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Faill na nDeamhan: Well worth the diversion
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2 days ago
When traversing the Brandon ridge the quite distinctive track does not go to the summit of Brandons South top but skirts around both it and Brandon Peak but it is well worth making the diversion. ...
Cnoc Bréanainn: Blue sky, sunshine and possibly the best view in the country!
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2 days ago
Making the most of the amazing weather we have been enjoying during the Covid lockdown I went on an excursion within my 5km radius to Mount Brandon. Not the most exciting route, the blue skies and...
Carrauntoohil: Brocken Spectre
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6 days ago
Brocken Spectre from Summit of Carrauntoohil in Winter Conditions
Uisneach Hill
Forum: Suggestions
2 weeks ago
An addition to the historical HillsUsineach (Cnoc Uisnigh) is situated near the hamlet of Kilare in County Westmeath and is steeped in history, It is the burial site of the Earth Goddess Ériu & th...
To "baldy go" where we haven't been before!
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Moyle Hill is a small prominence about 3 km south of Milford in east Donegal and is our nearest MV summit. We can cl... walk, Len: 7.3km, Climb: 162m, Area: Moyle Hill, Donegal NW (Ireland) Moyle H||
Moon Hurler Picture: Croghan Hill 07042020
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https://www.the42.ie/photography-photos-technique-moon-hurler-picture-5069701-Apr2020/ A place I have yet to visit. Article gives interesting background on the planning that went into capturing th...
Scarr from the east.
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A longer variation of walk around Scarr from the East.The track is incorrectly reporting a time of 28 hours which is... walk, Len: 14.2km, Climb: 572m, Area: Scarr, Dublin/Wicklow (Ireland) Scarr, ||
Killerry Mountain: First peak in 2 months
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a week ago
Climbed Killerry on Saturday afternoon. Nothing for it but to park in Slish Wood and beat a track up through the scrub. Extensive views from the top of Knocknarea, Benbulben and the Dartrys at lar...
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There are 5 hills 4 of which have cairns east of Barranageahy…They are 427 metres, 443 metres, 467 metres, 482 metres and 502 metres4 of these have cairns on them..they do not fit into the cultura...
Aughinish: Tsunami Island
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Reading Sandmans comments I didn't wish to destroy the shrubs so I took a short stroll over to the Martello tower on the North side of the island.
Island Eddy: Island in Galway Bay
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Eddy Island is nestled into the Eastern side of Galway bay. With water transport it can be accessed from the north via a a quay 5km West from Clarinbridge or from the South via a quay 5km North fr...
Accessing Church Mountain and surrounding from the Hollywood Glen.
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Another variation what can be done here. walk, Len: 14.1km, Climb: 673m, Area: Church Mountain, Dublin/Wicklow (Ireland)...
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Loch Broom to Strath Oykel
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Place count in area: 99,
Highest place:
Beinn Dearg, 1084m
Maximum height for area: 1084 metres,
Maximum prominence for area: 805 metres,
Places in area Loch Broom to Strath Oykel:
Am Faochagach 953m
An Cabagach 421m
An Socach 745m
Bad na h-Achlaise 424m
Beinn Bhreac [Meall Dubh] 667m
Beinn Chroisg 411m
Beinn Dearg 1084m
Beinn Dearg North Top 884m
Beinn Dearg South Top 885m
Beinn Dearg West Top 836m
Beinn Donuill 448m
Beinn Eilideach 559m
Beinn Enaiglair 890m
Beinn Ulbhaidh 496m
Bodach Beag 837m
Breac-Bheinn 464m
Breac-Bheinn (old GR) 462m
Carn a'Choin Deirg 701m
Carn a'Choin Deirg South Top 667m
Carn Alladale 636m
Carn Ban 842m
Carn Ban Far South Top 823m
Carn Ban South Top 838m
Carn Beag 623m
Carn Gorm-loch 909m
Carn Loch Sruban Mora 736m
Carn Mor 648m
Ceann Garbh 968m
Ceann Garbh [Ceann Garbh (old GR)] 942m
Cnap Coire Loch Tuath 883m
Cnoc a'Choillich 416m
Cnoc an Tubait 423m
Cnoc Bad a'Choille 340m
Cnoc Breac 280m
Cnoc Damh 588m
Cnoc Feith nan Cleireach 639m
Cona' Mheall 978m
Craggan a'Chait 778m
Creag an Duine [An Sgurr] 905m
Creag an Lochain Sgeirich [A'Chaoirnichain Sgeirich] 873m
Creag Bac na Faire 809m
Creag Deabharan 528m
Creag Dubh 592m
Creag Ghrianach 415m
Creag Iobhair 794m
Creag Iobhair East Top 762m
Creag Loisgte 415m
Creag nan Speireag 465m
Creag Riabhach 833m
Creagan na Radhairc 481m
Eididh nan Clach Geala 927m
Iorguill 874m
Leac an Tuadh 655m
Leitir Riabhach 557m
Meall a'Bhuirich 465m
Meall a'Chaorainn 454m
Meall a'Chaorainn 632m
Meall a'Choire Ghlais 804m
Meall a'Chuaille 629m
Meall a'Gharbhrain 497m
Meall an Daimh Bhig 468m
Meall an Daimh Mhoir 564m
Meall an Eich Ghlais 463m
Meall an Fhuarain 578m
Meall an Torcain 537m
Meall Buidhe 459m
Meall Coire an Lochain 517m
Meall Coire nan Laogh 666m
Meall Cruaidh 503m
Meall Dheirgidh 506m
Meall Doire Faid 729m
Meall Dubh 646m
Meall Feith Dhiongaig 536m
Meall Feith Dhiongaig SE Top 520m
Meall Glac an Ruighe 858m
Meall Gorm 885m
Meall Leacachain 621m
Meall Liath Choire 549m
Meall na Sidhinn 440m
Meall nam Bradhan 679m
Meall nam Fuaran 673m
Meall nam Madadh 629m
Meall nan Ceapraichean 977m
Meall nan Dearcag 402m
Meall nan Doireachan 713m
Meall nan Uan 426m
Meall Odhar 427m
Meallan Mhurchaidh 625m
Meallan Odhar 436m
Mullach a'Bhrian Leitir 406m
Mullach a'Chadha Bhuidhe 445m
Reidh Chreagan 403m
Seana Bhraigh 926m
Seana Bhraigh South Top 905m
Sithean Raireag 544m
Sron Liath 761m
Strone Nea 485m
Tom Ban Mor 742m
Toman Coinich 862m
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Longitude: -4.578827, Latitude: 57.912303
, Easting: 247312, Northing: 894351
Prominence: 303m
, Isolation: 1.5km
, GPS IDs, 6 char: MlDhrg, 10 char: MlDhrgdh
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ABC and Univision have announced the name of their joint venture that will provide English-language news programming aimed at the growing Latino demographic: Fusion.
Univision News President Isaac Lee says Fusion will bring together diverse cultures and give Latinos a voice in the American conversation.
The network will launch later in 2013. Five major cable distributors have agreed to carry the channel and it will be available in millions of households nationwide.
Univision is the nation's largest Spanish-language media company and is now aiming to provide content to second- and third-generation Latinos whose first language is English. ABC is owned by The Walt Disney Co.
The 2010 census showed U.S.-born Latinos accounted for 60 percent of the nation's Hispanic population growth over the last decade.


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WORLD: US probes Saudi-linked UK arms firm
The British and US governments are on a diplomatic collision course
after the US Department of Justice launched a formal investigation into
allegations of corruption at defence company BAE Systems.
The US investigation will scrutinise BAE's dealings with Saudi Arabia to
expose an account allegedly held by the Bank of England that is used to
facilitate Saudi payments for arms.
The British Government refuses to acknowledge such an account exists.
Gordon Brown, who becomes prime minister overnight, could face a
diplomatic crisis in the early days of his leadership if the Department
of Justice demands information on the account.
Turning down a DoJ request for help in a corruption inquiry could be
embarrassing for Mr Brown and damage Britain's reputation.
British defence sources and government officials yesterday said the
Ministry of Defence, which allegedly runs the account, was seeking legal
advice on how to proceed.
The decision to investigate is potentially devastating for Britain's
largest defence company.
BAE gets 43 per cent of its business from the US and, if it is found
guilty, the company could face enormous fines or be barred from new US
defence contracts.
The company told the stock market it had received notification of the US
investigation yesterday morning. Its share price fell 11 per cent in
early trading and closed with pound stg. 1.2billion ($2.8 billion) wiped
off its capitalisation.
The Times reported last month that the DoJ was assessing whether it had
jurisdiction to look into BAE's dealings with Saudi Arabia after a
similar investigation by the British Serious Fraud Office was shut down
for reasons of national security.
Allegations of corruption have dogged the pound stg. 43 billion
al-Yamamah oil-for-arms deal, with BAE accused of running a $US100
million ($120 million) slush fund to entertain Saudi royals and pay bribes.
The DoJ is thought to be looking into payments of more than pound stg. 1
billion made by BAE to Saudi officials, including Prince Bandar bin
Sultan, a former ambassador to the US.
The payments are understood to have come from an escrow account held at
the Bank of England and merely transferred through BAE's financial system.
BAE and Prince Bandar have denied the payments were bribes and insist
the transactions were agreed on by the Saudi and British governments.
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Lenoir Memorial Hospital officials stress the importance of kidney screenings
Lenoir County stands as the second highest county out of 100 for dialysis treatment.
With that in mind, Lenoir Memorial Hospital offered free kidney screenings for the first time this week by way of the UNC Kidney Center�s mobile unit, based in Chapel Hill.
Early detection of kidney disease is important because the disease can be slowed, or even stopped, if treatment is started before symptoms are noticed.
In addition, kidney disease doesn�t go away on its own. It gets worse over time and can lead to kidney failure, requiring regular dialysis sessions or kidney transplant.
�There�s such a prevalence of risk factors for kidney disease in this area,� said Constance Hengel, LMH�s director of Community Programming and Development.
Donna Harward, UNC Director of Education and Outreach, conducted the screenings Tuesday. She said stroke, hypertension and high blood pressure are common in the Southern belt.
�All three of those are risk factors for chronic kidney disease,� she said.
Lenoir County is one of 38 counties the UNC Kidney Center is targeting for screenings.
�I target counties that have the largest prevalence of kidney disease,� Harward said.
The information recorded from the screenings, as well as recommendations for treatment, is shared with the patients� primary care physicians, she said.
�We do this to work in harmony with the primary care doctor,� she said.
There are few nephrologists in the state and no lower than stage four cases � with stage 5 being kidney failure � are referred to those specialists.
Harward said there are no physical symptoms with chronic kidney disease until it reaches the advanced stages. Because the kidneys are mainly made up of a network of blood vessels, patients often die of heart attack before having kidney failure, she said.
�(Kidney disease) is a very painful illness,� Harward said.
But with early detection, treatment includes inexpensive generics medications which form a protective coating in the kidneys, she said. Testing involves a urine, and possibly blood, test.
Hilda Powell of Kinston found out about the screenings from her sister, Bertha Gray, who was also getting screened.
�I want to get screened,� Powell said, �because I�ve got a lot of health problems.�
Powell said she has osteoarthritis �from foot to head,� high blood pressure and a family history of a number of chronic illnesses. She also takes 13 pills a day for her health problems.
Near the end of August, she had a serious bout with food poisoning that dropped her blood pressure and heart rate, she said. In addition, she experienced a number of other symptoms.
When she checked in at the hospital then, she could barely whisper, let alone talk. It was a wakeup call to her she needed to get checked out.
�I want to know what�s going on,� she said as she waited to be called for the kidney testing.
Linda Banks of Kinston said she has diabetes and she wants to be proactive.
�I wanted a second opinion,� she said was the reason she was getting the screening, �because my dad is a diabetic and he does have kidney problems.�
Barbara LaRoque, LMH�s marketing coordinator, said the hospital hopes to offer more screenings.
�We hope to do the screenings regularly because kidney disease is such a serious threat in this community,� LaRoque said. �With a large population of diabetes patients we expect to see a large population of kidney disease sufferers.�
Margaret Fisher can be reached at 252-559-1082 or email@example.com.
Dialysis facts
Lenoir County has the second highest prevalence of people who need dialysis
One in nine North Carolinians has chronic kidney disease, and about the same are unaware they are at risk
Early detection and treatment can slow or stop kidney disease
Risk factors of silent chronic kidney disease:
Age � 50 and older
Body mass index more than 30, sedentary lifestyle
Women, African American, Native American, Hispanic or Asian
Smoking, anemia, high blood pressure, high cholesterol and/or diabetes
History � heart disease, stroke, kidney stones, urinary tract infections, kidney disease in family
Circulation disease in legs
Protein in urine
What you can do:
Keep blood pressure below 130/80
Eat healthy � cut back salt, be active, take medicines as prescribed
Source: The National Kidney Disease Education Program


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Real Salt Lake Arizona's youth academy teams have done well in their first year in the US Soccer Development Academy. As a reward, they'll get a chance to compete against some of the world's best this coming weekend at Dallas Cup XXXII.
The Dallas Cup is a prestigious youth tournament that involves 180 youth teams from all over the world. The tournament kicks off Friday, with the championship game played on April 24.
Entry into the elite tournament requires a vigorous application process; however, Real Salt Lake managed to get two teams enrolled.
"We've generated a pretty good reputation as far as the style we play," academy coach Mike Muñoz told MLSsoccer.com.
The U-17/U-18 team in particular has an exciting opportunity ahead. They were given an additional honor of being selected as a participant in the Super Group bracket, meaning they will be competing against the cream of the crop, including teams from Arsenal, Barcelona and Tigres.
They will open play on Sunday at 1:30 pm MT against Tigres, and Muñoz admitted that the experience could be intimidating.
"At the end of the day, all we can really do is make sure that we're as prepared as possible," said Muñoz. "The guys are super excited. They've been looking forward to this for a long time, and they've been playing well."
Muñoz conceded, however, that this team has faced its share of distractions after initially getting off to a great start in the Development Academy.
"The 18s is a team with players that have committed to college right now," he said. "It's kind of a senioritis thing, and prom's coming up."
However, from a talent perspective, Muñoz said his team can challenge anybody.
[inline_node:333793]"The 18s are a very talented group from top to bottom," he said. "When it comes to the 18s, we were never worried about their soccer."
In addition to Tigres, the U-18 entry is joined in Bracket C by SC Corinthians Paulista, who many consider to be the favorites, and fellow MLS squad Vancouver Whitecaps.
The U-18 team should get a boost in the form of some assistance coming from the senior roster.
"One of the questions they asked was, would you be able to pool some of Real Salt Lake's first-team players if they were eligible age-wise, and the answer to that is yes," said Muñoz. "We're taking Donny Toia and Luis Gil onto our roster."
It's a slightly different story with the U-16 team.
"With the 16s, they were a little less mature in the beginning," admitted Muñoz. "It took them maybe three to four months to understand the professional environment, and just to get rid of their bad habits that they developed in club soccer. [But] now they get it. They are a great group to work with. They don't have all of those outside distractions."
Muñoz said the tournament will be a good experience no matter what the results will be. However, there is no mistaking the goal of participating in this tournament.
"First and foremost, we want to be competitive," Muñoz said. "There are people that are writing us off already. Our guys are competitive. They are winners, so when they hear that they take it to heart. They want to open some eyes, and continue to earn respect across the country."


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Wintertime at the Fox River Trolley Museum. South Elgin Illinois. December 2007., a photo by Eddie from Chicago on Flickr.
I took this photo back in December of 2007.
I was driving northbound on Illinois U.S Rt # 31 along the west bank of the Fox River in the town of South Elgin Illinois, and couldn't resist to stop and take this photo.
Seen here during the off season, is the Fox River Trolley Museum. The museum was closed, but the sunshine and snowy Wintertime scenery was open for a photographic opportunity.


text: Ever wondered how we care for the 20,000+ animals that call the Aquarium home? I'm excited to share the news that we've just launched our first-ever Veterinarian Tour, which takes guests behind-the-scenes to learn all about the fascinating world of veterinary medicine! At the National Aquarium, we currently have a staff of four veterinarians and three vet technicians that are in charge of the medical care for all of our animals. These animals range in size and species from our rain forest tarantula up to our dolphins, and everything in between. All of the veterinarians at the Aquarium have gone through specialized training to work with our invertebrates, amphibians, reptiles, birds and mammals. We are proud to say that two of our veterinarians are board-certified in at least one specialty, and our other two veterinarians are currently working towards their specialty certifications. What it takes to become a veterinarian: To become a veterinarian, you first need to get a bachelor's degree from an undergraduate college. After that, you need to apply and be accepted to a college of veterinary medicine. Currently, there are only 29 schools in the United States with a veterinary college. This means that for approximately every 10 to 12 applicants to a veterinary school, only one person will be accepted. After graduating from four years of veterinary school, you are able to go out and practice on any animal you would like to. However, in order to become a certified specialist with any group of animals, more training is needed. There are numerous internships and residencies available to provide this specialized training after graduating from veterinary school. The next time you visit the Aquarium, take a moment to think about what it takes to keep our animals happy and healthy. To learn more and to get a behind-the-scenes look at our line of work, check out an upcoming Veterinary Tour. Tags: aquarium-vets, behind-the-scenes, behind-the-scenes-tours, immersion-tours, national-aquarium-experts, veterinary-tour, vets Categories: Behind-The-Scenes Previous Post Next Post


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CHARLOTTE � When the Charlotte Bobcats acquired Josh McRoberts last month, he was the throw-in on a no-risk trade deadline deal.
When they signed Jannero Pargo last week, they were simply looking for a healthy body to back up starting point guard Kemba Walker.
On Wednesday night, McRoberts and Pargo were more valuable than perhaps their team could�ve ever imagined in a 107-101 win over the Toronto Raptors that gives Charlotte its first winning streak since Nov. 19 and 21 � or way back when the Bobcats were off a franchise-record 6-4 start.
�The journey�s been a long and tough one for our team,� said Charlotte coach Mike Dunlap, whose team has won three of its last five games, including three straight at Time Warner Cable Arena, to improve to 16-52. �But we�re playing hard and we�re playing together.�
McRoberts, acquired from Orlando for Hakim Warrick, made his sixth straight start and had 12 points and a game-high 12 rebounds, none more important than his offensive rebound with 22 seconds left and the Bobcats holding a precarious 3-point lead.
Pargo, signed to replace the injured Ramon Sessions, again came off the bench, but finished with 11 points and had to finish out the game when Kemba Walker fouled out with 1:45 to play.
�What�s amazing to me is that we�ve been through a lot as far as losing,� Dunlap said. �But we�re still battling and fighting. Some of that is youth, but we�re also getting veteran leadership.�
Byron Mullens led a bench brigade that scored 54 points with 25 points. He also went eight of 12 from the free throw line, hitting his last eight after a zero-for-four start.
Gerald Henderson added 21 points, Ben Gordon 16 and Walker 14.
Rudy Gay�s 25 points led Toronto (26-42).
Charlotte started slow, as the Raptors led 15-4 after 4 1-2 minutes. But the Bobcats closed within 26-22 by the end of the first quarter and were in the lead at halftime at 53-48.
While Toronto took the lead briefly in the third quarter, Charlotte never trailed again after Mullens� 3-pointer with 4:27 left in that period.
Notes: Majority owner Michael Jordan held a question and answer session with Bobcats� season ticket holders on Tuesday. Part of his message was that he was as frustrated as anyone by the team�s recent on-court performance, was non-committal about the future of Dunlap and said no decision had been made about a potential name change to the Hornets�.
Since the Bobcats are again locked into having a lottery pick, who are the top college draft prospects? According to nbadraft.net, Kansas freshman Ben McLemore, Oklahoma State freshman Marcus Smart, Georgetown sophomore Otto Porters, Kentucky freshman Nerlens Noel and Indiana sophomore Cody Zeller are considered the top five draft prospects. The top-rated ACC prospects are Maryland sophomore Alex Len (No. 8), Duke senior Mason Plumlee (14), North Carolina sophomore James Michael McAdoo (16), Virginia Tech senior Erick Green (31), N.C. State junior Lorenzo Brown (35), N.C. State State junior C.J. Leslie (37), Florida State senior Michael Snaer (44), Miami senior Kenny Kadji (46), Duke senior Ryan Kelly (47) and Duke senior Seth Curry (54). Thus far, according to that website, another pair of sophomore standouts � Miami�s Shane Larkin and North Carolina�s P.J. Hairston � are not expected to declare for the NBA draft�.
A pair of injured Bobcats could well be done for the season. Ramon Sessions (left knee) has yet to practice since injuring himself March 6 and Brendan Haywood (left ankle) was on crutches and wearing a protective boot on his left foot.
Richard Walker: 704-869-1841; twitter.com/JRWalk22


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The finding, published in the current online issue of Diabetes Care, challenges the conventional wisdom that hypoglycemia is primarily a problem among diabetic patients with well-controlled diabetes (who have low average blood-sugar levels).
Low blood sugar, or hypoglycemia, can cause unpleasant symptoms but is typically treatable with food or a sweet drink. Severe hypoglycemia occurs when blood sugar gets so low a patient needs assistance, and may result in dizziness or mental confusion, injury, car accident, coma or, rarely, even death. Several recent studies have found that patients who experienced severe hypoglycemia were also at higher risk for dementia, falls, fractures and heart attacks, compared with patients who did not experience hypoglycemia.
"Many clinicians may assume that hypoglycemia is not much of a problem in poorly controlled type 2 diabetes given their high average blood-sugar levels," said senior author and study principal investigator, Andrew Karter, PhD, of the Kaiser Permanente Division of Research. "This study suggests that we should pay much closer attention to hypoglycemia, even in poorly controlled patients. Providers should explain the symptoms of hypoglycemia, how to treat it, and how to avoid it — for example, by not skipping meals. Most of all, providers should ask all their diabetic patients whether they've experienced hypoglycemia, even those patients with very high average levels of blood sugar."
The researchers surveyed patients with type 2 diabetes being treated with medications to lower their blood sugar and asked about their experiences with severe hypoglycemia. Nearly 11 percent of the more than 9,000 respondents experienced severe hypoglycemia in the prior year, and it occurred at all levels of blood-sugar control.
Researchers categorized patients into five categories of HbA1c, a measure of average blood sugar, ranging from lowest to highest. The prevalence of severe hypoglycemia was calculated for each category. Patients with the lowest and highest HbA1c values tended to be at higher risk for hypoglycemia, compared to those with HbA1c values in the middle range. However, the differences were small and hypoglycemia was common in all HbA1c categories.
"Hypoglycemia is the most common acute complication of diabetes therapy and is associated with poor health outcomes," said lead author Kasia Lipska, MD, MHS, an endocrinologist from the Yale University School of Medicine. "In clinical trials, patients treated intensively, aiming for excellent blood-sugar control, experienced much more hypoglycemia than patients treated less aggressively. But we didn't know as much about the relationship between blood-sugar control and hypoglycemia in everyday clinical practice. We wanted to understand whether patients who achieve the lowest average blood sugars are really at the greatest risk for hypoglycemia."
"It is important to note that it's not the HbA1c that directly causes hypoglycemia, it's the therapies we use to lower it," said Dr. Lipska. "Future research needs to better identify those patients at the highest risk for hypoglycemia so we can reduce the risk. For now, we know that poor control is certainly not protective."
The researchers suggest that evaluations of quality of diabetes care should include adverse effects associated with treatment, such as hypoglycemia. "While aggressive treatment of high blood sugar was once considered a hallmark of better care, recent clinical trials have raised concerns about the risks of tight control, particularly in the frail and elderly," said Karter.
Additional authors on the study include Margaret Warton, MPH, and Howard H. Moffet, MPH, of the Kaiser Permanente Division of Research; Elbert S. Huang, MD, MPH, of the University of Chicago School of Medicine; and Silvio E. Inzucchi, MD, and Harlan M. Krumholz, MD, SM, of the Yale University School of Medicine.
About Yale School of Medicine
Founded in 1810, the Yale School of Medicine is a world-renowned center for biomedical research, education and advanced health care. Among its divisions are one of the nation's oldest schools of public health and the internationally recognized Child Study Center, founded in 1911. Its Yale Cancer Center is one of 41 comprehensive cancer centers designated by the National Cancer Institute. Its 33 academic departments include 11 in the basic sciences, 19 in clinical fields, and 5 in public health. The School of Medicine consistently ranks among the handful of leading recipients of research funding from the National Institutes of Health and other organizations supporting the biomedical sciences, and belongs to medical organizations includinvg the Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC) and the Association of Academic Health Centers (AAHC). For more information, visit medicine.yale.edu.
About the Kaiser Permanente Division of Research
The Kaiser Permanente Division of Research conducts, publishes and disseminates epidemiologic and health services research to improve the health and medical care of Kaiser Permanente members and the society at large. It seeks to understand the determinants of illness and well-being and to improve the quality and cost-effectiveness of health care. Currently, DOR's 600-plus staff is working on more than 250 epidemiological and health services research projects. For more information, visit www.dor.kaiser.org.
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Breakfast on board was a (quite tasty, albeit weird considering it felt like the middle of the night) pita pocket with hummus, tabouleh, and lettuce in it. Accompanied by... more of the sugar-free cookies?! Everyone else was served yogurt, bananas, and a pastry. So random, but it's really nice that airlines are so willing to accommodate.
My last dinner in LA was of the clean-out-the-fridge sort. Sarah had brought me over a bunch of squashes from someone's garden (at Wattles, actually!), and I had some other veggies lying around as well. Most excitingly, I finally fried up that tube of polenta that had been sitting on my counter for weeks.
We made the squash along the same lines that my family often made it when I was growing up (minus the parmesan). I parboiled the carrots ahead of time so that they'd cook evenly with the softer squash, and I used the old Western-style herbs, plus whatever was on hand. Some sesame seeds added crunch and nuttiness.
Summer Squash and Carrots with Herbs
carrots, sliced
olive oil
garlic, minced
scallions, chopped
summer squash/zucchini/etc, sliced or quartered
fresh parsley, minced
red pepper flakes
sesame seeds
Instructions1. Parboil the carrots so that they're about the same softness as the squashes.
2. Heat olive oil in a skillet. Add garlic, scallions, and salt, and cook until fragrant. Then add squash and carrots and cook a few minutes. Add herbs and red pepper flakes, and cook until veggies are tender and slightly browned, adding water as necessary.
3. Adjust salt to taste and sprinkle with sesame seeds before serving hot. A sprinkle of nutritional yeast would also be nice.
Polenta was the real exciting discovery. A random buy from Trader Joe's one day, this inexpensive, shelf-stable golden tube had been sitting around for weeks. I sliced it, browned it in olive oil, and then served the crispy and succulent slices with some of the leftover enchilada sauce I'd found in my freezer. I'd forgotten how amazing this sauce was--cumin, marjoram, and, most of all, smoky chipotles en adobo give this sauce incredible depth of flavor. Here, that flavor was really well complemented by the textures and the mild sweetness of the polenta. We ate it all.
Pan-Fried Polenta with Spicy Chipotle Enchilada Sauce
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I confess great joy from watching stuff like this.
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Monday, February 18, 2013
Slender Man Pranks
I confess great joy from watching stuff like this.
10 comments:
- Willow Cove said...
people who know me think I do stuff like this to my family- I would be out on the street looking for a new place to live...if I survived the prank.
- February 18, 2013 at 6:52 PM
- Jay's Shadow said...
I totally agree. So much fun watching people getting scared.
- February 18, 2013 at 7:36 PM
- Steve Ring said...
Calling him "the Boogieman" has really fallen out of fashion. Too 70s Disco.
- February 18, 2013 at 8:12 PM
- Rania said...
Man, i had to put my cat down this morning and it has sucked really bad but this gave me joy today. Thank you!
- February 19, 2013 at 5:02 PM
- Rot said...
oh no.
so SO sorry to hear that, Rania.
- February 19, 2013 at 6:46 PM
- Willow Cove said...
Rania, I am sorry for your loss.
- February 19, 2013 at 7:36 PM
- girl6 said...
Rania i am Very sorry to hear your sad news...
i Hope you can find comfort in knowing you gave your kitty a Good life...take care...
- February 20, 2013 at 10:51 AM
- Rania said...
Thank you everyone. It has inspired me to do maybe do a pet cemetery in his honor for next season :)
- February 21, 2013 at 7:50 AM
- Rot said...
That's actually really nice.
Haunters are cool people.
- February 21, 2013 at 7:53 AM
- Unknown said...
This is the kind of thing my 10-year-daughter thinks is *hilarious*... unless somebody does it to her.
- February 21, 2013 at 5:05 PM


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It might not exactly rival "America Idol" in the ratings, but here's a sign that "Mad Men" is becoming part of the popular culture: "Sesame Street" is planning a parody of the AMC drama about ad agency life in the early 1960s.
A safe prediction is that the most upsetting vice portrayed in the "Sesame Street" takeoff will be nothing worse than the conspicuous consumption of cookies – and not the endless drinking, smoking and illicit sex that fill a show set, so far, before the 1960s hit full decadence.
But there are no safe predictions for the third season of "Mad Men," which kicks off Sunday amid fresh scars of exposed lies and secrets for the main characters, and the coming of unsettling times for the country.
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For those still catching up on last season, we're about to enter spoiler territory – so stop reading and hit the on-demand or the DVDs.
Season Two saw the show's hyper-controlled characters become, to differing extents, unglued by events around them – Marilyn Monroe's death, an infamous plane crash and, most notably, the Cuban Missile Crisis, where fear cleared a landscape of forced, if not complete, honesty.
Don and Betty Draper reached marital détente amid news of a baby on the way, after Don disappeared to seek refuge in his past life as Dick Whitman and Betty slipped into a hotel storage room to seek revenge in a quickie with a stranger.
Ambitious adwoman Peggy Olson, an A-student in the Don Draper school of self-delusion and reinvention, finally told ruthless account executive Pete Campbell how she secretly bore his child and gave up the baby – not in a tearful confession, but as a means of asserting her power over an uncharacteristically vulnerable Campbell.
Closeted art director Sal Romano is chafing under a sham marriage as curvaceous office manager Joan Holloway is about to enter into one with her doctor fiancé, who raped her in the place where she thought she exerted control: the office.
Meanwhile, Sterling Cooper was bought out by a London firm (presaging, perhaps, another kind of British cultural invasion not far down the line).
With the balance of power changing in the world and in the office, the characters are headed into dangerous territory as the show stretches into 1963. We know what's coming, at least for the country: the Kennedy assassination.
But we're getting ahead of ourselves.
Hopes are understandably high for this critical favorite, which pulled off the rare feat of compiling a second season as strong as the first – living up to the hype and deserving its 16 Emmy nominations. Still, the highly stylized show doesn't attract quite 2 million viewers.
The show is building slowly, much like the last TV drama to become part of the popular culture even before being embraced by a mass audience: "The Sopranos," the former home of "Mad Men" creator and producer Matthew Weiner.
Season 2 ended with a mix of hope and foreboding as Betty told Don of her pregnancy. The baby would be a member of the first generation raised on "Sesame Street," a place that is, thankfully, a long way from Madison Avenue.
Hester is founding director of the award-winning, multi-media NYCity News Service at the City University of New York Graduate School of Journalism. He is the former City Editor of the New York Daily News, where he started as a reporter in 1992.


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Padres send Ross to DL with injured shoulder
SAN FRANCISCO -- Padres pitcher Tyson Ross arrived at AT&T Park early Saturday with the intention of tossing a between-starts bullpen session. Instead, he got some tough news.
The Padres placed Ross on the 15-day disabled list (retroactive to Thursday) with subluxation of his left shoulder, an injury he sustained while hitting against the Dodgers on Wednesday.
"The soreness has to decrease, and there's a strengthening component to this. We've got to make sure he can swing the bat and have confidence that he can field his position," Padres manager Bud Black said.
The Padres recalled right-handed pitcher Thad Weber to give the team depth. Weber appeared in one game with the Padres on April 13, allowing two earned runs in 3 2/3 innings of relief. Weber was 2-0 with a 0.82 ERA in two starts in Triple-A.
Ross was disappointed with the news but understood the team wants him to get healthy again before he returns to the rotation.
"It's definitely frustrating," Ross said. "It's my off-shoulder, and I can still pitch just fine. But they've got my best interest at heart."
Ross suffered the injury to his non-throwing shoulder on the follow-through of his swing during the third inning against Dodgers pitcher Clayton Kershaw after getting his first Major League hit. Ross winced in pain as he ran up the line. But he remained in the game, pitching 4 2/3 innings in a no-decision.
Ross said the shoulder continues to feel better each day.
"I'm definitely feeling better today than I was yesterday," he said. "This will give me time to strengthen the shoulder. I'm pretty optimistic about it."
The Padres went through a similar ordeal two seasons ago when pitcher Dustin Moseley twice suffered subluxation to the shoulder of his non-throwing arm. Moseley had surgery following the 2011 season to repair a dislocated shoulder, torn labrum and stretched capsule.


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Less Networks necesitaba un nuevo diseño de logotipo y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 237 diseños de 49 diseñadores freelance.
Chimpit is a new social mobility application that is used over the Iphone and Personal WiFi connected laptops. Chimpit is used by people on-the-go to "Discover People, Places and Fun Stuff Nearby:. here is how it works:
After a person logs into Chimpit, they can search for specific types of business or places and Chimpit will find the closest locations to the user. For example, say you were traveling and you wanted to find a coffee shop nearby, you would search for coffee shops and Chimpit would locate the coffee shops closest to you. Maps are available to get directions and you can find reviews about the coffee shops and see other Chimpit users at the location.
Also, Chimpit automatically shows the current weather, Links to local news, Shows interesting things to do in the area and also gives access to public transportation maps and nearby bus stops or train stops. In the future Chimpit will have movie reviews and local news!
Chimpit is also a social network. Members using Chimpit can text one another and review each others profiles and see how far away they are from one another.
Our target audience is anyone and everyone, tho the more likely users are younger tech-savy people who rely on the internet for information. We are hoping for a fun logo which is simple and easy to understand.
We need help creating a logo for Chimpit. We Do have one graphic that we would like to use as part of the design. We call it the "MLC" or Monkey-Like-Creature. The three waves on the right are optional, however, I think the company expects the final design to have the three waves. I would like to see some options both ways.
The design should incorporate the tag line "Discover Peoople, Places and Fun Stuff Nearby" tho this tag line is not to dominate any graphic
You can submit gray scale or color designs. We do not have specific colors in mind BUT if you incorporate colors
the colors should represent "happy emotions". (if that helps. ;-) )
The design should be vector graphic only. No bitmap images please.
It is hard to give design direction for this project. The logo could be a visual explanation of what Chimpit does..OR the logo could simply be fun lettering and colors.
As we see the entries, we can make comments about designs we like and give more specific direction. Feel free to be creative.
I will be in constant contace and available almost any time via the contest email. dont hesitate to ask questions. questions are good.
SEE ATTACHED THE MLC which is to be used as the "chimp" in chimpit
this is our SECOND contest on here.. and we look forward to awarding the price to the best design. GOOD LUCK!
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Updated: Berkeley Police Are Investigating Derby Street Homicde
Police are investigating the shooting death of a man in South Berkeley last night, a police spokeswoman said.
The shooting was reported at 6:52 p.m. in the 1800 block of Derby Street between Grant Street and Martin Luther King Jr. Way, Officer Jennifer Coats said.
The man was pronounced dead at the scene. Police are investigating and talking to witnesses in the area but have not identified any suspects, Coats said.
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Video: Excerpts of Ohad Naharin & Tabaim's Furo, performed by the Batsheva Dance Company.
Nearly four years ago, I saw Furo – a collaboration between choreographer Ohad Naharin and video artist Tabaimo – when it was performed at Tel Aviv's port. Now Furo is back at Batsheva Dance Company's Studio Varda in the Suzanne Dellal Centre from March 15-26.
Furo fascinated me in 2008, spurring me to write two posts at the time: one after attending the press conference and one after watching the performance on the day of its Tel Aviv premiere. Both of my reflections are below, and ticket information for the current run of Furo is at the end of the article.
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Batsheva Dance Company in Furo. Photograph by Gadi Dagon.
The text below was originally published as "Moving Forward with Ohad Naharin's 'Furo'" on The Winger on May 14, 2008.
A question was asked in Hebrew, restated in English, and then translated into Japanese. This was part of the scene at yesterday's press conference for Furo, a collaboration between Ohad Naharin and the Japanese video artist Tabaimo.
In the last two decades, Israeli choreographers – led by Naharin – have pushed the boundaries of their art form along with their foreign counterparts. Furo continues this move forward. Globalization, collaboration, installation, technology, and video art are some of the hot words right now, and every one of these terms can be used in a discussion about Furo.


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Online gaming is so popular with people of all ages, whatever types of games you like you are bound to find something to suit you online. You might also be surprised to know that there are lots of websites that will allow you to play free online games for as long as you like without having to spend a single penny. If you are a fan of flash RPG games you will not be disappointed as there are free online adventure games that you can enjoy. This will come as a relief to many parents who might already be paying monthly fees for their children to play the fantasy games that are so huge right now. Don't pay a monthly subscription to RPG games check out the free adventure games online and join in the fun.
Maybe flash RPG games are not really your thing, if you are looking for different online games to play such as action or word games there are plenty of websites that offer this too. So why not go online and type "play free online games" into your search engine and see what results you get. Once you have found a website that offers free online games sign up and away you go. You can play free online games as often as you like – there is no limit to the amount of times you can log in and play for free. For a different way to find great websites to play free online games on you could check out some of the online gaming forums and ask users which are the best free gaming sites. That way you will find out which websites have the best games and which are the most popular without having to do the research yourself.
Often on websites that provide free gaming members have the option to buy the full, deluxe version of the games they enjoy playing. This can be good if you want to have a permanent copy of the game that you can play when you are not online. You are not under any obligation to do this however and if you just want to play free online games that is fine, you should never be charged to pay at all on these sites.
Some websites that let you play free online games have links in them to sites where you can play the same games but for money. These can be good fun for over 18s who are looking to add a little bit of excitement to their gaming. However it is important that anyone under the age of 18 does not play on these sites as it is illegal for them to do this. So if you have children who are using the internet to play free online games make sure that it is legal for them to be members of the websites that they join and monitor the website. So if you want to be able to play free online games when you feel like it go online now and get clicking!


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There are a few things I find it very hard, if not even impossible, to negotiate no matter how busy life gets:
1) 8 hour sleep every night (I can just about manage with 7 if I really have to)
2) daily exercise
3) clean bed sheets at least once a week
4) real food
And this is my kind of real fast food: a smoked trout salad, which is especially perfect for summer. Different versions of this salad are a staple in Finland during summer because it is so easy and quick, not to mention healthy, and you can make it more or less wholesome (by way of adding potatoes, for example) according to your wish. Tasty it is as well, of course ;-)
Take the skin and the bones off the trout and break into bite sized pieces. Peel the eggs and cut in quarters. Place the salad leaves, tomatoes and shallot in a large bowl. Add fresh dill according to taste. Fold in the trout.
In a separate bowl, mix together the sour cream, lemon juice and dill and season with salt and pepper. Place some salad on a platter, top with eggs and serve with the dressing.
PS. I guess blogging should also be added to the list above... *ahem*


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So who rules the roost in the British ultra scene? Well, most would point to the Green Brigade at Celtic. Aberdeen and (would you believe) even some Rangers fans have accepted that they've been No.1 in the last two years. The Green Brigade are both active and radical, they differ from almost every group in Britain by adopting a political stance. We live in a democracy though and as such, EFW dialled them up to hear what they had to say about themselves, other groups, politics, ticketing and of course - winding up Rangers:
How many members do GB have and what is the criterion for becoming a new member? We have approximately 60 members. There's a lot of interest in the group and we could probably triple our membership overnight but we are quite selective. Members have to be at least interested in the three core areas of the group - Celtic, the Ultras scene, and our politics. They've also got to regularly attend matches and be prepared to do some graft (i.e. painting banners, making flags) and have an Ultras mentality.
How has the group developed over the past few years? We've slowly but surely grown from a group with 7-8 members, and only a few in section 111 where we stand, to having 60 members and on a good night we can lead 3-400 fans into going 'tonto' at league matches. At cup games, when a lot of the ordinary season book holders aren't at matches, there can be over 1000 lads flocking to the section to get involved.
What do Celtic FC (the club) think about GB? Are they supportive or do they keep a distance? We don't have any relationship with Celtic, or at least not a positive one. They are happy to use the chants we start over the tannoy and our tifo pictures on their adverts for ticketing but beyond that there is no relationship to speak of, and we regularly have problems with them in terms of getting access with materials, with aggro from club stewards and officials etc. Recently our members taking the group banner into matches have been pointed out by Celtic stewards to the police who have demanded details and searches, using spurious legislation against us.
Do tifos and other displays have to be permitted by the club(s) or do you bring the material into stadium(s) and test the attitudes of the stewards on the day? (At home matches) in our first season or two we had to sneak our materials in but the club seemed to finally accept that we weren't going away and for a while we got used to turning up for the gates opening and getting access with materials. They have, however, refused access twice - both for derby matches, including the most recent one (January 3rd) - so we're back to where we were before, sneaking materials in. They had previously demanded to know what we were doing but we would rather do nothing than tell the club the content of our tifos so it looks like we'll be back to the old guerrilla tactics of before for the foreseeable future, especially after we had a go at the board's transfer policy and have used pyro in the matches since. At away matches, we've only asked for permission at two places - we took a pragmatic decision to ask for access to Aberdeen after they had previously knocked back our materials at the turnstiles (and because we needed early access). On one occasion they refused so we sneaked some flags in and used pyro - we got access the next time, funnily enough! The other time was at Fir Park for a tribute to the late Phil O'Donnell (we needed access to set up a card display).
Do GB have any influences inside/outside of Scotland and if so why? There are obviously groups that individual members admire but we wouldn't say there's anyone that has particularly influenced us.
What are the future plans for the group? We plan to continue steadily growing in terms of numbers, influence on the Celtic support and continuing to do what we do. We're getting ourselves a section by stealth just now, with lads on the fringes relocating towards the group and those who aren't interested moving away from where we stand so hopefully in the next couple of years we could have a really good section at Celtic Park and increase our influence among the support.
What is Celtic's away support like and how many of those would be made up of the GB? Our away support is the best in Scotland and on its day can be up there with anything you'd see in Britain, or indeed elsewhere. Off our day we can still be pretty decent. Generally we'd have at least 30 members at every away match, with more attending some matches - for example, we often take full coaches ourselves to Aberdeen. Some of our lads are unemployed and others come from Ireland which makes it difficult for them to make every game.
Surely with such a huge support it must be a nightmare trying to arrange away tickets? Not particularly - for some games at smaller stadiums it can be tight (some of the teams in the SPL have only got 6000-seaters, with only maybe 2000 seats for us) but we'll generally find a ticket somehow, especially as away tickets are distributed according to your record of how many games you go to. For young lads starting out it may be difficult to build their record up and ensure they get tickets to the bigger games though. One problem we now have is that Celtic refuse to allocate away tickets to our fans for league matches unless the home club gives them 5% commission, and some clubs don't (e.g. Hearts, Hibs), which can sometimes make it a lottery to pick up tickets as they don't care about your previous record. But through contacts we wouldn't normally go short.
I don't think we need to ask who your main foes are, Do you have any rivals with other teams or ultra groups? In terms of football rivalries, Celtic v Hearts is probably the only other fixture worth writing home about, and the atmosphere is always electric at Tynecastle when we play there. In terms of Ultras groups, the Red Ultras were the only other group in Scotland but they've recently disbanded. There'll likely be a new group at Aberdeen in the next while though so they'll undoubtedly be someone we're competing with on the terraces.
Celtic are famous for having a few friendships with other clubs (St Pauli being the most obvious, to me anyway) do you subscribe to those? Some of our members had pre-existing links to St Pauli before they joined the group and 4/5 of our lads travel over regularly. As a group though we don't really subscribe to friendships with other clubs - we're Celtic first, Celtic last, Celtic overall. Our members do have some personal friendships with lads at other Ultras groups and we are a member of the international anti-fascist Alerta network, with the likes of Ultras Sankt Pauli, Schikeria Munchen, Gate 9, Ultras Inferno 96 etc. but do not have any official friendships. Additionally, we have a good relationships with Freak Brothers and SP07 from Ternana, and Irreductibles 93 from Toulon and regularly have them over in Glasgow for matches.
What is the GB attitude to violence and do you think there is a link between ultras and violence? Like any set of football fans we will defend ourselves if attacked but we're neither pro or anti-football violence, and see that as a personal thing. The scene is different country-to-country and we're probably more like Germany, where the hools and Ultras are separate, but the Ultras may get into the odd confrontation with rival groups - we just don't have any rival groups here!
What do other (non GB) Celtic fans think of the group? Other fans are generally pretty positive about the group and we get a lot of support - be that in the stadium when stewards/police are trying to harass lads, on online forums or through buying merchandise which helps fund the group, and we regularly get 6-700 'unique' users on our forum each day, so there's plenty of enthusiasm. We're aware that many fans might not like us or think some of what we do is a bit alien (e.g. our banner being upside down in protest at the appointment of John Reid is often raised against us on forums, and very occasionally at matches) but on the whole the support has been (somewhat surprisingly) behind us, especially the 'hardcore' away support. We're pretty good at winding up rangers fans so that definitely gets the support on our side - we're probably best known for unveiling a big arrow banner with 'Scotland's Shame' painted on it', pointed at the rangers fans. 'Scotland's Shame' was a term given by politicians to sectarianism, which is primarily only a problem at rangers but politicians and media claim 'both sides are as bad as each other'.
What's been the group's biggest achievement to date? Probably just being here, growing to what we now are and the influence we now have. From an original 7-8 lads to a group that could quadruple its membership over night if we opened our doors. From having 3 lads in section 111 to leading hundreds. From being thought of as a wee novelty by many in our support to being probably the most recognisable and talked-about supporters organisation in Scotland. From a group of inexperienced lads to running a pretty successful group with some really decent, original tifos and other activities - e.g. a football league for asylum seekers/refugees, anti-discrimination football tournament, political discussion classes etc. - we think we've done alright but we'll always be striving to do more and get better.
What chance do ultra groups have in the UK given the high ticket prices and the cost of travelling to see away matches? Ticket prices are rightly a cause for concern and we have protested about these in the past. We're fortunate in Scotland that travelling costs aren't that expensive and our longest away trip is the 3 hours to Aberdeen but it shouldn't really be a barrier to other groups who want to set up - (probably) most of the tifos we do are at home, much like many European groups (some of whom travel in only very small numbers).
The main problem is the mentality of fans in Britain, most of whom are happy to 'sit down, shut up' and glibly accept whatever line they are fed by their club. If there were more lads willing to do what we do, back the team for 90 mins and do a wee bit of work to bring some colour and actions to the games then the ultras scene in Britain might actually kick-off, rather than having so few proper groups as it does now (only really ourselves, Jorvik Reds, Holmesdale Fanatics and perhaps Ultras Barrovia who are very small).
Ultra groups vary from country to country. How would define 'ultras' in the UK? Do you think they differ from their European counterparts? Groups in the 'UK' vary, really. Most who claim to be Ultras aren't, though, as we've seen with the many groups who've fell away almost as soon as they've started. As above, there are probably now only three or four proper Ultras groups in the 'UK', though that may be harsh on some of the groups in England in the lower/non-leagues but they don't seem too active or have the Ultra mentality. For us, the basic ultra mentality of 'beyond' should be the same for group, regardless of where you come from. The main distinction you might see from there is whether groups are into football violence, and that varies country-to-country. Where we in the 'UK' differ from (most of) our European counterparts in that the Ultras scene is an established sub-culture, as opposed to something fairly novel here. Very few lads here 'live it', in contrast to elsewhere where the Ultras (and fan) scenes are far more developed.
Do ultra groups in the UK have political tendencies? Only ourselves, as far as we're aware. We are an unashamedly anti-fascist group and are supportive of a united Ireland and independent Scotland. We do the occasional political action (from campaigning against anti-Irish racism to showing solidarity with Basque political prisoners) but a lot of our political stuff is off the terraces - e.g. our work with asylum seekers, political education etc. As above, we protested (and protest) at the appointment of John Reid as chairman of our club, and we've probably got most publicity from protesting at the politically-motivated imposition of the red poppy on the Celtic jersey (see website for statement), when in 2008 we walked out of Celtic Park and in 2009 we boycotted our match away at Falkirk.
What are the aims of ultra groups in the UK in general? Do you fight against high ticket prices, terracing, changing the kick off times, banning orders or do you just go for bigger and better displays and try to increase the atmosphere at games? It's a slow process and as we've established ourselves as a group our voice has grown louder. We've protested against the appointment of our chairman (by demos at the time, subsequent tifos, chants and our banner being permanently upside down), against high ticket prices, against the club's ticket touting arrangement with Thomas Cook for European away matches etc. We've also campaigned on fan issues - our action against Hibs is about a fan being censored and other issues like safe standing etc. is definitely on our radar. We're the most active group in the 'UK' and we're definitely the most radical, though the Holmesdale Fanatics have also held protest marches etc. We are also obviously looking at doing good, original tifos and trying to increase and improve the atmosphere at games but this is combined with a fairly radical, independent streak too.
What are the relationships like between opposing UK ultra groups? As above, there's really no relationships worth speaking about, bar our previous rivalry with the Red Ultras about who outdid who on the terraces. There's a couple of tifo groups at rangers but they're nothing really. The only contact we have with other groups is some of our lads just checking out what's happening at their places over an internet forum.
Is there an age structure for UK ultras? Is it mainly young lads or can anyone join in? It seems at a lot of the groups that start then fall away the majority of lads are very young, but contrary to what some would have you believe we've a wide age range and our average age is probably late 20s. We've only maybe 6-7 lads in their teens with the bulk of the group in their 20s, and a considerable number of lads in their 30s and 40s. For us, anyone can join - if you're good enough you're young/old enough. In practice, maybe because of the difficult relationship we have with the club and the fact the lads who started the group were a wee bit older and wiser, we've always been pretty conscious that we need older, 'sound' heads and we're quite selective about who we let take up membership. We're also run as a collective - one member, one vote, but trying to do things by consensus - so we only tend to let in the more clued-up lads.
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A man narrowly escaped abduction charges after he mistakenly picked up the wrong girl from a New Jersey school.
Courtney Durr was waiting to be picked up by her mom's friend after school in Gloucester City, N.J., on Tuesday. At the same location, Art Deaner was supposed to pick up his friend's daughter, Courtney Fetters.
When Deaner arrived and saw Courtney Durr, who looked vaguely like the girl he was told to pick up, he called for her to come inside his vehicle.
"I told her I was looking for Courtney,'" said Deaner. "And the young girl said her name was Courtney."
"I got off the bus and he pulled up and he asked if there was a Courtney," said Courtney Durr. "I said, 'Yeah.' My crossing guard let me go and I went with him."
Courtney Durr knew she was being picked up by her mom's friend so she reluctantly went inside. There was only one problem: Deaner was supposed to pick up 6-year-old Courtney Fetters, not 9-year-old Courtney Durr.
Deaner hadn't seen Fetters in some weeks and the girl recently got a haircut so he assumed Durr was the Courtney he was looking for.
"My girlfriend called me and said, 'Where's Courtney?'" said Courtney Durr's mother, Pam Durr. "I said, 'Well she's supposed to be at the bus stop waiting for you.' She said, 'She's not here.'"
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Deaner said he started to realize something wasn't right when he talked with the girl about a recent vacation.
"He was like, 'You weren't with Aunt Mary in Maine?'" said Courtney Durr. "No, I would never have been in Maine."
"I know Courtney was in Maine for two weeks," said Deaner. "I had to turn around and take her back. I got the wrong Courtney."
Police, however, were already on his trail. They pulled Deaner over and arrested him.
The crossing guard noticed that Durr went inside a vehicle that she didn't normally go in. Fearing an abduction, the crossing guard recorded Deaner's license number and alerted police. After asking him several questions, however, police say they realized it was all a mix up and didn't file charges.
Courtney Fetters was found safe and sound while Courtney Durr was reunited with her mother.
"I forgive them!" said Pam Durr. "They didn't know any better because they haven't seen her in a while."
There was also a lesson learned.
"Don't go in someone's car when you don't know 'em," said Courtney Durr.
While Deaner had trouble recognizing the right Courtney, he tells NBC10 he'll always remember what she looks like now.
"I won't forget," said Deaner. "I'll take a picture."


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Criticism of Mayor Bob Filner's decision to target a political rival's office for cuts overshadowed the praise he received Monday for a proposed budget plan that addresses homelessness and bolsters public safety.
Filner's call to slash $1.4 million from City Attorney Jan Goldsmith's office budget was easily the most provocative of the mayor's proposals given the growing animosity between the two officials. They've sparred over several civic issues since Filner took office Dec. 3 and aren't on speaking terms, a status that isn't likely to be changed with a budget ax.
The mayor's plan to close a $38.4 million deficit in the city's $1.2 billion operating budget didn't include any other significant cuts.
Filner defended the decision to cut the equivalent of 13 full-time positions in the City Attorney's Office. He pointed to the increase in the office's $43.6 million budget and 346-member staff since 2009 while significant cuts were made elsewhere.
"As I said we tried to adjust that department with all the other departments over the years that had seen decreases," Filner said. "The city attorney had not (seen decreases) and we wanted to bring that more in line. … The attorney could adjust those savings in any way he wants and he has said on a couple occasions as long as you don't tell me where I have to make the cuts it's fine."
Goldsmith said the mayor identified specific individuals in his office that would be laid off in detailed backup information.
"While we understand the mayor has made public statements to the effect that specific cuts to the city attorney's budget would be up to the city attorney, those statements don't explain why the mayor has taken the unusual step of identifying people by name to be laid off and eliminating their job positions," Goldsmith said. "We are certainly willing to work with the City Council on our budget, as we have each year. But, if we need to reduce our budget, we will not allow the mayor to decide who gets laid off. Under the city charter, we are an independent office and we will make those decisions."
At least one of the 13 city attorney employees whose job would be eliminated said he felt he was being personally targeted by Filner for standing up to him.
Executive Assistant City Attorney Andrew Jones, Goldsmith's second-in-command, said he has shut down meetings with Filner in which the mayor treated attorneys poorly by shouting and screaming at them.
"He's (verbally) attacked me in closed session to the extent that at one point he asked if I would sit in the back of the room," said Jones, who is black. "I, of course, considered it something similar to asking Rosa Parks to sit in the back of the bus. I was extremely offended by it but in deference to my boss I decided not to make a big deal out of it. But clearly he has a problem with me. I'm not sure why."
Filner, a longtime civil rights activist, participated in the famous Freedom Rides as a college student in 1961.
Others offered harsh criticism of the proposed cuts.
"The mayor's proposal to cut the budget of the City Attorney's Office appears to be nothing more than political retribution," said T.J. Zane, president and CEO of the pro-business Lincoln Club. "… I urge the City Council to reject Mayor Filner's attempt at bullying and, instead, provide the funds necessary for City Attorney Jan Goldsmith to protect the interests of San Diego taxpayers."
Council President Todd Gloria, a Democrat like Filner, released a statement saying he found the proposed reduction to the Republican city attorney's budget "curious and unlikely to be implemented as proposed given the council's preference to limit the use of outside counsel."
The mayor's first budget proposal included a lot more than the city attorney cuts. It reflects his campaign promises to improve public safety, focus on neighborhoods and provide help to the less fortunate.
The budget calls for the year-round funding of an emergency homeless shelter, discounted bus passes for school-age children, new computers at branch libraries, additional funding for the arts and financial assistance for some of the city's oldest retired workers. The mayor is also setting aside an extra $4 million for public safety spending that will expand the number of police recruits per academy, bolster lifeguard and fire dispatch staffing and acquire a $500,000 cliff rescue vehicle.
The homeless shelter, operated by Alpha Project, is typically open from November to March annually. Filner extended it by three months this year and now wants to fund it year-round at a cost of $1.3 million.
Bob McElroy, president and CEO of the Alpha Project, said he remains hopeful the council will approve the funding.
"It's really a blessing for us every day that we get," he said of Filner's decision. "That's just a tremendous paradigm change that I've seen since he's been in office. … Even if this gets shot down, at least we have hope and we feel like we have an advocate for us (at City Hall)."
One criticism of Filner's budget is that it relies heavily on one-time moneys — including a nearly $22 million fire settlement with San Diego Gas & Electric — to close the budget deficit.
Councilman Kevin Faulconer said that method fails to live up to the fiscal discipline adopted at City Hall in recent years and that the mayor "repeats the mistakes of City Halls past."
Filner's predecessor, Jerry Sanders, used one-time moneys to close gaps in all but his final budget during his seven years in office.
The council will now review the budget proposal over the next few months and make additions and subtractions before they finalize it in June, subject to a mayoral veto.


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Former England captain Michael Vaughan hopes the increased testing for recreational drugs promised by cricket chiefs following the death of Surrey batsman Tom Maynard will "frighten" anyone still using them.
A coroner s inquest in central London was told on Monday that Maynard was nearly four times above the legal alcohol limit for driving and had taken cocaine and ecstasy before he was electrocuted and hit by a train in June last year.The coroner recorded a verdict of accidental death on the promising cricketer, whose father was former England batsman Matthew Maynard.
The England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) responded by announcing increased testing for recreational, as well as performance-enhancing, drugs.Vaughan, writing in Wednesday s Daily Telegraph, said: "There will be players in cricket who have taken recreational drugs and are still doing it, but I hope Tom Maynard s tragic story will make them stop.
"There are around 400 professional cricketers in England and it would be naive to think Tom s is an isolated case. There are bound to be more who have taken drugs in the past or are still doing it now."The England and Wales Cricket Board is going to introduce more testing for recreational drugs and that will frighten a few into cleaning up their acts."
Before the 23-year-old Maynard s death, Surrey were captained by Rory Hamilton-Brown, a friend since school, who stepped down from the leadership and later joined Sussex after his flatmate s passing.Surrey have recruited South Africa captain Graeme Smith and former Australia skipper Ricky Ponting as overseas players for the upcoming English season.
Vaughan said the influence of two such vastly experienced cricketers could have a hugely beneficial effect on the Oval-based county s youthful squad."There was a lack of those players at Surrey 12 months ago but next summer they will have Graeme Smith and Ricky Ponting," Vaughan wrote. "Two men who are exactly the right kind of role models for young kids making their way in cricket."
Meanwhile current England batsman Ian Bell also backed the use of increased testing, telling the BBC: "Other sports are doing it. It s important what has happened doesn t happen again."


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Studies: Avastin may fight early breast cancers
Surprising results from two new studies may reopen debate about the value of Avastin for breast cancer. The drug helped make tumors disappear in certain women with early-stage disease, researchers found.
Avastin recently lost approval for treating advanced breast cancer, but the new studies suggest it might help women whose disease has not spread so widely. These were the first big tests of the drug for early breast cancer, and doctors were cautiously excited that it showed potential to help.
In one study, just over one third of women given Avastin plus chemotherapy for a few months before surgery had no sign of cancer in their breasts when doctors went to operate, versus 28 percent of women given chemo alone. In the other study, more than 18 percent on Avastin plus chemo had no cancer in their breasts or lymph nodes at surgery versus 15 percent of those on chemo alone.
A big caveat, though: The true test is whether Avastin improves survival, and it's too soon to know that - both studies are still tracking the women's health. The drug also has serious side effects.
"I don't think it's clear yet whether this is going to be a winner," Dr. Harry Bear of Virginia Commonwealth University said of Avastin. But he added, "I don't think we're done with it."
Bear led one study, in the United States. Dr. Gunter von Minckwitz of the University of Frankfurt led the other in Germany. Results are in Thursday's New England Journal of Medicine.
Avastin (uh-VAS'-tihn) is still on the market for some colon, lung, kidney and brain tumors. In 2008, it won conditional U.S. approval for advanced breast cancer because it seemed to slow the disease. Further research showed it didn't meaningfully extend life and could cause heart problems, bleeding and other problems. The government revoked its approval for breast cancer in November.
Now doctors can prescribe Avastin for breast cancer but insurers may not pay. Treatment can cost $10,000 a month. The drug is made by California-based Genentech, part of the Swiss company Roche. It is still approved for treating advanced breast cancer in Europe and Japan.
The new studies tested it in a relatively novel way - before surgery. This is sometimes done to shrink tumors that seem inoperable, or to enable women to have just a lump removed instead of the whole breast.
The women in the studies had tumors that were large enough to warrant treatment besides surgery. Their cancers were not the type that can be treated by Herceptin, another widely used drug.
In the U.S. study, 1,200 women were given chemo or chemo plus infusions of Avastin. By the time of their surgery, no cancer could be found in the breasts of more than 34 percent of those given Avastin versus 28 percent of the others. (Surgeons still have to operate because they don't know the tumor is gone until they check tissue samples.)
The German study involved 1,900 women including some with larger tumors. It used a stricter definition of cancer-free at surgery: no sign of disease in the breast or lymph nodes rather than just the breast. No cancer was seen in 18 percent of women on Avastin versus 15 percent of those given only chemo. Different chemo drugs were used - a factor that might change Avastin's effectiveness.
The U.S. study was paid for by the National Cancer Institute with some support from drug companies. The German study was sponsored by drug companies. Some researchers consult for Genentech or other makers of cancer drugs.
If even one of these studies shows a survival advantage for Avastin "that would be a game changer" although side effects remain a concern, said Dr. Gary Lyman. He is a Duke University researcher who was on the federal advisory panel that recommended revoking Avastin's approval.
However, von Minckwitz said side effects are more justifiable in early breast cancer patients because "the intention is cure" rather than in late-stage disease where cure isn't usually possible.
Of the more than 200,000 women in the U.S. diagnosed each year with breast cancer, about 30,000 are like those in the new studies, Lyman estimated.
But the studies' impact could be far greater: The participants' tissue samples are being analyzed for genes and biomarkers to predict which women are most likely to respond to Avastin. That could lead to a relook of using the drug for certain women with advanced disease, too.
Three other studies are under way testing Avastin in early breast cancer; one is expected to have results by the end of this year, said Dr. Sandra Horning, global development chief of cancer drugs for Roche and Genentech. The company does not plan to seek any change in Avastin's use until more results are available, she said.
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Intel has been known to have roadmapped its first quad-core mobile processor for a Q3 release - it demo'd the beast back in October 2007 - but now precise product details have emerged.
The gaming-oriented Core 2 Extreme QX9300 is - surprise, surprise - a 45nm 'Penryn' processor, so it contains plenty of L2 cache: 12MB to be precise, split 50:50 between each pair of cores. The chip will run at 2.53GHz on top of a 1066MHz frontside bus.
According to a report on Chinese-language site HKEPC, the QX9300 will have a power consumption envelope of 45W - 10W more than mainstream mobile Core 2 Duos' 35W TDP.
That means the CPU won't necessarily fit straight into existing notebook designs - the tolerances of a system designed tightly for a 35W processor are unlikely to extend to a 45W chip. Which is one reason why the QX9300 won't be part of Q2's Centrino update, 'Montevina' - or Centrino 2, as we should now start calling it.
It won't come cheap - as Core 2 Extreme CPUs never do. HKEPC's sources reckon the QX9300 alone will cost laptop makers $1038 a pop when they buy it in batches of 1000 chips.
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