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How an Engineer found meaning and perspective for her life while giving a little piece of her heart to a boy in Peru.
Ann Marie Weitzel '99 was a little disillusioned with her career and looking for more meaning in her life when serendipity intervened and introduced her to Jorge, a charmer with luminous brown eyes and a fetching smile.
This Peruvian dreamboat was one of 10 orphaned infants Weitzel helped care for during a two-month volunteer abroad experience with Cross-Cultural Solutions (CCS), an international not-for-profit organization with volunteer sites in 10 countries.
Weitzel was a successful career woman working for Sun Microsystems when she read an article about a newspaper editor who volunteered to teach English to Buddhist monks in Thailand for CCS. "Her company supported her volunteerism," said Weitzel, "and she didn't have to give up her job to do something meaningful. Something clicked in my head and I thought 'I can do this too,'" she said.
"I was looking for something more meaningful to do with my life. I had realized success was not based on material wealth," she said. "I know there are a lot of sources out there telling you that, but I think it's something you have to realize on your own.
"At first I was nervous about what people would think," Weitzel admitted. "I was afraid they would see it as bailing out and wonder what was wrong with me that I would leave a successful career in a field where there had been waves of lay-offs."
Sun Microsystems is a producer of computer software and hardware with a vision to develop technologies that power the world's most important markets. Weitzel, a Manufacturing Engineering major at Kettering University, had worked as a co-op employee at Standard Products during college. After meeting Marissa Peterson '83, executive vice president at Sun, at a Kettering event, she applied to work for Sun after graduation.
In the five years following the dot com bubble burst and subsequent downsizing at Sun, she not only kept her job, she received a number of promotions during this time. This added to the worry that her decision to take time off to volunteer would be criticized, or worse, cost Weitzel her job.
"But it felt right," she said. So she forged ahead and told her husband, Braden Robison '98, another Kettering alum about what she wanted to do. "He was very supportive, so I started telling my family and friends." Their approval and support encouraged her to tell her manager at work. "If he wasn't supportive I was willing to quit," she said explaining how important it was for her to do this volunteer project.
Her manager said her request for time off was do-able and so Weitzel applied to CCS. Her first choice was to work on a project in India, but cost and distance from home became deciding factors and she wound up in Ayacucho, a town in the mountains of Peru, helping out with Jorge and nine other orphans in September and October of 2005.
She chose CCS because "they weren't trying to impose ideas of what was needed in a community, they worked with the community to identify their needs. That appealed to me," she said.
She thinks she was assigned to work with orphans under the age of one because of her skills assessment for CCS. "They asked if I could cook, had any teaching experience or could speak a foreign language - I said no, no and no, so I was assigned to the orphanage to work with babies who couldn't talk yet," she said.
The orphanage, overseen by a group of Catholic nuns, was founded to take in children orphaned by the Shining Path, a Maoist guerilla insurgent organization in Peru, preferring to be called the Communist Party of Peru. "Now it exists more because of extreme poverty and families not having resources to take care of their children," Weitzel said.
The baby room was part of a larger unit that housed only girls. "Normally there were 10 babies and two caregivers," Weitzel said. "From the standpoint of basic needs they were well cared for, but it was little like a production line just to get everyone fed, diapered and dressed every day."
"It was my job to give them one-on-one attention the regular caregivers didn't have time for," she said, "it was the best job ever!" Knowing what her assignment was, Weitzel did some reading on infant development prior to arriving in Peru. "I worked with them doing exercises for their developmental stages," she said. "The regular caregivers didn't encourage mobility out of necessity - too many little people to have rolling and crawling with only two adults on hand."
Weitzel developed a special bond with Jorge. "He would light up and become very animated when an adult would pick him up," she said. "I could see he had something special about him." The day before she left Peru, Jorge rewarded her work with him by sitting up on his own.
"I know he'll never remember me," she said, "but I did something for him that will have a lasting affect on his development. It wasn't just making a product for a company, it was touching someone's life."
After leaving the orphanage Weitzel traveled in Peru for a week before returning home. Her thoughts kept returning to the little charmer in the mountains. "I thought about him every day and wondered what his day was like," she said. "There was something special in his eyes, he'll always be a part of my heart."
Her attachment to Jorge was so strong, Weitzel researched adoption laws in Peru thinking she could take that little piece of her heart home with her to the U.S. But Peru has very strict adoption laws, she found, allowing only Peruvians and those of Peruvian descent to adopt Peruvian children.
So she carries photos in her laptop and memories in her heart, and every day she wears a silver bracelet that she bought in Peru. It serves as a visual reminder of the lessons she learned, including: that you have to find your own happiness and not worry what others think, you need to trust that the people who care about you will support you, there are more important things in life than financial wealth, and everything happens for a reason.
"The trick is trying to keep those lessons fresh in your mind," she said, "to hold on to those feelings and not slip back into the rat race."
In one of those "everything happens for a reason" incidents, when Weitzel was preparing to return to work, she was offered a position on a project at Sun that needed a manager. "It was exactly the opportunity I had been looking for professionally before I decided I had to look elsewhere for meaning," she said.
She returned to work in January and has since been enjoying the challenges and responsibilities of her new position. But she tries to keep her perspective. "I don't work 12-hour days anymore," she said. "I work really hard during the work day, but I'm not tied to work as much as I used to be. My job is not who I am."
Weitzel was on campus May 11 to share her experiences with the B-Section chapter of Engineers Without Borders (EWB). She detoured to Flint on her way home from a business trip to let current students know how empowering it can be to unplug from a hectic schedule and immerse oneself in another culture. Her visit was cosponsored by EWB, the Office of Women Student Affairs and Student Alumni Council.
"Coming to Kettering and talking about my experience with CCS has been a good reminder of the lessons I learned in Peru," she said. In a "pay it forward" way, her visit offered encouragement to the Kettering EWB chapters who are planning community volunteer projects in Flint and Louisiana.
Everything happens for a reason.
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Liberty's Back ; the Famous Symbol of America Reopens to Tourists Tuesday
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Now it is revered as a national symbol, but in the beginning the Statue of Liberty didn't get much respect. France's grand gift of friendship was first greeted with an "it'll never happen" attitude from Americans. When it began to look as though the French were going to pull it off, the project was dismissed as "New York's lighthouse," not a national treasure.
On Sept. 11, 2001, the statue of "Liberty Enlightening the World" (its actual title) was closed to the public. Officials were concerned that the statue would be the target of a terrorist attack.
The statue is scheduled to be reopened Tuesday, though visitors will no longer be able to climb the stairs to the viewing platform in the crown. (The ladder to the torch has been closed since 1916.) Visitors will gaze up into the statue's interior through a thick glass ceiling at the uppermost level of the pedestal. Enhanced lighting and a new video system have been installed. Visitors may walk out onto the pedestal's observation deck once more, but they will have to make reservations to tour inside the pedestal. For the price of a ferry ride anyone can tour Liberty (formerly Bedloe's) Island - and visit the gift shop.
We may have Joseph Pulitzer to thank for the statue being in New York. At one point, funds to build the statue's pedestal had run out, and construction on the barely-begun base had ceased. Meanwhile, workers in France were completing the statue. A committee from Boston reportedly approached the French and offered to host the statue there. San Francisco, Philadelphia, and Cleveland also expressed interest - even Baltimore and Minneapolis. Pulitzer began to campaign tirelessly for the pedestal fund. Within five months, the necessary funds had been raised.
A colossus arises in New York
Summer 1865 Antislavery leader Edouard de Laboulaye conceives the idea for the Statue of Liberty at a gathering in his home near Versailles, France. It is shortly after Lincoln's assassination, an event the French feel deeply. De Laboulaye proposes a very large gift to the United States to honor the historic amitie (friendship) between the two nations. The people of France will create and pay for a statue. The people of America will fund and construct a pedestal for it. Sculptor Frederic Auguste Bartholdi is sent to America to study the situation. By the time he lands in New York, he has an idea.
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Young Innovators Have Until May 1 to Submit C2-MTL Applications
The 2013 edition of C2-MTL's annual global business conference is set to be an exciting three days in Montreal next month. One of the main attractions will be the Intel EYE50, a global search for emerging entrepreneurs.
The competition will seek out 50 people under the age of 30 who are revolutionizing the way we use and benefit from technology. Inspired by Innovation Partner Intel as part of their efforts to globally empower youth through technology, it will provide connections, solutions and advice for young entrepreneurs.
"Every day, young people all over the world are creating, coding and designing in basements, garages and bedrooms, designing products and platforms that will change the way we live and interact with each other," said Benoît Berthiaume, CEO of C2-MTL. "We want to learn from them and provide them with the kind of audience that can give them a head start."
From the 50 applicants, C2-MTL will invite 20 to attend the conference May 21 to 23, 2013. The 20 selected innovators will get the chance to present their idea to the audience as well as qualifying for $100,000 in prizes. Jury-member mentors will help them develop their ideas with "internationally-renowned leaders in business and innovation in attendance." All accommodation and transport will be included for the winners.
Applications end on May 1, so for all those aspiring innovators wishing to tell C2-MTL about their idea, time is running out.
Submission requirements include that participants be under the age of 30 and that the idea has surpassed an ideation phase. A 120-second Youtube video is required, showcasing the idea in action and how it can solve a problem in an innovative manner. As well, a written statement about how technology inspires the applicant and how "your innovation contributes to the enrichment of people's lives and to a better future."
This year's judges include FounderFuel's Ian Jeffrey, Intel Futures Lab's Steve Brown and several others. Born and raised in Montreal, Jeffrey returned to his home city three years ago to take on the general manager role of the FounderFuel accelerator program. He said that he'll do anything to help Montreal flourish as an internationally known innovation hub
"I think that C2 is a great visibility platform for Montreal and Montreal needs as much as it can get," he said. "Some of the things that I want to look for are the motives of the applicants, their overall personality, the size of their vision, and their determination, initiative and drive."
C2-MTL is a not-for-profit organization that re-imagines the concept of the annual international conference to better explore the relationship between commerce and creativity, and its potential to redefine business. Every year, this three-day event brings together leading innovators from every industry for "an immersive experience that challenges the left brain as much as the right."
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The ETNs are designed for investors who seek exposure to the NYSE Arca Equal Weighted Pharmaceutical Total Return Index, an index that is designed to track the performance of the equity securities of a cross-section of global companies involved in various phases of the development, production and marketing of pharmaceuticals. The Index currently comprises stocks and depositary receipts of 16 large cap global pharmaceutical companies.
Payment on the ETNs is linked to the performance of the Index, less an investor fee that is deducted daily at an annualized rate of 0.60%. Investors have the right to require RBS plc to repurchase the ETNs on a daily basis, subject to a minimum repurchase requirement. RBS plc, at its sole discretion, may also redeem the ETNs at any time prior to maturity.
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Adult admission is limited to applicants with Canadian education who are 21 years of age or older by the first day of classes in the semester of intended admission and who do not meet current admission requirements*. There are two Adult Admission categories: Qualified Adult High School Admission and Non-Matriculated Adult Admission. If you fit this category, you should also note the additional information we have provided for you.
*Adults who have both the required high school courses and a competitive average (e.g., 65% or higher) are admissible according to the regular High School admission route, regardless of their age or the length of time they have been out of school.
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This route applies to applicants 21 years of age or older who have completed Canadian high school requirements, with an admission average of at least 60% but less than the prevailing admission cut-off of 65%.
What is required for admission via this route?
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The average of these courses must be at least 60% and none of the courses may have a grade of less than 50%. Blended grades (the average of school and departmental exam grades) will be used where applicable in calculating the admission average.
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Individuals applying via the Qualified Adult High School Admission route are not eligible to be admitted to first-year quota programs (i.e., Pre-Engineering). To be eligible for these programs, applicants would need to upgrade their admission average by retaking some or all of their Grade 12 courses at a high school or college. Applicants would also need to ensure they had the required science or math courses for the intended program.
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This category is intended for applicants 21 years of age by the first day of classes who do not meet minimum University of Lethbridge admission standards. This policy would apply to individuals:
What is required for admission via this route?
Life achievement will be considered for Non-Matriculated Adult admission if it demonstrates skill development relevant to university success. Achievements could include leisure time activities; volunteer or work experience; academic upgrading; test scores indicating university-level reading, writing and math skills; transferable and non-transferable post-secondary work; and, courses taken at the University of Lethbridge as an Open Studies (formerly Unclassified).
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What does the Institute for Lay Formation do?
The Institute for Lay Formation runs the Lay Leadership and Lay Ecclesial Ministry formation programs. The University of St. Mary of the Lake confers a Certificate of Studies to graduates of both programs. In addition, the Institute administers the Critical Needs Scholarship and runs the Lay Ministry Alumni Program.
What is the difference between Lay Leadership and Lay Ecclesial Ministry?
The Lay Leadership program is designed for those seeking deeper knowledge of the faith. Whether for personal enrichment or increased effectiveness in parish work, the program's focus is on ministerial development.
The Lay Ecclesial Ministry program is designed for those who sense a call to professional, committed work in the Church. Lay Ecclesial Ministry is a distinctive vocation recognized and supported in the Archdiocese of Chicago. It prepares students to become pastoral associates, directors of religious education, university campus ministers, and health care ministers.
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I'm building my first wheel set (the back is done, the front is in the works) and I'm wondering what tension the spokes should be. When I true a wheel, I usually just flick them with my finger and listen to it, but I feel like I might as well learn to do something more pro. I have access to a spoke tension-o-meter, but what tension should it read? I'm using mavic ma3 rims and double-butted spokes in front, straight in back. I weigh 135 lbs.
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For applicants for licensure by Ohio examination, the board recognizes the orthotics and prosthetics and pedorthics practitioner-level examinations offered by the American board for certification in orthotics, prosthetics, and pedorthics (ABC). These examinations shall be administered in accordance with the provisions of the agreement between the board and the ABC. In the case of the orthotic and prosthetic examinations, the board shall only require passing scores for the "written" and "written simulation" practitioner examinations.
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30 January 2011 | Video
To highlight the link between people and nature, IUCN partnered with Dilmah Conservation on the production and distribution of this public service announcement. The spot has been released on free to air television stations across the Asia region, and sends viewers to a webpage at: www.iucn.org/learn. IUCN intends to develop local language versions of the public service announcement, to further promote its work at national levels.
To learn more about this campaign and how you can participate, contact:
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Newton Stewart Travel Guide: 9 reviews and 44 photos
Newton Stewart is an important market town. It serves as the centre for a large rural area that includes the vast and sparsely populated Galloway
There are some interesting buildings like the Bridge of Cree, the Town Hall
which dates to 1800. Nearly opposite is the Galloway Arms Hotel.The Parish Church was built in Gothic in style in about 1840 and not far away is the town's Museum situated in an old church.
We didn't have much time to explore this town as we spent most of our time in the forest.
We spent a while in and around Newton Stewart doing practical training when I was a student. For a young man from the semi desert land of Sudan this was the first time to see real forests, dark fragrant areas of light and shade. it was interesting to learn the methods used to extract the felled trees from the forests using horses or tractors.
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I was an American and a Texan legally at birth courtesy of the Constitution before I became a Mexican-American sometime in the mid-1960s courtesy of the civil rights movement and a Hispanic in the 1980's courtesy of the Census Bureau before I became a Latino in the 1990s courtesy of Frank del Olmo of The Los Angeles Times.
I knew and liked Frank and liked Latino very much, and like my family and peers and community and America itself, I was always in the process of becoming. Many years later, I still am all of the above and have become much more—along with the 50 million Hispanics and/or Latinos who have moved America into a new phase and chapter in its history.
Today—the age of information and of a new demography—is not about being Hispanic or Latino. Today is about something else entirely. It is about vision. It is about the road ahead. It is not about a fanciful post-racial history; it is about prelude to survival as the American economy contracts in the face of global competition. Unmindful of what the future has deposited at our doorstep, many of us, forced to use labels to feed demographic data computer banks of a diverse nation, can engage in drawn-out discussions about whether we are Hispanic or Latino or neither.
For me, other definitions about the future matter more, such as leadership—especially leadership of thought that can redefine a community and that gives it greater purpose. The future is not about labels as it is about self-leadership that culminates in personal and professional success.
Others might have time to dwiddle and dwaddle about terms and labels. For me, HispanicLatino suffices. It fits all, combines all. Indeed, the future might well demand that we become more HispanicLatino and more American simultaneously.
Wrestling over names is as old as humankind itself. The battle over what to call Beijing, the capitol city of a nation with more than one billion people, has raged for centuries. HispanicLatinos, who would comprise less than four percent of China's population, could be allowed a fight that has lasted only several decades—but now has to end.
That is not to say the HispanicLatino community is not inchoate. Indeed, it can seem highly disparate. America itself is an amorphous mass. The identity of HispanicLatinos, symbolized by a clash over taglines, is still in the making because America's identity itself is always in the making. This is a monumental consideration for a future that is not going to be what we thought it was – and the manner by which we create the new America will greatly influence what we ultimately become.
A vastly changed economy, a furiously aging and changing population, a fiercely competitive world, a worrisome climate, a loss of faith in institutions—these are the subjects driving the make up of our new being, and the debate they sow and the anxiety they breed is changing the very definition of what an American is. Already, some Americans want to amend the Constitution to exclude many legally-born citizens from being considered Americans. However boorish the threat, the more important point is how easy it seems to change what an American is – revealing a fragility in that nation's identity that is becoming increasingly more fluid and worrisome.
That so fundamental a change as amending the Constitution is milling about casually in the air and that the economic and fiscal condition of the country is increasingly in doubt should be enough to convince HispanicLatinos of the need to develop a new way forward.
HispanicLatinos are a creative, sound and hard-working people. We have survived much because we believe in—and expect—so much more. It matters greatly who we are and what we can become—and how we get there.
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Tunisia plunged into political crisis on February 6 when the assassination of secular opposition politician Chokri Belaid on February 6 ignited the biggest street protests since the overthrow of strongman Zine al-Abidine Ben Ali two years ago.
President Moncef Marzouki asked Larayedh to draw up a government within two weeks after he was formally nominated for prime minister by Ennahda leader Rached Ghannouchi.


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Pharmacodynamics And Pharmacokinetics Of Diclofenac Sodium
Diclofenac sodium is a nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug (NSAID). In pharmacologic studies, diclofenac sodium has shown anti-inflammatory, analgesic, and antipyretic properties. The mechanism of action of diclofenac sodium, like other NSAIDs, is not completely understood but may be related to prostaglandin synthetase inhibition.
Diclofenac sodium is completely absorbed from the GI tract after fasting, oral administration. The diclofenac sodium in ARTHROTEC is in a pharmaceutical formulation that resists dissolution in the low pH of gastric fluid but allows a rapid release of drug in the higher pH environment of the duodenum. Only 50% of the absorbed dose is systemically available due to first pass metabolism. Peak plasma levels are achieved in 2 hours (range 1–4 hours), and the area under the plasma concentration curve (AUC) is dose-proportional within the range of 25 mg to 150 mg. Peak plasma levels are less than dose-proportional and are approximately 1.5 and 2.0 mcg/mL for 50 mg and 75 mg doses, respectively.
Five diclofenac metabolites have been identified in human plasma and urine. The metabolites include 4'hydroxy-, 5-hydroxy-, 3'-hydroxy-, 4',5-dihydroxy-and 3'-hydroxy-4'-methoxy diclofenac. The major diclofenac metabolite, 4'-hydroxy-diclofenac, has very weak pharmacologic activity. The formation of 4'-hydroxy diclofenac is primarily mediated by CYP2C9. Both diclofenac and its oxidative metabolites undergo glucuronidation or sulfation followed by biliary excretion. Acylglucuronidation mediated by UGT2B7 and oxidation mediated by CYP2C8 may also play a role in diclofenac metabolism. CYP3A4 is responsible for the formation of minor metabolites, 5-hydroxy and 3'-hydroxy-diclofenac.
Plasma concentrations of diclofenac sodium decline from peak levels in a biexponential fashion, with the terminal phase having a half-life of approximately 2 hours. Clearance and volume of distribution are about 350 mL/min and 550 mL/kg, respectively. More than 99% of diclofenac sodium is reversibly bound to human plasma albumin.
Diclofenac sodium is eliminated through metabolism and subsequent urinary and biliary excretion of the glucuronide and the sulfate conjugates of the metabolites. Approximately 65% of the dose is excreted in the urine and 35% in the bile.
Conjugates of unchanged diclofenac account for 5–10% of the dose excreted in the urine and for less than 5% excreted in the bile. Little or no unchanged unconjugated drug is excreted. Conjugates of the principal metabolite account for 20–30% of the dose excreted in the urine and for 10–20% of the dose excreted in the bile.
Conjugates of three other metabolites together account for 10–20% of the dose excreted in the urine and for small amounts excreted in the bile. The elimination half-life values for these metabolites are shorter than those for the parent drug. Urinary excretion of an additional metabolite (half-life = 80 hours) accounts for only 1.4% of the oral dose. The degree of accumulation of diclofenac metabolites is unknown. Some of the metabolites may have activity.
Pharmacodynamics And Pharmacokinetics Of Misoprostol
Misoprostol is a synthetic prostaglandin E1 analog with gastric antisecretory and (in animals) mucosal protective properties. NSAIDs inhibit prostaglandin synthesis. A deficiency of prostaglandins within the gastric and duodenal mucosa may lead to diminishing bicarbonate and mucus secretion and may contribute to the mucosal damage caused by NSAIDs.
Misoprostol can increase bicarbonate and mucus production, but in humans this has been shown at doses 200 mcg and above that are also antisecretory. It is therefore not possible to tell whether the ability of misoprostol to reduce the risk of gastric and duodenal ulcers is the result of its antisecretory effect, its mucosal protective effect, or both.
In vitro studies on canine parietal cells using titrated misoprostol acid as the ligand have led to the identification and characterization of specific prostaglandin receptors. Receptor binding is saturable, reversible, and stereo-specific. The sites have a high affinity for misoprostol, for its acid metabolite, and for other E type prostaglandins, but not for F or I prostaglandins and other unrelated compounds, such as histamine or cimetidine. Receptor-site affinity for misoprostol correlates well with an indirect index of antisecretory activity. It is likely that these specific receptors allow misoprostol taken with food to be effective topically, despite the lower serum concentrations attained.
Misoprostol produces a moderate decrease in pepsin concentration during basal conditions, but not during histamine stimulation. It has no significant effect on fasting or postprandial gastrin nor intrinsic factor output.
Effects on Gastric Acid Secretion
Misoprostol, over the range of 50–200 mcg, inhibits basal and nocturnal gastric acid secretion, and acid secretion in response to a variety of stimuli, including meals, histamine, pentagastrin, and coffee. Activity is apparent 30 minutes after oral administration and persists for at least 3 hours. In general, the effects of 50 mcg were modest and shorter-lived, and only the 200 mcg dose had substantial effects on nocturnal secretion or on histamine-and meal-stimulated secretion.
Orally administered misoprostol is rapidly and extensively absorbed, and it undergoes rapid metabolism to its biologically active metabolite, misoprostol acid. Misoprostol acid in ARTHROTEC reaches a maximum plasma concentration in about 20 minutes and is, thereafter, quickly eliminated with an elimination t1/2 of about 30 minutes. There is high variability in plasma levels of misoprostol acid between and within studies, but mean values after single doses show a linear relationship with dose of misoprostol over the range of 200 to 400 mcg. No accumulation of misoprostol acid was found in multiple-dose studies, and plasma steady state was achieved within 2 days. The serum protein binding of misoprostol acid is less than 90% and is concentration-independent in the therapeutic range.
After oral administration of radio-labeled misoprostol, about 70% of detected radioactivity appears in the urine. Maximum plasma concentrations of misoprostol acid are diminished when the dose is taken with food, and total availability of misoprostol acid is reduced by use of concomitant antacid. Clinical trials were conducted with concomitant antacid; this effect does not appear to be clinically important.
Pharmacokinetic studies also showed a lack of drug interaction with antipyrine or propranolol given with misoprostol. Misoprostol given for 1 week had no effect on the steady state pharmacokinetics of diazepam when the two drugs were administered 2 hours apart.
Pharmacokinetics Of ARTHROTEC
The pharmacokinetics following oral administration of a single dose (see Table 1) or multiple doses of ARTHROTEC (diclofenac sodium/misoprostol) to healthy subjects under fasted conditions are similar to the pharmacokinetics of the two individual components.
Table 1
|MISOPROSTOL ACID Mean (SD)
|Cmax (pg/mL)
|tmax (hr)
|AUC (0–4h) (pg•hr/mL)
|441 (137)
|0.30 (0.13)
|266 (95)
|478 (201)
|0.30 (0.10)
|295 (143)
|304 (110)
|0.26 (0.09)
|177 (49)
|290 (130)
|0.35 (0.12)
|176 (58)
|DICLOFENAC Mean (SD)
|Cmax (ng/mL)
|tmax (hr)
|AUC (0-12h) (ng•hr/mL)
|2.4 (1.0)
|1380 (272)
|1298 (441)
|2.4 (1.0)
|1357 (290)
|2025 (2005)
|2.0 (1.4)
|2773 (1347)
|2367 (1318)
|1.9 (0.7)
|SD: Standard deviation of the
AUC: Area under the curve
Cmax: Peak concentration
tmax: Time to peak concentration
The rate and extent of absorption of both diclofenac sodium and misoprostol acid from ARTHROTEC 50 and ARTHROTEC 75 are similar to those from diclofenac sodium and misoprostol formulations each administered alone.
Neither diclofenac sodium nor misoprostol acid accumulated in plasma following repeated doses of ARTHROTEC given every 12 hours under fasted conditions. Food decreases the multiple-dose bioavailability profile of ARTHROTEC 50 and ARTHROTEC 75.
Specific Populations
A 4-week study, comparing plasma level profiles of diclofenac (50 mg bid) in younger (26–46 years) versus older (66–81 years) adults, did not show differences between age groups (10 patients per age group). In a multiple-dose (bid) crossover study of 24 people aged 65 years or older, the misoprostol contained in ARTHROTEC did not affect the pharmacokinetics of diclofenac sodium.
Differences in the pharmacokinetics of diclofenac have not been detected in studies of patients with renal (50 mg intravenously) or hepatic impairment (100 mg oral solution). In patients with renal impairment (N=5, creatinine clearance 3 to 42 mL/min), AUC values and elimination rates were comparable to those in healthy people. In patients with biopsy-confirmed cirrhosis or chronic active hepatitis (variably elevated transaminases and mildly elevated bilirubins, N=10), diclofenac concentrations and urinary elimination values were comparable to those in healthy people.
Pharmacokinetic studies with misoprostol in patients with varying degrees of renal impairment showed an approximate doubling of t1/2 , Cmax, and AUC compared to healthy people. In people over 64 years of age, the AUC for misoprostol acid is increased.
In a study of people with mild to moderate hepatic impairment, mean misoprostol acid AUC and Cmax showed approximately double the mean values obtained in healthy people. Three people who had the lowest antipyrine and lowest indocyanine green clearance values had the highest misoprostol acid AUC and Cmax values.
After a single oral dose of misoprostol to nursing mothers, misoprostol acid was excreted in breast milk. The maximum concentration of misoprostol acid in expressed breast milk was achieved within 1 hour after dosing and was 7.6 pg/mL (CV 37%) and 20.9 pg/mL (CV 77%) after single 200 μg and 600 μg misoprostol administration, respectively. The misoprostol acid concentrations in breast milk declined to < 1 pg/mL at 5 hours post-dose.
Animal Toxicology
A reversible increase in the number of normal surface gastric epithelial cells occurred in the dog, rat, and mouse during long-term toxicology studies with misoprostol. No such increase has been observed in humans administered misoprostol for up to 1 year. An apparent response of the female mouse to misoprostol in long-term studies at 100 to 1000 times the human dose was hyperostosis, mainly of the medulla of sternebrae. Hyperostosis did not occur in long-term studies in the dog and rat and has not been seen in humans treated with misoprostol.
Clinical Studies
Diclofenac sodium, as a single ingredient or in combination with misoprostol, has been shown to be effective in the management of the signs and symptoms of osteoarthritis.
Rheumatoid Arthritis
Diclofenac sodium, as a single ingredient or in combination with misoprostol, has been shown to be effective in the management of the signs and symptoms of rheumatoid arthritis.
Upper Gastrointestinal Safety
Diclofenac, and other NSAIDs, have caused serious gastrointestinal toxicity, such as bleeding, ulceration, and perforation of the stomach, small intestine or large intestine. Misoprostol has been shown to reduce the incidence of endoscopically diagnosed NSAID-induced gastric and duodenal ulcers. In a 12-week, randomized, double-blind, dose-response study, misoprostol 200 mcg administered qid, tid, or bid, was significantly more effective than placebo in reducing the incidence of gastric ulcer in OA and RA patients using a variety of NSAIDs. The tid regimen was therapeutically equivalent to misoprostol 200 mcg qid with respect to the prevention of gastric ulcers. Misoprostol 200 mcg given bid was less effective than 200 mcg given tid or qid. The incidence of NSAID-induced duodenal ulcer was also significantly reduced with all three regimens of misoprostol compared to placebo (see Table 2).
Table 2
|Misoprostol 200 mcg Dosage Regimen
|Gastric ulcer
|Duodenal ulcer
|N=1623; 12 weeks
*Misoprostol significantly different from placebo (p < 0.05)
Results of a study in 572 patients with osteoarthritis demonstrate that patients receiving ARTHROTEC have a lower incidence of endoscopically defined gastric ulcers compared to patients receiving diclofenac sodium (see Table 3).
Table 3
|Osteoarthritis patients with history of ulcer or erosive disease (N=572), 6 weeks
|Incidence of ulcers
|ARTHROTEC 50 tid
|ARTHROTEC 75 bid
|diclofenac sodium 75 mg bid
|*Statistically significantly different from diclofenac (p < 0.05)
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Framed as a tribute to U Film Society founder Al Milgrom on the eve of his Minneapolis - St. Paul International Film Festival, this Rake article by incoming Minnesota Film Arts executive director Jamie Hook tips its hand with the following:
Yet, for all the strength of its program, M-SPIFF as a civic event can, will, and must change. The world demands as much. It must grow up, and play the games that adults play. It is a bittersweet proposition. No one relishes practicing the machinations of festival power: attempting to sabotage the Tribeca Film Festival with secret premieres, or tricking some Polish film outfit into sending a filmmaker without telling them how far from Chicago Minneapolis truly is. But the festival world is increasingly driven by money, just like everything else, and money breeds distraction. It is sad to witness: the barnacles of industry are slowly encrusting all festivals, and whether for good or for bad, M-SPIFF is destined to join the fray, just like everyone else.
Excuse me, but what does this mean, exactly? Whatever Milgrom's problems, and I've suggested some in City Pages, getting bodies into seats at M-SPIFF doesn't seem to be one of them. (Go to any screening with a theater full of Eastern Europeans, and you'll see what I mean. Don't those tickets count as "money"?) In a piece that calls Milgrom "old" 20 different ways, it's not enough to equate the future with "industry," and imply that "industry" means something other than what the festival has been engaged with for 23 years. Whose industry?
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With all the recent rumors going on about who may be the next star of Bachelor on ABC, it is now being reported that it may in fact be a past contestant, Brad Womack. So has the next Bachelor finally been chosen or is this just another rumor to throw fans off? Keep reading for all the details!
While there has been no official confirmation or announcement by ABC on who may be the next Bachelor star, according to Star Magazine and 'RealitySteve' the Bachelor spoiler king, the next Bachelor is going to be Brad Womack. Brad Womack was the season eleven Bachelor, who for the first time in the history of the show, rejected all the Bachelorettes. 'RealitySteve' recently tweeted about the news by saying "Not a rumor anymore. Brad Womack will be the next Bachelor. Expect them to officially announce it later this week, if not tonight on Dancing with the Stars.†Of course, there was no announcement on the Dancing With The Stars results show last night.
Trista Sutter, another former contestant of The Bachelor and The Bachelorette also tweeted about the news yesterday stating "Brad Womack as the next Bachelor…LOVE it!! He is a GREAT guy, seems like a great catch & will make great TV once again!! Good luck Brad!â€. With that said, supposedly Chris Harrison has stated on his facebook page that ABC is denying all these rumors, but so far I have yet to see this denial or any denials for that matter. So while it may be true that Brad Womack is the next Bachelor, right now it seems to be just another rumor. As soon as we get the official announcement or a confirmation, we will be sure to post it for you, so stay tuned folks!
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He's not just an 85-year-old gem who means more to baseball than 10 Mike Piazzas ever will, he's aghast anyone would think he goes around bad-mouthing players.
"I can't imagine saying something about a player and his contract," Scully told the Los Angeles Times. "I just don't do that, ever. I'm really flabbergasted by that reference."
If there's another theme in the book, it's that Piazza doesn't believe he was ever appreciated enough for what he did on the baseball field. Yes, he became incredibly wealthy and women chased him and teammate Eric Karros down freeways after games, but LA fans, in particular, never seemed to embrace him.
He believes he was snubbed for many awards because he didn't show up at a dinner after being voted Rookie of the Year in 1993. And then, of course, his New York Mets teammates badmouthed him for staying in the game past his prime just to get more home runs.
It's truly strange stuff. Then again we're dealing with someone whose father wouldn't let him eat candy or play the trombone as a kid because it might have interfered with his batting-cage sessions.
It's not until the last few pages that Piazza is most candid.
"I fully realize that I've alienated plenty of people over the years," he writes.
On that we can agree. The difference is that it makes no sense to keep alienating them today.
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There is a deliberate process to making an offer and I include here a step-by-step set of instructions on how that works. More to the point: my instructions will help you get the house you want, even if you are dealing with a difficult Seller, a Bank-Owned property, or if you are competing against another Buyer for the same house (yes, it still happens, even in this market!).
I have seen these methods work many times over with my clients over my 22 year career as a mortgage professional.
My basic methodology here is one of making your Offer a very formal proceeding. When you take these formal steps you are demonstrating to everyone involved in the transaction just how serious a Buyer you are. You will set yourself apart from "the crowd" when you follow my method. I know this because I have seen this method work over and over and over again in my 20 year career.
So, here are FIVE Steps To Making An Offer:
STEP 1. Always make offers in writing. Yes, it is absolutely true that offers can be presented verbally. Don't do that. Put your offer in writing every time. Even if you are in a situation where you and the Seller are sending counter offers back and forth, every new offer should be in writing.
When your offer is in writing, you come across to the Seller as serious. Think about it, anyone who is taking the time to go in to the real estate office and sign the form is serious about buying a home. Seriousness counts big time.
Put the following into your written offer:
-The amount of your "earnest money deposit" or "good faith deposit." That is the amount of money you'll put into escrow with the Seller's attorney upon signing the contract of sale.
-The amount of your mortgage financing. Of course you'll back this up with a prequalification letter, but you must include the amount of your mortgage in the offer.
-Items included in the sale. If the appliances and the chandelier in the dining room are to be included in the sale, make sure they are written in to the offer. This shows the homeowner you were paying attention when you inspected the home and asked, "What's included in the sale?"
-Attorney Information: the name, telephone and fax numbers for your attorney.
-Anticipated contract date. Always make this date within 48 hours of your offer. Present the assumption the Seller will accept your offer and immediately forward a contract to your attorney.
Again, this demonstrates to the Seller how serious you are. You are in effect saying, "I am so serious about buying this home I want to sign the contract immediately!" Imagine how many other Buyers out there are delaying things like signing the contract (and potentially changing their minds).
-Anticipated closing date. This is an interesting point for the offer. I always recommend putting the closing date for an offer within thirty days of the contract. The fact is most closings take place within 60 days of contract, and your attorney will likely put that in the contract, but if your offer says "thirty days," once again you demonstrate how serious you are about buying the home.
STEP 2. Prequalification letter. Your mortgage professional should be available to fax a prequalification letter within hours of your making your offer; even on Saturdays or Thursday evenings.
STEP 3. Mortgage pro phone call. I think a phone call from your mortgage professional to the Listing Agent is a home run. When the Listing Agent hears from the mortgage person directly how eminently qualified you are, imagine how that raises your profile to the agent and the Seller!
STEP 4. Engineer ready to go. When you sign your offer, be sure to tell your Realtor that you've already spoken with your Home Inspector and you can have the inspection done tomorrow. Whoa, that's really the mark of a serious Buyer!
STEP 5. Get ready with your counteroffer. If you offered less than the asking price, then you need be prepared with your counter offer if the Seller either declines or counters your opening offer. All of the steps above should be repeated with the new price replacing the original number. Organization and swift responses rule the day! Oh, you may not want to counter offer. That's okay, too.
Good luck and Happy House Hunting!
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A Galesburg teen and his grandfather are dead following a traffic accident near Ottawa, Ill.
The incident happened around 5:13 p.m. on Saturday, August 2, 2014 as they were heading back from a baseball tournament.
Police say 58-year-old Steven Cervantez was westbound on I-80 near mile marker 93 when the vehicle they were riding in left the road and overturned multiple times.
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More and more student loans are becoming the most problematic debt anyone can own. At some point in the past couple of decade student loans when from a leg up to financial slavery. There is a lot of information out there about how to deal with troublesome student loan debt and payments. But I thought I'd put together the ultimate ... Read More »
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Can you remember? what was the very first ride you went on in any park at Disney
Can you remember? what was the very first ride you went on in any park at Disney
20,000 Leagues Under the Sea, Robertcraig?
You know? I don't remember the first attraction I rode! I know Small World was one of the first, but I don't believe it was the first.
My very first trip ever was to Disneyland in 1984 and I believe the first thing I rode was the Matterhorn, but I really don't remember.
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I want to say it was Dumbo. At least that is the first ride I have a vivid memory of. This was back in October 1979 when I was eight.
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I can't say that I remember the first, but the memories I have from way back when were It's a Small World and Haunted Mansion at DL.
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First ride ion Florida was Back to the Future at Universal Studios - nearly put me off all rides
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by Senator Mike Parson
The Farming Rights Amendment has been moved up and certified for the August 2014 ballot rather than the November ballot. It will be listed on the ballot as Amendment #1. As it had been expected to appear on the November ballot, this action by the governor shortens the amount of time we have to continue our educational campaign on this important issue.
As I have traveled around the state speaking to various groups and organizations about Amendment #1, the enthusiasm is contagious, but we still have a lot of work to do to see it become a reality. Just as we saw with Proposition B, the ballot initiative that threatened to shut down the canine industry in Missouri, Amendment #1 will no doubt pass by large margins in almost all of Missouri's 114 counties. Our greatest challenges lie in the urban counties such as Jackson and St. Louis as well as the city of St. Louis. The large population numbers of these areas have the numbers to wipe out gains we make in the dozens of rural counties.
There was a time in our state's history when farmers and ranchers would not have needed protection in the State Constitution to simply go out and do their jobs every day. However, times have changed in recent years. As more generations are removed from the farm, fewer people realize the importance of agriculture and the role it plays in our economy and culture. Seeing this shift, outside interests have been very aggressive in their attempts to alter, and even end, segments of the agriculture industry as well as the way of life behind it.
The attacks on agriculture haven't been limited just from outside special interests. They have also come from our own federal government in the form of increased regulations. Recently we have had to push back on attempts to limit what chores farm kids can perform as well as new regulations on dust particulates from farm equipment. This doesn't even take into account the political policies that have both direct and indirect effects on commodity prices.
It had been expected the Farming Rights Amendment would be on the November 2014 General Election ballot. Since it is important for enthusiasm for an issue or candidate to peak on the day of the election, the campaign had been geared toward this date. Now the timeline has changed considerably. Instead of the big push coming in September and October, it will now need to take place in June and July. Venues such as the Missouri State Fair where we could energize supporters have been taken out of play because the election will take place prior to even the opening day.
As I mentioned in Part One several months ago, we face a few defining moments in our lives and careers. The election in August will be one of them. This is probably the only chance we will have in our lifetime to put these important words into the Missouri Constitution:
"Section 35. That agriculture which provides food, energy, health benefits and security is the foundation and stabilizing force of Missouri's economy. To protect this vital sector of Missouri's economy, the right of farmers and ranchers to engage in farming and ranching practices shall be forever guaranteed in this state, subject to duly authorized powers, if any, conferred by article VI of the Constitution of Missouri."
Future generations will look back on this time and say that we took advantage of a tremendous opportunity or that we missed the chance of a lifetime. Let's do everything we can to make certain we take advantage of this opportunity. Amendment #1 is our opportunity of a lifetime.


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To Reduce Stress Step One. Managing Daily
How many times have you been late to work because you can't find your keys? Even if it's once a year then I recommend you get a key pegboard to place in the kitchen or mud room. As a backup, make spares of your keys, at least 3 and put one in your purse or wallet (house keys too). You can fall back on these if you need to.
Sign up with AAA or a similar road service plan or add road service to your wireless plan. AMEX gold cards have free roadside service to give you a jump start, change a tire, etc and cover the first $50 of the expense. If your credit rating is good the American Express gold also doubles the term of most manufacturers warranty.
Reduce Auto Stress
Keep a can of "spare air" in your trunk in case you have a low tire. Fix a Flat and other brands will often seal the leak and inflate the tire enough to make it to work or to a repair place.
Invest in "run flat" tires that allow you to drive to a repair place.
If you can afford it, buy the extended warranty your dealer offers when you buy a new car. Avoid the extended warranty offers you get in the mail after you buy a car, they are often rip offs and don't pay if you don't have meticulous maintenance records.
Add the all inclusive insurance to your cell phone in case you drop it in the water, etc.
Reduce The Stress Of Losing All Your Contacts
Keep important phone numbers and information written on paper in your purse or wallet in case your phone goes dead and you haven't memorized them. If your phone has a backup utility, use it to back up all your numbers to your PC.
Reduce The Stress Of Not Being Able To Reach Your Spouse In An Emergency
Reduce The Stress Of Losing Your Electronics In A Lighting Strike
To reduce the stress of losing valuable electronic equipment install AC surge suppressors on all your high end electronics, they will pay for themselves a hundred times over the first lightning strike you get on your electrical system. See How to protect valuable home electronics with surge suppressors.
How To Reduce Stress Step Two. Reduce
Junk and Clutter:
Get rid of much of your junk mail by ordering a junk mail removal kit and by contacting the number above the label on catalogs that you do not read. This helps the environment too.
Join a credit monitoring service such as Lifelock. This protects your credit and reduces junk mail and credit offers too.
Visit the Container Store or a discount store and buy stackable boxes to store items that you use infrequently such as grandkids toys, Christmas stuff too and free up space in your closet. Put seasonal clothes and shoes away too. Attack the mess in the garage as well. Install shelves and organize parts and pieces. Put all your frequently used garden tools on hooks along the wall.
To reduce stress get rid of annoyances.
Get on the "do not call list" sponsored by the US Government and get rid of annoying phone calls. Go to http://www.donotcall.gov
Turn off your answering machine on at mealtime and put away your cell phones. You should have at least half an hour without ringing phones and interruptions in your day, what better time than meal time which can be family time as well.
Reduce The Stress Of Having Your Things Stolen.
Invest in a car alarm and have a home alarm system installed and use it each time you leave your home. There is almost nothing more stressful that having your home burglarized. Consider an IP webcam to keep an eye on your babysitter, pet, nanny, etc., so that you don't have to stress about what is happening at home. See: How to Remotely Monitor Your Home With IP Webcams
reduce stress keep yourself organized. Get a good PDA or old fashioned
paper organizer to track your appointments. You can sign up for a service that notifies you of friends and family birthdays or use a software application that stores this on your computer and notifies you a few days ahead.
Buy and hide presents ahead of time to reduce the stress of last minute gift purchases. Ahead of time, buy a few little gifts such as bottles of fine wine for occasions when you do not have notice or time to go shopping for gifts.