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"Today Canada announced that a nearly-6-year-old cow in Alberta, Canada, has tested positive for BSE. The Government of Canada is currently conducting an epidemiological investigation to identify, among other things, the source of this animal's feed and other animals that may have been exposed to that feed."
"As Secretary Johanns mentions in his statement, USDA remains confident in the animal and public health measures that Canada has in place to prevent BSE, combined with existing U.S. domestic safeguards and additional safeguards outlined in the final rule recognizing Canada as a Minimal-Risk Region for BSE. Under this rule, USDA allows the importation of live cattle under 30 months of age for feeding and immediate slaughter, as well as beef and other products from animals under 30 months of age."
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Shugart is the author or co-author of 416 scientific publications including 13 books (plus seven additional reprintings), 91 book chapters and 181 papers in peer-reviewed journals. His most recent book, Foundations of the Earth: Global Ecological Change and The Book of Job (Shugart, 2014, Columbia University Press, New York. 354 pages), bridges theological and Earth-systems-science questions involving global environmental change. This past year, he graduated his 50th doctoral student.
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You might be unlucky in love, but you can still get lucky with literature during Blind Date with a Book month at the Ashe County Library.
"You might find true love, or it might be a dud," said County Librarian Suzanne Moore. "But a book won't stand you up."
A couple dozen eligible singles can be found hanging around just inside the library door every day this month — nonchalantly, of course, but definitely putting out the vibe. Anyone adventurous enough to take one of them out might be in for a good time, Moore said.
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Tuesday, December 10, 2013
Wando Warriors basketball continued its march through the non-conference slate Friday with a 61-33 road win over the James Island Charter Trojans.
Wando (5-0) grabbed control early off the hot shooting of senior guard Andrew Glover and a stifling 2-2-1 defensive press. Glover dropped in seven points in the first quarter to help the Warriors outscore the Trojans 19-8 in the opening frame.
"Our press forced a lot of turnovers early in the game, which gave us a lot of early shots," Wando head coach David Eaton said. "I thought we did a good job of setting a lot of screens for our shooters. We did a great job of communicating defensively and didn't let them take a lot of shots without our hands in their face."
The Warriors defense limited the Trojans to just 14 second-half points while Jamez Rogers and Matt Pegram paced the offense. Wando put the game away early in the fourth quarter with a 10-0 to through the opening minutes. Rogers finished with 18 points and five rebounds, while Pegram turned in 14 points and grabbed 11 rebounds.
"(Pegram) was just scoring at will for a while there. He has a way of just wearing teams down," Eaton said. "Jamez and Amp (Moore) started driving inside and finishing their shots. We were just plugging away at the end of the game."
The Warriors look to keep their perfect start intact Friday as they return home to host the Northwood Academy Chargers at 8:30 p.m.
"I'm very pleased with how we're doing right now," Eaton said. "I never go into the season thinking about wins and losses but I'm not surprised we're winning right now because I know what these guys are capable of. We still have some things we need to work on and we need to keep getting better to keep this up, but right now, I'm proud of how we've started the season."
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The Wando Lady Warriors continue their search for the first win of the season after a 34-19 loss at James Island Charter.
Wando (0-4) fell into an early 17-4 hole through the first quarter and entered halftime trailing 27-12. The Lady Warriors turned up their defense in the second half, limiting James Island to just seven points but could only generate seven themselves.
Kimberly Smalls finished with a team-high seven points, seven rebounds, two steals and block for Wando, while Courtney Wood added six points and steal.
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- Thymostimulin versus placebo for palliative treatment of locally advanced or metastasised hepatocellular carcinoma: a phase III clinical trial (2010)
- Background: Thymostimulin is a thymic peptide fraction with immune-mediated cytotoxicity against hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) in vitro and palliative efficacy in advanced HCC in two independent phase II trials. The aim of this study was to assess the efficacy of thymostimulin in a phase III trial. Methods: The study was designed as a prospective randomised, placebo-controlled, double-blind, multicenter clinical phase III trial. Between 10/2002 and 03/2005, 135 patients with locally advanced or metastasised HCC (Karnofsky [greater than or equal to]60% / Child-Pugh [less than or equal to]12) were randomised to receive thymostimulin 75 mg s.c. 5x/week or placebo stratified according to liver function. Primary endpoint was twelve-month survival, secondary endpoints overall survival (OS), time to progression (TTP), tumor response, safety and quality of life. A subgroup analysis according to liver function, KPS and tumor stage (Okuda, CLIP and BCLC) formed part of the protocol. Current Controlled Trials ISRCTN64487365. Results: Twelve-month survival was 28% [95%CI 17-41; treatment] and 32% [95%CI 19-44; control] with no significant differences in median OS (5.0 [95% CI 3.7-6.3] vs. 5.2 [95% CI 3.5-6.9] months; p=0.87, HR=1.04 [95% CI 0.7-1.6]) or TTP (5.3 [95%CI 2.0-8.6] vs. 2.9 [95%CI 2.6-3.1] months; p=0.60, HR=1.13 [95% CI 0.7-1.8]). Adjustment for liver function, Karnofsky status or tumor stage did not affect results. While quality of life was similar in both groups, fewer patients on thymostimulin suffered from accumulating ascites and renal failure. Conclusions: In our phase III trial, we found no evidence of any benefit to thymostimulin in the treatment of advanced HCC and there is therefore no justification for its use as single-agent treatment. The effect of thymostimulin on hepato-renal function requires further confirmation. trial registration: Current Controlled Trials ISRCTN64487365
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- Background: For M1 pancreatic adenocarcinomas pancreatic resection is usually not indicated. However, in highly selected patients synchronous metastasectomy may be appropriate together with pancreatic resection when operative morbidity is low. Materials and Methods: From January 1, 2004 to December, 2007 a total of 20 patients with pancreatic malignancies were retrospectively evaluated who underwent pancreatic surgery with synchronous resection of hepatic, adjacent organ, or peritoneal metastases for proven UICC stage IV periampullary cancer of the pancreas. Perioperative as well as clinicopathological parameters were evaluated. Results: There were 20 patients (9 men, 11 women; mean age 58 years) identified. The primary tumor was located in the pancreatic head (n=9, 45%), in pancreatic tail (n=9, 45%), and in the papilla Vateri (n=2, 10%). Metastases were located in the liver (n=14, 70%), peritoneum (n=5, 25%), and omentum majus (n=2, 10%). Lymphnode metastases were present in 16 patients (80%). All patients received resection of their tumors together with metastasectomy. Pylorus preserving duodenopancreatectomy was performed in 8 patients, distal pancreatectomy in 8, duodenopancreatectomy in 2, and total pancreatectomy in 2. Morbidity was 45% and there was no perioperative mortality. Median postoperative survival was 10.7 months (2.6–37.7 months) which was not significantly different from a matched-pair group of patients who underwent pancreatic resection for UICC adenocarcinoma of the pancreas (median survival 15.6 months; =.1). Conclusion: Pancreatic resection for M1 periampullary cancer of the pancreas can be performed safely in well-selected patients. However, indication for surgery has to be made on an individual basis.


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Acting president of HTC America claims the iPhone is no longer cool
Martin Fichter, the acting president of HTC America has been talking at the Mobile Future Forward conference in Seattle. He claims that college kids no longer find the iPhone to be cool. The information that he shares is not exactly based on hard facts; he talked with a few of the kids on his daughter's floor and came to this rather strange conclusion!
"Apple is innovating. Samsung is innovating. We are innovating. Everybody is innovating. And everybody is doing different things for the end consumers. I brought my daughter back to college — she's down in Portland at Reed — and I talked to a few of the kids on her floor. And none of them has an iPhone because they told me: 'My dad has an iPhone.' There's an interesting thing that's going on in the market. The iPhone becomes a little less cool than it was. They were carrying HTCs. They were carrying Samsungs. They were even carrying some Chinese manufacture's devices. If you look at a college campus, Mac Book Airs are cool. iPhones are not that cool anymore. We here are using iPhones, but our kids don't find them that cool anymore."
I discussed this at length with my 12 year old daughter this morning and she sort of agreed with the points being made. Blackberry appears to be the chosen platform at her school although she did say that iPhones were still very highly desired. The cost and delicate nature of an iPhone does appear to deter many parents from providing them to their kids!
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Acting president of HTC America claims the iPhone is no longer cool
It is not the same in Australia. I go to a private school on the Gold Coast, not one of the best but certainly not one of the worst. The predominate phone is the iPhone, with probably about 3/5th of the students owning one. The rest are mostly your average 99 dollar phone with the occasional HTC or Samsung thrown in.
I wouldn't trust a 12 year old with an iPhone really, what a waste of money, they might have blackberrys and htc and chinese phones because they are cheap, and it isn't a big deal if they're stolen. It has nothing to do with cool effect or not (I doubt any 12 year old wouldn't want an iPhone, my sister keeps asking me for mine and I let her do her thing but only in a very controled environment.), also, HTC's inovation has been really dissapointing in the last year.
He puts these other companies in the same category of innovation as Apple - which may, to a limited extent, be true. However, I'd put more sock in what he said if (a) he could attach some measurable facts or statistics to what he says, instead of just giving his personal viewpoint; and (b) he'd admit HTC et al are coming from behind in the smartphone market, not act as if they've been at the bleeding edge the whole time.
HTC does some great things with mobile devices, it's just not as "innovative" as some claim.
not surprising. If you put a back cover on your iphone, you cant tell the difference between the latest and the original. For an 18 yr old college student, they dont want to be walking around with a phone that looks like it is from 2007.
Hopefully, Apple will make the screen bigger, remove the home button or something else to make it a little different then the last 5.
Disappointing news yesterday to hear the next iphone will look just like the current one.
This is such and obvious ploy to bad mouth apple, and elevate HTC. He can not go to any statistics, because there is none on coolness. so it is safe for him to say without getting sued. So now others run this article and he hopes it gets momentum. But it won't. This is just so obviously not true.
You may hate what this guy wrote but I agree to a point. The iPhone used to be "cool" because of its exclusivity, now they are ten a penny and that's what I hate. I used to love the fact the iPhone looked so good and very few people seemed to have 1 but nowadays everyone does, the worst being children, whcih could in no way afford an iPhone 4 unless they were spoilt .. To me that is what I hate most about my iphone now, what hard working individula wants to spend hundreds on a new iPhone only to be sat on the bus with a dozen 13 year olds all playing with theirs (if you pardon the expression lol)
You should be happy you see so many. Those parents are buying their spoiled kids expensive apps and making sure the developers have the money to stay. You get more, higher quality apps.
first of all why would you buy an expensive phone i.e iPhone to a 12-14 year old child? You would normally buy an iPod touch (cheap second hand 8GB) for them to play their games or listen to music.
children don't need phones and if you happen to buy one it should be some crappy nokia, something cheap.
My niece's school has the Blackberry trend. She is in a British private school in Spain. She made a statistical report on students phones.
I agree with the cost and the texting messaging. though, I add one more important element. The influential students' choices.
Cool guys and cool girls spread their choice among thier friends and it becomes a trend. Therefore, we would see a school with dominant Blackberry and another school with dominant iPhone.
You're a fucking retard. Your arguments don't make any sense at all.
Have you seen it? The 3D effect is pretty stunning. I mean worthless, but still visually stunning.
Yeah, the 3D is pretty sweet. I like the 3D games/videos mostly.
I find this article funny. I think #1 numbers speak for themselves. I have seen at my department more and more people switching from other devices to iPhones. I like to stay unto date with devices and go into stores to check out the latest phones. My son enjoys going with me and doing the same. I personally since the iPhone 3G which was my first iOS device, I have not considered buying anything different.
Now putting aside that I enjoy my iphone, I do believe that once you invest in a iPhone, it is harder to give it up. You end up spending quite a bit of money on Apps and hate the thought of having to repurchase those games or software for yet another device. I think people find themselves more inclined to purchase another device that will use existing apps.
Cost does play a factor as I have seen quite a few people I know purchase other cheaper devices because the iPhone was too expensive. They didn't want to purchase an older iPhone "that's not cool" as HTC would say..... Most people enjoy the latest technology. I have even heard the comments this is as close as I can get to an iPhone for now.
This brings me to one other point. If apple does release an iPhone 5, if they are smart they will release two iPhone 5 devices. 2 phones with similar names. 2 phones that will do the latest things. 2 iPhones for different markets. The low cost iPhone doesn't have to be the fastest and for all I know it "can be an iPhone 4 in a iPhone 5 shell". Matter of fact my iPhone 4 still meets and exceeds my demands. I just think people that purchase the lower end cost will feel better saying "I too have an iphone-5". I got the lite version, I didn't need some of the extra added whistles that the elite has or what ever.
Regardless..... iPhones have NOT dropped in popularity nor in "coolness". I see more friends and family buying them each day.
I think that "cool" when it comes to teenagers is the same as current. I think it is more accurate to say that the year old iPhone 4 is losing it's cool factor. When the next installment releases I bet the sales will tell you just how cool the iPhone is.
Someone get a doggy bag ready for some claim chowder. Numbers don't lie.
Did you get a cheep android phone? Because my EVO 3D is fast. You just got to watch what you download. Read the reviews etc.
Kickstands - Sort of a gimmik but great to watch movies on a plane
Widgets - Great one touch access to your content. I have a calandar widget on one of my home screens showing my work schedule. i dont need to go in to the calendar app and tap each day to see when I work. Its all right there. All at a glance.
Hugeness - There is a point where a phone can be too big but i'd take a 4.3" phone over a puny 3.5" any day. but people have diferent tastes and thats fine.
I see more ipads, iphones, and ipods on my campus compared to anything else. IDK what this man is saying but I call BULL.
The way RIM is going these days - their newest phone can't do email or calendars - they're pretty much irrelevant. But they are great for texting.
The problem with the HTC president's experience is, nobody is going to show the president of HTC that they have a competing product.
Now Reed College is interesting. That's where Steve Jobs sort of attended college. He's not really a drop out, he just talked his way into attending a lot of classes without paying tuition, to save his parents' money, because they could not afford the tuition. Reed is a top college, sort of counter-culture in some ways. I sort of wished I had attended there. But it was way too expensive. I wonder about the student body's choice of phones. Could it be the counter-culture attitude there would lead to more Android use?
Does anybody really expect a head of HTC to say anything differently?
He does have one point, though -- a core of adolescents do not want to use the same things as their parents. When their parents all had Blackberries, the teens wanted iPhones. Now that their parents have iPhones, those teens will want...something else. As many people in these pages insist, the iPhone is the phone "for the rest of us" and has an experience "even my (grand)mother can use." That may be true, but that is exactly what makes it less "cool" to that crowd.
Obviously, that has not made even the slightest dent in the sales numbers; maybe it is irrelevant in the cel phone market. However, if you define "coolness" as "something that appeals to the young and hip," the iPhone has lost a teeny bit of coolness simply because old farts like me use them so often.
People use facebook even though their parents use it. I don't really know if the whole parents use it makes teens want it any less.
in my personal opinion I do not think that it is not because the iphone is not "cool" anymore with the college crowd, I think if there really is a problem with that perception it's because up until earlier this year, iphone has been way too restrictive as to how it markets itself with just two carriers (one up till just recently). Not everyone who goes to college is rich and iphone is marketed to be an expensive phone to own and operate - expensive carriers, expensive plans and paid apps. I personally do not like android, but you can't discount the fact that android is EVERYWHERE, even on pre-paid and most apps are free. can this be the reason as to why iphone is not so poplular among the younger crowd. Sure, come out with an iphone 5, but why not let the 3gs or even 4 on EVERY CARRIER, even pre-paid? Apple is it's own worst enemy when it comes to being way too proprietary.
Idiot.... just jealous... everyone knows that HTC is crap, BlackBerry is just slow crap, and Samsung Phones suck.... iPhones are still king and its proven because everyone tries to copy Apple for cheaper and they come out with cheaper CRAP... iPhone is the ONLY way to go... good quality phone and it does everything! including texting LOL Cheap asses just make excuses to buy another phone to make themselves feel better, deep down they know they want an iPhone.... simple as that!
I sell cellphones 5 days a week. 1 out of every 2 phones I sell is an iPhone 4. When the iPhone 5 comes out I will either sell the iPhone 4 or the iPhone 5. That is a about it. Not just older people or younger people, everyone.
I rarely see iPhones [mostly Android and cheap phones] but it doesn't matter what we see. That's not a good metric to use at all.
It was like that for a while but lately I've seen more flip/common phones.
I think the Iphone right now is a big winner because of its reliability. I've used BB, Android, and now Iphone. Yes...sometimes the Iphone can't be customized beyond belief like an android...but the reality is, I've never had to wipe my phone. I never have to do a battery pull, like with BB. I've seen a lot of ppl who have been strong android advocates switching to Iphone, simply because they are tired of resetting their android devices every few months.
I also find it interesting that both HTC and Samsung have made phones particularily similar to the Iphone. How is that being innovative? That's no different than saying Apple is trying to ride the wave; its clear HTC and Samsung are trying to ride that wave too. Look no further than the HTC Incredible and Samsung Fascinate. Same form factor, center key, etc as the Iphone.
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The Fascinate: http://cdn.androidcentral.com/sites/androidcentral.com/files/postimages/...
The Droid Incredible: http://www.eurodroid.com/pics/htcincrediblepress_shot-2.jpg
Yeah, the DInc has a trackball, which I assume is the "center key" you refer to, but I don't see it on the Fascinate. For form factor... it's a rectangle with a touchscreen. Apple wasn't the first to come up with that. The smartphone idea? I believe that was Palm.
And if nothing else, Apple needs to call it quits with their suing over being copied when they copy so heavily from the competition. Look no further than the drop-down notification bar in iOS5, for one.
You may be right on some levels, but going back to the original comments from HTC regarding Apple being uncool. HTC makes phones primarily...they don't make the OS. So HTC is trying to say that Apple is always the same, nothing changes, etc. To a certain point, that would be accurate.
But why should HTC be the ones to judge the cool factor considering a majority of their phones share very similar appearance factor? Furthermore, HTC doesn't even make their own OS to fully support a phone. So why should HTC even be allowed to comment on a smartphone's OS platform? It could be argued that all android phones are the same, with a different look to some of the phones.
Delicate nature? My daughter has broken 2 BBs and an HTC. One BB was crushed and she broke the mini-USB ports on the BB and the HTC. She managed yo crack the screen on the original iPhone I gave her, but It. stilled worked fine. My mom had a Samsung POS she had to trade in twice. I eventually replaced that with another of my hand me down iPhone 3G after I jailbroke it and she loves it.
You're missing the point, back in the day when Nokia were king and i'm talking ten years ago here, they used to have a Titanium phone and it was the best money could buy, that's what gave it its exclusivity .. the iPhone had this to start with but now every1 has 1 and they are just common, maybe you like having the same phone that every other Tom, Dick or Harry has but I don't. Let me ask you a question, would you find it as appealing if you were walking down the street and every1 had the same top on as you ??
That is why when people have the discussion about should Apple bring out a budget for phone, personally I say no, Apple is about quality and imo and i'm sure plenty of other peoples, it would tarnish the brand .. I associate Apple products with quality not with cheapness.
not surprising, although I consider changing sides again for iPhone5 (read iOS5) as an webOS enthusiast (I know you love to read that :-P) word is in my social environment that "every retard has an iPhone" but what should I do? Androids with 4.3" and 2 weeks life-cycle before the next hero appears? No!
Just because something is cheap doesn't make it cool it just means it's cheaply made to justify the price. This is the standard for Android. And mainly seeing as kids don't have money I don't think none of this matters anyway. When iPhones come out the only dissapointment is the people that can't find one on the first day. Unlike Android users who stay pissed for the life of their 2 year contract.
Eh... I'd say iPhone "coolness" is split- not evenly, but very well defined.
One scenario is the people who have/want one and swear it's the best and Blackberry/Android/WP7/Palm are all inferior (I've had people go as far as to apologize that I use a Samsung Vibrant). I'd say they're the majority.
Another scenario is the people who think the iPhone is overpriced and inferior (sorry TiPB, I'm in this group). These people are more often Engineering/Physics/Math/Business majors, and the first three groups prefer Android/WP7/Palm and the Business majors seem to all like blackberries.
This all from a current sophomore in college. If I had to guess, I'd say ~60% of students at my school have an iPhone, and of that group most of them aren't even aware of the alternatives. The other 40% is likely 20% Blackberry, then mostly "dumbphones" with a sprinkling of other smartphone OS's.
In conclusion, my school has a love/hate relationship with Apple. There's a lot of Macbook Pros and a lot of iPhone 3GSs/4s, and the other chunk of the school often hates Apple products.
As a recent engineering grad, I'll have to agree with your number, though the number of people who have iphones increase with year. I think the reason is that when you grow up, you have actual work to do and that it's no longer 'cool' to have to work on your phone to get it to do what you want it to. To me, a phone has very different design requirements than a computer. A PC should be flexible and able to perform any computing task without much effort. A phone, however, should work every time you pull it out of your pocket and do it quickly.
The iphone is the superior product for most people today with all things considered (battery life, security, ease of use, reliability, customer support, value retention). It's silly in my mind to not pick the superior product based on a perceived 'coolness' factor, especially since most people use their phone quite often.
I'm 16. And I hate Androids.
He may have a point. Besides the app store the iPhone in its current state is behind that of Android. But I don't think "coolness" has anything to do with it. most teens dont really give a rats ass about the type of phone. They just want one so they can get on facebook and text their friends, post photos and change the privacy settings so their parents won't know about that wild night they had last night when they said they were "studying" at jimmy's house.
My 14 year old high school freshman who sends 10,000 text per month freaked out when I gave her my wifes old 3g when I upgraded her to the 4. The vsdt majority of kids high school through college want the iPhone. Parents just may not want to spend the money. My kid previously had an HTC Aria that I got for $.98 at Walmart
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This is probably just a practicality move on the parents' part. iPhones are expensive so why would anyone just have them.
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It isn't to satisfy a market need for low-end phones? /sarcasm
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Gluten-free doesn't mean guilt-freeWritten by Brandi Barhite | Community Ombudsman | firstname.lastname@example.com
It seems like a lot of people are eating gluten-free these days — some for medical reasons, some because it is the newest health trend.
My husband's nephew suffers from celiac disease and absolutely must avoid eating gluten, a protein found in wheat, barley and rye.
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Virginia Tech
MS in Psychology
Virginia Tech
BA in Psychology
Earlham College
Peer-reviewed Journal Articles
Kraybill, J.H., & Bell, M.A. (2013). Infancy predictors of preschool and post-kindergarten executive function. Developmental Psychobiology, 55, 530-538.
*Nominated for the Hennessy-Smotherman-Wiley Best Student Paper Award
*One of Developmental Psychobiology's top 10 most downloaded papers
Chapters in Edited Books
Bell, M.A., Kraybill, J. H., & Diaz, A. (2014). Reactivity, regulation, and remembering: Associations between temperament and memory. In P.J. Bauer & R. Fivush (Eds.), Handbook on the development of children's memory (pp. 671-687). Hoboken, NJ: Wiley-Blackwell.
Peer-reviewed Symposia Papers at Scientific Meetings
Bell, M .A., & Kraybill, J.H. (2013, April). Using the EEG to examine the neurological foundations of early developing executive function skills. In A. Tarullo & W. Fifer (Chairs), From brain to behavior: Linking infant EEG measures to neurobehavioral development. Symposium paper presented at Society for Research in Child Development, Seattle.
Bell, M.A., Diaz, A., & Kraybill, J.H. (2012, June). Psychophysiological indicators of stress regulation during infancy. In M. Sullivan (Chair), Using psychophysiological measures to understand emotion and emotion regulation in infancy. Symposium paper presented at International Conference on Infancy Studies, Minneapolis.
Peer-reviewed Poster Presentations at Scientific Meetings
Bell, M.A., Diaz, A., Kraybill, J.H., Marcovitch, S., & Calkins, S.D. (2012, June). Functional connectivity and top-down regulation of threat during infancy. Poster presented at International Conference on Infant Studies, Minneapolis.
Reyes, N., Kraybill, J., Choi, J., & Bell, M.A. (2012, May). I can help you and I can empathize with you: The role of temperament in prosocial behaviors in 3 year olds. Poster presented at Association for Psychological Science, Chicago.
Kraybill, J.H., & Bell, M.A. (2011, November). Hot and cool executive function at ages 2 and 3. Poster presented at International Society for Developmental Psychobiology, Washington DC.
Kraybill, J., Wolfe, C.D., Morasch, K.C., Hubble, M., & Bell, M.A. (2011, April). Early parent-child interactions and later executive function skills. Poster presented at Society for Research in Child Development, Montreal.
Kraybill, J., Hubble, M., & Bell, M.A. (2010, October). Maternal behavior in infancy as a predictor of effortful control in kindergarten. Poster presented at the Occasional Temperament Conference, Brunswick, ME.
Kraybill, J., Cardell, A.M., Morasch, K.C., & Bell, M.A. (2010, March). Temperament
correlations with abstract and motivationally significant executive functions from infancy
through early childhood. Poster presented at International Conference on Infant Studies, Baltimore.
Kraybill, J., Hubble, M., & Bell, M.A. (2010, October). Maternal behavior in infancy as a predictor of effortful control in kindergarten. Poster presented at the Occasional Temperament Conference, Brunswick, ME.


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Call them the Comeback Kids, the Cardiac Kids or whatever you'd like, just don't forget to call the Carroll County girls' basketball team Southwest District champions. Coming back from five points down with a little over three minutes to play, the Lady Cavaliers rallied for a 52-45 win over Richlands on Saturday in the Southwest District Tournament championship game at Richlands.
"Some people are calling us (the Comeback Kids). We have come back on Richlands twice. We were down twice in big games against them," Carroll County head coach Marc Motley said. "I think I would call us the Cardiac Kids. We just seem to want to keep everything close. Maybe they should call us the Give-the-Coach-a-Heart-Attack Kids."
The two teams split during the regular season and ended up in a tie atop the Southwest District standings. Richlands (18-4) won Round 3 five days earlier in a playoff for the regular season title at Marion. In that game, the Blue Tornado outscored Carroll 13-4 in the fourth quarter to win by nine points. In Round 4, it was the Cavaliers that owned the final period, outscoring the Blues 16-7 in the fourth to rally for the seven-point victory.
"I don't know that we did a whole lot of different. It was pretty normal for us. In the first half we couldn't throw it in the ocean. We were missing open shots and layups," Motley said. "We were getting the shots we wanted, we just couldn't get it in the hole. I told them I didn't want to change a thing. If we are not making open shots, just keep attacking and get to the foul line."
And then, as Motley put it, Crysta Guynn went nuts, making 5-of-5 3-pointers and scoring all 19 of her points in the second half. Taylor Martin also drank a bit of the Krazy Kool-Aid, scoring 14 points and making 10-of-10 from the free-throw line, including 6-of-6 in the fourth quarter.
"That makes a big difference. We outscored them 16-7 in the fourth quarter. Earlier in the week they outscored us 13-4 in the fourth, and that was a complete turnaround," Motley said. "Jessica Sheek made a field goal in the second half and we got a couple of points off free throws. Other than that, Crysta and Taylor scored all our points in the second half."
Guynn's third 3-pointer of the second half pulled the Cavs into a 30-all tie with 2:27 left in the third quarter. Richlands controlled the first half of the fourth quarter, however, using a 6-0 run to go ahead 44-39 with 3:23 to play. Martin followed with a pair of free throws and Sheek scored to make it a one-point game. Guynn's fifth trey of the night put the Cavaliers in front 46-44 with 1:18 left. Carroll then made 6-of-8 from the foul line over the final 42 seconds to secure the win and the SWD Tournament title.
"The way we looked at it, we were down six at the half and we felt like we were playing pretty decent. We just weren't able to score," Motley said. "We felt like we were defending them well and getting the shots we wanted, we just weren't making them. But we made them in the second half."
Carroll County (15-9) enters the Region IV Tournament as the three seed as was scheduled to open regional action Feb. 19 at home against Magna Vista. With a win, the Cavaliers would move on to a Feb. 20 semifinal against Bassett at Magna Vista.
"We have played well the last three weeks, since our loss to Tazewell. Our only two losses since then were to Richlands, one on a buzzer beater, and one a playoff game," Motley said. "We feel like we are peaking at the right time."
Carroll Co. 10….8..18..16 - 52
Richlands12..12..14….7 - 45
Carroll County – Hash 1 2-2 5, Martin 2 10-10 14, Caldwell 2 4-4 8, Sellers 1 2-2 4, Guynn 6 2-3 19, Sheek 2 0-0 4. 3-pointers – Guynn 5, Hash 1.
Richlands – Davis 4 3-4 12, Richardson 1 3-6 5, Allen 6 5-9 20, Compton 0 3-6 3, Alley 2 0-1 4, Hearl 0 1-2 1. 3-pointers – Allen 3, Davis 1.
Carroll Co. 70, Abingdon 55
Putting together perhaps its best offensive performance of the season Thursday, Carroll County built a big lead and cruised to a 70-55 win over Abingdon in a Southwest District Tournament semifinal in Hillsville.
Scoring at will in transition and off the dribble, the Cavaliers shot 56.4 percent (22-of-39) in the first three quarters to take a commanding 57-32 lead heading into the final period. Carroll took the gas off the pedal in the fourth quarter before settling in for the 15-point victory.
"We played about as well as I have ever seen us play for about three quarters. They get out and put a lot of pressure on you, so they kind of take away some of the things you are trying to do offensively. You just have to kind of ad lib and make plays with the dribble and I thought Taylor did a tremendous job and Hayden Caldwell did a tremendous job making plays with the dribble against their pressure," Motley said. "For three quarters we did a tremendous job with that. In the fourth quarter we played like we were up 25. We tried to cruise and it leaves a bad taste in your mouth when you leave because you don't feel like you finished the game like you should have."
Martin was the catalyst behind the offensive explosion as she finished with a double-double with 10 points and 10 assists. Caldwell had a huge game, scoring 16 points as she attacked the basket and scored on a variety of driving layups. Crysta Guynn drilled four 3-pointers and also finished with 16 points, while Jessica Sheek tossed in nine more for the Cavs.
"For three quarters we played as well as I've seen our offense play all year. Megan had four assists and Taylor had 10. We took care of the basketball, didn't turn it over," Motley said. "I thought Jessica Sheek played great."
With leading scorer Michala Hash and leading rebounder Rachel Sellers in foul trouble most of the first half, other Cavaliers stepped up their games. With Carroll up 8-5 late in the first quarter, Guynn drilled 3-pointers on back-to-back possessions to increase the advantage to 14-7.
She drilled another trifecta with 20 seconds left in the first, and Caldwell added a driving layup as time ran down on the quarter to put the Cavs ahead 20-9 after eight minutes. Caldwell added six more points in the second quarter and Martin tossed in five in the frame to make it 36-20 at the half.
"You've got your leading scorer and leading rebounder sitting on the bench beside of you in foul trouble most of the first half and a couple of kids come off the bench and play really well," Motley said. "Crysta and Jessica and really made an impact, and Hayden took up a lot of the slack scoring the basketball, too."
Then the Cavs put the game to rest, lighting it up for 21 points on 64.2 percent shooting (9-of-14) in the third quarter. Sellers came back from foul trouble to score the first four points of the second half, making it a 40-20 Carroll lead. Sheek got into the act as well, pumping in back-to-back baskets to make it 44-21. Her high-arching jumpshot from the corner nearly drew rain, but found the net to increase the margin to 22 points late in the third. Guynn then canned her fourth 3-pointer of the night, giving the Cavaliers an insurmountable 57-32 advantage heading into the final quarter.
Abingdon 9..11..12..23 - 55
Carroll 20..16..21..13 - 70
Abingdon – Ma. Turner 2 6-9 11, Mo. Turner 0 5-6 5, Greear 2 3-4 9, Ta. Blevins 4 9-9 17, Toler 0 2-2 2, Billips 4 3-5 11. 3-pointers – Greear 2, Ma. Turner 1.
Carroll County - Alderman 0 1-2 1, Sheek 4 1-2 9, Hash 1 4-4 6, Caldwell 8 0-2 16, Martin 2 5-6 10, Haynes 1 3-4 5, Guynn 6 0-2 16, Sellers 3 0-0 6, Willard 0 1-2 1. 3-pointers – Guynn 4, Martin 1.


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Meet Dandy and Rosie. They came into our family life 3 years ago as brother and sister pups. We only intended to buy one, but how could we leave the last pup in the litter all alone when those brown eyes were locked on to us?
This double-purchase was inspired. They have the strongest of bonds and have always been the most excellent company for each other.
Their personalities are entirely different….he's timid and needy, she's an adventuress, independent. But they are as thick as thieves. If there is a whiff of rabbit in the air, one swift sideways glance at each other indicates that they're in cahoots, and off they fly! No amount of whistling or beckoning will generated obedience. Just like the other siblings they share a house with.
They follow me everywhere, staring with 'may I sit on your lap?' eyes. They have become such an integral part of our family that it is inconceivable that our bond, or theirs, will one day be broken. So we enjoy the moment. They appear in our family portraits and they merit their own. Two tiny little dogs who fill such a giant place in our hearts.
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The Wolves have won three straight contests to move above the .500 mark for the first time this season (6-5-0-2); Chicago, which has won four of its last five outings, wraps up a five-game road trip Friday at Milwaukee before returning home for a game against San Antonio on Saturday.
--- Darren Haydar: Paced the Wolves with five assists and six points in two games last week ... Ranks first on Chicago with 5 goals, 9 assists and 14 points in 13 games this season ... Tallied at least one point in 148 of his 214 career games with the Wolves ... Moved past Brett Sterling last week for fifth place on the team's all-time scoring register with 268 points (92G, 176A) ... Ranked second on the Wolves and fourth in the AHL with 74 points (27G, 47A) in 77 games last season ... Named to the 2011 AHL Second All-Star Team
--- Matt Climie: Backstopped the Wolves to two wins last week ... Kicked out 89 of 94 shots during a current three-game winning streak ... Ranks second in the AHL with a .944 save percentage and shares fifth in the league with a 2.01 goals-against average in six games this year (4-2-0) ... Posted a 26-22-3 record with a 2.64 goals-against average and .913 save percentage in 55 outings with San Antonio last season ... Appeared in one NHL outing with the Phoenix Coyotes last year, allowing one goal in 32 minutes of action
--- Kevin Connauton: Collected the first multiple-goal game and third multiple-point outing of his career on Saturday (2G) ... Paces Wolves defensemen and shares first among AHL blueliners with 4 goals and ranks first among Wolves rear guards with 6 points in 13 games this season ... Shared first among Manitoba Moose defensemen with 11 goals and ranked third among team blueliners with 23 points in 73 outings during his professional debut last season
--- Nathan Longpre: Tallied 2 assists and 3 points in two games last week ... Notched 5 points (3G, 2A) in six games since making his Wolves debut on Oct. 28 ... Set a career-high and led the team with 42 points (14G, 28A) in 33 games as a senior with Robert Morris University (AHA) last year ... Made his professional debut in eight games with the AHL's Worcester Sharks last season, posting one assist and four penalty minutes
--- Mark Mancari: Recorded a goal and an assist on Saturday to snap a five-game scoreless streak ... Shares third on the Wolves with 3 goals and 6 points in 13 games this season ... Ranked fifth in the AHL with a career-high 32 goals and shared 14th in the league with 64 points in 56 games with the Portland Pirates last season ... Skated in 20 National Hockey League contests with the Buffalo Sabres last year, recording 7 assists and 8 points ... Named to the 2011 AHL First All-Star Team
--- The Wolves have surrendered just 17 goals in their last nine outings, which includes holding their opponents to one or fewer markers in five of those outings; Chicago is averaging 2.38 goals-against this year, which ranks third in the AHL.
--- Chicago has exploded for 10 goals in its last two contests after scoring just nine goals in its previous five games; the Wolves are 3-0-0-0 when scoring four or more goals in a game this season.
--- Chicago has killed off 39 of its opponents' last 41 man-advantage chances since allowing three power-play goals on three chances on Oct. 14 at Milwaukee; the Wolves, who have been perfect on the penalty kill in eight of their last 10 outings, rank third in the AHL with a 87.5 efficiency rating on the penalty kill (49 of 56).
--- Forward Tim Miller matched a career-high 2 goals and 3 points on Nov. 8 at Hamilton; the 24-year-old forward ranks second on the Wolves with six assists and eight points in 12 games this season.
--- The Wolves have scored a power-play goal in three consecutive games after they failed to score on the man-advantage in their previous six outings; Chicago ranks 26th in the AHL with an 13.1 efficiency rating on the power-play this season (eight of 61).
--- The Wolves host their 14th "Get Fed by the Wolves" fundraiser from 2-5 p.m. on Sun., Nov. 20 at Bahama Breeze, 406 E. Golf Road, in Schaumburg. Players serve as waiters and the proceeds from the luncheon benefit Chicago Wolves Charities. Tables are still available for this event, so reserve your seat today by visiting chicagowolves.com or calling 1-800-THE-WOLVES.
Sat., Nov. 12
Chicago 6, (at) Milwaukee 3
--- The Wolves reeled off four straight goals after trailing 3-2 to earn a 6-3 win over the Milwaukee Admirals at the Bradley Center
--- Defensemen Kevin Connauton (2G) and Mark Matheson and forwards Nathan Longpre, Mark Mancari and Mike Duco all lit the lamp for Chicago
--- Goaltender Matt Climie turned aside 34 of 37 shots
Tue., Nov. 8
Chicago 4, (at) Hamilton 1
--- The Wolves scored in each period en route to posting a 4-1 victory over the Hamilton Bulldogs at Copps Coliseum
--- Forwards Darren Haydar (G, 3A), Tim Miller (2G, A) and Nathan Longpre (2A) all notched multiple points for Chicago
--- Goaltender Matt Climie kicked out 26 of 27 shots


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Local firm wins £58m contract
Last updated at 12:34, Thursday, 01 March 2012
A WEST Cumbrian firm which started from small beginnings is celebrating a £58million contract to do more work at Sellafield.
Stobbarts Ltd fought off international competition to clinch the massive deal. It starts in April and lasts for four years.
Sellafield Ltd has awarded the contract for Stobbarts to deliver site-wide asset care services.
And it has also been revealed that Sellafield Ltd will be spending more than £1 billion with West Cumbrian businesses over the next five years.
"When we heard we'd won our contract I just felt elated," said managing director John Stobbart.
"Our business started from next to nothing – getting this contract with Sellafield is a success story for Cumbria.
"This is a tremendous opportunity for us to continue to grow by working collaboratively with Sellafield Ltd and providing a first-class service in what is a highly complex and varied contract."
Keith Case, commercial director for Sellafield Ltd, said: "This is proof positive that there are opportunities for West Cumbrian companies who deliver to win work with us. For me personally it's extremely encouraging to see a contract of this nature awarded to a local company and shows the experience and competitiveness present in our local supply chain.
"This is a great result for Sellafield Ltd, Stobbarts and West Cumbria. Our relationship with Stobbarts has matured over recent years and they've grown as an organisation."
Sellafield Ltd said the firm, which already has Sellafield work under an old agreement, beat off competition from a host of multi-national companies. The contract draws together a range of services including civil engineering, mechanical and design, plant and lifting equipment hire along with provision of mobile crane and rigging.
Says Mr Stobbart: "We first started working on the Sellafield site around 15 years ago and the growth in the size of the company since then has been tremendous. I'd like to think we're an advert for other businesses in West Cumbria to see that you can be successful and that you can grow to meet the demands of the industry."
Stobbarts employs 250 people, covering existing Sellafield work and other Cumbrian contracts.
Mr Stobbart added: "It is our best and biggest contract yet and secures employment of our workforce at Sellafield. To win such a massive contract shows great faith in Stobbarts especially to win in the face of competition not only in this country but internationally."
Part of the winning bid includes a commitment to recruit more apprentices which will help Stobbarts future growth. The firm plans to increase its apprentice intake to between six and eight new apprentices a year from the present four to six.
"Back in 1987 I started the business on my own with just a handful of lads working for me. I've been very lucky with the people I've employed and am pleased to say some of my original workers are still with me today.
"We have built up a stable workforce over the years. It is through them that we generate our success and together we look forward to the future with great optimism. Securing this contract not only safeguards our existing workforce but enables us to provide further apprenticeships.
"I am a firm believer that young people from West Cumbria must be given opportunities for apprentice training in construction at Sellafield. I am delighted to say that we pledge to play a major role in the development of a locally based workforce."
For the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority, Mark Steele, interim head of programme for Sellafield, said: "The fact that a West Cumbrian company has won this contract is testament to the skills that exist in the Sellafield supply chain."
Meanwhile, a new Britain's Energy Coast commissioned study shows that Sellafield Ltd spent £905 million on contracts with supply chain businesses in 2011 – £246 million more than in 2008.
But the study also reveals that "a very high proportion of total supply chain spend is accounted for by large enterprises with head offices outside West Cumbria – firms which collectively received payments of around £601 million during 2010-11.
"Award of contracts to SMEs and large local firms in West Cumbria may be of major significance to these firms but they represent a comparatively small proportion of total supply chain spend."
Tom Gilroy, BEC chief executive, said: "We are pleased to see local retention of supply chain expenditure has increased, our focus is very much on the future. BEC's role will be to measure the performance of alliances in the long term and work with both alliances and local companies to maximise and increase the amount of business that flows into the local supply chain.
"The study has helped to inform the West Cumbria Economic Blueprint, due to be published soon and will help BEC to adapt the services it provides to the local supply chain to ensure West Cumbrian companies continue to secure work with Sellafield over the coming years."
Yesterday a spokesman for Sellafield Ltd said the company would be spending over £1 billion pounds within the local supply chain over the next five years. This commitment is given in the new Sellafield Plan.
Nuclear Management Partners general manager, Graham Campbell, said: "We are pleased to note both a £102.6 million increase in the amount of local spend (due to increased spent in the supply chain by the company) since the last survey and that the percentage level of spend in West Cumbria has also increased.
"This performance will directly benefit both residents and businesses of West Cumbria. NMP and Sellafield Ltd are committed to continue this growth trend in the future."
First published at 11:08, Thursday, 01 March 2012
Published by http://www.whitehavennews.co.uk
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Let the softening up process begin.
Congratulations to Stobbarts,nice to see local firms getting contracts.It is also great that he is going to train up apprentices in the construction industry, i just hope there is a job for them after they finish their apprenticeship.
My son loved working for them served his apprenticeship but got laid off 2 months later and has struggled to find work since


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