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OK... So I thought that just leaving you with emo-Martha was a bit cruel, so here is the alternative ending. Please note - the first part is the same, up to the end of the conversation by the tunnel. :)
Please enjoy, I hope this remedies the sadness of Part 1!
"Haven't you got somewhere to be, Brendan?" She asked, her voice soft. The dull ache in her arm throbbed with each beat of her still-racing heart and she held the limb out at an awkward angle. Her mouth tugged briefly into the most awkward of smiles.
"Don't change your plans on my account, will you? I'll live." She knew she wouldn't, knew in her heart of hearts that there was no way she could live without this charming, handsome, infuriating Irish man in her life, knew that as soon as he left her then she would do it, could do it.
"It's John Bloom I'm worried about." She continued, raising her eyebrows at him. Why was she being so offhand, acting like it didn't matter? Why wasn't he talking to her, staying so irritatingly silent as she fought the tears that threatened to consume her? "You know, I think he's been the victim of an identity thief." She concluded, half smiling at him, waiting to see how he would react.
"Poor guy." He murmured at last, his voice hushed, apologetic, ashamed. She couldn't let him blame himself – it was, in part, her fault, workaholic Martha too busy to notice him.
"His friends knew something was wrong. But he just wouldn't let them in." She wanted more this time, more than a single word answer, but she was disappointed.
"Idiot." He responded morosely, and she found herself agreeing.
"Yeah." She paused for a brief moment. "I'll miss him though." He raised his eyebrows twice, and she cursed inwardly. Stupid. That was stupid... why did I say that? She rushed on, trying to cover her lapse in judgement. "He was a good bloke... he was a bit of an arse sometimes, but he was a good bloke." The sarcasm – always the sarcasm, that biting wit that she used to cut people down in flames. "And you know, he was really good at his job." She finished, her eyes filling with tears she knew she could not shed in front of him. "Did I say that already?" She worried out loud, wanting him to break the silence, wanting him to jump in with some comment or reassure her... more than anything she wanted him to take her in his arms and whisper to her that it would all be alright, but it could never happen. Instead, he kept staring at her, his slate-grey eyes gazing at her with so many emotions darting across his face that it was impossible to recognise a single one. The clatter of heels broke the silence, and there was Tessa, the rest of the Identity Unit in tow.
"My God, Martha, are you alright?" Tessa fussed over the younger woman like a mother would fuss over a child, the concern in her voice evident. Martha scoffed, playing down the attention.
"Yeah..." she bit her lip as she lied, the words coming easily to her.
"Oh... I've just realised, there's actually no-one left in the office..." Tessa quipped, providing the humour needed to break the tension between the five of them.
"Well, I hope you locked up..." The DSI's tone was semi-serious, and then there was José, his constant presence always enough to take the spotlight off his socially shy senior officer, making his usual comment to break the silence.
"Those gizzos in Personnel would kill for your plasmas..." he joked, and there was a beat of silence before they all laughed, Martha's natural giggle bubbling to the surface despite her pain, the only sound absent being the throaty laugh of the Irishman stood before her.
Bloom cast his eyes over her bloodstained figure once, his brooding eyes meeting her laughing ones for the briefest of moments as she looked around. He knew it was time to go. No goodbyes, no tears... just go.
As she laughed, he turned and backed away the tiniest amount, and Martha's laughter ceased. "Where are you going, John?" Her tone was curious, and he froze, unable to run now she had noticed.
"I'm... urm... nowhere." He stumbled over the words, looking down at his feet as he felt the others stares burning into him.
"Good." Martha said bluntly, a hint of fire left in her, a hint of the DSI they all knew and loved.
"Actually... I need to do something." He blurted out, needing to tell Adile the truth, needing to tell her that nothing could ever happen. He finally looked up and saw Martha raising her eyebrows at him.
"Well, you'd better come straight back." She teased, and he found himself nodding a yes, before turning and disappearing into the behind them. Martha's eyes lingered on him as he faded into the blackness, and she wondered if he really would come back. She doubted it, somehow, yet in her heart of hearts, she prayed he would.
John drove towards the bridge, dread heavy in his heart. He climbed out of the car and looked up the footpath, taking in Adile's silhouette on the darkening horizon. He walked towards her with nerves growing in his stomach, inwardly flinching at what he was about to do.
"I'm sorry." He apologised, and her face hardened, falling. He knew what was coming, and he braced himself for her words.
"My father's right about you." Her voice was bitter, resentful. "Tell her I don't give up without a fight." She threatened, and John jumped to Martha's defence without thinking.
"You lay a finger on her, and I will destroy you." He growled, and Adile's palm struck his cheek, hard.
"Who is she, Brendan? This woman who has tempted you?" Adile's voice was low and dangerous. "In fact, Brendan, I know what you like. I think she's tall. Soft. Dominant. Powerful. You like that, don't you, Brendan?" She purred, her face inches from his, her eyes challenging him, and he scoffed, pushing her away.
"Stay away, Adile. I mean that." He spat, turning and walking away from her, needing to be alone with his thoughts for a while. He went to the park he used to go to as a child, standing by the river and thinking, finally taking decisive action and retracing his steps to his car. He needed to keep his promise.
Martha lay on the sofa, a glass of vodka in her hand. She swigged back a sip, feeling it burn its way down her throat.
He said he'd come back. He'd promised her. He said he'd come back and then the bastard had just buggered off and left her like this. She wanted to get up and go to the bathroom, where she knew she could find solace in the cool razor blades beside the bathtub, staining the bathwater crimson, but she knew she could never do that. What about using her scarf to hang herself? That could work... she stood and formed a noose from the loose silk material, standing and balancing on the sofa as she threaded it through the light fitting.
Out of nowhere, there was a knock on what was left of her front door. She froze like a rabbit caught in the headlights and sprung down onto the floor, landing on her tiptoes and feeling her heartbeat race.
"Martha? I know you're in there." John called, and her heart stopped. She couldn't speak. He'd come back. He'd actually kept to his word.
She darted into the hall and pulled the door open, wrapping her jumper around herself tighter as she did so. There he was, illuminated by the moon, an apologetic look on his face.
"I said I'd be back." He smiled as he spoke, and Martha glared at him half-heartedly. "Can I come in?"
"I suppose so." She muttered, and she stood aside to let him pass. He barged straight into her lounge and took in the scarf hanging from the ceiling, turning to her.
"Oh Martha..." his tone was soft and something about it made the tears she had been holding back for so long bubble to the surface and they began to fall, slowly but surely.
"Why?" he asked her, and they tears distorted, turning to pure anger. Was he really so blind? So ignorant? Did he honestly not know how it killed her to see him walk past her so carelessly, the constant struggle she had not to let her feelings show?
"Because of you!" She burst out finally. "You and the stupid job and the fact you're never BLOODY there, and when you're there you don't even notice me or respect me and you plainly can't see how I feel!" she shouted, and John's face fell. "You just keep buggering off, and leaving me, and I thought you'd gone this time! What is this, last minute stop before you elope?"
"I'm not going anywhere, Martha." He promised, his tone genuinely remorseful.
"You've said that before, John!" She screamed, and his face was suddenly angry.
"I MEAN IT!" His voice was suddenly raised, and Martha, too angry and upset to think rationally, shouted back, her face a mask of fury and tears.
"WHY? WHAT'S DIFFERENT THIS TIME?" Her voice was choked with tears but still hard, still bitter, and then John was running towards her, seizing her around the waist and then his lips were on hers. The kiss was full of passion and rage and sorrow and Martha's cheeks were salty with tears, but neither wanted to pull away. When John finally did, Martha was staring at him, amazed.
"This time I love you." He whispered, and she smiled, leaning into his arms.
"I love you too."


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|Clitocybins, novel isoindolinone free radical scavengers, from mushroom Clitocybe aurantiaca inhibit apoptotic cell death and cellular senescence.
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|High concentration of intracellular reactive oxygen species (ROS) plays a role in damaging biological systems. We isolated clitocybin A from the culture broth of Clitocybe aurantiaca and then clitocybin B and C derivatives were synthesized from clitocybin A. IMR-90 lung fibroblast cells were pre-treated or post-treated with clitocybin A, B and C to the addition of 100 muM H(2)O(2). These compounds inhibited the level of intracellular reactive oxygen species (ROS) and H(2)O(2)-induced cell death as judged by hypodiploid cell formation. The inhibitory effect of clitocybins on H(2)O(2)-induced cell death was comparable to that with N-acetylcysteine (NAC), a well-known ROS scavenger. The inhibition of H(2)O(2)-induced cell death by clitocybins was mediated by the reduction of caspase 3 and 9 activation, cytochrome c release from mitochondria and the degradation of IkappaB-alpha and IkappaB-beta, which could be resulted in the prevention of cellular senescence. It suggests that clitocybins are novel compounds scavenging ROS and protect cells from apoptosis and cellular senescence.
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EAST SANDWICH — Another great campaign came crashing to a halt for the Nantucket girls basketball team.
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Adjunct Professor of English June Avant will offer a presentation titled "Expanding Anzaldúa's Borderland's Theory: Identity Formation in the works of Judith Ortiz Cofer." Avant received her Bachelor's degree from Winthrop University and a Master's from East Carolina University.
Associate Professor of English and Coordinator of the English Major David McCracken will present "Chuck Palahniuk's 'Fight Club' as Subversive Working-Class Novel." In this presentation, McCracken applies working-class literary theory to "Fight Club" and addresses it as a working-class text. McCracken received his Bachelor's degree from Belmont College and his Master's and Ph.D. degrees from Texas A&M University.
Associate Professor of English and Director of the Writing Program Jasna Shannon will present a talk titled "Breaking Boundaries of Observation: Swimming Against the Tide of Modern Media." Shannon's presentation explores how the use of recent social media affects students' writing and their perceptions of writing and points to educational responses that can leverage these new technologies in ways that encourage classroom discussion and help students understand how to move between informal and formal modes of writing. Shannon received her Bachelor's, Master's and PhD degrees from the University of Arizona.
Coker College is committed to preparing students for personal and professional success through a distinctive four-year program that emphasizes a practical application of the liberal arts as well as hands-on and discussion-based learning within and beyond the classroom. In fact, Peterson's "Smart Parents Guide to College" has identified Coker's round table approach a model teaching program.
The success of Coker's English programs recently drew national attention when Terrance Hayes, who received a degree in English from Coker in 1994, won the 2010 National Book Award for Poetry for "Lighthead," his fourth collection of poetic works.
Coker is ranked among the "Best Colleges" in the South by U.S. News & World Report as well as The Princeton Review. Located in Hartsville, S.C., Coker is within two hours of the cultural, financial and recreational resources of Charlotte, Columbia, Charleston and Myrtle Beach.


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A case study of novel, breast-specific peak 13741. (a) Browser shot showing expression for a breast cancer sample in the region downstream of ANKRD30A on chromosome 10. The first two tracks show the known genes and RNAs in this locus. The third track shows the peaks identified in this study, including three highly expressed peaks: novel 13741, lncRNA 13742 and novel 13743. The fourth track shows the raw 3SEQ reads (transcript abundance levels) on the forward strand (blue) and reverse strand (red). The final tracks show the longest transcripts that overlap peak 13742, a Scripture-assembled transcript produced using normal breast RNAseq reads from the Illumina BodyMap data set and GENCODE lncRNA ENSG00000235687. (b) Zoom-in browser shot of peak 13741 on chromosome 10 shows the location of the RNA in situ hybridization probe (top track) as well as the raw sequence reads for one breast cancer sample (bottom track). This peak illustrates the shape of a typical 3SEQ peak from a high-expressing transcript. (c) ER staining on an ER+ breast cancer (top left) and an ER-breast cancer (top right). RNA in situ hybridization for peak 13741 performed on the same ER+ breast cancer specimen (bottom left) and same ER- breast cancer (bottom right). Specimens were matched but ER and 13741 stains used different tissue slices. All images are at 400× magnification. 3SEQ, 3'-end sequencing for expression quantification; chr10, chromosome 10; ER, estrogen receptor; lncRNA, long non-coding RNA.
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My proposal for "Game Based Learning and Serious Play: Examining Opportunities and Trends at the Games for Change Festival, Different Games Conference and SUNY Conference on Instructional Technology", has been accepted as a poster session for the 2013 Empire State College Fall Academic Conference. My session is scheduled for Thursday, 10/24, from 3:30-5:15 in Win/Place/Show at the Holiday Inn in Saratoga Springs.
Poster Abstract:
This poster is intended to report back to the faculty on information about trends, theories and practices in the use of games for education obtained through attendance at The Games for Change Festival (G4C), the Different Games Conference, and the SUNY Conference on Instructional Technology (CIT). This poster will highlight the use of games for education that relate to andragogy that were presented by industry leaders and educational researchers at these conferences.
The average age of the gaming population is quickly aligning with the average age of an Empire State College student. The majority of gamers are older than popular conception and there are roughly equal numbers of male and female gamers. Games are becoming infused in popular culture and have been the subject of several art museum exhibitions.
Opportunities exist for including game-based learning and serious play in all of the types of studies offered by Empire State College. Game-based learning can increase student engagement and be applied to students with a variety of learning styles.
This poster will include background information on game player demographics, types of games played, a summary of current game culture and diversity issues and trends, and a discussion of how games and serious play can benefit learning and adult education.
The poster will include a list of specific games and free game authoring tools that can be used as part of course instructional activities. Sample games and game authoring tools that were featured at these conferences will be available for play and review on one or more laptops. A web site with resource and supplemental information will be created.


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Situated in Rensselaer, this hotel is within 6 mi (10 km) of Children's Museum of Science and Technology, Times Union Center, and Palace Theater. Washington Park and Joseph L Bruno Stadium are also within 6 mi (10 km).
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Along with an indoor pool, this hotel has a fitness center and a business center. Free buffet breakfast, free WiFi in public areas, and free self parking are also provided. Additionally, conference rooms, meeting rooms, and dry cleaning are onsite.
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Holiday Inn Express Hotel & Suites East Greenbush features an indoor pool and a fitness center. A computer station is located on site and high-speed wireless Internet access is complimentary. Business-related amenities consist of a business center and meeting rooms. Guests can enjoy a complimentary breakfast. Event facilities measuring 1200 square feet (111 square meters) include conference space. This Rensselaer hotel also offers gift shops/newsstands, dry cleaning/laundry services, and express check-out. Complimentary self parking is available on site.
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All motorcyclists are invited to participate in a ride through the Northern Kettle Moraine to raise funds to help isolated people around the world.
The Ride2Fly event Saturday, Sept. 21, will benefit Mission Aviation Fellowship (MAF), a Christian relief organization that uses aviation and technology to share the gospel and make life better for people living in remote, impoverished areas of the world.
The day begins and ends at the Aviation Heritage Center of Wisconsin at the Sheboygan Memorial Airport, N6191 Resource Drive, Sheboygan Falls, and includes food and a presentation after the ride.
From 10:30 a.m. to noon is check-in, coffee and doughnuts. The ride begins at noon and the event should finish by 5 p.m. Stops for gas, ice cream, food and an MAF presentation after the ride are planned. Registration fee is $25 for each rider and $10 for each passenger.
Participants are also encouraged to gather per-mile pledges. A per-pledge mile fundraiser will award prices for the most raised. Online registration is available at maf.org/ride2fly-wisconsin or call Jack Erdmann at 920-207-5173.
MAF is a family of organizations with a singular mission: to share the love of Jesus through aviation and technology so that isolated people may be physically and spiritually transformed.
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DENVER — Colorado Attorney General John Suthers announced today that the state and federal government will receive more than $42 million as part of a Chapter 11 reorganization plan a judge from the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas has approved for Asarco, Inc. and certain related companies. The order, approved by Judge Andrew S. Hanen, described the Asarco case as "one of the most successful bankruptcy proceedings in recent history" and "perhaps the largest and most complex case in bankruptcy history with respect to claims for environmental liability." The $22 million the state and federal government will recover along with $20 million earmarked for a custodial trust will be used for environmental remediation at sites throughout the state.
The reorganization plan, filed by Asarco's parent company, Americas Mining Corporation, provides more than $1.7 billion in funds for environmental remediation of more than 50 sites in 19 states currently and formerly owned or operated by Asarco.
"Asarco's reorganization is exceptional in that Colorado and the federal government will recover every dollar they claimed for environmental remediation — plus interest," Suthers said. "These funds will go a long way to improving and remediating sites Asarco operated at throughout the state."
Asarco filed its bankruptcy case in the Southern District of Texas in 2005. Sixteen states and the federal government participated in litigation and settlement discussions with Asarco throughout 2006 and 2007, culminating in a series of settlement agreements approved by Judge Richard S. Schmidt, of the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of Texas, on June 5, 2009. The environmental settlement fixed the amounts of environmental claims, but funding to satisfy the claims awaited confirmation of the company's Chapter 11 reorganization. On Aug. 31, 2009, Judge Schmidt recommended that the Americas Mining Corporation plan be confirmed over a competing plan filed by Asarco itself. That plan, confirmed by Judge Hanen, provides for the full payment of environmental claims. Colorado is expected to receive its share of the $1.7 billion on or about Dec. 9.
The settlements includes the funding of an environmental custodial trust, which will undertake environmental remediation of an 89-acre site in Denver, Colorado, in the vicinity of 495 E. 51st St., formerly used for smelting and refining and former mining sites near Silverton. The state will devote $16 million to the remediation of the Denver site and $4 million to the remediation of the Silverton site.
The state and the federal government will devote the balance of the funds they receive under the reorganization to remediation at a series of other sites, including California Gulch Superfund site located in and around Leadville; a 4.5 square-mile site near Vasquez Boulevard and Interstate-70; the Terrible Mine site in Custer County; a site in the Bonanza mining district in Saguache County; and, the Summitville Mine Superfund Site.
Assistant Attorneys General Richard Lotz and James Holden represented Colorado in the Asarco bankruptcy proceedings. Former Senior Assistant Attorney General Vicky Peters also contributed to the case.


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My Sunday Business Washington Post column is out. This week, we look at the impact of Apple on the technology sector and their competitors. The print version had the full headline And then there were none: Apple's destruction of rivals (The online version is merely And then there were none).
Thanks to TBP readers for emphasizing that Verizon and Samsung are key players in the space — these are two firms I might have overlooked otherwise. As I noted in the forward to BN, it was written with a similar input from blog readers.
Regardless, here's an excerpt from the column:
"One thing that might have gotten lost in the avalanche of Steve Jobs coverage has been his impact on technology investors. Not the entire sector but rather the crushing effect that Apple has had on specific competitors. It is creative destruction writ large.
Jobs remade entire industries according to his unique vision. From music to film, mobile phones to media publishing, and now computing, his impact has been enormous. And rumors abound about the next new thing, Apple's remake of traditional television.
While Apple 1.0 influenced how we think of the PC user interface, it was hardly the disruptive behemoth that Apple 2.0 became. The Cupertino PC maker hardly profited from its innovations — Apple was a marginal player with a tiny market share. Yes, we know the original Mac was hugely influential and mostly ripped off by Microsoft. Indeed, the Mac-maker was kept alive by a $150 million Microsoft investment in 1997. With that, Bill Gates could retain a weakened competitor and argue that his firm did not own a monopoly in operating systems. The irony is that lifeline allowed a competitor to recover to the point where it is now a threat.
But it is much more than just Microsoft. Today, the triple threat of iPod/iPhone/iPad has left behind a wake of overwhelmed business models, confounded managements and bereft shareholders. Let's look at who has been hurt — and helped — by the perfectionist from Cupertino."
I really like what the Post did in the dead tree version of the paper — the layout and art work is great:
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And then there were none: Apple's destruction of rivals
Barry Ritholtz
Washington Post, September 4 2011
Washington Post Sunday, September 4 2011 page G6 (PDF)
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TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) - It would cost more to drive a car and go to college under the Florida Senate's first draft of a new budget, and some top school officials could take pay cuts.
The appropriations bill is set for release late Friday afternoon, but many details emerged this week during committee hearings.
That includes a variety of fee increases for such things as driver licenses and motor vehicle titles and an 8 percent tuition hike for college students.
Local school superintendent salaries would be cut by 5 percent.
School board member salaries could be no higher than those for legislators, meaning a reduction for many.
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Expressing second thoughts about why the city needs to borrow money to pay victims of the 2010 David Bisard police crash, a City-County Council committee Tuesday postponed action on a proposed $2.5 million bond issue.
"This needs more discussion," said Councilor Mary Moriarty Adams, after the meeting of the administration and finance committee. "I want to make sure these poor victims get their money but I don't see why we need to borrow to do it."
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KUSA - Dr. John Torres from Premier Urgent Care answers your questions every week. If you have a medical question for Dr. John, send it to firstname.lastname@example.com and make sure to have Ask Dr. John in the subject line.
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Dear Dr. John, My husband told me about a segment on today's news about a condition called "skier's nose," and an otc treatment for it. I have not been able to find any information on the 9news website about this and wondered if you could tell me the product that is used to treat it. My understanding is that "skier's nose" is, basically, nosebleeds caused by the dry climate of Colorado. Thank you for any information you can share or that would point me in the right direction. Helen
It's not something any of us enjoy but skier's nose is that condition where our nose starts running like a faucet once we hit the slopes. Sneezing and itchiness can also start kicking in. It happens even more often in people from out of town. If these sound like allergy symptoms it's because they are. The condition is called cold induced rhinorrhea which means allergic symptoms related to the cold weather. Although it's not an allergy like most of us think of, it's symptoms are very similar. Mix that in with exercise induced rhinorrhea, or allergy symptoms due to exerting ourselves, and you have a day of nose blowing and sneezing. So the treatment is basically the same we'd use in the middle of summer. Over the counter allergy medications can help but need to be taken before hitting the slopes. If conditions are really bad prescription nasal sprays might be needed. As for the nose bleed part of visiting Colorado, this is mainly due to our dry climate. Nasal saline rinse during the day and humidifiers at night can help keep that from happening.
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Hi Doctor John, I have a question for you and here it is: What causes you to snore and what is really happening when you snore? Brendan
If you notice that your favorite family member, who's visiting for the holidays, is snoring their head off it's because of the way the air is flowing, or more precisely not flowing , though their upper airway. Snoring happens when that airflow get's disrupted, usually because the tongue, palate and soft tissue in the back of the throat temporarily collapse. The loud classic snoring sounds come from that soft tissue vibrating back and forth letting air in or out. Snoring happens more often if someone is overweight, has nose problems to begin with or has consumed too much alcohol. Snoring can also be a sign of sleep apnea, a potentially serious health problem. If snoring is an issue you should get it checked out to see if it is sleep apnea and to find out what can be done to help everyone in the house sleep better.
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Economists and financial experts will cross their fingers and take a deep breath as they offer their opinions and insights for 2009 at the University of Southern Mississippi's second Economic Outlook Conference.
Hosted by the College of Business' Bureau of Business and Economic Research (BBER) and sponsored by The First, a National Banking Association, the conference is scheduled for Thursday, Jan. 15 at the Thad Cochran Center on the university's Hattiesburg campus.
Dr. William Gunther, professor of economics and director of the BBER, said, "These are highly volatile times in the economy, and we will provide some insight into the nature of this volatility and where the economy is likely to be in 2009."
In addition to predictions for south Mississippi, speakers will offer forecasts for the country and the state during the event.
Gunther scheduled presentations include "The U.S. Recession: How Long, How Deep, How Wide?" and "The Mississippi Economy: Fiscal and Employment Prospects."
Dr. Lance Nail, professor of finance and dean of the College of Business, will provide an update on the world financial crisis, and Dr. Edward Ranck, associate director of the BBER, will present "South Mississippi Beyond Katrina."
David Johnson, chairman of the Board and CEO of The First, will introduce the luncheon keynote speaker Dennis P. Lockhart, president and CEO of the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta. Lockhart will address the state of the U.S. economy.
According to Gunther, access to data on the region's economy is critical to area business and government leaders, and the BBER is designed to provide that access to leaders and residents of South Mississippi and the state. In addition to offering an annual forecast conference and a mid-year assessment conference for South Mississippi and the Gulf Coast, the Bureau has launched an interactive Web site to provide complete economic data for all counties in Mississippi. Free and available for public use, the site allows business leaders to easily create customized reports, including graphic trends analysis of local economic indicators and analyses of local employment growth.
The January conference is scheduled to begin at 9 a.m. and continues until 1:30. A $45 conference registration fee includes continental breakfast, lunch and a copy of The Economic Outlook for Mississippi 2009. For more information or to register for the event, call 601.266.5854 or e-mail
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Transportation Master Plan
About this study: Colorado College places a high priority on the safety of those who travel through and around the campus. Close calls between pedestrians, bicyclists, skateboarders and autos happen all too often. The college's desire to assure that mobility changes are compatible with the college's long range plans, and that potential neighborhood impacts are considered have prompted a seven-month study to support the development of the Colorado College Transportation Master Plan. Study participants will identify existing safety and mobility issues, analyze current travel plans and make recommendations for future improvements.
What's New
Read summaries of the Feb. 26 Workshop and the May 1 Working Group meeting.
At its May 7 meeting, the Citizen's Transportation Advisory Board (CTAB) discussed a process for its involvement in the Colorado College Transportation Master Plan. The CTAB agreed to be part of the process and a recommending body to the City of Colorado Springs Planning Commission and City Council. For more information about the Citizen's Transportation Advisory Board and to view meeting documents, see: https://www.springsgov.com/Page.aspx?NavID=4117
Once the CTAB has identified its path forward with regard to the study, information will be posted to this website.
The draft recommendations will be based on community values and community vision established by the roughly 40 members of the working group. It includes input received from citizens, businesses, community leaders, City of Colorado Springs staff and college and student body representatives. A road system traffic analysis to establish existing and projected future traffic volumes will be included in the draft plan. Colorado Springs city staff is reviewing the recommendations for cost implications, feasibility and technical acceptability.
"We want to stress that the public vetting process is not yet over," said Tim Seibert, project manager with N.E.S., the firm leading the master transportation plan process. "What we have at this point is a recommendation based on all the input we've received to this point from the community and the working group."
"A successful final plan will reflect neighborhood and community interests. Our desire is that the process balances the college's need for safety and mobility with the interests of the surrounding community and adjacent neighborhoods. The plan should also be aesthetically pleasing and create a sense of arrival when approaching the campus, integrating the college with the life of the city and respecting the historic nature of neighborhoods."
— Colorado College President Jill Tiefenthaler
Goal: The primary goal of the study is to address immediate and long-term safety and mobility of all who travel through and around the campus.
Objectives: Through a Stakeholder Working Group and public input, the plan will be informed by –
- Conducting a collaborative process involving stakeholder representatives of Colorado College (faculty and administration), college student body, City of Colorado Springs, neighborhoods, businesses and other community interests
- Analyzing current conditions for mobility and safety for all users within and around the Colorado College campus
- Identifying and Evaluating conflict areas that present challenges to mobility and safety
- Recommending future improvements balancing the needs and interest of the campus, the City of Colorado Springs, as well as those of neighborhoods and the community
How to participate: The college recognizes that a successful final plan needs to reflect the needs and interests of the campus, as well as those of the neighborhood and community. We are initiating this collaborative process to receive input and guidance from all stakeholders.
A Stakeholder Working Group meets monthly on the campus in Slocum Hall to guide and inform the study. These meetings are open to the public and include a public comment period at the end of each meeting.
Public Open Houses will provide opportunities for the public to provide input. The first open house was Dec. 4. A second open house will be scheduled near the end of the study.
Useful Links
Colorado College's desire for the campus and surrounding area is complementary to the Long Range Development Plan and other studies recently conducted for the Old North End Neighborhood and downtown Colorado Springs. These plans all reflect a common vision for the area and demonstrate a synergy between these entities to do something that makes a positive impact.
- Imagine Downtown
- Long Range Development Plan
- Old North End Neighborhood Master Plan
- Urban Land Institute Report
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The college has contracted with the local land planning and urban design firm of N.E.S. Inc. to lead the seven-month study. The project team includes:
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|Reduction of acute anterior dislocations: a prospective randomized study comparing a new technique with the Hippocratic and Kocher methods.
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|BACKGROUND: There are several methods to reduce anterior shoulder dislocations, but few studies have compared the efficacy, safety, and reliability of the different techniques. As a result, deciding which technique to use is seldom based on objective criteria. The aim of the present study was to introduce a new method to reduce an anterior shoulder dislocation, which we have termed "FARES" (Fast, Reliable, and Safe), and to compare it with the Hippocratic and Kocher methods in terms of efficacy, safety, and the intensity of pain felt by the patient during reduction. METHODS: Between September 2006 and June 2008, a total of 173 patients with an acute anterior shoulder dislocation (with or without a fracture of the greater tuberosity) were enrolled in the study. One hundred and fifty-four patients, who met all inclusion criteria, were randomly assigned to one of the three study groups (FARES, Hippocratic, and Kocher) and underwent reduction of the dislocation by first or second-year orthopaedic surgery residents. A visual analog scale was used to determine the intensity of the pain felt by the patient during reduction. RESULTS: Demographically, the groups were comparable in terms of age, male:female ratio, the mechanism of dislocation, and the mean time between the injury and the first attempt at reduction. Reduction was achieved with the FARES method in 88.7% of the patients, with the Hippocratic method in 72.5%, and with the Kocher method in 68%. This difference was significant, in favor of the FARES method (p = 0.033). The mean duration of the reduction maneuver was significantly shorter for the FARES method (2.36 +/- 1.24 minutes for the FARES method, 5.55 +/- 1.58 minutes for the Hippocratic method, and 4.32 +/- 2.12 minutes for the Kocher method; p < 0.001), and the mean visual analog pain score was significantly lower for the FARES method (1.57 +/- 1.43 for the FARES method, 4.88 +/- 2.17 for the Hippocratic method, and 5.44 +/- 1.92 for the Kocher method; p < 0.001). No complications were noted in any group. CONCLUSIONS: The FARES method is a significantly more effective, faster, and less painful method of reduction of an anterior shoulder dislocation in comparison with the Hippocratic and Kocher methods. It is easily performed by only one physician, it is applicable to anterior shoulder dislocations as well as simple fracture-dislocations, and its use is associated with no more morbidity than that associated with the other two methods.
|Fares E Sayegh; Eustathios I Kenanidis; Kyriakos A Papavasiliou; Michael E Potoupnis; John M Kirkos; George A Kapetanos
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|Title: The Journal of bone and joint surgery. American volume Volume: 91 ISSN: 1535-1386 ISO Abbreviation: J Bone Joint Surg Am Publication Date: 2009 Dec
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|Created Date: 2009-12-02 Completed Date: 2009-12-22 Revised Date: 2010-10-25
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|Nlm Unique ID: 0014030 Medline TA: J Bone Joint Surg Am Country: United States
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|Languages: eng Pagination: 2775-82 Citation Subset: AIM; IM
|Papageorgiou General Hospital, Ring-Road, Nea Efkarpia, Thessaloniki, Greece.
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Manipulation, Orthopedic / methods*
Middle Aged
Pain Measurement
Prospective Studies
Shoulder Dislocation / complications, therapy*
Shoulder Fractures / complications, therapy*
Treatment Outcome
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printf("Now you can call the synchronised method !");
} else {
printf("oops ! Failed to acquire the lock.");
From the above method i want to check if i can call the method that is synchronised and could be in use by another thread. What does
MonitorEnter actually check. I have read its documentation but don't understand what it is. What i want to do is ,call that synchronised method after checking if it is safe to call that method. The above method doesn't seem right, because even when the
if statement is satisfied,I get a fatal error.


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Knoxville High School students are getting all dressed up for "A Night to Remember…" This year's prom will be held at the high school Saturday night beginning with a walk-in at 7pm. Following the annual dance will be the After Prom Party hosted by parents of the junior class officers. This year's party includes a rock climbing wall, sprint car simulator, cash machine, hypnotist, laser tag and some big ticket prizes. Tickets for the after prom party will be available at the door for $20 and anyone who is accompanied by a Knoxville junior or senior can attend the party which runs from midnight until 4:30am.
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Fact Checking CNN's Fact Checkers
What is the value of fact checking if the fact-checkers don't have a clue about the facts they're checking? CNN's fact checkers accuse Mitt Romney of playing fast and loose with the data. In reality, he displayed a masterful executive-level command of the issues. It's President Obama they should worry about.Read More »


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Statement on Egyptian Election Results
June 4, 2014 - Foreign Affairs Minister John Baird today issued the following statement on the release of the official results of Egypt's presidential election, which confirmed Abdel Fattah el-Sisi as president-elect:
"We congratulate President-elect el-Sisi on the results of the election. As we all know, difficult challenges face the president-elect in leading Egypt toward a more democratic, inclusive, secure and prosperous future, but such a future is in the interests of all Egyptian citizens. We continue to stand with Egypt in its efforts to confront terrorism, including in the Sinai Peninsula, where Egyptian security personnel are confronting a dangerous insurgency.
"Canada remains committed to supporting Egypt in making a peaceful and meaningful transition to democracy, based on respect for human rights, fundamental freedoms and the rule of law.
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This guide is a tool for community and local organisations and instructors concerned to help them draw up risk maps with a view to prepare and build capacities to better withstand risks they are confronted with. In a simple format, it defines a map risk and indicates the way to build it up, its main interest being to identify risks (past, present and future), their geographical situation, and to share the community's views with the authorities and organisations to help them take decisions. (UNEsCO)
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text: I am looking into potentially buying this horse that's for sale. The thing is that I am going to have to strech to cover the initial price, and cost of boarding and trainer. I am basically wondering if anyone would be interested in half leasing an 18.1 hand Holsteiner gelding with unlimited potential. We would be working with a proffessional trainer, and hopefully the leasee would be able to show with me if they desired. I would do this to raise money, and because during the school week for a couple more months, I wouldn't be able to ride EVERY DAY after school . We could work out more if you wanted to do sessions with the horse and trainer as well, and if you just wanted to ride. I would be looking at something like $250 per month, which is 3 days per week riding rights. (which is about $20 per day) Negotiable either way. Just thought it might help cover cost of trainer and board. Let me know if you would.


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A few tips on losing those unwanted lbs!
Usually, it isn't easy to get in shape if you're already really out of shape. But I would suggest taking small steps. Like for instance, cutting down on junk food less and less every week. Eventually, stop eatting junk food. Daily jogs are reccomended, but if not possible, twice – four times a week is also good. Follow the health charts, and if it's too little for you to eat, cut down each day/week. If it's too much, try to improve each day/week. Get it so your body will be used to the daily reccomended food health chart. Excersising is great too! So, begin with the small effort, and eventually carry on from there, and bring up your effort, and constantly follow your footsteps and improve! This is an efficient way on losing weight or looking thinner! One more tip.. Those drugs you see that apparently make you fit, those do not work. Besides, doing this process without a drug would rather seem more hardworking and rewarding. These have been a few tips on how to lose weight. Maybe make more?
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I'm sure you'll find fault with the West Point study showing the sharp spike in right-wing terror, too.
Clearly you must have looked at the pretty graph and not much else. This is right at the beginning. It's not the West Point study. It is the author's study.
Of course the second source in no form or fashion supports the contention you made with your first source. The second source shows violent acts spiking but the spike occurred during the second term of the Bush administration and declined the second Obama took office. That is nothing like your second source, the "hate for hire" SPLC which claims an almost 1000% increase starting with when Obama took office.
That said you really should read your report because it makes some very interesting claims for example noting that all the violence is taking place in blue states because the groups are not in the South. Likewise the 34% of the "violence" is vandalism.
Ask yourself how much "left wing violence" we could find if we considered every time a person or gang tagged a bridge, building, or fence to be an act of left wing violence. The levels would be astounding.
Right wing extremist groups have absolutely proliferated during the Obama administration.
The sad part about this and many other aspects of the left and their agenda is the very clear racism within their process.
Then, this January, an Alabama high school student was arrested for allegedly plotting to attack his black and gay classmates and bomb his school. Former friends of the student said he and a group of up to 11 other students regularly shouted "white power" and gave stiff-arm Nazi salutes in the halls of their Seale, Ala., school but were ignored by school officials and security officers.
Change the Nazi salute to a gang sign and change the shouts and group associate with to known gang plotting an attack against another gang almost always for racial reasons and this happens 50 times a day. The point, SPLC never calls it racism or a hate crime. Mexican drug cartels have wiped out and terrified entire African-American neighborhoods, targeted and killed people for no other reason than being black and the SPLC never considers it worthy of reporting, tracking or a form of hate. The sad fact is that claims and actual actions by alleged right wing groups are so small and rare that, massive report and fundraising groups can only find or even allege a small number of incidents per year.
The actual violence though, for example the 500+ murders in just Chicago last year including the gang related death of Hadiya Pendleton as an example isn't worthy of a study nor per the SPLC is it in any form a type of hate crime. It just is normal and routine.
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"During times of universal deceit, telling the truth becomes a revolutionary act." -George Orwell


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Schmidt: Google isn't making cellular a "dumb pipe"
updated 01:00 pm EST, Tue February 16, 2010
Google CEO takes stance on mobile net neutrality
Google chief Eric Schmidt at his Mobile World Congress speech today refuted claims that his company is reducing cellular networks to a "dumb pipe." After being accused of hurting carriers by promoting net neutrality and fostering platforms like Android, the executive said he fundamentally disagreed with the premise and that, by necessity, Google needed a degree of control on the network. Carriers need to balance their network load and provide an ideal environment, Schmidt explained.
He added that Google's primary concern is choice of services, not quality. Customers on multiple carriers should have access to the same video, for example, but that the operators should have the option of adjusting quality or other factors if bandwidth is a problem. Responding to RIM CEO Mike Lazaridis' calls for phone vendors to control bandwidth as is done on the BlackBerry, Schmidt noted that Google can help control bandwidth use in its apps but that this depends on carriers giving it information.
Google won't build networks of its own on a broad level, he said, alluding to the 1Gbps Google Fiber project that some carriers fear could replace their own business.
On the current app market, the CEO further noted that his company never wants to make a given software feature Android-exclusive and usually wants them on "all" platforms. Special apps like Google Maps Navigation and Goggles are only available on Android so far, but the company has previously said it would like iPhone versions of these and others when possible.
Regardless of app availability, Android is doing well for the company and has now reached a tally of about 60,000 phones shipped per day, or twice as much as just a quarter ago.


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Pauline Nist (Intel) and Jim Totton (Red Hat) discuss their collaborative value to enterprise computing.
Leading server innovation with the Intel® Xeon® processor E7 family for higher speed and capacity.
Dr. Eng Lim Goh, CTO, SGI, describes features of SGI Altix UV* compared to standard rack mounted and clustered solutions.
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1. Re: streams error : update optionsdamorgan Mar 27, 2013 11:40 AM (in response to johnnie d)Do you want us to guess at your Oracle version number? ;-)
2. Re: streams error : update optionsjohnnie d Mar 27, 2013 11:47 AM (in response to damorgan)sorry - -- 126.96.36.199
I was thinking of more than just setting "compare_key_only" as an apply process parameter, i am looking for something that might automatically update unexpected non-primary key column differences.
3. Re: streams error : update optionsdamorgan Mar 27, 2013 12:11 PM (in response to johnnie d)If Streams thinks a row needs to be updated ... why not let it just do so. Adding a rule condition will create a situation where you have non-matching data.
4. Re: streams error : update optionsjohnnie d Mar 27, 2013 12:25 PM (in response to damorgan)its more to do with conflict resolution
let's assume that we have compare_key_only='Y'
what i'd like is that for non-expected target row values for (nonprimary key) column values for a given primary key, that the target row values will get updated to the :old values in the LCR before the LCR is applied. A sort of adhoc 'catching up'.


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By Richard Valdmanis
DAKAR, Aug 26 (Reuters) - Plunging oil revenues could stoke
unrest ahead of Cameroon's 2011 elections by hindering social
spending and raising public frustration over the slow pace of
reforms in the impoverished central African state.
Oil output in a country that depends on petroleum for half
of export revenues is on track for a 33 percent drop between
2008 and 2011 as mature fields fall into decline, and lower oil
prices have compounded the impact on the treasury.
"The main question is whether the government is able to keep
the socio-economic risks that come with dwindling oil revenues
at bay," said Rolake Akinola of Eurasia Group.
"With declining revenues, the avenues for social spending,
as well as for cronyism and patronage to manage political
dissent, dwindle," she said.
Cameroon is among central Africa's oldest energy producers
and is widely viewed as among the region's most stable
countries. But public disenchantment with long-serving President
Paul Biya is on the rise over his plans to stand in 2011 polls.
Internal conflict in the country would be a setback for
regional democracy and unsettle billions of dollars' worth of
energy and mining investments that Biya's administration hopes
will rejuvenate its laggard economy in the coming years.
Economic growth is seen rising from 2 percent last year to
around 2.6 percent this year and just over 3 percent in 2011,
lagging the region as a whole and barely keeping pace with the
annual rise in the population.
Oil production has dropped to about 66,000 barrels per day
from above 80,000 bpd in 2008 and more than 180,000 bpd in the
1980s -- marking the steepest percentage decline among the
continent's energy producers -- with revenues to the state
treasury on track to slide more than a third over two years.
Simon Tamfu, exploration manager at Cameroon's state oil
company SNH, said production would likely decline further to
55,000 bpd in 2011 before the startup of new fields pushes
output back up in 2012.
While the government's use of revenues from the oil industry
is hard to quantify, analysts said the decline would likely
affect the regime's ability to subsidise food and fuel for a
population dogged by poverty.
Cameroon boosted its 2010 budget 11.4 percent over 2009 to
2.570 trillion CFA francs ($4.96 billion) but has come under
pressure from the IMF to reevaluate spending and cut subsidies,
in part because of "overstated oil production".
Cameroonian "authorities viewed staff advice as difficult to
implement in the current social and political context", the IMF
said in a report issued last month.
"It is certainly possible that the decline in oil revenues
will mean a paring back of public spending, stoking political
tensions ahead of the elections," said Lisa Lewin of Business
Monitor International.
"Dissatisfaction with the current government is already on
the rise," she said, citing rioting that broke out in 2008 when
food and fuel prices increased.
Biya, 77, came to power in Cameroon in 1982 and has held
sway since. In 2008, he orchestrated a constitutional re-jig
removing term limits that set off violent protests but allowed
him to stand for the elections expected next year.
Biya's government has announced plans to triple electricity
generation by 2020 in an effort to open the door to huge mining
developments vital to diversifying the economy, but experts are
sceptical the power projects will happen on time.
"Unfortunately, the country is facing a number of
challenges, which if not dealt with as quickly as possible could
undermine all these bright perspectives," said Babissakana (Eds:
correct as one name), head of the Prescriptor economic think
tank in Yaounde.
"I am thinking of bad governance, endemic corruption and
growing unemployment," he said. Cameroon is in 146th place on
Berlin-based anti-graft watchdog Transparency International's
ranking of efforts by 180 countries to combat corruption.
Major resource companies including oil giant Total and miner
Rio Tinto are active in Cameroon.
(Additional reporting by Tansa Musa in Yaounde; editing by
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Toshiba readies first 32GB SDHC card
updated 12:30 pm EDT, Wed August 22, 2007
Toshiba 8, 16, 32GB SDHC
Toshiba has announced the development of three new SDHC cards, due in the next several months. Most prominent is what the company calls the world's first 32GB card, finally achieving the maximum capacity of the format. SDHC sizes have typically been limited to 4 or 8GB. A lesser, 16GB card is also in the works, and users of mobile phones will be able to get an 8GB microSDHC card. Crucially, Toshiba has chosen to make the cards Class 4 (4MB/s) models, unlike many first-wave cards which have defaulted to Class 2. The 16GB Toshiba card should ship worldwide in October, with the 32GB and 8GB cards arriving in January 2008.