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As parents we want to make sure our children are receiving the best education possible. A local man has taken that challenge and has become the new leader of the National Parent Teacher Association.
Otha Thornton lives in Richmond Hill and is ready to make a difference and get more people involved. Even though his two kids are grown up, Thornton wants to be the voice to help others.
"I tell parents if you're not at the table you're on the menu and people are making decisions about your children because you're not in the schools," said Thornton.
Having a local active PTA can help make sure your concerns are getting addressed.
"We had so much parental involvement we were able to get additional resources. We were able to influence the school and the board on teachers that we received because as parents we said we want our kids to have high quality teachers," said Thornton.
Thornton said numerous studies have shown children do better in school when their parents take an interest.
"Any way that parents can be involved in schools, checking in on how they are doing with their school work or taking part in extracurricular activities, its showing children that they care," said Thornton.
The PTA President said at the national level they are working to improve school safety, healthy food options, and curriculum standards.
"What curriculum do we need to make our kids competitive internationally because we were lagging behind in mathematics and science in the world scene," said Thornton.
Thornton plans on joining Godley Stations PTA and will try to expand the program in this area.
"I have always been a part of a local unit wherever I was so as we make decisions up here [at the top] how does it filter down here and are we in sync so that's been very helpful and I plan on continuing that as I move forward," said Thornton.
The National PTA was founded in 1897 and Thornton is making history as the first African American male chosen to lead the association.
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Latin American leaders don't know how to stop their violent-crime epidemic, but they sure know how to spin it.
Former Miss Venezuela and telenovela star Mónica Spear and her ex-husband were murdered last week during a botched highway robbery near Puerto Cabello, Venezuela. Their 5-year-old daughter was shot, too, but survived. As the shocking news spread throughout Venezuela and then Miami, where Spear often lived and worked, Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro hit a spin cycle I've seen countless other presidentes employ after high-profile homicides.
Maduro asserted that Spear's killing didn't look like the random, bloodthirsty banditry that has saddled oil-rich Venezuela with South America's highest murder rate. Instead, he suggested it was a " sicariato," a planned assassination. Maduro said he'd "asked police leaders about every detail," but unfortunately he didn't offer any.
Which is probably because there aren't any details of a sicariato to offer. Seven gang suspects have been arrested in the horrific Spear murders.
Evidence so far points to random, bloodthirsty banditry — and that's exactly what Maduro wants to obscure.
Maduro has proven a less-than-competent head of state. But he did learn the art of deflection from his late mentor, left-wing firebrand Hugo Chávez. And he's used it effectively by blaming Venezuela's economic crises on a "right-wing conspiracy" instead of socialist mismanagement.
Now he's bringing that instinct to Venezuela's criminal chaos. Maduro knows that voters will be more outraged if a popular celebrity like Spear turns out to be the victim of an indiscriminate mayhem their government seems helpless to check. But they're apt to be less so if they think the crime was a coldly calculated hit — a treacherous plot that authorities have less control over.
It's politically useful, in other words, to frame Spear's murder as a sort of sedition, an attack against the state as well as the citizenry. It helps steer that citizenry's mind away from the fact that since the Chavista regime took power 15 years ago, Venezuela's homicide rate has risen 140 percent, according to one estimate — and that 92 percent of those murders never result in arrests, let alone convictions.
Just before the last presidential election Chávez won, in 2012, I spoke with Luz Marina Morón, who lives in the Caracas barrio of Catia, considered a cradle of the Chavista movement. Morón, a nurse, had seen a brother-in-law, a niece and her son — who was shot in the face by a gangbanger who wanted his New Balance tennis shoes — murdered on Catia's streets. No one has spent a day in jail for those separate killings.
She voted for Chávez's opponent as a result — and Maduro is all too aware that exasperated defections like hers were a big reason he almost lost last April's special election to succeed Chávez.
It's why he recently trotted out his security minister to claim, with little supporting data, that Venezuela's murder rate last year was 39 per 100,000 persons instead of the 79 per 100,000 that an independent crime-watch think tank has recorded. The latter figure might be high; but to most observers the low official number seems as delusional as Maduro's implication that Spear's murder was some sort of conspiracy.
But that obfuscation serves a larger purpose, not just for Maduro but for other leaders in Latin America — whose violent-crime stats make it arguably the world's most dangerous region today. (Honduras has the world's highest murder rate, almost 90 per 1000,000 people, while the world's 10 most violent cities are all in Latin America.)
It helps them hide the fact that they're still unable or unwilling (or both) to build the police and judicial institutions — the basic rule of law — that rein in rampant criminality.
That's especially true in Venezuela, where Chavismo's authoritarianism has smothered democratic institutions from courts to legislatures to mayoral offices. Yet it's a sad reality regionwide. During the darkest days of Mexico's drug war, which has seen some 60,000 gangland murders since 2006, then President Felipe Calderón's own deflective spin was his mantra that the victims were just criminals.
That isn't true: The narco-carnage has claimed thousands of innocent lives, too. But even if it were, are Mexicans supposed to feel better knowing that so many of their countrymen prefer to be cartel mafiosi?
Calderón, a conservative who left office in 2012, was simply trying to shroud Mexico's own institutional nakedness. He couldn't, and neither can Maduro — no matter how many conspiracies he conjures.
Tim Padgett is Americas editor for WLRN-Miami Herald News.


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I think that it would all fit in a priority mail flat rate medium box ($14 i think). The IC hoses might be a little wide but they are silicone so they won't get hurt or anything, and I can make sure to wrap up the pulley in some bubble wrap.
I found the original box for the pulley with the blank warranty card (I think) and also two Perrin stickers as a bonus.
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Rt Hon Winston Peters has appealed to all Members of Parliament to put aside their politics and vote to send his private members Reserve Bank Amendment Bill to a select committee for further consideration.
The worst aspect of the Budget is the Government's plan to keep selling state assets to fund programmes that should be paid from taxation and other government income streams.
New Zealand First says the Budget does little to help struggling New Zealanders off the treadmill of high costs and low wages and uses asset sales to blur the real state of the economy.
New Zealand First Leader Rt Hon Winston Peters' Reserve Bank bill was again drawn from the Members' Bill Ballot today.
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Today will forever be special.
Time stood still as memories of the years past flashes by and realized that one was created for one specific person. Indeed there is a right time for us.
We were born miles apart from each other. Each took a different path but an almost parallel life.
Grew up to be entirely separate but synchronized. Each had been hurt, broken and left bleeding not only once but a lot times.
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Gambler. Thinker. Risk taker.
May we have done it backwards but I am glad.
Glad that it is over. Glad that now it is complete.
The questions will be muted.
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Grant Green is a guy I've spent way too much of my time analyzing and thinking about over the years. I was very pleased when the A's drafted him back in 2009, and he's got the natural hitting ability of a future batting champion. Many around here are lukewarm on Green mainly due to his poor K/BB ratios in the minors and because of his loss of power in 2011 when he saw his slugging percentage drop over 100 points.
Green has the look, hand-eye coordination, and wrist strength of a pure hitter, but his mechanics were always a bit stiff and he has struggled to unlock his power. As an amateur, Green's swing was decent but his success was mainly due to his God-given ability to hit. In pro ball, after a stellar debut in Stockton in 2010, it's probable that the A's player development staff didn't want to alter things too much in his swing, despite there being some major flaws in his hitting style that would be sure to cause problems at higher levels. After his relatively lackluster 2011, he has re-worked his swing to unlock that elusive power and to increase his balance at the plate, which is key to making contact, adjusting to offspeed pitches, and recognizing pitches.
Below are a series of images, the above images are from the 2011 Futures Game, and the below images are from the 2011 Arizona Fall League where Green debuted many of these changes.
Video to the Futures Game swing.
Here is a link to an SJ Merc column from February 27th where Green details his adjustments.
Here is a link to an article in which Grant Green discusses his swing changes.
[Todd Steverson] noticed Green's performance early on and approached the player and the club on an idea to work on the player. At the moment, Green is hitting .308 in the Arizona Fall League and he has four home runs from 22 games. He believes the adjustments are working.
"We completely changed my swing," said Green.
Though he was .291 with the bat when he played for Double – A Midland this year, Green described the change as an improvement for the future.
"He thought I was too narrow with my stance, so we widened it. He thought I was static with my load. He said we're trying to generate power. ... It's easy to see that it's working so far."
The Stance
Notice how he has widened his stance, and is far less upright in the below shot. The blue line on the bottom is key, as his head/hands are much further back than they were before. This allows for better balance, longer time for pitch recognition, and more leverage to create power. It's hard to get any power with a stance as upright as Green's was (more leverage means more torque. Imagine jumping without bending your knees, then jumping out of a crouched position... which way allows you to jump higher?)
His hands are much further back and closer to the load zone in the bottom picture. Before, his hands were a little noisy, which can cause contact issues.
The Load
Much more hip rotation at the bottom. Considerably more lower body coil that is the key to leverage and hitting for power. Notice how much more closed his hip is at the bottom, and the position of his left knee. He's positioning himself to plant his front foot and place his weight against that left foot to create leverage. Having your front knee/foot in that position above his a power killer. The above pic is an example of a weak front side that you'll often see with such an upright swing. It's very difficult to create power with such a weak leverage point. (FYI: Leverage in a baseball swing pretty much means the front side, it means the force against which you're rotating your hips to create torque/batspeed.)
Here is where it all starts to take shape. Look at how upright he is in the above swing. The fact that he slugged .520 in Stockton with that above swing is a testament to his wrist strength and hand-eye coordination. That's about as upright and weak a body position as you'll ever see a hitter have through contact. Green is a tall, strong guy who can really add to his bat speed if he uses his body the right way, and he looks to be doing that in the image below. He's keeping his shoulders and hands level despite his new body angle at contact, which is key to hitting line drives.
If you want to know what power through contact looks like then look at the king of power hitting, Barry Bonds.
And here is Ryan Braun.
You will notice that Green's front foot in the AFL picture is much more closed than Bonds' and Braun's front foot above, which are both completely open. It's worth noting that the swing of Green's that I have been analyzing resulted in a line drive to the opposite field, and that the front foot positioning is likely a result of him staying closed and taking an outside pitch to the opposite field.
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The remotely-piloted Predators or the more deadly Reapers fired missiles at a car traveling in Shin Warzak near Wana in South Waziristan, according to Dawn. Three "militants," including a Yemeni al Qaeda leader, were reported to have been killed in the strike.
The al Qaeda leader was identified as Abdul Rehman al Zaman Yemeni, and was described by The Express Tribune as "a senior al Qaeda leader."
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This week's drone strikes in South Waziristan ended a 36-day-long hiatus in the strike campaign in Pakistan's tribal areas. The pause in strikes was the second longest since the US campaign was ramped up in the summer of 2008 under the Bush administration.
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Wyrm Hunt Quest
The Cypher is a quest available in Dragon's Dogma.
- "Wyrm Hunt Quest"
"Investigate a slate bearing a forgotten script. It may reveal aught of the dragon."
Inquire Around Town (optional)
- Seek those in the city who might shed light on the slate's queer script.
Visit the Forger (optional)
- Visit the scrivener, Montebank.
Seek Further Leads
- Search for one privy to the significance of the slate's key words: "dragon," "scar," "Arisen," and "heart."
Report Your Findings
- Travel back to Ser Maximilian and tell him what you learned.
Quest Successful
- You reported your findings about the slate to Ser Maximilian. Quest reward received.
The quest is obtained by speaking with Ser Maximilian in the Noble Quarter and selecting "Decipher a text" from his available quests. This quest requires the Arisen to decipher an ancient text, believed to somehow involve the Arisen and their fate.
There are a few ways to go about completing this quest. It is completely possible to skip the first two sections of the quest, which has the player inquire around town regarding the slate, and go directly to the end quest point (See Seek Further Leads). This walkthrough will cover all sections.
Inquire Around Town (optional)Edit
Start by heading towards the Fields of Gran Soren in the Craftsman's Quarter. Speak with a farmer named Josias and he will state that he doesn't know anything about the writings, but thinks that a scrivener might be able to tell more.
Visit the Forger (optional)Edit
Head towards The Black Cat, which can be found in the Venery (the Southern part of the district) ad speak with the scrivener, Montebank. Unfortunately he will only be able to help a little, deciphering only a few words.
Seek Further LeadsEdit
Afterward, find the courier Maurin who's running around the town. He sometimes makes stops at Caxton's Armory in Fountain Square. He'll state that the words seem to have something to do with Hillfigure Knoll.
Regardless on how this point is reached, Hillfigure Knoll is the final destination. To reach it be prepared to do some traveling. Hillfigure Knoll is located to the north of Gran Soren, near the Northface Forest. To get there it is best to exit Gran Soren through the northern entrance and travel to Deos Hills. Take the path leading north and over the bridge. Directly after the bridge the path splits, but take the right path called Conquest Road which goes north. Along the way will be Bandits, Goblins and Snow Harpies.
After some traveling, players should see Windbluff Tower in the distance. Players may enter here, but there's no active quests here at the moment.
Take the road past Windbluff Tower to the Northface Forest. Beware of Snow Harpies and Direwolves. A bit north of Windbluff Tower will be a road winding up the hill west of the path. Looking closely, players can see a large figure drawn on the hill. This is Hillfigure Knoll.
Travel up the hill and head towards the collection of stones to the left of the hill. Between the rocks is a cave entrance. As players approach the cave a cutscene will trigger with The Fool and The Dragonforged shedding some light on the Arisen's predicament. After the cutscene, players will find themselves inside Hillfigure Knoll. Speak with The Dragonforged and he will explain the slates meaning.
Note: The cutscene will trigger regardless of whether this quest is active.
Report Your FindingsEdit
Once the The Dragonforged has been spoken too, players are free to explore the caverns. There is a Bronze Idol next to his throne and a Recluse's Robe in the Armor/Weapons pile close to the entrance. Make sure to grab the 3 Ferrystones here as well. One is by the Bronze Idol, and two are down by the portcrystal on a ledge to your left when heading down the stairs. They respawn too. Don't know the exact rate, but at least once a week. Head back to Gran Soren and report the findings to Ser Maximilian.
- As of Dark Arisen, players can find a Portcrystal in the alcove attached to The Dragonforged's chamber.
Quest SuccessfulEdit
After speaking with Ser Maximilian the quest is completed. Players may select another Wyrm Hunt Quest if he has them available or choose "Hear the duke's directive" to advance the story line afterwards.


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Susan Hubbard Sakimoto, who finished her degree in 1989, led Whitman to a conference championship in basketball, shared in a conference title in volleyball, and competed in the NCAA national championships in track & field. In earning six of her ten varsity letters in her first two years at Whitman, she earned high praise from coaches as well as professors, who described her as a "gem" and "workhorse," and as the "model student-athlete."
Sakimoto enjoyed her finest season, perhaps, as a senior co- captain in basketball, leading Whitman in both scoring (15.3 points per game), rebounding (8.4 rebounds per game), and shooting percentage (56.2 percent). She scored 27 points and grabbed 15 rebounds in a season-ending victory that clinched Whitman's 1988 conference title. She earned First-Team All- Conference basketball honors, receiving more votes from coaches than any other player. With tennis player Lynn Greer, Sakimoto shared that year's Mignon Borleske Trophy as the top female athlete at Whitman.
Sakimoto, a 6-foot-1 center and forward, finished her basketball career with 1,124 points and 787 rebounds. She led Whitman in rebounding in each of her four seasons, and she ranks third all-time in career rebounding at Whitman (she is No. 7 all-time in scoring). She shot a combined 51.3 percent from the floor in her four seasons. She earned second-team all-conference honors as a junior.
|Getting good position under the boards made Susan Hubbard Sakimoto (left) one of the top rebounders in the history of women's basketball at Whitman.
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As a sophomore and junior, Sakimoto finished second in the 400 hurdles at the conference championship meets. As a junior, she won both the 100 and 400 hurdles at the Whitman Invitational at Martin Field. She remains the Whitman record holder in the 100 hurdles with a time of 15.3 seconds. At one time, she also held a share of the school record in the 1,600-meter relay. She missed most of her senior track because of injury.
A middle blocker in volleyball, Sakimoto was part of a conference championship squad in her first season at Whitman. After earning honorable mention all-conference recognition as a sophomore, she skipped her next two volleyball seasons to concentrate on basketball. Sakimoto capped her Whitman athletic career by playing in the 1988 fall volleyball season as a fifth-year senior. She slammed 17 kills in one match to set a school record. She also set school records that fall for blocks and block assists. She averaged 2.5 blocks per game that season, ranking No. 15 nationally in the NAIA.
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Patients with MS who smoke cannabis are more cognitively impaired than nonusers(06/05/14)
Effects of cannabis on cognition in patients with MS: A psychometric and MRI study.
OBJECTIVE: To determine functional and structural neuroimaging correlates of cognitive dysfunction associated with cannabis use in multiple sclerosis (MS).
METHODS: In a cross-sectional study, 20 subjects with MS who smoked cannabis and 19 noncannabis users with MS, matched on demographic and neurologic variables, underwent fMRI while completing a test of working memory, the N-Back. Resting-state fMRI and structural MRI data (lesion and normal-appearing brain tissue volumes, diffusion tensor imaging metrics) were also collected. Neuropsychological data pertaining to verbal (Selective Reminding Test Revised) and visual (10/36 Spatial Recall Test) memory, information processing speed (Paced Auditory Serial Addition Test [2- and 3-second versions] and Symbol Digit Modalities Test), and attention (Word List Generation) were obtained.
RESULTS: The cannabis group performed more poorly on the more demanding of the Paced Auditory Serial Addition Test tasks (i.e., 2-second version) (p < 0.02) and the 10/36 Spatial Recall Test (p < 0.03). Cannabis users had more diffuse cerebral activation across all N-Back trials and made more errors on the 2-Back task (p < 0.006), during which they displayed increased activation relative to nonusers in parietal (p < 0.007) and anterior cingulate (p < 0.001) regions implicated in working memory. No group differences in resting-state networks or structural MRI variables were found.
CONCLUSIONS: Patients with MS who smoke cannabis are more cognitively impaired than nonusers. Cannabis further compromises cerebral compensatory mechanisms, already faulty in MS. These imaging data boost the construct validity of the neuropsychological findings and act as a cautionary note to cannabis users and prescribers.
Pavisian B1, Macintosh BJ, Szilagyi G, Staines RW, O'Connor P, Feinstein A.
Sources: Neurology. 2014 Apr 30. [Epub ahead of print] & Pubmed PMID: 24789863 (06/05/14)
Cannabis may help with some MS symptoms(29/04/14)
Cannabis sprays and tablets can improve some symptoms of multiple sclerosis, a study shows. But the effect of cannabis on epilepsy and other brain conditions is less clear, and side effects are common.
What do we know already?
Cannabis (also called marijuana) contains around 60 chemicals that affect the brain. Some of these chemicals cause the 'high' that people get when they use cannabis as an illegal drug. But these chemicals can also have other effects, which may be helpful for conditions that affect the brain and nervous system, such as multiple sclerosis (MS), Parkinson's disease, and epilepsy.
Some people smoke cannabis to help with these conditions. Researchers have also developed mouth sprays and tablets with cannabis extracts. Sprays and tablets don't have some of the health risks associated with smoking cannabis, such as lung diseases.
However, it's not clear how well any of these forms of cannabis work for people with these medical conditions, as studies have had different results.
How was the new study done?
Researchers searched for the best studies done so far on the effects of cannabis on several conditions affecting the brain and nervous system. These included multiple sclerosis, Huntington's disease, Tourette's syndrome, cervical dystonia (abnormal neck movements), and epilepsy. They also searched for studies on using cannabis to help with the movement problems (called dyskinesias) caused by treatment for Parkinson's disease. They then summarised the studies' results, to see what conclusions they might draw.
What does the new study say? The researchers found 34 studies in total. Several of these looked at using cannabis for multiple sclerosis. Overall, they found that cannabis sprays and tablets improved some symptoms, including twitching muscles (spasms) and some types of pain (such as pain related to spasms). Cannabis sprays also seemed to help with bladder problems causing people to urinate often. However, cannabis sprays and tablets did not help with tremors (this is when a part of the body shakes).
There wasn't enough research to say whether cannabis treatments might help with Huntington's disease, Tourette's syndrome, cervical dystonia, and epilepsy. However, the research did suggest that cannabis tablets do not help with movement problems caused by treatment for Parkinson's disease.
Most of the studies looked at taking cannabis by sprays or tablets. There were few useful studies looking at whether smoking cannabis in pipes or cigarettes helped with symptoms.
Many people had side effects when using cannabis. These included weakness, feeling sick, mood changes, dizziness, fatigue, thoughts of suicide, and hallucinations. Overall about 7 in every 100 people using cannabis stopped their treatment because of side effects, compared with 2 in every 100 people using a dummy (placebo) treatment.
Studies also suggested that people with multiple sclerosis were more likely to have a worsening of their thinking abilities (cognitive declines) if they used cannabis.
How reliable is the research?
This review of studies should provide an accurate summary of what the current research tells us. The findings on using cannabis tablets and sprays for multiple sclerosis should be reliable, as these were based on several good-quality studies.
However, we need much more research to know whether cannabis treatments are effective and safe for the other conditions. We also need studies that compare cannabis with other treatments for these conditions.
What does this mean for me?
If you have multiple sclerosis, these findings suggest that cannabis sprays and tablets may improve some of your symptoms. But you need to weigh these possible improvements against the chance of side effects. It is also illegal to possess most kinds of cannabis in the UK, although a cannabis spray called Sativex is available on prescription.
If you have epilepsy, Huntington's disease, Tourette's syndrome, or cervical dystonia, we don't yet have enough research to know whether cannabis treatments are helpful or safe. However, if you have movement problems caused by treatment for Parkinson's disease, studies do suggest that cannabis tablets are unlikely to help.
Source: WebMD ©2009-2014 WebMD UK Limited and Boots UK Limited (29/04/14)
AAN endorses cannabis for MS(27/03/14)
The American Academy of Neurology has issued new evidence-based complementary and alternative medicine guidelines for multiple sclerosis.
HealthDay News -- The American Academy of Neurology is recommending oral cannabis extract to help ease spasticity symptoms and pain in patients with multiple sclerosis, along with other therapies, in new evidence-based complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) recommendations.
Vijayshree Yadav, MD, of the Oregon Health & Science University in Portland, and other members of the AAN's Guideline Development Subcommittee, conducted a literature search to develop the recommendations, which are published online in Neurology.
Clinicians may offer oral cannabis extract (Level A) or tetrahydrocannabinol (Level B) for spasticity symptoms and pain (excluding central neuropathic pain), but should counsel patients that these agents are probably ineffective for objective spasticity (short-term)/tremor (Level B) and possibly effective for spasticity and pain (long-term; Level C).
Sativex oromucosal cannabinoid spray (nabiximols) can be suggested for spasticity symptoms, pain and urinary frequency (Level B), but clinicians should counsel patients that these agents are probably ineffective for objective spasticity/urinary incontinence (Level B). Furthermore, the spray is not currently FDA-approved and is unavailable in the United States, the researchers noted.
"In the United States, caution should be exercised with regard to extrapolation of results of trials of standardized oral cannabis extracts (which are unavailable commercially) to other nonstandardized, nonregulated cannabis extracts (which may be commercially available in states with medical marijuana laws)," Yadav and colleagues wrote.
Magnetic therapy is probably effective for fatigue, but probably ineffective for depression (Level B). Among common supplements, clinicians can counsel patients that fish oil is probably ineffective for relapses, disability, fatigue, magnetic resonance imaging lesions, and quality of life (Level B). Ginkgo biloba is ineffective for cognition (Level A), but possibly effective for fatigue (Level C). Reflexology is possibly effective for paresthesia (Level C).
Possibly ineffective therapies (Level C) include Cari Loder for disability, depression and fatigue, and bee sting therapy for relapses, disability, fatigue and lesion burden/volume.
"Clinicians should exercise caution regarding standardized versus nonstandardized cannabis extracts and overall CAM quality control/nonregulation," the researchers wrote. "Safety/efficacy of other CAM/CAM interaction with MS disease-modifying therapies is unknown."
Reference 1.Yadav V et al. Neurology. 2014; 82(12): 1083-1092.
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Marijuana compound may stop MS inflammation(09/10/13)
Multiple sclerosis is an inflammatory disease in which the immune system attacks the nervous system. The result can be a wide range of debilitating motor, physical and mental problems. No one knows why people get the disease or how to treat it.
In a new study published in the Journal of Neuroimmune Pharmacology, Ewa Kozela, Ana Juknat, Neta Rimmerman and Zvi Vogel of Tel Aviv Univ.'s Dr. Miriam and Sheldon G. Adelson Center for the Biology of Addictive Diseases and Sackler Faculty of Medicine demonstrate that some chemical compounds found in marijuana can help treat MS-like diseases in mice by preventing inflammation in the brain and spinal cord.
"Inflammation is part of the body's natural immune response, but in cases like MS it gets out of hand," says Kozela. "Our study looks at how compounds isolated from marijuana can be used to regulate inflammation to protect the nervous system and its functions." Researchers from the Weizmann Institute of Science co-authored the study.
Mind-altering findings
Israel has a strong tradition of marijuana research. Israeli scientists Raphael Mechoulam and Yechiel Gaoni discovered THC, or tetrahydrocannabinol, in 1964, kick-starting the scientific study of the plant and its chemical constituents around the world. Since then, scientists have identified about 70 compounds — called cannabinoids — that are unique to cannabis and have interesting biological effects. In the 1990s, Prof. Vogel was among the first researchers to describe endocannabinoids, molecules that act like THC in the body.
Besides THC, the most plentiful and potent cannabinoid in marijuana is cannabidiol, or CBD. The TAU researchers are particularly interested in CBD, because it offers medicinal benefits without the controversial mind-altering effects of THC.
In a 2011 study, they showed that CBD helps treat MS-like symptoms in mice by preventing immune cells in their bodies from transforming and attacking the insulating covers of nerve cells in the spinal cord. After inducing an MS-like condition in mice — partially paralyzing their limbs — the researchers injected them with CBD. The mice responded by regaining movement, first twitching their tails and then beginning to walk without a limp. The researchers noted that the mice treated with CBD had much less inflammation in the spinal cord than their untreated counterparts.
High hopes for humans
In the latest study, the researchers set out to see if the known anti-inflammatory properties of CBD and THC could also be applied to the treatment of inflammation associated with MS — and if so, how. This time they turned to the immune system.
The researchers took immune cells isolated from paralyzed mice that specifically target and harm the brain and spinal cord, and treated them with either CBD or THC. In both cases, the immune cells produced fewer inflammatory molecules, particularly one called interleukin 17, or IL-17, which is strongly associated with MS and very harmful to nerve cells and their insulating covers. The researchers concluded that the presence of CBD or THC restrains the immune cells from triggering the production of inflammatory molecules and limits the molecules' ability to reach and damage the brain and spinal cord.
Further research is needed to prove the effectiveness of cannabinoids in treating MS in humans, but there are reasons for hope, the researchers say. In many countries, CBD and THC are already prescribed for the treatment of MS symptoms, including pain and muscle stiffness.
"When used wisely, cannabis has huge potential," says Kozela, who previously studied opiates like morphine, derived from the poppy plant. "We're just beginning to understand how it works."
Source: Advantage Business Media © Copyright 2013 Advantage Business Media (09/10/13)
Could Cannabis based drugs inhibit the development of MS?(23/09/13)
Therapeutic Potential of a Novel Cannabinoid Agent CB52 in the Mouse Model ofExperimental Autoimmune Encephalomyelitis.
Multiple Sclerosis (MS) is a demyelinating disease which causes inflammation, demyelination, and axonal injury. Currently, there is no cure for the disease. The endocannabinoid system has recently emerged as a promising therapeutic target for MS.
The protective mechanisms of cannabinoids are thought to be mediated by activation of cannabinoid receptor 1 (CB1) and 2 (CB2) expressed primarily in neurons and immune cells, respectively. However, the molecular mechanisms and the contribution of each receptor in ameliorating disease progression are still debatable.
Although CB1 and CB2 are expressed in oligodendrocytes, the myelin producing cells in the central nervous system, the role of cannabinoids in oligodendrocyte survival has not been well investigated. Using primary cultures of mature oligodendrocytes, we tested the effect of a novel synthetic cannabinoid CB-52 on oligodendrocyte toxicity induced by peroxynitrite, the primary toxic species released by microglia.
Interestingly, we found that CB-52 is more potent than a number of broad and selective CB1 and CB2 agonists in protecting oligodendrocytes against peroxynitrite-induced toxicity. The protection provided by CB-52 is likely due to its reduction of ERK1/2 phosphorylation and ROS generation in these cells. Using experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis (EAE), an animal model of MS, we found that CB-52 reduces microglia activation, nitrotyrosine formation, T cell infiltration, oligodendrocyte toxicity, myelin loss and axonal damage in the mouse spinal cord white matter and alleviates the clinical scores when given either before or after disease onset.
These effects are reversed by the CB1 receptor antagonist, but not by the CB2 receptor antagonist, suggesting that activation of CB1 receptors contributes significantly to the anti-inflammatory and neuroprotective effects of cannabinoids on MS.
Ribeiro R, Yu F, Wen J, Vana A, Zhang Y.
Program in Neuroscience, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, 4301 Jones Bridge Road, Bethesda, MD 20814, USA
Source: Neuroscience. 2013 Sep 11. pii: S0306-4522(13)00775-6. doi: 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2013.09.005. [Epub ahead of print] Copyright © 2013 Elsevier Ltd & Pubmed PMID: 24036373 (23/09/13)
Effect of dronabinol on progression in progressive multiple sclerosis(19/07/13)
Laboratory evidence has shown that cannabinoids might have a neuroprotective action. We investigated whether oral dronabinol (Δ9-tetrahydrocannabinol) might slow the course of progressive multiple sclerosis.
In this multicentre, parallel, randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled study, we recruited patients aged 18—65 years with primary or secondary progressive multiple sclerosis from 27 UK neurology or rehabilitation departments. Patients were randomly assigned (2:1) to receive dronabinol or placebo for 36 months; randomisation was by stochastic minimisation, using a computer-generated randomisation sequence, balanced according to expanded disability status scale (EDSS) score, centre, and disease type. Maximum dose was 28 mg per day, titrated against bodyweight and adverse effects. Primary outcomes were EDSS score progression (masked assessor, time to progression of ≥1 point from a baseline score of 4·0—5·0 or ≥0·5 points from a baseline score of ≥5·5, confirmed after 6 months) and change from baseline in the physical impact subscale of the 29-item multiple sclerosis impact scale (MSIS-29-PHYS). All patients who received at least one dose of study drug were included in the intention-to-treat analyses. This trial is registered as an International Standard Randomised Controlled Trial (ISRCTN 62942668).
Of the 498 patients randomly assigned to a treatment group, 329 received at least one dose of dronabinol and 164 received at least one dose of placebo (five did not receive the allocated intervention). 145 patients in the dronabinol group had EDSS score progression (0·24 first progression events per patient-year; crude rate) compared with 73 in the placebo group (0·23 first progression events per patient-year; crude rate); HR for prespecified primary analysis was 0·92 (95% CI 0·68—1·23; p=0·57). Mean yearly change in MSIS-29-PHYS score was 0·62 points (SD 3·29) in the dronabinol group versus 1·03 points (3·74) in the placebo group. Primary analysis with a multilevel model gave an estimated between-group difference (dronabinol—placebo) of −0·9 points (95% CI −2·0 to 0·2). We noted no serious safety concerns (114 [35%] patients in the dronabinol group had at least one serious adverse event, compared with 46 [28%] in the placebo group).
Our results show that dronabinol has no overall effect on the progression of multiple sclerosis in the progressive phase. The findings have implications for the design of future studies of progressive multiple sclerosis, because lower than expected progression rates might have affected our ability to detect clinical change.
UK Medical Research Council, National Institute for Health Research Efficacy and Mechanism Evaluation programme, Multiple Sclerosis Society, and Multiple Sclerosis Trust.
Prof John Zajicek PhD, Susan Ball MSc, Prof David Wright PhD, Jane Vickery MSc, Prof Andrew Nunn MSc, Prof David Miller FMedSci, Mayam Gomez Cano PhD, David McManus MSc, Sharukh Mallik MSc, Prof Jeremy Hobart PhD, on behalf of the CUPID investigator group.
Source: The Lancet Neurology Copyright © 2013 Elsevier Limited (19/07/13)
Study results for Namisol®, an oral mediation for spasticity and pain in MS announced(12/07/13)
Echo Pharmaceuticals announced that Namisol® has completed successfully a Phase II trial with 24 patients suffering from spasticity and pain due to multiple sclerosis (MS). The trial has been conducted by the Centre for Human Drug Research (CHDR) in the VU University Medical Center Amsterdam and it was led by Dr. G.J. Groeneveld, Research Director Neurology & Pain, CHDR. The clinical trial was a double blind, placebo-controlled study of Namisol® to determine safety, tolerability and efficacy in MS patients. The outcome of this trial showed efficacy and consistent results on both spasticity and pain.
Simultaneously, The Sage Group has been appointed by Echo Pharmaceuticals to assist the company in its search for a strategic partner for commercialisation of its lead Namisol® program.
Dr. Vanesa Fernandez, CEO of Echo Pharmaceuticals, said "We are very pleased that The Sage Group has been selected by our Company to assist in the commercialisation phase of Namisol®. The successful Phase 2 trial in MS patients is a major milestone for Echo and we believe there will be strong global interest in working with us to take the product to market. The Sage Group are very experienced in developing such partnerships and will add a valuable business development activity to our drug development capability."
Dr. Bill Mason and Wayne Pambianchi of The Sage Group based in Europe and the USA said "We are delighted to be selected as managers for this exciting program and we look forward to working with Echo and key interested parties in the pharma industry to develop strong partnerships for global commercialisation of Namisol®."
About Namisol® Namisol® is the world's first oral tablet that contains pure (≥98,0%), natural Δ9-tetrahydrocannabinol (THC or dronabinol) in fixed dosages with high, predictable bioavailability (due to Echo's innovative drug delivery technology AlitraTM) and a long, stable shelf life at room temperature. Namisol®'s current clinical program includes, in addition to the MS indication, a number of phase II clinical trials for the indications behavioral disturbances in patients with Alzheimer's Disease, and Chronic Pain.
Source: heraldonline.com © Rock Hill Herald Online 2013 (12/07/13)


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Scorpio Papped
So the world's first live televised pap smear has taken place, starring US comedian Kathy Griffin and how J.G. Ballard (the late Scorpio Surrealist) would have loved this. If you haven't read his books, they're all about strange dystopias and television becoming ever more invasive/surreal.
Anyway, Kathy G herself is a multiple conjunct Scorpio…She has Sun, Mercury and Neptune in Scorpio – tres apt for being papped by the pool, yes?
And her Venus is in Sagittarius – adding a perfect exhibitionist theme. It was, of course, for a good cause, to encourage more females to get regular pap smears and thus prevent illness. I think if we could all get it done poolside & with hair and make-up added in, it would help the cause heaps.
And yes, a lot of people I have known with Venus in Saggo have been streakers. Or had interesting thoughts about exhibitionism even if they dared not act on them. Being arrested for public nudity could technically interfere with their travel/running for politics plans. But they would if they could.
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What IS it with her wearing a sports top but those insane heels????
Joaquin Phoenix is a Scorpio and you would think there must be some male health issue he would be keen to raise awareness of, yes? Only HIS Venus is in Scorpio…no poolside lounging about flashing for good causes for secretive Scorp Venus.


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Save the Rainteaches communities at risk of drought how to harvest and filter rain water for a safe, sustainable water source. Catchment systems are built by local people using local materials, so are easily maintained and repaired. The systems are done as cost-effectively as possible: $15 pays for one person and their offspring to receive water for the rest of their lives. Over the last 5 years, Save the Rain has helped over 175,000 people get access to clean water in 26 villages in two East African countries.
LUSH contributed funds towards the construction of two community rainwater harvesting systems: one in Oldeves, Tanzania and one in Mikungani, Tanzania. These systems will serve the entire villages with sustainable, safe drinking water.


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After the announcement was made that the Vikings were hiring Bengals DC Mike Zimmer to be their head coach, I had one thought. Man, he's definitely gonna want to fix our defense. He has stated that his scheme will fit the players, and has shown that he can be scheme-versatile in the past. This offseason plan will work off that assumption, along with the assumption that the Vikings have some money to spend this offseason, and will be willing to spend it for their new coach. Also, Norv Turner has been brought in as the new OC, and he is known to run a power run, deep pass offense.
Free Agents
Re-sign: DE Everson Griffen
A 4-3 defense needs pressure from the DE spots, and I have a feeling that Zimmer will be able to get the most out of Griffen, who happens to possess quite a bit of talent
Re-sign: OT J'Marcus Webb
A solid backup lineman who provides insurance against injury and will come cheap
Re-sign: CB Chris Cook
I have a feeling that Chris Cook just needs to be healthy in order to showcase his skills, so this would be a low-risk high-reward 1 year contract
Re-Sign: QB Matt Cassell
He will either be an above-average backup, or a decent stopgap while our QBOTF develops
Sign: CB Robert McClain
Two years ago, Josh Robinson flashed some potential as a cornerback on the outside, but he struggled mightily this year as a nickel corner. McClain can fill his role at nickel corner, while Zimmer can move Robinson back outside
SIgn: NT BJ Raji
For all the sacks the Vikings D-line has generated over the past few years, they haven't really had a run-stuffing nose tackle since Pat Williams retired. BJ Raji can fill the void
Sign: MLB Vinny Rey
Zimmer brings in one of his own guys to fill the black hole known as the middle linebacker spot. And the good part is that this guy can actually *gasp* be a solid pass defender
1st Round, 8th Pick: Anthony Barr, OLB, UCLA
Zimmer has said that he will be scheme-flexible, and he has coached 4-3 defenses as well as 3-4. Barr is an extremely versatile defender who can play with his hand on the ground, or as a stand-up 'backer. I hope that he would fill a Von Miller-like role for the Vikings, and his insane athleticism means that he has that kind of potential. I predict an early run on QBs and OTs, meaning that none of the top four qbs will be left by the time our pick rolls around, but Barr will be.
2nd Round, 8th Pick (40th overall): Cyril Richardson, OG, Baylor
The game is won and lost in the trenches, and while the Vikings already have one of the better o-lines in football, Richardson could catapult them all the way to the top. He is big enough (340 pounds) to be a mauler who can open up holes for AD, and quick enough (he also played left tackle in college) to be a dominant pass-protector. In addition, he plays with a nasty side that is necessary in an elite offensive lineman
3rd Round, 8th Pick: Zach Mettenberger, QB, LSU
Here's your qb, people. I think that if Mettenberger falls this far because of concerns about his torn ACL, he'll be a major steal. But, I would trade back into the second round using our extra third to get him if necessary. This guy has an absolute CANNON for an arm. Norv Turner likes the power run and deep pass, and Mettenberger will most definitely provide the latter. He wasn't the most flashy guy at LSU, but he can make all the throws. He's a prototypical pocket passer who will step up in the pocket and has great size and a quick release. He isn't very athletic, but he's tough and the Vikings have a top offensive line.
3rd Round: 31st Pick (Pending outcome of Super Bowl): Jimmie Ward, S, Northern Illinois
He will drop right into our laps at this pick solely because of the fact that he played in the MAC, against inferior competition. He is by no means a perfect safety, but he doesn't need to be, given that he will be playing with Harrison Smith, who was poised to make The Leap before getting hurt. Strong enough to stop the run, and athletic/smart enough to play in coverage, Ward will immediately step in and start next to Smith to form a great safety duo for years to come. Lastly, Ward is a very versatile player who can play in the box, as an effective blitzer, or drop deep in coverage.
4th Round, 8th Pick: De'Anthony Thomas, Playmaker, Oregon
I was surprised to find that various draft rankings had him as a 5-6th round prospect, but I would still be happy to take him at this spot. He is probably too small to be a prototypical NFL player, but the Vikings do not need to confine him to one role. And boy oh boy, he is FAST. He can line up all over the field and cause havoc. Just imagine an offense with AD, Patterson, and Thomas. That's scary.
5th Round, 8th Pick: James Gayle, DE, Virginia Tech
Gayle is not ready to come out of college and start day one, but he is a good developmental prospect who could eventually be a standout player. He is a good athlete with good quickness, and he is a disciplined run defender. In addition, he is (again) scheme versatile. He doesn't really have many refined pass-rush moves, so he will start out as more of a speed rusher who must win with his first step. he has the potential, however, to develop some moves and become a solid end.
6th Round, 8th pick: Ricardo Allen, CB, Purdue
At 5"9, Ricardo Allen is not going to outmuscle or tower over opposing receivers. What he will do, however, is outwork them with solid footwork and good speed. He needs to work on not getting fooled on play action and other fakes.
7th Round, 8th pick: Andrew Jackson, ILB, Western Kentucky
He is a fairly athletic 'backer with decent size and strength, who excels as stuffing the run. He is a liability in pass coverage, but has flashed some potential. This pick would provide the Vikings more lb depth, as Jackson can play inside or out.
So there you have it. I think this plan would create a nasty defense, and improve an offense that wasn't all that bad to begin with, as it just lacked a reliable qb.
Tell me what you think, and be honest. I can take it.
Positional Rankings, Availability, and Scouting Reports taken from NflDraftScout.com or CBSSports.com


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Cape Breton music is the long-lost (and entirely too neglected by the greater music world) Canadian cousin of Scottish traditional music and, in the past couple of decades, has been undergoing a major revival, in which Mary Jane Lamond and Wendy MacIsaac have played important parts.
Lamond is best-known for her enchanting Gaelic language vocals and her exceptional knowledge of old Cape Breton folk tunes. She's also an excellent accordion player, demonstrated on three of this album's tracks. MacIsaac is a fiddle and traditional step dance star, from a family known for just that (the MacIsaac family is a large and extended clan that includes some of Cape Breton's best-known musical names). Though the two have toured together and worked on various musical projects over the years, Seinn (pronounced "shane") is their first recorded album as a designated duo -- and about time, too!
Seinn is fresh and richly textured, with a nice variety of old tunes, new compositions, fiddle breakdowns, vocal ballads, all mixed and matched as these talented women saw fit. The album manages to capture the essence of that particular joy of musicians who really love playing together, and though the tunes span the emotional range from chipper to melancholy, it never takes that dreaded turn toward the morose.
The album opens with a barnburner: titled "Yellow Coat," it's actually a set containing "The Lass with the Yellow Coat," "The Boys of Ballinchalla," "Angus the Winemaker," and "The Green Fields of Glentown," a well-chosen collection of instrumentals that sort of drives home the point that this album really is about a diverse selection of music, and is most definitely set apart from Mary Jane Lamond's previous ballad-heavy releases (which are, it should be noted, exquisite and worthy of a place in any good Celtic music lover's home collection). You don't have to wait long for Lamond's gorgeous voice, though -- track 2 is the lovely, lilting "Air A Ghille Tha Mo Run," described in the liner notes as a "country love song" collected from Donald John MacArthur of Grand Mira, and which is followed by "Oran An T-Saighdeir" ("The Soldier's Song"), a song that traveled to Cape Breton from Scotland.
Track 4 is one of my favorites on Seinn. Called "Keeping Up With Calum," it's a tune that MacIsaac wrote, inspired by her adorable but slightly destructive toddler, Calum. As the mother of an adorable but slightly destructive toddler myself (mine's called Malcolm), well, it hit home, moreso than instrumental fiddle tunes usually do. What can I say? I'm a sucker for songs for and about kids, especially when there's clearly a sense of humor involved. Indeed, it has a loping rhythm and a fast-paced melody that pretty well evokes the feeling you get when the wee darling has once again unfolded all of the laundry, but in the cutest possible way...
Next comes "Rinn Mi Corr is Naoi Mile," a vocal number featuring Lamond and special guest Mairi Smith, a traditional Cape Breton ballad singer. Following that is "Angus Blaise," a set of tunes (one of which was written for MacIsaac's other son, Angus) which features her cousin Ashley MacIsaac on piano, a rare treat, as Ashley is better known as a fiddler. Following that is "Hoireann O Rathill Iu O," an old ballad that somehow sounds quite contemporary here, and which is uniquely punctuated with a traditional tune called "Mother's Delight," played by Ms. MacIsaac on the mandolin.
Next up, we've got the "Seudan A'Chuain" ("Jewels of the Ocean"), a languid contemporary fiddle tune written by Allan MacDonald, which MacIsaac punctuates with the traditional reel "Lad O'Beirnes," and on which her fiddling is particularly noteworthy. Following that is the haunting ballad "Oran A'Mheirlich," one of the more dramatic songs on the album. Next up, a quick and exceptionally catchy tune set called "Boise Monsters" (another nod to MacIsaac's young Angus), followed by "Taladh Na Beinne Guirme" ("The Blue Mountain Lullaby"), a ballad written by Jeff MacDonald and Brian O hEadhra that was commissioned by the International Celtic Colours Festival and which is given a really lovely and understated treatment here. And finally, the album wraps up with another piece that sounds very contemporary, but which is built of traditional elements (a Cape Breton lullaby supplies the lyrics, and the tunes are traditional, with extra parts from Stuart MacNeil). The last song probably shows off the two artist's true collaborative skills better than any other on the album, and finishes it off in a very strong way.
All-in-all, a winner, one that immediately found itself a place in my permanent collection. My one complaint, and I'd like to think that it really is a very tiny one and doesn't really affect my ability to enjoy Seinn, is that the liner notes feature the Gaelic lyrics to the songs, but no English translations. We get quick descriptions of the stories behind the songs, but I like a translation when I can get my hands on one. Other than that, though, it's a pretty darn near perfect bit of tradition-heavy contemporary Celtic music, and one that I wholeheartedly recommend.
Seinn was released on September 18, 2012 on Turtlemusik Records. Total playing time is 53 minutes.


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Not sure how many of you twitter, due to the absolutely low turnout for the official tweet post, but the Blue and Orange Store has a weekly contest using twitter where they ask their followers to submit their guess the score for the game that week. For the Oregon game, I somehow beat everyone out with a guess of BSU 34, UO 16. The same guess I listed on the OBNUG thread. Everyone must have thought it was going to be an offensive slobber-knocker.
Anyways, still waiting to hear back from the Blue and Orange Store about how to use my $50 gift certificate since I don't live in Boise or even the state of Idaho.
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