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AHL Report Cards: Vyacheslav Trukhno
He caught fire when Marc Pouliot was called to the show. Since being elevated in terms of minutes (both at EVs and PP) Trukhno has enjoyed a tremendous run.
A few days before the Oilers called up Pouliot (March 3), Trukhno began a 12-game point scoring streak that saw him go 8-8-16 over that time. It is the longest in the AHL by a rookie this season and the 5th longest overall.
All of this second half scoring has made Trukhno's splits a revelation: from October until the end of January (36gp, 5-9-14 .389 -9) pales in comparison to February and March (21gp, 8-10-18 .857 -7) and implies the light went on and at age 20 he can handle the AHL.
The PP/EV numbers are even more striking. Trukhno (based on this season) would appear to be even more one dimensional than Rob Schremp. Here's the list of PP leaders among Falcons forwards (ranked by ppg):
- Schremp 71gp, 11-27-38 .535
- Pouliot 50gp, 7-11-18 .360
- Trukhno 57gp, 9-10-19 .333
- Spurgeon 12gp, 0-3-3 .250
- Jacques 38gp, 5-4-9 .237
- Reddox 58gp, 1-8-9 .155
- Goulet 33gp, 2-2-4 .121
- McDonald 66gp, 4-4-8 .121
- Johansson 25gp, 1-1-2 .080
- O'Marra 30gp, 0-2-2 .067
- Bodie 55gp, 0-1-1 .018
- Sestito 70gp, 0-1-1 .014
- Almtorp 36gp, 0-0-0 .000
59% of Truhno's offense this year has come on the PP and although Schremp was a superior PP performer in his rookie AHL season (69gp, 9-19-28 .405ppg) he would appear to belong to the Schremp family of powerplay specialists. I cannot get completely accurate info from the Q site (powerplay assists are not listed) but only 9 of his 25 goals last year (or 36%) came with the man advantage.
There was a time (before the run) when Trukhno looked dead in the water and we shouldn't overvalue the recent surge. Having said that, over the last 15 games or so his results have been keeping with his own established level of ability at lower levels and could very well be a matter of a young man settling in after taking some time to find his way as a pro.
The PP/EV ratio and slow start are a concern, but to at least some extent Trukhno has turned his season around since February.
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Connelly filed a ruling and order in the case of PETA v. Karen Ross, Secretary of the California Department of Food and Agriculture (CDFA). PETA had objected to claims made by producers in advertising by the California Milk Advisory Board (CMAB) that dairy families care for the livestock that support them and their dairies. While not yet completely dismissing the PETA action as frivolous, the court reprimanded the vegan activist organization.
The dairy producers objected and refused to comply with these outrageous demands," Marsh notes. "CDFA, the state Attorney General, and attorneys for the CMAB objected as well and went to court on the families' behalf. PETA's subpoenas were harassing and inappropriate. The court found that PETA itself had amazingly claimed the subpoenaed documents were 'anecdotal and hearsay evidence [that] is not probative to demonstrate the existence of the alleged industrywide practices and standards touted by the Board in the challenged advertising.'"
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ALBANY, Ga. -- While 2010 was a rough ride for Albany and most of the country, Albany-Dougherty Economic Development Commission President Ted Clem, sees brighter days on the horizon.
"Our goal the past year was to capture whatever projects we could," Clem told the Dougherty County Rotary Club Tuesday at Doublegate Country Club. "We knew 2010 was not going to be an easy year for us, but it was a difficult year all around.
"Still, we have a lot to offer in Albany and Dougherty County, and many people often take that for granted."
Clem said he and his staff are entering 2011 with renewed enthusiasm and taking aim at four areas of opportunity -- defense and logistics, corporate support, manufacturing and health care.
Over the past four months, five defense contractors -- BAE Systems, CBIA & Associates, S.A.C., General Dynamics and Lockheed Martin have all open shops in Albany.
Clem thinks that trend will continue.
"An urban market like Albany with the Marine Corps Logistics base is a perfect fit for these companies," said Clem. "We feel the best opportunity for us is with military and defense. We met recently with eight or nine of the Marine Corps brass at the Pentagon and their primary concern was equipping the fighting Marine. That is the core mission of MCLB."
Clem also thinks there are opportunities for Albany and the base to benefit from Secretary of Defense Robert Gates' decision last month to scrap the $14 billion Expeditionary Fighting Vehicle program.
"With the future of the EFV in doubt, the Marines have a decision to make -- do they downgrade the EFV program or do they upgrade the existing AAVs (Amphibious Assault Vehicle) they've used for the past 40 years?
"If the decision is made to upgrade the AAV, much of the work will be done here which will be good for Albany. Plus, we anticipate a very rapid ramp up of labor by those defense companies which will do that work."
Clem, however, noted that the EDC has other cards up its sleeve.
"Albany is viewed as a competitive community with quality industrial sites," said Clem. "We are also taking a hard look at the food and beverage industry because of our local agricultural advantages."
EDC Senior Vice President Andrea Schruijer stressed that the EDC will do everything it can to make life easier for existing businesses.
"We've found it can be beneficial to concentrate on helping our existing industries," Schruijer said. "If you look at last year, existing businesses invested $25.5 million in the community and created 65 jobs.
"That's as good as bringing one new business to town."
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Digital distribution has made it a lot easier to release games from genres that aren't quite as popular as they used to be. The arcade-style racer, as embodied by the Cruis'n series, Outrun, and so on, is one of the more noteworthy examples. Mad Riders has a lot in common with those games despite its ATV theme and use of rank-based unlockables that are awarded as you play, and is enjoyable if you're willing to put up with some infrequent problems.
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New Orleans, La. - A 16-year-old girl was sexually assaulted on a school bus Monday afternoon, according the New Orleans Police Department.
The incident happened around 1:20pm in the 4300 block of Almonaster Road.
Police say another student on the bus allegedly committed the assault.
The victim told police she and the suspect were the last two passengers on the bus.
The suspect approached the victim and the victim alleges that the suspect sexually assaulted her. The suspect then exited the bus when it arrived at his stop. The victim did not report the incident to the bus driver and exited the bus at her stop.
The victim informed her school counselor about the incident on Thursday.
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Despite that nerf to the drop rate of trash epics in the 5man ICCs, I still see an epic once every run of those three dungeons drop from a mob, and I've been running it since day one...
That hilt? Zip, zero nada, yet people are selling them for 15k on the AH. I'm tempted to get a hilt and trade it for a motorcycle... but hopefully this change fixes the inflation that damn thing causes.


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26 U.S. Code § 5352 - Taxpaid wine bottling house
Source(Added Pub. L. 85–859, title II, § 201,Sept. 2, 1958, 72 Stat. 1378; amended Pub. L. 94–455, title XIX, § 1906(b)(13)(A),Oct. 4, 1976, 90 Stat. 1834; Pub. L. 96–39, title VIII, § 807(a)(42),July 26, 1979, 93 Stat. 287.)
Prior Provisions
A prior section 5352, act Aug. 16, 1954, ch. 736, 68A Stat. 663, consisted of provisions similar to those comprising this section, prior to the general revision of this chapter by Pub. L. 85–859.
1979—Pub. L. 96–39struck out "at premises other than the bottling premises of a distilled spirits plant" after "taxpaid wines".
1976—Pub. L. 94–455struck out "or his delegate" after "Secretary" wherever appearing.
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El Paso,TX (KDBC) — The unusual storm that hit the Borderland Friday evening appeared to many to be a funnel cloud and/or tornado. But, it was actually a "gustnado."
There were multiple reports of a funnel cloud and tornado-like event, but according to Local 4 News Chief Meteorologist Robert Bettes and the National Weather Service it was a weather phenomenon known as a gustnado. The gustnado is a short-lived, low-level rotating cloud that can form during a severe thunderstorm.
Additionally, the storm produced hail in parts of the Borderland.
As of 6:10 p.m., no damage had been reported from the gustnado.
National Weather Service definition of a gustnado: A slang term for a short-lived, ground-based, shallow, vortex that develops on a gust front associated with either thunderstorms or showers. They may only extend to 30 to 300 feet above the ground with no apparent connection to the convective cloud above. They may be accompanied by rain, but usually are 'wispy', or only visible as a debris cloud or dust whirl at or near the ground. Wind speeds can reach 60 to 80 mph, resulting in significant damage, similar to that of a F0 or F1 tornado. However, gustnadoes are not considered to be a tornado, and some cases, it may be difficult to distinguish a gustnado from a tornado. Gustnadoes are not associated with storm-scale rotation (i.e. mesocyclones) that is involved with true tornadoes; they are more likely to be associated visually with a shelf cloud that is found on the forward side of a thunderstorm.


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GREEN BAY, WI (WHBL) - The NFL has given the Green Bay Packers an extension until 4pm Friday to sell the three-thousand remaining tickets to Sunday's Wild Card playoff game against the 49ers. If the tickets don't sell, the game will be blacked out in the Milwaukee, Green Bay and Wausau markets. It would be the first blackout for the Packers since a 1983 playoff game against the Cardinals.
The Cincinnati Bengals and Indianapolis Colts were given the same extension by the NFL in order to avoid blackouts. A postseason game hasn't been blacked-out since 2001, when Baltimore played in Miami in the Wild Card Round.


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The Kentucky Law Journal and the University of Kentucky College of Law present a Symposium on Data Privacy entitled "Your Rights in a Digital World," on Friday, October 10, 2014 from 9:30 – 2:30 pm. The event will take place in the College of Law Courtroom.
This symposium is dedicated to the question of how we govern data privacy when personal data is ubiquitous.
Katherine Beyer, a third year law student at the University of Kentucky College of Law from Richmond, VA, won first place in the 2014 IDEA Student IP Writing Competition.
College of Law Professor Christopher W. Frost was awarded the 2014 Editors' Prize by the American Bankruptcy Law Journal.
UK College of Law was ranked #3 in PreLaw magazine's Best Value Law Schools issue.


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Brumbies chase Jake White through courts to recoup money owed
Georgina Robinson The Brumbies are chasing up to $25,000 from Sharks coach Jake White through the courts after the South African coach walked out on the club halfway through a four-year deal.
Kurtley Beale settles into the quiet life
Georgina Robinson IN A townhouse in the streets directly behind the northern goalposts of Allianz Stadium, Kurtley Beale hosts a Mexican night for his mates.
How Wallabies captain John Eales almost got the knife at secret lunch meeting
Georgina Robinson It was the lunch that almost changed the course of Wallabies history, when rugby powerbrokers met after Australia's 61-22 record loss to South Africa in August 1997.
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English learners are the fastest growing segment of the public
school population in the United States. The National Education
Association (NEA) predicts that by 2025 one in four
students in the U.S. will be from homes where a language other
than English is spoken. California has already reached this
threshold. Moreover, California public schools educate over
one-third of the nation's English Learners ( Source: California
Legislative Analyst's Office report, 2007-08.)
Of California's 6.3 million public school students in 2008-2009,
1.5 million (24%) were considered English learners (EL) and an
additional 19 percent were former English Learners, meaning that
43 percent of the state's school children come from non-English
speaking backgrounds. Although the vast majority of ELs in the
state are Spanish-speaking (85%), more than 50 languages are
represented in the state's EL population. (Source: California Department of
Education Dataquest)
In a 2005 survey of over 5,000 California teachers, Patricia
Gandara (former faculty in the School, now at UCLA) and Julie
Maxwell-Jolly, (former director of the School's Center for
Applied Policy in Education), found that most of the teachers
they surveyed felt ill-prepared to meet the needs of English
learners in their classrooms.
The School's faculty and researchers have deep expertise in
issues surrounding the assessment, teaching and learning of
English learners.
George Yonge, education professor emeritus, is translating
Afrikaans texts from the faculty of education at the University
of Pretoria in South Africa. Yonge says that the depth and
substance of the work done in the faculty has led to his decision
to spend part of his retirement years by making these texts
accessible to a wider audience. Read more at the
University of Pretoria's Web site.
Standardized testing that seeks to measure students' English
language proficiency has improved significantly nationwide since
2001, when Congress passed the No Child Left Behind Act,
according to "English Language Proficiency Assessment in the
Nation: Current Status and Future Practice," a report edited by
Professor Jamal Abedi in November 2007. Read the Executive
Summary. Abedi's 196-page report is the first to summarize
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testing landscape nationwide.
Jamal Abedi will be on sabbatical from UC DAVIS beginning in
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Officer-involved car accident
JEFFERSONVILLE, Ind. – A Jeffersonville, Ind. police officer was injured and rushed to University Hospital after being involved in a car accident while en route to a reported bank robbery.
Police said the armed robbery happened at the Your Community Bank on East 10th Street around 2:30 Monday afternoon.
A responding officer, with his lights and sirens on, was involved in an accident at the intersection of 10th and Main streets in Jeffersonville. The officer has been identified as Robert Grinestaff.
The female driver of the other car was also rushed to University of Louisville Hospital. WHAS11 was told both the officer and the driver of the second car were alert and are expected to be OK.
Police said they are continuing their search for the suspected bank robbery, described only as a white male with a slender build. They are planning to distribute images of the suspect shortly.


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320-322 Oahe St has a Walk Score of 18 out of 100. This location is a Car-Dependent neighborhood so almost all errands require a car.
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Second graders at Crescent Elementary School aren't just stacking cups for fun. They're part of a worldwide movement.
"We are participating in breaking the Guinness Book of World Records with the most groups around the world stacking cups," said Jenny Prom, one of the second grade teachers.
46 countries are involved, and Crescent is one of 37,000 schools.
"We really wanted to participate because what seven or eight year old wouldn't want to break a world record," said Jesse Richter, the other second grade teacher.
The cups are in groups of three or six in all different sizes. Some of the events are timed and the scores recorded. Teachers say students have practiced for weeks.
"They've been going home and telling their parents how excited they are and they've been on their best behavior the past couple of days because they know this day was coming," said Richter.
Teachers say the cup stacking promotes coordination, speed and using different parts of the body.
"They're practicing using both hands which will help them in sports and music and sequencing and pattern for math and reading," said Prom.
But these students are trying not to think too much about it, they just do it.
"I got challenged but it was really hard but actually pretty fun," said Alexia Robinson, one of the second graders who participated.
They hope their efforts will ultimately end up in a world record.
The record to break is half a million people around the world. The students and teachers of the class want to do the activity again next year.
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Alcatraz Day Tour
This tour consists of a ferry ride to Alcatraz and an award winning self guided audio tour of Alcatraz.
Today Alcatraz is San Francisco's most popular tourist attraction, about a million people visit the island each year, but for 30 years it was the most infamous prison in the country.
The ferry ride to Alcatraz takes about 15 minutes. Once on the island, a ranger provides a 5-minute orientation and then you are off to explore the prison. A five minute walk up the hill on the old service road take you from the wharf to the cell house. Along the way you can stop and visit exhibits and enjoy the views. For those with physical disabilities, the park service provides a tram. It runs every hour on the hour.
You enter the cell house from the east side where you pick up your cell audio guide. The award-winning audio tour of the prison Cell House includes actual interviews of former guards and inmates (available in six languages - English, French, German, Italian, Japanese and Spanish). The audio tour is 30 minutes long, but it will take you about 45 minutes to an hour to tour the cell house. This award winning audio tour is excellent.After the audio tour you can wander around the island as long as you wish. The island provides fantastic views of San Francisco, the Golden Gate Bridge, and the San Francisco Bay.
Most people spend about an hour and half on the island, making the total tour time from Fisherman's wharf 2 or 2-1/2 hours. Ferries return every 1/2 hour. You can stay on the island as long as you wish.
We provide a booking service for purchasing Alcatraz tickets. The prices shown on this page includes the booking fee. The tickets will be purchased in your name. You will pickup your tickets at the pre-paid window or the ticket kiosk at Pier 33. We update our inventory daily, but cannot guarantee availability.
No food or drinks on allowed on Alcatraz Island. Alcatraz Island is managed by the National Park Service.
Departure Times: Every half hour between
9:30 am and 5:20 pm. The last departure is at 2:15 pm during the winter months.
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Duration: 2 to 2-1/2hours Ferries return from Alcatraz Island every 1/2 hour. You may stay on the island as long as you wish. Most people spend 2 hours on the tour.
Includes Hotel Pickup: No
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Casual. Alcatraz tends to be foggy in the morning and warmer in the afternoon. Wear layered clothing.
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Carrie Harper is a mixed Media artist living in Kelowna, British Columbia, Canada. Carrie is a student of all things Art and Spirituality, in fact she believes that those things are one and the same. Carrie is inspired by Frida Khalo, Georgia O'keefe, Somerset Studio and her guardian Angels. Most of all she is amazed and inspired by her children.
Carrie Harper studied at The Alberta College of Art and Design in the early 1990's and through the experience she discovered a language of creativity. She appreciated learning a sense of self as well as technical skills. Art school fed right into her fascination with many creative modes and she immersed herself into any medium available; textiles, ceramics, photography, drawing, art history and more. As a painter her childlike love of process shows up in her mixed media work. Carrie uses collage, paint, drawing materials as well as other unexpected mediums. With each she discovers another facet of art making.
For Carrie art is the experience of expression rather than slotting into specific medium or subject.
Carrie believes, good art is not necessarily pretty or appealing, the purpose of art is not always to decorate or please. In our world it is art that sets culture, community and the hum of how we live. Art is never a finished work; painting, poem or play. Art is the story of human connection and the way we come together around those things.
Recently, Harper has built a cultural hub called heART school at 375 Bernard Avenue in Kelowna (conveniently located above Starbucks). There are seven artists working from the space and countless musicians, poets and dancers that visit and inspire. heART school runs workshops, cultural events and listening nights. 2013 has been an astounding year for growth in arts and heART school is proud to be a part of it all!


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Interferon beta 1a
|It has been suggested that this article be merged into IFNB1. (Discuss) Proposed since September 2011.
|Systematic (IUPAC) name
|Human interferon beta
|Clinical data
|Trade names
|Avonex, Rebif, CinnoVex
|Pregnancy cat.
|Legal status
|Sub-cutaneous or Intramuscular Injection
|Pharmacokinetic data
|10 hrs
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Interferon beta 1a (also interferon beta 1-alpha) is a cytokine in the interferon family used to treat multiple sclerosis (MS).[1] It is produced by mammalian cells, while interferon beta 1b is produced in modified E. coli. Some claims have been made that Interferons produce about an 18–38% reduction in the rate of MS relapses.[2]
The assertion that interferon beta in either form can slow the advance of disability in multiple sclerosis is still unproven.[3] Interferons are not a cure for MS (there is no cure); the claim is that interferons may slow the progress of the disease if started early and continued for the duration of the disease.[4]
Interferon beta 1a is sold under the trade names Avonex (Biogen Idec) and Rebif (Merck Serono), (Pfizer); CinnoVex (CinnaGen) is biosimilar.
Mechanism of action[edit]
Interferon beta balances the expression of pro- and anti-inflammatory agents in the brain, and reduces the number of inflammatory cells that cross the blood brain barrier.[5] Overall, therapy with interferon beta leads to a reduction of neuron inflammation.[5] Moreover, it is also thought to increase the production of nerve growth factor and consequently improve neuronal survival.[5] In vitro, interferon beta reduces production of Th17 cells which are a subset of T lymphocytes believed to have a role in the pathophysiology of MS.[6]
Side effects[edit]
Interferon beta 1a is available only in injectable forms, and can cause skin reactions at the injection site that may include cutaneous necrosis. Skin reactions with interferon beta are more common with subcutaneous administration and vary greatly in their clinical presentation.[7] They usually appear within the first month of treatment albeit their frequence and importance diminish after six months of treatment.[7] Skin reactions are more prevalent in women.[7] Mild skin reactions usually do not impede treatment whereas necroses appear in around 5% of patients and lead to the discontinuation of the therapy.[7] Also over time, a visible dent at the injection site due to the local destruction of fat tissue, known as lipoatrophy, may develop.
Interferons, a subclass of cytokines, are produced in the body during illnesses such as influenza in order to help fight the infection. They are responsible of many of the symptoms of influenza infections, including fever, muscle aches, fatigue, and headaches.[8] Many patients report influenza-like symptoms hours after taking interferon beta that usually improve within 24 hours, being such symptoms related to the temporary increase of cytokines.[7][9] This reaction tends to disappear after 3 months of treatment and its symptoms can be treated with over-the-counter nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs, such as ibuprofen, that reduce fever and pain.[7] Another common transient secondary effect with interferon-beta is a functional deterioration of already existing symptoms of the disease.[7] Such deterioration is similar to the one produced in MS patients due to heat, fever or stress (Uhthoff's phenomenon), usually appears within 24 hours of treatment, is more common in the initial months of treatment, and may last several days.[7] A symptom specially sensitive to worsening is spasticity.[7] Interferon-beta can also reduce numbers of white blood cells (leukopenia), lymphocytes (lymphopenia) and neutrophils (neutropenia), as well as affect liver function.[7] In most cases these effects are non-dangerous and reversible after cessation or reduction of treatment.[7] Nevertheless, recommendation is that all patients should be monitored through laboratory blood analyses, including liver function tests, to ensure safe use of interferons.[7]
The injection-site reactions can be mitigated by rotating injection sites or by using one of the medications that requires less frequent injections. Side effects are often onerous enough that many patients ultimately discontinue taking Interferons[citation needed] (or glatiramer acetate, a comparable disease-modifying therapies requiring regular injections).
Clinically isolated syndrome[edit]
The earliest clinical presentation of relapsing-remitting multiple sclerosis is the clinically isolated syndrome (CIS), that is, a single attack of a single symptom. During a CIS, there is a subacute attack suggestive of demyelination but the patient does not fulfill the criteria for diagnosis of multiple sclerosis.[10] Treatment with interferons after an initial attack decreases the risk of developing clinical definite MS.[9][11]
Relapsing-remitting MS[edit]
Medications are modestly effective at decreasing the number of attacks in relapsing-remitting multiple sclerosis and in reducing the accumulation of brain lesions, which is measured using gadolinium-enhanced magnetic resonance imaging (MRI).[9] Interferons reduce relapses by approximately 30% and their safe profile make them the first-line treatments.[9] Nevertheless, not all the patients are responsive to these therapies. It is known that 30% of MS patients are non-responsive to Beta interferon.[12] They can be classified in genetic, pharmacological and pathogenetic non-responders.[12] One of the factors related to non-respondance is the presence of high levels of interferon beta neutralizing antibodies. Interferon therapy, and specially interferon beta 1b, induces the production of neutralizing antibodies, usually in the second 6 months of treatment, in 5 to 30% of treated patients.[9] Moreover, a subset of RRMS patients with specially active MS, sometimes called "rapidly worsening MS" are normally non-responders to interferon beta 1a.[13][14]
While more studies of the long-term effects of the drugs are needed,[4][9] existing data on the effects of interferons indicate that early-initiated long-term therapy is safe and it is related to better outcomes.[4]
A one week dose of Avonex can cost up to $4,704 USD (retail cost of one prefilled 30 mcg syringe. There are four syringes in one kit.
Commercial formulations[edit]
Avonex was approved in the US in 1996, and in Europe in 1997, and is registered in more than 80 countries worldwide. It is the leading MS therapy in the US, with around 40% of the overall market, and in Europe, with around 30% of the overall market.[Source Needed] It is produced by the Biogen Idec biotechnology company, originally under competition protection in the US under the Orphan Drug Act.
Avonex is sold in three formulations, a lyophilized powder requiring reconstitution, a pre-mixed liquid syringe kit, and a pen; it is administered once per week via intramuscular injection.
Rebif is a disease-modifying drug (DMD) used to treat multiple sclerosis in cases of clinically isolated syndromes as well as relapsing forms of multiple sclerosis and is similar to the interferon beta protein produced by the human body. It is co-marketed by Merck Serono and Pfizer in the US under an exception to the Orphan Drug Act. It was approved in Europe in 1998 and in the US in 2002 and is registered in more than 80 countries worldwide. Rebif is administered via subcutaneous injection three times per week, and can be stored at room temperature for up to 30 days.
CinnoVex is the trade name of recombinant Interferon beta 1-a, which is manufactured as biosimilar/biogeneric in Iran. It is produced in a lyophilized form and sold with distilled water for injection. Cinnovex was developed at the Fraunhofer Institute in collaboration with CinnaGen, and is the first therapeutic protein from a Fraunhofer laboratory to be approved as biogeneric / biosimilar medicine. There is several clinical study to proof similarity of CinnoVex and Avonex.[15] A more water-soluble variant is currently being investigated by the Vakzine Projekt Management (VPM) GmbH in Braunschweig, Germany.
Related drugs[edit]
Closely related is Interferon beta 1b, also may be indicated for Multiple Sclerosis, and with a very similar drug profile. Interferon beta 1b is marketed only by Bayer in the US as Betaseron and outside the US as Betaferon.
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- ^ Association between use of interferon beta and progression of disability in patients with relapsing-remitting multiple sclerosis.
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- ^ a b c Kieseier, Bernd C. (1 June 2011). "The Mechanism of Action of Interferon-β in Relapsing Multiple Sclerosis". CNS Drugs 25 (6): 491–502. doi:10.2165/11591110-000000000-00000. PMID 21649449.
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- ^ a b c d e f Compston A, Coles A (October 2008). "Multiple sclerosis". Lancet 372 (9648): 1502–17. doi:10.1016/S0140-6736(08)61620-7. PMID 18970977.
- ^ Miller D, Barkhof F, Montalban X, Thompson A, Filippi M (2005). "Clinically isolated syndromes suggestive of multiple sclerosis, part I: natural history, pathogenesis, diagnosis, and prognosis". Lancet neurology 4 (5): 281–8. doi:10.1016/S1474-4422(05)70071-5. PMID 15847841.
- ^ Bates, D (Jan 4, 2011). "Treatment effects of immunomodulatory therapies at different stages of multiple sclerosis in short-term trials.". Neurology 76 (1 Suppl 1): S14–25. doi:10.1212/WNL.0b013e3182050388. PMID 21205678.
- ^ a b Bertolotto A, Gilli F (September 2008). "Interferon-beta responders and non-responders. A biological approach". Neurological sciences : official journal of the Italian Neurological Society and of the Italian Society of Clinical Neurophysiology. 29 Suppl 2: S216–7. doi:10.1007/s10072-008-0941-2. PMID 18690496.
- ^ Buttinelli C, Clemenzi A, Borriello G, Denaro F, Pozzilli C, Fieschi C. (2007). "Mitoxantrone treatment in multiple sclerosis: a 5-year clinical and MRI follow-up". European Journal of Neurology 14 (11): 1281–7. doi:10.1111/j.1468-1331.2007.01969.x. PMID 17956449.
- ^ Boster A, Edan G, Frohman E, Javed A, Stuve O, Tselis A, Weiner H, Weinstock-Guttman B, Khan O (2008). "Intense immunosuppression in patients with rapidly worsening multiple sclerosis: treatment guidelines for the clinician". Lancet neurology 7 (2): 173–83. doi:10.1016/S1474-4422(08)70020-6. PMID 18207115.
- ^ Nafissi S, Azimi A, Amini-Harandi A, Salami S, shahkarami MA, Heshmat R.,Comparing efficacy and side effects of a weekly intramuscular biogeneric/biosimilar interferon beta-1a with Avonex in relapsing remitting multiple sclerosis: a double blind randomized clinical trial, Clin Neurol Neurosurg. 2012 Sep;114(7) 986-9. doi: 10.1016/j.clineuro.2012.02.039. Epub 2012 Mar 18.


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I was spending a lot more money at one of the office places. Each year they'd raise the price of their calendar. I saw this calender years ago in the catalog. Been ordering them every years since.
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Winter is coming, the country is still digging out of a massive recession, and the poor- are poorer than ever.
In this economic climate, now two members of the LA city council are calling for the city to follow the lead of communities across the nation and ban the feeding of homeless people in public areas.
The proposal comes amid a growing outcry from residents who find their neighborhoods plagued with squatters, waiting for handouts. One man who lives blocks away from a local distribution point says he now has people living in his bushes and his neighbor's crawlspace.
More than 30 cities across the country have enacted similar laws to restrict the feeding of the homeless, according to the National Coalition of the Homeless.
The executive director says this has become a popular tactic, which he refers to as "misguided" to drive people out of downtown areas. Calling the laws "callous and ineffective."
In the LA area, homeless encampments are found throughout the city and county area, causing embarrassment to local municipalities, even as the desperation and hunger grow.
Cuts in federal funding for the homeless and an "early release" program designed to cut prison overcrowding have only exacerbated the problem.
Councilman Tom LaBonge, one of the two members who introduced the resolution, believes the food lines should be moved indoors, saying the well-intentioned efforts have overwhelmed the neighborhoods affected.
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Reports of the demise of U.S. manufacturing have been greatly exaggerated.
Let's start with the most obvious point – and the most shocking to anyone who has spent their time listening to pundits: The U.S. remains the largest manufacturer in the world.
That's right, for all the talk of China eating our lunch, and outsourcing destroying America's factories, we're still number one. Granted, the lead is slim – the U.S. produces about 18.2% of the world's factory output, while China is right behind us at 17.6% - but listening to business news, you'd think we'd shuttered our last factory 30 years ago. That simply isn't the case. The U.S. still has the strongest manufacturing base in the world.
Fine, the skeptic says, but with current trajectories, we'll be behind China soon enough. It was only a few years ago when we produced 22% of all manufactured goods, the surprisingly well-read skeptic continues, while China was producing half that. It may not have happened yet, but we ARE about to get left in the dust.
An understandable reading of the numbers – but entirely wrong.
Why China Is Going Down… And The U.S. Is Heading Up
For years, the outsourcing fad has swept through American industry. But, as detailed in a tremendous piece in The Atlantic by Charles Fishman, that trend is fast reversing. It's being replaced by an insourcing boom.
That's being fed by a number of factors, chief amongst them the death of cheap labor. Chinese workers still are paid much less than their American counterparts… but that's fast changing. Chinese factory worker wages, already five times what they were in 2000, are rising 18% a year – enough to close the gap a good bit.
That, long-term, would be worrying. But when combined with the much higher efficiency of American factory workers – second only to the Japanese – the gap between labor costs closes to a very small gap.
Factor in the overall arc of rising transportation costs… the lower cost of energy in America to run a factory, as our natural gas boom gets underway… the greater need for quick turnarounds in the new internet age of ever-shrinking product cycles… and the higher quality of American goods, and making products onshore makes a lot of sense.
Then there are the hidden costs of outsourcing, well laid out by Fishman. By producing goods in China, it's more or less impossible to protect intellectual property – hence the rise of cheap knock-offs, often produced by the same factories making original branded products.
An innocent screw-up also highlights the difficulty of doing business abroad. One bad shipment – or wrong shipment – can necessitate an airlift of the correct part, and one or two emergency 747 trips completely wipe out any cost savings achieved by making goods overseas.
Finally, there are skills we've lost by sending our manufacturing overseas – skills that inform the design process. Products designed in one place and built in another tend to be much less efficient – and also to become homogeneous, since all designers are grappling with the same problems.
Add it all up, and you've got a number of companies moving production back to America.
The New Trend In Manufacturing
In his article, Fishman profiles General Electric (NYSE: GE), which has moved a number of factory lines stateside, to its long-underutilized Appliance Park. Low-energy water heaters that once were made in China are now being made in the U.S. French-door fridges once made in Mexico have returned stateside. And, starting next year, dishwashers, front-loading washers and dryers all will be made stateside.
The hot-water heater has benefited from a reverse of what's been called the high-tech "IKEA Syndrome" – the number of soldered parts have been reduced, also reducing the chances of having a bum product. The number of parts needed to make the heater has been reduced 20%, while the cost of materials has dropped 25%. The number of hours needed to make the heater went from ten in China to two in the U.S. – actually lowering labor costs. Taken altogether, the sticker price of the heater actually dropped 20% - because it's being made in the U.S.
GE isn't the only one jumping on this bandwagon. Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) CEO Tim Cook has gone on a charm offensive recently showing how the company has moved some of its production lines to the U.S,, with consumers reporting iMacs that say 'Assembled in the USA' instead of the usual 'Made in China.'
Components are also coming home, with the glass used in Apple products made in Kentucky, and the dishwasher racks used in GE products made in Appliance Park.
The fact is, the best designers and factory workers in the world still reside in the developed world – and when you bring them together, you increase innovation, lower costs, and increase speed. Companies like GE and Apple that recognize and act on this knowledge are ahead of the game.
Of course, that applies for complex high-tech parts, but simple goods probably aren't coming home. There's only so many ways to pour plastic into a mold to make toy soldiers or cheaper nuts, for instance. Making those simple parts abroad still makes sense.
But China faces a threat there too.
A New Way Of Producing Goods
We're on the cusp of a shift in manufacturing The Economist has called The Next Industrial Revolution. It's 3D printing, and it's about to cut the legs out from under the low-end manufacturing industry.
In short, innovative companies like 3D Systems (NYSE: DDD) and Stratasys (NASDAQ: SSYS) are now coming out with 3D printers which will allow consumers to make low-end manufactured goods at home, cheaper than from a factory, and custom-made to their own specs.
The printers are already affordable, and will only become moreso. Indeed, some DIY printers come with instructions on how to print out future printers!
It won't happen overnight, but 3D printing is going to change the game for manufacturers. Only exotic materials and high-tech gadgets will even need factories within a decade or so.
That means China is getting squeezed on both sides – it can't produce high-end goods as well as we can in the States, and it is going to see the market for low-end goods shrink in near-future as well.
Many patriotic economists have wondered what will happen to the world when a plutocratic country like China takes the lead. A better question is, how will developed nations lead when cheap-labor countries like China falter over the coming years?
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(Sports Network) - The Buffalo Sabres are back home and will host the Tampa Bay Lightning tonight in the opener of a five-game residency at First Niagara Center.
You can watch the game live on TSN2 and TSN2 Mobile TV at 7:30pm et/4:30pm pt.
Tuesday's game represents the back end of a home-and-home series with the Lightning. The Sabres will also welcome Columbus, Florida, Philadelphia and Calgary to town on the homestand and recently recorded three wins in four road games. However, Buffalo had a three-game winning streak cut short with Saturday's 3-0 loss at Tampa Bay.
Ryan Miller made 23 saves on 25 shots faced in defeat for Buffalo, which was outshot by a 26-21 margin. Miller is still 10 wins from passing Dominik Hasek's franchise record of 234 and owns a 17-5-0 mark all-time against Tampa Bay.
"We didn't win the battles, and that's why we lost the game," said Buffalo forward Ville Leino.
Sabres pivot Tyler Ennis left the game after playing just one shift due to an ankle injury. He is questionable for Tuesday. Right wing Brad Boyes will appear in his 500th consecutive game tonight.
The Lightning have won two in a row since a five-game losing streak and got great goaltending from Mathieu Garon, who made 21 saves to earn his first shutout of the season and 20th of his career. Garon comes into tonight's game with a 1.51 goals-against average and a .948 save percentage.
"The way we play defensively made it easy on me," Garon said. "We blocked a lot of shots and took care of the rebounds. We've played well the last two games."
Pavel Kubina and Martin St. Louis both scored, while Victor Hedman added an empty-net goal for the Lightning, who will visit Nashville after tonight's tilt in upstate New York.
Lightning star Vincent Lecavalier is five assists shy of 450 and one point short of 800 for his career. He is riding a three-game points streak.
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Psychologist David Mellinger diagnosed Eric Howley with post-traumatic stress disorder in 2006. According to court testimony, a specialist at the VA hospital in White River Junction made the same diagnosis.
"It's as if the nervous system is even more likely to misfire and say there is danger when there might not be," Mellinger said.
Mellinger said that condition, which causes sudden agitation, was a contributing factor for the alleged assault at Lake Raponda in Wilmington. Police say Howley roughed up Anton Pike and Mark Ellison while on duty last April. Howley believed they stole his canoe. Police say Howley repeatedly slammed Pike's head against the trunk of his cruiser, and then pushed Ellison into a rock, splitting his head open. But Howley says he can't remember certain details of the incident-- another symptom, according to the psychologist, of PTSD.
"It appeared that he had a trauma stress reaction, that there were gaps in his recollection," Mellinger said.
Howley pleaded no contest to the two counts of simple assault. Before accepting the agreement, Judge David Suntag said he has serious concerns about the implications the case has for the general public.
"It will affect the perception, the public perception of the judicial or law enforcement systems," the judge said.
Howley received a 6 to 16 month sentence, all suspended. He will be on probation for the next two years and also has to continue mental health treatment. He also had to agree never to work as a law enforcement officer again.
Howley's doctor says his PTSD is a result of his time in the military, made worse by Tropical Storm Irene. The Vermont State Police couldn't provide information about its policies on PTSD and couldn't comment specifically on Eric Howley because it's a personnel issue.
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