APBWeb - The Gymnasium http://apbweb.com/forums/ en Fri, 24 May 2013 03:59:18 GMT vBulletin 60 http://apbweb.com/forums/images/styles/VisionCollision/misc/rss.png APBWeb - The Gymnasium http://apbweb.com/forums/ English police profile soccer matches and fans for risk of violence http://apbweb.com/forums/gymnasium/51867-english-police-profile-soccer-matches-fans-risk-violence.html Tue, 21 May 2013 02:20:33 GMT ---Quote--- Just as terrorist threat levels are set according to the authorities’ perception of the current risk, so each soccer match is awarded its own risk level, from A to C, with C being the...
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Just as terrorist threat levels are set according to the authorities’ perception of the current risk, so each soccer match is awarded its own risk level, from A to C, with C being the highest.Variables are considered, including whether the teams are sworn enemies, as with Manchester City and Manchester United; whether fans have a history of bad temper or fighting at previous encounters; whether kickoff time is late in the day, meaning fans are more likely to be drunk; and how crucial the match is to the teams’ fortunes.“If the winner is going to get promoted or the loser’s going to get relegated, there’s something to play for and that might increase the level of disorder,” Holt said.The police tend to know which fans are likely to cause trouble — these are called risk supporters. The police know which pubs they congregate in, and even which buses and trains they are likely to take when traveling to away games. “If we want to go and confront the risk supporters, we can go and occupy their pub,” Holt said.The police can also issue so-called banning orders, which make it illegal for violent fans to go anywhere near their teams’ stadium on match days. Most banning orders last for five years; there are currently some 2,500 in effect in England.The orders have proved particularly effective when teams play abroad. Holt compared the levels of security used to keep violent fans from leaving the country to the layers of an onion, with each layer being more stringent. Some fans are required to turn in their passports; others have to report in person to their local police station during the match. In some cases, the police alert immigration authorities at major exit ports to look out for the miscreants “in case they try to use their brother’s passport,” he said.The police also sometimes bar busloads of away fans from stopping on the highway on the way to the match, to ensure that they drink less and all come as a supervised group. They can, and often do, require fans sitting in the away section — typically filling about 5 percent to 15 percent of the seats in a stadium — to wait until the rest of the stadium is cleared, postmatch, before leaving their seats.They can meet trainloads of supporters at the train and subway stations and escort them to the match. And in extreme situations, they can put the away fans in a “bubble,” meaning they are under guard from the moment they leave their hometowns to the moment they return. This happened recently in a match between Hull City and Huddersfield Town, where the only way for the away Hull fans to get tickets was to travel on special buses under tight supervision.
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/05/21/sp...it-starts.html
]]> The Gymnasium Jenna http://apbweb.com/forums/gymnasium/51867-english-police-profile-soccer-matches-fans-risk-violence.html Fitness Apps http://apbweb.com/forums/gymnasium/51814-fitness-apps.html Mon, 06 May 2013 01:55:06 GMT
Last year I've really been focused on being healthier, and dropped 65 pounds. I have been using map my run app and MyFitnessPal app. What else do you all use?
]]> The Gymnasium 213th http://apbweb.com/forums/gymnasium/51814-fitness-apps.html <![CDATA[New synthetic "N-bomb" drug offers powerful and potentially deadly alternative to LSD or mescaline]]> http://apbweb.com/forums/gymnasium/51810-new-synthetic-n-bomb-drug-offers-powerful-potentially-deadly-alternative-lsd-mescaline.html Mon, 06 May 2013 00:59:00 GMT ---Quote--- A drug marketed as an alternative to LSD or mescaline could be among the most powerful and potentially deadly of the synthetic drugs that have inundated the market in recent years,...
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A drug marketed as an alternative to LSD or mescaline could be among the most powerful and potentially deadly of the synthetic drugs that have inundated the market in recent years, police and physicians believe.A 19-year-old from the West Valley was in a medically induced coma for four days after taking the drug, a synthetic hallucinogen known as "n-bomb," and would have died if he had not received treatment when he did, according to a physician.Scottsdale police are investigating whether the deaths this year of two 18-year-olds are linked to the drug.
'N-bomb' drug stirs fear among police, doctors
]]> The Gymnasium Jenna http://apbweb.com/forums/gymnasium/51810-new-synthetic-n-bomb-drug-offers-powerful-potentially-deadly-alternative-lsd-mescaline.html Referee dies after 17-year-old goalie he called for a foul punches him at soccer game http://apbweb.com/forums/gymnasium/51808-referee-dies-after-17-year-old-goalie-he-called-foul-punches-him-soccer-game.html Mon, 06 May 2013 00:40:47 GMT
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MURRAY, Utah - Ricardo Portillo's daughters had begged him to stop refereeing in a soccer league because of the growing risk of violence from angry players.

Now they're faced with planning his funeral after he succumbed to injuries late Saturday that had put him in a coma for a week since a 17-year-old goalie punched him in the head.

Authorities say the teen punched Portillo after the youth was called for a foul and issued a yellow card.
Soccer Referee Punched By Player In Utah Dies | Corpus Christi, TX | KRISTV.com |
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Jason Collins, who played with the NBA's Boston Celtics and Washington Wizards this season, has disclosed that he is gay, making him the first active openly gay male athlete in the four major American pro team sports.
NBA's Jason Collins comes out as gay - CNN.com
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