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LeoVegas sprung onto the scene in 2014 with a cracking little online casino. The success that the company have seen in a relatively short period of time has seen them make a natural progression into the world online sports betting.
Given that the sports section hasn't been around for all that long, it's tough to compare to the likes of bet365 and Ladbrokes. It's quirky in it's own way, but we think that it's best considered as an extension of their casino room. So, if you were looking for a site to primarily play online casino with the occasional flutter into the sports betting sector, then they could be right up your street.
The LeoVegas Website
As we have mentioned, the company haven't been around for all that long, in fact, just a couple of years now. But, in that time have made some pretty massive strides, especially when it comes to online casino. The sports betting sector has been an extension of their success and continues to grow for them. Even over the last couple of weeks of writing this review we have had notifications of new features that are constantly being added, highlighting their determination to succeed in this area of the industry.
When you land on their website it looks like very few that we have seen. The bulk of the homepage is made up with a scrolling banner of the latest offers, whilst below sits a few of their live and upcoming sports betting markets. Truth be told, it looks more like a blog than a bookmaker, but that's not necessarily a bad thing as it's different, and that's hard to achieve in this saturated marketplace.
The sites design in HMTL 5 means that you are going to be able to access a mobile ready version of the site from any smartphone. It's also worth noting that you can download it on iOS devices as well. The mobile version actually works better than the online site, at least in terms of functionality. They do away with the massive banner on the home screen and instead allow you to jump straight into a variety of sports betting markets straight from the off.
Coming in to this review we excepted to see a very limited range of betting markets, but we were wrong. They are actually very well stocked and covers dozens of sports ranging from athletics to water polo. Football plays a massive role with the bulk of the markets, along with the newly added horse racing markets, but then this rings true for about 90% of online bookmakers.
One of the most interesting aspects of their sportsbook has to be that of Leo Roar. Here you are going to find a number of price boosts that are targeted towards football teams Brentford and Norwich City, both of which are sponsored by LeoVegas. The boosts are only on markets that are related to a successful win for either of these teams, but they do offer good value whether you support them or not.
The pricing structure on site isn't all that bad either. They were a little tricky to compare as some markets weren't available, but from the ones we saw they were pretty well matched. We wont go as far as saying that they were ever going to be best priced, but somewhere down the middle would likely be the best way to describe them.
Overall though, we must say how impressed we were with what's on offer. From the outside it doesn't appear all that much is going on and it's only when you really start to dig a little deeper do you find the range of sports and betting markets that are likely going to see LeoVegas Sports flourish.
The live betting section needs to also be credited as it's great. A lot of this is made up from football matches though and whilst they do offer other sports such as tennis, basketball, volleyball and cricket, it's football which is going to have the largest range of markets to choose from.
We found that most of the higher profile games include around 50 live betting markets, which isn't all that huge, but more than enough for most. On top of that you were also able to track the match from the live match centre, highlighting exactly what's going on at any time. Below it was a small 'events' section, which included previous instances in that match, showing corners, goals and bookings.
Casino Games at LeoVegas
The casinos online design is pretty easy to navigate between and actually quite good looking. Leo the Lion features heavily throughout and it's easy to jump between the different game types, without having to view the full list from the homepage. We were pleased to see that they now offer up a search function, allowing to find your game of choice quickly. It's also possible to see the 'Top Games', which are basically games that are popular with other players.
The mobile casino has a considerably fewer number of games to choose from, but it's still one of the biggest stocks of games that we have seen. The app is a little bit dated these days and we think could probably do with a freshening up, just to fall in line with what they have created online. Having said that, we were able to play games via just a very low 3G connection, which is pretty rare from the ones that we have tested.
Game Variety
The casino utilises a massive number of game developers, which includes PlayTech, Microgaming, NetEnt and Evolution Gaming. In fact, we will go as far as saying that very few, if any casinos use as many game developers as LeoVegas. This allows them to offer up over 800 casino games in total, which again is one of the biggest collection of games that we have seen and why they are able to offer up so many on their mobile platform as well.
The one thing we will say is that the quality of games will vary quite considerably. They do use a number of smaller game providers, especially for slots, who simply aren't able to reach the standard that we think all online casinos must meet. But, these games are few and far between, so we don't really see it as a massive issue. The huge number of developers does mean that new games come thick and fast on site, so keep an eye out for these as sometimes they are pretty rare throughout the industry.
The slots section has over 700 games alone, which is huge amount to work through. To be honest, it's a little too many for our liking and there is no way that you would ever need this many within the casino. Whilst the numbers seem impressive, we would be happy with nearer half this amount, just to not feel overwhelming. But, they are able to offer up some great games as result, with some standout games that we tested including Jungle Trouble, Panda Po, Copy Cats (twist on the game Angry Birds) and Dream Team.
With over 50 table games to choose from, you are getting one of the largest collections that we have seen at LeoVegas. The quality of games on offer is great and we think they really add depth and value to the casino. We were also pleased that they hadn't flooded this section like they had slots, which makes things so much more pleasurable to use. Games include Blackjack, Roulette, Baccarat, Red Dog, Caribbean Stud Poker, Casino Hold'em, 3 Card Hold'em and many more.
The live casino has been one of the newest additions to the site and as you would come to expect from LeoVegas, they haven't done things by half, with over 40 games to choose from. They use a number of software providers for this, such as Evolution Gaming, NetEnt, Extreme and a number of their own live casino tables. Games include Roulette, Blackjack, Three Card Poker, Baccarat and several variations of each of these.
Again, the jackpot games on offer are very impressive with over 25 games in total. They've got a number of the biggest games in the industry as well, such as Mega Moolah, Arabian Nights and Hall of Gods. It's worth noting that LeoVegas has become quite synonymous with jackpot winners and even though these games are played across the game developers network and not exclusive to LeoVegas, it's often though it's one of the luckier casinos for potential winners.
You are going to be able to access a decent number of banking options on site as well, including Visa, MasterCard, PayPal and Neteller. Deposits start from as little as £10 and will be processed to your account immediately for use.
Withdrawals will start from just £20 and will incur no fees either. You can expect withdrawals to be processed within 5 working days and you may be asked to provide ID to confirm who you are. Any payments will be processed in your chosen account currency and may include exchange rate fees from your bank if it's not your native currency.
Max Payouts
Football (£250000)
Horse Racing (£100000)
Greyhound Racing (£25000)
Tennis (£150000)
Golf (£100000)
Licensee LeoVegas Gaming Limited
Address Principal address Level 7, Plaza Commercial Center, Bisazza Street, Sliema, SLM1640


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S. Korea open to 'reasonable, realistic' solution to Japan's wartime forced labor issue: foreign ministry
All News 16:40 September 28, 2021
SEOUL, Sept. 28 (Yonhap) -- South Korea is open to any suggestion from Japan for a "reasonable and realistic" solution to the issue of its wartime forced labor, the foreign ministry said Tuesday, renewing calls for Tokyo to sincerely engage in dialogue to address the long-festering issue.
Choi Young-sam, the ministry's spokesperson, made the remarks after Japanese Foreign Minister Toshimitsu Motegi expressed regrets over Monday's Korean court ruling that ordered the sale of Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd.'s assets here to compensate forced labor victims.
"Our position is that we are open to any suggestion for a reasonable and realistic solution to the issue," Choi told a regular press briefing.
This file photo, taken April 15, 2021, shows Choi Young-sam, the foreign ministry's spokesperson, speaking during a press briefing at the ministry in Seoul. (Yonhap)
"We expect the Japanese side will sincerely engage in dialogue and show a sincere attitude to explore a fundamental solution that can be agreeable to the victims," he added.
Choi also pointed out Tokyo's call for Seoul to first put forward a solution would not be helpful for settling the issue, stressing the need for the two governments to hold consultations on the issue at an early date.
In addition, the spokesperson said Japan's claim the court ruling demanding the company's compensation is a breach of international law is "unilateral and arbitrary."
Tokyo has argued all reparation issues, stemming from its 1910-45 colonization of the Korean Peninsula, were settled under a 1965 treaty that normalized bilateral relations.
On Monday, the Daejeon District Court ordered the sale of Mitsubishi's two copyrights and two patents to compensate two female plaintiffs.
The ruling marked the first time a South Korean court has ordered the liquidation of Japanese corporate assets in a damages suit filed by workers mobilized to forced labor during World War II.
(LEAD) S. Korea to seek normalization of relations with N. Korea this year: unification ministry

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Wow. Today was amazing. We must be getting better at the hiking thing. This was expected to be our toughest day yet we seem to have breezed through it. I thinl our total walking time was 4.5 hrs to cover 7.8 mi with insane elevation changes. I still can't believe we covered 5 mi by lunch.
We got to the last shelter of the trip just after 4. It would've been sooner but we stopped to refill water before heading down. I have to say this is the nicest shelter we've encountered. It even has a nice little loft area. The surrounding area is gorgeous.
It feels good to have the hammock up, firewood gathered, and dinner ready to prepeare with a good 2 hours of daylight ahead of us. Once again we have the shelter to ourselves (do we stink?) So I predict a quiet night just enjoying the sound of the leaves rustling in the breeze.
I did come up with a little saying today that helped me up the mountain: Small steps, big strides. I found I can cover more ground if I just take it slow instead of keeping a faster pace and having to stop more often. So remember that in life you can cover a lot with small steps. That's all for now.
I dub thyself Kudzu. I figured it was about time I had a good trail name so instead of waiting for somebody else to christen me, I gave myself one. If you know anything about kudzu it grows like crazy and spreads everywhere it can. That's pretty much how I am. Just look at the table at the shelter moments after arriving.
I continued on with my exotic dinner selections. Tonight was garlic and olive oil with vermicelli and chicken breast. It was quite yummy.
I guess this is why we try not to get to the shelters too early. Oh well. Guess I'll turn in early.
Oh, a bunny did come by for a quick visit. His name was Rabby.
For those of you wondering if bears poop in the woods, I believe the answer is yes. At least based on the piles along the trail. For those of us that want to poop somewhere else, we use a privy.
Purty, ain't it? Just hold your breath or wear a bandana over your face.


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Jorge Armando Arce Armenta (; born July 27, 1979), best known as Jorge Arce, is a Mexican former professional boxer who competed from 1996 to 2014. He is a multiple-time world champion, and the second boxer from Mexico to win world titles in four weight divisions (after Érik Morales, who first achieved the feat two months prior). In a storied career, Arce held the WBO light flyweight title from 1998 to 1999; the WBC and lineal light flyweight titles from 2002 to 2004; the WBO super flyweight title in 2010; the WBO junior featherweight title in 2011; and the WBO bantamweight title from 2011 to 2012. Additionally he held the WBC interim flyweight title from 2005 to 2006, the WBA interim super flyweight title from 2008 to 2009, and challenged once for the WBC featherweight title in his final fight in 2014.

Arce remains a favorite fighter among boxing fans and is also the older brother of title contender Francisco Arce Armenta. Arce's trademark ring entrance featured him wearing a black cowboy hat (earning him the nickname "The Mexican Cowboy") and sucking a cherry lollipop.

Professional career

Early years at light flyweight
Arce turned pro at the age of 16, winning his first four fights. He lost to future champion Omar Romero and drew with Gabriel Munoz in back-to-back fights in the summer of 1996, but then won 10 straight bouts and a pair of regional belts before losing on points to veteran (and future IBF Light Flyweight Champion) Jose Victor Burgos on December 12, 1997.

He recovered from that setback with four straight wins, earning his first world title shot on December 5, 1998 against Juan Domingo Córdoba for the WBO Light Flyweight title. Arce won the fight and became a world champion at the age of 19.

After making one successful defense of his title, Arce drew a big-money fight in Tijuana against three-time former champion Michael Carbajal on July 31, 1999. Arce was ahead on all three judges' scorecards after 10 rounds, but in the 11th, the veteran Carbajal connected with a stunning right hand and captured the crown via a technical knockout, as Arce was unable to continue.

After a four-month layoff, Arce returned to the ring and won a WBO regional belt as he scored 7 consecutive wins while working his way back up the rankings for another title shot. That came on October 20, 2001, when he defeated Juanito Rubillar for the Interim WBC version of the Light Flyweight title. Nine months later, he beat Yo-Sam Choi, the reigning Lineal and WBC light flyweight champion who had been out with an injury, to take full distinction. He held the title until the summer of 2005 before relinquishing it to move up in weight. In his first defense, he defeated Augustin Lara. In 2003, he successfully defended his title three times against Ernesto Castro, Lee Marvin Sandoval, and Melchor Cob Castro.

Towards the end of 2003, he participated in the Televisa version of Big Brother, the Big Brother V.I.P. show that put celebrities together. He arrived in third place, then went training for his next defense, against former world champion Joma Gamboa on January 10 of the following year. Arce invited his Big Brother celebrity friends to the fight with Gamboa, his first fight of 2004, which he won by a second-round knockout. But during and after the fight, chaos ensued. One of his friends, actress Arleth Gonzalez, was kicked off her chair by another person. And Verónica Castro was pursued by the press when she was trying to leave the fight site, taking her more than two hours to get to the site's parking lot.

On April 24, 2004, Arce successfully defended his title in a rematch against former champ Melchor Cob Castro in Tuxtla Gutiérrez, Chiapas. Arce had beaten Castro in May 2003, but the fight was called off after six rounds due to a clash of heads which injured Arce. The fight went to the scorecards and Arce won a narrow, but controversial, decision. He left no doubt in the rematch, knocking Castro out in the fifth round.

On September 4 of that same year, he retained the title with a twelve-round decision in a rematch with Rubillar. The fight caused some controversy afterwards, when Rubillar's manager accused the fight's judges of robbing his fighter, going on to offer Arce 100,000 US$ for a rematch, which would be held in the Philippines.

Arce moved on to defend his title for a seventh time on December 18, defeating Juan Centeno by a third-round TKO. He then decided to try his luck in the flyweight (112-pound) weight division.

Flyweight
On March 19, 2005, Arce stopped Hussein Hussein in the 10th round of a fight for the right to challenge Pongsaklek Wonjongkam for his WBC Flyweight title. He later relinquished his light flyweight crown and was matched by the WBC with Angel Priolo on July 30 for their interim title after Wonjongkam suffered an injury. Arce scored a third-round TKO win in the fight, held in La Paz, Mexico.

While waiting to fight Wongjongkam, Arce stayed busy by rematching Hussein on October 8 in Las Vegas. He retained his Interim WBC title with a second-round knockout.

On December 16, 2005, Arce defeated former two-time champion Adonis Rivas by 10th round tko. In his next bout, Arce defeated Rivas in a rematch.

On April 8, 2006, Arce took on the well regarded, former WBA Minimumweight and Light Flyweight Champion Rosendo Alvarez of Nicaragua, knocking Alvarez out in the sixth round. It was the 4th successful defense of his Interim Flyweight title.

Super flyweight
On September 23, 2006, he moved up to the super flyweight division where he defeated former Light Flyweight Champion Masibulele "Hawk" Makepula by fourth-round knockout (which, according to the HBO commentators, he had predicted earlier).  On January 27, 2007, he defeated Argentinian Julio Ler in a 12-round decision, thus earning the WBC #1 super-flyweight ranking.

On April 14, 2007, he lost a 12-round unanimous decision to WBC Super Flyweight Champion Cristian Mijares in San Antonio, Texas. Mijares won the fight by a wide margin, with the official judges scoring the match 119–109, 118–110, 117–111, all in favor of Mijares.

Arce rebounded from the loss by defeating future champion Tomás Rojas by 6th-round technical knockout. On December 1, 2007, Arce defeated former Flyweight Champion Medgoen Singsurat by technical knockout in the first round.

On May 17, 2008, in a very close fight, Arce (49–4–1, 37 KOs) edged Devid Lookmahanak of Thailand (18–2, 9 KOs) with a majority decision in the main event at the Plaza Monumental Aguascalientes in Aguascalientes, Mexico. With a sold-out crowd of 18,000 fans cheering him on, Arce had to dig deep and work hard to pull past the once-beaten Lookmahanak, who turned out to be a very game southpaw and rarely took a step back. The difference in the fight, which also gave Arce the win, was a knockdown in the seventh round. The scores were 115–113, 115–114 and 114–114. Without the extra point for the knockdown, the fight would have been scored a draw. The bout was an eliminator for a shot at the WBC Super Flyweight title. Arce moves on to a rematch with Cristian Mijares, who earlier captured the WBA's version of the title with a points win over Alexander Muñoz.

On September 15, 2008, Arce won the Interim WBA Super Flyweight title from holder Rafael Concepción.

Arce blasted former champion Isidro García, on November 1, 2008, via (48 seconds of the) 4th round technical knockout for a super flyweight belt. He improved to 51–4–1, with 38 wins inside the distance, while Garcia, who has lost 3 of his last 4 fights, was down to 25–6–2.

On February 7, 2009, Arce was defeated by Undisputed Super Flyweight Champion Vic Darchinyan.

Arce fought Simphiwe Nongqayi on September 15, 2009 for the IBF Super Flyweight title which was recently vacated by Darchinyan. However, he ended losing by unanimous decision.

Arce defeated Indonesian Angky Angkota on January 30, 2010, winning the vacant WBO Super Flyweight title. Prior to the bout, Arce stated that he would retire from boxing if he would have lost.

Bantamweight
On April 24, 2010, Arce jumped to the bantamweight division to fight fellow Mexican Cecilio Santos (24–13–3; 14 KO) at the Centro de Usos Multiples in Ciudad Obregón, Sonora, Mexico. Arce defeated his opponent by KO in the 7th round, improving his record to 54–6–1. This was not his first fight as a bantamweight: he already fought once in the weight class in 2007.

Arce was scheduled to fight Eric Morel (42–2; 21 KO) of Puerto Rico on June 26, 2010 at the Alamodome in San Antonio, Texas, United States with the Interim WBO Bantamweight title at stake. The Los Mochis native withdrew from the fight a few weeks in advance due to a cut he received while in training.

In his next fight, on July 31, 2010, Arce took on fellow Mexican and former champion Martín "El Gallo" Castillo at the Palenque de la Feria in Tepic, Nayarit, Mexico. The Los Mochis native won the bout by KO in the first round.

Super bantamweight
On May 7, 2011, as a heavy underdog, he beat a then undefeated WBO Super Bantamweight Champion, Wilfredo Vazquez, Jr. of Puerto Rico by twelfth-round technical knockout. He avenged his prior loss to former champion Simphiwe Nongqayi in defense of his title.

Bantamweight
Arce moved down to the bantamweight division to face Angky Angkotta in a rematch for the vacant WBO bantamweight title. He defeated Angkotta by unanimous decision.

Return to super bantamweight
On February 18, 2012, he defeated former champion Lorenzo Parra. In his next fight, he faced future featherweight title holder Jesus Rojas. Arce dropped Rojas in the opening round, however, the fight ended in a no-contest in the 2nd round after Rojas delivered a series of fowls rendering Arce unable to continue.

He then moved up to the featherweight division and defeated former champion Mauricio Martínez.

On December 15, 2012, Arce fought WBO Super Bantamweight champion Nonito Donaire. He suffered a defeat on the third round via knockout. After losing to Donaire, Arce announced his retirement.

Featherweight
Arce announced his return to the ring a year later in the featherweight division. After scoring three consecutive wins, he challenged WBC World Featherweight champion Jhonny Gonzalez, however, he was defeated by 11th round TKO. He retired after the bout.

Life outside of boxing
Arce has gained some popularity outside the ring as well, acting in various Televisa comedy sketches, and participating in Adal Ramones's show's dancing contest, "Bailando por un Sueño", where he and a fellow contestant arrived in eighth place out of nine couples. He has also done boxing commentary for TV Azteca.

Professional boxing record

Exhibition boxing record

See also
List of world light-flyweight boxing champions
List of world super-flyweight boxing champions
List of world bantamweight boxing champions
List of world super-bantamweight boxing champions
List of boxing quadruple champions
List of Mexican boxing world champions
Notable boxing families

References

External links

Jorge Arce profile at Cyber Boxing Zone

1979 births
Living people
Mexican male boxers
Boxers from Sinaloa
Sportspeople from Los Mochis
World Boxing Council champions
World Boxing Organization champions
World Boxing Association champions
World light-flyweight boxing champions
World super-flyweight boxing champions
World bantamweight boxing champions
World super-bantamweight boxing champions
Flyweight boxers
Featherweight boxers

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Next Saturday, April 5, the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park will open to the public. Yes, that's what you read – Olympic. After the 2012 games, an entity called London Legacy Development Corporation became responsible for the redevelopment of the park, and followed their goal of driving the legacy of the Olympic park to transform the lives of east Londoners.
So, yes again, this is about legacy, and how it can be properly conducted.
It will be a 24-hour public garden and recreation area with playgrounds, parklands and activity trails. People can swim, climb, relax, walk and cycle on a 500 acre space. There will also be a theatre, an amphitheatre and a nature reserve.
One of the most expected attractions is the 114.5m tall ArcelorMittal Orbit, or just The Orbit Tower, and tickets for it are already on sale – a new perspective on London from above, and we can never get tired of it!
Think about something you'd like to have in a weekend with friends or family. Fountains? Checked. Waterways? Checked. Artworks? Checked. Biodiversity? Checked. Culture, climbing walls, restaurants? Guess what: checked. Can't you make up your mind? At least, use the park map to get situated.
In fact, the northern of the park and its arena have been open since July 2013, and more than a million visitors have been there for concerts, festivals and sporting events last summer. On Saturday, the south of the park opens, as well as the Orbit, and the Lee Valley Hockey and Tennis Centre opens in May.
There are plans it will host five matches during Rugby World Cup 2015, be the permanent home of West Ham United Football Club from 2016, and the new national competition stadium for athletics in the UK hosting regional and national age group championships.
The nearest station is Stratford (tube, DLR and Overground), where staff will be on hand to guide everyone to the park. There will be an accessible shuttle bus from Stratford Regional Station every 15-20 minutes.
Easy to access, multiple activities, planned for different ages, dwellers and tourists: there is space for everyone in this new London park – but for white elephants.


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Year : 2011 | Volume : 17 | Issue : 1 | Page : 1-3
Non-invasive prediction of esophageal varices: Is it possible?
Konstantinos C Thomopoulos
Department of Gastroenterology, University Hospital of Patras, Patras, Greece
Thomopoulos KC. Non-invasive prediction of esophageal varices: Is it possible?. Saudi J Gastroenterol 2011;17:1-3
Thomopoulos KC. Non-invasive prediction of esophageal varices: Is it possible?. Saudi J Gastroenterol [serial online] 2011 [cited 2019 Jul 15];17:1-3. Available from: http://www.saudijgastro.com/text.asp?2011/17/1/1/74426
Varices are a serious consequence of portal hypertension, and variceal bleeding is a severe complication occurring in up to 30% of patients with cirrhosis. Despite improvement in diagnosis and therapy, mortality from acute variceal bleeding may still reach up to 20%. Moreover, it is the second most common cause of death in cirrhotic patients. [1],[2] Nonselective β-blockers given to cirrhotic patients without a history of variceal bleeding reduce the risk of first bleeding and the mortality rate, and probably, isosorbide mononitrate or band ligation may also be used for preventing the first episode of bleeding in the cases of intolerance or contraindications to β-blockers. The most reliable and accurate method to detect the presence of large esophageal varices is an upper gastrointestinal endoscopy. It is now recommended that all patients with established cirrhosis should be screened by upper gastrointestinal endoscopy for the presence of varices at the time of diagnosis. Patients with large varices should be treated with nonselective β-blockers to reduce the incidence of first variceal bleeding. Also, patients without varices or with small varices should be reendoscoped every 1-3 years. [2]
However, less than 50% of cirrhotic patients have varices at the screening endoscopy and the majority have small-sized varices, which carry a very low risk of bleeding. Also a substantial number of patients will not develop large varices during screening and therefore will undergo unnecessary endoscopies which are uncomfortable, invasive, and costly. Over the years, a great effort has been made either to introduce less invasive, alternative to standard endoscopy diagnostic methods or to restrict the performance of endoscopy in high-risk patients by using a variety of noninvasive predictors.
Video capsule endoscopy could be a minimally invasive method for detecting gastroesophageal varices. Although overall agreement between endoscopy and video capsule endoscopy in detecting and grading varices is relatively high and esophageal capsule endoscopy is well tolerated, it is still not equivalent to standard endoscopy and its cost-effectiveness compared to upper endoscopy remains to be determined. [3]
Furthermore, computed tomography (CT) scanning, although not entirely noninvasive, could be a good alternative to endoscopy as it is also able to detect other pathological findings, mainly focal lesions in the liver. However, CT scanning cannot very well distinguish small from large varices nor can it detect small varices with red signs that also carry a high-risk of bleeding. [4]
Transient elastography is a new method that measures liver stiffness, and it has been shown to correlate strongly with the level of portal hypertension which is the most important factor for the development of varices. In a previous study, liver stiffness measurement was positively correlated with the presence of esophageal varices but failed to demonstrate a correlation between liver stiffness measurement and variceal size. [5]
The factors related to the presence of varices are not well-defined, but it is known that they appear after the hepatic venous pressure gradient has increased to at least 10-12 mmHg. Because minimally invasive methods cannot replace endoscopy, many studies have tried to determine whether clinical or laboratory nonendoscopic parameters could predict the presence of large esophageal varices, and whether it is possible to identify a subgroup of cirrhotic patients with a high probability of large varices, in order to improve cost effectiveness and avoid patients' discomfort by overusing screening endoscopy.
In this issue of the Saudi Journal of Gastroenterology, Cherian et al.[6] report three nonendoscopic predictors for the diagnosis of large esophageal varices: low platelet count, Child-Pugh class, and spleen diameter, in a prospective study, where 229 newly diagnosed patients with liver cirrhosis, without a history of variceal bleeding, were included. Patients were mainly of Child-Turcotte-Pugh class B (55.5%) and the cause of cirrhosis was alcohol consumption (42.4%) followed by B or C viral hepatitis (25.3%). Overall, 178 patients had varices (77.7%) while 81 (35.4%) had large varices. On multivariate analysis Child-Turcotte-Pugh B/C, platelet count <90,000 per μl and spleen diameter >160 mm were significant predictors for the presence of large esophageal varices.
Several laboratory and radiological parameters either alone or in combination have been correlated in previous studies with the presence of esophageal varices. [7],[8],[9],[10],[11],[12],[13],[14],[15],[16],[17],[18],[19],[20],[21] However, the variables or combination of variables reported in each study differ among studies [Table 1].
Table 1: Characteristics of study population and noninvasive predictors of esophageal varices in different studies
As in this study, platelet count and spleen size have been found to be associated with the presence of varices and large varices in the majority of studies. This is expected, as portal hypertension is the initial and most important factor leading to the development of varices while the presence of varices is proportional to the severity of liver disease and the degree of portal hypertension. [2] However, the results were not identical in all studies as portal vein diameter on ultrasound, the presence of teleangectasias, Child-Pugh class, prothrombin activity, ascites, and albumin levels in combination have also been implicated.
In addition, the predictive model of a combination of variables and the discriminating threshold for the presence of varices or large varices for continuous variables differ among studies. A cutoff value of 68,000-140,000 per ml has been reported for platelets. These differences may be due to different populations studied regarding the etiology of cirrhosis and/or the stage of the disease. Some studies include mainly Child-Pugh A patients while others include cirrhotic pretransplantation patients. The rate of Child-Pugh A patients varies from 22% to 78% in the cohorts included in various studies. [6],[7],[8],[9],[10],[11],[12],[13],[14],[15],[16],[17],[18],[19],[20],[21],[22] Also the percentage of patients with alcoholic cirrhosis in the study population may be important [Table 1]. Although in cirrhosis of viral etiology the portal pressure is relatively stable, in alcoholic cirrhosis it may fluctuate with alcohol consumption or abstinence, and, in addition alcohol consumption may have a direct effect on platelets.
Despite the adequate number of studies and the number of patients, no single parameter or combination of parameters has so far been widely established as a reliable noninvasive predictor of the presence of varices.
Furthermore, the strength of each test-the predictive model must be validated extensively in large cohorts globally before widespread use. When the predictive model provided by Schepis et al. was tested in an independent cohort of cirrhotic patients mainly of Child-Pugh class A, 41.6% of patients in the class with the highest probability of having varices had no varices at endoscopy whereas 34.4% of those classified in the class with the lowest probability of having varices had them. [22] Also less reliable results were obtained when Burton et al. assessed the previously published predictive model by Zaman and coworkers in a different cohort with less advanced liver disease. [9]
In conclusion, upper gastrointestinal endoscopy remains the gold standard for the diagnosis of gastroesophageal varices. On the other hand, it seems possible that by using noninvasive predictors we could restrict the use of endoscopy to those cirrhotic patients who are high risk for bleeding. As a diagnosis of cirrhosis is increasingly being made at a very early asymptomatic stage by noninvasive methods, this strategy is mandatory. The diagnosis of varices is not of clinical significance, per se, but rather the impact of any strategy on the overall prognosis of cirrhotic patients. So far, we have no data comparing, prospectively, standard endoscopy to endoscopy only in high-risk patients according to a predictive model. The impact on the prevention of bleeding and/or mortality of screening by upper gastrointestinal endoscopy only patients considered high risk for the presence of large esophageal varices must be evaluated with future prospective trials.
1. Carbonell N, Pauwels A, Serfaty L, Fourdan O, Levy VG, Poupon R. Improved survival after variceal bleeding in patients with cirrhosis over the past two decades. Hepatology 2004;40:652-9.
2. Garcia-Tsao G, Sanyal AJ, Grace ND, Carey W; Practice Guidelines Committee of the American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases; Practice Parameters Committee of the American College of Gastroenterology. Prevention and management of gastroesophageal varices and variceal hemorrhage in cirrhosis. Hepatology 2007;46:922-38.
3. de Franchis R, Eisen GM, Laine L, Fernandez-Urien I, Herrerias JM, Brown RD, et al. Esophageal capsule endoscopy for screening and surveillance of esophageal varices in patients with portal hypertension. Hepatology 2008;47:1595-603.
4. Perri RE, Chiorean MV, Fidler JL, Fletcher JG, Talwalkar JA, Stadheim L, et al. A prospective evaluation of computerized tomographic (CT) scanning as a screening modality for esophageal varices. Hepatology 2008;47:1587-94.
5. Vizzutti F, Arena U, Romanelli RG, Rega L, Foschi M, Colagrande S, et al. Liver stiffness measurement predicts severe portal hypertension in patients with HCV-related cirrhosis. Hepatology 2007;45:1290-7.
6. Cherian JV, Deepak N, Ponnusamy RP, Somasundaram A, Jayanthi V. Non invasive predictors of large esophageal varices. Saudi J Gastroenterol 2011;17:64-8 .
7. Giannini E, Botta F, Borro P, Risso D, Romagnoli P, Fasoli A, et al. Platelet count/spleen diameter ratio: Proposal and validation of a non-invasive parameter to predict the presence of ooesophageal varices in patients with liver cirrhosis. Gut 2003;52:1200-5.
8. Giannini E, Zaman A, Kreil A, Floreani A, Dulbecco P, Testa E, et al. Platelet count/spleen diameter ratio for the non invasive diagnosis of oesophageal varices. Results of a multicenter, prospective, validation study, Am J Gastroenterol 2006;101:2511-9.
9. Burton JR, Liangpunsakul S, Lapidus J, Giannini E, Chalasani N, Zaman A. Validation of a multivariate model predicting presence and size of varices. J Clin Gastreoenterol 2007;41:609-15.
10. Sarangapani A, Shanmugam C, Kalyanasundaram M, Rangachari B, Thangavelu P, Subbarayan JK. Noninvasive prediction of large esophageal varices in chronic liver disease patients. Saudi J Gastroenterol 2010;16:38-42.
11. Chalasani N, Imperial TF, Ismail A, Sood G, Carey M, Wileox CM. Predictors of large esophageal varices in patients with cirrhosis. Am J Gastroenterol 1999;94:3286-91.
12. Pilette C, Oberti F, Aube C, Rousselet MC, Bedossa P, Gallois Y, et al. Non-invasive diagnosis of esophageal varices in chronic liver diseases. J Hepatol 1999;31:867-73.
13. Schepis F, Camma C, Niceforo D, Magnano A, Pallio S, Cinquegrani M, et al. Which patients with cirrhosis should undergo endoscopic screening for esophageal varices detection? Hepatology 2001;33:333-8.
14. Tarzamni MK, Somi MH, Farhang S, Jalilvand M. Portal hemodynamics as predictors of high risk esophageal varices in cirrhotic patients. World J Gastroenterol 2008;28:1898-902.
15. Barrera F, Riquelme A, Soza A, Contreras A, Barrios G, Padilla O, et al. Platelet count/spleen diameter ratio for non-invasive prediction of high risk esophageal varices in cirrhotic patients. Ann Hepatol 2009;8:325-30.
16. Hong WD, Zhu QH, Huang ZM, Chen XR, Jiang ZC, Xu SH, et al. Predictors of esophageal varices in patients with HBV-related cirrhosis: A retrospective study. BMC Gastroenterol 2009;9:11.
17. Thomopoulos KC, Labropoulou-Karatza C, Mimidis KP, Katsakoulis EC, Iconomou G, Nikolopoulou VN. Non-invasive predictors of the presence of large oesophageal varices in patients with cirrhosis. Dig Liver Dis 2003;35:473-8.
18. Levy C, Zein CO, Gomez J, Soldevila-Pico C, Firpi R, Morelli G, et al. Prevalence and predictors of esophageal varices in patients with primary biliary cirrhosis. Clin Gastroenterol Hepatol 2007;5:803-8.
19. Zaman A, Becker T, Lapidus J, Benner K. Risk factors for the presence of varices in cirrhotic patients without a history of variceal hemorrhage. Arch Intern Med 2001;161:2564-70.
20. Agha A, Anwar E, Bashir K, Savarino V, Giannini EG. External validation of the platelet count/spleen diameter ratio for the diagnosis of esophageal varices in hepatitis C virus-related cirrhosis. Dig Dis Sci 2009;54:654-60.
21. Kim BK, Han KH, Park JY, Ahn SH, Kim JK, Paik YH, et al. Prospective validation of P2/MS noninvasive index using complete blood counts for detecting oesophageal varices in B-viral cirrhosis. Liver Int 2010;30:860-6.
22. Riggio O, Angeloni S, Nicolini G, Merkel C. Endoscopic screening for esophageal varices in cirrhotic patients. Hepatology 2002;35:501-2.
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The number next to each line corresponds to the actions in the game instructions below.
Action Song
I have a dog his name is Rags, (1)
He eats so much his tummy sags, (2)
His ears flip flop, his tail wig wags (3)
And when he walks, he walks zigzag. (4)
He goes flip flop, wig wag, zigzag, (5)
I love Rags and he loves me! (6)
My dog Rags he loves to play, (1)
He rolls around in the mud all day. (7)
I whistle, he won't obey, (8)
He always runs the other way. (9)
He goes flip flop, wig wag, zigzag (5)
Game Instructions
(1) Point to Yourself.
(2) Mime a big belly in front of you.
(3) Put your hands on top of your head like ears flopping and wiggle your butt!
(4) Put your hands together in front of you and make them move in a zigzag pattern.
(5) On each "flipflop", flop your hands above your head like ears.
On each "wigwag", wag your butt!
On each, "zigzag", zigzag your hands.
(6) On "I love Rags", point to yourself.
On "He loves me", cross your arms over your chest like your hugging yourself.
(7) Roll your hands over each other.
(8) Whistle
(9) Run in place.
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We've gathered 100 of our favorite songs and rhymes from all the continents of the globe. (Over 350 pages!)
Each song includes the full text in the original language, with an English translation, and most include sheet music.
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Each includes a beautiful illustration. Many have commentary sent to us by our correspondents who write about the history of the songs and what they've meant in their lives.
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What Is The Boneyard In Screenwriting? Let's Take a Trip To The Boneyard
The boneyard is a place where screenwriters go when they want to gain new perspectives, ideas, and inspiration.
A boneyard is a term used to describe some aspect of a story or idea that a screenwriter has shelved.
Often for an undetermined amount of time.
What Is the boneyard
What Is the boneyard in screenwriting?
The Boneyard is the section of your script where you can find a bunch of useful sections like your characters, their descriptions and actions, their dialogue, and more. It also includes your scene headings and transitions.
In some screnwriting apps, you can find an aspect of your screen reserved for the boneyard.
It's called a boneyard because it's just a collection of all the bones of your screenplay that you can then easily copy-paste into your script.
In some circles, The Boneyard can also refer to a list of scenes that were cut from your script because they didn't contribute to the main story or plot points.
This can literally be a section of your script where you put ideas you're not currently using.
Maybe you had them in the past, but as your script has evolved you realize they're not going to cut it for whatever reason.
There are two ways that this can come about:
You purposely write a scene that you plan on cutting later.
You write a scene in your draft and then decide to cut it during revisions.
In both of these cases, the scenes are cut because they don't move the story forward or don't add anything important to it.
But that doesn't mean that they can't be resurrected at some point.
The boneyard is one of the most important, but least understood, elements of the script.
When we talk about boneyard, we're talking about that place where you go to collect elements for a scene.
It's made up of all the bits and pieces that you've already written and can be used as an easy reference point.
In fact, it's most likely that several scenes you write come from things you've already written in the boneyard.
Let's look at an example:
You are writing an early scene in your story where your hero goes to work and meets his boss.
You don't want to get too bogged down in this scene because you want the reader to feel like they are moving through the movie with enough pace and momentum.
Let's say that the boss has been stinking up the workplace with his halitosis.
Maybe he eats lunch at his desk and doesn't have time to brush his teeth before getting back to work. Or maybe he's chain-smoking some really foul cigarettes and everyone has to deal with it because he's the boss and there's nothing they can do about it.
Instead of involving these details within the first draft of the script, you may wish to shelve them in the boneyard, to focus on the plot point instead. In a later draft, you can visit the boneyard in order to weave these details in as you find necessary.
What Is The Boneyard Used For In Screenwriting?
If you're looking to branch out into professional screenwriting, you will quickly learn that there are a lot of complicated processes involved. However, one of the most important, and yet least known steps exists before you even begin work on your screenplay.
Screenplays don't come in arbitrary formats; instead, they are created following strict standards that everyone has to follow — these standards include everything from margins and font sizes to the length of a script's pages. What is this process? You've guessed it — it's the boneyard.
The boneyard represents the idea of coming up with ideas that will never be used. The screenwriter can add any topic into the boneyard, then later use any of the topics in their script.
The boneyard is a bit like a junk drawer. In every drawer in your house there are some clippings, notes, or other pieces of paper that you might keep for years — or never use again. With the boneyard, it's a little more organized.
But you'll need to choose the items wisely, as a screenwriter only has so much time to write their film before they are forced to revise their script until it is picture-perfect.
When To Use The Boneyard In Screenwriting
The Boneyard is a character development screenplay device where the protagonist must interact with and think about inactive characters from previous screenplays. By creating a cast of recurring characters, your protagonist can learn, be inspired, or even be shocked by their actions and words.
The Boneyard contains scenes and situations that are not as strong, or maybe even totally unusable. These are ideas and/or directions that were tried out, found wanting, and discarded. It is from the Boneyard that a writer digs up the elusive gems to polish and make them shine!
As an exercise, we are going to create a narrative that involves talking with ourselves. We'll be two people in the scene and will each have a different point of view on what the scene is about.
We will first have the view of one person who thinks everything is fine and then the other's dramatic discovery that things aren't as fine as one would think.
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Gliddon welcomes tough start for Bullets
Boomer Cameron Gliddon will suit up for the Brisbane Bullets in the 2018-19 season. Picture: Getty Images
by GREG DAVIS
WHEN you were part of the Boomers squad that was involved in the Philippines 'basketbrawl', a tough draw to start the NBL season does not seem that daunting at all.
Just ask new Brisbane recruit and Australian Boomers guard Cam Gliddon.
The NBL on Wednesday released its fixture for the 2018-19 campaign. The Bullets will play 12 of their first 15 games against the top-four teams from last season - Melbourne, Adelaide, Perth and New Zealand.
Gliddon, who was part of the extensive recruiting drive from Brisbane in the off-season that also netted Boomers teammates Jason Cadee and Matt Hodgson as well as NBL great Mika Vukona, said there is nothing to fear in the draw for the new-look Bullets.
"I don't see it as a bad thing," Gliddon said. "They were the top four last year, this is a new season and every team has undergone changes.
"Those teams are tough because they are proven winners. They are the games you get up for. You really need to come up with a tough effort to beat those sides, which makes them really rewarding wins.
Cameron Gliddon isn't fazed by the Bullets' tough draw to start the new NBL season. Picture: Getty Images
"Teams don't hit their stride until the midpoint of the season so it can be a guessing game, that first half of the year. It's a good time to steal a few wins off teams that look like they have a top-four roster, so I've got no qualms with the fixture.''
Gliddon will come up against his old club Cairns in Brisbane's first home game of the season, on October 13, and is settling into life as a Bullet at the club's one-stop shop facility at the Clem Jones Centre at Carina.
Three weeks ago, he was on the Boomers bench when the ugly all-in brawl erupted in the FIBA World Cup qualifier near Manila.
FIBA handed down its controversial sanctions last week with 13 players and two coaches copping fines and suspensions.
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The Boomers play their next round of qualifying matches against Qatar (away - Doha) and Kazakhstan (home - Bendigo) in September.
Gliddon said the Boomers squad is keen to move on from the incident but knows it will take time.
"It was a crazy situation and maybe it could have been handled better,'' Gliddon said. "The whole situation was disappointing and it is something that won't go away.
"After it happened, social media was flooded by it and you couldn't get away from it. It went quiet for a bit and then the sanctions came out and social media got flooded again.
"It will take a while before it settles down and we can just move on.''
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Q: How to do OpenCV Laser shot detection with Python on light backgrounds? I'm trying to build a laser shot detection game in Python3 using OpenCV.  I have a proof of concept working which will highlight detected momentary "shots" of the laser on the background.
The problem I'm having is that the laser signature doesn't get detected on lighter backgrounds, or if there is a very white / bright color item near the shot.  I'm sure this is because the way I'm using binary thresholds to detect the laser as the brightest thing in the frame, and with light elements the laser gets washed out.
My question is how can I alter my approach to handle this situation, or perhaps "calibrate" the background / other items so that the laser can be detected?  Ultimately I'm trying to detect laser shots on a computer screen, where the background where shots are landing is a video with its own high lights and the screen puts out its own light.
Any guidance is appreciated.
main.py
import cv2
from camera import VideoCamera
from detection import LaserDetector

debug=False
radius_min = float(1)
radius_max = float(10)
shot_size = 5
color_blue = (255, 0, 0)

cam = VideoCamera(640, 480)
shots = []

try:
    while(True):
        frame = cam.get_frame()

        if frame is not False:
            shot = LaserDetector(frame, debug).detect()

            if shot:
                x, y, radius = shot

                if radius >= radius_min and radius <= radius_max:
                    shots.append(shot)
                    if debug:
                        print(f"(x:{int(x)}, y:{int(y)}, r:{int(radius)})")

            for s in shots:
                cv2.circle(frame, (int(s[0]), int(s[1])), shot_size, color_blue, 1)

            cv2.imshow('frame', frame)

        if cv2.waitKey(1) & 0xFF == ord('q'):
            break

except KeyboardInterrupt:
    pass
finally:
    print("\nClosing video capture...")
    cam.release()
    cv2.destroyAllWindows()

camera.py
import cv2
class VideoCamera(object):
    def __init__(self, cam_width, cam_height):
        self.capture = cv2.VideoCapture(0)
        self.capture.set(cv2.CAP_PROP_FRAME_WIDTH, cam_width)
        self.capture.set(cv2.CAP_PROP_FRAME_HEIGHT, cam_height)

    def release(self):
        self.capture.release()

    def __del__(self):
        self.capture.release()

    def get_frame(self):
        success, frame = self.capture.read()
        if success:
            return frame
        else:
            return False

    def frame_to_jpeg(self, frame):
        ret, jpeg = cv2.imencode('.jpg', frame)
        return jpeg.tobytes()

detection.py
import cv2
import numpy as np
import decimal

class LaserDetector(object):

    def __init__(self, frame, debug=False):
        self.debug = debug
        self.frame = frame

    def get_contour_points(self, mask):
        countours = cv2.findContours(mask, cv2.RETR_EXTERNAL, cv2.CHAIN_APPROX_SIMPLE)[-2]
        if len(countours) > 0:
            # find the largest contour in the mask, then use
            # it to compute the minimum enclosing circle and
            c = max(countours, key=cv2.contourArea)
            ((x, y), radius) = cv2.minEnclosingCircle(c)
            moments = cv2.moments(c)
            if moments["m00"] > 0:
                # set the center
                (x,y) = int(moments["m10"] / moments["m00"]), \
                            int(moments["m01"] / moments["m00"])

            radius = round(decimal.Decimal(radius), 3)
            return (int(x), int(y), radius)

        return False

    def get_hsv_threshold_mask(self, frame):
        hsv_image = cv2.cvtColor(frame, cv2.COLOR_BGR2HSV)
        h, s, v = cv2.split(hsv_image)
        ret, h_frame = cv2.threshold(h, 125, 160, cv2.THRESH_BINARY)
        ret, v_frame = cv2.threshold(v, 250, 256, cv2.THRESH_BINARY)
        output = cv2.bitwise_and(h_frame, v_frame, frame)

        if self.debug:
            indiv_output = np.concatenate((h_frame, v_frame, output), axis=1)
            cv2.imshow("threshold", indiv_output)

        return output

    def detect(self):
        mask = self.get_hsv_threshold_mask(self.frame)
        return self.get_contour_points(mask)

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It's Official! A 'Friends' Reunion Special Is in the Works
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Nicole Pomarico November 14, 2019 at 10:21 AM
We've pretty much resigned ourselves to the fact that we're never going to see the cast of Friends back together on screen in our lifetime, but in the age of streaming, anything's possible. It seems a Friends reunion is actually in the works -- for real this time -- for HBO Max.
Now this is a TV revival we can get on board with.
Reportedly, all six of the show's stars are in talks to return for a special on HBO Max.
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This news comes from The Hollywood Reporter this week, and it sounds like not only would the six core cast members of Friends be involved in this unscripted special, but also the show's creators, Marta Kauffman and David Crane.
Before we get too excited, it's important to remember that this could still fall apart, and nothing's been confirmed by the studio itself just yet ... but for once, it actually sounds like this is happening.
Given that the cast has been spending a lot of time together lately, we've had a feeling something was up.
A post shared by Jennifer Aniston (@jenniferaniston) on Oct 15, 2019 at 6:03am PDT
Of course, the 25th anniversary of the series is a big deal, but these six have been spotted together in some combination several times in recent months.
That, combined with the fact that over the summer, Jennifer Aniston said she's on board with a reunion and thinks the rest of the cast is too, is giving us a really good feeling about this!
Fans are already getting pumped at the possibility of more 'Friends.'
The excitement in these comments is palpable!
It's important to remember that this doesn't sound like we're actually getting new episodes of Friends. In fact, it sounds like the gang will just be getting back together, not in character. But at this point, we'll take what we can get!
In the meantime, we're keeping an eye on social media for clues.
Halfway there... #girlsnight #?
A post shared by Lisa Kudrow (@lisakudrow) on Jun 23, 2019 at 10:06pm PDT
Even if all of this does end up falling through, at least we know that the cast is still tight as they always were -- and hopefully, Jennifer and the rest of the cast will continue to post plenty of adorable photos of them all together when they hang out.
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BRITISH CHROME & CHEMICALS LIMITED
Reference code(s) : GB 0074 CLC/B/112-027
Held at : London Metropolitan Archives
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Full title : BRITISH CHROME & CHEMICALS LIMITED
Date(s) : 1976
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Extent : One production unit.
Name of creator(s) : British Chrome and Chemicals Ltd
British Chrome and Chemicals Limited was incorporated in 1960 to manufacture and sell chemicals. It was based at Eaglescliffe near Stockton. In 1973 it was bought by Harrisons and Crosfield Limited (CLC/B/112), and in 1988 it became part of Harcros Chemicals Group.
Articles of association for British Chrome and Chemicals Limited.
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Available for general access.
Copyright to this collection rests with the depositor.
Please see online catalogues at: http://search.lma.gov.uk/opac_lma/index.htm
The records of Harrisons and Crosfield and its subsidiary and secretarial companies were transferred to Guildhall Library Manuscripts Section between 1990 and 1998. The records were presented as a gift to the Library, except the minute books of some subsidiary companies which are held as a deposit. The Guildhall Library Manuscripts Section merged with the London Metropolitan Archives in 2009.
The Harrisons and Crosfield Ltd collection has been divided into 167 sub-fonds; CLC/B/112-001 to CLC/B/112-167. 001 to 016 are records relating to Harrisons and Crosfield (such as operational records, staff records, property records and so on), and 017 to 167 are the records of subsidiaries, plantations and associated organisations.
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Guernsey Waste Facility; Carpet Recycling; Food Waste App
Policy and Strategy, Resource Management, Sustainability
Guernsey Announces Waste Processing Facility
The States Of Guernsey has announced plans to build a waste facility with the capacity to process up to 26,000 tonnes of residual waste a year and will generate refuse derived fuel (RDF).
The multi-million pound facility, to be located at Longue Hougue, will also have the capacity to process 4,000 tonnes of food waste and 2,500 tonnes of glass and is expected to be fully operational in 2018, providing planning is approved.
A new household waste recycling centre to replace the current temporary facility at Longue Hougue will also be built.
A total of 12 odour mitigating measures have been detailed as part of the environmental impact assessment for the planning application for the site, and for noise, there are a series of recommendations to keep it to a minimum including implementing a limit.
It hasn't been announced where the RDF will be exported to, but according to BBC News a tender has gone out for a supplier.
Carpet Recycling Plant To Supply Equestrian Sector
The Potter Group, the biggest privately owned waste management organisation in Wales, has expanded into carpet recycling.
The Welshpool based company has announced the opening of a new recycling plant to create carpet fibre, which will mainly be used in the equestrian sector.
The new carpet recycling facility at Newtown, Powys, developed with £100,000 support from the Wales Economic Growth Fund, is now fully operational and has created ten new jobs and safeguarded a further six.
Wales Economy Minister Edwina Hart said: "I am pleased Welsh Government support enabled this project to go ahead which is not only reducing waste going to landfill but recycling resources and creating green jobs."
Every year 400,000 tonnes of carpet waste is created in the UK with the majority going to landfill sites and currently only around 26% of discarded carpet is reused or recycled.
The new facility will use carpets that are unsuitable for cleaning and re-use that are collected from the 12 recycling centres and waste management facilities the company manages around Wales.
The aim is to divert 2000 tonnes a year from landfill with the capability of increasing to 6000 tonnes pa when at full capacity. It will also save local authorities and businesses £150,000 in landfill disposal costs each year.
Food Waste App To Expand Nationwide
Afree app that connects neighbours with each other and with local independent shops to share their surplus food will be going nationwide at the end of the month (January).
This could include food nearing its sell-by date from shops, cafes and markets, spare vegetables from the allotment, cakes from an amateur baker or groceries from household fridges when people go away or move home. Users simply snap a picture of the items and add them to OLIO for a neighbour to collect, be it from home, an OLIO Drop Box in a local store, or another agreed location.
OLIO will expand nationwide at the end of January, following the success of the service across London.
Globally, a third of all food produced is wasted, and in the UK, households alone bin over £12bn of edible food per year, at a cost of £700 to the average family.
The technology start-up also revealed in December it has raised seed funding from a leading Silicon Valley venture capital firm whose investments include Facebook and Spotify.The backing will enable OLIO to grow the team and expand its operations.
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CATHERINE GALENIUS vs. EDWARD J. COLLINS, JR. (Chairman), BRUCE BANKS, GEORGE BROWN, CHRISTIE CIAMPA, and FRANK L. PERRY, as they are Members of the Board of Appeals of the Town of Saugus, and HAL ABRAMS, as he is the Building Inspector of the Town of Saugus, and ROBERT GEARIN and ANNE HARTMAN GEARIN.
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SULLIVAN, C. J.
ORDER GRANTING DEFENDANTS' MOTION FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT
The plaintiff, Catherine Galenius, is the owner of a home at 11 Edge Hill Road in Saugus, in the County of Essex, which abuts the property of the defendants, Robert Gearin and Anne Hartman Gearin, at 13 Edge Hill Road in said Saugus. The defendant Building Inspector of the Town of Saugus issued to the defendants Gearin a foundation permit for the initial step in the construction of a home on the land at 13 Edge Hill Road, and the plaintiff seasonably appealed to the Board of Appeals. The plaintiff's petition failed to receive the necessary four affirmative votes to rescind the foundation permit, the vote being three in favor and two opposed. The plaintiff thereafter appealed to this Court pursuant to the provisions of G.L. c. 40A, §17.
The matter is now before the Court on a motion for summary judgment filed by the defendants Gearin in which town counsel concurred.	Arguments were heard on the motion on May 19, 1988, and briefs have been filed with the Court as well. The Court also has relied on affidavits filed by the parties, title documents and the provisions from time to time of the Saugus Zoning By-Law. Upon consideration, it appearing to the Court that there are no factual issues in dispute and that the Building Inspector was correct in issuing the foundation permit, the plaintiff's appeal is denied, and judgment is to enter for the defendants.
The relevant facts which are not controverted are as follows:
1. The locus is registered land. The defendants Gearin are the registered owners named in and are the present holders of Certificate of Title No. 53766 dated August 9, 1984 as issued by the Essex South Registry District of the Land Court; the certificate describes by metes and bounds a parcel of land situated on Edge Hill Road which measures 50 feet by 115 feet. The certificate further describes the locus as being Lots 80 and 81 on Land Court Subdivision Plan No. 8400-D, sheet 2.
2. The locus has been similarly described from the first conveyance out by Loomis D. Griswold, Trustee of the L.D. Griswold Land Co., to Ella M. Redmond by deed dated July 2, 1925 and registered with said Registry District as Document No. 13457. The certificate of title issued to Mrs. Redmond bore the same description in essence as that of the current registered owners.
3. At the time of the Redmond purchase, Saugus had not adopted a zoning by-law. In 1928 this omission was rectified with the adoption of the town's first zoning by-law which required a minimum lot size of 5,000 square feet for a one-family house and had no minimum frontage requirements. The requirements have been subsequently increased over the years from 5,000 square feet to 7,500 square feet with a minimum frontage of 75 feet in 1949, to 10,000 square feet with a minimum frontage of 100 feet in 1957, to the present area requirements of 20,000 square feet with the same minimum frontage of 100 feet.
4. On May 2, 1960, the adjourned session of the March 21, 1960 annual town meeting adopted Article 70 which reads as follows:
Voted: to amend Section 10 of the Zoning By-Law as amended March 21, 1949, by striking out the following paragraph: "Lots duly recorded by plan or deed at the time this By-Law is adopted may be used, provided that all requirements in regard to yards are fulfilled" and inserting in place thereof, the following:
"Lots duly recorded by plan or deed at the time this By-Law is adopted may be used, provided the total area of said lots is at least 5,000 sq. ft., and the total frontage is at least (50) ft., and further provided the owner of said lots does not own land on either side.
When the total area of a series of adjoining lots duly recorded by plan or deed, at the time this By-Law is adopted, and held under one ownership, at least equals the area requirements of the Zoning By-Law for the district, that series of adjoining lots shall be considered as one lot for any purpose under the Zoning By-Law".
5. During the early years, the Redmonds lived in a small house situated on the locus, the foundation of which was still visible until recently. Ultimately, they were unable to pay the real estate taxes, and the Town of Saugus took the premises for the non-payment of taxes and foreclosed the taxpayer's right of redemption. The neighbors felt that the Saugus Zoning By-Law, the defendants may build upon their undersized lot which now is vacant land and has been vacant land for approximately 17 years, or whether the previous existence of a small bungalow on locus prohibits the use thereof, at least without a variance. The plaintiff argues for the latter position on two separate grounds. She first contends that the locus is two separate lots and thus does not meet the statutory minimum. Secondly, she argues that there having been a building once situated on locus, it can no longer be considered vacant land and that the failure to reconstruct the previous building within the two-year period after its abandonment or discontinuance as a non-conforming structure, now bars the Gearins from building on the locus without relief from the Zoning Board of Appeals. The defendants, conversely, argue that the two lots must be considered as one for zoning purposes, that the land now is vacant and that c. 40A, §6, par. 4 overrides any other provisions relative to non-conforming use.
The first part of the plaintiff's argument is not persuasive. The Massachusetts decisions make it clear that in a zoning context several adjoining lots are to be considered as one parcel in applying the statutory requirements. See Lindsay v. Board of Appeal of Milton, 362 Mass. 126 (1972) and Vassalotti v. Zoning Board of Appeals of Sudbury, 348 Mass. 658 (1965). It now appears settled that the relevant portion of the General Laws, i.e., G.L. c. 40A, §6, par. 4, 1st sentence, applies to the deed or plan last recorded prior to the zoning change which rendered the lot nonconforming. Sieber v. Zoning Board of Appeals of Wellfleet, 16 Mass. App. Ct. 985 (1983); Adamowicz v. Ipswich, 395 Mass. 757 , 762 (1985). I have vacant building posed a fire threat, and accordingly, the Town tore down the building in about 1970 or 1971.
6. Although the instruments from the Registry District evidencing the tax taking, its foreclosure and the deed out by the Town, are not before me, there is no dispute that the Town sold the locus to Paul B. Jones on April 18, 1975, the Town having appeared on the assessors' records as the owner from June 3, 1970. As set forth above, the defendants Gearin acquired title in 1984.
7. The present Saugus Zoning By-Law (the copy before the Court being dated April 1, 1986) was adopted pursuant to the provisions of G.L. St. 1975 c. 808. In Article IX thereof, there is provision in Section 9.2 for the extension or alteration of pre-existing non-conforming structures or uses with a special permit from the Board of Appeals. In Section 9.3 there appears the following provision:
SECTION 9.3 - Residential Lot of Record. Any increase in area, frontage, width, yard, or depth requirements of this By-law shall not apply to a lot for single or two-family residential use which at the time of recording or endorsement, whichever occurs sooner, was not held in common ownership with any adjoining land, conformed to then existing requirements and had less than the proposed requirements but at least five thousand (5,000) square feet of area and fifty feet of frontage.
When the total area and frontage of a series of adjoining lots fronting on the same Public way or Private way duly recorded prior to July 1, 1978, and held in common ownership, at least equals the area and frontage requirements of this By-Law, that series of lots shall be considered as one lot.
The controversy between the parties centers on the question as to whether, pursuant to the provisions of G.L. c. 40A, §6 and those of the recently held that several adjoining lots, although separately owned when rendered non-conforming, must be considered as one in a present determination as to whether the landowner now has one lot with the minimum statutory dimensional requirements. T.J.T. Realty Co., Inc. v. Benoit, et al, Land Court Misc. Case No. 122654 (May 9, 1988). In the present action it is clear that from 1925 to date the defendants Gearin and their predecessors in title owned, for zoning purposes, a single parcel of land meeting the statutory minimum requirements even though such parcel was comprised of two small lots never separately described in the Land Court Crrtificates of Title.
The present wording of the "grandfather" clause in c. 40A, §6 refers to a lot which "conformed to then existing requirements". It is unclear as to the time frame when the then-existing requirements are determined. It would seem, from the foregoing cases, that the determination as to common ownership is to be made at the time of the deed or plan last recorded immediately prior to the increase in the dimensional provisions of the zoning ordinance or by-law. However, the application of this rule to the then-existing conformity requirement, hardly seems a practical result in light of the minimums set forth in the statute. We do not reach that question in this decision, however, for it appears that the lot in question was conforming at the time of the adoption of the first zoning by-law in 1928 and thereafter, as appears from the 1960 amendment, enjoyed a "grandfathered" status. See Sieber, supra. I accordingly find and rule that, insofar as the plaintiff's first objection is concerned, i.e., that the locus consists of more than one lot and does not meet the test of §6, the argument must fail.
However, the plaintiff also has an interesting argument that the locus does not fall within the "grandfather" protection provided by par. 4 of §6, but rather falls within the first paragraph of the section since there formerly was a building on the locus which was torn down by the prior owner, the Town of Saugus. It is clear that under the predecessor statute G.L. c. 40A, §5A, the "grandfather" clause applied only to vacant land. We need not decide whether that is still true since the locus indeed is now vacant land and was vacant land when title was conveyed to the defendants Gearin. Under the prior law there was a problem with reconstruction of a non-conforming structure if it were intentionally razed, Angus v. Miller, 5 Mass. App. Ct. 470 , 473 (1977), although the result was different if the property was accidentally destroyed whether through fire or through the type of misfortune illustrated by the facts of Lomelis v. Board of Appeals of Marblehead, 17 Mass. App. Ct. 962 (1983). The courts have said that the purpose of §6 is to protect once-valid residential lots, as in the case of Adamowicz, 395 Mass. at 763 citing Sturges v. Chilmark, 380 Mass. 246 , 261 (1980). Since §6, as it now is framed, excepts only those lots which meet certain specified categories and does not refer to the existence or nonexistence of a building, its policy would best be served by holding it applicable to any lot meeting these statutory requirements. In Willard v. Board of Appeals of Orleans, 25 Mass. App. Ct. 15 , 18 (1987) the Appeals Court stated that the immediate predecessor statute of §6, that is §5A, applied to original construction on vacant lots but not to alterations of existing structures. I do not so read §6, at least as to lots vacant at the time permission to build is sought. I therefore find and rule that if a lot is vacant and it otherwise meets the criteria set forth in the enabling act, it is "grandfathered" and may be built upon. It follows that the decisions of the Building Inspector and of the Board of Appeals were proper, and therefore the plaintiff's appeal is denied.
Section 5A as it appeared in the predecessor c. 40A is set forth in the appendix hereto.
§ 5A. Certain Lots Exempt From Application of Certain Zoning Ordinances or By-Laws.
Any lot lawfully laid out by plan or deed duly recorded, as defined in section eighty-one L of chapter forty-one, or any lot shown on a plan endorsed with the words "approval under the subdivision control law not required" or words of similar import, pursuant to section eighty-one P of chapter forty-one, which complies at the time of such recording or such endorsement, whichever is earlier, with the minimum area, frontage, width, and depth requirements, if any, of any zoning ordinance or by-law in effect in the city or town where the land is situated, notwithstanding the adoption or amendment of provisions of a zoning ordinance or by-law in such city or town imposing minimum area, frontage, width, depth, or yard requirements, or more than one such requirement, in excess of those in effect at the time of such recording or endorsement ( 1) may thereafter be built upon for residential use if, at the time of the adoption of such requirements or increased requirements, or while building on such lot was otherwise Permitted, whichever occurs later, "such lot was held in ownership separate from that of adjoining land located in the same residential district, or (2) may be built upon for residential use for a period of five years from the date of such recording or such endorsement, whichever is earlier, if, at the time of the adoption of such requirements or increased requirements, such lot was held in common ownership with that of adjoining land located in the same residential district; and further provided, in either instance, at the time of building (a) such lot has an area of five thousand square feet or more and a frontage of fifty feet or more, is in a district zoned for residential use, and conforms except as to area, frontage, width, and depth and the applicable provisions of the zoning ordinance or by-law in effect in such city or town and (b) any proposed structure is to be located on such lot so as to conform with the minimum requirements of front, side, and rear yard setbacks, if any, in effect at the time of such recording or such endorsement, whichever is earlier, and to all other requirements for such structure in effect at the time of building.
The provisions of this section shall not be construed to prohibit a lot being built upon, if at the time of building, building upon such lot is not prohibited by the zoning ordinances or by-laws in effect in such city or town. (1958, 492; 1960, 789, § l; 1961, 435, § 1.)


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I am trying to modify the values I entered before into a mysql table column where I had entered links only. They were links however they did not have http://www. in the beginning (I was taking care of the proper display in php display file).
From now, I want to enter links properly, so I changed the php file, without automatically adding/writing http://www. in the beginning, but this time the old values links dont work.
How can I add http://www. to the beginning of all the old values in this column?
There probably is an easier way to do this, but I tried the following against a test table I created and I could not get it to work.
Probably due to linkColumn being updated before I get to the + linkColumn part.
So, I would suggest you select all rows that you want to update and then loop through them and using the result/recordset for the old linkColumn value.
+ is a math operator only in MySQL.
I should have known that, I got the idea from when I wrote a hit/usage type script.
PS - The operator for concatenation in MySQL is || but I never use it because there's a support issue with it. Some installations of MySQL will translate || into an OR operaotor and will return a boolean result (usually FALSE or 0).
The safe way to go is to use the CONCAT() function, which is supported by all ANSI-92 databases in the same way.


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