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|On Jun 16, 2009, Gitagal Baltimore, MD (Zone 7a) wrote:
This is NOT to express an opinion--even though I have been there and thought the place was totally junky....
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|On May 24, 2008, suel Vinton, VA wrote:
I ordered two heucheras last sept.15, only received one. I was told the other was backordered and I would receive it this spring. This spring I called and was assured I would receive the plant. Never received it, so I called back numerous times and each time was assured they would send the plant. One time I called, the lady taking orders said they would not get the plant in stock and offered a refund. I told her customer service said they would ship me the plant. I called back to customer service & "Susan" said the plant was in shipping that day. A blatant lie, I never received the plant. I called back and asked for a refund. "Sandy" (supposedly the office manager) said I would get a refund on my VISA card that day, I still haven't received the refund. They are on Maryland's BBB page as a bad business and I was a fool not to check them out!!!!
On May 26th, 2008, suel changed the rating from negative to neutral and added the following:
The Office Manager did honor her word and gave me a credit for shipping & the no-show heuchera, so I'm satisfied. But I won't do business with them again.
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|On Jun 11, 2007, snapple45 Holland, OH (Zone 5b) wrote:
I ordered a Forever and Ever Double Pink Hydrangea from this company through Amazon.com on April 24, 2007. I chose to order through Amazon rather than Carroll Gardens directly because I wanted some protection if the purchase went awry (having read the many negative posts here). This was my only source for this plant. Although the local nurseries carry the Forever and Ever line none carried the double pink, nor would they order it! The plant arrived June 8th, very well packed. It carried the Forever and Ever label as well as the hand written nursery label. It was good sized and had been de-containerized with the roots placed into a plastic bag. I was satisfied with the size and packing. The plant however was very heavily diseased with Cercospora leaf spot. It will require a careful fungicide spray schedule for this acclimating season and meticulous fall cleanup for the future. Order from this company only as a last resort.
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|On Jun 11, 2005, msanjelpie Meridian, ID wrote:
I ordered and paid for Double Knockout mid January. I sent an email in May inquiring shipping status and was rudely answered that they had already told me it would be shipping in the beginning of May. (It was mid May at this point)
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|On Jun 6, 2005, c2garden Virginia Beach, VA wrote:
I ordered 10 Double Knockout Roses from this company. I was told they would not be shipped out until the first week in May. The first week in May came and went so I called again. I was told they would be shipped out in the middle of May. I do not appreciate a company that lies to its customers. The lady on the phone was not all that friendly either. After I was told the "middle of May" I decided to try to find them somewhere else. I didn't cancel my order until I found them at Triple Oaks Nursery in NJ. I called and canceled my order. The lady on the phone said "you understand you can not order these once they are canceled?". I told her yes. I traveled five hours to Triple Oaks Nursery to pick up my roses. I decided to do that because I can not be out in the heat and humidity without getting sick. Thankfully I didn't believe Carroll Gardens because I bet I would be out in the heat on a 89 degree day (but with our humidity feels like 97 degrees). I will never order from them again and hope they get their stuff together or they will be losing a lot of customers.
On June 11th, 2005, c2garden added the following:
I am so glad that I told this company to cancel my order of 10 Double Knockouts! From the review above I can tell that I would not be a happy camper spending well over $200.00 for band roses. Do not deal with this company. They do not deliver what they promise and do not deliver when they promise.
On July 17th, 2005, c2garden added the following:
DOES THIS COMPANY HAVE A CLUE? I cancelled my order from this company a long time ago and already made a five hour trip to pick up my double knockout roses from another nursery. I did not expect the roses to show up at my door since I was asked rudely "you understand you can not order these once they are cancelled". I went on vacation and came in to the house to find a package from this company that our house sitter brought in while we were gone! I do not see a charge for these roses on my account. I have the box sitting in the kitchen unopened awaiting the post office to pick this box up tomorrow. I will let you know if they charge me for these or if I have any other problems with this company. Thankfully I was planning to pay with a credit card and can dispute the charge if they try to charge me. This is a waste of my time to deal with this company! NEVER AGAIN!!!
On July 28th, 2005, c2garden changed the rating from negative to neutral and added the following:
I am changing my rating with Carroll Gardens to neutral because when I called to ask why the roses were delivered to me over a month after I cancelled them I was told to just keep them. The credit card I used has not been charged or this would stay a negative rating. I gave all the roses to my Mom who planted them right away. I haven't asked her how they are doing. When I opened the box the Double Knockout roses were very small for the price but looked healthy and were still moist. I only inspected one rose and it didn't have a great root system but the top growth looked healthy. Time will tell if the roots can support its top growth after they have been in the ground awhile. I appreciate them allowing me to keep them and not have to deal with sending them back. Knowing what I know now though I still would not buy roses from them because they are about 1/3 the size of the Double Knockouts I bought well over a month ago and cost more.
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|On Apr 23, 2005, eviestevie Austin, TX (Zone 8a) wrote:
i ordered a gruss an aachen rose from them at the beginning of april over the internet. when you order over the internet, there is nothing that tells you what date your order will be shipped or by whom. after a week and no delivery, i emailed them and got a response from Donna who told me i should expect my order in about a week and if it didn't arrive to call. i called at the end of the week because my order still had not arrived. by now it had been 2 weeks since i placed my order. the lady on the phone (don't know if it was Donna or not) told me there were many orders ahead of mine and i was not to expect my order to arrive for another couple of weeks. wow. so i wasn't to expect my april 1st order until may? i ended up canceling my order and my credit card was refunded promptly with no hassle, but it would be nice if carrol gardens did something about that shipping policy.
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|On Aug 4, 2002, ellenc7 wrote:
I have ordered several times. Love their selection but do not love their lack of comupterization.
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|On Mar 1, 2002, michaelfairc wrote:
When I came across Carroll Gardens' web site, I was excited to see such a huge selection in the Baltimore area. They were offering free shipping, but I decided I'd like to see the place, and e-mailed them about picking up my order in person. I received a prompt reply stating that my order would be picked and ready for pickup on the day I planned to visit. Perhaps Carroll Gardens deals primarily in mail-order rather than retail, but I was surprised at how incredibly unkempt the place was. I visited in early April, and I realize that most perennials and deciduous trees are still dormant, but the place appeared to have been totally neglected for years. Most of the conifers I saw were straggly and misshapen, and many showed poor color, as if suffering from malnutrition. I was interested in checking out a few additional items I had seen on the web site, and the young man who assisted me had difficulty locating these additional plants. I was looking for a Goldflame Honeysuckle, and when he finally found it, it was a single stem stuck in a 1-gallon pot. The price was $18.85. I went to Lowe's afterwards, and found the exact same variety, staked and much more robust-looking for $5.96! None of the additional stock looked appealing, so I asked to see the three items from my web order. The Metasequoia was dormant, but was very tall and had a large, healthy-looking root ball. $38.85 seemed a fair price. The Abies was another matter. It couldn't have been more than 6"" tall, had a sickly yellow color, and they wanted $28.85 for it. I told them I didn't want that one. The Buddleia was also very small, but appeared healthy. I thought $18.85 was too much for such a young plant, but I decided to go ahead and take it. The young man assisting me never offered any assistance in loading the plants. I don't remember anyone saying "thank you" the entire time, and he seemed a little insulted that I wouldn't pay outrageous sums for tiny, sickly-looking stock. All in all, the place looked as if it had been closed years ago and all the stock allowed to fend for itself.
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|On Jul 1, 1997, lancefricken wrote:
Carroll Gardens needs to get a computer and watch more closely for mislabeled plants.
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|On Apr 1, 1997, EGreig wrote:
I have placed good-sized orders with this firm twice and have been extremely dissatisfied with their plant quality and service. Orders arrive late and incomplete, with no communication as to why certain plants weren't shipped. I ordered a Mahonia shrub from them which arrived as a bare stick - when I complained I was advised it was "good horticultural practice" to strip an evergreen of its leaves prior to shipping. The shrub never recovered. I've not encountered any other nursery that follows this practice. I've also received mislabeled plants from them. And, when I called to inquire about plants that were not received, I was treated rudely. They could provide no information about backordered plants - they told me plants MIGHT be available next year. I asked for a refund for the unshipped plants and they told me no one is available to issue checks. It took multiple requests for me to get my money back. They also told me that they don't use computers.That's too bad, because that means they can't see the comments that people are making about them on the Internet. It's unfortunate that a nursery with such an extensive catalog of plants doesn't have the infrastructure in place to run their business.
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|On Apr 1, 1996, zimmer wrote:
I too had a so-so experience. What came was healthy & is doing fine, but they do not notify you of delays in backorders, I called a half dozen times, and after several months, just cancelled. I do however keep their catalog as a good reference resource. Even without pictures, the text is invaluable.
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|On Apr 1, 1996, michaelhersh wrote:
I have not mail-ordered from Carroll Gardens, but I live nearby and buy from them occasionally. The nursery occupies maybe 3-4 acres. Because they do have such a large selection, they are best suited to working with smaller plants, such as perennials, which are generally very nice. Their shrubs and trees tend to be crowded, and therefore straggly and/or asymmetrical. The owner is quite knowledgeable and rather business-like. His crew of workers is mostly a skeleton crew, hard-working, but laborers more than gardeners. The nursery is certainly not weed-free. Last year I saw Arisaema Sikokianum in flower in one of their 10 polyhouses, which was not unpleasant. I have purchased golden hakone grass, Miscanthus, Calamagrostis, Hosta, Iberis, ivy, Echinops, Phlox, rosemary, etc., most of which are thriving. Again, I have not dealt with the mail order side of their business.
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|On Apr 1, 1995, JohnDrury wrote:
Carroll Gardens sends a nice catalog (again, no pictures), which lists a large number of perennials and shrubs. About 75% of the catalog is devoted to perennials. They claim that "no one else carries as large or varied a selection of perennials as we do."After seeing Forestfarm and some others, I'm not sure as to the veracity of that claim. However, it is an extensive list. The prices are good, excellent in some cases. I found plants there that I did not find in any other catalog.The descriptions were good, including hardiness and other growing requirements in brief detail. They received our third-largest order, behind Bluestone and Forestfarm. We ordered in March, specifying an April 15 ship date (as we did for all orders in March). The plants arrived on time.The plants that arrived, however, were not perfect. First, they wrapped the dirt plugsin paper and stuffed the plants into regular boxes for shipping. The most plant damage that we had came from them. Plants were small, but not tiny. All of them (aside from damage due to the leaves being crushed) looked healthy, save for three. We ordered three Crocosmia plants that arrived in one package as dead, brown stalks. Their plants were also the driest.Some plants were placed on backorder, which is not a problem for me. When I called to inquire about this, and to make the emergency one week order, the person on the phone was somewhat rude and surly (it was the busy season, you know). I ended up ordering only one shrub in the emergency order, which they promised to deliverwithin the week. Two weeks later, we still don't have it. To sum, I would call Carroll a mixed bag. Order from them, but be prepared to find separate sources.


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Scoliosis FAQs
Scoliosis is one of the more common disorders of the spine. Most people experience few symptoms or problems, but for those with a progressive curvature, problems can be severe.
If you or someone you know has been diagnosed with scoliosis, you may have questions so we've provided answers to the most common questions below. We're here to help. So if you have further questions, please call Baylor Scott & White Scoliosis Center at 972.985.2797.
If you talk to our patients, what you will hear is that there are milestones of improvement. There is the first week leading up to discharge from the hospital. And when a person can walk again and is eating regular food and putting on and taking off their brace, they really feel that they've made a great step forward. Probably the second big milestone is discharge from rehab, and that's typically about two to two-and-a-half weeks total time from surgery. The next big independence is driving. Some patients start to drive as soon as a month. After that the milestones become harder to define. And yet, there comes a moment when a patient returns to me and says, "You know, the pain medication you have me on is really too strong and I really don't need it." That's a wonderful milestone to hear as a physician. Three months seems to be when many people really regain control of their own lives. Many people go back to work about five weeks after surgery in a light-duty capacity. But there continue to be longer-term gains, and so we follow patients for years and review them at six-month or yearly intervals.
The major reason I operate on adults with scoliosis is to manage or attempt to prevent pain. Pain is a terribly disruptive phenomena in someone's life. Pain disrupts your personal emotional life. It disrupts your relationship with your spouse. It disrupts your relationship in your work. It disrupts the relationship with your children. Pain can really ravage your life. So I think the most important job that I have as a scoliosis surgeon is to find surgical solutions to attempt to remove or alleviate pain.
There are a small number of us in the United States. What's unusual at The Southwest Scoliosis Institute is that we treat both children and adults. What we provide here is a continuum of care from infant to adult, and our commitment really is to be able to care for you throughout your life. Additionally, we provide care to patients with complex curves and to patients who have had prior surgical procedures.
Scoliosis treatment technology has changed very rapidly and there are ways to treat these patients now. Unfortunately, there is a big information gap between the primary care physicians and the specialists around the country who treat scoliosis. I lecture to groups around the country -- to pediatricians, to primary care physicians, to internists -- to try to reeducate, to try to change some of the misinformation that's out there. The reality is that in the 21st century that we can treat scoliosis in adults and we can treat it very effectively. Talk about the staff at The Southwest Scoliosis Institute The core strength of The Southwest Scoliosis Institute is its staff. We have a dedicated group of individuals, including anesthesiologists, nurses, spinal cord monitoring individuals and implant specialists that work with the surgical team. Our operating time, our time for each case, has decreased and the benefit to the individual patient is that their outcomes are better. Plus, in an era when a lot of patients report that their doctors' offices are very impersonal, we have not only managed to preserve our emphasis on patient care, but we really have built on that. I'm very gratified when a patient comes in and says, "You know, your staff has treated us so well.
That's a very common concern: "Will my insurance cover the treatment?" Scoliosis surgery is an appropriate medical treatment and so it is covered by most insurance. At The Southwest Scoliosis Institute we dealt last year with 106 different insurance companies nationwide. We, have significant skill at managing the maze that is the modern insurance company.
Scoliosis patients bring two things to their initial office visit. The first is typically the physical pain of their deformity. But equally important is the emotional baggage from their prior experiences with scoliosis. While early in my career the technical act of straightening the curve was extremely rewarding, as I've gotten older I find that the most rewarding part is often the interaction with individuals in the office. As a result, as important as the physical part of the treatment is, so is understanding what the emotional issues the patient brings to the table: how they feel about themselves, how they feel about their cosmetic appearance, and matters like these. What we've also created at The Southwest Scoliosis Institute is a way for new patients to be linked with previous patients who are at various stages of their journey of their recovery, and have them communicate with each other. It's really valuable. Connecting potential patients with past successes has been one of the most powerful tools I have used to help my patients. The exam room is still the most exciting part of this job. Patients come with preconceived notions. Some are skeptical. Some are hurt. Some are angry. I try to transmit my own personal excitement that I can aggressively address the deformity, and that I can successfully treat the pain that people bring with them in most cases.
There's been a dramatic explosion in the amount of research that is done on scoliosis, both basic science and research into the cause of scoliosis and the clinical treatment. We're learning more and more about the fundamental molecular, genetic, and foundational causes. The future of scoliosis treatment lies in early genetic diagnosis, and biopharmaceutical treatment of the growth abnormalities that lead to curvature of the spine. I would hope in the future that we unlock the secrets of predicting which child will have a progressive curve, and more importantly, having pharmaceutical or genetic treatments that would really get rid of the need of implanting metallic hardware in individuals' bodies to correct their curves.
It's serious surgery. And so I think it's critically important that before any patient has any operation of any kind that the physician sit down with that individual and explain what the risks and benefits to that procedure are. So I spend significant time in pre-operative conversations discussing what the risks are, what the benefits are, what the possibilities are, what my own personal experience has been over the last 15 years. My goal is to have the individual who opts for surgery have a complete understanding of the risks and the intended outcome.
Scoliosis surgeries are complex, and there are many steps to each operation. The operation in children takes from two to three hours. In adults it takes a little longer, from about four to six hours. If surgeries from the front and back are required at the same time, as is discussed below, the surgery will take additional time.
Adults do sometimes need more than procedure. That is they need some kind of procedure done from the front and from the back at the same time. Sometimes this can be done in a single combination operation, but other times it is best to separate the process into two procedures.
What happens after the operation itself is done is a phase where technology and treatment options have now changed dramatically for the better. After a routine scoliosis surgery patients are admitted to the intensive care unit where there is focused nursing care. It really is very comforting for both the patient and the family to know that there's one nurse who is completely attentive to their needs. One of the things that we do emphasize is the appropriate management of pain. For pain we put a catheter, up against the spinal cord and we pump narcotic directly onto the cord. We treat the pain right where it exists and don't have to make the patient so sleepy that they can't follow requests or commands. The day after surgery some patients may actually sit in a chair and take one or two steps. By the third day they'll stand and walk, and by the fourth day will often be walking in the halls. After discharge, which is routinely on the fifth day, patients from out of town (and many from in town) are sent to the rehab hospital to spend another week regaining their abilities to do all of the activities of daily living. After surgery, some patients need a brace. Modern braces are light thermo-plastic so they're easily put on and taken off by the patient. You don't have to sleep in them. You don't have to bathe in them. And you wear them for about three months. It's a far cry from the casts that individuals were put in years ago.
The incidence of scoliosis in men and women is approximately the same. What's very interesting, however, is that if you are female and you have scoliosis as an adolescent or young adult, the progression rate is seven to eight times more common among girls than it is among boys. And that fact is completely unexplained. We don't understand yet what issues cause that differential progression
Information about scoliosis is changing. The accepted teaching used to be that once you reach adulthood, the curves become static and do not progress. And for most patients, that may still be the case. However, there's a subgroup of individuals where the curve continues to progress in adulthood, When I was in training we were taught that a 50-degree thoracic curve probably didn't get bigger in adulthood. Well, now we know that it can. We were taught that 40-degree lumbar curves might not get bigger in adulthood, but I see in my office that they commonly do. So there's been an evolution in what is known about scoliosis. And one of the problems is that many general practitioners, internists and pediatricians, don't have access to the latest information making care much more difficult and challenging.
The prognosis for most children who come to my office is generally very good. The majority of children who are identified as having scoliosis may not need complex treatments, but they do need to be evaluated. Most often, we can assure parents that either we need to observe their child in four to six months or, in fact that their risk is so low that they really don't need to come back.
With adults the situation can be more problematic. I see adult patients, particularly women, who fall into one of several categories: Often I see young women with very large curves who have no pain. I tell them that statistically the probability of the disease progressing is 80 or 90 percent, and that untreated they may well have problems in later life. With these women we discuss their treatment options on a case by case basis. I also see young women who have a history of scoliosis who were told their curves would not progress in adulthood. And the story goes something like this: "My curve was stable. I had no back pain. My first pregnancy wasn't terribly complicated, but after my second pregnancy something happened." Now pregnancy is a very complicated physiologic state. The hormone of pregnancy is progesterone, and what we believe is that women who have curves that were otherwise reasonably well compensated may progress under the influence of progesterone. That is, the ligaments become somewhat lax as they need to be for pregnancy and for the pelvis to develop appropriately for delivery. At the same time, the curve starts to progress, and so I'll see these young women who've had several children and they'll say, "You know, my body is changing. Something's happened." Some of those women are now experiencing pain. Finally, there are women who come in and say, "You know, I had a small curve, and it has continued to progress throughout adulthood. Didn't seem to be related to pregnancy, but now I'm 50, 52, 55, and I really have become deformed. The trunk has become deformed. My dresses are different. I don't have a waistline anymore. My ribs are actually resting on my hip bones, and there's really been a dramatic change in what I look like. But I'm here not because I'm worried about my cosmetics. It's because I hurt. Because I have pain. It's limiting my ability to live effectively."
Children can get scoliosis as a result of a spinal cord injury. One of the categories for scoliosis -- one of the causes -- is a degenerative neurological condition that affects some unfortunate children. The other source can be trauma. Often we treat beautiful young kids who've either had a car accident or a motorcycle accident or some other trauma. And as a result of loss of the normal muscle control in the spinal cord, they then develop a deformity which is secondary to their spinal cord injury.
Polio was one of the most common neurological causes of scoliosis. Certainly in the '30s, '40s and '50s, when the great epidemics of polio on this continent occurred, it was very common to see children with scoliosis. Now I see many of those polio patients in my clinic with adult scoliosis as a result of their paralytic condition.
The research into the environment causes of scoliosis is ongoing, and while there are some provocative findings, I don't think that we've established clear connections between a medication, a drug, or environmental factors yet.
The vast majority of patients with scoliosis fall under the category of idiopathic scoliosis. That means, simply, we don't know what causes it. We don't have the unified field theories that tell us the mechanism. However, there are those cases which are neurological, where there's some kind of spinal cord or brain injury, cerebral palsy, polio myelitis -- any one of these neurological disorders. And there's trauma -- an induced spinal cord injury. There are congenital abnormalities of the spinal cord and of the vertebrae which lead to scoliosis. And finally there are the so-called developmental abnormalities, and those are the ones that are the most concerning to us. My way of describing them is that there are component parts which are made wrong at the factory -- either the vertebrae are congenitally malformed or congenitally fused together, leading to very severe curves, or the underlying spinal cord is made incorrectly "at the factory." And in some of these situations we are looking for links to drugs, medications, environmental features, environmental causes, which put children at risk when they are in the mother's uterus.
We think of scoliosis as being a childhood disease and are generally taught that it is such. And in fact, most commonly, scoliosis is diagnosed in the juvenile and adolescent stages -- 9, 10, 11, 12 years of age. There is, however, adult onset or degenerative scoliosis, which we think develops as a result of disk degeneration, and probably is an entirely separate entity from what we commonly think of as adolescent idiopathic scoliosis.
Scoliosis is thought to be genetic. It's a result of expression of multiple genes, but it has something that's called variable penetrance, meaning that in each generation there is a variability in how strongly the genes are expressed, that is, how severe the curve is. A valid question to ask is: Can it be passed on? Is it something that runs in families? And the answer is yes; scoliosis tends to run in families. It tends to run through generations in families, but to have variable effects in each generation. That is, you may have a mother with a mild curve who has a daughter with a very severe curve, or you may have a mother with a severe curve whose grandchildren then have scoliosis, but the intervening generation didn't really have any significant problem.
The bones of the spine are arranged to give the spinal column stability. Damage or defects within the supporting structures of the lumbar spine can often be the source of back pain resulting from: • Herniated Disc • Scheuermann's Kyphosis • Spinal Stenosis • Spondylolysis and Spondylolisthesis
Generally treatment for scoliosis includes observation, bracing and/or surgery. If left untreated, scoliosis can lead to a disfiguring curve, pain and limited mobility.
The natural history of the disease in women is different than in men. Overall, about the same number of men and women are diagnosed with scoliosis, but young women diagnosed as an adolescent or young adult face a progression rate of seven to eight times higher than boys. Generally, women with scoliosis fall into one of these three categories: • Young women with a very large spinal curvature and no pain. The probability of their scoliosis progressing is 80 or 90 percent. If left untreated now, they may have problems later. • Young women with a history of scoliosis who were told their spinal curves would not progress in adulthood. After pregnancy, however, things changed. A combination of stepped-up hormone production and lax ligaments during pregnancy may have led to new curvature and pain. • Women who had a small curve that progressed – unrelated to pregnancy – during adulthood. Later in life, these women may experience pain and deformity that affects quality of life.
Scoliosis can be a hidden disorder with no obvious signs of curvature or it can cause great disfigurement, pain and disability. Some patients have undetected scoliosis for years until the curve starts to increase, causing pain and difficulty. Some symptoms include: • One shoulder that appears to be higher than the other • A pelvis that appears to be tilted • Any imbalance in the rib cage or other deformities along the back In more advanced cases, scoliosis patients have reported pain, limited movement, difficulty breathing and headaches.
The causes of scoliosis are not entirely understood. In fact, according to the Scoliosis Research Society, a specific cause is not found in 8 of 10 cases.[ii] While many cases of scoliosis are thought to be genetic, there is no single cause that is widely agreed upon. Several observations do exist: • Heredity – Scoliosis does tend to run in families. It also tends to have different effects in each generation—perhaps even skipping generations. • Degeneration – Adult scoliosis can be caused by disk degeneration, osteoporosis or osteomalacia, a softening of the bones. • Spinal cord injury –Scoliosis can appear following spinal surgery or a spinal cord injury or trauma. Patients who had polio in the 1930s, '40s and '50s are now also experiencing scoliosis as a result of paralysis. • Congenital –Scoliosis can result from improper formation of spinal bones during fetal development. • Neuromuscular –Abnormal nerve or muscle function can result in scoliosis. Research is being conducted to identify specific genes associated with scoliosis in hopes that we will be better able to predict which curves are at highest risk for progression.
Baylor Scoliosis Center offers comprehensive diagnosis of each patient's specific curvature through a physical examination of the back and extensive testing, including specialized X-rays.
Idiopathic Scoliosis – literally means "of undetermined cause." This type of scoliosis is thought to be genetic, involving multiple genes and a concept called variable penetrance. This means in each generation there is variability in how strongly the genes are expressed, or how severe the curve is. • Infantile Idiopathic scoliosis (from birth to 3 years of age) • Juvenile Idiopathic scoliosis (from 3 to 10 years of age) • Adolescent Idiopathic scoliosis (from 10 to 18 years of age) • Adult idiopathic scoliosis (18 years and older) Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis – The most common diagnosis in children, representing nearly 90 percent of cases. Congenital Scoliosis – Involves spinal bones that did not form properly during fetal development. Neuromuscular Scoliosis – Caused by abnormalities in neuromuscular function. These include: • Neuropathic (abnormal nerve function from diseases such as cerebral palsy) • Myopathic (abnormal muscle function from diseases such as muscular dystrophy Adult Scoliosis is classified in the following ways: • Pure Degenerative –These scoliosis patients had straight spines earlier in life but develop curvatures from wear and tear of the aging spine. • Old Idiopathic Curves with Degenerations – Scoliosis patients that had curves in childhood that increased curvature later in life. • Secondary –Scoliosis patients experience curves caused by other conditions, such as tumors and fractures.
Scoliosis is a disorder of the spine in which the vertebrae rotate, creating a "S" or "C" shaped curve in the upper or lower back. Patients can experience a mild case of scoliosis with little pain or disfigurement or a more severe case of scoliosis resulting in pain and disfigurement that can cause difficulties walking and even breathing.


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Congress loses Shimla local polls after 26 years (Lead)May 28th, 2012 - 8:40 pm ICT by IANS
S0himla, May 28 (IANS) In a triangular contest, the Congress was Monday voted out of power from the Shimla Municipal Corporation after 26 years of rule, its candidates for the two top posts biting dusts, months ahead of the Himachal Pradesh assembly elections.
The local polls saw the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) emerging as the single largest party, while the Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) notched the top posts of mayor and deputy mayor, for which the elections were held directly for the first time.
In a major setback to the Congress, the party faced the humiliating defeat as it not only lost the majority in the 25-member house, but also lost the two top municipal posts.
The CPI-M has in recent years expanded its support base in Shimla. The city municipal corporation is one of the oldest civic bodies in the country.
The CPI-M's mayoral candidate Sanjay Chauhan won the election by defeating his nearest BJP rival S.S. Minhas, a former surgeon, by 7,868 votes. Chauhan got 21,903 votes.
Congress candidate and sitting mayor Madhu Sood finished third with 13,278 votes.
Tikender Panwar of the CPI-M won the post of the deputy mayor by defeating his nearest rival Digvijay Chauhan of the BJP by a margin of 4,778 votes. Panwar polled 21,196 votes. Congress candidate Devinder Chauhan finished third (13,205 votes).
In the final vote tally, out of 25 wards, the Congress got 10, while the BJP won 12 and the CPI-M three. In the previous term, the Congress had 15 members, BJP eight and the CPI-M two.
The results are seen as a major setback for state Congress chief Kaul Singh. Most of the losing candidates are considered close to him.
"We welcome the verdict…I admit there must have been shortcomings on our part. But infighting to some extent cannot be ruled out," Kaul Singh said.
BJP leader and Chief Minister Prem Kumar Dhumal said the outcome of elections was rejection of the Congress, which had been ruling the corporation since 1986.
The stakes of both the BJP and the Congress were high at the civic polls as the state assembly polls are due in December 2012. The Congress campaign saw participation of two union ministers — Anand Sharma and Virbhadra Singh, whereas the BJP campaign was led by Dhumal. CPI-M politburo member Sitaram Yechury also campaigned.
For the first time, 13 out of 25 wards were reserved for women even though the number of women voters was 36,194 compared to 43,762 men voters. Twelve seats were open for men, including two for the Scheduled Castes (SC).
The elections saw 64.08 percent polling Sunday. The municipal corporation house has 29 councillors, including 25 elected, three nominated, and local legislator Suresh Bhardwaj also has one vote.
- Congress loses after 25 years in Shimla municipal polls - May 28, 2012
- CPI-M hails victory in Shimla polls - May 28, 2012
- 64 percent polling in Shimla municipal polls (Lead) - May 27, 2012
- Shimla polls: Stakes high for BJP, Congress - May 25, 2012
- Polling starts for Shimla Municipal Corporation - May 27, 2012
- Shimla Municipal Corporation polls May 27 - Apr 27, 2012
- CPI-M eyes third front in Himachal - May 31, 2012
- BJP retains Lucknow's mayor seat - Jul 07, 2012
- BJP sweeps corporation polls in Uttar Pradesh (Lead) - Jul 08, 2012
- BJP adds Ghaziabad mayor's seat to its kitty - Jul 08, 2012
- Congress wins Chandigarh mayoral election - Jan 01, 2012
- BJP-Akali Dal make major gains in Chandigarh civic polls - Dec 19, 2011
- Major gains for BJP in UP urban body polls - Jul 07, 2012
- Himachal Congress tries to put house in order (Himachal Pradesh Newsletter) - Apr 28, 2012
- Disillusionment, infighting caused Congress defeat - Jun 02, 2012


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Please take the time to read this article.... another disgrace by South Africa. http://www.dailymaverick.co.za/opinionista/2014-0...
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Legal Question in Real Estate Law in Florida
Hello,>I am married and buying a house with the mortgage and all bills in my name.. also the down payment is all from me. if we happen to get divorced is he entitled to half? I will be living in Polk county
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She may be entitled to a %. You may want to consider a pre nuptial agreement.
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Went to the International Quilt Show in Rosemont, IL this evening for the preview night.
Saw some of the quilts. Met the winner of Best in Show...Will post photo.
Will also post honorable mentions and others...
Went thru some of the vendors. Felt the fabric, coveted the fabric, bought some fabric...
Going back tomorrow. Can't wait... :D
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- Mercedes news
'I'm still in charge' - Brawn
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Ross Brawn has made clear that he is still in charge of the Mercedes F1 team and that he intends to remain in that position.
Speculation this week suggested Brawn could be pushed out of Mercedes under plans to hire McLaren technical director Paddy Lowe. The reports came just one day after Mercedes had announced new executive director Toto Wolff's arrival as one of three managerial figureheads at the team, including Brawn and Niki Lauda.
Speaking on Thursday, however, Brawn made clear that he is still in charge of the sporting and technical sides of the team and that he intends to remain in the position of team principal as long as he has the motivation to do so.
"I am the team principal and I am in charge of sporting, technical and racing matters," he said. "Toto is coming in and that's a whole other side of the business that I don't want to get involved in. I don't want to get involved in, on a day-to-day basis, the commercial activities and I don't want to get involved with the support we need to give Daimler on a day-to-day basis.
"There are a lot of things that Toto will be doing that are complimentary to what I'm doing in terms of running the team, but you have to have one reference. Everybody knows that the only way a racing team would work is to have one reference, and I'm that reference."
He said he and Mercedes had been in talks with Lowe, but that it was only part of a possible succession plan should he decide to step aside.
"I know the situation completely," he added. "Mercedes want a long-term commitment and obviously with a lot of additions I want to see how things go before I make a final long-term commitment. So we have to have things in place.
"It's like my succession plan at Ferrari. When I decided I was going to stop at Ferrari, we built a succession plan and I am part of that, I've talked to Paddy, we know the situation. I'm planning on being here for a very long time."
Asked if he was aware of the team's plans moving forwards, Brawn said: "I know all the plans for the future of the team and I hope I'm going to be a part of it for a very long time. We're entering a very exciting period and obviously Lewis [Hamilton] joining us was a massive catalyst for us all, a massive incentive and motivation - I think we are seeing the maturity of the plans we made 12 months ago.
"This car has been a project led by Aldo [Costa] and I think he's done a fantastic job. I'm really excited by that, and like any of us in life, if we are excited by what we do we want to carry on doing it and so that's what I want to do."
Brawn added that his main concern was that the speculation around his position would disrupt the team ahead of the start of the season.
"I think it's a bit disappointing that it's got into the media, because that's disturbing for the team. I want our guys focused completely on doing the best job they can for this coming season. It's a really exciting time here and Lewis is now spending some time here at the factory and there's a huge buzz about the place for the coming season.
"That's what we want to maintain and unfortunately those things are in the nature of the business, but they are distractions for people and I have to do the best that I can to make sure people don't get distracted."


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Complaint Review: Jiffy Lube
Jiffy Lube #2085 Incompetent Nitwits Phoenix Arizona
On July 9th, 2013 I took my truck to Jiffy Lube #2085 for regular maintenance. While going over it they found the battery was going bad, (or so they said). As it was already their battery from an earlier visit they replaced it under warranty.
Shortly after that I heard a clunking sound every time I made a right turn. It sounded like a suspension component had failed. The vehicle has only 35K on it so I decided to let the dealer look at it.
Took it to the dealership today, bear in mind it's only been one week since I went to Jiffy Lube. They inspected everything and guess what? The "clunking" sound was the improperly secured battery sliding around. The reason the battery was not secured right and sliding was because they installed a Group 24 battery and not a Group 27 which is the OEM spec for that make, model & year. Not only that, the battery they installed was a 480 CCA, (cold cranking amps), factory spec...710 CCA!
Called the store and talked to the asst. mgr. All he said he could do was file an "incident report" and someone would call me, yeah right! I made sure he understood that the charge to my credit card would be in dispute by the end of the week if they do not reverse the charge voluntarily. His response..."Ok".
This is not the first time I have had problems with various Jiffy Lubes in Phoenix but it will absolutely be the last. Fool me once, fool me twice, you know the rest. :-(
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360 Failure Rate 24% | Microsoft | Forum | PS3Blog.net
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Here's an interesting article:
But surveys are now showing just how extensive the problems are. Microsoft's consoles breaks down about 23.7 percent of the time in its first two years of use, according to warranty firm Square Trade's analysis of 16,000 failed consoles. By comparison, the Sony PlayStation 3 has a failure rate of 10 percent after two years and the Nintendo Wii fails 2.7 percent during the same period. In other words, the Wii is nine times more reliable than the Xbox 360.
I've said it before, but I've had the RROD 2 times already and am on my thrid console
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square trade handles the warranties that go through them, so they'd know how many systems had to come in based off of certain errors (and, not surprisingly, the RROD is the most overwhelming of hardware failures of any console). Not sure what other companies handle warranties, but they would more than likely come up with the same conclusions, give or take maybe 5%.
heres the PDF pertaining to the whole study:
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so is that a lifetime warranty or were they still under regular store warranty? In that case, Costco would be handling warranties, but not any repairs, which would then have to be reported by them. If the warranty isn't lifetime (or within store's warranty/return policy), the console has a 3 year manufacturer warranty (for RROD) and manufacturer warranties run through such companies as Square Trade due to outsourcing (which a lot of companies do). Technical support is the same way, the big companies have contracts with third parties to handle such cases. I couldn't do a store warranty on my first 360 because it was past the 30 day or whatever return policy, and I couldn't do manufacturer because it was past the one year warranty, but luckily, a month later, Microsoft expanded the warranty for RROD issues to three years, and I then went through that system as well within the next couple years. Since the 360s now use 65nm processing as opposed to 90, the systems don't overheat as much and RROD cases have slowed down quite a bit since last year. 1 in every 4 systems going bad seems perfectly realistic (also note, not all of the defects are caused by RROD) and that number really won't drop significantly until around late 2011, 3 years after the Jasper chipset came out (when both CPU and GPU were 65nm). Going through manufacturer, though, that's going to be long term replacement issues. Usually, if your system is going to brick, it's going to do so within the first month (even though mine took over a year, but my replacement bricked within a month), which is why most store return policies run between 30 and 90 days (of course, extended warranties from the retailer could go as much as 4 years in some cases, in which case, those won't necessarily deal with companies like Square Trade). Also take into account if the system was out of warranty, those won't be reported and the consumer would then have to purchase a new system outright.
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yeah I had 1 friend that I know of that had similar hardware failures like myself, but most of my other friends haven't had any problems. It could also be issues with certain manufacturing lines as well. Given the total number of consoles sold over time, 24% is still quite a significant failure rate. If 1 million are sold, that's 240,000 that are portentially defective (a HUGE number). Most people would contact manufacturer though, if the people you know don't within the 3 year warranty, then they're just throwing their money away lol. I had my 360 shipped out and had a replacement unit shipped back within like 3 weeks, which isn't bad, especially since they throw in a free month of Live. But, in any case, I wouldn't doubt that the overall failure rate between in-warranty and out of warranty consoles would be higher than even 35%, but the 24% is just for in-warranty through the manufacturer
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I've heard the number is as high as 50% according to some folks. And for the record out of my two consoles I've had my launch console red ring after 4 years of heavy use. So that's fitting with the 50% stat I suppose. But of my two PS3s, my launch PS3 made it just over one year before the USB plugs stopped working. I consider that a pretty major failure, not as bad as a red ring... but definately something that keeps my PS3 from being too functional. Obviously I can't just connect my PS3 controller now should the power die, and I can't assign a new controller to the console. I also can't use the USB HDD I bought to use with the console or update with a thumb stick any more. So yeah, that's a pretty big failed console.
I'm really not sure what the big deal is about this issue any more. It's an old story. MS has pretty much fixed the consoles at this point it would seem and if you did have an issue with your console they'd cover you with a pretty extensive warranty. And this coming from me, a guy who missed their warranty by a year and had to buy a new console. I was glad too because my launch console sounded like a jet engine and had no HDMI... my new console is virutally silent. My faulty PS3 on the other hand still sits in my entertainment center. I called up Sony and first denied I had a problem and then told me they would fix it for $150. Call me crazy but I'll take a higher failure rate that comes with a fairly no hassle return at no cost than a lower failure rate that means I have to pay out of my pocket to get it repaired. After shelling out $600 for the console, I wasn't about to turn around and pay $150 more a year later. Now the question is... do I shell out $300 for a slim and lose my backwards compatibility? I'm trying to justify the purchase as "going green" due to the energy savings as well.
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when it comes to "stepping up" to the Slim (in quotations due to it losing a couple features), I would really just take into consideration how much PS2 gaming you actually do. If you really don't play it that much, you could just move that to another TV for when you do. If all else fails, PS2s are pretty cheap, so you could have that set up next to the slim, but then you have to have wired controllers and memory cards. Or you can look ridiculous and have both systems connected to the same TV, one being used for PS2 gaming lol (but then, that wouldn't really help the going green process lol). You aren't really gaining anything going with the Slim (except for maybe hard drive size if you still have the original 60GB), so I'd still take into consideration the $150 just to get it repaired (though, a $300 Slim would potentially save you money in the long run). If you do get a Slim, see about getting an extended warranty (like a 4 year). It might cost about $100-$150 or so, but it's better than paying that price to get it fixed a year later anyway (and you would still have 3 years after that of coverage as well, so if the console fails, say, 4 times within a 4 year span, you saved $450).
I have a 40 inch Samsung TV that went bad a couple months after the warranty expired (which was last week lol). It was going to cost me about $300 to have Samsung tech fix it, but I opened the rear panel and found I had 2 blown capacitors, so I'm getting new ones in tomorrow and will be replacing them myself, costing me a mere $9 after shipping and materials lol
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Well we ended up getting a Slim as a gift. So that decision was made for us. And we LOVE it! Not for any practical reasons but mostly because it's new and TINY. It's also a big plus that it's free. We ended up moving the old 60gb to the bedroom and are passing off our previous bedroom 40gig to the gift givers.
A am still torn on the backwards compatibility. I don't have a HUGE PS2 library I want to play. It's basically two franchises. Kingdom Hearts and God of War. I play both of those often enough that I want backwards compatibiliy. With the God of War compilation half of my worry is gone, and by moving it in the bedroom I still have the option to play Kingdom Hearts should I get the urge. Other than those two series, I only have the Lunar remakes from the PS1 that I occasionally like to play every few years or so. I love that series but I'm not that fond of the changes in the PS1 versions, so I'll probably stick to firing up the old SegaCD when that itch comes along. What's weird about the backwards compatibility debates, is someone always suggests a PS2. It makes me feel incredibly weird, I have a PS2! I guess I'm the only PS2 owner who detests the idea of still leaving it connected when I've upgraded my console. I feel like my PS3 would, should and could play these games and that I've moved on from the PS2 days. Plus we have limited shelf space in the living room (HD Tivo, PS3, 360 and Wii all sharing three shelves). I guess it's knowing that there's no practical reason I can't play my PS2 games on my PS3 that really irks me. Sony's had trouble getting people to buy PS3 games and instead of focusing on and creating compelling titles for the library, they instead hinder backwards compatibility. I guess these are the usual points, it's just bizarre to me. When I bought my console at launch B/C was one of the bigger selling points that it had over MS and I feel somewhat betrayed now. They sure didn't have a problem taking trash at the competition when they had better B/C, now that the tables have turned it's just a bit hard to swallow.
But that's all besides the point. Thanks for your input and thoughtful responses though! And great job on fixing your TV. That sort of stuff intimidates me way too much. I did manage to find a "fix" for my 60gig PS3 along the same lines. After doing a bit of investigation I found out that 1 1/2 of my USB ports still work. The first port works most of the time, and the third port works about half the time. What scared me is that plugging them in causes all sorts of horrible scraping noise and you can literally see the pins in there being mangled. So I hopped on eBay and bought a USB hub for about $3. I plugged it into the first port and it works, I figure as long as I don't unplug it I should be good for the life of the console! And now I have four ports again. It's not an ideal solution, now I have this ugly sparkly grey cable permanently sticking out of the front of my console... but saving $147 is worth that price! Not quite as adventurous as your solution, but it made me feel proud! lol How'd your TV repair go?
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good point on the B/C deal. At least, at the beginning anyway, they had B/C available on the 60GB models. I still remember the cartidge days. You didn't have any built in B/C then lol. I'm sure a lot of people would have loved the SNES to play NES games 😛
also, TV repair went great, TV works wonderfully now, and even starts up faster than it used to. My new capacitors are 6,000 hour caps, so hopefully they'll last longer. There are a few more on the power board that could potentially go out, but until they start causing problems, I'm not too concerned about it. Whole repair took about 30 mins, including taking the rear panel off and removing the power supply, replacing the caps and putting it all back together
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Actually Xbox 360 Failure Rate Reaches 54%
A new survey published in Game Informer\'s print edition indicates the Xbox 360 failure rate has climbed to a shocking 54.2%. The magazine surveyed nearly 5000 readers, asking them about their experience dealing with broken consoles.
Here are their findings:
Console failure rate
Xbox 360 – 54.2%
Playstation 3 – 10.6%
Wii – 6.8%
Percentage of console owners who suffered a second hardware failure after the original repair.
Xbox 360 – 41.2%
Playstation 3 – 14.7%
Wii – 11%
Percentage of people who rate their customer service experience \"very helpful\"
Nintendo – 56.1%
Sony – 51.1%
Microsoft – 37.7%
Percentage of respondents whose friends have had console hardware failures.
Xbox 360 – 69.9%
Playstation 3 – 12.4%
Wii – 6%
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New story: CNET UK: 60 percent of Xbox 360s have broken (http://www.gamespot.com/news/6240452.html?tag=late.....es;title;1)
It seems that there were only 2,500 Xbox's this time.
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I know that they say the box has a really high failure rate, which in all fairness it does haha :']
I spent the last 5 months (of it's life) trying to kill my 360 so I could get it fixed for free/replaced as my guarantee was running out soon ... in the end i just payed for a replacement device by braking the disk drive haha :']
I honestly think I might have had the only indestructible 360 around ... i even put water in it's vents :']
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I went through 6. They lasted about 60 days if that. My longest lasting one was one I did a case mod on with a overpowered fan and intake. They banned it so hence I sold it. My son has gone through 2. I no longer support Microsoft. I have had my ps3 for over a year and am loving it. I can also say that the reason thier sales are higher is because the average person simply gos out and buys a new one. Id say out of 50 friends 40 had modded systems and everytime they got banned ran out and bought another console. I have my atari jaguar, dreamcast and jaguar cd hooked up and they still run just fine and dandy.
If you poll your xbox friends Im sure every single one will respond with a "Yes my xbox has rrod before" The one my son is on now has lasted over a year but its simply because I dont let him game during school and during the summer he only spent close to 30hrs total on it.
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Ok. I was in caligula's palace playing blackjack at the million dollar table and when i went to raise the bet cj jumped onto the table(because of square) when i pushed "hit me" (O) cj kicked the casino guy and the security came after me. I could also run around the entire casino while the camera was still at the table.
Some kind of wierd glitch i guess?
Anyone else ever had this happen?
casino glitch
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Posted 09 August 2005 - 05:26 AM
Yep, pretty funny sh*t.
But for me happened at the 10,000 table.
But for me happened at the 10,000 table.
Posted 09 August 2005 - 09:07 AM
Yep happened to me on every table seem to only be the pc version though.
Posted 09 August 2005 - 06:11 PM
that hasn't happened to me yet so i'm going to try i'm off to the casinos
Posted 10 August 2005 - 09:09 AM
I go to casinos all the time and I never did that. But I did recruit the guy and he walked a round the table and no one was there and a voice came out of no where .Ill have to try that
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Our research group Hexose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase (H6PDH) and the control of skeletal muscle glucose trafficking in metabolism Following on from our discovery of inactivating H6PDH mutations in humans, and the analysis of a H6PDH knockout mouse, we have identified a mechanism by which intracellular glucocorticoid metabolism is dependent upon the flux of glucose-6-phosphate into the ER to generate the redox conditions that permit the enzyme 11β-hydroxysteroied dehydrogenase type 1 to function in the endoplasmic reticulum. When H6PDH is deficient 'Apparent' cortisone reductase deficiency ensues activating the HPA axis and driving adrenal androgen production, which in humans presents as premature puberty and PCOS in women. In mice we have observed a severe myopathy, driven by ER stress and the unfolded protein response, but we do not understand the molecular process involved that initiate this response. We wish to understand the basis of this myopathy as it will provide insight in the redox environment of the ER, the metabolic fluxes controlling ER status, having wider implications for further understanding the integration of muscle glucose and glucocorticoid homeostasis. The G6P transporter (G6PT) and glucose homeostasis G6PT deficiency results in glycogen storage disease 1b, which is manifest by poor glucose homeostasis and hepatic dysfunction. It is unknown how muscle is affected. We hypothesis that G6PT deficiency specifically in muscle will insulin sensitise it due to abrogation of GC interference and offer insight into ER cytosolic glucose metabolism, as the route for G6P flux in to the ER in muscle will be completely blocked. We are using G6PT muscle specific knockout so asses this hypothesis. Tissue specific dissection of 11β-HSD1 function in obesity and insulin resistance 11β-HSD1 is an intracellular GC reactivating enzyme. Thus, independently of the HPA axis and delivery of adrenal derived GC, tissues can generate additional GC. In the fat of obese individuals 11β-HSD1 is often over expressed. Similarly, the site of most abundant activity is the liver and therefore its therapeutic inhibition could offer a way to alleviate the metabolic consequence of 11β-HSD1 over expression in obesity and type 2 diabetes, sensitising individuals towards insulin and ameliorating disease burden. We have generated liver, muscle and adipose tissue specific knockouts in mice to assess the exact contribution of 11β-HSD1 to local and systemic GC metabolism and metabolic homeostasis. 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The Dangers of Misapplied Internet Privacy Policies
April 5, 2013
Modern online advertising through social media and websites collects and analyzes information to match advertising to users' interests. Lawmakers continue to push for regulations on how the websites collect and use consumer information that could harm consumers, websites and the overall environment of the Internet, says Steven Titch, a policy analyst at the Reason Foundation.
- The public has been embracing the Internet at record pace with Facebook acquiring over 1 billion members and other social networking sites growing rapidly.
- The government has failed to understand the business models and consumer demand that drive the Internet forward.
- Instead, the Federal Trade Commission, White House and Congress have been pushing for more oversight on the privacy policies that guide the Internet.
Most free Internet-based services are supported by advertising that is strategically targeted to individual users by collecting data.
- Data on the Internet is collected when users enter the information directly, through embedded software codes called cookies, through clickstream data that records user activity on a website, and through user searches and web browsing history.
- The current online advertising market operates efficiently because ads about products and prices reach potential buyers effectively and quickly.
- Any disruption in how the current advertising model works could have drastic consequences for users who rely on websites that fund operation through advertising revenues.
Policymakers are pushing for an "Online Privacy Bill of Rights," which would be a top-down directive placing enforceable restrictions on how websites collect and use consumer information.
- Proposed laws and regulations include mandatory or optional Opt-in/Opt-Out choices regarding disclosure of certain information, as well as do not track legislation that prohibits websites from collecting user browser data regardless of whether consumers consent.
- Directives such as these would resemble the European Union's strict regulations, which specifically direct how data can be collected and used.
The top-down mandates will slow technology innovation, harm online advertising and hinder users' ability to decide for themselves if and how their information will be collected and used.
Source: Steven Titch, "It's Not Personal: The Dangers of Misapplied Privacy Policies to Search, Social Media and Other Web Content," Reason Foundation, March 2013.
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