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Schneier on SecurityA blog covering security and security technology. « More Threat Modeling at Microsoft | Main | Detecting Gunshots » March 19, 2008 Border Security: the Weakest LinkDespite "heartbeat sensors, CO2 probes to detect exhaled breath and "passive millimetre wave" scanners which can 'see through vehicles," it's easy to sneak into the UK from Calais due to inadequate fencing. Posted on March 19, 2008 at 1:00 PM • 28 Comments To receive these entries once a month by e-mail, sign up for the Crypto-Gram Newsletter. CommentsJoker • March 19, 2008 2:38 PM Whoa, wait, you mean, people who want to beat our security will naturally seek out and attempt to compromise the weakest point in our defenses? Damn it, don't they know they're supposed to try to sneak through the checkpoints, with the guards and scanners and intimidating imagery!? Sean • March 19, 2008 2:46 PM So, will Boeing's "Eye O' Sauron" system designed for the Mexican border fail for the same reasons? Werner • March 19, 2008 3:12 PM Heck here in South Africa illegals would probably love those Saurons. They'd steal them and sell the expensive bits to give them a bit of cash, just until they can find something to steal in SA itself! Gift Bird • March 19, 2008 3:12 PM Seems like fencing would be a lot cheaper than sensors, probes and scanners anyway, but maybe it's just me?? Anonymous • March 19, 2008 3:20 PM Why not just talk to the folks at Area 51? They've been successful at keeping everyone out for years -- and the eye-o-suaron looks a lot like the towers they have in place... Anonymous • March 19, 2008 3:42 PM That spam is quite interesting. The first one almost fooled me as a human. Wow. Anonymous Coward • March 19, 2008 3:50 PM Darnnit Bruce, we're getting spammed. As for this border security non-sense... tell the French to stop exporting their illegals to the UK... What's wrong with France anyway...Poodles? the French? The question we should be asking is "what is France doing to make the illegals flee to the UK?" Here in the US, Latin Americans illegally enter the US because they are seeking a better place to live and work... I say again, what's wrong with France? Besides, there are easier ways of getting to the UK, heck Jeremy Clarkson crossed the channel in his Toyboata. Marcus • March 19, 2008 3:52 PM It says a lot about the quality of comments on the internet when random spam passes for human. YouTube is particularly bad, with the lowest-brow comments (un)imaginble. Anonymous • March 19, 2008 4:01 PM @Marcus Lunkhead • March 19, 2008 4:08 PM So, the reason for the USA's problems along its southern border is because of the Mexican governments failure to adequately prevent people from leaving? Or is the issue that oceans no longer protect the British Isles anymore? Isn't this a bit like New Mexicans complaining about all the people sneaking in from El Paso? Maybe New Mexico should demand U.S. passports from everyone entering into New Mexico? Apart from the political propaganda attack on Labour I don't quite get the point here. alan • March 19, 2008 5:08 PM Maybe they just need to rebuild Hadrian's Wall in the English Channel. (And when is the English Channel going to pay it's TV tax?) billswift • March 19, 2008 7:06 PM I am getting tired of all the discussion, here and in other sites, about keeping people out of a country. The borders are just too long and people are too ingenious at getting what they want. The Soviet Union couldn't keep people in or out; do the people in the "Western Democracies" really want to become part of totalitarian nations, or more likely have they never really thought about it, just repeated soundbites from the media. Have at thee, varlet • March 19, 2008 7:29 PM Uv COURSE it is eezee to get eento England from Calais due to inadequate fencing, you silly Eenglish kanigitt! Bahggy • March 19, 2008 8:29 PM Of course, the UK government isn't telling us that it *wants* the illegal immigrants. They provide vital services. They pay rent to slum landlords thus shoring up a flailing property market and they do all the crappy jobs no-one else would want to do - for below minimum wage. Niyaz PK • March 19, 2008 11:24 PM I am fed up with this. GordonS • March 20, 2008 2:03 AM @Lunkhead I think you've got the wrong idea here. Another way to look at it is this: what is France doing that makes illegal immigrants want to leave France and head for the UK? bob • March 20, 2008 6:45 AM And just what is a "shadow home secretary" anyway? Does that mean he fights UFOs as part of a covert british facility under a movie studio? That must be why they picked him to interview about illegal aliens. Anonymous • March 20, 2008 7:38 AM @GordonS easy answer.. The regular foreigner simply can't be asked an ID card inside your territory. In France, the first thing they do is ask for that ID. This situation is very unlikely to happen in UK. The probability of an average foreigner being checked by the police in the street for no reason is almost negligeable compared to countries where citizens have IDs. This will change for UK as I really get the feeling you guys will have to carry your ID cards at all time in a very near future. Personnally I think UK is one of the most (if not the most) free country in the world because of their lack of ID. When I use to live in France (paris suburbs), I was sometimes checked twice a day near my school for my papers and checked if I had any drugs and/or weapons, this just because of my way of looking. Can this happen in UK? I'm sure it does but at a negligeable rate than the french one. This is the reason why UK is a paradise for illegal immigrants. Once inside, they hardly can be thrown out afterwards. Anonymous • March 20, 2008 7:57 AM @Sean "Eye O' Sauron" ... Thats just awesome. @ Anonymous at March 20, 2008 07:38 AM I am a foreigner in Austria and I have been here for 2 years now. I have never been ask for a ID by the police once in anywhere in the EU. I have friends who were over stayers by a large margin (many years in several different EU countries) . The police where very nice about it when sent round by the tax department and only ask them to leave, but never came back to check if they did. One is still here... 5 years later... None of these folk are in the UK. Julie Smith • March 20, 2008 8:09 AM @anonymous in Austria Let me guess, you're probably white and so police never thought of you as suspicious... Anonymous • March 20, 2008 8:13 AM @anon I was trying to draw a comparison between UK and France by replying to a previous question. I'm not generalizing to EU countries as your reply suggests I did. I do not beleive Austria holds the biggest social EU problems (I'm sure they have some but totally different ponctual and way smaller) in terms of ID checks. Some areas in Paris/London suburbs and some major towns (usually suburbs) from UK/France really are a threat to your own safety. That is why you have a proportional response by the state to try decriminalizing those areas. bob • March 20, 2008 8:17 AM National ID (Real ID) as an issue is similar to gun control as an issue; its not about the guns, its about control. They dont care about illegal immigrants or terrorists, simply about governments being able to keep tabs on all their subjects at all times. After all 99.999% of the time the person whose ID is being checked is a valid citizen in a location where they are authorized to be, so the taxpayer is the person most impacted by it. Especially so since the illegal is more likely to not bother acquiring, or simply falsifying their documentation. P.S. Surely SOMEBODY watched "UFO"... Supreme Headquarters Alien Defense Organization (SHADO)...? Flo-_ • March 20, 2008 10:52 AM As a French man living very close to Calais, and knowing quite a few things about refugees and asylum seekers both in France (where I routinely do volunteer work with refugees and asylum seekers) and the UK (where I used to work for a contractor of the Refugee Council), I must say I am appalled at the level of comments on this article. The UK is seen as a safe haven for refugees worldwide, thanks to a particular history of immigration laws. This is rapidly changing however. Anti-riot police are massively (in the hundreds) deployed along french coast to try to refrain migrants for crossing the channel. These police forces aren't educated for this kind of operations and proceed as they proceed with violent protesters: let's just say that tear gas is their weapon of choice, I would even say *tool* of choice (tear-gasing clothes, food and shelter alike...). Private guards and border patrol officers try to secure the inside of Calais port but failed to do it: the task is daunting. Anyway, that's a political issue rather than a technical one and this is not the subject of this blog. On the security side of things, I am amazed that British discover that fencing is bad around Calais' port: it's even weaker in Boulogne or Duinkerk... Technically, it means securing dozens of square kilometers from highly motivated individuals (they have left everything behind and think that what lies ahead of them, Bristh Isles, is where their future is. They can *see* it, they see Dover cliffs in daylight, and Dover's streetlights at night). You just *cannot* fully secure something from a motivated group or individual. Give me a tank and I'll rob any bank. Give me a better life prospect and I'll cross the channel, whatever the cost...
greg • March 20, 2008 11:16 AM @Julie Smith I am, but my wife and daughter are not and have the same story to tell. Stevie • March 21, 2008 1:59 AM Good point Flo. The negation of Britain's historic tolerance towards migrants and refugees is quite deliberate. The British media in particular has succeeded in making "illegal immigrants" of refugees and asylum seekers in the popular mind. Yet the fortress mentality they advocate is expensive, self-defeating and untenable. The reality is that as the security measures become more sophisticated desperate people will be placed in more danger as they seek to enter the country in more dangerous ways. People smuggling is profitable for the smuggler and dangerous for its subjects. The death of over 70 Chinese people from asphyxiation in a sealed truck shows just how desperation can lead to tragedy. Jonadab the Unsightly One • March 22, 2008 7:23 AM The US/Mexico border is a fundamentally different thing. The Calais situation we're talking about is a single map point -- one end of a long tunnel, in fact. The fencing they're looking at would be very feasible and could be monitored by a few cameras and two guys in a security room, or maybe even by motion detectors and an alarm. The US/Mexico border, on the other hand, is hundreds of miles long. Even if you could install parallel runs of eighty-foot razor-wire fence the entire length, the ongoing annual cost of monitoring or patroling it would run into at least ten figures. (And fencing is totally unreliable if you don't monitor it. Anybody can figure out some way to get past a fence if nobody's watching it.) supersnail • March 25, 2008 3:41 AM The answer to illegal immigration is simple. Impose large fines on anyone employing an illegal immagrant.
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How to | Enter Ranges and Options for Functions
The main expression or object that a built-in Mathematica function acts on is given as the first argument to the function. As part of the syntax, a built-in Mathematica function can take more arguments, which may be required or may be generalizations or extensions of the function. After the arguments come options, which allow further extensions to control the behavior of the function.
Many visualization functions in Mathematica require you to enter the bounds over which to create a plot as the second argument to the plotting function.
Here, Sin[x] is the first argument in Plot, while the second argument gives the variable and the range for the plot:
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To see the exact syntax for a visualization function, see its page in the documentation. For help in finding the documentation page for a function, see How to: Find Information about Functions.
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text: Jean A. Shipley, 93, of Confluence, died Dec. 20, 2011, at her home. She was born Jan. 28, 1919, in Henry Clay Township, the daughter of Charles and Lenora (Miller) Butler. She was preceded in death by her parents, husband Lester, daughter Betty Prall, two brothers and three sisters. She is survived by a daughter Mary Jane Shipley of Confluence, step-daughter Esther Longbons, Willoughby, Ohio, grandchildren Angela, Brian, Gary and Tony Shipley, Michelle Murphy, Dawn and Timothy Prall, and great-granddaughter Kahlan Showalter. A brother Harry "Buster" Butler, Frostproof, Fla. and a sister Betty Petruna, McKees Rocks. There will be no viewing or visitation. A graveside service will be held at 11 a.m. Friday in Silbaugh Cemetery with Rev. Weldon Peary officiating. In lieu of flowers memorial contributions may be sent to the family. Arrangements by Humbert Funeral Home, Confluence.


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SECTION 1. Chapter 300 of the acts of 1992 is hereby amended by striking out section 1A and inserting in place thereof the following section:-
Section 1A. To provide for the projects and expenditures provided for in section two the sum set forth in said section two for the several purposes and subject to the conditions specified under the provisions of this act are hereby made available, and the secretary for administration and finance is hereby authorized and directed to expend such sums, subject to the provisions of law regulating the disbursement of public funds and the approval thereof.
SECTION 2. Said chapter 300 is hereby further amended by inserting after section 8 the following two sections:-
Section 8A. To meet the expenditures necessary to carry out the provisions of section two of this act, the state treasurer shall, upon the request of the governor, issue and sell bonds of the commonwealth in an amount to be specified by the governor from time to time, but not to exceed, in the aggregate, the sum of one hundred million dollars.
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I had been looking at various pressure treated wood for building a flower bed and luckily came across these 8' timbers on sale at HD for 2-bucks per! So I grabbed a bunch and cut out notches and stretchers of the lengths I wanted. The notches took some time by hand, but I have to admit, putting it together was fun.
The great thing is that no nails or screws are needed so if we ever want rearrange the structure we just take it apart and build something else. My wife plans on planting some shrubs in amongst the bark, and the center raised bed with soil will be used for veggies (if we can keep the squirrels at bay).
Oh, and my cat has decided that this is his new huge litter box. This will be a battle of attrition. I must brrrreak him.
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#1 posted 1409 days ago |
Squirrels can be kept out by putting mothballs around the garden. We had a potted plant tomato garden on our deck. A few mothballs on top of the soil and around the pots kept them out. Might work for the cat. |
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Great advice. I'll give it a shot, thanks. -- Ray |
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$2 each???? wow. |
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nice work… -- New Project = New Tool... it's just the way it is, don't fight it... :) |
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GREAT IDEA! I will have to do that too. love it. |
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Looks great… Nice flow to it when looking at it, makes it interesting the way you broke it up! -- Ken, "Everyday above ground is a good day!" |
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$2 .. wow. -- ~ Debbie, Canada (https://www.facebook.com/DebbiePribeleENJOConsultant) |
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love it -- "Good artists borrow, great artists steal"…..Picasso |
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Very Helpful! I found this information about the chemicals in pressured treated wood. http://bit.ly/cdddDV |
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Many of these types of landscape logs are not pressure treated at all. -- http://artisticwoodstudio.com Custom furniture |
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Mark Selby
Mark Selby at the 2013 German Masters
Born | Leicester, England |
19 June 1983
Sport country | England |
Nickname | The Jester from Leicester, Mark the Shark, The Hoover, Sat-Nav Selby, The Torturer. |
Professional | 1998– |
Highest ranking | 1 |
Current ranking | 2 (as of 9 March 2014) |
Career winnings | UK£ 1,953,582 EU€ 101,600 A$ 42,500 US$11,000 200,000 baht[1] |
Highest break | 147 (2 times) |
Century breaks | 331[1] |
Tournament wins | |
Ranking | 3 |
Minor-ranking | 5 |
Non-ranking | 4 |
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Mark Anthony Selby (born 19 June 1983) is an English professional snooker and pool player. Runner up in the 2007 World Snooker Championship,[2] he was the 2006 WEPF World Eight-ball Champion. Selby has won the Masters on three occasions, the UK Championship, the Welsh Open and the Shanghai Masters, and is a former world number one. He is also an accomplished break-builder with over 250 centuries.[1] Selby's nickname is "the Jester from Leicester", a name given to him by snooker compere Richard Beare.[3]
Early years[edit]
Selby was born in Leicester, England. He showed potential as a teenager, but did not consistently shine until his twenties. He began his career on the UK Tour in 1998, at the time the second-level professional tour.[4] He reached his first ranking final aged 19, the Regal Scottish in 2003, where he finished runner-up to David Gray, losing 9–7 in the final. Before that, he had also already reached the semi-finals of the 2002 China Open, despite leaving his hotel room at 2 a.m. instead of 2 p.m. for one match due to jetlag.[5]
Selby reached the final qualifying round of the World Snooker Championship in 2002, 2003 and 2004, losing each time. Early in the 2005/06 season he began to be managed by former snooker professional and fellow Leicester resident Mukesh Parmar and reached the final stages of the World Snooker Championship, at the Crucible Theatre, for the first time. Selby went out in the first round, losing to John Higgins but has qualified for the final stages every year since, including in 2006 despite a 147 from his final qualifying round opponent Robert Milkins. In that tournament, Selby once again faced Higgins in the first round and this time caused a huge upset by defeating the reigning Grand Prix and Masters champion 10–4, before being eliminated in the next round by Mark Williams.
In the 2007 World Championships, he beat Stephen Lee 10–7 in the first round, having won 8 successive frames from being 5–0 behind.[6] Selby then defeated former World Champion Peter Ebdon 13–8, with five centuries (including three-in-a-row) to reach the quarter-finals.[7] In the quarter-final, he beat Allister Carter 13–12, from 11–8 up and 11–12 down, in a match that lasted well over nine hours.[8] He went on to reach the final by beating Shaun Murphy 17–16 from 14–16 down, in another deciding frame which he won thanks to a 64 break.[9] Against Higgins in the final, Selby trailed 4–12 after the Sunday sessions, but won all six frames played in the third session on Monday afternoon before the players ran out of time due to the length of the frames. Thus he entered the final session only 10–12 down and closed to within one frame at 13–14, but eventually succumbed 13–18.[2] His performances earned him £110,000 (not far off half of his pre-tournament all-time earnings). It was noted by eventual world champion John Higgins, amongst others, in his victory speech, that Selby was the most improved player on the tour.[10] These performances in the 2006/07 season earned Selby a place in the top 16 for the very first time for the 2007/08 season, where he was ranked 11th.[11]
Selby's wins over Lee, Ebdon, Carter and Murphy at the 2007 World Championships also won him the inaugural 888.com Silver Chip award for outstanding performance, awarded by the Snooker Writers' Association at the post-championship ball.[12]
After a moderate start to the season, Selby had a strong run in the second most important professional snooker championship, the United Kingdom Championship, reaching the semi-finals of the event. He led eventual winner Ronnie O'Sullivan 7–5, fell 7–8 behind, before levelling the match at 8–8. In the deciding frame, however, O'Sullivan made a 147 break to win 9–8.[13]
On 20 January 2008, Selby won his first major tournament – the Saga Insurance Masters at Wembley. En route to the final, he had edged out Stephen Hendry, Stephen Maguire and Ken Doherty, all on a 6–5 scoreline (and, in the first two cases, having been 5–3 behind). In the final against Stephen Lee, after leading 5–3 at the break Selby took control and reeled off five consecutive frames (eight-in-a-row overall from 2–3 behind) to win convincingly 10–3. Selby's play in the final was of the highest standard, with four century breaks and two consecutive tons to cross the winning line. His final-frame effort, a total clearance of 141, equalled the tournament's highest break and was Selby's best in competitive play.[14]
On 17 February 2008, he won a close-fought Welsh Open final, overcoming Ronnie O'Sullivan 9–8 from 5–8 down.[15] However, he could not reproduce his Crucible success from the previous season. Despite going into the World Championships as one of the bookmakers' favourites for the title, Selby was defeated 10–8 in the first round by Mark King.
The following year in the Welsh Open quarter-final, he was handed a writ by a member of the audience, supposedly his former manager George Barmby.[16] Selby reached the final of the Masters again where he was runner-up to Ronnie O'Sullivan, and also reached the quarter-finals of the 2009 World Championship, losing 12–13 to Higgins, who again went on to win the title.
He opened the 2009/10 season with two first round defeats, before coming from 4–8 down to beat Jamie Cope 9–8 in the first round of the UK Championship, scoring 6 breaks over 40 in those five frames.
On 17 January 2010, Selby won his second Masters title after reaching the final for the third time in as many years in a repeat of the previous year's final, where he lost to Ronnie O'Sullivan. O'Sullivan took a commanding lead at 9–6 leaving him just one frame from victory, but Selby played some of his best snooker of the season to overcome the three-frame deficit, taking the championship 10–9 and the £150,000 winner's cheque.[17]
At the 2011 China Open, Selby beat Tian Pengfei, Robert Milkins, Ali Carter, and home favourite Ding Junhui, but was defeated 8–10 by Judd Trump in the final.
At the 2011 World Championship, Selby set the record for the most century breaks compiled in a world championship match when he made six in his second round tie with Stephen Hendry.[18] It was also a record for a best-of-25 match and took Selby's century tally for the season to 54, setting a new record for the most centuries compiled in a season.[19]
Selby's 2011/2012 season began by winning the non-ranking Wuxi Classic with a 9–7 victory over Ali Carter.[20] He continued his form at the Shanghai Masters where he won his second major ranking event by defeating Mark Williams 10–9 in the final, having trailed 9–7.[21] The win also meant Selby usurped Williams as the world number one, making him the ninth player to hold the top spot and the first to do so without having previously won the World Championship.[22] He also won the minor-ranking PTC Event 4 (also known as the Paul Hunter Classic) with a 4–0 whitewash over Mark Davis, having edged out Ronnie O'Sullivan 4–3 in the semi-finals.[23] Selby would later finish 5th on the Order of Merit and therefore qualified to the last 16 of the Finals.[24] He beat Ding Junhui in the Finals in Galway before losing 0–4 to eventual winner Stephen Lee in the quarter-finals.[25]
Selby reached the quarter-finals of the German Masters and then got to the final of the Welsh Open, where he lost 6–9 to Ding.[26] Another semi-final followed in the World Open and despite seeing a 5–2 lead slip to a 5–6 defeat against Mark Allen, he looked to be in form at just the right time in the season.[27]
However, Selby was forced to withdraw from the second round of the China Open with a neck injury.[28] His withdrawal was also a precautionary measure to be ready for the upcoming World Championship, which Selby declared himself fit for the week before the event.[29] He played Barry Hawkins in the first round and was beaten 3–10. After the match Selby admitted he had only managed nine hours of practice in the lead up and that there were certain shots he was physically unable to play.[30] Despite the disappointing end to the season Selby was guaranteed to end it ranked number one following Judd Trump's early exit from the tournament.[31]
Selby announced he was 90% fit just before the start of the 2012/2013 season as he continued his recovery from the disc bulge in his neck.[32] His first event was the Wuxi Classic where, ironically, he played Hawkins in the last 32. Selby this time won 5–2 and then breezed past Jamie Cope 5–0 to set up a quarter-final match with in-form Stuart Bingham, which Selby lost 4–5.[33][34] Selby then won seven matches in a row in reaching the quarter-finals of the Six-red World Championship, but there he lost 5–7 by Judd Trump.[33] He then suffered a shock 3–5 first round defeat to Jamie Burnett in the Australian Goldfields Open.[35][36]
Selby lost his world number one spot to Judd Trump after the latter's victory in the inaugural International Championship in China. However, just five weeks later, Selby won his third ranking title and largest of his career, the UK Championship, to regain the top spot. He defeated Michael White 6–3, Ryan Day 6–4 from 3–0 down, and Neil Robertson 6–4 from 4–0 down to reach the semi-finals, where he beat Mark Davis 9–4 to progress to the final. Already assured of overtaking Trump regardless of the result, Selby beat his good friend Shaun Murphy 10–6 to win the tournament.[37]
Selby also participated at the Players Tour Championship. He successfully defended his Paul Hunter Classic title with a 4–1 win over Joe Swail in the final.[38] He then lost in the final of the Antwerp Open 1–4 against Mark Allen,[39] and won the Munich Open by defeating Graeme Dott 3–4 in the final.[40] He then finished number one on the Order of Merit,[41] and qualified for the Finals, where he lost 3–4 against Jack Lisowski.[42]
Selby then went on to win his third Masters title, beating Stuart Bingham 6–5 from 5–1 behind in the first round, Mark Williams 6–1 in the quarter-finals, and Graeme Dott 6–5 from 4–1 and 5–4 down in the semi-finals. He then defeated defending champion Neil Robertson 10–6 in the final.[43] He reached the quarter-finals of the German Masters, but lost 1–5 against Barry Hawkins.[44] He lost in the last 32 of the Welsh Open 0–4 against Joe Perry,[45] and lost his number one position to Trump.[46] Selby then reached the quarter-finals of the World Open, but lost 3–5 against Neil Robertson.[47]
At the China Open, Selby became only the fourth player in history to miss the final black on a 147 attempt, and only the second – after Ken Doherty – to do so in a televised match, in a 5–1 defeat of Mark King.[48][49] He then reached the final by defeating Ricky Walden 5–2, Mark Williams 5–1 and Murphy 6–2, but lost 6–10 against Neil Robertson.[50] After the event he regained the number one spot from Trump. He finished off the season at the 2013 World Snooker Championship, where he beat Matthew Selt in the first round before losing to eventual runner up Barry Hawkins in the second round.
Selby's 2013/2014 season began with a shock 3–5 defeat to Andrew Pagett in the qualifying rounds of the 2013 Wuxi Classic.[51] The tournament was the first to use a new format that required top-16 players to compete in qualifiers.
On 7 December 2013, he compiled the 100th officially recognised 147 maximum break in the seventh frame of the semi-final of the 2013 UK championship against Ricky Walden.[52] The next day, he lost to Neil Robertson 10-7 in the final, picking up a runners up cheque for £70,000 and £59,000 for the 147, which was the highest break of the tournament.[53]
In the Masters, Selby began his title defence by beating Mark Davis 6–5 in the first round, after Davis fought back from 0–4 behind to take the match to a deciding frame.[54] In the quarter-finals, he faced John Higgins. Selby took a 3–1 lead, but Higgins then won four frames in a row to lead 5–3. Selby fought back to level the match at 5–5. With the frame scores level at 69–69 in the final frame, and three balls remaining on the table, Selby doubled the blue into the middle pocket, and then potted the pink for victory, maintaining his record of never losing a final-frame decider at the Masters.[55] He defeated Shaun Murphy 6–1 in the semi-finals to reach the final against Ronnie O'Sullivan.[56] O'Sullivan took a 7–1 lead in the first session, before going on to a 10–4 victory. Selby received the runner-up prize of £90,000.[57]
Life outside snooker[edit]
He is a fan of Leicester City Football Club, who he has supported since childhood.[58]
In July 2006, he won the WEPF World Eight-ball Championship, beating Darren Appleton 11–7 in the final at Blackpool.[59] He is also known to be a fan of darts, beating Eric Bristow in 2007 and taking on Raymond van Barneveld in exhibition matches.[60][61]
Mark's wife Vikki Layton, who often attends his major matches, is an Irish international pool player.[62] They announced their engagement in August 2010,[63] and were married in Mexico on 24 May 2011.[64]
Performance and rankings timeline[edit]
Tournament | 1999/ 00 |
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2002/ 03 |
2003/ 04 |
2004/ 05 |
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2006/ 07 |
2007/ 08 |
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Ranking[65][nb 1] | UR[nb 2] | 122 | 95 | 53 | 29 | 36 | 39 | 28 | 11 | 4 | 7 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||||||
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Wuxi Classic[nb 3] | Tournament Not Held | Non-Ranking | QF | LQ | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Australian Goldfields Open | Tournament Not Held | QF | 1R | SF | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Shanghai Masters | Tournament Not Held | SF | SF | 1R | SF | W | 1R | QF | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Indian Open | Tournament Not Held | 2R | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
International Championship | Tournament Not Held | 2R | QF | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
UK Championship | 3R | 2R | LQ | 2R | 1R | 2R | LQ | 2R | SF | 1R | QF | 2R | 2R | W | F | |||||||||||||||
German Masters | Tournament Not Held | F | QF | QF | 2R | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Welsh Open | LQ | LQ | 1R | 1R | 2R | LQ | 3R | 3R | W | QF | QF | SF | F | 1R | QF | |||||||||||||||
World Open[nb 4] | 3R | LQ | LQ | LQ | 1R | QF | 1R | 2R | RR | 2R | 1R | LQ | SF | QF | ||||||||||||||||
Players Tour Championship Finals | Tournament Not Held | SF | QF | 1R | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
China Open | LQ | LQ | SF | Not Held | LQ | 1R | 2R | SF | 2R | 2R | F | 2R | F | |||||||||||||||||
World Championship | LQ | LQ | LQ | LQ | LQ | 1R | 2R | F | 1R | QF | SF | QF | 1R | 2R | ||||||||||||||||
Non-ranking tournaments | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Champion of Champions | Tournament Not Held | SF | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
The Masters | LQ | LQ | LQ | LQ | LQ | A | LQ | LQ | W | F | W | 1R | QF | W | F | |||||||||||||||
Championship League | Tournament Not Held | F | F | RR | 2R | RR | RR | RR | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Variant format tournaments | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Shoot-Out | Tournament Not Held | 3R | 2R | 2R | 1R | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Former ranking tournaments | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Malta Grand Prix | LQ | NR | Tournament Not Held | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Thailand Masters | LQ | LQ | LQ | NR | Not Held | NR | Tournament Not Held | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Scottish Open[nb 5] | 1R | LQ | 1R | F | 1R | Tournament Not Held | MR | NH | ||||||||||||||||||||||
British Open | 3R | LQ | LQ | LQ | 1R | 1R | Tournament Not Held | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Irish Masters | Non-Ranking | 1R | 1R | 1R | NH | NR | Tournament Not Held | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Malta Cup[nb 6] | Not Held | LQ | LQ | LQ | LQ | LQ | LQ | NR | Tournament Not Held | |||||||||||||||||||||
Northern Ireland Trophy | Tournament Not Held | NR | 3R | 2R | 3R | Tournament Not Held | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Former non-ranking tournaments | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Wuxi Classic[nb 3] | Tournament Not Held | F | RR | 1R | W | Ranking | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Premier League | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | F | A | RR | A | RR | NH |
Performance Table Legend | |||||
LQ | lost in the qualifying draw | #R | lost in the early rounds of the tournament (WR = Wildcard round, RR = Round robin) |
QF | lost in the quarter-finals |
SF | lost in the semi–finals | F | lost in the final | W | won the tournament |
DNQ | did not qualify for the tournament | A | did not participate in the tournament | WD | withdrew from the tournament |
NH / Not Held | means an event was not held. | |||
NR / Non-Ranking Event | means an event is/was no longer a ranking event. | |||
R / Ranking Event | means an event is/was a ranking event. | |||
MR / Minor-Ranking Event | means an event is/was a minor-ranking event. |
- ^ From the 2010/2011 season it shows the ranking at the beginning of the season.
- ^ New players on the Main Tour don't have a ranking.
- ^ a b The event was called the Jiangsu Classic (2008/2009–2009/2010)
- ^ The event was called the Grand Prix (1999/2000–2000/2001 and 2004/2005–2009/2010) and the LG Cup (2001/2002–2003/2004)
- ^ The event was called the Players Championship (2003/2004)
- ^ The event was called the European Open (2001/2002-2003/2004)
Career finals[edit]
Ranking event finals: 10 (3 titles, 7 runner-ups)[edit]
Minor-ranking finals: 8 (5 titles, 3 runner-ups)[edit]
Non-ranking event finals: 11 (4 titles, 7 runner-ups)[edit] |


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Barona Valley Ranch Resort & Casino
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- Barona Valley Ranch Resort & CasinoAndrea LMember ofGreen TravelersLocal CultureOutdoor Enthusiasts+ 6
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First to ReviewAug 29, 2012It's a casino with no alcohol (but I think you can still get booze at the restaurants, etc.). I have been told that there are safety reasons for no alcohol in the casino (because the road you have to drive to get here is narrow, possibly dangerous, especially when raining). I don't know if it's true, but it's something to consider.
I've played here a few times, it seems like a normal casino. We also stayed here and I have to say I was impressed with our room. It had a very large bathroom with both a tub and shower, a view, and overall was in very good condition. The resort is a great place to walk around. They have several walking paths and it's a really pretty place to take a relaxing stroll. In fact, that was my favorite part of the trip!
Reviews Summary
Very Good!332 reviews across the web.
- Guests recommend this hotel for golfers.
- Guests think this is a wonderful family hotel.
- Room100% thought the view was good.
- Service95% found the staff to be very friendly.
- Hotel89% thought it was clean.
- Hotel BuildingVery nice building. 88% satisfied guests.
- Ambiance85% were fond of the entertainment options.
- GroundsPool was lovely, according to 83%.


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njhawk2k Animal Hospital of Lawrence
This is a professional business that gives great care and service. I like the way that they are up front with pricing so there are no surprises.
njhawk2k Koehler Plumbing Inc
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PsyTeach2 Pioneer Ridge Retirement Community
I am a college professor in California, who recently had the opportunity to visit my 90 year old friend of 35 years at Pioneer Ridge Retirement Community. I have been teaching an Aging course at a California State University for 20 years. In that time I have visited many types of living arrangements for seniors. I must say, Pioneer Ridge is among the best of the best. Their environment is extremely well appointed and meticulously maintained. They provide a variety of activities and a very well balanced meal plan. Moreover, I was extremely impressed by the staff professionalism, flexibility and caring nature. These are truly devoted caregivers. I would certainly encourage anyone looking for a wonderful living arrangement for their loved ones, to consider Pioneer Ridge. As a dear friend of a current resident, an educator in adult development and an advocate for senior care, I am confident that you will find Pioneer Ridge and exceptional living option. Thank you to Debbie and Cindy and all... for a wonder visit with my dear friend Leola Cameron Cooper.
Fred Fernandez Department of Psychology and Child Development California State University, Stanislaus
Karen Boyer Tisha Cobb Hair Design
Tisha is the BOMB! There is no stylist anywhere any better.
cubs23 Home Sweet Home Dog Resort
When dropping my dog off I asked the staff to please not let him outside for long periods of time, as he has a tendency to eat everything in sight, which makes him sick. I told them it was fine to just let him stay in his "room", as I knew it would be too much to ask of them to watch him the whole time. They obviously disregarded what I said, and my dog spent a great deal of time outside. He is now going on day 5 of being sick. I will not use this place again. Aside from not respecting our wishes, the place was filthy and smelled terrible. I realize it's a dog boarding place, so it's not going to be spotless, but I've boarded my dog at several other places and never seen a facility quite so disgusting.
arrowhead_pride83 replies...
We toured the place before we left our dog there and things seemed fine. If you thought it was so bad why did you leave your dog with them?
familyman22 replies...
If you felt the place was so disgusting why would you leave your dog there? When we came in for our introduction the staff did a great job of explaining all the cleaning methods and the day to day schedule for the dogs. I have boarded my 2 dogs a lot over the years and have never felt so comfortable leaving my dogs somewhere. We always see the same faces working there and they know our dogs almost as good as we do. My dogs eat rocks and grass and sometimes even poop and we know it's a problem and understand that it isn't always stopable. The staff always keep us well informed and are always willing to answer our questions.
larrydog SconeLady's Coffee Shop
It's not typical of me to post complaints, but I feel I have to because of the way I was treated at SconeLady's this morning. I have been there about 8 times before and coffee and scones were good and the girl was very nice. Today I get my scone and it tastes kinda stale and hard. I am nice and just mention that it seems a little stale thinking they could nuke it or change it out. I could hear the guy in the back cussing me out saying that I was just like another customer (complaining) and the recipe is the same as it always was. Hey man, you might be having a bad day, but don't take it out on people who don't deserve it. I had paid for all my stuff but just walked out and won't be back.
msucvleng replies...
I agree. This used to be one of my favorite places to go for coffee. However, the current barista there is always rude and acts as if he is too busy to make your order. Very sad. The Scone Lady used to be such a positive Lawrence icon.
txgirl4 Auto Exchange Inc
Before they changed their front desk clerk I really liked this shop, however now they do a really poor job. It takes forever, even when you make an appointment. I was lied to about the qualifications of the mechanic that would be working on my car and they even left a piece off of my car. I was completely dissatisfied and will never be using this shop again. If I could have given it zero stars I would have...
mpowers replies...
This review saddens me-I worked as the service writer their for several years, and left a year ago this coming August for other oppertunities. We worked really hard to build up a good reputation as a fair shop that did quality work. I had built good relationships with our customers and went the extra mile to see that their cars were taken care of properly. It's sad to see something I took much pride in fall to this.
arminer Culinaria Food and Wine Inc
Where to begin...we randomly stumbled across this review of Culinaria on marketplace and we are so happy we did! We met with many "corporate" wedding caterers and none of them matched up to the awesome duo of Aaron and Regan. First off, we felt like we could be friends with them outside of the business. They are such a nice, down to earth couple. It was such a fun tasting! They had so many great tasting and unique options. It was nothing like your regular old wedding food. Every time we needed to talk to them about any of our plans, they were readily available and we would end up just talking to them on the phone for at least 30 minutes. It was great. They are very competitive with pricing. PLUS, they really make the menu to your desires. So, we were already impressed with them before our wedding day...words cannot express how happy we are with how everything turned out on the actual day! Their service was amazing, their food was amazing, the whole experience was so awesome. We had so many guests ask us where our food came from. They loved the appetizers, the salad, the main dish, the servers. Regan even brought us drinks from the bar! You can truly see they love to do this in all of their work, which is amazing! Thank you, Culinaria, for a once in a lifetime experience!!
Marcus DeMond Rodeo Grill
My wife and I were both big fans of El Mezcal and decided to visit this new place that replaced Ixtapa (we really liked owner Jesse). The menus prices are kinda high for Mexican food but my wife and I eat the shrimp and carnitas soft tacos ala carte and absolutely LOVE them. Cant get that at El Mez plus $1 drinks everyday keeps us going back for more. If you like Mexican food, you guys should give it a try and decide for yourself. (Unfortunately) you wont have to wait for a table. It's never really busy so I hope they can make it. Atmosphere is plain and parking lot is cramped but the food is my first priority. Trust me guys, pulled pork tacos here are the bomb! To momadon: you are right they are just pork (and pico de gallo) but they still taste better than the bland chicken and beef tacos everywhere else. These things are full of meat and don't really need cheese or lettuce in my opinion.
mksjohnson Basil Leaf Cafe
Keep your head up Basil Leaf you can't please everyone everytime. I have personally eaten at your establishment more times than I can count on my hands and have enjoyed every dish I have had, and the one time I did get food that wasnt up to previous experiences I have to admit it was still better than what you get at most other places in town. Having worked in the bizz myself for many years I understand your time and space constraints with your current location and am sure you do more than your best to keep up the pace and still produce quality products each and every time. I feel you do an outstanding job, ( even when the chef is a bit cranky) and I am a life long customer. I ate there on St. Patricks day with my wife and LOVED the special with the corn beef and cabbage with sweet pea sauce and potatoes. I dont even like corn beef or cabbage but you changed my mind, and the other dishes I loved were your tender flavor packed beef tips, warm red cabbage salad (unique and tasty) and of course my stand by go to the Tortellinin cordon blue. So be proud of what you are doing and keep up the good work and good things will come for you guys, I respect and appreciate what your doing, your two bad reviews must just be bad luck have a good day. When does the new menu come out and when can I get a copy?? BRING BACK BREAKFAST LASAGNA ALSO :)
walterbradley replies...
Thank your so much for your kind words, review and encouragement. You are right we cant please everyone all the time but we certainly take all comments and feedback to heart so we can improve and be better over time. New menu arrives Tuesday next week and I will have copies for preview by the weekend they are at the printers, No breakfast lasagna for now but look for it on lunch special in the coming weeks. We certainly appreciate your business as we do the repeat business from the thousands of people we have had the pleasure of serving and deeply apologize to any visitors who had a sub-par experience. Our goal is to do better and be better and with time and patience we will achieve it. Thanks for your review and all the reviews we receive good and bad for they help us see where we may be wrong or need to improve and become better. Have a great day and should you or any other customers wish to speak with me directly my email is firstname.lastname@example.com
Sincerely Chef/Owner. Brad Walters
twieb Basil Leaf Cafe
Went there for the first time the other night based off these reviews and from what friends told me, I got the Chefs Special, breadsticks and calamari. The calamari was about like eating old fast food french fries, the Chefs Special was like progresso soup and the breadsticks were soggy and terrible. I wiped down my own table and threw away over 75% of my food then went home and made a sandwich. I even got some alfredo sauce hoping to drown out the taste of the breadsticks but the sauce was terrible too so i just left hungry.
walterbradley replies...
Hi, I am the owner of The Basil Leaf and am sorry to hear you had a sub-par experience at our establishment. We try to please everyone to the best of our abilities but it seems we have let you down on your visit and we do apologize, if I may inquire as to the date and time you were in the establishment I would be happy to look into whom was there and who made your food and get to the bottom of what may have happened to ensure a better experience should you decide to try us again at anytime. My email is email@example.com and I would be happy to discuss your experience further should you so desire..Again we apologize and hope you try us again sometime.Thank you for your comment and calling this to my attention and we will do our best to improve each day..Also our New Menu comes out next week for spring and summer please stop in and give it a try, if I am not there to cook your food first hand and give you a better meal tell my staff to call me and I will come in and make it personally..thanks
Sincerely Brad Walters..'Chef Walt"
insearchofauniqueid American Family Insurance - Garvin Daniel
where to start.....
- horrible customer service.
- Life insurance rates are ridiculously elevated.
- If you have a claim expect them to act like police rather than insurance agents.
- absolutely no follow-up with concerns
Their day doesn't start until after nine although they post office hours to be from 8-5. You will never be able to reach them in the morning. If you think you can stop by the office to take care of business in the morning you should make an appointment because nobody will surface until well after 9am.
Chris Kennedy Joseph Hugunin, D.C.
Excellent work -- rescued me from lower back misery, and is moving me through to reach some long-standing strength and flexibility goals. I highly recommend Dr. Hugunin for pain relief, but also for sports performance.
SBerrie Basil Leaf Cafe
Are all of these posts from the owner?
Adrian Jacobs replies...
Hi, Adrian Jacobs here, moderator for the LMP reviews. Thanks for the question, I checked out a couple of the 5 star posts and can tell you that they are not from the owners of the Basil Leaf.
walterbradley replies...
Two bad reviews in a week is someone out to get me?? F.Y.I ..After working 12-14 hour days I hardly have the time ,energy, or will to come home and sit in front of a computer and make fake profiles and give out fake reviews just to boost my establishments profile. People like us and love our food on the rare occasion someone doesnt maybe we just had an off moment or someone just doesnt know what they are ordering or dont have a taste for the bold flavors..So to answer on my behalf..NO I havent made any comments or reviews on my establishment on here or any other review page. Thanks for asking though and have a great day..And if you have an unsatisfactory meal please talk to someone on staff and we will gladly take care of you and make your experience better and work with you so you are happy and leave satisfied
ti62421 replies...
Though the owner has already responded I'd like to say that it should be obvious to anyone who reads through these reviews that the owner wants to use this service at lawrencemarketplace.com to its full advantage! He clearly wants to thank people who give good reviews and when he receives a poor review he wants to figure out what went wrong so he can remedy the situation!
He wants to be a legitimately successful business owner that pleases his customers. If he didn't want to he would probably over-price his food and completely ignore this site as most Lawrence business owners do. Instead, he pays attention to the reviews!
And check out his Facebook page! He has so much information on there including menus! I get so frustrated when I see business owners not use the internet to their advantage (especially Facebook because it is so accessible for both business owners and customers!) and not offer a menu online (so helpful when multiple people are deciding where to eat!)!
Chef Walt, your use of the internet as an accessible information outlet is refreshing! :)
ti62421 replies...
P.S. he has pictures of dishes on his Facebook page too, which is great! I love to be able to see the food so I can really get an idea of what I'll be getting if I'm stopping in for carryout-nobody likes to get home and open their food and get something they totally weren't expecting!
ecm5119 Douglas County Driver's License Examiner
I must say that I loathe going to the DMV. I had to renew my license yesterday and I must say it was quick and painless. I was in and out in 10 minutes and the lady that assisted me was super nice.
ecm5119 Fast Eddy's
This is my favorite do it yourself car wash on the east side. There's rarely a line, it's always clean, the vacuums actually work, AND I can swipe my card to pay (because I never have enough quarters). I don't really live near this location, but I'll head that way when my car is in need of a cleaning.
ecm5119 None
If you don't know what the LGB program is, you've gotta check it out. I have been introduced to so many different local businesses because of this program. You basically use your card at any of the participating merchants and you earn money for a charity of your choice. It is a great thing for Lawrence!!
kmparish Lawrence Vacuum & Sewing Center
I've been coming here for more than 10 years and will continue to go there as long as it's in business. Honest, informative, helpful, reasonably priced, locally owned and a pleasure to work with....ALWAYS. Highly recommend!!
slorunforfun Cottin's Hardware & Rental
Knowledgeable and friendy people...locally owned too. Hightly recommend!


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Take control of your epilepsy and seizures. Seizure management has never been easier.
TAKE CONTROL TODAY"At 5am, on March 28, 2006, my wife and I were awakened to the sound of a loud crash. We ran toward the sound, into our 15 year old son's room to find him on the floor, wedged between his bed and the nightstand, his lips blue and teeth clenched. He was having a seizure. We called the ambulance and went to the ER. After a couple of hours he was ready to go home, with many more questions than answers.
This was new to us, we had no idea what we were in for. In the visits to the doctor that followed we were told it might be a one-time event. His second seizure occurred 3 weeks later, then another one 3 days after that. Clearly this was not a one-time event.
We plunged into this, taking him to different doctors, questioning, challenging, doing our own research. We took him to the Mayo Clinic for a battery of tests. We learned that there are 4 underlying causes of seizures:
Eric fell into the fourth category.
We were told that Eric could lead a long and normal life with Epilepsy, that there were only 2 conditions to be concerned about:
We learned about the harsh realities of Epilepsy – there's no test to show that you have it, and no test to show that you're cured. You take meds and hope the seizures go away. We learned to live with the very discomforting reality that being cured meant an absence of seizures. And that at any moment another seizure could come along and reset the clock. Needless to say, none of this was in any way, shape, or form satisfying. Instead of having a test come back negative, our only hope was for our son to go months without having a seizure, and just hope that we're not getting lulled into a false sense of security.
The possibility of SUDEP was never brought up.
Over time the doctors found the right combination of meds that seemed to work with Eric. After about a year and a half the seizures appeared to be under control, for the most part they were infrequent and mild. For Eric, they always happened when he was sleeping, and they always woke us up. It was a return to the days of having an infant in the house. You go to sleep knowing that there's another dimension, a quick-wake mode in play that will protect you and your loved ones where you can jump to action at the first sign of trouble. No different than if a burglar breaks the front door down.
On July 9, 2009, I awoke next to my wife, it was her birthday. I went to go make coffee, stopping at Eric's room to check on him as I did every morning. His door was half closed, as he got older he wanted more privacy. I opened the door and walked into the room. Eric was lying half on his bed, half on the floor. The dog was next to him. It reminded me of the video clips from America's Funniest Videos. As I walked in the dog looked up at me and smiled (yes, he smiled. This is one of his traits). I walked over to Eric to get him to get back into bed and noticed something was wrong. I screamed my wife's name, nothing else, just her name. But that's all it took, she called 911 and I started CPR.
Eric had died in the middle of the night, on his mother's and brother's birthday. Our 6' 5", big strapping seemingly healthy son, who hadn't had a seizure in 6 months, who said good night to us at midnight, had died in his sleep just a few hours later.
In the ensuing days and weeks I tried to cope with the loss of my son, to be there for his brother and mother, to make some sense of it all. I worked with the coroner to find the cause of death. Toxicology reports came back with nothing out of the ordinary, meds were in the therapeutic range. I read an article about Epilepsy when it hit me: Eric died from SUDEP. This information had been available since I had become involved in Epilepsy but it had never registered with me. I had done a lot of research and seen it in a number of places, but no doctor had ever brought it up. So, even though I consider myself to be well educated and active in these issues, without hearing it from a credible source, a trusted source of authority like a doctor, it had no impact.
During this time I kept in touch with the coroner to get regular updates on his progress. Early on (way before the funeral) we were asked if they could take a tissue sample from Eric. In this case a tissue sample is a euphemism for removing my son's brain. We agreed, anything we could do to try to understand, to hopefully one day make enough progress that other families won't have to go through this. And then, 6 months later I found out that the genetic tests required samples to be frozen, Eric's were in formalin. Clearly a consistent and standard practice is lacking.
We worked through possible causes of death, and as the potential causes got eliminated one by one I told the coroner that unless he could prove otherwise, I wanted Eric's death to be classified as SUDEP. As a father, I had to tell the coroner what my son's cause of death was. His response made it very clear that he was not familiar with SUDEP, didn't know what the term meant. When I explained what it was he said "oh, we've had 3 or 4 similar cases in Boulder County in the past year". The clear implication is that SUDEP is vastly underreported.
I expressed my frustration about the lack of visibility of SUDEP to my primary physician. He is an ER doctor and was also involved in Eric's treatment, and prides himself on staying abreast of all of the latest developments in medicine. He replied that he didn't know about SUDEP until I had brought it to his attention. In an attempt to standardize the definition of SUDEP, the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and Burroughs-Wellcome developed criteria for SUDEP. These criteria are now used in most SUDEP studies. However, this standardization was developed in 1993. (http://emedicine.medscape.com/article/1187111-overview) So, here it is 18 years later, why are so many people, including doctors, still unaware of SUDEP?
I found it interesting and frustrating to compare SUDEP with SIDS – they have similar characteristics, strike seemingly healthy people, leave no evidence after the fact, and there is nothing that can be done to prevent them. Yet SIDS is widely known among the general population, while 90% of doctors, including many neurologists, have never heard of SUDEP. And as shown below, SUDEP deaths are at least comparable, if not significantly higher.
SIDS is widely understood by the population as a result of the Back-To-Sleep campaign launched in 1994. The essence of the campaign is simple, it's safer for infants to sleep on their backs. According to NIH, since the campaign started, the percentage of infants placed on their backs to sleep has increased dramatically, and the overall SIDS rates have declined by more than 50 percent. According to the CDC approximately 2,250 infants die annually from SIDS in the US.
So if we can warn all parents about SIDS – a condition that we don't understand, don't know who is at risk, don't know what causes it, why can't we do this with SUDEP? By comparison, it is estimated that 3 million people in the US have been diagnosed with Epilepsy. Of this number, an estimated 25,000 – 50,000 will die annually of seizures and related causes. It is estimated that SUDEP accounts for 8-17% of these deaths, resulting in 2,000 to 8,500 annual deaths from SUDEP. Given the lack of awareness surrounding SUDEP, these estimates are undoubtedly low.
If I had been made aware of SUDEP could I have saved Eric's life? Possibly, possibly not. But without being told I wasn't even given the chance. It all starts with awareness.
My family is committed to generating awareness for SUDEP. Last month, in commemoration of Eric's 21st birthday, an Awareness campaign was announced through SUDEP Aware. The current policy of "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" that the medical community appears to be employing is unacceptable. People have a right to know that Epilepsy is potentially much more dangerous than they have been led to believe. They need to understand that there are risks with Epilepsy, risks that they cannot control, but risks that they might be able to influence, even if it's over time.
Epilepsy in general and SUDEP in particular need a multi-pronged approach – there is no simple solution. Massive amounts of government spending won't provide a solution. Big Pharma programs won't provide the solution. The solution, in my opinion, is likely to come from a combination of government sponsored programs, big pharma, entrepreneurs in search of seed capital, and passionate individuals dedicated to a cause. It's possibly going to be the tinkerer working in his garage to find a solution because his daughter or son has Epilepsy, and now he knows how dangerous it is, and he's going to figure it out – that's who's going to find a cure. Or it's the parent who has lost a child to SUDEP that is going to make a difference by setting up a registry or an awareness campaign that will make a difference. But all of this points to the need for more awareness.
SUDEP affects many many more people and families than we know. It's time to get our best and brightest focused on this so we can solve the problem. But until they know not only what the problem is, but more importantly that there is a problem, they don't stand a chance. And people with Epilepsy will continue to die needlessly.
What we need:
It is a long list, but we don't need to be overwhelmed by its size or magnitude. We can start with the simple concept of making people aware. Epilepsy patients and their families have the need to know and deserve nothing less."
*This is of particular interest to me personally. I was hospitalized briefly in 2008 with atrial fibrillation, so I can't help but think of the possibility of a genetic link.
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