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Kind of just testing the waters, I might be interested in an Orange Emag LED screen. Does anyone have one?
Kind of just testing the waters, I might be interested in an Orange Emag LED screen. Does anyone have one?
Good luck finding an Orange Emag LED (HCMS-2914) We tried to get a group buy on AO a few times but never got enough people to buy any orange screens. I think you need a minimum order of 40
I decided buy a yellow one from Digikey instead and it looks great. I just ordered from them a few weeks ago and have no complaints
I did find this, looks like I might be able to order qty:1 I was hoping to find one for less, but as you said, they are rare.
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Cool! Give it a try and let me know. The price is about right, but for some reason I don't really trust that first site. The second one from CA might be legit
if we can get colored screens again, and this is it i need many of them
yellow, blue, 2 x purple, buncha green,
Products i offer for sale:http://www.automags.org/forums/showt...RKM-3D-Designs Im building Emags now
Fyi, watch out for those e-mail lists. I accidentally put my e-mail in and received over 200+ e-mails in 24 hours. Mostly saying the blue LED screen were discontinued.
Green and Yellow are available on Digikey btw. Blue is long gone.
Screens pull right off the board.
A lot of the sites you pull up on google searches are just fishing basically. These companies list nearly every electronic component ever made in order to generate calls from OEMS looking for hard to find parts.


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This is a feature story from 1999. At the time, Sid Smith was a Tribune Arts Critic.
On the day of Gene Siskel's funeral, Time magazine film critic Richard Schickel suggested that the on-air chemistry between Siskel and Roger Ebert defied analysis.
"He'd sometimes refer to me as his first wife," Ebert said in an interview the same day. They were, in a professional sense, married; theirs was a public partnership that, although ending in tragedy, enjoyed an astonishing 24-year run.
Other celebrated media and entertainment duos have ended over the years, for whatever reasons, forcing one or both partners to go it on their own. (For now, Ebert plans...

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MILFORD -- A 16-year-old girl who was missing since Monday returned to her home on Tuesday night, police said.
Amber Mugford had told her parents that she was at the Westfield Connecticut Post Mall here that last time that they heard from her.
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Idris Elba no Mandela lookalike
- Bang Showbiz
- 9 November 2013
Idris Elba didn't want to be a Nelson Mandela "lookalike" in new biopic 'Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom'
Idris Elba didn't want to be a Nelson Mandela "lookalike" in 'Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom'.
The 41-year-old actor plays the former South African leader in a powerful new biopic, and he insists that his appearance is not important to the role and the story should come first.
Referring to other actors who have played Mandela, he said: "I'm not Morgan Freeman, I'm not Terrence Howard, and I don't look like Nelson Mandela. I don't have that sort of complexion and we are not doing a lookalike story. This is a real story and this guy, Idris Elba, just happens to be playing him."
Elba recently starred in Guillermo del Toro's monsters-versus-aliens summer blockbuster 'Pacific Rim' and he is a big fan of the director.
Quizzed about his favourite del Toro movie, he told Zoo magazine: "'Pan's Labyrinth' - it's beautifully shot and delicately made. It's the way he blends a war film with a fantasy. Amazing!"
The British actor is also fond of his co-star Charlie Hunnam, who recently dropped out of the lead role in 'Fifty Shades of Grey'.
He enthused: "Charlie and I go back a bit. He has a TV show where he is an iconic character ['Sons of Anarchy'] and I had a TV show where I was an iconic character in America ['The Wire'] and we were sharing our experiences. We got on really well."


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Car News
2014 FIAT 500L Pricing Announced
- FIAT 500L offered in four trim levels
- Pricing ranges from $19,900 to $24,995
- No-cost Premier Package adds navigation, reversing camera
The 2014 FIAT 500L will start from $19,900 when it goes in sale this summer. That's the latest from FIAT, who announced full pricing and trim levels for the all-new, 5-passenger model.
According to FIAT, the $19,900 pricing figure buys the base-level 500L Pop. Like all FIAT 500L models, that one is powered by a 160-horsepower 1.4-liter MultiAir turbocharged 4-cylinder engine. That's the same engine in our long-term Dodge Dart (link to introduction). It's also the same powerplant in FIAT's new 500 Turbo.
In the Pop trim level, a six-speed manual is standard. Other standard features include 16-inch wheels with hubcaps, air conditioning, cruise control and split-folding rear seats. The 500L Pop also features a five-inch, center-mounted touchscreen. Navigation isn't standard, but Bluetooth and a USB port are.
The new model in the hatchback's lineup is dubbed the 500L Easy. Prices for the Easy start a $20,995 with shipping. For that figure, you get 16-inch alloy wheels and a premium sound system. You also get a host of trim upgrades like a leather-wrapped steering wheel, tinted windows, and body-colored door mirror caps.
The next step up is the 500L Trekking, which starts at $21,995 with shipping. FIAT says this model is the "perfect blend of rugged styling and versatility." Upgrades over the Easy include more aggressive front and rear fascias, colored wheel arch moldings and 17-inch alloy wheels.
Topping the 500L range is the upscale 500L Lounge, which starts at $24,995 with shipping. An automatic transmission is standard in the Lounge. Other standard equipment includes leather seats, heated front seats and dual-zone automatic climate control.
During the 500L's first year, the brand will also offer a "Premier Package" at no charge. Usually $1,700, the package boasts a reversing camera, a larger touchscreen and navigation.
The 500L is a front-wheel drive, 5-door hatchback designed to compete with models like the Mini Countryman and Volkswagen Golf. It's for shoppers who enjoy the tiny 500's styling and heritage, but need a bigger vehicle. In addition to offering five seats, the 500L boasts a large 120-cubic-foot cargo area.
What it means to you: The 2014 FIAT 500L provides a new choice for shoppers interested in a practical, fuel-efficient hatchback.


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== Animo ==
== Animo ==
* [[Gebruiker:Stitch|Stitch]] - Hangt af van de detailplanning. Lijkt me gaaf om eens te zien!
* [[Gebruiker:Stitch|Stitch]] - Hangt af van de detailplanning. Lijkt me gaaf om eens te zien!
== Externe Links ==
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|Outdoor hacker conference: Haxogreen 2012
|Haxogreen 2012
|Dudelange, Luxemburg
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|juli 26, 2012 13:37:00 - juli 29, 2012 13:37:00
|HaxoGreen 2012 SummerCamp, from July 26-29 2012, in Dudelange, Luxembourg, Europe
|Syn2Cat, Hackerspace Luxembourg
Still cosy at a maximum of 140 people, still at the same perfect setting that offers commodities for shopping, outdoors for camping and areas filled to the brink with adventure and history at the same time. The camp will take place from Thursday, July 26th till Sunday, July 29th and be bristling with geeks and their innovative ideas.
Talks, workshops, live music in the evenings, geocaching, fresh food and most of all very interesting people make this an event that is not to be missed.
Whether you're hacking on your project, looking for new and exciting ideas or just craving to share 3 midsummer nights outdoors, socialising with other hackers, artists and geeks, HaxoGreen is the place to be. No need to be a 1337 H4X0r, we welcome all inquisitive people from around the globe.
The camp is located at the scouts' grounds near the city of Dudelange in the southern region of Luxembourg. The camping ground features adequate restrooms and shower facilities. Indoor rooms for lectures and workshops are also available. The nearby town of Dudelange, near the borders to France and Germany, offers access to shops and markets for all of your grocery needs.
- Stitch - Hangt af van de detailplanning. Lijkt me gaaf om eens te zien!
- Jos Jos
Wie?: Grote Vriend
Projecten: Key to Bits to Key, Hackerspaces Hookup, Makerspaces Contest, Siza-Hackcafé, Sleutelmachines, StickersFindArjen
Klik voor meer info... (lijkt me erg leuk, maar dan zit ik nog in Vegas (defcon))


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Samsung Series 9
When Samsung's 13-inch duralumin-covered beauty stepped onto the scene it was hard to believe we were faced with a laptop skinnier than the king of thin. Samsung's unabashed attempt to steal Apple's thunder had us drooling over its sleek lines and powerful guts: Intel Core i5 or i7 processors, up to 8GB of RAM and the choice of 128GB or 256GB SSD. Its super-speedy boot-up time had us hot under the collar, too.
HP Ultrabook
Word on the cyber streets is HP is set to take on all ultra-thin laptops with its version of what Intel has dubbed the Ultrabook – a new category of Intel-powered PCs with "tablet-like features" – complete with Core i7 insides. Stringent Ultrabook guidelines dictate a maximum thickness of 0.8-inches thin and while we don't know the exact dimensions of this new breed of laptop, it'll have to get rid of the excess fat if it wants to out-skinny the Air, Asus UX21 and Series 9 laptops.
Asus UX21
The UX21 was the first lappy announced under the new Ultrabook category. It comes in at 0.1-inches thinner than the Air, which we're pretty sure had the Asus design team high five-ing and air punching like a bunch of hyperactive kids. It may sound silly, but every millimetre counts. Apple's thinspiration even extends to the design, with its aluminium chassis, metal keyboard and glass touchpad. And now the Air has new Sandy Bridge Core i5 or i7 insides, they're almost identical in that department as well. The Air's Thunderbolt port trumps USB 3.0, though.
Sony Vaio Z
Sony's 13.1-inch emaciated slab of tech will annihilate your bank funds, but its specs – 1600x900 screen, Intel Core i7 CPU, 256GB SSD, 8GB RAM and AMD Radeon graphics – mean it'll be totally worth the purchase. Best of all, it's only 16.5mm thin. Throw in a Blu-ray drive, Thunderbolt, and the ability to hook it up to four external monitors via HDMI or VGA and you're faced with one desirable bit of computing kit.
Dell Adamo XPS
The XPS has been flaunting its skinny wares for a while now, but there's no denying laptops don't get much thinner or more luxurious than this. It's an engineering triumph that undermines the laws of physics by miraculously cramming so much tech into its uber-skinny 9.9mm frame, making the Air look rather portly in the process. And the star of the show? Its ingenious opening mechanism and touch-sensitive unlock bar. Shame about the battery life, though.
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NBC News did a story about the almost 12,000 unexamined rape kits that were found in a Detroit evidence warehouse after a crime lab there was closed down a few years ago. They're slowly going through the process of testing them, with no funding from the state to do so, and it's showing results:
So far, 600 kits have been tested, and investigators say that they have discovered evidence of 21 serial rapists. Grant money funded the testing of those kits. Worthy said it costs on average between $1,200 and $1,500 to get each kit tested. People have wanted to donate money to help get kits tested, but the prosecutor's office cannot solicit or collect funds. But now a non-profit organization, the Detroit Crime Commission, has set up a fund and will manage it for the purpose of accepting donations and using those funds to help pay to get kits tested.
Some of the kits tested have revealed sobering results. One kit from 2002 revealed DNA belonging to a man who was in prison for the murder of three women. The murders had been committed during the seven years the rape kit sat on a warehouse shelf.
The Detroit Police department says that they completed an internal review in 2009. NBC News filed an official request for records of any internal investigation, and two months later we received an eight page document. In it, the police say once they became aware of the situation in the warehouse, they randomly pulled 36 of the stored rape kits and found there were "justifiable reasons" for not testing them. Those reasons, police say, include victims who refused to prosecute or were uncooperative and assailants who pleaded guilty to lesser charges. When NBC News showed the report to Worthy, she questioned its validity.
"Their reasons were just made-up reasons as to why there should be no investigation," Worthy said.
The piece includes an incredible story about one woman who was raped 14 years ago and was recently informed that, because the evidence was finally examined, they now know who did it and that person is going to be prosecuted.


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Over the last few years, the number of semi-truck accidents has continued to increase. According to statistics from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), accidents involving big rigs account for a high percentage of fatal traffic accidents. Some of the leading causes of these accidents include the following:
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The Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS) includes data on a census of fatal traffic crashes that occur in all 50 states, the District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico. The trucking company can be held legally liable if the driver of the truck was as fault for the accident. If the accident resulted in a fatality, the driver can also be charged with vehicular manslaughter. A civil action for wrongful death can be brought against both the driver and the trucking company. Whittier trucking accident lawyers will be able to obtain compensation in your case.
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by Mike Masnick
Tue, Oct 16th 2007 3:44pm
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baseball, copyright, facts, fantasy baseball, ownership, right of privacy
Major League Baseball has been tilting at windmills for years, claiming ownership of facts -- even though facts cannot be covered by copyright. This resulted in a lawsuit over whether or not companies that provide fantasy baseball services online needed to pay MLB for a license to use player's names and stats. While such licenses have been very lucrative for MLB over the years, one popular fantasy baseball company, CBC, decided to stop paying the license and keep offering the service -- which resulted in the lawsuit. It didn't take long for the courts to tell MLB that it doesn't own facts and anyone is free to use stats and player names. Of course, rather than realizing that fantasy baseball helps promote the real thing, bringing in a lot more money to the league, MLB could only focus on the short term licenses it was about to lose, and appealed. This was a waste of everyone's time, because the law is quite clear and an appeals court has now ruled (again) that Major League Baseball does not own the names and data associated with the game and anyone is free to use that factual information for other things, such as fantasy baseball games. It's highly likely that the folks at MLB will appeal again, though it's equally likely that they'll get smacked down again. MLB had shifted strategies as these cases wore on, trying to get away from focusing on ownership of facts and claiming it was more about the "right to publicity," but the appeals court ruled that a right to publicity does not trump the First Amendment.
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CoJeff, 16 Oct 2007 @ 4:11pm
Won't stop the MLBI was watching the Rockies game last night and before the game started the MLB said the usual, "This broadcast...blah blah blah." However I did notice they said something to the effect of may not use facts or basically anything you are about to watch without consent of the MLB.
Anonymous Coward, 16 Oct 2007 @ 4:31pm
Re: Won't stop the MLBJust because they say it doesn't make it true.
nolamellen, 16 Oct 2007 @ 4:42pm
Well...If the fantasy league makes a profit, they are should be obligated to share in the cost of producing that which generates the profits - the games (i.e., licensing fee). If no profit is made, what would benefit the MLB to go after them? (Not a fantasy player - no idea how it works). The "facts" are a by-product of a lot of money.
Sean, 16 Oct 2007 @ 4:59pm
Re: Well... Facts are FactsBy that logic techdirt should have to pay all the newspapers and other websites a royalty because they take facts from them and summarize them here.
Facts are not covered under any copyright laws. The courts have said so time and time again. MLB just does not get it.
Anonymous Coward, 16 Oct 2007 @ 4:57pmHere's a fact for the MLB. Baseball sucks! Teams are so uneven, the more money you have, you buy all the good players. Needs to be salary caps like the NFL. Also they need to banish players for using steroids and other drugs like many other professional sports do.
Also have really gave a damn about baseball after they went on strike for more $$$$$ years ago, geeee they only make $150,000 a year, but want more for playing a game. Sounds like Congress doesn't it?
Mrrar, 16 Oct 2007 @ 5:03pm
Re: Congress, and other lack of nuanceWhile congress goes on vacation quite a lot, this 'vacation' is, for most members of congress, occupied by them going through their districts, having town hall meetings, meeting with local interest groups, and so forth.
You can't have it both ways. Do you want your congressman to represent your district, or to remain in Washington all year? Pause to think about it-- if they stayed 'at work' all year, then they'd be less a citizen of their district, and more a citizen of DC. It's a dichotomy that Lessig broaches on at times. Corrupt Washington politician, or local political hero. Can't be both.
And as for Baseball.. To be fair, most baseball players, or any sports player, ends up burning out on their career after 10 to at most 20 years. Only the 99th percentile moves past 20 years. To expect them to take the salary of an engineer (like myself) for a span of career that would last only half the time.. That's pretty ridiculous. I do agree salaries should be capped, and asking for more than a few hundred thousand dollars is unrealistic.. But when you consider that there are only around 3 thousand people out of 6 billion who play in the Major Leagues, who have that talent.. That they are given special compensation isn't unreasonable.
Loves America's Pastime, 16 Oct 2007 @ 8:18pm
Response toIt's really easy to just buy all the good players to win the World Series. That's why the Rockies (#25/30) clinched the NLCS, and Cleveland (#22/30) is battling Boston (okay, #2/30, but still...) for the ALCS. And my Cubbies paid almost $100 million dollars (#8) to lose yet again.
Regarding players getting $150K+/yr - they are the best at what they do in a _very_ competitive field. The market bears the price very well, and they deserve to be compensated for the risk (not all little boys who want to play MLB get to), the talent, and the hard work that it takes to get where they are. They're paid well, but they're stars, and the masses have loved their athletes since back in the days of the gladiators. Deal with it. (Or don't, but don't waste your time crying about it.)
Greg, 16 Oct 2007 @ 5:22pm
Madden NFL liscence invalid?does this case mean that the video game licensing deals like EA's exclusivity contract with the NFL Players association is are invalid? Or, that the deal 2K has with MLB is invalid? It seems like the judge quite clearly said that anyone can use player names, so could this mean ESPN 2K football could return or EA's (superior) MLB games could once again be made?
Mrrar, 16 Oct 2007 @ 5:33pm
Re: Madden NFL liscence invalid?I think you can't use someone's likeness without their permission, and that likeness permission may be transferred to the NFL upon signing of a contract. Just a hunch.
Mossback, 16 Oct 2007 @ 6:11pm
Re: Re: Madden NFL liscence invalid?Exactly. Using stats from historical games is one thing. But the licenses for the likes of Madden cover player images, team names, team logos, league logos and the like. Those are all protected.
Harry, 16 Oct 2007 @ 7:47pm
Another exampleOf where baseball is simply behind the NFL as far as marketing goes. The NFL saw early on that Fantasy would be a boon for them and embraced it. Fantasy Football has helped make *every* game marketable in some sense, no matter how bad the match-up is.
The other side note from this is, I guess Barry Bonds* will now need to allow Fantasy baseball services to use his name again.
Willton, 16 Oct 2007 @ 9:12pm
Cap is anti-competitiveTo the person(s) that advocated getting a cap in baseball, I implore you to read this article:
Here's the problem with a payroll cap: it removes the economic incentive to win. By forcing a team to spend less on its labor, it increases the profit margin for that team. Thus, it allows teams to not try and make more money by attempting to reach the playoffs (which is where the real revenue comes from) and just be content with what they have. After all, if teams are guaranteed to make a certain amount of money, why bother spending money worrying about winning? We've already seen this with the current revenue-sharing system and how it has affected teams like the Pirates, who rake in loads of money from MLB's welfare system and refuse to spend it. It's bad enough as it is; I don't want to see that practice perpetuated around the league.
The reason baseball players are compensated the way they are is because that's what the market is willing to pay them for their services. You may think that baseball players make a ton of money, but do you know who makes even more? The guy that signs the player's paycheck. I have no sympathy for team member owners who have to pay the large sums of money to baseball players. No one forced those owners to contract for those players' services.
RandomThoughts, 17 Oct 2007 @ 6:46amOK, first off, I don't think (and neither does Mike Francessa) that fantasy sports actually bring more fans to the game. Actually it probably makes people less passionate about the game, because it eliminates team loyalty. Players become focused on individual players and their statistics, not the actual game.
Second, Cub fans aside (we still have Wrigley) the minimum pay for a MLB ballplayer is much higher than $150K. Stop hating, I know teachers deserve more, and if they can serve up a 95 mph sinker, they too will get rich.
Third, everyone keeps saying baseball is dead, funny thing is, more people went to the ballpark this year than ever. Reports of MLB's death are a bit premature.
Finally (and having to do with this article) you can't control facts, but you can control images and the like. Some fantasy sites are pretty liberal with images, but I think MLB just wants a revenue stream from someone they really shouldn't get it from. Some of the sites have live scoring (although I doubt baseball does, but I just don't know) that probably get their info from ESPN, they probably have to pay for the live stats, but if they wanted to, they could just read the paper the next day and post the stats for free.


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Ratte recipient excels in laboratory and language studies
June 15, 2009
With a broad range of academic interests, a deep engagement in the sciences, and a passion for international study, Conor Jacobs B.A. '09 brings together many of the best elements of a Lewis & Clark College education.
Set apart by his exceptional intellect and his drive to achieve at the highest level, the biochemistry and molecular biology major received Lewis & Clark's top academic honor, the Rena Ratte Award, last month. Jacobs had already earned academic accolades for his work in the classroom and laboratory, including winning a Barry M. Goldwater Scholarship.
"I've worked closely with Conor as his instructor and as his research mentor, and he clearly rivals the best students who I have been fortunate to work with," said Janis E. Lochner, Dr. Robert B. Pamplin, Jr. Professor of Science.
Research Jacobs completed during the Rogers Summer Research Program led to new findings about the transport of neuromodulatory proteins, and his discoveries were incorporated into an article in the international journal Developmental Neurobiology.
"Learning about established scientific knowledge in the classroom is one thing, but actually contributing to the generation of new knowledge is very exhilarating," he said. "One of the reasons I chose to study science at a liberal arts college is that I felt like a smaller institution with a high faculty-student ratio would be ideal for doing faculty-student research early on as an undergrad."
For his thesis research, Jacobs evaluated whether a neuromodulatory protein may play a presynaptic role in long-term memory with the guidance of Lochner and Bethe Scalettar, professor of physics.
"Conor's self-direction and incisive analytical skills have made him a first-rate contributor to the laboratory," Lochner said. "It is with genuine pleasure that I look forward to following his future scientific contributions."
A native of Missoula, Montana, Jacobs also studied Mandarin Chinese at Lewis & Clark. Recognized by his language instructors as one of the top students to have participated in the college's Chinese program, Jacobs spent the spring semester of 2008 in a language-intensive program in Beijing.
"It was somewhat refreshing to take a hiatus from science and lab work and focus on something completely different for a semester," Jacobs said. "While immersing myself in the language, I found myself exploiting and developing a whole new set of skills and mental faculties. I think that the experience of living in a foreign country for four months most certainly gave me a more global perspective.
"One of the most rewarding aspects of the program was interacting with my Chinese roommate. Although he spoke little English and my Chinese was not in top form, we nonetheless found ourselves regularly discussing issues of great global import at length. Although we didn't see eye to eye on every issue, we came to better understand and respect each other's viewpoints."
This fall, Jacobs will begin a new phase of his academic journey, entering Stanford University to pursue a doctorate in Biology. In the future, he sees himself making contributions to the field of neuroscience, or perhaps contributing to the development of nascent biotechnologies. Jacobs also hopes to deploy his knowledge of Mandarin to form new international scientific collaborations with China.
"As nearly as I can recall, I've always had a strong inclination towards the natural sciences. It was out of a desire to better grasp how the vast complexities of living organisms arise that I opted to focus on biochemistry during my time at Lewis and Clark," he said. "Discovering the thrill of discovery has been a strong motivating factor in my decision to pursue a career in scientific research."
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BIRMINGHAM, Ala. -- Junior Greg Kitts shot even-par to lead the Tennessee Tech men's golf team at the Samford Intercollegiate on Monday. Kitts is three strokes off the lead, tied for tenth, after carding a 37-35=72 at the Hoover Country Club.
The Golden Eagles sit in tenth place out of 18 following the first round of the tournament. Kitts' 72 leads Tech, followed by freshman Adam Cunningham's 74 and senior Lee Maxwell's 76. Sophomore Lee Whitehead and freshman Bryce Kendrick each shot 80 on the day.
Tech is tied for tenth with Western Carolina, and leads eight teams including fellow Ohio Valley Conference schools UT Martin (T-12th), Belmont (T-12th) and Murray State (15th). Eastern Kentucky is currently in seventh place.
All of the teams were scheduled to play two rounds today, but were unable to finish after frost delayed the start by more than an hour Monday morning. Players will finish their second rounds and play a third on Tuesday to conclude the tourney.


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Dolasetron injection is used to prevent and treat nausea and vomiting that may happen after surgery.
This medicine is available only with your doctor's prescription.
In deciding to use a medicine, the risks of taking the medicine must be weighed against the good it will do. This is a decision you and your doctor will make. For this medicine, the following should be considered:
Tell your doctor if you have ever had any unusual or allergic reaction to this medicine or any other medicines. Also tell your health care professional if you have any other types of allergies, such as to foods, dyes, preservatives, or animals. For non-prescription products, read the label or package ingredients carefully.
Appropriate studies performed to date have not demonstrated pediatric-specific problems that would limit the usefulness of dolasetron injection to prevent and treat nausea and vomiting that occurred after surgery in children 2 years of age and older. However, safety and efficacy have not been established in children younger than 2 years of age.
Use of dolasetron injection to prevent nausea and vomiting caused by cancer medicines in children is not recommended.
Older adults
Appropriate studies performed to date have not demonstrated geriatric-specific problems that would limit the usefulness of dolasetron injection in the elderly. However, elderly patients are more likely to have heart rhythm problems (eg, prolonged QT, PR, and QRS interval), which may require caution and an adjustment in the dose for patients receiving dolasetron injection.
Use of dolasetron injection to prevent nausea and vomiting caused by cancer medicines in geriatric patients is not recommended.
|Pregnancy Category
|All Trimesters
|Animal studies have revealed no evidence of harm to the fetus, however, there are no adequate studies in pregnant women OR animal studies have shown an adverse effect, but adequate studies in pregnant women have failed to demonstrate a risk to the fetus.
There are no adequate studies in women for determining infant risk when using this medication during breastfeeding. Weigh the potential benefits against the potential risks before taking this medication while breastfeeding.
Other medicines
Although certain medicines should not be used together at all, in other cases two different medicines may be used together even if an interaction might occur. In these cases, your doctor may want to change the dose, or other precautions may be necessary. When you are receiving this medicine, it is especially important that your healthcare professional know if you are taking any of the medicines listed below. The following interactions have been selected on the basis of their potential significance and are not necessarily all-inclusive.
Using this medicine with any of the following medicines is not recommended. Your doctor may decide not to treat you with this medication or change some of the other medicines you take.
Using this medicine with any of the following medicines is usually not recommended, but may be required in some cases. If both medicines are prescribed together, your doctor may change the dose or how often you use one or both of the medicines.
Other interactions
Certain medicines should not be used at or around the time of eating food or eating certain types of food since interactions may occur. Using alcohol or tobacco with certain medicines may also cause interactions to occur. Discuss with your healthcare professional the use of your medicine with food, alcohol, or tobacco.
Other medical problems
The presence of other medical problems may affect the use of this medicine. Make sure you tell your doctor if you have any other medical problems, especially:
A nurse or other trained health professional will give you this medicine in a hospital. This medicine is given through a needle placed in one of your veins.
This medicine is usually given 15 minutes before anesthesia (medicine to put you to sleep before surgery) or right after surgery if nausea and vomiting begin.
Dolasteron injection may be mixed into apple or apple-grape juice and be given orally for children 2 years of age and older. The mixed medicine may be stored up to 2 hours at room temperature before use.
Check with your doctor if severe nausea and vomiting continue after leaving the hospital.
This medicine can cause changes in heart rhythms, such as conditions called QT, PR, and QRS prolongation. It may change the way your heart beats and cause fainting or serious side effects in some patients. Contact your doctor right away if you have any symptoms of heart rhythm problems, such as fast, pounding, or irregular heartbeats.
Dolasetron may cause a serious condition called serotonin syndrome if taken together with some medicines, such as fentanyl (Abstral®, Duragesic®), lithium (Eskalith®, Lithobid®), a MAO inhibitor (such as methylene blue injection, Eldepryl®, Marplan®, Nardil®, Parnate®), medicines to treat migraine headaches, or medicine to treat depression (eg, fluoxetine, mirtazapine, paroxetine, Celexa®, Effexor®, Lexapro®, Paxil®, Zoloft®). Check with your doctor first before taking any other medicines with dolasetron.
Do not take other medicines unless they have been discussed with your doctor. This includes prescription or nonprescription (over-the-counter [OTC]) medicines and herbal or vitamin supplements.
Along with its needed effects, a medicine may cause some unwanted effects. Although not all of these side effects may occur, if they do occur they may need medical attention.
Check with your doctor or nurse immediately if any of the following side effects occur:
Some side effects may occur that usually do not need medical attention. These side effects may go away during treatment as your body adjusts to the medicine. Also, your health care professional may be able to tell you about ways to prevent or reduce some of these side effects. Check with your health care professional if any of the following side effects continue or are bothersome or if you have any questions about them:
Other side effects not listed may also occur in some patients. If you notice any other effects, check with your healthcare professional.
Call your doctor for medical advice about side effects. You may report side effects to the FDA at 1-800-FDA-1088.


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The MBTA may not be the most bike friendly public transit agency in the United States but overall, they are doing very well.
Here are the in's and out's of bike travel on the T.
Commuter Rail:
Courtesy: MBCR
The Bike Coach:
Back in 2006 the MBTA unveiled a renovated commuter rail coach specially equipped with stationary bike racks. The coach holds 40 bicycles and 42 customers. The coach was such a hit on the Rockport line that the MBTA renovated another coach for the same purpose and put it in place first on the Greenbush line and then on the Newburyport line.
Now, every weekend during the summer, the MBTA puts both coaches back into service on the Newburyport and Rockport lines!
This year the MBTA and MBCR will be running the coaches from Memorial Day weekend to Columbus Day weekend on the following schedules:
Outbound from Boston
(Saturdays, Sundays and Holidays)
Train: 1153/2153 Depart North Station — 9:30 AM to Newburyport
Train: 1105/2105 Depart North Station — 10:15 AM to Rockport
Train: 1161/2161 Depart North Station — 1:30 PM to Newburyport
Train: 1105/2105 Depart North Station — 2:15 PM to Rockport
|Inside the Bike Coach
(Saturdays, Sundays and Holidays)
Train: 1160/2160 Depart Newburyport — 10:48 AM
Train: 1112/2112 Depart Rockport — 12:00 PM
Train: 1168/2168 Depart Newburyport — 2:48 PM
Train: 1120/2120 Depart Rockport — 5:10 PM
On all other Commuter Rail Lines bikes are allowed on weekends and during off-peak hours. Bike friendly times on the Commuter Rail are designated on ever lines schedule with a bike symbol.
Bicycles are allowed on all MBTA subway lines (except for the Green and Mattapan lines) on weekends and off-peak hours.
Hours bikes are NOT allowed:
Red and Orange Lines: 7-10am and 4-7pm
Blue Line: 7-9am and 4-6pm
|Courtesy: Boston Biker
Bicycle racks are mounted on the fronts of most of the MBTA's busses. Bikes are allowed on busses at any time as long as a bike rack is available (Bikes are not allowed inside any MBTA bus). The Bike racks only hold two bicycles at a time.
Bicycle Parking:
|Courtesy: MassBike
Currently the "Pedal and Park" facilities are located at Forest Hills and Alewife stations but the MBTA is planning to add some more around the system.
In order to gain access to these specially designed bike cages you must obtain a Bike Charlie Card which are available from station officials or the customer service desk in Downtown Crossing station.
More information on the MBTA's bike services can be found on their Website.


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Do you have a photo or photos in mind before you start? Or a color palette? Or a specific layout in mind which you then pop photos into? I'm still trying to find my "style" and a lot of times I don't even know where to begin! Any input?
How do you start your layouts?
I want my photo albums to tell the story of our lives, so I focus on them. When I make an album I go through all the pictures and choose which ones I want to use on which page. Then I go back and design the page around the pictures.
I think I'm similar to Susan, more or less. I tend to generally focus on the photos I want to scrap first, that's usually my primary objective. But every once in a while there is a story I want to tell and that becomes the lead starting point.
Now if I'm doing art journaling which I'm still very new to digitally, or AAM (all about me) layouts then they tend to be a story or idea/concept I want to catalog for posterity's sake... the photo may not even be taken until after the idea for the layout... or I may leave the photo out all together, so it becomes about the journaling more at that point.
I too usually start with the photos first. Then I can choose a complimenting color palette, backgrounds and
elements and go from there. Occasionally I'll come across or make elements, like for Christmas...so I'll go
hunt up family Christmas pictures to work with. But most of the time...the pictures are where I start.
If it is a personal layout, I start with the pictures. If it is for a CT, I start with the kit )
For me it depends on what inspires me first, sometimes it's a photo I just have to scrap, sometimes it's a template I think is awesome, and sometimes it's a certain paper or element in a kit.
I've only been digi scrapping for about 5 months now so I'm still trying to find a style too. Although I'm beginning to wonder if I'll ever be able to settle on just one style, so many things inspire me! One tip I've tried is scrap lifting layouts that I like. I've even saved the image to my computer and pulled it into my software to do my own layout right on top.
Your question made me realize that I often scrap to fulfill commitments and start with the kit I have/want to use and find pictures that fit the color scheme or theme of this kit. I make an extensive use of templates so that's what I am starting with then add the elements and papers of the kit.
I am only new but I generally pick a photo or group of photos, then pick a template and kit to match.
I do pretty much the same as Wendy. Always start out with the photo(s), pick a template that fits my number of photos and the idea I usually formed in my mind (big picture or not, lots of embellishments or not, lots of different papers etc.) and then search for the perfect kit. I TRY (but not always succes) to download and buy kits that I already have a plan for or that spark my imagination to make an accompanying photo for.
I should probably find a way to tag pictures and kits together, to make the process of search and find quicker. Now I just do it by memory, which is not always succesfull... Anyone have any tips on that?
Well I first start to look for any inspirations on the web, and then when I found a good layout to scraplift either I change its colors to what i like or just leave it like that and start to make layout. While making it, usually layout makes its own way and at the end there will be a different layout than what I did started with. And lastly I find a photo that will fit the layout.
That's how it happens ^.^
And Catherine is just so right that make me smile )
I also have a file full with layouts that I want to make in future and also I have a pin board for just layout inspirations ^.^
Melouise I have that same problem. I buy a kit with some photos I took in mind or I think of kit I have bought that would be perfect with these photos and then it takes me a lot of searching time to find it. I tried to put my kits in folders of themes which helped for when I am looking to scrap a particular type of photo ie birthday, beach etc


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Democratic and Republican sources involved in negotiations reported some progress Friday toward a potential deal averting the "fiscal cliff" ahead of an afternoon summit at the White House between President Barack Obama and congressional leaders.
Negotiations revolve around permitting taxes to rise to Clinton-era levels on incomes above $400,000, the level in Obama's last offer to Republican House Speaker John Boehner before their negotiations fell apart earlier this month. Such a deal would also extend unemployment benefits and delay the imposition of across the board budget cuts.
There's little doubt such a proposal could garner majority support in both chambers. The challenge is figuring out how to persuade Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell not to block it and House Speaker John Boehner to put it on the House floor. Both face resistance from conservatives.
One GOP House member said such a deal is "very achievable" and, if Boehner embraces it, it would garner support of most Republican members. A Democratic Senate aide said Democrats could accept it if the tax increases were for at least 10 years, even if other elements of the deal were only temporary.
The issues will be discussed at today's meeting at the White House between Obama and bipartisan congressional leaders. (Read More: White House Summit at the Precipice of the 'Cliff')
If the leaders embrace the deal, it could be voted on by the Dec. 31 deadline for avoiding the fiscal cliff.
The House is to reconvene Sunday night.


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Category: General News
Gun Voilence Task Force
After the school shootings in Connecticut, the president asked Vice President Joe Biden to head up a task force to come up with new ideas for how to reduce gun violence. Those meetings will be this week at the White House. There's expected to be representatives from gun owners groups, victims' rights organizations, and the video game industry.


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The late Maxwell H. Cohen blazed the way for local minorities and women in the legal profession, but his son also will remember him today for his bravery and honesty.
The late Maxwell H. Cohen blazed the way for local minorities and women in the legal profession, but his son also will remember him today for his bravery and honesty.
Maxwell Cohen was the first Jewish lawyer to be admitted to the Monroe County Bar Association. But not before winning a legal battle, launched in 1950, to overturn a "deftly written" two-year residency requirement.
"It was a control mechanism"� to maintain the exclusivity of the bar association," son Barry said.
He lost his case in the local court, won an appeal and prevailed before the Pennsylvania Supreme Court.
"He was a man who wasn't immediately welcomed and felt he had to work twice as hard, be twice as good, to receive the respect of his peers," Barry Cohen said. "But at the same time, he always was a gentleman."
Barry Cohen, also an attorney, will address family, friends and members of the Monroe County Bar Association at a 3 p.m. memorial service for his dad today in Courtroom 1 of the Monroe County Courthouse.
The elder Cohen, 86, died Aug. 29 in Laguna Hills, Calif., where he retired in 1991 after a 41-year legal career here.
Maxwell, a Philadelphia native of modest means, joined the U.S. Navy as a musician and was enrolled in Naval programs at Bloomsburg University, Illinois State and Notre Dame. He entered Temple University Law School after leaving the Navy in 1946, despite never earning a bachelor's degree.
He graduated from Temple in 1949 and passed the bar exam.
Maxwell Cohen was confronted with a legal and ethical problem just three weeks into his first law job with a Philadelphia firm. He was asked to deliver a sealed envelope with a suspected bribe to a judge.
"He was handed a large envelope and felt it and identified it as bills," Barry said. "When he asked his employer what was in it, he was told, 'That's not for you to know. Just do what you're told.' He refused to run the bribe and he was dismissed immediately."
Cohen immediately went to work for a Carbon County attorney while exploring opportunities in Monroe County. His wife, Delores, went to work for what is now Pocono Medical Center.
Cohen eventually established a practice on South Seventh Street, specializing in personal injury and family law.
"His trial preparation was legendary," according to a county Bar Association resolution for today's memorial service. "Often he would write out every question he intended to ask on cross-examination of a witness, with subsidiary questions he might ask depending on the response he received to his first question. That type of trial preparation assured success in the courtroom."
Cohen opened his law office to Monroe County's first African-American law clerk, who went on to become a federal judge, Barry Cohen said. Maxwell also employed the county's first female law clerk, who became an assistant U.S. attorney. Maxwell Cohen's cousin also clerked for him, before becoming lead prosecutor of Nazi war criminals for the U.S. Justice Department.
Barry Cohen, a 1970 Stroudsburg High School graduate, recalled how his dad arranged for him to sit by his side at trials and taught him to perform property title searches before he finished law school.
"He saved people's lives, found parents for abandoned children, saved children from their own parents, found success for those in financial trouble, worked tirelessly for those who could never afford his services, gave hope to those who were hopeless..."
On Barry's second day of work after passing the bar, his father showed him the case file enforcing his admission to the Monroe County Bar Association.
"I congratulated him on his accomplishment, to which he responded that I would
encounter my own battles, that it was wiser to forgive rather than never forget," Barry recalled. "Those adversaries were now friends, neighbors and fellow legal professionals."
The late Maxwell H. Cohen, the first Jewish lawyer to be admitted to the Monroe County Bar Association, is not to be confused with another lawyer with the same name.
Maxwell T. Cohen practiced law in his native New York City but was a longtime resident of Minisink Hills, Smithfield Township. Maxwell T., who played a key role in relaxing adoption laws that used race and religion as criteria for New York State adoptions, bought his Smithfield Township home in the 1950s as a vacation residence. He moved here full time in the mid-1980s.
Maxwell T. Cohen died here in 2000.


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- Chronique
Le 02 septembre 2013
As on most school reports at the end of term those words that make everyone cringe "Could do Better", which was certainly the case for Montpellier on a glorious Sat. evening against newly promoted Brive.
The first half was a torrid affair, Montpellier had all the ball and attacked the Brive try line but with not a lot to show for it, 3 Benoit Paillaugue penalties and a drop goal from Francois Trinh-Duc, far too often the home side got white line fever and showed their complete disregard for "Patience." Countless times Montpellier were camped on the Brive try line and everybody wanted to get on the score board, the bare facts of it was nobody did, endless mistakes, bad choices, the bonus point could have been well and truly sealed in the first half but Brive defended well and with the help of Montpellier's constant flaws the first half remained try less. 12-3 to Montpellier. Everybody had a sneaky feeling that the flood gates would open in the 2nd half and Montpellier secure their first win of the season and their first attacking bonus point.
The second half stated much the same with Montpellier having all the ball and eventually things started to happen the first try was scored by Jimmy Nagusa making his first appearance of the season after a knee injury, good work by Paillaugue from the scrum and then Anthony Tuitavake finally timing his pass to perfection, The Little Big Man added the extras. The second try was an all forward affair after pounding the Brive try line and a couple of scrums the ref lost his patience and went under the sticks for a penalty try which was well deserved, the dominance of the forward play was one way only. The 3rd try came after an excellent break from Anthony Tuitavake, Benoit Sicart who replaced the injured Floch at full back was on his outside took the ball well and off he went into the Promised Land and under the sticks, the extras were again added by Ben Paillaugue. The score 33-3, bonus point obtained and match in secure hands with only 15 minutes to go. Then Walkabouts began, for reasons unknown to man or beast, Montpellier became non existent, errors after mistakes, then more mistakes, and 15 minutes later Montpellier were hanging on by the skin of their teeth, tries from Fererres, Asiesvili, and Germain which were all converted by Germain brought Brive to 33-24, luckily Montpellier held out to deny a bonus point that Brive probably deserved in the end for their late rally, but they were certainly helped by the non existence and complete disregard of everything that has been processed on the training pitch so far this season, the home side went to pieces in the last 15 mins. giving Brive a golden opportunity to nearly level the game. Winning ugly does happen and the 4 points taken will be kept, but 2 hours after the match was over Fabien Galthie was still shaking his head in disbelievement.
The Ref Mon. Romain Poite had a good game, in complete control and was in Sales mood with the yellows 6 in all, 4 for Brive, and 2 for Montpellier, it is just a shame that we have not more Romain Poite's in charge of refereeing the TOP 14
Charity always starts at home, but this type of donation should not, and should never again be on Montpellier's menu. They have now to sit down and sort out the grey matter, the body is willing but the head is confusing the actions, and things have to change, and change they will the General will not accept this anymore from anyone, Beware….!!!
Interview with Wynand Olivier Montpellier's South African centre.
Steve Whittell: Wyn we shall take the 4 point win but that was a disastrous finish?
Wynand Olivier: We had the game sewn up and in the last 15 mins we lost complete control, somehow we took the finger of the button and just lost it, why I am not sure but I think we will find out when we get back into the changing room.
Steve Whittell: We just seem to stop playing, and let them do exactly what they wanted to do?
Wynand Olivier: Exactly there is not a lot of positives to take away from the game, we will take the win and the 4 points but after that nothing, the boys are very disappointed with their performance tonight, we can play much better than that , to be honest it feels as though we have lost the game.
Steve Whittell: Ok we take the win and the 4 points but that winning bonus point we may regret later on in the season?
Wynand Olivier: We have to be happy with the 4 points but not our performance we should have closed the game down 33-3 with the bonus point and we let them back into the game, there will be lots of hard work to be done before next Wed's game against Bordeaux, we have to get this one out of our system and concentrate on the next one, and a win away from home will get things back on track.
Steve Whittell: We now need a good performance at Bordeaux on Wed.
Wynand Olivier: Definitely that will not put this match right, but it will bring the confidence levels back to where they were, there are a lot of the guys who know they could have done much better tonight, we know we are a better team than we have shown, back to the drawing board, work hard and get back on track.
Steve Whittell: Thanks Wyn, as they say in the end of term school report "Could Do Better."
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Amidst a busy, demanding schedule that rarely lets up for a moment, prominent Hollywood actor and producer Alec Baldwin set aside some time recently to help Florida's imperiled manatees. Donating both his time and talent to Save the Manatee Club, the Golden Globe winner of NBC TV's Emmy award-nominated comedy series 30 Rock, recorded several audio public service announcements in a Manhattan studio.
Save the Manatee Club had contacted Baldwin after The Simpson's 2005 season opener, "Bonfire of the Manatees," where he starred as the animated guest voice of "Caleb Thorn," a biologist who is passionate about protecting manatees. At the recording session, Baldwin remarked, "Who thought that, like my Caleb Thorn character, eventually I'd be saving manatees, too!"
The 30-second radio messages, which are currently being distributed to stations nationwide, promote manatee awareness, and urge the public to get involved and help the beleaguered marine mammals.
"We are grateful to Mr. Baldwin for lending his support to help manatees," says Patrick Rose, Executive Director of Save the Manatee Club. "Manatees face escalating threats to their everyday and long-term survival - they need as much help as possible."
Last year was the deadliest year documented for manatees with 417 recorded deaths. According to manatee mortality data from the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission, the leading known cause of manatee deaths was from boat strikes, with at least 92 killed in 2006. There are over one million registered boats in Florida along with another 500,000 boats from other states that also share the waters, putting manatees, other aquatic wildlife, and the boating public at risk.
Save the Manatee Club presented Baldwin with an honorary adoption of "Whiskers," a manatee in their Adopt-A-Manatee program. Funds from the Club's three adoption programs go toward education, conservation, manatee research, rescue and rehabilitation efforts, and advocacy and legal action.
Around 3,000 manatees exist in Florida waters today, and they are listed as endangered by the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service. In 1981, singer/songwriter Jimmy Buffett and former Florida Governor and U.S. Senator, Bob Graham, founded Save the Manatee Club, a membership-based, national nonprofit organization.
"We just can't thank Alec Baldwin enough for adding his voice to our cause," said Rose.
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A man has admitted to raping and sexually assaulting his daughter over a ten-year period while she was a child, according to RTE News.
Fiona Doyle (née O'Brien) said her father Patrick O'Brien, 72, raped her every night when her mother went out to play bingo.
Detective Garda Darragh Phelan told Monika Leech BL, prosecuting, that Ms Doyle described the abuse as being as frequent as having dinner every night and taking place every evening.
Ms Doyle said she would continue watching television while he raped her. She told gardaí she hated it but that she would turn herself into a zombie during each incident.
Waiving her right to anonymity, she told the Central Criminal Court that no sentence imposed on O'Brien could "undo the enormous damage that my father has done to me."
She said: "It is something I have lived with since I was a young child and it's something I will have to live with until the day I die."
The abuse began when O'Brien raped the victim on the night before she was to make her First Holy Communion when she was about seven years old.
Ms Doyle told the court: "There was none of the usual excitement you'd expect in a family home where such a big occasion was to happen the next day.
"My mother went off to bingo, leaving me at the mercy of my father. Almost certainly knowing what he would do to me. My father raped me that night. I remember lying in bed that night but being unable to sleep because of the pain."
As a result of the abuse, she attempted to change her own appearance through plastic surgery, saying: "I had many operations which I see now was a form of self-mutilation. I have the many scars to prove it."
Ms Doyle said her first marriage failed because of the abuse and she made two serious suicide attempts.
O'Brien, of Old Court Avenue, Bray, Co Wicklow pleaded guilty at the Central Criminal Court to 16 charges of the rape and indecent assault of Ms Doyle at Mackintosh Park, Pottery Road, Dún Laoghaire from 1973 to 1982.
O'Brien initially denied the allegations and told gardaí she was making them up because "I was very hard on her because of the way she was dressing."
He later admitted abusing her at least once a week for ten years and said it "became normal." He said he knew it was wrong but kept doing it.
He told gardaí: "I'm sorry for what happened, especially her, because she was good to us."
Detective Phelan told the court: "It may be the only time he showed remorse."
When the family decided to move to England, Ms Doyle was told to stay behind with her father and he moved her into his bedroom and began abusing her "whenever it suited him."
Ms Doyle said she believes her mother knew about the abuse and that she was cast as "the other woman" in an "evil marriage."
Detective Phelan said there was a culture of fear and violence in the home and that Ms Doyle's mother would call her a whore while beating her.
Mary Rose Gearty SC, defending, said that her client is an elderly man in "extremely poor health" who has taken full responsibility for these grave offences.
She said he suffers from arthritis and is in ongoing and constant pain for which he wears a morphine patch. He falls regularly and currently has some broken ribs due to a recent fall.
She said he receives eight hours of oxygen as he sleeps at night, has a heart condition and takes over 15 different tablets each day.
She said he made "genuinely helpful" admissions and entered a guilty plea instead of "cynically" trying to sit and wait it out.
Mr Justice Carney initially remanded O'Brien in custody for sentencing next Monday but after hearing from Ms Gearty that her client is not a flight risk he remanded him on continuing bail until then.
Mr Justice Carney said that he was doing this "provided no hope is read into it."


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Why Stress Makes You Sweat
What Is Really Going On When Pressure Makes You Perspire?
Stressful work and social occasions are often made much worse by what comes with them: sweat.
This type of sweat is different than the perspiration brought on by hot weather, which is intended to cool the body. The purpose of stress-triggered sweat mostly remains a mystery, but now scientists are piecing together new clues about the role it might play in the way people function.
Although most of us try to avoid sweating in public, some scientists believe it has an evolutionary role in sending warning signals to people around us. The body odor of a stranger provokes the brain to negatively interpret social stimuli, even friendly facial expressions, recent research has shown. Meanwhile, the scent of a family member can help calm a person who is under stress, according to a soon-to-be-presented study.
Women and men respond differently to signals sent by bodily smells such as sweat. When researchers tested some 40 different fragrances to see if they could cover up other people's body odor, they found that men were fooled the bulk of the time. But for women, the masking scents almost never lessened the intensity of the body odor.
"We concluded that body odor must be something special for women," says Charles Wysocki, a faculty member at Monell Chemical Senses Center, a scientific research institution in Philadelphia, and a co-author of the gender-based study. "The more I study this the more I'm amazed at how much information is being conveyed from one individual to another by their odor," he says. The research was published in Flavour and Fragrance Journal in 2009.
Most people devote a lot of effort trying not to sweat or smell from stressful situations. Americans spent $2.69 billion on deodorants and antiperspirants in 2011, up about 13% from five years earlier, according to market-research firm Euromonitor International.
Consumer products company Procter & Gamble has targeted women worried about stress-induced sweat with its recent "Stress Stinks" marketing campaign. The company said its patented odor-neutralizing technology, contained in its Secret Clinical Strength antiperspirant, was tested by researchers in Germany who used a clinical procedure involving public speaking and mental arithmetic to induce stress in women. The study results will be presented at the American Academy of Dermatology meeting in March, says Susan Biehle-Hulette, Procter & Gamble's senior scientist for product development.
Sweat from being overheated is produced by eccrine glands, which are located just under the skin all over the body. But sweat caused by stress, fear, anxiety and sexual arousal is produced in the apocrine glands, found only in certain areas, such as under the arms. In addition to water and salt, the main ingredients of heat sweat, stress sweat also contains fatty substances and proteins that readily interact with bacteria living on the skin to create what is commonly called body odor.
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Two ways to fight the effects of stress sweat:
- Deodorants often contain a mild antimicrobial to make the skin less attractive to bacteria. Scents may help mask odor.
- Antiperspirants usually contain aluminum compounds that help block sweat pores and reduce sweat.
Stress sweat is triggered by the same hormones, mainly adrenaline, that prompt us to react quickly when faced with a threatening situation. "It's highly tied to the fight or flight response," says George Preti, a faculty member at Monell Center. Still, the purpose of sweating while under stress isn't clearly understood.
In a study published in the journal Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience in 2011, researchers found that exposure to another person's stress sweat sharpened alertness. "It enhanced the brain's perception across the board, not only to things that are obviously a threat but also to things that aren't obvious but might be threats," says Lilianne Mujica-Parodi, an associate professor of biomedical engineering at Stony Brook University in New York and lead author of the article.
Researchers collected sweat from 64 men during their first time skydiving and again while exercising. They then looked at the response of 14 other people while inhaling the different sweats. Those inhaling the stress sweat had a heightened brain response—measured by prefrontal cortex response using an EEG—-when looking at faces of all expressions, not just the threatening ones.
An earlier study conducted by Dr. Mujica-Parodi and other researchers found that the activity in the amygdala region of the brain, which processes emotions such as fear, was more active in people exposed to stress sweat rather than exercise sweat.
The study was published in the online journal PLOS ONE in 2009.
Johan Lundström, an associate member of the Monell Center, has conducted studies showing that when a person smells the body odor of a stranger the body's neural fear network gets activated, even when the person isn't aware of what they are smelling. Also at Monell Center, faculty member Pamela Dalton showed that stress levels decreased faster when people were exposed to the body odor of a family member rather than that of a stranger or a neutral fragrance.
The findings suggest that familiar and stranger body odors may be cues for emotional responses, Dr. Dalton says. The study, which involved 66 participants and was funded by the U.S. Army Research Office, will be presented at the Association of Chemoreception Sciences conference in April, she says.
Scientists are divided about whether underarm sweat—which includes apocrine and eccrine sweats, along with naturally occurring bacteria —contains compounds that may have a pheromone-like affect on humans. Pheromones are common in animals and insects to communicate sexual attraction and other messages and to trigger certain behaviors. But it's unclear if humans communicate through chemical methods.
Dr. Preti, of the Monell Center, believes such messages do exist. In a 2003 study he was involved with, 18 women exposed to the underarm odor of several men showed evidence of altered mood, including increased relaxation. Still, he says, it isn't clear which chemical compounds in sweat scent might account for the changes.
Stress and anxiety can intensify sweating disorders, but these typically involve excess activity by the eccrine gland, which is responsible for producing heat-related sweat. A common disorder, hyperhidrosis, which is estimated to affect as many as 3% of Americans, can occur in one area, such as the palms, or all over the body.
Possible treatments for hyperhidrosis include oral medications or prescription antiperspirants. Botox injections, which cost about $1,000 or more for both underarms and can last about six months, block neurotransmitters that stimulate the sweat glands. Serious complications from Botox use are rare though some patients can experience some bruising or temporary muscle weakness, says David Pariser, a Norfolk, Va., dermatologist.
Other treatments for very sweaty palms or feet include placing the appendage in water with a very low electric current. If done regularly, it temporarily prevents the nerves from producing sweat.
Michael May, a jewelry specialist at a New Orleans department store, says he worried that his underarm hyperhidrosis was affecting how customers perceived him. "My shirts were wet underneath and if I had to take my jacket off I'd have big wet marks underneath my jacket. I just couldn't handle it."
Mr. May, 32, two years ago started getting Botox treatments under his arms. It didn't completely eliminate the sweating but he says he now has it under control. "I just sweat like a normal person now," he says.
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FISH food bank building project
Donations are being sought to help the FISH food bank building project. The four locations in Hood River County now serve more than 400 families each month, and a new facility is needed that allows clients to wait out of the rain, is handicapped accessible, and where volunteers can efficiently and safely stock and store food with adequate food storage.
For more info call 541-490-1470 or visit fish-food-bank.com. Building contributions can be sent to FISH, 1767 12th St., #147, Hood River, OR 97031.
Parkhurst House Senior Living Community
Do you have an open heart and some extra time? Parkhurst House is seeking volunteers who will spend a little time with its residents doing activities that you both enjoy, such as playing cards, exercise, singing, playing a musical instrument, watching movies, scrapbooking, sewing/cross-stitching, religious studies, playing bingo, cooking, reading books, giving manicures, facials or massages, gardening, storytelling, poetry reading, playing sports or board games.
To volunteer call Parkhurst House at 541-387-4600. Parkhurst is located at 2450 May St., Hood River.
Hat Project welcomes volunteers, yarn
Do you crochet, knit or loom? The residents and friends of Parkhurst House Senior Living Community cordially invite you to help create warm hats to give to those in need this coming winter season. The Hat Project members will be donating its creations to various charities in Hood River and Wasco counties.
The group meets each Monday from 10 a.m. to noon at Parkhurst House, 2450 May St., Hood River.
Those wishing to donate yarn, crochet hooks, knitting needles, looms or their own hat creations are welcome to drop them off at Parkhurst house as well. The group is gratefully accepting donations of yarn of any color, weight or blend, in any amount.
For more information contact Terri Hansen at 541-387-4600.
Next Door seeks foster parents
The Next Door is interviewing prospective foster parents for Hood River and Wasco counties. NDI provides care and behavior treatment for children and teens, ages 4-18, and is seeking loving families who are willing to open their hearts and their homes.
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Help grant senior wishes
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The new shooting game NRA: Practice Range is sparking controversy, as its awkwardly-timed release falls directly in the wake of the Sandy Hook tragedy.
Yesterday the video game news and gossip site Kotaku reported that the free game, which involves shooting moving targets with weapons like handguns and assault rifles, was available for download and marketed to kids ages 4 and up. But game designer MEDL Mobile replied on Twitter that the app aims to promote gun safety and is not in fact for kids ages 4 and older. So who exactly is this National Rifle Association-branded game targeting?
NRA: Practice Range is given a rating of 4+ on the iTunes site, but it is unclear as to whether that is an explicit reference to age. When asked what the rating refers to, an Apple rep told Parenting.com that she did not know and emailed a link from Apple's support page. According to the page, "an app rated 4+ contains nonobjectionable material, but an app rated 9+ may not be suitable for children under the age of 9." Apple's media contact has not responded with clarification.
Plus: Do Video Games Cause Violent Behavior?
Those familiar with National Rifle Association leader Wayne LaPierre's outcry against video games last month may be surprised that the app is listed as an "Official NRA Licensed Product" on iTunes. After the Sandy Hook shooting LaPierre called gaming "a corrupt shadow industry that sells and sows violence against its own people" and blamed the tragedy on games like Mortal Kombat and Bulletstorm, reported Kotaku.
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So is this new game a huge PR gaffe for the NRA? Or a super-savvy marketing move? Game designer and scholar Ian Bogost seems to think its consistent with the NRA's message.
"It's another specimen in the NRA's ongoing effort to present gun ownership and use as a part of a practice of sportsmanship and as participation in an existing community of 'responsible gun owners,'" he told Kotaku. "Contrary to immediate reaction among some of the game playing and development community, the NRA's presentation of the game as an educational tool fit for kids will read as consistent with their overall project and message among NRA supporters."
Should there be an age rating for NRA: Practice Range, or is it an educational tool appropriate for all ages? Leave a comment.


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Corsair 350D Review
Corsair Obsidian 350D Introduction:
When I think of high end cases, one of the first names that comes to mind is Corsair. And why not? Corsair has been around since 1994, and are perhaps best known as a premier manufacturer of memory. But in recent years it has expanded into the world of power supplies, CPU cooling, SSDs (Solid State Drives), and computer cases, as well as a wide range of gaming hardware. In my experience over the years, one thing that always stands out with Corsair is the quality. The materials and workmanship are always top-notch and we will soon see if it hits the mark again.
A year or so ago I purchased a 500R and loved it - and at the time, I really hadn't considered the Obsidian series. So let's talk about it. Obsidian is actually a type of rich (usually black) volcanic glass that ancient people often used to make spear and arrow heads. And the Obsidian series indeed leaves a sharp impression with the 550D, 650D, 800D, and 900D. Their squared off style and brushed aluminum front fascia let you know that these cases mean business. These are high end cases topping out at $349 retail for the 900D. Tons of space and features are the stadard for the Obsidian Series. This case today allows for either a top or front mounted radiator up to 240mm in size, so I am anxious to jump into the build process.
As the micro ATX and mini ITX motherboards are gaining popularity, Corsair have realeased the 350D to add flexibility to the series and let builders of smaller (but still powerful) systems enjoy what the Obsidian Series has to offer. So today we will review the Obsidian 350D mini ATX case with the side window. It is also available without a side window.
Corsair Obsidian 350D Closer Look:
First, let's look at the box. We have a plain brown box with black text and a nice graphic on the front and back sides. The exploded view gives you an idea of all the components before you ever get it out of the box. The sides and front of the box highlight the features. It supports a 240mm radiator in the front and on top, and 380mm (14.96 inch) long graphic cards. Two SuperSpeed USB 3.0 ports appear on the front of the case.
The large Styrofoam end caps keep everything well protected, and the plastic bag does its job and protects the case. There were two strips of masking tape to hold the front cover on while shipping.
And here we are out of the box. The side window really lets you see inside, which is our next stop!


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