South Africa: Winnie items for sale

JOHANNESBURG (AP) ? Dozens of paintings, a silver tea set and other items belonging to Nelson Mandela's ex-wife Winnie will be auctioned to pay off debts she owes to a South African school.

A law firm representing the Abbotts School in Johannesburg says the auction will be held Tuesday at Winnie Madikizela-Mandela's home in the Soweto township.

South African media say Madikizela-Mandela defaulted on a $2,150 payment to the school, where a relative was studying. A court ruled against her in 2011. Her lawyer declined to comment.

Madikizela-Mandela, whose former husband became president after 27 years in prison, was an anti-apartheid leader in her own right.

In March, forensic experts exhumed two skeletons believed to belong to two young activists last seen at her home 24 years ago. No charges have been filed.

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Soccer referee dies after teenage player punched him in the face

Ricardo Portillo, 46, died Saturday after his brain swelled and he slipped into a coma. Police suspect?a 17-year-old of punching Portillo in the face during a soccer game he was refereeing, after he issued the teen a yellow card.

By Associated Press / May 5, 2013

Johana Portillo, (c.), and her sister Ana Portillo hold hands while Dr. Shawn Smith looks on during a news conference Thursday, at Intermountain Medical Center, in Murray, Utah. Ricardo Portillo, a Utah soccer referee, died Saturday after slipping into a coma. He was punched by a teenage player unhappy with one of his calls.

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Ricardo?Portillo?of Salt Lake City passed away at the hospital, where he was being treated following the assault last weekend, Unified police spokesman Justin Hoyal said Saturday night.

Police have accused a 17-year-old player in a recreational soccer league of punching?Portillo?after the man called a foul on him and issued him a yellow card.

"The suspect was close to?Portillo?and punched him once in the face as a result of the call," Hoyal said in a press release.

The teen, whose name hasn't been released because of his age, has been booked into juvenile detention on suspicion of aggravated assault. Hoyal said authorities will consider additional charges since?Portillo?has died.

An autopsy is planned. No cause of death was released.

Portillo?suffered swelling in his brain and had been listed in critical condition, Dr. Shawn Smith said Thursday at the Intermountain Medical Center in the Salt Lake City suburb of Murray.

The victim's family, which publicly spoke of?Portillo's?plight this past week, has asked for privacy, Hoyal said.

Johana?Portillo, 26, said last week that she wasn't at the April 27 game in the Salt Lake City suburb of Taylorsville, but she said she's been told by witnesses and detectives that the player hit her father in the side of the head.

"When he was writing down his notes, he just came out of nowhere and punched him," she said.

Accounts from a police report,?Portillo's?daughter and others offer more details about what occurred.

The teenager was playing goalie during a game at Eisenhower Junior High School in Taylorsville when?Portillo?issued him a yellow card for pushing an opposing forward trying to score a goal. In soccer, a yellow card is given as a warning to a player for an egregious violation of the rules.

The teenager, quite a bit heavier than?Portillo, began arguing with the referee, then unleashed a punch to his face.?Portillo?seemed fine at first, then asked to be held because he felt dizzy. He sat down and started vomiting blood, triggering his friend to call an ambulance.

When police arrived around noon, the teenager was gone and?Portillo?was laying on the ground in the fetal position. Through translators,?Portillo?told EMTs that his face and back hurt and he felt nauseous. He had no visible injuries and remained conscious. He was considered to be in fair condition when they took him to the Intermountain Medical Center.

But when?Portillo?arrived to the hospital, he slipped into a coma with swelling in his brain. Johana?Portillo?called detectives to let them know his condition had worsened.

That's when detectives intensified their search for the goalie. By Saturday evening, the teenager's father agreed to bring him down to speak with police.

Portillo's?family said he had been attacked before, and Johanna?Portillo?said she and her sisters begged their father to stop refereeing because of the risk from angry players, but he continued because he loved soccer.

"It was his passion," she said. "We could not tell him no."

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Feds: Many causes for dramatic bee disappearance

FILE - This April 25, 2007 file photo shows a colony of honeybees at the Agriculture Department's Bee Research Laboratory in Beltsville, Md. A new federal report blames a combination of problems for a mysterious and dramatic disappearance of U.S. honeybees since 2006. The factors cited include a parasitic mite, multiple viruses, bacteria, poor nutrition and pesticides. Experts say having so many causes makes it harder to do something about what's called colony collapse disorder. The disorder has caused as much as one-third of the nation's bees to just disappear over the winter each year since 2006. The report was issued Thursday by the Agriculture Department and the Environmental Protection Agency. (AP Photo/Haraz N. Ghanbari, File)

FILE - This April 25, 2007 file photo shows a colony of honeybees at the Agriculture Department's Bee Research Laboratory in Beltsville, Md. A new federal report blames a combination of problems for a mysterious and dramatic disappearance of U.S. honeybees since 2006. The factors cited include a parasitic mite, multiple viruses, bacteria, poor nutrition and pesticides. Experts say having so many causes makes it harder to do something about what's called colony collapse disorder. The disorder has caused as much as one-third of the nation's bees to just disappear over the winter each year since 2006. The report was issued Thursday by the Agriculture Department and the Environmental Protection Agency. (AP Photo/Haraz N. Ghanbari, File)

FILE - In this April 25, 2007 file photo, Jeffery Pettis, a top bee scientist at the Agriculture Department's Bee Research Laboratory, talks about his work with honeybees, in Beltsville, Md. A new federal report blames a combination of problems for a mysterious and dramatic disappearance of U.S. honeybees since 2006. The factors cited include a parasitic mite, multiple viruses, bacteria, poor nutrition and pesticides. Experts say having so many causes makes it harder to do something about what's called colony collapse disorder. The disorder has caused as much as one-third of the nation's bees to just disappear over the winter each year since 2006. The report was issued Thursday by the Agriculture Department and the Environmental Protection Agency. (AP Photo/Haraz N. Ghanbari, File)

WASHINGTON (AP) ? A new federal report blames a combination of problems for a mysterious and dramatic disappearance of U.S. honeybees since 2006.

The intertwined factors cited include a parasitic mite, multiple viruses, bacteria, poor nutrition, genetics, habitat loss and pesticides.

The multiple causes make it harder to do something about what's called colony collapse disorder, experts say. The disorder has caused as much as one-third of the nation's bees to just disappear each winter since 2006.

Bees, especially honeybees, are needed to pollinate crops.

The federal report, issued Thursday by the Agriculture Department and the Environmental Protection Agency, said the biggest culprit is the parasitic mite varroa destructor, calling it "the single most detrimental pest of honeybees."

The problem has also hit bee colonies in Europe, where regulators are considering a ban on a type of pesticides known as neonicotinoids that some environmental groups blame for the bee collapse. The U.S. report cites pesticides, but near the bottom of the list of factors. And federal officials and researchers advising them said the science doesn't justify a ban of the pesticides yet.

May Berenbaum, a top bee researcher from the University of Illinois, said in an interview that she was "extremely dubious" that banning the pesticide would have any effect on bee health. She participated in a large conference of scientists that the government brought together last year to figure out what's going on, and the new report is the result of that conference.

Berenbaum said more than 100 different chemicals ? not just the pesticides that may be banned in Europe ? have been found in bee colonies. Scientists find it hard to calculate how they react in different dosages and at different combinations, she said.

Some of these chemicals harm the immune systems of bees or amplify viruses, said Penn State University bee expert Diana Cox-Foster.

At a news conference Thursday, Sonny Ramaswamy, a top USDA official, said the scientific consensus is that there are multiple factors "and you can't parse any one out to be the smoking gun."

USDA bee researcher Jeff Pettis also cited modern farming practices that often leave little forage area for bees.

Dave Gaulson of the University of Stirling in Scotland, who conducted a study last year that implicated the chemical, said he can't disagree with the overall conclusions of the U.S. government report. However, he said it could have emphasized pesticides more.

The environmental group, Pesticide Action Network North America blasted the federal government for not following Europe's lead in looking at a ban of certain pesticides.

Pollinators, like honeybees, are crucial to the U.S. food supply. About $30 billion a year in agriculture depends on their health, said Ramaswamy.

Besides making honey, honeybees pollinate more than 90 flowering crops. Among them are a variety of fruits and vegetables: apples, nuts, avocados, soybeans, asparagus, broccoli, citrus fruit and cranberries. About one-third of the human diet comes from insect-pollinated plants, and the honeybee is responsible for 80 percent of that pollination.

"It affects virtually every American whether they realize it or not," said EPA acting administrator Bob Perciasepe.

Zac Browning, a fourth-generation commercial beekeeper who has hives in Idaho, North Dakota and California, said the nation is "on the brink" of not having enough bees to pollinate its crops.

University of Maryland entomologist David Inouye, who was not part of the federal report, said he agrees that there are multiple causes.

"It's not a simple situation. If it were one factor we would have identified it by now," he said.

Inouye, president-elect of the Ecological Society of America, said the problems in Europe and United States may be slightly different. In America, bee hives are trucked from farm to farm to pollinate large tracts of land and that may help spread the parasites and disease, as well as add stress to the colonies, while in Europe they stay put so those issues may not be as big a factor.

At the news conference, Berenbaum said there's no single solution to the U.S. bee problem: "We're not really well equipped or even used to fighting on multiple fronts."

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Abercrombie Doesn't Want Gross Fat People Wearing Their Clothes

The good folks at Abercrombie & Fitch, it appears, have so little interest in taking fat people's money, they don't even make women's sizes above L or pants above a size 10. Because, you know, why would they? Think of what it would do for the brand! Everybody knows that fat people are all dowdy frumps with no fashion sense?I mean, just look at the clothes they choose to wear, which CLEARLY has absolutely NOTHING to do with the fact that nearly all major brands refuse to create clothes that fit fat people's bodies because of exactly this type of kneejerk anti-fat disgust. More bedazzled tunics patterned like an antique Parisian suitcase, please! That's what we fat ladies like!

Ashley Lutz at Business Insider took a look at Abercrombie's explicitly anti-fat business practices:

It's not surprising that Abercrombie excludes plus-sized women considering the attitude of CEO Mike Jeffries, said Robin Lewis, co-author of The New Rules of Retail and CEO of newsletter The Robin Report.

"He doesn't want larger people shopping in his store, he wants thin and beautiful people," Lewis told Business Insider. "He doesn't want his core customers to see people who aren't as hot as them wearing his clothing. People who wear his clothing should feel like they're one of the 'cool kids.'"

The only reason Abercrombie offers XL and XXL men's sizes is probably to appeal to beefy football players and wrestlers, Lewis said.

Abercrombie reps declined to comment for Lutz's story, but here are some choice old quotes from CEO Jeffries himself:

?It?s almost everything. That?s why we hire good-looking people in our stores. Because good-looking people attract other good-looking people, and we want to market to cool, good-looking people. We don?t market to anyone other than that,? Jeffries said.

Jeffries also told Salon that he wasn't bothered by excluding some customers.

?In every school there are the cool and popular kids, and then there are the not-so-cool kids,? he told the site. ?Candidly, we go after the cool kids. We go after the attractive all-American kid with a great attitude and a lot of friends. A lot of people don?t belong [in our clothes], and they can?t belong. Are we exclusionary? Absolutely."

Well, at least the feeling is mutual, Abercrombie. I don't want my body's personal brand associated with your creepy, predatory, bedbug-infested, bigoted, racist garbage clothes anyway. But, just to sum up real quick, in case this is confusing for anyone: Fat people won't be able to shed the stigma of being unfashionable frumps until we're actually able to purchase fashionable clothes with the freedom and diversity that straight-size people do. Dear stores, I have money. Let me fucking give it to you.

Source: http://jezebel.com/abercrombie-doesnt-want-gross-fat-people-wearing-their-489583439

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Typen Der Alopezie - ArticleSnatch.com

Eine Darmsanierung wirkt also gleich auf mehreren Ebenen dem Haarausfall und den ihn auslsenden Mechanismen entgegen. Bei Mnnern sieht man, dass die Haare ber der Stirn zurckweichen und sich an den Schlfen lichten. Als Nebenwirkung kommt es unter anderem zu vermehrtem Wimpernwachstum. Mit Kosten in vier- bis fnfstelliger Hhe?
Ntige Mittel gibt es jedoch nicht nur fr diesen Fall, sondern auch fr das Haarausfall Stoppen Mnner.Haarausfall stoppen - Wo kriege ich die Arznein dazu?Die hufigsten Arzneimittel zum Haarausfall Stoppen sind in der Apotheke zu bekommen. Sie helfen der Haarwurzel dabei, das durch den Testosteron-Angriff geschwchte Haar wieder aufzubauen. Sie sind zwar viel seltener von der androgenetischen Alopezie betroffen als Mnner, leiden aber psychisch strker unter schtterem Haar, wie die Berliner Dermatologin wei. Schwangere Frauen sollten das Mittel allerdings nicht einnehmen.

Die Mengen reichen jedoch nicht aus, um das Ungeborene einer schwangeren Partnerin zu schdigen. Bei der Kopfhautbiopsie werden meist zwei kleine Gewebeproben im Durchmesser von etwa vier bis sechs Millimetern entnommen. Auch wenn die Haare verkmmert sind, sind die Haarwurzeln meist noch vorhanden und die Haare lassen sich wieder stimulieren. Im weiteren Verlauf lichtet sich das Haar meist auch am Hinterkopf.

Nun beginnt also das groe Rtselraten, welcher der unzhligen in Frage kommenden Auslser denn nun der Schuldige ist. Dabei meiden Sie automatisch smtliche surebildenden Nahrungs- und Genussmittel. Haarausfall stoppen. Nach Behandlungsende wird Ihr gesamtes Haar wieder nachwachsen.

Je nach Krankheitsbild kann man auf verschiedene Wirkstoffe gegen den frhzeitigen Verlust von Haaren zurckgreifen. Problematisch wird es erst dann, wenn mehr Haare ausfallen als nachwachsen, wenn das nachwachsende Haar kaum wchst und nach wenigen Zentimetern schon wieder ausfllt oder wenn der Haarneuwuchs (meist stellenweise) vllig ausbleibt. Ernhrungsumstellung Achten Sie konsequent auf eine gesunde Ernhrung in Form einer basischen Ernhrung.
Wir bei Svenson sind der Meinung, dass man dieses Problem auf natrliche Art behandeln sollte, wenngleich mit der Hilfe von Spezialisten. Ob Sie sich fr spezielle bei Haarausfall geeignete Schler-Salze entscheiden, therische le im Rahmen einer speziell bei Haarausfall wirksamen Aromatherapie einsetzen mchten oder lieber chinesische Heilkruter gegen Haarausfall anwenden, bleibt Ihnen berlassen. Haare, die schon ausgefallen sind, knnen zwar nicht wiedererscheinen, jedoch helfen die Arznein gegen den weiteren Haarausfall sehr gut. Weniger bekannt ist, dass auch eine "simple" Grippe oder Infektionskrankheiten wie Scharlach Haarausfall nach sich ziehen knnen.

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What It's Like Using Google Glass - Business Insider

I've now tried two Internet-connected glasses: Telepathy One and Google Glass.?

Google Glass absolutely blew Telepathy One out of the water, but it's still not necessarily something I could see myself wearing all day, every day.

Last night, two of my colleagues and I spent about an hour testing out Glass.

My first impressions of the device were that it's surprisingly light, rests comfortably on your face, and doesn't look?that?insanely dorky. (Others will disagree.)

When I put them on, a small screen appeared in front of me, right above my right eye. ?

I felt like I was in an entirely new world. All of a sudden, all the information I needed (news, weather, directions, etc.) could be pulled up right in front of my eyes.?But while Glass keeps you hyper-connected to the Internet, it also makes you feel less involved with what's happening in real-life. To put it simply, I felt like a glasshole.

Some people have raised concerns about what would happen if someone runs up to you and says, "Ok, Glass, Google [insert weird, inappropriate word here]!" and runs away. We didn't test that exact scenario, but from my experience, that's a very real and valid concern.?

While wearing Glass, my colleague Alyson Shontell was nearby having a conversation with someone else in the room. Without anyone saying, "Ok, Glass...," Glass picked up on what Alyson said, and then proceeded to do a Google search for "running."?

Another issue is that sometimes you have to say, "Ok, Glass" a few times before the device registers that you're trying to interact with it. After asking Glass a couple of times to Google "Facebook earnings," it beautifully displayed little cards with snippets of text from the New York Times, Wikipedia, and other sources. Theoretically, you're supposed to be able to open up the full text of the article, but it didn't work for me when I tried it.?

The video recording and Google+ integration is pretty neat. You can stream exactly what you're seeing in real time to a Google+ Hangout, while seeing exactly who you're talking to on the screen projected in front of you.

But the video recording feature does raise some privacy concerns, as there's?no indication on Glass that it's recording. Sure, the Glass display remains on while recording, so outsiders could see that your device is doing something,?but not necessarily recording.?

Granted, this is an early prototype so we imagine Google will improve certain features over time.?

All in all, I'm not sure if Google Glass is for me. As much as I want to be excited about it, Glass feels like more of a neat toy than a truly groundbreaking gadget that will revolutionize the human experience.?

Source: http://www.businessinsider.com/what-its-like-using-google-glass-2013-5

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GUSA: A Year in Sport ? Glasgow Guardian

Beatrice Cook

It has been yet another successful year for the Glasgow University Sport Association; alongside the University?s recent triumph at the Glasgow Taxis Cup for the third consecutive year, there has been consistent victory in other areas of club sport, with Glasgow University Women?s Football ?team remaining undefeated in the British University and College Sports (BUCS) Championships ?since February 2011, and the Glasgow University Netball BUCS team dominating over Edinburgh seconds, securing a place in the Conference Cup final to fight to retain their title. However, it is not all about club and competitive sport here at the University of Glasgow. A recent drive to focus on health and wellbeing at the University has been seen in the restructuring of the association?s Council with the introduction of the position of Welfare Convenor, as well as the Sports and Wellbeing Week at the beginning of the second semester. In addition to that, emphasis has been placed on recreational sports and clubs, with the creation of the Recreational Sports League in 2012, opening up sport to a wider collective. GUSA has strived to remain an open and equal institution, and with the coming construction of the new Stevenson Hive Building Project meaning more gym space and increased service levels for all members, it seems that there has never been more of an exciting time for sport at the University of Glasgow.

GUSA has over fifteen thousand members, with approximately two thousand of those students using its facilities on a daily basis; from this statistic alone it is obvious that the association is extremely popular across campus, its partnership with the Sport and Recreation Service (SRS) serving to further strengthen its reputation and influence, whilst its Council, made up of twelve university students elected by their peers, acts on behalf of the student body to ensure a bright future for sport and wellbeing. This popularity was clearly seen at the recent GUSA Council elections, where 1066 votes were cast to decide on who would take up the mantle for one of the seven remaining opposed positions; this is in stark contrast with the other Union elections occurring at the same time. Whilst the Glasgow University Union garnered a respectable 878 returned ballots, the Queen Margaret Union only managed 476 votes, with the healthy turnout for the GUSA elections, where many senior roles within the council were largely unopposed, showing the solid level of support that the association has gathered over the years. Furthermore, by comparing the Student Representative Council (SRC) sabbatical hustings with the GUSA equivalent, the latter having double the turnout, it is evident that students feel they can actively engage and be involved with the association, as well as influencing the future of university sport.

With 48 different clubs and 83 sporting teams affiliated to GUSA competing in BUCS, it is no wonder that this academic year has arguably been the biggest and best yet for the University of Glasgow. The wealth of choice and variety has given new and continuing students the opportunity to get involved in a sport they?ve never tried, or to indulge their competitive side. With groups ranging from the more competition-based hockey, swimming and rugby clubs, to their recreational counterparts, including surfing, ski and snowboarding, as well as canoeing and kayaking, there is a great deal on offer sports-wise. Also, with gym membership at just ?50 for the entire year, this is yet another reason to get involved with GUSA. Moreover, this year has seen the commencement of a recreational sports league, the Glasgow Championship, so for those of us who don?t want to feel under pressure to perform at club level, you have to the chance to participate in regular sporting fixtures in badminton, football, hockey, rugby and squash alongside people of a wide range of performance levels and abilities. This fantastic concept further widens the pool of potential new members, affording students and staff alike the opportunity to get involved in sport in an entirely new and unrestrictive level.

Although this year has seen a distinct move away from the stereotypes of sport, the University of Glasgow still retains its sporting prowess when it comes to the competition stakes; the university?s recent win at the 2013 Glasgow Taxis Cup evidently shows that GUSA has developed a finely tuned machine of sporting excellence, their success adding to Glasgow?s four previous victories at the same competition. In comparison to the previous year?s nail-biting finale, when Glasgow reigned supreme with only a point separating them from rivals Strathclyde, this year?s competition resulted in unparalleled success for Glasgow University, finishing with 49 points overall, compared with Strathclyde?s 35 points and Glasgow Caledonian?s 23.

In addition to this latest victory for the University of Glasgow, GUSA continues to oversee the nurturing of extremely talented sportsmen and women with elite athlete funding. These funds include sports bursaries and the Winning Students scholarship; whilst the former gives those honoured with the bursary both sporting and academic support, as well as taking care of them throughout their competitions and student life, the Winning Students scholarship, Scotland?s national sports scholarship programme, ?supports student athletes with annual scholarships up to ?5,500 to help them achieve their sporting and academic goals.? Furthermore, this year?s GUSA Ball, held on the 9th?of February at the Hilton Hotel, gave the University the opportunity to award these dedicated athletes with a recognition of their achievements; the Rebecca Cooke Award for female athlete of the year went to Ruth Dunn of the prestigious Boat Club, the Bob Wilson Award for best male athlete went to Calum Nicol, a rising star in the field of basketball, while the Glasgow University Triathlon Club were awarded best up and coming club. Dunn and Nicol are amongst many names to look out for in the coming years, and with the 2014 Glasgow Commonwealth Games rapidly approaching, it will undoubtedly be the time for Glasgow University?s finest athletes to step up to the mark.

On a more grandiose scale, the Glasgow University Boat Club, established in 1867, is one of the oldest clubs at the university and arguably the most prominent. Based off-campus in Glasgow Green, it competes on both a Scottish and National level, but certainly the most exciting event in its calendar is the Edinburgh-Glasgow Boat Race. The race, taking place for the first time in 1877, is the second oldest in the UK, with only the famous Oxbridge Boat Race preceding it. According to the Glasgow University Boat Club website, ?Winning is euphoric, losing ? despair?The race is a blur. Heart rates soar, muscles scream with the effort and minds are locked in concentration? Perseverance through all adversities differentiates the winning crew.? This year sees the race taking place on the 25th?of May, and on that day, the media?s attention will turn to see which of the rival Universities will take home the highly sought after title. GUSA?s support has unquestionably helped in GUBC?s success thus far, with access to training facilities at both Glasgow Green and the Stevenson Building allowing the club to harness their full potential.

The general welfare and health of students has always been of great importance to the University, and the introduction of a Welfare Convener in the Council, taken on this year by Leah Tomlinson, as well as the Buddy System and Sport and Wellbeing Week demonstrates GUSA?s continuing dedication to look after its members. The purpose of the newly established Welfare Convener is to ?provide support in the planning and delivery of welfare associated events and initiatives such as the Sport & Wellbeing Week, [being] responsible for the administration and accreditation of the Healthy Body Health Mind award programme [and] works closely with Sport & Recreation in raising the awareness of the benefits of leading an active and healthy lifestyle to the University community.? The success of the Sport and Wellbeing Week at the beginning of the second semester emphasises GUSA?s commitment to providing a better service for all students, with keynote speakers including the inspirational Scottish track cyclist Graeme Obree and activities ranging from free exercise taster sessions, personal training, to talks on healthy eating and eating disorders, there was something to interest everyone. Starting university is a life changing experience, and GUSA strives to ensure that each and every member is given the best possible opportunity at living a healthy student life by promoting a healthy and happy lifestyle. The Buddy System, where disabled students wishing to get involved in sport are specially paired up with GUSA volunteers and given the chance to participate without any physical or mental barriers. This has proved a vital addition to GUSA?s growing list of achievements, further displaying the association?s ability to provide an open and fair service for all students at the university.

GUSA is a strong institution at the University of Glasgow; its drive to secure a bright and fair future for sport has meant that it not only remains a dominant force in competitive sport, but it also provides an open and diverse foundation for new and continuing students by promoting health and wellbeing, as well as equality within sport and a variety of clubs and leagues to interest both staff and students. From its numerous victories at BUCS, the Glasgow Taxis Cup and on a national level, as well as its creation of a recreational league and the Sport and Wellbeing Week, Glasgow University Sports Association has forged a strong relationship with its members, and continues to provide a sports and wellbeing service of unparalleled quality. As an anonymous source once told me, ?Glasgow University Sports Association IS sport.?

Source: http://glasgowguardian.co.uk/2013/05/03/gusa-a-year-in-sport/

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