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In honor of Valentines day we bring you an angel. ALS Angel anyway. I noticed that quite a few people were searching the site for Bree Daniels and getting no results. So I started checking around and it turns out that I have never posted any of her shoots here. So, here we go. Bree Daniels is your special Angel for Valentines Day.
Here are quotes from the official ALSangels.com site about Bree:
"We knew at first sight Bree Daniels would be the perfect addition to the ALS Angels line-up! Besides having cute face and amazing natural tits, this honey from Montana really impressed us with her enthusiasm towards the ALS style of shooting.
She said she hates photographers that use all the same boring dildos over and over and was up for anything we could throw her way. We promised her ALS would deliver the "more exciting shoot", so we decided she would be great model to introduce to our newest toy, the "Dream Catcher". Bree had a lot of fun with that toy, but mentioned that her favorite had to be the Hitachi vibrator.
Overall, we think we gave her a shoot to remember, and when we asked she said her favorite scene was the leather jacket photo set because it suited her style. Bree loves sex and loves to perform, so we are sure this will be a shoot for you to remember as well. Bree likes men and women equally, depending on the night, but most enjoys someone who loves to give.
She has been sexually active since 16 and started shaving her pussy at 13. Some other fun facts Bree told us about herself are that her favorite colors are green and purple, she really wants a Dodge Challenger, her favorite movie is "Avatar", she loves the band "System of a Down", and can't get enough Mediterranean food. Being multi-talented, she also played volleyball, basketball, and was a cheerleader in high school, and knows how to play the harp! She also adores any kind of cat and is a self-proclaimed "crazy cat lady". Her idea of a good time is to hang out at home with her cat a read a good book. Bree is 5′ 7″ tall, weighs 112 lbs, and her measurements are: 34C-24-35. Enjoy and be sure to let us know what you think of Bree!"


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Jorge Lorenzo has hinted he will be merely looking to consolidate his lead in the MotoGP standings when the series visits Laguna Seca for the United States Grand Prix, even if he admits it is a race he wants to win 'some day'.
Lorenzo has been a model of consistency so far this season, winning five races and finishing no lower than second in the other three.
Indeed, while he was forced to play second-best to closest rival Dani Pedrosa last time out in Germany, Lorenzo retains a substantial 47 point advantage overall, a lead he wants to maintain in the United States.
Even so, winning at the historic Laguna Seca circuit remains a 'goal' that Lorenzo has earmarked for himself at some stage in his career.
"This is the first time this season that we've left Europe and I'm excited to be going to Laguna Seca again, one of the most famous tracks in the world," the FIAT Yamaha rider said.
"I like riding there and one of my aims is to win there, some day! I have had some crashes there but last year I also took the pole and made it onto the podium. We come from a second place in Sachsenring and our target remains the same, to be consistent and to always aim for the podium.
In the meantime, Lorenzo will indulge in a few 'off-track' duties, including visiting the headquarters of Twitter, the Spaniard having become a prolific user of the social networking site.
"Before the race we will go to see Jay Leno and also I will hopefully visit the headquarters of Twitter in LA."


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Tour de France and social media, tres bien
This is the first time in which the Tour de France is happening in the middle of social media tools being so mainstream, so there has been some interesting tools built, besides Lance Armstrong twittering from inside the race.
First of all, one of the most talked about and probably one of the projects that will be highlighted in next year's festivals, the famous Nike Chalkbot. If you've ever been a fan of these races, it's pretty common that fans cheer up the participants writing messages on the floor. Chalkbot follows the same principle, send your 40 characters message and it will be drawn on the road by a machine.
Also, it's weird (or different) enough as to be noticed by normal people even if they're not frequent Twitter users, so it's pretty common that press covering the event talks about the machine.
But that's not the only thing being noticeable about this thing, reading Ana Andjelic's twitter i found Ubilabs, a beautiful site in which you can follow positions of race leaders through live data and real time tweets on Google Maps.
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Bob Marley's "I Shot The Sheriff": Why This Song Sucks
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Song: Bob Marley's "I Shot The Sheriff"
History: "I Shot The Sheriff" was released in 1973. It's important for a number of reasons, but mostly because it made Warren G feel like it was be a good idea if he dressed like a wild west cowboy in 1997*.
*Probably the biggest mistake** Warren G ever made, barely nudging out the time he tried to play dice with those guys on 2-1 and Lewis.
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***He also had an album that year he accidentally called Willennium, possibly the worst album title from any major music star. Still, that was around the time in high school when I was wearing those clunky retro rockabilly creeper shoes, so I guess it was just a bad time for everyone.
If you weren't expecting a Pee-Wee's Playhouse reference, you haven't been reading this column enough.
Atmospherics: Jamaican-y, certainly.
Analysis: Bob Marley is definitely one of the greatest musicians of all-time; that seems inarguable. But, I mean, remember Denzel's Virtuosity (where he basically fights a video game with nice hair) or Nas' "Big Girl" (where he made everyone feel extra creeped out about sex) or Larry bird's mustache? The Gods are not without sin.
The biggest mistake here is obvious: for the entirety of the song Marley, clearly a forward thinker and cultural progressivist, lacks any sort of self-awareness. To wit, he talks the entire time about a murder he didn't commit, exonerating himself by admitting to another. It's like if your girlfriend accuses you of cheating on her with Tiffany and you're like, "What? Don't be ridiculous. I cheated on you with Lisa, but I did not cheat on you with Tiffany." Either way, your shit is getting hammered to the wall.
Bits from the song:
"I shot the sheriff."
Case closed. Thanks.
"But I did not shoot the deputy."
Okay, cool. Thanks. But you know it's not legal to shoot the sheriff, right?
"All around my hometown, they're trying to track me down."
"I shot the sheriff. And they say it was a capital offense."
I mean, I don't even know how else to say it, Bob. Murder ain't great.
"Sheriff John Brown always hated me. For what, I don't know."
Just a guess here, but maybe because you shot his brother, Sheriff Joe Brown.
"Every time I plant a seed, he said, 'Kill it before it grow.'"
Well, can you be a little more specific about the type of seed you were planting? Was it a marijuana seed? Because that's illegal too. Or maybe was it a seed for a tree that would eventually grow up and be a cop killer? YOU WERE PLANTING A COP KILLER TREE?! IS THAT WHERE ICE-T CAME FROM?! HOLY FUCK.
I'll be spending the rest of the afternoon collecting the pieces of my exploded brain, thank you.
(I) If you meet a girl named Lisa, you can be sure that she's ruined at least three relationships. Lisas are the worst.
(II) I really, really liked Virtuosity as a preteen.
(III) If Sheriff Joe Brown is related to Judge Joe Brown, then I completely understand why he shot him. I'm saying, Judge Joe Brown is THE WORST. He's the Cleveland Browns of judge show judges.
(IV) If there really is a tree that has an affinity for shooting at police officers, they should probably call it Ice-Tree.
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Feb. 18 — A decision on whether National Hockey League players will participate in the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea, could come within the next six months, NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman said today.
Both Bettman and Donald Fehr, executive director of the NHL Players' Association, said in a news conference at the Sochi Games that no decision on 2018 will be made during the current Olympics in Russia.
"I hope it could be done in six months," Bettman told reporters. "Frankly, if we're going to continue to participate, having as long a runway as possible would be an advantage. But as much as we'd like to, you're dealing with a guesstimate on the timetable."
NHL players have participated in the last five Winter Games, making hockey one of the most high-profile sports at the Olympics. There are 148 NHL players in Sochi, including 10 each from the Chicago Blackhawks and the Detroit Red Wings.
Having NHL players perform in the Olympics forces the league to shut down in the middle of its season and exposes highly paid athletes to the risk of injury outside NHL games, leading some team owners to oppose continuing the practice.
On the other hand, it gives the NHL a dose of midseason publicity and many players are passionate about performing for their home nation at the Olympics.
"None of this moves forward at all, if it moves forward, if the players don't want to play," Bettman said. "If the players ever said we're not interested, we're not going to ever force them to go."
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Fehr said the players' union will go through a review after Sochi and poll its members about their interest in playing at the 2018 Pyeongchang Games.
"When my process begins with the players, it will take as long as it takes," Fehr said. "They may say by the time we get to our meetings in July they know enough, it may be done in November."
One of the factors in making the decision is whether NHL players will participate in other global events.
"The fact of the matter is whatever we decide to do, the NHL and the NHLPA will be able to talk about other international initiatives, including bringing back the World Cup," Bettman said. "We see international competition on the horizon, it's just a matter of what the format will be."
Rene Fasel, president of the International Ice Hockey Federation, joined Bettman and Fehr at the news conference and said NHL players enjoy being at the Olympics.
"There is nothing like an Olympic gold medal in the life of an athlete," he said. "The gold medal, you cannot replace that."
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Legendary band KISS has rocked and rolled all night and partied every day for nearly 40 years around the world, but lately it's not only their music that has been drawing attention from fans here at home. It's their patriotism and overwhelming support for the men and women in uniform.
For the past decade, KISS has brought awareness to the volunteer nature of our fighting force, visited recovering wounded, and raised money for returning veterans. And while viewers of the hit television series "Family Jewels" may know that Gene Simmons' deep love for the U.S. military derived from his mother's dramatic rescue by American forces during the Holocaust, the rest of the band is just as patriotic for their own reasons.
Frontman and KISS founder Paul Stanley also has red, white, and blue coursing through his veins.
"We sing about freedom. We sing about the individual. We sing about self empowerment and being able to make your own path and your own road to success," said vocalist Paul Stanley, aka The Starchild. "In that way, everything we sing is about patriotism in the sense that we are – in the truest sense – the American Dream. When these brave men and women come home with either broken bodies or broken spirits, somebody is going to have to look after them and get them back on track. We're blessed to be in this position, where we can help to help bring awareness to organizations that care for them and that are there to support our heroes."
For every ticket sold to their recent "Hottest Show on Earth" tour, KISS donated $1 for a total of $500,000 to the Augusta Warrior Project, which assists wounded military personnel with a wide spectrum of care and assistance transitioning home using many VA and Defense Department assets in the Augusta, Georgia, area.
The Augusta Warrior Project boasts the nation's only active duty rehabilitation unit located within a VA facility, the Charlie Norwood VA Medical Center. To date, the center has treated more than 720 inpatients and 1,235 total patients and is also home to a 71-bed Spinal Cord Injury Unit and a 15-bed Blind Rehabilitation Center.
Nearby Eisenhower Army Medical Center consistently ranks in the top five among military treatment facilities for receiving air evacuees directly from Iraq and Afghanistan. Eisenhower AMC has a level one center for traumatic brain injury care, behavioral and mental health expertise, and the Army's only inpatient substance abuse treatment program that collaborates directly with the Charlie Norwood VA Medical Center.
"The Augusta Warrior Project is a great example of public and private organizations working together in the right way for the right reason," said Stanley. "These people deserve our prayers, our support, and our dollars, quite frankly."
Currently in the studio recording, KISS intends to head back on the road to tour their new album after its fall release. When asked if they have considered touring with the USO, Stanley confirmed that it is a top priority for the band.
"We've never done a USO tour before just because dates and logistics didn't line up right, but that's something we've always wanted to do," said Stanley. "Hopefully we can do that very soon. It would be our greatest honor.
"Loving your country and standing up for your country isn't un-cool," added Stanley. "It's about as cool as you can get. This is the greatest country on earth, and for the guys and gals out there protecting our way of life right now, we love you. Be safe and God speed."
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A US research team has developed phase-change memory that could extend battery life significantly
The move to mobility has created a demand for battery longevity and this is reflected in research into memory storage at Illinois University. The Computer Engineering Department has developed a radical memory technology that uses 100 times less power than current chips.
Instead of storing bits and bytes as electrical charge, the research team has used variable resistance of materials as the basis of its memory. As with many of the low-power technologies that are emerging, the Illinois team has been working at the nanoscale level to achieve its aims.
Battery life of weeks or months
Professor Eric Pop, the team leader, said, "I think anyone who is dealing with a lot of chargers and plugging things in every night can relate to wanting a cell phone or laptop whose batteries can last for weeks or months."
To achieve this dream, the researchers created "bits" by placing a small amount of phase-change material (PCM) in a nanoscale gap formed in the middle of a carbon nanotube. The resistance of the PCM is changed when a current is applied, switching the material from crystalline to amorphous (non-crystalline) state or back again, providing the "on/off" states that equate to zeros and ones in binary code. Once the phase is altered, it remains changed until a current is applied again.
The nanotubes act as "wires" to carry the current but they are 10,000 times thinner than a human hair. Creating nanogaps in these filaments for the PCM to be inserted, creates a minute storage system that requires half the switching current of similar PCM technologies currently in use – and 100 times less than conventionally wired electronics.
The PCM film is protected by a layer of silica (SiO2) to prolong the switching life of the device.
No power wastage
A major advantage of the circuitry built from these PCM bits is that they are not affected by magnets or scanners. In a smartphone, there is no battery power wasted in processes such as the maintenance of charge in conventional memory.
"Anytime you're running an app, or storing MP3s, or streaming videos, it's draining the battery," said Albert Liao, a member of Pop's team. "The memory and the processor are working hard retrieving data. As people use their phones to place calls less and use them for computing more, improving the data storage and retrieval operations is important."
The research is continuing and has shown promise for further power savings. "Even though we've taken one technology and shown that it can be improved by a factor of 100, we have not yet reached what is physically possible. We have not even tested the limits yet. I think we could lower power by at least another factor of 10," Pop said.


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Affiliation: University of Edinburgh
Country: UK
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- Predicted and observed cardiovascular disease in South Asians: application of FINRISK, Framingham and SCORE models to Newcastle Heart Project dataRaj Bhopal
Section of Public Health Sciences, College of Medicine and Veterinary Medicine, Edinburgh EH8 9AG, UK
J Public Health (Oxf) 27:93-100. 2005..South Asian populations in the United Kingdom have a high risk of cardiovascular disease (CVD) mortality. Risk prediction models appear to be inaccurate in South Asians...
- Seven mistakes and potential solutions in epidemiology, including a call for a World Council of Epidemiology and CausalityRaj Bhopal
Public Health Sciences, Centre for Population Health Sciences, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, EH9 8AG, UK
Emerg Themes Epidemiol 6:6. 2009..Analysis of these and other common mistakes is needed to benefit from the increasing discovery of associations that will be multiplying as data mining, linkage, and large-scale scale epidemiology become commonplace...
- Review of prevalence data in, and evaluation of methods for cross cultural adaptation of, UK surveys on tobacco and alcohol in ethnic minority groupsRaj Bhopal
Public Health Sciences Section, Division of Community Health Sciences, Medical School, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh EH8 9AG
BMJ 328:76. 2004..To assess the adequacy of cross cultural adaptations of survey questions on self reported tobacco and alcohol consumption in the United Kingdom...
- The beautiful skull and Blumenbach's errors: the birth of the scientific concept of raceRaj Bhopal
Public Health Sciences Section, Division of Community Health Sciences, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh EH8 9AG
- Causes in epidemiology: the jewels in the public health crownRaj Bhopal
Division of Community Health Sciences, Public Health Sciences Section, University of Edinburgh, Teviot Place, Edinburgh
J Public Health (Oxf) 30:224-5; discussion 232-3. 2008
- Differences in cortisol concentrations in South Asian and European men living in the United KingdomRebecca M Reynolds
University of Edinburgh, Endocrinology Unit, Centre for Cardiovascular Science, Queen s Medical Research Institute, 47 Little France Crescent, Edinburgh, EH16 4TJ, UK
Clin Endocrinol (Oxf) 64:530-4. 2006..The aim of the study was to examine ethnic differences in cortisol levels and to compare the relationships between cortisol levels and cardiovascular risk factors in men from different ethnic groups...
- Chronic diseases in Europe's migrant and ethnic minorities: challenges, solutions and a visionRaj Bhopal
Section of Public Health Sciences, University of Edinburgh, Medical School, Teviot Place, Edinburgh, UK
Eur J Public Health 19:140-3. 2009..A dialogue between policy makers, funders, researchers and practitioners is needed urgently as a precursor to engaging the public...
- Medicine and public health in a multiethnic worldRaj Bhopal
Public Health Sciences, Centre for Population Health Sciences, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh EH 89AG, UK
J Public Health (Oxf) 31:315-21. 2009..Health professionals need to find the benefits of exploring differences while avoiding social division. Advances in health care, public health and medical science will follow...
- Ethnic and socio-economic inequalities in coronary heart disease, diabetes and risk factors in Europeans and South AsiansRaj Bhopal
University of Edinburgh, Medical School
J Public Health Med 24:95-105. 2002....
- Facilitating the recruitment of minority ethnic people into research: qualitative case study of South Asians and asthmaAziz Sheikh
Allergy and Respiratory Research Group, Centre for Population Health Sciences, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom
PLoS Med 6:e1000148. 2009..We investigated approaches to bolster recruitment of South Asians into UK asthma studies through qualitative research with US and UK researchers, and UK community leaders...
- Racism, socioeconomic deprivation, and health in New ZealandRaj Bhopal
Public Health Sciences Section, Division of Community Health Sciences, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh EH8 9AG, UK
Lancet 367:1958-9. 2006
- Quitting smoking and experience of smoking cessation interventions among UK Bangladeshi and Pakistani adults: the views of community members and health professionalsMartin White
Public Health Research Group, School of Population and Health Sciences, University of Newcastle upon Tyne NE2 4HH, UK
J Epidemiol Community Health 60:405-11. 2006..To explore attitudes to quitting smoking and experience of smoking cessation among Bangladeshi and Pakistani ethnic minority communities...
- Race and ethnicity: responsible use from epidemiological and public health perspectivesRaj Bhopal
Department of Epidemiology and Public Health at Newcastle University
J Law Med Ethics 34:500-7, 479. 2006..The prerequisite for their responsible use is a society committed to reducing inequalities and inequities in health status. When this condition is met, it is irresponsible not to utilize these concepts...
- Impact of a cardiovascular risk control project for South Asians (Khush Dil) on motivation, behaviour, obesity, blood pressure and lipidsGill Mathews
Khush Dil Project, Lothian Health Board, Edinburgh, UK
J Public Health (Oxf) 29:388-97. 2007..Khush Dil was set up in Edinburgh in 2002 to manage cardiovascular risk factors in South Asians. We assessed its impact in an in-service evaluation...
- A comparison of the new international diabetes federation definition of metabolic syndrome to WHO and NCEP definitions in Chinese, European and South Asian origin adultsNigel Unwin
School of Clinical Medical Sciences, Newcastle University, UK
Ethn Dis 17:522-8. 2007....
- Born in Bradford, a cohort study of babies born in Bradford, and their parents: protocol for the recruitment phasePauline Raynor
Bradford Institute for Health Research, Bradford Royal Infirmary, Duckworth Lane, Bradford, BD9 6RJ, UK
BMC Public Health 8:327. 2008..This protocol outlines methods for the recruitment phase of the study...
- The Manchester children's growth and vascular health studyCharles Agyemang
J Hypertens 26:2249. 2008
- Exclusion and inclusion of nonwhite ethnic minority groups in 72 North American and European cardiovascular cohort studiesMeghna Ranganathan
The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, Princeton, New Jersey, United States of America
PLoS Med 3:e44. 2006..Our objective was to review the process for identifying, including, and excluding ethnic minority populations in published cardiovascular cohort studies in Europe and North America...
- Persistent high stroke mortality in Bangladeshi populationsRaj Bhopal
- Does the white-coat effect in people of African and South Asian descent differ from that in White people of European origin? A systematic review and meta-analysisCharles Agyemang
Institute of Health Policy and Management, Erasmus Medical Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
Blood Press Monit 10:243-8. 2005..To assess whether the white-coat effect in people of African (Blacks) and South Asian descent differs from that of people of European origin (Whites), and if so, whether this explains demonstrated ethnic variations in blood pressure...
- Epidemic of cardiovascular disease in South AsiansRaj Bhopal
- Re: "Increased fibrinogen levels among South Asians versus Whites in the United Kingdom are not explained by common polymorphisms"Colin Fischbacher
Am J Epidemiol 157:664-5; author reply 665. 2003
- Understanding influences on smoking in Bangladeshi and Pakistani adults: community based, qualitative studyJudith Bush
School of Population and Health Sciences, University of Newcastle, Newcastle upon Tyne NE2 4HH
BMJ 326:962. 2003..To gain detailed understanding of influences on smoking behaviour in Bangladeshi and Pakistani communities in the United Kingdom to inform the development of effective and culturally acceptable smoking cessation interventions...
- Patterns of physical activity and relationship with risk markers for cardiovascular disease and diabetes in Indian, Pakistani, Bangladeshi and European adults in a UK populationLouise Hayes
Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, University of Newcastle upon Tyne, Medical School, Framlington Place, Newcastle upon Tyne NE2 4HH
J Public Health Med 24:170-8. 2002....
- Is the blood pressure of people from African origin adults in the UK higher or lower than that in European origin white people? A review of cross-sectional dataCharles Agyemang
Institute of Health Policy and Management, Erasmus Medical Centre, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
J Hum Hypertens 17:523-34. 2003..Variations in study methods, size and body composition, and in the mix of Afro-Caribbean and West African groups explain much of the inconsistent results in the UK studies...
- Social networks and coronary heart disease risk factors in South Asians and Europeans in the UKTessa M Pollard
Department of Anthropology, University of Durham, Durham, UK
Ethn Health 8:263-75. 2003....
- Prognosis for South Asian and white patients with heart failure in the United Kingdom: counterintuitive findings on heart failure in South Asians may be artefactualRaj Bhopal
BMJ 327:1405-6; author reply 1406. 2003
- Self report in clinical and epidemiological studies with non-English speakers: the challenge of language and cultureSanja M Hunt
Public Health Sciences, Division of Community Health Sciences, University of Edinburgh, Medical School, Teviot Place, Edinburgh, Scotland
J Epidemiol Community Health 58:618-22. 2004..The essence of such modifications entails participatory research with members of the linguistic communities concerned...
- Revisiting race/ethnicity as a variable in health researchRaj Bhopal
Am J Public Health 92:156-7. 2002
- Burden of non-communicable diseases in South Asia: evidence for epidemic of coronary heart disease in India is weakNaseer Ahmad
BMJ 328:1499; author reply 1499. 2004
- Diabetes epidemic in the South Asian Diaspora: action before desperationKiran C R Patel
J R Soc Med 100:115-6. 2007
- Validity of electrocardiographic classification of left ventricular hypertrophy across adult ethnic groups with echocardiography as a standardAndrew Peter Vanezis
Foundation Doctor, Colchester University Hospital, UK
J Electrocardiol 41:404-12. 2008..To assess the validity of the electrocardiogram (ECG) as a diagnostic tool for left ventricular hypertrophy (LVH) for different ethnic groups with echocardiography as a standard...
- Self reports in research with non-English speakersSonja Hunt
- Why might South Asians be so susceptible to central obesity and its atherogenic consequences? The adipose tissue overflow hypothesisAllan D Sniderman
Mike Rosenbloom Laboratory for Cardiovascular Research, Division of Cardiology, McGill University Health Science Centre, Royal Victoria Hospital, 687 Pine Avenue West, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Int J Epidemiol 36:220-5. 2007....
- Limitations and potential of country of birth as proxy for ethnic groupParamjit S Gill
- Sex ratio in IndiaRaj Bhopal
Lancet 367:1728-9. 2006
- Does nocturnal blood pressure fall in people of African and South Asian descent differ from that in European white populations? A systematic review and meta-analysisCharles Agyemang
Institute of Health Policy and Management, Erasmus Medical Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
J Hypertens 23:913-20. 2005..To assess whether nocturnal blood pressure fall in people of African (Black) and South Asian descent differs from that of the European origin white populations (White)...
- Pharmacogenetics and ethnically targeted therapiesTaslin Rahemtulla
- Ethnicity is relevantAndrew P Vanezis


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Forgot and oversteeped—but the tea took it well, and didn't get very bitter. Tasted more flowery than I like, but the tea flavor is nice and rich.
Gave my bag a second brew (for five min this time), and that came out even more flowery. The tea itself wasn't as flavorful. Aww.
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Chili White is a club located in the southern part of Leeds City Centre, very close to the rail station. It has 3 floors and is able to cater for roughly 600 people; making it a great location for a bit of a group night out.
It is generally seen as quite an upmarket establishment, and this is reflected by high decor and quality furnishings throughout the building.
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1) Chili Whites is a really upmarket club. Everything from the floors to the ceilings looks in very good condition and is very modern. This is extremely different to most of the general clubs you find out in Leeds; Tiger Tiger for example, where the decor is peeling off the walls and the stench of drink is noticeable.
2) The large space that the club offers is also a great advantage it is able to offer. It means that you can more or less get whatever you want there. If its a quiet drink your after, stay on the first floor, whereas the real clubbing action occurs up top; meaning you can get a good mix to your evening from casual to heavy.
1) The price of the drinks at this club to a student are absolutely astronomical. There are very few drinks deals and this means that a night out is definately an expensive one. Therefore, it is more seen as a place to go on a special occasion; a birthday, for example.
2) The location is also not great. Its down quite a few back alleys which just gives you a feeling of being slightly uncomfortable in my opinion. You feel slightly vulnerable when leaving the club, which is a shame, as the crime rate is probably fairly low.
For more information on ChiliWhites and what nights out are occuring there soon, head to -
On my 21st birthday I went to Chilli Whites in Leeds. This is a club thats only been open for about a year or less, and before that it was called townhouse.
Its a cocktail club in a converted factory building. Its very nicely decorated, and everything seems quite new and funky. Its a better club than townhouse used to be, and was great for a 21st birthday destination.
I reserved a table by going on the website and completing a form. I was emailed back the same day saying that they would reserve me a table and give us free entry.
I went on a thursday, which is 2 for 1 cocktails night. When we arrived we were indeed let in for free, and didnt have to wait too long to be served as there were only 2 other groups in the same room as us.
The club is divided into 3 floors, each with 2 rooms, apart from one floor where the toilets are. Each room has a theme, and different furniture. We were in the whitest room ever! It was so bright.
There was a dj in our room, and he played a mixture of rnb, chart songs, and classic songs but not cheese. It was just loud enough to give an atmosphere as well as be loud enough to dance to and be able to have conversations.
I tried the Cosmopolitan, another champagne one that a friend bought me, and a mojito. They were all really tasty, you got a nice big drink, and only £3 each! Or you could have 2 of the same one for £6.
The staff were very friendly, I felt really comfortable there, and the fact that there were chairs were great as my heels were very painful.
I stayed for about 3 hours, and we were the last to leave! The only other room that was open was a private party so I didnt get to see in there. The toilets are very stylish, and much nicer than most club toilets, but that could have been because it wasnt very busy.
The bouncers were also friendly and didnt have any problems with my friends going outside to smoke and then getting back in again like some bouncers do at other clubs in Leeds.
I had a really good night and can definately recommend this as a trendy cocktail bar, that isnt really pretentious and has a good atmosphere and good music.
This venue is able to cater to 570 people thanks to it's 3 floors. Ideal for party's and private functions or simply for an after work drink.


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Patient admitted to MUSC for flesh-eating bacteria
CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCIV)-- A spokesperson with MUSC confirms that a patient has been admitted to the Charleston hospital to be treated for a flesh-eating bacteria.
The patient was actually treated in late February/early March and has since been released from the hospital.
Barry Ginn, of Hilton Head, said he thought something was wrong when he felt a pain in his shoulder. What he thought was just a torn rotator cuff turned out to be much more: he had necrotizing fasciitis.
"They called all by friends and family and said I had maybe eight hours to live," said Ginn. "My kidneys failed...my heart failed...not only is it eating your flesh.. its really making your mind mush."
Doctors at MUSC were able to save his arm, even though it had gotten to the point to where Ginn and his family were ready to amputate.
"I have an arm and I have a life and I thank God for that," he said.
News of Ginn's ordeal comes just a day after a mother in Greenville was hospitalized for what doctors say is a rare flesh-eating infection. The 36-year-old mother said in an interview that she noticed a spot on the back of her left leg after giving birth to twins.
Meanwhile, a Georgia graduate student is fighting the same type of infection. Doctors say Aimee Copeland lost a leg and could lose all her fingers from the infection that spread days after she suffered a deep cut while zip-lining.
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Does anyone have any advice on how to package a cupcake bouquet without squishing (for lack of a better word!) the frosting? I'm not talking about mailing it, just plain old wrapping it.
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I used the clear cello wrapping for mines. I just cut the wrapping like, 2xs bigger than the actually cupcake bouquet. This leaves extra room all around, enough for me to gather it at the top and add a nice ribbon bow.


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CONOR Washington has described his brief stay at Newport County AFC as the best time of his life and backed his old teammates to win promotion again this season.
The 21-year-old striker from Cambridgeshire completed his dream move to League One Peterborough United yesterday in a deal that could eventually net the Exiles more than £500,000.
Washington, who arrived at Rodney Parade from lowly St Ives Town for a fee of around £5,000 in October 2012, was a key part of County's promotion from the Conference last season.
And, while he's delighted to have signed a three and a half year deal with Posh, he's also gutted to be missing out on what he's certain will be another promotion party with Justin Edinburgh's men come May.
"I'm pleased that it's all sorted out but I had to think long and hard about leaving Newport," said Washington, County's joint top scorer this season with seven goals.
"It has been the best 18 months of my life and I have so much respect for the gaffer, all the lads and most importantly the fans.
"Newport is the club that plucked me from non-league and gave me a chance to play in the Football League and I'll always be grateful for that.
"The first season was hard for me but the gaffer stuck by me and so did the fans and the lads are just brilliant.
"I've made so many unbelievable friends in my time in Newport," he added. "The team spirit is brilliant and I have no doubt that they can go up through the play-offs again."
Washington is excited by the prospect of joining Darren Ferguson's League One promotion chasers where he will come up against former County teammates Lee Evans at Wolverhampton Wanderers and Alex Gilbey at Colchester United.
"It is a fantastic move for me," he said. "Not only because it is back home but because of Peterborough's reputation for developing players.
"The gaffer (Justin Edinburgh) understood it was the right move for me and didn't want to stand in my way, which is brilliant.
"I've only been a pro for 18 months so there's a long way to go but I'm ambitious and it's another step on the ladder for me.
"It's Gilbey and Colchester on Saturday so I can't wait for that and to come up against Evo as well.
"It's a chance to possibly be playing in the Championship next season and it was too good to turn down."
England Under-19 international front man Shaun Jeffers has moved the other way from London Road as part of the deal.
He could make his County debut at Southend United on Friday after last night's home clash with Plymouth Argyle was postponed due to a waterlogged pitch.


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The latest round of snow and ice proved difficult for drivers on the freeway system.
Dozens of accidents and spinouts were reported. Some drivers abandoned their vehicles all together waiting for a tow.
Jim Shriner of Broad and James Towing says the phones in their dispatch center have been ringing off the hook.
"We can't keep up," he said of the demand for help.
Natasha Graggs couldn't even make it out of her east side driveway this morning.
"It just wasn't coming out there was no way it was coming out we laid cat litter and dug to no avail," she said.
Graggs waited about two hours for a tow. Conditions were so bad on her street, even Shriner had trouble backing in his tow truck.
He eventually got it out, and Graggs was able to leave for work. 10TV ran across one driver who came clear off the road at the I-71/270 interchange. He called for help and his friend brought a shovel.
"We were going to get him out one way or another right now we couldn't do it we needed a tow truck, a little too much into the ditch," said Lanford Stephens.
Shriner says this was a difficult tow, but he was determined to get this driver on his way.
Shriner says if you do become stranded, especially on the freeway, do not wait in your car, call a friend and arrange to meet the towing company at a specific time.


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Last week a group of Willits residents launched a growing protest against the start of CalTrans' bypass project through Little Lake Valley.
Why do we protest? First: because our political system and our politicians have failed us.
Instead of allowing the citizens of Willits to choose among a range of alternatives, we were invited to participate in a bureaucratic process, with the stipulation that the bureaucrats got to decide.
A few of us participated. The Willits Environmental Center took a special interest once CalTrans decided to plough through what remains of our Little Lake Valley.
A lot of ranchers and local landowners took part in a forum to hear about CalTrans' mitigation plan (still not complete, I might add). They were angry at the agency's decision to renege on its promises to landowners that they would be able to continue grazing on lands acquired by the agency to "mitigate" for destroying the wetlands at the north end of the valley.
CalTrans heard a lot from the ranchers, and more from WEC, but scarcely listened, because CalTrans, the Army Corps of Engineers, and other bureaucracies were going to make the ultimate decisions. Our elected officials, or most of them-conservative, liberal, and whatjamacallit in between-all supported the bureaucracies.
When our elected officials choose to leave it to the bureaucracies and leave us out, it becomes not just a right but an obligation of citizens to protest. That's what Thomas Jefferson and John Adams and the rest of the Founding Fathers said.
I know "obligation" is an old-fashioned, even conservative, concept. But that's what citizenship was supposed to be all about when I was growing up. If there was a vote on the by-pass project, it passed us by. We don't have much left to do but protest.
But why protest the bypass? Because it's a boondogle. CalTrans could have chosen almost any other route across the valley for a lot less money and with less destruction. It didn't. It chose to run right through a wetlands, requiring not only a long, drawn-out process of acquiring permits, but millions of dollars spent acquiring land, millions for perpetual "mitigation" of the impact on the wetlands, and tens of millions for building a causeway across some very squishy terrain.
Why did CalTrans do it? Because the primary purpose of any bureaucracy is to spend as much money as possible in hopes of having an even bigger budget next year. CalTrans does this by building freeways.
In fact, that's the only thing CalTrans really knows how to do. They don't do it well, as anyone who has traveled the grade up from Ukiah over the years knows, as anyone caught on the Bay Area freeways during the earthquake of 1989 knows. But this is what they specialize in, because freeways cost lots of money, and lots of money supports lots of CalTrans engineers and a whole passel of favored contractors.
Other things CalTrans does indifferently or really badly. Ask them to fix a minor traffic problem, and they build a dangerous five-lane highway. Take a look at that absurd little stretch outside the Village of Mendocino on Highway 1. ake a look, for that matter, at South Main Street.
Want them to build a round about? They build a monstrosity. The new one just south of Fort Bragg is an example. (Personal note: I lived for years near Washington, D.C. DC is full of modest little traffic circles, of the sort that would easily solve Willits' Highway 20 intersection traffic problem. Almost every major street out of DC has one, and everyone manages just fine with them. CalTrans can't figure out how to do it without pouring obscene amounts of concrete and spending tens of millions of dollars.)
But won't the bypass solve Willits' traffic problems? No. The logging trucks that service formerex-Mayor Bruce Burton's lumber mill and the trucks that take his lumber out-will still come through town. Shuster's trucking hasn't plans I know of to relocate at either one of the interchanges. Those are reserved for some ugly truck stop in any case. Safeway's supply trucks will come through town, and so will the gas trucks for our service stations. Sparetime will continue sending trucks in and out of its yard through town, and so will Mendo Mill. Even Brookstrails' commuters are more likely to come through town than take the two-lane "freeway" CalTrans is building all the way to the far north end of the valley and then circle back to Sherwood Road.
CalTrans officials, in fact, have publicly said their bypass (CalTrans' bypass, not Willits' bypass) is not intended to solve Willits' traffic problems. It's intended, in fact, to get the new super-trucks through the valley as quickly as possible. And to serve the big trucking interests and their clients, CalTrans has offered its engineering feat of the decade, a two-lane freeway across a causeway built on muck.
What will it cost us? We might start with the $200-plus million price tag. But don't forget "cost overruns". Then there's the years (6) of hauling fill dirt through our streets and roads, the incessant, ear-splitting noise of pile drivers, and the plain ugliness and noise of an elevated freeway looping through the valley. Not to mention and farm and ranch land lost to "mitigation." Or the salmon.
Our politicians and political system have failed us. So-called "conservatives" have decided to let the bureaucracies decide. They're supporting the back room decisions of one of the biggest bureaucracies in the world. If CalTrans isn't "Big Government", I don't know what is.
So I'm protesting. And I'm calling on any true conservatives left out there to join us. We aren't hippy freaks. Our "Warbler" up in that tree isn't a Black Block anarchist. We're ordinary citizens doing what ordinary citizens ought to do. We're protesting.
Please join us.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR: Michael Foley grows vegetables at Green Uprising Farm on East Hill Road.


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I am visiting from the east coast, and need to buy bulk chocolate for my family's favorite candy, rocky road. I tried Trader Joe's, but they only carry Belgian bittersweet with almonds in it, unlike my local store in New Jersey, which carries it plain.
I am off to Ghirardelli Outlet in San Leandro, but frankly, they aren't my favorite (too much of a dark roast edge). Any comments on Rainbow Grocery? Also, are the prices good at Spun Sugar in Berkeley? I'd prefer shopping in the East Bay. And it doesn't have to be Valrhona or Scharffen Berger.
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Reto Berra almost had the magic formula against the defending Stanley Cup champs again.
Almost, but that's just not good enough.
Not when Patrick Kane, the hottest player in the NHL right now, has the true Midas touch.
Kane scored twice in the third period, including the winner with 18 seconds on the clock, to spoil the hopes of Berra and the Calgary Flames for another upset special of the Chicago Blackhawks in a 3-2 game Wednesday night at the Saddledome.
"There's nights like that where you work really hard for it, you think you deserve it and, in the end, you walk out and get a kick in the butt," said Flames rookie Sven Baertschi.
Baertschi was certainly kicking himself. Early in the third period, and with the Flames already holding a 2-0 edge before the announced sellout crowd of 19,289, he had a golden chance with an open net but hit the post.
"That's one of those plays you want to have another try and do it over again, but that's hockey. That's what happens," Baertschi said. "I called for it. I wanted that pass really bad there and (Sean Monahan) made a perfect play there. The angle wasn't great but, in the end, it's gotta go in the net."
To make things worse, the rookie iced the puck in the final minute, which led to the faceoff that eventually resulted in the winning goal.
"That's the game. It's a matter of chances," Flames head coach Bob Hartley said. "You know you're going to get some chances and you know the other team will get chances. You have to take advantage, but he hit the post. We're gonna learn.
"I've said it many times. It's one thing to know how to play the game and it's another thing to know how to win the game. There's many mistakes we're going to be able to take away from our game with more experience. Better decisions lots of times come with a better understanding of the game.
"Some of our young players, they got in trouble on some plays tonight … but it's not by a lack of effort."
The Flames, despite a solid performance, fall to 8-12-4 in a season already filled with plenty of close-but-no-cigar performances.
This one may be the toughest to take.
Thanks to goals by Matt Stajan and Sean Monahan, the Flames had a well-deserved 2-0 lead early in the third period.
Berra, whose NHL debut was a 42-save overtime win over the Blackhawks earlier this month, was holding his ground, but it started to come crashing down when Kane and Patrick Sharp scored 56 seconds apart midway through the one-sided final frame, in which Calgary managed just two shots on goal.
Want to know the difference between a win and a loss?
Baertschi's opportunity could have very well salted away the game, but he was off the mark by an inch or less.
In turn, Kane — whose 12-game point-scoring streak is the longest active run in the league right now — scored one goal because his crossing pass ricocheted off the stick of Flames defenceman Kris Russell and another with essentially buzzer-beater of a shot when he simply spun and fired on net.
"I was actually going to spin and try to pass it to (Andrew) Shaw back door, but I just tried to get one on net and I didn't see the replay or anything to be honest," said Kane, who has eight goals and 17 points in his career-best spree. "So I don't even know how it went in. It was nice to come back like that and get a win."
Berra finished with 27 saves, while Hawks goalie Antti Raanta stopped 20 shots for the league-leading Blackhawks (18-4-4) in his first NHL start.
The Flames embark on a two-game road swing to Southern California which starts Friday afternoon in Anaheim.
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A Lino Lakes-based church is moving forward with plans for a new 38,250 square-foot house of worship in Blaine's premier residential development.
Chain of Lakes is a new northern metro faith community. The congregation currently has 25 to 30 families worshipping at the Lino Lakes Community Center.
Presbytery of the Twin Cities Area has negotiated a purchase agreement for a nine-acre piece of property on the northern edge of The Lakes south of 125 Avenue.
The Blaine Planning Commission reviewed the church's preliminary plat and conditional use permit (CUP) after an April 10 public hearing. Both were unanimously approved.
According to Shawn Kaye, associate city planner, Chain of Lakes church members have been searching for a more permanent home to build a new church.
Meridian Bank has a large outlot at the far northwest corner of The Lakes that was planned and approved for Rottlund Homes to build a 110-townhome project.
Churches are allowed in all Blaine residential zoning districts as conditional uses, Kaye said.
The church's CUP would provide zoning approval needed to build a facility, although it is not clear when the church would start Phase 1 project construction of its new facility.
The building would include some offices, a multi-purpose room, an entrance or lobby area, a chapel, kitchen as well as eight classrooms, a gymnasium and meeting rooms. Phase one would also include the construction of 97 parking stalls and accesses to both 125th Avenue and Edison Street N.E. The building master plan includes seating for approximately 367 people in the sanctuary. Chain of Lakes currently conducts one Sunday morning service at its existing location and would propose the same schedule at its new Blaine location.
Midweek programming for adults and children would typically take place on weekday evenings once the church is finally built.
"It may be three to five years before the congregation would grow to the point where investing in a new building would be practical," Kaye said.
During her presentation April 10, Kaye said the proposed church site does share access with Alamo Street.
A cross-access agreement will be required for the shared access with future townhomes in the area.
There is another private drive on the southwest portion of the site, near Yancy Circle and Zumbrota Drive, which encroaches onto church property.
According to Kaye, this loop access will remain to serve existing townhomes and will require an access and maintenance easement.
The church will not take access from this drive.
The city will monitor traffic levels and patterns for the church and reserves the right to require the church to provide on-site traffic management should the need arise.
All site lighting shall be down lit and shielded. Pole-mounted lights are limited to 20 feet in height.
Kaye said the Chain of Lakes Church CUP would remain valid for two years after council adoption.
However, if construction does not start within the two-year period, the church will need to request an extension of the CUP.
Because the church does not intend to build in the near future, Kaye said a sign within 50 feet of Edison Street identifying the site as the "Future Home of Chain of Lakes Church" would be a final CUP requirement.
Planning Commission Chairman Joe Ouellette read two letters into the public record that stated opposition to the project.
Gayle Connnett, 2921 123rd Circle N.E., and Thomas and Sandra Ashely, 2952 123rd Circle N.E., informed the city they didn't want the planning commission to approve the CUP.
During the public hearing, Theresa Olsen, 12320 Zumbrota Circle N.E., spoke as citizen representative of two homeowners associations from The Lakes.
"The boards for Crown Cove and Crown Cove North met last evening [April 9] to consolidate our thoughts about this," Olsen said.
She asked questions related to residents' concerns about increased traffic, pre-development land maintenance and the church's use of temporary structures, namely tents.
"We'd like to request parking be prohibited on both sides of Edison Street from where the walking path crosses on the south around the curve to the east to the most easterly outlet of Alamo Circle N.E.," Olsen said.
"We would also like to request a stop sign be installed on the church driveway intersection with Edison."
Olsen also requested the installation of a right-turn lane on westbound Edison at the "T" intersection with the church driveway. Olsen also mentioned parking.
"The street can't absorb much more traffic," she said. "We are already experiencing problems with people parking vehicles and boat trailers on the street so they can use the boat launch. It creates some tricky situations. This may be a problem in the future."
Olsen also requested that the church be required to install curb and gutters in the driveway portion of the church property prior to any organized use and proposed landscaping be brought further south.
Harley Wells, 2951 124th Circle N.E., also commented about potential traffic.
"Edison is a standard-width street," he said. "Any side parking can cause a problem with navigation."
Wells, the former mayor of Spring Lake Park, also addressed the possible impact of congregation growth.
"We had a similar request down there when Emmanuel Christian Center first started on Osborne and University Avenue," Wells said. "With that congregation growing to the size it did, we ended up with additional traffic control from Fridley and Spring Lake Park police. It got to be a real issue. I was really hoping the main entrance to this [new church] would be off County Road 14 [125th Avenue]."
Wells suggested intersection signals be added if traffic became a problem.
During the public hearing, Chain of Lakes was represented by Ward Sessing. His St.Paul-based company specializes in church and religious architecture.
"The church has reviewed the conditions of the staff report and feel it's very comprehensive and fair," he said. "We stand ready to comply with all conditions."
Virginia Schnabel, 12320 Zumbrota Circle N.E., said the church project did have local support.
"I want to make sure people understand the Crown Cove people and generally, I would say 99 percent [of residents], are in approval of this church," she said. "We don't want to give the impression that we are not. Our concern is traffic flow and a few other items, and we want make to make sure that's understood."
During discussion, Commissioner Sue Lahti asked Kaye and Dan Schluender, assistant city engineer, about original traffic projections for 110 townhomes.
"The applicant did do a traffic memorandum that listed the proposed traffic in phase one and during full-build out," Schluender said.
The townhome master plan indicated traffic flows of 1,110 cars each day. When developed, the Chain of Lakes Church would have "significantly less'" traffic on a daily basis, he said.
According to Schluender, the Anoka County Highway Department has established an access policy for 125th Avenue that includes full-access intersections at Cloud Drive and Harper Street.
Chain of Lakes would have to work with Anoka County to get an easement access to help with the proposed church traffic flow.
"They will not allow full access with signals, but will have a median at 125th," he said. "That will allow for right-in and right-out, which is what they have set up."
Ouellette said the Chain of Lakes CUP would appear on the May 3 Blaine City Council agenda.
"I think this one is a win-win," he said. "You have a bunch of nice association people and a church that's pretty conscientious. I appreciate it when an agenda item comes in like this and we don't have 13 people standing [to speak]."
Tim Hennagir is at [email protected]


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In a post on his blog recently, Michael Bay wrote, and you better hold on to your f-n hat for this one, everything you know about Transformers 2 is a lie
"Sorry everyone, everything you are reading (other then we are shooting in Philly) is false," Bay wrote on his website Shoot For the Edit. "We are going to give so much disinformation on this film to confuse everyone."
So wait, is he shooting in Philly and this is all an attempt to confuse us? Is Michael Bay even his real name? I can just see him at the premiere calmly cradling his pet bunny and then when the movie comes on shouting, "AHA! It's about giant robots punching each other! No one could ever have guessed my diabolical plans!" and then taking a self-satisfied bite of his fruit roll-up.


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Shonda Rhimes and crew might have created the ultimate cliffhanger for "Grey's Anatomy" with this season's finale twist which is going to find one of the cast dead but who? This is the biggest talked about speculation on television and people are trying to figure out the conclusive ending as to whether or not April commits suicide over her failure of the boards and inability to find a job, including the fact she is canned by Seattle Grace due to a shortage of funding which is being funneled to Karev in order to get him to stay but last week it appears as though he is headed to John Hopkins for the chance of a lifetime.
The first minutes of the show are difficult to watch especially with all the airline incidents recently but Rhimes and assistant writing staff have created so many story lines throughout the last couple of weeks, it is hard to figure out exactly who will be leaving "Anatomy" at least on a temporary basis. If it is indeed one of the main characters like Mark Sloan (Eric Dane), it is almost certain he will continue with the show through the healing process of Lexie Grey (Chyler Leigh). It is uncertain whether or not Derek Shepherd (Patrick Dempsey) will be able to operate in the future due to the significant and tangled mess of injuries to his hand from the plane crash which leads itself to various possibilities for the future of MerDer…will they stay at Seattle Grace to move on? I mean, the McMansion has been completed!
If Derek is unable to operate, he may just receive the position of Chief as Owen who will need to take a hiatus following Cristina's (Sandra Oh) departure from Seattle Grace to Mayo Clinic in Minnesota. According to preview information available, in addition to everything going on at the crash site, Teddy gets some kind of a tempting offer…from whom and for what? Meanwhile, Ben and Bailey must come to some kind of decision about their relationship after Ben dropped the bomb on Bailey last week UCLA wants him as a surgical intern; what's a woman got to do to get a second proposal after the first crossword puzzle one fell flat in the OR? Show up in a skimpy negligee or something? Wait, she already tried that! Will this crash be the motivating factor they both need to get married?
Find out tonight as Seattle Grace gears up for a blockbuster season finale beginning at 9/8c. Lives will never be the same but who lives and who dies remains to be seen! In the meantime, take our interesting death scenario poll below:
Who dies on "Grey's" tonight?
- April sinks in to a deep depression and commits suicide (36%, 43 Votes)
- Lexie dies from crush injuries when the plane is removed from her (20%, 24 Votes)
- Arizona falls victim to a blood clot to the brain as a result of her injuries (14%, 17 Votes)
- Mark dies from internal injuries received which are not immediately noticable (13%, 15 Votes)
- There is a tragic accident at the nursing home and Adele Webber is killed (12%, 14 Votes)
- Derek bleeds to death after severing his hand removing it from the airplane wing (5%, 6 Votes)
- Meredith succumbs to a brain injury received in the crash (1%, 1 Votes)
Total Voters: 120
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NSG Announces Ultra-Thin Glass Capacity Expansion Project in Vietnam
April 16, 2014
The NSG Group recently announced it will start its new ultra-thin glass float line in Vietnam in June, and will commence production in the second half of this fiscal year. The new line is part of the company's wholly owned subsidiary, NSG Vietnam Special Glass Ltd. The new investment reportedly brings the number of the company's float lines dedicated ultra-fine glass (UFF) to two: one in Japan and one in Vietnam.
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Investors Applaude India's Rate Hike; India-Focused ETFs Rise
Investors are cheering the decision by India's central bank to raise its key lending rate for a second consecutive, continuing its fight against inflation.
Exchange-traded funds focused on India were up across the board, with the iShares MSCI India ETF (INDA) rising 1.74% to $24.52. The Wisdom Tree India Earnings Fund (EPI) rose 1.7% to $16.85. And the Market Vectors India Small-Cap Index ETF (SCIF) rose 1.2% to $27.54.
On Tuesday, the Reserve Bank of India increased the rate at which it lends to banks overnight by a quarter percentage point to 7.75%. The central bank last raised that rate, called the repurchase rate, after its policy meeting in September.
HSBC Global Research analyst Leif Eskersen wrote:
The RBI talked and walked like a hawk, further raising the inflation guards while continuing the roll-back of the currency stabilization measures. The steps have now re-established the 100bp spread between the MSF and the repo rate, and the additional liquidity infusion will help guide the call money rate in the direction of the repo rate. This is in line with the previously stated objective of eventually making the repo rate the operational rate again. Zeroing in on inflation, despite the weak growth backdrop, is appropriate in light of the lingering inflation pressures and the elevated inflation expectations. The pass-through to inflation from the weaker exchange rate is still playing out and the ongoing adjustment in administered prices is also adding to pressures. Weak demand is helping contain pricing power, but a bigger structural element to the inflation story is putting a thick floor under inflation. Going forward, the RBI will have to continue to its staring contest with inflation. This implies signaling a hawkish stance, including the willingness to raise the policy rate further, if needed, to help anchor inflation expectations. Achieving lower and more stable level of inflation is critical to revive growth.
The rate hike was not a surprise. Still, it reinforces the belief that Reserve Bank of India Governor Raghura, Rajan, who took charge of the central bank in September, is serious about fighting rising prices even as the South Asian nation struggles with a slowing economy.
India's economic growth slumped to a decade-low of 5% in the fiscal year ended March, a sharp decline from growth of more than 9% just two years earlier.
Wholesale inflation—the main gauge of prices in India—reached a seven-month high of 6.46% in September, remaining above the central bank's comfort level of 5.0% for the fourth consecutive month. Meanwhile, the country's consumer-price index in recent months has been more than 9% higher than it was a year ago.
Rajan did allow some easing. The RBI loosened some temporary borrowing restrictions which had been put in place in July to protect the rupee against speculation. The marginal-standing-facility rate—at which it lends emergency funds to banks— was cut to 8.75% from 9.0%.


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Into A Befriending
The most captivating interior design feature of Sundaram Tagore Galleries is The Gamelatron Project. An ambient orchestra of self-playing Balinese and Javanese percussion instruments, it was designed and installed all around the gallery by American artist Aaron Taylor Kuffner. Their melodious chimes confer dimension to this white space, alongside which its owner and director beats out a rhythm on his own drum.
The man in question is Sundaram Tagore, the descendant of prominent Indian poet Rabindranath Tagore, and something of a celebrity in the art world, although he denies it vehemently. But the proof is in the pudding and the company he keeps ranks among the likes of artist Robert Rauschenberg and many a Nobel Prize-winning writer.
"I've had the opportunity to meet some of the most critical thinkers of our age and have learnt a lot from them because, essentially, we learn by association," he elaborates. For similar reasons, the unassuming former director of New York's lauded Pace Wildenstein Gallery is equally enthusiastic to indulge less celebrated folk like you and I. "It's really about the quality of an engagement — we learn a lot when we open up our minds."
A walk through his gallery in the Gillman Barracks arts hub facilitates a healthy and eclectic engagement of one's senses. Along one wall, the works of Korean artist Kim Joon explores issues of Korean commercialism through enthralling photographs of porcelain and tattoos, which are actually not photographs at all, but life-like digital artworks. A couple of exhibits down, past those of Mexican artistic stalwart Ricardo Mazal, Merit Prize winner Hiroshi Senju and Rauschenberg's ex-wife Susan Weil, hangs a livid painting by Vittorio Matino. In a world that follows Picasso's style of using lines to dictate form, Matino uses colour to illustrate objects.
Articulating his interpretation of art, Tagore explains: "Every artist is exploring a culture outside of his or her own, so every piece is actually an intercultural dialogue." The talkative eponymous owner of galleries in Singapore, Hong Kong and New York reveals more, saying: "My galleries are mission-driven and I plan them to be platforms for dialogue, which no amount of money can dissuade. When two cultures meet, it is initially a collision, which slowly evolves into a befriending. For example, a contemporary Japanese artist living in New York would have to ask himself: 'What more do I bring to the table than other artists?' The gravity and strength of his works would come from his own roots."
He also sees his role in the world as one who highlights young talents. His basic criteria at the door of his gallery: The art has to transcend time. "Just like the Beatles, it takes a while for people to say if something is evergreen — if you can date something to a specific era, like the 1960s, then it is not evergreen," he reasons. "In a time when art was about painting maidens with bows and arrows, and creatures who were half man and half beast, the art of impressionists like [Édouard] Manet and [Claude] Monet were seen as a slap in the face of art. No one paid any attention to them because they were too avant-garde, but things like these take time to make sense. Sure, you could make a new artist famous with a huge marketing push, but it might only last for five years. The question we need to ask when we consider a new artist is: 'What is he or she doing for the world?'"
Still, the shrewd businessman divulges some degree of marketing is inevitable. He often showcases the works of completely new artists beside that of famous ones. "The critical eye makes associations," he explains. "So a dialogue is created when I place an unknown photographer's work beside one by someone like Annie Leibovitz. In this day and age, everything is possible and everything has been done before, but juxtaposition creates a new angle through which we can view the universe," he remarks. Tagore's nurturing instincts have also created scholarships, where he identifies individuals through NGOs and pays for their art education abroad.
He admits that his "platforms for dialogue" are manifestations of himself, a young boy who left India and has lived in Vancouver, Ohio, Los Angeles, San Francisco, New York, Venice, Oxford and Geneva. "I am neither a proponent nor an opponent of globalisation," he comments. "But I am a product of it. My allegiance is to human beings who should not be distinguished by ethnicity."
So where does he truly feel at home? "On the airplane," jokes the man who has been visiting Singapore since 1993. People believe that he constantly jets around the world to look for promising new artists whom he woos to make Sundaram Tagore Galleries their abode, but others might guess that he actually travels constantly simply because he enjoys soaking in different cultures.
His pursuit of putting underrated individuals in the spotlight has also led him to enter into documentary filmmaking. A passionate director and producer, the subject of his films are artists and architects like Louis Kahn, responsible for some of the most important architectural creations in the world today such as the Yale University Art Gallery. His brand of filmmaking also favours the unconventional: "I would much rather interview someone while cycling beside them than from across a desk."
The former collaborator of the Peggy Guggenheim Foundation, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, The Museum of Modern Art in New York and the United Nations also finds the time to give talks at symposiums and conferences around the world (his last pit stop being Sweden). Tagore proclaims that the most prevalent misconception about art today is that it can be regarded as an investment commodity. "My gallery is definitely not a mall," he frowns. "Treating art like a piece of property is the wrong approach. Ask yourself: 'Why do we exist?' From the day we are born, we need to express. Art is a human necessity."


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Dhaka, Oct 10 (UNI) The ninth parliamentary elections in Bangladesh are likely to be held by October next year if the voter list is completed by July.
Addressing mediapersons at the EC secretariat, Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) ATM Shamsul Huda said, ''The election can be held by October 2008 if the work of voter list with photographs is completed by July.'' He added that the target earlier was December, 2008, but the election may be held one or two months prior to that if the preparation of voter list WAs completed by July.
Talking about the progress of the enrollment in voter list, he said ''The voter list may be completed before July if work continues in this way.'' The process of enrollment began in July this year at Sripur municipality in Gazipur with the help of donated equipment, and now work is in progress at 34 places across the country.


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Are you tired of dying a lot in Halo2? Here's how to own the opposition.
1Have a good gun that allows you to melee attack with (e.g. SMG, Battle Rifle, Needler, Sniper Rifle or Rocket Launcher)
2Use Method 1. Never dual wield when using the method.
- Shoot your enemy for a few seconds(e.g. battle rifle,Smg or needlers are weapons that shoot fast.Shoot a couple bullets)
- Move towards them and wallop them with melee attacks.Trust me it almost always works for me.
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- When using method 1, if the enemy fights back use a couple grenades.Plasmas are the best for close range.
- In method 1, have at least your shield up.
- In method 2 if he fights back, jump away,use a grenade or use method 1.
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THe Heroes for Life campaign for Lurie Children's was the most ambitious
fundraising initiative in the history of our hospital and one of the
nation's largest on behalf of children's health.
After eight years (2004-2012), the campaign
concluded with more than 250,000 donors raising $675 million,
representing gifts from individuals, corporations and foundations. These
generous benefactors helped to create the 23-story, state-of-the-art
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OCD cleaning after each range trip...or leave it dirty?
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I clean after every round fired. Sure, it slows down my day at the range, but then I know my guns are really clean. Seriously, if I go to the range and fire 100 rounds or so each through 2 or 3 guns I may not clean them at all, other than wiping down the outside of the guns. After two or three trips like that I take the time to clean them. I used to spend quite a bit of time with Hoppes#9, an old toothbrush and a lot of pads, but now I usually use a combination cleaner and lubricant on the broken down gun parts, the same chemical on the bore snack for a few run throughs the barrel, and a treated gun cloth to wipe down the outside. So far I have no gun condition related issues and the guns look pretty good. I guess if I were the type of shooter who puts 300 to 500 rounds downrange at a single session I would be much more diligent about cleaning.
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Horgan's Quay - when?
Well it's a question that's been on people's lips for nearly 8 years - when? Ever since Manor Park
Homebuilders (headed up by Corkman Michael O'Driscoll) purchased development rights to the 17-acre Horgan's Quay site back in 1998, the anticipation has been high regarding the future of this vital landbank. O'Mahony Pike Architects were appointed as the winning design team jointly by Manor Park and Treasury Holdings for the project following their competitive submission on proposals for the site. Anyone who has followed associated posts regarding the site will be aware of its ups and downs, but with the final draft of the North Docklands Area Plan realised (amendments and all) and commitments made by the Port of Cork to relocate primary activities to its extensive and far more practical land holdings in Ringaskiddy...the question is when? As it stands, Port of Cork activity along the northern docklands quays is increasingly less signifcant versus harbour activities at Tivoli and even the South Docklands - this is recognised. By the time any application goes through planning, it is likely that most north docklands activity will have seized - and subject to agreement, this will allow Phase 1 construction proceed. By the time construction has be complete on this phase, South Docklands activity will hopefully have reduced enough to allow provisions such as the Horgan's Quay Marina see installation. A number of issues arise here - and it will require full commitment by Cork City Council, Cork Couth Council, the Port of Cork and the Government - that is, seeing through an application by CorkCoCo for new port facilities at Ringaskiddy, the commencement of work on the upgraded N28 as far as Ringaskiddy (to facilitate freight transport) and a commitment to providing a rail capacity as far as Ringaskiddy (via Carrigaline perhaps) to support freight and passenger traffic flows: such provisions will be vital to support a facility (the Port of Cork) that contributes immeasurably to the economic well-being of not least the south-west region, but broader Irish economy.
Following NDAP amendments, a stakeholders forum has been established regarding the North Docklands - this forum, regulated by the CCC Docklands Office (now under the hand of Pat Ledwidge), will co-ordinate discussions between parties with a vested interest in the North Docklands Area (including developers, CIE, Port of Cork, CCC, residents and local business). In realising a successful planning application for Horgan's Quay, this forum will require some utilisation - especially between Manor Park/CIE and the Port of Cork.
There are other sticking points however, including the restrictive retail cap implied by the NDAP following amended wording. Both Manor Park & CIE are anxious to produce a significant element of such an element. CCC are reluctant - there are arguments for and against such a provision, both with some exceptionally valid points, however this will be discussed at a later stage. Building heights are another issue - in my personal view, a limit on heights should perhaps be adhered to in the interests of protecting Northern Ridge perspectives (vital to the character of Cork and its topography), however this does not exclude the option of taller landmark buildings (provided strong and characteristic design standards) and designated, well-spaced locations.
And what of the event centre that we hear so much about? Indeed such a centre would be ideal at a location like Horgan's Quay - however, it practicality seems to be smoked by idealistic ambitions (not that we should not strive for such, but there comes a point of realistic recogition). Manor Park have proposed an 'opera house' style venue of between 1,000 and 2,000 seats - clearly this is significantly below the ideal/required and would conflict with the established venues at Cork Opera House and the Everyman Palace. What is required is a significant capacity centre of between 6,000 and 10,000 seating/standing places - the fact is, Manor Park aren't really interested in building such a centre - why not hand the area over to increased public space? Something lacking in the north docklands area. The Munster Agricultural Showgrounds sticks out as a promising location given issues of traffic management (which should be aided with easy linkage to Kent Station if CCC get the Water Street Bridge project rolling), space and catalystic renegeration in this docklands quarter. Currently 3 teams are committed to providing options on such a centre at this Showgrounds location. Perhaps their public confirmation of such plans will aid the realisation process at Horgan's Quay somewhat. It would work well for both parties, the event centre developer and Manor Park.
Richard Collins of O'Mahony Pike Architects is involved in the Horgan's Quay project; John Gannon is handling the role of Planning Consultant with Tom Phillips & Associates. The word is that, all going well, an application should well see the light this year (2006) for Horgan's Quay - but with so many variables in operation, some doubt could remain.


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Back again and it has been a decent day. Brain fog is less and my current BS is 120. I am off the 7525 insulin and see the endo tomorrow afternoon. She agreed with my getting off the darn stuff and back on a decent trak today.
She wants me to consider an insulin pump. Have been on an animas in the past and there is also a medtronic.
Do any of you have an preference?
This is Mamie from last evening... and off the 7525 insulin. Will be going on a pump soon and does anyone have a preference. Got assertive today and thank you to the dear lady who mentioned the pancreas book. My niece is getting it at Borders for me since our Borders in Lakeland Florida closed.
Good for you. The insulin mix you were on was a really poor treatment. A pump will make a world of difference, all the best.


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By AntVicino
Sep 21, 2010
|This is one of the most direct lines at Willow. Really fun, engaging crux sequence to link into Tsunami. Hard to read, but not so bad once you figure out what you are doing.
By randy baum
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Oct 10, 2010
i agree with anthony. like many routes at willow, middle cyclone feels much, much harder on the first go than on the second or third. once you have the beta, just go for it! you'll probably surprise yourself with a send.
also, take a couple longer draws for up top: one for the crux bolt, one for the next bolt, which is actually a bolt on tsunami. using long draws on these two bolts minimizes rope drag.
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|nicros fivten did this in a headlamp last night
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Nov 5, 2010
|So glad to see Nic has come around on this line. Bout time, I say! This line is so good.
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|joe, please don't prop up nic's ego. he's got that more than covered himself. :)


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A Marina 4-year-old boy was airlifted to a Bay Area hospital Monday after he was gravely injured when his mother accidently ran over him, police said.
Family members in the 400 block of Exeter Circle were preparing to go to work shortly before 10 a.m. and lost track of the boy, said police spokesman Cmdr. Robert Nolen.
Emergency crews found the injured boy in the street, he said.
There was no indication the incident was anything but "a bad accident," Nolan said.


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ALBANY — Frustrated after weekend negotiations failed — again — Gov. Paterson last night sent a written appeal to all 212 members of the Legislature, urging them again to take action on the state's looming $3.2 billion deficit.
"The warnings are clear, and those who choose to ignore them do so at their own peril," Paterson wrote.
"I look forward to your cooperation as we make the difficult choices that are necessary to put New York's fiscal house in order."
Paterson's appeal before the holiday recess comes two weeks after he made a personal plea to cut state spending, in a rare address to a joint session of the Legislature.
The Legislature is due to reconvene today for a third week of special sessions.


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The European Aviation Safety Agency issued an emergency airworthiness directive December 4 for the angle of attack (AOA) probes of both the Airbus A330 and A340. The AD, which became effective December 6, results from an incident in which an A330 in the climb experienced a blockage of all AOA probes, leading to autopilot disconnection and activation of the alpha (angle of attack) protection system when Mach number increased.
"Analysis showed this aircraft was equipped with AOA probes having conic plates, and it is suspected that these plates might have contributed to the event," said the AD. "The AOA conic plates can also be installed on A340s." According to the AD, this means that as Mach number increases, the flight control laws order a pitch down of the aircraft that the flight crew may not be able to counteract even with full aft deflection of a sidestick.
The AD–considered an interim measure–requires that the airplane flight manual be amended to ensure that crews apply the applicable emergency procedure in case of blocked AOA probes.


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As the health care reform bill comes to a vote – maybe – how is Dallas doing as far as health care coverage?
Not good at all. And as more people lose their health insurance, the more they rely on the overloaded Parkland emergency room for primary health care.
Here are some statistics supplied by by the National Journal.
Of the 435 congressional districts in the United States, the one with the most uninsured people represented by a Republican?
Pete Sessions' Dallas district — 32.6% of people in the district are uninsured. Sessions has led the opposition to health care reform in the House of Representatives.
The Republican district with the fifth most number of uninsured people in the country is Kay Granger's in Fort Worth — 23.7% of the people in her district have no health insurance.
Three of the six districts with the most uninsured people are in Texas. Two are in South Texas. One is here in Dallas – Eddie Bernice Johnson's district has 39.9% uninsured.
But even if you have health insurance, will your insurance company pay the claims. Here's a story from this week's Dallas Voice that may make you worry about your own coverage.