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1965 Custom Ford F-250 - More Than Skin Deep
Infused With Some of Yesterday and Today
Trucks come in all shapes and sizes, and when customized, they have a tendency to follow one theme or design cue. With early trucks it's all too easy to just open up a catalog and purchase some ready-made frame with all the modern bells and whistles. Once the body is slapped on, the owner could easily call it done with a little paint and chrome. Our eye still leans in that direction, but it sure is nice to find something that can't be bolted together like a big jigsaw puzzle. Cliff Leeper's 1965 F-250 is definitely one of the latter.
Cliff is the general manager and founder of Syndicate Automotive Concepts in San Diego, California, and has quite a history of auto-based accomplishments behind him. Somewhere between personal desire and the need to address the classics for his business made this hauler a reality. Starting in-house with a bone stock ex-work truck, fabricator David Chappelle tore into the frame to prepare it for a drastic reduction in ride height. Not wanting to merely bolt on an independent front suspension, the decision was made to go with a '76 Camaro subframe clip. That by itself swapped the eight-lug to five and brought the 3/4-ton nose down, but to make it go all the way to the floor, two-inch Superior drop spindles were thrown into the mix along with Firestone airbags. Within the opening where the bed floor used to reside, a clear view is offered of everything underneath. Most obvious is the fully painted frame and custom-trussed Chevy five-lug, 10-bolt rear axle attached to a triangulated four-link fit with more of Firestone's offerings. Hot-rod style 15x8-inch U.S. Wheel chromies rock Denman wide whites, making a perfect age statement.
More Chevy parts can be found underhood, as the old Blue Oval motivator was tossed in favor of a 350ci V-8. Broadway Auto Machine created the iron-block bottom end, with Brandon Luffe doing assembly. More ponies were added to the mix by installing an Edelbrock cam, heads, intake, and carburetor. Patriot headers are attached to an exhaust with a twist. At the exiting portion of the exhaust, fishtail pipes of the Harley-Davidson variety really make a classic statement. Storing the fuel necessary to run the engine is the duty of an RCI 20-gallon stainless fuel cell mounted in the bed. Shifting chores are handled with a Turbo 350 modified for better action with a B&M shift kit. Sticking out of the trans is a Ty Snyder Welding driveshaft that actually started life as a Ford product but with the addition of the necessary GM U-joints has transformed into a tiger of a different color.
Apparently, the only thing left that was still Ford was the body, but what a body it is. Not necessarily seen much as a custom, the 1965 sure does lend itself to the look. The body boys in Syndicate's back room put a bit of effort into making the truck into the beauty seen here. David Chappelle was called upon again, as was Nathan Chalberg, and the pair teamed to fill the bed seams, shave all the handles, mold the cowl to the front fenders, shave the mirrors and antenna, and generally smooth out the body's hulk. Rolled into the booth, Nathan filled his sprayer with PPG Cherry Bomb Red and gave the body a sheen of the shiny stuff. Adding some dimension, and the look of an older custom, '60s-style scallops were taped off and contrasted in silver. Pinstriping on the hood and tailgate evokes a sense of culture. The stock grille shell was polished by Romero's, and a rechromed bumper found its way onto the nose.
Simplicity is how our fathers used to customize, and simplicity is exactly how this truck was built. On the floor of the cab is black carpet, and the two-tone seat is done in black and silver metalflake vinyl. More metalflake can be found in the steering wheel ring, and the auto trans shifter is booted with flake vinyl and topped with a skull handle. Stewart Warner gauges are era-correct and the only thing that would tip anyone off that the truck wasn't built by your dad is the killer stereo install. Minus the engine compartment, stereo equipment is everywhere. For starters, the band pass sub enclosure is behind the cab, and a tinted red plexiglass window offers a view of the four 12-inch Sony Xplod speakers. In the rear of the bed, all four Sony Xplod amplifiers share space with and flank the RCI fuel tank, all of which were painted and striped to match the truck's scheme. More of Sony's Xplod speakers reside in custom kick panels, while a Sony CD head unit was sourced to lead the pack.
The truck's completion marked a new checkbox in the Syndicate crew's abilities. A quick trip to their website displays a blend of old- and new-school vehicles, with everything from Detroit steel to exotic overseas imports. Built with a magic we don't see much of anymore, Cliff and the crew of Syndicate hit the ball out of the park with this cool Ford truck-rod. Simplicity that speaks volumes about what is cool.


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Ghanaian striker John Antwi has revealed he is enjoying the style of Egyptian football ever since he arrived in the country.
Antwi, 23, who plays for Egyptian side Ismaily have been impressive since joining the Yellow Dragons at the start of the 2013-14 league season from Accra Hearts of Oak scoring 10 goals in 18 games for the 3 time Egypt champions.
In an Exclusive interview with Ghanafans.com, the former Sekondi Eleven wise and Dreams FC striker says he is really enjoying his time in Egypt.
"Well I can say I have really enjoyed my stay here ever since I arrived. I like the type of football being played here. It makes me enjoy playing anytime am on the field. And about the game here, I think it's not that easy but with hard work and determination I think everything will go on well for you", he told Ghanafans.com exclusively.
Antwi's impressive performance so far has seen Ismaily at the 4th position with 31 points after 19 games. 4 points adrift leaders Ittihad Al Shorta.
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The amount of water, fossil fuel, and chemicals that go into the production of the average desktop PC and 17-inch CRT monitor is on par with that used to manufacture some automobiles—roughly 1.8 tons. And since computers are usually replaced fairly often, this compounds the embodied energy and toxics problems.
According to Computers and the Environment (Springer, 2003) also states that a computer's lifetime energy impact is about the same as a refrigerator—with one critical difference. Ninety-six percent of a refrigerator's typical energy consumption occurs over its lifetime from the grid energy it consumes. For a computer, the situation is reversed: 25% occurs during use, while 75% occurs during production, due largely to its much shorter lifespan (typically two to three years).
Major computer manufacturers have announced initiatives to reduce the toxins in their computers, improve the energy efficiency of their products, and develop more effective reclamation programs. Apple, Hewlett-Packard, Sony, and Lenovo promised to phase out the use of PVC and brominated flame retardants by this year, and some have adopted policies that prohibit their waste from being exported to countries with less stringent environmental regulations.


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MILWAUKEE — Call it the LeBron James Hangover.
Or maybe just call it the 2009-10 Knicks — the NBA's worst team outside New Jersey.
One night after James and the Cavaliers pummeled them, one night after The King said he only wants to join a winner next July, the Knicks were at their despicable worst. They were blown out, 102-87, by the mediocre Bucks at Bradley Center, falling behind by 36 points early in the third period, falling to 1-6 on the season and falling apart though it's only November.
Coach Mike D'Antoni pressed the panic button afterward, saying it's time for "soul searching" after benching point guard Chris Duhon. The anger was palpable in the Knicks locker room.
"We're all stunned," D'Antoni said. "I've taken a licking before, but I don't know [if there have been any] worse than that. We're in the midst of questioning everything in our minds.
"We're a step slow in everything. They get into us and we're four steps behind. During the game we do find it, but then we're down 30. I'm concerned about a lot of things and rightly so."
This was a loss that could have put D'Antoni on the firing line if he wasn't locked in for four years and a recruiting magnet for James in 2010.
The Knicks fell behind the Bucks by 31 points at halftime and humiliated the once-proud uniform with a pathetic defensive outing. The Bucks sank open jumpers from all over Brew City and drove to the basket like it was a slam-dunk contest.
Maybe the scariest moment of Friday's LeBron Game was James' closing remark. James dropped an ominous message the Knicks' way when talking about his free agency, which comes on July 1.
"At the end of the day, a max deal doesn't really matter," James said. "It is all about winning to me. When that day comes next summer, I want to win. If I feel like the team is capable of winning, then I will make my decision based on that."
The Knicks continued to greatly disappoint James last night. It was 40-22 after the first quarter, a one-point improvement over Friday, when the Cavs led 40-21 after one at The Garden.
The struggling Duhon was so wretched, D'Antoni benched him for the rest of the game 2:23 into the third quarter after he had his shot blocked, was beaten on a backdoor and coughed up the ball. Duhon finished with one point and three turnovers.
To add insult to injury on the point-guard front, rookie Brandon Jennings, whom the Knicks passed on with the eighth pick in June's draft, finished with 17 points and three assists in 26 minutes, showing a dazzling burst. His driving layup midway through the third gave the Bucks their biggest lead, 73-37.
"He had every right to take me out," said a shaken Duhon. "These are plays I'm supposed to make. One of those stretches where it seems everything's going wrong."
This wasn't James beating them to a pulp. This was second-round rookie Jodie Meeks dominating, outscoring every Knick with 19 points. Meeks, who played 20 minutes in his career prior to last night, was 4 of 4 from the 3-point line in the half and hit a buzzer-beating trey to end the first quarter.
"I don't want to go in a lack-of-effort direction or a direction of guys not getting along," David Lee said. "We got good guys on the team. Things aren't coming to together and it's very evident on the floor. We won the jump ball. After the jump ball, we got outplayed."
The Bucks built a 48-22 lead with 10:18 left in the first half, shooting 74 percent to that juncture. The Knicks barely could convert passes with Duhon firing one off Al Harrington's back. Harrington (1 of 7) and Wilson Chandler (1 of 10) combined to shoot 2 of 17.
The Knicks are missing the scoring and defensive peskiness of Nate Robinson, who has missed the last four games with a sprained ankle.
The collapse began midway through the first quarter, when the Bucks scored 10 straight points in a shocking two-minute span of Knicks ineptitude. Jennings busted down the lane for a layup over Lee. Ersan Ilyasova stole the ball from Lee and Andrew Bogut then fired a touchdown pass to Ilyasova for a fast-break dunk. On the inbound pass, Duhon's pass was intercepted by Jennings, who fired in a pull-up jumper, giving the Bucks a 24-12 lead.
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Ailing responders may not be covered by WTC health act
Not all diseases linked to 9/11 soot
NEW YORK — There is no doubt that Richard Volpe is sick, and no doubt that the former police detective spent Sept. 11, 2001, breathing in clouds of soot at the World Trade Center.
Yet that is no guarantee that Volpe, or many others like him, will qualify for a substantial share of the $2.78 billion Congress has set to compensate people who fell ill after being exposed to ground zero toxins.
Like thousands of other rescue and recovery workers, Volpe suffers from an ailment that is not expressly covered by the law.
Only a few diseases were singled out by name in the act, including asthma, certain types of lung disease, and a handful of other respiratory ailments.
They were included because research has suggested there is a link between those illnesses and the tons of caustic dust that blanketed lower Manhattan after the twin towers collapsed on 9/11.
Federal administrators still have to decide whether to cover other conditions, like cancer, where there is less hard evidence of a tie to ground zero toxins.
Volpe's problem, a kidney disease called IgA nephropathy, is among those that haven't yet been linked to the dust.
"I'm hoping that when they set up the parameters . . . my most serious illness is going to be included,'' said Volpe, who also suffers from mild respiratory problems.
"I got diagnosed at 34 years old. I was as healthy as I have ever been. To me, it's not a coincidence,'' he said of his exposure to the ash and dust and the sudden onset of his symptoms.
Volpe's old partner in the detective bureau, John Walcott, is in a similar situation. He was diagnosed in 2003 with acute myelogenous leukemia.
There has been tremendous pressure from first responders to add at least some types of cancer to the list of conditions presumed to be caused by trade center dust. Some of the police officers, firefighters, and construction workers who campaigned hardest for the law suffer from some form of cancer.
Yet, scientists say that so far they have been unable to link cancer to the dust, and although there are many theories of the ways the soot might have triggered the disease in some people, there might not be solid evidence one way or another for many years.
To Walcott, an omission of cancer from the program would be inconceivable.
"They have to add it,'' Walcott said. "If they don't, they're going to have another 5,000 lawsuits on their hands. Everybody I talk to says, 'Don't worry about it. It will be covered.' ''
The task of deciding who qualifies for compensation, and who doesn't, will eventually fall the program's special master, who has yet to be appointed.
Senator Charles Schumer of New York has already suggested the job should go to Kenneth Feinberg, the lawyer who oversaw the original compensation fund for 9/11 victims.
This administrator — one of two — will have discretion over the cash payments that are to be distributed to people made sick by the dust, but will probably be guided by rules created over the next few months by the Justice Department and Department of Health and Human Services.
More than 55,000 people who either worked at the trade center site or were exposed to the dust in Lower Manhattan are enrolled in a medical monitoring program.
Of those, about 17,000 received some type of medical treatment within the past year, according to the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health.
The people getting care have blamed hundreds of different ailments on trade center toxins, including heart attacks, skin cancer, and chronic cough.
A separate administrator overseeing a companion $1.5 billion health program for responders will also have the power to put additional diseases on the list of ailments for which the government shoulders treatment costs.


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The Supreme Court and Religion in American Life, Vol. 1:
School vouchers. The Pledge of Allegiance. The ban on government grants for theology students. The abundance of church and state issues brought before the Supreme Court in recent years underscores an incontrovertible truth in the American legal system: the relationship between the state and religion in this country is still fluid and changing.
This, the first of two volumes by historian and legal scholar James Hitchcock, provides the first comprehensive exploration of the Supreme Court's approach to religion, offering a close look at every case, including some that scholars have ignored.
Hitchcock traces the history of the way the Court has rendered important decisions involving religious liberty. Prior to World War II it issued relatively few decisions interpreting the Religious Clauses of the Constitution. Nonetheless, it addressed some very important ideas, including the 1819 Dartmouth College case, which protected private religious education from state control, and the Mormon polygamy cases, which established the principle that religious liberty was restricted by the perceived good of society.
It was not until the 1940s that a revolutionary change occurred in the way the Supreme Court viewed religion. During that era, the Court steadily expanded the scope of religious liberty to include many things that were probably not intended by the framers of the Constitution, and it narrowed the permissible scope of religion in public life, barring most kinds of public aid to religious schools and forbidding almost all forms of religious expression in the public schools. This book, along with its companion volume, From "Higher Law" to "Sectarian Scruples," offers a fresh analysis of the Court's most important decisions in constitutional doctrine. Sweeping in range, it paints a detailed picture of the changing relationship between religion and the state in American history.
"The Supreme Court and Religion in American Life provides for the general reader a useful road map through the history and case law. The first of the two volumes tells the history rather comprehensively, with a minimum of interpretive overlay. The second tries to understand the story. Hitchcock's work is especially valuable for his extensive coverage of the Court's religion jurisprudence before the deluge--that is, before the 1940s, when the Court deliberately made itself a tribunal of the nation's religious disputes."--Russell Hittinger, First Things
"This book and its companion volume provide a concise, but complete account of all the relevant cases since 1789 with sophisticated scholarly analysis. It is by far the best introduction I have seen to all that the Supreme Court has ever said about church and state. Hitchcock presents difficult and controversial material in a fair-minded manner, and the treatment of cases is remarkably free of polemic. A valuable and unique contribution to the field."--Gerard V. Bradley, University of Notre Dame
"Hitchcock covers a tremendous amount of American legal history and does so with remarkable clarity and brevity. His arguments are nuanced and always thought-provoking. The book compels a rethinking of prevailing legal doctrines and thus has the potential to have a significant impact on the continuing debate on the constitutional relationships between religion and American life."--Daniel Dreisbach, American University
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The AP Assembly is stormed on the Women's day as the opposition YSRCP alleged that the women are ill treated in AP. YSRCP has raised the issues of MLA Roja's one year suspension, MRO Vanajakshi issue, Call money racket and also Minister Ravela Kishore Babu's son Susheel's harassment against a woman along with Balakrishna comments. Watch the video for more details of this news.


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Those interested in taking a peek at aquatic critters that live in our local streams, such as crayfish, dragonflies, water pennies and caddisflies, are invited to join the Millennium Youth Conservationists team.
The MYC team will use kick seines, sediment sticks, pH test kits, and more while analyzing the health of area streams and rivers. The activities begin in June and conclude in August in streams throughout Geauga County.
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Marina Apartments
in Golden Beach, Thassos, Greek Islands
Marina Apartments details
Modern apartments and easy access to the beach are just two selling points of the Marina Apartments.
If you're looking for simple apartments near a beach, the Marina Apartments will fit the bill. They're on a small road in Golden Beach, just a couple of minutes from the sand and the sea. Plus, they're only a short walk from the village centre, where you'll find tavernas, bars and a supermarket.
In terms of accommodation, you get a choice of studios and apartments. They're both nicely decorated, and come with balconies or terraces overlooking the garden or the hills behind the village.
When it comes to relaxing, you can use the swimming pool across the road at the Marina bar-café. It's fairly small, and comes with wooden sunloungers arranged around the water. Rounding things off is the chic-looking bar. Half indoors and half out, it's set with comfy sofas and serves English breakfasts, as well as light meals and cocktails till late.
Location• 150m from the beach • 150m from the village centre with its bars, restaurants and supermarket • A ferry from the mainland is required to reach your accommodation • Please note that the ferry is only included in the price of your holiday if you are booking a holiday package
Transfer time
1 hour 50 minutes including a 35 minute ferry crossing
Swimming pool
• Use of swimming pool and pool bar across the road at the Marina - open late
• Tennis and bike hire 800m away • Watersports from the beach during high season
For families
• Cots
The pool and bar are under separate management and not part of the Marina Studios.
Apartment facilities
Apartments have kitchenette with 2 electric rings, kettle and fridge, air-conditioning at a charge, TV, shower and balcony or terrace. Maid service is 6 times a week, towel change 3 times a week & linen change twice a week. Apartments have 2-4 beds, some are on ground level.
Studio facilities
Studios have kitchenette with 2 electric rings, kettle and fridge, air-conditioning at a charge, TV, shower and balcony or terrace. Maid service is 6 times a week, towel change 3 times a week & linen change twice a week. Studios have 2 or 3 beds, some are on ground level.
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10 tips for keeping your marriage healthy
Quick note: Ava and I share weekly parenting tips over at the Kabongo Blog. We call our tips "Mondays with Ava & Shara." We decided to post the following marriage tips on the Mommy Perks blog today as these ideas seem more fitting for our Mommy Perks community.
Here goes!
Ava's reply:
Generally Shara and I write about kids and parenting but while I was biking around central park I thought, "The divorce rate is really high. I am divorced and so is Shara. Divorce affects kids so this certainly does fall into the Parenting arena!" Since I plan on remarrying I started thinking, "What would I do differently this time around?" Of course, as usual, I look forward to Shara's tips as she is happily remarried.
1. All the books say to water your marriage like a plant or it will wither and die. They also all suggest date nights weekly…well anyone with young kids knows that's a crock. Date night at the end of a long day of work and or playing with kids – all you want to do is sleep. So I would schedule a breakfast or lunch time meeting weekly.
2. There would be a strict no cancellation policy. No text, no email, no phone for an hour at least. Canceling hurts feelings and marriages. You can only cancel if you are sick with 101 fever or more and/or your boss will fire you if you are not at the 9am meeting, etc.
3. Say four nice things a day to each other. You will be surprised how that helps. Laugh a lot, too, because laughing builds binds and happy families.
4. Do one nice surprise thing a week for your mate.
5. When you started dating you made an effort to look and talk nicely. You showed each other respect and love. Don't get lazy or take advantage of your relationship. Keep it special.
Shara's reply:
Ava's replies made me laugh a bit. "That's a crock." LOL. She is right, though. How many of us can actually go on a date night every week or even afford it? Not us. We'd have to pay for babysitting for FOUR kids and pay for the date as well. I like Ava's idea of working around that. If your kids are in school, perhaps you can plan a breakfast or lunch together. Or at the very least, a home-date after the kids are at school or in bed for the night.
That said, here are my five tips:
1. My first tip would be this: Marry someone compatible in the first place. If you would feel degraded by someone who never helps around the house, marry someone who DOES. If you would feel degraded by someone who expects you to do most of the child rearing on your own, marry someone who sees parenting as a mutual journey. If you would feel degraded by someone who looks at other men or women and flirts, choose someone who thinks you hung the moon. Choosing a great partner in the first place will help to stop so many other issues from corroding your relationship. It's much easier to build on a great marriage when you started with one… rather than putting band aides on cuts too deep to heal (metaphorically speaking).
2. I love this quote: "The most important thing that a father can do for his children is to love their mother." Theodore M. Hesburgh. This is true for step fathers (and mothers), also!
3. Laugh, laugh, laugh – like Ava said. We try to laugh with each other AND with our kids. We want our kids to see that life can be fun, silly, goofy and that laughing reduces stress for everyone.
4. I asked my husband to weigh in for the last two tips. His first tip was this: be good enough friends with your spouse that you can TALK about things. Even if it means you argue from time to time, that's better than not talking at all. You need to feel heard and listened to and you need to have a mate you can talk with and open up to.
5. His next tip was this: know each other well enough to know your partner's dreams. What do they want to do, hope to do, love to do, etc? And then support those dreams. Help each other fulfill the dreams or say good-bye to the dreams if needed. Do it together as a team. Let your kids see you working together as two people who love and respect one another.
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Ava Parnass is an author, songwriter and child therapist who specializes in marrying entertainment and social-emotional literacy for kids.
Shara has a background in education, early childhood, preschool work, marketing, small business ownership, freelance and special needs. Shara was a nanny for 16+ years working with children birth-13. She has four children of her own.


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Drinking Paper-Straw
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An eye catcher at every party, event or special occasion due to a multitude of patterns, designs and trendy colors.
Although made of paper, the Paper Straws are uniquely designed to last for hours in cold beverages thanks to the patented manufacturing and yet are environmentally friendly and will fully compost.
They are food-safe, free of lead, chlorine and softener and conform to the EU requirements regarding paper products that come into contact with food, i.e. Rule AP (2002) 1 of Enactment 1935/2004 as well as to the boundaries acc. to §§ 30,31 LFGB (Lebensmittel- und Futtermittelgesetzbuch).
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Discussion in 'Texans Talk' started by GP, Sep 14, 2008.
Andre Davis back to take the kickoff.
Returns it to our own 35.
1st and 10 for the good guys.
Tasker making back-handed comments about how the Bills were the last force of nature to sneak up and surprise a Houston football team.
Slaton around the corner for 9 yards.
Flawless blocking by the oline.
Sacked >.<
Its a beautiful sunday afternoon, is there nothing better to do? Don't be afraid of the sunlight!
Yikes, someone needs a hobby
Oh damn! Matt Schaub to Andre Johnson for 90 yards, TD!!
K. Brown makes PAT. 14-0 Houston.
Wooohoooooo! Okay, who wants to have Andre Johnson's baby!!!!!!
/not me, just a figure of speech.....
Man that was a good game. Mario's 10 sacks were just perfection. Did you see the one where he just backflipped on top of Flacco? Hopefully ESPN finds it worhy of Sports Center highlights. Great way to get the first win.
Ummm I'll leave T_C and AJ in peace to git-r-done.
Ahman Green gets off the bench to come in for his first play of the game.
Hurts his knee in the process.
Is out for 6 weeks.
We won by 50. Mario had 5 sacks and the Schaub threw 5 TDs. What a game! We still need to fire Richard Smith, though.
...and then the team jumps into a time machine and play the steelers. The result? 38-17. Darn. I was hoping that we would have done better.
Ah snap!! Schaub is out 4-5 weeks with a strained shoulder after a half eaten pretzel fell on him.
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My eminent colleague Richard Gorelick blogs that Cafe Hon proprietress Denise Whiting, evidently under the tutelage of Gordon Ramsay, is abandoning her claim to trademark the word hon.
So now, what was a manufactured controversy a year ago over a matter of minuscule significance* can be, one dares to hope, an extinct controversy. (I suspect, though, that the people who were so weirdly intemperate a year ago yet harbor considerable spleen to vent.)
I have been puzzled throughout by the claim, frequently advanced during the late unpleasantness, that hon is a distinctively Baltimorean word. My wife, who grew up in Ohio, called me "hon" well before we moved to Maryland. And the earliest citation of the word as a term of endearment, a diminutive of honey, in the OED is from a 1906 entry in Dialect Notes, which identifies it as prevalent in northwest Arkansas.
*No, I'm not going to link back to posts about it. If you are ignorant of the Hontroversy, consider yourself fortunate.


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Detailed Description:
The purpose of this study is to characterize the safety and tolerability of repeat doses of compound 1278863A in healthy subjects.
|Kidney Disease
|Drug: 1278863 Drug: Placebo
|Phase 1
|Study Type:
|Study Design:
|Allocation: Randomized
Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment
Masking: Single (Participant)
Primary Purpose: Basic Science
|Official Title:
|A Phase I, Randomized, Single-Blind, Placebo-Controlled, Dose-Escalation Study to Evaluate the Safety, Pharmacokinetics, and Pharmacodynamics of Repeat Oral Doses of 1278863A in Healthy Subjects
Further study details as provided by GlaxoSmithKline:
Primary Outcome Measures:
- adverse events reporting [ Time Frame: throughout study ]
- Safety Labs (hematology) [ Time Frame: Screening, Days -1, 1-3, 5, 7, 9, 11, 14-18, 21, 25, 28 ]
- vital signs (blood pressure and heart rate) [ Time Frame: Days 1-15, 28 ]
- 12-lead ECG [ Time Frame: Screening, Days 1-2, 4, 6, 8, 10, 12, 14, 28 ]
- dual-lead cardiac monitoring (telemetry monitoring) [ Time Frame: Days -1 to 3, 14 ]
- clinical monitoring/observation [ Time Frame: throughout ]
- Safety Labs (Chemistry) [ Time Frame: Screening, Days -1, 1-3, 7, 10, 14-15, 17, 21, 28 ]
- Safety Labs (Urinalysis) [ Time Frame: Screening, Days -1, 1-3, 7, 10, 14-15, 17, 21, 28 ]
Secondary Outcome Measures:
- AUC(0-∞) on Day 1, AUC(0-τ), Cmax, tmax and t1/2, on Days 1 and 14 [ Time Frame: Days 1-2, 4, 6, 8, 10, 12, 14-18 ]
- Trough plasma concentrations at the end of the dosing interval [ Time Frame: Days 2, 4, 6, 8, 10 and 12 ]
- Hemoglobin actual values, rate of rise, maximum change from baseline, and rate of decline following stopping of dosing [ Time Frame: Days 1, 7, 14, 21, 28 ]
- Fetal hemoglobin actual values, change from baseline, and percent of total hemoglobin [ Time Frame: Days 1, 7, 14, 21, 28 ]
- Actual values and change from baseline in erythropoietin [ Time Frame: Days 1-4, 7, 14-15, 18, 21 ]
- Actual values and change from baseline in absolute VEGF [ Time Frame: Days 1-2, 14-15, 18, 21 ]
- Actual values and change from baseline in hepcidin [ Time Frame: Days 1-2, 7, 14-15, 18, 21 ]
- Actual values and change from baseline in total iron binding capacity (TIBC) [ Time Frame: Screening, Days 1, 7, 14, 18, 21 ]
- Actual values and change from baseline in transferring saturation (%) [ Time Frame: Days 1, 7, 14, 18, 21 ]
|Actual Study Start Date:
|March 13, 2009
|Study Completion Date:
|September 2, 2009
|Primary Completion Date:
|September 2, 2009 (Final data collection date for primary outcome measure)
|Assigned Interventions
Experimental: 1
Repeat doses of active at escalating doses
Drug: 1278863
15mg, 25mg, 50mg, 150mg
Placebo Comparator: 2
Repeat doses of placebo
Drug: Placebo
matching placebo
Detailed Description:
Compound 1278863A is a novel small molecule agent, which stimulates erythropoiesis through inhibition of hypoxia-inducible factor (HIF)-prolyl hydroxylases (EGLNs). This compound is being developed for the treatment of anemia. Compound 111427 was the first administration of compound 1278863A to investigate the safety, tolerability, pharmacokinetics, and pharmacodynamics of single oral doses up to 300 mg in healthy adult subjects. This study, PHI112842, will be the first administration of compound 1278863A to investigate the safety, tolerability, pharmacokinetics, and pharmacodynamics of repeat oral doses up to 300 mg for 14 days in healthy adult subjects. At least 6 subjects will complete each cohort. Multiple blood samples for pharmacokinetic analyses will be obtained post-dose in each cohort. Safety will be assessed by measurement of vital signs, cardiac monitoring, collection of adverse event assessments and laboratory safety tests. Blood samples will be collected for pharmacodynamic analyses.
|Ages Eligible for Study:
|18 Years to 55 Years (Adult)
|Sexes Eligible for Study:
|Accepts Healthy Volunteers:
Inclusion Criteria:
- Healthy as determined by a responsible physician, based on a medical evaluation including medical history, physical examination, laboratory tests and cardiac monitoring.
- Male or female between 18 and 55 years of age, inclusive.
- A female subject must be of non-childbearing potential.
- Male subjects must agree to use one of the acceptable contraception methods listed in the protocol
- Body weight greater than or equal to 50 kg and BMI within the range 19 - 31 kg/m2 (inclusive).
- Capable of giving written informed consent
- QTcB or QTcF < 450 msec; or QTc < 480 msec in subjects with Bundle Branch Block.
Exclusion Criteria:
- The subject has a positive pre-study drug screen.
A hemoglobin value at screening is:
- Male subjects or post-menopausal females: > 15.5 g/dL
- Female subjects: > 14.5 g/dL
The values of hematological parameters at screening are:
MCV: outside the reference range and clinically significant deemed by the investigator and GSK Medical Monitor
The values of the following tests at screening are:
- TIBC: outside the reference range
- Serum iron: outside the reference range
- Serum ferritin: outside the reference range
- A value at screening is greater than the upper limit of reference range for the following clinical laboratory parameters: AST, ALT, direct bilirubin.
- Clinically significant abnormal CPK determined by the investigator and GSK Medical Monitor.
- Calculated creatinine clearance: < 60mL/min
- A positive pre-study Hepatitis B surface antigen or positive Hepatitis C antibody result within 3 months of screening.
- A positive test for HIV antibody.
- History of drug abuse or dependence within 6 months of the study.
- History of regular alcohol consumption within 6 months of the study
- Urinary cotinine levels indicative of smoking or history or regular use of tobacco- or nicotine-containing products within 6 months prior to screening.
- Use of prescription or non-prescription drugs, including vitamins, herbal and dietary supplements (including St John's Wort) within 7 days (or 14 days if the drug is a potential enzyme inducer) or 5 half-lives (whichever is longer) prior to the first dose of study drug
- History of sensitivity to any of the study drugs, or components thereof or a history of drug or other allergy that, in the opinion of the investigator or GSK Medical Monitor, contraindicates their participation.
- History of sensitivity to heparin or heparin-induced thrombocytopenia. (if the clinical research unit uses heparin to maintain intravenous cannula patency)
- Subjects with a pre-existing condition interfering with normal gastrointestinal anatomy or motility, and/or hepatic function that could interfere with the absorption, metabolism, and/or excretion of the study drugs.
- History of peptic ulcer disease.
- History of malignancy tumor. Non-melanoma skin cancer that has been definitely removed is allowed.
- Pregnant females as determined by positive serum or urine hCG test at screening or prior to dosing.
- Lactating females.
- Where participation in the study would result in donation of blood or blood products in excess of 500 mL within a 56 day period.
- Unwillingness or inability to follow the procedures, or lifestyle and/or dietary restrictions outlined in the protocol.
- Consumption of red wine, seville oranges, grapefruit or grapefruit juice, exotic citrus fruits, grapefruit hybrids or fruit juices of the prohibited fruits from 7 days prior to the first dose of study medication
- The subject has participated in a clinical trial and has received an investigational product within the following time period prior to the first dosing day in the current study: 30 days, 5 half-lives or twice the duration of the biological effect of the investigational product (whichever is longer).
- Exposure to more than four new chemical entities within 12 months prior to the first dosing day.
- Subject is mentally or legally incapacitated.
Contacts and Locations
Choosing to participate in a study is an important personal decision. Talk with your doctor and family members or friends about deciding to join a study. To learn more about this study, you or your doctor may contact the study research staff using the Contacts provided below. For general information, see Learn About Clinical Studies.
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT00840320
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT00840320
|Australia, Victoria
|GSK Investigational Site
|Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 3004
Sponsors and Collaborators
|Study Director:
|GSK Clinical Trials
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ClinicalTrials.gov processed this record on September 19, 2017
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|ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
|NCT00840320 History of Changes
|Other Study ID Numbers:
|Study First Received:
|February 9, 2009
|Last Updated:
|June 21, 2017
Keywords provided by GlaxoSmithKline:
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
Kidney Diseases
Urologic Diseases
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Dodge ball tourney supports MHS club
For a new Mitchell High School club, there's no better way to get students interested in supporting it than to host a dodge ball tournament.
Monday at the high school gymnasium, Health Occupation Students of America put on a dodge ball event, which consisted of 12 teams of six or more players on each team. The tournament fee was $15 per team, earning the club $180 for future projects.
"It's really helped give us a name because this has been really popular around the high school the past few weeks," HOSA President Mason Wenzel said, adding the club has hosted dodge ball games for several weeks. "I think it gets HOSA out there and lets people know what it actually does, not only for our organization but for the high school."
The club's supervisor, teacher Tricia Neugebauer, said the club has been a success in its first year.
"There's a lot of interest in the student body for health careers, and one of the main purposes is to help kids get experiences, contacts, networking and those things that will help them hopefully succeed in their futures.
"We're helping the kids start thinking about health careers and what they specifically want to do. Then, it's what can we do to help them get there."
Wenzel said the club, which has 36 members, helped with the flu shot clinic at the Corn Palace in October and will help with a high school blood drive later this year.
"We want to be as active as we can because it allows us to get a feel of what it's going to be like in the medical field," he said.
The dodge ball tournament helped fundraise for HOSA members to go on trips, which will further their knowledge of the medical profession. Neugebauer said the money will be used for transportation and student fees for the state competition, which is later in the school year.
"We want to get involved in anything we can get our fingers into," she said. "These types of fundraisers will help us alleviate some of the costs for students to go on these trips."
Neugebauer added the dodge ball tournament was a fitting idea for a fundraiser for a health club.
"Now days, people often sell something to do with food," she said, "and we thought that selling cinnamon rolls wouldn't be very fitting for a club promoting jobs in the health field. The kids came up with the tournament and it's been a hit, especially among the male population. They're loving it."
Kristin Pistulka, a sophomore at MHS, said she enjoyed being one of few girls playing in the tournament.
"It's been really fun and it helps the school get together and do something as a unit," she said. "It feels nice knowing that by being involved in this event, it's helping kids from our school out."
The Dodge Fathers won the tournament.


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Sweet temps for warm hearts
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It'll be a little messy today with scattered showers developing and sticking around into this evening, so keep that umbrella handy today. Temps are going to be fine today with highs nearly ten degrees above normal - stretching into the mid 40's. With those pleasant temps we will see it get a bit breezy this afternoon with southerly winds of 15 to 20 MPH.
A cold front brings an end to the mild temps overnight and we will be seeing those scattered showers changing over to a few stray flurries. Lows bottom out in the upper 20's. Friday offers more of the same - some stray flurries, some wind and nearly steady temps in the lower 30's.
The weekend will be cold with scattered snow showers and light accumulations Saturday and partly cloudy skies on Sunday. The entire weekend will be chilly with highs in the 20's and lows in the teens.
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Ralph Fiennes 'to join James Bond 23'
Ralph Fiennes will apparently be joining the set of
James Bond 23, touted as a more 'mature and challenging' film compared to the rest of the series.
Fiennes, 48, most recently starring in Clash of the Titans, is being discussed by film executives for a possible role in the upcoming film, according toThe Daily Mail.
The Mail also claims that Fiennes would suit the movie as director Sam Mendes has big plans to make the film 'darker'.
A source told the newspaper: 'It's the first of a new generation of Bond films, and the ideas Mendes has push the film into darker territory where the characters are modern, mature and challenging.'
They also added that Fiennes' name is being discussed as their source believes 'the part is one of extreme complexity and only an actor of great ability and dexterity can take it on'. The desired attributes described, claims the source, means that Fiennes is top of their list.
Although the supposed discussions are just rumours at this stage, if Fiennes joins he'll add to a stellar cast that includes Daniel Craig in the lead role, as well as Judi Dench once again .
Another name that has been heavily debated is Javier Bardem's. The Spanish actor is apparently fancied as the film's main villain .
Michael Sheen has also been rumoured for a part in the next Bond film , supposedly because of his 'creepy looks'.


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Stolen Gulf cash tipped off the FBI
Dubai: When pre-paid RAKBank and the BankMuscatcredit card accounts were duped of $45 million (Dh165.5 million) in December and February by a gang of criminals using forged electronic cards, how it happened seemed pretty clear.
Criminals had hacked into two Indian credit card processing companies — Bengaluru-based ElectraCard Services, which is partially owned by MasterCard, and Pune-based Enstage.
The hackers increased the limits on the pre-paid cards and erased withdrawal limits. Using a $300 card copying machine available on the internet for $300, they simply used everything from hotel key cards to airline loyalty cards to encrypt the inflated financial details on the magnetic strips.
On a pre-arranged day in December, criminals loaded with the debit cards and PIN numbers, headed into city streets around the world, racing from one ATM to the next, often taking out the maximum the cash machine would allow in a single transaction: $800.
They worked for about 2.5 hours, reaping $5 million worldwide in about 4,500 transactions.
In February, the gang hit the ATMs for 10 hours straight, collecting $40 million in 36,000 transactions. The New York money runners made off with $2.8 million, according to an indictment against eight men. But the $2.8 million is a fraction of the total amount yielded by the heist.
So how do you turn $45 million in cash into legitimately laundered funds without raising the suspicion of financial regulators, banking oversight regulators and taxation officials?
The proceeds from RAKBank and BankMuscat — money that wasn't blown on a frenzied spending spree of jewellery and drugs — was filtered through Liberty Reserve accounts, with the exchange taking a 1 per cent processing fee.
According to the indictment brought down in New York on Tuesday by US justice, law enforcement, tax and security officials, Liberty Reserve provided the means and opportunity for criminals to make their dirty money clean.
The digital currency company, unlike traditional banks or legitimate online payment processors, didn't require users to validate their identity and allowed accounts to be opened under fictitious names such as "Russia Hackers" and "Hacker Account," according to prosecutors.
An undercover agent was able to establish a Liberty Reserve account using the alias "Joe Bogus", listing his address as "123 Fake Main Street" in "Completely Made Up City, New York," said Manhattan US Attorney Preet Bharara.
The prosecution is believed to be the largest money-laundering case brought by the US.
Liberty Reserve, incorporated in Costa Rica in 2006, operated as "essentially a black-market bank," Bharara said.
The company helped users launder illegal proceeds from crimes or transfer funds among associates, prosecutors said. Prosecutors said Liberty Reserve's digital currency was used by people committing identity theft,,child pornography and narcotics trafficking — and credit card fraud and computer hacking, as was the case with the RAKBank and BankMuscat frauds.
Liberty Reserve had an estimated 1 million users around the world and conducted a total of about 55 million transactions - virtually all of them illegal — including 200,000 in the US. Investigators have found that criminal rings that used Liberty Reserve to distribute illicit proceeds operated from Vietnam, Nigeria, Hong Kong, China and America. "Its entire existence was based on a criminal business model," Bharara said at the news conference.
Federal officials said the system enabled criminals to sell stolen credit card data and hacking software to one another — or transfer ill-gotten gains.
— With inputs from agencies
MOHAMMED SHAHID SHAIKHMay 30, 2013 7:20
I Think banks in UAE should change the system of using cards anymore, cause now we are blessed with many security software one out of which is a face recognition or eye retina. This way i hope we can avoid the use of cards and also fraudsters will find it difficult to cheat it.


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Rafa Benitez: Liverpool can still mount title challenge
Liverpool coach Rafael Benitez insists his side can still mount a title challenge despite losing their third game of the season 2-0 at Chelsea.
• Chelsea 2-0 Liverpool
• Harris: Reds in battle for fourth
• Palmer: Lucas fails to step up
Liverpool lost only two matches last term but second-half goals from Chelsea's Nicolas Anelka and substitute Florent Malouda condemned them to their third defeat inside the opening eight matches of the current campaign.
It is more than 40 years since any team have gone on to win the top-flight crown after losing three of their first eight games. But Benitez is unconcerned by the statistics and pointed out there is still a long way to go before their own title hopes can be dismissed.
"I feel the performance wasn't bad against a good team,'' said Benitez. "We worked hard, had some good play. Defensively we were good enough. They didn't have too many chances, so we were defending better. We didn't have too many chances, which means they're also a good team.
"But if you make a mistake against a good team, they score. The game was a bit more open after they scored and we had some chances but you have to take those if you want to come back into the game. Our target has to be the next game. It's important to keep calm, keep working, improving. We came up against a good team doing well today, so we have to focus on the next game.
"This year, the top sides will lose points against the other teams, so the main thing is to try and improve and do better each week. We will try to do better against Sunderland. We drew a lot of games last season. We lost just two but people were telling me about the draws. Now we're winning more and losing a few but maybe we'll have more points.''
Javier Mascherano lost possession for Chelsea's opener but Benitez refused to single out any of his team. "I cannot blame any one of the players,'' he added. "We have to be pleased with the team effort. We made some mistakes but I was happy with the team effort. That was something we wanted to do. We were right 90% of the time.
"But it's a long race. Chelsea are very strong but we'll try to stay as close as possible and see what happens in April and May. You will see the top sides losing more points against any team. That's good for the Premier League, for the competition, but it means we have to keep going. We can't think about three defeats. It's one game at a time, try to win the next game and improve. That's it.''
Chelsea manager Carlo Ancelotti was pleased his side had returned to winning ways. He said on Sky Sports: "It was a good performance, Liverpool are a strong team. We stayed compact and a good counter-attack led to the first goal. We got Wigan out of our mind after that game. Today we played very well with good concentration. It was fantastic.''
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text: Mental hygiene hearings flooding hospitals By Eric Eyre September 10, 2012 Story Share CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- In West Virginia, mental hygiene hearings aren't just taking place in jails and county courthouses. They're also being held in hospital emergency rooms."Many of the folks being considered for involuntary commitment are taken unnecessarily to hospitals, even during business hours when the courthouse is open, contributing to overcrowding and delays in already overtaxed emergency departments," Charleston Area Medical Center lawyer Dina Mohler told state lawmakers Monday.Since June, 121 mental hygiene applications were filed at CAMC General Hospital's emergency room, Mohler said. The numbers exclude drug overdose and suicide patients.Some involuntary commitment patients arrived at night after courthouses closed, but many others were brought in during regular business hours, Mohler said.CAMC was forced to host 50 involuntary commitment hearings in the emergency room from June 1 to Aug. 31."We're happy to take all the injured and sick, but people solely there for mental hygiene [cases] do not belong in the emergency room," said Mohler, CAMC's associate general counsel, during Monday's House-Senate judiciary committee meeting.Federal law requires hospitals to provide treatment to anyone who shows up at emergency rooms. The hospital must determine whether the patient has an emergency medical condition."The patient will receive much more than a behavioral medicine screening to determine whether he should be involuntarily committed," Mohler said. Since June, only three patients who came to CAMC General for involuntary commitment have had a physical illness that required treatment and stabilization."In a few cases, the patient actually has a medical condition that needs treatment," Mohler said. "But often this medical condition only serves to slow down the mental hygiene process and contribute to the patient's length of stay in the emergency department setting."Mental hygiene patients wound up staying in CAMC General Hospital's emergency room for 16.6 hours on average during their involuntary commitment hearings in July. The average stay lasted 12 hours last month.Thomas Memorial Hospital in South Charleston and Cabell-Huntington Hospital are struggling with the same problem, according to a report that Mohler presented Monday to state lawmakers.Thomas Hospital held 19 mental hygiene hearings in its emergency room from June 1 through Aug. 31. Mohler suggested that the state establish separate sites where mental hygiene patients could go for medical screenings. She said involuntary commitment patients should receive screenings at behavioral health centers -- not at hospital emergency departments. "It would be great if there was a place people could go 24-7 that was dedicated to mental hygiene," Mohler said.Also Monday, Karen Yost, CEO of Huntington-based Prestera Mental Health Services, told lawmakers that the behavior health provider is working with hospitals to alleviate emergency room overcrowding.Prestera has provided training to emergency room personnel, Yost said. The Huntington nonprofit also has worked closely with "frequent fliers" -- mental health patients who make frequent trips to the emergency department. Prestera also plans to open a "therapeutic living room" -- a place where mental health patients can go at night."The emergency rooms truly get hammered by behavioral health patients," Yost said. "It ties up the emergency room staff and their resources."Linda Pauley, chairwoman of the West Virginia Mental Health Planning Council, told committee members that the state must do more to help people before they reach "crisis stage.""Meet them where they are and treat them where they are," Pauley said. The House-Senate committee started a study of West Virginia's involuntary commitment system last spring, after state Supreme Court Chief Justice Menis Ketchum told lawmakers that the state could save $3 million a year if it changed its mental hygiene procedures.Ketchum noted that the state was paying private lawyers $1.2 million a year to work as "mental hygiene commissioners." The courts also were spending money to hire special prosecutors to handle involuntary commitment cases.More than 7,000 mental hygiene cases were filed in West Virginia last year, but people were committed to mental institutions in only about half of those cases.Reach Eric Eyre at email@example.com or 304-348-4869. Story Share Story Share Trending Now 1 Police seek car driven by woman found dead in Kanawha River 2 Teen pleads guilty to involuntary manslaughter in Oakes Field shooting 3 Facebook founder visits Cabin Creek Health Systems 4 WV school district apologizes for 'Trump Perry' sign at football game 5 Man allegedly cuts father in Rand over argument about a sandwich Simpson, Bowles urge debt reduction Previous Story Legislative committee wants to gauge immunity for health volunteers Next Story


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It's a much nicer night at PNC Park. The first pitch between and Pirates and the Brewers is scheduled for 7:05 p.m.
The Pirates beat the Brewers on Monday night for the first time in 18 games, and they'll go for two in a row tonight.
It'll be interesting to see if there will be carryover from last night's eighth-inning, bench-clearing scurry. The Pirates don't expect there to be, and they were taken by surprise last night when pitcher Chris Smith hit Jeff Karstens. That pitch appeared to be retaliation from an incident that occurred in April when Ryan Braun claimed Karstens hit him intentionally.
In other news, Pirates shortstop Jack Wilson will not be in the lineup tonight. He tweaked his hamstring on that fantastic play he made in the second inning of last night's game. He's day-to-day and could be back as soon as tomorrow afternoon.
Here are tonight's lineups:
BREWERS 1. Felipe Lopez 2b, 2. Craig Counsel 3b, 3. Ryan Braun lf, 4. Prince Fielder 1b, 5. Mike Cameron cf, 6. Corey Hart rf, 7. J.J. Hardy ss, 8. Jason Kendall c, 9. Braden Looper rhp.
PIRATES 1.Andrew McCutchen cf, 2. Freddy Sanchez 2b, 3. Garrett Jones lf, 4. Ryan Doumit c, 5. Adam LaRoche 1b, 6. Delwyn Young rf, 7. Andy LaRoche 3b, 8. Ramon Vazquez ss, 9. Virgil Vasquez rhp.
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Influence of Tourniquet Use and Surgery Duration on the Incidence of Deep Vein Thrombosis in Total Knee Arthroplasty
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|Study Type:
|Study Design:
|Observational Model: Cohort
Time Perspective: Prospective
|Official Title:
|Influence of Tourniquet Use and Surgery Duration on the Incidence of Deep Vein Thrombosis in Total Knee Arthroplasty
- Deep vein thrombosis [ Time Frame: 7 days ]Deep vein thrombosis confirmed by ascending venography performed 7 days after total knee arthroplasty.
|Study Start Date:
|February 2008
|Study Completion Date:
|September 2011
|Primary Completion Date:
|June 2011 (Final data collection date for primary outcome measure)
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Patients from our institution that underwent cemented TKA for degenerative knee disorders.
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Influence of Tourniquet Use and Surgery Duration on the Incidence of Deep Vein Thrombosis in Total Knee Arthroplasty
Tourniquet, Surgery Duration and DVT in TKA.
Objective: The occurrence of deep vein thrombosis (DVT) was evaluated in 78 patients submitted to total knee arthroplasty (TKA), followed by ascending venography (AV), between the seventh and twelfth days postoperative.
Methods: Patients received prophylaxis with oral anticoagulation for 12 days, maintaining INR at around 2.5.
Results: Results showed 45 cases (57.7%) of negative bilateral AV and 33 (42.3%) cases of positivity for DVT. Thirteen cases were of the proximal type DVT, making up 16.7% of the total. We compared the groups with and without DVT, and another which considered only cases with proximal DVT.
Conclusion: The statistical analysis didn`t reveal significance in relation to tourniquet time, despite the higher likelihood of proximal DVT after 90 minutes (p=0.08) and surgery duration of more than 120 minutes increases its risk.
Keywords: Deep vein thrombosis. Prophylaxis. Thromboembolism. Tourniquet. Knee prosthesis.
Introduction Total knee arthroplasties (TKAs), together with total hip arthroplasties, are frequently the object of study regarding deep vein thrombosis (DVT) (1); however, DVT also commonly occurs in other knee procedures (2). Despite the importance of this problem and the interest in it, most researchers studying DVT generally focus on prophylaxis for prevention; surprisingly, there have been few studies of the isolated risk factors for DVT associated with TKA. Although there is some controversy about the role of TKA alone as a risk factor for DVT (3-7), some researchers believe that bone manipulation, reaming of the medullary canal, and the duration of the different procedures are relevant risk factors for DVT (8,9). Another important and controversial factor related to TKA is the use of surgical tourniquets. Although all these factors are mentioned in the literature, surgery duration as an isolated risk factor for DVT in TKA has received little attention.
We used ascending venography (AV) to evaluate the association between the use of tourniquets and total procedure duration and the occurrence of DVT during TKA.
Patients and Methods Seventy-eight consecutive patients from our institution underwent cemented TKA for degenerative knee disorders and then underwent AV, for which they gave informed consent, at a point between 7 and 12 days after surgery, after having been discharged from the hospital. Of the 78, 78.2% were women and 21.8% were men, with an average age of 65.1 years (range, 31-88 years; SD, 11.5 years). Osteoarthrosis was the diagnosis in 74.4%, rheumatoid arthritis in 21.8%, and other disorders in 3.8%.
All patients received prophylaxis for DVT with oral anticoagulants for 12 days, with an international normalized ratio being maintained at about 2.5 (range, 2.0-3.0) in all cases. Perioperatively, we recorded total pneumatic tourniquet time and total surgery duration, in minutes. In all cases, the use of a tourniquet was interrupted by hemostasis, after cementation of the implant and before wound closure. Five categories were established for total tourniquet time: <60, 61 to 90, 91 to 120, and >120 minutes. The total procedure duration was defined in the same way; we recorded the times of the initial incision and the last suture stitch made to close the incision. Three categories were defined for procedure duration: <120, 121 to 150, and >150 minutes. Only 2 patients (3.1%) were given a general anesthetic; all the others were given a spinal block.
The study end point was defined as the execution of bilateral AV at a point between 7 and 12 days after surgery, after hospital discharge. The AV was carried out by a specialist in vascular radiology. The technique applied was basically that described by Rabinov and Paulin (10). The presence of clinically manifested DVT and/or pulmonary embolism was also taken in to consideration. The clinical manifestations of DVT were greater edema of the lower limb than would be expected for the procedure, associated with intense pain on palpation of the calf and pain on passive dorsiflexion of the foot.
AV findings were considered positive for DVT in the presence of blood clots in the vein lumens (Figure 1). They were characterized as occurring on the operated side, contralateral or bilateral, and were diagnosed as proximal DVT (more severe) or distal DVT (less severe), depending on the contents of the radiologist's report.
|Ages Eligible for Study:
|30 Years to 90 Years (Adult, Senior)
|Sexes Eligible for Study:
|Accepts Healthy Volunteers:
|Sampling Method:
|Non-Probability Sample
Inclusion Criteria:
- patients that underwent cemented total knee arthroplasty
Exclusion Criteria:
- post-operative infection
- inadequate follow-up
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT01559532
|Orthopedics Department - University of Sao Paulo General Hospital
|São Paulo, Brazil, 05403-010
|Study Director:
|Arnaldo J Hernandez, Prof. Dr.
|Orthopedics and Traumatology Department - University of Sao Paulo General Hospital
|Responsible Party:
|University of Sao Paulo General Hospital
|ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
|NCT01559532 History of Changes
|Other Study ID Numbers:
|Study First Received:
|March 13, 2012
|Last Updated:
|March 19, 2012
Keywords provided by University of Sao Paulo General Hospital:
Deep vein thrombosis
Knee prosthesis.
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
Venous Thrombosis
Embolism and Thrombosis
Vascular Diseases
Cardiovascular Diseases
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very interesting, funny drawing, i like it!!!5/5!!!
It Needs A Something Human Like xp First The Pig Has The Flu, Then The Chicken Gives The Pig The Bird Flu, Then Humans Give Pigs Human Flu And It Turns Into The Swine Flu xp
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