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In Austin this morning, U.S. District Judge Sam Sparks sentenced 41-year-old Hussein Ali "Mike" Yassine, to three years in federal prison and ordered him to pay over $2.5 million restitution to the Internal Revenue Service for engaging in a tax fraud scheme using his Austin nightclubs. Judge Sparks ordered that the three year term of imprisonment run consecutive to the 151–month prison term Yassine is currently serving for money laundering.
On February 6, 2013,Yassine pleaded guilty to one count of procuring the preparation of a false Income Tax Return. By pleading guilty, Yassine admitted that in October 2010, he provided a professional tax preparer with false information to be included in Yassine's 2009 federal Income Tax Return. According to court documents, figures provided by Yassine understated by hundreds of thousands of dollars the actual gross receipts generated by his downtown Austin night clubs--Spill, Qua, Kiss & Fly, Pure and Malaia—in 2009.
In January, Yassine was sentenced to 151 months in federal prison after a jury convicted him on money laundering charges. The jury found that in 2008 and 2009, Yassine used several business establishments, including the above mentioned night clubs, to launder over $200,000 in cash, which he believed to be the proceeds of narcotics trafficking.
This investigation was conducted by agents and investigators with the Federal Bureau of Investigation, Internal Revenue Service-Criminal Investigation and the Austin Police Department together with the Drug Enforcement Administration, Texas Attorney General's Office, Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission and the Texas Comptroller's Office. Assistant United States Attorneys Gregg Sofer and Alan Buie prosecuted this case on behalf of the Government.


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The Phillips Community is located south of downtown Minneapolis. It extends from Interstate 94 on the north to Lake Street East on the south and from Interstate 35 on the west to Hiawatha Avenue on the east. The eastern border continues along Hiawatha to Cedar Avenue South and then along the Soo Line railroad. The neighborhood and its junior high school take their names from Wendell Phillips, a 19 th century abolitionist.
Phillips is a diverse area in many ways: its population includes people of many nationalities; it has a mix of residential, commercial and industrial uses; and it is home to several large employers such as Abbott Northwestern Hospital, Wells Fargo Mortgage and Allina Health Care Services along with small neighborhood businesses. The $189 million redevelopment of the vacant Sears building at Chicago Avenue and Lake Street into a mixed-used development of offices, hotel, retail and housing located in Phillips is one of the most important projects undertaken in the city in recent times.
The greater Phillips neighborhood was subdivided over the past few years into Ventura Village, Phillips West, East Phillips and Midtown Phillips. On May 9, 2002, the City Council approved the separation of Ventura Village from Phillips, also adding a few parcels from western Seward to the new neighborhood. Ventura Village occupies the northern part of Phillips, delineated by 22 nd and 24 th streets, 17 th Avenue South, and Chicago Avenue.
On April 29, 2005, the City Council approved establishing Phillips West. Phillips West occupies the western part of the former Phillips neighborhood, delineated by Chicago Avenue and 22nd Street. On December 23, 2005, the City Council approved and officially designated the boundaries for East Phillips and Midtown Phillips. East Phillips boundaries follow Bloomington Avenue, East 24th Street, 17th Avenue South and East 22nd Street. Midtown Phillips is bound by East 24th Street on the north, Chicago Avenue on the west and Bloomington Avenue on the east. Since these subdivisions occurred after 2000, the data in this neighborhood profile continues to reflect the greater Phillips community, except for selected 2000 indicators.
Touchstone Plaza in Peavey Park was designed by Rafaela Green in 1993. It consists of a circular plaza with mosaic pathways and tiled benches, and it embraces the traditions of five cultural groups in the community.
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I just returned from Brussels where I met five very determined individuals. Whether an entrepreneur, a doctoral student, a ministerial chief of staff, or the head of a community organization in the slums of Nairobi, these five young people have one common goal: to fight for a more just future. And to achieve this goal, they have chosen to use both their talent and their determination to intensify the pace of social progress in their country.
Benedetta Mwongeli Kyengo (Kenya), Bruce Dube (South Africa), Crystal Fiallo (Dominican Republic), and María de los Ángeles Lasa and Alexis Estevez (Argentina) were guests of the World Bank at the Brussels Forum.
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The schedule for the trip was packed. No sooner had they been introduced than they had to set off for their first major meeting...
The Decision Makers of Tomorrow Ready to Take Over
The five guests of the World Bank participated in the Young Professionals Summit (YPS) on March 15 and 16. This event, organized by the German Marshall Fund (GMF), brings together around 100 young people each year, mainly from Europe and the United States, to discuss political issues.
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Phoenix Suns (23 - 25) @ Golden State Warriors (22 - 27)
Start time: 7:30 PM PST @ The Oracle Arena
Local TV: CSN Bay Area
Probable starters for the Golden State Warriors:
C - Andris Biedrins
PF - David Lee
SF - Dorell Wright
SG - Monta Ellis
PG - Stephen Curry
Probable starters for the Phoenix Suns:
C - Robin Lopez
PF - Channing Frye
SF - Grant Hill
SG - Vince Carter
PG - Steve Nash
Team leaders:
PPG - M. Ellis (25.1) | S. Nash (16.7)
RPG - D. Lee (9.6) | M. Gortat (7.8)
APG - S. Curry (5.9) | S. Nash (11.0)
SPG - M. Ellis (2.2) | Z. Dowdell (1.0)
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Warriors are playing good Defense! Hopefully we can keep it going here.
This team always kills us from the FT line, we need to stay out of foul trouble in this one. Nash will make 20 Ft's if given the chance. Otherwise I think we can pull this one out. Phoenix has the experience but is a little old and slow. They really don't have an advantage over us except for the assist skills of Nash.
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Dorell Wright has taken 10 shots in the first quarter, hasn't made a single one yet. He needs to stop shooting, this selfish play isn't cutting it.
This team is showing that they are not mature enough to handle playing a team with experience, even though they are much more athletic.
Horrible. It puzzles me how we can look like a play-off team one night, then look the complete opposite the next game. Sigh. We need to get consistent with our play. Shooting was horrible. Saw a bunch of forced shots that just fed the Suns lead.
I thought this team was supposed to be a good 3 point shooting team? I guess when Wright can't make one, no one can. Curry was awful with his shooting. The 3 point differential was the biggest difference in this game, we finally out rebounded someone and they beat us so bad from behind the arc that the game isn't even close...sad.
believe it or not, Curry was actually BETTER then many Warriors in shooting....REGGIE
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|2010-02-01, 21:37
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The best way to run an Anime Club
So, me and an anime-obsessed friend might be co-heads of our school anime club next year. Now we're already wondering about what would be the best way to run the club. I'm also making this topic so that it can be a reference to other leaders of anime clubs that might be having trouble.
This year's club isn't very well organized. There aren't that many people, and most of the members are 7th graders. Yikes. The head just seems to pick random anime that she or the grade 7's like and plays an episode from a different series every session, which is only about 50 minutes, once a week. So far we've only watched Card Captor Sakura, Tsubasa Chronicle, Ouran High School Host Club, Yakitatte! Japan, Bleach, Katekyo Hitman Reborn! and Fruits Basket.
As you can see we haven't been able to get past the shoujo comedy/romance genre, if you don't count overrated/mainstream Shounen Jump series (and Japan). I think things turn out like this even more because we're at an all-girls' school. My friend and I like shows like FMA: B, TTGL and DTB. Sooo, you can say that it's rather hard for us, especially when the club head completely ignores our pleas for Fullmetal Alchemist.
Apparently we can't watch any of those shows we like because of the violence. But hey, we watched Bleach and Reborn! They can't be any more violent than FMA, say, and everyone watched those, no problem. But since there's a teacher supervising, to get around this next year my friend and I are thinking about setting aside meetings for older grades next year so we can watch some serious stuff. What do you think of this idea?
What would be the best way to run a club like this? We want to take as many requests as possible, and please all the members and their interests, but how can we manage that? What would be a more systematic way of showing animes as opposed to one or two episodes of a different series every week? Would movies be a good option? (the only problem with these is that we need to do after-school meetings because of time problems.)
My friend and I only got as far as planning to make a PowerPoint intro for our club instead of doing a 5-second talk on Anime history like this year's head. Also, we're definately gonna show Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood as well as Gurren-Lagann, because my friend's obsessed with the show.
Sooooo, I'd really appreciate any suggestions of what an ideal anime club would look like for you.
|2010-02-02, 00:30
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The Suggestions forum has a number of threads on good series for anime clubs. These go back a few years:
http://forums.animesuki.com/showthread.php?t=82878 <== specifically about 12-15 year-old girls
You raise some broader issues than just the content as well. Given the time limitations I'd suggest sticking to movies. Princess Mononoke and Millennium Actress might be good to start with. They both have strong female characters and tell complex stories. Mononoke Hime is pretty violent in places, but you can dangle the magic name Miyazaki to help justify watching it. My daughter saw it when she was twelve.
I've made other suggestions in some of the threads I listed above.
If you're in the US, I'd consider using streams to avoid the issue of showing illegal materials in a school setting. Crunchyroll has a number of good older series like Angelic Layer and new, even current ones like Kemono no Sou-ja Erin, Natsume Yuujinchou, and Durarara!!. Funimation also streams a wide variety of its shows including FMA: Brotherhood, Fruits Basket, Ghost Hunt, and Bamboo Blade. If you can hook a computer to a large-screen monitor or a video projector, streaming makes a lot of sense.
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If you want to be legal, you need to get permission even for a stream outside of home. Talk to your club's advisor.
Staying within your age rating for your school would also be a good thing. DtB is a TV-MA title in R1.
If you're in the US, join Operation Anime.
|2010-02-02, 17:08
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In my mind, playing a DVD bought at a video store in a classroom is as likely to constitute an unlicensed use as streaming would. Nearly all DVDs show a notice at the beginning that limits their license to use in homes. My bet is some of the school's teachers and staff have shown DVDs in classes and never considered the copyright issues involved.
In any event, showing DVDs or streams is certainly more defensible than showing fansubs which are clearly illegal.
IANAL, but I know a bit about copyright law.
*If educational use alone provided a "fair use"defense, schools could buy one copy of a textbook, photocopy the contents, and distribute the copies to the students in lieu of buying the books themselves.
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I don't think I'll have that much trouble with the method of showing (fansubs? streams? DVD's?) because I'm in Canada and our club advisor seems to be pretty chilled about this kind of stuff. Our current head shows us stuff that's clearly downloaded from torrents and are fansubbed, and no one has any problem with that, so I think we'll be fine.
My main concern is the content. I need to think up a systematic way to show people stuff that will please them as well as me to some extent; I also need to consider that it's gonna be on a biweekly basis and the meetings are quite short. I don't know how I'll take requests or how I'll show series - one or two episodes of a different series every week? Continuously showing one series? As for movies I think it's a great idea; my only problem with that is I'm much more familiar with series and alot of movies are based off of series....
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2 short items like Chi, Higepiyo, or perhaps Tweeny Witches (much better than the name suggests) as an appetizer.
1 episode of a series; I'd stick to something vaguely episodic with broad appeal like School Rumble or perhaps selected episodes of Lucky*Star. If you want to watch a continuing story, you'd need to find something that's complete in 6-12 episodes, or series that are based on a collection of short arcs like Ghost Hunt or, for a real "head trip," Bakeneko/Mononoke (warning: mature themes). If you want to go high class, you can pick an arc from Aoi Bungaku, a collection of anime based on famous Japanese novels. Of the half-dozen stories included in the collection, "Kokoro" and "Run, Melos," both covering just two episodes, might be viewed as appropriate for teens.
Maybe another short item.
That's really about all you can show. A two-hour movie won't fit this format.
As for movies, there are a number of excellent anime films that are totally unrelated to television series. Besides the obvious choice of Miyazaki films, I'd suggest looking at Millennium Actress, Tokyo Godfathers, or Paprika by Kon Satoshi, The Girl Who Leapt through Time, or 5 Centimeters per Second. Go search the Suggestions forums for threads about movies.
One other excellent show that's has fairly short episodes is REC (fansubbed). You'd need to clear the first episode, though, because
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|2010-02-02, 19:40
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Operation Anime works in Canada and is the most inexpensive way for you to get new DVDs once a month which is all you need really to supplement your schedule. Most clubs in your situation take 1-2 titles per semester and watch til completion because they don't have the time.
You can do FUNi streaming also. Bandai also has a Youtube channel.
It's not that hard getting permission from them.
As for title selection, consider having a video selection meeting at the start of the semester and at regular intervals, like every 3 months to maintain a full schedule.
There's also RightStuf's program for anime clubs.
VIZ Media might have screener DVDs if you are lucky.
As an anime club especially school-based, you really don't have much excuse for watching a fansub nowadays.
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Location: Cheesecake wonderland
Run an anime club - check
All girls school - check
I don't even have a club adviser, I just get to chose whatever I want to do in the club. I'm the example of how to not to run a club. I have no idea why the girls still want to come.
I just tend to bring 3 different series each time, and let them have a vote. The result can be quite surprising, we ended up watching Princess Tu Tu once, but I had to sit through an episode of Vampire Knight too.
-Semi off-topic- I wanted to show them Katekyo Hitman Reborn too...but my friend said she wouldn't let me corrupt them anymore with my imagination.
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The victim reported that he was walking on the bike path from his home at Chimney Cove to the nearby Circle K convenience store when he was suddenly approached by two Hispanic males and one black male.
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Fan arrested for attack on Wycombe keeper
Wycombe's win at Gillingham on Monday evening was overshadowed by Chairboys keeper Jordan Archer being attacked by a fan who was subsequently arrested.
Towards the end of the 1-0 win at Priestfield, Archer - who is on loan from Tottenham Hotspur - was set to take a goal kick when a supporter entered the field and play and flung himself at the 19-year-old.
The fan was quickly apprehended by a steward and led away.
"Some people give the rest of the Gillingham fans a bad name," Wycombe boss Gareth Ainsworth told Sky Sports 1. "I don't want to comment too much, but everyone is okay in there.
"Jordan is a tough lad."
Archer was booked following the incident, having kicked the ball away.
On Tuesday morning it was confirmed the teenage supporter had been arrested. Kent Police said: "A 17-year-old was arrested on suspicion of assault and is currently in custody following an incident in the 93rd minute of the Gillingham v Wycombe match last night.''
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- 1/2 cup onion chopped
- 1/2 cup celery chopped
- 1 sprig fresh thyme or a couple good shakes of dried thyme
- 1 bay leaf
- 1 1/2 cups clam juice or good vegetable stock
- 6 small red potatoes cubed (about two cups)
- 2 6 oz. cans of crab meat
- 2 cups milk
- 1 red pepper diced
- Fresh dill to garnish
- Sauté bacon in a soup pot, heat over medium heat until starting to crisp up.
- Add the onion, celery, thyme and bay leaf. Cook about 10 minutes, until vegetables are soft.
- Add potatoes, the clam juice, or vegetable stock to the pot. Simmer about 10 minutes, until potatoes are tender.
- Add milk, peppers, crab, and cook until the crab is just heated through.
- Remove the thyme and bay leaf. Adjust the salt and pepper to taste.
- Serve with a dollop of sour cream, sprinkle with dill.
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Hello All,
First post to the forum, so my query may not be 100% clear. Anyway here goes ....
I'm using Puppy Linux 4.31 LiveCD, with all my setting and additional installed apps stored in pupsave_431.2fs on hard drive. I wish to migration from pupsave to multisession LiveCD.
Does anyone how I can do this?
Any help appreciated. Thanks in advance.
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Posted: Wed 25 Aug 2010, 23:26
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Whatever you do, use a rewritable DVD or CD until you get it figured out.
(Theoretically a DVD+RW is best, but -RW has worked fine for me.)
Aside from that I really can't give you much advice. I've been running Puppy from multisession DVD+RW (and an occasional CD-RW, DVD+R, DVD-R and DVD-RW) in a computer without a hard disk drive for years, but never switched to multisession from some other way of running Puppy.
If there is a
icon on your desktop, maybe this would work: Burn the Puppy iso of your choice onto a DVD+RW using
Menu -> Multimedia -> Burniso2cd
, then, with the newly-burned DVD still in the burner, click the
icon. You may first have to find (in RAM) the file that tells the Save script what to do and reset it to its pristine state, but that might not be too hard. Again, this might not work. I've never done anything like what you want to do. Good luck, and keep us posted.
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Posted: Thu 26 Aug 2010, 05:06
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a lot depend on your computer. If it boots from a USB port you might try a USB memory stick.
Investigate the grub boot loader, it can be installed on pretty much anything and rcrsn51 has posted a lot of usefull information on using it.
Use the puppy google search engine :-
Hope this helps.
Regards Tony.
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Posted: Fri 27 Aug 2010, 09:46
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@ Flash, Tony : Thanks for your suggestions. I've used the suggestion by Flash to come up with, what seems to be a working solution
This is the method that I used which involves overwriting the /etc/rc.d/PUPSTAT file with one that is created during multisession bootup i.e. PUPMODE=77
A) Make a copy of /etc/rc.d/PUPSTATE file containing PUPMODE=77. If you have such a file then proceed to STEP B
1) Make a multsession LiveCD using ISO
2) Boot puppy from LiveCD
3) Shutdown puppy, opt to save personal configuration to the multisession CD/DVD that was used to boot puppy
4) Boot up puppy again using the same CD used in step 3, this time puppy will load the personal configuration file from CD
5) The /etc/rc.d/PUPSTATE should now contain PUPMODE=77. Make a copy of /etc/rc.d/PUPSTATE to HDD or flash drive.
6) Shutdown puppy
B) Boot Puppy using LiveCD (using PUPSAVE configuration file from HDD/Flash drive) and Overwrite /etc/rc.d/PUPSTATE with that of a Multisession puppy
1) Make a multisession LiveCD using ISO
2) Boot puppy from LiveCD, opt to use the pupsave from HDD/Flash drive containing your personal configuration
3) Overwrite /etc/rc.d/PUPSTATE, with that backed up in STEP A5
4) Shutdown puppy. This time you will be asked to store to CD used to bootup puppy.
All your configuration + installed programs will not be stored on multisession CD.
One note of caution, if your pupsave file is large, the conversion to multisession will work, however, your computer memory needs to be large enough to cope. Otherwise, puppy will halt during multisession bootup, complaining about 'Memory Full'.
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Posted: Thu 21 Oct 2010, 18:25
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Hi, huskey.
Your technical knowledge is probably greater than mine... Here's the simplest way to do it, IMHO.
1) Do a remaster of your current Puppy. All your configs and new apps will be stored on it.
2) Burn the new iso to DVD.
I tried it and it just works. Voilà!
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I was born to love and not to hate. (Sophocles)
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Posted: Sun 31 Oct 2010, 13:34
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Hi again.
Thanks for your help.
So when i remaster my multisession DVD i copy all from root and etc directory to a folder with remastered puppy.
Then choose not to make an iso, just copy the three main files in another folder configure G4D and at next reboot puppy did the rest.
So now i have all on my hdd.
Thanks a lot.
20 years ago here in Bulgaria used to live a lot boys and from Vietnam.
They ate their puppies too.That's not a joke .After they left we got a lot puppies here .
Bye bye.
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Then you could recommend the most tasty way to cook the Puppy iso? Fried? Stewed? Also a sauce, perhaps? Is it preferable to serve white wine or red wine with this Puppy ?
Just being silly!
On a serious note, I understand what you are saying. A former co-worker, a Somalian immigrant, told me that when he arrived in Ottawa, he survived by catching and cooking pigeons....
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I tried to split this thread from yordan's first post (asking how to make a frugal install from a multisession disk,) but something went wrong and I deleted his first post and the first reply to it instead. Sorry.
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Posted: Sun 31 Oct 2010, 15:28
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Hi, flash.
I think you deleted one of my posts (two above this one, I think) too, where I explained how to create a frugal install from an remastered iso with all your personal settings and programs.. And then made a joke about the fact that the only thing you couldn't do with this Puppy iso is eat it!
Maybe you didn't like the joke. Oh, well...
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Spinal cord trauma is damage to the spinal cord. It may result from direct injury to the cord itself or indirectly from disease of the surrounding bones, tissues, or blood vessels.
Alternative Names
Spinal cord injury; Compression of spinal cord; SCI; Cord compression
Causes, incidence, and risk factors
Spinal cord trauma can be caused by a number of injuries to the spine, including:
- Assault
- Falls
- Gunshot wounds
- Industrial accidents
- Motor vehicle accidents
- Sports injuries (particularly diving into shallow water)
A minor injury can cause spinal cordinjury if the spine is weakened (such as from
Direct injury, such as cuts, can occur to the spinal cord,especially if the bones or the disks have been weakened. Fragments of bone (for example, from broken vertebrae, which are the spine bones) or fragments of metal (such as from a traffic accident or gunshot) can cut or damage the spinal cord.
Direct damage can also occur if the spinal cord is pulled, pressed sideways, or compressed. This may occur if the head, neck, or back are twisted abnormally during an accident or intense chiropractic manipulation.
Bleeding, fluid buildup, and swelling can occur inside or outside the spinal cord (but within the spinal canal). Thebuildup of blood or fluid canpress onthe spinal cord and damage it.
Most spinal cord trauma happens to young, healthy individuals. Men ages 15 - 35 are most commonly affected. The death rate tends to be higher in young children with spinal injuries.
Risk factors include:
- Participating in risky physical activities
- Not wearing protective gear during work or play
- Diving into shallow water
Older people with weakened spines (from osteoporosis) may be more likely to have a spinal cord injury. Patients who have other medical problems (stroke or prostate cancer, for example) that make them more likely to fallmay also be more susceptible.
Symptoms vary depending on the location of the injury. Spinal cord injury causes weakness and loss of feeling at, and below the injury. How severe symptoms are depends on whether the entire cord is severely injured (complete) or only partially injured (incomplete).
Injuries at and below the first lumbar vertebra do not cause spinal cord injury. However, they may cause "cauda equina syndrome" -- injury to the nerve roots in this area. This type of spinal cord injury is a medical emergency and needs immediate surgery.
Injuries at any level can cause:
- Increased muscle tone (spasticity)
- Loss of normal bowel and bladder control (may include constipation, incontinence, bladder spasms)
- Numbness
- Sensory changes
- Pain
- Weakness, paralysis
When spinal cord injuries occur in the neck area, symptoms can affect the arms, legs, and middle of the body. The symptoms may occur on one or both sides of the body. Symptoms canalso include breathing difficulties from paralysis of the breathing muscles, if the injury is high up in the neck.
When spinal injuries occur at chest level, symptoms can affect the legs. Injuries to the cervical or high thoracic spinal cord may also result in blood pressure problems, abnormal sweating, and trouble maintaining normal body temperature.
When spinal injuries occur at the lower back level, symptoms can affect one or both legs, as well as the muscles that controlthe bowels and bladder.
Signs and tests
Spinal cord injury is a medical emergency that needs immediate medical attention.
The health care provider will perform a physical exam, including a brain and nervous system (neurological) exam. This will help identify the exact location of the injury, if it is not already known.
Some of the reflexes may be abnormal or missing. Once swelling goes down, some reflexes may slowly recover.
The following tests may be ordered:
CTscan or MRI of the spine Myelogram(an x-ray of the spine afterinjecting dye)
- Somatosensory evoked potential (SSEP) testing or magnetic stimulation
Spine x-rays
A spinal cordinjury is a medical emergency that needs to be treated right away. The time between the injury and treatment can affect the outcome.
Corticosteroids, such as dexamethasone or methylprednisolone, are used to reduce swelling that may damage the spinal cord. If spinal cordpressure is caused by agrowth that can be removed or reduced before your spinal nerves are completely destroyed,
Surgery may be needed to:
- Remove fluid or tissue that presses on the spinal cord (decompression laminectomy)
- Remove bone fragments, disk fragments, or foreign objects
- Fuse broken spinal bones or place spinal braces
Bedrest may be needed to allow the bones of the spine to heal.
The health care team will also provide information on
You will probably needphysical therapy, occupational therapy, and other rehabilitation therapies after the injury has healed. Rehabilitation will help you cope with thedisability from your spinal cord injury.
Muscle spasticity can be relieved with medications taken by mouth or injected into the spinal canal. Botox injections into the muscles may also be helpful. Painkillers (analgesics), muscle relaxers, and physical therapy are used to help control pain.
See also:
Autonomic hyperreflexia Bowel retraining Neurogenic bladder Pressure ulcer Urinary catheter
Support Groups
For organizations that provide support and additional information, see
Expectations (prognosis)
How well a person does depends on the level of injury. Injuries near the top of the spine lead to more disability than injuries low in the spine.
Paralysis and
A person who recovers some movement orfeeling within 1 week usually has a good chance of recovering more function, although this may take 6 months or more. Losses that remain after 6 months are more likely to be permanent.
Routine bowel careoften takes one hour or more each day. Most people with spinal cord injury must perform bladder catheterization regularly.
The home will usually need to be modified.
Most people with a spinal cord injury are in a wheelchair, or need assistive devices to get around.
The following are possible complications of a spinal cord injury:
- Blood pressure changes - can be extreme (autonomic hyperreflexia)
Chronic kidney disease
- Complications of immobility:
Deep vein thrombosis
- Lunginfections
- Skin breakdown
- Muscle contractures
- Increased risk of injury to numb areas of the body
- Increased risk of
urinary tract infections Loss of bladder control Loss of bowel control
- Loss of feeling
- Loss of sexual function (
male impotence)
- Muscle spasticity
- Pain
- Paralysis of breathing muscles
- Paralysis (paraplegia, quadriplegia)
- Pressure sores
People living at home with spinal cord injury should do the following to prevent complications:
- Get lung (pulmonary) care each day (if they need it).
- Follow all instructionsfor bladder care to avoid infections and damage to the kidneys.
- Follow all instructionsfor routine wound care to avoid pressure sores.
- Keep immunizations up to date.
- Maintain routine health visits with their doctor.
Calling your health care provider
Call your health care provider if you haveaback or neck injury. Call 911 if you lose movement or feeling. This is a medical emergency!
Managing a spinal cord injury begins at the site of an accident.Trained paramedics immobilize the injured spine to prevent further nervous system damage.
Someone who may have a spinal cord injury should NOT be moved unless he or she is in immediate danger.
Proper safety practices during work and recreation can prevent many spinal cord injuries. Use proper protective equipmentfor any activity in whichan injury is possible.
- Diving into shallow water is a major cause of spinal cord trauma. Check the depth of water before diving, and look for rocks or other possible objects in the way.
- Football and sleddingcan often involve sharp blows or abnormal twisting and bending of the back or neck, which cancause spinal cord injury. Use caution when sledding and inspect the area for obstacles. Use appropriate techniques and equipment when playing football or other contact sports.
- Falls while climbing at work or during recreation can cause spinal cord injuries. Defensive driving and wearing seat belts greatly reduces the risk of serious injury if there is an automobile accident.
Gupta MC, Benson DR, Keenen TL. Initial evaluation and emergency treatment of the spine-injured patient. In: Browner BD, Jupiter JB, Levine AM, Trafton PG, Krettek C, eds. Skeletal Trauma. 4th ed. Philadelphia, Pa: Saunders Elsevier; 2008:chap 25.
Ling GSF. Traumatic brain injury and spinal cord injury. In: Goldman L, Schafer AI, eds. Cecil Medicine. 24th ed. Philadelphia, PA: Saunders Elsevier; 2011:chap 406.
Shih P, Fessler RG. Trauma of the nervous system: spinal cord trauma. In: Daroff RB, Fenichel GM, Jankovic I, Mazziotta JC, eds. Bradleys Neurology in Clinical Practice. 6th ed. Philadelphia, Pa: Saunders Elsevier; 2012:chap 50C.
Edgerton VR, Roy RR. A new age for rehabilitation. Eur J Phys Rehabil Med. 2012;48(1):99-109.
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August 15, 2007
Over the weekend we got a letter from GE kindly informing us that our dishwasher could potentially and possibly and also very bloody damn well likely set our house on fire. And then they offered us $300 towards a new one, presumably without the HOUSE GO KABLOOMIE feature.
Unlike when Fisher Price informed us that we were the proud owners of several toxic tub toys (assholes, by the way. and Mattel too. can't we parents buy cheap plastic crap in the likeness of brain-rotting TV characters with confidence?), we were actually happy to hear about this recall, since we thought the dishwasher was a piece of shit to begin with and planned to replace it anyway.
So we bought a shiny new dishwasher this weekend, and I am currently twiddling my thumbs and waiting for it to be delivered and installed today.
(Aren't you impressed at how good my typing still is?)
Yes, this is truly my only news to report. Yes, this is truly what my life has become.
If you read this post (go on, I'll wait, I'm thisclose to getting a traffic bonus for the month over there and I also need some damn drapes), you'll know that I was hoping to have a different sort of news for you.
I was so sure I was pregnant. It felt right. It felt...gassy. The timing of the OPK pointed towards a 34-day cycle, which was precisely what I'd had the month before, and two back-to-back same-numbered cycles were all it took for us to conceive Noah, and day 34 came and went and I got carsick on the way to dinner and my boobs hurt and I silently thanked God in all His heavenly wisdom for giving me this amazing gift right when I needed it the most and laughed at all the JUST RELAX people I could scientifically and personally tell to go to frigging hell.
I went through at least nine or 10 pregnancy tests. I kept waiting for them to tell me what I already knew. I kept waiting for the faintest trace of a second line. I ran out of tests around day 39, baffled and confused by the definitively negative results and the definitive lack of a period.
(Day 43, it showed up. FORTY THREE, WHICH MAKES NO SENSE ON ANY LEVEL.)
So I am not pregnant, and I don't think I actually ovulated after all, and I also think I am completely crazy and delusional and can apparently will fake pregnancy symptoms into existence through the power of my crazy delusional mind. So. Bonus!
Anyway. That was this month. It sucked. Good riddance, month!
Hello, next month.
Me = nuts, and still not understanding that I'd be better off just tossing dollars into the toilet and peeing on them directly, and also does anybody have one of those fancy expensive fertility monitor types that you aren't using?
(I will now go back to trying to get Noah to sing Twinkle Twinkle Little Star on video, because he substitutes MAMA for all the words, and after you hear it you can't possibly blame me for wanting 10 more just like him.)


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Welcome to this edition of Industrial Newsbriefs, produced by the Washington State University Extension Energy Program, and sponsored by the U.S. Department of Energy's Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE). Please forward this issue to those of your colleagues interested in industrial energy efficiency. View archive
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Energy management establishes the means for guarding the wealth that energy represents. Energy, like currency, can be invested, preserved, and positioned to grow a business. Companies that understand this will manage energy like cash, tracking what they consume, waste, recover, and apply to the creation of wealth.
Save Energy and Money with a Corporate Energy Management Program is a two-page fact sheet from the Industrial Technologies Program (ITP) and the Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE) Office at the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE). It describes the corporate energy management (CEM) program that encourages business strategies, decisions, and procedures to ensure energy efficiency.
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Industrial Energy Management Information Center is a website from ENERGY STAR designed to help energy managers. The resource is made up of four sections:
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The Frugal Manufacturer: Using Energy Sparingly is a white paper from the report Trends in Global Energy Efficiency 2011: An Analysis of Industry and Utilities, the ABB Group, 2011. Through an online survey, 348 senior executives were asked questions on a variety of topics on industrial energy efficiency. The executives were primarily from North America, Asia-Pacific, and Western Europe. In addition to the survey, interviews were conducted that are included throughout the study. It is stated that due to businesses experiencing restricted access to energy, improving industrial energy efficiency measures is no longer considered optional; companies that do not recognize energy efficiency will ultimately be negatively impacted.
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Driving Energy Efficiency in the Mining Sector: The Business Case and Beyond was created by the Department of Resources, Energy and Tourism, Commonwealth of Australia, and the Minerals Council of Australia (MCA), 2010. This guide provides seven how-to steps to improve business case proposals for energy efficiency projects and gain decision-makers' support in implementing energy efficiency projects.
Energy Project Financing: Resources and Strategies for Success, was co-authored by Albert Thumann, P.E., CEM, and Eric A. Woodroof, Ph.D., CEM, CRM, and published in 2009. It discusses various aspects of financing energy management projects through examples, details, and useful terminology. The book provides valuable guidelines to ensure the success of an energy project, and helps identify risks and hidden costs in potential energy projects. According to Eric A. Woodroof, projects are considered good if they have a three-year payback or less. The authors also discuss financing international projects and ESCO (Energy Service Company) financing. For information on purchasing this book, go to the ACEEE online bookstore.
Managing Energy from the Top Down: Connecting Industrial Energy Efficiency to Business Performance was written by Christopher Russell, CEM and was published in 2010. It explains the strong connection between energy management and business performance. Concisely written and clearly stated chapters make this an excellent guide for readers in all levels of industry who wish to have a better understanding of industrial energy consumption and the value of energy management. For information on purchasing this book, go to the ACEEE online bookstore.
The Industrial Energy Harvest: Managing Energy from the Top Down,by Christopher Russell, CEM, was published in 2008. The author states that the intent of the book is to "democratize" the subject of industrial energy use. In a very clear manner, Russell provides a useful guide to people in all levels of industry from upper management to machine operators. The book gives a valuable overview of the magnitude of industrial energy use and then explains various aspects of industrial energy use such as misperceptions about the outcomes of industrial energy efficiency, strategies toward energy management, and the high cost of doing nothing. Ten case studies are also included. For information on purchasing this book, go to the TAPPI online bookstore.
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They start play Friday at the Chanticleer Challenge hosted by Coastal Carolina. In addition to the hosts the field includes Georgia Tech, Kansas and Providence College.
The Lady Bisons open play at 9 a.m. against Kansas. They will play Georgia Tech at 1:30.
Saturday they start the day with Georgia Tech at 9 a.m. followed by Providence College at 1:30.
Sunday they close out the tournament against Coastal Carolina at 1.
These will be the final games before the Lady Bisons open Atlantic Sun play.
"This tournament field will be as tough as any we have faced this year," Lady Bisons coach Kristin Ryman said. "We open with a strong Kansas team that is off to their best start in school history. We faced them last year in Chattanooga and had a come-from-behind win, but they will be a different team this time around. They are hitting well as a team right now and will be a tough test right off the bat.
"Georgia Tech is as strong a hitting team as we will face this year. One through nine, they hit extremely well. They also have some strong pitching in Kristen Adkins and Hope Rush. They are a top 25 team that competes well every year and is a regular NCAA Tournament participant. To face them twice will be a great challenge and one that we are looking forward to facing."
Providence and Coastal Carolina are not major names, but Ryman expects both to be equally as challenging.
Providence is a little more of an unknown for us," Ryman said. "We faced them two years ago in Louisiana and came away with the win. They are not off to quite as strong of a start as the others in this tournament, but they have good athletes and will compete.
"Coastal Carolina is a team that has a good softball history. They typically have good athletes and hit well. They like to run and will make things happen on the bases. They play well at home and will be a good test before we get into conference play next week."
Coastal Carolina, from the Big South, has won eight of 10 games at home this season.
The Lady Bisons have won their last four games, including a doubleheader sweep of Western Carolina Wednesday by scores of 1-0 and 11-2.
"I think we have a lot of momentum from the sweep over Western Carolina," Ryman said. "We had not played in over a week due to multiple rain outs, so it was great to just get back out there.
"Our hitting exploded, and our confidence level is climbing quickly. This group grows and learns together every time out. Our older girls are starting to show more leadership which is making a big difference in how we carry ourselves on the field."
Ali Watson threw a complete game win in the nightcap at Western Carolina in her pitching debut for the season. Whitney Kiihnl recorded her fifth shutout of the season in game one. Kiihnl has an 8-4 record and a 0.67 earned run average. She has started 11 games and completed 10 of them. In 83.1 innings she has struck out 131 batters. Opposing teams are batting .134 against her.
"We got a big game out of Ali Watson on Wednesday, and Whitney is really throwing well right now," Ryman said. "Our defense seems to get more solid with each game, and our consistency is starting to come around which is going to make a huge difference this weekend."
Ryman and pitching coach Lexi Myers plan to use all three pitchers this weekend. J.J. Nelson will be in the mix along with Kiihnl and Watson.
"Everyone knows what Whitney can do, but we have to continue to get some good innings out of J.J. and Ali," Ryman said. "Both are very capable, and for us to finish near the top of the conference, we will need both of them to step up.
"Ali threw well in her first outing, and that was very promising as we look ahead to this weekend. J.J. has not thrown in awhile, so getting her back out there will be important as well with A-Sun play right around the corner. We anticipate using all three of them this weekend whether in starting or relief roles."
The hitting outburst against Western Carolina which included four home runs and a triple was a welcome outcome for Ryman. Bree Thurman leads the Lady Bisons in hitting with a .279 average. Courtney Billington has a team-leading 13 hits, including two home runs against Western Carolina, her first of the season. Mollie Mitchell leads the team in home runs (three), doubles (four) and runs batted in (17).
"Courtney had a great day on Wednesday," Ryman said. "She is really seeing the ball well right now, and is starting to look more like herself.
"She had a breakout year last year, and has just been pressing too much early on this year. When she steps into the box with confidence, she is extremely tough to throw to. She makes our offense go whether she is at the top of the order or in the middle. She is that player that provides speed and power, and she is really starting to look more comfortable at the plate."
Billington is known for ability as a gap hitter who produces a lot of doubles. But Ryman had been waiting for Billington to show the power she is capable of producing.
"When she connects, she hits the ball as hard as anyone we have," Ryman said. "She definitely has home run power, and we were not surprised to see her get two on Wednesday,
"She is very capable, but her consistency is going to continue to come around. She is one of our best athletes and has a way of making the players around her better. Her consistency is going to translate into more team consistency."
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Keryx Biopharmaceuticals Announces Pricing of Public Offering of Common Stock
Jan 30, 2013, 10:11 ET
NEW YORK, Jan. 30, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Keryx Biopharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ: KERX) today announced the pricing of its previously announced underwritten public offering of common stock consisting of 8,234,000 shares at $8.49 per share. In connection with this offering, Keryx granted to the underwriters a 30-day option to purchase 1,235,100 additional shares of common stock. We intend to use the net proceeds from the sale of our common stock to fund pre-launch/launch inventory build-up and select pre-commercial/commercial activities related to Zerenex, and other general corporate purposes.
J.P. Morgan Securities LLC is acting as sole book-running manager in the offering. The co-managers for the offering are Barclays Capital Inc., Citigroup, Oppenheimer & Co. Inc., Stifel Nicolaus Weisel, JMP Securities LLC, Roth Capital Partners, LLC, Brean Capital, LLC and Ladenburg Thalmann & Co. Inc. Burrill Securities LLC, Dawson James Securities, Inc., Maxim Group LLC, MLV & Co. LLC and Trout Capital LLC are acting as advisors to the company.
The securities described above are being offered by Keryx pursuant to a Form S-3 shelf registration statement (including a base prospectus) previously filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC"). Before you invest, you should read the prospectus in the registration statement and related prospectus supplement that Keryx has filed with the SEC for more complete information about Keryx and this offering. The prospectus supplement is available for free by visiting EDGAR on the SEC's website located at www.sec.gov. Copies of the prospectus supplement and accompanying prospectus may also be obtained from the offices of J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, c/o Broadridge Financial Solutions, 1155 Long Island Avenue, Edgewood, New York 11717 (telephone: 866-803-9204).
This news release shall not constitute an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy these securities, nor will there be any sale of these securities in any state or other jurisdiction in which such offer, solicitation or sale would be unlawful prior to the registration or qualification under the securities laws of any such state or other jurisdiction.
About Keryx Biopharmaceuticals, Inc.
Keryx Biopharmaceuticals is focused on the acquisition, development and commercialization of medically important pharmaceutical products for the treatment of renal disease. Keryx is developing Zerenex (ferric citrate), an oral, ferric iron-based compound that has the capacity to bind to phosphate and form non-absorbable complexes. Zerenex has completed a U.S.-based Phase 3 clinical program for the treatment of hyperphosphatemia (elevated phosphate levels) in patients with end-stage renal disease, conducted pursuant to a Special Protocol Assessment (SPA) agreement with the FDA, and Keryx expects to submit an NDA with the FDA and a MAA with the EMA in the second quarter of 2013. Zerenex is also in Phase 2 development in the U.S. for the management of phosphorus and iron deficiency in anemic patients with Stage 3 to 5 non-dialysis dependent chronic kidney disease. In addition, Keryx's Japanese partner, Japan Tobacco Inc. and Torii Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. has filed its New Drug Application for marketing approval of ferric citrate in Japan for the treatment of hyperphosphatemia in patients with chronic kidney disease. Keryx is headquartered in New York City.
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I can't see the bottom, but I assume you have a layer there and the beer looks somewhat cloudy. Have you been stirring or shaking the starter? I would give them at least 7 days to finish. Brett is a little slower than Saccharomyces.
I've read you should start your B. bruxellensis like two weeks before you brew when doing a 100% Brettanomyces ferment.
FYI, somewhere I found some info on the White Labs' brett vials. Apparently they have 50 million cells per mL and they're 35 mL, so they're 1.75 billion cells per vial. This is less than 2% of a normal yeast vial. Can someone else confirm this?I pitched two into a 1 L starter and it took about 5-6 days to complete, so with only 1 vial, I'll bet it will take yours another day or two...and you still won't have enough yeast for a normal pitch rate. If the Mr Malty and Wyeast calculators are right, then 1 vial in 1.2 L will only give about 29B cells when done, which would be a very low pitch rate for a normal beer.I've done two all brett beers and both times I used WL. I pitched two vials into a 0.6 to 1 L starter, then pitched that into another 1 L starter, in an effort to get to a normal ale pitch rate. A lower pitch rate might be OK with brett, but I didn't want to wait forever for it to complete. Both of these beers reached 85% attenuation and FG in about 1 month.


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Proceno, Italy (PRWEB) January 12, 2013
David Hoptman founder of Tuscan Light Photo Workshops announces the schedule and itinerary for photo-cultural tours in S. Tuscany 2013. This will be the first year that mobile phone arts/phonagraphy will be offered in addition to the digital photo workshop classes. Don't leave for Italy without your cell phone this time around you will discover a powerful tool for making photographs right in your pocket. This is a great opportunity to get a solid intro into smart phone apps and filters while touring and shooting with your trusty digital camera. The first five-day workshop begins in Proceno Italy on May 20th and goes thru the 24th. Tuscan Light Photo Workshops are recommended for those shooting digitally and or interested in learning the art of Phonagraphy the new genre of contemporary photography.
Tuscan Light Photo Workshops take place in a unique area of the Italian countryside where Tuscany, Umbria and Lazio border each other. This beautiful area is populated with many ancient Etruscan hill top towns and medieval castles. The terrain is undulating rolling hills, valleys and forests offset by mountains that are home to many picturesque small Italian villages and towns. Life in this particular area has remained relatively unchanged. The local foods, wines and restaurants maintain the charm of an unspoiled Italian culture. This is a unique opportunity for those who have been searching to discover and photograph in Italy where few tourists find their way.
Photography is an expressive art form that primarily relies on observational skills in relationship to light, form and composition. Foundational photographic skills including composition, lighting lens choice, camera function, will all be discussed and incorporated into this workshop. This workshop will be taught in the field during our daily photographic excursions and will also include class instructions demos and personal critiques / discussion sessions. Tuscan Light Photographic Workshops recommended for those shooting digitally and or for those interested in Phonagraphy/smart phone artistry. Creativity and interaction with fellow students and myself will be supported and help to facilitate a positive upbeat creative learning environment. The workshop is two pronged. Its a Photo-cultural tour of S. Tuscany and designed to enable participants to get better acquainted with becoming more efficient in creating a strong composition and refining their photographic vision. Beginners are welcome and fit right into the group without a problem.
Tuscan Light Photo Workshops are tailored to give all participants a photo-cultural and photographic learning experience second to none. The region where the workshops takes place is where David lived for seven years; he speaks the language and knows of the most picturesque areas to tour as well as where to find the best local cuisine and wines. For more information on Tuscan Light Photo Workshops download the 2013 brochure @ http://www.davidhoptman.com or http://www.facebook.com/TuscanLightWorkshops.
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