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As if the months to come aren't jam-packed with enough high-profile albums, Eminem is the latest megastar to announce his fall release.
MMLP2 (for Marshall Mathers LP 2?) is out Nov. 5, just one week before Lady Gaga releases her hotly anticipated Artpop. The rapper's new album will be preceded by a first single, Berzerk, out Tuesday, according to his website.
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Haydon Owens wants to be the next Houdini. He has been practicing his craft and has already made four women disappear. All it took was a bit of rope and his two bare hands.
The Thayer family has come to the north woods of Newberry, Michigan, looking for refuge, a peaceful sanctuary from a shattered past. But they are not alone. Little do they know that they are about to become part of Haydon's next act.
Time is running out and already the killer has spotted his next victim. Who will escape alive?
""Fatal Illusions" is an engaging, fast-paced read with a captivating storyline that grabs you from page one and doesn't let go. Highly recommended "--Mark Mynheir, homicide detective and author of "The Night Watchman"
"An awesome ride "--Rosey Dow, Christy Award winning author of "Reaping the Whirlwind"
"Adam Blumer tells a fast-paced story that weaves together a serial killer, a physically wounded pastor and his spiritually wounded wife. The twists and turns will keep readers guessing."--Rick Acker, author of "Blood Brothers"
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lcjohnson1988IndianaAge: 45-54Gender: female5 Stars Out Of 5plan on readingMay 4, 2015lcjohnson1988IndianaAge: 45-54Gender: femaleQuality: 5Value: 5Meets Expectations: 5Fatal Illusions is a fitting title for the story within because there is more than one illusion that occurs throughout the book. Before reading Fatal Illusions, I was unfamiliar with the work Adam Blumer shares with his audience. When searching an online bookstore, I discovered he had written a book a couple of years prior titled, The Ten Plagues. I am blessed beyond words to be able to discover this authors books and share with you a part of the discovery.
At first, it seemed as if two different and unrelated stories were being told, but that sure was a deceiving aspect of the tale. There are many characters that reflect our need for God, forgiving others, walking daily with grief until God brings us through it and perhaps what might happen when a heart refuses to forgive, acknowledge God or grief.
There is a young man who definitely is the antagonist. I dont want to reveal his name because that is part of the joy in discovery. On the other side of the coin are the protagonists that include a family, a local fellowship of believers and law enforcement. I was riveted to the book as the suspense kept building along with how the author was showing the readers the reality of how hard it is to recover when hearts and spirits are broken, especially through tragedy. Some might think that Christians are immune to pain, but we arent. One character in the book sees that something is different about the family I mentioned above when they go through a time of testing.
There are threads that begin to come slowly woven together to reveal what a masterpiece work Adam Blumer has written. It touches the heart of readers, engages the mind not just because of a mystery aspect in the book but in seeing how much knowing Gods Word can speak to us when we least expect. Adam Blumer writes a compelling work of fiction that slowly pulls back the curtain of the heart or mind that can fool itself into believing what isnt truth and therefore creating an illusion.
Yes, this novel is exceptional and it would be a shame if you dont obtain a copy, enjoy it and perhaps talk about it with friends or family. Maybe even consider this a novel for a book club! All I can say is this is one out of the park story that will stay in my mind for a while!
NanceeGrand Rapids, MichiganAge: Over 65Gender: female5 Stars Out Of 5Extreme Thriller!March 17, 2013NanceeGrand Rapids, MichiganAge: Over 65Gender: femaleQuality: 5Value: 5Meets Expectations: 5Law enforcement authorities in the Cincinnati area are investigating the deaths of four young females murdered by strangulation with a magician's trick rope. A young man with delusions of grandeur fantasizes, practicing and honing his skills in magic, his aspiration to become the next great illusionist. In Chicago, a crazed woman is obsessed with her former pastoral counselor. False accusations and an ensuing scandal require the counselor's family to be placed on sabbatical in the North Woods of Michigan's upper peninsula until the scandal subsides. Caretaker of the grounds at a lighthouse and mansion, the counselor's family experience more than just a sabbatical.
Adam Blumer has unmistakably researched his topics and geographic locations down to the most careful details. His presentation is descriptive and dramatic, yet without gory scenes or obscenities, proof that great novels can be penned without sordid, graphic description. Numerous heightened emotions are encountered throughout this fast-paced novel, and overcome through prayer and faith, forgiveness and grace, harmoniously intertwined, creating a calming spiritual quality in the midst of adversity.
Fatal Illusions is an impressive, masterfully written suspense story containing multiple plots interwoven into an impressive, heart pounding, and unpredictable experience! This is suspense at its best, thrilling and volatile, undeniably the optimum in suspense in religious fiction. Shocking and unforeseen events come to light throughout this novel, creating a roller coaster ride to the very end.
"Fatal Illusions" is as good as it gets! Drama unfolds with an ever-increasing pace. I highly recommend this thriller of a suspense novel.
Disclaimer: For the purposes of FTC compliance, I hereby state that I have no vested financial interest in this book, and I have received no monetary compensation from the author or publisher. I received a PDF copy of this book from the author.
onedesertroseSt. Paul, MNAge: 55-65Gender: female5 Stars Out Of 5Someone is Watchful...WaitingDecember 12, 2011onedesertroseSt. Paul, MNAge: 55-65Gender: femaleQuality: 5Value: 5Meets Expectations: 5Haydon Owens, a wanna-be-Houdini, had made four young teenage girls, each with blonde hair, blue eyes, and wire-rimmed glasses, disappear. Wanting to change his life around and avoid police capture, he spirits himself off to a small cabin in Newberry, Michigan, where no one knows anything about him. Little did he know that he'd find another blonde, blue-eyed girl with wire-rim glasses that would enrage him.
Pastor Marc Thayer has been shot by a woman, Stacey James, who is obsessed with unrealistic romantic interludes with him, who screams that he tried to rape her. To put the media to rest and salvage the church's ministry over an alleged sex scandal, he, along with his wife, Gillian, and daughter, Crystal, is put on sabbatical up in Newberry, Michigan. Little does the Thayer family know who is out there _ watching them.
Adam Blumer starts his book, Fatal Illusions, with the murder of a young teenage girl, who feels like someone is always watching her, but she can't see anyone is the wings.
He fast forwards us four years into the midst of media frenzy over an alleged rape/possible affair that involves Pastor Marc Thayer and Stacey James. The dialogue between Pastor Marc and his church staff, as well as his wife's questioning conversations are real and relevant for the circumstances. You can feel the anguish of Gillian's mistrust of her husband's possible infidelity. The reality of a mandated sabbatical leaves all three family members in consternation, yet they are forced to move on.
From the moment that the Thayer family strikes out on their way to Newberry, the author ups the ante with fast-paced twists and turns amongst a serial killer, a rejected woman, and an unsuspecting family. Of course, most of the intense activity is set in the evening, which inflates your level of fear, as nighttime always makes the suspense more eerie and frightful, something the author plays on throughout the story line.
Tucked in between the suspense and danger, Adam throws in some romance to lower the intensity of the scenes, while keeping your mind on the killings at the edges of your mind. It's a fine-line approach that intertwines superbly.
The character that I loved the most is Crystal. Her innocence and love of music endears her to my heart. She doesn't like the upheavals in her life, but she doesn't make a scene about it.
The constant prayers of newly-involved retired FBI agent Chuck Riley, as well as the Thayers and their friends, is interspersed throughout the episodes naturally. They are constantly giving thanks and glory to the Lord in every circumstance. Yes, they definitely have doubts and anger, but they encourage one another to trust that the Lord is in control of everything that happens.
This book was provided by the author, Adam Blumer, through Susan Sleeman of The Suspense Zone, in exchange for my honest review. No monetary compensation was exchanged.
Vickie Gress5 Stars Out Of 5March 30, 2010Vickie GressVery good book fast moving, once you start reading you will not want to put it down, I read that this is the first book for this author, I know I will read more of his books when they come out.
Rick Combs4 Stars Out Of 5February 17, 2010Rick CombsThe thing I loved about this book was the solid,Christian heroes & heroines, showing good values and good judgement. Sad to say, it seems to be "cool" nowadays for Christian authors to focus on less than spiritual heroes. The only reason I gave it 4 stars instead of 5 was predtictability. I would've liked to seen a few "red herrings" or plot twists instead of it being so obvious who the bad guy was. All in all, though, an enjoyable read.
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Located in: Iron Mountain, MI
Submitted: December 19, 2008
Tell us a little about yourself. I live in Michigan's U.P. with my wife and daughters. God has enabled me to work from home as a freelance editor and writer. My unique work situation gives me more opportunities to work on the next project. I studied print journalism in college and graduated with a B.A. in that field, but I wanted to write novels since I was a kid who enjoyed scribbling pirate tales.
What was your motivation behind this project? I wanted to write an enjoyable, fast-paced, and suspenseful tale about average believers caught up in extraordinary events. At the same time, I wanted to challenge readers in their faith. Hopefully, I achieved both objectives. If readers walk away only entertained, then I don't personally believe that I've done my job. Years ago, I read "This Present Darkness" by Frank Peretti and saw that Christian novels can be both entertaining and faith-challenging.
What do you hope folks will gain from this project? I probe several spiritual themes in the story that will hopefully get readers thinking. Mainly I probe the themes of secrets and deception (or "illusions" as my title suggests). As believers, how do we lie to ourselves and to others? Should married couples ever keep secrets from each other? What can happen if they do? I also encourage readers to think about how they would protect their families if they faced the same type of evil my main characters must confront. I also explore the Internet and the danger of online predators.
How were you personally impacted by working on this project? As a writer, this project stretched me more than anything else I've ever worked on. Many of the novel's themes are also areas I've had to work through in my own thinking. When life doesn't seem to make sense, how do I respond? Do I trust God, even when His ways are difficult to understand from a human standpoint? Do I try to keep secrets from God or from others? Do I try to hide who I really am inside? What happens if I try to live a lie?
Who are your influences, sources of inspiration or favorite authors / artists? My biggest writing influences are probably Frank Peretti, Terri Blackstock, Brandilyn Collins, and Mary Higgins Clark. My favorite authors list is simply too long to include here.
Anything else you'd like readers / listeners to know: Thank you for your support. I'm hard at work on the next project, and hopefully God will open publication doors. May the Lord receive all the glory!


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Mark of Death, really nice!
This is so sweet. My warlock gets buff and my warrior gets more than it loses so that's good cant wait for this
From a visual point of view, I like the look of a lot of the weapons but being a shaman myself, I am quite underwhelmed at how the t15 set looks. Definitely going to transmo it.
Blinding Light is and always will be a pile of crap! has next to no use in pve and this is our reward for lv 87? oh wait and now it has a 1.8 sec cast timer lol well frees up some room on my UI i guess thanks blizz!
agree! looking back at all the shaman tier set models this is by far the worse! Blizz being lazy as normal! how about this? you ask players to design there own sets and the reward is your design will be the one used! omg look i just saved you a @#$% load of work and money!
I noticed that on the red version of the Shaman set, the bottom half of the chestpiece seems to have Human male abs on it..?
Didn't complain about the art at all - just about the fact that there are no trouser options for Shammies. I don't much fancy a floor-length chainmail skirt for wandering the wilderness and communing with the elements. :)
ugh... you seem to have male human six pack on the female model in that screenshots ><
I want to stab people with those googley-eyed daggers...
Really looking forward to the new pets. And a new daily hub? Yes please. Gotta love big updates.
Finally- a T15 set that not only looks very cool but also makes up for the horrid t14 shaman set that looked like a bad costume Liberace wore. The set bonuses on T15 are also extremely good and I expect them to get some nerfs.


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Angela Casali prepares Shrimp Creole, top, and Shrimp Scampi for her traditional Feast of the Seven Fishes. 'My favorite part is the fact that it is a tradition,' she says. / Kimberly P. Mitchell/Detroit Free Press
Angela Casali of St. Clair Shores.
Every Christmas Eve, Angela Casali of St. Clair Shores hosts the Feast of the Seven Fishes at her home.
And she has done so since 1960.
An Italian tradition, the Feast of the Seven Fishes commemorates the birth of Jesus with a meatless meal composed of seven seafood dishes (though some serve nine or 13).
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My favorite part is the fact that it is a tradition, says Casali, 78. Not everyone eats the food, but they sit at the table.
Casali says she has served a variety of fish dishes over the years but she always includes three shrimp recipes a shrimp cocktail and two recipes she crafted herself. One is a spinoff of shrimp scampi, with lots of garlic. The other is a spicy shrimp creole with tomatoes.
I love seeing the next generation as we are trying to teach them and they are holding on to the tradition, says Casali, who always includes an extra place setting for unexpected guests. The food is amazing.
Casalis tips: For the scampi, dont skimp on the garlic. She recommends using Red Gold brand canned petite diced tomatoes for the creole.
Shrimp Creole
Serves: 4 / Preparation time: 15 minutes
Total time: 30 minutes
1¼ pounds extra-large shrimp, peeled and deveined
1 can (14.5 ounces) plain petite diced tomatoes
1 tablespoon creole seasoning
Pat the shrimp dry. In a skillet add the tomatoes and creole seasoning. Heat over medium for about 5 minutes. Add the shrimp. Cover and cook until the shrimp are cooked through and just start to turn pink, about 10 minutes. Remove from the heat and serve over cooked pasta, if desired.
From Angela Casali, St. Clair Shores. Tested by Susan Selasky for the Free Press Test Kitchen. Nutrition information not available.
Shrimp Scampi
Serves: 8 / Preparation time: 20 minutes
Total time: 40 minutes
1½ to 1¾ pounds extra-large or jumbo shrimp, peeled and deveined
1 stick unsalted butter
4 cloves (or as desired) garlic, thinly sliced or chopped
1 tablespoon lemon juice
½ cup bread crumbs
Preheat the oven to 350 degrees.
Place shrimp in a layer in a baking dish. In a saucepan, melt the butter with the garlic until the garlic is fragrant. Stir in the lemon juice. Pour the mixture over the shrimp in the pan and sprinkle the top with bread crumbs.
Bake until the shrimp just start to turn pink and are cooked through, about 15 minutes. Remove from oven and serve.
From Angela Casali, St. Clair Shores. Tested by Susan Selasky for the Free Press Test Kitchen. Nutrition information not available.


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Utah Jazz's Paul Millsap out for preseason opener at Portland
Published December 19, 2011 3:04 pm
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Portland Jazz forward Paul Millsap (right quadriceps tendinitis) is out for Utah's preseason opener Monday against the Blazers.
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MILTON-FREEWATER - Mac-Hi defeated Baker for the second time this season here Tuesday at Shockman Field in a girls Greater Oregon League soccer match.
The 3-0 triumph raised Mac-Hi's GOL mark to 2-1-1 and its season record to 2-4-2. The Pioneers entertain Ontario Saturday at noon in another league counter.
Kariss Carillo scored the first two Mac-Hi goals, one in each half, and Mica Epifanio added an insurance goal. All three of the Mac-Hi scores were unassisted.
Kalyn Odman and Aljandra Olmos shared the goalkeeping duties for Mac-Hi, and they were each credited with one save, according to Mac-Hi coach Martin Martinez.
"We had 28 shots," Martin said. "And I'd say 12 of them, plus the three scores, were threats.
"Most of the play was in our (offensive) end of the field. Our goalies were falling asleep."
Martinez also had praise for Kaylee Davis, who got herself in position for two possible goals, though she was unable to convert.
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The Mekhala Chadar is a traditional Assamese attire. Various mekhala chadar designs in reasonable prices can add a real flair to your personality. If you do not know how to wear a mekhala chadar, get some mekhala chador dressing tips here.
Mekhala chadar
is a traditional Assamese attire for women, usually made from silk. Nevertheless, the mekhala chadar (also often spelt as mekhla chadar) has transcended the borders of Assam nowadays and is used in many other parts of India and the world. Keep reading to know what is a mekhala chadar, how to wear a mekhala chadar in the traditional way, what are the materials and how a mekhala chadar is weaved, and so on.
What is a Mekhala chadar?
Assamese mekhala chadar
, as we have said, is a traditional attire of a woman of Assam. It mainly consists of Muga or the golden silk fibre. Muga servers as the material base for the traditional costume called Mekhala chadar. The Mekhala chadar resembles a sari but is yet not a sari. The distinction lies between the fact that Mekhala chadar is composed of two main pieces of cloth that are drapped around the body, whereas a sari is a single piece of cloth. The bottom portion of the mekhala chadar is drapped from the waist downwards and upper or top portion of a long length which has one end tucked into the upper portion of the Mekhala and rest is draped around the body. The mekhla is usually plain but sometimes strewn with small patterns called buta. Chadar is usually decorated with sprays of flowers and elephant designs interspersed with leaves and sprigs, and numerous combinations of geometrical patterns.
Weaving materials used to make Assamese mekhala chadar
Assam is the home of several types of silk among which the most prestigious is MUGA or golden silk fibre. Apart from Muga different types of silk are produced called Assam silk - Paat (jute) and Eri silk. The main
materials of mekhala chadar
is jute. But some modern low budget sets are also made with varying blends of cotton and Muga or Paat silk with synthetic material. The delicate designs of Mekhala chadar woven on the saris cater to patterns in nature. Embroideries are also incorporate and culture-related things, such as architecture and stone-sculptures on the Madan Kamdev Temple in Assam.
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how to wear a mekhala chadar
? The mekhala chadar is composed of two main pieces of cloth that are drapped around the body. It is in the form of a very wide cylinder, to wear Mekhala chadar it is folded into pleats to fit around the waist and tucked in. Mekhla is the long flowing skirt up to the ankles and Chadar the upper wrap called Riha. The red colored pattern at the end of the Riha is graceful and symbolic.
Wearing Mekhala chadar
is not a tough job though. One half of the Mekhla is worn as the skirt or Lungi, while the other half, Chadar, is worn similar to the saree's anchal, used as the upper garment for the skirt. The chadar is worn in a criss-cross pleated-form, down the front side. Added to it, Blouses are worn below Chadar, to complete the dress. A mekhla is a mix and match of aanchal and lungi. Mekhala chadar is like a gush of fresh air in the festive season and for occasions like weddings.
If you are interested to buy Assamese mekhala chadar, online or offline, consider taking a look at our review of top mekhala chadar designs to help you choose a good mekhala chadar.
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Allrighty, I seem to have found my issue(I can't believe that it's only affecting sbp_targ however).This failed after a few more iterations in the same way. I enabled "OHCI_DEBUG" so I can see what events are being processed in fwohci_intr_body().It seems that fwohci_intr_body() invoked from the interrupt handler at fwohci_pci.c::fwohci_pci_attach() was being set with INTR_MPSAFE. It definitely was not MPSAFE and needed Giant locked before it could start another interrupt. Strange that this hasn't been seen in the wild.small diff attached:[sbruno_(_at_)_desdemona ~/work/branches/miralink.FreeBSD.6/src/sys/dev/firewire]$ svn diffIndex: fwohci_pci.c =================================================================== --- fwohci_pci.c (revision 5496) +++ fwohci_pci.c (working copy) @@ -336,7 +336,7 @@ err = bus_setup_intr(self, sc->irq_res, #if FWOHCI_TASKQUEUE - INTR_TYPE_NET | INTR_MPSAFE, + INTR_TYPE_NET, #else INTR_TYPE_NET, #endif
It looks like the following is the first event that is seen:fwohci0: INTERRUPT < CYC_64SECOND CYC_START BUS_RESET DMA_PRRQ > 0x00320010, 0x81430133
The DMA_PRRQ seems to cause the firewire layer to end up calling sbp_targ_recv(). The next event to occur is: fwohci0: INTERRUPT < CYC_LOST CYC_START SID DMA_PRRQ > 0x00510010, 0x81010133
This causes us to properly probe/explore the firewire bus and setup the node ids. Unfortuneatly, the first event causes an sbp_targ failure as it is not processed correctly: fwohci0: INTERRUPT < CYC_64SECOND CYC_START BUS_RESET DMA_PRRQ > 0x00320010, 0x81430133
fwohci0: BUS reset sbp_targ_recv: cannot resolve nodeid=0 sbp_targ_recv: rtcode = 6 lo == 0x0fwohci0: INTERRUPT < CYC_LOST CYC_START SID DMA_PRRQ > 0x00510010, 0x81010133
fwohci0: node_id=0xc800ffc1, gen=4, CYCLEMASTER mode firewire0: 2 nodes, maxhop <= 1, cable IRM = 1 (me) firewire0: bus manager 1 (me)I guess that the BUS_RESET OHCI event needs to do something different that I don't fully understand. Any ideas?
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Don 2 follows in the wake of Ra.One in more ways than one. It is not just the next Shah Rukh Khan starrer. Much like Ra.One, it will also be dubbed and released in the southern markets, reflecting Bollywood's increasing efforts to encash on the film markets in Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh and Karnataka.
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A juvenile female naps in her room in Pod 1 at Caddo Juvenile Detention Center in Shreveport. Use the links below to see more photos and view a slideshow about a day at the detention center. / Jim Hudelson/The Times
Honor residents of the detention center play dominoes. / Jim Hudelson/The Times
Karen Dock serves breakfast at the detention center. / Jim Hudelson/The Times
Editors Note: The names of the residents have been changed to protect the identities of the juveniles.
At first glance, it looks like summer camp.
Children are in groups, doing their daily lessons or playing basketball in the gym and occasionally are allowed to go outside if the weather's nice.
But every door remains locked 24 hours a day between their beds and the pod, between the pod and the center's common area, between the common area and the outside world.
And the children, mostly teenagers, wear matching orange jumpsuits, socks and white shoes.
They're not allowed to touch each other, and their days are sometimes interrupted by court hearings or family visits.
It's not summer camp. It's Caddo Juvenile Detention Center.
While elected officials and community leaders debate ways to reform the detention system, an average of 30 children go through the motions every day, waiting for their release.
8 a.m. Wednesday, May 14
The five children assigned to Pod 1 in Caddo Juvenile Detention Center crack open "The American Journey" and start the lessons assigned on the board.
Detention center "residents," as staffers call the children, have morning and afternoon classes Monday through Friday except Wednesday and Friday afternoons, when classes are cancelled to accommodate visitation hours.
Tables and chairs are set up in the facility's gym, transforming it into a classroom.
The pod, consisting of the center's girls and younger boys, are quiet compared to the 14 boys in Pod 3.
Jackie Alberta, security counselor in charge of the pod from 7 a.m. to 2 p.m., circulates through the tables, offering assistance when needed. The residents are given assignments to work on at their own pace. A teacher also circulates through the room to answer questions and push the students through their lessons.
Alberta is soft spoken and motherly, not too harsh but not too soft in how she handles the children in her pod. An employee with the center for 16 years, she has seen hundreds of children come and go.
The detention center is a temporary holding site before children are released to guardians, a group home or a state facility to serve a sentence. Children charged with anything from theft and probation violations to rape and murder have crossed Alberta's path.
"Some are happy and some are sad when they leave I just tell them, 'Let's go forward. Put this behind you.'"
There are some who write letters after they are released, thanking the staff, Alberta says.
"It's very rewarding for us."
9:30 a.m.
The teacher collects the pencils and each group gets ready forming a single-file line with hands behind their backs to go back to their areas for a 15-minute break.
Pod 1, like the other two pods, has eight single rooms and a double room. There is one shower in the unit, four green vinyl couches, some plastic chairs and a bookshelf full of reading materials.
Each room has cream-colored walls, a cot, a stainless-steel toilet and small window with a view of the outdoor recreation area in the back of the center.
The group's three boys turn on the movie "Biker Boys," picking up where they left off before they had to go to class, while Alberta quietly watches over them.
9:45 a.m.
Back to class.
The teacher redistributes the pencils and the students get back to work.
Whispers can be heard echoing through the gym as the teens in Pod 3 continue to talk more than write.
Brandy, 15, who is in detention for running away from home, finishes her work in no time and lays her head on the table, not feeling well.
The 10th-grader later says she hates the seventh-grade level work she's given. Academics aren't her problem, anger is.
"School in here is not a challenge.My school is challenging. I'm good in school. I have problems at home."
The children are assessed when they're admitted and given work based on their scores, says Muriel Burns, director of the detention center.
"One of the goals of the detention center school is to remediate as much as possible and help students stay on track for returning to their home schools," she says. "If a student is gifted and above grade level, their assignments are more complex and they will be allowed to practice from the GED books."
Often students don't try in the classes because they're angry or don't think they'll be there long, Burns adds. Teachers try to make attainable goals because "when work is too difficult, the students tend to shut down and will refuse to try."
Like Brandy said, it's the anger toward her mother, not her academics, that landed her in detention for the second time in as many weeks.
Pod 1 is full of familiar faces.
Charles, 14, has been in and out of detention five times. Paul, 16, has been locked up 24 days for burglary and property damage his second time in a year.
11 a.m.
The teacher collects the pencils again and the group gets ready single-file line, hands behind their backs. It's time for the lunch rotation to start.
Pod 1 is the third in line for lunch, so its members go back to their common area, pop in another movie and pull out the dominoes.
Brandy continues to lament her situation.
"It's not a good experience. It's best to just stay (home) and work things out. This doesn't help, we just get more angry. It's better to have someone to talk to."
Upon being admitted, Brandy says, she briefly spoke with a counselor. "Someone asked questions, but they don't care. Everyone stereotypes you if you come in here, like you're a bad person."
12:16 p.m.
Charles is obviously the pod clown. He jokes with security advisers and his pod-mates.
While playing dominoes, he touches a female resident's hair and is quickly reprimanded.
Talking back to the security adviser who's watching the pod while Alberta takes a phone call gets Charles a fine of eight hours on lockdown solitary time in his room without the cot and blanket.
12:28 p.m.
The kitchen employees dole out healthy portions of spaghetti with sausage, green beans and garlic bread for lunch.
The group stands at the table in front of their trays, hands behind their back until everybody has been through the line.
Charles, still angry from being disciplined earlier, refuses to eat.
12:50 p.m.
Back in the pod, the residents are able to have some more free time until it's their turn to use the gym.
Brandy puts the most recent version of "Hairspray," one of her favorite movies, into the DVD player.
Alberta sits at her desk, preparing to end her shift at 2 p.m., filling out numerous charts and folders with information from the day for the next security counselor.
1:36 p.m.
The second-shift security counselors start to arrive. Residents are locked in their rooms while the switch is made.
Some grab books while others plan to take a nap or talk to each other through the walls.
One by one, Alberta locks each child in their room and turns off the lights.
While everyone else is in their room, residents who have obtained Honors or Super Honors status for good behavior are allowed to hang out in the main common area, outside their pods.
2:05 p.m.
Security counselor James Lewis takes over Pod 1 and wakes a few of the residents to help clean the pod.
Charles gets a brief relief from lockdown to sweep and mop the floor.
Lewis seems more like a big brother than the gatekeeper as he talks to the residents, asking about their children at home and other personal situations.
Usually, residents would head back to class, but today is visitation day.
Lewis wakes Brandy after the announcement she has a visitor. She groggily makes her way to the visitation room.
3:18 p.m.
Its Pod 1s turn for some physical activity.
Tables, chairs and textbooks have been removed from the gym and a basketball is available for them to shoot around.
I just like when we get to come out of our rooms, says Paul, who is serving time for burglary.
He wears a cast from an injury he received 25 days ago, the day before he was taken into custody.
Paul believes God put him in detention for a reason and says hes supposed to learn a lesson.
Its hard to think when all youve got is four white walls, he says when asked if he has actually learned that lesson.
Mary shoots the basketball a few times before taking a seat on the sideline. Shes had some problems with her family but was excited about their recent visit.
Seeming younger than her 13 years, Mary says she likes to read and color pictures of Mickey Mouse for her younger sister and family.
In the two weeks shes been in the detention center, her schedule has revolved around six activities. I sleep, eat, play, draw, write, sleep, sleep some more, sleep some more and thats it.
Brandy rejoins the pod, excited at the news she should be released soon.
After about 30 minutes, the groups play time is over and they head back for showers and to wait for dinner.
Pod 1 residents get to leave their area one more time for dinner before a little more free time and bedtime at 8 p.m.
Each child goes through the motions, trying to bide their time and make the best of the situation theyre in.
Used to roaming free, eating when they want and socializing with their friends, each quietly makes plans for what theyll do when theyre released.
Charles says hes going to do right when he goes home. There aint nothing like your freedom.


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TOTO U.S.A. is the North American division of TOTO, Ltd., the world's largest plumbing products manufacturer. Toto has demonstrated leadership and innovation in water efficiency through their product development, manufacturing processes, and advocacy. TOTO pioneered the development of the first American 1.6 gpf toilet prior to the 1992 legislation requiring it. TOTO has been at the forefront of high efficiency toilet (1.28 gpf) development as well. Additionally, TOTO has implemented a water recycling program in their manufacturing facility that reduces water use by 18% and has been an active promoter of water efficient products by working with national organizations and offering educational tours of their manufacturing plant.
Advanced Mobile is a mobile carwash company that relies exclusively on sustainable practices. Their innovative practices and water efficient products are comprised of water, soap, and special lubricating agents and require just 5 ounces of total liquid per average car wash. The method has proven both simple and cost-effective, as demonstrated by the numerous municipal and corporate maintenance agreements Advanced Mobile has in place. Advanced Mobile has been recognized by numerous organizations for their commitment to sustainable business practices.
The New York State Funeral Directors Association worked diligently to promote an innovative technology to reduce the volume of water used in an embalming from 120 gallons to 5 gallons. Recent inspections have indicated wide adoption of the technology. Overall water savings in each funeral home that implements the new technology is 96%.
Florida's Water Reuse Program is a model for efficient use of water on a statewide level. The state's comprehensive program includes a wide variety of elements, ranging from state regulations to public outreach and reuse feasibility studies. As of 2005, 41% of all wastewater in Florida was treated for reuse, saving over 331 million gallons per day while watering residential lawns, golf courses, and parks.
Utilities/Water Districts
Southern Nevada Water Authority's Water Smart Program is a collection of strategic initiatives in conservation programming, including progressive policies, aggressive education, and substantial incentive programs. Despite being located in one of the driest and fastest-growing regions of the country, the Water Smart program has saved over 20 billion gallons per year since its inception in 2002. The program includes water efficient landscaping, new homes, private sector partnerships with the landscape, pool, and car wash industries, rebates for smart irrigation controllers, and an annual trade event promoting innovation in water efficient products and practices.
Bill Sartor of the San Antonio Water System has consistently demonstrated leadership and innovation in reducing water usage in that region. He served as the original chairman of the water system's Community Conservation Committee, established as a result of the drought of 1996. He then developed and implemented a water conservation program for businesses that includes an extensive and multifaceted toilet retrofit program, landscape rebates, horizontal-axis washing machine rebates, certificate programs, water audits, a large-scale (process) retrofit rebate, and workshops and educational programs. As a result of Bill's programs, the San Antonio Water Systems has realized an annual savings of 3 billion gallons.
Bob Rose
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Symbionese Liberation Army (SLA) member Wendy Yoshimura was born on January 17, 1943 at the Manzanar Internment Camp for Japanese Americans, where her parents were incarcerated during World War II. After the war, the Yoshimura family relocated to the Japanese island of Etajima, where her father was employed by the Allied Occupation forces. The family returned to the United States when Wendy was 13 years old. In 1969 she graduated from the California College of Arts and Crafts.
Yoshimura thereafter became involved with a radical group called the Revolutionary Army, which was founded by her boyfriend Willie Brandt. In 1972, police discovered a pipe bomb, similar explosives in mid-construction, a machine gun, and numerous other weapons in a garage that Yoshimura had rented under an assumed name. Yoshimura's fingerprints were found on the aforementioned items, as well as on a book about forming an urban guerrilla unit, and on an Army training manual about rifles and rocket launchers. Police also found notes and letters discussing plans to bomb targets on the UC Berkeley campus, and to kidnap or assassinate former Defense Secretary Robert McNamara. Brandt and two accomplices were arrested and subsequently convicted for these conspiracies, but Yoshimura evaded police and lived under an alias in New Jersey until 1974.
In May of that year, SLA members William Harris, Emily Harris, and Patty Hearst relocated, with the help of radical sports writer and activist Jack Scott, to rural Pennsylvania after six of their comrades had been killed in a shootout with Los Angeles police. Scott arranged for Yoshimura to join the trio and handle their shopping and other public transactions. It was during this period that Yoshimura and her friend Kathleen Soliah formally joined the SLA.
Yoshimura was arrested in 1975 along with the Harrises and Patty Hearst. She was convicted of the 1972 weapons and explosives charges, and she served six months in state prison.
In 1990 Yoshimura was granted limited immunity to testify in a grand jury investigation of the SLA's role in a 1975 California bank robbery in which a 42-year-old nurse named Myrna Opsahl was killed. The prosecutor showed Yoshimura photographs of Opsahl's blood on the bank floor hoping "to jar her emotionally, to appeal to a higher sense within her, some sympathy for this poor woman who happened to be in the wrong place at the wrong time.'' But in her testimony, Yoshimura denied having known that she was participating in a bank robbery and claimed that she could not remember anyone involved other than Hearst. The judge cited her for contempt of court.
Today Yoshimura is a watercolor artst and painting instructor living in Oakland, California.


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Research funded by the Vehicle Technologies Office produces a great deal of valuable data, but it is important to compare those research results with similar work done elsewhere in the world. Through laboratory testing, researchers can compare vehicles and components to validate models, support technical target-setting, and provide data to help guide technology development tasks.
Benchmarking activities fall into two primary areas:
- Vehicle and component testing, in which researchers test and analyze emerging technologies obtained from sources throughout the world. The results are used to continually assess program efforts.
- Model validation, in which researchers use test data to validate the accuracy of vehicle and component computer models including: overall measures such as fuel economy, state-of-charge energy storage across the driving cycle, and transient component behavior, such as fuel rate and torque.
Laboratory benchmarking is often followed by operational and fleet testing to measure performance, costs, fuel consumption, in-use maintenance requirements, and operational characteristics. Such testing typically occurs under cost-sharing agreements between the national laboratories and industrial partners, with the national laboratories providing data acquisition, analysis, reporting, and management support. This testing is being conducted by the Advanced Vehicle Testing Activity (AVTA).
For more information about this activity, contact David Anderson in Vehicle and Systems Simulation, Integration and Testing.


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Pac Bell Park isn't Too Windy, Thanks to UC Davis Expert
May 3, 2000
The San Francisco Giants baseball team knew it wanted one thing from its new ballpark at China Basin: a nicer environment for fans and players than they'd had at Candlestick Point. So they called in wind-studies specialist Bruce White, a UC Davis professor of mechanical and aeronautical engineering.
Using a 1/50th scale model of downtown San Francisco placed inside the campus's wind tunnel, the only one of its kind west of the Rockies, White tested two proposed Pac Bell Park designs. He found that the design favored by the architects would have been twice as windy for fans as the old park at Candlestick Point.
He recommended the alternative design, with the stadium rotated 90 degrees and the stands facing the Bay Bridge. That's the design the architects built, and fans and players so far have had good things to say. White attended Opening Day himself, but admits he spent more time watching wind effects in the stadium than watching the game.
He notes that winds outside the stadium are still strong, and balls hit above the walls will carry far. "I think Pac Bell Park will become known as a home-run stadium," he said.
White has also used wind tunnels and scale models to study urban air pollution, San Francisco skyscrapers, and sandstorms on California's dry Owens Lake and on the planet Mars.
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|Identification of a novel Arabidopsis thaliana nitric oxide-binding molecule with guanylate cyclase activity in vitro.
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|PMID: 21820435 Owner: NLM Status: MEDLINE
|While there is evidence of nitric oxide (NO)-dependent signalling via the second messenger cyclic guanosine 3',5'-monophosphate (cGMP) in plants, guanylate cyclases (GCs), enzymes that catalyse the formation of cGMP from guanosine 5'-triphosphate (GTP) have until recently remained elusive and none of the candidates identified to-date are NO-dependent. Using both a GC and heme-binding domain specific (H-NOX) search motif, we have identified an Arabidopsis flavin monooxygenase (At1g62580) and shown electrochemically that it binds NO, has a higher affinity for NO than for O(2) and that this molecule can generate cGMP from GTP in vitro in an NO-dependent manner.
|Takalani Mulaudzi; Ndiko Ludidi; Oziniel Ruzvidzo; Monique Morse; Nicolette Hendricks; Emmanuel Iwuoha; Chris Gehring
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2nd Lt. Samantha Morrison bikes during the 2013 Armed Forces National Championship. (Courtesy 2nd Lt. Samantha Morrison)
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The winter Olympics just wrapped up in February, but Air Force athletes already are gearing up for the summer games two years away.
The Air Forces World Class Athlete Program, through which airmen earn a spot to qualify for the Olympics, recently accepted its newest member: 2nd Lt Samantha Morrison. The 23-year-old triathletes accomplishments include winning the womens division of the Armed Forces Triathlon Championship this month for the second year in a row.
Morrison joins six other WCAP members this year: rugby players Capt. Cameron Freeman and 1st Lt. Eric Duechle; handball player 2nd Lt. Carsen Chun; track and field runner 2nd Lt. Morgan Mosby; wrestler Master Sgt. Cole Von Ohlen; and water polo player Senior Airman Joshua Steadman. Three more applicants are being considered.
It would be amazing if I make it, Morrison told Air Force Times. To qualify for the Olympicstriathlon, she must gain points from different events leading up to the summer games. Right now, I need to start performing my best and being 100 percent every single day, she said.
The program
Run by the Air Force Personnel Center, the two-year WCAP special assignment allows the selected airmen to train on their own schedule and at the base where they can best find and work with their own teams and coaches. But they must also get out into their communities to mentor and recruit future airmen as part of a partnership with Air Force Recruiting.
Its kind of a different beast now that I dont have a regular nine- or 10- hour work day, said Morrison, who is training at the Air Force Academy, where, as a cadet, she was captain of the triathlon team. My roommate and I, our goal is to do all our workouts, get our recovery done, cook our meals in a regular day to make sure we ... dont slack off.
Modeled after the Armys World Class Athlete program, the Air Forces program started in 1995 to boost military participation in the Olympic games. The Marine Corps and Navy do not have the program, but service members may be selected to qualify for the Olympics through a special assignment consideration. Air Force World Class Athletes can train for, attend and participate in the 134-country member Conseil International du Sport Militaire, the Military World Games, the Olympic Games and qualifying events or preparatory competitions for those games.
To be eligible for WCAP, airmen must be nationally ranked in their sport and must obtain a letter from their sports sanctioned National Governing Body stating they are competitive at a national level. They must also submit a commander- and career field manager-endorsed Form 303, the Request for USAF Specialized Sports Training, to AFPCs Fitness and Sports office. Air Force headquarters makes the final selection.
If airmen are interested in applying for WCAP, the Air Force recommends they apply at least 2½ years before the games. The Air Force receives about five applicants a year hoping to qualify for the winter Olympics, and about 20 for the summer Olympics. About half are chosen for WCAP for each season.
Keeping her focus
Every year I try to get better, and I try to compare myself to the other professional women in this sport, and thats how I measure my progress, Morrison said.
And shes making strides: In addition to winning the Armed Forces Triathlon Championship twice, she finished first among women ages 18 to 24 and beat the Air Forces 35-year Ironman record by nearly an hour at the Ironman World championship in Hawaii last year.
But active duty still matters, said Morrison, who for the past year was the 4th Fighter Wings deputy chief of public affairs at Seymour Johnson Air Force Base, North Carolina.
Morrison said she expects to promote on time, but she needs to be competitive with her fellow lieutenants even while on special assignment. I still have to make sure my performance records are on point, and do everything that I can to do that, she said.
Members can still pursue other career advancements during their time in WCAP, like getting a masters or doctorate degree, AFPC spokesman Mike Dickerson said.
With this opportunity for 2016 with the Air Force, a big goal of mine is to still do at least 20 years, Morrison said. But Im addicted to my sport ... the endorphins, the atmosphere, the people it puts you in contact with, and I love the community, so I will definitely stick with this for years to come.
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For steadfast Beatles fan, this HBO documentary by Martin Scorsese is a must-see film. For the casual music buff, you'll learn all about Harrison's life as the "quiet Beatle", from his austere, post-war Liverpool upbringing to life in the Fab Four and thereafter. Harrison's unique contribution to both the music world and his interest in Indian spiritual practices are fully explored through old interview footage, concert clips and the honest remarks of friends and family like Ringo Starr, Eric Clapton, Olivia Harrison and Paul McCartney.
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BUFFALO, N.Y. -- It's a tale of rebirth, presistance and hope.
Shannon Smith of Buffalo is a very special woman, who bounced back after a life-threatening blood infection that cost her, her limbs and unborn son.
"I always just say, just keep motivation and support, support is number one," Smith said, during a celebration to highlight her hard work at East Coast Orthotic and Prosthetic Corporation in Buffalo.
Think about all the things you do in one day. Now, imagine having to relearn those things, even basic functions. This is what Smith has to do.
In December 2010, Smith was six months pregnant with her second son. She was living in Nevada and was pursing her dreams as a pharmacy technician. All of a sudden, she started feeling pain. Doctors said she contracted sepsis, which is a potentially fatal disease that causes the body to react strongly to bacteria.
Doctors could not save her son.
"I believe he survived for a couple hours, but I went into a coma so I never got to meet him or see him or anything," she said.
But doctors did save her life, by amputating her limbs. Smith spent nearly a year in a hospital bed. Now, her mother says she's lucky to have her by her side.
Smith's mother, Roxanne, became emotional in our interview with her, however, she was able to speak of the family's enormous challenges.
"It's very hard with everything that's going on, but we're making it through it," she said.
Smith's doctors say that basic functions, such as standing are challenges for her, but that she does it easily because she has so much energy.
Smith says the next things she wants to do is learn how to drive and eventually go to Fiji, an island in the South Pacific Ocean. And here's another thing to add to the list: Smith plans to finish her studies online.
"I was in school for pharmacy and working as a pharmacy tech and I just started that and I'm going back for that and just keep your goals and no matter what happens you can still achieve your goals," Smith said.
And Buffalo's mayor, Byron Brown was there at the celebration. He proclaimed Sept. 12 as "Shannon Smith Day" in Buffalo.
Meantime, Smith's story will also be shown on "The Doctors" Thursday at noon, right here on Channel 2.


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The Environmental Protection Agency announced last week that two car companies, Hyundai and Kia, would lower the miles-per-gallon estimates on their 2012-2013 models after the EPA found they didn't perform to the levels they claimed.
The Kia Soul will suffer the largest downgrade in mpg, six, with multiple other vehicles losing one or two mpg.
The EPA performed its own independent testing of the vehicles' miles per gallon and found its numbers didn't reach the levels claimed by the car companies, both Korean. The EPA had previously received "numerous" complaints about the performance of Hyundais, an EPA press release says.
The cars' window stickers will soon be changed to reflect the lowering.
"This is the first time where a large number of vehicles from the same manufacturer have deviated so significantly," the press release says.
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Bird in Space, 1923
Constantin Brancusi (French, born Romania, 1876–1957)
Marble; H. (with base) 56 3/4 in. (144.1 cm), Diam. 6 1/2 in. (16.5 cm)
Bequest of Florene M. Schoenborn, 1995 (1996.403.7ab)
© 2011 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / ADAGP, Paris
Born in Romania, Constantin Brancusi first studied sculpture at the School of Arts and Crafts in Craiova (1894–98) and the National School of Fine Arts in Bucharest (1898–1902). In 1904, he left Romania permanently, traveling through Budapest, Vienna, Munich, Zurich, and Basel on his way to Paris. There, he continued his training at the École des Beaux-Arts (1905–7), and his work of the period attracted the attention of the French sculptor Auguste Rodin. About 1907, Brancusi began to work by direct carving as a means of distancing himself from Rodin's style. In Paris, Brancusi associated with many artists of the day, including Henri Rousseau, Henri Matisse, Fernand Léger, Amedeo Modigliani, and Marcel Duchamp. He showed five of his sculptures in the 1913 Armory Show in New York, and continued to exhibit widely throughout his life.
From the 1920s to the '40s, Brancusi was preoccupied by the theme of a bird in flight. He concentrated not on the physical attributes of the bird but on its movement. In Bird in Space, wings and feathers are eliminated, the swell of the body is elongated, and the head and beak are reduced to a slanted oval plane. Balanced on a slender conical footing, the figure's upward thrust is unfettered. Brancusi's inspired abstraction realizes his stated intent to capture "the essence of flight."
The Museum's Bird in Space is the first in a series of seven sculptures carved from marble and nine cast in bronze, all of which were painstakingly smoothed and polished. It was first owned by Brancusi's great American patron John Quinn, who saw the work in progress in the sculptor's Paris studio. Upon its completion in December 1923, Quinn had it shipped to New York, where nineteen years later, in 1942, it was acquired by Florene M. Schoenborn and her first husband, Samuel A. Marx.


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Hold nothing back from my my Love
let free all the passion which burns within your soul
let my lips caress your warm sultry skin
sending such waves of pleasures to you
from the oceans of our love.
within the naked bliss of each other
we share this moment together
lips caress lips so soft and tenderly
as skin rubs against skin
feeding the flames of our desire.
Oh my Lady , how I longed for this moment with you
and now upon this Valentine's Day
we share our love in such a special way
as you climb on top of me
taking me into the garden of your womanhood
and riding me savagely
the friction between us
melting the skin as one.
Your back arches, pushing your bosom in front of you
those twin orbs of firm, tanned skin
as your body to move
as our desires heighten to that which we never felt before.
Riding upon the crest of our passion
not holding anything back
till our souls explode within such pleasurable bliss
and we lay locked into each others arms
kissing so lovingly
cherishing the love we share together.
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|Preadmission Beta-blockers Are Associated With Decreased Incidence of Neurogenic Stunned Myocardium in Aneurysmal Subarachnoid Hemorrhage.
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|BACKGROUND: Neurogenic stunned myocardium (NSM) is a frequent complication of aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage (aSAH), with a significant impact on disease course. The presumed cause is catecholamine surge at the time of aneurysm rupture. Beta-blockers, which reduce the impact of the catecholamine surge, may decrease the risk of developing NSM. METHODS: A chart review of 234 consecutive patients admitted to the Oregon Health and Science University Neurosurgery service between March 6, 2008 and June 23, 2010 with a diagnosis of aneurysmal SAH was performed. This group was further subdivided by patients who received echocardiograms on admission, by gender, and by the prehospital administration of β-blockers. RESULTS: One hundred thirty of 234 patients had echocardiograms on or shortly after admission, and 18 of these developed NSM (13.8%). None of the 22 patients taking prehospital β-blockers developed NSM. Using the Fisher exact test to compare the 2 groups, patients who were administered prehospital β-blockers were significantly less likely to develop stunning compared to those who were not (P = .04). After correcting for other variables using multiple logistic regression analysis, the previous use of β-blockers was still found to be significantly associated with a decreased incidence of NSM after SAH (P = .049). There was no significant difference in hospital length of stay, peribleed stroke, vasospasm, or death. Of the 18 patients with stunning, 15 were women, 5 of whom were on estrogen supplementation. The mean peak troponin elevation of women who developed NSM on estrogen supplementation was significantly higher than for those who were not (mean peak troponin 9.97 ± 2.01 mg/dL; P < .001). CONCLUSION: Prehospital β-blockers are associated with decreased risk of developing NSM in patients with aSAH. Estrogen may play an additional role in shaping the degree of NSM in women.
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Job cuts at banking giant Barclay's imminent
Posted: May 08, 2014|
BARCLAY'S is due to announce up to 14,000 job cuts, largely in the UK.
Although the job losses will be mostly in the investment bank, Barclays' retail operation will not be immune.
It has been reported that Barclays' chief executive, Antony Jenkins, would like to see the global workforce of the bank fall over the next six years from 140,000 to 100,000.
On top of cutting staff, the bank is expected to announce that it will slash the number of branches. At the moment Barclays has 1,600, but that could fall by 400 during the next few months.
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The investment bank has been hit by a slowdown in the demand for government and company debt - or bonds and overall Barclays' first quarter pre-tax profits were down 5%.


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