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This Saturday will mark the celebration of the most common victim of the wildlife trade: and you've probably never even heard of it – the pangolin.The Chinese pangolin, widely hunted for its scales and its meat is listed as Endangered. Little is known about these creatures, their nocturnal habits are part of the cause. But governments and large NGOs too have consistently neglected these creatures: their campaigns are usually figureheaded by charismatic species like rhino, elephants, and Bengal tigers. But the speed at which these animals are vanishing from East Asia means we need to act fast.
These creatures look and behave a lot like anteaters but they are mammals. Pangolins are hunted for their scales and their meat which is considered a delicacy. According to TRAFFIC, 22,000 pangolins were illegally traded in the Malaysian state of Sabah alone over the last 18 months. In Vietnam, it is estimated that 40-60,000 pangolins were killed in 2011. This is just a fraction of the vast numbers of pangolins that have been illegally killed and traded worldwide.
Though these animals are nocturnal and elusive, hunters have found ingenious ways to capture them. They are often kept alive until they are sold to be eaten, and are forced to live in unbearably harsh conditions. They are often force-fed starches to fatten them up.
We know so little about the pangolin trade that it is difficult to fight. We know that the Asian pangolins are at highest risk and once the pangolins run out in Asia, traffickers will shift their focus to African pangolins. The 4 Asian species of pangolin are on the brink of extinction already: it is time to act now before the same happens to pangolins in Africa.


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Seven hours later, Sheriffs Department Sgt. David Fox said, police reached Lennon by phone in New Jersey, where she said she was fine.
Despite that assurance, Fox said police have concerns about her welfare and are hoping to talk to her again.
Fox said police believe Lennon is back in the area after she was reportedly seen at Washbucklers in Rutland during the early-morning hours Tuesday.
Lennon described as 5 feet 6 inches tall with brown hair, hazel eyes and a tattoo of a lizard on her shoulder was last seen driving a silver 2007 Volvo XC90.
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GRAND RAPIDS, Mich.---It was a back-and-forth affair at Van Andel Arena Friday night, but the Chicago Wolves couldn't get the final score in a 4-3 loss to the Grand Rapids Griffins.
Mark Matheson, Chris Tanev and Anton Rodin lit the lamp for the Wolves (8-6-2-0), who were tied with the Griffins for first place in the American Hockey League's Midwest Division when the night began.
The Wolves have allowed the first goal in their last four road games, winning only one of those contests. The home team struck first again, with Grand Rapids left wing Tomas Tatargetting his sixth of the year at 7:56 in the first period.
Wolves center Alex Friesen tried to score the equalizer on a penalty shot before the six-minute mark of the second frame, but Grand Rapids netminder Petr Mrazek (6-0-0) stood tall to turn him away. Matheson got Chicago on the board at 8:25 in the period as he went five-hole on Mrazek for his third of the season and second goal in two games.
Grand Rapids (9-4-1-1), which ran its winning streak to seven games, responded in rapid succession as right wing Mitch Callahan potted his first of the season 13 seconds later.
The Griffins held a 2-1 lead until Tanev fired a shot that ricocheted off the goal post and into the mesh at the 17:37 mark of the second. With those two markers, the Wolves moved to plus-6 in their second-period goal differential for the season.
Grand Rapids regained a 3-2 lead on defenseman Chad Billins' power-play goal 36 seconds into the third period. Hot on his heels was Rodin's rebound goal at 5:53 of the third.
Tatar bookended the game and picked up the game-winning goal past Wolves goaltender Eddie Lack at 17:47. Lack (6-4-0) stopped 25 of 29 shots. Mrazek also posted 25 saves.
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First Period---1, Grand Rapids, Tatar 6 (Pare, Almquist), 7:56. Penalties---Billins, Grand Rapids (holding the stick), 0:30; Grant, Grand Rapids (slashing), 10:38; Miller, Chicago (diving), 13:12; Miller, Chicago (fighting) 18:09; Evans, Grand Rapids (fighting), 18:09.
Second Period---2, Chicago, Matheson 3 (Kassian), 8:25; 3, Grand Rapids, Callahan 1 (Grant); 4, Chicago, Tanev 4 (Matheson, Ebbett), 17:37. Penalties---Smith, Grand Rapids (goalie interference), 0:33; Nyquist, Grand Rapids (slashing), 3:47; Gordon, Chicago (goaltender interference), 14:07; Haydar, Chicago (hooking), 19:59.
Third Period---5, Grand Rapids, Billins 1 (Nyquist, Smith), 0:36 pp; 6, Chicago, Rodin 1 (Sterling, Longpre), 5:33; 7, Grand Rapids, Tatar (Aubry), 17:47. Penalties---Sterling, Chicago (delay of game), 2:10; Pinizzotto, Chicago (fighting), 6:27; Smith, Grand Rapids (fighting), 6:27; Anderson, Grand Rapids (boarding), 13:16; Raedeke, Grand Rapids (delay of game), 14:34.
Shots on goal---Chicago: 5-11-12—28; Grand Rapids: 7-11-11—29. Power plays---Chicago 0-6; Grand Rapids 1-4. Goalies—Chicago, Lack (25-29),
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WASHINGTON, Feb. 14, 2014 Under regulations of the Perishable Agricultural Commodities Act (PACA), La Galera Produce LLC, operating in Chicago, Ill., posted a $300,000 surety bond.
The surety bond was posted with the U.S. Department of Agriculture to employ Wayne Passoff, previously named in a PACA action. Passoff was the only officer of Waynes World Inc., Chicago, Ill., a company which failed to pay reparation awards issued against it under PACA.
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Tuesday, April 30, 2013
A woman drove her Cadillac to the police station to report that an auto body shop may have taken parts out of her car and replaced them with old worn out parts. She said she took her car in to have her window repaired. She paid for the service and when she drove off she noticed some interior details were different.
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She said the center console and floor mats were removed and replaced.
She told the officer she would get a value on the missing inventory so she could make a full report.
A woman got a text message from her niece's old phone number. The sender called her Aunt Su and said they had been hit in the mouth, causing all of their teeth to fall out. The sender said she was at daddy's and they have a gun.
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A man called police to his home because his laptop was frozen. On the screen was a message that said the U.S. Department of Justice had frozen his computer because he had viewed child pornography. The message said he had to buy a special money card for $450 to unlock the computer.
The laptop owner was told by the officer that this was a scam because the department of justice investigates and arrests individuals caught viewing child pornography. The officer told the man that offenders would not be let off the hook for $450. The man agreed with the officer.
A 24-year-old man got pulled by Berkeley County officers and charged with DUI. Amazingly, they allowed his father to come pick him up, rather than requiring him to spend the night in jail.
But rather than be grateful for this turn of events, the 24-year-old kid began arguing with his father about getting his keys, wallet and car back. Of course his father wasn't about to hand these items over to his son until his son sobered up, according to a police report.
But the son would not let it go, and the father ended up calling Mount Pleasant police to calm the argument.
Officers were able to talk both parties down and left the two to go to sleep for the night. But 10 minutes later they were called back because the argument escalated again.
After another lecture the two agreed to separate for the night.
An officer driving down Mathis Ferry Road passed an oncoming vehicle. The driver of that vehicle threw something out of the window that hit the officer's windshield. The officer turned around and followed the vehicle.
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The officer stopped behind the car which still did not move. At this point the blue lights went on and the vehicle remained stopped. The officer made contact with the driver and explained the reason for the stop. The officer asked what it was that he threw out, and the man said it was a burrito and that he did not mean to hit the officer's car.
While speaking, the officer noticed drug paraphernalia in the man's car, according to the report.
The man said he was a recovering addict and admitted to recently smoking marijuana and K Spice in his car.
The man admitted to pot being in the vehicle. He seemed nervous, according to the report and kept putting his hands in his pockets, even after the officer asked him not to do so.
He accidently pulled out the baggie he was trying to hide and when the man realized what he had done, he handed it over to the officer.
The illegal items in his car and on his person were confiscated and he was arrested for simple possession of drug paraphernalia and litter thrown by a person in a vehicle.
He was then allowed to leave and wait for his court date.
A man was sitting with a friend on the porch of a local bar when an acquaintance walked up. He came up from behind, put both hands on the man's shoulders and said "hey buddy." But then he started punching the man in the head and neck.
The man went to stand up and defend himself, but according to a report, fell over, hit his head on the ground and then got kicked in the head four or five times.
Witnesses relayed the same information to police, saying it seemed totally random.
But the victim told police he knew who had done it.
The victim said he does not know any more about what happened other than overhearing someone nearby saying, "that's what he gets for being a snitch."
The victim said that earlier in the year the suspect bought pot from him and his friend but ended up holding them up and robbing them at gunpoint, the reported stated.
A police report was made in that incident but no suggestion was made in the report that the two incidents were related.
The suspect was nowhere to be found at the time of the report.
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Next stop was Yummy Tummy Cafe for a lunchtime fuel-up on a gallon of Norwalk green juice; chocolate covered jungle peanuts; and a ruben sandwich made from flax seeds, mushrooms, and sauerkraut. Omg, seriously yummy tummy! And, a book signing meet-and-greet. From here, I was shuttled over to the KBOO radio station for an interview, and then finally ended up at Powell's Books downtown for a talk and book signing.
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I agree totally. He is by far the best pitcher in the A.L and deserves the A.L MVP
There is no way you can say he is by far the best pitcher with the way CC and Weaver are pitching
gotta go with gibbs here i mean what the heck u dont want someone in the MVP race to finish 3rd c'mon think before ya say mike
Ok while Verlander doesn't have the best ERA in the MLB, hitters are only hitting .185 against him which leads all of baseball. Weaver might have that sub 2 ERA but Verlander leads in a lot of other stats, WHIP, strikeouts, wins, innings pitched, and OPS. Verlander probably won't win MVP because those kind of stats aren't seen as important as ERA, but they're important. So I definitely agree and he deserves at least some consideration for the MVP.
Those are all good points in debating for him to win the Cy Young but for a pitcher to win the MVP he has to be better then all the other pitchers and there be a lack of hitters who are worthy
Srry i reported u comment above gibbsreport.
Ok well wins and strikeouts are obviously seen as important, but the WHIP, IP, and OPS aren't.
The whole point of my argument is that Verlander is not that much better then the pitchers he is competing with for the CY Young and since there are plenty of good hitters putting up big numbers there is no way a pitcher will win the MVP since the Tigers might not even make the playoffs
The Tigers will make the playoffs. With their good pitchers (verlander, penny, porcello) will help the Tigers make a run. Their out and infielders (Caberra. Guillen, Ordonez, and catcher Victor Martinez). The Tigers right now are 3 games up on the Indians in the A.L central.
I understand that, I mean I'm not saying he will win MVP because I doubt he will. But I'm agreeing with the statement that he should at least get some consideration for it. Especially if he keeps this up the rest of the year.
With out Verlander, the Tigers aren't in first.
The same can be said about all the other pitchers who are in the running for the CY Young and probably all the hitters who will actually be considered for the MVP
he never said he should win just that he should be considered, and the season verlander is having he should be in the mix but i dont think he deserves to win but definetly in the mix
Why should someone be considered for an award if they shouldn't win it. A pitcher who might not win the Cy Young should not be considered for the MVP
I agree with Gibbs on this one. If you want to consider Verlander for the MVP, then you might as well consider CC, Weaver, Beckett, and the other leading pitchers as well. Verlander is having a great year, but he's not so far apart from the other leading pitchers that he should be considered MVP. He might not even win Cy Young. The MVP list this year already has plenty of guys who are very deserving. No need to add Verlander, especially when he's not above and beyond other leading pitchers.
He is a great pitcher and should be in the top 5 of al cy young
Verlander won his league leading 18th win. Better chance to win a award for the A.L.


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Each state has different rules on what "as-is" means, but almost all use the term when it comes to realestate sales. At two years, you are facing a hurdle that any issue could be the result of new conditions, acceptable wear / settlement, etc. Has there been any changes in the area? (New house built next door, new addition, earthquake, flooding, etc?)
While you may have been given a home warranty with the purchase (do check your sales paperwork to see if there is any warranty and what it covers for how long) the house is sold to you as-is; it is your responsibility to raise concerns prior to taking over the house, so going back two years later is a huge up hill batle.
The home inspector is also going to be found faultless, as their reports almost always have words like "consult with an expert. . ." after each report section and they have disclaimers for missed items, etc. I got certified as a home inspector and was surprised at just how little they actually require you to know to become an inspector. They are really just an extra pair of eyes to help inexpereinced home owners look where most people don't look or go. You even mention that the repair work was well masked, so you didn't notice it until you began looking for it. A good inspector might have caught it, but you won't win any court cases proving yours wasn't good enough.
The Seller will claim that any foundation issues were fixed and resolved, which is why they marked "No" on the foundation issue section. They fixed it; so it was no longer an issue. If it came back, that is a new issue. You and I know this is bogus, but to win in court you have to prove intent; and the builder can easily show they thought it was fixed. Or, they might even be able to claim they were unaware - the repairs were from the previous owner, and were hidden so well HE and YOU didn't notice them.
So the next step is to meet with your home insurance agent. As I mentioned above, if there have been any enviromental changes (a new house next door could have changed the underground water table flow or pressures, for example) you may be covered. Even if there are no issues, you still may have a policy that allows for major repairs to be covered after a certian cost threshold, etc. You'd be surprised at what your home owners insurance covers - find out first; they might have in house or low cost engineers who will do the initial inspection, etc. They also will provide advice on your home sale; if they think you have a case against the Seller.
Best of luck on this issue. Make sure any solution you pay for solves the cause (Stress on the wall), and doesn't just fix the results (cracks).
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The crew came out on time and were fast, quiet (considering they had to jackhammer), and courteous. They even finished a day ahead of schedule. Follow up was very good. If I had questions or needed paperwork they were quick to get back with me.
I definitely shall never contact this company again or recommend them to anyone, other than to share my bad experience. I can understand if they had some type of situation preventing them from responding, yet as a business in this competitive
I am sorry I received no response as they might have been the company best suited to handle my problems and concerns. Again, they might have an unknown situation preventing them from responding or following up of which I am unaware. I have no way of knowing the answer to that question and this is now a lost opportunity for both of us.
This review is submitted strictly as an FYI to the other members for their consideration.
They used a large crew and installed the concrete piers and leveled the beams of the house in half a day. Immediately upon leaving, I realized that they didn't repair the seal plate. I called their office who got in touch with the foreman, and his crew came right back and repaired the seal plate the same day (he had overlooked it on the work order). While under the house, he noticed that there was another section of seal plate on the otherside that also had issues, and that he wanted to replace it. They did so the next day AT NO ADDITIONAL COST.
Although they filled the holes from the installed piers with extra dirt, after the recent rains we had, a few of them sunk below ground level by about 1 foot. I called their office, and they had a guy come out the next day and refill the holes.
All in all, very pleased.
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Album Rating: 4.54 paragraphs in a Sobhi review?! fuck things have changed since I stepped down.
Album Rating: 4.7it's those crazy dudes at BV rubbing off on me :-]
Album Rating: 4.0rules hard
o um prog what
Digging: Chief Keef - Bang 3
Album Rating: 3.0 | Sound OffSorry, but this is really overrated
Album Rating: 4.7yes.
Album Rating: 4.0 | Sound OffGood review, mindpos.
Although I have listened only three songs from the band's bandcamp location, I agree with everything you wrote.
One suggestion:
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"that" should be omitted, I think.
Digging: Sacri Monti - Sacri Monti
Album Rating: 4.7thanks bruh
Album Rating: 4.5 | Sound Offfuck yes sobhi fuck. fantastic writeup
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Album Rating: 4.5wonderful
Album Rating: 2.0 | Sound OffGood album but the weakest in their discog. Enjoyed the read Sobi.
Digging: America - Homecoming
damn sweet album I'd fuck it
From Wisdom to Hate is their weakest for me and still a strong 4... I think this will be a weak 4,5 for me, but I will see how it will hold in 1 week
Album Rating: 3.5WOW NOT A 5?!
Just kidding.
review reads like a 4.8
Digging: King Diamond - Abigail
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Sorry, but this is really overrated
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The way sunday school songs should be understood if ET proponents really believed what they say they believe:Jesus loves the little children (well at least until the age of accountability)All the children of the world (All doesn't really mean all)Black and yellow, red and white ( He seems to especially like the white ones)They are precious in His sight (as long as they are not over age 12 or so)Jesus loves the little children of the world (doesn't really mean the whole world)Jesus loves me this I know (until I am bad then I get sent to hell forever)For the Bible tells me so (KJV, unchanged and uncorrected since 1611)Little ones to Him belong (Hurray for the age of accountablility!)They are weak but He is strong (but not stronger then our free will)Yes Jesus Loves Me (as long as I am good) Yes Jesus Loves Me (and make all the right choices)Yes Jesus Loves me (and if I instantly confess and repent if I mess up)The Bible Tells me so
This is what I believe though cannot quote exact verses off hand.I believe that age is a carnal or physical attribute that only exists within the realm of time. Our spirits, however, are eternal and ageless. At conception, God put your spirit into an earth suit to exerience time and the physical realm and learn in the process.Whenever your ageless spirit leaves your natural tent or tabernacle, that body returns to the dust and your spirit returns to God who gave it. It returns as it always was, ageless, regardless of whether the body that went to the dust was a month old embryo or a 5 year old child or a 90 year old grandmother.So, to the question just posted on the other thread, take this with whatever grain of salt that fits, if you died pregnant, your spirit and that of your child would return to their ageless state in God. Your 18 month old infant was only that old in their natural body, but their spirit was ageless before it was placed in this body and remained so after it left that 18 month old body. Your child would appear no different in the spirit whether its natural body died at 18 months or 27 years old.I seldom give opinions without scripture, but I do believe that I have the spirit of God on this one.Blessings,John


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I am 38 weeks one day pregnant.
Last week I got a blood pressure reading of 140/90 in the office, and was immediately sent to obgyn triage for preeclampsia screening.
My blood pressure was monitored for two hours and was perfectly normal. The baby was also perfectly normal. There was trace prtotein in my urine, slightly elevated kidney functions, and an ALT of 57. My doctor recommended induction. I decided to wait a day and get monitored again.
On day two my blood pressure was again perfectly normal, and so were all the baby's signs. There was no protein in my urine and all the kidney tests were normal. ALT had decreases to 49. I was discharged again from the hospital with instructions to get monitored again next day.
On day three all blood pressure readings were again completely normal , the baby was normal, no protein in the urine, kidney tests normal, ALT was 51. I was again discharged . I am scheduled to see my doctor again monday who believes preeclampsia is inevitable and that I should induce.
I do not want to go the induction route , but my doctor is scaring me to death.
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South Plains Sweeps NJCAA Indoor Track & Field ChampionshipsMarch 2, 2013
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LUBBOCK – The South Plains College (Texas) men's and women's track and field teams swept both team trophies at the NJCAA Indoor Track and Field Championships Saturday at the Texas Tech Athletic Training Center. SPC has now won 30 national championships combined in men's and women's indoor and outdoor track and field, cross country, and half-marathon.
The Lady Texans scored 203 points, winning by 70 over Iowa Central Community College. The Texans took first place overall by a margin of 69 points, scoring 177 - well in front Iowa Central.
In all, the Texans claimed eight NJCAA event titles and also had 14 athletes garner All-American honors. The Lady Texans, meanwhile, took nine event titles and also earned 14 All-American honors.
Vernon Norwood took down the NJCAA meet and SPC school records when he blazed to a time of 1:17.04 in the 600-meter run, breaking a meet record that has stood since 1999.
Steven Gayle, Daniel Harper, Dakarie McKinnie, and Norwood took down Barton County's 2009 meet record in the final event of the day, the men's 4x400-meter relay. Norwood anchored the quartet to a season best time of 3:06.68.
Also breaking school records during the two-day meet were Shavez Hart (6.22, 55 prelim), Jarvis Gotch (25-02.50, long jump), Nelson Hampton (4,981 points, heptathlon), and Jackson Gray (59-03.00, weight throw).
With the indoor season over, the SPC track teams will now gear up for their outdoor season, scheduled to begin March 23 with the UTEP Invitational in El Paso. The Texans and Lady Texans have swept the last four national meets, including last May when SPC hosted in Levelland. The Texan men will be seeking their seventh NJCAA Outdoor title in a row when the NJCAA Outdoor Championships roll around in May.
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I was talking with a young woman the other day, as we were hearing Senator Bernie Sanders on the radio giving his filibuster speech in the senate, and she said, "I'm not into politics but I love Bernie." I said something silly like I AM into politics and I love Bernie too. But I have been bothered by the conversation ever since.
Politics is the voice of governance and we, the citizens, are that government. Government is not out there, this huge bureaucracy that takes our money and makes rich people of otherwise unemployable people. Government is us talking to each other in our disparate voices, through politics, to come to agreements by the majority. Government is not against the private sector. Government and the private sector compliment and contain each other. We, the citizens, are both. We are producers and consumers. We are the governors and we are those governed. We are the creators of law and we must follow those laws.
At the end of the 19th and beginning of the 20th century the private sector was much too strong. There were booms and busts that devastated working people. Children were working 12-hour days in factories. Citizens were working six-day weeks at 12 hours per day and still couldn't afford the basics of life. Our food was poisoning us on a regular basis. This and worse while a small segment of our society lived the proverbial life of Riley. The final culmination was the Great Depression of 1929. We had to do something and we did. Some of our grandfathers died getting it done, but they got it done.
We started regulating businesses over the next few decades. We instituted an income tax. We started agencies to oversee food production. Unions bargained for and got the 40-hour workweek and an end to child labor. We wanted no charity from the rich. We are a self-sufficient bunch. We just wanted to make sure they paid their fair share and that we, in our retirement, could lead decent productive lives. We introduced the progressive income tax, Social Security and Medicare. These are things we do for ourselves and we pay for them up front as we pay to keep up our society. We pay our Social Security and Medicare taxes because we don't want charity and we know the private sector doesn't have the ability to maintain these structures in any cost-effective way.
We are at a point in history where these progressive measures are under threat. Large corporations and the Republican Party are out to dismantle these reforms. They are telling us that we should give up our control of society. The way the Republicans are doing it is by telling us that the government (us) is evil. It is out there taking all our money and stopping progress. We must stop the Republicans from stealing our right to control our destinies. We must enlarge and reform health care to include all Americans, not just the rich.
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Originally posted by Illyssia
The fee isn't high. Its probably barely enough to keep the servers which will handle these transactions running stable and constant. They don't make money on facebook...I don't get what you are saying. They are providing YOU a way to make money off of RMT users instead of oversea crooks who literally force people to do this for nearly no pay. In fact...it KILLS gold farmers, the average user isn't going to farm like they do. They will simply play...and sell what they do not need. Blizzard isn't taking advantage of you at all. They are providing you a way to take advantage of the RMT users rather than let all the money go overseas. Its a service, if it were not THEY WOULD SIMPLY SELL THE ITEMS THEMSELVES. They could do that, they create the bloody things after all. They would make 100% profit off that. They aren't. They are letting YOU sell them, and charging a transaction fee to keep the server allowing such a thing to happen stay running...just like any other such service provider would (Ebay, Paypal, ect...)
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Item farming kills most games for me (as well as countless others), meaning, I don't enjoy them much when I know people in 3rd world countries get paid 50 cents an hour to "play" a game 20 hours a day, making a mindless business out of virtual items on in-game currency.
These people do not "play" the game. They work at it. It's their job. Other people play the game. It's a game, after all, and EVERYONE should be playing it, not making it a career. What this does is obvious if you've been playing MMO's for a while.
You, the player, GET NO ITEMS (of value) or have to fight these people in order to get any share of decent items. Other players also take the game WAY to seriously, so they farm non-stop as well. Casual players and higher, are left out in the cold. Item-based games are rendered useless or un-fun for most other gamers besides these types of fanatics.
Many of the "business" farmers, since they aren't actually playing the game, have no idea what "sharing" is, correct social behavior (or any social behavior) or any concept that they should "play nice" with other players. They are just like the bots that people write. Who wants to deal with a bot? I don't even dealing with real-life people that act that way!
I play games to enjoy my free time, not fight with people over virtual loot.
I'm sick of the constant spamming of advertisments from gold and item sellers, power levelers, and so on as well. Who isn't?
Also, pvp gets ruined because only those that can afford the best gear will succeed. I don't enjoy "winning" in ANY game enough to shell out my hard earned money for it. I think it should be based on skill, not how much loot you bought.
I see so many Asian grinders ruined when these people show up, and other games as well, but especially the grinders. They show up faster than most players do.
What's happened to gaming? Being at older gamer really sucks, much of the time. I wish there was a seperation between gaming and profit, at least after you made your initial purchase of the game, or after you subbed. I've never been a fan of the pay-to-win model. I'll sub a game I play, but the nickel and dime approach sucks to me, in every single way, and not just in video games. I think it's a scam, to be honest. It's a psycological mind game that people fall for, and I'd get into why, but that's not the point of this post. :)
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Originally posted by Gishgeron
Blizzard are nickle and diming you anyway they can...that's what the auction house cost is a way for them to make money. If it wasn't going to net them a tidy sum why bother to chage for the cash house transactions at all?
As for Facebook, it isn't a direct charge, but it is a social network link-up designed to get more players onto Battle.net and generate Blizzard more money.
As I wrote above, legalizing gold farmers, who let's face it, will be a significant presence on the cash auction house is making legit a section of the gaming world that Blizzard has previously been going to extensive efforts to ban, they are legalizing this trade in their games and it will likely occur in other triple A Blizzard-Activision titles.
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Diablo3 will be region locked and all Chinese farmers will stay within their region. That's where Blizzard will make a ton of money.
I think it will take atleast a year before a legit bot will be available on NA servers, and problaby a few more years before it is available for sale.
I think hacker/botters will keep their programs close because now they can make a ton of money directly through the game.
Also, Diablo2 was plagued by BUGS. The biggest problem D2 had was duping. Bots didn't supply shit to d2 economy because most botters never found any runes, and if they did, it was mostly UM runes or IST runes. And it took thousands and thousands of runs for any good runes to drop. Most items that were cherished in d2 were the super rare, eth Berzerker %15 ED damage axes which almost never dropped. Also, super rare helms for Hammerdins, sorces, zons, sins, druids. And most of those were duped once they were found.
It took 3 GUL runes and a cube to make an ist and 3 more IST for the next. That's how most folk would get to higher runes, and runewords.
DUPERS ruined diablo2, not the botters.
It also didn't help when Blizzard would roll out a patch every 2 years.
It didn't help that people would scam one another.
It didn't help that people would use hacks in pvp and pretty much ruin the pvp aspect.
I'm a fan of the AH, but not a fan of the real money exchange. They could have left that out and made gold worth something.
I don't mind the internet access requirement, since I only played d2 online. I don't like the idea though that other folk who do enjoy single player and mod support being prohibited.
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I will make this short and simple for the people who just dont get it. RMT is going to happen no matter what blizzard does, that is a fact. When you accept that the question then becomes do you fight a battle you cant win and kill yourself in the process or do you make money off it?
I would bet my life these cry babies will be buying the game anyways after they dry their tears and relize what reality is.
I am sorry I would rather the game be great and well funded then pay tons of money fighting a loosing battle and let fraud run rampant.
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i say.. so what? you already could do this in everquest and vanguard with their bazaar servers and on any server in vanguard.
i once paid for 3 months of vanguard game time by leveling up a fast leveling class and selling it for $47 when it got to level 30.
if i had the patience and time i wouldve sold boats too.
it didnt break those games, it wont break diablo 3.
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Joined: 9/19/06
Originally posted by Illyssia
If you don't understand why a real money market requires a fee for placing an item on the market, then you don't deserve to be a part of the conversation.
And thank God they are legalizing it. Now it'll be average Joes that can reap the rewards of their efforts, not JUST illegal RMT. This will lead to a much healthier RMT economy and one in which everyone can participate in. The only problem I see with it is that I feel that the market is likely to tank into ridiculously low amounts because of the extreme supply vs low demand for these items. You still need buyers that are willing to spend real money, and I believe it's likely that there are going to be a LOT more sellers than buyers.
The only thing that anyone has said that makes this sound even remotely scary is that Blizzard has 100% control the drop rates and real money is involved. They could theoretically change drop rate and do some personal trading based on inside information. This does sound pretty insane though since if they were caught, it would ruin them. And right now they are making a ton of money.
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The more you hype an upcoming game in your mind, the more it will fail to meet your expectations.
Originally posted by baguette
Well, that's the thing...
You could only do it on the exchange servers. People who wanted RMT played on those servers (which were less popular), and those who didn't played on regular servers.
It didn't "break" EQ2 and Vanguard because there was segregation of RMT. Diablo 3 is similar, but different. Were the option given to players to either play on non-RMT servers that were separated from RMT servers, people wold probably be a lot less irritated, and with good reason.
Originally posted by Lork
You really think that the chinese RMT farmers will not find a way using proxy servers to play on NA battle.net? Too much money in it.
Also, you assumption that it will take a year to make a bot is laughable. If there is money to be gained, that bot will be up in running in less than a month. You can quote me on that if im wrong and make me look like a fool, but I am certain that I am right.
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Originally posted by baguette
First of all: it was against the NDA in those games so many people didn't do it because it is cheating there. In D3 it will not be cheating but instead the normal way to do things.
Secondly, those games were MMOs, now we are talking about a regular game.
I don't like where this is going, soon all games will have microtransactions and content for sale. Sure, it is a long time ago that gaming wasn't only about money but the companies are getting more and more greedy all the time.
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Originally posted by colddog04
The problem with Blizzard and the cash auction house is that they have significantly shifted their position from trying to ban the player-based in-game cash microtransactions to basically charging a fee and saying come on players and farmers here is a nice online shop for you on our company web space.
The problem with cash auction houses is that it makes the game unequal. The effort to aquire in-game items becomes lessened and gold as a currency undergoes hyperinflation because for a few bucks you can buy as much as you want.
The drop rate issue is a major mechanic issue in Blizzard games...I AM BETTING THEIR ARE SOME .00001% drops placed into Diablo 3 to stimulate the players to the farm.
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Joined: 12/25/07
Ten pages and not one opinion offered on a valid way to work around this 3rd party sites than what Blizzard did. When are people going to learn that people still buy shit in diablo II TODAY. It its big time, these items didn't sell for a couple bucks, they sold for 20-30.
This is really a pointless topic. Until people understand that people spent tons of money on a singleplayer/multiplayer game called DiabloII they aren't going to understand the benefit of why this is a good thing compared to the alternative. This was not a decision they looked at and said, "hey lets make a RMT auction in diablo3 and call it a day." They weighed all the negatives versus the good it would do and decided the players in the end would benefit the most from this course than the alternative courses decided to counteract 3rd party sites.
Maybe Blizzard should of came out and stated what all their ideas to counteract 3rd party sellers were and showed us this was the best alternative. Then again maybe I'm wrong Blizzard said 3rd parties sold items we are going to allow our players do and take a minor cut in D3. Let the sites try to best our ingame one.
Either way some type of discussion involved how to beat/profit from the 3rd party sellers. That is the culprit along with the hundred of thousands that bought or sold something in the game. Blame competitive nature of people for a single player ladder type game. If they were not so dang greedy this wouldn't be an issue, its the market evolving and to many people are blinded by typical MMO type game since obviously this is an MMO forum and this game should be not even mentioned here.
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It is a single player game. Who cares if someone wants to spend a bunch of money on a piece of loot, It has ZERO effect on my game and my individual game world, except that if I find something really rare I might choose to sell it instead of use it.
As far as the having to be connected to Battle.net to play, I agree that sucks.
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Joined: 7/26/10
I can not support this choice by Blizzard. I will not be buying the game. No amount of discussion or "blah blah blah" from Blizzard will make me see otherwise.
Sadly, I'm probably the minority on this issue. No where near enough people will vote with their wallet. They will swallow this turd with a coating of sugar.
What needs to happen...no one buys this game and Blizzard gets a wake up call. No you can't do what ever you feel like. You have to stay in touch with the fanbase. What will happen...everyone will buy it and Blizzard will continue to be a company I no longer wish to give my money to.
Oh well...Sooooooo many great games coming out this year. I can afford to pass on D3.
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Didnt WOW lose like 300k players in a single month or something just a little while ago? Think this has much to do with it? *waves goodbye to blizzard and never looks back*
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Originally posted by Drew
I'm curious to know if a more appropriate title wouldn't be "Activision Grabs for Cash."
Blizzard seems to be making a series of incredibly unwise business decisions over the past 9 months or so, resulting in a loss of approximately 900,000 total subscriptions since Cataclysm launched (if the numbers released over time are to be believed). Given that Cata only sold some 4.3 million copies (if the numbers I read back in March are to be believed), that doesn't paint the prettiest of pictures.
IMO, Activision's history of makingless-than-sound business decisions is far longer than Blizzard's. RealID, battle.net, Facebook integration, the mess that is Cataclysm (it took them over 6 months to correct a graphical issue that caused seizures...), RMT built into the game... all of these terrible decisions sound like Activision. Or like a company that believes itself "too big to fail" and needs a lesson in humility.
"You are obviously confusing a mature rating with actual maturity." -Asherman
Maybe MMO is not your genre, go play Modern Warfare...or something you can be all twitchy...and rank up all night. This is seriously getting tired. -Ranyr
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Originally posted by deathgiant
No, and neither does anyone else. No one leaves a game because a TOTALLY DIFFERENT GAME does something they do not like. End. OF. Story. You didn't either, this is just whining or trolling and none of us buy it.
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Originally posted by kilun
No see, here's my issue. With a system like Diablo 2 I never had to deal with the 3rd party sites. I didn't have to deal with the RMT if I didn't wish to. It was never there in my face. With this forced online thing and the fact that RMT is legit it means that now all that crap is in my face. Every time I go to the market place anything worth buying is likely going to cost real money. Players and RMT alike will be making real life money more important than in game currency.
You may not have been there for APB's mess of a market or EQ2's when they allowed RMT sales, but I was. I know how assinine this crud can get.
As far as the game being mentioned here, one it's a big title, two it's by Blizzard you know the guys known for WoW, three the fact that it's online only (Not so single player) with legit RMT. Any of those alone warrants it coverage on a broader range of sites than a single player game normally would get on it's own.
In any case, it's bad enough I have to deal with RMT in my MMO's spamming all day. Now I have to deal with them in my single player games. Not only that there encouraging players to RMT. My Hobby is turning to shit. It's becoming nothing more than a wasteland of money grubbers and sheep that believe they are wolves. It's like the little drug dealers on the corner that think there going to hit it rich without any real work lol. No the majority of you simply aren't going to make any money, some will but it will be a small portion. What most will do is simply make things as annoying as possible for others.
You guys want to make some money of crap like this, go play the stock market and sink your money into futures. Go play online casino's. Play Entropia or w/e it is. Don't turn actual games into money grubbing ceaspools.
For the love of all that is holy don't embrace this RMT crap. You can't win against them, but at least you can limit the damage it does. You give in then they really do win and gamers lose.
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My only opinion on this has nothing to do with Diablo or gaming at all except in a very general way. Considering the fact that we are most likely entering Great Depression 2.0, I doubt that facilitating the sale of virtual items in a game is going to be as profitable as Blizzard hopes. In fact, the whole gaming industry is likely to take a major hit along with other non-essential sectors of the economy. When Mommy and Daddy have no job, its kind of hard to justify the purchase of virtual items.
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Something must have happened to the gene pool lately...
Will D3 have a ladder like D2 ?
If so, then i cant wait to see how ladder and shop cope with each other :P
Well, for me it means i ll save quite some money not buying D3. I doubt there is any D2 dev left over anyway.


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Those of us who live in Boston know (or, rather, should know) the gastronomic mecca that is our North End. And not just for eating — no, the SHOPPING there is epic. My favorite store, which my dear loyal readers know, is the Salumeria Italiana. NYC has Eataly, a massive shopping extravaganza where you can select from hundreds of varieties of olive oils and pastas and other delectables, all at varying price points. But I don't have that kind of time or money, which is where the Salumeria steps in; their wizened old owner, a clever fella often found wearing his three-piece suit and fedora, wandering his small shop kissing pretty ladies on the cheek, hand-picks only the best products for the shelves on his tiny store, and his handsome chefs will woo you with samples and information enough to know what to buy and how to make it. They have never steered me wrong. This past weekend, I sidled up to a group of people all tasting bits of something meaty offered to them from a piece of butcher paper in the hands of one of their incredible staffers, but was leered at by them when I reached for a piece for myself; apparently, they were on a paid tour, and I wasn't one of them. (The chef felt bad, and he slipped me a piece when they weren't looking. It's good to be a regular.) The speckled black slice of pink thin meat I placed on my tongue burst into my consciousness with earthy unctuousness; it was an unusual mortadella: porky, mildly spicy, and — this is the best part — laden with BLACK TRUFFLE. I immediately ordered half a pound, purchased some pasta, and ran home to figure out how to best to showcase the umame meat-loaf waiting to be eaten in my bag. I believe simple is best, and this bastard carbonara proved my point. It was creamy, rich, fragrant, filling, and delicious. And super easy – which made it all that much better.
Mortadella de Tartuffo Carbonara
1/2lb of Mortadella with black truffle
1/2 onion, finely diced
1 tbsp butter
1 cup half and half
1/2 cup grated parmigiano reggiano
2 egg yolks
crushed black pepper
1/2lb of egg pasta
These two ingredients made the meal. First: the mortadella…
Mortadella is a type of bologna, but this ain't your mamma's Oscar Meyer. It has the same soft texture, but instead of the traditional pistachios, this lovely cured meat is studded with ample black truffle. AMPLE. After 15 minutes in my refrigerator, *everything* smelled like truffle. There are worse things in this world…
I rolled it up into a cigar and sliced it thinly – aka: chiffonade. Then I diced my onion very finely.
In many ways, it was this brand of pasta that really elevated this meal experience to something truly special. I was at first daunted by the price – I mean, $9 is a lot to pay for a box of pasta – but after making it, I was converted. I may never make spaghetti with any other brand again. It comes in halves, each one nestled in its own paper folder. Charming. These noodles only needed 1 1/2 minutes to reach the perfect al dente texture, so I get some salted water boiling on a back burner and wait until the sauce is almost finished before cooking off the pasta.
I first saute the onions in my butter with a healthy dash of black pepper.
Once the onions are just translucent, I add the mortadella ribbons. I cook this very well, stirring constantly; I don't want to onions to brown, but I do want the mortadella to leech off all its fats, which will enrich the sauce.
… then add it, and my cream, to the pan, stirring well over medium heat, until the sauce thickens and the cheese is melted. At this point, I add my drained pasta, and stir well so it can absorb some of the sauce — which this tagliolini does like a champ.
This isn't a true carbonara, but the egg yolks in the sauce do make it something of a relative. But it's easy to screw up an egg sauce by adding the yolks to a too hot pan — they'll scramble before they can be incorporated into the dish. So, I remove my pan – with the sauce and the pasta – from the heat, and make a little well in the middle of the noodles. I wait a few moments for the heat to dissipate ever so slightly before adding my whisked yolks to the pasta with a splash of cold cream (this is called "tempering" the egg, more or less). I stir this very well, making sure the golden goodness of the yolks blend with the creamy sauce – then I put the pan back on the burner for a few moments (stirring constantly) to reheat through.
Toothsome, perfectly individualized flat spaghetti noodles drip with thick, aromatic, earthy cream sauce and are entangled with tender morsels of sweet pork perfection. The onions add texture to the sauce, a dash of black pepper adds a mild heat, and a final sprinkling of cheese takes the place of salt. This isn't for dieters or the lactose intolerant, but luckily I am neither of those things – so I dug into my plate with abandon, twirling pasta on my fork before shoving mouthfuls into my gullet. This can be made with regular mortadella, or even a good quality bologna if that's all you have, but believe me when I say that with truffle, everything is better.


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HELLP syndrome is a group of symptoms that occur in pregnant women who have:
The cause of HELLP syndrome has not been found.
HELLP syndrome occurs in about 1 to 2 out of 1,000 pregnancies, and in 10-20% of pregnant women with severe
Most often HELLP develops before the pregnancy is 37 weeks along. Sometimes it develops in the week after the baby is born.
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Tests of the baby's health will be done. Tests include
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When the condition is not treated early, up to 1 of 4 women develop serious complications. Without treatment, a small number of women die.
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HELLP syndrome may return in up to 1 out of 4 future pregnancies.
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After the baby is born and HELLP syndrome has time to improve, most of these complications will go away.
If symptoms of HELLP syndrome occur during pregnancy:
There is no known way to prevent HELLP syndrome. This is why it is important for all pregnant women to start prenatal care early and continue it through the pregnancy. This allows the health care provider to find and treat conditions such as HELLP syndrome early.
Sibai BM. Hypertension. In: Gabbe SG, Niebyl JR, Simpson JL, eds. Obstetrics - Normal and Problem Pregnancies. 6th ed. Philadelphia, PA: Elsevier Saunders; 2012:chap 35.
Wakim-Fleming J. Liver disease in pregnancy. In: Carey WD, ed. Cleveland Clinic: Current Clinical Medicine 2010. 2nd ed. Philadelphia, PA: Elsevier Saunders; 2010:section 6.
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Google explains: "this warning message appears with search results that we've identified as sites that may install malicious software on your computer. We want our users to feel safer when they search the web, and we're continuously working to identify such dangerous sites and increase protection for our users."
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There was once a time when the only vehicles using their headlights during the day (excluding bad weather) were part of a funeral procession, but with the majority of vehicles now having automatic daytime running lights it can sometimes be a challenge for motorists to recognize them, but it really isn't that challenging if you are paying attention.
Many people seemed to have forgotten what is socially acceptable etiquette when it comes to funeral processions on the road. This is not only frustrating for the other motorists trying to do the right thing, but it is an extremely inappropriate, disrespectful and rude towards the family and friends who are trying to get their loved ones to their final resting places.
It is customary to pull over and stop until the procession has passed by, and when on a four lane (or more) highway you should at least pull as far to the right as you can and it is preferable to slow down, as long as it isn't dangerous. If you are traveling the opposite direction of the procession, pull over and wait for the procession to pass and then continue on your way. If you are traveling the same direction pull over, whether you are in front of the procession or not, and wait for them to pass you. You may then continue on your way but follow at a respectful distance and DO NOT pass the procession, DO NOT honk at the procession and DO NOT join the procession.
Unless ABSOLUTELY necessary, avoid switching lanes into a funeral procession. Drivers may be from out of town and need to follow the cars in front of them to avoid getting lost, that is one thing, but just breaking a procession because you left the house late is rude and very distasteful. And please remember, funeral processions may run a stop sign or red light to keep up with the front of the line (which is legal) so DON'T honk or try to break up a procession when they run a light. Show some respect and sit and wait patiently.
The other day, I came upon a funeral procession and I was absolutely appalled at some of the motorists behavior. I was angry for a family that I didn't know because of the lack of respect and common courtesy that was being shown for the loss of a life. But in turn I was also very proud of the majority of them. Men pulling over to the side of the road and taking off their hats, and women doing the same. Bravo to those of you who use proper funeral procession etiquette.
For the ones who act like they are better then everyone else and have no compassion, it may seem like an inconvenience to you but for the family, they are dealing with a real loss and are going through a life changing event. Take the time to show respect when you see a funeral procession. You can make a hard day easier for those involved, including those not in the procession.


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- Different patterns of white matter degeneration using multiple diffusion indices and volumetric data in mild cognitive impairment and Alzheimer patients (2012)
- Alzheimeŕs disease (AD) represents the most prevalent neurodegenerative disorder that causes cognitive decline in old age. In its early stages, AD is associated with microstructural abnormalities in white matter (WM). In the current study, multiple indices of diffusion tensor imaging (DTI) and brain volumetric measurements were employed to comprehensively investigate the landscape of AD pathology. The sample comprised 58 individuals including cognitively normal subjects (controls), amnestic mild cognitive impairment (MCI) and AD patients. Relative to controls, both MCI and AD subjects showed widespread changes of anisotropic fraction (FA) in the corpus callosum, cingulate and uncinate fasciculus. Mean diffusivity and radial changes were also observed in AD patients in comparison with controls. After controlling for the gray matter atrophy the number of regions of significantly lower FA in AD patients relative to controls was decreased; nonetheless, unique areas of microstructural damage remained, e.g., the corpus callosum and uncinate fasciculus. Despite sample size limitations, the current results suggest that a combination of secondary and primary degeneration occurrs in MCI and AD, although the secondary degeneration appears to have a more critical role during the stages of disease involving dementia.
- Elevated CSF levels of TACE activity and soluble TNF receptors in subjects with mild cognitive impairment and patients with Alzheimer's disease (2011)
- We recently reported that expression levels of tumor necrosis factor (TNF) receptors, TNFR1 and TNFR2, are significantly changed in the brains and cerebral spinal cerebral fluid (CSF) with Alzheimer's disease (AD). Moreover, we also found that, in an Alzheimer's mouse model, genetic deletion of TNF receptor (TNFR1) reduces amyloid plaques and amyloid beta peptides (Abeta) production through beta-secretase (BACE1) regulation. TNF-alpha converting enzyme (TACE/ADAM-17) does not only cleave pro- TNF-alpha but also TNF receptors, however, whether the TACE activity was changed in the CSF was not clear. In this study, we examined TACE in the CSF in 32 AD patients and 27 age-matched healthy controls (HCs). Interestingly, we found that TACE activity was significantly elevated in the CSF from AD patients compared with HCs. Furthermore, we also assayed the CSF levels of TACE cleaved soluble forms of TNFR1 and TNFR2 in the same patients. We found that AD patients had higher levels of both TACE cleaved soluble TNFR1 (sTNFR1) and TNFR2 (sTNFR2) in the CSF compared with aged- and gender-matched healthy controls. Levels of sTNFR1 correlated strongly with the levels of sTNFR2 (rs = 0.567-0.663, p < 0.01). The levels of both sTNFR1 and sTNFR2 significantly correlated with the TACE activity (rs = 0.491-0.557, p < 0.05). To examine if changes in TACE activity and in levels of cleaved soluble TNFRs are an early event in the course of Alzheimer's disease, we measured these molecules in the CSF from 47 patients with mild cognitive impairment (MCI) which is considered as a preclinical stage of AD. Unexpectedly, we found significantly higher levels of TACE activity and soluble TNFR in the MCI group. These results suggest that TACE activity and soluble TNF receptors may be potential diagnostic candidate biomarkers in AD and MCI.
- Multiple indices of diffusion identifies white matter damage in mild cognitive impairment and Alzheimer's disease (2011)
- The study of multiple indices of diffusion, including axial (DA), radial (DR) and mean diffusion (MD), as well as fractional anisotropy (FA), enables WM damage in Alzheimer's disease (AD) to be assessed in detail. Here, tract-based spatial statistics (TBSS) were performed on scans of 40 healthy elders, 19 non-amnestic MCI (MCIna) subjects, 14 amnestic MCI (MCIa) subjects and 9 AD patients. Significantly higher DA was found in MCIna subjects compared to healthy elders in the right posterior cingulum/precuneus. Significantly higher DA was also found in MCIa subjects compared to healthy elders in the left prefrontal cortex, particularly in the forceps minor and uncinate fasciculus. In the MCIa versus MCIna comparison, significantly higher DA was found in large areas of the left prefrontal cortex. For AD patients, the overlap of FA and DR changes and the overlap of FA and MD changes were seen in temporal, parietal and frontal lobes, as well as the corpus callosum and fornix. Analysis of differences between the AD versus MCIna, and AD versus MCIa contrasts, highlighted regions that are increasingly compromised in more severe disease stages. Microstructural damage independent of gross tissue loss was widespread in later disease stages. Our findings suggest a scheme where WM damage begins in the core memory network of the temporal lobe, cingulum and prefrontal regions, and spreads beyond these regions in later stages. DA and MD indices were most sensitive at detecting early changes in MCIa.
- Reduced hippocampal volume in healthy young ApoE4 carriers : an MRI study (2012)
- The E4 allele of the ApoE gene has consistently been shown to be related to an increased risk of Alzheimer's disease (AD). The E4 allele is also associated with functional and structural grey matter (GM) changes in healthy young, middle-aged and older subjects. Here, we assess volumes of deep grey matter structures of 22 healthy younger ApoE4 carriers and 22 non-carriers (20–38 years). Volumes of the nucleus accumbens, amygdala, caudate nucleus, hippocampus, pallidum, putamen, thalamus and brain stem were calculated by FMRIB's Integrated Registration and Segmentation Tool (FIRST) algorithm. A significant drop in volume was found in the right hippocampus of ApoE4 carriers (ApoE4+) relative to non-carriers (ApoE4−), while there was a borderline significant decrease in the volume of the left hippocampus of ApoE4 carriers. The volumes of no other structures were found to be significantly affected by genotype. Atrophy has been found to be a sensitive marker of neurodegenerative changes, and our results show that within a healthy young population, the presence of the ApoE4+ carrier gene leads to volume reduction in a structure that is vitally important for memory formation. Our results suggest that the hippocampus may be particularly vulnerable to further degeneration in ApoE4 carriers as they enter middle and old age. Although volume reductions were noted bilaterally in the hippocampus, atrophy was more pronounced in the right hippocampus. This finding relates to previous work which has noted a compensatory increase in right hemisphere activity in ApoE4 carriers in response to preclinical declines in memory function. Possession of the ApoE4 allele may lead to greater predilection for right hemisphere atrophy even in healthy young subjects in their twenties.
- Sexual dimorphism in healthy aging and mild cognitive impairment : a DTI study (2012)
- Previous PET and MRI studies have indicated that the degree to which pathology translates into clinical symptoms is strongly dependent on sex with women more likely to express pathology as a diagnosis of AD, whereas men are more resistant to clinical symptoms in the face of the same degree of pathology. Here we use DTI to investigate the difference between male and female white matter tracts in healthy older participants (24 women, 16 men) and participants with mild cognitive impairment (21 women, 12 men). Differences between control and MCI participants were found in fractional anisotropy (FA), radial diffusion (DR), axial diffusion (DA) and mean diffusion (MD). A significant main effect of sex was also reported for FA, MD and DR indices, with male control and male MCI participants having significantly more microstructural damage than their female counterparts. There was no sex by diagnosis interaction. Male MCIs also had significantly less normalised grey matter (GM) volume than female MCIs. However, in terms of absolute brain volume, male controls had significantly more brain volume than female controls. Normalised GM and WM volumes were found to decrease significantly with age with no age by sex interaction. Overall, these data suggest that the same degree of cognitive impairment is associated with greater structural damage in men compared with women.
- Spurensuche nach den Korrelaten des Bewusstseins : Christof Koch betrachtet das Bewusstsein aus neurobiologischer Sicht (2005)
- Rezension zu: Christof Koch : Bewusstsein - ein neurobiologisches Rätsel, Heidelberg, Spektrum Akademischer Verlag, 2005, ISBN 3-8274-1578-0, 504 Seiten, 48 Euro.
- Using support vector machines with multiple indices of diffusion for automated classification of mild cognitive impairment (2012)
- Few studies have looked at the potential of using diffusion tensor imaging (DTI) in conjunction with machine learning algorithms in order to automate the classification of healthy older subjects and subjects with mild cognitive impairment (MCI). Here we apply DTI to 40 healthy older subjects and 33 MCI subjects in order to derive values for multiple indices of diffusion within the white matter voxels of each subject. DTI measures were then used together with support vector machines (SVMs) to classify control and MCI subjects. Greater than 90% sensitivity and specificity was achieved using this method, demonstrating the potential of a joint DTI and SVM pipeline for fast, objective classification of healthy older and MCI subjects. Such tools may be useful for large scale drug trials in Alzheimer's disease where the early identification of subjects with MCI is critical.
- White matter differences between healthy young ApoE4 carriers and non-carriers identified with tractography and support vector machines (2012)
- The apolipoprotein E4 (ApoE4) is an established risk factor for Alzheimer's disease (AD). Previous work has shown that this allele is associated with functional (fMRI) changes as well structural grey matter (GM) changes in healthy young, middle-aged and older subjects. Here, we assess the diffusion characteristics and the white matter (WM) tracts of healthy young (20-38 years) ApoE4 carriers and non-carriers. No significant differences in diffusion indices were found between young carriers (ApoE4+) and non-carriers (ApoE4-). There were also no significant differences between the groups in terms of normalised GM or WM volume. A feature selection algorithm (ReliefF) was used to select the most salient voxels from the diffusion data for subsequent classification with support vector machines (SVMs). SVMs were capable of classifying ApoE4 carrier and non-carrier groups with an extremely high level of accuracy. The top 500 voxels selected by ReliefF were then used as seeds for tractography which identified a WM network that included regions of the parietal lobe, the cingulum bundle and the dorsolateral frontal lobe. There was a non-significant decrease in volume of this WM network in the ApoE4 carrier group. Our results indicate that there are subtle WM differences between healthy young ApoE4 carriers and non-carriers and that the WM network identified may be particularly vulnerable to further degeneration in ApoE4 carriers as they enter middle and old age.


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TUCSON, Ariz. � Authorities say a woman's dog stumbled upon a body wrapped in a blanket in the Pima County desert.
The Pima County Sheriff's Office said the dog found the body Friday while members of the Sheriff's Auxiliary Volunteers were watching over a nearby airplane crash scene from earlier in the day.
According to authorities, the woman told deputies that she had been walking her dog together with her kids when the dog ran off and discovered the body.
Detectives with the sheriff's homicide unit were called out and said the body was of an unidentified adult male.
Investigator say the body had been in the desert for a while but aren't sure how long.
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