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MOORE — Kyle Edward York, 63, of Oklahoma City passed away Friday, Nov. 9, 2012.
Memorial services was at 7 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 13, at John M. Ireland Funeral Home in Moore.
He was born May 17, 1949, in Oklahoma City to Haskell and Ruth York. Kyle married Cheryl Kay Byrd on Aug. 7, 1999, in Eureka Springs, Ark.
He was very social and enjoyed visiting with his friends at Sooner Coral and LJ's Bar & Grill. Kyle loved the outdoors and going boating.
His chocolate lab, "Molly" was like a daughter to him.
He is preceded in death by his father, Haskell; and mother-in-law, Shirley Bailey.
Kyle is survived by his wife of 14 years, Cheryl York; five sons, Tory York, Jeremy York, Nathan Byrd, Shawn Kruzan and Brian Kruzan; a daughter, Tonya York; 14 grandchildren; two great-grandchildren; mother, Ruth York; brother, Leland York and wife, Mary; sister, Melody Hogaboom and husband, Jan.
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Sylvania Police Department has performed more ALICE trainings this year than
ever, and they're gaining respect in not only their community, but surrounding
areas, as well.
ALICE program is being taught in schools across the country as a way to respond
to an active shooter in a school. In Sylvania, the police department has gained
a reputation for the way they present their program.
Justin Music says ALICE can seem strong in nature, and aggressive, but the
department uses a delicate manner to train.
had to cautiously walk down that path," Music said. "In doing so, we found a
way to handle it with delicacy, and certainly handle it in a way we could
remain professional, appropriate, and by doing so, what it did was it gained
respect throughout our community."
Music says the response has been so big, surrounding areas have reached out for
their training program, including the Perrysburg and Ottawa Hills school
we do, we try to do the best we can," he said. "When you're respected in your
own community, it's one thing, but then when other communities reach out and
certainly respect and give you some significant response to what you're doing,
it's certainly a great feeling."
Sylvania Police Department hasn't just gained respect locally, but also
regionally and nationally. Their program was presented in North Carolina as
best practices related to school safety.
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By Denis House For the Times-Tribune
LONDON — Four second half goals in the span of 19 minutes helped South Laurel break open a one-goal game en route to a 5-0 win over Corbin to claim yet another region title.
"That's eight out of the last nine," South Laurel coach Todd White said. "That's not too bad."
The Lady Cardinals, with the win, now advance to the Sweet 16 Tuesday when they will play the winner of Thursday night's Ashland-Russell game at the winner's home field. That match is scheduled for 7 p.m.
South Laurel (15-4-2) wasted no time getting on the board, scoring in the second minute on a goal from Karli Parker. With that quick goal it looked like this might be a repeat of last week's district final between these same two teams, a game that South won, 10-0.
But it was anything like that game.
"We didn't execute like we did last week against them," White said. "We weren't sharp in the first half. We didn't come ready to play and they (Corbin) out played us. Our missing an outside fullback really disrupted our play. Our effort wasn't great in the first half. Corbin won about 60 percent of the 50-50 balls."
It could have been 2-0 at the half had it not been for Kaitlyn Waddle. In the 17th minute, Kristen White found herself with the ball and a clear shot on goal, that is until Waddle was able to get a foot on it and directed the ball away. Parker ended up with the ball and fired another shot that Waddle was able to deflect.
Parker found Meredith McCowan in the 46th minute and her shot beat keeper Meghann Blackburn to make it 2-0. It stayed that way until the 63rd minute, when South Laurel added three more goals in the span of two minutes to take complete control of the match.
In the 63rd minute Parker took a free kick from around 30 yards that Blackburn made the save on but couldn't control the rebound. Haley House, who had missed on a couple of nice chances in the first half, made sure she didn't this time, beating Blackburn to make it 3-0. Sierra Forbes scored in the 64th minute, then a handball was called on Corbin in the 65th minute resulting in a penalty kick, which McCowan converted from the spot for her second goal and the 5-0 final.
Corbin (11-11-1) was forced to play the final 11 minutes a person down when Morgan Boggs was red carded for a trip on Parker in the 69th minute.
Afterwards, White said he was tickled with yet another region title.
"It's an honor to keep doing this," White said, referring to coaching the Lady Cardinals. "We weren't sure how Corbin would respond after we beat them 10-0 last week, but they came out and took it to us in the first half. Now we are off to the Sweet Sixteen."
Waddle, Boggs and Hannah Henegar were named to the All-Region Team for Corbin, with Rachel Logan being named the Defensive MVP. For South Laurel, Julie Fouts, House, McCowan and White were named to the team, with Parker being named Offensive MVP.


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Jean Enersen is calling it quits after 46 years at KING 5, and 42 years as an anchor.
Her last anchor appearance will be Friday.
Enersen, who will turn 70 on Monday, is the first and longest-standing local female anchor in the country, says the station.
The station says shell still be a presence at KING 5, including doing her HealthLink coverage, specials on Northwest Newsmakers, political coverage and major news events.
In a news release, Enersen said, This decision wont come as a surprise to those who know me well. Ive been passionate about health for a long time. Not just mine, but the health of my family and our community.
She concludes, The time is right, the team is strong, and the ratings are No. 1. I thank KING for this new partnership and the community for supporting me and KING 5.
With Enersen leaving the anchor chair, there now is a new generation of local TV personalities.
Dan Lewis, 64, left in May after 27 years anchoring at KOMO.
Says KING 5 executive news director Mark Ginther, Jean is a force of nature in the newsroom. She is a great leader, and her natural curiosity pushes us. Jean has seen every major news event thats shaped this community. Her expertise and knowledge have been great for viewers and were happy her presence will continue to be felt at KING 5.
The station listed the many firsts for Enersen, besides being the first female TV anchor:
She was a reporter in China, back in 1979, as this country and China re-established diplomatic relations.
She was the first local American TV host to anchor a TV news program in the Soviet Union.
She was the first local reporter to travel with the Gates Foundation to Africa, after which the station produced a documentary.
Enersen is a graduate of Stanford University and has a masters degree in political science and another in documentary films. She has won numerous Emmy Awards.


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JOHN CURTIS - Daily Union Sports Editor
SHELBYVILLE, IL — Windsor lost to Arthur in the final match of the regular season in a 3-set marathon. They hoped to win the rematch at the Arcola Regional Final. However, Arthur was able to repeat their previous performance and beat Windsor, 23-25, 25-17, 25-21.
However, Windsor played equal to Arthur. They were out-scored by just three points in the first meeting. This time, if not for the let down in the game 2 equalizer, Windsor would have been out-scored by just two points in three games.
Autumn Bennett was back from mono and hoped to join Paige Woolard and Katie Hostetter in the front line to tip the scales in Windsor's favor.
Bennett accounted for 10 net points (7 kills, 3 blocks) and five aces. Woolard set a season-high 17 kills with one block (18 net points) and Hostetter hit five kills and one block (6 net points).
Devil setter Olivia Williamson dished a season-high 26 assists and also got up for four blocks and got down for 10 digs. Bayleigh Tabor led the Devil defense with 13 digs.
The devils out-played Arthur on paper, however, it still wasn't enough to upset the 26-3 Knights.
Windsor had 30 kills, Arthur 24. Windsor had nine blocks, Arthur five. Windsor had 38 digs, Arthur 36. The only stat Arthur did better in was service aces. Arthur had 12 aces to Windsor's nine. That only accounts for three points over three games.
Arthur was able to put their points together to win game 2 and 3 and they survived to advance to sectional.
Arcola 1A Regional Championship
Arthur def. Windsor, 23-25, 25-17, 25-21
Devil stats: Paige Woolard 17 kills, 1 block, 4 digs; Olivia Williamson 26 assists, 10 digs, 4 blocks; Autumn Bennett 5 aces, 7 kills, 3 blocks, 4 digs; Katie Hostetter 5 kills, 1 block, 1 dig; Bayleigh Tabor 13 digs, 1 ace, 1 kill; Mercedez Austin 2 kills, 1 dig; Olivia Hortenstine 1 ace, 5 digs.
Art stats: Karly Goodman 3 aces, 6 kills, 1 block, 7 digs; Sherelle Coller 2 aces, 1 kill, 5 digs, 20 assists; Hannah Schrock 2 aces, 2 blocks, 1 dig; Emily Seegmiller 6 kills, 2 blocks, 8 digs; Brooke Tabb 5 aces, 4 kills, 9 digs; Jessica Davis 7 kills, 6 digs.


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ast week I wrote about adventure design and how it relates to game design. This week, I'd like to touch on how we're approaching the many worlds of D&D Next. This also relates to how your personal campaign world can fit into the greater D&D Next cosmology.
To begin with, we're making some tweaks to the cosmology to reconcile the differences between various editions and worlds. Our goal is to make it so that as much prior material as possible is still useful and relevant. In a sense, you can think of this approach as attempting to ensure as much story compatibility as possible when you convert an existing campaign over to D&D Next.
For instance, the elemental planes will be divided into three basic rings that surround the prime material plane. The innermost ring consists of the border elemental planes. These regions are like the regular world dominated by a specific element. The border plane of fire is a land of ash deserts, billowing volcanoes, and lakes of lava. The next ring out consists of the deep elemental planes, which are areas of pure, elemental energy much as the elemental planes were portrayed in the Planescape material. Finally, the outermost ring is the elemental chaos, a region of pure, fundamental elemental energy.
This approach came about based on a variety of sources, but it all began with the azer, everyone's favorite fiery dwarves. Their original description mentions that they dwell in towers of basalt. The azer's description prompted us to look at the plane of fire courtesy of the cover of the original AD&D Dungeon Master's Guide. That image helped create the concept of the border elemental planes. Here was an iconic image of D&D that didn't actually match the lore as it developed. If we embraced an aspect of the elemental planes that was more like that cover, we could open up more vistas for adventure without overwriting or deleting prior material.
Going back to the azer, we can have azers dwelling in basalt towers along a great chain of volcanoes that marks the boundary between the border earth and border fire elemental planes. Meanwhile, in the deep elemental fire, you can find other azers who live as described in the Planescape supplement The Inner Planes.
By the same token, we're treating the Feywild as a similar border plane between the positive energy plane and the prime material. The dreaded domains of Ravenloft are its opposite number, between the negative energy plane and the prime. Elements of the Shadowfell can become domains within Ravenloft.
When it comes to the outer planes, we're treating Planescape as our default assumption. It's a much-beloved setting and one that's fairly easy (by design) to integrate into existing campaigns. That means the return of the Great Wheel, the Blood War, and other classic elements of the D&D cosmos. The same process for the inner planes applies to the outer planes, with our intent to add elements to the cosmos to increase storytelling opportunities and make the Wheel as flexible as possible for different settings and different DMs.
The biggest setting change we're looking at concerns Spelljammer. In the past, it incorporated all of D&D's settings as places you could visit. I'm not sure that's the strongest selling point of the setting. In my mind, Spelljammer was an interesting exercise in placing D&D in space. Adding in Faerûn, Oerth, and other worlds muddied its initial vision. It also says stuff about settings that might be fairly jarring given a world's flavor and feel. Not everyone wants the equivalent of spaceships in their campaign, so I think that when we talk about Spelljammer as it relates to other settings, we're going to focus on it as its own setting and downplay its role as the connecting tether between various D&D Next worlds.
Ideally, our approach allows Dragonlance, Eberron, Forgotten Realms, the world of the Nentir Vale, Greyhawk, Mystara, Dark Sun, and your own campaign setting to work with the basic assumptions we make about the planes.
Some of you might remember the Gen Con Keynote last year where we told you about the Sundering, a huge event that will change the Forgotten Realms forever. The time has come to revisit that topic briefly now so that you know this: Check out DungeonsandDragons.com tomorrow and find out how you can participate in the various events tied to the Sundering and how you too can play a part in reshaping the future of the Realms.


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---- — Keith David Georgia
GLENS FALLS — Keith David Georgia, 59, of Stewart Avenue, went into the arms of the Lord Thursday, Nov. 8, 2012, at the Glens Falls Hospital.
Born on Jan. 12, 1953, in Oneonta, he was the son of the late Milton and Lela (Carvin) Georgia.
On Aug.18, 1990, he married the love of his life, Susan Nolin.
Keith loved to do his word searches, play bingo, loved bowling, and have fun at family card games. He loved his friends and family very much. He was a practical joker and could always make someone laugh.
He became a client of The Warren Washington County ARC in 1972, which became a huge part of his life.
He worked at Hannaford, Shop and Save and Price Chopper.
Besides his parents, Keith was also predeceased by his brother, Gary L. Georgia and Bradley G. Georgia.
Survivors besides his wife of 22 years include his sister, Linda G. Valentine and her husband, Lee, of Oneonta; sister-in-law, Fran Georgia of Long Island; mother-in-law, Dorothy Nolin; brothers-in-law Bill Nolin and wife Dina, Timothy Nolin and wife Kelly, and Michael Nolin; sisters-in-law Debbie Nolin, JoAnn Carpenter and husband Michael; and several aunts, uncles, nieces, nephews, cousins and friends.
Friends may call Wednesday, Nov. 14, 2012. from noon to 2 p.m. at the M.B Kilmer Funeral Home, 123 Main St., Argyle. To post online condolences and to view Keith's Book of Memories, please visit our website www.kilmerfuneralhome.com.
Funeral services will be conducted at 2 p.m. at the M.B Kilmer Funeral Home, 123 Main St. with the Rev. Debbie Earthrowl, pastor of the Salem United Methodist Church, officiating.
Burial will follow in Hebron Cemetery, Hebron.
The family would like to thank the staff located at A-Wing for all of their love and care towards Keith during his final time.
Donations may be made in Keith's memory to the Fort Hudson Nursing Home at 319 Broadway Fort Edward, NY 12828 or to The WWARC at 436 Quaker Road, Queensbury, NY. 12804.


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Rookie defenseman Tyler Myers has a large welt on the right side of his neck but said after tonight's game he expects to practice Wednesday and play Thursday night in Carolina. Myers was struck by the puck when he deflected Daniel Paille's slapshot with 42 seconds left in regulation.
"When it first happened, I was wheezing a bit," said Myers. "But then it calmed down and I don't think it will be any more than some stiffness after tonight."
Myers played 28 minutes, 17 seconds in the game, just 15 seconds off his season high. And remember he missed the last six minutes. He scored the tying goal late in the second period, his eighth of the season.
---Mike Harrington
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You could see sparks flying in the surveillance video as
Philadelphia police say a cold blooded killer fired off 22 rounds from an AK-47 rifle.
Investigators say the gunman took aim at two men walking down 7th and Venango on April 6th.
A 42-year-old man was wounded in the leg. Police say
36-year-old James Tyrone Rosser died after he was shot multiple times.
His family Wanda Yun, heartbroken.
"He's ripped the family to pieces, " she said of the
gunman. "He took a good life, someone who shouldn't have been
One week after Rosser was killed by the gun toting crook. Police
believe the same man struck just four blocks away. This time firing
off 23 shots.
Police say he took aim and wounded two men standing
on the corner of 7th and Clearfield.
Children pointed out where bullet holes have scarred homes
and restaurants.
Police don't have motive...but they've used ballistics to tie the
two assault rifle crimes together.
"It has no purpose or place in our city," said
Commissioner Charles Ramsey referencing the AK-47. You would think you're
looking at Iraq instead of Philadelphia. It's crazy. Absolutely
insane "
A makeshift memorial now marks the spot at 7th and Venango
where Wanda Yun's cousin was gunned down.
Her family just hoping the assault rifle toting crook is caught.
To view the police surveillance video, watch the last video clip above or you can see it on YouTube by clicking here.
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- Heat oven to 325 degrees F. Place ham on a rack in a shallow baking pan. Bake, uncovered, in a 325 degrees F oven about 1-1/2 hours (or until thermometer registers 140 degrees F).
- Meanwhile, in a saucepan combine the cherry preserves, vinegar, corn syrup, and spices. Cook and stir until boiling. Reduce heat; simmer two minutes.
- Stir in almonds. Remove from heat. Put 3/4 cup of the glaze to the side.
- About 15 minutes before the ham is done, spoon some of the remaining glaze over the ham, basting occasionally. Remove from oven; place on a heated serving platter.
- Stir the water into the reserved 3/4-cup glaze; heat and serve along with the ham.
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Let me say, if I'm going to eat ham, I want to taste ham, not clove or pineapple or brown sugar ... just good ham. This glaze is awesome. I did not have any almonds, (don't think it would have added anything anyway), I used raspberry vinegar not red wine (what I had) and omitted the corn syrup (what that was for??). If this is too much "tampering" I'm sorry but this will now go on chickens, pork loin ... many things ... can't wait ... Thank you!!
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This Glaze recipie is the most wonderful glaze I have ever tasted. I first used this recipe on Thanksgiving of 2007. Easy to prepare, and worth the taste. It will certainly make your ham the talk of the party.
This made a deliciously sweet/spicy glaze that everyone in my family enjoyed for Christmas! No complaints at all!
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I've only celebrated my maleness in this way a couple times when I was pumped, alone and enveloped in steam; however, I could understand a bunch of guys who did a lot of things together and trusted and respected each other relaxing and letting go in front of each other without it being a problem for them. Any other thoughts out there?
I've been trying to think of how I would most want another person to behave if he were the one starting the process -- what would make me the most comfortable and likely to join in. Earlier I had mentioned shared repect and trust as conditions that would be desirable. For someone you're just meeting those qualities would need to come across indirectly. For starters I'd expect us both to be fully uncovered, towels just for sitting on. Then being relaxed, cheerful but non-intrusive. Non-threatening. Natural and not crude. "How are you doing? This is a great place to unwind, isn't it?" Alternate stroking with not stroking, showing that your goal is to relax rather than stimulate or be stimulated. Some conversation now and then, but no real chatter, 'where are you from' etc small talk.
It would be different each time and with each guy. Any thoughts out there?
Only after reading postings on this site and taking part in discussions over the past month have I realized that the small part of me which isn't totally "straight" would like to be sitting around with some other guys who like to talk to each other while beating their meat. Celebrating our maleness together while relaxing and being apart from the world for a little while.
I have found myself increasingly at peace since I have made this realization -- I'm not looking for a one-on-one, but rather would enjoy being part of a small buddy group which respects and trusts each other and understand our needs.
Sure enough, when we came back from three hours of drill and a scrimmage and took off our uniforms, one of the guys popped a boner as soon as his jock came off. Then by the time we got into the gang shower room two more had sprung. One of the guys was the team captain, a real nice guy who was big all over and he seemed to take the lead for the three of them who quietly stroked themselves to resolution. Not a word was said about it.
As the weeks went by there was the usual wet-towel snapping, name-calling and teasing — but there was never any comment made about anybody's size, how fast they came or how far they shot. And there were at least two different guys after each practice who needed to beat themselves off. That matter was still private even though it was in plain view of all of us. My first time came around one day when undressing I notice that the ribbing of my jock had embossed itself on my somewhat enlarged dick — it continued growing on the way to the showers. So I just did what needed to be done while a couple of others did the same thing. Usually we would face a wall while doing it or aim at a drain although sometimes a couple of guys would look at each other and have a crooked smile. It felt a little funny cumming but I was glad to have it over and be more a part of the group. I would need to do the 'soap and pump' every now and then, usually on days when I hadn't had a chance to take care of myself before I left home in the morning. I don't think any of us ever planned to be shooting in the showers, it just happened.
And the pumping only took place after practice, never after a game when there were newspapermen in the locker room along with other teachers and well-wishers. And our team really did well each year I was there for a school our size. Many of us thought later on that our winning on the field went back to all that semen spilled on the shower room floor which had forged such a strong brotherhood of trust and interdependence among us.
So you guys in the steamroom may be late coming to the dance but there's still time. As we used to say on the team, "it never hurts to shoot some spurts" — it's natural, it's just part of life.
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During my endocrinology training, I was captivated by a phenomenon I'd seen on the wards, and had just started to read about in the literature: type 2 diabetic patients receiving bariatric surgery exhibiting rapid, seemingly instantaneous improvements in their glycemic control, apparently related to profoundly reduced insulin resistance as a consequence of the surgery.
The first teaching seminar I gave as a fellow, at Endocrinology Grand Rounds, asked the distinguished medical faculty who gathered in the Ether Dome, "Is Diabetes a Surgical Disease?"
At the time, the answer was, "Yes?" Now, two recent reports presented today at the ACC, and simultaneously published in the NEJM (here and here), seem to upgrade this answer to "Yes!"
Both reports conclude that bariatric surgery surpasses medical therapy as a treatment for type 2 diabetes, and are fascinating not only because of the immediate clinical implications (as discussed by Matt Herper here, and in an NEJM editorial comment here), but also because there's some really cool underlying science that nobody seems to understand.
The fundamental paradox is the same mysterious clinical phenomenon that so intrigued me years ago: the drastic improvement in diabetic function that occurs significantly before most of the weight is lost.
The authors of the first study note, "Reductions in the use of diabetes medications occurred before achievement of maximal weight loss, which supports the concept that the mechanisms of improvement in diabetes involve physiologic effects in addition to weight loss, probably related to alterations in gut hormones."
The authors of the second study were also struck by the rapid improvement in glycemic control they observed, reporting that all patients treated surgically were able to discontinue all their diabetes medicines within fifteen days of their operation – a remarkable result (and entirely consistent with my own clinical experience). Almost all of the surgically-treated patients remained free of diabetes after two years, while none of the medically-treated patients were as fortunate.
As the authors write, "there was no correlation between normalization of fasting glucose levels and weight loss after gastric bypass and biliopancreatic diversion, findings that are consistent with results of previous studies, which suggests that such surgeries may exert effects on diabetes that are independent of weight."
The authors also point out this result is in contrast with gastric banding procedures (which constrict the stomach but don't otherwise alter the anatomy); the improvement in diabetes seen in those patients does appear to correlate more directly with weight loss.
The intriguing scientific question is how can bariatric surgery result in an almost immediate improvement in the insulin resistance profile of diabetic patients? To my mind, this is among the most important unanswered questions in endocrinology, and medical science more generally. While the effect is generally attributed to "gut hormones" (as the authors of the first study write), the biology beyond that gets a bit murky.
It's True!!! 3 months before my bariatric surgery I was diagnosed with Type 2 diabetes. My doctor told me that he did not want to 'medically' treat the condition because he wanted to wait & see if the bariatric surgery had an effect on it. The morning after the surgery my sugar was in the normal range & so was my blood pressure! It has been 11 years now & I am still living with great bp & no diabetes.
No it is NOT true! I would urge everyone not have this dangerous surgery, I have BEEN there. It is a MEDIA CAMPAIGN by doctors. The dangers of this surgery are well known. You will never feel right again. This surgery causes deep bleeding! Months after the surgery you will continually throw up after every meal. You will not feel right every again. The pain never goes away. This surgery is adding a cool half million dollars annual to local doctors and they are now pushing it diet! Dr. Liu showed in Denmark that a specialized diabetes diet reverse diabetes better than medications. He showed that type 2 diabetes comes from food chemicals. Just google SPIRIT HAPPY DIET
you can cure type 2 diabetes in all patients by elminating all carbs and eating a low glycemic index diet, eat raw vegetables and lots of healthy fat and moderate protein-plant based. it cures all diabetes in type 2 patients. no need for bariatric surgery, its a scam and its dangerous.
Hold everything! This is not a sure thing. I had gastric bypass for the very reason that I wanted to achieve remission with my type II diabetes. (I was overweight, but not as large as the garden variety bariatric patient, according to my well-respected surgeon.) I had my surgery done at one of the nation's leading research hospitals with a nationally-recognized Center of Excellence for bariatric surgery, and yet, nearly 8 months out I have not yet reached remission, although I hope to do so. My daily insulin dosage is vastly reduced, but still needed. AND I have been TOTALLY compliant with the post-op plan. I am commenting here so that others may know it is NOT a sure thing and remission DOESN'T necessarily happen overnight.
Heidi you are absolutely right & I'm sorry if my comment was misleading. My girlfriend who had surgery 6 mos before me is still diabetic, but, she had type 1 diabetes. Maybe the different types are affected differently.
Thanks, me, too. And I am hopeful. Achieving good health is often about making a series of small correct choices every day, not a single magic bullet. But, as I said, I am hopeful.
I might be dense, but I didn't read what the Ah-Hah was with the surgery. I understand the surgery, but what caused the "morning after surgery" change in her numbers and blood pressure? Did I miss this somewhere? I was just told about this by a friend and now have seen it on the internet. I am very interested in making a change.
Great blog. This is patient-oriented research at its best, i.e., the observation of an unexpected clinical benefit brought on by an unrelated treatment. I hope drug companies will seize the opportunity to figure out what is going on. They might gain valuable insights into the etiology of diabetes, and perhaps discover novel avenues to treat, or possibly cure the disease. This is a much better use of their money than funding late-stage clinical trials of mediocre drug candidates. In fact, they could create a challenge out of this, post it on Innocentive, and, for a modest expenditure, have the answer within a few months, well before their internal bureaucracy could even start addressing the question.
There is no getting around the fact that Type 2 diabetes can be controlled by diet, and in many many cases medication can be reduced or eliminated. Just because 1) doctors recommend a low-fat, high carbohydrate diet as a "diabetic diet" and 2) patients do their best to follow that bad recommendation does not mean that diet somehow "does not work". The truth is, doctors want results, patients want to show they are compliant, and pharmaceutical companies (and surgical technology companies) want on the wagon also. There is no money to be made from people who are actually doing all that is within their power to make themselves as healthy as possible. I was diagnosed as a Type 2 diabetic when I was twelve years old. I spent nearly 25 years lying to myself, taking medication, following terrible advice, and getting sicker. I have been through several laser treatments for retinopathy. I have had two back surgeries due to disk herniation. There are large sections of my feet and legs that I can't really feel anymore due to the neuropathy. I walked around for years with a blood glucose constantly over 200 mg/dl. I finally realized that I needed to do the opposite of what the dietitians and doctors told me to do. I stopped eating grains, most especially wheat. I stopped eating anything with added sugar in it. I stopped eating starchy foods like potatoes and beans. Less than six months after I began this, I got pregnant and I'm well into a healthy pregnancy. I take minimal doses of insulin before meals, and the medication load is close to zero compared to what I used to take. A doctor once had me on glyburide, zocor, avandia, lisinopril, metformin, and prilosec. I was barely 30 years old. Tonight I took a small dose of insulin before dinner and one hour later my blood glucose was 104 mg/dl. Two hours post-dinner and my blood glucose was 76. I did this without surgery. I think it's likely that someday I will be able to function without added insulin at all, but if I don't, that is ok. No surgery here. Just taking care of myself.
It's all about diet! A controlled diet can cut type II diabetes by nearly 50% in the first 48 hours. We have been helping people overcome their type II diabetes for ten years now just by controlling their diet. I use Medifast meal replacements that are nutritionally balanced. This helps them lose weight in a healthy, doctor supported fashion. I encourage you to look into it if you haven't yet. You are misleading people if you leave out the importance of a healthy diet in your conclusions. Dr. Wayne Scott Anderson is my partner in this company and has much to say about it on our website. www.healthhub.tsfl.com. Forbes knows quite a bit about us.
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What would be a very interesting analysis is to analyze the gut metagenomic diversity of the diabetic patients pre and post-surgery. We know that with antibiotics for bacterial infections the gut microflora is restructured. Does the surgery modulate the enteric microflora and if so, is there is a signaling pathway from the microflora to the brain that includes second order signaling to the pancreas. The experiment is doable and even if the results are not what we would expect, at least we will know that the microbial signaling route is not worth pursuing henceforth.
My doctor says "NO". He had three patients at Mayo because they cant stop the sugar numbers from dropping dangerously low after the surgery.
I understand this is a better way to go:
1 glass of water with 3 oz. of food every 2-1/2 hours 6 times a day. Watch your carbs and eat no white or processed foods, obviously no sugar products either. Seven hours of sleep if possible, walking for exercise if possible.
This is the claim: Two weeks and sugar numbers are normal — Two to three months and no sign of diabetes and the pounds drop off at a safe rate.
My sister and I (both diabetic) are trying it – will let you know results. Just the fact that your body is not undergoing the stress of major surgery makes it worth a try for me. Plus a A01C of 10.0!
What a bizarre world modern healthcare has become. According to Marion Nestle, noted dietician, unless food companies do something, the diabesity epidemic will not be quelled. So the masses continue to consume foods designed to foster over-eating. Now surgeons foresee a bonanza. The surgical schedule is loading up. Lop off the pounds with a surgical scalpel and inexplicably cure the diabetes. Overeaters are thrilled to hear the reward for their gluttony is insurance-paid bariatric surgery which has a strong chance of erasing their diabetes. There is an explanation however.
Surgery involves loss of blood and blood carries the most iron. So surgery is a giant blood-letting procedure which then restores insulin sensitivity and quiets the blood sugar problem. This was noted by Dr Francesco Facchini at the University of California San Francisco in 2002 when he blood-let diabetic patients to the point where they were almost anemic (short of iron) and their insulin/blood sugar problem vanished. A review of post-bariatric surgery blood tests shows post-operative patients are often anemic. This explains the phenomenon of why surgery resolves diabetes. I'm not sure physicians or patients are eager to opt for blood letting over surgery. As I said, healthcare is very bizarre these days.
I cured my diabetes 2.
This is confirmed by my doctor.
My blood sugar is now reduced to 5.4 (above 6.1 is insulin insensitive = diabetes2)
How did I do it.
1. Stop eating all foods with hydrogenated fat (also known as trans fats). It is man-made.
2. Get your fat from a fist of walnuts per day.
3. Eat the walnuts for 7 months to replace the man-made fat in your cell walls with natural fat.
Hydrogenated fat is modified fat which has an extra hydrogen atom added to it, to prolong food shelf life.
However, you insulin expects "natural fat" around every cell in your body for the past 4M years – evolution!
So Insulin is "confused" by the new molecular structure of the fat membrane around you cells.
By replacing the "man-made" fat by natural fat (from walnuts) over 7 months you insulin works as intended , opens the cell wall and lets the sugar in to
be consumed as energy. Done.
New York state will probably ban all food with hydrogenated fat this year 2012. (They were first to ban smoking!)
Caution: Manufacturers have negotiated agreement with the food authorities to NOT show hydrogenated fat on packaging if it is less than 0.05%. So
beware and dont eat any food that has long shelf life (snacks, cookies, etc) including the oil used for fries in your local fast food outlet.
For how insulin works see http://www.khanacademy.org/science/healthcare-and-medicine/v/glucose-insulin-and-diabetes
I am an engineer, not a medical person, so I bring a different discipline and training to problem solving.
I cured my diabetes 2.
This is confirmed by my doctor.
My blood sugar is now reduced to 5.4 (above 6.1 is insulin insensitive = diabetes2)
How did I do it.
1. Stop eating all foods with hydrogenated fat (also known as trans fats). It is man-made.
2. Get your fat from a fist of walnuts per day.
3. Eat the walnuts for 7 months to replace the man-made fat in your cell walls with natural fat.
Hydrogenated fat is modified fat which has an extra hydrogen atom added to it, to prolong food shelf life.
However, you insulin expects "natural fat" around every cell in your body for the past 4M years – evolution!
So Insulin is "confused" by the new molecular structure of the fat membrane around you cells.
By replacing the "man-made" fat by natural fat (from walnuts) over 7 months you insulin works as intended , opens the cell wall and lets the sugar in to be consumed as energy. Done.
New York state will probably ban all food with hydrogenated fat this year 2012. (They were first to ban smoking!)
Caution: Manufacturers have negotiated agreement with the food authorities to NOT show hydrogenated fat on packaging if it is less than 0.05%. So beware and dont eat any food that has long shelf life (snacks, cookies, etc) including the oil used for fries in your local fast food outlet.
For how insulin works see http://www.khanacademy.org/science/healthcare-and-medicine/v/glucose-insulin-and-diabetes
I am an engineer, not a medical person, so I bring a different discipline and training to problem solving.
I am a middle class Indian this disease is making me nuts.I want cure can u give me the details like cost,hospital stay etc.
Medical Companies shoul not play with our disease.If there is a cure come out and don't be selfish
Very informative article and especially for those who suffer from BD TYPE II. I am watching very close that issue and lately I have read about a Swedish study which had as results that over the 75% of type II diabetics are obese, as well and with proofs they can say that the relationship between obesity and type II diabetes are extremely close and immediate!
in addition they had valid results for the reduction of diabetes after surgical treatment of obesity. Actually, it is worth to underline that they thinking seriously in the recent years to expand these operations in thinner patients (BMI> 25) in order to tackle the diabetes type II, something extremely vital and essential.
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It helped for type 2 diabetes but type 1 isn't, but however it's great to see the health development overtime, as I read on BSIG about life after bariatric surgery it seemed to be developing until it go back to normal and nothing to worry about.


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Water rate meeting Thursday
LAKE WYLIE The South Carolina Public Service Commission will hold a public hearing at 6 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 12, at River Hills Community Church about the requested rate increases by Carolina Water Service.
Another is scheduled Jan. 14 in Columbia. Anyone wanting to give testimony in the case will have three minutes to do so and can sign in at the meeting.
For more information, visit dms.psc.sc.gov and search for docket 2013-275-WS.
Clover Choristers performing Saturday
LAKE WYLIE The Clover Choristers present "Our First Christmas" at 5 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 14, at Good Samaritan United Methodist Church, 5220 Crowders Cove Road.
Tickets cost $5 at door or at cloverchoristers.org.
Join Chorale group's biscuit program for soldiers
CHARLOTTE, N.C. Charlotte Chorale invites the community to help give about 2,000 Fort Jackson soldiers traveling through the Charlotte Douglas International Airport on Dec. 19 a holiday treat.
For the fifth year, the singing group, directed by Kevin Gray of Lake Wylie, is collecting $1 donations for its "Buy a Biscuit" program to give these Columbia-based Army service members a warm sausage biscuit when they arrive by bus at 4:30 a.m. on their journey home for Christmas. The program is part of an ongoing partnership with the Chorale and the airport's USO of N.C. Charlotte Center.
Donations will be collected at the Chorale's Spirit of Christmas concert at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 14, at the McGlohon Theater in Charlotte or can be mailed to Charlotte Chorale, P.O. Box 471005, Charlotte, NC 28247. Checks should be made payable to Charlotte Chorale and "Buy a Biscuit" noted. All donations are tax deductible.
Keeping with this year's motto, "Celebrating 10 Years of Great Music & Giving Back," the choral group also has partnered with the American Red Cross.
Dec. 14 concertgoers are encouraged to bring new blankets to be donated to the Charlotte chapter of the American Red Cross for local residents in need. The donation drive pays homage to music from "A Charlie Brown Christmas," which will be performed during the concert. A blanket drop-off bin also will be located at the American Red Cross office, 2425 Park Road, Charlotte, N.C.
Concert tickets are $20 for adults, $10 for students 16 and younger, and available at carolinatix.org.
Library accepting food for fines
YORK COUNTY York County Libraries will be collecting "Food for Fines" through Dec. 31 to encourage the return of overdue library materials while giving back to the community.
Library users may pay off fines for overdue materials with nonperishable food and personal hygiene items. For each donated item, $1 will be credited to outstanding fines. It will not cover the cost of lost or damaged materials.
Nonperishable food items, toiletries and disposable diapers will be collected for local food banks. Library patrons are encouraged to participate even if they have no outstanding library fines.
Donations will be accepted at any library and on the Bookmobile. For more information, visit yclibrary.org.
Be a Santa to a Senior
ROCK HILL Home Instead Senior Care is teaming up with nonprofit agencies and area retailers to sponsor Be a Santa to a Senior – a program that collects, wraps and delivers gifts to seniors in York and Chester counties. The program runs through Dec. 20.
Golden Corral, 1031 N. Anderson Road, Rock Hill, has a tree up until Dec. 13 featuring ornaments with seniors' first names and their gift requests. Holiday shoppers can pick an ornament from the tree, buy the items listed and return them unwrapped to the store, with the ornament attached.
The Home Instead Senior Care office will enlist volunteers from its staff, senior-care business associates, nonprofit volunteers and others to collect, wrap and distribute the gifts. Delivery begins Monday, Dec. 16.
For more information, call 803-817-1901 or visit BeaSantatoaSenior.com.
Holiday meal deliveries underway
CLOVER Clover Area Assistance Center is collecting food for holiday meals.
Items needed include turkeys and hams of all sizes. Nonperishable food items needed are: cranberry sauce, potatoes, yams, green beans, corn, gravy, stuffing mix, broth, olives, pie filling, quick bread mixes, and biscuit or muffin mix.
Holiday food distribution continues through Dec. 19.
Food can be dropped off from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday, Wednesday and Thursday at CAAC, 1130 Highway 55 E., Clover. Other times by appointment. For more information, call 803-222-4837.
Blood drives set in York County
YORK COUNTY Community Blood Center of the Carolinas announces the following blood drives in York County:
• 1-7 p.m. Dec. 19, Piedmont Medical Center, 222 S. Herlong Ave., Rock Hill.
• 7 a.m.-1 p.m. Dec. 20, Piedmont Medical Center, 222 S. Herlong Ave., Rock Hill.
• 2-6 p.m. Dec. 22, Regal Manchester Stadium, 1935 Cinema Drive, Rock Hill. Donors receive a free movie ticket.
• 4-8 p.m. Dec. 26, Regal Manchester Stadium, 1935 Cinema Drive, Rock Hill. Donors receive a free movie ticket.
The center is holding its ninth annual Puppies for Patients program through Dec. 31. Donors who give blood during this time will be able to sign a tag that will be attached to a stuffed toy puppy and delivered to children in area hospitals and care facilities during the holidays.
More public drives can be found at cbcc.us. Call 704-972-4700 or go to carolinadonor.org to make an appointment at any location.
Environmental program accepting applications
YORK COUNTY Farmers may apply by Dec. 20 for cost-share through the Environmental Quality Incentives Program offered by the Natural Resources Conservation Service.
NRCS provides financial and technical assistance to help eligible South Carolina landowners who address natural resource concerns, promote environmental quality and protect wildlife through EQIP. This program helps farmers improve production while protecting environmental quality by addressing such concerns as soil quality, grazing management, water quality, forestry and wildlife.
Producers interested in applying should visit the York County USDA Service Center, 1460 E. Alexander Love Highway, York, or call 803-684-3137 for information.
Visit sc.nrcs.usda.gov for more information, including eligibility requirements.


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Here are some scenarios the U.S. Air Force uses to paint a picture of cyber warfare:
Lt. Col. David Fahrenkrug, Chief of the Strategic Studies Group for the U.S. Air Forces new cyber command, will speak at SMU on the nature of cyber warfare and its potential threats to the United States. His presentation, which is open to the public, is scheduled for 3:45 p.m. to 5 p.m., Wednesday, Dec. 5, in the Huitt-Zollars Pavilion in the Embrey Engineering Building.
Fahrenkrug's presentation comes on the heels of a warning issued Thursday (Nov. 29) about a possible "cyber cold war." About 120 countries are developing ways to use the Internet as a weapon to target financial markets, government computer systems and utilities, according to Internet security company McAfee. Read about McAfee's warning and Fahrenkrugs explanation of cyberspace and its role in modern warfare.
The 8th Air Force, based in Shreveport, was announced in early November as the new cyber command, underscoring an expanded Air Force commitment to air, space and cyberspace power. Deputy Secretary of Defense Gordon England has referred to attempts to degrade U.S. fighting networks by hackers, cyber-vigilantes, terrorists and hostile nations as the issue he spends more time thinking about in the middle of the night than any other.
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Woodruff homers in first career at batMarch 18, 2011 · Athletic Communications
Kelsey Woodruff hit a home run in her first career at bat to help lead the Blue Raiders over the North Texas Mean Green on Friday at Blue Raider Field. (Athletic Communications)
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MURFREESBORO, Tenn. - The Middle Tennessee softball team won their first series of the 2011 season on Friday, sweeping a doubleheader against the North Texas Green Mean at Blue Raider Field. The Blue Raider advance to 7-16 on the season , 2-3 in conference.
MT took the first game 5-4 and the second 6-4.
After UNT took a four-run lead after the first four innings of the first game, Natalie Ysais roped a double to center to plate Kaycee Popham from first. This was Ysais' 11th RBI of the year. The score was 4-1 at that point.
Middle Tennessee then scored four runs in the bottom of the fifth to take a 5-4 lead. Kelsey Dortch recorded two RBIs on a hard-hit triple deep to right-center field, bringing home Kristi Marquez and Nina Davenport. Marquez and Davenport both singled earlier in the side. Kaycee Popham put the Raiders on top with a home run to right, scoring Corrie Abel. Popham has three home runs in the last three games.
Starter Jordyn Fisherback closed the door on the Mean Green in the sixth and seventh innings to earn her fourth win of the season. Fisherback gave up four earned runs off eights hits, while striking out three and walking one.
In the second game, North Texas took the early lead on the Blue Raiders, recording two runs in the first inning.
Middle Tennessee's first hit of the game came in the fourth, when Abel doubled to center. This double gave her 269 total bases for her career. She is now just one shy of Martha Davis' Middle Tennessee record of 270 in a career.
Junior Kelsey Woodruff tied the game at two in the fifth in her first career at bat when sent a towering two-run homer over the right field all. Before coming to Middle Tennessee, Woodruff was a standout slugger in her time at Motlow State.
The Blue Raiders poured on the offense in the following frame, scoring four runs off three hits and three walks. Kayla Toney tallied three RBIs on a deep center field home run. This was Toney's third bomb of the season and gave her 10 RBIs on the season. Nina Dever also RBIed in the inning. MT took a commanding 6-2 lead at that point.
Janele Robinson threw strong in 6.1 innings of work. In her first win of the season, she struck out four batters and walked just one. Caty Jutson came in relief and shut down North Texas in the seventh for her first save of the season.
The Blue Raiders will go for their first conference sweep since 2004 on Saturday as they host wrap up their series with UNT at 11 a.m. Live audio and stats will be available on GoBlueRaiders.com and Twitter.com/MT_Softball.
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A federal judge in Toledo also ordered Randy Linn, of St. Joe, Ind., to pay $1.4 million for the damage to the mosque.
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It all started with a simple lat strain for Kent State pitcher Tyler Skulina.
It was his senior year at Walsh Jesuit High School, and at that time, he was a recruit for the University of Virginia.
The pain wasn't the worst part for him.
It was the way his body unconsciously overcompensated for the upper-back injury. His pitching mechanics went all out of whack, and his velocity was noticeably down.
He pitched through it, though, managing a successful season with the Warriors, going 6-0 to help lead Walsh to the state championship game.
Once healed, he was still missing 8 to 10 mph off his pitches.
"He went through a period of dead arm," Kent State coach Scott Stricklin said. "He still had a good year, but it wasn't like his junior year [in high school]. His junior year, he was throwing in the mid-90s, and he was projected to be a possible first-round pick [in the Major League Baseball draft]."
In baseball, the term "dead arm" is often used when a pitcher doesn't have an injury but isn't performing to his usual standards.
"When I saw Tyler his senior year, he was throwing 86, 87 mph when in his junior year he'd gotten up to 96 mph," Stricklin said. "So it's tough on a kid that young who's still growing and maturing to mature so fast. There's a lot of mileage on these young kids' arms now a days. They're pitching a lot, throwing in games and showcases, they're throwing for scouts. And I think he got to a point where he might have thrown a little too much."
The dead-arm period brought on plenty of frustration and even a little doubt. After spending just one semester at Virginia, the 6-foot-6, 225-pound Skulina headed back to Ohio and promptly transferred to Kent State. In addition to being a little home sick, Skulina, a right-hander, was betting that Golden Flashes longtime pitching coach Mike Birkbeck could help him find his old form.
"I was worried because my velocity was down," Skulina said. "But when I got to Kent, I worked with coach Birkbeck for a long time and he helped me put everything back together. I knew if anybody could help me get back to where I was, it was going to be him."
Because he transferred, he had to sit out a season.
"Tyler had a full year to get things going in the direction he needed and Mike Birkbeck was the perfect guy for him to be with," Stricklin said. "[Birkbeck] was very patient with Tyler and worked with him. And now, Tyler's in the best shape of his life and has flourished. I think he's found a new love for the game that he may have lost at some point."
He settled in as the No. 3 starter for the Flashes last season as a sophomore behind ace David Starn and No. 2 Ryan Bores.
"It started off a little tough at the beginning of the season as I was still working a little on my mechanics," said Skulina, who ultimately tied for the team lead with 11 wins to go along with a 3.77 ERA in 18 starts. "I walked more guys early on than I would have liked, but throughout the season I kept working on timing and increasingly got better."
He was on the mound in the College World Series when the Flashes were eliminated with a 4-1 loss to South Carolina. He allowed all four runs but struck out nine in 5⅔ innings, finishing the season with 107 strikeouts (second on the team) in 107⅓ innings (third on the team).
"I know after we beat Ohio University last year when shook hands after Game Three, coach [Joe] Carbone said Tyler was the best pitcher they'd seen all year," Stricklin said. "And they'd seen David Starn and Ryan Bores, who'd beaten them. But it was Tyler Skulina who he said was the best guy they'd seen all year — and that was late in the season.
"Because he got better and better as we went (last season), he's a big reason we had the success we did. Tyler was pitching in the three-hole and he was better than everyone else he was pitching against. When he pitched in Omaha in June, it might have been his best outing all year. He made one mistake all game in giving up (a two-run) home run [in the third inning] to South Carolina. But he was as good as you can be."
Now in his second season with KSU, Skulina is the Flashes' ace and ready to take his and the team's success a step further as nationally ranked Kent State opens the season today with a doubleheader at UNC Wilmington against the host Seahawks and Virginia Tech.
"Tyler's 6-foot-6 and has a great arm," Stricklin said. "There's a lot of potential just because he's so physically gifted. But on top of that, he knows how to pitch. He can get the ball up in the mid-90's with a major-league slider that he knows how to use.
"He had a great year for us last year. If he even makes a little bit of a jump, he has a chance to be an All-American and be a very high draft pick in June. He's got the velocity back, he's 100 percent and he's the best he's ever been right now."
It hasn't been easy for Skulina.
"It was hard not playing for a year, but it was something I needed to do," he said. "It's been a tough road getting to this point, but now it all seems worth it."
Stephanie Storm can be reached at email@example.com. Read the Kent State blog at http://www.ohio.com/flashes. Follow her on Twitter at http://twitter.com/SStormABJ and on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/sports.abj.


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Thanks for presenting Raleigh as a civilized society, in direct contrast to our quite uncivilized General Assembly. I walked the whole route, and except for three mounted officers, I don't think I counted a dozen uniforms. I know there were more non-uniformed, but they remained unobtrusive as well.
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Source: Admiralty Chart 2888 (thumbnail image), title: Jask to Dubayy and Jazireh-Ye Qeshm, area: "Iran, Oman, and the United Arab Emirates," chart scale: 1:350,000 (UKHO: United Kingdom Hydrographic Office, Taunton, Somerset, "March 29 1985 edition," "printed with corrections in 1988").
By CJHjr: Cut and moved the vertical scales and the bottom horizontal scale (but not the top horizontal scale), in order to frame this section of the chart.
Measurements: On a nautical chart, one nautical mile is one minute of latitude. The further you are from the equator the further apart be the latitude marks, on the vertical/latitude scale. And I don't exactly remember why (at the moment). Because the earth is a squashed sphere? Because the Mercator Projection pretends the vertical lines of longitude are parallel (they get very far apart, the closer you are to the poles). But whatever be the reason, if you are north of the equator, for example, as here, the distance between the marks at the top of the chart, on the vertical/latitude scale, are greater than at the bottom of the chart. This far from the poles, the difference is not obvious. Hence, the most accurate you can be, is to use the marks, on the vertical/latitude scale, at the actual latitude where you want to measure something.
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