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On Monday morning, the Blackhawks reassigned top prospect Jeremy Morin to Rockford.
Morin made a name for himself, and more than a few fans, during an excellent preseason. But because the team needed to carry extra help on the blue line, it was Nick Leddy that made the trip to Chicago to begin the year while Brian Campbell was out. It wasn't until Marian Hossa and Dave Bolland were both out that the Hawks made the call for Morin.
In his two games with the Hawks, Morin played just under 19 minutes and put four shots on net. He also suffered what looked, at the time, to be a nasty injury to his right knee while blocking a puck in his debut. He was not able to return to that game, but did play on Saturday night.
The Blackhawks are expecting Dave Bolland back soon, and Bryan Bickell was a healthy scratch in the loss to Edmonton. With Hossa back in the lineup, Morin would have likely been settled into the rotation on the third or fourth line. Increased ice time in Rockford will help Morin's development.

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The day is finally here, if you are a Founder or have received a Founder's Pack invite through a friend you can hop in and play right now! Prepare your squad, sketch out those last-minute fort concepts and load into Fortnite.
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Where can find answers to (some of) my questions?
You can check out the FAQ!
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California v. Bergland
ELR Citation: 10 ELR 20098
483 F. Supp. 465/(E.D. Cal., 01/08/1980) Injunction issued
Granting plaintiffs' motion for summary judgment, the court finds that the final environmental impact statement (EIS) for the Forest Service's second roadless area review and evaluation (RARE II) is inadequate under the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) and enjoins the Forest Service from allowing development of 47 areas in California that had been designated by the agency as unsuitable for preservation as wilderness. The court first notes that NEPA requires a detailed environmental analysis of the impact of the designations, as each constitutes a major federal action. The Service may not rely on its programmatic EIS based on assurances that future management decisions will be preceded by additional environmental analysis of each specific tract because its planning process forecloses future consideration of the wilderness attributes of the designated areas. Moreover, in the meantime development can occur that may irreversibly change the wilderness potential of the areas. Thus, the EIS must contain a site-specific analysis for each non-wilderness designation in order to consider wilderness values. The court also rules that the EIS is tilted toward resources development and does not adequately analyze or even disclose the environmental impact of individual nonwilderness designations. Further, the EIS fails to provide an adequate discussion of the range of alternatives to the nonwilderness designations. Because the proposed final action was not properly identified in the draft EIS and because no public comments were entertained after the proposed action was identified in the final EIS, the Forest Service failed to provide an adequate opportunity for public comment. This result also follows because of the unannounced change, between the circulation of the draft and final EISs, of the criteria by which public comments were to be evaluated. Finally, the court concludes that injunctive relief is appropriate, following the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals rule that a violation of NEPA establishes irreparable injury.
Counsel for Plaintiff
E. Robert Wright, Deputy Attorney General; George Deukmejian, Attorney General
555 Capitol Mall, Suite 350, Sacramento CA 95814
(916) 445-3323
Counsel for Defendants
Francis M. Goldsberry, II, Ass't U.S. Attorney
2058 Federal Bldg., 650 Capitol Mall, Sacramento CA 95814
(916) 440-2331
Gary W. Wilburn, Dorothy R. Burakreis, Lois J. Schiffer
Land and Natural Resources Division
Department of Justice, Washington DC 20530
(202) 633-2847
Judy V. Davidoff
Natural Resources Division, Office of the General Counsel
Department of Agriculture, Washington DC 20250
(202) 447-3066
Jack Gipsman
Office of the Regional Counsel, Department of Agriculture
2 Embarcadero Center, San Francisco CA 94111
(415) 556-4539
Counsel for Plaintiff-Intervenor Natural Resources Defense Council, Inc.
Trent W. Orr
Natural Resources Defense Council, Inc.
25 Kearney St., San Francisco CA 94108
(415) 421-6561
Counsel for Plaintiffs-Intervenors Animal Protection Inst. of America et al.
Francia M. Welker
366 N. Main St., Ft. Bragg CA 95437
(707) 964-7462
Counsel for Plaintiff-Intervenor Trinity County
Ronald Barbatoe, Ass't District Attorney
P.O. Box 310, Weaverville CA 96093
(916) 623-2031
Counsel for Defendants-Intervenors National Forest Products Ass'n et al.
David Booth Beers, William R. Galeota, S. Elizabeth Gibson
Shea & Gardner
1800 Massachusetts Ave. NW, Washington DC 20036
(202) 828-2000
George A. Sears, Timothy E. Carr, Roland Selman, III
Pillsbury, Madison & Sutro
225 Bush St., San Francisco CA 94105
(415) 983-1000
Counsel for Defendants-Intervenors Siskiyou, Del Norte, and Shasta Counties
Robin L. Rivett
Pacific Legal Foundation
455 Capitol Mall, Suite 465, Sacramento CA 95814
(916) 444-0154
Counsel for Defendants-Intervenors Webco Lumber, Inc. et al.
Jared Carter
Rawles, Hinkle, Finnegan, Carter & Brigham
390 W. Standley St., P.O. Box 720, Ukiah CA 95482
(707) 462-6694
Gerald Grinstein, Tovah Thorslund
Preston, Thorgrimson, Ellis, Holman & Fletcher
2000 IBM Bldg., Seattle WA 98101
(206) 623-7580


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It's been quite some time since I've been here. I had been doing really, really well! I'd lost 100lbs and finally living and enjoying life. I gave myself the gift of a breast lift and augmentation due to the weight loss. Third day of sitting upright I had right sided butt cramping down to calf. I thought that cleared up once I was able to lay in bed. Initially it was always my right side that was giving me trouble, but no back pain. Come to a few months later where I thought I could be battling piriformis syndrome as I was very tight (left being worse) and trying to stretch induced the sciatica I am now having but the left being worse than the right. Although they both are different in how they present so maybe they're the same? Lol anyway, Sunday I said the hell with it, I'm gonna live my life and get out of the house to the mall with hub and my DD. Two hours later I was in agony. My entire left foot and ankle were vibrating, possibly burning as I couldn't tell if my foot was cold or burning. The left side of my genitals were tingling except the urethral/clitorial (sp) it felt it was the entire thing. Now today I had PT, walk in not feeling great but left feeling good, sitting wasn't as uncomfortable on the way home, etc so cleaned a little and went for a casual walk around the block a few times. Come home and same thing happened. It's always intermittent and based on activity. I thought it was piriformis in the beginning because it seems to affect all toes, etc but my PT swears it's my back. I had an EMG done, but not to the specs my primary doc wanted it done, she wanted piriformis and other external hip rotator muscles also tested. I was told the EMG showed chronic S1 nerve damage (symptoms started 6 months ago) but they only tested my right side.
Sorry for the long read....I had an MRI in June but my only complaint to my NS at the time was leg weakness (which went away when I stopped sitting) and he said the MRI showed no reason for my symptoms. The report just said assymetric bulge with fissure. Yet I can see from the films it looks the same as it did in 08 which said mild bulge with extrusion extending superiorly with mild to moderate canal stenosis. I already know when propped on my elbows or laying on stomach increases pain (which laying on stomach was initially what gave me relief and calmed down the nerve pain. I originally felt like I had knots from all my hip muscles tightening that were pushing on the nerve.)
So the million dollar question is: can a "bulge", if that's what it truly is right now, cause severe sciatica just from chemical irritation to the nerve roots? And the primarily intermittent one sided genital tingling/vibration and sometimes mild vaginal pain be caused also my S1? I have no vaginal discomfort with penetration. This comes and goes but I always have some bilalateral sciatica to some extent. Could this be intermittent cauda equina?
Im really frustrated because I have no place of comfort. I'm best on my feet but only for a short time. Same with laying. Sitting is always out of the question. Sex brings on severe sciatica after. I'm alone physically, emotionally, etc. my hub does his best but I need more comfort to get through this. I'm so tired of looking at the same 4 walls, seeing seasons come and go, etc.
thanks for hanging in with the long post.


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This is an announcement for the regular BM that happens every month. So you can select these for June 2018.
After a hectic month of doing nonstick blogging, we want some time to breathe! You can check out the recaps that will get published tomorrow. Meanwhile go the below if you are interested in joining us in June!
Do you want to join the Blogging Marathon Group? Read the FAQs
Can I join the Blogging Marathon Group
Yes, if you have been blogging for at least the last 6 months.
Do you have different Blogging Marathon types?
Yes, we have a regular BM, which is 4 weeks of 3 consecutive days each
2 Mega BMs during April and Sep, running for 30 days nonstop.
When is the Regular BM signup announcement made?
On 1st of each month for the upcoming month.
How many weeks should I do the minimum?
Mandatory 2 weeks for all participants.
What is the entry for BM?
The entry is by Sign ups. Once the announcement is made, the blogger must email me with their theme choice.
How many bloggers per theme?
Each theme will have only 4 bloggers, on first come first basis.
Ok, I join in, what I am supposed to do to the posts?
You should tag/label your posts with "Blogging Marathon"
Insert the code that will be given to you.
What else is expected to be part of this group?
The weeks you are doing BM, you will have to read your fellow participating blogger's post and leave a meaningful comment. One word or One liner comments are not accepted.
I have joined the group, how long will my subscription valid?
BM subscription is only for a month. If you are not doing every month, you will be unsubscribed from the group.
I have picked up the themes, what to do next?
Cook, click and post on your blog on the BM dates. However, your recipes should follow the theme conditions, please read the fine lines. Each theme will come with its clauses. No theme is straightforward unless it is straightforward!
Before going into the new themes, here are the links to some of the BM related pages.
From 2017 BM details can be found on the Blogging Marathon Page.
If you want to check out older BM details, check the BM Archives
If you are new and want to join us, check out the BM Guidelines and Rules
Since we have a month to prepare, please avoid doing last minute posting, prepare ahead and schedule, which should give you enough time to read the fellow participating blogger's post in leisure.
For details on BM held every month, check out the Blogging Marathon page.
If you want to know how the Blogging Marathon started, read the first edition
So the dates will be:
3, 4, 5 June
10, 11, 12 June
17, 18, 19 June
24, 25, 26 June
If you want to sign up, please email me at firstname.lastname@example.com latest by 08th May along with your themes.
FYI: Requests to join after 08th May will not be accepted.
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- Should take up 2 weeks of BM without fail. It can be any two weeks.
- Will have to post on all 3 days with 2 weeks without fail
- You cannot take the same themes, except for the different Kid's Delight theme.
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- Should link to the Blogging Marathon page.
- Is expected to actively give feedback on others post.
- Mandatory reading and commenting on the fellow participating member
Each theme can be selected by four bloggers on first come first basis.
Other rules will be mailed to the individuals.
Themes for BM#89 will be the following:
Kid's Delight theme ensures my Kid's Delight event, guest hosted by other bloggers gets good entries. Since the event is 16th – 15th every month, we have two different themes happening for BM in a month. And you have the choice of doing two different themes.
Kid's Delight – Drinks (3,4,5 and 10,11,12)
Kid's Delight – Summer Salads (17,18,19 and 24,25,26)
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Kid's Delight – Drinks (3,4,5 and 10,11,12)
The 1st and 2nd weeks of June will be hosted by Mayuri themed on Drinks or Refreshments approved by Kids. She is hosting this event for the first time and I hope she enjoys hosting this event. She will be announcing the event on her blog by the 15th of May.
Kid's Delight – Summer Salads (17,18,19 and 24,25,26)
The 3rd and 4th week of June will be hosted by Sandhya themed on Summer Salads She will be announcing the event on her blog by the 15th of June.
Make One type of Indian Sweets
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Combo Dishes that can be a breakfast or lunch
Ideally, those dishes that always go hand in hand, like the Idli Sambar, Rajma Chawal etc. This can feature both Breakfast or Lunch. Both the dishes have to be clicked in the same frame. You can share either one of the recipes, link back to archive etc.
One Pot Meals
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Condiments on the side!
For any meal, the condiments play an important role. They make a meal interesting. Of course, you can showcase just about any condiment of your choice!
Stuffed Dishes
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Pick 3 Asian countries, do 3
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Even as a kid more than 40 years ago, I knew not to yell out 'Hi Jack!' at an airport, even if I ran into a friend with that name. But some people are slow on the uptake.
Faced with a $50 baggage fee, a Spirit Airlines passenger at New York's LGA allegedly threw his bag on the ticket kiosk counter and said: "You keep it, and there's a bomb in it."
The 70-year old John Park then calmly walked away.
What happened next is no surprise. Park's comment sparked a major security operation with part of the terminal on lockdown and the bomb squad called in. No explosives were found, but the early morning airport disruption lasted for two hours.
Park of Farmington, Michigan, was arrested by Port Authority police for making a bomb threat. He pleaded not guilty at a court appearance and was released without bail.
Park claimed it was all a big misunderstanding and he was only joking. "I'm Asian. We have a different humour-making culture," he said in court.
We're pretty sure that not all Asians find the same thing funny. And we're absolutely sure that an airport counter is not the place to try out new stand-up lines.


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Chongqing's Red Culture Campaign
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Chongqing's Red Culture Campaign
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Between 2009 and 2012, the city of Chongqing came into the national, and even international spotlight, as it became the geographical centre of the 'Singing Red, Smashing Black' campaign, and later the political storm that swept China. Chongqing's Red Culture Campaign drew an incredible amount of interest at the time, but speculation and prejudice has since blurred the public understanding of the sensational story that ties the campaign with the rise and fall of a political star, Bo Xilai.
This book, therefore, seeks to study the nature of Chongqing's Red Culture Campaign, and the interaction between the political programme and the practices of its participants. Based on fieldwork conducted in Chongqing, it seeks to question whether the Red Culture Campaign was actually a return to Maoist revolutionary mass campaigning whilst examining the relationship between the CCP's political power and the lives of the ordinary people as reflected in the case of the campaign. Ultimately, it highlights that the campaign was not in fact a real Maoist mass movement. Although it followed the pre-existing model of past mass campaigns in China, containing a series of frequent and highly performative operations, Xiao Mei argues that it essentially demonstrated critical features of 'simulation'.
By contributing to our understanding of the discrepancies between a designed political programme, and what it actually becomes when implemented on the ground, this book will be of use to students and scholars of Chinese Studies, Politics and Sociology.


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Wednesday, March 15, 2017
I feel like growing up I always said that I wanted to be a young wife and mom. By 25, I wanted to be married and have a family. Although, I thought I would've come about it differently, no matter the path, I made it. Today I turn 25.
25 years of knowledge.
I've learned more about myself in the last five years than I have my whole life. I've learned to be independent. I've learned that if I want something, I have to make a decision to get it. I've learned that those decisions don't just affect me but also the people around me. I've learned to be a mom, a wife, a mom of two, a student, a full time employee. I've learned that hard work will get you where you want to be in life.
I used to get so irritated at people who got everything handed to them. Looking back, I am so thankful for everything we have because we've worked so hard to get here. At 19, we got pregnant, started in a one bedroom apartment for $400 a month, and we all three slept in one bedroom. We got a couple of raises, moved to a 2 bedroom apartment, and after a few more promotions, we now own our home, have two reliable vehicles, our kids wear nice clothes and we're able to feed them hearty meals.
I feel so blessed to know where I was then and what I am now. I didn't think getting married would change our relationship much since we had "practically been married" for 5 years. It's crazy how much you argue with someone when you are bound by the law and know you can't "just leave". We are still working on communication as a couple, as parents, but do you ever really stop learning as a parent?
I've learned that people you thought would always be a part of your life, won't be, and that sucks.
I've learned that having 4 quarters, is more important than 100 pennies. I have about 4 or so quality friends that deserve my time, conversation and investment and I am so thankful for them.
I've learned that investing my time and commitment into my job is going to have a big payout in the end. I've had so many people tell me, "you don't need a degree, it's all about networking." I am working so hard to be a full time mom, wife and employee, to give my family the best life possible.
So, here's to 25.
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Updated October 13th, 2015: Entergy has announced that the Pilgrim nuclear power station will close down no later than June 2019.
Officials of the Pilgrim nuclear power plant have publicly announced that the financial costs stemming from mandated safety improvements and reforms required by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission may prove too costly to keep the plant open.
At the beginning of September after inspections revealed significant unresolved safety issues, the NRC downgraded the safety rating of the Pilgrim plant, which has also combatted a reoccurring problem with unplanned shutdowns over the past few years. An investigation by the NRC found that Entergy had not corrected the underlying issues that had led to some of the unplanned shutdowns.
David Noyes, the Director of Regulatory and Performance Improvement told reporters, "If the corporation finds that the cost of making the improvements of the plant exceed the value of the plant, the corporation may decide to shut the plant down."
As part of the downgraded rating, the NRC will increase the frequency and scope of inspections and require Entergy, the operator of the nuclear power plant, to present a performance improvement plan at a public meeting within six months.
Dave Lochbaum of the Union of Concerned Scientists has pointed out relevant data published by a nuclear industry consultant in 2008 which claims that the financial costs for returning a plant like the Pilgrim nuclear power plant from a degraded safety rating will likely cost at least $100-$300 million USD.
The Pilgrim nuclear power plant started generating electrical power to the grid in 1972, and received an additional 20 year operating license from the NRC which will allow it to continue operating until 2032. Entergy has seen its company stock price plummet by 30% in 2015 alone.


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Here's all the Deadline Day stories coming out of the Emirates in today's Daily Mirror, other newspapers and the rest of the web... We'll bring you all the deadline day transfer gossip LIVE here - or follow all the latest Arsenal transfer news on deadline day in our Gunners live blog .
Wenger resolute
Arsene Wenger has insisted he will not be bullied into buying a striker on deadline day - even after the Arsenal fans voiced their frustrations in Sunday's draw with Leicester.
Fed-up travelling supporters chanted: "Sign a f***ing striker" as Wenger's side blew two points by wasting a string of chances at the King Power Stadium.
Wenger claimed he is trying to bring in a forward before Monday's 11pm deadline, but the chances are fading fast even though the Gunners look desperately short of firepower.
He said: "The solution every time you don't win is to buy somebody. We are out there, we try our best and you have to trust us to find the best possible solution.
Wenger pulled a face when asked about reports Arsenal are interested in Sevilla's Colombian striker Carlos Bacca , while the club did not meet Loic Remy's buy-out clause before he moved from QPR to Chelsea on Sunday
READ MORE : 7 strikers Arsene Wenger could buy on deadline day
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Carvalho to stay?
Sporting Lisbon midfielder William Carvalho has insisted he is happy to remain in Portugal.
The 22-year-old has been linked with a move to the Emirates but Arsenal were not willing to meet his €45million release clause.
There was speculation that Arsene Wenger will make a last-minute bid but Carvalho claims he is happy in Lisbon.
He said: "I have a contract, I feel good at Sporting. I have nothing more to say."
Falcao up for grabs
The battle for Radamel Falcao looks set to go right down to the wire - with three Premier League clubs interested.
Manchester City have been heavily linked with the Colombian hitman in recent days but their transfer rests on selling Alvaro Negredo to Valencia.
They are struggling to offload the injured Spaniard and now they face competition from their fierce rivals from Old Trafford.
But according to the Guardian, Arsenal are also in the race and have been offered Falcao for around £55million.
Shock Reus bid
Arsenal are considering a last-gasp £40million bid for Marco Reus , according to the Metro.
The German international was touted for a switch to Liverpool earlier this summer before opting to remain with Borussia Dortmund.
However it is suggested the Gunners could make a move, with Lukas Podolski expected to depart.
Dortmund have brought in Shinji Kagawa from Manchester United and it is suggested the Bundesliga side could let Reus go, should his price tag be met.
Cerci goes elsewhere
Atletico Madrid have agreed a deal to sign reported Arsenal target Alessio Cerci.
The 27-year-old told Torino he wanted to quit the club last week amid interest from north London, with the Italians ready to let him go.
But Atleti have pounced and Cerci will pen a three-year contract - subject to passing a medical.
Cerci has bagged an impressive 21 goals in the past two campaigns.
Loan ranger
Gunners striker Joel Campbell has requested a loan move to Portuguese side Benfica.
The Costa Rican returned to the Emirates this summer with the intention to break into Arsene Wenger's first-team.
However he has been restricted to brief substitute appearances in that time and was unused against Leicester on Sunday.
And according to O Jogo, Campbell is eager to seal a temporary switch to the Portuguese champions before the window shuts.
Follow all the latest Arsenal transfer news on deadline day in our Gunners live blog .
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Incisionless endoscopic surgery to remove an infected necrotizing pancreas through the stomach may cut down on inflammation and complications, a small trial showed.
The NOTES (Natural Orifice Transluminal Endoscopic Surgery) procedure substantially cut the rate of major complications and mortality to just 20% compared with 80% using conventional surgery (P=0.03), Olaf J. Bakker, MD, of the University Medical Center Utrecht, in the Netherlands, and colleagues found.
The 22-patient trial also showed lower postprocedural interleukin (IL)-6 levels with the less invasive technique (P=0.004), they reported in the March 14 issue of the Journal of the American Medical Association.
Despite these "promising" preliminary results, Bakker's group cautioned that confirmation in larger, more definitive studies are needed before recommendation for routine clinical practice.
Action Points
- Surgical treatment of infected necrotizing pancreatitis is often associated with high rates of morbidity and mortality, and less-invasive methods are currently being evaluated.
- Point out that this small, randomized controlled trial suggests that natural orifice transluminal endoscopic surgery, with transoral endoscopic drainage of infected and necrotic pancreatic collections, was associated with improved clinical outcomes compared to surgical debridement.
One downside of the NOTES technique was the need for an average of three separate procedures to complete the necrosectomy, they noted.
"However, a reduction in serious complications, such as new-onset organ failure despite repeated endoscopic necrosectomies, may well justify NOTES," the group concluded.
Open necrosectomy carries substantial risks, with complication rates as high as 92% and mortality reaching 58% in some series, O. Joe Hines, MD, and Graham W. Donald, MD, both of the University of California Los Angeles (UCLA), explained in an accompanying editorial.
Other less-invasive procedures, from percutaneous drainage to video-assisted retroperitoneal debridement, have also been tested.
"The general consensus is that similar and possibly reduced complication and mortality rates can be achieved by several means other than open necrosectomy," Hines and Donald wrote.
The PENGUIN (Pancreatitis Endoscopic Endoscopic Transgastric vs Primary Necrosectomy in Patients with Infected Pancreatic Necrosis) trial included 22 patients from four hospitals in the Netherlands with infected necrotizing pancreatitis that required intervention.
They were randomized to necrosectomy done endoscopically through the gastric wall under conscious sedation, or surgically under general anesthesia with either video-assisted retroperitoneal debridement or, if required, laparotomy.
Two patients had percutaneous catheter drainage after randomization and recovered without need for necrosectomy.
For the primary clinical endpoint, two of the 10 NOTES patients compared with eight of the 10 surgery-treated patients had new-onset multiple organ failure, intra-abdominal bleeding, enterocutaneous fistula, or pancreatic fistula or died.
That advantage remained with an odds ratio of 0.06 for the composite endpoint after adjustment for differences between groups in the inflammatory marker C-reactive protein and prior percutaneous drainage (P=0.03).
The NOTES technique also reduced the number of pancreatic fistulas (10% versus 70%, P=0.02).
None of the endoscopic procedures led to new-onset multiple organ failure whereas half of the surgery cases developed this complication (P=0.03), a difference which the researchers called clinically relevant as one of the major causes of long-term morbidity and mortality after acute pancreatitis.
The number of deaths was lower in the NOTES group at one versus four in the surgery group, but the difference wasn't statistically significant (10% versus 40%, P=0.30).
The researchers cautioned that their study was underpowered to show a difference in death rate, though.
They noted that the high postsurgical complication rate likely reflected that surgery was performed in patients who did not respond to percutaneous catheter drainage in 80% of the cases, so "patients were more ill than might have been observed in prior studies of pancreatic-infected necrosis."
Bakker reported being sponsored by a grant from the Netherlands Organization for Health Research and Development to perform clinical studies on necrotizing pancreatitis.
The researchers reported having no conflicts of interest.
Hines and Donald reported having no conflicts of interest.
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Journal of the American Medical Association
Source Reference: Baaker OJ, et al "Endoscopic transgastric vs surgical necrosectomy for infected necrotizing pancreatitis: a randomized trial" JAMA 2012; 307: 1053-1061.
Secondary Source
Journal of the American Medical Association
Source Reference: Hines OJ, Donald GW "Endoscopic transgastric necrosectomy for infected necrotizing pancreatitis" JAMA 2012; 307: 1084-1085.


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HA NOI (VNS) — The first stem cell transplant from community umbilical cord blood samples was conducted successfully, Director of the National Institute of Haematology and Blood Transfusion Professor Nguyen Anh Tri said yesterday (NIHBT).
The patient, 28-year-old Hoang Thi Thuy Linh from the central province of Quang Binh, was diagnosed with blood cancer in September last year.
"Stem cell transplant is the best method to save her," Tri said.
The three main sources of stem cells are bone marrow fluid, periphery blood stem cells and umbilical cord blood.
When Linh needed the transplant, six of 450 blood samples stored at the institute's community stem cell bank were found to be compatible with her, Tri said.
Linh's stem cell transplant was conducted towards the end of December last year. She was supervised closely for three months after that.
At present, Linh can walk by herself and her blood cell indices are near-normal and stable. She is expected to be discharged from hospital in a week.
The cost of Linh's surgery was nearly VND1 billion (US$47,600). Health insurance paid for half of that amount.
Tri said stem cell transplant has been used to treat blood diseases in the country for a long time. The institute itself has handled 150 cases. But Linh's case was the first instance of such a transplant being conducted successfully for a very life-threatening disease.
Deputy Director of NIHBT Bach Quoc Khanh said other countries used umbilical cord blood samples to transplant stem cells in children only, because the amount of stem cells could only meet the demand in children's cases and was not enough for a 60kg to 70kg adult.
The institute's community stem cell bank was founded in May last year. It is the first bank of its kind in Viet Nam, storing stem cells from umbilical cord blood samples donated by pregnant women. — VNS


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LClock is a very simple program that makes the Windows' clock look like a Windows Longhorn...
Created by Ying Han
Always worked great for me. Was 'discontinued' in 2004 but still have it on my XP machines in 2016 (yeah, I know, also outdated.)
Includes a calendar with easy to set reminders/scheduling including yearly birthdays or whatever you want, like some other programs that you have to open to use (something in ms Office perhaps?)
Linux, of course has a native tool just like this included with most distros, but if you have an XP machine still, this is the thing to use! I simply kept the download files so I can install on another machine, or profile if needed. Not sure you can find it (probably on such dodgy sites as SourceForge which used to be OK but I don't trust any more.)


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For the fourth year in a row we held our annual "Rock the Harvest" party at the farm. We set up our favorite band–The Greenneck Daredevils out in the field, got two kegs of beer, a few flats of Union Wine Co. canned wine, roasted a pig (not one of ours but one of our neighbors) and had a rocking good time!
This party is one big thank you to our amazing CSA members, farmers market patrons and restaurant owners who support our farm. We would not be able to make a living off of farming if it weren't for our local community and hot damn….we've got one hell of an extended farm family. We are so grateful.
When Taylor and I first set out to start Tumbleweed Farm we knew that we wanted to grow food for folks who live in our area. We loved the idea of running a CSA program (where members sign up in the winter, write a check for the whole season and hope for the best!) and hadn't really given much thought into what kind of relationships we'd end up cultivating with our members. We seriously thought all we'd be doing was boxing up food and sending it home with families and that'd be that. Boy were we wrong! As it turns out, the best part about running a CSA is the fact that folks who started off as strangers have become dear friends. We look forward to CSA delivery day every week because it's a chance to sit down (which to be honest, we love any excuse to sit down for a moment) and connect with these awesome families. And it's not just our CSA members that keep us going. Our loyal farmers market patrons and restaurant owners who show up week after week to purchase from us directly or put us on their menus really gets us going. This tiny corner of the world that we live in is one special place. And every summer when we hold our Rock the Harvest party we are reminded of why we do what we do. And when the going gets tough, I'm going to look at these photos to help motivate us to push through whatever obstacles the farm throws our way. Look at all of these beautiful faces. We are so damn lucky.
If you've ever wondered what being a part of a CSA is all about I can tell you first hand it's not just about the food. It's about those special connections you'll create with the folks in your community. A wonderful CSA member told us (after we broke the news that we weren't going to have a fall crop of broccoli or cauliflower) that if she really wanted broccoli or cauliflower she'd purchase it at the grocery store. She went on to say that that's not why folks join the CSA (or at least not why she did). People join it to support the farm through thick and thin. Taylor and I put so much pressure on ourselves to have a "perfect" season. But we'll never have a perfect season. And I'll be the first to tell you that next year we'll probably have an abundance of broccoli and cauliflower but a crop devastation with something else. That's just the way it goes. But sometimes it's nice to get that reminder from our members. They totally get it.
Thank you everyone who supports Tumbleweed or their own small farmers wherever they may be. I think I can speak for a lot of other farmers out there when I say we couldn't do it without your support. Thank you from the bottom of our hearts.
A big shout out to my dear friend Kate Schwager for photographing the event and Union Wine Co. for donating all the canned wine for the occasion. Talk about community! We love those guys.
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Eric Shanks recently wrote a fascinating article analyzing startup funding using Rubrik as an example. If you haven't already, go read it now – I'll wait here until you come back. I've always loved figuring out how things work, whether it's exploring SimCity, learning Netware out of college, understanding channel reseller business models, and now IT startups. However, as Eric Shanks explored, fascination with technology often expands into understanding all the factors surrounding its creation. As we all know, the best technology doesn't always win. Let's have a moment of silence for OS/2, Betamax, Novell Netware + eDirectory, and many more. For startups, one major factor is funding, which I'd like to share a few thoughts on. Please note this is my own personal perspective built over the last 15+ years. All About the People Before Round A, it's more about the people than the product. There's typically not much of a product at this point, so the main thing to gauge is the team. Looking at Rubrik, all four co-founders, as well as the founding engineers, could literally work almost anywhere they wanted in Silicon Valley. In the past, they'd held positions at Oracle, Facebook, VMware, Google, and more. And…
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Indulging in a mystery for this cruise… From Big Sky by Kate Atkinson:
She was good at what she did—acrylics, gels, shellac, nail art—and was proud of the attention she gave to her job, even if trade was sparse. It was the first thing she'd ever done that didn't involve selling her body in one way or another. Marriage to Tommy was a financial transaction too, of course, but to Crystal's way of thinking, you could be lap dancing for the fat sweaty patron of a so-called gentlemen's club or you could be greeting Tommy Holroyd with a peck on the cheek and hanging his jacket up before laying his dinner before him. It was all part of the same spectrum as far as Crystal was concerned, but she knew which end of it she preferred. And, to quote Tina Turner, what does love have to do with it? Fig all, that was what. There was no shame in marrying for money—money meant security. Women had been doing it since time began. You saw it on all the nature programs on TV—build me the best nest, do the most impressive dance for me, bring me shells and shiny things. And Tommy was more than happy with the arrangement—she cooked for him, she had sex with him, she kept house for him. And in return she woke up every morning and felt one step further away from her old self. History, in Crystal's opinion, was something that was best left behind where it belonged.
Modern physical appearance?
Crystal was hovering around thirty-nine years old and it took a lot of work to stay in this holding pattern. She was a construction, made from artificial materials—the acrylic nails, the silicone breasts, the polymer eyelashes. A continually renewed fake tan and a hairpiece fixed into her bleached-blond hair completed the synthetic that was Crystal.
A man whose daughter has just finished high school…
He was grinding toward fifty and for the last three months he had been living in a one-bedroom flat behind a fish-and-chip shop, ever since Wendy turned to him one morning over his breakfast muesli—he'd been on a short-lived health kick—and said, "Enough's enough, don't you think, Vince?," leaving him slack-mouthed with astonishment over his Tesco Finest Berry and Cherry. Ashley had just set off on her gap year, backpacking around Southeast Asia with her surfer boyfriend. As far as Vince could tell, "gap year" meant the lull between him funding her expensive private school and funding her expensive university, a remission that was nonetheless still costing him her airfares and a monthly allowance.
As soon as Ashley had fledged, on an Emirates flight to Hanoi, Wendy reported to Vince that their marriage was dead. Its corpse wasn't even cold before she was internet dating like a rabbit on speed, leaving him to dine off fish and chips most nights and wonder where it all went wrong. (Tenerife, three years ago, apparently.) "I got you some cardboard boxes from Costcutter to put your stuff in," she said as he stared uncomprehendingly at her. "Don't forget to clear out your dirty clothes from the basket in the utility room. I'm not doing any more laundry for you, Vince. Twenty-one years a slave. It's enough." This, then, was the return on sacrifice. You worked all the hours God gave, driving hundreds of miles a week in your company car, hardly any time for yourself, so your daughter could take endless selfies in Angkor Wat or wherever and your wife could report that for the last year she had been sneaking around with a local café owner who was also one of the lifeboat crew, which seemed to sanction the liaison in her eyes. ("Craig risks his life every time he goes out on a shout. Do you, Vince?" Yes, in his own way.) It clipped at your soul, clip, clip, clip.
He had trudged through his life for his wife and daughter, more heroically than they could imagine, and this was the thanks he received. Couldn't be a coincidence that "trudge" rhymed with "drudge." He had presumed that there was a goal to be reached at the end of all the trudging, but it turned out that there was nothing—just more trudging.
Despite being 67, Atkinson is familiar with Internet app culture:
Craig, the lifeboat man, had been jettisoned apparently in favor of the smorgasbord of Tinder.
The book is consistent with the Real World Divorce section on England:
"If only I'd listened to my poor mother," Wendy said as she itemized the belongings he was allowed to take with him. Wendy who was getting so much money in the settlement that Vince barely had enough left for his golf-club fees. "Best I can do, Vince," Steve Mellors said, shaking his head sadly. "Matrimonial law, it's a minefield." Steve was handling Vince's divorce for him for free, as a favor, for which Vince was more than grateful. Steve was a corporate lawyer over in Leeds, and didn't usually "dabble in divorce." Neither do I, Vince thought, neither do I.
Now that regular novels are mostly about LGBTQIA characters and people with glamorous urban jobs, maybe mystery novels will end up being the best record of cisgender heterosexual working class life in the 21st century? Certainly they have always covered people in social classes ignored by writers of typical literary novels.
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Wow! So Tsum will have a road as well!!! It will take away a lot of its charm. And it is an amazingly charming place. But hey, it could be good for the locals. Or maybe not. I do not know
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Wow! So Tsum will have a road as well!!! It will take away a lot of its charm. And it is an amazingly charming place. But hey, it could be good for the locals. Or maybe not. I do not know
Wow!! How amazing!
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[QUOTE=nepalkailashtrekking;64346]What to you think to Tilicho Lake and cross MesoKanto La? So, Nar Phu Mesokanto pass would be one of the great adventures.[/QUOTE
Indeed, this would be a trek for...
Doing Nar Phu (and Thorung La) in July, else it would be interesting.
I am planning to do Dolpo next year 2019.
Agree. No need for diamox if you trek from Jiri.
Agree. If you can walk, and you are in reasonable health, AND you take it easy, trekking is available to everyone.
Waiting for you!!!! Be in Kathmandu buy 17 July at the latest. We leave in the 4x4s to go to Koto on 18 July.
Thank you Harry. You still in Pokhara?
I am going on my 17th (seventeenth) trek in Nepal this timeon the Nar-Phu valley, crossing Kang la (5320m ) and the Thorung La (5416m) portion of the Annapurna Circuit, total 14 days. I have a small...
Late reply but still... It all depends when you are trekking in the Annapurna region and if you plan to get high. No, I mean walk to high altitude, as in crossing Thorung La or going to Annapurna...
WOW! This looks spectacular! Maybe I will try Manaslu/Tsum again in the future.
thanks Landfal.
Ignore my question on the other forum, as you have already answered it. I went in the region in January, and it was not crowded. But I guess October would be.
Going to Gokyo/Renjo...
How was the trek Landfall?
I am heading to Everest Region to cross Renjo La (hopefully) and Gokyo 6th lake. Spending a bit more time in the Gokyo - Cho Oyu area.
Yes, this could be the case.
Could this be true? The famous Hillary Step, the true climbing section on the way to conquering Everest, made extremely difficult by the altitude of over 8000m, has either collapsed as a result of...
Here is the sad ending of the story of Adina, the trekker which dissapeared on 16 July. The rescue team fould her body on the riverside (I assume it was the Modi Khola) but they do not specify...
I would use Jet Airways ,I used it in the past, as did others, and they seem reasonably ok. Failing that, I would do Air India.
Below is the link organised by a work colleague from Adina's company.
Apparently he is in Nepal, Pokhara, right now, trying to organise a helicopter and rescue dogs. I have no idea about this, more...
Very sorry to hear this. This is tragic.
I will instagram myself shaving my yak. I mean, sorry, shaving a yak. Any yak.
Taupo19 your offer is very tempting!!! Unfortunately the only free time for me is in January. So I will be landing in Kathamndu on 6 January with a friend who did Manalsu with me last year. No firm...
Yes, like scoodly and Andrees, I have done the AC in July 2006. It was one of the best treks ever. Mild wether, nice flowers, green valleys. Everything you do not find in winter. These days the bus...
It is very tempting, since there are lower number of tourists, to come to Nepal and wonder through Khumbu! It would be my 6th trip in the area, I believe. Mmmmm, very very tempting...
How long do you estimate that the trek will take you, Harry?


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Prosecutors will file charges against Ohio school shooting suspect today; expected to ask Lane be tried as adult
CHARDON, Ohio -- The deadline to file charges in a fatal Ohio high school shooting loomed as students still reeling from the slaying of three teenagers planned a march to return to their school.
A judge said prosecutors had until Thursday to file charges against the suspect, T.J. Lane, a thin, quiet 17-year-old accused of opening fire on a group of students sitting at a cafeteria table at 1,100-student Chardon High School on Monday. Three students died, and two were seriously wounded.
A prosecutor has said Lane, who is in custody, will probably be charged with three counts of aggravated murder and other offenses. Prosecutors are expected to ask that he be tried as an adult.
Longtime neighbors and friends on Wednesday expressed disbelief at how Lane could be the suspect, describing a boy from a broken family who had struggled in school but appeared to improve once he began staying with his grandparents and attending an alternative school with several dozen students.
"He went from flunking out from what I understand to almost a straight A student with honors and he was going to graduate a year early," said Russ Miller, who has known Lane for more than a decade and lives near Jack Nolan, Lane's grandfather. Nolan has familial custody of the teenager.
Miller, a Vietnam veteran, said he had talked to Lane about joining the military, but the boy hadn't made plans.
"He was a typical 17-year-old," Miller said. "He didn't really know what he wanted to do in his life." He said Lane didn't smoke, drink or do drugs and is "kind of a health nut."
Another neighbor said Lane played outside often with his sister, building snow hills and skateboarding.
Steve Sawczak, a pastor who has worked with troubled children and lives next to the Nolans, said he never saw hints of trouble from Lane. He said the grandparents gave Lane a healthy place to live and have been left shocked and devastated.
Lane's father, Thomas Lane, had served time in prison on charges of disrupting public service and felonious assault, according to state prison records. Neighbors said he visited his son often, sometimes taking him and his sister camping or to the school to catch the bus.
Prosecutor David Joyce has described the younger Lane as "someone who's not well" and said the teen didn't know the victims but chose them randomly. Killed were Demetrius Hewlin, 16, Russell King Jr., 17, and Daniel Parmertor, 16.
An 18-year-old girl who was hurt in the shootings was released from the hospital Tuesday and was home with relatives, who declined to comment. The second injured teen remained in serious condition Wednesday at a suburban Cleveland hospital.
Meanwhile, the faculty parking lot at Chardon High was jammed as teachers returned to the school, with grief counselors on hand. Parents and students were encouraged to return to the school Thursday, a day before classes resume, and some teens planned to march there from the main square about three-quarters of a mile away, along a street where red ribbons were tied to the trees.
A law enforcement official familiar with the investigation said the .22-caliber gun used in the shooting was bought legally in August 2010 from a gun shop in Mentor, Ohio. The official, who spoke to The Associated Press on the condition of anonymity because of the ongoing investigation, said Lane told authorities he stole a gun from his uncle.
But a former county sheriff who has long lived near Lane's other grandparents indicated that the shooting appears to have involved a gun that disappeared from a family barn.
A pistol fitting the description of the one used in the shootings was noticed missing after the shooting, said Carl Henderson, 74, a neighbor of grandparents Thomas and Michelle Lane. He said he has spoken to the grandfather and that the man believes the gun is the same.
T.J. Lane had been in trouble before, accused of choking and punching another male in an assault case from 2009, according to court records released Wednesday by Judge Timothy Grendell. Lane entered the juvenile court equivalent of a guilty plea to a reduced misdemeanor charge of disorderly conduct and was given a suspended sentence of up to 30 days in jail.
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Singapore may have no shortage of steamboat restaurants, but Chuan Yang Ji is offering something a little bit different, specialising in mutton soup steamboat. With a couple of locations in Singapore, it has established itself as a favourite of many, known for its superlative soup bases, fresh ingredients and friendly service. Situated on Lorong, Chuan Yang Ji's Geylang branch is the perfect place for a get together with friends or family. We recommend trying some of Chuan Yang Ji's speciality mutton options! As well as steamboat you'll also find an array of Sichuan dishes, perfect for whetting your appetite before getting tucked into the main affair. Spaces at Chuan Yang Ji in Geylang are limited, so to avoid disappointment making a reservation in advance is recommended.
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Love the soup base and of cos the juicy mutton ribs!!
Come to this area only for this. Unforgettable tasty food.
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I came across this in the Economic Times this morning:
The government has been asked by a parliamentary panel to consider the possibility of levying an 'exit tax' on graduates from the "premier institutions which are run on massive state subsidies"
The panel is of the view that money spent on those who work outside the country doesn't benefit India. Hence they should be taxed for the same.
The report states that experts who appeared before the committee felt that when Indian students go overseas to work after receiving education at leading institutes, which are subsidised by the exchequer, the country gets no return for the expenditure incurred on these students. "The committee is of the view that students passing out from premier government institutions get the best education on payment of nominal fees. In the event of their leaving the country for good, imposition of exit tax on them must be considered," it said.
But how will they impose this tax? If I am working in the UK and paying tax there, the government would find it difficult to get me to repatriate tax back to India unless it worked out a policy with other countries- a sticky proposition. An alternative method It could to tax my employer at the time of hiring (the employer may in turn deduct it from my salary) or make all entrants to institutes sign bonds that should they get a dollar job, they would repay their fees (with interest?) over time.
I want to take this argument further and argue that the government should consider removing subsidies from higher education.
The government in India today subsidises university education to a great extent. I remember paying Rs. 1500 (under $40) a year in annual fees at college- I spent more commuting to and fro from college to home.
During my MBA at an Indian Institute of Management (IIM), I paid Rs. 1,20,000 ($3,000) in annual fees when the actual spend for the government may have been higher by a factor of three of four.
The average salary for a graduate from an IIM is over Rs. 7,00,000 (nearly 6 times the annual fees paid by him for his degree). Similar proportions may be appropriate for colleges across the country.
Reading Atanu's blog a few months ago, I learnt about 3 kinds of losses relevant to this scenario:
When an educated person leaves India, there is a first-order loss to the economy if the education was publicly funded. There is no comparable first-order loss if private resources were involved in the training. But in either case, the economy loses the life-time stream of economic contributions that the migrant would have made. This is a second-order loss. There is what can be considered a third-order loss that is harder to estimate but whose impact may be the most damaging in the long run. This arises from publicly subsidizing higher education at the expense of primary education.
Think of it. For every student subsidised at an IIM (a subsidy of 4-5 lakhs a year) over 25 -50 students can be comfortably educated in a government primary school. These students may not be able to pay the few hundred rupees as fees every month and in absence of government funding, may never go to primary school.
The Higher-education student, on the other hand can pay for himself. The most efficient way to make him do so is:
1. Give him a government loan to study at University
2. Upon Graduation and employment, tax him at a higher rate depending on salary and area of work. So, an Individual employed in a private sector firm earning in the top quartile of country's income may be taxed at the prevailing tax rate + 5%. Another individual who earns the median wage may be taxed at base rate + 2%. These taxes hold till the student pay off the government loan + accrued interest. The idea behind the higher slabs for higher earners is improving the cash-flow of the government higher education subsidy kitty. A student employed in the civil services, government organisations, non-profit or development sector organisations may receive a fee-waiver.
In this manner student who have the capability to pay do so while government expenditure becomes more equitable and efficient. Incidentally, s similar taxation scheme is prevalent in Australia and a similar loan programme can be availed at leading US universities, most notably at Stanford.


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I'm trying to upgrade my old-timer with built-in subwoofer and I've got a problem. Prior to the upgrade I've had a Realtek ALC885 Sound Card with 2.0 output. I've found some other laptops such as a1667g, Xi1546 which have a built in subwoofer. I bought one and put it inside, where it fits with size and screws perfectly between graphic card and a border of a laptop. The cable from subwoofer is long enough to provide it directly to the sound card. On the original card was no output for subwoofer so I got a card from a1667g with 2.1 output and there's a possibility to connect subwoofer to the card. But... I've got an error. After connecting all cables the laptop doesn't turn on. After pressing the power button the green status LED's turn on for 0,1s including the LCD and it turns off after 0,1s. After disconnecting audio cable on the motherboard the laptops turns on normally. I've tried an audio card with VIA VT1618 chipset and I get still the same error.
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I'm not so sure what the reason is, but if I would guess, it could be because they just had a huge hit on the iPhone with their new game Air Penguin, which will come to Android soon. The game reached #1 in the paid apps section in the USA, France, Germany and Netherlands and and brought them over 1 Million in revenue in the first 30 days. No matter what's the reason, if you held out on some of their games (like I did with Zenonia 2 and Illusia, because I already have too much unfinished 50+ hour grinder installed at the moment), now is the perfect time to get them.
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LOS ANGELES, CA – May 16th, 2011 – GAMEVIL announced today that its worldwide hit game Air Penguin developed by Enterfly quickly reached one million USD in revenue, after a month of debuting on the iTunes App Store. This makes Air Penguin one of the fastest apps to grow to the milestone achievement on the platform. Winning over critics and players alike, the game priced at $0.99 USD with In-App Purchases has reached the No. 1 paid app rank on the iTunes Charts in multiple countries including USA, France, Germany, and Netherlands.
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Air Penguin takes advantage of the accelerometer in iPod touch and iPhone for simple yet addictive tilt-controls, and is optimized for hi-res Retina graphics and achievements through Game Center. Players control a father penguin coming to the rescue of his family, as he bounces, slides and glides across the Antarctic, all the while avoiding hazards and other sea creatures that get in his way. New levels, selectable characters and more surprises are coming in the imminent next update.
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GAMEVIL(R) is a premier mobile game publisher located in Seoul, Korea and Los Angeles, USA. Established in 2000, GAMEVIL has earned a reputation as one of the best companies in the mobile games sector by crafting award winners in a diverse portfolio of games. GAMEVIL is well known for revolutionizing the sector with its original and innovative mobile games, backed by unparalleled expertise in advanced mobile technology. As a world class leader in mobile games publishing, GAMEVIL continues to lead the sector with a commitment to establish mobile as the definitive mass market entertainment platform of the world. GAMEVIL is currently listed on the KOSDAQ Market (Ticker: 063080, Bloomberg: 063080:KS, Reuters: 063080.KQ) GAMEVIL(R) is a registered trademark of GAMEVIL Inc. in the U.S. and/or other countries.
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