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Die State Shield 2007/08 war die 37. Austragung der nationalen List-A-Cricket-Meisterschaft in Neuseeland. Der Wettbewerb wurde zwischen dem 29. Dezember 2007 und 2. März 2008 zwischen den sechs neuseeländischen First-Class-Mannschaften ausgetragen. Im Finale konnten sich die Otago Volts gegen die Auckland Aces mit 7 Wickets durchsetzen.

Format
Die sechs Mannschaften spielen in einer Gruppe jeweils zwei Mal gegen die anderen Mannschaften. Für einen Sieg gibt es vier Punkte, für ein Unentschieden oder No Result zwei und für eine Niederlage keinen Punkt. Ein Bonuspunkt wird vergeben, wenn bei einem Spiel die eigene Run Rate die des Gegners um das 1,25-Fache übersteigt. Des Weiteren ist es möglich, dass Mannschaften Punkte abgezogen bekommen, wenn sie beispielsweise zu langsam spielen. Der Zweit- und Drittplatzierte der Vorrunde spielen ein Halbfinale, dessen Sieger gegen den Ersten der Vorrunde im Finale den Sieger des Turniers ermitteln.

Resultate

Gruppenphase
Tabelle

Playoffs

Halbfinale

Finale

Weblinks
 Wettbewerb auf Cricinfo

Einzelnachweise

Neuseeländische Cricket-Saison 2007/08
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Industry > Industry monitor > Telecom
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Airtel, BSNL take on Reliance Jio with cheaper 4G data packs
Bharti Airtel and state-owned Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd (BSNL) are launching competitive 4G data packs to take on competition from Reliance Jio's free voce and cheap data plans.
Bharti Airtel has launched a 4G data pack that offers free data for 90 days, a company statement said on Friday.
While the pack is available for Rs1,495 for existing users, new users can avail this offer through first recharge of Rs1,494, the statement said.
"Customers with 4G handsets generally consume large amounts of data and this proposition is specifically aimed at them. With this pack these customers can stay online round the clock without having to worry about exhausting their data limits or going for frequent recharges," said Ajai Puri, director of operations (India & South Asia), Bharti Airtel.
The pack is currently available in Delhi and will be launched across other circles over the next few days.
State-owned BSNL is planning to follow Reliance Jio in offering free voice calling on its network, and at tariff plans that will be cheaper than the new entrant's. In fact, BSNL will be the first to cut tariffs to better Reliance Jio's offer, a top official said on Wednesday.
Also, unlike Jio's offer that is available for only 4G subscribers, the BSNL plan will be open to 2G and 3G users, which constitute the majority of mobile customers.
BSNL, has a strong market penetration and significant share in many key markets such as Kerala, Himachal Pradesh, Haryana, Odisha, Punjab and UP, will announce the zero-voice-tariff plans from January and these would be lower than the Rs149 entry price of Jio.
The services will, however, not be available in key markets such as Mumbai and Delhi that are serviced by MTNL.
However, the free-voice facility will also be available when a subscriber would use it outside the residence.
Shrivastava said that the plan will be offered to BSNL's mobile customers who also have a broadband connection at home. "The idea is to use the home broadband to route outgoing mobile calls through the landline network. We estimate that a large amount of time is spent at home, and so here we can ride on our wire-line operations," he said.

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Firstly who can take part?
Anyone who has links with scouting and guiding and also any students completing their DofE. Any family or friends who would also like to walk one of the routes are very welcome but EVERY team must register in advance.
Do all adults need a DBS check?
If a team is organised and then registered by Scout and Guide Leaders, the leaders should apply the usual rules and guidance in terms of how their groups are organised on the day. Normally, this would mean that groups have more than one adult so no one has unsupervised access to young people and there are sufficient adults to deal with emergencies should they arise.
Teams organised and registered by parents should have more than one adult so there are sufficient adults to deal with emergencies should they arise.
Route 1) 6 miles - for those looking for a shorter route. Starting in Hitchin and finishing at the Priory School following part of the Hitchin HOOP.
Route 2) 12 miles - the Hitchin HOOP. Starting and finishing at the Priory School.
Route 3) 20 miles - the Hitchin HOOP combined with the Letchworth Greenway. Starting and finishing at the Priory School.
1/ To record the progress of each team around the course.
2/ To offer some refreshment (cold drinks/snack bars etc).
3/ To provide a place where walkers who wish to stop can drop out of the event safely.
There will be hot and cold drinks available before and after the hikes.
Teams will have the opportunity to hike and raise funds for the Herts Air Ambulance. Teams will be provided with a pre-setup online fundraising account if they wish to take part. All a team then has to do is give the online link to family and friends to get sponsorship.
Entry fee will be £3 per person, which will include refreshments and a Hitchin Hike badge on completion of the challenge.
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One spring a few years ago, four horses on a Colorado farm began losing weight and developed photosensitization (a condition characterized by sensitivity to sun exposure) and neurologic signs. A thorough physical exam and blood work helped veterinarians determine the horses had extensive chronic liver disease, and a liver biopsy confirmed typical signs of pyrrolizidine alkaloid poisoning. These alkaloids are typically found in groundsels such as tansy ragwort, fiddle neck, and rattle pod. However, none of these plants were present in the horses' pasture.
But when the horses' owner broke open a bale from the hay supply he had been feeding all winter, he noticed significant amounts of broad, hairy leaves that were eight to 12 inches long. These leaves were identified as hound's tongue, a noxious weed in many areas across the country that contains significant quantities of pyrrolizidine alkaloids. Hound's tongue remains toxic even when dried in hay. These alkaloids have a cumulative effect on the liver, and after eating the contaminated hay over the winter, the horses developed chronic irreversible liver disease. Eventually, all four of the affected horses were euthanized because of liver failure.
Hound's tongue is one of myriad plants toxic enough to cause illness and even death in horses. So it's important that owners recognize poisonous plants growing in or near their horses' pastures and prevent their animals from ingesting them.
According to Carey Williams, PhD, extension specialist and associate director of outreach at Rutgers University's Equine Science Center, horses generally avoid eating poisonous plants, especially when more palatable choices are available.
"Most poisonous plants have defense mechanisms–syrup or sap that's very bitter or spines and thorns that make them uncomfortable to chew or swallow–so horses will generally avoid them, especially if they have lots of good-quality hay and good-quality pasture available to them," she says.
Even so, some harmful plants are attractive to horses at certain times of the year. For example, wilted red maple leaves are among the plants most toxic to horses. But they can be hard for horses to resist because the leaves' high sugar content draws the animals. Horses can be exposed to red maple leaves in the fall when drying leaves blow into pastures. Ingesting 1½ pounds is toxic in a horse; three pounds is lethal.
Other plants outside pastures can be toxic to horses as well–ornamental plants used in landscaping, such as rhododendron, azalea, and yew, for example. The latter ornamental plant is an evergreen, so it and other evergreens remain toxic year-round because they never lose their leaves. Between 10 and 15 ounces of yew leaves are sufficient to kill a 1,000-pound horse.
Oleander is a leafy, flowering drought-resistant plant often used in ornamental landscaping in California and across the Southern states to Florida. It contains cardiac glycosides–naturally occurring compounds that can cause colic, loss of coordination, profuse sweating, difficulty breathing, abnormal heart function, muscle tremors, and potentially death from cardiac failure.
Often these plants are introduced into a horse's environment via a well-meaning neighbor. "A farm might have a neighbor right next door, and the neighbor might clip rhododendron, azalea, or Japanese yew plants and put the clippings in the pasture thinking, 'I'll feed the horses," Williams says. The best thing an owner can do to prevent this from happening is to talk with neighbors and ask them not to feed the horses anything, including lawn and garden clippings.
Some weeds and wildflowers put horses at risk for poisoning as well, says Knight. One such plant found nationwide is the weed Senecio, also known as groundsel. Senecio's toxic effects can take a month or more to appear in horses, but clinical signs of Senecio-related poisoning are generally easy to identify, Knight says.
"Senecio gradually destroys the liver, causing the owner to see weight loss, jaundiced eyes, and in white skinned areas photosensitization that looks like severe sunburn," he says. At this stage, there is no effective treatment or way to reverse the liver damage.
The effects of water hemlock ingestion, for instance, are much more immediate. Found just about everywhere in the United States where there is water, this is one of the most poisonous native plants. It contains the unsaturated alcohol cicutoxin in all parts of the plant, especially in the roots and stem base. The toxin causes severe stimulation and paralysis of the nervous system. The plant is highly toxic; two or three ounces can kill.
Depending on the area of the country, other plants can be a problem when horses are forced to consume them because little good quality pasture or hay is available. For example, locoweed in the Western states can cause irreversible neurologic signs in horses; Russian knapweed and yellow star thistle will cause permanent brain damage.
Both Williams and Knight advise owners to know their horses' environments well, too. "The first thing people should do is walk their pastures to see what kind of plants are growing there to identify the ones that are toxic to their horses," Williams says. To help identify poisonous plants in your pasture, take a look at the list.
"And anytime you find a plant you can't identify or are not familiar with, take a digital photo of the plant and e-mail it to your extension agent," says Knight. Your county extension agent can even come out to the farm and identify toxic plants prevalent in your region (www.csrees.usda.gov/extension).
Williams says owners also can minimize the risk of toxic plants growing in their pastures if they create buffer zones between neighbors' properties and their own. Not only do these zones separate horses from toxic plants residing next door, but they also allow owners to control plant growth without violating property lines.
Owners who use herbicides to keep toxic plants from invading pastures should be sure that herbicidal preparations are manufactured to be effective on the plants they specifically want to destroy. Read labels carefully, and be strict about following manufacturers' application directions. Owners who use herbicides should also faithfully follow manufacturers' directions for restricting grazing on treated pastures. Wear waterproof gloves before removing poisonous plants from your property by hand, and immediately dispose of any toxic plants in a location where horses cannot access them.
Both Knight and Williams say owners can minimize chances their horses will be exposed to toxins in hay and bedding by purchasing those products from familiar local dealers. Likewise, owners who add supplements to their horses' diets should always purchase them from reputable manufacturers and follow feeding directions carefully.
"Doses in herbal supplements are very small, so they are not likely to be harmful if owners follow the directions," he says.
Keep your horse healthy with the information in Understanding Equine Nutrition.
Despite owners' best efforts, horses can still ingest poisonous plants. If this happens, try to identify the plant your horse ingested and contact your veterinarian right away.
"Besides calling a veterinarian immediately, there's not much an owner can do except remove the horse from the suspected source–be it the hay or the pasture," says Knight.
Ultimately, both Knight and Williams remind owners that a quality diet helps minimize plant poisoning risks. Though some horses might sample the potentially poisonous plants they find in their pastures, most will not ingest these ill-tasting plants in quantity as long as lush grass and quality hay are available.
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Under Section 206 of the Investment Advisers Act of 1940, investment advisers have a fiduciary duty to act in their clients' best interests. Included is an affirmative duty for the adviser to fully disclose all material facts, such as conflicts of interest. The SEC is concerned with conflicts associated with mutual fund share class selection, which the SCSD Initiative aims to address. In the SCSD Initiative, the SEC cautions that investment advisers must be mindful of their duties when recommending and selecting share classes for clients. Of particular concern are conflicts related to 12b-1 fees earned in the selection of classes of funds – conflicts which must be disclosed to clients. As explained by the SEC, a conflict of interest arises when an adviser receives compensation for selecting a more expensive mutual fund share class for a client when a less expensive share class for the same fund is available and appropriate. Such a conflict of interest must be disclosed. Compensation received either directly or indirectly through an affiliated broker-dealer is subject to scrutiny under the SCSD Initiative. As such, if the adviser failed to disclose a conflict of interest associated with the receipt of 12b-1 fees by the adviser, its affiliates, or its supervised persons for investing advisory clients, such funds are subject to disgorgement, and civil monetary penalties may be appropriate.
Through the SCSD Initiative, the SEC offers some leniency for self-reported violations relating to certain mutual fund share class selection issues. If an investment adviser self-reports any violations and promptly returns the relevant funds to affected clients, the SEC will agree not to recommend civil monetary penalties against the adviser. Instead, the SEC will recommend what it describes as "standardized, favorable settlement terms" to said investment advisers. Self-reported violations will effectively be treated as negligent, rather than willful violations.
The SEC warns that it will continue to pursue violations associated with failures in disclosing mutual fund share class selection. The SEC also cautions that the current self-reporting option will only be available for a short time, and that stronger sanctions will be recommended in future actions against investment advisers who failed to report said violations prior to the deadline. As noted above, the cutoff time for self-reporting is June 11, 2018 at 11:59 p.m. Therefore, any violations addressed by the SCSD Initiative should be reported before that time.
If you have questions concerning the SCSD Initiative or would like to discuss your options regarding self-reporting in order to avoid more substantial penalties, please contact Parker MacIntyre today.


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Oleg Alexandrowitsch Jerofejew (; * 10. Juli 1940 in Petropawlowsk-Kamtschatski) ist ein russischer Admiral a. D. Er war von 1992 bis 1999 Kommandeur der Nordflotte.

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Jerofejew absolvierte nach dem Besuch der Leningrader Seekriegsschule der Grenztruppen von 1957 bis 1961 die Kaspische Rotbanner-Offiziershochschule der Seestreitkräfte S.M. Kirow 1961. Er diente anschließend bis 1963 in der Seekriegsflotte als Kommandant der Navigationsgruppe auf dem U-Boot S-14 und von 1963 bis 1965 als Kommandant der Elektronavigationsgruppe auf dem U-Boot K-50. Die folgenden drei Jahre kommandierte er den Gefechtsabschnitt für Navigation (GA-1) auf U-Boot K-14 der Nordflotte. Nach dem Absolvieren Höherer Offizierslehrgänge wurde er 1969 Erster Offizier des U-Bootes K-116 und von 1969 bis 1971 des U-Bootes K-14. Von 1971 bis 1974 war er Kommandant des U-Bootes K-451. Anschließend besuchte er von 1974 bis 1976 die Uschakow Seekriegsakademie, die er mit Auszeichnung abschloss. Von 1976 bis 1980 war er Stabschef der 25. U-Boot-Division und von 1980 bis 1982 deren Kommandeur. Von 1982 bis 1985 wurde Jerofejew als Stabschef der 2. U-Bootflottille der Pazifikflotte eingesetzt. Unter seiner Verantwortung verunglückte und sank am 23. Juni 1983 das Atom-U-Boot K-429, das er trotz Reparaturbedürftigkeit und unzureichender Mannschaftsstärke zu einem Torpedoschießen befahl.

Nach dem Abschluss der Militärakademie des Generalstabs der Streitkräfte der UdSSR "K.J. Woroschilow" von 1985 bis 1987 mit Goldmedaille, kommandierte er die 1. Atom-U-Boot-Flottille der Nordflotte. Er wurde später beschuldigt, in dieser Funktion für eines der schwersten Unglücke in der Geschichte der Seekriegsflotte, dem Unfall von K-278, das 1989 im  Europäischen Nordmeer sank, verantwortlich zu sein. Während seiner Tätigkeit als Stabschef der Nordflotte von 1990 bis 1992 wurde er am 7. Februar 1991 zum Vizeadmiral befördert. Anschließend kommandierte der am 7. Juli 1992 zum Admiral beförderte Jerofejew vom 12. März 1992 bis zum 26. Januar 1999 die Nordflotte. Er wurde im Januar 1999 in den Ruhestand versetzt, nachdem gegen ihn ein Strafverfahren wegen "Machtmissbrauchs im Zusammenhang mit Schäden an der Nordflotte in Höhe von mehr als 69 Millionen Rubel" eingeleitet worden war.

Der Kandidat der Wissenschaften (1990) ist verheiratet und Vater einer Tochter.

Auszeichnungen
  Leninorden
  Orden der Oktoberrevolution
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Admiral (Russische Föderation)
U-Boot-Kommandant (Sowjetische Marine)
KPdSU-Mitglied
Träger des Ordens der Oktoberrevolution
Träger des Leninordens
Absolvent der Kaspischen Rotbanner-Offiziershochschule der Seestreitkräfte S. M. Kirow
Absolvent der Generalstabsakademie der UdSSR
Russe
Sowjetbürger
Geboren 1940
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Pantolesta es un suborden del orden de mamíferos extintos de los cimolestos que vivieron en Norteamérica y Eurasia. El mejor conocido es Buxolestes del sitio fosilífero de Messel, Alemania, que data del Eoceno.

Clasificación
 Suborden Pantolesta
 Género Simidectes Stock, 1933
 Familia Pantolestidae Cope, 1884
 Familia Paroxyclaenidae Weitzel, 1933
 Familia Pentacodontidae Simpson, 1937 (a veces como subfamilia de Pantolestidae)

Referencias
 McKenna, M. C. & Bell, S. K., (eds.) 1997: Classification of mammals – above the species level. Columbia University Press, New York, 1997, xii-631.
 Von Koenigswald, W., Rose, K. Grande, L. & Martin, R. 2005: Die Lebensweise eozäner Säugetiere (Pantolestidae und Apatemyidae) aus Messel (Europa) im Vergleich zu neuen Skelettfunden aus dem Fossil Butte Member von Wyoming (Nordamerika). Geologisches Jahrbuch Hessen 132, 43-54.

Cimolesta


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A molecule that can block the progress of Alzheimer's disease at a crucial stage in its development has been identified by researchers in a new study, raising the prospect that more such molecules may now be found.
The report shows that a molecular chaperone, a type of molecule that occurs naturally in humans, can play the role of an "inhibitor" part-way through the molecular process that is thought to cause Alzheimer's, breaking the cycle of events that scientists believe leads to the disease.
Specifically, the molecule sticks to threads made up of malfunctioning proteins, called amyloid fibrils, which are the hallmark of the disease. By doing so, it stops these threads from coming into contact with other proteins, thereby helping to avoid the formation of highly toxic clusters that enable the condition to proliferate in the brain.
This step - where fibrils made up of malfunctioning proteins assist in the formation of toxic clusters - is considered to be one of the most critical stages in the development of Alzheimer's in sufferers. By finding a molecule that prevents it from occurring, scientists have moved closer to identifying a substance that could eventually be used to treat the disease. The discovery was made possible by an overall strategy that could now be applied to find other molecules with similar capabilities, extending the range of options for future drug development.
The research was carried out by an international team comprising academics from the Department of Chemistry at the University of Cambridge, the Karolinska Institute in Stockholm, Lund University, the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, and Tallinn University. Their findings are reported in the journal Nature Structural & Molecular Biology.
Dr Samuel Cohen, a Research Fellow at St John's College, Cambridge, and a lead author of the report, said: "A great deal of work in this field has gone into understanding which microscopic processes are important in the development of Alzheimer's disease; now we are now starting to reap the rewards of this hard work. Our study shows, for the first time, one of these critical processes being specifically inhibited, and reveals that by doing so we can prevent the toxic effects of protein aggregation that are associated with this terrible condition."
Alzheimer's disease is one of a number of conditions caused by naturally occurring proteins molecules folding into the wrong shape and then sticking together - or nucleating - with other proteins to create thin filamentous structures called amyloid fibrils. Proteins perform important functions in the body by folding into a particular shape, but sometimes they can misfold, potentially kick-starting this deadly process.
Recent research, much of it by the academics behind the latest study, had however suggested a second critical step in the disease's development. After amyloid fibrils first form from misfolded proteins, they help other proteins which come into contact with them to misfold and form small clusters, called oligomers. These oligomers are highly toxic to nerve cells and are now thought to be responsible for the devastating effects of Alzheimer's disease.
This second stage, known as secondary nucleation, sets off a chain reaction which creates many more toxic oligomers, and ultimately amyloid fibrils, generating the toxic effects that eventually manifest themselves as Alzheimer's. Without the secondary nucleation process, single molecules would have to misfold and form toxic clusters unaided, which is a much slower and far less devastating process.
By studying the molecular processes by which each of these steps takes effect, the research team assembled a wealth of data that enabled them to model not only what happens during the progression of Alzheimer's disease, but also what might happen if one stage in the process was somehow switched off.
"We had reached a stage where we knew what the data should look like if we inhibited any given step in the process, including secondary nucleation," Cohen said. "Working closely with our collaborators in Sweden - who had developed groundbreaking experimental methods to monitor the process - we were able to identify a molecule that produced exactly the results that we were hoping to see in experiments."
The results indicated that the molecule, Brichos, effectively inhibits secondary nucleation. Typically, Brichos functions as a "molecular chaperone" in humans; a term given to "housekeeping" molecules that help proteins to avoid misfolding and aggregation. Lab tests, however, revealed that when this molecular chaperone encounters an amyloid fibril, it binds itself to catalytic sites on its surface. This essentially forms a coating that prevents the fibrils from assisting other proteins in misfolding and nucleating into toxic oligomers.
The research team then carried out further tests in which living mouse brain tissue was exposed to amyloid-beta, the specific protein that forms the amyloid fibrils in Alzheimer's disease. Allowing the amyloid-beta to misfold and form amyloid increased toxicity in the tissue significantly but, in the presence of the molecular chaperone, amyloid fibrils still formed but the toxicity did not develop in the brain tissue, confirming that the molecule that the team had identified had suppressed the chain reaction from secondary nucleation that feeds the catastrophic production of oligomers leading to Alzheimer's disease.
By modelling what might happen if secondary nucleation is switched off and then finding a molecule that performs that function, the research team suggest that they have discovered a strategy that may lead to the discovery of many similar molecules that could have a similar effect.
"It may not actually be too difficult to find other molecules that do this, it's just that it hasn't been clear what to look for until recently," Cohen said. "It's striking that nature - through molecular chaperones - has evolved a similar approach to our own by focusing on very specifically inhibiting the key steps leading to Alzheimer's. A good tactic now is to search for other molecules that have this same highly targeted effect and to see if these can be used as the starting point for developing a future therapy."
The other members of the Cambridge team were Dr Tuomas Knowles (tpjk2@cam.ac.uk), Dr Paolo Arosio, Professor Michele Vendruscolo and Professor Chris Dobson. All are members of the Centre for Misfolding Diseases, which is based in the University's Department of Chemistry.


Faith is not a creedal statement; it is an emptying, a divestiture, a kenosis, a letting go. We let go of what we think we know about Him in order to know by experience God as he is. Spiritual growth comes not by addition but by subtraction.
The place that meditation and contemplation has in the life of prayer is pivotal. Silence and stillness are essential. Without them there is no deep spirituality. And from them arises the great energy of watchfulness, vigilance , and mindfulness. These are the ground of Christian life. Kenosis is the way.
We cannot know God until we learn to be still. We cannot hear him if our minds are filled with noisy dialogue and tumultuous thoughts. This is a universal truth recognized by all who earnestly seek Him.
Without faith we will not enter the path, for letting go is a fearful thing. We need to have faith that when we leap, as the Zen masters say, the net, which is God, will appear. When we divest ourselves we must know that there will be someone there and we will still exist.
The Lord assures us that if we give up our lives, we will gain them. Taking up our cross, self-denial, does not deplete us, it energizes us. We allow grace to deconstruct us, so that we may rise to new life. This takes faith; trust in the unknown, for we do not know what will come when we stop clinging to the life we have created for ourselves. Jesus tells us that, "He who loses his life for my sake, will find it."
May God bless us all and help us to have the faith to become empty vessels for the Holy Spirit to fill.


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Reed Defends Delta CEO On Conflict of Interest Claim Regarding Paulding Airport Expansion
Jonathan Shapiro • Dec 3, 2013
Atlanta Mayor Kasim Reed
Atlanta Mayor Kasim Reed is defending Delta CEO Richard Anderson from critics who say Anderson should resign from a key civic post for speaking out against Paulding County efforts to expand its airport.
The Delta CEO is the new chairman of the Metro Atlanta Chamber, which aims to promote business across the region.
Paulding commission chair David Austin is one critic who says Anderson should resign from that position if he continues to publicly express opposition to the county's plan to commercialize its airport. Austin says Anderson's comments are biased and damaging to Paulding's future growth.
Reed, however, dismisses any call for Anderson's resignation.
"I don't think that because you run the chamber you stop running your business," said Reed. "And if that's the case, chamber presidents won't be involved in anything. He has a right to his opinion."
Important to note, Reed agrees with Anderson and argues another commercial airport would hurt Hartsfield Airport, which he calls the region's most powerful economic engine.
"Obviously I don't support that airport," said Reed. "The overwhelming amount of data says that having two airports is unhealthy."
In related news, a judge will decide later this week whether Paulding officials failed to properly notify residents of plans to use public funds to expand the airport. A lawsuit was brought by two Paulding residents who oppose the expansion.


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The history of Duché d'Uzès wines goes back at least two thousand years, to a time when the Phoenicians and Greeks first introduced vines into the region. In the 15th century, vines were grown on the sunny slopes reclaimed from the garrigue scrubland, in vineyards enclosed within dry-stone walls. At the time, there was already talk of the area's noble Wines; and Racine, while holidaying in Uzès, remarked that the wines were "the best in the kingdom". Over the years, the vineyards spread, until they reached the limits of the erstwhile bishopric. So from its rocky hilltop perch, the Duché d'Uzès has for centuries looked out over its vineyards which stretch from the edges of the Rhône Valley to the foothills of the Cévennes – a vast area, but one where each parcel has been meticulously selected. The area shows a variety of geological formations, including sandstone, marl, pebbles, alluvial deposits and hard limestone. These appear repeatedly in the landscape, making up the "mosaic" of soils which is one of the Duché d'Uzès' key strengths. For over 20 years, winegrowers in the Uzège have been making every effort to bring their terroirs and wines into the limelight to win the recognition they deserve. The journey has been a long one, fraught with pitfalls and obstacles, full of hope one minute and disappointment the next. Finally, in July 2013, Duché d'Uzès was granted AOC status.


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I joined in #FoodBloggerLove with Cherry Chutney Lamb Chops, hosted by The PinterTest Kitchen back in February. It was such a fun event, that when Allison mentioned this #RecipeMakeover week, I knew I had to join.
Ever since I had Henry (8 months ago!) I have struggled to feel completely like myself. I don't feel totally at home in my own body, and it has become easier and easier to reach for unhealthy snacks when the raging hunger sets in. Some nights, I'll have green smoothie for dinner because I just feel so yucky from a few days of meals like hamburgers and french fries. While I'm not looking to completely ban my favorite junk and comfort foods, I am excited to get some healthier meal and snack ideas this week.
I've joined forces with 40+ of my food blogger friends to present #RecipeMakeover. During this week, we'll all be sharing our favorite better-for-you alternatives to unhealthy dishes. Follow along on any of the blogs below or with the hashtag on social media to find nutritious dishes that are packed with flavor.


CHARLOTTE, N.C. Selywn Property Group and SunCap Property Group are bringing a major re-development to the fast-changing Monroe Road corridor. Site improvements and construction began last week on a 60,000-square-foot commercial center at the confluence of the primary traffic corridors of Monroe Road, Idlewild Road, Long Avenue and Independence Boulevard.
The 13.6 -acre redevelopment will be anchored by a 22,000-square-foot community grocery store and 38,000 square feet of restaurants and other mixed use commercial including a coffee shop, gas station, and service providers. The developers have worked closely with the MoRA neighborhood group over the past year. The community group has been an advocate for the new development which will replace an aged and empty office park and dilapidated retail center at the highly visible and accessible site. The center will be named MoRA Point, a nod to its location at the gateway to the MoRA neighborhood, when approaching from Independence Boulevard.
"We are bringing neighborhood retail back to a fast-changing and underserved area with dense population", said Jensie Teague, Selwyn Property Group Partner spearheading the development. "This site's visibility and access to Monroe, Idlewild, Long and Independence at the newly completed Idlewild interchange, will allow for a new retail node with unique access that does not exist anywhere else along Independence or Monroe"," added Teague.
"It is great to be a part of bringing a transformative development like this to Charlotte," said Senior Vice President, Paxton Hollar. "SunCap is excited about the opportunity to bring our fifth project to Charlotte and to continue to diversify our portfolio into retail."
Selwyn Property Group's Mac Barksdale and Teague are handling leasing for MoRA Point and can be contacted at 704-343-2828.


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Emmanuel Clerc est un compositeur français né le  à Lyon.

Biographie
Pianiste de formation, il commence à composer en 1995. Il illustre notamment un spectacle monté par la Compagnie des Prairies en 2001. Sa rencontre avec Georges Boulestreau des éditions Buissonnières sera le début d'une collaboration qui a déjà abouti à la publication de plusieurs recueils de ses œuvres.

Il travaille très régulièrement avec la compagnie lyrique Les Monts du Reuil et a notamment composé pour leur spectacle Tout ce qu'ils ont voulu savoir sur les fables et Oh Richard, oh mon Roi (2018).

Résidence
Emmanuel Clerc a composé Les deux chasseurs & la laitière qui a été créé par la compagnie lyrique Les Monts du Reuil dans le cadre de leur résidence à l'Opéra de Reims et en Champagne-Ardenne.

Publications
Musique de chambre
Hommage à Jean Cras pour piano à quatre mains, préface de François-René Duchâble, éditions Buissonnières
 Six pièces pour violon et piano (Hommage à Chausson, Reflets sur la mer, Soleil d'automne, In a Swinging Manner, Song for Emma, Petite Chanson pour Louise), éditions Buissonnières
Six pièces pour clarinette et piano, éditions Buissonnières
 Trio à cordes (Voyage vers l'île de Pâques 1. Matin calme sur la mer, 2. La houle se lève doucement, 3. L'arrivée sur l'île de Pâques), éditions Buissonnières
 Trois mélodies pour sopranos ou chœur d'enfants et piano, sur des poèmes de Théophile Gautier et Rainer Maria Rilke (La Rose thé, Les Roses, Le Merle), éditions Buissonnières

Opéra
 Les Deux Chasseurs et la Laitière, opéra-comique en 1 acte sur un livret de Louis Anseaume

Harmonisation et arrangements
 Cendrillon, opéra-comique en 1 acte de Jean-Louis Laruette et Louis Anseaume. Restitution et commentaires : Hélène Clerc-Murgier et Pauline Warnier. Harmonisation Emmanuel Clerc. Éditions Buissonnières, 2008, deuxième édition en 2011
 Orlando furioso d'Antonio Vivaldi, piano-chant, éditions Buissonnières
 Sol da te mio dolce amor, air pour flûte et chant, extrait de Orlando furioso d'Antonio Vivaldi, piano-chant, éditions Buissonnières.

Discographie
 Poésies en miroir, fables choisies dans le goût de M. de La Fontaine sur de la musique de F. Couperin, Michel Delalande, mélodies d'Emmanuel Clerc sur des poèmes de Gauthier, Rilke, Florian… Compagnie Les Monts du Reuil.

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Compositeur français de musique classique
Naissance à Lyon
Naissance en novembre 1963


Opportunity knocks for Ignasi Miquel. The Spanish defender has patiently bided his time since his arrival at the Club in 2008, watching and learning from his more experienced team-mates, acclimatising to life in England and adding to his already impressive armoury. But now he is ready to stake his claim for a first-team place.
When Johan Djourou was allowed to leave the Club on loan in January, some were surprised that he was not directly replaced. But for those who have watched the development of Miquel in recent seasons, it was merely an implicit acknowledgement of this burgeoning talent in the Club's midst.
Miquel arrived at Arsenal with a basic knowledge of the language and no experience of the English game, other than what he had seen on television. Now he captains the under-21s with the same elegant style that caught the eye of the Arsenal scouts all those years ago, although he has added a more robust, physical edge. Not only that, Miquel also speaks with a light London lilt when he converses in fluent English with Arsenal.com.
"You go out there and give 100 per cent and when they speak to you, you listen. It's good to discuss things with them"
It has been some coming of age for the 20-year-old, but now his chance to prove himself may finally be here. With Thomas Vermaelen out with an ankle injury, Miquel was named on the bench at Sunderland on Saturday and came on for a three-minute cameo. And with Laurent Koscielny struggling with a calf problem, and Carl Jenkinson suspended following his red card at the Stadium of Light, 'Iggy' could find himself thrust into action against Blackburn in the FA Cup fifth round on Saturday. He is more than ready.
"Getting into the first team is my main aim and it's what I really want to do," Miquel told Arsenal.com. "I'll keep working hard and we'll see, but it's the same for everyone: you can't wait for it to happen.
"You want the chance to show yourself at Emirates Stadium. You can't do anything but give what you've got every time that you train, and see what happens from there.
"I've been training with the first team for the last three weeks. I'm happy to be around the other [more experienced] players. You watch them in training because they are where you want to be. If you learn from them, you've got a better chance of making it.
"You go out there and give 100 per cent and when they speak to you, you listen. It's good to discuss things with them, you don't argue but you can give your opinion too and they accept it.
"It's good to get different opinions on things and it's important to get to know who you're playing with. It's always nice to take advice from them."
First though, Miquel could be asked to prove his credentials against Manchester United in the elite group stage of the Under-21 Premier League tonight. Terry Burton's side have made a slightly hesitant start after Christmas with one draw and a defeat in their opening two games, but will be looking to get back to winning ways.
Should Miquel start at Moss Lane this evening - and it's by no means certain considering his potential involvement on Saturday - he could once again slot in at left back. Although a centre back by trade, the 20-year-old has been working on his versatility, and is happy to play wherever he is asked to.
"They're making me get used to playing at left back, so it's not that weird for me anymore," he said. "Centre back is my main position so I've got no trouble adapting.


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Ellis, Nowitzki help Mavs cruise past Magic
Dallas Mavericks small forward Jae Crowder (9) celebrates a basket against the Orlando Magic during the second half at the American Airlines Center. The Mavericks defeated the Magic 107-88.
Jerome Miron/Jerome Miron-USA TODAY Sports
DALLAS (AP) — Monta Ellis figures the Dallas Mavericks are better off mentally than the last time they played a Western Conference contender.
Armed with three straight wins against losing teams and their best record in almost two years, the Mavericks have to get ready for three games against playoff-worthy foes in the West.
Ellis scored 21 points, Dirk Nowitzki added 15 and the Mavericks beat Orlando 107-88 Monday night, extending the Magic's longest skid of the season to eight games.
The Mavericks bounced back from a blowout loss to defending West champion San Antonio and now get set for a trip to the Los Angeles Clippers on Wednesday, less than two weeks after blowing a late lead after Chris Paul left with a shoulder injury that still has him sidelined.
"I think our mindset is different heading into this game on a three-game winning streak," said Ellis, who scored 14 in the first half to help build an 18-point lead that withstood a few challenges after halftime. "Hopefully we continue with it."
Jameer Nelson scored 21 and Glen Davis added 19 points and eight rebounds for the Magic, who got swept on a swing through five Western Conference cities and lost by an average of 20 points.
"I'm disappointed that it didn't go the way we felt it should have went or could have went, but at the same time we get the opportunity to go home, see our families, sleep in our bed," Nelson said. "You get to play in front of your home fans."
The Mavericks (23-16) moved seven games over .500 for the first time since the end of the lockout-shortened 2011-12 season — the year after they won the franchise's first championship.
Nowitzki did most of his damage in the first half with 10 points, two nights after scoring 20 in the third quarter on his way to a season-high 40 against New Orleans.
Vince Carter, who had 17 points, was 3 of 4 from 3-point range and had consecutive 2-point baskets in an 8-0 run that finally put Orlando away in the fourth quarter. The spurt included a long pass from Jae Crowder to Brandan Wright for a dunk that put Dallas up 97-82.
Orlando was playing its second straight game without leading scorer Arron Afflalo (strained right foot) and starting center Nik Vucevic, who was back in Florida after sustaining a concussion at the Clippers in the opener of the long road trip.
"This is a team that is depleted because of injuries and stuff, but they're an NBA team," Dallas coach Rick Carlisle said. "They made a couple of runs at us. We did a good job of getting the lead back up in the game."
Jose Calderon scored 13, including a 3 at the shot-clock buzzer that gave the Mavericks their biggest lead of the first half at 58-36. The shot came after Ellis missed badly on a wild layup, but Wayne Ellington grabbed one of his season-high seven rebounds and found Calderon beyond the arc.
Nelson played despite injuring a finger in a loss at Denver two nights earlier and had seven assists
The veteran guard's supporting cast tried to keep the game close early in the second half, with Davis scoring the first six Orlando points after halftime as part of a 21-5 run that got the Magic to 63-57. Davis scored 12 during the run.
"I was being more aggressive," Davis said. "I had nothing to lose. I ended up making a nice run and kind of getting the game under control a little bit. They just came back and made another run."
Calderon hit another 3-pointer to get the Dallas lead back to 13, and Ellis pulled up from long range with the shot clock running down to finish a 12-0 spurt that put the Mavericks up 75-57.
Ellington had a season-high 12 points.
NOTES: Mavericks F Shawn Marion sat out again with shoulder and rib injuries, and rookie point guard Shane Larkin was sidelined with a right ankle injury sustained Saturday against the Pelicans. … Magic F Maurice Harkless played despite a sore right knee and had 13 points and seven rebounds. … Nowitzki became the 24th player in NBA history with 1,400 3-pointers on a shot that put Dallas up 84-64 late in the third quarter.


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Ellen DeGeneres Net Worth
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Net Worth: $450 Million
Source of Wealth:
Television (The Ellen Degeneres Show)
Metairie, Louisiana, USA
140 lbs (64 kg)
Married (Portia de Rossi)
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About Ellen Lee DeGeneres
Emmy award winner Ellen DeGeneres is probably one of the most popular TV talk show hosts in the world today. This American actress, talk show host, and stand-up comedian is the famous host of the long-running The Ellen DeGeneres Show. Her net worth is estimated to be $450 million.
Ellen DeGeneres was born on January 26, 1958, in Metairie, Louisiana, U.S. Of Irish, German, English and French descent, Ellen is a self-proclaimed lesbian. She is a recipient of 13 Grammy Awards for her impressive hosting abilities. She has also been awarded as the Funniest Female Performer in a TV Special, Best Comedian, Best Supporting Actress, and Funniest Female Stand-Up Comic.
On the other hand, her show also received several recognition from numerous award-giving bodies which include Outstanding Talk Show, Outstanding Talk Show Entertainment, Outstanding Special Class Writing, and Outstanding Talk Show Host. In fact, as of 2012, The Ellen DeGeneres Show has already received 32 Daytime Emmy Awards.
For almost a decade now, The Ellen DeGeneres Show continues to be one of the highly syndicated TV talk shows in the U.S. The show debuted in September 2003 and in March 2013, it was announced that the show is being extended until 2017.
The show has captured the hearts of millions of viewers worldwide not just because of DeGeneres' superb humor but more importantly, it features musical guests, celebrities and amazing human-interest topics. Since the show's debut, DeGeneres never failed to deliver her opening monologue with a dance. In fact, her dance has earned a great deal of popularity from her audience.
Considered as a highly-viewed daytime talk show, The Ellen DeGeneres Show is said to have an average of 4 million viewers every episode. On its 1000th episode, the show featured celebrities like Paris Hilton, Justin Timberlake, and Oprah Winfrey.
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Asset 2019
Value of her 8,188-square-foot home in Montecito, California upon purchase
Listing price of her 5,100 square feet, 5 bedrooms, 4.5 bathrooms home in Beverly Hills, California
Earnings 2018 $87.5 Million
Asset Jul. 2018
Purchase value of Ellen Degeneres' property next to Oprah Winfrey's home as well as her property in Montecito
Sale of Asset Jul. 2018
Profit from the sale of an estate in the exclusive Montecito area of California
Salary Jul. 2018
Ellen Degeneres' salary from a Netflix stand-up special
Earning Turned Donation Jan. 2018
Donation of Portia de Rossi and Ellen DeGeneres of gift cards and appliances to Redlands Fire, one of many fire teams deployed to the area after the Southern California fire burned over 281,000 acres in the largest fire in modern California history as well as Ellen's donation for J.J. Watt's relief fund, the rebuilding of the Spain Elementary School in Detroit, Sgt. Chad Sparks and his wife, Ashley, iPads, TVs and generous gift certificates for the Phillips family, Kim Ledbetter is a single mom from Birmingham, Alabama, Ryan Reynold's Make-A-Wish Foundation, St. Jude's Children's Hospital, The Humane Society and full-ride scholarships to the seniors of Summit Academy
Sale of Asset 2018
Value of the 6,764 square feet with 4 bedrooms and 4.5 bathrooms upon sale
Value of her romantic Montecito estate that spread in 16.88-acre surrounding
Earnings 2017 $77 Million
Earning Turned Donation Nov. 2017
Donation to the David Sheldrick Wildlife Trust
Salary Aug. 2017
Estimated annual salary from the Ellen Degeneres show as the show's host
Value of the four-bedroom, 4.5-bathroom, 5,979-square-foot home in Carpinteria, California
Earning Turned Donation Dec. 2016
Donation to a middle school in Louisiana for rebuilding efforts
Salary Nov. 2016
Annual salary from the Ellen Degeneres show as the show's host
Value of her Hollywood Hills home upon sale
Salary Feb. 2015
Salary Sep. 2014
Salary 2003
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Salary from the movie Mr. Wrong as Martha Alston
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Patent foramen ovale and scuba diving: a practical guide for physicians on when to refer for screening
Oliver Sykes1 &
James E Clark2
Extreme Physiology & Medicine volume 2, Article number: 10 (2013) Cite this article
Divers are taught some basic physiology during their training. There is therefore some underlying knowledge and understandable concern in the diving community about the presence of a patent foramen ovale (PFO) as a cause of decompression illness (DCI). There is an agreement that PFO screening should not be done routinely on all divers; however, when to screen selected divers is not clear. We present the basic physiology and current existing guidelines for doctors, advice on the management and identify which groups of divers should be referred for consideration of PFO screening. Venous bubbles after diving and right to left shunts are common, but DCI is rare. Why this is the case is not clear, but the divers look to doctors for guidance on PFO screening and closure; both of which are not without risks. Ideally, we should advise and apply guidelines that are consistent and based on best available evidence. We hope this guideline and flow chart helps address these issues with regard to PFOs and diving.
Decompression illness (DCI) encompasses decompression sickness (DCS) and arterial gas embolism (AGE). The differentiation of the pathological processes in practice can be difficult, but the treatment is similar; hence, both are given the modern overarching term of decompression illness. DCS occurs as a result of venous bubbles forming in the tissues and vessels, which can cause mechanical, embolic and biochemical effects with manifestations ranging from trivial to fatal [1]. AGE is caused by arterial bubbles as a result of ruptured lung alveoli from gas trapping in the lungs or blood shunting from the venous right atrial side to the arterial left atrial side of the heart. This is known as a right to left shunt. Symptoms usually appear shortly after, or within 30 min of surfacing, but can have delayed onset. These symptoms are frequently neurological in nature [2–4] and can be profound. The lungs are an effective filter, and a right to left shunt, such as a patent foramen ovale (PFO), is therefore a route for bubbles to avoid this filter and enter the arterial system. This is known as a paradoxical embolism and is depicted in Figure 1. Usually, the blood pressure on the arterial left side is higher than the venous right, which prevents right to left flow. However, this pressure differential is reversed on releasing a Valsalva manoeuvre, causing the right atrium to fill before the left atrium. Unfortunately, 30 to 60 min post-dive is the peak time for bubble liberation [5], which coincides with divers climbing into boats, lifting heavy kit, straining and unconsciously performing Valsalva manoeuvres.
Paradoxical gas embolism. Schematic drawing demonstrating the paradoxical gas embolism in a diver with a PFO (A); migration of a bubble of gas from the venous system to the left atrium via a PFO, with subsequent systemic embolisation (B).
In the fetus, the foramen ovale is vital to allow blood to bypass the lungs, which are not in use. On breathing at birth, there is a flap valve effect [6] (Figure 2), and the negative intra-thoracic pressure helps closes this route. While in about 30% there remains a leak, DCI is still a rare event [1, 7]. This suggests that not all divers with a PFO are at increased risk of DCI [8]. However, those that are susceptible appear to get the more serious neurological symptoms. Moon examined 91 patients with a two-dimensional echocardiogram, who were evaluated and/or treated for DCS at Duke University Medical Center. Of these 91, 39 had a PFO and 64 of the 91 had more serious symptoms (weakness, dizziness or symptoms of brain abnormalities); 32 of these 64 had a PFO [9] (50%). The risk of DCI by right to left shunting is related to the tissue nitrogen load (i.e. pressure–time profile), the size and characteristics of the shunt and the presence of other factors likely to cause right to left shunting [10, 11]. These include occult lung disease, smoking, lung shunts, Valsalva, straining and functional size of the PFO. According to Dr. Peter Wilmshurst, cardiologist of the UK Sports Diving Medical Committee, the requirements for shunt-mediated DCI are a large right to left shunt, a PFO, atrial septal defect or pulmonary arteriovenous lung malformation, a dive profile that liberates venous bubbles profile and also an appropriate inert gas load in critical tissue to amplify embolic bubbles [12].
Intra-cardiac echocardiogram. Showing the patent foramen ovale, in an adult and in real time, acting as a flap valve between the right atrium (RA) and left atrium (LA) [6].
Divers are taught some basic physiology during their training. There is therefore some underlying knowledge and understandable concern in the popular diving press about the presence of a PFO as a cause of DCI [9, 13, 14]. Unfortunately, DCI can occur after any dive, even within the depths and time limits of tables and computers, and after the diver has made many hundreds of dives without incident. All divers experiencing problems after diving should consult a diving physician, to whom this guideline is aimed. A list of contact details can be found at http://www.uksdmc.co.uk. Even when performing dives which are inside acceptable and safe decompression algorithms, venous bubbles are very common [2, 15, 16], and the Divers Alert Network states that:
While 20–30 percent of divers might be expected to have a PFO, decompression illness (DCI) in recreational divers occurs after only 0.005-0.08 percent of dives, clearly much lower than the one in five or six that might be expected if every diver with a PFO and venous bubbles developed DCI. Based on current experience, the estimated risk of a DCI incident characteristic of those correlated with PFO is between 0.002-0.03 percent of dives [17].
Therefore, routine screening of all divers for a PFO is not warranted primarily because the absolute risk of neurological DCI is low and the cost of screening is high [1], and beyond the recommendation not to screen all divers, there are no clear guidelines on when to screen for PFOs in divers who may be at risk of shunt-mediated DCI. Here, we present a practical approach to a common problem of what to do with a diver who may warrant or request a referral for a PFO check. These are guidelines for doctors treating divers and should not be used in place of diver training.
Current guidelines
According to the UK Sports Diving Medical Committee [18]:
Approximately one quarter of the population have a patent foramen ovale or a small atrial septal defect, but the risk of paradoxical embolism is much greater in those with large shunts [10, 19]. Decompression illness is very unusual in sport divers after dives to less than 20 metres and we have not observed neurological decompression illness that appears to be the result of paradoxical embolism in sport divers after dives to that depth. We have observed neurological decompression illness associated with a large shunt in a professional diver who did a working dive at 18 m, which required in-water stops that were performed correctly. It therefore seems reasonable that sport divers known to have intra-cardiac shunts should be allowed to dive shallower than 15 m, provided no other cardiac contra indications exists. If a diver with a shunt wishes to go deeper than 15 m the options include use of nitrox with an air decompression table (to reduce bubble liberation and tissue nitrogen load) and the use of a table such as the DCIEM (Defence and Civil Institute of Environmental Medicine) table which is believed to result in little or no bubble nucleation. It will also be possible for some individuals to return to unrestricted diving after trans-catheter closure of the defect.
For commercial divers, the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) state that [20]:
Examination for the presence of an intra-cardiac shunt is not a requirement for either the initial or the annual examination. However, examination for patent foramen ovale should be performed in a diver who has suffered neurological, cutaneous or cardio-respiratory decompression illness, particularly where there is a history of migraine with aura or where the dive profile was not obviously contributory, since it may contribute to an assessment of the overall risk to the diver of continuing to dive. A positive finding is not necessarily a reason for a finding of unfitness. However, the opinion of a cardiologist with an interest in diving medicine is recommended.
The National Institute of Clinical Excellence (NICE) has produced guidelines on the closure of PFOs in divers, [21] which also emphasises the importance of involving a cardiologist knowledgeable in diving medicine. The assessment of the presence and size of a PFO can be poor and can therefore lead to people getting inappropriate advice and being put at risk. The Undersea and Hyperbaric Medical Society (UHMS) Best Practise Guidelines [22] state that PFO testing may be considered after severe or repetitive neurological DCS and may help in advising divers to modify their dive profiles. Carl Edmond's Diving Medicine[23] agrees that the risk from a PFO is not great enough for it to be appropriate to test all divers, and repair of the hole is probably more dangerous than diving with it.
When to refer
There should probably be different advices for different divers, and we will cover the following categories, based on the current standard operating procedure at London Hyperbaric Medicine: (a) no DCI, (b) one episode of DCI, (c) more than one episode of DCI, (d) migraines and (e) commercial divers.
No decompression illness
If the diver has not had DCI, discourage the diver from seeking a PFO check. However, consider what the reason for the request might be. Divers often deny symptoms of DCI but worry they may have a PFO. No diving is the only way to guarantee no DCI. Consider also the expense, worry, risk and the possible impact on medical insurance. If concerned about a PFO and the diver wants to continue diving, encourage safe diving practices (Figure 3). A diver's safest profile is a rapid descent to the deepest part of the dive with a gradual ascent, whereas a reverse profile dive is one where the diver spends a prolonged time at the shallowest part of the dive before going deeper for the latter part of the dive. A reverse profile dive maximises nitrogen uptake during the dive and results in a greater risk of bubble formation and, consequently, DCI following ascent. If the diver wants to dive outside these recommendations, then suggest referral to a cardiologist with an interest in diving.
Safe diving practices. Courtesy of London Hyperbaric Medicine.
One episode of DCI
Discuss whether the diver wants to continue diving, despite being susceptible to DCI. If the diver wants to continue diving, encourage safe diving practices and decide whether there are any factors suggestive of a PFO (Figure 4). If any factors are present, then have a lower threshold for PFO check. If the dive was provocative (Figure 5) and there were no other factors, then encourage safe diving practices and not a PFO check. There is no recommendation to check for a PFO after all types of DCI.
Factors suggestive of a PFO. Courtesy of London Hyperbaric Medicine.
Provocative dive profile. Courtesy of London Hyperbaric Medicine.
More than one episode of DCI
As with divers after one episode of DCI, discuss whether the diver wants to continue diving, despite being susceptible to DCI. If the diver wants to continue diving, encourage safe diving practices (Figure 3) and have a lower threshold for screening for a PFO. If the diver clearly understands the risks and agrees to dive to less than 15 m, then no PFO check is necessary. However, the diver may have unrealistic views on what makes a safe dive, and these cases can be difficult. Use the DCIEM [24] or British Sub-Aqua Club 1988 decompression tables [25] to 'prove' whether the dive profiles are relatively safe, although DCI can still occur within these tables. A PFO check with a cardiologist with an interest in diving can also be useful in these cases, as this will allow a realistic discussion of the risks of continuing to dive with the diver's cardiac status, as per the UHMS Best Practise Guidelines [22]. We would therefore suggest that a PFO check is discussed with the diver.
Divers with migraine with aura are at increased risk of neurological DCI [26–28]. However, we should encourage safe diving practices (Figure 3) and check whether the medications are appropriate for diving. There is no recommendation to screen for a PFO in divers simply with migraines with aura. However, those with migraines with aura and at least one episode of DCI should probably have a PFO check. Diagnosing migraine with aura is important as migraine without aura and other headaches are not considered a risk factor for DCI or having a PFO.
Commercial divers
Commercial divers could be defined as those requiring an HSE Commercial Diving Medical for their work. These divers cannot modify their dive profiles and have very clear incentives to continue diving; therefore, stopping diving or encouraging safe diving is not a realistic option. Check whether there are any factors suggestive of a PFO and follow the HSE guidelines above [20].
Referral, screening and closure
Guidelines for screening for PFOs are difficult to create because the relationship between PFOs and DCI is not clear and also because DCI is rare and most of the tests involve expense, worry and some risk. Cardiac investigations are not always of sufficient quality to pick up all right to left shunts such as pulmonary arteriovenous malformations. There are also a number of ways of testing for a PFO, which may explain why the rates vary. Deciding when to check for and close a PFO can also be difficult but ultimately lies with the cardiologist performing the procedures. PFO checks and closures are done at many centres, but screening and advice on continued diving must come from a cardiologist with an interest in diving.
The screening procedure
A small dose of bubbles is injected into a large ante-cubital fossa vein, and the diver is asked to perform a Valsalva. Since bubbles show up well on ultrasound, there is then opacification of the right atria and ventricle, and any bubbles that traverse the septum can be easily seen. As far as we know, there have been no reported problems after the dose of intravenous bubbles.
The closure procedure
This is performed using a local anaesthetic and sedation, or general anaesthesia, and can be done as a day case. A guidewire and catheter (Figure 6) are inserted through a vein usually in the groin into the heart and through the PFO using imaging guidance [29] (Figure 7). A device is then inserted via the catheter, closing the hole. There is a NICE guidance on Percutaneous closure of patent foramen ovale for the secondary prevention or recurrent paradoxical embolism in divers (issued December 2010) [21]. In terms of efficacy and risks, the guidance for patients includes five studies with a total of 1,283 patients who had the procedure for a number of different conditions; the PFO was immediately closed in 1,268 patients (99%) [30] and a further study of 29 divers treated by the procedure for neurological decompression sickness: 23 had returned to diving and experienced no more decompression sickness and 6 were not diving (three as they had only recently had the procedure and three for reasons unrelated to the procedure) [30]. In terms of risks and possible problems, the NICE guidance is useful again [30]:
In a study of 280 patients, cardiac tamponade was reported in 2 patients (0.71%) who both required further surgery.
In 2 studies with a total of 992 patients, the device used to close the PFO caused a tear in a large blood vessel of the heart requiring emergency surgery in 1 patient (0.10%). The device fell out and entered the circulation in 7 patients (0.71%).
Abnormal heart rhythm during or after surgery was reported in 13 of 95 patients (13.68%) in 2 studies of a total of 213 patients.
As well as looking at these studies, NICE also asked expert advisers for their views who said that in theory, a problem with the heart valves could occur.
Guidewire and patent foramen ovale occluder device (courtesy of St. Jude Medical).
Intra-cardiac echocardiography. The guidewire and catheter can be seen in the heart, passing from the right atrium (RA), through the patent foramen ovale, into the left atrium (LA). The bright white area (echo dense) on the wall of the LA opposite the RA is the occlude device with the guidewire attached [29].
It is worth emphasising that the risk post-closure of DCI returns to normal and not zero. The closure also requires checking with repeat echocardiography to ensure closure and a period of antiplatelet therapy which must be completed before returning to diving.
Venous bubbles after diving and right to left shunts are common, but DCI is rare. Why this is the case is not clear, but the divers seek doctors' guidance on PFO screening and closure, both of which are not without risks. Ideally, we should advise and apply guidelines that are consistent and based on best available evidence. We hope this guideline and flow chart (Figure 8) help address these issues with regard to PFOs and diving.
Flow chart on when to refer for screening by a cardiologist with an interest in diving. Courtesy of London Hyperbaric Medicine.
Authors' information
OS is currently a senior registrar in anaesthetics in SW London, a PADI Divemaster and a hyperbaric doctor at Whipp's Cross University Hospital, where there are over 100 cases of DCI every year. Some are referred for PFO screening. The guideline for referral of divers for a PFO check was developed by OS in order to help other doctors at the unit refer appropriate cases. OS also writes regularly for Sport Diver and contributes to the discussions on the UK Sport Diving Medical Committee forum, where PFO screening is a common theme. JEC is a lecturer and independent researcher at King's College, London within the Centre for Human Aerospace Physiological Sciences and the Cardiovascular Division, respectively. He teaches on the M.Sc. in Human & Applied Physiology programme and undergraduate physiology courses including Human Physiology in Extreme Environments (MSc) and Extreme Physiology (BSc) in diving medicine. He is a British Sub-Aqua Club advanced diver and instructor.
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JEC is a lecturer in Aerospace and Applied Physiology at King's College, London and runs the B.Sc. Extreme Physiology and M.Sc. in Human Physiology in Extreme Environments and a diving medicine module. OS is paid as a doctor at the hyperbaric unit at Whipp's Cross Hospital and, as part of this work, refers divers for PFO checks.
Both authors (JEC and OS) have made substantive intellectual contributions in conceiving, designing, interpreting, drafting and revising the manuscript critically for important intellectual content and have given final approval of the version to be published. Notably, OS conceived the idea and provided the guideline at London Hyperbaric Medicine. JEC advised on changes to the guidelines and produced graphics. Both authors read and approved the final manuscript.
Sykes, O., Clark, J.E. Patent foramen ovale and scuba diving: a practical guide for physicians on when to refer for screening. Extrem Physiol Med 2, 10 (2013) doi:10.1186/2046-7648-2-10
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