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Demyelination: Bare Nerves
Nerves do amazing things, sending and receiving messages from every part of your body and processing them in your brain. They allow you to speak, see, feel, and think.
Nerves are protected in the body by a coating called myelin. When myelin is worn away or damaged, nerves don't work as well. They can deteriorate, causing problems inside the brain and throughout the body.
Damage to the myelin sheath around nerves is called demyelination. Demyelination plays a part in several chronic diseases. Researchers are working to find ways to prevent or reverse demyelination.
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The Stuff That Nerves Are Made Of
Nerves are made up of cells called neurons. Neurons are composed of a cell body, dendrites, and an axon. The axon is the long part of the cell that sends messages from one neuron to the next. Axons also connect neurons to other cells, such as muscle cells.
Some axons are microscopically short. Some are very long—even up to three feet! Some axons are covered in myelin, an insulating material to protect the axons and to carry their messages as quickly as possible.
What Is Myelin?
Myelin is made of layers of membranes that shield the axon underneath. This is just like an electrical wire with coating to protect the metal underneath. This insulation allows the signal to travel faster. In unmyelinated neurons, a signal can travel along the nerves at about one meter per second—that's jogging speed. In a myelinated neuron, the signal can travel 100 meters per second, the speed of a racecar.
Certain diseases can cause damage to myelin, slowing down messages sent along axons. The damage can lead to deterioration of the axon. Depending upon the location of the damage, axon loss can cause problems with feeling, moving, seeing, hearing, and thinking clearly.
Causes of Demyelination
Inflammation is the most common cause of myelin damage. Other causes include:
- inflammation
- infection with certain viruses
- metabolic problems
- loss of oxygen
- physical compression
Inflammatory and Viral Demyelination
Inflammatory demyelination occurs due to the body's immune system attacking myelin. Multiple sclerosis (MS), optic neuritis, and acute-disseminated encephalomyelitis (ADEM) are types of demyelination caused by inflammation in the brain and spinal cord. Guillain-Barre syndrome (GBS) involves inflammatory demyelination of peripheral nerves in the body (those not in the brain or spinal cord).
Viral demyelination occurs with progressive multifocal leucoencephalopathy (PML). PML is caused by infection with the JC virus. Metabolic damage to myelin can occur with alcoholism, liver damage, and electrolyte imbalances. Hypoxic-ischemic demyelination occurs due to oxygen deprivation or vascular disease in the brain.
Vaccines and Demyelination
Vaccination activates long-term immunity toward a disease by administering a form of a virus or bacteria. It's possible that activating the immune system could trigger an autoimmune reaction. This occurs only in a few individuals with hypersensitive immune systems. Some children and adults experience "acute demyelinating syndromes" after exposure to certain vaccines such as those for influenza or HPV. However, there have only been 77 documented cases since 1979.
MS is not an "acute demyelinating" disease, but a chronic one. A 2003 review concluded that there was no increased risk of MS from a wide variety of common vaccines. There is little risk of MS due to the hepatitis B vaccine.
Effects of Demyelination
Demyelination prevents nerves from being able to conduct messages to and from the brain. The effects of demyelination can occur very rapidly. In Guillain-Barre syndrome (GBS), a demyelinating inflammation of peripheral nerves, it may only take a few hours for symptoms to appear once myelin is under attack.
For chronic illnesses like MS, symptoms can come and go, and will progress over years. Nerves are a key part of how your body functions. A wide range of symptoms can occur when nerves are compromised by demyelination.
Symptoms of Demyelination
Symptoms of demyelinating diseases can include:
- numbness
- loss of reflexes and uncoordinated movements
- poorly controlled blood pressure
- blurred vision
- dizziness
- racing heart beat or palpitations
- memory problems
- pain
- loss of bladder and bowel control
- fatigue
Multiple Sclerosis
MS is the most common demyelinating disease, with 2.3 million people affected worldwide. MS is a chronic disease where demyelination occurs in the white matter of the brain and in the spinal cord. In areas where myelin is under attack by the immune system, lesions or "plaques" form. These plaques are scar tissue. The name "sclerosis" means scar. Many of these plaques occur throughout the brain and over the course of years.
MS subtypes are:
- relapsing-remitting MS
- primary progressive MS
- secondary progressive MS
- progressive relapsing MS
About 85 percent of patients are initially diagnosed with relapsing-remitting MS.
Slowing Demyelination
There is no cure for demyelinating diseases. In some cases, new myelin growth can occur in areas of damage. However, the new myelin is thinner and not as effective. Research is underway to increase the body's ability to grow new myelin.
Most treatment of demyelinating disease concentrates on reducing the immune response. This is done with drugs like interferon beta or glatiramer acetate. Vitamin D is also a potential treatment. People with low levels of vitamin D are more susceptible to developing MS or demyelinating diseases, so high levels of vitamin D may reduce inflammatory immune response.


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Mass consumption in the eternal quest for what is cool, distinct, difficult to acquire, or just plain ugly. Hipsters engage in hipsterism by shopping at the most trendy places, always looking for the most unique items. Everything, from the type of clothes worn to what you eat is a status symbol to the hipsterist.
Darren's hipsterism had run rampant by the time he bought his 7th vintage BMW motorcycle.
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Ironic Nostalgia; the creed that "everything old and belonging to an era is cool (besides anything too old, like classical music), but only when worn/eaten/done in an ironic fashion." Basically: ironic nostalgia.
Kurt practiced extreme hipsterism on Tuesday; pairing some ancient converse all-stars with an 80's watch, an obscure 60's band tee, and acid-washed jeans, he glared at all of us "preps" through tortoiseshell lenseless glasses.
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The belief that the world revolves around you and your elite group of friends.
The followers are known as "Hipsters".
The followers are known as "Hipsters".
Hipsterism Believer 1: "Who's that kid?"
Hipsterism Believer 2: "No one worth talking about."
Hipsterism Believer 1: "Did you hear that new MGMT song?"
Hipsterism Believer 2: "No one worth talking about."
Hipsterism Believer 1: "Did you hear that new MGMT song?"
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A chronic imbalance in Noradrenaline hormones in the endocrine system, which results in mental retardation and lack of intelligence in the brain.
see also: Down Syndrome, Christianity
see also: Down Syndrome, Christianity
"I suffered from Hipsterism before anyone else"
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Deciding to wear a dress shirt and fucking retardedly skinny jeans and probably Starbucks. Basically, the gender fluid valley girl.
"Bitch!!! Get me a macchiato!" "Did you convert to... HIPSTERISM?!"
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Doo-woppers may ask who wrote the book of love, but we know who rewrote the book of beauty: Lauren Hutton. She still has that gap between her front teeth and a visage that shouldn't work. "Her nose flies west, her mouth flies north," Vogue once said of the face that has graced its cover a record 24 times. Now, after some years away from the still camera—and a movie career that fizzled—Hutton, 49, is back in fashion. Thanks in part to advertising's cautious acceptance of older models, she poses for J. Crew and even hit the runway for Calvin Klein earlier this month, about which The New York Times noted she looked "just as good as the current flock of fledglings." Manhattan-based Hutton, who has worked for New York City's Commission on the Status of Women, is also spreading the message of feminism. "We're demanding to be seen as who we are, not as 13-year-old Barbie dolls," she says. "That fantasy won't work with my generation." Camille Paglia, author and gender provocateur, sees her friend as, well, a model model: "She reminds me of Katharine Hepburn. She's very self-defined, she never seeks approval. That's tremendously appealing." As for the future, the single Hutton smiles widely when she says, "I plan to be a toothsome 80-year-old."
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Before Robb Walsh started writing about Tex-Mex, Taco Bell burritos and Chi-Chi's-style fajitas defined Mexican food for most American eaters.
Now, with Walsh's definitive Tex-Mex cookbook in its 11th printing, American cooks are armed with the knowledge that much of the "Mexican" food served in the U.S. isn't really Mexican. It's Tex-Mex, and lamely constructed at that -- pale imitations of the rich, spicy meals found in Texas and the Southwest after Northern Mexican traditions collided with Texas cookhouse cuisine.
In "The Tex-Mex Grill and Backyard Barbacoa Cookbook," the Houston-based writer uses his reporting skills to trace the roots of hit dishes like fajitas, margaritas and tacos. Today's cooks might not be keen for braised cow's head that Mexican ranch hands called barbacoa. (The name lives on in its Americanized form, barbecue.)
The recipes are tantalizing, but the remarkable part of the book is meeting the inventors or experts in the eats and drinks Walsh presents. Their tales of discovery provide clues to enthusiasts far from Texas who are trying to conjure up the feel and flavors of the eats and drinks. In Walsh's hands, their stories make great sauce.
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Wavehunters experienced operator in this region SSA is your host to some of the world's most pristine and virgin coastlines, offering world class point and beach breaks for surfers of all abilities. Whether you are in the mood to drive down the line for 300 plus yards or pull into a barrel, you will find it at SSA. Most of the areas we surf are all sand bottom. Shortboarders and longboarders are both welcome and each will find what they are looking for here. Water temperatures hover around 75-85 degrees from May through November. In April, a vest or spring suit may be desirable. Typically there is always an off-shore flow in the morning that lasts until early afternoon.
For over nine years, SSA has been providing its clients with a surf getaway like no other. Set in the small, tranquil fishing village of Las Barres, SSA provides a place to get away from the stress of everyday life. This overlooked region in Mexico has been referred to as "the land that time forgot" and the "promised land". For decades surfers have flown right over the area (only 2 hour flight from LAX) for more well known and overcrowded surf destinations. Most of the spots we surf including the area's most famous wave Patole are on private property and SSA has negotiated exclusive access to these breaks so you can be assured of surfing with only 7 other guys in the water! Crowds are a non-issue here with SSA.
As important as the georgraphy and the surf, is the facilities and service that SSA provides. A first-class surfing and fishing lodge w/modern amenities and comforts awaits surfers who make the short trip down here from the Estados Unidos. No need to rough it. The SSA lodge is a couples and family friendly facility. Moreover the lodge and surrounding area is completely safe and despite recent safety concerns related to travel to Mexico you do not need to be concerned about your safety on a Wavehunters/SSA trip to this area which is professionally guided and staffed.
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7:00PM TO 7:30PM - Dinner 7:30 PM - Watch surf videos, read, shoot pool, etc.
Repeat daily schedule for six days!!!
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There are over 10 spots the camp has access to via their two fully outfitted superpangas or four trucks. Typically, they send out two boats of eight people daily. Most of the spots they surf including the area's most famous wave Patole are on private property and SSA has negotiated exclusive access to these breaks so you can be assured of surfing with only 7 other guys in the water! Crowds are a non-issue here with SSA.
All spots are reachable within 30 minutes of the lodge. Due to their crew's years of swell, wind, and tide knowledge, in addition to their ability to move quickly, they'll put you on the best waves. Most of the time, it will only be the other seven guys in your group out in the water. SSA is open April 1st-mid-November. Our objective is to maximize your surf time.
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Folly voters could decide on Nov. 6 whether to make permanent their citys ban on drinking alcohol on the beach.
Election officials have verified that supporters of the ban collected enough signatures to force Folly Beach City Council either to adopt the ban or let voters decide the issue in a binding referendum.
Whats next?
City Council will discuss the petition request when it meets next on Aug. 14. Council members could pass a permanent ban at that time eliminating the need for a referendum.
However, Folly Beach Mayor Tim Goodwin said Monday he expects council members will opt for a Nov. 6 vote instead.
Its very emotional, and you get a lot of people on one side or another, he said. Council also will discuss whether to extend a temporary ban past Sept. 7.
How did Folly get here?
As Charleston Countys only beach community that has allowed alcohol on the beach (as long as its in a plastic cup), Folly has seen a growing number of flash parties sudden, large gatherings that have rankled residents. Their concerns boiled over after a July Fourth melee near East 10th Street that resulted in six arrests.
After that, City Council agreed to ban drinking on the beach for two months, launching a debate on what to do next.
Pro and con
Susan Breslin, an island resident who helped collect signatures, said residents quality of life has improved markedly in many ways since the ban took effect July 11.
The Fourth of July was just the last straw, she said.
But not everyone agrees. Omar Colon of Berts Market said the city has issues with trash, traffic, public urination and some drunk and disorderly people, but an alcohol ban on the beach isnt necessarily the answer.
We havent looked at other solutions, implemented and evaluated them and concluded theyre failures, he said.
How unusual are these referendums?
Since 1962, eligible voters in South Carolina cities and towns could put a local ordinance to a vote if at least 15 percent of them signed a petition, but its rarely used, said Scott Slatton, senior field services manager with the S.C. Municipal Association.
Its not been done in recent memory, he said.
Folly residents collected signatures several years ago to limit the height of new buildings there, but City Council adopted the change before putting the issue to a public vote.
Goodwin has a few ideas why Folly might be more inclined to these efforts than other cities.
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1. Creed has sold more records in the US than Jimi Hendrix
2. Led Zeppelin, REM, and Depeche Mode have never had a number one single, Rihanna has 10
Same with The Carpenters, Tina Turner, and Radiohead.
3. Ke$ha's "Tik-Tok" sold more copies than ANY Beatles single
Also more than anything by Adele or Nirvana.
4. Flo Rida's "Low" has sold 8 million copies – the same as The Beatles' "Hey Jude"
5. The Black Eyed Peas' "I Gotta Feeling" is more popular than any Elvis or Simon & Garfunkel song
6. Celine Dion's "Falling Into You" sold more copies than any Queen, Nirvana, or Bruce Springsteen record
7. Same with Shania Twain's "Come On Over"
Also more than any studio album by Whitney Houston or Pink Floyd.
8. Katy Perry holds the same record as Michael Jackson for most number one singles from an album
9. Barbra Streisand has sold more records (140 million) than Pearl Jam, Johnny Cash, and Tom Petty combined
10. People actually bought Billy Ray Cyrus' album "Some Gave All…" 20 million people. More than any Bob Marley album
11. The cast of "Glee" has had more songs chart than the Beatles
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MADEIRA BEACH — For the second year in a row, the city's planned Fourth of July Fest celebration disappointed hundreds of people gathered on the beach to watch the fireworks display.
Both times the events were billed to be the "best ever" by city officials. Both times the events were much less than planned.
Now, City Manager Shane Crawford wants the commission to rethink how or even whether the city should spend nearly $30,000 on an event that he described as a "nightmare."
Mayor Travis Palladeno has a more positive view.
"It was a successful failure," he said, stressing that the event drew many people to the city.
"That is what it is all about," Palladeno said Friday. "It's a tourist town, when businesses are doing good, the parking meters getting fed. I don't see any negative side. It was a family-friendly event that brought people to the city."
Nonetheless, the commission will have to decide whether it wants to spend $26,000 next year for Fourth of July fireworks and daylong beachfront activities.
Problems with the event began last year when a computer glitch shut down the planned finale, leaving more than three boxes of fireworks unexploded and many residents disappointed.
This year, a series of problems ranging from persistent rain to damage to a last-minute barge rental forced the fireworks display to be shifted to the Intracoastal Waterway behind City Hall instead of in the Gulf of Mexico where a crowd of people had gathered on the beach to enjoy the event.
The Fourth of July Fest, which began at 11 in the morning, attracted hundreds of residents and their families, as well as outside visitors, to Archibald Beach for music, a tiki bar offering beer buckets and frozen cocktails, food vendors and a kids' area featuring a slide, aqua bubbles, Hula Hoop contests, and a gyrosphere.
"It was packed," Palladeno said. "This was the first time we had the kids area and we had a ton of kids."
The weather, however, did not cooperate.
It rained nine times during the day, according to Crawford.
Each time, people left the beach. After the rain stopped, most but not all came back.
Even with the uncooperative weather, by midday it appeared the city event was bringing in a record amount of money.
But by evening, more problems arose.
The barge carrying the fireworks was a last-minute replacement for the originally chartered barge that was called away on an emergency bridge repair.
Cheers from people on the beach spotting the barge coming through John's Pass dwindled when the barge stopped.
"The tug and barge had experienced damage either getting out of the pass or hitting the rough waters in the gulf. The tug and the barge were going to become unattached," Crawford explained at last week's commission meeting.
With the help of the Coast Guard, the tug and barge returned through the pass and moored in the Intracoastal Waterway just behind City Hall.
"We had a city full of people who wanted to see the fireworks and, by golly, we didn't know where they were going to blow up but we were going to blow them up somewhere," Crawford said.
"It was a miracle that we got them off that night," he added. "It's probably time that we re-evaluate how we want to do that celebration."
The commission will hold a special meeting Tuesday to set its tentative property tax rate at $1.79 per $1,000 of assessed, taxable property value.
Next month the commission will hold a series of budget workshops to decide how much to spend on a variety of projects, including the 2014 Fourth of July celebration.
Crawford's proposed budget for next year calls for spending $26,000 for Fourth of July fireworks, virtually the same amount spent this year and significantly higher than the $18,000 that was spent in 2012.
Formal budget hearings are scheduled for 6 p.m. on Sept. 3 and Sept. 23.


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Today we celebrated our first full week of Kindergarten with a friendship salad. I want ot be completely honest and tell you that this is not my original creation. I found this online a few years ago and have no idea where it came from. If you know where it came from, please let me know so I can give credit.
I love this activity because it is such a fun and visual way to demonstrate just what we want our class to be.
Friendship Salad
Very Large Bowl
Large Mixing Spoon
paper plates or bowls
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Several cans of fruit (a variety is good)
1 very old and rotten banana
I explain to the kids that the big bowl is like our classroom and that there are many important things that our room needs..especially good friends and happy days at school.
Add one can of fruit...."These are the kind kids in our room."(You can elaborate....they help each other at school, and wait their turn in line...We also talked about being nice to each other.)
Add another can of fruit..."These are the hard workers in our room" (..they get their work done and always try their best, even when work gets hard! We talked about not quitting, and never saying Mr. Greg's most hated words: "I can't")
Add another can of fruit..."These are the kids who share" (...they know how to share their supplies, and they share the toys at center time....)
Add some marshmallows..."These are the kind words being said in our room." (...words like please and thank you, and I'm sorry, when someone gets hurt...)
Add the yogurt...."This is the happiness we feel when we are at school." (...when we laugh, when we learn, when we have treats, and when we get to play at recess....)
Talk about the yummy friendship salad, how good it will tasted and then pretend to begin to peel the rotten banana. The kids yell EEEEWWWW before I even get the banana peeled. I tell them that this is the Rotten Banana that could cause trouble in our happy classroom. This might be a banana that calls names, does not share, refuses to do school work, etc... We all vote NOT to put the rotten banana in our Friendship Salad.
This is your opportunity to talk with the children about why the children do not want this banana in their friendship salad AND how to make the connection with them about the importance of following rules and having good manners. It is fun to hear the children say throughout the year, "We don't want any rotten bananas in here!" or "Don't act like that or you'll be like a Rotten Banana!"


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THE HEALTH of the newborn infant depends on an adequate intake of nourishment shortly after he becomes independent of his mother. Therefore, it is of importance to study the various activities which constitute suckling behavior. At the touch of the nipple (1) the infant's lips open; his lower jaw drops so that the nipple can enter his mouth; his lips close about the nipple, and (2) he begins to suck. If this results in the flow of milk or water, he swallows. In addition to the activities just described, there are other specific types of behavior which are said to be related to suckling. One of these types, which is called the "rooting reflex," has been selected for study in addition to the first two acts of suckling: (1) the behavior of the infant's lips when brought into contact with the nipple and (2) actual sucking.
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When he left the Monrovia Community Center at 3:30 p.m., he didn't have to worry about that.
"There's not one can of anything left," he said.
Organized by area churches and other organizations, an estimated 4,500 people from across the county picked up items ranging from toilet paper to cereal to fresh chicken.
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The term myelodysplastic syndrome (MDS) describes a spectrum of disorders that are characterized by dysplastic marrow cell morphology, the development of peripheral blood cytopenias, and a tendency to evolve into acute myeloid leukemia. MDS has been recognized as a stem-cell disease, and hemopoietic stem-cell transplantation is currently the only potentially curative therapy. In patients with less advanced MDS (<5% blasts in the marrow), 3-year survival rates of 70% and 65% can be achieved with HLA-identical related and HLA-matched unrelated donors, respectively. The overall probability of disease recurrence in these patients is less than 5%. Of patients with advanced disease (5% marrow blasts or more), about 40% to 45% and 25% to 30% are surviving in remission after transplantation from a related or an unrelated donor, respectively. This inferior outcome is largely due to a higher incidence of post-transplantation relapse (20% to 30%). Inclusion of the International Prognostic Scoring System criteria into outcome analyses shows an inverse correlation between overall risk category and relapse-free survival after transplantation. Future trials should explore the usefulness of different transplantation regimens for different risk categories. Among patients with less advanced disease, use of a conditioning regimen that combines cyclophosphamide and busulfan, dose adjusted to reach target plasma levels, has been associated with improved survival in recipients of transplants from related and unrelated donors. It has also permitted successful hemopoietic stem-cell transplantation in patients as old as 66 years of age. Improved survival with transplants from unrelated volunteer donors has been achieved with selection of donors based on high-resolution HLA typing. Autologous stem-cell transplantation may provide excellent consolidation for selected patients who have obtained complete remission with conventional chemotherapy. High treatment-related morbidity and mortality rates, particularly after allogeneic transplantation, remain challenges that must be addressed with innovative approaches.
Abbreviations:MDS myelodysplastic syndrome, FAB French-American-British, FHCRC Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, IPSS International Prognostic Scoring System, RA refractory anemia, RARS refractory anemia with ring sideroblasts, RAEB refractory anemia with excess blasts, RAEB-T refractory anemia with excess blasts in transformation
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The Office of the Historian, Bureau of Public Affairs, U.S. Department of State, together with the Institute for European, Russian, and Eurasian Studies, in the Elliott School of International Affairs at The George Washington University, announce a joint scholarly conference to be held September 25-27, 2006 on U.S. relations with the People's Republic of China, 1969-1980. The conference will take place in Washington, DC, and begin on the afternoon of September 25 with an invited keynote presentation on U.S.-Chinese relations prior to the events of 1949. The conference will continue with scholarly sessions on September 26 and 27 that complement the forthcoming release of Foreign Relations of the United States, 1969-1972, volume XVII, China, and highlight recent work by the Institute.
The Program Committee invites proposals for original papers dealing with all aspects of U.S.-Chinese diplomatic relations from 1969-1980, particularly those drawing on recently opened archival collections. Possible themes include, but are not limited to:
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SANTA MONICA, Calif. — Alain Vigneault reviewed only portions of the video from the Rangers' Stanley Cup final opener before he sat down at New York's oceanside hotel to explain how it got away.
The coach had formed a few impressions, and they made him even more wary of the Kings.
"They're one of the best teams I've seen in a long time," Vigneault said Thursday. "Areas to exploit, they don't jump out at you. We're going to have to be better than we were.
"I don't want to name (which Rangers) I think brought their 'A' game, but our 'B' game won't do it. We're not going to win if we bring our 'B' game to the table."
The Rangers realize they missed a golden chance to grab an early game from the weary Kings, who were 72 hours removed from a grueling, seven-game Western Conference final victory over the defending champion Blackhawks.
New York jumped to a 2-0 lead in the first period Wednesday but was soon overwhelmed. The Kings tied it in the second, dominated the third and won in overtime on Justin Williams' goal.
Game 2 is Saturday. The Kings enjoyed a rare day off at home. The Rangers tried to relax near the beach on a sunny day.
The Kings realize they've also got work to do after stumbling early in the game. New York's speed on the wings surprised them, leading to numerous prime scoring chances.
"There are two teams left out of 30, which means that they've both come a long ways, and they both had to be resilient," Kings coach Darryl Sutter said. "You don't get any award for 'resilient.' So we can play a lot better, and it's way better when you're not chasing the lead."
Kings deny sale report: The Kings denied a New York Post report that owner Philip Anschutz is considering selling the team after the Stanley Cup final. "There are no plans to sell the franchise today, tomorrow or any time in the future," said Dan Beckerman, president and CEO of parent company AEG.
Isles get Boyles' rights: The Islanders acquired the negotiating rights to defenseman Dan Boyle from the Sharks for a conditional pick in next year's draft. Boyle can be a free agent July 1. The agent for Boyle, who turns 38 in July, told the Tampa Bay Times the former Lightning player plans to test market but is open to returning to Tampa Bay. "I know he loves it down there," George Bazos said.
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Generalized petechiae and purpura may be present at birth or appear shortly thereafter. The increased bleeding tendency may cause epistaxis, melena, hematuria, vaginal bleeding, and intracranial hemorrhage. The severe anemia gives rise to pallor, fatigue, and occasionally congestive heart failure. Another frequent finding which may be present prior to hematological manifestations is increased pigmentation, involving mainly the trunk, axillae, and groin. Café-au-lait spots and occasionally areas of depigmentation are also found. Skeletal abnormalities are next in frequency, consisting of defects of the thumb, which may vary from absence of the digit to hypoplasia of the nail, and hypoplasia or absence of the radius and first metacarpal. The proximal phalanges tend to have a broad base and the ossification centers of the wrist are reduced. Short stature with microcephaly is not infrequently found. Various renal abnormalities have been noted,
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Caversham, UK – 14th January 2013: A new survey published by the Business Continuity Institute (BCI) in association with BSI has revealed that 65% of organizations are extremely concerned or concerned about a cyber attack in 2013. The survey also reveals that 71% see the use of the Internet for malicious attacks as a major trend that requires a business continuity response with 42% seeking to manage the prevalence and high adoption of Internet-dependent services, such as the cloud, within their preparedness activities.
The Horizon Scan 2013 Survey Report concludes that the level of concern across sectors and geography over a cyber attack is a major challenge for public policy makers and board rooms. More needs to be done to gain a better understanding of the threat and underlying trends that drive the vulnerability to ensure that a proportionate business continuity approach is in place.
The survey questioned 730 organizations from sectors as diverse as financial services, public administration and defence, retail and manufacturing in 62 countries including USA, UK, India, China, South Africa, Egypt and Brazil.
Further findings from the report, now in its second consecutive year, include:
- The leading threat of concern in 2013 is unplanned IT and telecom outages with 70% of organizations surveyed stating they were extremely concerned or concerned about this threat in 2013. This was followed in second place by concern over a data breach at 66%.
- Supply chain disruption and the underlying trend of increasing supply chain complexity figure prominently in the overall results and are lead concerns in manufacturing and retail sectors.
- 60% of respondents see the influence of social media as a major trend affecting reputation management and crisis communications, the second highest rated trend in the survey.
- Investment in business continuity is robust, in spite of difficult economic times, with 22% seeing increased investment in 2013 and 54% stating that investment will be maintained at appropriate levels. 14% expected investment to be cut, thereby limiting the scope or effectiveness of the programme.
Lyndon Bird FBCI, Technical Director at the BCI, commented: "For the first time, we see a study that brings together short-term threats with the underlying trends that drive disruption. This provides business managers with both an immediate term focus and insight into the longer term needs for capability development. The dominance of technology and Internet-related threats and trends in this year's survey mirrors events we have seen in the real world recently with for example PayPal, RIM, O2 and RBS. The high level of concern over a cyber attack may well be misplaced but it demands a considered independent analysis of the threat to avoid hype and disillusionment and ensure a proportionate response is in place. The BCI is willing to bring its unique view on disruption and preparedness to the debate".
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Based in Caversham, United Kingdom, the Business Continuity Institute (BCI) was established in 1994 to promote the art and science of business continuity management and to assist organizations in preparing for and surviving minor and large-scale man-made and natural disasters. The Institute enables members to obtain guidance and support from their fellow practitioners and offers professional training and certification programmes to disseminate and validate the highest standards of competence and ethics. It has over 8,000 members in more than 100 countries in an estimated 3,000 organizations in private, public and third sectors.
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Republicans just don't get it. Enacting Republican solutions will do the same for the country as in 1929, which preceded and precipitated the Great Depression. Having learned nothing from the stock market crash and their own bank failures in 2008 that put us into a severe recession, the wealthy (Romney) fully intend to keep taking more for themselves at our expense.
Romney and his GOP colleagues continue to blame President Obama for our current economic situation. The Democrats have provided health care reforms that will help people, not drug and insurance companies. He has written policies that help students deal with the cost of college (Pell Grants and Stafford Loans, which Republicans want to eliminate). He has compromised the GOP on smaller government work force, tax cuts, individual healthcare mandate and education reforms. Let us not forget that under Democrat Bill Clinton's leadership in eight years, he was responsible for creating more private-sector jobs than the last three Republican presidents did in their combined 20 years in the White House.
The choice will be clear in November. Do we want a president who fights for the middle class or a CEO who will support the profit-calculating mindset of big corporations and Wall Street?
This election year, before Romney and the Republicans tell us what they're going to do, let them explain and defend what they did the last time before Obama took office.
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The Myth and Reality of Dilution
Sandra L. Rierson
Thomas Jefferson School of Law
November 1, 2011
Duke Law & Technology Review, 2012
Thomas Jefferson School of Law Research Paper No. 1952671
Statutory dilution claims are traditionally justified on the theory that even non-confusing uses of a famous trademark (or similar mark) can nonetheless minutely dilute the source-identifying power of the targeted trademark. This Article advances three arguments about such claims.
First, the underlying premise of statutory dilution law, that multiple uses of the same (or similar) trademark dissipate the source-identifying function of the mark, even when those uses do not present a likelihood of consumer confusion, is fundamentally flawed.
Second, even if dilution does dissipate the source-identifying capacity of famous marks to some degree, the social and transaction costs imposed by the current version of the federal dilution statute still outweigh the harm to trademark holders that it aims to prevent. Dilution claims inflict anticompetitive burdens and prohibit protected speech without sufficient justification. For these reasons and others, the federal dilution statute imposes substantially more harm than it (allegedly) prevents.
Finally, the true foundation for the federal dilution statute lies not in alleged economic harms, but rather the misplaced fiction of corporate personality. We do not require trademark holders to prove actual economic injury in the context of a dilution claim because, at least in the vast majority of cases, there is none. Instead, we have granted the holders of famous trademarks the equivalent of a "moral" right to these marks, analogous to the rights granted to a creator of an expressive work in the copyright context. By granting monopoly protection to famous marks, notwithstanding the absence of actual economic injury, the federal dilution statute turns competition on its head and serves only to entrench and further concentrate economic power in the hands of dominant corporate firms at the expense of consumers and competitors alike.
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The Neverland Club vs the Sandcastle Club?
My kids loved the Sandcastle Club last yeawr and want to go back. I was thinking about having them try to Neverland Club this time - it sounds like it may be more fun with the Peter Pan theme.
Has anyone been to either of these clubs - or both? What do you think?
Have not been to either, but if my kids enjoyed one in the past, I would be more likely to stick to it instead of something new that has the risking something they may not like as much.
We did the Neverland Club while we stayed at the Poly. The boys loved it! We will be scheduling a trip back in February. We haven't done the Sandcastle Club though.
The receipt showed that we were charged for something like 4 kids at 6 hours or so. I will have to look the picture up later. That was with a manager going over the receipt.
Anyway, it took us just over an hour to get back to all star, and by the time we were there, they had figured out their mistake and credited the card. It really could have out a damper on the evening, though, as we were not planning on over $200 for child care.


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Suspect was startled and fled
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Police said a Laconia woman woke up to find someone standing in her apartment on Wednesday night.
The break-in occurred just after midnight on South Main Street.
Officials said the suspect was startled and fled the apartment. A K-9 search was conducted, but the suspect had not been located.
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Simeon Farrar is a London based designer who trained in Fine Art and has been a painter for the last 10 years. His Fine Art background forms the basis of his clothes as he explores the themes expressed in his earlier paintings. Each collection starts from a philosophical root and the drawings and designs grow from there to find their way onto the finished garments. All the garments are hand finished or dyed and quite often the prints are washed before they have time to dry and so rinse away into the fabric. As a result each piece is very much a one off.
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Moore, who made more than 30 films, was the fifth African-American to receive an Academy Award nomination – a Best Supporting Actress nod for playing Annie Johnson, a housekeeper (to Lana Turner) whose light-skinned daughter (Susan Kohner) passes for white.
"Annie was a good role for me," Moore said in a 2005 interview. "I have been in a lot of pictures. However, most of them consisted of my opening doors for white people."
Although Moore said she did a lot of crying while shooting the picture, director Douglas Sirk was patient with her.
"There were times I was so nervous the muscles were jumping in my face," she added. "I cried a lot in the making of this movie because it was real easy for me to cry. I had a lot to cry about. Conditions for black actors were unbelievable back then. Very few actors got the opportunity to hone their craft in the same way white actors did."
Costar Kohner told the Hollywood Reporter on Wednesday, after hearing of Moore's death, "I would speak to her every year on her birthday, so I last spoke to her Oct. 19. ... We were very fond of each other. ... She was a very, very good actress and a lovely human being and had a wonderful sense of humor."
According to the Los Angeles Times, survivors include a step-grandson, Kirk Kahn, and two nephews. Moore's husband, Charles Burris, is reported to have died in 2001.
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My name is Carolyn Estrada and I am a 1st year graduate student. I recently graduated from Texas A&M University with my B.S. in Mechanical Engineering. I enjoy playing racquetball, playing guitar, and watching college football. I am also halfway done obtaining my private pilot's license!
In my first semester of my senior design class in undergrad, I had the opportunity to travel abroad to Spain and work with students at the University of Castilla-La Mancha to design a wind driven power generator. The opportunity to improve an existing model for the wind turbine was my first proving ground in the product design universe. I also loved getting new perspectives about design, engineering and life in general from my Spanish teammates. Although we had our design on paper, the semester was too short for us to create a prototype for our turbine.
In my second semester of senior design, I was in a group that had to design a testing tank for oilfield sub-sea systems. The problem statement was provided by FMC Technologies and we had to consult with them throughout the semester for feedback. Additionally, part of my group attended Texas A&M at Qatar, all the way in Doha. This project reinforced the lessons I had gained from my time in Spain, but with the added challenge of effectively coordinating a project with and communicating with people that were on the other side of the world. Once again, however, time did not allow us to create a physical model of our test tank.
This past summer, I worked in the new product development division of Schlumberger, an oilfield services company in Houston, TX. I helped lay the groundwork for the design of a safety device for one of their perforating gun firing heads. It was here that I realized that I really want to work in product development.
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STATE COLLEGE — The equipment is put away for the winter. The stadium will be empty for months. The Nittany Lions aren't going anywhere. And Joe Paterno's statue is still nowhere in sigh....
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Sunday's encounter with Chelsea turned out to be an all-too-familiar story. After a purposeful start by Arsenal, the Blues soon settled into their stride and proved to be stronger and more powerful in every department, cantering to a victory that puts them firmly in charge at the top of the table.
In common with so many of the meetings between the two sides in recent seasons, at times, it was boys versus men and, despite the positive spin that Arsene Wenger tried to put on things after the game, the truth was that Chelsea were by far the better team and the Gunners looked a long way short of what is required in terms of being genuine title contenders.
After waiting two long weeks for another interminably boring international break to finish, Arsenal's return to Premier League action saw them disappointingly slump to defeat at Sunderland. It was the first time this season that the Gunners failed to find the net and their on-going struggle in keeping clean sheets meant that a 70th minute Darren Bent goal was enough to settle the match.
It was a scrappy game with neither side creating much in the way of chances. Arsene Wenger's men started purposefully enough but never quite managed to find the penetration and the cutting edge to break down a Sunderland team who were always going to be a tough proposition on their own ground. As the game wore on, the Blackcats energy and endeavour prevented the Gunners from getting a grip on the match and when Bent seized on little more than a half chance there was no way back for the visitors.
Sometimes you need a bit of luck and Arsenal were the recipients of two slices of good fortune to fire them into action at Molineux yesterday. Wolves had started strongly but two first-half own goals saw their early confidence evaporate and, from then on, the Gunners took firm control of the match.
The encounter was finished as a contest on the stroke of half time when a sweeping Arsenal move was capped with a sublime lay-off from Robin Van Persie into the path of Cesc Fabregas who calmly passed the ball into the net. It was a goal to light up any game and was a moment of genuine class in what turned out to be a relatively bloodless victory in tricky conditions. Andrei Arshavin made it 4-0 in the 65th minute and a late Wolves rally, coupled with some abysmal Arsenal defending, allowed the home side to pull back a consolation effort with a couple of minutes to go.
As an Arsenal supporter, there are few more exquisite and satisfying pleasures in life than seeing the Gunners giving Spurs the sort of good hiding that silences all the pre-match talk from their manager, players and supporters and sends them all back down the Seven Sisters Road well-and-truly put in their place. Yesterday was one of those days and it was a match to savour.
To be honest, Arsene Wenger's team were not at their best yesterday but they didn't need to be. Tottenham's much-vaunted improvement this season failed to materialise at Ashburton Grove and they looked very ordinary indeed. Manuel Almunia, who was finally recalled to first-team action, only had one meaningful save to make all afternoon when he palmed a David Bentley free-kick over the bar. That aside, the visitors had no real attacking ideas beyond punting hopeful long balls up to Peter Crouch.
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San Diego-based specialty pharmaceutical company Neurelis and Finnish specialized drug development firm Biotie Therapies have entered into an agreement to further develop the former's NRL-1 (intranasal diazepam), and to provide the latter with the exclusive option to acquire all its outstanding shares of its merger target.
Under the terms of the option and merger agreement between the companies, Biotie will first pay Neurelis $1 million for the exclusive option to acquire all the NRL-1-developer's outstanding shares. Then, during the negotiated option period, Biotie will conduct the development program for NRL-1— indicated for the management of patients requiring intermittent diazepam to control bouts of acute repetitive seizure activity—and work alongside Neurelis to advance the program with the FDA in preparation for NDA submission.
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LISBON - In Columbiana County Municipal Court on Tuesday, Charles W. Francis, South Avenue, North Lima, was fined $925, had his license suspended for six months, sentenced to three days in jail and required 30 hours community service for OVI first offense and driving under OVI suspension. A turn signal violation was dismissed.
William R. Brown II, 54, Franklin Avenue, Salem, was fined $925, had his license suspended for 12 months, was required 40 hours community service and sentenced to 10 days in jail for OVI second offense and driving under suspension. A lane violation citation was dismissed.
Travis S. Rhodes, 22, South Market Street, East Palestine, was sentenced to 11 additional days in jail with credit for nine days already served and had his license suspended for 180 days for possession of valium and assault for punching Angela Tondo in the face, breaking her nose on Sept. 14.
Jeffrey P. Harrison, 29, West Martin Street, East Palestine, was fined $400 and required 40 hours community service for unauthorized plate and driving under suspension.
Heather M. Leaf, 36, Knox School Road, Homeworth, was fined $200 and required 30 hours community service for hit skip and lane violations.
Franklin C. Skelton, 50, Canton, was fined $200 for child restraint and no license amended from driving under suspension. A stop sign violation was dismissed.
Laura C. Blake, 46, North Lundy Avenue, Salem, was fined $150, required 30 hours of community service and sentenced to three days in jail for two counts of theft. Court documents state one was for climbing onto the counter and taking nearly $290 from the cash register at Cashland in Salem on July 26. Another was for placing merchandise into a Walmart bag while in the Salem store and returning it for $200 on Oct. 2. She was additionally charged with a third theft charge for doing the same thing in Walmart on March 9, 2013, returning the items for $115. One of the counts of theft was dismissed. She was ordered to make restitution to the stores also.
Mark A. Conroy, 44, East Third Street, Salem, was fined $150 and had his license suspended for six months for possessing a baggie of marijuana.
James Hill Jr., 36, 18th Street Heights, Wellsville, was fined $150 and credited with two days in jail for persistent disorderly conduct amended from domestic violence for punching his wife in the mouth on Aug. 17.
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Smith had significant experience working with such clients as a tax and estate planning attorney for over a decade before deciding to specialize in his newest business, Insurable Interests, LLC.
Owner:Jordan Smith
Location: Bingham Farms
His company assists high net worth people develop life insurance planning strategies designed to help them build, maintain and transfer wealth.
Other areas in which Smith assists his clients include charitable planning, business succession planning and generation skipping planning. Most of his clients are 60 and over.
Smith talks about why this is his target market and other business strategies with freelance reporter Mike Scott.
What makes your business different from other companies in your industry?
I think the firm's versatility and my experience set the business apart. I have a law degree from the University of Michigan, and a Master's in Taxation from New York University, and spent the past 11 years as a tax and estate planning attorney at Jaffe, Raitt, Heuer & Weiss in Southfield.
My background and experience allow me to analyze a client's situation from a tax and estate planning perspective, and then help the client better achieve his or her wealth transfer, business succession, generation-skipping and charitable goals through use of life insurance.
What led you to want to become an entrepreneur - and have you led any other companies?
This is the first company that I have run, although my father (who is an attorney and a CPA) has run a number of businesses and has served as role model throughout my career. In my career I have developed a reputation for developing creative approaches to complex techniques such as annuity arbitrage, life settlements and premium finance.
I found that the life insurance market was consistently evolving, especially the products and strategies available to older, high-net worth clients.
Approaches that were available yesterday may not be available tomorrow or even today. After concluding last summer that a full-time focus on this area was necessary to provide my clients with the highest quality representation, I decided that the time was right for me to make a business of this on my own.
How do your customers find you? How do you market to them?
Right now, most of my clients come from word of mouth and other insurance agents. My marketing efforts have focused primarily on giving educational seminars to small groups or in a one-on-one setting. My business is much more about selling strategies and solutions than selling products.
What are some challenges associated with running a business today in the Southeast Michigan market?
While my focus on assisting high-net worth individuals has, to some degree, insulated my business from some of the struggles facing others in today's marketplace, the challenging economic climate has made it more important than ever for those who have wealth to ensure that they are best positioned to retain and increase it.
Why are your products and solutions good for seniors and how do you prove your value to them?
Many of the best estate tax planning strategies involve varying degrees of both market risk and mortality risk. In some strategies, the client's assets must outperform an IRS-established rate of return before any tax benefit will be realized. In others, the client must survive a certain number of years in order for the transaction to provide any benefit.
However, non-variable life insurance can be structured to carry little or no market risk, and the mortality risk associated with a life insurance policy (the risk of living too long) makes it a perfect complement to planning strategies that carry with them the risk of dying too early. In today's insurance marketplace, carrier competition and aggressive pricing models provide older clients with an opportunity to purchase new policies that are very favorably priced.
The expansion of the life settlement market has helped people to recognize that the true value of a life insurance policy is not measured by its cash surrender value, but rather by the present value of the policy's death benefit, after subtracting out the present value of the premiums that will have to be paid in order to sustain it. Through the use of this valuation model, an investment in life insurance can be compared to alternative investments in stock, real estate, or other assets.
Do you rely on referrals from other professionals and companies, and how do you market to them?
Working together with other insurance agents and professionals provides more than just attractive business opportunities; it has allowed me to create a network for sharing ideas and building off of approaches people are implementing across the industry. The contacts and experience I acquire with each project benefit every person I work with going forward.
Mike Scott is a freelance writer.


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> and we never, ever understood just *why* he called himself "Raving".[/color]
Because he's a retarded dickhead?
> Apart from the fact that the creature was *truly* raving, it was a very
> desperate nom-de-guerre to choose.[/color]
He's a silly old bugger and a queer old duck.
> Perhaps he was a suicide bomber?[/color]
It wouldn't surprise me.
> Yup. That sounds like it.
> Farewell then, raving Raving,
> Wot a trooly raving Kunt Thou were't.
> You raved,
> And you raved,
> And you raved,
> And you raved,
> And you sometimes raved.
> Were you trooly a Son of You-Know-Who?
> Did Ishmael Mark his Brand on Your Brow?
> Did you chicken out from lighting the fuse
> Because it was not Halal?
> Wot came first?
> The chicken or the bomb?
> Oh, raving, Raving, raver!
> May you Rave as long as you wish!
> But hopefully them Israelis will raze you first.
> Preferably with a guided drone thereby causing very little damage.
> Amen.[/color]
Amen to that!