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A cat can get tail injuries in various ways. While there is sometimes an obvious kink in the tail, in most cases there is no discernable external trauma, or the trauma goes unnoticed because of other more significant wounds on the cat's body. While the spinal cord does not extend down to the tail, there are many important nerves in this region that can become damaged when the tail is pulled or broken. These nerves are responsible for controlling the motor function and sensation of the hind limbs, as well as the proper function of the urinary bladder, large intestine, and anal sphincter. Since external injury may not be immediately apparent, the malfunction of these organs as a result of nerve damage can be the first sign of a broken tail.
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Some signs of a broken tail include : tail dragging, inability to hold the tail high, dribbling of urine, dilated anal sphincter with possible fecal incontinence, and decreased motor function or uncoordinated movement of the hind legs. There might also be a loss of sensation in the tail or a painful tail head (where the tail connects to the body). A radiograph can usually show a break or dislocation in the tail, and might also reveal a distended bladder. Other tests such as a chemistry profile or a urinalysis may also be needed to fully assess the animal's neurological function.
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High school football coach's daughter married to rival
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Monroe head football coach Dick Abrams (right) plays a joking tug-of-war with his son-in-law, Arlington head coach Greg Dailer, as they battle for Ashley Abrams, Abrams' daughter and Dailer's wife.
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Arlington head football coach Greg Dailer (left), is married to Ashley Abrams, Monroe head football coach Dick Abrams' daughter.
The relationship between the two coaches is unusual given that Dailer is married to Abrams' daughter, Ashley. In fact, Ashley's brother, Richie, has dubbed tonight's contest in Arlington the "Ashley Bowl."
"I thought it was hilarious," Ashley said. "He told me he was going to be there for the Ashley Bowl. And I was like, 'What's the Ashley Bowl?' (He said), 'You know, Greg and Dad.'"
This is the first time the two coaches have faced each other since Greg and Ashley married in August, but the couple did get a small taste of what would it be like a season ago. The two were dating at the time Monroe and Arlington faced off, a game the Bearcats won 29-22 in overtime on their way to the Wesco 4A North championship.
Abrams and Dailer were obviously aware of the connection at the time, but it wasn't common knowledge for those around them. Abrams treated the game like any other.
"I didn't know him real well, but we knew each other," Abrams said. "I had seen him a couple of times. We knew it was serious, but we didn't know they were getting married at that time. To me, it was just a guy dating my daughter.
"It was just another game. We, of course, before and after the game said 'hi' and chatted a bit. (The relationship) got kind of serious from there on for those two."
So, how did it feel for Dailer to lose to his girlfriend's father?
"Not good," he said laughing. "I was not happy after the game. It was a big test for our relationship."
The game wasn't easy for Ashley either. She spent most of the night with the Arlington fans, but did make an appearance on the Monroe side. "She wasn't sure if we were going to last yet, so I think she was still pulling for her dad," Dailer said.
Abrams' wife, Trudi, kept tabs on their daughter during the game.
"She was on the Arlington side for most of the game, but she did come out and congratulate me right after the game which I appreciated," Dick Abrams said.
This year, mother and daughter will be in the press box together -- Ashley keeping statistics for Dailer and Trudi keeping stats for Abrams.
Now that his daughter and Dailer are married, Abrams said he expects she no longer will be on the fence.
"She won't even be on my side at all this year," Abrams said. "I'm sure she won't even step on the Monroe side. She will be all Arlington, which is fine."
The relationship between Greg and Ashley continued to grow after last year's game, so much so that he spent Thanksgiving with the Abrams family. Dick Abrams didn't bring up the game, but son Richie couldn't resist. Dailer took the good-natured ribbing in stride.
"Richie made sure to say something," Dailer said. "It was fine. I was over it by then."
Obviously the dynamic between the two coaches has changed in the past year. They know each other better now and have become close.
"We're good friends now, and family actually, so once the kids get out there and start playing I'm sure it will be just like any other game for both of us," Abrams said. "But before the game, pregame and postgame, it's going to be a very cordial time. We get to chat a little bit and say 'hi' and that type of thing. It will be fun competing against each other, but when the kids are out there playing, we will be coaching just like we would any other game."
At family get-togethers, Abrams and Drailer talk football -- just not about their own teams.
"I don't think we talk so much about Arlington and Monroe football," Abrams said. "It's more college and pros because it's something we share in common. It's a huge thing in both of our families. We both really enjoy football. It is a topic of conversation for us definitely, but not so much the immediate football that we coach ourselves."
Dailer said he looks forward to the day that might change.
"With us being in the same league we are really standoffish about football specifics, schemes and things like that," Dailer said. "I'm excited for whenever he retires to actually be able to open up about it a little more because it's so secretive all the time."
Whatever happens tonight, Dailer said he expects this year's postgame exchange to be a bit different than the one the two coaches shared a year ago.
"It will probably be more of a shake into a hug," Dailer said. "I respect him a lot and win or lose it will just be fun to compete against him."
As for Ashley, she will be rooting for her husband -- mostly.
"I will be excited either way," she said. "I will be cheering for Arlington ... but I will be happy if my dad wins, too."
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Halle Berry stuns at the 2nd Annual Essence Black Women In Hollywood Luncheon, while still rocking a pageant pose!
Does it get any better for Bond? Halle Berry putting her own spin on Ursula Andress for 007.
Halle Berry looks far from a mutant at the "X-Men Origins: Wolverine" screening.
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Lucy Lawless is one tough pageant lady in this form-fitting leather evening gown.
At 41, Lucy Lawless has a fun, flirty look fitting of a title-holding beauty.
Lawless easily trades the tough exteriors of a warrior princess for high fashion numbers like this red gown.
Fresh faced, Lawless certainly looks like she's had fun as a blonde.
Here she is--Miss New Zealand turned tv action star Lucy Lawless.
Looking far from Miss Orange County, Michelle Pfeiffer takes a brooding sexy headshot in the late 1980s.
Who wouldn't crown this blonde knockout? Michelle Pfeiffer gives a pert post circa 1975.
Even over 50 this beauty is a red carpet queen, posing at the premiere of her fantasy flick Stardust.
The quintessential California beauty, Pfeiffer represented Southern California as a queen before upgrading to Hollywood.
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Nowadays, Thiessen flaunts a more demure look, like this casual chic from May '09.
Thiessen looks small town and sweet in this white pantsuit, from the Beverly Hills reopening of the Salvatore Ferragamo boutique.
Vanessa Minnillo won Miss Teen USA 1998, then won hearts as an MTV VJ before pursuing acting full time.
With the success of "Ugly Betty", the world was reintroduced to a fierce and fun Williams on Primetime TV.
Post-Miss America, Vanessa Williams was the definitive 80s beauty, working big hair, leather accents and a fresh face to boot.
Yowza--pageant beauty Williams doesn't look at far off from her daughter, enjoying Miami Beach in bikinis.
Always a fashion fan, you can see Williams' strong pageant expressions and stance even at the most glamorous occasions.
Despite the revoking of her Miss American title because of leaked nude photos, Williams maintains poise and integrity as a long-working actress.
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White has the gleaming good looks of a real beauty queen, but vamped it up for a performance in "Cabaret".
At 52, White can still please any judge with her brilliant smile.
While her acting attempts were never well received by critics, her gig turning letters kept her working as thespian well through the 90s.
Vanna's beauty was even the subject of a tongue-in-cheek cover of Playboy magazine!
As a former Miss USA Shanna Moakler knows a thing or two about the perfect pose, evidenced here in a sexy summer look.
With such a free spirit, its easy to see why pageant judges and casting directors alike would favor Moakler.
Despite her variety of looks, the inner-beauty queen always surfaces for Shanna with her confident stance and winning smile.
Though she's long retired her sash, Moakler served as an advisor to Miss California USA, until a recent fallout over controversial Carrie Prejean.
At only 34, Moakler is an accomplished title holder, actress, model and mother.
Hot Mama! This Miss Louisiana winner turned actress still looks like a perfect 10 on the beach with her daughter.
Sweet but still exotic, it's no wonder Landry has had appeal as both a beauty queen and commercial actress.
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Landry gave birth to daughter Estela Ines in 2007, not that you can tell from this sizzling bikini shot!
With this radiant swimsuit shot, we're sure Landry slaughtered any on-stage rivals during her pageant years.
After her crowing achievements, Landry has enjoyed multiple roles on both the big and small screen.
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Minnillo, a girls' girl, was the first Miss Teen USA to win the crown and Miss Congeniality in the same competition.
Minnillo recently stared in the spoof Disaster Movie, with Kim Kardashian and Carmen Electra.
Filipina knockout Vanessa looks to celeb trainer Gunnar Peterson for a bod that's pageant and production worthy.
While she's also done independent romantic comedies, Vanessa's currently enjoying real life as a single lady.
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Misenheimer, NC The Intercollegiate Womens Lacrosse Coaches Association (IWLCA) recently recognized five student-athletes for their accomplishments off the field, honoring three as IWLCA Scholar-Athletes for excellence in the classroom as well as two for outstanding accomplishments in the field of community awareness. Pfeiffers Patty Hunter was recognized as one of the Community Awareness award recipients for the season along with Quinnipiacs Lyndsey Banach. Also honored were Princetons Kristin Schwab, Southern New Hampshires Julie Kraus, and Elizabethtowns Anna Ford as the Scholar-Athlete for their respective divisions.
While serving as the Vice President of the Pfeiffer Student-Athlete Advisory Committee, Hunter spearheaded Dry Night, an evening of alcohol-free activities designed to show classmates everyone can have a good time without drinking and raise money for Make-A-Wish. The highlight of the evening was the Mr. Pfeiffer pageant, an amusing and light-hearted competition that included categories such as talent, evening and team wear, a Q & A, and a best pick up line contest. The Pfeiffer student-athletes raised over $1600 at the event.
As a member of SAAC, Hunter also helped organized two evenings of Parents Night Out. Members of the community were able to enjoy a child-free evening while Pfeiffer student-athletes played board games, watched Pfeiffer mens and womens basketball games, and ate dinner with the children. Through this event the Falcons raised additional money for Make-A-Wish.
On top of everything already mentioned, Patty volunteered her time as a Sports Chaplain on Pfeiffers campus. In this leadership role, she encouraged, ministered to, and supported Pfeiffer athletes. She also volunteered for the Special Olympics as an inspirational cheerleader for participants.
Patty will accept her award at the WLCA/US Lacrosse banquet on Saturday, June 13 in King of Prussia, Pennsylvania.


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Studio: Summit Entertainment
Director: Bill Condon
MPAA Rating: PG-13 (for disturbing images, violence, sexuality/partial nudity and some thematic elements)
Screenwriter: Melissa Rosenberg
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"The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn" will be released as two separate films with the first of the two slated to be released in theatres on November 18, 2011. The project, based on the fourth novel in author Stephenie Meyer's "Twilight" series, is currently being written by Melissa Rosenberg with Wyck Godfrey, Karen Rosenfelt and Stephenie Meyer producing. "The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn" will start production in the fall. "The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn" illuminates the secrets and mysteries of this spellbinding romantic epic that has entranced millions.


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NuMat Technologies from Northwestern University beat out 36 teams from top MBA programs around the world to claim the grand prize at the 29th annual Global Venture Labs Investment Competition held at The University of Texas at Austin on Saturday, May 5. NuMat Technologies designs and creates high-performance materials to store clean fuels and produce them on a large scale for industry.
The NuMat Technologies team, Chris Wilmer and Tabrez Ebrahim, won a $135,000 package including Austin Technology Incubator office space, mentoring and consulting services; a full-page ad in Inc. magazine; consulting with the McCombs entrepreneurship faculty worth $25,000; and cash. The winning team will also ring the closing bell at the NASDAQ Stock Market on Friday, July 27. Read more.
Texas Venture Labs is an interdisciplinary education and research initiative at The University of Texas at Austin created to support entrepreneurship, innovation and company formation while providing a unique and directly applicable educational experience for students and a research environment for faculty. Venture Labs promotes new venture creation at the university through education and mentoring; market and business plan validation; team-building and networking; and direct links to resources and funding.
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University of LouisvilleKentucky Chia will become the exclusive distributor of American-grown chia seeds in the $40B US equine industry. Chia seeds are an ancient super-food rich in fiber, antioxidants, and Omega-3s. Our unique line of patent pending seeds enables domestic production in the US for the first time.Zack Pennington, Joanna Cruz, Keith Starling, Scott SerdozFaculty Adviser: Van Clouse
Norwegian University of Science and Technology, NorwayHavtek will provide technological solutions of high quality to the fish farming industry. The first product, El-Net, is an automatic and continuous surveillance of the net so that holes can be detected when they occur and the fish farmers can act immediately and prevent fish from escaping.Sven Jørund Kolstø, Håvard Haraldsen, Ole Andreas LoFaculty Adviser: Øystein Widding
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Sasin Graduate Institute, ThailandSensorius' vision is to improve quality of life through innovative technology that detects dangerous chemical contamination in air, along with continuous research to extend its ability to detect other contaminants that could be harmful to life. Sensorius introduces SentryPost™, the first and only gel-based toxic gas detection platform that adopts innovative SentryGel™ and spectrophotometry to detect and measure toxic air contamination levels. Santi Prichavongwaikul, Donsiri Aromsook, Sarawud Kongkiattiwong, Supanee Boonchoo, Arada PhumisingharajFaculty Adviser: Nick Pisalyaput
Universidad del Valle, ColombiaCarbonZero brings solutions to individual mitigation needs in climate change through sowing efficient in carbon capture plants, with novel commercialization system at the source of emissions as gas station or energy bills with information about carbon emitted and its mitigation and a proprietary massive in-vitro reproduction system.Francisco Alvarez, Gustavo Vasquez, Alvaro HerreraFaculty Adviser: Javier Medina
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Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais/Fundacao Getulio Vargas, BrazilWe have developed a process which allows waste glycerin from biodiesel production to be turned into a variety of products. We chose Fragdust, a new dust suppressor, as our first product. It aims to reduce iron ore loss during transportation, a relevant problem of the mining sector. Aluir Purceno, Pedro Vidigal, Carla Leite, Fernanda Vidal, Jamerson GomesFaculty Advisers: Rochel Lago and Rene Rodrigues Fernandes
Northwestern UniversityNuMat Technologies' mission is to enable world-changing clean energy technologies that critically depend on novel materials precisely engineered on the atomic scale.Tabrez Ebrahim, Chris WilmerFaculty Adviser: Randall Snurr
Nanyang Technological University, SingaporeFlue-tubes is an innovative process which combines the growing demand for carbon-nanotubes and the urgent need for reduction of carbon emissions. The roots of our business plan lie in the invention of a revolutionary process of producing high quality carbon nanotubes using industrial flue gas at drastically cheap prices.Kabeer Chaudhary, Akhil Mehta, Siddharth Sachdev, Vivek NairFaculty Adviser: Vijay Sethi
University of Hawaii at ManoaAloha Composite Solutions markets performance based contracts coupled with ultra-light cargo containers that enable airlines to realize a guaranteed fuel cost reduction each year with zero upfront capital expenditure. Revenue is earned when airlines pay the company a portion of the related fuel cost savings while realizing a net reduction of their largest unpredictable expense—fuel. Greg Judd, Aaron Cates, Karol Zemier, Andrew StrotherFaculty Adviser: John Butler
Centro Global de Innovación y Emprendimiento, A.C., MexicoThis technology is a power management product that uses the cheaper rates from the power company. It also lets you control all your equipment and see the consumption from each device.Alan Quiroga, Jorge Morales, Jorge Romero, Marissa Lopez, Claudia Rios Faculty Adviser: Carlos Ross
Universidad de Los Andes, ColombiaSAS will produce an enhanced-efficiency fertilizer that incorporates a patented nanotechnology called CDS®. This technology protects the crop nutrients until they are delivered to the right place, at the right time and in the required quantity. The product will generate savings in fertilizer cost, increase productivity and safeguard the environment. Hector Acuna, Juan Rivera, Pedro Rivera, German Moreno, Luisa MorenoFaculty Adviser: Jorge Hernandez
Loyola Marymount UniversityPartiePoche is a novel women's fashion accessory that holds a woman's three essentials, designed specially to resolve the drawbacks of carrying a handbag. Much like a garter, PartiePoche is worn under or beneath a dress or skirt with its most salient characteristics being fashion and function.Connor Pastoor, Jillian JaccardFaculty Adviser: Fred Kiesner
San Diego State UniversityShake Smart is a company that provides freshly blended protein shakes for today's on-the-go consumer. Each product has 30+ grams of protein and is low in sugar, calories and carbohydrates. We locate conveniently for consumers, in front of college recreation centers and gyms in shopping malls. Ryan Ross, Kevin Gelfand, Martin Reiman Faculty Adviser: Bernhard Schroeder
University of MichiganFashion Forward Maternity is a woman-owned start-up company, a boutique-style e-commerce rental business of maternity-related clothing and accessories. We meet a fundamental but unmet need - the need for a pregnant or nursing woman to have a specialized wardrobe that grows and changes with her evolving shape and size or with her preference. Tim FaleyFaculty Adviser: Erin Lewis
Universidad Austral, ArgentinaOur company will adapt an already successful business model in the US to developing markets, which consists in the sale of fresh, fast-to-prepare, high quality food that reaches the consumer through mobile trucks located in strategic points in metropolitan areas, leveraged on social media marketing.Franco Ferraro, Matías Carrera, Tomás Rodrigué, Francisco Tellechea, Juan Pablo AguerreberryFaculty Adviser: Juan Martín Rodríguez
EMLYON Business School, FranceShopping can be a very frustrating experience, especially when it's difficult to find clothes and apparel that actually fit. Retailers are desperately seeking new ways to increase sales, reduce returns and increase their customer loyalty. Per'Fit revolutionizes the way consumers shop by matching them with garments and apparel that suit and fit them without any hassle. Per'Fit also helps retailers better cater to their customers' needs, while offering them a new and personalized experience.Nadine Callcutt, Stephane Courcombette, Jean Pierre Marques Gomes Faculty Adviser: Rickie Moore
University of ArkansasRetail shelf out-of-stock is costing product manufacturers an estimated $98 billion annually in lost sales. SpatiaLink is reinventing the shelf planning process by integrating with the supply chain to improve on-shelf availability. Our trade-secret algorithms optimize product assortment to maximize retail sales and market share for product manufacturers.Aaron Huffaker, Bethany Haefner, Steve Fortner, John Miller, Nate AllenFaculty Adviser: Carol Reeves
Kennesaw State UniversityiSpies™ is a free, location-based game that leverages GPS connectivity in modern smart phones to create marketing opportunities by directing players to locations where retailers can solicit sales. Players compete to decrypt a secret password by completing real-world missions. The first team to successfully decrypt the password wins the round.Jason George, Kevin George, Jay Brown, Joyce BoneFaculty Adviser: Charles Hofer
Wissenschaftliche Hochschule fur Untemehmensfuhrung, GermanyThe venture aims to introduce a disruptive technology developed by the team members for the mobile devices market. It enables mobile devices to send and receive higher data volumes at higher speed and significant cost reductions in production.Stefan MaderFaculty Adviser: Karl Dieterich
University of Texas at AustineyeQ provides retailers the ability to monitor consumer purchasing behavior, generate retail business intelligence and influence consumer purchasing at the shelf; increasing sales for the brick-and-mortar retailer. Essentially, eyeQ takes what the consumer and retailer like about their Amazon.com shopping experience and brings that into the brick-and-mortar retailer.Michael GarelFaculty Adviser: Rob Adams
Carnegie Mellon UniversityQualaris Healthcare Solutions, Inc. offers a multi-million dollar opportunity to hospitals through our patient safety software platform. Our system monitors and improves clinical practices through intelligent information delivery to save patient lives. James Wolfe, Daniel Bishop, Scott Fisk, Craig TeegardenFaculty Adviser: Art Boni
Brigham Young UniversityFlexLeg is a revolutionary crutch alternative that seeks to replace crutches and knee scooters as the mobility device of choice for those with lower leg injuries. The company has drawn upon prosthetic technology to provide a stable, hands-free mobility solution for temporarily injured patients.Seth GonzalezFaculty Adviser: Tom Peterson
Purdue UniversityLEMM Technologies, LLC is a start-up medical device company. The company's mission is to develop non-invasive devices for sensitive blood glucose analysis. LEMM Technologies' exclusive invention SubtleSense uses the near infrared light to measure the concentration of glucose in the body non-invasively. Marcus Kramer, Rush BartlettFaculty Adviser: Alyssa Panitch
University of ArkansasOur mission at Boston Mountain Biotech is to simplify protein pharmaceutical production so that these drugs can be moved from bench-top to patient. To do this, we provide custom E. coli cell lines that make clean proteins faster, with fewer losses, and more cost effectively.Ellen Brune, Ricky Draehn, Stuart BruneFaculty Adviser: Carol Reeves
Johns Hopkins UniversitySalveo Vascular's mission is to prevent the unnecessary death and suffering of healthcare's most vulnerable patients. We have invented the Sonicade, an accessory that attaches to any central venous catheter and uses high-frequency vibrations to reduce the risk of infections and blockages.Nathaniel Moller, Adam Clark, Shuja DawoodFaculty Adviser: Lawrence Aronhime
Johns Hopkins UniversityInnovostics is a for-profit social venture providing point-of-care diagnostic technologies to save patient lives around the globe. Using a unique microfluidics platform and design, our tests will provide accurate, inexpensive and rapid results. Currently, we are developing the FeverPoint™, a rapid diagnostic test for acute fever to differentiate between bacterial, viral and parasitic infection.Martin Omid Akhavan, James BargerFaculty Adviser: Lawrence Aronhime
Colorado State UniversityTimamu Food Solutions dedicates itself to increasing access to affordable, nutritious foods tailored to meet local needs that improve chronic child malnutrition throughout East Africa. Timamu delivers highly nutritious and competitively priced porridge flour for children aged 6 to 59 months whose nutrition needs are not being met in the market.Laura Arendacs, Meghan Coleman, Liz GicharuFaculty Adviser: Carl Hammerdorfer
The Chinese University of Hong Kong, ChinaReceBuy is an online business model which combines two well-proven concepts, auctioning and factoring, and thus creates a new type of business catered to an untargeted market segment in Hong Kong. SMEs are provided with an online platform, which allows them to auction off their receivables to mostly private individuals and thereby enhance cash-flow, guarantee liquidity and mitigate risk for a small premium. In turn, consumers can earn a decent return on their auctioned receivables as compared to the abysmal interest rates in Hong Kong. Matthias Brock, Oliver Padmaperuma, Christian SeurigFaculty Adviser: David Ahlstrom
Robertson International Academy
Bond University, AustraliaRobertson International Academy will be a pre-university college, offering courses designed to promote and enhance educational outcomes for international students from ages 14-18. The Academy will be an elite academic provider that delivers tailored courses using the International Baccalaureate Diploma Program, English Language Development (ELICOS) and a Diploma of Business. Shilo MahoneyFaculty Adviser: Baden U'Ren
University of ArkansasLearning DifferentiatED has developed a software program, manaGED Prep, that is based on our President's adult education expertise. The manaGED Prep program will streamline the current GED preparation process, reducing student preparation times by 25 percent while increasing student retention rates thereby increasing profits for our customers – adult education schools.Barry James, Brandon Hill, Senthil Raman, Brandon WrightFaculty Adviser: Carol Reeves
University of CincinnatiIschiban is a medical device startup company. Our Mantra is "Saving time, money and lives through neural connections". Our mission is to develop comprehensive diagnostic and monitoring systems for emergency, mobile and long-term applications to aid in the assessment of neurological status for conditions like stroke.Pooja Kadambi, Ronald Meyers, Joseph Lovelace, Aaron KurosuFaculty Adviser: Charles Matthews
University of Texas at Austin Athena Laboratories is a medical device company providing a patented laser technology to physicians. The laser will be sold under the name FemtoSmooth™ and will be used to treat cellulite in a minimally invasive manner. The treatment differentiates from competing products based on efficacy, shorter duration of treatment and pain.Ravine Woods, Albert Alvarez, Wendy Wu, Wendell Johnson, Wayne WhitmireFaculty Adviser: Gary Cadenhead
University of Illinois at ChicagoNovoView Diagnostics is a medical device company created to assess the risk for stroke through conjunctival blood flow measurement. By building on the known correlation between blood flow in the eye and the brain, NovoView's EyeFlow™ device will provide a quick, non-invasive and effective measurement of stroke risk.Dominic Blank, Michelle Shah, Joseph SheahanFaculty Adviser: Rod Shrader
Brigham Young UniversityEpiQi Sciences is a drug repositioning firm formed to reposition an already FDA approved drug from its existing disease to treat anemia of chronic Inflammation (ACI). After a projected three-year window to complete repositioning, EpiQi Sciences will license its patent rights to pharmaceutical companies and collected royalties over an extended patent life.Dean Graham, Rob HiltonFaculty Adviser: Tom Peterson
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The Venture Labs Expo showcases new ventures ready for commercialization and funding from across the university with representation from the three primary commercialization channels in the UT system: Austin Technology Incubator, Office of Technology Commercialization and Texas Venture Labs.
1:15 p.m.
CLEAR Technology Systems: has developed the first sustainable process for recycling batteries.A novel perspective on the origin and early development of the Venture Capital industry
1:30 p.m.
Datical: creates database schema automation software for the $22B IT Systems Management (ITSM) market.
1:45 p.m.
Game Time Arena: provides gamers with the opportunity to compete in online virtual matches against other gamers from around the world.
1:55 p.m.
Vecturalux: is a fabless semiconductor startup with technology allowing 10G communication up to 40km over multimode fiber.
2:05 p.m.
V-Chain Solutions: creates solutions that bring value through mass information analysis and advanced data modeling techniques.
2:15 p.m.
AgileLaw: develops mobile applications for lawyers, allowing them to focus on their cases without being encumbered by administrative tasks.
2:25 p.m.
Physicians Angels: provides an affordable virtual work force that allows healthcare providers to focus more on patient care, not paper care.
2:35 p.m.
Terra Pave International: is the licensee of Terra Prime, an oil-free, higher performing best-rated roadway prime coat.
2:45 p.m.
Akimbo: provides a Visa Prepaid product designed to enhance interactivity and control with everyday transactions at merchants and with friends.
3:00 p.m.
Xeris Pharmaceuticals: XeriJect addresses the problem of injection with a non-aqueous reformulation of existing biopharmaceuticals.
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Office of Technology Commercialization (OTC): OTC at the University of Texas at Austin is a bridge between the research communities at the University and commercialization partners, ensuring smooth and fast transfer of intellectual property created at the University.
An overview of OTC and innovative approaches to University technology transfer
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Austin Technology Incubator (ATI): The Austin Technology Incubator harnesses business, government and academic resources to provide strategic counsel, operational guidance and infrastructure support to its member companies to help them transition into successful, high growth technology businesses.
An overview of ATI and selected deal showcase
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Lynx Labs: is creating the first point-and-shoot camera that captures 3D models.
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GoingMyWay: is a mobile application that offers a real-time, tailored, socially networked transportation solution.
Solspot Systems: is building solar-powered charging stations for electric vehicles.
4:32 p.m.
Sunfish: provides a platform for retail investors to create trading strategies using powerful tools in a simple interface.
4:41 p.m.
Benevac Therapeutics: delivers remarkable clinical and financial results with an uncommonly fast turnaround.
4:50 p.m.
AdBm Technologies: has developed a proven solution for meeting underwater noise reduction needs for marine pile driving and oil drilling operations.
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Wade Allen Cendea
Tim Berry Palo Alto Software
Matt Green Accenture
Gary Guion GPG Capital Management
Guenter Krauss IT Capital
Randall CrowderTexo Ventures
Rob Kendall Amromco Energy
Joe LeDonneAccenture
Dan Sharplin Entrepreneur
Randall TerrellAlternative Energy Development Management
Stu Clark Entrepreneur
Elizabeth Gerbel EAG Services
Ryan SandersEscalate Capital
Richard Winston Accenture
Shane Brisbin Morgan Stanley Private Wealth Management
Craig Casselberry Consultant
Antonio Centeno A Tailored Suit
Clint Greenleaf Greenleaf Book Group
Melissa Moloney Accenture
Rajiv BalaS3 Ventures
Scott Emley Ramtron International
Ken Fritschel Accenture
Chris ShonkLiahona Ventures
Bryan Stolle Mohr Davidow
Jim Graham Sante Ventures
Gail Papermaster Striata Group
Kaylen Silverberg, M. D. Texas Fertility Center
Phillip Wright Silicon Valley Bank
Jeriad Zoghby Accenture
Peter Cleaves DRG International
Kari DingmanAccenture
Scott Ingraham Zuma Capital
Rieva Lesonsky GrowBiz Media
Anthony Wright Dell Inc.
Jeff Hoogendam 360Partners
Shelley Hossenlopp poca international
Hunter Lentz PTV Sciences
Matt Wayne Entrepreneur & Investor
John Ward Accenture
Ed Ellett Vyopta
Ron Kessler Ron Kessler Group
Robert Reeves Datical
Mike Shultz Infoglide Software Corp.
Jim CoxCPA Matt Ferris United States Gold Bureau
Mike Turner Waveset Technologies
Mike Frost Siemens
Bill Hopkins The Knowledge Capital Group
Allen GilmerDrilling Info
Ashley Grosh Wells Fargo Environmental Affairs
Doug Hackney Enterprise Group Ltd.
Rebecca Klein Klein Energy
Doug Mangum Wells Fargo Bank
Todd ClaytonLecturer
Christopher GriffinMicrosoft Corporation
Rod KurtzThe Huffington Post
Joel Trammell Cache IQ
Luis deBonoPaula Ideas in Color
Randall Baker PuraVida Ventures
Harlan BeverlyKarmaback
Brian Borack BMC Software
Greg GreesonEntrepreneur / Industrial Designer
Eric Smith Pivot Acquisition Corp
Mike DoddAustin Ventures
William GlasgowPrime IX Investments
Thomas Pickens III Astrotech Corporation
Phil Speros Halsa Pharmaceuticals
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text: For those of you who love Buffalo Trace Park and those who arent quite sure; come out and play it this week. I just mowed it for the fist time this year and it makes a big difference. I dont now about you, but I love a freshly mowed course. I shouldnt have to mow it anymore this year. The park manager wanted me to layout the fairways and then they would follow the pattern the rest of the year.


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Two years ago, the New Israel Fund began a partnership with Theater J, the Washington, DC, Jewish theater that, according to its website, produces "thought-provoking, publicly engaged, personal, passionate and entertaining plays and musicals that celebrate the distinctive urban voice and social vision that are part of the Jewish cultural legacy."
In addition, Theater J takes its dialogues beyond the stage, offering "an array of innovative public discussion forums and outreach programs that explore the theatrical, psychological and social elements of art." NIF has participated in these talk-back sessions in past years.
Theater J also hosts an annual Voices from a Changing Middle East Festival, and we felt this is an obvious place where NIF could make a difference, providing sponsorship in a venue that used the medium as the message. It was therefore with great enthusiasm that, two years ago, NIF became an Angel Supporter of the Festival, working closely with the Artistic Director of Theater J and his staff to develop meaningful community conversations around the questions raised by the plays sponsored by the Festival.
This year, however, the Festival engendered more than just a community conversation. Theater J chose to produce "The Admission," a controversial play by Israeli playwright Motti Lerner, that uses an alleged 1948 massacre at the village of Tantura as a jumping off point for discussion, recrimination, evaluation and complex family and generational relationships in telling the story of the founding and development of the state of Israel.
The play fictionalizes the purported events, and the characters, Jewish and Palestinian, wrestle with the fallout 40 years later.
Art as message. Art as opportunity to face history and our deepest selves. Art as a trigger for meaningful discussion, painful reality, and a chance to look at our past and use mistakes to move positively into the present and future. There are no heroes in "The Admission," and there are no villains. Every character is a flawed human being, struggling to make sense of a past that is fading in memory but vivid in its impact. Every archetype is given a full rendering of humanity, of guilt, of honor, of pain, of passion, of the incredibly complicated and emotional history of modern-day Israel.
I believe that using a play as the delivery system for conversation is a meaningful and effective way to raise complex questions. It is a chance for those of us who share space in our vibrant and multi-faceted community, filled with supporters and lovers of Israel, whose politics and belief range across the full spectrum, to come together in honest and brave dialogue and explore our shared beliefs and heritage. It gives us the chance to learn more about each other and about Israel, and to, perhaps, find more empathy for each other's points of view.
But a small band of vocal activists thought otherwise. The protesters of COPMA, Citizens Opposed to Propaganda Masquerading as Art, deemed "The Admission" to be a hate-filled, anti-Israel play, designed to attack and defame the state. They called on the Jewish Federation of Greater Washington to pull funding from Theater J and its hosting agency, the Washington DC Jewish Community Center. They called for pickets and protests. And they wrote extraordinary screeds against Theater J, its Artistic Director, Ari Roth, the playwright, and other local supporters, in their quest for support from the community.
Their attacks started early, eight months before the Festival, and ran consistently throughout, with media attention intensifying as the play's opening grew close. In order to address the concerns, Theater J felt obliged to change the format of the production from a fully-staged play to a "workshop" production, with limited scenery, costumes and props, and to add a second play to the Festival's roster, "Golda's Balcony," a one-woman show honoring the life and legacy of Golda Meir, which, while inspiring conversation, offers little to actively protest.
Throughout the controversy, NIF never waivered in our support for the Festival. As comrades in the business of being attacked for our work and our core beliefs, we stand strong in the face of censorship, of radical, uninformed vitriol and of ignorant rhetoric. We believe that there is no absolute truth to the story of Israel, and that both sides, Jewish and Palestinian, have the right to their narrative, to their beliefs, and to their history. We believe in the right of everyone to learn, to talk, and to wrestle with a personal interpretation of the truth.
Ironically, the workshop-style presentation of "The Admission", if anything, made it more spare, and as such, more powerful. I hosted a talk-back session on the question of shared society with NIF's two Israeli law fellows who are studying in DC this year – Muna Haddad and Re'ut Cohen. I sat next to them during the play, and it was clear they both were moved and surprised by it. I don't think either of them – Re'ut, a Jewish Israeli from Haifa, and Muna, a Palestinian Israeli from Nazareth – expected such a nuanced and challenging depiction of Israel here in America.
But nuanced and challenging it was. Early in the play's run, NIF's Vice President for Communications, Naomi Paiss, participated in a panel discussion with playwright Motti Lerner and Jonathan Tobin from Commentary Magazine. It was important to us to have a balanced conversation about the role of art in democracy. The discussion was heated but respectful, and challenged the assumptions behind the relative truths of the story.
We are now moving into the second half of the Voices from a Changing Middle East Festival. The dramatic protest is dying down. "Golda's Balcony" will be a local hit, featuring renowned actress Tovah Feldshuh. It's a big coup for the DC theater world and Theater J to produce a Tony-nominated, Broadway production. NIF will sponsor one more talk-back, this time on the status of women in Israeli society, which will feel like neutral territory at this point.
But we stand alert and ready, alongside Theater J and the DCJCC and the Federation, ready to support and defend our right to free speech, freedom of artistic expression, and our communal and shared love of Israel.


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As budget cuts loom, is government shutdown next?
Thursday - 2/28/2013, 2:56am EST
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WASHINGTON (AP) -- With big, automatic budget cuts about to kick in, House Republicans are turning to mapping strategy for the next showdown just a month away, when a government shutdown instead of just a slowdown will be at stake.
Both topics are sure to come up at the White House meeting Friday between President Barack Obama and top congressional leaders, including Republican House Speaker John Boehner. A breakthrough on replacing or easing the imminent across-the-board spending cuts still seems unlikely at the first face-to-face discussion between Obama and Republican leaders this year.
To no one's surprise, even as a dysfunctional Washington appears incapable of averting a crisis over economy-rattling spending cuts, it may be lurching toward another over a possible shutdown.
Republicans are planning for a vote next week on a bill to fund the day-to-day operations of the government through the Sept. 30 end of the 2013 fiscal year -- while keeping in place the new $85 billion in cuts of 5 percent to domestic agencies and 8 percent to the military.
The need to keep the government's doors open and lights on -- or else suffer the first government shutdown since 1996 -- requires the GOP-dominated House and the Democratic-controlled Senate to agree. Right now they hardly see eye to eye.
The House GOP plan, unveiled to the rank and file on Wednesday, would award the Pentagon and the Department of Veterans Affairs with their line-by-line budgets, for a more-targeted rather than indiscriminate batch of military cuts, but would deny domestic agencies the same treatment. And that has whipped up opposition from veteran Democratic senators on the Appropriations Committee. Domestic agencies would see their budgets frozen almost exactly as they are, which would mean no money for new initiatives such as cybersecurity or for routine increases for programs such as low-income housing.
"We're not going to do that," said Sen. Tom Harkin, D-Iowa. "Of course not."
Any agreement needs to pass through a gantlet of House tea party conservatives intent on preserving the across-the-board cuts and Senate Democrats pressing for action on domestic initiatives, even at the risk of creating a foot-tall catchall spending bill.
There's also this: GOP leaders have calculated that the automatic cuts arriving on Friday need to be in place in order for them to be able to muster support from conservatives for the catchall spending bill to keep the government running. That's because many staunch conservatives want to preserve the cuts even as defense hawks and others fret about the harm that might do to the military and the economy. If the automatic cuts are dealt with before the government-wide funding bill gets a vote, there could be a conservative revolt.
"The overall sequester levels must hold," said Rep. Tom McClintock, R-Calif.
Little to no progress has been made so far between House and Senate leaders and the White House, and given the hard feelings engulfing Washington, there's no guarantee that this problem can be solved, even though the stakes -- a shutdown of non-essential government programs after March 27 -- carry more risk than the across-the-board cuts looming on Friday.
The funding plan for the rest of the fiscal year will be a main topic at the White House meeting on Friday, the March 1 deadline day for averting the across-the-board cuts.
Obama, speaking to a group of business executives Wednesday night, said the cuts would be a "tumble downward" for the economy, though he acknowledged it could takes weeks before many Americans feel the full impact of the budget shrinking.
The warring sides in Washington have spent this week assigning blame rather than seeking a bipartisan way out. In a glimpse of the state of debate on Wednesday, Republicans and the White House bickered over whether the cuts would be under way by the time Friday's meeting started. A spokesman for Boehner said they would be in place; the White House countered that Obama would in fact have until midnight Friday to set them in motion.
The cumbersome annual ritual of passing annual agency spending bills collapsed entirely last year -- not a single one of the 12 annual appropriations bills for the budget year that began back in October has passed Congress -- and Congress has to act by March 27 to prevent a partial shutdown of the government.
By freezing budgets for domestic agencies, the Republican plan would deny an increase for a big cybersecurity initiative, additional money to modernize the U.S. nuclear arsenal and money to build new Coast Guard cutters. GOP initiatives such as more money for the Small Business Administration or fossil fuels research would be hurt as well, but there's little appetite for the alternative, which is to stack more than $1 trillion worth of spending bills together for a single up-or-down vote.


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As a relatively inexpensive way to fly, the popular hang gliders inevitably led to powered versions which then evolved into the somewhat more sophisticated ultralights, such as the Flight Star which was built by Pioneer International Aircraft of Ellington, CT. The nearly 1,000 Flight Stars produced enjoyed worldwide popularity, partly because, although strongly recommended, no formal training or license was required. It was even used by the Brazilian Navy as a trainer. Powered by a 35 HP Kawasaki engine, it could take off in 100 feet and cruise at 50 MPH.


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A few times I've been fortunate to visit the places in Provence that candy whole and sliced fruits. Aside from the usual candied orange and lemon peels, they also candy whole cherries, strawberries, pineapple rings, angelica, Clementine slices, and even whole pumpkins and pineapples. And let me tell you—it's quite a sight seeing all those glistening fruits lined up on their drying racks.
The first time I paid one of them a visit, I didn't even need to ask for directions; I just saw the building with all the clouds of steam billowing out of the windows and doors, and went inside.
At home, I frequently candy citrus zest and even citron pieces, but wanted to try to candy long, beautiful citron wedges, like one finds in shops specializing in candied fruits and places like Confiserie Florian (above).


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Richard Moody (left) and Quinn Bachand (right), of Victoria, B.C., jam with other musicians Thursday afternoon at Useless Bay Coffee Co. in Langley. Their band, Brishen, played a Thursday evening show at the Whidbey Island Center for the Arts. Spontaneous jam sessions are sprouting up around the town during the DjangoFest Northwest gypsy jazz festival, which goes on through Sunday.
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Retired Marine Master Sgt. Johnnie Thompkins remembers when he decided he wanted to join the Marine Corps as a young man growing up in
"I was shining shoes on the street corner," said Thompkins, who now lives in
A group of Marines came up and he heard them talking about the Corps.
"These guys were all about it. I said, 'This is for me.' I said I wanted to join the Marine Corps because they were the baddest people out there,'" Thompkins said.
So he joined and found out just how bad they were.
"Those boys are too tough," he said. "I don't know how long I'm going to stay here, and they said, 'You've signed the papers. You're going to stay here forever.'"
Thompkins, 85, an original Montford Point Marine, attended a special ceremony honoring the first African-Americans to join the Marine Corps. The Montford Point Marine Association sponsored the event, which was held Friday at Cherry Point at the station theater.
When Thompkins was introduced, the entire crowd stood up to clap and offer their respect.
Thompkins said it wasn't always that way though for young black Marines.
"They told me I had to sit in the back of the bus," he said. "We were breaking in then."
He was one of 19,000 who ultimately went through Montford Point, the Marine Corps' boot camp for African-Americans from 1942 to 1949. The site has since been renamed
Sgt. Maj. Christopher Robinson, sergeant major for the 2nd Marine Aircraft Wing at Cherry Point, was the keynote speaker for the event.
"Words cannot truly capture what these men endured," Robinson said. "They've established a sense of sacrifice and duty that continues even today in the thousands of African-American Marines who serve and wear the Eagle, Globe and Anchor with pride and dignity, honor, courage and commitment."
Robinson said he knew little about the Montford Point Marines until his tour as sergeant major for the Center for Naval Aviation Technical Training at Cherry Point in 2006.
"They were never included in any lessons I sat through as a recruit back in boot camp, nor were they part of any lesson I taught as a drill instructor when at Parris Island as a DI back in those days, or even ever mentioned in any of the
Robinson told of how in 1941 President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed executive order 8802 establishing the Fair Employment Practices Commission which opened military services to blacks.
"These men came from all walks of life and they all came for different reasons, but the common denominator is they wanted to serve their country. They wanted to do it honorably. They wanted to do it as a Marine," Robinson said.
He said many faced discrimination and segregation, including arrests by police for impersonating Marines.
"Surprisingly, many of the
Robinson said that though blacks and whites trained separately during World War II, they came together on the battlefield.
"Their courage under fire and fidelity for their fellow Marines, regardless of skin color, began to erode the false Jim Crow generational stereotypes that blacks could not, would not fight when faced with danger," he said. "It was through their firsthand experiences being side by side in a fighting hole, their hardships, blood, sweat and tears, where white Marines and black Marines became green Marines. The conditions forced these men to recognize their similarities rather than their differences. At the end of the day, they were fighting for country, for a common cause and for each other."
In 2012, the surviving Montford Point Marines, most of them in their 80s, were the recipients of the Congressional Gold Medal, the highest civilian award in the country.
In March, the USNS Montford Point, a lead ship of a class of Mobile Landing Platform ships, will be christened and delivered to the U.S. Navy's Military Sealift Command.


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At a Glance
Why Get Tested?
To evaluate effectiveness of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) treatment if elevated prior to treatment; to monitor for recurrence of HCC
When to Get Tested?
Periodically when you have been treated for HCC
Sample Required?
A blood sample drawn from a vein in your arm
Test Preparation Needed?
The Test Sample
What is being tested?
Des-gamma-carboxy prothrombin (DCP) is an abnormal form of prothrombin, a clotting factor produced by the liver. DCP can be produced by liver tumors, and levels are frequently elevated when a person has hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). This makes the test potentially useful as a tumor marker. This test measures the amount of DCP in the blood.
According to the American Cancer Society (ACS), hepatocellular carcinoma is the most common type of liver cancer, accounting for 3 of 4 cancers that originate in the liver. ACS estimates that about 30,640 new liver cancers will be diagnosed in the U.S in 2013 and about 21,670 people will die of the disease. Liver cancer is much more common in other parts of the world, with more than 700,000 people diagnosed each year.
Most cases of HCC develop in those who have chronic liver diseases such as hepatitis and cirrhosis. In the U.S., the most common risk factor for HCC is a chronic hepatitis C infection; worldwide it is chronic hepatitis B. When it occurs, HCC may emerge several decades after the initial infection. HCC affects more males than females, with the average age of diagnosis at 62 years. Symptoms of HCC, such as a liver mass, abdominal pain, weight loss, nausea, ascites, jaundice, and a worsening of symptoms in those with chronic hepatitis and cirrhosis, are often not present until the later stages of the disease. For this reason, HCC is rarely detected early unless screening is done in those who are at high risk.
It was hoped that DCP testing would prove useful as a screening and surveillance tool to help with early HCC detection in those with chronic liver disease, but studies have shown mixed results and a recent guideline by the American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases (AASLD) recommends that it not be used for this purpose.
How is the sample collected for testing?
A blood sample is obtained by inserting a needle into a vein in the arm.
NOTE: If undergoing medical tests makes you or someone you care for anxious, embarrassed, or even difficult to manage, you might consider reading one or more of the following articles: Coping with Test Pain, Discomfort, and Anxiety, Tips on Blood Testing, Tips to Help Children through Their Medical Tests, and Tips to Help the Elderly through Their Medical Tests.
Another article, Follow That Sample, provides a glimpse at the collection and processing of a blood sample and throat culture.
Is any test preparation needed to ensure the quality of the sample?
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NOTE: This article is based on research that utilizes the sources cited here as well as the collective experience of the Lab Tests Online Editorial Review Board. This article is periodically reviewed by the Editorial Board and may be updated as a result of the review. Any new sources cited will be added to the list and distinguished from the original sources used.
Sources Used in Current Review
Stuart, K. and Stadler, Z. (Updated 2012 November 26). Primary Hepatic Carcinoma. Medscape Reference [On-line information]. Available online at http://emedicine.medscape.com/article/282814-overview through http://emedicine.medscape.com. Accessed July 2013.
Bruix, J. and Morris Sherman, M. (2011). Management of Hepatocellular Carcinoma: An Update. Hepatology v 53 (3) 3, 2011 [On-line information]. Available online through https://www.aasld.org. Accessed July 2013.
Grenache, D. (Updated 2013 March). Hepatocellular Carcinoma. ARUP Consult [On-line information]. Available online at http://www.arupconsult.com/Topics/HepatocellularCarcinoma.html?client_ID=LTD#tabs=0 through http://www.arupconsult.com. Accessed July 2013.
(© 1995–2013) Des-Gamma-Carboxy Prothrombin (DCP), Serum. Mayo Clinic Mayo Medical Laboratories [On-line information]. Available online at http://www.mayomedicallaboratories.com/test-catalog/Overview/61844 through http://www.mayomedicallaboratories.com. Accessed July 2013.
Herrine, S. (Revised 2012 November). Primary Liver Cancer. Merck Manual for Healthcare Professionals [On-line information]. Available online through http://www.merckmanuals.com. Accessed July 2013.
Lok, A. et. al. (2010 February). Des-gamma-carboxy Prothrombin and Alpha fetoprotein as Biomarkers for the Early Detection of Hepatocellular Carcinoma. Gastroenterology v138 (2): 493 http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2819612/ through http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov. Accessed July 2013.
Nguyen-Khoa, D-T. (Updated 2012 February 23) Vitamin K Deficiency. Medscape Reference [On-line information]. Available online at http://emedicine.medscape.com/article/126354-overview through http://emedicine.medscape.com. Accessed July 2013.
Sources Used in Previous Reviews
(Revised 2009 May 05). Liver Cancer. American Cancer Society [On-line information]. Available online at http://www.cancer.org/docroot/CRI/CRI_2_3x.asp?dt=25 through http://www.cancer.org. Accessed September 2009.
Grenache, D. et. al. (Updated 2009 May). Hepatocellular Carcinoma. ARUP Consult [On-line information]. Available online at http://www.arupconsult.com/Topics/HepatocellularCarcinoma.html?client_ID=LTD through http://www.arupconsult.com. Accessed September 2009.
Singal, A. and Marrero, J. (2008 March). Screening for Hepatocellular Carcinoma. Gastroenterology & Hepatology Volume 4, Issue 3 [On-line information]. PDF available for download at http://www.clinicaladvances.com/article_pdfs/gh-article-200803-marrero.pdf through http://www.clinicaladvances.com. Accessed September 2009.
Axelrod, D. and Leeuwen, D. (2008 September 18). Hepatocellular Carcinoma. eMedicine [On-line information]. Available online at http://emedicine.medscape.com/article/197319-overview through http://www.medscape.com. Accessed September 2009.
Mayo Clinic Staff (2009 July 2). Liver Cancer. MayoClinic.com [On-line information]. Available online at http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/liver-cancer/DS00399 through http://www.mayoclinic.com. Accessed September 2009.
(Modified 2009 June 30). Liver (Hepatocellular) Cancer Screening (PDQ®). National Cancer Institute [On-line information]. Available online at http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/pdq/screening/hepatocellular/healthprofessional through http://www.cancer.gov. Accessed September 2009.
Lopez, J. (2005 August). Recent Developments in the First Detection of Hepatocellular Carcinoma. Clin Biochem Rev. 2005 August; 26(3): 65–79 [On-line information]. Available online at http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/articlerender.fcgi?tool=pubmed&pubmedid=16450014 through http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov. Accessed September 2009.
Stitham, S. et. al. (Updated 2008 September 4). Hepatocellular Carcinoma. MedlinePlus Medical Encyclopedia [On-line information]. Available online at http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/article/000280.htm. Accessed September 2009.
Yamamoto, K. et. al. (2009 August 11). Significance of Alpha-Fetoprotein and Des-gamma-Carboxy Prothrombin in Patients with Hepatocellular Carcinoma Undergoing Hepatectomy. Ann Surg Oncol Abstract [On-line information]. Available online at http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19669841?dopt=Abstract through http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov. Accessed September 2009.
Sherman, M. (2005 June 23). Hepatocellular Carcinoma: Epidemiology, Risk Factors, and Screening. Medscape Today from Seminars in Liver Disease [On-line information]. Available online at http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/506830 through http://www.medscape.com. Accessed September 2009.


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Butch James will make his comeback to rugby tonight after three months out with a dislocated shoulder.
James returns for Bath's fixture against Leicester after his forced omission in January. At the time of his injury he was widely considered the form No 10 in the Premiership. Bath have since slipped from first to third on the log and this dip in the club's form has been largely attributed to the South African pivot's absence.
This will be good news for Springbok coach Peter de Villiers, as the dearth of in-form South African flyhalves playing Super Rugby has been worrying ahead of the June Tests against Wales and Italy. When keo.co.za spoke to James earlier in the year the World Cup-winner said he would consider playing rugby in South Africa again if it meant it would improve his chances of playing for the Springboks.
De Villiers has, however, intimated that he will pick overseas-based players for the Springboks if their form warrants selection. If James reaches anywhere near the heights he produced post-World Cup from November to January for his club, the No 10 Bok jersey should be his again.


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DOI Approves Three Renewable Energy Projects in Arizona and Nevada
June 12, 2013
The U.S. Department of the Interior (DOI) on June 3 announced the approval of three major renewable energy projects in Arizona and Nevada that are expected to deliver up to 520 megawatts to the electricity grid. When built, the projects will generate enough power for nearly 200,000 homes.
The 350-megawatt Midland Solar Energy Project and the 70-megawatt New York Canyon Geothermal Project are located in Nevada. The Midland Solar Project will be built on private lands about 7 miles southwest of Boulder City, Nevada, and will cross 76 acres of federal transmission corridor. The New York Canyon Geothermal Project and electrical transmission facility will be built on 15,135 acres of land managed by the DOI's Bureau of Land Management (BLM) about 25 miles east of Lovelock, Nevada, in Pershing County.
The 100-megawatt Quartzsite Solar Energy Project, located on 1,600 acres of BLM-managed lands in La Paz County, Arizona, will use concentrating solar power (CSP) "power tower" technology with integrated thermal energy storage. Power tower technologies use mirrors in heliostats to reflect and concentrate sunlight onto a central tower to produce heat, where liquid molten salt captures and stores the thermal energy which is then used to produce electricity. CSP systems are distinguished from other solar energy technologies by their ability to store energy as heat, so that consumer demand can be met even when the sun is not shining, including during the night.
The BLM has identified an additional 15 active renewable energy proposals slated for review this year and next. BLM identified these projects through a process that emphasizes early consultation and collaboration with its sister agencies at DOI:—the Bureau of Indian Affairs, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, and the National Park Service. See the DOI press release.