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The Lobos set the tone in the first quarter shutting out TLU 28-0. Carson would score three of Sul Ross's four touchdowns in the quarter. He had run of 70 yards on the second play of the game that put Sul Ross on the board and ahead 7-0 with 14:33 on the clock. A.J. Springer would then connect with Carson for a 13-yard score with 12:58 remaining. Springer then scored on a 3-yard run that put Sul Ross up 21-0 with 7:47 left in the quarter. Later in the quarter, Springer found Carson again on a 83-yard strike with 0:25 left on the clock that moved the Lobos ahead 28-0.
In the second quarter, the Bulldogs would and Lobos would trade points. TLU would score in the opening minutes of quarter to get on the board and make it 28-7 with 12:44 left in the half. Sul Ross answered right back as Carson scored on a 1-yard run that improved the Lobos' lead to 35-7 with 11:23 on the clock. The Bulldogs would come right back and score to cut the lead to 35-14 with 9:51 to play. Carson would have his second score of the quarter after a 53-yard run that put Sul Ross ahead 42-14 with 3:18 remaining. TLU's Allen Cain would later kick a 34-yard field goal as time expired that would end the half with Sul Ross leading 42-17.
Texas Lutheran would start off the the third quarter scoring on their first drive to trail 42-24 with 11:21 left to play in the quarter. Sul Ross did not let up as they scored on their next three drives. Carson would score twice on runs of 41 yards and 27 yards. Alex Lovan would then score on a 14-yard run that gave the Lobos a 63-24 lead with 4:30 on the clock.
Sul Ross would be held scoreless for almost the next quarter as the Bulldogs' defense forced the Lobos to punt three times and recovered a fumble. TLU's offense scored on each of their next five drives, cutting the marging to 63-58 with 4:40 left in the game. On Sul Ross's ensuing drive, Carson would provide the Lobos some breathing room with a 63-yard run that put them ahead 70-58 with 3:41 remaining. TLU would score later with just 0:12 left in the game to trail 70-65. Sul Ross would then recover the onside kick and run out the clock to prevail with a 70-65 victory.
Carson led the Lobos' running attack with 319 yards on 22 carries and 6 touchdowns. Springer finished with 64 yards and a touchdown while Alex Lovan had 16 yards and a touchdown.
Springer had his fourth game of the season without an interception as he went 20 of 29 for 277 yards and two touchdowns. He is now tied for the school record for most touchdown passes in a season with 24.
Carson recorded three receptions for 99 yards and two touchdowns. Lee Carothers finished with 7 receptions for 75 yards. Calvon Henderson had 6 catches for 63 yards and Cordrick Mobley had 5 catches for 42 yards.
Defensively, the Lobos recorded 5 sacks for 28 yards and forced three turnovers. Jural Hickman and Chase Moody each had an interception. Terrance Young led the team with 9 tackles.
The Lobos are now 3-3 (2-1 ASC) on the season and will host Louisiana College on October 20th in Alpine at Jackson Field at 1pm.


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LONDON Five things to know about Friday, Day 14 of the London Olympics:
Carmelita Jeter powers U.S. relay to world record.
Kevin Durant helps U.S. pull away from Argentina in hoops semi.
Oscar Pistorius, South Africa eighth in 4x400 mens relay.
Jordan Burroughs grabs wrestling gold for U.S.
Maris Strombergs defends BMX title at London Games.
The U.S. had a big lead when Carmelita Jeter got the baton for the anchor leg of the womens 4x100-meter relay on Friday night.
She knew exactly what to do with it.
Jeter powered down the stretch and pointed the baton at the clock as she crossed the finish line, celebrating a world-record time of 40.82 seconds that gave the Americans their first victory in the event since 1996.
Tianna Madison,200-meter champion Allyson Felix, Bianca Knight and Jeter combined for a perfect trip around the track that ended a string of disappointments for the U.S. in the marquee relay. At the 2008 Beijing Games, the Americans didnt even reach the final because Torri Edwards and Lauryn Williams bobbled the last exchange in the semifinals.
Their final time cut more than a half-second off the old record of 41.37 run by East Germany in 1985.
I just knew if we had clean baton passes that we would definitely challenge the world record, Madison said. Smash it like we did? We had no idea, but I knew it was in us.
Jamaica won the silver medal in a national record of 41.41 seconds, with 100 champion Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce, Sherone Simpson, Veronica Campbell-Brown and Kerron Stewart bringing the baton around.
Durant and the U.S. mens basketball team also had quite the closing kick in their semifinal against Argentina.
Durant scored 19 points and LeBron James did a little bit of everything as Team USA pulled away for a 109-83 victory and a spot in Sundays final against Spain.
Back on the track, the American team was in control in the mens 4x400 relay until Ramon Miller of the Bahamas chased down Angelo Taylor on the anchor leg to grab his countrys first gold in a race won by the U.S. in every Olympics since 1984.
But the silver helped the United States run its lead in the medals table to 94-81 over China.
The South African team, anchored by double-amputee Blade Runner Pistorius, fell behind well before Pistorius received the baton and finished eighth.
Turkeys Alsi Cakir Alptekin (womens 1,500 meters), Ethiopias Meseret Defar (womens 5,000 meters), Russias Tatyana Lysenko (womens hammer throw) and Frances Renaud Lavillenie (mens pole vault) were the other winners at Olympic Stadium.
European champion Alptekin, who served a two-year suspension for doping after the 2004 world junior championships, led a 1-2 finish for Turkey in her race. She finished in 4:10.23 and Gamze Bulut was next in 4:10.40.
Wrestler Burroughs had his eyes on a gold medal for months, and he let everyone know about his plans.
Then he delivered.
The 24-year-old American backed up all that talk, beating Irans Sadegh Saeed Goudarzi 1-0, 1-0 in the mens 74-kilogram freestyle division to give the U.S. its first wrestling gold in London.
A lot of people call it cocky; people call it over-confident, said Burroughs, who selected (at)alliseeisgold for his Twitter handle. But I knew I was going to win.
Burroughs, who grew up in New Jersey, has won 38 consecutive international freestyle matches and is the first Olympian to claim the $250,000 prize from the Living the Dream Medal Fund, a program designed to support U.S. wrestling.
An hour after beating Goudarzi, the tweet-happy Burroughs posted a shot of himself beaming beside his gold.
Strombergs of Latvia won his first gold in 2008. Now he has two.
Strombergs defended his BMX title over a harrowing course in Olympic Park, taking the lead at the start and never relinquishing it. He cruised across the finish line in 37.576 seconds to add to the title he won in Beijing, when the sport made its Olympic debut.
Its just amazing, Strombergs said. I think everyone at home, they watched the race, and deep inside they were hoping I could repeat, and I think my country believed in me.
Former world champion Mariana Pajon won the womens BMX competition, giving Colombia its first gold at the London Games.
The rest of the Olympic action Friday:
Ous Mellouli of Tunisia won the grueling 10-kilometer race to become the first swimmer to win medals in the pool and open water at the same Olympics.
Mellouli pulled away from a small group of leaders in the fifth of six laps and finished in 1 hour, 49 minutes, 55.1 seconds in the murky waters of the Serpentine in Hyde Park. He also won bronze in the 1,500-meter freestyle last week.
Thomas Lurz of Germany was second, 3.4 seconds behind, and first-time Olympian Richard Weinberger of Canada grabbed the bronze.
Lightweight Vasyl Lomachenko and two Ukrainian teammates advanced to gold-medal bouts.
Lomachenko, Chinese light flyweight Zou Shiming and Italian super heavyweight Roberto Cammarelle all won their semifinals, earning the right to fight during the final weekend for their second consecutive Olympic gold medals.
Two more fighters also protested the results of their bouts in a tournament full of appeals to amateur boxings governing body. Ukraine light heavyweight Oleksandr Gvozdyk protested his loss to Kazakhstans Adilbek Niyazymbetov on a tiebreaker, and the Azeri super heavyweight protested his one-point loss to Cammarelle.
South Koreas Hwang Kyung-seon defended her Olympic title in the womens 67-kilogram division, and Sebastian Crismanich of Argentina won the gold medal in the mens 80-kg category.
Hwang defeated Turkeys Nur Tatar 12-5 in a final in which both fighters attacked from the start.
The bronze medals were won by Paige McPherson of the United States and Germanys Helena Fromm.
Australias Mathew Belcher and Malcolm Page, and New Zealands Jo Aleh and Olivia Powrie won the 470 class gold medals by overwhelming their British rivals on Weymouth Bay.
The victory by Belcher and Page guaranteed that Australia will win more sailing gold medals than the strong, well-funded British team. Thats a remarkable feat, although the British will lead all countries with five sailing medals one gold and four silvers. The British came in thinking they had a shot at medals in all 10 classes.
Synchronized Swimming
Theres no question which country is the best at synchronized swimming.
Russia grabbed the team gold medal for its fourth consecutive team victory and sixth consecutive overall gold.
The Russians totaled 197.030 points with a free routine featuring swimmers doing acrobatic flips and pirouetting like ballerinas above the water.
Canoe Sprint
Ed McKeever of Britain clocked the quickest time over the heats and semifinals as the 200-meter canoe sprint made its Olympic debut.
Racing in front of a flag-waving crowd under sunny, cloudless skies at Dorney Lake, the barrel-chested McKeever crossed in 35.087 seconds in his heat and then easily won his semifinal.
Canoeing officials replaced the 500-meter race with the 200 sprint in a bid to inject more excitement into the sport and attempt to move it out from rowings shadow at the Olympics. The 200 races were played out in front of the whole length of three packed grandstands, generating a vibrant atmosphere.
In the only 200-meter event for women, Lisa Carrington of New Zealand and Natasa Douchev-Janics of Hungary set up a probable shootout in the K-1 final.
Field Hockey
The Netherlands retained the womens Olympic title with a 2-0 win over world champion Argentina at Riverbank Arena.
Carlien Dirkse van den Heuvel and captain Maartje Paumen scored for the Netherlands, which will try for the first-ever Olympic double when the countrys mens hockey team takes on Germany on Saturday.
Earlier Friday, Britains women won the bronze by defeating New Zealand 3-1 to secure their countrys first Olympic field hockey medal in 20 years. Prince Williams wife, the former Kate Middleton, was on hand to applaud the goals, all of them from second-half penalty corners.
Rhythmic Gymnastics
Russias Evgeniya Kanaeva finished on top of qualifying, putting her in position to defend her Olympic title.
Kanaeva had been second behind Russian teammate Daria Dmitrieva going into the final rotation after a rare mishap in her hoop routine on the first day. But Kanaeva performed flawlessly in the ribbon, giving her 29.400 points and the top spot in the standings with 116.000.
Dmitrieva was 1.45 points behind, and Azerbaijans Aliya Garayeva was third. The final is today.
Russia also qualified in first place for Sundays group final after holding off a challenge from Italy.

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Jane Langley born about 1780, married Michael Rourke 1799 at Tipperary, moved to Clane in County Kildare, had a reputed 15 children. possibly the daughter of a Charles or Henry of Fethard and Lisamrock (well to do landholders).
Further to the above Jane Langley was born c 1783 died n.s.w. 1852. I can find church records of husbands death 1849 and son David's death 1855,but not Jane's, yet both Jane & michael were 76 when they died so it does put the birth dates right. still ongoing research, one contributor puts Jane's name as Langley REYNOLDS, so it becomes more confusing
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BERLIN (AP) — Germany's exports are expected to reach record levels this year and grow again in 2013.
An industry group predicts German exports will rise 4 percent to €1.103 trillion ($1.45 trillion) in 2012 from €1.06 trillion the previous year.
The Federation of German Wholesale, Foreign Trade and Services said Sunday that it expects exports to increase by up to 5 percent in the coming year and hit €1.158 trillion.
Exports as varied as cars, computer chips and chemicals contribute about a third of Germany's gross domestic product.
German exports have benefited from the low value of the euro compared to other currencies, and strong demand for their goods in the United States and emerging economies like China.


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yes yes they did.sarah! wrote:
people complained about your drawings, Chels?
I don't know if they are related.
mainly beacuse the prevuew images showed nothing whereas after you clickeded them they showed EVERYTHING.
one that i liked in perticulair was the "jungle" one i told you about sarah and one of jack which in the preview image he was covering his.. ahem, with his chainsaw.XD. nice censorship.
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Decision in SK Apple-Samsung Case Could Mold the Shape of Verdicts to Come
Aug 24, 2012 11:14 AM PT
While a verdict has yet to be reached in the Apple vs. Samsung court case going on in California, across the world a similar trial resulted in a split decision. A court in South Korea on Friday ruled that Apple and Samsung both infringed on each others' patents.
Judges noted that Samsung did not copy the look and feel of the iPhone, and in fact the court in Seoul ordered a partial ban on sales of iPads and some smartphones from both companies. The ruling further found that Apple infringed on Samsung's wireless technology, while the panel found that Samsung violated Apple technology -- notably the "bounce-back" feature when scrolling on touchscreen devices.
Both sides were ordered to pay limited damages ranging in the tens of thousands of dollar -- paltry sums for the two tech behemoths.
And while South Korea is not a big market for Apple -- and is a large one for Samsung, which is based in that country -- the verdict is being closely watched as a possible preview of case unfolding in San Jose, Calif.
"Whether South Korea will be similar to California is the question everyone is asking. That verdict was telling," said telecommunications analyst Jeff Kagan. "Both sides infringed on the other's patents."
Apple and Samsung did not respond to our request for further details.
Home Field Advantage?
How does the fact that South Korea isn't much of an Apple market play into this? And could the same sort of "home town" favoritism be repaid in San Jose?
"There should be no home town favoritism with regards to the law," added Kagan. "The law should prevail. What actually happens, we'll just have to wait and see. My guess is California will be similar to South Korea. If they cannot settle this on their own, then both will win and both will lose.
"When it's all done things will not really affect the customer," said Kagan. "It's just moving chairs around on the deck of the world's biggest cruise ships."
Conflict Resolution
The case in South Korea could just as likely be seen as a sideshow rather than a portent of the bigger show in California. But it also suggests that those in the court are upset that the parties have been unable to find a way of resolving these matters other than bringing them to trial.
"In this case the split decision suggests frustration in that court, which is shared by the ITC and California courts," said Rob Enderle, principal analyst at the Enderle Group. "The Korean court showcased a likely out because if the other courts find against both parties, they will have to negotiate a settlement or effectively go out of business in the U.S., which neither of them can afford."
"This is much more risky for Apple, though, as Samsung really doesn't do many tablets, and it sells TVs and appliances, which would remain untouched," he added.
However, the trial in the U.S. could be different, as it isn't left entirely up to judges to decide.
"Jury trials tend to favor one company over another, though, so unless they get wind of the Korean move, this jury is more likely to find for one company, and I think Apple is favored here," emphasized Enderle. "But I have little doubt if they figure out they have the option of doing what Korea did, that would be an easy out for them and they'd likely take it."
Another question is whether any middle ground can be found by the two companies. At present it doesn't appear likely, as both sides dig in for what promises to be a lengthy war.
"The grandiose scorched earth strategies of embargoes and other tactics brought about by these suits seem unlikely to be upheld," said Chris Silva, industry analyst for mobile at the Altimeter Group. "(This) is an outcome that allows progress to resume in mobile technology and customers to get the best possible product. Anything short of that is a step backward for mobile tech that will have effects on technology for some time."
Innovation at Risk
Moreover, given that these two parties are going for an all-or-nothing strategy, could they be willing to risk a so-called nuclear option? And what does this mean for the future of mobile phone and tablet development?
"The legal actions in question are a sideshow distracting players from how they'll build the next mobile experience," Silva told MacNewsWorld. "As more resources get caught up in legal battles, other competitors would be smart to fill the innovation void it leaves."
"This is reminiscent of the resource-intensive battles pitched by RIM, Suse and countless others in the past," he added. "Those cases were predicated on protecting existing technology, while others focused on business models and solutions that ultimately usurped these firms. When companies choose a courtroom over the free market to protect leadership, I'm forced to ask whether the plaintiff's better days of innovation aren't behind them."


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The Tool for Rapid Assessment of City Energy (TRACE) is a decision-support tool designed to help cities quickly identify under-performing sectors, evaluate improvement and cost-saving potential, and prioritize sectors and actions for energy efficiency (EE) intervention. It covers six municipal sectors: passenger transport, municipal buildings, water and waste water, public lighting, solid waste, and power and heat.
TRACE consists of three modules: an energy benchmarking module which compares key performance indicators (KPIs) among peer cities, a sector prioritization module which identifies sectors that offer the greatest potential with respect to energy-cost savings, and an intervention selection module which functions like a "playbook" of tried-and-tested EE measures and helps select locally appropriate EE interventions.
TRACE is designed with the intention to involve city decision makers in the deployment process. It starts with benchmark data collection, goes through an on-location assessment involving experts and decision makers, and ends with a final report to city authorities with recommendations of EE interventions tailored to the city's individual context.
1. Energy Benchmarking
TRACE's benchmarking module has a database of 28 KPIs collected from 64 cities. The data are entered into the tool using a simple web-like interface and analyzed in order to benchmark city energy use against a range of peer cities. The peer cities may be selected based on city population, climate, and human development index.
2. Sector Prioritization
TRACE's sector prioritization module uses "relative energy intensity," "sector energy spending," and "city authority control" to prioritize sectors with the most significant energy efficiency potential. The "sector spending function" allows the user to enter the total amount of money that the city spends in the sector, and the "city authority control" function allows the user to indicate the amount of control that the city authority has in the sector. The "relative intensity function' shows the potential energy efficiency improvement the city may realize if it were to match the average of better-performing cities. Based on these functions, TRACE provides the prioritized list of sectors that the city can engage in order to realize potential energy savings.
3. Intervention Selection
TRACE contains a set of 59 EE interventions which combine a blend of both high level strategic level programs and specific activities that a city can pursue. These recommendations are supported by a database of 191 case studies that link to appropriate resources and tools. Each recommendation is "rated" on three attributes: (a) energy savings potential (b) first cost (c) speed of implementation.
The initial appraisal step enables the user to match city capability to the capabilities required to implement each recommendation. City officials can then select from the set of ranked recommendations.
The energy savings assessment step allows the user to quantify the potential energy savings using spreadsheets that come with TRACE, and the final review process allows the city authorities to assess the viability of recommendations in order to come up with a final list of actions for prioritized sectors.
Where is TRACE being used?
TRACE has been deployed in twenty seven cities in Africa, Asia, Europe and Central Asia, and Latin America.
View full list of cities where TRACE has been deployed
As new cities use TRACE, additional city benchmark data will be added to the tool, as well as more case studies, making it even more effective in the years ahead.
A TRACE elearning course was created in partnership with the World Bank Open Learning Campus. The Open Learning Campus equires that users create an account to access the course.
ESMAP also provides group training to cities or implementing agencies planning to use TRACE. These can be provided in person or via video depending on resource availability. Please contact Pedzi Makumbe if you are a city team or implementing agency interested in the training.
ESMAP offers facilitated courses for free to users planning to use TRACE. These are offered online at a specified time to users around the world. Please contact Pedzi Makumbe if you are interested in the facilitated course.
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"Business" is one of the most common and popular study fields, but nevertheless, for some students it may be difficult to understand what they can achieve with their business degree. In this post, I am going to give four key points to help business students get the most out of their degree. These goals are achievable and measurable, and will help you pursue your studies further. You can try to change them into practical tasks and add them to your to-do list.
I am sure that by reading this, the business degree will become a bit more meaningful to all of you!
1. Pay attention to classes
Business students may want to achieve different goals in universities. Some may want to get a good grade so that they can be promoted to a better job. Some may want to receive tertiary education so they can be improved spiritually and knowledgeably. Some may want to try every new thing so they can develop their potential. Going to class, especially for the business students, would be the easiest way to accomplish the above-mentioned goals. Apart from learning hard facts from the books and PowerPoints, in class you will also get the chance to discuss with your fellow students. You can learn from other business students and review your own ideas. It is also a golden opportunity to develop your own network!
2. Take part in different activities
If you are planning to achieve a business-related career, I would recommend you to join some business-related societies or consulting clubs. You can meet more students and professionals in different fields and you may also sniff some career information. If you dream of getting a work related to technology, it might be a wise idea to join some seminars about new technologies. This is an excellent way to learn more about the current trends. It's good to always bear in mind that your current friends may become your colleagues one day.
3. Don't bound yourself
As a university student, you should keep an open mind to every new people, environment or study field. By going to different lectures, you can learn something completely new that you can possibly apply in your future projects. For example, marketing skills are essential to all the disciplines. I recommend all of you, no matter what is your major, should go to have some marketing lessons.
Furthermore, you can also join some sports club to keep yourself always energetic and your body in a good condition to accept different challenges. It would also be a great occasion for you to widen the social cycle. While exercising, you can share your innovative ideas to other outstanding students. A tip for you: Mark Zuckerberg loves playing tennis !
4. Join more discussions
You can meet so many professors, staff members and experts in business when you have lectures or seminars. Grab the chance and rdon't hesitate to ask any questions you have! I am sure that they would be pleased to share their knowledge, experiences and personal connections with you. These can certainly bring new insights to your academic research and future career path.
I know all of you must share the same question right now. "How can we have so much time to achieve all four goals? I wish I could have 48 hours a day!" There is no doubt that we only have limited time while we have plenty of tasks needs to be done! However, as mature students, we should have the ability to prioritize the tasks according to their importance and emergency. It is reasonable that you focus on the tasks that you consider the key to your success! You may also check out our other blog posts about time management to utilize your time!
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Date/Time: 03 November 2017 - 12:30 to 13:00
Event Type: Living with MS Programme
Organiser: South West Dublin, Wicklow & Kildare:Roseanna Duke
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Group led Yoga class for people with MS
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A Health Research Board funded study called 'Patients' Preferences for Health' are looking for volunteers You are invited to participate in a study which will explore "Patients' Preferences for Health". In general, people have preferences of being in one state of health over another. This can often be a preference to have good health over bad, or to be in good health for so long and to be in less well health for a shorter period of time. By asking the public in Ireland to make these decisions or trade-offs we can say something about the general preferences of people in Ireland. Preferences gathered in this way are often used to guide choices around decisions in relation to health and using preferences from the general public is deemed to be a fair way of deciding on how to assign healthcare resources. However, it is likely that a person's experience of being in a health state will alter their preferences compared against those who are only imagining being in that state. As such, this work will examine the differences between patients with Multiple Sclerosis (MS) valuations of health states, and those of the general population to see if this is actually the case. Before you decide whether you would like to be part of this research study, it is important that you understand why we are carrying out this research and what it will involve. Download participant information Get in touch If you are interested in helping with this study, please contact Dr. Stephen Erskine at firstname.lastname@example.com
NCPE report The National Centre for Pharmaco-economics (NCPE) have completed their evaluation of Ocrelizumab for the treatment of adult patients with early primary progressive Multiple Sclerosis (PPMS), and have sent the final report to the HSE CPU. The web summary is now available on the National Centre for Pharmacoeconomics website. >> Read more The NCPE report recommends that ocrelizumab for the treatment of adult patients with early PPMS not be considered for reimbursement. MS Ireland have secured a meeting with the Minister for Health, Simon Harris on October 25th in relation to the issues of access to medicines. Related articles March 2018 >> January 2018 >> Access to Medicines Campaign Handbook >>
Before Budget 2019, Helen Farrell shares her opinion on the financial challenges of living with MS and how the Irish State can truly support people. Our government ministers have an unenviable task in preparing our 2019 budget. Not only do they have to cover existing commitments but they also must plan for future contingencies and emergencies. Ireland has never been good at investing properly in the future and is bedevilled with transport, housing, education, social welfare and health systems that are full of historic quick-fixes and panicked responses to crises and outrages since the foundation of the State. Investing in proper preventative planning usually takes more resources and a longer-term view than ever seems achievable to our governments; to the despair of many. It's understandable that buying the approval of voters and ensuring a positive next election is very important for political parties; few go into politics to be in opposition. Our elected representatives have a duty to balance the health, housing, education, welfare, transport and environmental needs of Irish citizens with the money they have available, and to enhance people's lives, not necessarily their pockets. People with MS would love our politicians to sit up and notice that our neurological services are woefully underfunded and do not compare at all favourably with the rest of Europe, or indeed globally. MS is something that arrives in our lives uninvited and makes itself at home for life, often damaging our earning potential and costing us in so many ways across our lifespan. With access to good healthcare, medication, rehabilitation and support, life can continue for many of us in a productive way (albeit changed) but only if we receive the proper support. It is false economy to stint on these supports. The more support we have when living with MS, the more we can continue to remain engaged with life, earning and contributing financially and in voluntary ways and putting less of a financial burden on the State. It makes good financial sense to invest in MSer's and conversely very poor judgement to limit services and supports. A severe MS-relapse or disease-course is far costlier for our healthcare, social welfare and other systems to deal with than the optimal situation of keeping a person with MS as healthy as they can be. At a personal level I am still angry at the election promise reneged on in 2013, to give all people who hold the Long-Term Illness Card an automatic GP Visit Card. It would have made life much easier for us all with MS. Keep us well and we'll be more productive, for longer. MS Ireland's pre-budget submission makes for sober reading (read here). The key asks of MS Ireland for Budget 2019 involve proper investment in neurology services, neurorehabilitation, community services and housing adaptation, as well as automatic entitlement to a GP Visit Card. Although our Social Welfare services can provide good support for those of us who can't work full-time or at all, more needs to be done to "make work pay", although I personally dislike that phrase. There's a whiff of the opinion that people who access Social Welfare are choosing not to work when they weigh up the financial "benefits" in favour of a life of State support. Nothing could be further from the truth for most of us. We are trying to hang on with grim determination of any remnant of our former pre-MS working lives, reinventing ourselves, constantly adjusting and trying to outwit this disease. Another area that MS Ireland would like addressed is the amount of income disregarded when applying for Medical Cards. In people with MS on lower incomes, the disregard should be far higher, due to identified higher costs of living with MS. It is an exciting time in terms of new treatments emerging for MS. There have been quite a few new disease-modifying medications licensed in recent years that provide greater efficacy against MS, and the promise of more to come. New and innovative medications cost money and the government need to ring-fence spending to cover this for the future. All in all, a lot for our government to consider. But short-term planning benefit nobody and makes no prudential sense in the long-run. What we need now is our government to focus on playing the long game; just like MS does with us.
Briefing in Leinster House Today, MS Ireland presented the MS Care Centre Business Case to TDs and Senators in Leinster House. We were overwhelmed by the support shown by your local representatives at today's event. In a video released to coincide with the presentation, Mark Mitchell shares why further investment is important and the services offered at the Care Centre. Watch here The MS Care Centre is a state-of-the-art respite facility. Admitting and welcoming 400 people annually, the Care Centre not only provides people living with MS and their caregivers a break but delivers a range of therapeutic services, neurological assessments and social activities. Due to decreased income, the Care Centre only opens 40 weeks per year. MS Ireland are requesting a further €600,000 in annual investment due to the increased demand on the service. This would see the Care Centre open 350 days per year from 2019 and provide an extra 1,128 bed-nights annually. MS Ireland will continue to campaign to secure additional funding to open our respite service 350 days per year. Thank you for contacting your local representatives. Your involvement and action makes a difference. #ISupportMS
This week Rosie Farrell shares with us what it is like being a woman with MS. There is one representation of women in the media; thin, beautiful and definitely not disabled. In fact, as representations go, women living with a disability are invisible - a bit like the way our illness often is. In my early 20s, I was career-driven and exercise obsessed. I wanted it all and I worked the crazy hours and exercised during the others in a bid to earn those labels. My idea of a work-life balance was to spend my spare hours on a cross-trainer. I wanted that perfect, strong female body we see all over social media. I analysed every inch of my flesh and no matter how much I exercised, how much the numbers kept reducing on the scales, I still hated how I looked. Why would I think otherwise? I didn't grow up in a world that taught women to love themselves. Then I developed a disability to go with it and as MS slowly crept in to steal my mobility, exercise turned to something I did for how it made me feel and not for how it would make me look. Recently, I put on my jeans and discovered they were too tight. I was ecstatic because I realised - after spending so long using a wheelchair and a stick and being unable to walk far, having watched my weight plummet and my muscles slowly waste away - the tight jeans meant that through all the physio and swimming, I finally had muscles again and that was something to celebrate. As I gained muscle, the numbers on the scales increased and before panic could set in, the scales found their way to the bin and my confidence as a woman soared. As women, all too often we are defined by how we look, and it took me getting MS for me to stop defining myself that way too. Now, I look in the mirror at my untoned body and I hug myself because this body has been through a lot and it deserves my love. I deserve my love. I fight chronic pain and fluctuating mobility levels and yet it's still MY body. It's mine to be proud of and to celebrate and to get frustrated with. It is not society's to label. Exercise is sold to us on the grounds of how many calories we can expect to burn in a session. Fashion is sold to us as clothing only those with the most toned bodies will look good in. And disability aids are sold to us as something only older people need. At first when I started using mobility aids, I felt like I no longer fitted in anywhere. Where was I represented? Because I now used a stick, did that mean I was no longer stylish? As a woman with MS, I've had to challenge a lot of society's labels. And as I settle into life as a wife and I move into a new chapter, those labels expand. I would be ignoring the elephant in the room not to touch upon the topic of having children. That's something that will only be possible for me if my pain and spasticity could one day be managed on a minimal amount of medication. I'd be lying if I said it doesn't worry me but it's not something I'm physically in a place to challenge, and that's not to say I won't ever be. I'm learning that because I'm a woman with MS, a woman with a disability, I am also still a woman with a career, I'm still sexy and beautiful despite the mobility aids and the lack of high heels. I am still a valuable human being if I end up not being able to have children. I still have a voice that deserves to be heard. In fact, as women, we are far more than the many labels society pins on us. And as a woman with MS, I'm finally learning to value me. And a woman who believes in herself is an unstoppable force. That's a label I'm happy with. Rosie Farrell is a sub-editor and designer with Irish Country Living and the Irish Farmers Journal. She blogs at www.sherunswithms.wordpress.com
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Interpretation Studies in ASL-English
The demand for qualified ASL-English interpreters is traditionally high and is increasing yearly. The National Interpreter Education Center has documented a nationwide shortage of qualified interpreters. Since 2008, anyone wishing to sit for the National Interpreter Certification (NIC) must have completed a two-year degree. Now, under new National Registry of Interpreters for the Deaf (RID) rules (July 2012), a four-year degree is required for anyone wishing to become nationally certified. A number of states are now discussing similar plans for state certification.
The Bachelor of Science degree in interpretation studies in ASL/English will prepare students to effectively communicate and interpret between American Sign Language and English. The curriculum strongly emphasizes the sociological, historical, cross-cultural and educational approach to teaching and learning about the Deaf community and American Sign Language through the classroom, experiential learning events, and interactions. The program will prepare students to sit for national certification and to fill the increasing demand for skilled, qualified interpreters.
The Bachelor of Science degree in interpretation studies in ASL/English is an 11-course, 36-credit- hour degree-completion program designed for students who have completed a two-year degree in ASL interpreting or course equivalencies as determined by program faculty. Applicants who hold current National Interpreter Certification may have the entrance language proficiency exam waived and apply for Credential Learning credit. All students must complete a total of 122 hours for graduation, including transfer credit, Common Studies, ASL/Interpreting and electives.
Admission Requirements
- Language proficiency - Applicants will be assessed by full-time campus faculty for ASL fluency through an online assessment. The established proficiency benchmark must be met for entrance to the program. This assessment will be waived for applicants holding current NIC certification.
- College/university experience - Students must have completed a two-year degree in ASL interpreting or course equivalencies as determined by program faculty prior to entry to the program.
- GPA requirements - Students must have a cumulative GPA of 2.5 or higher to start ASL program courses.
**Must take one of the following required electives in addition to the required core courses listed below:
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Music Review: Backstreet Boys bore on 8th album
Backstreet Boys, "In a World Like This" (K-BAHN, BMG)
Backstreet's back, all right!
Not all right, actually.
The Backstreet Boys managed to bring fifth member Kevin Richardson back into the fold for an eighth album and a world tour to celebrate 20 years of making music. "In a World Like This" is also the first to come out from under their own label, K-BAHN, after parting with longtime partner, the now defunct Jive Records.
The boys collaborate mostly with producers Martin Terefe and Morgan Taylor Reid on the 12-track album that lacks the immediate hooks that their earlier hits had. BSB's album is a grown-up mix of tunes talking about love and commitment, but the songs bleed into each other despite not being similar. The group is too concerned to show us how they've matured to remember that it's sexy vibes that sell.
"Breathe," ″Feels Like Home," ″Permanent Stain" and "Make Believe" are average, but they provide the much-needed key hooks for the dance floor. "Try" is too Eric Clapton-esque to stand out in this day and age, while acoustic downers "Madeleine" and "Trust Me" bring the sex appeal factor to a zero Kelvin (thankfully "Show 'Em (What You're Made Of)" rises the temperature for a bit).
The album's best moment is its first song: The Max Martin-produced lead single and title track has simple guitar chords that draw you in and a catchy, wholesome beat that keeps you tapping your feet.
But the rest of the album heads in one direction — downhill.
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On November 4, the day Americans chose the son of a Kenyan economist to be their president, the eastern Congolese town of Kiwanja was assaulted by a band of several hundred militiamen, who were festooned with leaves and armed with rifles, spears and machetes. Technically, the fighters–some of them children–were acting in tenuous alliance with the faraway central government; their enemies were soldiers loyal to a rebel leader named Gen. Laurent Nkunda, who had occupied Kiwanja a few days before. But the battle was really more like a skirmish between rival gangs, and as is so often the case in these sorts of clashes, it was the defenseless who suffered the most. Nkunda's men repelled the attack and then turned their fury on Kiwanja's civilian population, going from house to house, rooting out the men and boys, accusing them of complicity with the progovernment forces and executing them on the spot. According to Human Rights Watch, which compiled an extensive report on the killings, townspeople later recovered around 150 bodies, some of which had been stuffed into pit latrines by the rebels. The entire time, a detachment of United Nations peacekeepers sat less than a mile away, oblivious to the slaughter.
The massacre at Kiwanja occurred amid a large-scale offensive by Nkunda's rebel army, a burst of conflict that briefly thrust the benighted mess that is the Democratic Republic of Congo back onto the world's front pages. The general reaction, even among informed observers, was a weary question: Isn't this supposed to be over? It has been six years since the signing of a peace agreement officially ended the war in Congo, a war that at its height was a fierce struggle involving the armies of eight African nations and innumerable rebel groups. Two years ago, the country validated the rule of President Joseph Kabila, a former combatant, in a reasonably competitive and well-monitored election. And yet significant portions of the population languish in conditions of static crisis. "There were two Congos," Gérard Prunier writes near the conclusion of his new history, Africa's World War. The "former government territory, which grumbled and complained but lived roughly in peace, and the former war zone, which wondered at times if the war had really ended."
It's actually more complicated than that. Within the field of battle Prunier describes–the eastern rim of a country roughly the size of the continental United States west of the Rockies–there were many nameless little wars, which often had little to do with one another or with the larger national and geopolitical stakes. The conflict created dozens of nebulous microstates ruled by local strongmen who profess allegiance to some higher power or another, but who in practice rule their domains in an almost feudal fashion. The title of Prunier's book invokes the two great conflagrations of the twentieth century, but in the book itself Prunier argues for a more distant analogy to explain the bloodshed in Congo: the Thirty Years' War, which wracked Europe from 1618 to 1648. Both were fitful conflicts fought by a shifting cast of combatants who met on the neutral ground of a failing state–the sclerotic Holy Roman Empire in one instance; the rotten kleptocracy of Mobutu Sese Seko in the other–and waged devastating campaigns of plunder. In both cases, the civilian casualties were appalling. (It has been said that some parts of modern-day Germany saw their populations reduced by one-third during the Thirty Years' War.) And each war, Prunier argues, represented "a transforming moment in the history of the continent." What Congo has been transformed into, however, and what its recent history portends for Africa's future, are questions of intense debate.


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Clinical Exposures: Copper-associated hepatitis in a Doberman pinscher
Aug 01, 2011
The results of a physical examination were unremarkable. The dog's body condition score was 3/5.
Liver dysfunction was suspected based on these findings. The differential diagnoses included chronic hepatitis, neoplasia, chronic hepatopathy, and toxicosis.
A radiographic examination was performed, and the thoracic radiographs were unremarkable. The abdominal radiographs revealed cranial displacement of the gastric axis and loss of serosal detail, suggestive of microhepatia and ascites, respectively (Figure 1). An abdominal ultrasonographic examination showed a small, hypoechoic, heterogeneous, and irregularly marginated liver. A small amount of free peritoneal fluid was seen throughout the abdomen, which was consistent with ascites.
The radiographic and ultrasonographic changes associated with the liver indicated severe chronic liver disease, but other diffuse disease processes such as neoplasia could not be ruled out.
The owners elected euthanasia. Postmortem liver histologic changes were compatible with severe, chronic-active portal hepatitis, with strong positive results on staining for copper with rhodamine stain. The diagnosis was copper-associated chronic hepatitis.
Chronic hepatitis in Doberman pinschers, also known as Doberman hepatitis, is a disorder associated with histologic features of chronic active hepatitis, cholestasis, and cirrhosis. The disease is usually diagnosed in middle-aged spayed female dogs.1 The high incidence of chronic hepatitis in Doberman pinschers compared with some other breeds suggests the disease is hereditary.1-3
The pathogenesis of chronic hepatitis in Doberman pinschers has been debated for several years; the disease may be immune-mediated.1-3 Most affected dogs have chronic hepatitis and high liver copper concentrations, but the role of the high copper concentration is unclear.1-3 Whether the increased copper concentration is the result of concurrent cholestasis or whether the liver disease is a result of copper toxicosis is yet to be determined.4 Hepatic copper accumulation can result from increased uptake, a primary defect in hepatic copper metabolism, or altered biliary copper excretion.2,3
Copper-associated hepatitis is well-described in other breeds, such as Bedlington terriers,5 Labrador retrievers,6 and Dalmatians.7 The average canine copper liver concentration is 200 to 400 ppm per dry weight liver. Copper concentrations in breeds with primary copper storage disease vary between 600 to above 2,200 ppm.1
Affected Dobermans can start accumulating copper at the age of few months, but the clinical signs usually develop between 4 and 7 years of age.1 The signs are usually nonspecific and result from liver dysfunction.2,3 The initial clinical signs are usually subtle and intermittent and can begin as a calmer demeanor and loss of appetite.1,2 Gradually, the signs become more evident and can include salivation, nausea, and intermittent vomiting.1 In advanced stages, polyuria, polydipsia, icterus, diarrhea, ascites, and signs of hepatic encephalopathy may also be present. The progression of the clinical signs is variable but usually occurs over months.


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The Washington Post inquires about the well-being of the Bush administration's senior staff. This strikes me as a bit like Leopold and Loeb asking about the well-being of one's child. The thesis of Peter Baker's piece is that the key members President Bush's top staff are worn down by five years of non-stop pressure, and that the fatigue factor helps explain recent poor decisions such as the nomination of Harriet Miers and the ports deal.
White House communications director Nicolle Wallace admits that there are some staffers who, on some days, are weary. But she denies that overall staff fatigue is affecting presidential decision-making.
I have no way of assessing the validity of Wallace's denial, and I doubt that the Post does either. However, I suspect that the Miers nomination had more to do with Bush's preferences than with poor staff work caused by fatigue (if not, the staff certainly redeemed itself with Alito), and the same may be true of the ports deal.
In general, the White House does seem to be making fewer politically astute decisions in the second term than it did in the first. But this may be because it has less incentive to make politically astute decisions this term. In any case, it is more difficult to make decisions that seem politically astute when one's popularity is in decline due to perceptions about the situation in Iraq (a situation which stems from decisions made fairly early in the Bush presidency).
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The Gentleman's Rule is the one rule that guides student behavior at Wabash. It's a lodestar that students and alumni take seriously, so in 2005 then-Dean of Students Tom Bambrey '68 began involving alumni in these conversations during freshman orientation, and Dean of Students Mike Raters '85 continues the tradition. Last Friday, Raters spoke to these alumni volunteers as they prepared to meet with freshman: 'We want them to walk into college life not with a rulebook, but a rule, and a rule that will serve them for life.'


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Knoxville, Tenn. (Nov. 8, 2009) - In its final fall tournament of the season the ETSU women's tennis team closed out action with two wins Sunday at the 2009 St. Mary's Tennessee Classic at the Varsity Tennis Courts in Knoxville.
Sophomore Karina Kedzo (Puerto Ordaz, Venezuela), picked up the Lady Bucs first victory of the day after outlasting Middle Tennessee State's Marietta Bigus 6-0, 2-6, 6-2.
"Karina played better today," said head coach Steve Brooks. "After her strong start I thought she got away from a couple of things in the second set, but then recovered well to take the third."
Freshman Diana Navrostska (Kviv, Ukraine), also joined the winning ways as the first-year newcomer won with a three-set 6-3, 6-7, 6-3, victory over the Blue Raiders' Natalie Araya.
"Kelly played really well in singles this afternoon," Brooks said. "I'm proud of how she was able to keep her composure after Araya was able to survive the tiebreaker in the second set. Momentum is such a bigger factor in tennis. It was good to see Kelly stayed focused and recapture the energy late in the match."
Unfortunately, for the Lady Bucs senior Yevgenyia Stupak (Kyiv, Ukraine), sophomore Paula Jaime (Madrid, Spain), junior Andra Voniea (Brasov, Romania), all fell in close three-set singles contests.
"Overall, this weekend was a good tournament," said Brooks. "MTSU, Vandy, Tennessee and Wake (Forest) are all good nationally ranked opponents. We still have a ways to go with some conditioning and such at this level, however I thought the girls have improved steady throughout this fall. Now with this part of our season over, we are going to get back to work in practice and get ready for the upcoming spring schedule."
Maria Sorbello (Tenn) def. Yevgeniya Stupak (ETSU) 4-6, 6-3, 7-5
Rosali'a Alda (Tenn) def Paula Jaime (ETSU) 6-7, 7-5, 6-2
Zsofia Zubor (Tenn) def. Kelly Hotzhausen (ETSU) 6-0, 6-2
Karina Kedzo (ETSU) def. Marietta Bigus (MTSU) 6-0, 2-6, 6-2
Yuiri Nomoto (MTSU) def. Andra Voinea (ETSU) 3-6, 6-1, 6-0
Diana Navrostska (ETSU) def. Natalie Araya (MTSU) 6-3, 6-7, 6-3
Wu/Preeg (Vandy) def. Stupak/Hotzhausen (ETSU) 9-7
Newman/Ulrey (Vandy) def. Jaime/Kedzo (ETSU) 8-6
Blatt/Gornett (Vandy) def. Sheets/Navrostska 8-2
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Karachi: Pakistan skipper Mohammad Hafeez today said they would rely on their pace attack to win the upcoming One-day series in India.
Hafeez`s remarks come at a time when England crushed India by 10 wickets in the Mumbai Test with their spinners Monty Panesar and Graeme Swann sharing 19 wickets on a sharp turning track.
"Historically our pacers have always troubled the Indian batsmen in India and this time also we will be banking on them to do the same thing again," Hafeez told reporters.
Hafeez said they have quality spinners as well but they have not been very successful against Asian countries.
"There is no doubt that Saeed Ajmal and Shahid Afridi are world class bowlers but against Asian teams they have not had the same degree of success as opposed to other sides.
"The reason for this is that batsmen belonging to Asian teams tend to play spinners well. That is one reason why teams touring India always try to outgun the Indian team through their pace attack. "
Hafeez said Pakistani pacers selected for the tour will also have to be at their best.
"If our pace bowlers bowl well and get wickets there is no reason why we can?t win the series in India," he said.
The Pakistan captain, who himself bowls off breaks and has been a force for the side in all three formats in recent times, said that Pakistan had always been well served by its pace battery.
"That is why we will rely on our pace bowlers to give us the wickets. We have some exciting talent in the pace department and it is now up to the selectors to select the best lot."
The national selectors are said to be considering picking four to five pace bowlers for the India tour with a lot of focus on a 19-year old Ehsan Adil who has bowled outstandingly in the first class Presidents Trophy.
Left arm pacer Wahab Riaz, who took five wickets against India at Mohali in the 2011 World Cup semi-final, has also been in terrific form, taking 11 wickets in his last match.
Chief selector Iqbal Qasim said there wouldn?t be much experimentations for the Indian tour.
"It is a tough tour even though we are not playing Test matches and it is a short tour. But still we will need lot of experience to deal with the pressure of the big crowds and the hype and tension that usually comes with a series against India," Qasim, a former Test spinner himself, said.
Qasim indicated that for the Indian tour the selectors may stick to proven performers instead of relying on youngsters, which is a clear indication that all-rounders such as Shahid Afridi, Abdul Razzaq and Yasir Arafat are certain to tour India.


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Officials recover body from submerged vehicle in Clark Fork River
MISSOULA, Mont. - Rescue crews in Missoula recovered a body inside a maroon Dodge Caravan Wednesday afternoon, almost 24 hours after it plunged off a steep embankment into the Clark Fork River.
Witnesses at West Broadway's Taco John's reported the man driving appeared to be in his 60s or older.
Police aren't speculating about the discovery of the body, except to say it was Caucasian.
The Missoula County Sheriff's Office confirmed early in the day that they believed the object located in the Clark Fork River near the railroad trestle was the missing vehicle, resting upside down on its top.
Emergency crews used cranes, boats, and other equipment in the extensive search that began Tuesday afternoon and ended Wednesday afternoon.
Public Information Officer Travis Welsh, with the Missoula Police Department, says the trestle where the search was focused is about 200 yards downstream from where the vehicle went in.
Welsh says the water was too dangerous to use divers.
He says authorities did not know who might have been in the vehicle.
After the van plunged down the bank, it floated downstream until it submerged near the train trestle. That's where it stayed, until crews attached a line to it. But the line loosened.
"It floated downstream about another 150 feet when it came to rest again," said Welsh. "However, at this point it was above the surface of the water.
A rescuer straddled the roof of the vehicle, and crews surrounded it to get a good position for recovery.
While in the water rescuers recovered the person who had been inside the vehicle, for almost 24 hours, and brought the body ashore.
The water was frigid and moving fast. "It's very dangerous," said Welsh, "these men are risking their lives."
After the body was recovered, the crane hoisted the vehicle from the river Thursday afternoon, just west of the Montana Rail Link trestle, downriver from Taco John's.
NBC Montana spoke with eyewitness Jesse Reed on Tuesday.
"He stopped for a second and then just, it looked like his brakes weren't working and then he went over. It kind of freaked me out, because it was an older gentleman in the vehicle, he was between like 60 or 80," said Reed.
According to Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks, the Clark Fork River between the Orange and Russell Street bridges was closed at the request of Missoula police while the search for the vehicle and its driver continued into Tuesday afternoon.
Missoula Parks & Recreation also placed a temporary closure at its McCormick Park access site near the search location.


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Police: Steamboat man shot wife, self
Officers stormed into west Steamboat home after hearing gunshot
June 11, 2010
Steamboat Springs — A Steamboat Springs woman was shot in the back of the neck by her husband at about 6:30 a.m. Friday, police said, and crawled from her bedroom to the bathroom, where she waited until police rushed into the house more than four hours later.
Police were not called about the initial shot, but Rhonda Cash's co-workers called and asked them to check on her when she did not arrive at work at a dental office. Her husband, Robert Cash, reportedly shot himself in the chest at about 9:30 a.m. as officers arrived to check the house at 2739 Iris Lane. Police entered the house at about 11 a.m.
Robert Cash, 55, and Rhonda Cash, 48, were conscious and breathing immediately after the incident. On Friday night, Rhonda Cash was listed in critical condition at St. Anthony Central Hospital in Denver. Police said a bullet was lodged in her spine.
Police said Robert Cash was going into surgery at Yampa Valley Medical Center on Friday evening and that he might be flown to Denver, as well. Nurses at YVMC said they had no Robert Cash listed as a patient Friday evening, but police Capt. Joel Rae said Robert Cash was alive and could not confirm whether he had been moved to a different hospital.
Police Chief JD Hays said that when officers arrived at the house at 9:37 a.m., they knocked on the door, yelled Rhonda Cash's name and then heard a gunshot. That shot apparently was when Robert Cash shot himself in the chest, police said.
Police waited for the emergency response team to assemble before entering the house.
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During that time, police and dispatchers repeatedly tried to call Rhonda Cash's cell phone. At about 10:25 a.m., she answered her phone and Detective Nick Bosick talked with her, Rae said. Police still did not know where the man was in the house, and Rhonda Cash was unable to leave the house because of her injuries.
At about 11 a.m., eight officers entered the house through the front door and used a flash-bang grenade. No shots were fired. Officers found Rhonda Cash in the bathroom and Robert Cash in a bedroom.
Rae said Robert Cash used a .38-caliber handgun in the shooting.
Rae said there was no history of police responding to the house for any type of domestic argument. Robert Cash does not have any record of criminal cases more serious than a traffic ticket in the local courts.
Rhonda and Robert Cash filed for divorce in April. According to the petition for divorce, the two were married Nov. 16, 2005, and separated Feb. 23 this year. As in all divorce cases in Colorado, there is no reason given. The divorce petition states that the couple has no children together, and neither person had a protection order against the other. The house on Iris Lane was for sale.
Realtor Peggy Garrett said she was stunned to hear about the shooting. She had an appointment to meet with the Cashes at the home at 10 a.m. Friday so they could sign real estate documents.
"The only reason I didn't make the appointment was because I couldn't find my camera," an audibly shaken Garrett said Friday. "I talked to Bob last night, and he said he had just manicured the lawn and wanted some new pictures."
Before she could round up the camera and leave for the Cash home, she said, acquaintances who heard about the unfolding incident told her not to go.
Garrett said she had been referred to the couple by one of their relatives in the real estate business. She said she found them easy to work with.
"I had a real good rapport with them," Garrett said.
Garrett said the couple authorized her to make it public that they needed to sell the house because they were divorcing.
"I'm devastated," Garrett said. "They are two very good people."
Rae confirmed that Rhonda Cash has two adult daughters, and police confirmed that Rhonda Cash works at Rabbit Ears Dental Office.
Robert Cash worked as a bagger and checker for more than 10 years at City Market, Assistant Manager Jason Dorr said. Robert Cash stopped working at the store several months ago, but Dorr could not say if he was fired or if he quit.
"Everybody at the store is very shocked and can't believe that this happened. Bob was well-liked in the store," Dorr said. "All our hearts and souls are with them both and their families."
Police got a warrant and searched the house in the afternoon, Detectives Capt. Bob DelValle said. He said it was not clear Friday whether Robert Cash lawfully owned the gun.
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Debbe Fikes has joined the staff at Wayland Baptist University as Coordinator of Human Resources and Payroll.
Fikes replaces Nelda Douglas, who retired at the end of June after many years at Wayland.
A native of Post but longtime Lubbock resident, Fikes comes to Wayland from the Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center's Internal Medicine Clinic, where she worked as a patient service specialist. Prior to that, she spent 9 years with Methodist Medical Group.
In her new position, Fikes will handle payroll, benefits and other human resources responsibilities for the approximately 375 regular employees in the Wayland system.
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Heroes starlet Hayden Panettiere and her rumored boyfriend, British TV presenter Steve Jones, soak up the sun while on break from the 2009 Cannes Film Festival on Tuesday (May 19) in Cannes, France.
This is the second day in a row that Hayden, 19, and Steve, 32, were spotted together on a boat. Yesterday, the couple were seen on Elton John's partner David Furnish's boat.
Hayden was last romantically linked to her Heroes costar, Milo Ventimiglia, 31.
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Foreign collectors will get raped more on US Exclusives and that I don't think should suprise anyone. It is the nature of collecting a US Based Toy line (as, again I point out with those of us who collect Asian based Kubricks)
So far my two favorite logics are:"Well I live overseas and we pay $13 for basic figures so this is a steal and you need to quit whining about it"&"Well the CW version sells on Ebay for $20 so at $10+ you should be happy because that's a good value"Neither opinion with any logic or solid thought behind it.
Change my name to Andy Thong or something like that
The sad thing is, ebay, although convenient at times, has destroyed the value of collecting. I remember when I was into comics and even still with toys certain items were valued. Now you can find anything on ebay and usually half the price. It seems to have taken away the rarity of collecting, the fun of the chase, and although i may not be explaining it fully really hurt the toy industry.
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Greetings Andreas.
Great work grinding through all the missing pages!
I have a question about your Template:Discontinued
Does it really mean that the module development is discontinued, or that the card that uses the module is discontinued?
E.g. many people have the Echo cards - what does original developer Giuliano Pochini <email@example.com> say?
--EliotBlennerhassett 10:24, 14 August 2007 (CEST)
- Hello Eliot.
- I'm no longer sure...
- I think that the developement of the driver (=module) was discontinued, because if the card was discontinued, you would have to add it to dozens of soundcards, starting with SoundBlaster 1.0/2.0/Pro over SoundBlaster 16 and so on, which are no longer available on the market and therefore discontinued.
- But: please correct me if I'm wrong.
- Also consider that I'm not a developer, just a user.
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This example is a variation of the NoSQL Example with some of the entities mapped to MongoDB and some to relational. The object model and the configuration for MongoDB is described in that example and is not repeated here.
Domain Model
Two of the entities from the NoSQL example have been altered so that they are mapped to a relational database (Derby embedded in the this case). Those two entities are Discount and Product:
@Entity public class Discount { @Id @GeneratedValue private int id; private float amount; ...
@Entity public class Product { @Id @GeneratedValue private int id; private String description; ...
The Order and OrderLine, mapped to MongoDB, have relationships to Discount and Product, respectively.
@Entity @NoSql(dataFormat=DataFormatType.MAPPED) public class Order { @Id // Use generated OID (UUID) from Mongo. @GeneratedValue @Field(name="_id") private String id; @Basic private String description; @OneToOne(cascade={CascadeType.REMOVE, CascadeType.PERSIST}) private Discount discount; ...
@Embeddable @NoSql(dataFormat=DataFormatType.MAPPED) public class OrderLine implements Serializable { @Basic private int lineNumber; @OneToOne(cascade={CascadeType.REMOVE, CascadeType.PERSIST}) private Product product; ...
Composite Persistence Unit
Composite persistence units provide a way to combine entities associated with different data sources into a single persistence unit. Whether the data source is relational or non-relation is irrelevant. Users of the composite persistence unit are unaware that they are working with a composite and that entities returned from queries or through relationship navigation may be coming from different data sources--they simple interact with a set entities.
In this example there are two composite member persistence units: "relational-pu" containing Discount and Product and "nosql-pu" containing the remaining classes. The persistence.xml for each of these persistence units lists their classes and associates them with the configured data source:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <persistence version="2.0" xmlns="http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/persistence" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/persistence http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/persistence/persistence_2_0.xsd"> <persistence-unit name="relational-pu" transaction-type="RESOURCE_LOCAL"> <provider>org.eclipse.persistence.jpa.PersistenceProvider</provider> <class>relational.model.Product</class> <class>relational.model.Discount</class> <properties> <property name="javax.persistence.jdbc.url" value="jdbc:derby:target/derby/test;create=true" /> <property name="javax.persistence.jdbc.user" value="app" /> <property name="javax.persistence.jdbc.password" value="app" /> <property name="javax.persistence.jdbc.driver" value="org.apache.derby.jdbc.EmbeddedDriver" /> ...
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <persistence version="2.0" xmlns="http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/persistence" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/persistence http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/persistence/persistence_2_0.xsd"> <persistence-unit name="nosql-pu" transaction-type="RESOURCE_LOCAL"> <provider>org.eclipse.persistence.jpa.PersistenceProvider</provider> <class>model.Order</class> <class>model.OrderLine</class> <class>model.Address</class> <class>model.Customer</class> <properties> <property name="eclipselink.target-database" value="org.eclipse.persistence.nosql.adapters.mongo.MongoPlatform" /> <property name="eclipselink.nosql.connection-spec" value="org.eclipse.persistence.nosql.adapters.mongo.MongoConnectionSpec" /> <property name="eclipselink.nosql.property.mongo.port" value="27017" /> <property name="eclipselink.nosql.property.mongo.host" value="localhost" /> ...
The composite persistence unit "composite-pu" is defined through a persistence.xml file that lists the jars containing the composite member persistence units and has the "eclipselink.composite-unit" property set to true:
<persistence xmlns="http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/persistence" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/persistence persistence_1_0.xsd" version="1.0"> <persistence-unit name="composite-pu" transaction-type="RESOURCE_LOCAL"> <provider>org.eclipse.persistence.jpa.PersistenceProvider</provider> <jar-file>relational-pu.jar</jar-file> <jar-file>nosql-pu.jar</jar-file> <properties> <property name="eclipselink.composite-unit" value="true" /> ...
Using a Composite/Polyglot Persistence Unit
Using a composite persistence unit, whether polyglot or not, is exactly like using any persistence unit. You create an EntityMangerFactory and from that you obtain EntityManagers. To create obtain an EntityManagerFactory for the "composite-pu" defined above you would use Persistence.createEntityManagerFactory() as you normally would:
Running the Polyglot Example
- MySQL should be running on localhost with a user/password of "polyglot/polyglot" created with sufficient privileges to drop and create tables.
- MongoDB should be running on localhost
- Clone "examples" from git. The "polyglot" example is stored under the polyglot folder.
git clone git://git.eclipse.org/gitroot/eclipselink/examples.git
- cd into the polyglot folder and run mvn to compile and build the composite, composite members, and client jars.
- cd into the client folder to run client programs that use the composite persistence unit. You can run each of the client programs with the following command:
java -classpath "target/*" <Classname>
- example.CreateDatabase will (re)create the necessary tables in the relational database. Since MongoDB is schemaless nothing is necessary to initialize it.
- example.PolyglotDemo runs a sample program that will create a set of entities and persist them to the appropriate database. It will evict all entities from the EclipseLink cache and then query back an Order to illustrate how entities can be loaded transparently from either relational or NoSQL data sources.
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Radiocarbon dates of tiny fossilized marine animals found in Antarctica's seabed sediments offer new clues about the recent rapid ice loss from the West Antarctic Ice Sheet and help scientists make better future predictions about sea-level rise. This region of the icy continent is thought to be vulnerable to regional climate warming and changes in ocean circulation. Reporting this month in the journal Geology a team of researchers from British Antarctic Survey (BAS), the Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research (AWI) and the University of Tromsø presents a timeline for ice loss and glacier retreat in the Amundsen Sea region of West Antarctica.
The team concludes that the rapid changes observed by satellites over the last 20 years at Pine Island and Thwaites glaciers may well be exceptional and are unlikely to have happened more than three or four times in the last 10,000 years.
Lying on the Pacific Ocean side of the Transantarctic Mountains, West Antarctica comprises the Antarctic Peninsula (with Graham Land and Palmer Land) and Ellsworth Land, Marie Byrd Land and King Edward VII Land, offshore islands such as Adelaide Island, and ice shelves, notably the Filchner-Ronne Ice Shelf on the Weddell Sea, and the Ross Ice Shelf on the Ross Sea. West Antarctica is separated from the main land mass of the continent by the icy waters of the Ross Sea and Weddell Sea, and resembles a giant peninsula that stretches roughly from the South Pole towards the southern tip of South America.
The team studied the average rate of glacial retreat since the end of the last Ice Age around 12,000 years ago. Their work centered on Pine Island and Thwaites glaciers, which drain ice from the West Antarctic Ice Sheet into Pine Island Bay.
Lead author Dr Claus-Dieter Hillenbrand from BAS says, "As snow and ice builds up on the vast Antarctic Ice Sheet, the ice flows from the centre of the continent through glaciers towards the sea where it often forms floating ice shelves and eventually breaks off as icebergs. The floating ice shelves hold back the ice on land. A critical issue for us is to understand how the grounding line — the position where the ice sitting on land (glaciers) begins to float (ice shelves) — has retreated landward over time. Satellite data are available only for the last 20 years and show that since 1992 the Pine Island and Thwaites glaciers have experienced significant thinning (melting), flow acceleration and rapid landward retreat of their grounding lines, with that of Pine Island Glacier having retreated up to 25 km. It's possible that the grounding lines may retreat even further inland over coming decades. Our study has revealed that episodes of fast glacier retreat similar to that observed over recent decades can only have occurred very rarely during the previous 10,000 years."
The investigation was carried out in 2010 during an expedition on-board the German research ship RV Polarstern. The science team used gravity corers up to ten meters long to extract mud from the sea floor of the continental shelf in the Amundsen Sea.
Co-author Dr Gerhard Kuhn from AWI explains, "It was important to get a better understanding of the rapid retreat that we see in the satellite data. As coring targets we selected three relatively shallow undersea ridges that lie within 110 kilometers of the current grounding line and flank a deep glacial valley which was carved into the sea bed by the glaciers during past ice sheet advances. These locations gave us the best chance to collect the tiny skeletons and shells of animals made of calcium carbonate. Such calcareous microfossils are critical for using the radiocarbon technique to determine the age of the sediments, but they are normally extremely rare on the Antarctic continental shelf."
Co-author Dr James Smith, also from BAS, adds,
"First we determined the distance between the core locations and the modern position of the grounding line. Then by dating the type of sediment material deposited at a core site in the open ocean (after the grounding line had moved further landward), we were able to calculate the average rate of glacier retreat over time."
This new research will be used to improve the accuracy of computer models that are essential to predict future ice loss in the Amundsen Sea sector of the West Antarctic Ice Sheet and its likely contribution to global sea-level rise. Over the last two decades the melting of West Antarctic glaciers has contributed significantly to sea-level rise (recent studies have suggested that continued melting would raise global sea level by up to 0.3 mm a year).


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Comcar drivers will be seen and not heard under a new work agreement that is the subject of a dispute between their union and the federal government.
Comcar supplies senators and MPs with transport throughout Australia and has about 140 casual drivers.
While there have been various forms of Comcar driver agreements, service charters and manuals over many decades, work has been under way for several months on a new consolidated "statement of requirements".
The new statement of requirements says drivers "will not discuss information about my role as a Comcar driver or any information heard or learned in my role as a Comcar driver with anyone outside Comcar".
It also requires drivers to "not initiate or prolong any conversation with any passenger".
They must abide by the Australian Public Service code of conduct, as well as notify supervisors of the nature and hours of any work outside Comcar so the supervisor can "appropriately manage conflicts of interest".
Any contact from media must be referred "without making any other comment" to a state supervisor, the statement says.
The scandal over former speaker Peter Slipper drew the agency into the media spotlight in July, when lawyers for journalist Steve Lewis told a court he had been attempting to track down a Comcar driver who transported the controversial MP.
However, a Finance Department spokesman told AAP: "The development of this statement had no relationship to the court case involving Mr Slipper."
The spokesman said the drivers themselves had sought "greater clarity about performance requirements".
The Community and Public Sector Union disputes this, saying the new statement of requirements came as a surprise to drivers who found it recently in their pigeon-holes.
CPSU deputy secretary Rupert Evans said that while the media gag was "standard drill for the public service", he would write to Comcar expressing concerns about other aspects of the document.
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T.R. Sullivan, of Texas.Rangers.MLB.com, reports the Texas Rangers have signed 16 players from the Dominican Republic and Venezuela over the past month. P Wilmer Font, P Geuris Grullon, 3B Emmanuel Solis, P Carlos Pinentel and OF Cristian Zapata are among the most promising prospects the Rangers signed.
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Next Act's latest 'Irma Vep' haunted by earlier version
Even with McGivern, Moses, 2-actor comedy struggles with venue, timing
In the second act of Charles Ludlam's madcap "The Mystery of Irma Vep," now on stage at Next Act Theatre, a frightened Lady Enid (a cross-dressed John McGivern) turns to housekeeper Jane Twisden (a cross-dressed Norman Moses) and pines for the protective presence of Nicodemus, her faithful manservant.
With the twitch of a smile and a twinkle in his eye, Moses' ordinarily prim Jane make clear that calling Nicodemus on stage just then simply isn't possible.
Jane is right: Lady Enid and Nicodemus are two of the four characters McGivern plays, with four more being played by Moses himself. They include women and men. Aristocrats and servants. Werewolves and vampires.
The plot, such as it is, borrows heavily from Daphne du Maurier's "Rebecca." Lady Enid is the put-upon second wife, presiding over Mandacrest (Manderley) and living in the shadow of her mysterious predecessor, Irma Vep (Rebecca).
The tightly wound Jane (Mrs. Danvers) misses no opportunity to tell Lady Enid that she doesn't measure up to Irma - even though Lord Edgar (also played by Moses) seems to like his new wife just fine.
A play with this many characters and dozens of capers - played by just two actors - is as much about the timing of the numerous entrances, exits and quick costume changes as it is about the acting. If it's going to work and be as funny as it wants to be, the execution must be flawless.
As of the Saturday matinee performance on opening weekend, "Irma" still wasn't.
Both McGivern and Moses were occasionally stumbling over lines, and they didn't quite have their timing down. That made them tentative with each other, for which they overcompensated by letting us see more than we should of the hard work involved in successfully pulling "Irma" off.
For all its advantages, Next Act's new home - much bigger than the old one - is also part of the problem. It's not as suited for slapstick like "Irma" as Next Act's former, cozier digs in the Third Ward, where director David Cecsarini first staged this piece in 2008, with McGivern and Christopher Tarjan.
Lines shouted from backstage - where the actors sometimes impersonate multiple characters at once - get swallowed. So does scenic designer Rick Rasmussen's set, a carry-over from that 2008 production. Even the Gothic movie music coming from Matt Zembrowski's organ, perched high above the set, seems farther away.
There are compensating virtues. While Ludlam's script isn't as funny as I remember, his literary pastiche - which includes numerous sendups of Shakespeare, both Brontë sisters and Poe's "The Raven," blended with "The Mummy's Curse," Victorian melodrama and Gothic thrillers - can be delicious.
So too are Marsha Kuligowski's over-the-top costumes. As with Ludlam's genre mashup, they underscore Ludlam's serious point in being so deliberately ridiculous, by reminding us that if we could suspend disbelief in our hidebound categories, we'd see a lot more - and have a much better time.
"The Mystery of Irma Vep" continues through May 26 at Next Act Theatre, 255 S. Water St. For tickets, call (414) 278-0765 or go to www.nextact.org.
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