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Relationship between the hepatic venous pressure gradient and first variceal hemorrhage in patients with cirrhosis: a multicenter retrospective study in Korea
ABSTRACT Variceal hemorrhage is one of the major complications of cirrhosis and is associated with significant mortality and morbidity. The development of gastroesophageal varices and variceal hemorrhage is the most direct consequence of portal hypertension. Correlations between the hepatic venous pressure gradient (HVPG) and first variceal hemorrhage were examined.
Patients with cirrhosis who underwent HVPG measurement between July 2009 and September 2010 were enrolled (n=535). All patients underwent esophagogastroduodenoscopy to enable the evaluation of gastroesophageal varices.
The HVPG for all patients was 16.46±7.05 mmHg (mean±SD), and was significantly higher among those with first variceal hemorrhage than in those without it. The HVPG was significantly correlated with both Child-Turcotte-Pugh (r=0.488, P<0.001) and Model for End-stage Liver Disease (r=0.478, P<0.001) scores. An HVPG value of 11 mmHg was predictive of first variceal hemorrhage with a sensitivity of 92.4% and a specificity of 27.7%.
The HVPG was higher in patients with first variceal hemorrhage than in those without it.
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ABSTRACT: Liver stiffness measurement (LSM) has been proposed as a non-invasive method for estimating the severity of fibrosis and the complications of cirrhosis. Measurement of the hepatic venous pressure gradient (HVPG) is the gold standard for assessing the presence of portal hypertension, but its invasiveness limits its clinical application. In this study we evaluated the relationship between LSM and HVPG, and the predictive value of LSM for clinically significant portal hypertension (CSPH) and severe portal hypertension in cirrhosis. LSM was performed with transient elastography in 59 consecutive cirrhotic patients who underwent hemodynamic HVPG investigations. CSPH and severe portal hypertension were defined as HVPG ≥10 and ≥12 mmHg, respectively. Linear regression analysis was performed to evaluate the relationship between LSM and HVPG. Diagnostic values were analyzed based on receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curves. A strong positive correlation between LSM and HVPG was observed in the overall population (r(2)=0.496, P<0.0001). The area under the ROC curve (AUROC) for the prediction of CSPH (HVPG ≥10 mmHg) was 0.851, and the sensitivity, specificity, positive predictive value (PPV), and negative predictive value (NPV) for an LSM cutoff value of 21.95 kPa were 82.5%, 73.7%, 86.8%, and 66.7%, respectively. The AUROC at prediction of severe portal hypertension (HVPG ≥12 mmHg) was 0.877, and the sensitivity, specificity, PPV, and NPV at LSM cutoff value of 24.25 kPa were 82.9%, 70.8%, 80.6%, and 73.9%, respectively. LSM exhibited a significant correlation with HVPG in patients with cirrhosis. LSM could be a non-invasive method for predicting CSPH and severe portal hypertension in Korean patients with liver cirrhosis.Clinical and molecular hepatology 12/2013; 19(4):370-5. DOI:10.3350/cmh.2013.19.4.370
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ABSTRACT: Alcoholic liver disease is one of the major chronic liver diseases worldwide. The aim of the study was to describe the clinical characteristics of alcoholic liver disease and to compare the predictive values of biochemical parameters, complications, Child-Turcotte-Pugh score, model for end-stage liver disease (MELD) score and discriminant function score for the mortality of in-hospital or 3-month after discharge of patients with alcoholic cirrhosis (AC). A retrospective record review and statistical analysis were performed on 205 consecutive patients with the discharge diagnosis of alcoholic liver disease. Three models were used to predict the mortality of patients with AC. The number of variceal hemorrhage, infection, hepatic encephalopathy and hepatocellular carcinoma was analyzed as "numbers of complications". Model 1 consisted of creatinine, white blood cell count, international normalized ratio and "numbers of complications". Model 2 consisted of MELD score. Model 3 included "numbers of complications" and MELD score. The risk of developing AC was significant for patients with alcohol consumption of higher than 80 g/d (OR=2.807, P<0.050) and drinking duration of longer than 10 years (OR=3.429, P<0.028). The area under curve for predicting in-hospital mortality of models 1, 2 and 3 was 0.950, 0.886 and 0.911 (all P<0.001), respectively. The area under curve for predicting the 3-month mortality of models 1, 2 and 3 was 0.867, 0.878 and 0.893 (all P<0.001), respectively. There is a dose-dependent relationship between alcohol consumption and the risk of developing AC. MELD score has a better predictive value than Child-Turcotte-Pugh or discriminant function score for patients with AC, and model 1 or 3 is better than model 2.Hepatobiliary & pancreatic diseases international: HBPD INT 12/2013; 12(6):594-601. DOI:10.1016/S1499-3872(13)60094-6 · 1.17 Impact Factor
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ABSTRACT: Portal hypertension is a severe consequence of chronic liver diseases and is responsible for the main clinical complications of liver cirrhosis. Hepatic venous pressure gradient (HVPG) measurement is the best available method to evaluate the presence and severity of portal hypertension. Clinically significant portal hypertension is defined as an increase in HVPG to >10 mmHg. In this condition, the complications of portal hypertension might begin to appear. HVPG measurement is increasingly used in the clinical fields, and the HVPG is a robust surrogate marker in many clinical applications such as diagnosis, risk stratification, identification of patients with hepatocellular carcinoma who are candidates for liver resection, monitoring of the efficacy of medical treatment, and assessment of progression of portal hypertension. Patients who had a reduction in HVPG of ≥20% or to ≤12 mmHg in response to drug therapy are defined as responders. Responders have a markedly decreased risk of bleeding/rebleeding, ascites, and spontaneous bacterial peritonitis, which results in improved survival. This review provides clinical use of HVPG measurement in the field of liver disease.Clinical and molecular hepatology 03/2014; 20(1):6-14. DOI:10.3350/cmh.2014.20.1.6


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H.R.4858 - Farmers Markets Infrastructure Assistance Act of 2004108th Congress (2003-2004)
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Farmers Markets Infrastructure Assistance Act of 2004 - Directs the Secretary of Agriculture to make loans, loan guarantees, and grants to eligible public agencies and nonprofit organizations for the construction of new farmers markets, or the improvement or rehabilitation of existing farmers markets.


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Modern shooters have become more and more realistic over the years, but they still kept a few elements that made gameplay easier to handle and accessible to new players as well. The Arma series, on the other hand, went in the opposite direction and made things as difficult to manage as possible, in order to provide gamers with unseen levels of combat realism and a lot of daring gameplay mechanics.
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Arma 2: Operation Arrowhead continues the action in the original title, only this time in Takistan, three years later. Here, the US Army is sent to restore peace and assure that there are no more civilian casualties, by neutralizing any hostile forces they stumble upon, rescuing hostages and destroying vital objectives throughout the Asian country.
Just like until now, this expansion features enormous maps for you to explore and take advantage off, with highly-detailed terrain modeled after real locations and plenty of opportunities to take the enemies by surprise. Thus, by making use of the latest technology when it comes to weapons, vehicles and aircraft support, you and your team must infiltrate various settlements and take out the foes defending them, as well as accomplish a wide array of other objectives over the course of the new campaign.
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The thing that really makes your head spin when you first enter the game is the staggering number of controls and possible actions. Hence, you are practically forced to go through the training missions first, otherwise it would take a very long time for you to find out how to accomplish even the simplest things, such as crawl, enter vehicles or shout out orders for your teammates. Speaking of which, the vehicle component has been greatly improved, with a lot of new additions, both on wheels and in the air.
Technically speaking, Arma 2 is by far one of the best-looking games out there, especially when it comes to texture quality and the natural animations employed by the characters. In addition, the ballistics are about as close to reality as they can get, with each weapon having a certain range, endurance to stress and accuracy, all of which depend on your ability to make proper use of their abilities.
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In the end, when it come to realism and simulation, Arma 2: Operation Arrowhead is a few classes above anything else in its genre, although it does sacrifice a lot of user-friendliness in the process. Despite that, it is worth the effort to learn how to play this game, since you are handsomely rewarded once you get the hang of it.


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Protestors against the construction of the Keystone XL oil pipeline... Foto di attualitàArrivo,Barack Obama,California,Composizione orizzontale,Dimostrazione di protesta,Industria edile,Keith Haring,Manifestante,Oleodotto Keystone XL,Petrolio,Politica,Presidente degli Stati Uniti,Questioni sociali,San Francisco - California,Scultura,Stare in piedi,Stati Uniti d'America,The W HotelPhotographer Justin SullivanCollection: Getty Images News 2011 Getty ImagesSAN FRANCISCO, CA - OCTOBER 25: Protestors against the construction of the Keystone XL oil pipeline hold signs and stand on a Keith Haring sculpture as they demonstrate outside of the W Hotel before the arrival of U.S. President Barack Obama on October 25, 2011 in San Francisco, California. Hundreds of protestors from a wide variety of activist groups staged protests outside of the W Hotel where President Obama was holding a $7,500 per person fundraiser. (Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)


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OPINION: Given the deep and complex problems facing our city, the need for wise, compassionate and canny leadership becomes all the more important.
If the leadership comes with a touch of the supernatural, all the better.
So when Gandalf - OK, Sir Ian McKellen, but let's not quibble over details - came to Christchurch last weekend I was keen to bend his ear with our city's problems and get his advice.
On a tour of the city, I asked him first what we should do with the Town Hall, for which Earthquake Minister Gerry Brownlee has no affection, but which the Christchurch City Council wants to restore and improve.
Gandalf said: "Ah, the great hall of Warren, the bushy- eyed. Yes it is well that you ask me for I have a foreboding about this room of the living. I sense the insatiable lust for destruction of Gerryman the Obliterator. You must be swift as the Bull of Dozer works surpassingly quick. The walls of this hall look steadfast to me and I see no defect in its foundations. I know not what peril Gerryman divines but he is less interested in the satisfaction of repair than in the pleasure of destruction. Haste is needed for Gerryman summons the clouds of ruin. I fear the people do not love this hall enough to send them away."
From the Town Hall we shuffled along to Christ Church Cathedral where I asked Gandalf if we should return the church to its former glory or build a new one.
Gandalf said: "I possess the learning on an ancient lore-master but I have no understanding of this strange and newfound faith that builds towers fit for the lords of Gondor. I have heard of the great protector Matthews of Victoria, who speaks to gods unknown to the wise men of my time. My powers, such as they are, are no match for this new sorcery. I am not acquainted with their runes and verses. But these stones talk to me like those in the mines of Moria. Their bare edges cry out to me for restoration.
"To think they will end their days as landscaping supplies sends a chill through my heart. Stones hewn from the earth's crust have grown into their new purpose and need shelter from the mysterious spells of Matthews of Victoria. It matters not how much milrith is needed for the task. Some know the price but not the value."
Gandalf and I then settled in for a coffee in Worcester Boulevard and I asked him how he would negotiate the increasingly difficult relationship between Cera and the council over the future of Christchurch.
"Gerryman has become large of belly and his reach is long. The desires of his people have no hold on his mind. Robert the White also seeks the prize but the only measure he knows is adulation. Only one hand at a time can wield the one. It may be beyond even the wise to choose the rightful bearer. In this matter it would be well to trust in no-one and, with suspicious eyes, keep watch.
"Their battle with each other may bring the innocent within its sphere and the city will know no peace until fate decides who will be paramount. There will be no peace in the flat lands until the struggle is decided.
"My heart tells me both have a part to play before the end. The one can wreak great evil in the wrong hands but we must pray Gerryman and Robert the White will rise above themselves to withstand its corruption. I fear it may already be too late and great perils lie ahead."
Righto, Gandalf, I said, draining my flat white, and noticing he had hardly touched his.
What about Lianne Dalziel entering the mayoral race then?
"I know her as Lianne of Zeal, daughter of Labor. I see she comes from the East lands where her people are poor and downtrodden. If she seeks the one with pity and mercy in her heart she may reap little hurt and much gain. She has swum in treacherous waters long before she sought the one. Those not taken in such seas have either learned lessons by necessity or made a secret pact with the enemy. Let time deliver the answer. Gerry the Obliterator and Robert the White may set aside their differences and seek to crush her, I fear. She has prevailed before and may prevail again."
Well thanks for your time Gandalf. Will you stay and help us then?
"Your plight brings to my mind the twin disasters of Isengard and Mordor. But no, I must say farewell, Martin. My work is finished and my time is gone.
"The burden must lie upon you and your kindred. I must fly."
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I'm having some problems with parsing a log file which is in a .txt format.
Here is a portion of the log where I'm trying to extract the data:
CRIT : [2013-07-26T14:40:50-0400] msg=<POLICY ADDED>,
The specific pieces that I want are the CRIT and msg= POLICY ADDED. The code that I have got so far will find the CRIT string, but not the msg= portion. I believe this has something to do with the whitespace in-between the two words.
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You may have seen it out at the truckstops already, but if not, I thought I'd take a moment today to alert you to our CSA 2010 Driver's Handbook, now online in an interactive digital version. Combining reporting from Overdrive and Truckers News editors (from myself to Overdrive Managing Editor Lucinda Coulter and others) with information provided directly by the FMCSA dispelling some of the common myths and misconceptions out there about the program, it's ...Read More
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DDP posted the following video on Youtube of Jake Roberts visiting Scott Hall at his home in Florida earlier this month:
DDP for Hall Of Fame 2014. Like this if you agree
This ain't Facebook, homie. However I do wholeheartedly agree with your sentiment.
It is fun to listen to Scott when he is clear headed. I almost forgot how funny this guy can be. I wish him all the best in beating this thing that has held him down for a long time.
Go get 'em Scott Hall.
Is it just me or does Scott Hall look very very bad? I guess since I personally have not seen him in years, makes him look even worse to me, since I have not seen the progress of his physical decline. I guess DDP Yoga can't make him look any worse! So of course if he sticks it out, his before & after pics will be amazing! I would personally also like to see him die his hair & eye brows though. LOL just to look more like the bad guy we knew from the good ol' days.
he actually looks 10x better here than he did when he first got there..
scott has been in a very deep dark hole for a long long time
Thanks to straight edge goofy mark fans making him feel bad for partying. He has every right to nurse his pain. They've ALL earned that right and should continue to do so GODDAMMIT!!
partying is one thing…scott was killing himself.
straight edge view or not when someone in the same spot as scott hall it's a problem and they need help.
I agree, raVen. Scott may indeed have "every right to nurse his pain", but I certainly don't think that "nursing" should equal "slow suicide", nor does anyone else who honestly gives a damn about him. I want to see him not just "nurse his pain", but nurse his pain in a positive way that will get him healthy and truly happy and at peace with himself.
It's heartening to see that people like DDP and Jake still want to help him; maybe their faith in him, however much it is, might just be the spark that will finally set him on a road to a healing, lasting recovery. :-) My very best wishes and prayers for Scott's good health and wellbeing.
This is getting ridiculous. Quit pushing the sobriety bandwagon. Wrestlers have been running wild and partying on the road for upwards of 40 years. Quit sabotaging tradition. There is NOTHING wrong with wrestlers and veteran athletes in general nursing their pain as they see fit. They have earned that right. And DDP does not want people continually patting him on the head either. He stated as much and also said that this wasn't even his idea. It was the idea of the same dickhead pushing the cameras in these guys faces every step of the way. Enough is enough. Jake and Hall were loved by their true fans even when they were partying hard on the road and many of us would rather see them stay true to that over being guilted into this nonsense. And isn't it convenient that sales for DDP Yoga have gone up. Long live the old school days of the road! This is just another example of what is wrong with the wrestling biz today. Too many straight edge idiots dousing the fire. Here's to hoping the days of wild road stories continue!! Being a wrestler also means being a rebel. Quit taking all of our old school rebels away from us. This is not what we envisioned. Leave tradition alone and finger-pointers BE DAMNED!!
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How can you say that you need works to keep your salvation through works? when you have verses like Ephesians 2: 8-9? And even in Galatians 2:21, it said "I do not set aside the grace of God, for if righteousness could be gained through the law, Christ died for nothing!" If we need to follow the... Show More
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I'm not Catholic, though I am a Christian. I think that all you need to do to gain salvation is to belive in and love Jesus, and ask him forgiveness for your sins. That being said, doing good in this world is certainly a good idea, it can't hurt to do good for others. Not only that, but wouldn't it be best to err on the side of caution, and do works just in case faith isn't enough?
yeah of course you should do good works. good works represents your faith. how can you say that you're a christian if you don't have good works? but you don't need it for your SALVATION.


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Clinton's Monster
May 08, 2008
John H. McWhorter
Never have I been a Hillary hater. For one thing, I am too wary of recreational vitriol.
"She'll stop at nothing to get power" okay, but is that so unusual in a politician? Power-seeking is what alpha males do. I sometimes wonder whether one thing that gets people's knickers in such a twist about Mrs. Clinton is that she displays alpha male behavior as a woman.
That said, she lost me Tuesday night. Having been trounced in North Carolina, and just squeaking by in Indiana, there she was saying "Thank you, Indiana" as if she hadn't just been rejected by half of the state, smugly cheering about being on her way to the White House when as of then, her chances of getting there were narrower than they had been that morning.
Her state of denial has bemused me as it has to everyone else. To me, the most poignant moment of the campaign was at the end of the Texas debate when she said "No matter what happens in this contest, I am honored to be here with Barack Obama," and got her biggest round of applause of the night.
In the movie about this election around 2016, they'd better get this scene.
When what gets the audience most excited is when you praise your opponent, you know something is deeply wrong, especially when you have just lost contests in 11 states.
But Mrs. Clinton didn't think so, and here she is today, promising to soldier on despite her chances being so minuscule that at this point, it is uncharitable of her to even be soliciting donations. She will do this despite that it will mean having to spend the next few weeks further picking away at Mr. Obama. She will continue to tarnish the luster already faded in the wake of the Reverend Jeremiah Wright. Surely in about a week and half, there will be some new trivial peculiarity about Mr. Obama that the punditocracy will be sniping and agonizing about. Republicans will have new ammunition to use against him into the fall.
She will do this despite having been "honored" to be on stage with Mr. Obama. "Honored"? About what? Would she have been "honored" to be up there with John Edwards? Clearly,
she is as much taken with Mr. Obama's multiracial story and what it signifies for America as his supporters. Given her own history and demographic, Hillary Clinton would almost certainly be a huge Obama fan if she did not happen to be a politician running against him.
Now, though, so much for his showing how far we've come since the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr. that had Mrs. Clinton in tears 40 years ago. Now, she "won't give up."
But at this point, this persistence no longer makes any immediate sense, and Mrs. Clinton is beginning to look a bit mad. She's going to convince superdelegates to ignore the numbers and support her? She would consider Mr. Obama as a running mate? Or, listen to her with the "When I'm president" preface to many of her statements. A more appropriate statement would be, "If I had become president."
I can imagine how frustrated, and even furious, she must be. She spends years pretending to be interested in helping run New York State, building the experience and support to run the country. She's all set, and then along comes a guy out of nowhere with brains, magic charm, and the bonus of being black but not too black.
The press goes crazy, women are fainting at his rallies, and before long her campaign is in pieces. Without the black base she was expecting and with blue America entranced by a "freshness" in Mr. Obama that she can't fake, she is reduced to jetting around adopting a bluecollar cadence, hoping to squeeze every drop of support she can from people she has nothing in common with. At least with black people she had the conduit of her "black" husband.
This cannot be fun, and I have truly felt bad for her for months. But it would seem that because of her frustration, she has decided that as long as there is even an infinitesimal chance that she could be nominated, she will hang on until the bitter end, the interests of her own party be damned.
Despite that in office Mr. Obama would run things much more her way than Mr. McCain. And despite that otherwise, she would condemn any other Democrat who pulled this.
She sees herself as an exception. It's all about her.
That is, she's not just into power. I am finding it hard to avoid the conclusion that she may be a monster.
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Jazz point guard Trey Burke is in Los Angeles tonight for the ESPYS, ESPN's sports awards extravaganza, which can be seen on ESPN at 7 p.m. MT.
Burke is one of four nominees for Best Male College Athlete, along with Heisman Trophy winner Johnny Manziel, Cornell wrestler Kyle Drake and St. Cloud St. hockey player Drew LeBlanc.
Burke led Michigan to the NCAA men's basketball championship game, and was the consensus national player of the year.
Burke has posted several photos from the event to Instagram, including one of he and former Jazz forward DeMarre Carroll. The ESPYS will be hosted by Mad Men star Jon Hamm.
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This was great fun. The students doing the tour are knowledgeable and funny.all the adults on the tour got involved and we all spent most of our time laughing.
Fabulous, fun and accurate history. I took this trip 24 years ago and returned with my 17 year old Son this weekend and it is still as good as I remember the first time round!
Great tour, and a fun way to see and hear about some of Edinburgh's more gruesome tales!
Well worth the money! This trip was very entertaining. Adam did a great job and kept our interest for the whole trip. He shared with us some great information and really made us laugh. The tour was not scary at all, so it was perfect for families with young children. We even received a free copy of his book. Nice touch.
Fantastic tour. Our host was extremely funny and the scary bits were more comedy than frightening. We had our 11yr old with us and she had a great time too. Really educational as well. Learned and laughed in equal measure.
This tour was amazing! We got to learn a lot about the history of Edinburgh and were entertained the whole time! The tour guides were hysterical and kept us on our toes as they would jump out and scare us. If you enjoy laughing and having fun, this tour is for you! This was an incredible night and you definitely should sign up!!!!
This trip was more laughs than horror, which was ok by me. Of course there were places where the jumper tried to scare the tour, but it was all in good fun. My daughter and I enjoyed this tour.
Brilliant - we had a fab experience, highly recommended
a very fun and amusing tour
Amazing! My stomach still hurts from all the laughing! Adam Lyal is soooo great! Everyone should do this tour!
It was a fun-filled evening with Adam Lyall and his cronies. You'll learn a lot about Edinburgh's dark and dirty past. It's not meant to be scary so don't let that deter you from booking this great tour!
Fabulous! Do it!
Well worth the money. Light hearted and funny, suitable for my kids aged 14 and 11. Would highly recommend
I would recommend anyone visiting Edinburgh to book this tour. was very informative and extremely funny.
We really enjoyed the tour and the 'monk' was hilarious!Lots of information about parts of Edinburgh that we hadn't seen before.
highly entertaining and informative. would recommend that everyone does this tour
Tour was great fun, very informative and full of interesting facts.
Not too heavy, but lightherted fun.
The tour guide and helpers (?) were fantastic.
Would recommend this tour to everyone.
Very entertaining street theater! Lots of great information about the history of Edinburgh's darker side.
This walk was so much fun. The guide and his accomplice where funny and made the walk very entertaining and they gave you a lot of interesting information about the city and its former residents. I would absolutely go on this tour again. Unlike many other walking tours I have done, not once did I just with it would be over. This may be the best money I have ever spent on vacation entertainment.
brillant a most do the monk and adam is great
Great fun. Well presented and knowledgeable
This tour was hilarious, the guide was great and he told us about the murders and mysteries of Edinburgh but the things that went on in the tour kept you on your toes and we laughed a lot. Would highly recommend this tour, it was fun.
Tour was entertaining, informative and slightly scaring. The guys are great with their stories and their humour comes so naturally whilst bridging with every member of the group at the same time. Would definitely recommend!
Very interesting, lots of fun!
This was one of the best tours we did while travelling through UK and Paris. It was at a good walking pace, informative and lively, and had the audience participating. Having the 3nd person portraying persons of the past was hilarious. Highly recommended