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Being that my fiancé is currently in law school, I tried to handle a majority of the tasks involved with wedding planning. However, I did ask if he would plan the honeymoon and find our DJ (he actually may have volunteered for these tasks!). Vacations and music are definitely more up his alley (although I enjoy both!), so this was an easy decision for us to make – to allow him to choose our DJ.
The nice thing about my fiancé taking on these tasks (besides the fact that I didn't have to do them!) is that I knew he would put in a lot of research and wouldn't settle until he got exactly what we wanted for a great price — There was no doubt in my mind he would be very thorough when choosing our DJ. He used Wedding Wire and The Knot, as his go-to when searching for DJ's and came up with a list of about 3 or 4 that had high ratings, were reasonably priced, and seemed like they would be fun to work with.
When contacting the different companies, my fiancé wanted someone who would respond quickly and give us the details we needed without being vague on their services and prices. He immediately got a response from Frank Carbone, the owner and DJ of CWDJ Entertainment. Frank answered my fiancé's questions and was upfront with his services prior to us ever meeting him. We seemed to find that other DJ companies wanted to meet with you before giving you information; although some people are comfortable with that approach, we were not.
Our next step was to set-up a meeting with Frank to discuss the possibility of him being the DJ for our wedding. Upon meeting Frank, the conversation was easy flowing and he was able to answer any questions we had. The great thing about CWDJ Entertainment is that you meet with the person who will actually be the DJ at your wedding – not just a sales person trying to get you to sign a contract with them.
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Dr. Reddy's Laboratories (DRL) on Thursday announced a net profit of Rs. 336 crore in the first quarter ended June 30, 2012,, up 28 per cent from the corresponding quarter in the last fiscal, that stood at Rs. 263 crore.
At a press conference, the company's Chief Financial Officer, Umang Vohra said the company's revenues grew at 28 per cent too, up from Rs. 1,978 crore to Rs. 2,541 crore as of June-end, attributing the growth to expansion in the domestic and global markets.
DRL's net profits were however offset by a 23 per cent increase in selling, general/administrative expenses on account of hikes in salary/increments, higher sales and marketing costs and importantly, the effect of rupee depreciation against different currencies. Revenues from North America, that had grown 28 per cent at Rs. 790 crore were less sequentially, but that was on expected lines, he added.
President and Head of the company's Global Generics division, Abhijit Mukherjee said margins were expected to come under pressure with increasing competition and price erosion. However, he added that exciting launches in the United States, numbering about 15 products, were lined up in the fiscal 2012-13.
DRL's Russian and German markets had witnessed appreciable growth, but the domestic market's growth of 19 per cent was important too, as it had outpaced the standard market growth. He informed that Betapharm, its German arm had turned around and while it was managing its own cashflows, the market continued to be challenging.
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5 Reasons How Travel Makes You Take Yourself Not Too Seriously
Life is too short to take everything too seriously, even yourself. Still, many of us make a mountain out of a mole, to say the least. We tend to turn every trivial everyday situations into challenges. You might have encountered such people who complain about every other thing and wear an aura of pessimism around them. Suggest just one thing to such folks- travel around the world. Travel as much as you can because just by getting out to different places makes you a little less serious about life. Much needed change in your mundane life, isn't it?
Travel differentiates between perception and reality
When we keep living in the same house, city, and country for a very long time without taking any breaks, we tend to make perceptions about people different from us. We think about other cultures in our own fancy and may even create negative perceptions about them. If you live in North India, for example, you may always think negatively of South India or North-East India. However, it is not until you travel to those places that you would realize the futility of your negative insights.
Travel drifts you away from lies
Our parents, even though they love us to the core, cannot help but feed us with their beliefs. They have their faith in something, make their own beliefs as they grow, and feed us with the same things that are present in their mind. And all these thing that go into your mind do not let you think positively about other things that may exist as a reality for someone else in the remote corner of your country.
You learn to try new things
Travel is the obvious way to experiment with new things and gain new experiences. Still, many of us are afraid of jumping into the river even if the water is too shallow to drown. You may travel to India from a western country for the first time, and try Self-Drive Cars in Bangalore to gain firsthand experience of handling monstrous traffic in India. Traveling to a completely different world makes you gain courage despite your usual approach to new experiences.
Travel makes you aware of your ignorance
After a certain age, you may think that you have got your life sorted. You may not want to learn any more things, but then, travel arrives in your life to make you appear a fool in your own eyes. You come out of your comfort zone and realize that the world is full of things and places you have never seen, and they are surprisingly pleasant for you. The new people you meet are the ones who may become your friends for life, and you might have missed the opportunity to meet them had you chose to stay in your city forever.
Travel forces you to transform
Yes, there are people who haven't had a good laugh in years. You might have met such people, or you might have become so to some extent. However, there is always a way out when you are determined enough. The easiest way to make your life merrier is to get out of the city, see new places, and meet people. In a way, you will force yourself to take yourself less seriously.
Life is certainly much more fun when you can pull pranks on someone, or even yourself. When you are too serious about life, you may turn into a boring, angry, scared, and stress out human being. Would you want to be such a person with whom no one wants to talk? I bet you not. Why don't we just travel then?


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COCOA, Fla. - A Florida man who reported a suspect wanted in a string of bomb threats won't get a $5,000 reward, because he called 911 before the local crime hot line.
Central Florida Crimeline's board of directors unanimously agreed Wednesday to not award the prize to 22-year-old Mike Schillmoeller.
Schillmoeller was walking his dog May 25 when he saw David Disharoon, a homeless man accused of calling in threats to more than 50 schools, hospitals and other places. Schillmoeller reportedly called Crimeline 20 minutes after calling 911.
Barb Bergin, the director of the nonprofit organization, said Disharoon already was in custody when Crimeline received the tip so it didn't play a role in solving the case.


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Where did the month go!! Thanksgiving is just around the corner and Christmas not too far behind that and then the year is coming to an end! October I participated in the Spooktacular Giveaway Hop and gave away an awesome package that over 300 people entered for!. The other event I participated in was the Spooky Swap and received a neat package! Here is what else happened on the blog!
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Bound by Blood by Amanda Ashley
Dreams Unleashed by Linda Hawley
Embraced by Shadows by Mayra Calvani
Fatal Embrace by Aris Whittier
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Gideon by Jacquelyn Frank. US/CA. Ends 11/18
To Love a London Ghost by Maeve Alpin. Intl. Ends 11/16
Amador Lockdown by Coral Russell. Intl. Ends 11/14
I participated once again in RAK! This is just a fantastic meme and if you haven't participated before now is the time to sign up! In October I did not receive a RAK nor did I get one sent out.
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Clayton Kershaw gets 100th win as Dodgers beat Rockies
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Clayton Kershaw earned his 100th career victory on his fifth attempt, and the Los Angeles Dodgers hung on for a 6-4 victory over the Colorado Rockies on Friday night.
Dodgers closer Kenley Jansen, reinstated from the disabled list after recovering from surgery on his left foot in February, struck out four in the eighth inning on 14 pitches. The first one, Carlos Gonzalez, reached base on a passed ball by Yasmani Grandal.
Jansen was the first big leaguer to accomplish the feat since Arizona's Oliver Perez last Sept. 20 at Colorado. And it couldn't have come at a better time, after the Rockies scored four runs in the seventh against relievers Paco Rodriguez and Yimi Garcia.
Kershaw (2-2) was charged with three runs, four hits and three walks in 6 2-3 innings and struck out 10 before leaving with a 6-1 lead. The reigning NL MVP and three-time Cy Young winner is 7-0 with a 2.28 ERA and 71-7 strikeout-to-walk ratio in his last eight starts against the Rockies, including a no-hitter last June at Dodger Stadium.
This was the left-hander's first win since April 17, when he struck out 12 in a 7-3 decision against the Rockies at Los Angeles.
Rookie Adam Liberatore gave up a pair of one-out singles in the ninth before ex-Rockies right-hander Juan Nicasio got the final two outs for his first save in five big league seasons after being used primarily as a starter by Colorado. Nicasio struck out Wilin Rosario to end it after a two-out double-steal by Charlie Blackmon and Daniel Descalso.
Jimmy Rollins, who had his first four-hit game with the Dodgers, opened the scoring in the first when he drove a 3-2 pitch from Eddie Butler (2-4) into the right-field bullpen for his fourth homer. He added his 900th regular-season RBI in the fifth with a single off reliever Yohan Flande, increasing the margin to 6-0.
DJ LeMahieu ignited Colorado's rally with a two-out RBI single in the seventh. Kershaw faced one more batter, walking pinch-hitter Michael McKenry with his 110th pitch.
Blackmon greeted Rodriguez with a single that loaded the bases, and Descalso cleared them with a double off the right field fence. Descalso entered the game in the third inning at shortstop after Troy Tulowitzki left because of tightness in his left quadriceps.
Garcia, who surrendered a three-run homer to Gonzalez in the ninth inning of the Dodgers' series-opening 5-4 loss, walked Nolan Arenado before striking out Rosario.
Butler threw 83 pitches in just 2 2-3 innings and was charged with four runs — three earned — and six hits along with four walks. The right-hander is 0-3 in three starts against the Dodgers this season alone, including a rain-shortened 2-1 loss seven days earlier at Coors Field.
The Dodgers tacked on three runs in the third with Justin Turner's two-run double and an RBI single by Andre Ethier. One of the runs that inning was unearned because of an error by first baseman Rosario, who fielded a grounder in the hole by Adrian Gonzalez and made an off-balance toss out of Butler's reach while trying to lead him to the bag.
Rollins led off the fourth with a double, advanced on Howie Kendrick's third consecutive single and scored the Dodgers' fifth run on a double-play grounder by Adrian Gonzalez.
Arenado struck out chasing a pitch in the dirt to end the Rockies' third inning. When Grandal tried to tag him in the batter's box and make the out official, Arenado slapped the ball out of the catcher's hand.
Rockies: Bench coach Tom Runnells filled in for manager Walt Weiss for the third straight game following Weiss' emergency appendectomy Wednesday. ... 1B Justin Morneau was not in the lineup for the second game in a row because of neck stiffness, the result of a diving attempt he made on a ground ball during Wednesday night's loss to the Angels. Friday was his 34th birthday.
Rockies: LHP Jorge De La Rosa (0-2) will face the Dodgers for the second time in seven days, after issuing six walks and five runs over four innings in a no-decision at Coors Field.
Dodgers: RHP Zack Greinke (5-0) had a no-decision his last time out despite allowing one run over seven innings against the Miami Marlins. He is 22-1 in 32 starts against NL West teams since joining the Dodgers — the only blemish a 1-0 loss to the Rockies on Sept. 28, 2013, at Los Angeles.


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New York: Rahul Gandhi, speaking at the Princeton University on Tuesday, confessed that the Narendra Modi government's "Make in India" is one policy that he wished his Congress party had introduced, although with tweaks.
- Rahul Gandhi appreciated PM Modi's 'Make in India' initiative
- "But, they are not targeting who they should," Mr Gandhi said
- Rahul Gandhi made the remark at the Princeton University
"I like the 'Make in India' concept but they are not targeting whom they should...My implementation and focus would be slightly different," the Congress Vice president said in response to questions from students at the prestigious university.
"PM Modi feels large businesses should be targeted. I feel medium and small companies should be targeted. That is where the jobs are going to come from," the 47-year-old told his audience.
Because of the failure to create jobs, he said, "anger is building up" against the government.
For 30,000 young men entering the job market every day in India, only 450 jobs are being created, he said.
"The anger is building up in India right now. We can sense it. So to me, the challenge is how to solve the problem in a democratic environment."
Offering an assessment that was also self-critical, he said: "Frankly, the Congress party was unable to do it. But Modi is also unable to do it. It is a deeper problem, so we have to first accept it as a problem and then we have to unite at solving it. Right now nobody is willing to accept it."
Mr Gandhi said the reason for the rise of PM Modi - and also of US President Donald Trump to an extent - was the "question of jobs". "A large part of our populations simply do not have jobs and cannot see a future and so they are feeling the pain. And they have supported these type of leaders. The problem is that the record on jobs of these leaders -- I do not know Trump so I won't go there -- but certainly our Prime Minister is not good enough."
He admitted that the UPA government led by his party, which lost power to the BJP in 2014, also could not deliver adequately on the job front.
"Those same people who got angry with us because we could not deliver on those 30,000 jobs are now going to get angry with Modi."
Mr Gandhi is interacting with policy makers, students and lawmakers in a two-week tour of the US. Last week, at an interactive session at the University of California, Berkeley, Mr Gandhi said he was "absolutely ready" to be the party's prime ministerial candidate for the 2019 national election.
He also commented that PM Modi was "probably a better communicator" than him.
"I am an opposition leader. But Mr Modi is also my Prime Minister. He has certain skills. He is a very good communicator...probably much better than me. He understands how to give a message to three or four different groups in a crowd. So, his messaging ability is very subtle and effective," he noted.


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PM Mahathir Mohamad's promised handover to one-time nemesis Anwar Ibrahim is increasingly in doubt
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In a first, a Tejas fighter jet was refuelled mid-air by an Indian Air Force aircraft on Tuesday. According to a report in NDTV, it is major step that would ensure expansion of the range up to which the fighter jet can strike in combat situations.
As per the report, there was no actual transfer of fuel from the Indian Air Force II-78 tanker to the light combat aircraft. Several more tests need to be conducted to validate the capability of Tejas fighter jet, which is made in India. One of these tests would also include actual transfer of fuel.
The indigenous supersonic fourth-generation fighter has been inducted by the Indian Air Force into the No 45 Squadron 'The Flying Daggers', based at Sulur Air Force Station at Kangayampalayam in Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu.
The Defence Acquisition Council (DAC) had in late 2017 cleared the acquisition of 83 LCA Tejas Mk1A aircraft and the HAL has also ramped up the production of the jet from eight per year to 16.
The 83 Tejas Mk1A will come for Rs 50,000 crore and help the IAF which has been struggling with the depleting number of fighter squadrons.
India has also joined the select club of US, Europe, Russia and China having the capability of Deck Landing of fighter aircraft. The LCA Tejas Naval Prototype 2 (NP2), piloted by Captain Shivnath Dahiya safely executed the first contact of the arrestor hook system with Arresting wire at moderate taxi-in speeds on location at the Shore Based Test Facility, INS Hansa, Goa on August 2.
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Sorry guys, but turns out this has all been a lot of mental masturbation.
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Here's the strat with the Texas Specials mic'd.
Here's the exact same setup only the amp is connected to the interface:
It's that brighter twangier kind of tone, to my ears anyway, that I was looking for an alternative for, just for those occasions where it would fit in better with the overall tone of the song. Not that that brighter tone is all that bad, but it does kind of point up just the basic difference between micing my amp and connecting it to the interface. I know there's any number of adjustments I can make with tone, plugins, whatnot. But to me, that's more of a band aid than a solution.
And yes, I did have Cab Emulation turned on in the amp, and the mic I was using is a Sennheiser 609, slightly offset from the center of the speaker.
Crap, since it's really not feasible for me to record by micing the amp, acoustics, neighbors, that kind of stuff, no sense wasting money on new gear, except possibly for a new interface if you think that might help. Still running my old Presonus FireWire Mobile.
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April 2017 - Volume 4, Issue 2
Why the Whole Building Approach Matters
At SWA we support the whole building approach to design and construction by doing our best to ensure that projects meet sustainability, energy efficiency, and accessibility requirements. From our perspective, accessibility compliance is a key factor in determining whether a project is truly sustainable and efficient.
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PM stands by filmmaker Amjad Hossain
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has taken the responsibility for medical treatment of critically ill eminent film director Amjad Hossain.
"Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has taken the responsibility for the treatment of 'Ekushey Padak'-winning filmmaker Amjad Hossain after talking to his two sons at her office here this afternoon," PM's Deputy Press Secretary Ashraful Alam Khokan told BSS.
He said the prime minister invited Amjad Hossain's sons – Sajjad Hossain Dodul and Sohel Arman – to the Prime Minister's Office (PMO) to know the latest physical condition of the film director who suffered a stroke at his residence on Sunday.
"After knowing the health condition from them, the prime minister has taken the responsibility for treatment of Amzad Hossain," Khokan said.
Film director SA Haque Olik was present on the occasion.
Sohel Arman told reporters that the prime minister had taken full responsibility for treatment of his father at home or abroad.
Amjad Hossain, who also won the National Film Awards for a number of times, is now undergoing treatment at the Intensive Care Unit of the Impulse Hospital at Tejgaon in the capital. (BSS)


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South African Rapper, AKA, took to his Twitter after the match between South Africa and Nigeria last night ended in 2-1, favouring Nigeria to make some comments Nigerians did not like. AKA said "We should have just lost to Egypt … rather than Nigeria."
Nigerians came after him for that comment and they did not hesitate in bringing the xenophobic attacks in South Africa into the banter. He has been facing backlash for the comment all day. The most prolific of all comments being that the "Super Eagles of Nigeria beat the Xenophobia out of Bafana Bafana of South Africa".
Nigerians have not taken the comment funny, and here are some of the toughest comebacks:
So painful, super Eagles beat xenophobic out of yall pic.twitter.com/A2KV4y8uIA
— Tokan (@futurKing) July 10, 2019
Egypt let you pass on purpose so we can beat xenophobia out of you pple.#NoToXenophobia
— Atiku's Boy. (@village_james) July 11, 2019
And The records even had to come out at some point too
This is for you @akaworldwide pic.twitter.com/8Wc9Uo2Fz7
— fyneface04 (@fynefaze) July 10, 2019
— RoyalPriestHood (@yungeorge5588) July 10, 2019
Just when we thought that the banter was going to end in one thread, then the king of all savages on this episode on Twitter came out with their fangs, shading AKA on his musical career.
Well, we know that Nigerians live for the bants and they never cease to take the opportunity to bash anyone who "cross the line". While some of these tweets are hilarious, others are just MEAN. In the end, we proud of the Super Eagles for winning the match against South Africa. Let us know just how proud you are in the comment section below.
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Way to go wife!November 14th, 2008 at 10:47 pm
Well I checked the online bank statement updated daily yesterday and find the Hilton double charged my wife for her stay at the conference last week. errrr. Now we don't have credit cards but use our debit card for everything so it shows up instaniously. The Hilton is a pain to deal with. Here is the history of the last week with my wifes stay at the Hilton in Indianapolis for a conference.
11/5 Arrive in Indy at Hilton. Sharing the room with 3 women to reduce cost of trip. Hilton charges $800 to my debit card upon arrival even though I was told it was only going to be $50. Room was only $500 total for 4 nights anyways.
11/6 Call wife in AM to tell her to go talk to the manager about the situation. Wife calls back they admitted their mistake and refunded it all
11/7 hold for $16.97 on the account from Hilton, what ever not enough to piss me off.
11/8 Another hold for $103 on the card, no big deal room was to be $171 anyways.
11/9 Wife calls got her bill they billed all 3 of them $103 each. Figured they got another discount as all received the same bill.
11/10 All charges gone from account no more holds. Figured they would bill it on Tuesday.
Yesterday 11/13 check online statement as I do every morning upon waking up. 2 finalized charges for $103 for a total of $206 charged to my account. Wife call them up and they say the person in charge will call her back tomorrow.
Today she gets a call back saying that it was because she wasn't billed properly and that they were just fixing it and taking the extra money. Ah, no not even a phone call just taking the money with out notification. Wife tells them that this is there mistake and that they screwed up twice on this trip and she wasn't paying the difference as the final printed bill and receipt were for $103. Wife tells them about their bad service, guy says he needs to talk to the manager. Guy calls back and says she will only be charged the $103 as it was their mistake.
Now I was fine with paying the extra $68 for a total of $171 as that is what was originally expected. Now after them taking more than that with out any notification they can say good by to the extra $68 for their bad service. Manager O.K.'d it and they are taking full responsibility for their mistakes.
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Got my qoutes from State Farm. I will be saving $2 a month for switching car insurance over but will save $196 a year on my renters insurance by switching all together I will save $220 a year by switching.
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Dan Tulett made history as he led home a sensational Great Britain Cycling Team one-two in the UCI MTB Junior Series at the Haleigh Park International on Sunday. Tulett became the first British male to win a UCI MTB Junior Series race as he powered to victory on home turf. Cameron Orr followed Tulett over the line in the junior men's race in Essex on an excellent day for British Cycling's Junior Academy as all four riders finished in the top-ten, with Calum Fernie fifth and Sean Flynn 10th.
"It's the biggest win of my career," Tulett, 17, said. "I didn't even finish this race a year ago so this means everything to me. I attacked at the last feed station where it's all uphill, then once you're into the arena in the lead it's all over, I knew I had it."
Last takes thrilling win
British champion Annie Last took a thrilling win in a sprint finish in the elite women's event. Riding for OMX Pro Team, Last came out on top in a two-rider sprint with Barbara Benko.
Great Britain Cycling Team Senior Academy rider Ella Conolly was 13th, while Abergavenny's Ffion James took eighth and Last's teammate Isla Short ninth.
"There was enough wind today to make this a really tactical race so it was great to get the experience of riding at the front and stopping chases," Last said. "I was happy to go into a sprint finish or lead it out as there were only two of us. I haven't raced for four weeks. I had a good winter of training, then did the Cape Epic which I'd never done before, after a bit of recovery from that I feel like I'm in a good place ahead of the world cup in two weeks."
Junior women's race
In the junior women's race, European champion Sophie Wright was fourth with Emily Wadsworth also in the top-ten with a sixth-place finish. Laura Stigger took the win.
11th for Clacherty
Great Britain Cycling Team Senior Academy rider Frazer Clacherty was 11th in the elite men's race – the second highest under-23. British champion Grant Ferguson was fifth as Maxime Marotte took the victory.
Such success among the junior men surely casts further doubt on the wisdom of UK Sport's refusal to provide funding for male XC riders – with junior riders getting results like these, it looks like the funding criteria may well be short sighted. Let's hope that British Cycling manages to find a way to fund these riders through the new MTB pathway currently being devised. It's thanks to British Cycling and partner HSBC that these riders – and other men on the GB team – are still able to follow their full time training plan. And if Last continues to turn out results like these, could we see her lining up on the start line in Tokyo?
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Are the full results anywhere online? My searching has failed.
@Clink The provisional results are now up on the BC event page: https://www.britishcycling.org.uk/events/details/157053/Hadleigh-Park-International-(UCI/HC)-Cross-Country
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Please note this page refers to the Shop Front Festival 2018. There will not be a Shop Front Festival in 2019. However there will be the fabulous SHOOT FESTIVAL on 4th – 7th APRIL 2019. DO come and support emerging artists from Coventry and Warwickshire.
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Theatre in shop fronts, pop-up performances in precincts, dancing in the streets – all putting people's creative talents centre stage. There's something for everyone to participate in at the first ever edition of Shop Front Festival. We warmly invite you to play, perform and enjoy the two-day city centre celebration.
Shop Front Festival features some of the UK's most exciting new and established theatre makers and artists working in dance, circus, music, visual and outdoor arts, bringing together creative communities local to Coventry together with those from further afield.
Imagine your visit to Coventry city centre transformed
From 10am on Friday 23 March to 10.30pm on Saturday 24 March, you'll find immersive and interactive performances and artworks in empty shop spaces, cafes, retail spaces and outdoors. Most of these are FREE and suitable for people of all ages. Walk a mile in someone else's shoes, star in a melodrama, play in an Actual Reality Arcade and don't forget to join England's favourite shopping pastime – queuing!
Discover What's On:
About Shop Front Festival 2018 – An introduction from our artistic team
Friday 23 March – All Day Events, Timed Events, Shop Talk, Works in Progress and a Late Night Shopper
Saturday 24 March – Timed Events, Theatre Lab, You Do It, All Day Events and a Great Night Out
What's On At A Glance – Easy-to-use listings and map
Downloadable PDF: What's On At A Glance
Downloadable Festival Brochure
Ticketing: Most events are FREE, with no need to book. Some events are ticketed. Check event listings for more information, or visit www.brownpapertickets.com to see all ticketed events at Shop Front Festival.
Shop Front Festival is presented by Chris O'Connell and Julia Negus, the writer and producer who run the award-winning Coventry-based Theatre Absolute, which has been operating out of the old Fishy Moores – a former 'Chippy' in City Arcade – since 2009, working with independent artistic director Orit Azaz and outdoor producer Lou Lomas.
The Shop Front Festival is supported by Coventry City of Culture Trust, Coventry City Council, Heart of England Community Foundation, Coventry Business Improvement District (BID), Backstage Trust, and 29th May Trust.


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Jillie is responsible for the delivery of our housing and property services. She has more than 25 years housing experience in London and the South East. Jillie worked in a variety of roles for Lewisham Council, with her last two years as Head of Strategy and Commissioning. Jillie joined the organisation in 2009 from the Orbit Group where she worked as Director of Operations for four years. She is passionate about improving the life choices and opportunities for those we serve through delivery of high quality services, and the provision of homes and an environment that our residents can be proud of.
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The camera setting is called multiple exposure
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Forbes published another interesting list today — the 15 most affordable cities in the land.
Forbes considered only the 50 largest metro areas so Knoxville wasn't in the running. But a few metro areas in nearby states are among the list of "bargain cities."
Cincinnati is ranked No.5 and Raleigh, N.C. is No. 11.
The list is dominated by midwest cities — Omaha, Neb. is No. 1. Not surprisingly, no California metros are on the bargain list. Having lived in Southern California for 10 years, I can attest to that. It's a beautiful state, but affordable it is not.
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Mr. Sun Zhaoben was 70 years old and lived in Sunjialou Village, Wutai Town, Pingyi County, Shandong Province. After he started to practice Falun Dafa in 1994, all of his illnesses disappeared, and his white hair turned black. He maintained a high moral standard, and he was well thought of in his hometown. On March 27, 2003, he was arrested by a female police officer sent from the County 610 Office and Village Chairman Zhu Qinfu (male). He was detained for 21 days and had to pay two thousand yuan in extortion money for his release. He suffered numerous tortures during his detention, which caused him severe physical harm. He died on August 4, 2003.
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Nashville, Tennessee - The plane with the politician has had a mechanical breakdown which forced it to do an emergency landing
Neither the American politicians are excluded to have fear on flight. The plane with the Tennessee's Governor, Phil Bredesen, on board yesterday night had some mechanical problems while flying to Jackson. The Governor, his wife, and 9 staff members, were on board a twin-engine, when the pilot realized there has been a breakdown in the system which controls the landing gear and the brakes, so he decided...
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Agriculture, Food, Fisheries & Biosciences
Members of Monckton Chambers have extensive experience advising and representing private and public sector clients from the agricultural, food and fisheries industries. As a result, we have built up a real understanding of the human, technical, economic and policy issues arising in this sector.
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Every urologist seems to have his own unique and personal procedure for double J stent placement as there is no single, universally accepted or recommended technique. Some practitioners will immediately cut the dangler/safety thread, which gets the thread out of the way early in the placement procedure but may cause difficulties later in adjusting or manipulating the stent. Some will choose to use the same length stent for every patient or adjust the length based on estimates from retrograde pyelograms using x-ray, CT scans, or patient height which seems less than ideal if the placement of an optimal length stent is the goal. An optimized double J placement technique has not been agreed upon.
The ideal double J placement technique would be reversible, include an accurate and reliable ureteral measurement for optimal stent length selection, and would guarantee ureteral guidewire access throughout the procedure. The technique should emphasize patient comfort and safety while maintaining ureteral access throughout the procedure. Further, the procedure should be as close to mistake-proof as possible since, for many new urology residents, double J stent placement is among their first endoscopic surgeries.
We started by performing a detailed critical analysis of the various techniques of double J stent placement described in the literature, as well as many other variations that have never been formally reported.
We found answers to many of the more common questions including the best way to select the optimal stent length, use of rigid versus soft stent material, whether to go longer or shorter if the measured ureteral length is in between sizes, management of standard stent side effects and complications, when double J stents can be safely omitted after ureteroscopic lithotripsy procedures, etc.
Features of an Optimal Double J Stent Placement Technique: Basic Principles
Use the right length ureteral stent. While the length of the ureter can be estimated by CT, retrograde x-ray, or by the patient's height, it is best to measure the ureteral length directly if possible. Nothing else gives an accurate, reliable ureteral length measurement. The patient's height can only provide a vague approximation, and a typical x-ray pyelogram will overestimate the length by about 10% due to x-ray dispersion from the magnification effect between the patient and image intensifier.[1]
To obtain an accurate ureteral length measurement, a 5 or 6 French open-ended catheter is placed into the renal pelvis over a guidewire. A small amount of diluted contrast injected retrograde into the open-ended ureteral catheter is sufficient to visualize the renal pelvis. If the renal pelvis becomes too opaque, it will become challenging to see the retrograde catheter or the proximal end of the double J stent, so only a minimal amount of diluted contrast is used. The open-ended catheter has easily visible 1 cm markings, so the ureteral length (Uretero-Pelvic Junction to the ureteral orifice) is easily measured.
The proximal coiled end of the stent will always migrate to the most inferior position possible in the renal pelvis. This will extend the distal end of the double J further into the bladder where it may impact the opposite bladder wall causing additional patient discomfort. For this reason, if the ureteral length measures an odd number of centimeters, select a stent that matches the shorter length. There is sufficient length in the double J stent coils to easily stretch the extra centimeter without any harm, discomfort, or migration risk.
Choose a stent with the proper degree of rigidity. The stiffness or rigidity of the stent should be selected based on the clinical situation. More rigid stents are recommended in strictures, cancer cases or when a stone cannot be dislodged and must be bypassed by the stent. The extra rigidity resists decreased drainage due to possible stent compression, better than a stent from a softer material.
Use the correct French size. The standard size for double J stents is typically 6 French. Larger diameter stents (larger French sizes) are recommended when draining infections in obstructive pyelonephritis and pyonephrosis. If a larger French size stent is desired but cannot be placed, consider using two smaller French sized stents in tandem.
The proximal end of the stent should be fully coiled and in the most inferior possible position in the renal pelvis. The secret is to allow the proximal end of the double J stent to curl fully, then move it into position while still leaving the guidewire partially inside the stent. This allows for a possible reversal, manipulation and even complete stent removal/replacement while leaving the guidewire in place for ureteral access.
Getting the proximal tip of the stent to curl in a small renal pelvis can be tricky. A maneuver called the "Leslie Flip" might be helpful in such situations. This involves retracting the guidewire from the proximal end of the stent, then pulling the stent, wire, and pusher back into the proximal ureter followed immediately by slowly pushing all of them forward, back into the renal pelvis. The proximal stent tip, with its strong coiling memory, will try its best to make a fully circular coil. This maneuver can be repeated if necessary, to obtain optimal results. (It is critical to have the dangler/safety thread in place to be able to do this maneuver. Otherwise, the stent may not retract. This is one of the reasons we recommend leaving the dangler/safety thread in place until the very end of the procedure.)
Do not cut the dangler/safety thread until the procedure is completed. As long as the dangler/safety thread is attached to the distal end of the stent, it pushes the stent and the pusher together while the guidewire remains in place between them, keeping them aligned. This essentially makes a single unit of these separate items which facilitates positioning and allows for the "Leslie Flip" maneuver described previously. Cutting the dangler/safety thread at the beginning of the case makes it almost impossible to change or even manipulate the stent without sacrificing the guidewire and possibly losing access. In such cases, it may be impossible to regain ureteral access, which can significantly complicate the patient's clinical course.
The dangler/safety thread needs to be removed in a manner that will not move the stent out of position. The thread can easily be cut and removed at the end of the case as long as the pusher is still in place and the guidewire is always at least partially inside the double J stent. The partially inserted guide wire and pusher together stabilize the distal end of the stent and keeps everything adequately aligned. Without the thread, there is no way to keep the stent from moving during manipulation or to extract it without losing the guidewire and possibly ureteral access as well. Once the thread is removed, the guidewire can be quickly withdrawn without dislodging the stent since the pusher will prevent distal migration of the stent and inadvertent extraction.
Double J stents have been used for more than 25 years and have become a staple of the urological endoscopic armamentarium. They are used mainly for stabilization of the ureter after surgery and to provide drainage through a ureter that may be obstructed, leaking, dysfunctional, or strictured. They are often used after extracorporeal shockwave stone surgery to minimize blockage from steinestrasse (multiple stone fragments that can clog and obstruct a ureter after lithotripsy), to bypass a larger immovable ureteral calculus or to help identify the ureter radiologically or surgically.
Stents are also used as gentle ureteral dilators. If a tortuous, narrowed, or strictured ureter is encountered during ureteroscopy, placement of a double J stent will gradually dilate the lumen allowing for much easier ureteroscopy at a later date.
Or as one of the early pioneers in endourology, Dr. Arthur Smith, famously said, "When the going gets tough, the tough leave a stent and go home!"
The American Urological Association (AUA) guidelines suggest that a double J stent may be omitted after ureteroscopic lithotripsy when "there is no ureteral injury, no anatomical obstacle to fragment clearance and a normal contralateral kidney" but it fails to give any additional guidance on this subject. [2] There is also a wide gap in double J stent usage after ureteroscopy with 40.5% of cases in the Netherlands using stents after ureteroscopic procedures compared to about 93% in the US.[3] A preliminary study presented at the 2018 AUA meeting by Bower and Pareek attempted to create a practical algorithm to help identify situations where stents could reasonably be omitted. They reported on 250 procedures in which 106 patients were eligible for stent omission based on their algorithm. Of these 106, 60 went without double J stents, and none of these patients required readmission or additional surgery. Mainly, if a pre-procedural double J stent was in place or an access sheath was not used with a single, uncomplicated renal or distal ureteral stone, a post-procedure double J stent could probably be safely omitted. Use of an access sheath without pre-procedure stenting would generally require a post-ureteroscopy double J stent. While further prospective studies are needed to confirm the validity of the algorithm, it serves as a useful and valuable starting point for consideration of stent omission after ureteroscopy.
A summary of their algorithm for double J stent omission after ureteroscopic lithotripsy follows:
1. Abnormal contralateral kidney, renal failure (GFR<30), collecting system anatomical abnormality, or second stage procedure planned: Stent Suggested.
2. None of the above, a pre-procedure double J stent was NOT placed prior to ureteroscopy, but an access sheath was used: Stent Suggested.
3. Same as above but access sheath was NOT used: More than a single, uncomplicated distal ureteral or renal stone was treated: Stent Suggested.
4. All cases not covered above may consider the omission of the stent.
Having a wide variety of stent diameters and lengths is optimal. It is preferable to have both soft double J stents and rigid ones, but if you have to choose only one, pick the rigid type but insist on the largest possible selection of widths and lengths. The most commonly used size is a 6 French, 26 cm stent. Some very large patients will need longer stents, and some patients with a horseshoe or pelvic kidney will require very short ones.
Getting the guidewire or the open-ended catheter into the distal ureter can sometimes be challenging. Start by using the right size cystoscope sheath. Too small a sheath will not allow a 7 or 8 French stent, but if the cystoscope is too large, it will be challenging to secure and direct the open-ended ureteral catheter, stent, and guidewire. Consider using an Albarran deflecting bridge which allows for a little adjustable deflection at the tip of the cystoscope. This will permit approaching the ureteral orifice at a more acute angle, which will often work much better. The Albarran bridge will also provide additional intravesical stabilization of guide wires, ureteral catheters, and stents. Our personal preference is to use an Albarran bridge with a 70-degree lens and a 19 to 22 French cystoscope sheath for double J stent placement.
Be careful when advancing an open-ended catheter up the ureter without a guidewire. The edges of the catheter can be sharp enough to cause significant and unnecessary bleeding if pushed or forced up the ureter even with a guidewire. Some open-ended ureteral catheters have a slightly tapered tip, and these are preferable as they will tend to cause less ureteral trauma and reduce bleeding.
Ureteral balloon or solid dilators may occasionally be necessary and should be readily available. If a specific strictured area is identified on retrograde pyelography or fluoroscopy, it is helpful to place a marker (such as a sticky note or a signature request tab) directly on the fluoro screen to identify its exact location. This is particularly helpful for balloon dilation. If such dilation is not successful for any reason, it may be preferable to leave a stent for passive dilation and return another day to complete the procedure.
Guidewires are a matter of personal taste. Hydrophilic wires are generally preferred but need to be kept moist for optimal performance. For this purpose, we always keep a wet sponge on the field to quickly moisten the wire and the stent. Always wipe from the outside (distal) end towards the urethra (proximal) end to avoid inadvertent dislodgement of the stent or guidewire.[4]
Placing a double J stent is a two-person job, so make sure to have an assistant who is able and willing to help. It can be very frustrating when the clinician is in the middle of a case, and the only available assistant cannot or will not assist.
After trying innumerable variations, we have developed a technique that maximizes reliable double J stent placement while allowing for easy reversibility and guaranteed ureteral access. It also facilitates optimal stent positioning and renal pelvis stent coiling to minimize migration and patient discomfort.
Recommended Technique
Determine the Optimal Stent Length
Measure the ureteral length from the urinary meatus to the ureteropelvic junction (UPJ) either by a retrograde pyelogram (then subtract 10% due to radiologic magnification) or (preferred) determined directly with a marked ureteral catheter. This is done by placing the catheter tip at the UPJ and then cystoscopically checking the markings at the ureteral meatus. A small amount of diluted contrast can be injected through the ureteral catheter to help identify the UPJ. Double J stents only come in even lengths, so if the ureteral length measurement is an odd number of centimeters, choose the double J length that is 1 cm shorter. Note that the stent length does not include the curls at either end. As a general rule, the average ureter takes a 26 cm length stent.
Select the Optimal Stent Diameter and Stiffness
After establishing the ureteral length, the next issue is a decision on the width and rigidity (compressibility) of the stent. Softer stents may be more comfortable for the patient, but stiffer ones are likely to be more reliable and crush resistant. With larger stones and tighter spaces, go with firmer material and a smaller diameter stent. Also, use a firmer catheter material when dealing with tortuous ureters and malignancies. For ureteral strictures or severely infected kidneys, use larger diameter stents. Consider a metallic stent for malignancy or if the stent will be required permanently.
Guide Wire Placement (Routine)
With the double J stent selected, the next step is placing the guidewire. The guidewire can be inserted directly into the ureteral orifice, or it can be placed through a 5 or 6 French open-ended ureteral catheter. It should be advanced until the floppy tip coils in the renal pelvis as determined fluoroscopically.
Guide Wire Placement (Difficult)
Guidewire placement is not usually a problem, but it can sometimes be challenging; especially when dealing with impacted stones, strictures, cancers, and tortuous ureters. First, try a different wire. We typically start with a hydrophilic stiff shaft straight tip but recommend an angled tip wire under challenging situations. The stiffer shaft wire helps straighten tortuous ureters, and it seems to be easier to advance with less bowing. In some cases, we may pass two wires to help straighten an unusually tortuous ureter. This can be quickly done with a dual lumen ureteral catheter.
When the guidewire does not advance easily, use a 5 French open-ended catheter to provide stability and prevent bowing of the wire. Place the open-ended catheter within 1 cm of the obstruction and then gently try advancing the wire through the catheter while twisting the wire slightly right and left. Use fluoroscopy for guidance and a torque vise or similar device to better handle, twist, and advance the guidewire.
The obstruction only has to be successfully traversed once to provide proximal access. If the only partial passage is achieved, advance the open-ended catheter gently and carefully over the guidewire as much as possible, and then repeat the guide wire advancement technique described above. For even more excellent stability and support, a dual lumen catheter can be substituted for the standard open-ended catheter.
A combination of lidocaine jelly and contrast can be advantageous in these situations. Inject a small amount through the open-ended catheter to help with visualization and reduce ureteral spasm. Use of a smaller syringe (3 or 5 mL) is recommended for this retrograde injection due to the high viscosity of the mixture.
Use Retrograde Pyelography
With the guidewire in place, advance the open-ended catheter to the UPJ and measure the ureteral length. The guidewire can be safely removed to do a retrograde as long as the tip of the open-ended catheter is beyond any stricture or blockage. A few milliliters of diluted contrast can be injected to help identify the UPJ. After measuring the ureteral length, replace the guidewire, and remove the ureteral catheter. If the ureter is particularly tortuous, consider using a second guidewire to help straighten it. If the ureter is significantly narrowed or tight, ureteral dilation with either a Nottingham dilator, tapered ureteral catheter or balloon dilator may be needed. In these situations, consider using a smaller diameter double J stent immediately, then replacing it with a wider one later after a reasonable period of passive dilation from the original stent.
We like to position the fluoroscope so that the center of the renal pelvis is in the exact middle of the radiologic viewing field so that even if the injected contrast has dissipated or drained away, there is still an indicator for the precise location of the center of the renal pelvis.
Keep the Guide Wire Moist
Start at the most distal end of the guidewire and wipe just the tip with a wet sponge from proximal to distal. This avoids having the guidewire accidentally perforate the sponge and getting caught. Then wipe the rest of the guide wire from distal to proximal to prevent accidental extraction or movement of the guidewire. We keep a wet sponge handy on the patient's knee and another on the side of the water basin to help keep these hydrophilic supplies moist and wet whenever they are used or manipulated.
Load the Stent
Loading the proximal end of the double J stent, the end without the safety thread, over the distal tip of the guidewire can sometimes be tricky. Use the supplied plastic outer sheath, if available, as an aid to straighten out the curve of the stent. Adjust the plastic sheath so that the proximal tip of the stent is just inside the sheath, about 1 cm from the tip.
Make sure the double J and guidewire are both very moist if using hydrophilic materials; otherwise, it can be challenging to advance the stent over the guidewire. Most hydrophilic guidewires and stents dry out very quickly and then become sticky.
Advance the guidewire into the stent. Place one hand on the distal end of the plastic outer sheath and pinch the stent and plastic sheath together. This extra stability facilitates passage of the guidewire through the stent as otherwise, the guidewire may push the stent out the back of the plastic sheath. Once the guidewire is through the proximal coiled end of the stent, slide the sheath outwards to straighten out the distal coil and push the guide wire all the way through. Remove the plastic outer sheath once the guidewire has passed through the entire stent and is visible at the distal end. Do not remove the thread yet.
Place the Double J Stent
Push the stent into the cystoscope until you can see the proximal end of the stent enter the distal ureter. Then have the pusher placed over the guidewire and use it to slide the stent over the guidewire into the ureter and up into the renal pelvis. Now pull the guidewire back slightly so that the tip of the wire is just below the curl of the proximal end of the stent. Hold the pusher, guidewire, and the safety thread from the stent together as a single unit and gently move it a few centimeters in and out of the ureter as previously described. This will allow the soft, proximal end of the stent to curl up in the renal pelvis naturally. By holding the stent, pusher, and thread together, the entire process can be easily reversed just by pushing the guidewire back into the renal pelvis allowing for stent repositioning or even complete removal while leaving the guidewire in place for ureteral access.
Remove the Dangler/Safety Thread
When completely satisfied with the proximal renal curl of the stent and its distal (bladder) placement, with the black mark from the stent visible at the ureteral orifice, cut one end of the dangler/safety thread close to the cystoscope nipple and altogether remove the thread. Make sure the knot is distal to the point where the thread is cut. Removal of the thread with the guidewire and pusher still in place stabilizes the double J and minimizes the chances of inadvertently moving or extracting the stent. The thread can optionally be left in place and secured at the end of the case to the inner thigh or dorsum of the penis. This is recommended only when the expected need for the stent is one week or less as it is prone to accidental early dislodgement or removal by the patient. Do Not Remove the Dangler/Safety Thread Until Completely Satisfied With the Proximal Stent Tip Coiling in the Renal Pelvis as Well as the Distal Stent Position!
Guide Wire Removal
Immediately after the thread is removed, pull the guidewire entirely out. (Up to this point, the guidewire has been in place just below the proximal coiled stent tip, stabilizing the position of the stent, so it does not move or get pulled out accidentally.) To safely remove the pusher, first advance the pusher in a few centimeters until the distal stent tip has been pushed out of the cystoscope sheath and the end of the stent is visible completely inside the bladder. Now it is safe to remove the pusher. If the coiling is not optimal in the bladder, a biopsy forceps or grasper can be used to adjust it through the cystoscope.
Review the final position of the double J stent fluoroscopically and cystoscopically to ensure optimal placement and positioning. Finally, empty the bladder and remove the cystoscope.
Change or Remove the Stent Appropriately
Double J stents will tend to develop stone material on their surfaces, particularly in the renal pelvis and the bladder, which can make standard cystoscopic stent removal extremely difficult or even impossible. For this reason, stents typically need to be changed regularly or removed. It is the surgeon's responsibility to keep track of the stents and make sure his patients do not fail to have them changed or withdrawn at the appropriate time. In pregnancy, changing stents every 4 to 6 weeks is recommended due to rapid encrustation. Most standard stents can remain for 3 to 6 months, but this time will vary according to the patient's urinary chemistry and stone producing propensity. Every commercially available stent will have a maximum recommended indwelling time, which should be followed.
Side Effects from Double J Stents
Stent discomfort can be minimized with alpha-blockers like tamsulosin and alfuzosin. Bladder irritability (frequency and urgency) can be treated with anticholinergic medications as needed. Several studies have suggested a benefit from the combined use of tamsulosin and solifenacin.
Stents will need to be changed more often in pregnant ladies than in other patients, even those with previous nephrolithiasis. Consider a percutaneous nephrostomy as an alternative.
Some degree of hematuria is not uncommon with stents; especially in patients on anticoagulants. This is typically only an issue if the hematuria is excessive. It is essential to inform patients that they may have hematuria with stents to avoid undue anxiety.
Remember that once a double J stent has been placed, it is the responsibility of the surgeon to make sure that it is removed appropriately and at the right time. When stents are inadvertently left in place for months, or even years longer than intended, they inevitably become calcified and may also move or migrate out of position. It is the surgeon's responsibility to make sure the stent is removed in a timely fashion and not forgotten.
The significant primary complications of double J stents are almost always associated with leaving the stent indwelling too long, which causes stent migration, encrustation, stone formation, and fragmentation of the stent. Urinary tract infections, renal failure, and the sporadic fistula formation to the iliac vessels have also been reported.
Stent migration is most likely to occur in a patient who is long overdue for stent removal or replacement. The stent can end up entirely within the renal pelvis or the bladder. A lesser degree of migration can be due to selecting a stent that is much too short. In this case, the distal end of the stent, the portion that is usually in the bladder, will migrate up the ureter and not be visible on cystoscopy. These will need to be removed with ureteroscopy.
Stents that make full coiled circles at either end when placed are less likely to migrate than those with only partial coiling.
Stones and stent encrustation will occur in any stent left in the urinary system long enough. Risk factors include lengthy indwelling stent time (3 months or more), chronic renal failure, pregnancy, history of previous nephrolithiasis, chemotherapy and pre-existing metabolic or anatomical abnormalities. Standard extracorporeal shockwave lithotripsy (ESWL) is frequently used for this problem; it works best on lower volume stent encrustation and stone disease.
Stents are manufactured with strong materials. However, they can sometimes fracture and fragment into pieces. While this is usually associated with prolonged indwelling time, it can happen much quicker. The fracture points are almost always at the sites of the stent drainage holes. Fortunately, this complication is quite rare.[5]
The best treatment for these complications is prevention, which is why it is so important to avoid prolonged stent indwelling time. As stated earlier, most stents should be changed optimally at three-month intervals and certainly by six months. In pregnancy, we recommend stent changes even more frequently: every 4 to 6 weeks due to the accelerated encrustation that occurs.[6]
Treatment of existing complications usually involves ureteroscopy and percutaneous endourological procedures and is almost always successful.
Three months is the usual recommended maximal indwelling stent time, but six months should be the absolute maximum limit. Patients with stents that are lost to follow-up or "forgotten" are much more likely to encounter these complications.
Rarely, complications from "forgotten" double J stents can be serious, and several deaths have been reported.[7]
Use of double J stents in urology is now standard practice, yet the optimal technique for their placement has not been described previously. After a careful analysis, the technique, mentioned earlier, that includes exact ureteral length measurements for ideal stent length selection, use of the dangler/safety thread to help manipulate the stent into optimal position, and partial extraction of the guidewire to promote proximal stent tip coiling while maintaining total control of the stent, guidewire, and pusher, is recommended. This technique optimizes patient safety and comfort and facilitates easy stent replacement, if needed, without losing ureteral access.
Use of double J stents has revolutionized endoscopic urological practice and is now an integral part of urology. an interprofessional team consisting of nurses and physicians use the optimized placement technique described, and improved stent selection will minimize patient discomfort, side effects, and complications while retaining access for maximal patient safety and comfort.
Nurses looking after patients with double J stents should be fully aware of the potential adverse effects and call the urologist if there are any untoward events. Care coordination with an interprofessional team will result in the best outcomes. [Leve 5]
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