What are paraplegia and quadriplegia? Paraplegia is the result of damage to the spinal cord and nerve roots, or severe injury to the nerve roots in the cauda equina (figure 1 and figure 2): in the strict sense, paraplegia means paralysis of the lower limbs, and is most commonly caused by spinal cord injuries.
Dumped Brumbies chairman Sean Hammond. The ACT Brumbies have voted for change following a record financial loss this year, ousting chairman Sean Hammond and replacing him with new board member Rob Kennedy.ennedy, of Canberra accountancy and consultancy firm Synergy, is one of four fresh faces on the Brumbies board after a dramatic night of change at the annual general meeting.
Wall Street's secretive 'expert networks'. The trial of Galleon hedge fund founder Raj Rajaratnam on insider-dealing charges has exposed a little-known world. Danielle Chiesi is led away in handcuffs by FBI agents in New York. The former hedge fund analyst, who compared insider dealing to an orgasm, admitted making $4m from illicit deals.