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Haemophilus influenzae meningitis is a bacterial infection of the membranes covering the brain and spinal cord (meninges).
See also:
H. influenzae meningitis; H. flu meningitis
H. influenzae meningitis is caused by Haemophilus influenzae bacteria. This illness is not the same as the flu (influenza), which is caused by a virus.
Before the Hib vaccine, H. influenzae was the leading cause of bacterial meningitis in children under age 5. Since the vaccine became available in the United States, this type of meningitis occurs in less than 2 in 100,000 children.
H. influenzae meningitis may occur after an upper respiratory infection. The infection usually spreads from your lungs and airways to your blood, then the brain area.
Risk factors include:
Symptoms usually come on quickly, and may include:
Other symptoms that can occur include:
The doctor or nurse will examine you. This will usually show:
If the doctor thinks menigitis is possible, a lumbar puncture ("spinal tap") is done to take a sample of spinal fluid (cerebrospinal fluid, or CSF) for testing.
Other tests that may be done include:
Antibiotics should be given as soon as possible. Ceftriaxone is one of the most commonly used antibiotics. Ampicillin may sometimes be used.
Corticosteroids may be used to fight inflammation, especially in children.
Unvaccinated people who are in close contact with someone who has H. influenzae meningitis should be given antibiotics to prevent infection. Such people include:
This is a dangerous infection and it can be deadly. The faster you are treated, the better your chance for recovery. Young children and adults over age 50 have the highest risk of death.
Call the local emergency number (such as 911) or go to an emergency room if you suspect meningitis in a young child who has the following symptoms:
Call the local emergency number if you develop any of the serious symptoms listed above. Meningitis can quickly become a life-threatening illness.
To protect infants and young children:
All unvaccinated family members and close contacts (especially in health care or school settings) of people with this type of meningitis should begin antibiotic treatment as soon as possible to prevent spread of the infection. Ask your health care provider about antibiotics during the first visit.
Close contacts in the same household, school, or day care center should be watched for early signs of the disease as soon as the first case is diagnosed. If two cases occur in a day care center, preventive antibiotics may be considered. Always use good hygiene habits, such as washing hands before and after changing a diaper, and after using the bathroom.
Prober CG, Dyner L. Central nervous system infections. In: Kliegman RM, Behrman RE, Jenson HB, Stanton BF, eds. Nelson Textbook of Pediatrics. 19th ed. Philadelphia, PA: Elsevier Saunders; 2011:chap 595.
Swartz MN. Meningitis: bacterial, viral, and other. In: Goldman L, Ausiello D, eds. Goldman's Cecil Medicine. 23rd ed. Philadelphia, PA: Elsevier Saunders; 2007:chap 437.
Thigpen MC, Whitney CG, Messonnier NE, et al. Emerging Infections Programs Network. Bacterial meningitis
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Ken asks…
Why is it that paying off collections can negatively impact your credit?
I've read conflicting information about paying these off. It makes it hard to get a low rate for a car, to get an apartment or to get a mortgage if they aren't paid. So why is that I read not to pay these? I had many! Just was never taught about money and learned through trial and error. So I've began paying them. Some companies have deleted them and some refuse. Will the collections come off my credit report in 7 years from the date they were applied to my credit or 7 years from the date I paid them?
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Paying off derogatory items will not improve your score. The damage is done and will remain for the balance of the 7 year reporting period whether paid, settled, or unpaid. However, creditors look at your whole credit report, not just the score. Paid old debt looks better.
With this in mind it is best to settle for as little as you can. Depending on the age of the debt, you should be able to settle for 25% to 50% in a lump sum payment. It's better to save up till you have a lump sum to make an offer than to set up a payment plan. Be sure to get any settlement agreement in writing. Keep that agreement along with your payment proof forever. Do not give the collector direct access to your bank account.
Sometimes paying off a derogatory can actually lower your score initially. This is because the older an item, the less impact on your score. When you pay off an old debt, it becomes a current transaction which counts more in your score, along with all the negatives.
Mandy asks…
How to get the free annually credit report?
How do I obtain my free yearly credit report from the major credit agencies. I have heard that a law was passed and all agencies were to provide a persons credit report free once a year. I have encountered several websites claiming to be free but there are none that i have yet to come across. I do not have a bank account to paypal any of these credit report sites. How do I find the major credit agencies and how do I get my free credit report.
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I got mine free from http://www.annualcreditreport.com which is recommended by the government.
AnnualCreditReport was created by the three nationwide consumer credit reporting companies – Equifax, Experian and TransUnion — to comply with government regulations allowing consumers to obtain their free credit reports from those three agencies. Unlike other ways, you don't have to sign up for something and then remember to cancel since you're not signing up for anything.
They're listed on the government's website:
Everyone is entitled to one free credit report from each of the reporting agencies per year. It's free. No fees or membership of any kind at all. If anyone asks for any kind of payment for anything they're frauds.
FreeCreditReports.com is a scam. You only get the "free" report after enrolling in a $15-a-month credit monitoring program.
Credit-report-free.totalh.com is a PAY service you should watch out for. They spam the credit related questions on Yahoo Answers. That's pretty sad and dishonest, and if they have that much time you know they're not doing good business. They will automatically charge your credit card $15 every month, so BUYER BEWARE!!!
Laura asks…
How long does it take for a credit inquiry to come off your credit report?
Been trying to buy a house. The first place u tried to finance denied me and referred me to someone else. They denied me and sent me somewhere else. They denied me because I have too many credit inquiries on my credit report. I have fuxed the other issues that prevented me from getting approved but don't know how long to wait for those inquiries to not look bad on my report.
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It stays for two years, but it will only "look bad" for one year. During the second year, it will be there, but it will not matter.
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Rodong Sinmun Calls for Thoroughly Embodying WPK's Idea on Juche-based Architecture
|Pyongyang, March 26 (KCNA) -- Rodong Sinmun Wednesday in an editorial calls for thoroughly embodying the idea of the Workers' Party Korea on the Juche-based architecture.
The editorial goes on:
The socialist architecture of Juche indicated by the WPK is, in essence, the people-first architecture.
To firmly preserve the Juche character by embodying the people-first idea and build in a very rapid speed monumental edifices impeccable even in distant future while correctly combining the national and modern identities is the basic principle to be adhered to in construction and the core of the idea of the Juche-based architecture.
The construction history of the DPRK is a proud history in which it created miracles and innovations in the spirit of Chollima spurred on by the speed campaign thanks to the outstanding idea of architecture and leadership of the great Generalissimos Kim Il Sung and Kim Jong Il.
Such monumental edifices of the best quality as the Victorious Fatherland Liberation War Museum, Unha Scientists Street, Munsu Water Park and Masikryong Ski Resort were built in so rapid speed under the difficult condition. This is because the party's idea of the Juche-based architecture was thoroughly embodied in construction.
The editorial calls for thoroughly embodying the party's idea on the Juche-based architecture in construction to build more monumental edifices in the era of the Workers' Party.
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No tickets are required.
Future Visiting Writers
An Evening with Rebecca Skloot
7:00pm Thursday, October 23, 2014
P.E. Monroe Auditorium
Co-Sponsors: Hickory Public Library, the LRU Steelman Science Lecture Series, and the LRU Biology Department
Rebecca Skloot is an award-winning science writer. She is the author of New York Times bestseller The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks. Her narrative science has appeared in venues such as The New York Times Magazine, O, The Oprah Magazine, and Discover, among others. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks has remained on the New York Times Bestseller list for four years. More than 60 critics have called her book one of the best of 2010; just a few of these critics include USA Today, Entertainment Weekly, NPR, and People Magazine. It is being made into an HBO movie produced by Oprah. Skloot has a B.S. in biological sciences and an MFA in creative nonfiction.
An Evening with Colum McCann
7:00pm Thursday, November 13, 2014
P.E. Monroe Auditorium
Colum McCann is an Irish fiction writer. He has published six novels and two collections of short stories. His most recent novel is TransAtlantic published in 2013. His novel Let the Great World Spin received national and world-wide acclaim. Upon its publication, McCann received the National Book Award for the novel. In 2010 and 2011, the novel was awarded the Best Foreign Novel Award in China and the International Impac Award. Let the Great World Spin was a best-seller on four continents. His work has been published in more than 35 different languages. McCann's work has been published in venues such as The New Yorker, Esquire, Paris Review, and GQ, among other places. He currently lives in New York where he teaches in the creative writing program at Hunter College.
An Evening with Jesmyn Ward
7:00pm Monday, January 19, 2015
Belk Centrum
Co-Sponsor: LRU Office of Multicultural Affairs
Jesmyn Ward is an American novelist. She published her first novel, Where the Line Bleeds, in 2011. For her second novel, Salvage the Bones, she received the 2011 National Book Award for Fiction and a 2012 Alex Award. Her most recent book, published in 2013, is a memoir titled Men We Reaped. From 2008-2010 Ward was a Stegner Fellow at Stanford University. She has been an assistant professor of creative writing at the University of South Alabama, and she was writer in residence at the University of Mississippi for the 2010-2011 school year. She plans to join the staff at Tulane University in the Fall of 2014.
An Evening with Katherine Howe
7:00pm Thursday, February 12, 2015
Belk Centrum
Katherine Howe is a New York Times bestselling author. She has published two novels, and her third novel, Conversion, will debut in 2014. Her first novel The Physick Book of Deliverance Dane shifts between contemporary times and the Salem Witch Trials. USA Today describes the book as "mesmerizing." Her second novel The House of Velvet and Glass has received much acclaim. Her work has been translated into more than 25 languages. Howe hosted a series on the National Geographic Channel called "Salem: Unmasking the Devil." She currently teaches at Cornell and is working on her next novel.
An Evening with Paul Muldoon
7:00pm Thursday, February 26, 2015
Belk Centrum
Paul Muldoon was born in 1951 in County Armagh, Northern Ireland. From 1973 to 1986, he worked in Belfast as a radio and television producer for the British Broadcasting Corporation. Since 1987 he has lived in the United States, where he is a professor at Princeton University and Founding Chair of the Lewis Center for the Arts. Between 1999 and 2004 he was Professor of Poetry at the University of Oxford. Since 2007 he has served as poetry editor of The New Yorker. Paul Muldoon's most famous collections of poetry are New Weather, Mules, Quoof, Meeting The British, Madoc: A Mystery, The Annals of Chile, Poems 1968-1998, Maggot, and One Thousand Things Worth Knowing. A Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, Paul Muldoon was elected a Member of the American Academy in Arts and Letters in 2008. Just a few of his most recent awards include the 2003 Pulitzer Prize for Poetry, the 2003 International Griffin Prize, the 2004 American Ireland Fund Literary Award, and the 2004 Shakespeare Prize.
An Evening with Nadia Bolz-Weber
7:00pm Thursday, March 5, 2015
P.E. Monroe Auditorium
Co-sponsor: LRU Institute for Faith and Learning
Nadia Bolz-Weber is the founding Lutheran pastor of the church House for all Sinners and Saints in Denver, Colorado. The church is a mission congregation that is part of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA). Bolz-Weber is the author of Salvation on the Small Screen? 24 Hours of Christian Television. She has also written a memoir titled Pastrix: The Cranky, Beautiful Faith of a Sinner and Saint. She writes for Christian publications such as Christian Century and Sojourners. Phylis Tickle, author of The Great Emergence, says Bolz-Weber "has probably done more than any pastor in recent times to poke therapeutic fun at the misdemeanors and flaws of overly-churched Christianity and Christians. The passion behind her words, however, is as deeply pastoral as it is God-drenched and liberating."
An Evening with Joyce Hostetter
Saturday, April 18, 2015 12 o'clock noon
P.E. Monroe Auditorium
Joyce Hostetter is this year's Little Read author. She is a fellow North Carolinian and an award-winning children's author. She writes middle grade historical fiction for children. Diseases seem to be a recurring theme in her work. Healing Water (March 08) retells the story of Hawaii's history with leprosy and Blue (2006) is the story of Hickory's 1944 polio epidemic. However, she says that her first book, Best Friends Forever is "disease free." It is a story of friendship between two girls, one a Ukrainian Orthodox child and the other an American Mennonite. Of these books, her most famous novel, is Blue. It received the International Reading Association Children's Book Award. Her novel Comfort (2009) is the sequel to Blue. Prior to becoming a writer, she ran a pre-school and taught special education.
Writers So Far 2014
An Evening with George Saunders
7:00pm Thursday, September 4, 2014
P.E. Monroe Auditorium
George Saunders is best-known for his short story collections, which include Pastoralia, CivilWarLand in Bad Decline, In Persuasion Nation, and most recently, Tenth of December. Both Pastoralia and CivilWarLand in Bad Decline are recognized as New York Times Most Notable Books. CivilWarLand in Bad Decline was a finalist for the PEN/Hemingway award. Saunders' work has appeared in anthologies such as Best American Short Story, Best Science Fiction, and Best Non-Required Reading, among others. Entertainment Weekly named Saunders one of the top 100 most creative people in entertainment. In 2006, Saunders was awarded a Guggenheim Fellowship and was selected as a MacArthur "Genius Grant" Fellow. In support of his work, he has appeared on talk shows such as The Charlie Rose Show, Late Night with David Letterman, and The Colbert Report. Saunders currently teaches creative writing at Syracuse University.
An Evening with Joshua Bennett
7:00pm Thursday, September 25, 2014
Belk Centrum
Joshua Bennett is an award-winning spoken word poet from New York. He has performed his poetry at the Brooklyn Academy of Music, the Kennedy Center, the Sundance Film Festival, the NAACP Image Awards, and President Obama's Evening for Poetry and Music at the White House. He has also performed with Poet Laureates Billy Collins and Rita Dove. Bennett graduated from the University of Pennsylvania with a double major in English and Africana Studies. He graduated magna cum laude. He received a Marshall Fellowship and a Ford Foundation Predoctoral Fellowship. The Marshall Fellowship allowed him to graduate from the University of Warwick, UK with a Masters in Theater and Performance Studies. With the Ford Foundation Predoctoral Fellowship, Bennett is pursuing a PhD in English at Princeton University.


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1992 Ford Mustang SSP Coupe - Project Smog-Legal Killer
Our emissions-friendly, 11-second Fox-body gets an SCT chip tuned by a legendary tuner for serious power gains.
The Right Parts
We started with a call to Coast High Performance (CHP), which offers the only smog-legal stroker short-block on the market, the 347e. Capable of 550 hp (or more with optional internals), it comes spec'd with a healthy cam (0.491/0.509lift, 212/222 duration, 112 LSA), and even has the paperwork to prove its legality.
The 347e sports Probe SRS forged 14.2cc dished pistons, a cast crank, and machined CNC beam rods. The 347e uses 5.315-inch rods instead of the more traditional 5.400 versions, which allows for pistons with a dry-ring design. This dry-ring design helps with seal and keeps oil consumption and emissions down, so legitimately passing smog for tens of thousands of miles won't be a problem.
We admit that an officer or a smog guy would have a hard time detecting a mild non-carb compliant stroker, but the CHP deal insures you'll legitimately pass. If you're already buying a stroker motor, why not get one that's smog-legal?
A stout stroker is nothing without free-flowing cylinder heads, so we opted for the new Air Flow Research (AFR) Renegade 195s. These big dogs feature full factory CNC porting on the intake and exhaust runners, as well as the combustion chambers. Big 2.05/1.60-inch valves with steep 20-degree intake valve angles help them flow 317 cfm at 0.650 lift—more than the outgoing 205 head.
These all-new 195 heads are emissions-legal, and have a 3⁄4-inch-thick head deck that's perfect for forced induction or nitrous. These high-flow casts come in 58cc and 72cc versions with 70cc exhaust ports, and are intended for 331-392ci motors spinning in the 2,000 to 7,000 rpm range. We opted for the 58cc versions; when paired with our Fel-Pro gaskets and the dished pistons, our CHP 347e arrived at a boost-friendly 9.6:1 compression ratio.
A call to Comp Cams helped solved our valvetrain questions with a cam, lifter, and spider valley tray kit. While the supplied CHP smog-legal cam is nice, its specs weren't ideal for our boosted intentions, so a Comp 284HR blower cam was our bumpstick of choice. With specs of 0.533/0.544 lift, 224/230 duration, and 114 LSA, it's better suited to our blown setup. The wider lobe separation, exhaust-heavy numbers, and the fact Comp's blower cams open the exhaust valves earlier than NA cams makes it better for boost.
Trick Flow 1.72 aluminum roller rockers and Comp Cams Hi-Tech pushrods were called to tickle the valves. The roller rockers necessitated tall valve covers and eventually a 1-inch phenolic spacer to solve our clearance problems.
We opted for fasteners from ARP and head gaskets from Fel-Pro. Some of the ARP goods included a 7⁄16-14 Pro Series head stud kit, 7⁄16-20 1.90-inch rocker stud kit, oil pump driveshaft, harmonic balancer bolt, and intake manifold bolts. As for the Fel-Pro lineup, a set of the Fel-Pro 1133 PermaTorque MLS steel head gaskets are beyond strong, as are the Fel-Pro intake manifold, valve cover, and header gaskets.
Other noteworthy additions included BBK 15⁄8-inch ceramic coated shorty headers, 75mm throttle body, 76mm MAF, adjustable fuel-pressure regulator, and catted X-style mid-pipe. Summit Racing Equipment stepped up with a Trick Flow Street Burner intake manifold, 255-lph fuel pump, 42-lb/hr injectors, water pump, and plenty of other bits like the Summit harmonic balancer, FRPP timing cover, Milodon oil pan/pickup, and Meiling oil pump.
We turned to Rankin Performance Machine for the build since an all-star list of parts is easily wasted with a lackluster assembly. Owner John Rankin assembled the new bullet with the utmost care, making it easy to see why they're known for some of the fastest engines on the West Coast.
A Spec Stage 2 clutch was called into action to feed the power to the pavement through a set of sticky Mickey Thompson ET Radial tires. The combo worked well on the street and offered enough bite to snap a stock axle. Of course, the stock hood no longer fit, so an Auto Metal Direct (AMD) aluminum 2-inch cowl hood sealed the deal. AMD sells the only aluminum cowl hood that weighs a scant 17 pounds, less than half the stock piece, and still uses the factory hinges and hardware. It's light as a feather and fits like factory.


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Kampala — There is more money in nakati (an African vegetable whose scientific name is solanum macrocarpon) than most farmers think.
This has been revealed in Dr. Bukenya Zilaba's research work. In his work, the researcher, who is a lecturer in the department of botany at Makerere University says varieties which produce high yields have been identified.
The leaves are the ones commonly eaten but the fruits can be eaten as well, Bukenya reveals. He also says roots have medicinal value.
Among the high yielding varieties identified is a type commonly called nakati omuzungu. It differs from the local nakati as its leaves and fruits are larger.
It can also be harvested continuously for over a year. In Uganda, only leaves are eaten but in other places like Ghana, Europe and Asia, people feed on the fruits as well.
To minimise loss of vitamins during cooking, the vegetable is best cooked by wrapping it in banana leaves and steaming. Currently, nakati omuzungu is out of stock at Nakasero market, Johnson Sabiti, a vegetable seller, says. Since this variety has larger leaves than the local one, when it is available, it costs more.
The vegetable is recommended for pregnant women because it contains colic acid and iron. it prepares expectant mothers for good child delivery. Bukenya advises Ugandans to eat these fruits since they are not poisonous as many people think.
The vegetable grows best in areas that receive little rain but it also grows around forests and grasslands.
It can be planted by broadcasting its seeds on the ground and irrigating and within 40 days, the leaves are ready to be harvested.
It takes 60 days from planting to fruiting and 20 days for fruits to mature. The fruits are harvested for more than five months, Bukenya says.
nakati omuzungu is commercially cultivated at the district farm institutes like Mukono, at a small scale, for demonstration purposes.
To ensure that you continue harvesting it for a long time you need to trim it. A few farmers have tried to grow the vegetable for subsistence rather than for sale. The vegetable seems to have a high potential as a commercial vegetable in the country although at the moment it is under-utilised, Bukenya observes.
He says the crop may in future play a significant part in the supply of vitamins and minerals in the Ugandan diet if government puts more effort in cultivating it.


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Zimbabwe: MDC's Chavhunduka Laid to Rest
Gordon Chavhunduka, 82, was president of the Zimbabwe National Traditional Healers' Association and a founder member of the Movement for Democratic Change.
Zimbabwe: Prof Chavunduka Laid to Rest
Office of the Prime Minister of Zimbabwe, 16 January 2013
Thousands of Movement for Democratic Change members and relatives on Tuesday bid farewell to one of the founding fathers of the party, Professor Gordon Chavunduka.read more »
MDC supporters
Zimbabwe: Prof Gordon Chavhunduka Burial Today
The Herald, 15 January 2013
A church service for the president of the Zimbabwe National Traditional Healers Association, Professor Gordon Chavhunduka, who died on Friday, was held at St Mary's Anglican... read more »
Zimbabwe: Tsvangirai's Remarks At the Funeral Service for the Late Professor Chavhunduka
Movement for Democratic Change, 14 January 2013
Ladies and Gentlemen, We are gathered here today, not merely to mourn the loss of a father, a friend and colleague, but to celebrate the life of a true giant of our times.read more »
Zimbabwe: 'Chavhunduka a Guiding Light'
Office of the Prime Minister of Zimbabwe, 14 January 2013
The Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) family has lost a guiding light, with the death of Professor Gordon Chavhunduka, Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai has said.read more »
Zimbabwe: Tsvangirai Consoles Chavunduka Family
Movement for Democratic Change, 13 January 2013
President Tsvangirai today paid his condolences to the Chavunduka family at their Mt Pleasant home in Harare, following the death of senior MDC official, Professor Gordon... read more »
Zimbabwe: Prof Chavunduka Dies
Movement for Democratic Change, 11 January 2013
Professor Gordon Chavunduka, a senior MDC official has died. Professor Chavunduka passed away in Harare today.read more »
Zimbabwe: Gordon Chavunduka Dies
SW Radio Africa, 11 January 2013
Reports say traditional healer Professor Gordon Chavunduka died Friday afternoon in Harare after a short illness. Mourners are gathered at his Mount Pleasant home on The Chase.read more »


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April 28, 2014
BEAUMONT – With the regular season starting to wind down, the Lamar baseball team will look to take advantage of its last non-conference games of the season when it hits the road for San Antonio for a two-game set vs. UTSA on Tuesday and Wednesday.
LU, which will be playing its final two games of the month, will look to continue its most successful run this season. After closing out March with a series loss to McNeese State, the Cardinals have been flying high in April, taking home 11 of 14 games, including winning each of the past four conference series and a mid-week encounter with Rice.
BEAUMONT – Lance Warren set the tone early on Wednesday night and the rest of the Cardinal pitching staff followed suit as the Lamar baseball team picked up a 4-0 win over former conference foe UTSA at Vincent-Beck Stadium.
The Red and White offense has been a major contributor to the team's recent successes, and it enters the week ranked second in the Southland in batting average with a .297 mark and comfortably first in on-base percentage at .393. Sam Bumpers has taken a lot of the headlines with his current 27-game hitting streak, the longest in school history, but he's not been the lone offensive weapon as five Cards in all are hitting above .300.
Bumpers, who leads the team in both average (.357) and slugging (.520), is joined in the line-up by Jude Vidrine, the team leader in runs (41), runs batted in (31) and on-base percentage (.451). Vidrine also ranks third in the country in walks with 39 in 43 games. Kevin Santana and Brandon Provost have both been dependable bats as well, and Reed Seeley, who saw his own 17-game hitting streak snapped this past weekend, rounds out the .300-or-better group.
UTSA is 27-17 this season with a 12-9 mark in Conference USA. The Roadrunners are 19-9 at home this year, and they are coming off their first home series loss of the season, dropping two of three to Charlotte. The school is the ninth Texas institution that the Cards have played this season, picking up wins in 12 of 18 games, including seven of nine in the last month.
First pitch on Tuesday at Roadrunner Field is scheduled for 6 p.m., and Wednesday's non-conference finale is set for 1 p.m.


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A computer which automatically recognises sign language enables children who are deaf or hard of hearing to expand their sign language vocabulary more quickly. Jeroen Lichtenauer will receive his PhD on automatic sign language recognition at Delft University of Technology (The Netherlands) on Tuesday 13 October. His fellow researcher Jeroen Arendsen follows suit on Monday 19 October.
Three PhD candidates have spent the last few years at TU Delft simultaneously working on sign language. One of these is Jeroen Arendsen: 'Very little is known about the perception of sign language. The aim of this research was to expand our knowledge of human observation of signing. For instance, it turns out that sign language users only need to see a small part of a hand movement to know it is a sign and what it means.'
Automatic recognition
The insights obtained into human perception can subsequently be used for developing the technology for automatic sign language recognition by cameras and computers. In the TU Delft study, this led to a remarkable application of automatic sign language recognition: an Electronic Learning Environment (ELo) for children who are deaf or hard of hearing.
In conjunction with the NSDSK (Dutch foundation for children who are deaf or hard of hearing), the TU Delft researchers developed a computer which can recognise sign language in real time and can therefore be used to teach children who are deaf and hard of hearing new signs more quickly.
When shown a picture, the children aged three to six were asked to make the correct sign. The computer then had to assess the sign. Arendsen: 'And that is quite difficult, because a computer is more easily confused than people by irrelevant fidgeting.'
The task of fellow PhD candidate Jeroen Lichtenauer (EEMCS faculty) was to convert the signs into information which is comprehensible to a computer. As an Industrial Design Engineering student, Arendsen was more involved in the human aspects. Gineke Ten Holt was the third PhD candidate, who worked as a bridge between the two disciplines.
Sign language vocabulary
Further research showed that the Electronic Learning Environment really does work. The sign language vocabulary of those children who had practised with it increased compared to that of a control group. This only applied to the slightly older children however.
Whether the ELo will indeed be applied in practice is still uncertain, Arendsen says. 'It depends on aspects such as finance and organisational issues.'


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French Camp met up with a familiar foe Friday night.
Last year the Panthers and Stringer kicked off the Class A State championship game where in the end, the Red Devils left Jackson victorious.
This season French Camp switched divisions moving south which set up the game against Stringer one week earlier as the pair faced off for the South State championship.
For much of the first half, the Panthers and Red Devils swapped score for score and it seemed the teams were on par for a record offensive night. Stringer quarterback Telvin Moore was responsible for the vast majority of his teams scoring as he recorded almost 200 yards in the first half alone. No matter how impressive Moore was, French Camp always had an answer and as halftime arrived the teams were deadlocked at 35.
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6:11 PM — In a CNN report on how the issue of same-sex marriage has impacted upon the Christian Church in America, Soledad O'Brien spoke to a woman who set out to sue her Washington DC church for performing a same-sex ceremony.
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5:11 PM — The Bishop of Manchester, the Right Reverend Nigel McCulloch, last night welcomed the city's LGBT community to Manchester Cathedral for a service to celebrate their heritage in the city. This was the second such service to take place, the first being in 2008. Bishop McCulloch, along with the Dean of Manchester, the Very Reverend Rogers […]
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MILDLY distressed and hopelessly tangled, these birds look like the poster children for some environmental tragedy of our own making. In reality, they are the face of modern ornithology.
Todd Forsgren, a photographer based in Baltimore, Maryland, is fascinated by the long and intertwined history of birds and art. The two meet in the mist nets researchers use to trap Costa Rica's wild birds, which cause a short-lived, slight shock but no injury. The Montezuma Oropendola (left) and Boat-billed Flycatcher (right) caught here are moments from being freed. "I hope as people learn more about the moderately traumatic process of mist net trapping, they will see the images as beautiful," says Forsgren.
Earlier generations of birds have paid a higher price in the name of art. Forsgren draws inspiration from the lifelike paintings that feature in John James Audubon's famous 19th-century monograph The Birds of America, which is among the most valuable of all printed books. But their lifelike poses are deceiving: Audubon shot and mounted his birds before painting them.
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Thanks Richard. I am in the middle of doing some illustrations for a children's book using DS4 Pro. I can't risk bunging it up with an upgrade to the 4.5 RC (which I was tempted to do since the CR2 Exporter is not working for me and Tech Support hasn't had a chance to respond to my ticket). The notes on 4.5 look like the CR2 problem may have been fixed, but I'm not willing to trade one problem for another.
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Former MSU instructor David W. Parvin was convicted of the 2007 murder of his wife, Joyce Parvin, and sentenced to life in prison at the conclusion of his trial Friday in Aberdeen.
The jury began deliberations shortly before lunch and emerged with a unanimous verdict after almost three hours of discussion.
Parvin, 71, was escorted from the courtroom following his sentencing.
"The jury certainly followed the evidence in the case," said Lead Prosecutor Paul Gault. "This won't bring back a lost loved one, but at least the family can have a sense of justice."
At the time of the incident, the couple lived in an area of Aberdeen populated by beavers and other animals. Both Parvins would routinely fire at the animals to drive them away from their residence, Parvin testified.
On the morning of Oct. 15, 2007, law enforcement and emergency responders received a 911 call from the Parvin residence. Joyce was fatally wounded by a 12-guage shotgun's discharge.
Originally ruled accidental, investigators continued to work the case and eventually David Parvin was arrested in 2009.
Earlier in the trial, Parvin testified the blast which killed his wife was caused in an accidental fall, but previous testimony from Grant Grahm, a senior crime analyst for the state, said digital reconstructions created from crime scene evidence and the autopsy report placed the shotgun in the firing position of a 6-foot man approximately 4 feet away from Joyce Parvin while pointing at a downward angle. Parvin testified the shotgun blast originated 6 inches away from Joyce while the gun pointed either parallel to the floor or slightly elevated.
"How can that happen parallel, much less pointing upward?" asked Assistant Prosecutor Chip Mills during opening arguments.
Throughout the trial, Parvin's Attorney Timothy Ervin motioned for dismissals and said a change to the autopsy report was made shortly before the trial began was made to fit the prosecution's case. Gault said the error Ervin pointed out was simply a typo. The original notes, Gault said, were the same as in the final report.
During the defense's final arguments, Ervin showed the wound track — a visual description of how the blast traveled through Joyce Parvin's body — to the jury and said the shot traveled on a near-parallel track. Gault would later tell the jury experts track gunshots from the point of origin, not how they track through the body, because of the unpredictable nature of the tracking itself.
The 911 tape was also played to the court during the state's final argument. Parvin testified Thursday he called 911 immediately after his wife was shot, but he did not touch or attempt to save her.
"That 911 tape when Joyce Parvin was killed was when the lie began," Gault said. "It needs to end today."
After the verdict was read and Parvin was taken into custody, Ervin told Judge Paul Funderburk his client was steadfast in all conversations with him about the incident and said he did not intend to shoot his wife. He also said post-trial motions would be filed as soon as possible, but would not comment on the case after court was dismissed.


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Suppose you are watching a tennis match between Novak Djokovic and Rafael Nadal. The commentator says: "Djokovic serves first in the set, so he has an advantage." Why would this be the case? Perhaps because he is then 'always' one game ahead, thus serving under less pressure. But does it actually influence him and, if so, how?
Now we come to the seventh game, which some consider to be the most important game in the set. But is it? Nadal serves an ace at break point down (30-40). Of course! Real champions win the big points, but they win most points on service anyway. At first, it may appear that real champions outperform on big points, but it turns out that weaker players underperform, so that it only seems that the champions outperform. And Nadal goes on to win three consecutive games. He is in a winning mood, the momentum is on his side. But does a 'winning mood' actually exist in tennis? (Spoiler: It does, but it is smaller than many expect.)
To figure out whether the "serving-first advantage" actually exists, we can use data on more than one thousand sets played at Wimbledon in order to calculate how often the player who served first also won the set. This statistic shows that for the men there is a slight advantage in the first set, but no advantage in the other sets.
On the contrary, in the other sets, there is actually a disadvantage: the player who serves first in the set is more likely to lose the set than to win it. This is surprising. Perhaps it is different for the women? But no, the same pattern occurs in the women's singles.
It so happens that the player who serves first in a set (if it is not the first set) is usually the weaker player. This is so, because (a) the stronger player is more likely to win the previous set, and (b) the previous set is more likely won by serving the set out rather than by breaking serve. Therefore, the stronger player typically wins the previous set on service, so that the weaker player serves first in the next set. The weaker player is more likely to lose the current set as well, not because of a service (dis)advantage, but because he or she is the weaker player.
This example shows that we must be careful when we try to draw conclusions based on simple statistics. The fact that the player who serves first in the second and subsequent sets often loses the set is true, but this primarily concerns weaker players, while the original hypothesis includes all players. Therefore, we must control for quality differences, and statistical models enable us to do that properly. It then becomes clear that there is no advantage or disadvantage for the player who serves first in the second or subsequent sets; but it does matter in the first set, so it is wise to elect to serve after winning the toss.
Franc Klaassen is Professor of International Economics at University of Amsterdam. Jan R. Magnus is Emeritus Professor at Tilburg University and Visiting Professor of Econometrics at the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam. They are the co-authors of Analyzing Wimbledon: The Power of Statistics.
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The Wildcat volleyball team, in the midst of an 11-match win streak, currently owns a 21-10 record on the season and a 11-1 mark in America East action.
New Hampshire will host the America East volleyball tournament at Lundholm Gym on Saturday, Nov. 23 and Sunday, Nov. 24. The Wildcats return to action Saturday, Nov. 23 at 1p.m against No. 4 seed University at Albany and in the second semifinal at 3:30 p.m., No. 2 seed Northeastern University will face No. 3 seed Stony Brook University. The winner of each match will play in the championship game on Sunday, Nov. 24 at 1 p.m. for the automatic berth in the NCAA tournament.


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Student may fulfill the writing requirement through satisfactory completion of a paper based on a draft written for one of the law school's journals, including a completed note draft, subject to the following requirements: In order to satisfy the requirement using a journal draft, the student must obtain the approval of a faculty member to register for a no-credit independent study, in which the faculty member will review the student's draft and require at least one revision based on the faculty member's comments. The final paper must be at least 7500 words in length, not counting footnotes. If the faculty member has already worked with the student in development of the journal draft, such that the faculty member is satisfied that the student has already done at least one revision under her or his direction and thereby produced a paper of sufficient quality to satisfy the Upperclass Writing Requirement, then the faculty member may certify the completion of the independent study as if the earlier work had been done for the independent study.
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BA (hons) Ceramics
Course Overview
Cardiff School of Art & Design is one of the largest ceramics centres in Europe, with a reputation for research and teaching that attracts students, practitioners and academics from all over the world. Ceramics at CSAD has a long-standing reputation for excellence, based on an approach that is dynamic and progressive.
Throughout this course you will have the opportunity to work across a broad range of processes, exploring the full potential of ceramic applications and acquiring advanced skills in a range of technologies with which you may not have previously engaged.
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You will create your own route through the programme, working in both traditional materials and, where appropriate, digital media. Throughout your studies, you will be supported by a dynamic team of technician demonstrators.
Although a specialist ceramic programme, the course welcomes students who are keen to work with other materials, including glass, textiles, metal and 'smart' materials. You will have access to excellently equipped workshops as well as a dedicated personal studio space.
"The material itself is so interactive. It's instant and has always appealed to me – I've always lived in a 3D world." Imogen Higgins Read about Imogen's first year at CSAD here.
The structure of the course enables you to gather strong business experience, with the option to undertake a work placement within the industry, carry out research with one of our Professors and research staff, or travel to study ceramics in countries where the traditions are very different. In the third year, ceramics students can elect to undertake a business plan or a dissertation, preparing the way for your career on graduation. The choice is yours, and it's there to help realise your ambitions – whether that is to set up your own studio, establish a gallery profile, or continue your personal development through further study.
The focus of the degree is not only to develop you as a student and critical thinker, but to inspire your growth into a skilled and intellectual ceramicist. These attributes, which are dependent on one another, combined with practical experience and an understanding of the ceramics industry, will form the beginning of your career, and stand you in the strongest possible position to carry it forward.
The ceramics programme is taught by a dedicated team of academics – and all staff are practicing ceramicists. Staff interests and research areas range from figurative ceramics, materiality, utility, new technologies and creativity.
Year One (level 4)
Materials and Processes: This module is designed to develop your understanding of the key concepts of a practicing ceramicist, and will provide you with the process skills and material understanding to realise your creative intent. You will be learning to employ ceramic materials, process, equipment and tools with skill and imagination whilst observing good working practices.
Ceramics in the City: In this module, you will be offered the opportunity to collaborate across subject disciplines. By tackling a set of concerns as a group, you'll gain a deeper understanding of your own strengths, skills and artistic insight in relation to the broader creative field.
Module Three: Constellation – Concept In term one, a series of keynote lectures from across the Constellation team will introduce you to the staff and their areas of interest and expertise. Through interdisciplinary working – such as collective presentations – you will be developing your academic and research skills, across concepts ranging from post-modernism, identity and globalisation to post colonialism, technology and embodiment.
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Year Two (level 5)
Create: This module is designed to enable you to reflect upon your own strengths and interests and to begin to shape your career by building that intellectual expertise and vocation into the core of your practice.
Project: You will be set a challenging project which will require you to negotiate and learn beyond the curriculum of your subject discipline. It may take you abroad for international study; to an existing company for work experience or voluntary social engagement; or result in working with School's leading research teams or individual staff. Designed to encourage you to explore and experiment, individual projects will be graded by a common form of assessment.
Module Three – Critique: In terms one and two you will attend a series of seminars lead by different Constellation team members, thus engaging in a diverse range of topics where you will be able to put your academic skills into practice. This will include critiquing current literature as well as contemporary journals and exhibitions, with the purpose of examining a range of modern research ideas; from interactivity and design to metaphor, critical theory, ecology, art and science. In doing so, you will be introduced to additional research methodologies, such as ethnographic research, content analysis, archival research.
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Year Three (level 6)
Research and Development: This module is student-led in terms of both content and outcome, and is designed to help you further your creative practice. As such, it could be that your work is founded in a professional context, or that it centres around entry into competitions.
Exhibition: Built around a major project and an exhibition brief, the module will see you produce a professional presentation of your design collection; this being the culmination of your creative practice, often serving as the launch-pad for a final year student's future career.
Dissertation: Your final Constellation module will demonstrate your ability to produce a dissertation of significant value to your field, with a sense of authority stemming from thorough research and academic rigour.
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From the outset, you will gain hands-on experience in practical studio sessions and workshops – developing your core material skills. Lectures, lead by members of the academic staff, will broaden your theoretical understanding of your field, whilst smaller, targeted seminars are designed to provide guidance for meeting more individual intellectual and practical demands.
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Throughout the duration of your studies, you will be evaluated on three main criteria which underpin all of the disciplines being taught at CSAD:
Skills The practical, technical and conceptual skills you acquire during your course.
Context Your understanding and knowledge of broader intellectual context within which your discipline and work is located. This includes historical, theoretical and social issues and will often be explored in written or theoretical work, known as your Constellation modules.
Ideas Your understanding of intellectual and creative ideas from within and beyond your discipline; plus your ability to acquire new concepts and form new ideas. Ideas will be explored in your Constellation assignments, as well as being evident in your practical progress.
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Whilst your learning is designed to develop you into a rounded and capable artist/designer and intellectual, your curriculum is similarly structured with your potential in mind.
As such, the emphasis that will have been placed upon your work ethic, both creatively and academically, is matched with significant focus on real world experience; from building contacts and undertaking placements to live briefs and, should you choose so, support in forming your own business.
You can elect to take a route through your second and final years of studies where you can engage with businesses or launch your own for the moment you graduate. In your final year, rather than submit a dissertation, you have the option of devising a detailed business plan.
Throughout your time at CSAD, you will be meeting and hearing from professionals within your industry, honing your skills and ideas for commercial and professional advantage. Cross-disciplinary projects will prepare you for teamwork later on, whilst live briefs will prepare you for deadlines and the demands of tight specifications.
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Applicants should have a strong art and/or design portfolio and demonstrate a commitment to art and/or design, five GCSE passes including English and Maths at grade C or above plus:
• 300 points from a successfully completed Art & Design Foundation Diploma or/and
• At least 3 A Levels / Scottish Advanced Highers from any Subject, (General Studies excluded)
• QCF BTEC Extended Diploma: Distinction Distinction Merit
• 300 points from the Irish Leaving Certificate at Highers to include 3 x B1 grades from any subject (minimum grade C2 considered)
• Pass Access with 45 credits at Level 3 within a relevant subject
• 300 points from the Welsh Baccalaureate to include grades CC at A Level within any subject, General Studies excluded, Core counted as fourth subject
• Qualifications equivalent to the above
If your qualification isn't listed above, please refer to the UCAS website.
For applicants only undertaking 2 A Levels / 12-unit BTEC or equivalent, or applying with other life experiences, other qualifications and/or art & design achievements will be considered. If you are a UK or EU student intending to enter the first year and are confident you will meet the academic level (the tariff points) for your preferred undergraduate course, then you should apply through the usual means (UCAS in the UK) as detailed on the applications page of the Cardiff Metropolitan University website.
Selection Procedure:
Selection is based on the receipt of a completed UCAS application and attendance at a School of Art & Design Interview.
Acceptance at interview is based upon a balance of three criteria.
(i) Personal enthusiasm for and immersion in the practice and theory of Art & Design.
(ii) Academic Achievement and ability.
(iii) Quality of work, ambition and skills demonstrated in a portfolio.
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UCAS code: W232
Course length: Three years full-time.
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