreme condition for each of us
who aspires to be an apostle. Peter's love has
been purified by his betrayal of Christ during the
Passion: It has been chastened and humbled. Now Peter
entrusts everything -- even his love -- into Christ's hands:
"Yes, Lord, you know that I love you." Do
my failures enable me to love Christ more, with
greater trust?
2. "Can Love Be Commanded?" Pope Emeritus Benedict
XVI poses a provocative question in his first encyclical,
Deus Caritas Est (God is Love). How can Christ
demand love from us in order for us to
be his followers, his apostles? Pope Emeritus Benedict clarifies,
"Love cannot be commanded; it is ultimately a feeling
that is either there or not, nor can it
be produced by the will" (no. 16). The response to
this apparent quandary is twofold. In the first place,
love can be commanded because it has first been
given. "God does not demand of us a feeling which
we ourselves are incapable of producing. He loves us,
he makes us see and experience his love, and since
he has 'loved us first,' love can also blossom
as a response within us" (no. 17). In the second
place, "it is clearly revealed that love is not
merely a sentiment. Sentiments come and go. A sentiment
can be a marvelous first spark, but it is not
the fullness of love" (no. 17).
3. "Love in
Its Most Radical Form" What, then, is the essence of
love, that love which Christ first gave to us
and which he in turn demands of us as his
followers? "It is characteristic of a mature love that
it calls into play all man's potentialities; it engages
the whole man, so to speak. Contact with the
visible manifestations of God's love can awaken within us a
feeling of joy born of the experience of being
loved. But this encounter also engages our will and
our intellect. Acknowledgment of the living God is one path
towards love, and the 'yes' of our will to
his will unites our intellect, will and sentiments in
the all-embracing act of love" (Deus Caritas Est, no. 17).
As Pope John Paul the Great has phrased it so
many times, true love is the gift of one's
entire self.
Conversation with Christ: Thank you, Lord, for
helping me to see, through Pope John Paul the
Great, Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI and Pope Francis, the
meaning of authentic love. Thank you for your limitless love
for me. Your love is the standard to which
my own poor love must rise.
Resolution:I will give
myself to Christ today in acts of love that embrace
my whole person: intellect, will and sentiments.
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A former teammate of Michael Schumacher, "Rubinho" is known as being one of the most excitable drivers in Formula One. "I don't think I am the type who controls his emotions very much," he confesses. "When the really big things like that happen to you in your life, you just have to surrender to them and give in to your emotions."
Rubens Barrichello BiographyRubens Barrichello hasn't always played second fiddle. Long before joining Michael Schumacher at Ferrari, the Sao Paulo speedster was a bonafide star in his native country, winning five Brazilian Karting championships. Although the scenery and cars changed in the years that followed, the results didn't as Rubinho collected championships in the Formula Lotus and British Formula 3 series.
Barrichello officially made his F1 debut in 1993 for Jordan, going on to enjoy four productive seasons with the team. When his relationship with Eddie Jordan went downhill, however, the Brazilian chose to jump ship for the newly formed Stewart Grand Prix in 1997. Although Rubinho's numbers were hardly dazzling, his performance with the team was solid enough to attract the attention of Ferrari. He again switched allegiances in 2000 and became teammates with Michael Schumacher.
Driving alongside the seven-time champ gave Barrichello just the boost his career needed. He immediately responded by collecting his first Grand Prix win at Hockenheim later that year, en route to finishing the season with an astounding 62 points. But the best was still yet to come.
Over the next four years Rubinho would finish the season second in the Driver's Championship not once, but twice. His most impressive performance came in 2004 when he finished the season with two wins, 14 podium finishes, four pole positions, four fastest laps, and a total of 114 points. In fact, only Schumacher was faster.
Tired of performing in the German's shadow, Barrichello announced that he would be leaving Ferrari at the end of the 2005 season. He currently races for Honda F1 alongside Jenson Button.
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Angry Robot Books continues to publish some of the coolest new sci-fi and fantasy around. Thanks to a bullpen full of both veteran writers and up-and-coming talent, this new publisher hit bookshelves in 2009 and has taken readers by storm with its broad offerings, including Andy Remic's latest series, The Clockwork Vampire Chronicles.
Set in a fantastical world where machine vampires ruthlessly cull the living and a simple, old warrior named Kell stands ready to wage war to defend hearth and home, The Clockwork Vampire Chronicles continues with its second installment in Soul Stealers.
Fans of author Andy Remic know him best for his hardcore combat and non-stop action. Whether its in his near-future Spiral trilogy, the on-going sci-fi adventures of Combat K or the first entry in the The Clockwork Vampire Chronicles, Kell's Legend (reviewed here), Remic has a distinct way of writing that bleeds off the page and runs deep with descriptive combat, harsh violence, black humor, and breakneck pacing.
Now, with Soul Stealers, fans of Kell's Legend can pick up where we last left our hero Kell and his crew. Hunted by the Vachine (machine vampires), Kell seeks reinforcements with the hopes of fighting back against the overwhelming hordes of life-draining enemy. However, a pair of deadly vampire assassins have begun tracking Kell. Assigned to bring about Kell's death no matter the consequences, this deadly pair won't stop until he's dead... or they are.
Like Kell's Legend, Soul Stealers is the epitome of a page-turner, tempting the reader to finish just one more page, over and over again until the story's complete. Engrossing and exciting, this second book in the series allows Remic to flesh out his characters and depart further from the homage to classic fantasy writer David Gemmell's fan-favorite character Druss, which some readers saw as a crutch in the first book.
In this, the second book, Remic turns even more to his own devices, clearly establishing Kell as an anti-hero and character all his own, further fleshing out this angry, old warrior with an attitude as sharp as his demonic axe. An anti-hero for the ages, the main character of Kell makes for a fine addition to the heroic fantasy genre and fans of this genre will immediately either fall in love or despise the character.
Likewise, Remic further develops the character of Saark, whose past is filled with regrettable, despicable actions and events. Both men and their relationship help define this on-going saga, which is at once both the quest and the battle. Telling old tales in new ways and new tales in old ways, the story of the Clockwork Vampires and their rise (and hopefully fall or defeat?) continues to enthrall readers thanks to Remic's breakneck pace and descriptive and violent style.
Filled with edge of your seat suspense that'll have you reading non-stop, violent action that'll leave you breathless and begging for relief, and characters that'll have you cheering for victory and crying for revenge, Soul Stealers is a worthy sequel to Kell's Legend. Remic continues to prove himself a worthy successor to David Gemmell's heroic fantasy lineage.
Soul Stealers: Book II of The Clockwork Vampire Chronicles is available now wherever fine books are sold. Be sure to watch for Vampire Warlords: Book III of The Clockwork Vampire Chronicles in June of 2011.
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Former Harlequins director of rugby Dean Richards takes no credit for last season's Premiership title triumph – only pleasure.
The 49-year-old returned to the rugby spotlight earlier this week as his three-year Bloodgate ban finally ended to allow him to take full control at relegated Newcastle Falcons for their coming Championship campaign.
Eleven of the players on duty for the club's fateful Heineken Cup quarter-final clash with Leinster in April 2009, were in the squad that beat Leicester Tigers to claim the Premiership title at Twickenham three years on.
And Tom Williams, Jordan Turner-Hall, Ugo Monye and Nick Easter were in Richards' first National Division One squad to start that campaign at Pertemps Bees.
As a result, the Welford Road legend is credited with putting many of the building blocks in place that helped current Stoop chief Conor O'Shea and his men triumph last season with the Irishman paying tribute to his predecessor during the title celebrations.
But Richards insisted the success was all down to the current set-up.
"The team have moved on. There were two or three new faces that started the final," he said.
"But even so, the side has evolved. It has got more mature in the way they look at life. They are no longer young guys and are a little bit wiser in themselves.
"I look at it with pleasure for the guys to have won what they won and the manner they won it. I was delighted for them.
"And especially for people who were there around the same time like Tony Russ, Collin Osborne and Andy Friend – who was also part of the journey – who put the blocks in place.
"I was a part of the team that did that, but it just gave me pleasure to see them get what they deserved."
Richards, who had more than one offer to return to the game, famously led Quins back into the top flight at the first attempt following their enforced sabbatical in the second tier of English rugby in 2005.
And Richards, who signed former Stoop stars Chris York and Waisea Luveniyali this summer, is relishing the chance to repeat the trick with the Falcons and make them a Premiership force once more.
"I have huge regrets and would never ever do the same thing again," he said.
"But I have the same ambitions to win things and same passions. Nothing has chan- ged in terms of my appetite to games of rugby.
"As I know with Quins, there is nothing at all that is a given in this Championship. Any side on their day can beat any other side. You only need a slight off day and you can be taken to the cleaners.
"It is my goal to establish Newcastle as a rugby strong hold, whether that is in a year, two years, five years or whatever. The potential within this area is absolutely massive."


text: Got apps? These 3 West Virginia college students sure do By Douglas Imbrogno December 29, 2012 Story Share Douglas Imbrogno Computer science college majors (from left) Logan Spears, Ricky Kirkendall II and Sam McLaughlin haven't waited to get their degrees before launching a busy mobile apps development company, called FloCo Apps. CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- If they were a band, you might call them The App Boys.They're not a band, but a busy-as-can-be LLC called FloCo Apps, a mobile application development firm split between Morgantown, Huntington and just about anywhere else in the world.The three Charleston natives behind the company are also, it should be noted, still computer science majors in college: two, Logan Spears and Sam McLaughlin at West Virginia University, and one, Ricky Kirkendall II, at Marshall University."We all went to George Washington High School. We knew each other there forever. Logan was a year ahead of Ricky and me," says McLaughlin who, like Kirkendall, is 20, while Spears is the old guy, at 22.If you ever had doubts that the courses high schools offer can directly affect lives, observe that all three took Karen Donathan's computer science class at G.W., one of a handful offered in high schools across the Mountain State."Ricky and I were always in the computer science lab," McLaughlin said. "That's where we found our interest."That interest has blossomed into a company that designs, writes and maintains apps for mobile devices, working remotely via Skype and other online collaborative tools with clients and partners around the state, nation and world."We've had a few local businesses," McClaughlin said, "but most of our stuff has been outside the state."FloCo, which specializes in IOS apps but can design for platforms other than Apple products, has worked with about a dozen businesses, including the American Foundation for the Blind and Mercer, a Fortune 500 human resources company.For Mercer, they designed and maintain an iPad and iPhone newsreader app for viewing the company's subscription newsletter, Mercer Select, which previously had been available only online.For the American Foundation for the Blind, they exploited the power of the iPhone and iPad to create an app version of the association's AccessWorld blog for blind and visually impaired users.Apple devices have a Voiceover feature which lets you swipe to hear the device read out the next element on the screen, said Kirkendall, whose college internship with the foundation led to the job. "We made an app that essentially 'reads' AccessWorld," he said. "It's essentially a mobile version for their online publication."Since the app went live just over a year ago, it has increased readership of the publication by about 40 percent, said Kirkendall. "Most of the readers of AccessWorld are now on the iPhone or iPad, using the app."A point worth clarifying is that FloCo -- online at flocoapps.com -- does not generally develop entrepreneurial apps and diversions like, say, Angry Birds or Instagram, hoping for a huge score in Apple's app store. "What we do mostly is companies -- they would come to us and want an app for their own business interests and pay us directly," McLaughlin said. "Normally, we don't deal with taking a cut of the actual revenue."FloCo Apps was launched in Spring 2011, and if you were wondering about the name, know this: There's not much to wonder about, said McLaughlin."It was just off the top of the head. I wish we had a better story about the name. I guess I could come up with some deep religious symbolism behind it."While they maintain an office space in the former United Bank building in Morgantown, the three friends work remotely from wherever they might be.They share ideas and work from either end of the state's two university poles, while also working digitally with clients they might never actually meet. For instance, that contract with Fortune 500 company Mercer?"We've never had physical contact with them," Spears said. "We work completely remotely. Sam talks by conference and video call to them every day." Welcome to the world of collaborative digital work in West Virginia, circa 2012."It's still a completely seamless work environment," added Kirkendall. All that said, these young app masters would love to see a Mountain State version of Silicon Valley come to be -- has 'Silicon Holler' been copyrighted yet?They talk about such a thing happening in a place like Charleston, powered by the state's two major universities and other digital entrepreneurs like themselves.There are benefits, after all, to being in a room together and bouncing ideas off a live human being, the trio concedes."Charleston has the opportunity to kind of leapfrog," said Spears. "You don't need infrastructure as much. You just need the desire and knowledge base to do it. Then you really have an opportunity to attack this industry and get people involved."There's certainly enough work out there, Spears added."We're not looking to be the only people here to have a monopoly on the app industry. We need more people in our industry -- it's a cooperative thing. There's enough software to go around."McLaughlin underscored the point."The best way it put it is, we've actually turned down business. Not because we didn't want to work on it, we just didn't have the time. That's all we can do. And that's crazy."While FloCo is certainly nowhere near a million-dollar company yet, it is doing well enough, McLaughlin said."I can give you a rough range -- I'd say $100,000. Obviously, we don't want to give away too much. We're not living on Ramen noodles -- anymore, at least."They have investors and supporters and a growing list of collaborators."We did get a $50,000 venture capital investment in August -- we've been working with that," McLaughlin said. "We have a strategic partner in Charleston. He's kind of managing the sales and all that kind of stuff. We can then focus on the technical side, the implementation and all that."All three are eager to finish school, since keeping up with coursework while keeping up with contract work for clients can be maddening."It's rough going to school and programming and not getting paid for it -- then to actually have projects you're working on that could have a sizable impact. And not being able to work on one because you're working on another," McLaughlin said.Needless to say, one of the things they offer clients is the fact that the three will be working whenever, however and wherever they are to finish projects.Which means FloCo's Morgantown contingent will not likely be found regularly clubbing late on weekends or doing what some WVU students do to furniture after football games."We don't get to go out on Friday night and do that whole thing," McLaughlin said. "Not burning any couches."Early on in conceiving the business, the three bet on the coming mobile computing revolution, which is transforming the way people interact on the fly with the interconnected world through phones and tablets."For instance, Twitter has a website and Twitter has an app," Spears noted. "Their app usage is much higher than the website now. That was the opposite two years ago."This means that FloCo has to be fast on its feet or at "the bleeding edge," as Spears puts it. Which is why FloCo's app-makers can write code in Objective C for Apple devices, Java for the Android platform, Ruby for server-side needs, and Dart, a recently released open-source programming language from Google."One of the things people gather about us pretty quickly is we're pretty quick learners," McLaughlin said. "You have to be, in this business."A final thing to know about FloCo is a comment by McLaughlin that could well serve as a credo for this young company powered by a few young guys."For all of us, work is what we're here to do," he said. "We're just trying to build stuff."Reach Douglas Imbrogno at email@example.com or 304-348-3017. Story Share Story Share Trending Now 1 Congressional opioid investigation targets drug wholesaler Miami-Luken 2 Facebook founder visits Cabin Creek Health Systems 3 WVU hopes to get injured defenders back for TCU 4 Safety shutoff disabled prior to June coal-mining death, report says 5 Rhode Island bank claims Justice companies owe $4.2M on helicopter loan 'Fiscal cliff' has medicine nervous Previous Story Ballard artist turns trash into treasure Next Story


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|Liturgical Protestantism
|Written by Peter J. Leithart
|Wednesday, 16 December 2009 09:40
Where should evangelicalism be going ? D. G. Hart thinks he knows. Evangelicalism has capitulated to American pragmatism and needs to move in a Confessional direction if it wants to recover its soul. For Hart, Confessionalism's strength lies in its recognition of a strict separation of holy and profane. The church's business is the salvation of souls, not the improvement of human life in time or the shaping of the public square, and the church attends to this business by pastoral care through word and sacrament. As this sacred/secular divide focus the church's attention on its spiritual ministry, it simultaneously frees Christians to participate fully in a pluralistic public world.
I disagree. Instead of Confessional Protestantism, I believe that the model of "liturgical Protestantism" provides a more fruitful path for the future.
Why? For starters, Confessional Protestantism as Hart describes it represents a profound accommodation to the world – as fundamental as the accommodation he finds in evangelicalism. For if evangelicalism falls prey to the pragmatism of American culture, Hart's Confessional Protestantism falls prey to the myth of the secular that is the dominant myth of the modern era. Liturgical Protestantism represents a preferable alternative because it not only challenges the pragmatism of evangelicalism but also the dichotomies of sacred/secular, public/private, religious/political of Hart's version of Confessional Protestantism.
Liturgical Protestantism challenges these dichotomies while recognizing the virtues of Confessional Protestantism and without falling prey to the often unfocused, more often unchurchly, activism evangelicals have indulged since the nineteenth century. Like the Catholic nouvelle theologie, liturgical Protestantism recognizes that Christianity is essentially social and public, and insists that the church engages the world precisely in being church.
Liturgical Protestantism is fundamentally catholic. It is catholic not because it reduces Confessional requirements or advocates a pietist non-Confessionalism. It is catholic because it recognizes that the center of the church's life and identity is not humanly constructed Confessions but the God-Man Jesus, communicated to His people through word and sacrament.
Finally, liturgical Protestantism coopts Confessional Protestantism and drags Confessionalists, kicking and screaming, into relevance. For Confessional Protestants, Hart argues, religion exists for religious ends: "For both Calvinists and Lutherans, the church formally considered has specific tasks to perform, most of which are transacted or revolve around public worship." Such forms are "crucial elements of confessional Protestant devotion since they provide the nurture that the life of pilgrimage requires." It is evident, then, that "confessional Protestants construe religious activity much more narrowly than pietists."
Hart is right, but Confessional Protestants are far more relevant than they imagine or wish to be. They are Jonahs, surly prophets who keep transforming pagan sailors and cities in spite of themselves. Every time they open their mouths in prayer or song, they change the world of baking and banking, without ever leaving the precincts of their sacred space. Every time they share a common meal of bread and wine, they enjoy the new creation in the midst of the old, and the resurrection life given in baked bread and fermented wine seeps out into the world of baking and banking.
I have a dream: My dream is that Confessional Protestants, having devoted themselves to their rites and hymnals, having assembled for Eucharist and common prayer, having studied to be irrelevant, will find that their trumpets have brought down the walls of a city, and, standing stupefied before the rubble of Jericho, they will stare at the evangelical hordes that surround them, and ask, What next?
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Thanks in advance, to Hicks (Mal).
I like them all. Now dont forget Canadian as a mood
and Smashy
Squashing as in the sport
Actually, the stabbing one is about my limit.
It's been added, and the others have been updated (you may need to clear your cache to see the change, or at the very least refresh this page).
Thanks, Hicks!
Yeah, they've been pushing your limits to start off with - please don't feel as though you have to put them up if you think they're going "too far". I'm just finding it fun to make them.
I'll only be doing the more laid back ones now (I wasn't actually planning on doing the erotic one...I think I'd need size 1 font haha).
So, here is the newest one...requested by PigNash...
Thanks again!!!
Can you make one for "Shiny" (see Firefly [TV show] to understand the context). If you've never seen the show, it's loosely meant as "cool" or "neat" or whathaveyou. Something from the show included would be awesome. Probably the character Kaylee.
May be asking too much, and I understand if that's the case.
These are Such good.
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Harpery. with a Ben HArper target
Oh, and we could probably use (for later seasons, of course ) a serious one for "Pacer Pride"
I'll start working on it now. I've never seen the show, but I can see where I get, and ask you for help if I get lost.
And I was thinking of a "paper-bag" one too for Bball and the like.
Good call - Bball will prefer aluminum
Paper bag for Shade when things start to get real tough.
Can you make a mood for "Chunky" that has my man Chunk from the Goonies in it?
I've got one for us XKCD fans:
nice. I need to learn how to make em. Damn stuff that I dont have knowledge on.
i just made it in paint.
I'm trying to do Shiny, but I can't get Kaylee's face to stay sharp at that small of a size.
I am doing it right now. It is taking some work, but coming along nicely.
I tried to do it with Jayne and his silly hat, with similar results.