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Is there any official or unofficial word on release date of Vista compatible ver of ZAP?
Must get FW for wife's new laptop - NOW. It came w/ Mc's ISS. I remember why I abandoned it yrs ago!
Could use Vista's FW temporarily, but really don't want to fool w/ it unless forced to.
Don't really want to go to any suite, or ZA Free.
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Ferrari president Luca di Montezemolo wants to know why his team appeared to be off the pace during pre-season testing.
At the final test at the Circuit de Catalunya, Ferrari technical director Pat Fry said the team would struggle to fight for podiums without an improvement, adding: "I am disappointed by our performance level at the moment; I think we've got a lot of work to do." Fernando Alonso said he expected the team to "suffer" at the opening rounds, although he has since played down the problems the team faces.
"I hope that it is not true that we are going to suffer at the beginning, although Alonso is always very objective," Montezemolo told Gazzetta dello Sport at the Geneva motorshow. "I would like to understand why and above all understand how we can very quickly make the necessary changes."
He also took the opportunity to reiterate his gripes about Formula One's current emphasis on aerodynamics.
"I don't like this F1," Montezemolo added. "The aerodynamics count for 90% and only the KERS makes developments possible that can be used in the production of road cars."
F1 chief executive Bernie Ecclestone, meanwhile, is backing Ferrari to recover.
"I am convinced they will rise again soon and that a preliminary assessment can only be made after the first two or three [races]," he told Sky. "I similarly think that McLaren will fight for the title. They could be the real surprise and it is already clear from the tests that they are very competitive."

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Location: Innovative Fruit Production, Improvement and ProtectionTitle: CBF gene expression in peach leaf and bark tissues is gated by a circadian clock Author
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Publication Acceptance Date: 4/30/2012
Publication Date: 7/15/2012
Citation: Wisniewski, M.E., Bassett, C.L., Norelli, J.L., Artlip, T.S. 2012. CBF gene expression in peach leaf and bark tissues is gated by a circadian clock [abstract]. ASHS National Conference Program. p. 45. Interpretive Summary:
Technical Abstract: CBFs regulate a host of genes (CBF-regulon) that respond to low temperature and play a role in cold acclimation. In peach, (Prunus persica) there are at least 4 CBF genes situated in tandem on scaffold 5 of the peach genome. This is in contrast to apple (Malus x domestica) where there are 5 complete CBF genes that are not in tandem and are distributed on different linkage groups. CBF gene expression induced by low temperature has also been shown to be gated by a circadian clock (Fowler et al., 2005. Plant Physiol 137:961-968). In contrast to herbaceous plants, CBF gene expression patterns in woody plants are more complex. The present study was conducted to determine if CBF gene expression in peach leaf and bark tissues was also influenced by a circadian clock. One-year-old 'Loring' peach trees grafted on 'Bailey' rootstocks were moved to a Conviron PGV36 growth chamber for 2 weeks with 12h day/ 12h night photoperiod. The light level during the day period was approximately 300 'moles photons m-2 sec-1. A constant temperature of 25 C was maintained. After two weeks of entrainment, a subset of trees was exposed to 4 C under = 100 'moles photons m-2 sec-1 continuous light for up to 48 h. Low temperature exposure was initiated at a Zeitgeber Time (ZT) of either ZT 4 or ZT 16 h (ZT 0 = subjective dawn) and leaf and bark tissues were harvested at various time points during the 48 h exposure. RNA was extracted from leaf and tissue samples and expression levels of 3 of the peach CBF genes were determined using RT-qPCR. Results indicated a distinct gating of CBF gene expression by a circadian clock for all 3 CBF genes and in both leaf and bark tissues. CBF expression in ZT 4 samples showed a clear induction after being placed at 4 C with expression peaking in leaf samples at 6 – 12 hours depending on the specific CBF gene while CBF expression peaked at 12 -24 h in bark tissues. In contrast to ZT 4 samples, CBF gene expression in ZT 16 samples was highly attenuated. These results are in agreement with similar studies in Arabidopsis. Analysis of expression patterns of two CBF-regulated genes (PpDhn1 and PpDhn3) in ZT 4 and ZT 16 samples is currently being conducted to determine the impact of CBF circadian gating on the expression CBF-regulon genes.


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Something seems wrong with BCCI: Supreme Court
Narayanaswami Srinivasan will have to wait for at least another week before again taking charge of the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) as the Supreme Court yesterday declined to revoke its order restraining him from assuming office on his re-election.
With yesterday's decision, Srinivasan has to stay away from office till October 7, when the apex court again takes up the matter, while other office bearers took immediate charge.
Srinivasan was on Sunday unanimously re-elected as the BCCI president for a third year in office. In the absence of Srinivasan, board secretary Sanjay Patel cleared the senior team that was selected in Chennai on Sunday.
Won't affect BCCI
BCCI vice president Rajiv Shukla told IANS that the Supreme Court's postponement of the case won't affect the running of the board. "It is a matter of only four days. For the time being, it is status quo," Shukla told IANS.
Meanwhile, the apex court bench headed by Justice AK Patnaik asked the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) to furnish its proposal under which Srinivasan will be allowed to discharge his duties mandated by the BCCI constitution while completely keeping off the probe into allegations against his son-in-law Gurunath Meiyappan of involvement in spot fixing and betting in the lucrative Indian Premier League (IPL).
The court said this after the BCCI pleaded that Srinivasan be allowed to discharge certain responsibilities as the board chief. Senior counsel Harish Salve, appearing for Cricket Association of Bihar, said they could respond to the suggestion by the BCCI only after receiving the concrete proposal in writing.
The apex court was hearing a petition filed last week by Cricket Association of Bihar (CAB) secretary Aditya Verma pleading that Srinivasan be barred from contesting the BCCI presidential election. He also wanted the SC to issue an interim ban preventing Srinivasan from being a member of any committee of the Indian cricket board.
The petition was filed on the ground that Srinivasan's son-in-law Gurunath Meiyappan is being probed by Mumbai police for placing bets in the IPL matches. The apex court allowed Srinivasan to contest the election but said that he cannot discharge his duties.
In the course of the hearing, the court observed that "so many things are coming about IPL and something seems wrong with the apex cricketing body ... why it has lost its credibility", Justice Patnaik asked BCCI counsel CA Sundaram. "Only things we have to see how far you as BCCI president will affect the probe or prosecution," Justice Patnaik asked Sundaram.
Sundaram urged the court to partially lift its bar as there were certain things that can be done in BCCI only by the president. BCCI told the court that Srinivasan have nothing to do as far as probe was concerned. Salve said BCCI should set up an independent committee that will deal with the matter individually and in-depth.


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A news report says that the Catholic Church in Germany seems to be guilty of the same kinds of crimes that it has committed in the US and Ireland and elsewhere.
A report about child sexual abuse in the Roman Catholic Church in Germany, based on victim accounts and released by the church this week, showed that priests carefully planned their assaults and frequently abused the same children repeatedly for years.
The church's credibility regarding its commitment to an impartial investigation suffered a fresh blow last week when the bishops canceled an independent study into the abuse scandal amid allegations by the independent investigator, Christian Pfeiffer, that the church was censoring information.
Germans were further outraged by reports this week that two Roman Catholic hospitals in Cologne had refused to carry out a gynecological examination on a 25-year-old suspected rape victim. An emergency doctor who had helped the woman told the newspaper Kölner Stadt-Anzeiger that the hospitals cited ethical objections to advise women on unwanted pregnancies and on steps that can be taken to prevent them, like the morning-after pill. The Archdiocese of Cologne denied that the church refuses to treat rape victims. The hospitals blamed a "misunderstanding" and said the matter was under investigation.
Ah, yes, those pesky 'misunderstandings'. Like the ever-popular 'taken out of context' they are convenient ways of avoiding admitting wrongdoing and accountability.
When one sees this kind of global pattern of awful behavior, it definitely points to a structure that is rotten through and through. It is extraordinary to me that the authorities in any country haven't thrown the book at the church. If (say) a school had been guilty of similar long-standing abuses and cover-ups, it would have been shut down. It just shows the negative consequences of the undue respect that religion enjoys.


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I used to be a big fan of Triano. And still am for that matter. But I think he's a REALLY good Internation level coach, and would be a REALLY good NCAA level coach; not the greatest NBA level coach. BUT we're not really looking to win a trophy anytime soon, so I guess we can let him learn just like the young guys on the court.
ADD Whoa, totally off topic. My bad. But Garbagetime started it with the trade Bargs bit. hahaha


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Yes I thought it was permissions so I've been experimenting a bit. I noticed via FTP that the owner for the CSS files (there are 4 of them) was set to 99 99 rather than to me and using PHP5 I couldn't delete them. I reverted back to PHP4 and first downloaded the files to my PC. I then deleted the files on-site and re-uploaded them again via FTP. Doing a refresh showed them as belonging to me. I deleted one of them and then I went into txp admin and re-saved it from there. Checking via FTP showed that it had been saved as 99 99 again. The other 3 files that I had re-uploaded and left in place, when I re-saved those via TXP admin they remained as belonging to me.
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OK thanks Ruud. Looks like a couple of emails are in order. ;)
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Hi Ruud and everyone,
I've been trying to get this to work with the CSS compression directions here.
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So far, I have been unsuccessful. Anyone have any thoughts?
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Raina, those compression techniques turn the CSS file into a PHP file. My plugin was written to achieve the exact opposite: being able to serve the CSS file as a static file instead of using PHP to increase performance.
You don't need PHP to compress CSS. Your webserver can do this by itself if configured to do so. Depending on which webserver software you use, a different technique is needed: mod_gzip (apache 1.3.x), mod_deflate (Apache 2.x), mod_compress (lighttpd)
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ruud wrote:
You don't need PHP to compress CSS.
I'm wondering though, does compression really make any noticable difference to the end users except for in edge cases? Is it worth the gain seeing as external css is cached and hence won't need to be downloaded again on subsequent page loads?
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Compression helps with the speed of delivery. Really though, the benefits of compression are experienced by the host as there is overall. Less data sent per visitor equals a lot less as compared to all the monthly visitors as it relates to any bandwidth quota.
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And strange as it may seem, although the actual compressing takes up some CPU time, it can reduce the server load for two reasons:
- The files are served faster and the corresponding child process of the webserver that is needed to serve the file is available more quickly to serve another file, because compressed (=shorter) files take less time to be transmitted to the visitor. When your webserver is memory-limited instead of CPU limited, using compression can help a lot. The webserver child processes are used more efficiently.
- Network traffic generates interrupts which have to be handled by the kernel and cost CPU time. Compression reduces traffic and the amount of interrupts involved. This lowers the CPU time spend handling interrupts, which (so I've read) can outweigh the additional CPU load caused by compressing.
But as Eric says, one of the main benefits is cost reduction. After I added compression for static files on a server that I manage, bandwidth usage dropped 30-40%. Most of the websites involved contained mostly text, not a lot of images. That reduction was enough to avoid paying $135 extra each month (!) for additional bandwidth.
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ruud wrote:
And strange as it may seem, although the actual compressing takes up some CPU time, it can reduce the server load…
Makes sense. Just wish someone could convince my hoster of this. Their answer on the subject:
mod_gzip is not a possibility on the server, as the associated loads (and temporary file generation) are insufficient. If this was a dedicated server then it wouldnt be a problem, but high loads on a shared server can cause serious issues.
rvm_css has still helped a lot in terms of perceived site speed though. It rocks.
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Ruud, how are you handling changes in the CSS file in the 'css' directory?
I am used to edit my static CSS file with a feature rich editor which is getting the file via FTP.
I assume that saving the file via FTP results in a conflict with the CSS stored in the database.
Is there a possibility to synchronize the files via date?
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Nationally, one-third of all nursing home expenses are paid out-of-pocket by individuals and their families, and about half are paid by state Medicaid programs. Long-term care expenses are generally not paid for by Medicare, Medicare supplement insurance, or the major medical health insurance provided by most employers.
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Medicare does not cover homemaker services or custodial care provided by home health aides unless the individual is also receiving skilled care such as nursing or therapy and the custodial care is related to the treatment of the illness or injury. However, there are limits on the number of days and hours of care an individual can receive.
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To receive Medicaid assistance, you must meet federal poverty guidelines for income and assets and may have to spend down or use up most of your assets on health care. Many people begin paying for nursing home care out of their own pockets and spend down their financial resources until they become eligible for Medicaid. They then turn to Medicaid to pay part or all of their nursing home expenses.
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Photographer's Note
Flagstaff, Arizona, was a fairly ordinary city, but I did shoot this. I saved most of my film shots for the nearby Grand Canyon. Flagstaff is about a mile above sea level, so the intense blue sky is natural, albeit polarized.
"Flagstaff (Navajo: Kinłání) is a city located in northern Arizona, in the southwestern United States. In July 2006, the city's estimated population was 58,213. The population of the Metropolitan Statistical Area was estimated at 127,450 in 2007. It is the county seat of Coconino County. The city is named after a Ponderosa Pine flagpole made by a scouting party from Boston (known as the "Flagstaff Tea Party") to celebrate the United States Centennial on July 4, 1876.
Flagstaff lies near the southwestern edge of the Colorado Plateau, along the western side of the largest contiguous Ponderosa Pine forest in the continental United States. Flagstaff is located adjacent to Mount Elden, just south of the San Francisco Peaks, the highest mountain range in the state of Arizona. Humphreys Peak, the highest point in Arizona at 12,633 feet (3,850 m), is located about 10 miles (16 km) north of Flagstaff in Kachina Peaks Wilderness."
Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flagstaff,_Arizona
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besnard (58011) 2009-07-13 6:52
Bonjour Chris
Un bon cliché de cette tour de l'horloge en brique à l'architecture intéressante et bien cadré.
Merci pour le partage et bonne journée.
jurek1951 (42198) 2009-07-13 6:55
Hi Chris,
What a great point of view and excelleny lighting and perspective.Very nice colours,
snunney (115385) 2009-07-13 6:57
Hello Chris,
Good point of view to present the architecture to best advantage. The dark polarised sky makes a splendid contrast with the rich red tones of the stonework. Very good sharpness.
dta (87613) 2009-07-13 7:24
Hello Chris ,
What a sky ! and what a contarst with the red bricks of the building .The sharpness is outstanding , too . The little distorsion and the part of shade don't bother me at all . But , may be , the branches in the corner were not necessary .
bracasha75 (24591) 2009-07-13 7:40
Helo Chris
Nice present of this biulding in Flagstaff
Very good color set
Thanks for sharing
npecanhuk (79319) 2009-07-13 7:59
Oi Chris!
Back in 1983, I passed by FLAGSTAFF on my way from Colorado Springs to LA! Good memories of that long trip!
Your picture is very good, with excellent brightness, sharpness and colors! Interesting architecture, interesting composition!
TFS - congratulations!
Have a great week!
toto (0) 2009-07-13 11:07
belle photo de cette église et de ces bâtiments autours.
Jolies couleurs et bonne netteté de l' ensemble.
Amitiés Thomas
stego (24132) 2009-07-13 11:22
Hi Chris,
Very interesting use of colours, light and shadow, they contribute much to make it quite eye catchy. The main colours (red, green and blue) are all nicely saturated and make a very good looking contrast. The shadow on the FG, so often annoying works well here. I like also the compo, with the tower to the left.
Charo (51212) 2009-07-13 13:46
Hello Chris,
Superb capture of this beautiful building, with a great perspective. The light and colors are excellent and the note.
Best wishes,
barrufeto_77 (28886) 2009-07-13 14:25
Hi Chris.
I'm not sure about this dark area but...anyway, I like the pic.
Nice colours in the building, which has all the focus then.
Rg,s Oscar
dareco (17134) 2009-07-13 15:34
Another place I have visited, although I don't remember this beautiful building!! Awesome colors and detail and a very nice pov. TFS
pierrefonds (77687) 2009-07-13 18:01
Hi Chris,
The presence of the people has an effect of scale. The trees are framing the building. The point of view is showing the details and colors of the clocktower and of the building. There is a good contyrast betweem the colors of the picture. Have a nice day.é
robertosalguero (288) 2009-07-14 0:13
Hello Chris,
This is an interesting building. I really like its architecture though I know is too elaborate. The sky does create a good contrast against the brownish building. A lovely show.
Graal (103038) 2009-07-14 0:16
Bonjour Chris,
another interesting place and presentation from Your archive. Good informations. Architecture like neoghotic style. Well done photo.
Gr., Aleksander
Silvio1953 (164785) 2009-07-14 11:51
Ciao Chris, great view of wonderful buiolding, splendid light and colors, great perspective, very well done, ciao Silvio
danyy (0) 2009-07-14 15:07
Bonjour Chris,
une photo très retravaillée qui ne perd rien de son charme après cette moulinette. Le charme des couleurs vives qui se marient bien et celui d'un ciel bleu très amical.
AiresSantos (56155) 2009-07-15 2:16
Hi Chris
Fine view of this clocktower in Flagstaff.
Amazing colours and contrast.
Magnificent details, well framed and done
Have a nice day
PixelTerror (0) 2009-07-15 2:18
Hi Chris
Indeed the blue sky is very nice, also very american with the pick up in the foreground
Have a nice day JY
pablominto (53746) 2009-07-15 8:39
Hello Chris,
I notice this nice building has pretty much the same colour as the desert rocks!
And you're right, rare to see a sky as intensely blue as this...
Well framed, good details!
Pablo -
gunbud (34066) 2009-07-15 20:38
Hi Chris,
Would not expect to see such an old building in this part of the west.
Very nice light brings out rich details and textures to this lovely brownstone with looks impresseve aganist the deep blue sky.
Regards, Tom
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Syria's death toll past 60,000: UN
More than 60,000 people - civilians, regime troops and rebels - have been killed in Syria's civil war, the United Nations said on Wednesday, a toll it described as "truly shocking".
The calculation, the result of a five-month UN project to cross-reference names of the dead, suggests that previous analysis of the carnage caused by almost two years of protests, repression and fighting issued by opposition groups was too conservative.
Even the new figure was likely to be an underestimate, the United Nations high commissioner for human rights suggested, as it ignored incidents with incomplete accounts of victims and could not include those who had been "disposed of" secretly, without their families being informed.
The Syrian war is now twice as bloody as that which put an end to the regime of Col Muammar Gaddafi in Libya last year, despite - or as many critics will now start to say because of - the latter's involvement of concentrated Nato air power.
John McCain, the former United States presidential candidate who has urged President Barack Obama to intervene in the conflict, referred to the figures on his Twitter account yesterday and said the president's policy was no longer "leading from behind" but "waiting from behind".
The UN high commissioner, Navi Pillay, said: "The failure of the international community, in particular the Security Council, to take concrete actions to stop the bloodletting shames us all. Collectively, we have fiddled at the edges while Syria burns."
The bald figures of the death totals, initially put out by overseas-based activist groups such as the Syrian Organisation for Human Rights and the Syrian Network for Human Rights, show the speed with which the uprising escalated into all-out war in 2012.
From the beginning of the uprising - usually dated to the first repression of protests in the southern city of Deraa on March 15, 2011 - it took nine months, until December of that year, for the number of dead to reach 5,000.
The next 5,000 were killed in the subsequent five months, including hundreds in February in the shelling of rebel districts of Homs, the first major siege. From then on, roughly 5,000 people have died every month.
Ms Pillay said the new study had cross-referenced names put out by seven sources, including the Syrian government and activist groups, and eliminated overlaps to come up with a list of 59,648 dead by Nov 30.
"Given there has been no let-up in the conflict since the end of November, we can assume that more than 60,000 people have been killed by the beginning of 2013," she said. "The number of casualties is much higher than we expected, and is truly shocking." Libyan government estimates reckon that around 30,000 people, including Gaddafi regime troops, rebels and civilians, died in the 2011 war there.
With forces loyal to President Bashar al-Assad, who is always said to have had one of the best-equipped armies in the Arab world, continuing to use all their firepower against a slowly advancing opposition, there is little sign that the death toll will tail off significantly in the coming months.
The bloodshed in Syria continued yesterday, most notably when a government air strike on rebels in the eastern Ghouta district of Damascus province hit a petrol station, killing at least 12 people including opposition fighters and possibly up to 50, according to activist groups.
Fighting also continued around Aleppo airport, while rebels launched a third major attack on the airbase at Taftanaz, between Aleppo and Idlib, which is all but surrounded and yet has fought off a number of such assaults in recent months.
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Twitter Mocks Paula Deen's Racism With the Hilarious New Hashtag #PaulasBestDishes
In response to Paula Deen revealing herself as a big ol' racist who isn't afraid of using the n-word, a brand-new hashtag popped up on Twitter to ridicule her: #PaulasBestDishes. And they're all served up with a giant heaping of puns.
We've collected some of our favorites for you below, because who knew that we'd ever have something to mock Paula Deen for that didn't actually include her cholesterol levels?
Uncle Tom's Subservient Sweet Potato Pie #PaulasBestDishes
— Martin (@jawncastmart) June 19, 2013
3/5ths of a flan #PaulasBestDishes
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Nestled on the beach, this St. George's hotel is within 1 mi (2 km) of Pink Gin Beach and Portici Beach. Prickly Bay Beach and St. George's University are also within 3 mi (5 km).
Hotel Features
At Maca Bana Luxury Boutique Resort, relax by an outdoor pool or hit the beach where you can enjoy snorkeling.
Room Amenities
All 7 soundproofed rooms feature free WiFi and Select Comfort beds. Guests can enjoy private spa tubs, and other standard amenities include kitchens with refrigerators and stovetops.Information missing or incorrect? Tell us! Opens in a new window.
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Hotel Amenities
The hotel offers a restaurant. Guests can unwind with a drink at one of the hotel's bars, which include a beach bar and a bar/lounge. Public areas are equipped with complimentary wireless Internet access. A roundtrip airport shuttle is complimentary to guests at scheduled times. This beach hotel also offers an outdoor pool, spa services, and tour/ticket assistance. Concierge services and wedding services can be provided. Onsite self parking is complimentary.
- Beach bar
- Bar/lounge
- Free airport transportation
- Front desk (limited hours)
- Express check-out
- Tours/ticket assistance
- Year Built 2004
- Restaurant
- Free self parking
- Beach sun loungers
- Dry cleaning/laundry service
- Free WiFi
- Babysitting or childcare (surcharge)
- Outdoor pool
- Spa services on site
- Free long-term parking
- Concierge services
- Laundry facilities
- Beach towels
- Total number of rooms - 7
- Number of buildings/towers - 7
- Wedding services
- Garden
- Multilingual staff
Family Friendly Amenities
- Family Hotel
- Outdoor pool
- Free Wi-Fi
- Soundproofed rooms
- Kitchen
- Laundry facilities
- Babysitting or childcare (surcharge)
- In-room childcare (surcharge)
- Full-sized refrigerator/freezer
- Microwave
Available in all rooms: Free WiFi
Available in some public areas: Free WiFi
Free long-term parking, Free self parking
Room Amenities
- Premium bedding
- Furnished balcony
- Access via exterior corridors
- Air conditioning
- Ceiling fan
- Soundproofed rooms
- Phone
- Free bottled water
- Microwave
- Coffee/tea maker
- Kitchen
- Daily housekeeping
- Private bathroom
- Free toiletries
- Hair dryer
- In-room massage available
- Shower only
- Desk
- Iron/ironing board
- In-room safe
- Cookware, dishware, and utensils
- Full-sized refrigerator/freezer
- Stovetop
- Cable TV service
- Free WiFi
- Private spa tub
- Individually furnished
- Individually decorated
- In-room childcare (surcharge)
- Flat-panel TV
- Sleep Number by Select Comfort mattress
- Espresso maker
Where to Eat
The Aquarium Restaurant - This beachfront restaurant specializes in international cuisine and serves lunch, dinner, and light fare. Guests can order drinks at the bar and enjoy alfresco dining (weather permitting). A children's menu is available. Open select days.
La Sirena Beach Bar - This beachfront bar specializes in international cuisine and serves lunch, dinner, and light fare. Guests can enjoy alfresco dining (weather permitting). A children's menu is available. Open select days.
Nearby Things to Do
Recreational amenities at the hotel include an outdoor pool.
The recreational activities listed below are available either on site or nearby; fees may apply.
- Snorkeling on site
- Water skiing nearby
- Surfing/boogie boarding nearby
- Kayaking on site
- Yoga classes/instruction on site
- Pilates classes on site
- Bicycle rentals nearby
- Ecotours nearby
- Rowing or canoeing on site
- Boat tours nearby
- Sailing nearby
- Scuba diving nearby
- Scooter/moped rentals nearby
Spa Services
- Manicures and pedicures
- Body treatments
- Facial treatments
If you have requests for specific accessibility needs, please note them at check-out when you book your room.
Hotel Policies
Check-in time ends at 9:30 PM
Check-in time starts at 3 PM
Minimum check-in age is 18
Special check-in instructions:
Check-out time is 11 AM
Payment types
Children and extra beds
- Children are welcome.
- Rollaway/extra beds are not available.
- Pets not allowed
You need to know
Extra-person charges may apply and vary depending on property policy.
Optional extras
- Early check-in fee: USD 151.85
- Late check-out fee: USD 151.85
Hotel Name
- Maca Bana
- Maca Bana Hotel
- Maca Bana Hotel St. George's
- Maca Bana St. George's
- Maca Bana Grenada/Saint George Parish
- Maca Bana Hotel St. George`s
- Maca Bana St Georges
- Maca Bana Villa St. George's
- Maca Bana Luxury Boutique Resort St. George's
- Maca Bana Luxury Boutique St. George's
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This property offers transfers from the airport. Guests must contact the property with arrival details before travel, using the contact information on the booking confirmation. Only registered guests are allowed in the guestrooms.


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Muddy cross races and the Vittoria Cross Evo XG Tire go together like Lance and the Maillot Jaune. Wide-spaced knobs provide mud-shedding properties, and the ability to run a low PSI (35) allows for optimal grip in sloppy conditions.
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Firstly the description is wrong, there's no way 90PSI is the max rating on theses. 60PSI maybe, but you want to run them at ~35. These are my first tubular cross tires and running at these lower pressure is so nice. I think the XM is the mud tire and these XG's are the "all round" version. The center tread is just right for Nor Cal's dust to mud, and the side knobs grip nicely once you lean the bike over into a turn.
Vittoria Cross EVO XG tubular.
Love these tires. With a 320 TPI casing I get a nice comfy ride quality as well as strentgh. Tread pattern is a classic Grifo style with better cornering knobs. Try the clincher version if your not running tubulars.
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Floor No.6(with elevator)
- Family/child friendly
- Kitchen
- Air conditioning
- Washer/dryer
- Disabled access
- Elevator in building
- Pets allowed
Accommodation summary
|Calle de la Montera, 28013 Madrid, Spain
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Parking free, its necessary to reserve.
Description of the area
Cozy one bedroom apartment recently renovated situated in one of the main avenues of the city such as the Gran Vía If you can reach by subway from the airport to the door of the building. Given its strategic location the city and do their shopping in the exquisite commercial area of Hortaleza, Fuencarral, Preciados and then take an aperitif in one of the many restaurants and tapas bars in the area. Reaches two minutes walk from Puerta del Sol and Plaza Mayor in ten minutes, Plaza de Santa Ana, Royal Theatre, Royal Palace with its gardens, Plaza de Cibeles and the neighborhood of Madrid de los Austrias, few minutes walking you can also go to the most important museums (Prado, Thyssen, Reina Sofia) and large theaters and cinemas, while nightlife available if desired.
Description of apartment
Located on the sixth floor of a building with elevator, wrought iron and wood railing original. The apartment has been recently refurbished respecting its wooden beams that give a warm and welcoming. The kitchen, living room and dining room with hardwood floors, heating and air conditioning are in the same space, with a window through which the sun enters in the morning giving plenty of light. It has a double bed room with two tables, wooden wardrobe and window through which to glimpse the roofs of Old Madrid. The bathroom leaves the room and has a bathtub, sink and toilet.
Communication is excellent public transport to eight meters from the entrance of the building is the metro station Gran Via (lines 1 and 5) and numerous bus lines.
Equipment of the apartment
Bed linen and towels, hair dryer, microwave, washing machine, refrigerator refrigerator, toaster, juicer, kettle for tea, electric cooker, Italian coffee maker, crockery and cutlery, pots and pans, heating and air conditioning , Internet access, elevator, TV, DVD player, stereo, sofa bed for two people.
Late check in - suplement of 30 euros
Domestic animals - suplement of 30 euros
House rules-ENGLISH-
• The HOST and those companions (in the beginning or referred to as the "companions") explicitly mentioned in the Book of Reference of the contract, only them will be able to stay in the apartment. The number of occupants of this property may not be exceed the number of people indicated in the booking reference of the contract, except in the case of children (under three years of age). No pets allowed except from the authorization of the OWNER. If THE HOST did not comply any of these conditions, the OWNER is authorized to require the removal of property without compensation to the HOST.
• The host and guests must vacate the apartment at the time agreed with the owner to sign the contract and before 11:00 on the date scheduled for departure. If this delay his departure without permission from the owner between 11:00 and 15:00, will be charged the amount of 50 €. In the event of a delay between 15:00 and 22:00, shall be paid the amount of a day's stay. OWNER reserves the right to deduct the amount of security deposit without prejudice to the OWNER and THE HOST claim the excess if this took place.
• Late check in - suplement of 30 euros
Domestic animals - suplement of 30 euros
|Price for > 2 guests
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|Maximum Nights
|1 month
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Reviews for this host's other properties
Very central and comfortable apartment less than 2 minutes from the Puerta del Sol and Plaza de Callao, near Chueca, in clean more lively and cosmopolitan area of Madrid and in good condition, ideal for exploring the center of Madrid, and enjoy its cosmopolitan life.
The flat is in good condition within an old, large building, and fully comply with the publicized
Piso muy céntrico y comodo a menos de 2 Minutos de la puerta del Sol y plaza de Callao, cerca del barrio de Chueca, en la zona más viva y cosmopolita de madrid, limpio y en buenas condiciones, ideal para conocer el centro de Madrid, y disfrutar de su vida cosmopolita.
El piso se encuentra en buenas condiciones dentro de un edificio antiguo, amplio, y cumplen totalmente con lo publicitado
The apartment is close to a nice area but the street itself is not that nice and very very noisy, we never got the invoice for our stay (therefore couldnt get it refunded), they charge extra for late check in (a lot) and the apartment was not so nice for such a high price.
The apartment we hired had the sloping roof, as seen in the photos, but the girl who came to give me the keys, he realized that my father did not see and could have problems and very kindly offered another, which we appreciated him, the apartment was clean and with everything necessary, advise contract with them, I will do it again when I return to Madrid.
El apartamento que contrate tenia los techos abuhardillados, como se ve en las fotos, pero la chica que vino a darme las llaves, se percato que mi suegro no veía y podíamos tener problemas y muy amablemente nos ofreció otro, cosa que le agradecimos, el apartamento estaba limpio y con todo lo necesario, aconsejo contratar con ellos, yo lo volveré a hacer cuando vuelva a Madrid.
Cute apartment and excellent location, impossible to get any better located. Despite being in the middle of Gran Via, the apartment is quiet and does not feel any noise from the street; the ceiling is a little low for tall people
Lindo piso y excelente localidad, imposible conseguir algo mejor situado. A pesar de estar en plena gran via, el apartamento es silencioso y no se siente ningun ruido de la calle; el techo es un poco bajo para personas altas
The host cancelled the booking, this review is automated.
we reserved this apartment but we have been moved to another apartment located at CALLE POSTAS 8 of the same owner. The apartment has really nice interior design,and its in the center of madrid, a perfect location.But the whole stay we did not have an internet and the tv at the living room was not workin, we phoned the person in charge and they told us they gonna send someone to fix it but nobody came.Another thing is warm water is not enough for 4 persons, and to think the apartment is for 8 persons, so there were times some of us had to shower cold water. But the worst of all, it was the last day when we noticed that the warm water coming out was dirty, of like yellowish color.Before we left we informed the person in charge so they fix it. But the whole vacation was great despite of these.
The apartment is nice, quite light enters and is aerated, is well equipped to stay a few days, with everything you need for this, two details to improve, the amount of bedding that was left us alone for 1 bed 2 people , when we were staying in the apartment in April, with the inconvenience that this brings, and otherwise cleaning the shower towels, left much to be desired, with bad smells in all of them, something that could be improved, beyond this very recommended if you want to be 2 steps of the main locations in the center of Madrid, thanks!
El apartamento es bonito, entra bastante luz y es aireado, esta bien equipado para unos dias de estancia, con todo lo necesario para ello, 2 detalles a mejorar, la cantidad de ropa de cama que nos dejaron era solo para 1 cama de 2 personas, cuando eramos 4 quedandonos en el apartamento, con los inconvenientes que ello trae, y por otro lado la limpieza de las toallas de ducha,dejaba mucho que desear, con malos olores en todas ellas, aspecto que se podria mejorar, fuera de esto muy recomendable si quieres estar a 2 pasos de las principales lugares del centro de Madrid, gracias!
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To describe our experience regarding the clinical and polysomnographic features of REM sleep behavior disorder (RBD) in childhood.
This was a retrospective chart review of children and adolescents with RBD and REM sleep without atonia. Demographics, and clinical and polysomnographic information were tabulated. Our findings were compared with those in the existing literature.
The 15 subjects identified (13 RBD and 2 having REM sleep without atonia) had a mean age at diagnosis of 9.5 years (range 3-17 years); 11/15 (73%) were male. Nightmares were reported in 13/15 and excessive daytime sleepiness in 6/15. Two children had caused bodily harm to bedmate siblings. Comorbidities, which were multiple in some subjects, included anxiety (8/15), attention deficit disorder (10/15), nonspecific developmental delay (6/15), Smith-Magenis syndrome (1/15), pervasive developmental disorder (1/15), narcolepsy (1/15), idiopathic hypersomnia (1/15), and Moebius Syndrome (1/15). Abnormal MRI scans were seen in 5/8 evaluated subjects. Treatments consisted of clonazepam (10/15), melatonin (2/15), and discontinuation of a tricyclic agent (1/15), with a favorable response in 11 of 13. Two of 15 patients with REM sleep without atonia did not require pharmacotherapy.
RBD in children may be associated with neurodevelopmental disabilities, narcolepsy, or medication use. It seems to be modestly responsive to benzodiazepines or melatonin. The etiology is distinct from that of common childhood arousal parasomnias and RBD in adults; congenital and neurodevelopmental disorders, medication effect, and narcolepsy coexisted in some, but none had an extrapyramidal neurodegenerative disorder.
Lloyd R; Tippmann-Peikert M; Slocumb N; Kotagal S. Characteristics of REM sleep behavior disorder in childhood. J Clin Sleep Med 2012;8(2):127-131.
REM sleep behavior disorder (RBD) was initially described by Schenck et al. in 1986 as a REM sleep related parasomnia of older men.1 It is now recognized as a disorder of all ages and both sexes, though still predominately occurring in men.2,3
In adults, there is clear association of RBD with synucleinopathic degenerative disorders such as Parkinson disease, dementia with Lewy bodies, and multiple system atrophy.4–6 The condition is also a side effect of treatment with medications such as selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs).6,7
The hallmark of RBD is preservation of muscle tone during REM sleep, allowing for motor dream enactment that is sometimes aggressive or violent in nature, leading to injury to self, others, or property. The pathophysiologic mechanisms of this disorder have been discussed by Boeve et al.8,9 There is dysregulation of inhibitory brainstem motor mechanisms. While the exact pathway in humans has not been determined, neuroimaging data from the few published human RBD cases associated with structural lesions have implicated the dorsal midbrain and pons. Studies in cats suggest involvement of the subcoeruleus region, while those in rats point to the sublaterodorsal nucleus as crucial to the development of RBD.8,9
Polysomnographic monitoring reveals increased muscle tone in the chin, arm, and leg electromyograms (EMGs). On video surveillance, the patient can be witnessed having activity of the extremities and body, often in an aggressive manner, sometimes associated with yelling. While RBD has important implications in adults from the standpoint of prognosis, the long-term implications in childhood are unknown.
Current Knowledge/Study Rationale: REM sleep behavior disorder was originally described as a parasomnia in older men. It is now recognized as a disorder of all ages and both sexes but most likely occurs more frequently in children than identified. The clinical and polysomnographic characteristics of this disorder during childhood need further characterization.
Study Impact: This study will hopefully increase the awareness of RBD in children. It describes commonly associated conditions with RBD in children including centrally mediated hypersomnia, pharmacologic agents, neurodevelopmental disorders and structural brainstem abnormalities.
There have been several small case reports of children with RBD. In 1975 Barros-Ferreira et al. reported a case of an 8-year-old girl with a brainstem tumor who had clinical signs of RBD with polysomnographic evidence of atonia before RBD was a defined entity.10 Schenck et al. described a 10-year-old girl who had clinical RBD after removal of a midline cerebellar astrocytoma; interestingly, her healthy 8-year-old brother had similar aperiodic movements in NREM and REM but without clinical sleep disturbance.11 Turner et al. reported a 16-year-old male with narcolepsy and clinical RBD.12 Schenck and Mahowald described 17 narcoleptic patients with RBD, of whom 3 were between the ages of 10 and 19 years.13 Nevsimalova et al. documented 2 girls, ages 7 and 9, with narcolepsy-cataplexy in whom RBD was one of the initial symptoms.14 Sheldon and Jacobsen identified 5 children who met the criteria for RBD and described the clinical and polysomnographic characteristics of these patients, one of whom had narcolepsy.2 RBD has also been linked to juvenile Parkinson disease15 and with autism in children.16
Based upon the above information, it appears that the pediatric RBD literature is composed of small case series. We wish to report the clinical and polysomnogram findings and our experience in a slightly larger case series of 13 subjects who met diagnostic criteria for RBD and an additional 2 who had REM sleep without atonia.
This was a descriptive study of children and adolescents seen at our sleep center between 2000 and 2010 with RBD or REM sleep without atonia on overnight polysomnogram (PSG) and simultaneous video monitoring. The study was approved by the institutional review board.
Patients were identified by cross-matching age at time of initial evaluation with diagnostic codes of RBD or REM without atonia. Diagnosis was based on: (a) polysomnographic evidence of REM sleep without atonia, or (b) clinical history of parasomnia combined with PSG evidence of REM sleep without atonia. Exclusion criteria were: (a) age < 1 year or > 18 years at the time of sleep evaluation; (b) seizure disorder; and (c) sleep disordered breathing. We excluded patients with seizures because there was not a 16-lead EEG (2 patients), or the EEG was abnormal and it was difficult to tell if they were having seizures (2 patients).
The polysomnogram was conducted as an all-night examination in accordance with standards defined by the American Academy of Sleep Medicine, with the addition of a bitemporal and parasagittal 16-lead EEG. Scoring of the PSG was conducted initially by certified PSG technicians, followed by independent review by 2 certified sleep specialists (RL + MTP or SK +MTP), utilizing standard criteria described by Rechtschaffen and Kales17 or the American Academy of Sleep Medicine Manual for the Scoring of Sleep and Associated Events.18 For patients diagnosed since 2007, sustained tonic muscle activity in REM sleep was defined as a 30-sec epoch of REM sleep with ≥ 50% of the epoch having chin EMG amplitude greater than the minimum amplitude seen in NREM. Excessive transient muscle activity (phasic activity) in REM sleep was defined as 50% of an epoch of REM sleep containing bursts of transient muscle activity. These bursts had to be 0.1-5.0 seconds in duration and ≥ 4 times as high in amplitude as the background EMG activity. This is comparable to the criterion utilized by Sheldon et al.,2 where increased tone was defined as lasting > 3 sec and < 15 sec as per Rechtschaffen and Kales.17
In all, 22 patients were identified with REM without atonia. Four were excluded because of seizures (2 with no 16-lead EEG and 2 with very abnormal EEGs throughout), and 3 because of sleep disordered breathing, leaving 15 subjects (12 Caucasian, 2 half-African American, and 1 Hispanic). In these 15 patients, the mean age at diagnosis was 9.5 years (range 3.7 to 17.9 years), with 11 of 15 (73%) being male. Demographic information is listed in Table 1. Two patients presented with excessive daytime sleepiness only and were found to have REM without atonia. Nightmares were either reported or suspected in 13 of 15 patients. Parents of this group described sleep disruption with crying out and flailing of the arms and legs that was suspicious for dream enactment behavior. Ten of 13 had recollection of vivid frightening dreams involving violence or chasing; 2 had caused bodily harm to bedmate siblings. The 2 youngest (3 and 4 years) had speech apraxia and were unable to describe dream content.
Demographics, presenting complaints, family history of parasomnia
[i] ADD, attention deficit disorder; ADHD, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder; DD, developmental delay; EDS, excessive daytime sleepiness; FTT, failure to thrive; LD, learning disability; NF-1, neurofibromatosis, type 1; OCD, obsessive compulsive disorder; PDD, pervasive developmental disorder; SIMD, sleep initiation and maintenance difficulties.
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Comorbid conditions and medications are listed in Table 2. They included anxiety (8/15), ADHD or inattentiveness (10/15), nonspecific developmental delay and learning disabilities (6/15), Smith-Magenis syndrome (1/15), pervasive developmental delay (1/15), non-accidental trauma with skull fracture in infancy (1/15), narcolepsy (1/15), idiopathic hypersomnia (1/15) and Moebius Syndrome (1/15). Magnetic resonance imaging of the brain was abnormal in 5/9 subjects who had undergone imaging, one with Chiari I malformation, 2 with midbrain pilocytic astrocytoma, one with a nonspecific vascular malformation in the right frontal region, and one with a pituitary cyst. Three patients were taking SSRIs. EEG monitoring was normal in all patients, with the exception of 2 who had the nonspecific finding of alpha intrusion.
Comorbidities, neuroimaging, medication and treatment information
[i] ADD, attention deficit disorder; ADHD, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder; DD, developmental delay; EDS, excessive daytime sleepiness; FTT, failure to thrive; FU, follow up; IH, idiopathic hypersomnia; LD, learning disability; NF-1, neurofibromatosis, type 1; OCD, obsessive compulsive disorder; PDD, pervasive developmental disorder; PLMD, periodic leg movement disorder; SIMD, sleep initiation and maintenance difficulties; sup, supplement; TX, treatment.
Ten of the 15 patients were treated with clonazepam, with resolution of nightmares and abnormal motor behaviors in 8/10. Of the two who did not respond, one had Smith-Magenis syndrome with significant circadian rhythm disturbances; the other had severe anxiety with both day and night symptoms. Two of the 15 were treated with melatonin before bedtime and had resolution of nocturnal symptoms. One patient was treated with discontinuation of a concurrently administered tricyclic antidepressant, which initially improved her sleep symptoms. However, on follow-up 6 years later, she has been diagnosed with depression and ADHD and has had exacerbation of RBD symptoms on SSRI therapy. Two of the 15 patients did not require pharmacotherapy for REM without atonia on PSG in the absence of dream enactment behaviors.
Two children who presented with EDS only had REM without atonia and no history or demonstration of dream enactment. The remaining 13 children diagnosed with RBD, had unusual nocturnal motor behaviors described in various ways from restless sleep to frankly aggressive behaviors. Vocalization was common and consisted of yelling rather than the more common talking, crying, or mumbling observed in NREM parasomnias other than sleep terrors. Trying to distinguish NREM versus REM related parasomnias can be difficult based on history alone, but RBD was suspected in three of the patients who had a history consistent with dream enactment or injurious behaviors. In retrospect RBD could be considered in the differential diagnoses of all 13 affected patients, but other sleep disorders were considered initially, given the relatively low incidence of RBD.
Motor activity and recollection of vivid scary dreams can occur independently but together could be clues for consideration of RBD especially when motor activity is of a more aggressive nature. It is important to pay careful attention to the chin and leg electromyogram during review of the pediatric polysomnogram. Other PSG parameters were within normal limits with the exception of an elevated periodic limb movement index (> 5) in 6 of 15 patients. There are technical difficulties in diagnosing RBD in childhood, as seizures and obstructive sleep apnea can also lead to augmentation of muscle tone during sleep. While nocturnal seizures typically present in NREM sleep, they may occur rarely in REM sleep as well. The motor activity associated with seizures may be difficult to differentiate from RBD.19,20 Children with sleep disordered breathing may also display excessive motor activity after an obstructive respiratory event, especially in REM sleep, making differentiation from RBD difficult.21
Further, as pointed out by Thirumalai, et al.,16 RBD may be prevalent in children with autism and other neurodevelopmental disorders. Unfortunately, these mentally handicapped children are frequently anxious and uncooperative; thus the diagnostic tool of nocturnal polysomnography is difficult to apply to the population that would likely benefit greatly from it. There was no correlation between onset of symptoms of neurodevelopmental disorders and age at diagnosis of RBD.
Fatigue and sleepiness were the most common presenting complaints and occurred in 9 of 15 patients. Two patients were diagnosed with a centrally mediated hypersomnia, one with narcolepsy and one with idiopathic hypersomnia. Long-term follow up is needed to see if any other patients develop an organic hypersomnia with RBD or REM without atonia being the earliest manifestation.
Learning difficulties, hyperactivity, and mood changes can be a manifestation of sleep disruption in children and were the most common comorbidities found in our study population. Neurobehavioral comorbidities have been described in adults with early onset RBD by Teman et al.7 who found a high incidence of past and present psychiatric diagnoses. It is difficult to determine the causal relationship, i.e., does the sleep disruption of RBD cause neurobehavioral problems, or do the neurobehavioral substrates predispose to RBD. Children with PTSD and abuse may have similar pathophysiologic mechanisms, though there would be increased risk of traumatic brainstem changes with physical abuse.
Medications which have previously been implicated in RBD (SSRIs and tricyclic antidepressants) were also identified in our patient population. Whether these are causative or trigger RBD in neurologically predisposed individuals warrants further investigation. RBD is associated with progressive, synucleinopathic extrapyramidal disorders in adults. In children, there seems to be no such association as congenital and neurodevelopmental disorders, medication effect, and narcolepsy predominate.
Some children (5 of 9 who had abnormal brain MRI scans) with structural lesions or risk for brainstem dysfunction were identified in our review. This was not unexpected in light of the described pathophysiologic mechanisms for RBD. While MRI imaging of the brain was performed for other reasons in our patients, it would be reasonable to consider obtaining an MRI if RBD is diagnosed.
Regarding treatment, most children were responded to a low dose (0.125 mg) of clonazepam, which was titrated upwards as needed, with only one child requiring a dose as high as 0.75 mg. Melatonin dosing ranged from 3 to 5 mg SR. The appropriate duration of therapy is unclear at this time. One child did demonstrate resolution on a follow-up PSG 18 months later, so periodic trials off medication would appear to be warranted, with monitoring for worsening upon discontinuation of medication.
Our study will hopefully increase the awareness of RBD in children and also advance the understanding of pathophysiology of the condition. As has been recently been proposed by Luppi et al.,22 RBD may be the end result of dysfunction in different pathways originating from the hypothalamus or brainstem. Three independent subgroups of patients with RBD/REM sleep without atonia can be seen in our study—those with narcolepsy or idiopathic hypersomnia (subjects #12, 15) likely had impaired hypocretin mediated activation of the ventral gigantocellular nucleus in the medulla, which in turn normally inhibits ventral spinal motor neurons. The second group was composed of subjects with autism and neurodevelopmental disorders, such as attention deficit disorder, Smith-Magenis syndrome, Moebius syndrome, neurofibromatosis type 1, and Tourette syndrome (subjects #2, 3, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 13, 14). Decreased activation of γ-hydroxybutyrate (GABA) mediated pathways is common in children with autism.23 GABA is a key neurotransmitter in the ventral gigantocellular nucleus, and its deficiency might predispose to decreased ability to keep spinal motor neurons hyperpolarized during REM sleep. The third subgroup was composed of those receiving a selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor (subjects #2, 4, 11, 15). Serotonin suppresses REM sleep, but the exact nuclear locus and mechanism of this inhibition are unclear; nevertheless, the quality of REM sleep may be altered, with appearance of features of wakefulness/NREM sleep such as electromyographic tonus and motor behavior. It will be interesting to see if these pathophysiologic concepts can be applied to, and verified in, adults subjects with RBD as well.
RBD was previously believed to affect only older men. It is now known to be a disorder of both sexes and all ages, though more prevalent in older men. It most likely occurs more frequently in children and adolescents than previously recognized. Our study will hopefully increase the awareness of this parasomnia in childhood. Childhood RBD seems to fall into one of three categories:
Those with narcolepsy or idiopathic hypersomnia
Those who have received pharmacological agents that augment muscle tone during REM sleep, such as SSRI agents
Those with neurodevelopmental disorders or structural brainstem abnormalities such as autism, Smith-Magenis syndrome, Moebius syndrome, Chiari malformations, and midline tumors.
RBD may be consequent inadequate inhibitory motor mechanisms in the brainstem during sleep. Some pathophysiologic mechanisms are proposed. The long-term implications of childhood RBD remain unknown. In the short term, it seems to be modestly responsive to benzodiazepines or melatonin.
This was not an industry supported study. The authors have indicated no financial conflicts of interest.
This research was performed at Mayo Clinic.
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Columbus Crew vs. New England Revolution Post-Match Quotes
Saturday, July 20, 2013
On the message to the team postgame:
You have to keep fighting. We played a good ninety minutes and then gave up two goals in the last four minutes of the game. That has to stop. That's too many goals at the end of the game.
On the new formation used tonight:
We created a lot of chances before but didn't score any goals. Obviously we had quality chances when we played in the previous formation but [in this formation] we didn't allow the opposition to create as many chances as they used to. In the game tonight they didn't create too much until they scored a goal.
On the pair of New England goals in stoppage time:
I think we were pushing for the goal; the game was back and forth. We were trying to score in the end, that's why we threw numbers forward. Obviously we put some fresh guys on the field that might get a chance. Ryan Finley had a good chance to score but maybe the shot selection should have been a little bit different. Maybe he should have bent the ball. But credit to the New England defender who blocked the shot.
On improving on offense:
I think you can see who we have on the field and who we have on the bench. We are missing [Jairo] Arrieta and [Eddie] Gaven, two guys who scored 18 goals last season, the two best goal scorers for us. So that definitely is hurting us. The other guys, I mean, this is a young team, they'll learn the ropes and I'm sure they are going to be good, but in this moment we came up short.
On the first-half formation:
We tried to go Dominic [Oduro] on the right and [Aaron] Schoenfeld on the left, Pipa [Higuain] and the two central midfielders going forward as much as possible. We generated some offense, got some corner kicks, and some free kicks around the box and that's what we want to do.
On creating better scoring chances:
We have to feel it. The players who are wide have to want to cross the ball and the other two have to be in the box. So that's how we fix it. They should be in the box. Perfect chance when [Dominic] Oduro passes the ball along the goal-line, if Ben [Speas] was in front of the defender like he was supposed to be, then he probably scores a goal. So that's what we need from the guys: read it, feel it, and then be in the places they are supposed to be.
On making late substitutions:
You have Dominic Oduro, who has eight goals and is our best scorer, and it's tough to take him off the field. If I took him off the field you would ask me, "Why did you take him off the field?" But Ryan Finley was scoring goals for the Reserves. But it's tough to take off the guys who score goals for you. Same with Bernardo Anor, he scored last game, so it's tough to take them off the field. We take them off the field when they are tired. We could generate more offense when we have fresh legs; that's why we waited until then.
On home form:
I would say it's bad results, I wouldn't say it's bad games. If you look at the games we played most of the time we outplayed the teams that we play here. The likes of New York, maybe Colorado was the toughest game. But if you think about the other games, whether it's Montreal, or the other games, I think we played pretty good.
On the Crew's attack:
I thought we created a lot of chances. I thought we were dangerous. I guess that you could say that all that was missing was putting the ball in the back of the net. At the right moment, be clinical, and putt it away.
On conceding two goals in stoppage time:
It's tough. It is not easy to take. This one hurts. We were pushing, felt like we had a good rhythm. Felt like the ones that thought that we were going to get that [goal], and then at the end, they end up sneaking it in. It is very frustrating. We will do everything that we can to fix it, but we have got keep attacking, creating those chances, and putting them away.
On what he thought of his shot in the 89th minute:
Yeah. It would have been nice. No, I thought it was going in [to the net]. It just bent right at the last second. I hit it with my laces, so it bent out, instead of hitting it with the inside so it would have bent in. It was unfortunate. I thought I took it well. I wish it would have gone in.
On New England's late goals:
Yeah, it's kind of a gut check. It's never an easy way to lose a game especially at the depth of it when we were in the game the whole time. Just kind of tough; tough to swallow.
On his role tonight:
In the beginning part of the game when we were playing the four-three-three I was more just sitting in front of Danny [O'Rourke] and Chad [Marshall] and just trying to build the attack. When we switched the four-four-two I had more freedom to move forward. That was when we were trying to score and move the numbers forward. We needed to win this game so that's what we had to do. And like I was saying earlier, these goals weren't goals that broke us down or anything like that. They were just a set piece and one was just a bad give away but that's the most frustrating part of tonight.
On moving forward after a tough loss:
I think we just can't dwell on it, it's over now. So all we have to do is pick up three points and the rest of our games really. We have to do that to move on to the play offs.
On the win:
I'm really proud of our guys because this is not an easy road trip. There was a schedule change early in the season so it was a tough trip any way you slice it. Coming from Colorado to here we knew how important this game was, how important it was after having two loses, that we needed to at least have a better performance. And I think we did that tonight.
On making six changes from Colorado game:
It was a combination [of wanting to mix things up and fatigue]. It was also getting some guys on the field who were little more experienced; we went a little more experienced tonight. Key guys for us, I talked to Juan [Toja], Diego [Fagundez] and Lee [Nguyen] and said that we were going with a harder, physical lineup and I wanted to make sure that as the game broke open those guys influenced the game and they certainly did.
On the impact of the substitutions:
That was exactly the game-plan. It never really works that way; there are certain things that you have to do. But I thought that all three of those guys were willing and ready, knew exactly where they were going in and watched during the game to see where they could impact. And quite frankly they went in and did an excellent job.
On Clyde Simms:
Clyde was itching to get back in and has been playing well, and tonight was a perfect night for Clyde Simms. He set the tone early, was all over [Federico] Higuain, really limiting what he was doing. For me, Clyde would have gone as long as he could, but he was running out. He's not a guy you want to take out, but he hasn't played a ton of games and is still getting fit, but I thought he was excellent.
On Jose Goncalves' goal:
It was exciting. He went up forward and we needed that corner kick.
On scoring tonight after scoring an own goal against Colorado on Wednesday:
I think for Jose [Goncalves], more important for him, was the zero tonight. I thought he did a nice job defending, but the other night he dove in, not something he normally does and I knew he was carrying this team tonight. He wanted to win this game and you could tell. The way he defended, the way he played all night, and then to get the winner was a special thing for him.
On tonight's performance:
I think everyone seems satisfied with the effort today – like we had been saying during the week, this was an important game. We had to bounce back from two bad results and we just wanted to do better. So this was the kind of mentality we came into the game with today and you can see that everyone worked hard. We created the best chances in this game and I think we deserved to win.
On his goal:
For me, it's very important that we won the game – the three points are what's most important. It doesn't matter how it happened. It's over, we learn from our mistakes, and we have to keep going because there are only so many points we can take in this league – this is what I do every day. Yesterday is gone and all we have is today.
On the depth of the team:
I think we've played a lot of games, so some guys are more tired than others. We also have a big squad with enough quality to be able to change or rest some players. I think we can see from tonight that when we needed some fresh legs and they stepped in to help us get this win – they worked really hard. This is the mentality you have to have. It's very hard when you sit on the bench, but you must be ready every week.
On tonight's performance:
It's huge to get out of this mess that we put ourselves in. Obviously we didn't want to lose two games in a row, but it's been our motto all year that if we lose let's get out of it and get a point no matter what we do. That was our mentality going into this game and we pulled through at the end.
On the depth of the team:
It's tough, we had three games in ten days and we've got guys who can come in and help us out – it was good to give us some rest and give us that extra little energy to come in the second half to come in and make a difference. Diego [Fagundez] did well – the whole team did well – the defense stepped up again and were there to create the shutout. It was a huge win for us.
On Jose Goncalves' goal:
He was due for one. I was waiting because we've been working on it [the set piece] throughout the year and it was just one of those things where he had the timing down and was in the right place. Jose got his head to it and it fell down and fell our way. We were fortunate to get the bounce our way, but either way, it was a great goal.


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MORE ON LUPOI: BearTerritory.net
California was atop of the recruiting world just 10 days ago when not one or two but three top recruits verbally committed to the school on national television during the U.S. Army All-American Bowl in San Antonio.
It's the type of haul that figured to set up a school for years.
Now, it might all be over.
The sudden departure of assistant Tosh Lupoi, who left to become defensive run game coordinator and defensive line coach at Pac-12 rival Washington, has left a stellar recruiting class feeling "blindsided."
One player, five-star defensive lineman Ellis McCarthy, already has left - announcing Monday he is now headed to UCLA.
Others could follow.
Five-star defensive back Shaq Thompson, who committed to Cal, then de-committed, then committed again at the Army Bowl, has said he has some thinking to do.
"It's a business," he said on Twitter on Monday. "My family told me and (I) have to do what's best for me."
Four-star receiver Jordan Payton said he is now open to looking at other schools, too.
Four-star linebacker Michael Barton said he's still committed to Cal, but admitted the loss of Lupoi has had an impact on him and other commitments.
"It's a huge deal," he told Rivals.com analyst Adam Gorney. "It blindsided everybody.
"He came by the house a couple days ago and we were talking and he said he was going to stay with Cal but after I talked to him a lot of things kind of unfolded the next few days and led to his decision. I know he did what's best for him and his family but it's kind of tough because he's a player's coach and everybody felt really connected to him."
College recruiting is fickle by nature.
Click Here to view this Link.Verbal commitments are just that, a non-binding proclamation of where a recruit intends to go. Nothing is official until an athlete signs a National Letter of Intent on National Signing Day (Feb. 1 this year).
So even though a verbal commitment is intended to end the recruiting process, it doesn't. Schools continue to recruit players - especially when a coaching change occurs.
Usually it's the hiring or firing of a head coach. But in Cal's case, it's clearly the departure of Lupoi, named the Rivals.com recruiter of the Year in 2010.
"The relationship I built with Coach Tosh was a big factor in my decision to go to Cal," McCarthy said in a text message.
Cal is now scrambling to rebuild its relationship with its commits. It has until Feb. 1 to do so. And while that may not seem like much time to repair relationships that were years in the making, it only needs to look at this weekend to see how quickly things can change in the recruiting world.


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Hi, I found this on Seatown Beach in Dorset. It's about 2 and half inches long.
Thank you.
That's a mid-size one. They can be over a foot long.
- http://www.discussfossils.com/display_topic_threads.asp?ForumID=5&TopicID=1107&PagePosition=2&ThPage=2
It's a Belemnite, however it is too worn to be identified exactly. It is bigger than most, however my biggest is 90 cm, so they can be bigger!
Thank you both for your replies. Very pleased we found a recognisable fossil!! :-)


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Answers to burning questions about Jake and Chester, the adorable pets of Gazette reader Susan Mauney.
Jake and Chester have become celebrities for their numerous photographs on Page 2A of The Gaston Gazette over the years.
Several readers have asked to know more about the adorable dachshunds so we asked their owner Susan Mauney to give us the low down on her pets. Here�s what she had to say:
Where do Jake and Chester come from?
Jake and Chester will turn 4 in August and yes they are out of the same litter.
I got them from Stephanie Wright from Lion's Gate Dachshunds in Fletcher. She only raises dachshunds.
How do you tell them apart?
Chester is my bigger boy and has bigger ears than Jake, which I also call Baby Jake because he is so much smaller.
Do they like each other? Yes, they love each other. Chester will always kiss Jake in the morning and they still like to snuggle in bed together even though they have seperate beds. They never fight but Chester does enjoy taking Jake's toys away from him when playing. They have been together since birth.
I got them when they were six weeks old and only have been apart from one or another for a few hours and that's only when one had to go to the vet and the other did not. They worry if one is not around.
They are both loving and sweet but Chester, even though he is my bigger boy, is shy with strangers at first but warms up to you fast. Jake doesn't meet a stranger. They can be shy around bigger dogs too, since they were scared by a few when they were puppies.
Do they like dressing up?
I have been dressing the boys up since they were 6 weeks old and they love it.
They know what a camera is. I will say "who wants to try on a sweater, coat or collar etc." and they start wagging their tails and jumping up and down to say let me try it on first and they get excited when I say "want to get your picture taken?�
What�s their favorite holiday?
I think their favorite holiday is Christmas. They always get their picture made with Santa Claus (a real one) and then I always take them several times to see the Christmas lights at McAdenville and then we always walk through them on one night as well.
While driving through their heads will be hanging out looking at the lights. On Christmas morning they will each find a stocking filled with toys and treats.
They make all the holidays fun.
What do they like to do most?
Their favorite pastime - chasing squirrels and cats in the neighborhood. (That is with them on a leash and me running with them.)
They love to go for rides and are great on family trips.
They also look forward to going to Happy Dog Cafe in Belmont for Yappy Hour on Saturday afternoons. Did I mention they like to howl too?
Susan Mauney lives and works in Gastonia. Photography is her hobby and she enjoys going on trips, especially to the beach. Jake & Chester are my "kids."
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Dallas police have arrested and charged a family member with capital murder in the killing of a young girl found dead inside a vacant apartment Sunday afternoon.
The body of 5-year-old Kathrine Alejandra Gonzalez was discovered inside an empty, ground-floor apartment at 2:30 p.m. Sunday at the Sontera Palms Apartments in northeast Dallas, police said.
On Monday, police said Gonzalez's cousin, 17-year-old Angel Lizandro Sanches-Zenteno, has been arrested and charged with capital murder in connection with the girl's death.
Gonzalez had been playing outside of her aunt and uncles apartment with her sisters when she disappeared. She, along with her brothers and sisters, were being watched by their aunt and uncle while her parents were at work.
Police said as soon as neighbors in the community realized the girl was missing, many of them were quick to assist in the search for the missing girl — even before police were called at about 11:30 a.m. After officers arrived, many of the residents allowed officers to search their homes and cars for the missing child.
When police arrived, maintenance workers informed them there were a large number of vacant apartments at Sontera Palms. After obtaining a key, officers began what they described as a systematic search of all vacant units. Officers eventually discovered the girl's body inside a unit at the back of the complex, next door to Sanches-Zenteno's apartment.
Police said Monday that the Dallas County medical examiner said preliminary results of the autopsy indicate the girl's cause of death was strangulation.
A witness told police that he saw the girl walking with a person at about noon and that he had seen them together before the girl disappeared. That person in question, along with a number of other people, were taken to Dallas Police Headquarters for questioning.
The investigation into the girl's death is ongoing. The Dallas Police Department asked for anyone with information on this offense to contact detectives at 214-275-1300.
Sanches-Zenteno is being held in the Dallas jail with no bond. Jail records did not list an attorney.