MTBskilz aims to cater for mountain bikers of any level who want to improve their riding.
Whether they are new to the sport and want to learn good technique form the start, or have been riding for a while but want to up their level and confidence.
2 Who should go on your courses? Any mountain biker, regardless of their current level of experience or ability, who wants to learn to develop their mountain bike skills in a fun and supportive environment, with likeminded riders.
Any mountain biker, regardless of their current level of experience or ability, who wants to learn to develop their mountain bike skills in a fun and supportive environment, with likeminded riders.
3 How often? Year Round? Sessions are held on a roughly fortnightly basis (all year round), with occasional additional sessions held to assist with planned events, races etc.
Sessions are held on a roughly fortnightly basis, with occasional additional sessions held to assist with planned events, races etc.


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BAMMA USA BADBEAT 11 A Glimpse into the Future!
Posted: October 27, 2013 in Combat Sports, UFC
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Bamma USA has gained a reputation in the Mixed Martial Arts community for being one of the best promotions around. There are numerous reasons to bestow such praise for Brett Roberts and his crew, however the simplest reason is also the most important. They put on exciting fights. There are no free rides. "Match ups, make fights!" In Bamma USA, the matchmaking is what makes the difference.
Badbeat 11 continued that trend, despite major issues that would have folded a lesser promotion. After loosing 1/2 of the main event, the promotion unlike most was able to find a extremely suitable competitor on short notice. Mehdi Baghdad (8-3) stepped in for E. Chavez who had to pull out of the fight due to injury, leaving Dionisio Ramirez (7-4) out of a title fight, and with a very dangerous opponent on short notice.
Both fighters gave an outstanding effort, that had the crowd standing at several points. The first round found both fighters landing big, with neither giving any ground. After a very entertaining five minutes, both fighters emerged for the second round with neither staking a convincing claim to the first frame.
In the second though, Baghdad began to find his range, and after dropping Ramirez with strikes, he quickly transitioned to the back, securing the choke and the win at 1:53 of the second round.
Earlier in the evening John Hackleman Jr (son of famed striking coach of the same name) made his pro MMA debut, winning via TKO in the very first round. Hackleman jr, utilized his superior Muay Thai strikes, and dominate range to level a very tough Edward Hyman (0-1) at 1:07 of the very first round.
David Duran (2-1) was able to secure his second consecutive 'Be First Clothing' KO of the night bonus, edging out Aaron Wetherspoon (9-4), Chris Costello (3-2), and Jack May (6-0) who all won impressively either by KO, or TKO.
Mayhem Miller and Uriah Hall Incident:
Unfortunately and through no fault of the promoters the evening was marred with a black eye, because of one disgusting incident that has made headlines. Apparently Jason 'Mayhem' Miller and Uriah Hall had words over a female(that may or may not be the same female who had filed assault charges against Miller earlier this year). When Hall try to calm things down, Miller began taunting him.
As this was happening, several reporters and security began to separate the fighters. It was at that point, a few racial slurs were uttered, and a right hand from Hall was issued in response. At that point Hall, who although upset, conducted himself with dignity the whole time, began seeking a way out of the arena.
Hall was escorted by security to the parking lot, not because he was being removed, Or because he was seeking out Miller, but because he simply wanted to go home. Security was there to ensure Miller didn't return. Which to his credit, he did not!
Much has been written already about the incident, most by people who weren't even there. Debates have started, both defending and attacking Miller. Emotions were high, horrible things were said, and a punch was thrown. Is that enough for you to pass judgement on someone? Maybe it is; maybe this incident added to a few others is enough for some to feel comfortable passing judgement. However, sometimes good people do stupid things, when they are in pain or personal turmoil. It is no excuse for bad behavior, nor is it a 'get out of jail free card', but maybe it is a cry for help.
Hopefully, Hall doesn't receive any punishment, and Miller gets the help he needs (only of course, if he feel if he is in need!) I for one, would love to see the resurrection and redemption of a very talented fighter named Jason Miller, not this angry Tyler Durden version of one of the most charismatic fighters in MMA history!
Jason Miller gets shown the door!
Jason 'Mayhem' Miller before the Mayhem!
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John Hackleman Jr. Wins Pro MMA Debut at BAMMA USA's BADBEAT 11
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Emerging from a shadow is never easy. Especially when you have the same name, as a legend. John Hackleman is one of he most well known striking coaches in MMA history. Known best for being Chuck Liddell's head coach, Hackleman's 'The Pit' MMA gyms are known to be some of the most grueling and demanding gyms in the sport. Coming from a gym with this mentality, the pressure to perform is tremendous. Wins, are expected. For the younger Hackleman, its much more simpler. He doesn't want to disappoint his dad!
At Bamma USA BadBeat 11 he not only avoided disappointment, he won in spectacular fashion. Utilizing superior movement, and range effective strikes, Hackleman jr was able to stun his opponent who lay prone after an half-hearted take down attempt. A few hammer fists from a standing position removed all doubt, and Hackleman jr was awarded the TKO win.
Hackleman Jr, is primarily known for his striking, but he is also eager to prove he is not one dimensional. His pedigree and name may have opened a few doors for him, but his work ethic, talent, and desire have pretty much erased any doubt as to weather or not John Hackleman Jr belongs. He most certainly does!

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A dramatic decline in permanent and secure employment, systemic underpayment and exploitation, and wage inequality and growth are among the many issues concerning Australian workers.
These practices are jeopardising hard-fought employment rights that many of us hold dear – regular pay, protection, fair conditions as well as occupational health and safety standards, injury compensation, and superannuation.
Since 1919, Maurice Blackburn has been providing successful and innovative legal advice to trade unions and workers across Australia on issues ranging from workplace disputes, industrial action and good faith bargaining to breaches of awards and agreements, and union right of entry matters, among others.
Alongside our Union allies, we have also lobbied governments for better rights and conditions and have run and won many employment and industrial law cases that have improved the lives of working Australians and helped create a fairer society for all.
When the systemic underpayment and exploitation of 7-Eleven workers was revealed by ABC's Four Corners and Fairfax Media in 2015, the nation was aghast.
Workers had been routinely underpaid, not by accident, but by widespread doctoring and fabrication of payroll records, time sheets and rosters. There was also proof of understated wage bills, store reviews and explosive documents relating to payroll compliance from the head office of the country's biggest convenience store chain.
In excess of $3 million in unpaid wages and entitlements recouped for our clients.
Recognising the magnitude and unlawfulness of the situation, Maurice Blackburn stepped in and offered to represent workers who had been exploited free of charge to help them recover back pay and other entitlements. Many had never been paid penalty rates for working weekends, public holidays and overnight, for instance.
A hotline was set up that resulted in hundreds of inquiries from current and former 7-Eleven staff willing to relay their shocking experiences.
In addition Maurice Blackburn lobbied the Federal Government to grant amnesty to staff who spoke up about the exploitation they had experienced, arguing that without it, workers were very scared to come forward. Protection from deportation was subsequently granted, provided those who came forward were willing to help with investigations into the exploitation.
The firm assisted many staff who made claims for backpay with the independent panel led by former Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) boss Allan Fels that was set up by 7-Eleven in September 2015. That legal assistance has continued for those seeking to be paid what they are owed since the panel was shut down in May 2016.
Maurice Blackburn has received in excess of $3 million in unpaid wages and entitlements for our clients while continuing to fearlessly pursue 7-Eleven franchisees to help recover money that is owed to the workers – including many international students – who were taken advantage of.
Australian workers with intellectual disabilities received backpay for unlawfully discriminatory wages, thanks to an agreement Maurice Blackburn Lawyers reached on behalf of about 10,000 workers in a class action against the Federal Government.
The pro bono class action, which was run in conjunction with the AED Legal Centre, was launched against the Commonwealth of Australia in the Federal Court and alleged that disabled workers working in Australian Disability Enterprises were being unfairly discriminated against. Some workers were earning as little at 99 cents an hour.
Lead plaintiff Tyson Duval-Comrie claimed the use of the Business Services Wage Assessment Tool (BSWAT) to determine pro-rata wages for people working at Australian Disability Enterprises discriminated against people with intellectual disabilities, in contravention of the Disability Discrimination Act 1992.
The Full Federal Court decided in a 2012 case that was brought against the Commonwealth by two individual workers with intellectual disabilities that using BSWAT to set the wages of intellectually disabled workers was discriminatory and contravened the Act.
Maurice Blackburn's class action sought an end to the discrimination, and compensation for those workers who lost wages as a result of the discrimination. An agreement estimated to be worth more than $100 million was subsequently reached between the parties, which was approved by the Federal Court in December 2016.
Affected workers who registered in the class action received an amount directly from the government in a scheme administered by the government.


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The carbon footprint of football
Football leaves more than just players' footprints on the field: carbon emissions from games, travel and merchandising are considerable, and need to be tackled.
Climate change is causing disruption around the world, including in sports. Extreme heat waves can affect athletes' ability to perform, torrential rains can flood stadiums and poor air quality can cause damade to the health of players and supporters.
With the World Football Summit just around the corner, and the FIFA World Cup not far behind, now is the perfect time to look at the carbon footprint associated with this sport, and what can be done to reduce it.
Calculating the carbon footprint of football
It is estimated that the 2018 Russia World Cup released 2.16 million tons of greenhouse gases – equivalent to more than 465,000 cars on the road for an entire year! To reach this number, experts used the GHG Protocol's methodology and its three scopes. They took into account the construction of facilities for the event, supporters' travel to and from venues, the energy used for light, heating, cooling and cooking during the event, as well as the emissions associated with manufacturing merchandise.
The World Cup is definitely the sector's biggest event, and fortunately for the planet, it only takes place every four years, but football itself never stops. England's Premier League alone consists of 38 games per season, and the UEFA Champions League organizes 125 matches every year.
In 2017, the University of Essex calculated the total of GHG emissions from transport to and from stadiums for tier 3 football games in the 2012/13 season, which was estimated at 56,237 tons of CO2e. And the bigger the game, the larger its carbon footprint, as supporters tend to travel further for important matches.
To calculate their emissions, football clubs need to count not just transport to and from games, but also all the materials purchased for players, business travel and even the emissions associated with the production of merchandising to sell to fans. This involves mapping all of the club's activities, purchases and sales.
Climate action in football
Football is the most popular sport in the world – and one of the most lucrative, with a market value of about US$1.8 trillion in 2019. As such, it has the potential to unite people and drive cultural change in ways few other activities can. It is time to put this popularity and capital to good use by educating football fans about climate change and implementing innovative solutions.
For instance, the organizers of the 2022 Qatar World Cup have promised to host the first carbon-neutral World Cup, with mitigation measures including building a reusable stadium from shipping containers, installing solar-powered stadium air conditioning, and growing trees irrigated by treated sewage water to absorb CO2 emissions from the atmosphere. These measures are welcome, considering that Qatar has built seven new stadiums, an entire new city and over 100 new hotels and roads for the event, bringing its carbon footprint to an estimated 3.6 million tons.
Football clubs also need to calculate and reduce their footprint, offset the remainder, and talk to fans about how they did it. Athletes should become role models, lobbying for climate action and leading by example.
For instance, Forest Green Rovers in England is the first club to commit to net zero: they are currently building a net-zero stadium with 500 trees and several electric vehicle charging stations. Several other clubs have signed up to the UN Sports for Climate Action framework, with various commitments.
How ClimateTrade can support the decarbonization of football
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By Eugene Rabkin September 6, 2013 17:26
Op-Ed | Mining the Goth Aesthetic, Fashion Pivots to Darkness
No longer confined to the fringes of fashion, the goth aesthetic is being mined by a wider spectrum of designers, observes Eugene Rabkin.
Gucci Fall 2013 Campaign | Source: Gucci
NEW YORK, United States — Every year I buy the September issue of American Vogue. It's a good way to take the industry's temperature. There, I can see all the ad campaigns in one shot and try to understand the image designers are trying to sell us.
This season the look is decidedly dark. Ads from Gucci, Prada, Miu Miu, Proenza Schouler and others contain gothic elements, whether in the clothes, the makeup or the setting. Even Roberto Cavalli, whose success chiefly lies in flinging leopard prints at Russian parvenus, developed a campaign with subdued, dark colours and smoky-eyed models wearing chain-trimmed black-and-white clothes.
One tempting explanation for this is the gloomy socio-economic era we inhabit, what with persistent global financial woes and political unrest. For some reason the fashion industry's talking heads have an incorrigible desire to peg fashion trends to macroeconomics and political events. But this explanation is dubious at best.
The gothic aesthetic — darkly romantic, with emphasis on black — had been hiding in the corners of the fashion universe for a long time, permeating the work of designers like Ann Demeulemeester, Yohji Yamamoto, and, most notably, Alexander McQueen. Yet, labels with a gothic bent weren't widely emulated until Rick Owens hammered his brutalist vision of goth into the collective head of the industry, season after season.
The rise of the gothic look has also been propelled by Ricardo Tisci's work at Givenchy. Arguably, Givenchy is now the hottest ticket in fashion town, especially since the likes of Kanye West have jumped on the label, making it so popular that retailers cannot keep Tisci's $500 printed t-shirts in stock.
"This darkly romantic look has, pardon the expression, entered the bloodstream of fashion," said Valerie Steele, fashion scholar and director of the Museum at the Fashion Institute of Technology.
Indeed, the aesthetic has even spawned sub-genres. First, there is "hipster goth," epitomised by companies like LA-based Skingraft, All Saints and Oak, the duo of hipster goth stores in New York, recently bought by American Apparel.
Then there's "ghetto gothic," a term used by the designer Shayne Oliver to describe his cutting-edge label Hood by Air. The sub-genre also encapsulates labels like En Noir, with its black leather tops, and Pyrex 23, which is busily printing images of Caravaggio paintings onto Champion sweatshirts. And a few weeks ago, the rapper Angel Haze expressed her wish to collaborate with Rick Owens, using the term "goth ninja," which appears to have entered the pop culture mainstream.
So what's driving this?
My hunch is that goth is one of the few cultural movements with strongly recognisable visual codes that fashion has not yet fully mined. And it's easy to mine, because its elements can be broken down without much effort. Plus, the aesthetic is edgy — what with the emphasis on black, the elongated silhouette, the leather — which fashion loves, at least in theory. Of course, in practice, what fashion really loves is to take what's edgy and defang it (the default look on the Upper East Side these days seems to be a Rick Owens leather jacket paired with a Chanel bag and Tory Burch riding boots).
Looking at Gucci's fall campaign, Dr. Steele said, "It's a high-glamour goth look, with the snakeskin leather and the red lipstick and the sleek, black hair. It was perfect for them to style it like that, body-conscious and futuristic. There is flexibility about the look. You can take the core — that charisma of deviance and dark romanticism — and easily pick it apart, so it has a lot of potential for a wider range of designers. The visual codes of goth are very easy to detach from its signifiers."
What's more, fashion has always taken its cues from music and goth may be one of the last major musical sub-cultures left to tap. Punk is now truly dead, as the sad spectacle of the star-studded gala for the opening of the Metropolitan Museum of Art's Punk: Chaos to Couture exhibit reminded us last spring. And other areas of rock music have been beaten to death (though Hedi Slimane and John Varvatos will probably disagree). Goth is also attractive to fashion, as Dr. Steele pointed out, because, traditionally, it's more of a female look, baroque and decorative, and therefore more easily mined for womenswear.
For years, goth lived on the fringes of fashion, referenced by designers who genuinely related to the sub-culture, and not just its visual aesthetic. But today, it's clear that major brands are mining the look for all it's worth.
I, for one, am sad to see another cultural movement watered down, its aesthetic decoupled from its substance. Devil knows fashion has done enough of that.
Eugene Rabkin is the editor of StyleZeitgeist magazine and the founder of stylezeitgeist.com
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How the Al-Qadi family are invested in Bristol Rovers according to football finance expert
Is Darrell Clarke right to question the Al-Qadi family's financial commitment?
John Evely
Bristol Rovers manager Darrell Clarke hit out at the owners and board of directors at the League One club on Saturday for what he feels is a lack of investment in the club.
It is not the first time Clarke has shared his frustrations at losing his best players and being unable to replace them.
Clarke, of course, is talking about the departure of Matty Taylor to Bristol City, Billy Bodin to Preston North End and Ellis Harrison to Ipswich Town, all in the last two years.
In wake of his comments, Bristol Live have spoken to Kieran Maguire, a lecturer in football finance at the University of Liverpool and the creator of the Price of Football website to talk through the numbers.
Wael Al-Qadi (Image: Neil Brookman/JMP)
Maguire has a much different opinion of the financial commitment shown by the Al-Qadi family, who own a majority stake in the club through Dwane Sports.
He said: "Looking at the accounts [up until 2017] what I am picking up here is Bristol Rovers are very dependant on the Al-Qadi family.
"At the last count the family had lent the club £8.6m and it says here they are prepared to spend as much as £15m.
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"It is a bit like me or you having a credit card limit, they have committed to lending up to £15m but they have only spent £8.6 up to the most recent accounts.
"That is a lot of money. The fans are not going to be able to club together and come up with that sort of money.
"So while there might be a lot of fingers pointed at the board of directors to say they are not doing enough when it comes to transfers, what they are not seeing is that the day to day running costs of the club are effectively being subsidised by the owners.
Bristol Rovers Club President Wael Al Qadi celebrates with his brother Samir in front of thousands of fans after Bristol Rovers beat Dagenham & Redbridge in injury time to secure 3rd place in League 2, back to back promotions and a place in Sky Bet League 1 for 2016/17 (Image: Rogan Thomson/JMP)
"They have been putting in a net £1.5m a year for the last few years and they have also paid off all the old debt as well which they inherited from the old owners so it is a big financial commitment.
"I don't think it is realistic of the fans to say just because they come from the Middle East they are going to be multi, multi, multi-millionaires, and look at the type of investment which is happening at Manchester City, and assume all owners from the Middle East are the same because that isn't the case.
"What is happening at the Etihad is an amazing piece of financial investment but it is not available to everyone in the Middle East."
Maguire said it is commonplace for there to be tension between management and the board when it comes to finances but Bristol Rovers are midtable in terms of their wage expenditure and transfer dealings.
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Mary Ito is a CBC radio personality, who currently hosts Fresh Air, CBC Radio One's regional weekend program in Ontario. Mary has had a long history of broadcasting, most recently as host of CBC's Living in Toronto. She worked at TVOntario for five years as host of a daily talk show called More to Life which covered an eclectic range of topics in health, education, arts and culture, business and family issues. Mary was also the host of Second Opinion on TVO – a panel show which dealt with controversial issues in health. She also worked at Global TV as the anchor of a daily health report called Health Matters.
Mary has also worked at CFTO-TV as a reporter, host and weekend news anchor. She also worked previously in radio at CBC, and at CFRB as a reporter, host and producer.
Mary is active in the community with a particular interest in health. She has volunteered her services for many organizations including the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health, the MS Society of Ontario, the Hospital for Sick Children, the Toronto Public Library and the Japanese Canadian Cultural Centre.
She lives with her husband and three children in Toronto.
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Michael John "Mick" Bennett (Birmingham, ) é um ex-ciclista britânico que conquistou a medalha de bronze na perseguição por equipes nos Jogos Olímpicos de 1972 e 1976.

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Careful discussion of Consumer Protection Law in best interest of markets: El-Gohary - Daily News Egypt
Parliament Careful discussion of Consumer Protection Law in best interest of markets: El-Gohary
Careful discussion of Consumer Protection Law in best interest of markets: El-Gohary
Parliament still awaiting minister of trade and industry to send controls, work mechanisms of services, maintenance centres. Additionally, traffic law has not been issued by government to date
Abdel Razek Al-Shuwekhi January 17, 2018 Be the first to comment
Member of parliament's economic committee Amr El-Gohary has demanded not approving the draft Consumer Protection Law before settling arguments over it.
El-Gohary said that this demand is in the best interest of consumers and will prevent the overlapping of specialities of the different regulatory powers in the process of market control.
El-Gohary added that parliament is still waiting for the minister of trade and industry to send the controls and work mechanisms of the service and maintenance centres. Additionally, he noted that a traffic law has not been issued by the government up until now.
El-Gohary pointed out that there is a new legal article in the draft law that is inconsistent with the Consumer Protection Law and prevention of monopolistic practices. Article 8 stipulates that strategic products ready for sale must not be prohibited from being sold, whether through hiding them, not offering them for sale, or refraining from selling them in any other form.
After asking for the opinion of the Consumer Protection Agency (CPA), a decision should be made by the prime minister to determine strategic products and their trade for a specific period of time, as well as determine the specialised bodies in this regard. The decision will then be published in two widely-circulated daily newspapers.
El-Gohary believes that this article has not explained the consequence of its violation, which leaves room for overlapping and conflicting with other laws.
According to this article, any entity that holds strategic goods must notify the concerned specialised body of the stored goods they posses, as well as their amount.
He said that there many articles' discussion was postponed, such as Article 36 regarding the services exempted from the rules of this law.
Exemptions include banking and financial services, as well as services of trading in the capital market, ready-made food delivery, home groceries, and newspaper subscriptions.
Representative of the economic committee, Medhat El-Sherif, said that he objects to allocating 10% of the resources of the CPA to funding consumer protection associations.
"I will be objecting to this because it opens doors to corruption. Moreover, these associations are subject to the Civil Organisations Law. The criticism about the CPA obtaining 25% of the proceeds of reconciliations of fines does not make sense," El-Sherif said.
He added that the agency needs financial resources to expand its branches and increase the number of its employees.
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Delays in achieving target international normalised ratio (INR) with warfarin after cardiac surgery can lead to suboptimal outcomes. The aims of the study are to determine the difference in warfarin dosage requirements, before and after cardiac surgery, needed to achieve therapeutic anticoagulation.
A single-centre, retrospective review was conducted from 2012 to 2014 in cardiac surgery patients who were on warfarin pre-operatively and who had warfarin therapy resumed postoperatively in hospital. The primary outcome was the difference in warfarin dosage needed to achieve target INR before and after cardiac surgery.
Ninety-five patients were included in the study. The mean daily postoperative warfarin dose needed for achieving a therapeutic INR was 0.18 mg lower than the mean pre-operative dose (5.03 ± 2.10 vs. 4.85 ± 2.25 mg; p=0.358).
In conclusion, there was no statistically significant difference in the warfarin dosage before and after cardiac surgery needed to achieve target INRs.
No studies have been published that quantify the difference, if any, in warfarin dosage needed to achieve therapeutic INR, specifically, before and after cardiac surgery. The purpose of this study is to determine if there is a difference in warfarin dosage before and after cardiac surgery needed to achieve therapeutic anticoagulation.
This single-centre, retrospective chart review was approved by the Providence Health Care Research Ethics Board and by the Fraser Health Research Ethics Board (Providence Health Care Reference number UBC PHC H13-02182). The need for informed consent was waived.
Eligible patients were identified through the pharmacy database and patient chart reviews. Patients were included if they were admitted to St. Paul's Hospital for cardiac surgery between 1 February 2012 and 4 February 2014, were on warfarin prior to cardiac surgery and achieved therapeutic anticoagulation, had warfarin therapy resumed postoperatively in hospital, and achieved INRs within the therapeutic range (as appropriate for the indication for warfarin) during hospitalisation. Exclusion criteria were: warfarin use for less than two months prior to the cardiac surgery date; undocumented or unclear pre-operative warfarin dose; postoperative warfarin therapy lasting less than five days prior to discharge; postoperative admission to the intensive care unit (ICU).
The primary outcome was the difference in warfarin dose, before and after cardiac surgery, required to achieve and maintain the patient's target INR. The target INR was defined as the therapeutic target INR based on the patient's indication for anticoagulation postoperatively. The secondary outcomes were the rates of major and minor bleeding and thromboembolic events during the postoperative hospitalisation period. Major bleeding events were defined as those that were intracranial or retroperitoneal, led to death, necessitated transfusion, warranted interruption of antithrombotic treatment, or required operation. All other haemorrhagic events documented in the patient charts were considered to be minor bleeding events. Thromboembolic events were defined as ischaemic stroke, transient ischaemic attack, systemic embolism, deep vein thrombosis, pulmonary embolism, or cardiac valve thrombosis.
For the primary outcome analysis, the postoperative warfarin dose required to achieve and maintain a therapeutic INR was determined by averaging the doses from the day warfarin was initiated post-operatively until the day that a therapeutic INR was achieved. The pre-operative warfarin dose was obtained from chart records of the patient's home warfarin dose prior to cardiac surgery.
The pre-operative and postoperative maintenance warfarin doses were compared using the paired samples t-test; p values less than 0.05 were considered to be statistically significant. Descriptive statistics were used to analyse the secondary outcomes of bleeding and thromboembolic event rates.
There were 1,402 patients screened, of which 95 were eligible for the study. The majority of patients received coronary artery bypass graft surgery. Warfarin therapy was restarted after a median of one day postoperatively, and the median postoperative length of stay was nine days.
The 95 patients achieved a therapeutic INR after a median of five postoperative days. The overall mean postoperative maintenance warfarin dose was 0.18 mg lower than the pre-operative dose (5.03 ± 2.10 vs. 4.85 ± 2.25 mg) and this difference was not statistically significant (p=0.358). Similarly, no statistically significant differences in warfarin dose were found in any of the subgroups, which were defined by cardiac surgery type and by whether warfarin-interacting medications or products were initiated pre-operatively (see table 1).
Four patients (3.6%) had one major bleeding event postoperatively during their hospital stay. At the time of the major bleeding events, none of the four patients had supratherapeutic INRs. Half (50%) of major bleeds also occurred in patients taking three or more antithrombotic agents in addition to warfarin, whereas all patients with no bleeding events or minor bleeding events were taking two or fewer concomitant antithrombotic agents. Ten minor bleeding events occurred overall and the INRs were supratherapeutic at the time of only two of these events.
Three patients (2.7%) had one thromboembolic event and all events were ischaemic strokes. In two of these patients, the INR was subtherapeutic at the time of the stroke, and the INRs had been consistently subtherapeutic for the previous three and six days prior to the event.
This is the first study undertaken to determine the changes in warfarin dosage requirements, specifically, before and after cardiac surgery. In the postoperative setting, practitioners rely heavily on frequent INR monitoring, patients' past warfarin dosage requirements and on the patient's history of bleeding and thromboembolic events to guide warfarin dosage adjustments. No statistically or clinically significant difference in warfarin dosage requirements was found overall, or in any of the subgroups.
Although no previous studies have quantified changes in warfarin dosage requirements after cardiac surgery, alterations in warfarin response in the postoperative period have been reported. A study by Schulman et al. examined postoperative changes in warfarin response among general surgical patients, 156 of which had received cardiac surgery.6 Warfarin responses after cardiac surgery were classified as altered in 34% of patients: resistant in 19%, and sensitive in 15%.6 However, Schulman et al.'s criteria for warfarin responsiveness classifications were not clearly defined. Of the clinical factors studied, postoperative commencement of amiodarone was the only factor identified to influence warfarin responses to a statistically significant degree. 6 This effect of concomitant amiodarone use was reproduced in our study as well.
Studies by Rahman et al. and Lee et al. showed that patients receiving heart valve replacements had decreased warfarin requirements immediately following the surgery.7,8 The authors concluded that the differences were attributed to postoperative physiological changes, such as improvements in cardiac function, with consequent decreases in fluid retention, relief of hepatic congestion, increases in warfarin metabolism, the deleterious effect of cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB) on clotting factors that worsens as the CPB time is prolonged, and hypoalbuminaemia following CPB, which affects warfarin's half-life and volume of distribution.8,9 Such physiological changes post-cardiac surgery did not translate into any clinical difference in warfarin dosage needed to achieve therapeutic anticoagulation in our study.
Peri-operative bleeding events are of particular concern in cardiac surgery patients.10 Our results suggest that major bleeding events in this study may have been associated with the number of concomitant antithrombotics administered. The INRs were subtherapeutic at the time of the majority of bleeding events, which suggests that the intensity of anticoagulation with warfarin may not be a primary factor associated with the bleeding events, but perhaps the number of antiplatelet and anticoagulants are.
As well, our findings are only applicable to our institution and, possibly, post-cardiac surgery patients in general, as hospital diet composition varies greatly between hospitals. Other factors, such as cultural preferences for certain types of food and the ability to tolerate an oral diet, would affect dietary intake of vitamin K. This variability in dietary intake of vitamin K post-operatively would influence the warfarin dosage needed to achieve therapeutic anticoagulation. Thus, we would not be able to extrapolate our findings to other hospitalised patients or other institutions given the great variability in dietary vitamin K intake. Further studies should be undertaken to validate our findings in other surgical and hospitalised patient populations in different institutions.
The fact that our study demonstrated no difference in warfarin dosage needed for therapeutic anticoagulation pre-operatively and postoperatively raises some interesting mechanistic questions. Other factors postoperatively, such as an increased inflammatory state, effect of an acutely stressed physiological state on clotting factors and intra-operative anticoagulation may influence dose-responsiveness to warfarin postoperatively. Future mechanistic studies are warranted to elucidate the physiologic factors post-cardiac surgery that would impact warfarin dose-responsiveness.
In conclusion, there were no statistically significant differences in warfarin dosage needed to achieve therapeutic INR, before and after cardiac surgery. The majority of recorded bleeding and thromboembolic events occurred while the INR was subtherapeutic. As the study was limited by its retrospective nature and small sample size, larger prospective studies are warranted to validate these findings.
We acknowledge Jessica Chang, BSc(Pharm), and Flora Yu, BSc(Pharm), for assistance in the data collection for this study.
5. Gulseth M. Managing Anticoagulation Patients in the Hospital: The Inpatient Anticoagulation Service. Bethesda (MD): American Society of Health-System Pharmacists (ASHP), 2007.
9. Harker LA, Malpass TW, Branson HE, Hessel EA, Slichter SJ. Mechanism of abnormal bleeding in a patient undergoing cardiopulmonary bypass: acquired transient platelet dysfunction associated with selective alpha-granule release. Blood 1980;56:824–34.
10. Tettey M, Aniteye E, Sereboe L et al. Predictors of post operative bleeding and blood transfusion in cardiac surgery. Ghana Med J 2009;43:71–6.


Artisan liquor which captures the spirit of Toledo and of its famous local festival; Corpus Christi. A liquor made with caress, taking care of all the details and selecting the best plants of Thymus Zygis, which macerate for two weeks in order to provide this beverage its characteristic Thyme flavor. It is presented in a bottle that reminds us of the cathedral of Toledo. 26% Vol. Protection of minors: This product is only available for costumers over the age of 18.
Anyone who has gone for a walk in the morning of Corpus Christi through the streets of Toledo could have been immersed in the unmistakable aroma of thyme; a heady fragrance, which floods the narrow streets of this beautiful city, in this festivity with over 400 years of history. It has a characteristic yellow, clean and bright color, with some golden highlights. In the nose, it clearly reminds of thyme. Once in the mouth, we will perceive a tasty and balanced sweetness, mixed with hints of marc spirit. We will end up with rounded, balsamic and persistent aroma.


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Dorothy R. Colella
January 1, 1970 - June 1, 2008
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Dorothy R. Colella, 89, died Sunday, June 1, 2008 at the Metrowest Medical Center in Framingham after a period of declining health. Born in Newton, she was the daughter of the late Frederick P. and Rose (Pelletier) Howland. She was the wife of the late Angelo L. Colella who died in 2005.
A 1936 graduate of Hopkinton High School, she retired as a cafeteria worker for the Hopkinton School system.
She is survived by her sons, Robert L. Colella and his wife Suzanne, and Thomas J. Colella and his wife Wendy all of Hopkinton, 1 sister Marguerite Wood of Milford, 5 grandchildren, Teresa, Susan, Kristen and Brian Colella, and Jeffrey Tomaso, 3 great grandchildren Samantha, Michael and Malichias. She is predeceased by a son, Michael A. Colella, 3 brothers Frederick, Robert and William Howland and 1 sister, Rose Berquist.
Visitation will take place on Thursday, June 5, from 4-7p.m. at the Chesmore Funeral Home of Hopkinton, 57 Hayden Rowe St. www.ChesmoreFuneralHome.com A funeral will take place on Friday at 10:00a.m. at St. John's Church in Hopkinton. Burial will follow in the parish cemetery. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the Friends of the Hopkinton Library, 13 Main St. Hopkinton, MA. 01748.


We have been wanting to explore the islands north of Green Turtle in the spring before we return to the US. When we come through here in the winter, the water is still cold. We have 2 weeks before we have to be back in Marsh Harbour to meet friends. So we decided to do a little exploring. That way, after they leave July 1, we can either return or explore further, or head back to the US. After all, hurricane season did start June 1.
We anchored at Manjack Cay. Everyone that has been here really likes this island. There is no town, so not a lot of traffic by speed boats. We anchored in a bay that had 2 wrecks along the shore. I decided to snorkel over to see them from the boat. Dave's medication has been making him tired, so he declined to join me.
Once in the water, I could tell there was a slight current heading out to sea. So I angled against it as I swam to shore. I found one of the wrecks. There was some fish, but nothing like the wreck off of Egg Island. The unique thing that I did see was a pair of huge angelfish that were white with black stripes. Maybe not angelfish, but shaped like them. I was hesitant to swim further to find the other one. I didn't know if it was left or right. I headed back to the boat just as a dinghy came by to look at the wreck. I asked them where the second one was. I would have had to swim quite a ways against the current, so opted not to. I made it back to the boat just fine, and even checked the anchor before deciding to float off the back of the boat. The water temperature is perfect this time of year.
Today we did some exploring around Manjack Cay. We think we will bring our guests here in a couple weeks, so we took a dinghy tour and didn't stop to check things out. First we went into the rivers in the mangroves. We didn't go too far since the tide was going out. We took the dinghy out onto the ocean side to circumnavigate Crab Cay next to Manjack. We found a nice beach on the east and the north sides. We had read in a comment on Active Captain to watch for feral pigs on the north beach. We didn't see any come to the shore when we went in closer.
We checked out the other wreck along the shore. If you look close, you can see a little of each wreck above the water, so it will help to find them in the future. From the dinghy, it looked like even fewer fish at this wreck. But it is in shallow water and interesting to check out.
Now we headed north along the Sea of Abaco or west side of the island. We found another nice bay to anchor in. And around the north east end of the island, there was a beautiful bay. There were 3 boats anchored here and 3 power boats on the shore. I think it would be rough here if the wind was blowing in off the ocean. From the beach, it looked like there would be some great rocks to snorkel. Looks like another nice spot to explore when we return.
From our anchorage, you could see a home on the island. All the Active Captain reviews of this anchorage talked about how cruiser friendly the people were that lived there. I remember a friend coming here for a big Christmas gathering. I guess there is a path through their property that is about a mile long and leads to the beach on the ocean side. May have to check that out later, too.
No need to stay here if we plan to return. So we moved north to Allens Pensicola Cay. I guess it used to be 2 cays before a hurricane rearranged things. There were about 6 boats anchored here when we arrived around 4:00. I decided to check the anchor and spend happy hour on a float with a couple beers. We watched 6 more boats into the anchorage that night. And we were worried about crowding when we came. The new boats all came from the north west, which means they must have just crossed over from the states. There's nothing else in that direction. I guess lots of people come over in the summer once school is out.
The mosquitoes must have come with them. Starting to get bad. Glad we have screens. We decided to go further north tomorrow and check this place out when we pass here again. Too many boats and mosquitoes for our liking.


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An FTP server runs on a computer to provide basic, unencrypted file transfer capability for connecting users. It is most commonly used for anonymous FTP, basically providing public files to anyone.
FTP uses cleartext passwords for authentication. Password sniffing attacks collecting user names and passwords from the network were common already in the mid-1990s. The FTP protocol has been largely replaced by SFTP and SSH. Today, FTP should only be used on extreme legacy systems and for public access anonymous FTP. Even for anonymous public access, HTTPS and web servers have largely replaced FTP. Since FTP is unencrypted, man-in-the-middle attacks can and have been used to inject malware into software downloaded using FTP.
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Secure Alternative (SFTP)
We strongly recommend switching away from FTP as soon as possible. It is seriously not secure. Secure File Transfer Protocol (SFTP) is the alternative the world has moved to. Practically all commercial file transfer tools now support SFTP. It is supported on all modern operating systems. It also makes configuring automation much easier and supports secure key-based authentication.
It is practically impossible to achieve regulatory compliance in regulated industries, such as financials or health care, when using FTP. Public companies are also required to protect financial data.
Consequently, the use of FTP should be restricted to totally closed and trusted environments and anonymous access.
We do not recommend configuring FTP servers. However, if one is needed, all Unix and Linux systems come with built-in FTP servers. For Windows, FileZilla Server is a possible alternative.
We recommend using SFTP. OpenSSH is a free open source server for Unix/Linux, and comes standard with every modern Unix, Linux, and Mac system. Tectia SSH is a widely used server for Windows. It is commercially supported, with 24x7 support available. It is also available for z/OS.


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Dickson commissioner fights tumor, daughter reads his words: 'Help those that need you'
Commissioner Booty Reed, who is being treated for brain tumor, was honored -- the commission chamber was named for him. His daughter reads his words.
Dickson commissioner fights tumor, daughter reads his words: 'Help those that need you' Commissioner Booty Reed, who is being treated for brain tumor, was honored -- the commission chamber was named for him. His daughter reads his words. Check out this story on Tennessean.com: https://www.tennessean.com/story/news/local/dickson/2019/06/04/dickson-commissioner-fights-tumor-daughter-reads-his-words/1345056001/
Chris Gadd, Nashville Tennessean Published 4:29 p.m. CT June 4, 2019
Booty Reed was seated as he looked over the crowd, humbled, emotional and slightly frustrated he couldn't speak about his thoughts and feelings.
Reed has a brain tumor and has recently endured treatment complications and surgeries.
Still, the longtime county commissioner wasn't to be denied communicating with the people who filled the room for him at NHC assisted-living facility in Dickson.
After attendees applauded the naming of the "Buford (Booty) Reed County Commission Chamber," Reed's daughter, Leslie Brietenmoser, read his thoughts of appreciation. And, in keeping with his near lifetime of public service, Reed indicated he missed perhaps the most unexciting part of his commissioner's duty: balance the budget.
Brietenmoser read her father's speech, stating he was "humbled" by the chamber naming and added he "deeply appreciate(s) all of your love and support."
His daughter Brietenmoser continued reading Reed's speech: "I know it is budget time and I know you have been working hard. Be sure and do everything you can to help the people of the county. Help those that need you."
Reed is currently still serving as county commissioner of Dickson County Commission District 10. It's a seat he's held for nearly 30 years. Reed has served 60 years as a Highland Rim Boy Scout leader and has additional 40 years of leadership at Dickson First United Methodist Church.
The gathering was officially a budget committee meeting for the commission members who, following Reed's moment, went into recess and then drove to Charlotte to continue the meeting.
"I love you all and I think you again for your dedication and also your friendship to me," Brietenmoser read.
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Memphis Gets Graced
On a recent Tuesday night, I went to see The Grace Card , which you may recall was filmed in Memphis and has been running in theaters here since late February. It follows a middle-aged white cop, Mac McDonald, who's fairly toxic with rage and sorrow over the death of his son 17 years ago. When he's paired with a black cop, an act that stokes his fury, Mac's on the verge of seeing his whole life unravel if he can't get a grip on himself. The moment of reckoning comes when he shoots a would-be burglar at a warehouse, then realizes the victim is his other son — a boy Mac has barely been able to look at without guilt and anger for most of the child's life. The movie had me weeping with genuine sorrow one minute — and rolling my eyes at a plot twist the next. Sure, it's flawed, but aren't we all.
What you gotta love are the Memphis landmarks — from the gritty Tennessee Brewery right down the street from our office, to St. Francis Hospital's ER. And for me, a nudge-my-husband moment came during a scene in the hospital's waiting room. Mac's black partner, Sam Wright, has been wheeled in to surgery to donate a kidney to Mac's son. (Yeah, Sam just happens to be a match.) As Sam's wife sits with her young daughters to wait out the operation, what magazine does she pick up to pass the time? You guessed it. Memphis. Nice touch. The movie deserves praise for a feat too few even attempt: portraying the lives of middle-class people and their Christian values without wielding a sledgehammer with too heavy a hand. The Grace Card won't win Oscars, but no doubt it has won some hearts.
Read more about The Grace Card here.
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