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Predacorten Side Effects
Generic Name: methylprednisolone
Note: This page contains side effects data for the generic drug methylprednisolone. It is possible that some of the dosage forms included below may not apply to the brand name Predacorten.
For the Consumer
Applies to methylprednisolone: oral tablet
Other dosage forms:
As well as its needed effects, methylprednisolone (the active ingredient contained in Predacorten) may cause unwanted side effects that require medical attention.
Major Side Effects
If any of the following side effects occur while taking methylprednisolone, check with your doctor immediately:More common:
- Aggression
- agitation
- anxiety
- blurred vision
- decrease in the amount of urine
- dizziness
- fast, slow, pounding, or irregular heartbeat or pulse
- headache
- irritability
- mental depression
- mood changes
- nervousness
- noisy, rattling breathing
- numbness or tingling in the arms or legs
- pounding in the ears
- shortness of breath
- swelling of the fingers, hands, feet, or lower legs
- trouble thinking, speaking, or walking
- troubled breathing at rest
- weight gain
- Abdominal cramping and/or burning (severe)
- abdominal pain
- backache
- bloody, black, or tarry stools
- cough or hoarseness
- darkening of skin
- decrease in height
- decreased vision
- diarrhea
- dry mouth
- eye pain
- eye tearing
- facial hair growth in females
- fainting
- fatigue
- fever or chills
- flushed, dry skin
- fractures
- fruit-like breath odor
- full or round face, neck, or trunk
- heartburn and/or indigestion (severe and continuous)
- increased hunger
- increased thirst
- increased urination
- loss of appetite
- loss of sexual desire or ability
- lower back or side pain
- menstrual irregularities
- muscle pain or tenderness
- muscle wasting or weakness
- nausea
- pain in back, ribs, arms, or legs
- painful or difficult urination
- skin rash
- sleeplessness
- sweating
- trouble healing
- trouble sleeping
- unexplained weight loss
- unusual tiredness or weakness
- vision changes
- vomiting
- vomiting of material that looks like coffee grounds
Minor Side Effects
Some methylprednisolone side effects may not need any medical attention. As your body gets used to the medicine these side effects may disappear. Your health care professional may be able to help you prevent or reduce these side effects, but do check with them if any of the following side effects continue, or if you are concerned about them:More common:
- Increased appetite
- Abnormal fat deposits on the face, neck, and trunk
- acne
- dry scalp
- lightening of normal skin color
- red face
- reddish purple lines on the arms, face, legs, trunk, or groin
- swelling of the stomach area
- thinning of the scalp hair
For Healthcare Professionals
Applies to methylprednisolone: compounding powder, injectable powder for injection, injectable suspension, oral tablet
Adverse effects have occurred less frequently when minimum dosages have been administered.
Adverse effects of corticosteroid therapy may be subdivided into those associated with short-term therapy (to three weeks) and those of long-term therapy (> three weeks).
Short-term effects have included sodium retention-related weight gain and fluid accumulation, hyperglycemia and glucose intolerance, hypokalemia, gastrointestinal upset and ulceration, reversible depression of the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal (HPA) axis, and mood changes ranging from mild euphoria and insomnia to nervousness, restlessness, mania, catatonia, depression, delusions, hallucinations, and violent behavior.
Long-term effects have included HPA suppression, Cushingoid appearance, hirsutism or virilism, impotence, and menstrual irregularities, peptic ulcer disease, cataracts and increased intraocular pressure/glaucoma, myopathy, osteoporosis, and vertebral compression fractures.[Ref]
Cardiovascular side effects have included hypertension and congestive heart failure due to long-term fluid retention as well as direct vascular effects. Bradycardia, cardiac arrest, cardiac arrhythmias, cardiac enlargement, circulatory collapse, fat embolism, myocardial rupture following recent myocardial infarction, syncope, tachycardia, thromboembolism, thrombophlebitis, and vasculitis have also been reported.[Ref]
Hypertension has been associated with long-term therapy with corticosteroids and is thought to be due to fluid retention.[Ref]
Corticosteroid therapy may induce glucose intolerance by reducing the utilization of glucose in tissues and increasing hepatic glucose output. Patients on alternate day therapy may exhibit significantly higher serum glucose on the day methylprednisolone (the active ingredient contained in Predacorten) is taken. Diabetes mellitus requiring diet modifications and hypoglycemic agents has developed in some patients.
Adrenal suppression can persist for up to twelve months after long-term corticosteroid therapy. Adrenal suppression may be reduced by giving corticosteroids once a day or once every other day. After corticosteroid therapy has been tapered, supplemental corticosteroid therapy during times of physical stress may be required.[Ref]
Endocrine side effects have included decreased glucose tolerance and hyperglycemia resulting in diabetes-like symptoms. Hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal activity has been suppressed 12 months or more following long-term corticosteroid administration. Cushingoid appearance commonly has occurred with chronic therapy. Hirsutism or virilism, impotence, and menstrual irregularities may occur. Glycosuria, hirsutism, and hypertrichosis have also been reported.[Ref]
Gastrointestinal effects most commonly occurring during corticosteroid therapy have included nausea, vomiting, dyspepsia, and anorexia. Peptic ulcer disease has been associated with long-term corticosteroid therapy, but is relatively uncommon. Routine prophylactic therapy is not warranted in all individuals. Aluminum/magnesium containing antacids generally have been used to manage GI complaints without significant drug interactions.[Ref]
Gastrointestinal side effects have included gastrointestinal upset, nausea, vomiting, and peptic ulcer disease. Pancreatitis, ulcerative esophagitis, gastrointestinal perforation and hemorrhage have also been reported. Additionally, abdominal distention, bowel/bladder dysfunction (after intrathecal administration), increased appetite, and perforation of the small and large intestine (particularly in patients with inflammatory bowel disease) have been reported.[Ref]
Metabolic side effects have included hypernatremia (rare), hypokalemia, fluid retention, negative nitrogen balance and increase in blood urea nitrogen concentration.[Ref]
Musculoskeletal side effects have included myopathy, osteoporosis, vertebral compression fractures, tendon rupture (particularly the Achilles tendon), and aseptic necrosis of bone have occurred during corticosteroid therapy. Aseptic necrosis most often has affected the femoral head. Charcot-like arthropathy, loss of muscle mass, muscle weakness, osteoporosis, pathologic fracture of long bones, and vertebral compression fractures has also been reported.[Ref]
Corticosteroid myopathy presenting as weakness and wasting of the proximal limb and girdle muscles has occurred, but has generally resolved following cessation of therapy.
Corticosteroids inhibit intestinal absorption and increase urinary excretion of calcium leading to bone resorption and bone loss. Bone loss of 3% over one year has been demonstrated with prednisolone 10 mg per day. Postmenopausal females are at risk of loss of bone density. Up to 16% of elderly patients treated with corticosteroids for 5 years may experience vertebral compression fractures. One author reported measurable bone loss over two years in women on concomitant therapy with prednisone 7.5 mg per day and tamoxifen.[Ref]
Hematologic side effects have included thrombocytopenia, lymphopenia, and platelet alterations resulting in thrombolic events.[Ref]
Immunologic side effects have included impairment in cell-mediated immunity and increased susceptibility to bacterial, viral, fungal and parasitic infections. Immune response to skin tests may be suppressed.[Ref]
Hepatic side effects have included reversible increases in serum transaminase and alkaline phosphatase concentrations. Hepatomegaly has also bee reported.[Ref]
Ocular side effects have included increased intraocular pressure, glaucoma, and posterior subcapsular cataracts.[Ref]
In renal transplant patients maintained on prednisone 10 mg per day, 33% developed posterior subcapsular cataracts. Mean time to cataract development was 26 months. Increased intraocular pressure has occurred in 5% of patients.[Ref]
Psychiatric side effects have included psychoses, personality or behavioral changes, depression, emotional instability, euphoria, mood swings, and psychic disorders.[Ref]
Dermatologic side effects have included bruising, ecchymosis, petechiae striae, delayed wound healing, and acne. Allergic dermatitis, cutaneous and subcutaneous atrophy, dry scaly skin, erythema, hyperpigmentation, hypopigmentation, increase sweating, rash, sterile abscess, striae, thin fragile skin, and thinning scalp hair, and urticaria have also been reported.[Ref]
Pseudorheumatism, or glucocorticoid-withdrawal syndrome not related to adrenal insufficiency has occurred on withdrawal of corticosteroids. Patients experienced anorexia, nausea, vomiting, lethargy, headache, fever, arthralgias, myalgias and postural hypotension. Symptoms resolved when corticosteroid therapy was reinstated.[Ref]
Other side effects have included a glucocorticoid withdrawal syndrome seen upon abrupt discontinuation of corticosteroid therapy that was not associated with adrenal suppression.[Ref]
Oncologic side effects have included Kaposi's sarcoma. Clinical remission may occur with discontinuation of therapy.[Ref]
Hypersensitivity side effects have included anaphylaxis with or without circulatory collapse, cardiac arrest, or bronchospasm with parenteral administration of methylprednisolone (the active ingredient contained in Predacorten) Anaphylactoid reactions and angioedema have also been reported.[Ref]
Local side effects have included hyperpigmentation, hypopigmentation, subcutaneous and cutaneous atrophy, and sterile abscess at injection sites following parenteral administration.[Ref]
Respiratory side effects have included pulmonary edema.[Ref]
Nervous system
Nervous system side effects have included convulsions, headache, increased intracranial pressure with papilledema (pseudotumor cerebri) usually following discontinuation of treatment, insomnia, neuritis, neuropathy, paresthesia, and vertigo.[Ref]
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Prison or hotel?
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The facility recently modified its contract with Karnes County to change from a facility that houses adult males, to one that houses single-parent families – adult females and their children, he noted.
"The majority of the people who will be accommodated here will be coming from the Rio Grande Valley area who have been apprehended, most likely by the U.S. Border Patrol," he said.
"The use of this facility is sending one very important message to families in Central America considering crossing into the United States," he said. "Do not risk the lives of your children. Do not risk your life. This is a very dangerous journey coming into the U.S. Unfortunately, there have been deaths coming through the Rio Grande valley area by both adults and children as recently as the last few months."
"Putting your lives in the hands of criminal smugglers who care not for human life, is very dangerous," he said. "The U.S. border is not open to illegal immigration. After your immediate detention and due process, there is every likelihood you will be returned to your home country."
Mixed messages?
One reporter at the press conference asked if ICE was sending mixed messages by providing such luxurious accommodations and amenities for immigrants while they are being detained.
Will the existence of these facilities become an incentive for Central Americans to take the risk and cross the border illegally as a way to receive the free food, clothing, shelter, healthcare, education, recreation, entertainment and legal services available in such facilities?
"While residents are here at the Karnes County Residential Facility, we will provide a safe and humane environment," Lucero responded. "We are in the State of Texas, where it requires children that are in a detention facility to go to school and to be provided these activities. While they are doing their due process and going through the immigration proceedings, we will provide that safe environment for them."
When asked about the cost of operating the Karnes County Residential Center, Lucero said it is expected to be $140 per day, per detainee, which adds up to $74,480 per day or $27 million per year to operate the facility at full capacity.
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The WEST VIRGINIA Peas
It was CAT that called it-indeed I will have a recap from one of the most exciting sporting events I have ever witnessed live and in person.
The West Virginia Mountaineers prevailed over the hated Pittsburgh Panthers 19-16 thanks to a last second field goal by freshman kicker Tyler Bitancurt.
First let me take take a moment and walk you through what will go down as one of the most memorable moments in WVU football history.
Tie ball game. 16-16. 3.4 seconds left, the ball is lined up at the 43 yard line.
Kick is up————And it sails through the uprights.
Bitancurt is mobbed at midfield, hoisted on the shoulders of his blue and gold brothers. As tears of joy stream down his face, elation and happiness fills my undergraduate spirit.
It was a bone chilling moment, and not just because temperatures dropped into the low 30s. The crowd of 60,000 went silent as the kick went up, paused for a second and broke into a thunderous cheer as the referees motioned their arms in the good and upward position signaling a made field goal.
Seeing the distraught Pitt players lay on the ground in sorrow brought the biggest notion of joy. These Panthers from Pittsburgh not only have bestwed a mantra of hatred upon me but they are also the reason my love for Pittsburgh sports does not extend beyond the black and gold of the Pirates, Steelers and Penguins.
I love Pittsburgh. The city is a beautiful place and really underrated in terns of livability and cleanliness. It gets a bad rap for being a rundown area and a city lost in the economic times. However it is very beautiful and a great place to be.
It is not the steel city's fault that a university like Pitt is in it's city limits. Don't get me wrong-it is a great school, a degree from Pittsburgh will go a long way. It is the sporting teams that have always rubbed me thr wrong way.
Many people say "How can you 'put on for Pittsburgh' and cheer for the teams, but turn around and hate the Panthers?" The institution of the pro teams and college team is right there in plain colors-well, its the colors. Blue and Gold belongs to the Mountaineers, seeing the Panthers adorn nearly the same colors as WVU and go against the black and gold of the 'Burgh is a parallel that has always set me off.
Also, it is how I was raised. My family is born and bred in the Mountain State of West Virginia. If you are from WV-you are a Mountaineer fan-by birth. It is really second to none the pride and passion that flows from the blood of the citizens of West "By God" Virginia. The uniqueness of being such a lowly populated, mostly poor and rural area is one thing-but to have the loyalty of an athletic club like the Mountaineers to cheer for is great. With ni pro teams in teh state it is only natural to cheer for the pro teams of Pittsburgh. While cheering for the PROFESSIONAL teams it is clearly natural to root against the natural rival of your beloved Mountaineers-Pitt.
I was raised this way along with many, many others. West Virginia University is filled with students from Western, PA. The saying goes once a Mountaineer always a Mountaineer rings true when these people bring their loyalties to Morgantown. They are fully allowed to cheer with their black and gold from back home while adopting the old gold and blue of WVU.
Jack Fleming is one of these people. As the voice of the Mountaineers for a handful of decades, Fleming had a voice that would send chills down your back. His radio calls are still played with great honor commemorating the great plays of WVU history. Fleming doubled as the voice of the Pittsburgh Steelers as well. His most famous call may be that of the "Immaculate Recpetion" by Franco Harris.
He was a die hard Steeler and Mountaineer. Contradictory? Not at all!
The 19-16 victory on Friday night was much more fulfilling because revenge was on the line. Everything tastes sweeter when revenge was on the line. Not only are Pitt and WV bitter rivals, this was the 102nd edition of the famed "Backyard Brawl." In a rivalry game, facts and figures are thrown out the window as pride and bragging rights are on the line. Pitt owns WV in the all time series and have beat us the last two years. The Most stinging loss came in 2007. This game was defined by these two numbers-13-9.
WVU was ranked 2nd in the nation and had a clear path to the National Title game. I was a freshman at the time and the electricity was well electric. It was unlike anything ever felt before as we had our tickets book to the National Championship game in Miami. All we had to do was get by a 4 win Pittsburgh team. But the best laid plans of mice and men often go awry and the 28 point underdogs came into our house and beat us. On Friday, Pittsburgh was ranked 9th as we were unranked so the history remains the same as it often repeats itself.
The season for the Mountaineers is far from over. We are 8-3 with one game to play next week at Rutgers, It won't be easy but a win over the Scarlet Knights will put us in a position for a New Years Day Bowl Game, most likely the Gator Bowl.
It was a season that looked to be darkened after 3 tough, very winnable losses. Anythin
g can happen in the Backyard Brawl and the win was definitely a springboard for the rest of our season.
Last night was truly a great night to be a Mountaineer and one I will never forget.
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that's the biggest problem with football 2 or 3 loses and it's a hole tough to get out of… but I hope they make it to a bowl game this year…..
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That was an EPIC win by all standards. I am all for the big dawgs goin' down. WVU gave us that jolt we all needed. Good for them!
Wow. I don't even like football and I was totally into your post. You really gave us a sense of the rivalry between Pitt and WVU and where you stand with it, and I enjoyed every word!
Great report Matt! I love your enthusiasm for your Pirates and for your college football team. You are a good writter. Keep up the good work! And you are right , Vin is the voice of Baseball! I forgot I had a pic of Vin throwing out the first pitch at Fenway Park from the last time the Dodgers played in Boston ( I added it to my post). Next year the Dodgers return there and I hope I will be able to go.
Great post, Matt. I always enjoy watching Pitt-WVU, even though I have no rooting interest in either team. (Since Marquette has no football team at all, anyone who beat Cincinnati is OK with me!) I did find your reason for pulling for Pittsburgh teams, as opposed to the Pitt college teams, compelling. I had raised an eyebrow before about your dislike of the Pitt Panthers, but your explanation makes a lot of sense. Not unlike (down here in NC) how Carolinians can pull for the Panthers, Hurricanes, or Bobcats, and then be pulling for their respective UNC/ Duke/ NC State teams. Makes sense. Thanks!
It also is intriguing to me that Thomas Harding is a fellow WVU grad. I follow Mr. Harding's writings since we have a Rockies Single-A affiliate here in Western NC. (The Rockies like our area because it gets the players used to playing in the altitude). As a Red Sox fan, the 07 WS between the Rockies and the Red Sox was of particular interest!😉
Great entry! Take care, Matt.


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FILE- In this 1970 file photo, Jimi Hendrix performs on the Isle of Wight in England. A new Jimi Hendrix album is coming March 5. The musician's website says People, Hell and Angels contains 12 previously unreleased tracks recorded in 1968 and '69. Rolling Stone revealed the album cover on its website Wednesday, Nov. 21, 2012.(AP Photo/file)
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**FILE**This is an undated file photo originally provided by Warner Record of rock 'n' roll singer and guitarist Jimi Hendrix. The 'Guitar World Magazin' releases a teaching DVD with riffs and tricks of the tracks on 'Axis: Bold As Love' of the musician who died in Sept. 1970. (AP Photo/Warner Records ) ** APD4763 **
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Friends of the late rock star Jimi Hendrix carry his coffin from the church after funeral services, Oct. 1, 1970 in Seattle. Pallbearers include Herbert Price, left, Hendrix' valet; Donny Howell behind Price; and Eddie Rye, front right. Others are unidentified. (AP Photo/Barry Sweet)
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Shown in photo is 25-year old Pop singer Jimi Hendrix was jailed for drunkenness in Stockholm, Sweden in morning on Thursday, Jan. 5, 1968 after having gone berserk and destroyed everything in his room at Goteborg hotel Opa Len. Jimi Hendrix is escorted by two police. (AP Photo)
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- Title
- Ultra-compact dwarfs in the core of the Coma cluster
- Author(s)
- Madrid, Juan P.; Graham, Alister W.; Harris, William E.; Goudfrooij, Paul; Forbes, Duncan A.; Carter, David; Blakeslee, John P.; Spitler, Lee R.; Ferguson, Henry C.
- Abstract
- We have discovered both a red and a blue subpopulation of ultra-compact dwarf (UCD) galaxy candidates in the Coma galaxy cluster. We analyzed deep F475W (Sloan g) and F814W (I) Hubble Space Telescope images obtained with the Advanced Camera for Surveys Wide Field Channel as part of the Coma Cluster Treasury Survey and have fitted the light profiles of ~5000 point-like sources in the vicinity of NGC 4874, one of the two central dominant galaxies of the Coma Cluster. Although almost all of these sources are globular clusters that remain unresolved, we found that 52 objects have effective radii between ~10 and 66 pc, in the range spanned by dwarf globular transition objects (DGTOs) and UCDs. Of these 52 compact objects, 25 are brighter than MV ~ –11 mag, a magnitude conventionally thought to separate UCDs and globular clusters. The UCD/DGTO candidates have the same color and luminosity distribution as the most luminous globular clusters within the red and blue subpopulations of the immensely rich NGC 4874 globular cluster system. Unlike standard globular clusters, blue and red UCD/DGTO subpopulations have the same median effective radius. The spatial distribution of UCD/DGTO candidates reveals that they congregate toward NGC 4874 and are not uniformly distributed. We find a relative deficit of UCD/DGTOs compared with globular clusters in the inner 15 kpc around NGC 4874; however, at larger radii UCD/DGTO and globular clusters follow the same spatial distribution.
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- Journal article
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- Swinburne University of Technology. Faculty of Information and Communication Technologies. Centre for Astrophysics and Supercomputing
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- Astrophysical Journal, Vol. 722, no. 2 (2010), pp. 1707-1715
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- 2010
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- Elliptical galaxies; Galaxy structure; Globular clusters; Lenticular galaxies; Star clusters
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And thus continues the neverending sobfest that is the post-2008 season New York Metropolitans.
They just… haven't been the same.
And now with the Madoff fallout hindering the club financially, I expect we will be hearing a lot of vitriolic critiques, like the one above on Ollie. Oh Ollie…
I don't feel sorry for him.
Still, rather than sling crud at those who cannot defend themselves, we at RSBS prefer to just hit below the belt every once in a while. As long as we draw a laugh out of ya, all is fair.
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I would love to see Donald Trump buy the Mets. I doubt it's even a possibility, but I think it would be fun to watch.
I never understood the Mets getting Perez in the first place, because he really wasn't that good in Pittsburgh, either.
Yeah. I'd pay to see him sit Ollie down and say "YOU'RE FIRED."
Sue — Has he been good… ever? The $64,000 question.
There always seem to be an Alpha dog and the cowering pet…..I think we know who the Alpha baseball dog is in NYC.
And that is a pity. An area with that diverse fan base and population could change the state of baseball in that region, but the follies and gaffs of recent Mets decsions make them the laughable losers they are today.
You want a team with a beautiful stadium to have success, but the Mets seem more content with shooitng themselves in the foot and playing a familiar Doris Day tune duirng the process.
Hopefully a new spirited co-owner will be found, will be excited to make chances, and will bring back some Mets glory…It might not be 1969 type maddness, but having a winner in Flushing might even get the Charlie Sheen approval rating aka "Thumbs Up".
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Senior Center helps in time of need
The warnings before Superstorm Sandy helped the Barbour County Senior Center to deliver shelf stable boxes of food to seniors in the county prior to the storm, director Brenda Wilmoth told Barbour County commissioners during her report at their Wednesday meeting.
She said that every winter the Senior Center staff tries to send out three to five boxes of shelf stable meals in case of potential bad weather.
"It just so happened that the Friday before Superstorm Sandy, I had got a delivery of those meals," Wilmoth said. "It just worked out that way."
She also said that the Senior Center lost $3,352 in food from the storm, but will be reimbursed by the West Virginia Bureau of Senior Services for the $2,240 in lost food from derecho in June. Wilmoth didn't say if she would be able to get reimbursements from Superstorm Sandy food losses.
The storm information was only part of her report to commissioners. Wilmoth also talked about the Senior Center's figures for 2012.
She said that out of the eight satellite centers, aside from the main Philippi location of the Senior Center, there are 85 employees. Satellite centers are located in Union, Galloway, Mount Liberty, Tacy, Nestorville, Brushy Fork and Arden.
Staff members helped 111 clients who were on in-home service programs, receiving personal care or housekeeping assistance. In the past year, 67,752 meals were delivered to the homes of Senior Center clients, 57,000 hours of in-home service were worked and 27,126 transit rides were made with the help of 11 vans.
"I feel like the services we're providing to the residents of the county are valuable," Wilmoth said. "We're lucky to have our transit here in Barbour County."
Barbour County has one of West Virginia's 18 transit systems that are part of 33 counties, Wilmoth said. The transit system takes seniors grocery shopping and even transports mothers and their children to doctor's appointments. There was an issue with where to park the 11 vans, but Wilmoth said a new building is being constructed for the transit system in Mansfield.
The building is 68,000 square feet and has an expected completion date set for the end of April. Offices will be reserved in 1,600 square feet of the building, and the other 5,200 square feet will be garage space, allowing room to park all the vans.
On the topic of construction, Wilmoth also said a new roof was installed on the front part of the Belington Senior Center after a donation from the West Virginia Bureau of Senior Services for $6,000.


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Then why do you keep bringing up how many players each have in the SL at present?!
I never said Sheffield should have players in SL. I never said Wales needed an SL club to produce them.
What money did Crusaders have? I seem to recall they ran out of it twice in three years of SL, but it didn't stop you championing their inclusion, or the top-down method.
The private money available to London and Wales to run in Superleague helped the junior scene move on apace in both places and today we see SL players from those places.
They've said themselves they aren't ready yet, but you've made it out like they never will be. I just don't see why having Sheffirld-based SL players at present is ANY sort of indicator to their application. So why keep bringing it up? It's a complete mute point.
Should millions be available to Sheffield fine, let them have a go at SL and have a go developing Sheffield born players to expand the player pool. After all they have the advantage of plenty of junior teams close by to play.


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Barrow sign two players from SL
Posted 09 July 2010 - 07:48 PM
BARROW Raiders have signed Huddersfield Giants hooker Keal Carlile on loan until the end of the season.
The 20-year-old England Academy player – who has made two first team appearance for the Super League side – goes straight into the squad for Sunday's Championship clash at Batley Bulldogs.
The deal was completed on transfer deadline day, with Barrow also confirming the loan signing of Crusaders centre Anthony Blackwood until the conclusion of the campaign.
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Posted 09 July 2010 - 07:58 PM
Saying that its Fev's league title to lose, but here's hoping we charge in for the GF.
Posted 10 July 2010 - 09:10 AM
Posted 11 July 2010 - 09:41 PM
No need to worry.
Their crowds have increased to such a level they are completely self sufficient.
At least thats what Mick tells us regularly.
Posted 11 July 2010 - 09:44 PM
Their crowds have increased to such a level they are completely self sufficient.
At least thats what Mick tells us regularly.
They'd quite a good following at Batley today - I'd say the crowd was 50/50 Batley and Barrow. Which isn't bad considering the distances involved.
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Posted 11 July 2010 - 11:20 PM
Their crowds have increased to such a level they are completely self sufficient.
At least thats what Mick tells us regularly.
A crowd can disappear quickly, a proper infrastructure with a ground and all the trimmings is a lot more stable.
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Posted 12 July 2010 - 05:00 AM
Their crowds have increased to such a level they are completely self sufficient.
At least thats what Mick tells us regularly.
Jill your four & a half penny short of a shilling
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Posted 12 July 2010 - 11:28 AM
Posted 12 July 2010 - 02:39 PM
We could not afford Matt Gardner wage requirements so he went to a club that could, and you have the gall to imply the above ?
Posted 13 July 2010 - 12:36 PM
hook line and sinker again eh mick? change your user name to carp or rudd
Posted 13 July 2010 - 01:20 PM
I think you only need to look further up the coast for the answer to your question - Haven are broke and going down, probably into a voluntary receivership, while Town have never recovered from their demise from 15 years ago. You can't keep spending what you don't have, short term success is good from a supporters perspective. Both Town and Haven saw huge increases in their crowds on their ascendancy to the Premiership Finals and Championship Finals, but these crowds are unsustainable as the floating supporters invariably find something else to do once the odd defeat starts slipping in.
When Town were doing well in the mid-90's they regularly took away anywhere between 300 - 1000 spectators to away matches, a good home attendance these days is around the 500 mark.
The town's speedway side have also seen their crowds decline from a healthy 6,000 a few years ago to an average of about 600 now.
A modern stadium is a must, our short sighted council in Allerdale have blown a once in a lifetime opportunity to build one in Workington, I would say that you are in a slightly better position in Barrow as your ground would be ideal for retail redevelopment and a nice modern stadium elsewhere in the town, or part of the harbour redevelopment perhaps.
Eitherway, enjoy your success and make the most of it, hopefully you will make the play-offs and enjoy a success finals day.
Posted 13 July 2010 - 02:51 PM
Maybe it's indicative that Mr. Johnson isn't bothered about all that Superleague franchise requirements mullarkey. No disrespect but why should he spend his money on a ground or a youth structure when he can strengthen the team and enjoy a few trophies as a big fish in a small pond? Or has Mr. Johnson seriously indicated he is going for Superleague?
Posted 13 July 2010 - 11:00 PM
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Posted 14 July 2010 - 08:29 AM
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As Biotech Seed Falters, Insecticide Use Surges In Corn Belt
Across the Midwestern corn belt, a familiar battle has resumed, hidden in the soil. On one side are tiny, white larvae of the corn rootworm. On the other side are farmers and the insect-killing arsenal of modern agriculture.
We've reported on earlier phases of this battle: The discovery of rootworms resistant to one type of genetically engineered corn, and an appeal from scientists for the government to limit the use of this new corn to preserve the effectiveness of its protection against rootworm.
It appears that farmers have gotten part of the message: Biotechnology alone will not solve their rootworm problems. But instead of shifting away from those corn hybrids, or from corn altogether, many are doubling down on insect-fighting technology, deploying more chemical pesticides than before. Companies like Syngenta or AMVAC Chemical that sell soil insecticides for use in corn fields are reporting huge increases in sales: 50 or even 100 percent over the past two years.
This is a return to the old days, before biotech seeds came along, when farmers relied heavily on pesticides. For Dan Steiner, an independent crop consultant in northeastern Nebraska, it brings back bad memories. "We used to get sick [from the chemicals]," he says. "Because we'd always dig [in the soil] to see how the corn's coming along. We didn't wear the gloves and everything, and we'd kind of puke in the middle of the day. Well, I think we were low-dosing poison on ourselves!"
For a while, biotechnology came to his rescue. Biotech companies such as Monsanto spent many millions of dollars creating and inserting genes that would make corn plants poisonous to the corn rootworm but harmless to other creatures.
The first corn hybrids containing such a gene went on sale in 2003. They were hugely popular, especially in places like northeastern Nebraska, where the rootworm has been a major problem. Sales of soil insecticides fell. "Ever since then, I'm like, hey, we feel good every spring!" says Steiner.
But all along, scientists wondered how long the good times would last. Some argued that these genes — a gift of nature — were being misused. (For a longer explanation, read my post from two years ago.)
Those inserted genes, derived from genes in a strain of the bacterial Bacillus thuringiensis, worked well for a while. In fact, the Bt genes remain a rock-solid defense against one pest, the European corn borer.
In parts of Illinois, Iowa, Minnesota and Nebraska, though, farmers are running into increasing problems with corn rootworms.
"You never really know for sure, until that big rain event with the strong wind, and then the next morning the phone starts ringing [and people ask]: 'What's going on out there?' " says Steiner.
Entire hillsides of corn, with no support from their eaten-away roots, may be blown flat.
Monsanto has downplayed such reports, blaming extraordinary circumstances. But in a half-dozen universities around the Midwest, scientists are now trying to figure out whether, in fact, the Bt genes have lost their power.
At the University of Nebraska, entomologist Lance Meinke is turning colonies of rootworms loose on potted corn plants that contain different versions of the anti-rootworm gene, to see how well they survive.
The larvae get to feed on the corn roots for about two weeks. The soil from each pot then is dumped into a kind of steel container. If the larvae are still alive, a bright light will drive them into little glass jars filled with alcohol. "They try to escape from the heat," says David Wangila, a graduate student who is managing this experiment.
If the rootworm-fighting genes in the corn are working well, no larvae should emerge.
But some have. Wangila points to one of the little glass jars. Inside, there are three nice plump corn rootworm larvae.
This is not good. Those insects, originally collected from a cornfield in Nebraska, were feeding on corn that contained the first rootworm-fighting gene that Monsanto introduced ten years ago. Technically, it's known as the Cry 3Bb gene.
Meinke and Wangila will compare the survival rate of these rootworms with others that have never been exposed to Bt. They're looking for signs that rootworms in the corn fields of Nebraska have evolved resistance to genetically engineered crops.
An identical experiment in Iowa, carried out more than a year ago, found corn rootworms resistant to the Cry 3Bb gene.
Nobody knows how widely those insects have spread, but farmers aren't waiting to find out. Some are switching to other versions of biotech corn, containing anti-rootworm genes that do still work. Others are going back to pesticides.
Steiner, the Nebraska crop consultant, usually argues for another strategy: Starve the rootworms, he tells his clients. Just switch that field to another crop. "One rotation can do a lot of good," he says. "Go to beans, wheat, oats. It's the No. 1 right thing to do."
Insect experts say it's also likely to work better in the long run.
Meinke, who's been studying the corn rootworm for decades, tells farmers that if they plant just corn, year after year, rootworms are likely to overwhelm any weapon someday.
The problem, Meinke says, is that farmers are thinking about the money they can make today. "I think economics are driving everything," he says. "Corn prices have been so high the last three years, everybody is trying to protect every kernel. People are just really going for it right now, to be as profitable as they can."
As a result, they may just keep growing corn, fighting rootworms with insecticides — and there's a possibility that those chemicals will eventually stop working, too.
Across the Midwestern Corn Belt, there is a battle going on, hidden in the soil. On one side, tiny white insect larvae. They're trying to eat the roots of corn plants. On the other side, all the weapons that farmers can assemble to stop them. And this year, farmers are rolling out more weapons than ever before, including more chemical pesticides.
NPR's Dan Charles reports.
DAN CHARLES, BYLINE: When farmers in northeastern Nebraska want advice about how much fertilizer to use or how to kill insects, some of them go to Dan Steiner. He's an independent crop consultant, and he's no friend of pesticides.
DAN STEINER: We used to get sick, because we always dig to see how the corn's coming. We didn't wear the gloves and everything. And you'd kind of puke in the middle of the day or something. I think we were low-dosing poison on ourselves.
CHARLES: If you notice, Steiner said we used to get sick. It's changed, he says, because of biotechnology. Fifteen years ago, new types of corn came on the market. They had new genes inserted in the laboratory. The genes came from bacteria that are naturally poisonous to certain insects. With these so-called Bt genes, corn plants became poisonous to the European corn borer and the corn rootworm. So farmers didn't need so many chemicals.
STEINER: And ever since then, you know, I'm like, hey, we feel good every spring.
CHARLES: But maybe this was a little too good to last. Those inserted genes worked great for a while. And everyone agrees, they're still a rock-solid defense against the European corn borer. But in parts of Illinois, Iowa, Minnesota and Nebraska, farmers say the corn rootworm is back.
STEINER: You never really know for sure, until that big rain with the strong wind, and then the next morning the phone starts ringing and says, you know, what's going on out there?
CHARLES: You'd see a hillside of corn blown flat. Many of the roots were eaten away. But why? Have these genes really lost their power? It's a question for science.
At the University of Nebraska, graduate student David Wangila, who came here from Kenya, is turning colonies of rootworms loose on potted corn plants. The corn stalks contain different versions of the anti-rootworm gene.
Just yesterday, he took some of these pots and dumped the soil from each one into a steel bucket. If there are insect larvae in the soil, bright, hot, lights will gradually drive them out into little glass jars filled with alcohol.
DAVID WANGILA: They try, like, to escape from the heat.
CHARLES: Now, if the rootworm poisoning genes in the corn are working well, there shouldn't be any larvae. But there are. Wangila points to one of the little glass jars.
WANGILA: I don't know if you can see them.
CHARLES: Those little worms, right?
WANGILA: Yes. Yes. Those are the corn rootworm larvae.
CHARLES: Corn rootworm larvae. Already, three nice plump ones. This is not good. Those insects came from a cornfield in Nebraska and here in the laboratory, they were feeding on corn that contained the first anti-rootworm gene - one that farmers started using in 2003.
It's evidence - not proof yet, but still, a sign - that these rootworms have adapted, so the gene is not killing them anymore.
Similar experiments are going on at half a dozen universities with rootworms collected all over the Corn Belt. Researchers in Iowa have already found corn rootworms resistant to that same gene.
Nobody knows how widely those insects have spread, but farmers are not waiting to find out. Some are switching to other versions of biotech corn with anti-rootworm genes that do still work. Many, though, are going back to pesticides.
Companies that sell soil insecticides for use in cornfields are reporting huge increases in sales; 50, even 100 percent over the past two years.
Dan Steiner, the Nebraska crop consultant, is not happy about this. He tells farmers there's a better way to fight the rootworm. Starve it. Just switch that field to another crop.
STEINER: One rotation can take care of a lot of problems. Go to beans, wheat, oats. Number one right thing to do.
CHARLES: Insect experts say it's also likely to work better in the long run.
Lance Meinke, an entomologist at the University of Nebraska, tells farmers, if you just plant corn, year after year, the rootworm will probably overwhelm any weapon you throw at it someday. The problem, Meinke says, is farmers are thinking about the money they can make today.
LANCE MEINKE: I think economics are driving everything. Corn prices have been so high the last three years, every farmer is trying to protect every kernel. People are just really going for it right now, to try to be as profitable as they can.
CHARLES: So they may just keep growing corn, fighting rootworms with insecticides until those chemicals stop working, too.
Dan Charles, NPR News.
GREENE: It's MORNING EDITION from NPR News. Transcript provided by NPR, Copyright NPR.


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It's the military's warning shot across the bow. Hawaii's military leaders stood front and center Wednesday and warned lawmakers that federal budget cuts will ripple throughout the community.
"It's more realistic to see sequestration as rolling down a long, steep and bumpy hill," said Rear Adm. Denny Weatherald.
The Navy says across-the-board budget cuts won't be pretty for the U.S. Pacific Fleet.
"The net effect of sequestration will have a negative impact in the Asia/Indo-Pacific at a critical time," said Weatherald.
No one at Wednesday's hearing on military affairs minced words on the local impact.
"On a per-capita basis, Hawaii is expected to be the most severely impacted by cuts in defense spending," said Charles Ota from the Chamber of Commerce of Hawaii.
About 18,000 civilian employees are being put on furlough or could lose their jobs starting April 25. The Army says to expect overall soldier spending to decrease.
"All of this basically means that U.S. Pacific is slowing down," said Maj. Gen. Roger Matthews of the U.S. Army Pacific, Fort Shafter.
Training and operation will be affected with the Navy cutting spending by $110 million.
The Air Force is cutting spending by $103 million.
The Hawaii National Guard says its fleet of F-22s will continue to be available for alert missions. But its personnel are not exempt from cuts.
"Hawaii National population that will potentially be affected will be a technician population of about 1,163," said Maj. Gen. Darryl Wong of the Hawaii State Department of Defense.
There was some good news from defense contractor BAE which had to furlough 125 employees and let 70 of them go.
"We just got word that Monday we'll be putting some of those folks back to work. So that's good news," said Alan Hayashi from BAE. "On the other side of the coin, we don't know what's coming."
All commands assure the state what won't be compromised is the security and stability in the Pacific.
"We have a statutory responsibility to be the most ready when the nation is least ready," said Col. David Tagg of the U.S. Marine Corps Forces Pacific.
The governor's task force is already addressing how the state will respond to the economic impact caused by the sequestration cuts.
Rep. K. Mark Takai says lawmakers will also look into how to address the immediate needs of people impacted by the layoffs.


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Recently, we upgraded our Team Foundation Server from 2008 to 2010 at work. Long overdue getting rid off some custom TFS Project templates, we were eager to use the new MSF for Agile 5.0 template. Now, we knew on beforehand that we couldn't just upgrade existing team projects, so we had to come up with a migration plan.
First, we copied the Team Project Collection and "archived" a copy (NNN_Archive). Next, we created a dummy TFS Project with a Source Control root folder, and moved all the source code from all the existing projects into it. Next up, we created new team projects based on the aforementioned project template, and moved the source code back into the right folders in the VC tree.
Warning: We believed that doing it this way, we would preserve the VC history. Bummer! It did not! But since we had the archived TFS collection, we decided we didn't want to revert to the backup, but just change to the other collection if we need to check the VC history in the future.
Next off, our architect and scrum masters wanted to migrate the work items from the archived collection to the new projects, so I had to brush off the dust of my TFS API skills and create a piece of throw-away code that would do the job.
Now, instead of just throwing away the code, I'm guessing that other people might need to do the same thing, so I've shared the source here.
You will have to tweak the source code to get it to work; the SOURCE_COLLECTION and TARGET_COLLECTION uri's need to be set, as well as the TargetProjectName.
You will also have to tweak the WIQL query to return the work items you want to migrate – if you're up for it, it shouldn't be too hard to generalize the utility so that it would read the variables including the wiql from a configuration file.
Next up, you will have to adjust the MigrateWorkItem() method so that it copies the correct fields (optionally mapping to other field types in the new WI schema). The source code will copy attatchments – something that you also probably want to do. If you use the Links tab today, you will have to code up something that will lift over the links as well.
When you start the utility, you will be prompted with:
"Create [A]reas/Iterations or [M]igrate (Ctrl-C to quit)?:
The reason I did it this way, is that if you create the areas/iterations in the same pass as the work items, you will have to pause execution (Thread.Sleep) to ensure that the items has been commited to the TFS before the Work item is saved – IMO the two-pass strategy is cleaner.
Hope someone can reuse the code,


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