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Saturday, November 21, 2009 5:27 AM

Seizures

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Name: Seizures

First Reported 11/19/2009 - Updated 23 hours ago - 3 Documents (in Biology)

Current cigarette smokers at increased risk of seizures

A new type of stem cells found in prostate may be involved in cancer — [9 Sep 2009] — A new type of stem cell found in the prostate of adult mice can be a source of prostate cancer, according to a new study...Study reveals new genetic culprit in deadly ... [Science Centric - 23 hours ago]

Entities: Seizures, Alcohol, Stem Cell, Wiley-Blackwell (publisher), Epilepsy

First Reported 17 hours ago - Updated 17 hours ago - 1 Documents

Fit for purpose?

An epileptic actress has been criticised over plans to try and induce a fit on stage as part of a public performance. Rita Marcalo has stopped taking medication ahead of next month's production of Involuntary Dances at Bradford Playhouse, reports the ... [Ananova - 17 hours ago]

Entities: Seizures, Epilepsy Action, Philip Lee

First Reported 11/19/2009 - Updated 11/19/2009 - 1 Documents

Truck Driver Who Fatally Struck 2 Tourists Sentenced

Last year, a private sanitation truck driver had an epileptic seizure and fatally struck a British couple in Midtown and, yesterday, he was sentenced to 20 years to life. The Daily News reports that State Supreme Court Justice Richard Carruthers pointed ... [Gothamist - 11/19/2009]

Entities: Sentenced, Seizures, Sanitation

First Reported 11/19/2009 - Updated 11/19/2009 - 1 Documents

Federal Reserve System

The US is set for another rollercoaster cliché

Despite a mid-week setback, stocks advanced last week, with the Dow Jones Industrial Average gaining 2.5% to close at 10,270, the S&P 500 Index advancing 2.3% to 1,093 and the Nasdaq Composite climbing 2.6% to 2,167.We are now nearing the end of the third-quarter ... [Portfolio Adviser - 11/19/2009]

Entities: Bull Market, Inflation, Federal Reserve System, Dispersion, Seizures

First Reported 11/19/2009 - Updated 11/19/2009 - 1 Documents (in Conflicts & Crime)

Feds seize millions in drug money

An operation targeting Colombian drug money launderers netted more than $4 million in cash from U.S. bank accounts, the Justice Department said.Warrants were issued during the last two weeks as part of the ongoing Operation Black Market Peso Sweep for ... [UPI - 11/19/2009]

Entities: Benton Campbell, Targeting, Flagellum, Seizures, Drug Trafficking

First Reported 11/19/2009 - Updated 11/19/2009 - 1 Documents

Marion authorities looking for missing woman

Orange County Jail booking mugs -- updated dailyMAP: 2009 murders in Orlando, Orange CountySentenced to die: Search Florida's death row inmatesPhotosPictures: Missing and slain Florida childrenStoriesClick here to sign up for text alerts on your phon ... [Orlando Sentinel - 11/19/2009]

Entities: Sentenced, Crime, Death Row, James Cameron, Seizures

First Reported 11/19/2009 - Updated 11/19/2009 - 1 Documents (in Conflicts & Crime)

Westpac Banking Corporation

Busy night for Wellington rescue chopper

Health AA toddler suffering seizures and a boy who had fallen from a trampoline were both flown to Wellington Hospital by the Westpac rescue helicopter last night.The helicopter flew to Whiteman's Valley in Upper Hutt at 7.30pm after a nine-year-old ... [stuff.co.nz - 11/19/2009]

Entities: Wellington (New Zealand), Seizures, Westpac Banking Corporation

First Reported 16 hours ago - Updated 16 hours ago - 1 Documents (in Conflicts & Crime)

First legal marijuana cafe opened in America

London, Nov. 20 (ANI): America's first and only legal marijuana coffee shop has been opened in Portland, Oregon. 'Cannabis Cafi' which looks like any other coffee shop in America has a special corner for marijuana.The customers do not have coffee pots ... [Yahoo! India - 16 hours ago]

Entities: Cannabis, Marijuana, Coffee

First Reported 11/20/2009 - Updated 11/20/2009 - 1 Documents

FEATURE - Zimbabwe farmers a boon for Nigerian agriculture

SHONGA, Nigeria (Reuters) - When white Zimbabwean farmer Irvin Reid arrived in Nigeria almost five years ago, he was given a set of grid references in the remote bush and told to find water and build a new farm.His dairy farm now has 300 Jersey cows, ... [InSing.com - 11/20/2009]

Entities: Zimbabwe, Nigeria, Seizures, Robert Mugabe, Lagos (Nigeria)

First Reported 11/20/2009 - Updated 11/20/2009 - 1 Documents (in Politics)

Trade pact must address land seizures: SA farmers

November 2009 JOHANNESBURG South African farmers on Thursday called on Pretoria to ensure that Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabes controversial land reform programme is included in a Bilateral Investment Protection Agreement (BIPA) set to be sealed ... [Zim Online - 11/20/2009]

Entities: Seizures, Zimbabwe, Bilateral, Harare

First Reported 11/20/2009 - Updated 11/20/2009 - 1 Documents

Land invasions in Zimbabwe scaring off investors - UK envoy

[Report by Lizwe Sebatha: "Zim Uncertainty, Land Invasions Scare Off UK Investors"]BULAWAYO -Uncertainty over Zimbabwe's future political path and ongoing seizures of privately-owned commercial farms continue to scare off British companies from investing ... [Individual.com - 11/20/2009]

Entities: Zimbabwe, United Kingdom, Mark Canning

First Reported 17 hours ago - Updated 17 hours ago - 1 Documents

Smokers face heightened risk of seizures

, says a new study.It is the first study to examine potential risks associated with smoking, caffeine intake, and alcohol consumption as they independently relate to epilepsy.Epilepsy is a condition characterised by repeated unprovoked seizures where ... [Sify - 17 hours ago]

Entities: Seizures, Alcohol, Brigham and Women's Hospital

Quotes

...Federal officials say that trend is particularly disturbing because of the health dangers that such drugs present. "The public safety part of intellectual property has really taken off in the last couple years and become the moving force" said John T Morton, an assistant secretary of U S Immigration and Customs Enforcement, which spearheaded the Pangea operation...

U.S. part of global crackdown on counterfeit drugs [Washington Post - 9 hours ago]

...She said: "One of the reasons I am doing this is because epilepsy is an invisible disability. 'If you Google or YouTube 'epileptic seizures' you come up with all kinds of mobile phone footage which has been filmed without the patients' consent. 'Part of me doing this is to address the voyeurism. I am saying, I am choosing to let you do this.' Philip Lee, chief executive of Epilepsy Action said many of the charity's members would consider the performance 'inappropriate'. 'I am concerned about the potential danger of a patient stopping their medication to induce a seizure. Seizures can bring with them the risk of injury from jerking or falling or in the worst cases, death.'"

Fit for purpose? [Ananova - 17 hours ago]

...showed risk of seizure was significantly higher for current smokers, but not related to the amount of cigarettes smoked daily,' said Dr Dworetzky. "It does appear, however, that the number of years of smoking does increase seizure risk." Risk of epilepsy, that is recurrent unprovoked seizures, was modestly elevated with both past (RR - 1.46) and current smoking (RR - 1...

Current cigarette smokers at increased risk of seizures [Science Centric - 23 hours ago]

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Zimbabwe farmers turn to Nigeria [Africa Blog - 15 hours ago] ... white Zimbabwean farmer Irvin Reid arrived in Nigeria almost five years ago, he was given a set of grid references in the remote ...
Truck Driver Who Fatally Struck 2 Tourists Sent... [Gothamist - 11/19/2009] Last year, a private sanitation truck driver had an epileptic seizure and fatally struck a British couple in Midtown and, yesterday, he was sentenced to 20 years ...
Ukraine's forgotten famine \| James Marson [Comment is free \| guardian.co.uk - 11/18/2009] A political row over Russia's refusal to recognise the Holodomor is obscuring the horror of a famine in which millions diedAround a well-stocked Ukrainian dinner ...
When a Warrant Isn't Warranted [Counterterrorism Blog - 11/16/2009] What rights, if any, should alleged terrorist financiers be afforded? This question has plagued federal judges since the Treasury Department first began targeting ...
Tracking Bank Failures: Regulators Close Anothe... [WSJ.com: Deal Journal - 11/16/2009] Regulators seized three more banks — two in Florida and one in California — on Friday. Iberiabank Corp. of Lafayette, La., acquired the deposits and assets of Orion ...

Audio/Video

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Mosque Seizures Leaves Muslims Wary [Associated Press - YouTube - 11/13/2009]
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