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Discussions continue over Edgmont Wawa plans
EDGMONT — Despite a major change in configuration of a Wawa at a key township intersection, officials are still hesitant that the development will work. Supervisors and planning commissioners met in a joint session to discuss the Wawa proposed for Landmark Drive area at Providence Road and West Chester Pike.
Supervisor William "Chip" Mackrides was the main proponent for continuing dialogue with Wawa whose concept has met with resistance by other township officials. Mackrides continued to express the value of Wawa as a vibrant commercial entity which could revitalize the overall business picture in the township, as well as bringing services and products to residents and the thousands of motorist passing through.
While not opposed to Wawa, recognized as a corporate good-neighbor, planners and supervisors have expressed significant concern about the traffic impact, particularly on Providence Road. At present, it is the only access point.
Wawa has suggested creating a loop road onto West Chester Pike, thereby diverting much of anticipated traffic onto the main highway, and avoid a log jam of stacking on Providence Road. Wawa had already included widening Providence Road as a feature of development.
The loop road could be a condition of the application; it is unclear if that road construction would be immediate or a subsequent phase of development.
"I'd like to try to find a way to do it now," Mackrides said about advancing Wawa's plans from the current concept. "I think it can work if it falls into place."
Planning commission Chairman Elmer "Chip" Miller said he would not be in favor of the plan without the loop road.
Further, he indicated the "temporary" traffic situations would be still presented hurdles.
Supervisors Chairman Ron Gravina said the loop road would lead to greater commercial development. The traffic impact of that, he indicated, would once again be problematic.
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Among the needs would be a zoning change for the area and the potential of sewage holding tanks in the period until the public sewer system along the West Chester Pike corridor is built out.
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Great stay overall.
Check-in was chaotic. Did not have King rooms available which I requested in advance from hotel (yes I know it is just a request), along with paying for an upgrade to oceanview. The check-in girl did not tell me this. I only realized once we opened the door to our room that we were given two double beds and a view of rooftop. Went back to check-in counter and had to wait in line again to ask about our room and that is when she informed us that no other rooms were available. We had to check back the next day and change rooms. Rooms could use updating but food and service was superb. For the amount paid, it was a great deal. We also did not receive fruit basket at all during our 4 nights.
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★★★★★ ★★★★★ Overall rating value is 4 of 5 stars.· 9 days agoPoor check in
The food beach and staff is great the check in not so one we did not get the room as stated double beds even thought front desk staff did say they were king bed in the room it did take another day to get this sorted there was no fruit basket but the room was clean. The food was fantastic. They will try to sell you a time share.
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-- The National Institutes of Health (NIH) is launching the first U.S. clinical trial of St. John's wort, an herb widely used in Europe to treat depression. The three-year study, sponsored by NIH's Office of Alternative Medicine (OAM), the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) and the Office of Dietary Supplements (ODS), will include 336 patients with major depression who will be randomly assigned to one of three treatment arms for an eight-week trial. One-third of the patients will receive a uniform dose of St. John's wort, another third will be given placebo, and the final third will take a selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor (SSRI), a type of antidepressant commonly prescribed for depression. "This study will give us definitive answers about whether St. John's wort works for clinical depression," said NIMH Director Steven E. Hyman, M.D. "The study will be the first rigorous clinical trial of the herb that will be large enough and long enough to fully assess whether it produces a therapeutic effect." In Germany, where physicians routinely prescribe herbs for a variety of medical illnesses, millions of doses of St. John's wort, known also by its botanical name, Hypericum perforatum, are used daily. However, no studies of long-term use have been conducted and published studies have used several different doses. This study will use a standardized preparation containing a 900 mg daily dose of the herb. In addition, study participants who respond positively will be followed for another 18 weeks. The goal of the followup is to determine if patients given St. John's wort have fewer relapses than patients given placebo. Depression, a brain disorder that affects more than 17 million adult Americans each year, costs the nation up to $44 billion in treatment, disability, and lost productivity -- a figure comparable to the cost of heart disease. Worldwide, depression is also a leading cause of disability. The illness, often chronic or recurrent, affects mood, thoughts, body and behavior. Common symptoms include sadness, loss of interests, decreased energy, disturbed sleep and hopelessness. When severe, depression can lead to suicide. "Depression is a serious and sometimes fatal medical illness and we must be sure that the treatments people receive have been proven to be effective," said Dr. Hyman. An overview of 23 clinical studies in Europe, published August 3, 1996, in the British Medical Journal, found that the herb may be useful in cases of mild to moderate depression. The NIH study will examine patients with the moderate form of the disorder. NIH officials said the clinical trial will be coordinated by Jonathan Davidson, M.D., at Duke University Medical Center, which has received a three-year contract to conduct the $4.3 million study. Patient enrollment is expected to start next spring. A note from TheBody.com: Since this article was written, the HIV pandemic has changed, as has our understanding of HIV/AIDS and its treatment. As a result, parts of this article may be outdated. Please keep this in mind, and be sure to visit other parts of our site for more recent information! NIH Clinical Center Study Demonstrates Dangerous Interaction Between St. John's Wort and an HIV Protease Inhibitor This article was provided by U.S. National Institutes of Health. Visit NIH's website to find out more about their activities, publications and services.


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My department does not do enough to recognize undergraduates in the Art History department. The department focuses too much on its graduate students, thus it's undergraduate program becomes less competitive. Each year is different. For the first two years of my college career, I spent most of my time in the ART building, working in the painting studio. For the next two years, I've spent most of my time in the Fine Arts Library, researching. This past semester, I have spent a great deal in the business school. The administration within the College of Fine Arts (I don't have much interaction with other departments) is great! The Dean of Student Affairs is attentive and dedicated to her job. It's been tough not having a permanent Dean of College Of Fine Arts for the past two years, but he's finally here, and here to stay. For me, I have a lot of "college" and university pride. Unlike other schools, UT offers training in highly specified areas. As a freshmen, you have many options, however, you have to seek them out. My advice to all freshmen would be to not take any of your professors and resources for granted. Ask much of your professors. Do not expect things to "magically" happen. You have to work for it.
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All of this happens on the part of the student. The professor will know your name if you visit him/her in his/her office hours. Class participation is not common, in small or large classes. Participation may become more frequent as one progresses to upper level courses. First and second years are easily intimidated. I know because I was the same way. UT's core curriculum or academic requirements are very streamlined and so non-specific. It seems like many UT students graduate with a mixture of knowledge from all different areas that don't always cohere. Depending on one's major, your education at UT may or may not be geared toward getting a job or learning for its own sake.
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Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson (b 1824) was one of the Confederacy's most gifted generals. He served in the War of Secession and the as General-in-Chief during the Second Mexican War.
When the War of Secession began, Jackson threw in his lot with the Confederate States. He was given brigade command by the governor of Virginia. He earned the nickname "Stonewall" for both himself and his brigade at First Bull Run by standing firm in the face of battle, prompting another brigade commander to shout "There stands Jackson like a stone wall! Rally around the Virginians, boys!" After the battle Jackson was given command of a division.
He held independent command in the Shenendoah Valley in the spring of 1862, where he defeated a much larger Union force. It was here that he earned his reputation as a brilliant planner of tactical offensives as well as a general capable of moving large bodies of infantry at speeds close to that of cavalry.
Following this action he was transferred to the Peninsula, where his command was attached to the Army of Northern Virginia. It was here that Jackson met Robert E. Lee.
Jackson proved instrumental to the Army's efforts on the Peninsula as well as at Second Bull Run, where he turned John Pope's flank. Jackson took part in the final campaign of the war, helping to destroy the Army of the Potomac at Camp Hill, Pennsylvania, in the fall of 1862, then advancing on Philadelphia, ensuring the Confederate victory.
After the war, Jackson became General-in-Chief of the Confederate army. During the Second Mexican War, he personally commanded field armies: first a small army which beat back a small US invasion from West Virginia, then the Army of Kentucky in its defense of Louisville, Kentucky, that war's primary front. He easily defeated Orlando Wilcox's badly planned and executed offensives. He received Wilcox's formal surrender in the spring of 1882.
While Jackson was initially opposed to President James Longstreet's plan for the end of slavery after the war, he grew to see Longstreet's logic, and supported the decision. Thus, when Wade Hampton III approached Jackson about possibly launching a coup to overthrow Longstreet, Jackson harshly rebuked Hampton.
Jackson was married twice in his life. He married his second wife, Mary, a few years after the death of his first wife, and a few years before the War of Secession. While Jackson would never have considered a tryst with another woman, he acknowledged that his love for the heat of battle competed with his love for his wife.
Jackson's used heavy entrenchments at Louisville, proving the effectiveness of the tactic and leading to its extensive use by all sides in the Great War thirty years later.
After his death, Jackson's likeness was minted onto Confederate five-dollar gold coins, called "Stonewalls".
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Children's Hospital opened in September 1912 as The Baby Hospital. It began as a 30-bed hospital and today it is a 191-bed, nationally recognized pediatric tertiary care center and research institute. Thirty medical subspecialty services and programs are available at Children's, representing all the major pediatric medical and surgical subspecialties.
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Combined clinical and laboratory research programs in infectious diseases, pulmonary medicine, pediatric intensive care, neonatology, genetics, oncology and general pediatrics are examples of the bench-to-bedside concept that is a driving force at Children's.
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Pediatric residents at Children's benefit greatly from the educational and research opportunities the research institute offers. Residents seeking careers in biomedical and behavioral research can spend elective time developing projects at the research institute. Attending noon research conferences and research seminars can help residents stay abreast of scientific advances throughout their residency.
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Within the timeline of Prince of Persia (POP) games, Forgotten Sands is placed sometime after the events of Sands of Time and before Warrior Within. The Prince is sent on a quest by his father to seek training from his brother Malik. However, after arriving at his destination the Prince finds out that his training will have to wait since his brother's palace is under invasion from a large group of raiders. In a desperate attempt to turn the tide of the battle, Malik releases the power of King Solomon's army and inadvertently unleashes the sand army. From here on end it is pretty much business as usual for the Prince— fighting sand-monsters, negotiating traps and ravines, and scaling dizzy heights.
Marches and the battles
The Prince gets his powers over the elements and time through a piece of a medallion lodged in his breastplate. Along with the series-staple ability to reverse time, the medallion also allows the Prince to solidify water. Using this ability to control flow of water, the Prince can shimmy over waterfalls or use pillars of water to get around. Further into the adventure, the Prince encounters a crumbled and ruined city and here the medallion has the ability to 'repair' broken pillars and missing chunks of floor. Finally, the medallion allows the Prince to trust himself vertically over small distance, which is a toned-down version of the flying ability from the last POP game. All of these new abilities combine with old techniques to deliver a fairly fresh and challenging platforming experience.
Combat on the other hand is a quite mundane due to a bare-minimum, hack-n-slash system with magic thrown in for crowd control. There are a handful of enemy types in this game; however they are all slow and lumbering, adding very little to the challenge. It is quite common in the game to be outnumbered and flanked by enemies on all sides. But even in such situations magic can be used to quickly and effectively turn the tide of the battle in your favour.
Fallen enemies and smashed pottery leave behind collectible coloured orbs. Red orbs regenerate health, blue orbs refill the magic gauge and yellow orbs can be used to purchase combat and magic upgrades.
Sequences of combat and platforming are interspersed with puzzles that are mostly about pushing levers in the correct sequence. Any POP game cannot be complete without traps and this game has a few old and some new traps to negotiate.
A familiar fable
From the very first level, right to the end of the game, Forgotten Sands feels like a tribute or a compilation of the first three games in the 'Sands' saga. While it was nice to see the developers returning to the original setting and reverting on the attempt to reboot the franchise, Forgotten Sands is a bit too much like its predecessors. This game has picked up elements from all the POP games thus far and added just a couple of new ideas that really affect game-play. Story-wise, this game is of little consequence since we already know what follows after this in Warrior Within and Two Thrones. Moving the storyline forward—instead of filling up gaps—could have been more prudent choice as it may have given developers more freedom with game-design and players more satisfaction at the end of it all.
On the first play-through the game can last between seven to ten hours depending on your platforming skills and more importantly, familiarity with POP games. After beating the game, you have the option to play the game all over again with all the unlocked upgrades carried over to the new game. Besides this, beating the game also unlocks challenge mode against waves to enemies.
Game-play in Forgotten Sands is an infinite improvement over the last outing; however it is nowhere close to the bar set by Sands of Time. While the setting of this game was ripe to relive the greatness of the original game, it falls short mainly due to weak storytelling, combat and music.
Rating: 7.5/10
Genre: Action, Adventure
Studio: Ubisoft
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Beverly & I went out last night to try and see if we could see and possibly photograph an Aurora. The forecast was for a minimal Aurora but we thought we would take our chances. As we drove north of Fairbanks to get away from the city lights we could immediately see the green aurora high in the sky. Unfortunately, by the time we could find a dark road, the aurora was closer to the horizon and less active. Still quite cool! Hopefully we will get another opportunity during our visit to see this truly mystical sight.


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WASHINGTON (AP) -- Five days before a critical vote, several senators are abandoning an anti-piracy bill after an outpouring of online opposition to tinkering with Internet freedoms.
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Half-a-dozen of the 40 original cosponsors of the bill withdrew their support Wednesday amid a one-day protest blackout by Wikipedia and other web giants and a flood of emails to Capitol Hill offices.
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This little bat is a quick knit featuring wraparound wings and feet that can hang from your finger or the nearest tree branch.
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TUESDAY, July 10 (HealthDay News) -- Many people with insulin-dependent diabetes embrace new technologies that promise to make management of their blood sugar levels easier.
But a new analysis of 33 existing studies suggests that newer isn't necessarily better in terms of blood sugar control.
"We found similar levels of glycemic control and hypoglycemia (low blood sugar) when we compared insulin pumps versus multiple daily injections," said the study's lead author, Dr. Sherita Hill Golden, an associate professor of medicine and endocrinology at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine in Baltimore.
"In adults with type 1 diabetes, there was a slight advantage to the pump. And, there was a suggestion that people that use an insulin pump had a somewhat better quality of life," Golden said.
"Continuous glucose monitoring, whether alone or with a pump, appears to be beneficial," she added.
The findings are published online July 10 in the Annals of Internal Medicine. The studies the researchers reviewed compared insulin pumps with multiple daily injections; continuous glucose monitoring with self-monitoring; and sensor-augmented insulin pumps with multiple injections and self-monitoring.
There are two major types of diabetes -- type 1 and type 2. People with type 1, an autoimmune disease, make little to no insulin, a hormone that allows the body to use sugar as fuel. They must replace the lost insulin through multiple daily injections or through an insulin pump. Pumps deliver insulin through a tiny tube inserted under the skin based on information the user gives it. The pump site must be moved every few days.
Type 2 diabetes is often related to excess weight and a sedentary lifestyle. Initially, people with type 2 diabetes manage their disease with lifestyle changes and oral medications. But some people with type 2 also need to inject insulin.
Anyone with diabetes who takes insulin has to balance how much insulin to take with food consumption and activity levels. If they take too much insulin, they can cause dangerously low blood sugar levels. But too little insulin puts them at risk for long term complications from high blood sugar levels, such as kidney and heart disease.
Most people with either type of diabetes do what's called self-blood glucose monitoring multiple times a day. This involves lancing the finger to draw a drop of blood to place on a test strip in a blood glucose monitoring device.
A continuous glucose monitor is a device that monitors blood sugar levels 24 hours a day. Like an insulin pump, it is inserted under the skin and changed every three to seven days, depending on the device. It doesn't completely replace the finger-sticks necessary with self-blood glucose monitoring, but it does reduce the number needed.
To ensure accuracy, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration requires that continuous glucose monitors be used with self-monitoring. More recently, pump makers have combined the use of continuous glucose monitors with a pump. This system still isn't automatic, however. The pump does receive information from the continuous glucose monitor, but the user still has to tell the pump what to do with that information.
In the current study, among children and adolescents, the researchers found a .10 percent drop in hemoglobin A1C levels for people on a pump versus multiple shots (A1C levels provide a two-to-three month snapshot of blood sugar control). However, Golden said this drop wasn't statistically significant.
In adults, the reduction in A1C was .30 percent for those on a pump vs. those on shots. The researchers didn't find any significant difference in the risk of severe hypoglycemia between the two, Golden said.
One limitation of this analysis is that some of the studies used what's known as regular insulin in the pumps, which isn't standard clinical practice today, according to the study. Most pumps use a faster-acting synthetic insulin. Also, most of the studies were small and involved only type 1 diabetes in whites.
The use of continuous glucose monitors compared to self blood-glucose monitoring lowered A1C levels by .26 percent without increasing levels of severe hypoglycemia. And, the sensor-augmented pump reduced A1C levels by .68 percent compared to self blood-glucose monitoring in people with type 1 diabetes.
Golden said what matters most with any of these devices is adherence.
Dr. Joel Zonszein, director of the clinical diabetes center at Montefiore Medical Center in New York City, agreed. "There are very good developments in technology that can really help patients and make their lives easier, but the patient has to be motivated," he said.
Zonszein said he was surprised that this analysis didn't find a benefit for the pump in preventing hypoglycemia. He said in his practice he sees fewer severe hypoglycemia episodes in his patients on pumps. But, he said that may be because this was a "meta-analysis" that combines different populations of people and different study designs.
"The only way to really know the comparative effectiveness would be to do a crossover study where each person spent several weeks using each technology," he explained.
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FRIDAY, July 13 (HealthDay News) -- Chemicals in beauty and personal care products may boost women's risk of diabetes, a new study suggests, although the authors cautioned that the finding is far from conclusive.
Researchers found that elevated concentrations of chemicals called phthalates in women's bodies are associated with an increased chance of developing diabetes. Phthalates are hormone-disrupting chemicals commonly used in products such as soaps, nail polishes, hair sprays, perfumes and moisturizers.
The chemicals are also used in a number of other consumer products, such as electronics, toys and adhesives.
In this study, researchers analyzed concentrations of phthalates in the urine of 2,350 women from across the United States. They found that women with the highest levels of mono-benzyl phthalate and mono-isobutyl phthalate were nearly twice as likely to develop diabetes as those with the lowest levels of the two chemicals.
Women with higher-than-average levels of mono-(3-carboxypropyl) phthalate had about a 60 percent increased risk of diabetes, and those with moderately high levels of the chemicals mono-n-butyl phthalate and di-2-ethylhexyl phthalate had about a 70 percent increased risk of diabetes.
The study, published online July 13 in the journal Environmental Health Perspectives, was led by Tamarra James-Todd, a researcher in the division of women's health at Brigham and Women's Hospital, in Boston.
"This is an important first step in exploring the connection between phthalates and diabetes," James-Todd said in a hospital news release. "We know that in addition to being present in personal care products, phthalates also exist in certain types of medical devices and medication that is used to treat diabetes and this could also explain the higher level of phthalates in diabetic women. So overall, more research is needed."
The researchers also cautioned that the women in the study "self-reported" their diabetes, a less than ideal method of conducting research. And while the study found a potential connection between phthalates and diabetes in women, it did not prove a cause-and-effect relationship.
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has more about phthalates and cosmetic products.
SUNDAY, June 24 (HealthDay News) -- Three widely used diabetes drugs are associated with a greater risk of death when compared to a popular drug from a different class, metformin, according to a new study.
Researchers analyzed data from nearly 24,000 patients with type 2 diabetes, average age 62, who were treated with one of three drugs called sulfonylureas (glipizide, glyburide, and glimepiride) or with another type of drug called metformin.
Sulfonylureas help decrease blood sugar levels by stimulating the pancreas to produce insulin. Metformin also helps reduce blood sugar levels.
Overall, all three sulfonylureas were associated with a more than 50 percent greater risk of death compared to metformin, according to the study, which was funded by drug company Astra Zeneca.
The researchers also found that, among diabetes patients with heart disease, glipizide was associated with a 41 percent greater risk of death and glyburide was associated with a 38 percent greater risk of death, compared with glimepiride and metformin.
According to one expert not connected to the study, the new data could provide some guidance for patients.
"Patients taking sulfonylureas should be made aware of this increased risk of death and other oral options for glycemic [blood sugar] control should be discussed," said Dr. Spyros Mezitis, an endocrinologist at Lenox Hill Hospital in New York City.
The study was to be presented Sunday at The Endocrine Society's annual meeting in Houston.
"We have clearly demonstrated that metformin is associated with a substantial reduction in mortality risk, and, thus, should be the preferred first-line agent, if one has a choice between metformin and a sulfonylurea," said study author Dr. Kevin M. Pantalone, an endocrinologist at Summa Western Reserve Hospital in Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio.
He conducted the study with a team of researchers from Cleveland Clinic.
Another expert said the study may have "enormous clinical implications."
Dr. Minisha Sood, also an endocrinologist at Lenox Hill, said that sulfonylureas may fare worse than metformin because the former might "interfere" with cardiovascular processes that strengthen and protect heart tissue so it becomes more resilient should a cardiac event occur.
"What's interesting about this study is that all three sulfonylureas examined led to increased mortality rates vs. metformin in the entire cohort study, which included patients without coronary artery disease," Sood added. "Does this mean that we shouldn't be prescribing sulfonylureas at all? I think prospective trials are needed to answer that question, so the jury is still out."
Nearly 26 million people in the United States have diabetes, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Many of these patients also have other health problems, including heart disease.
Findings presented at medical meetings are typically considered preliminary until published in a peer-reviewed journal.
The U.S. National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases has more about diabetes medicines.