So here we are, the final part of the series. This week's instalment will really get your imaginative juices flowing, albeit in an extremely heart-wrenching fashion.
It's fair to say that each and every one of the players included this week were (or still are) indisputably world-class and considered by many as the very best in their positions at one point or another.
Most would agree that Alexis Sanchez is the only world-class attacker Arsenal have had on the books since Thierry Henry left for Catalonia in 2007, which evidently played a key role in the nine-year barren spell without a trophy.
Unless you spent the summer of 2013 in hibernation, you will know about Arsenal's well-documented attempts to sign Luis Suarez from Liverpool. The whole affair would become one of the most infamous transfer sagas in recent memory.
Arsenal had been informed of a release clause in the Uruguayan's contract and in order to exceed the asking price of £40m and trigger the clause without needlessly over-spending in the process, the Gunners bid £40m plus £1.
The move only succeeded in insulting and alienating the hierarchy at Anfield, who then completely rejected any notion of letting Suarez go.
Suarez went on to sign a new contract and had a superb season with Liverpool before Barcelona came calling.
Jamie Carragher has called Wenger's move the "biggest mistake of his career," and while this may be a little over the top, fans have been left wondering what would have happened if a bigger offer had been made. The 30-year-old has arguably been the world's best striker in the time since the failed bid.
The Brazilian magician was the subject of strong interest from Arsenal before he had even made the move to Europe with PSG. Wenger met with Ronaldinho's brother back in 2001, while he was still with Gremio, but the curse of the work permit struck once again.
Ronaldinho went on to charm millions with both his ability to entertain as well as his clear love for the game, winning a vast array of trophies after his move to Barcelona in 2003.
Since his rise to prominence in the footballing community, Zlatan Ibrahimovic has been known to a little egotistical to say the least. He's one of the few who can get away with it – he has been that good throughout his career.
It turns out that this character trait did not develop due to his rise to the very top – he has actually been that way since he was a teenager, as Arsene Wenger would find out when he offered the Swede a trial following a superb season with Malmo.
The Frenchman can't really be blamed for not wanting to see him in action with his players before committing to sign someone so young, but he would come to regret the decision.
Arsenal fans could have been saved a lot of painful moments against Chelsea during the post-Invincibles years if Wenger had opted to sign Didier Drogba before he left La Mans for Marseille.
The powerful Ivorian scored 16 times against the Gunners during his two spells in west London, and the fact that this could have been avoided for a sum as little as £100k is a hard pill to swallow.
Drogba is one of the few players who can be held in a similar regard to Thierry Henry in the history of the Premier League (although Thierry was obviously better, right?) and to think that the two could have been strike-partners – it would have been almost unfair on Premier League defenders.
"We watched Drogba very carefully when he was at Le Mans and his value was just £100k. But we felt at the time he might not be completely ready… Looking back now, of course it was a mistake," Wenger said in 2009.
In fairness, Wenger could have been right when he thought he wasn't ready – Drogba was something of a late bloomer, only moving to Chelsea when he was 26. It could be that the rest of his time at La Mans and his spell at Marseille was important in his development and made him into the player he became. On the flip-side however, the talent was obviously there to be harnessed by a capable coach.
You may recall from part two of this series that Wenger went after Gerard Pique back in 2003, at the same time he managed to sign up Cesc Fabregas. The Spanish centre-half was not the only player he failed to lure to London from La Masia that year, as he also negotiated with Jorge Messi – father and agent to a certain Lionel Messi.
The Messi's requested that Arsenal bought the family a flat in London, something the club were reluctant to do, and a deal never materialised.
Whether these words are indeed true or whether the Arsenal boss was trying to help himself come to terms with missing out on possibly the greatest player of all time, we may never know. There is definitely the suggestion that more could have been done to persuade the Argentine maestro, but it is perhaps understandable that the club were unwilling to buy a London flat (amongst other fees) to sign a 16-year-old.
The summer of 2003 could have been incredible for Arsenal. Not only did they miss out on Messi and Pique that year, but another man who has a legitimate claim to be the best player the game has ever seen slipped through their fingers – Cristiano Ronaldo.
The four-time winner of the Ballon d'Or even had a tour of Arsenal's training ground that year, and was given a club number 9 shirt with his name on the back as a gift, similarly to Ibrahimovic.
Ronaldo was impressed with what he saw and was looking likely to sign after a £4m fee was agreed with his club, Sporting. This would all change following a friendly game between Sporting and Manchester United, where Ronaldo caught the eye of Alex Ferguson.
Ferguson's Portuguese assistant, Carlos Quieroz, had links with the club and these, along with a much larger bid, swung the decision in United's favour.
"My biggest regret, I was so close to signing Cristiano Ronaldo, and not only did I not get him he signed for Manchester United, so that of course still hurts today," Wenger recalled in 2014.
You won't be the only one hurting, Arsene.


Slide Show and Discussion: Sharon Giacomazzi is a Sierra hiker who happens to be an avid history buff and a born storyteller. This is an informative talk and slide show recounting the intriguing history of Yosemite in the very early days of the development of Nordic and Alpine skiing. Revisit Yosemite's vast and illuminating influence on the winter sports and learn about Yosemite's effort to host the 1932 Winter Olympics! Sharon is a local Sierra resident who has hiked thousands of miles in the central Sierra and is recognized as an expert in the history of the region.


Bringing up playful puppies, especially a German Shepherd puppy, can be lots of fun and also very, very challenging. The simple act of owning a GSD puppy is full of many responsibilities.
Bringing that puppy up to be a confidant, well adjusted and well socialized dog is of the utmost importance. So, below I will list 3 simple "games" to practice with your German Shepherd puppy soon after you get it home.
Each of these will act as a bridge leading to more advanced puppy training methods down the road. They will also enhance the bond between yourself and your new playful puppy.
This is a really fun game to teach your GSD puppy to come to you when called.
1. First, put your German Shepherd puppy in a sit-stay (or have someone else hold him) and hide behind a nearby tree or a piece of furniture. Wait a few seconds, then call him to you in a high pitched and excited manner.
2. Once your German Shepherd puppy "finds" you, praise him, praise him, praise him. To make this progressively harder, make each hiding place a little harder and a little farther away from you than the one before.
This game is a great way to teach early smell discrimination training. This works best, especially in the beginning phases, if you have a helper to hold your GSD puppy.
1. Have your helper hold your German Shepherd puppy and let them both watch as you put several objects on the floor just in front of them, such as: a coke can and an empty toilet paper roll. Make sure you're wearing a plastic glove if possible while touching the items. You'll need to have (and hide) a favorite toy of your pups (in your back pocket, possibly) as well while doing this.
2. Now, walk back to your Alsatian puppy and your helper. Casually retrieve the pups favorite toy from your back pocket, rub your hands on it for a few seconds, and let him watch as you throw it over near the other objects you've just laid out.
3. Now, have your helper release your puppy and tell him to "Fetch!" As soon as he picks the toy you just threw, praise him tremendously. Just as soon as your puppy gets good at selecting his toy from the others, get one of your old socks (infused with your scent) and use this in place of his favorite toy. An advanced method would be to use only like shaped objects, such as all socks or all gloves, that do not have your scent (freshly washed) - except for the one you want your German Shepherd puppy to fetch (the one that does have your scent). If you practice this often enough eventually the methods of scent discrimination will be a part of your lives and something you can use later on - particularly if you have a puppy you eventually hope to use in hunting or obedience work.
Teaching playful puppies any kind of new tricks takes both dedication, persistence and patience but can be incredibly rewarding - and fun as well. The more time you put into your GSD puppy now, the more rewards you will get from it in the future.


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Fireman's Fund embraces SOA
At a recent IBM customer conference, Steve Mills, IBM's software group senior vice president, and Michael Liebow, vice president of Web services for IBM's Global Services Division, presented their vision of SOA's future. Mills contended that new developments in the field will help SOAs become an increasingly attractive option for streamlining the processes and IT infrastructure.
By Britton Manasco for Service Oriented | June 16, 2005 -- 09:22 GMT (02:22 PDT) | Topic: Enterprise Software
At a recent IBM customer conference, Steve Mills, IBM's software group senior vice president, and Michael Liebow, vice president of Web services for IBM's Global Services Division, presented their vision of SOA's future. Mills contended that new developments in the field will help SOAs become an increasingly attractive option for streamlining the processes and IT infrastructure. "Companies have always wanted to integrate their business processes, but that has frequently been a problem," he said, according to VAR Business.
Insurance provider Fireman's Fund, an IBM client, backed up the assertion. CIO Fred Matteson said the company is now deploying an SOA as an alternative to its past architecture, which has proved inflexible and inefficient particularly in areas such as forms processing forms. It also seeks network flexibility as it adds or subtracts personnel. "We needed to change our development model from fixed costs to variable costs...and to do that, we needed an IT infrastructure to support it," he said.
Matteson suggested that the success of SOAs may depend on initially rolling out applications that are less than mission-critical. "By taking a very simple first step, we could easily make the SOA format available without taking a lot of business risks," he added.
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Trust Beneficiaries - What Kind Of Discretion Do Your Trustees Have?
Are you the beneficiary of a trust? If so, chances are the trust document bestows discretion in some form upon the trustees in making distributions of income and/or principal to you. How much discretion depends upon the precise wording of the trust and how the law interprets those words. There are numerous variations to be found in trust instruments. A basic question you need to know as a beneficiary of a trust, however, is whether the creator of the trust intended the trustees to have objective or subjective discretion.
OBJECTIVE: There are discretionary powers requiring the trustees to conform to an objective standard, meaning a standard not found in the individual mind of your particular trustee or trustees, but rather a standard that is capable of being independently measured.
An example of an objective standard would be where the trust states that the trustees are to "pay so much of the income or principal to the beneficiary as is necessary for the beneficiary's support, maintenance or comfort." The italicized phrase denotes that it was the intention of the creator of the trust to impose an objective standard. What is necessary for the support, maintenance or comfort of the beneficiary is capable of being measured without reference to the individual way of thinking of the trustees of that particular trust.
Where there is an objective standard in a trust, generally the law of New Jersey will read into the discretion a requirement that your trustees act within the bounds of reasonable judgment - namely, with respect to the example, pay out at minimum an amount which in the opinion of a reasonable trustee under similar circumstances would be necessary for the beneficiary's support, maintenance or comfort. Thus in litigation, a court would likely apply this or a similar test.
SUBJECTIVE: Subjective discretion is found in many trusts, meaning the trust creator gives the trustee the power to use his or her own subjective judgment.
The most common example of a subjective standard would be where the trust states that the trustees are to "pay so much of the income or principal to the beneficiary "as the trustees shall, in their absolute discretion, determine." The italicized phrase denotes that it was the intention of the creator of the trust to impose the trustees' subjective judgment as the measure rather than the judgment of a reasonable trustee under similar circumstances.
Generally, however, the law does not interpret "absolute discretion" literally. A trustee with absolute discretion cannot do whatever he or she wants. There are limitations on the trustee's absolute discretion imposed by the law. The trustee cannot act arbitrarily or capriciously, meaning without reason or foundation in fact. The trustee cannot act dishonestly. The trustee cannot act with some mindset other than one that looks to accomplish the purposes of the trust. The trustee cannot impede or frustrate the purposes of the trust. The trustee, however, is not bound by the objective measure of what a reasonable trustee in like circumstances would do.
FROM THE BENEFICIARY'S PERSPECTIVE: No doubt, you have heard horror stories about beneficiary/trustee conflict. Of course, as a beneficiary, you do not ordinarily get a say in how the trust instrument is drafted. If you did have input, as a general proposition you would want an objective standard to guide the trustees' exercise of discretion.
However, if your trustee has subjective discretion, you should know that the bright line rules end up quite blurred when, in litigation, Courts are called to respond to questions raised by a beneficiary regarding the trustees' exercise of discretion. As a practical matter, a judge that does not agree with what the trustees are doing will find a way, despite the absolute discretion language, to get to a result that the judge believes is fair and just. For example, a court that wants to interfere with the trustees' judgment will control the result by ruling that the trustees are not acting in the state of mind contemplated by the creator of the trust. Or, the judge will find that the trustees are not exercising their power in a manner consistent with the purposes of the trust. The point being that the absolute discretion language does not grant the trustees a license to do whatever they please and it does not provide them with immunity from intrusion by a Court if a beneficiary decides to contest the actions or inaction of a trustee.
Beneficiaries know your rights and seek the assistance of an experienced trust litigation attorney if you feel that you aren't being treated fairly by your trustees.
The author, Betsy Sweetser, is a partner in the Princeton based law firm of Pellettieri, Rabstein & Altman, http://www.pralaw.com. She specializes in trust litigation and can be reached at 609 520-0900.


Palestinian refugee residing at UNRWA ciollective shelter at Khan Dunoun Camp, Syria (2015).
The UN Humanitarian Coordinator for the occupied Palestinian territory, Jamie McGoldrick, has been describing how ordinary Gazans are scraping by on just four hours of electricity per day due to fuel shortages, putting many in "a terrible situation" as the winter months approach.
Funding for humanitarian operations in the Occupied Palestinian Territory (OPT) is at an "all-time low", threatening the delivery of life-saving aid to people in the West Bank and Gaza, the United Nations warned on Friday.


Watching an elderly parent struggle with their old age can be incredibly difficult for your entire family. For the first few decades of your life, you looked at your mother or father like they were invincible. Then, as you grew older, that started to change a little. Now that they are much older, though you still love them and respect them more than anything, they are going to need a lot of help.
Approximately 80% of seniors suffer from at least one chronic disease while 68% have two or more. Unfortunately, since you have a busy life of your own, you can't exactly offer the physical assistance necessary to help your aging loved ones. That's where in-home care comes into play.
In-home caregivers can offer round-the-clock care, ensuring not only that your elderly parent receives necessary physical assistance, but providing you with peace of mind throughout the day, as well. You'll be able to go about your workweek knowing that your parent is in good hands with a skilled professional.
Can in-home caregivers administer medications? -- Nurse Delegation allows caregivers to receive specific direction to administer medications or perform medical procedures that might otherwise require a medical professional or family member present. This can be helpful when your aging parent can no longer take his or her own medications without assistance.
Are live in caregivers available? -- Yes. Whether you need hourly, overnight, varying shifts, or live-in care services, you can get professional care professionals to help your elderly parent whenever necessary. Additionally, live in care can be arranged as a respite service.
What other services can in-home caregivers provide? -- Medication administration is essential, but there are so many important services that these healthcare caregivers offer. In-home caregivers can help with transportation, manage chronic diseases, clean up the house, cook and prepare meals, personal care, and so much more.
Nearly 70% of Americans reaching the age of 65 will require long term care at one point -- it's time to consider helping your parents as they age. If you want to learn more about how in-home caregivers can help your elderly loved one with everything from physical assistance to medication administration, contact Fedelta Home Care right away.


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The Abandoned Landscape. Rural or urban, desert or jungle, ancient to recent. The SE Center is looking for photographers who appreciate the ravages of time and create compelling images reflecting those effects around us. Color or BW, analog, digital or antique processes, photographers of all skill levels and locations are welcome..
Our juror for The Abandoned Landscape is Constance Lewis. Constance Lewis Constance Lewis holds a Fine Art degree in Photography from the San Francisco Art Institute. She founded Opal Gallery, an Atlanta-based artist collective that exhibited the work of an international array of artists. She has studied photography conversation in Paris, France and her independent curatorial work includes exhibitions in Paris, San Francisco, New York, Atlanta, New Orleans, and Mississippi.
Constance's passion is to highlight marginalized artists and she has a deep interest in promoting photography within a broader context. She currently resides in New Orleans and Houston, where she has been lecturer and educator, and where she launched Opal Art Management, offering advising and curatorial services to artists, collectors, and institutions.
35-40 selected images will hang in the SE Center's main gallery space for approximately one month with the opportunity to be invited for a solo show at a later date. In addition, selected images are featured in the SE Center social media accounts (FB, IG, Twitter) and an archived, online slide show. A video walkthrough of each exhibition is also featured and archived. Openings are timed to coincide with Greenville, South Carolina's First Fridays, a celebration of art, food and music
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Artist retains all copyrights to their own images. Artists whose work is chosen for exhibition inclusion grant the SE Center for Photography permission to use images for promoting the exhibition, artist, or SE Center and its programs, and current and past exhibitions. Images may be placed on social media for promotion and features.
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The contractor installed 2 STEP tanks for the week on Pennick Drive and Long Point Road. They also drilled 371lf of 1″ pressure sewer line on Wicomico Road. Next week, weather permitting the contractor will continue drill shots on Wicomico Road. This week, the contractor worked on yard restorations on Long Point Road, Penny Lane and Pennick Drive. The contractor installed 05 electric meter replacement / modifications on Pennick Drive and Olive Branch Roads this week. County Staff has acquired 734 easements and has conducted 408 pre-construction meetings to date.
The contractor installed 18 curb stops and 367lf of 1″ service tubing on Maryland Road for the week. The contractor will continue curb stop placements next week on Bay Drive, Penny Lane, Romancoke and Virginia Roads.


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The web was abuzz this weekend upon news that a "Fresh Prince of Bel Air" reboot was in the works. Sources later clarified that Will Smith's production company is planning a "Fresh Prince"-like show. Though not much is known about the proposed production, many are left to wonder if the old fish-out-of-water plot line is still relevant more than 20 years later.
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NPR TV critic Eric Deggans says remakes and reboots are seen as generally safe bets to production companies -- thus the recent deluge of remakes and reboots.
"If you're an executive at this time in the media, it's hard to know what people want to watch," Deggans said. "But if you go out and spend a bunch of money to make a version of 'Minority Report' or make a version of a movie or a TV show that's already popular with the people, well who can blame you for spending the money? And if it doesn't work out, I think there's a sense that 'it was a good try.'"
Though taking a bigger chance holds the lure of a bigger payoff, new shows frequently flop.
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Nonetheless, Deggans says it's clear that audiences favor organic plots to programs that borrow on old concepts. He points to last seasons hit shows as an example.
"[You] wonder, 'are TV executives even paying attention to their own business?' Because, the lesson from this last TV season is you find talented actors and producers of color who have an original story they want to tell, and surprise -- you wind up with a story that feels fresh, but also resonates with a lot of people," he said.
Take successful shows like "Black-ish," "Empire," and "Jane the Virgin" for example.
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The TV critic says the fish-out-of-water narrative may be seen as passé by modern audiences.
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College of Business > News & Events > Former Amazon Exec Geoff Nyheim (MBA' 15) Returns to Head DePaul Center for Sales Leadership
Former Amazon Exec Geoff Nyheim (MBA' 15) Returns to Head DePaul Center for Sales Leadership
By Jaclyn Lansbery / January 10, 2022 / Twitter / Facebook
Geoff Nyheim (MBA' 15), executive director of the Center for Sales Leadership at DePaul University.
Geoff Nyheim first discovered his natural talent for sales when he began working for a men's clothing store in high school. The commission-based position taught him how to build relationships with repeat customers by helping them dress in a business environment.
The Sacramento, Calif., native eventually began working for Microsoft as an account executive after earning an undergraduate degree from the University of California Berkeley. Nyheim spent more than 20 years at Microsoft, working his way up to a vice president role that oversaw corporate and partner sales.
Several years later, Nyheim joined Amazon Web Services, but before rejoining the corporate world Nyheim decided to pursue an MBA degree at DePaul University. He was attracted to the university's academic sales program and was interested in teaching. Given his experience and corporate connections, Nyheim became an executive-in-residence at the business college's Department of Marketing and also served as managing director for the Center for Sales Leadership.
Now, four years later, Nyheim is the new executive director of the Center for Sales Leadership, replacing Associate Professor Rich Rocco. Rocco was appointed this fall to the newly created post of executive director for sales and marketing research excellence in DePaul's Department of Marketing.
Founded in 2005, DePaul's sales leadership academic program is among the largest in the country, based on the number of classes, faculty, students and business partners. The college currently offers an undergraduate minor and concentration in sales leadership, plus graduate-level sales classes. Recent partner recruiting has resulted in internships and full-time jobs at 3M, Pepsico, Amazon, Microsoft, Topco, Google, ADP and CH Robinson, among others.
Although Nyheim's main objective as director is to recruit students to the sales program and ensure their success after graduating, he fully plans to continue teaching classes. "I drive a great amount of satisfaction through shared learning in the classroom and supporting students at critical moments in their careers," says Nyheim, who frequently receives high marks from his students.
Below, Nyheim discusses his plans for the center and why students should study marketing and sales at DePaul.
How does your corporate experience influence your role as executive director of the Center for Sales Leadership?
First, it's a passion for the students. I love teaching, I love helping undergraduates launch their careers with their first professional job and getting students to accelerate their careers. The experience I had leading large organizations and making personnel decisions for lots of people for three-plus decades gives me some insight to the ways in which individuals think about their career and some of the challenges they face. I can anticipate and hopefully create value for some of the needs students have during those key points while they're at DePaul.
What role do you see the center playing in students' education?
I think it's important to make students aware of a career path that represents one of the largest job segments in our economy. Many students tend to think of sales as this very transactional, stereotypical thing – retail sales or the one-and-done transaction sale. I think of those as really transactional selling as opposed to relationship and consultative selling where you have a client or a set of clients that you expect to work closely with over the course of many years, maybe over the course of a career. You act as a business consultant and help clients explore their options and influence or persuade them to make the right decision. My job is to help students understand that that is a career path.
Our goal at the center is to prepare students with the skills and experiential learning opportunities so that they can develop the capabilities they need to be successful. We prepare students by connecting them to internships and hosting job fairs. We want to ensure that when students start to launch their careers in sales, that they have the skills to be successful.
What makes the sales program at DePaul different than other programs throughout the country?
It's a combination of a few things. One is that the individuals who launched the program initially came with an outside perspective. They were business professionals, they had a passion for teaching and so they created the program with this very programmatic approach to teaching the skills that employers wanted and needed. And, secondly, it's creating the relationships with perspective employers who were interested in recruiting students who had the right skills. It was the right place at the right time with the right idea. And they did an exceptional job of pulling in both core faculty that existed inside of the Department of Marketing as well as some strategic additions of adjuncts and others who came in with skills, a current point of view and some great relationship networks to help students get jobs.
Geoff Nyheim talks with students during a 2016 Center for Sales Leadership event welcoming new students. | Photo by Kathy Hillegonds
Our classes are very experiential – they're very hands-on and case-based. And what we do that makes such a big difference is introduce corporate partners' real-world scenarios into the classroom. For example, while teaching Analytical Sales 383, I worked closely with the sales team at Salesforce to build a case that focuses on a realistic customer scenario using real data. Salesforce helped introduce the case and visited the classroom to provide coaching and guidance. I've taken my classes to corporate headquarters based in Chicago, including Salesforce and C.H. Robinson. So you've got this show-and-tell that allows students to understand a company's particular culture, the employees who were involved in the classroom, and then we got to see what the actual work environment was like. Over the course of just 11 weeks, you have a 20-year-old junior who gets a lot of exposure to what a sales career looks like, what skills are required to be successful and how to prepare for the industry.
What do you have planned for the center as the new executive director?
It's been four years since I've been at DePaul, so right now I am focused on going back to the basics – not making any assumptions, understanding the student experience, challenge the current state to ensure we're offering the right courses, teaching the right courses and focusing on the right capabilities that students need. Also, ensuring that we are continuously offering a strong value proposition to both our corporate partners and students. For instance, do the students have the right skills at the right time to be successful? Do they find the experience of engaging with us, whether it's in the classroom or at career fairs or other career-related activities, to be efficient, effective and pleasant? And perhaps most importantly, when employers hire one or more of our students, is that individual successful? If that's the case, then we have this natural demand that increases. Because if the third, fifth or 20th individual is successful in their organization, then they're interested in hiring the next one or several the following quarter. I need to make sure that everything we're doing on behalf of students is working– classroom, recruiting, etc., and that we're delivering the right skills and capabilities for our students and partners.
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A: This is a robust batch solution using a native scripting tool.
It strips all & characters from the file.xml
type "file.xml"|repl "&" "" L >"newfile.xml"

This uses a helper batch file called repl.bat - download from:  https://www.dropbox.com/s/qidqwztmetbvklt/repl.bat
Place repl.bat in the same folder as the batch file or in a folder that is on the path.

A: This is a vbs file. It searches and replaces using regular expressions. It is NOT line based butwhole file.
On Error Resume Next
Set ShellApp = CreateObject("Shell.Application")
ReportErrors "Creating Shell.App"
set WshShell = WScript.CreateObject("WScript.Shell")
ReportErrors "Creating Wscript.Shell"
Set objArgs = WScript.Arguments
ReportErrors "Creating Wscript.Arg"
Set regEx = New RegExp
ReportErrors "Creating RegEx"
Set fso = CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject")
ReportErrors "Creating FSO"

If objArgs.Count = 0 then
        MsgBox "No parameters", 16, "ReplaceRegExp"
        ReportErrors "Help"
ElseIf objArgs.Count = 1 then
        MsgBox "Only one parameter", 16, "ReplaceRegExp"
        ReportErrors "Help"
ElseIf objArgs.Count = 2 then
        Set srcfile = fso.GetFile(objArgs(0))
        ReportErrors "srcFile"
        If err.number = 0 then Set TS = srcFile.OpenAsTextStream(1, 0)
        If err.number <> 0 then
            Msgbox err.description & " " & srcFile.path, 48, "Search"
            err.clear
        else
            ReportErrors "TS" & "     " & srcFile.path
            Src=ts.readall
            If err.number = 62 then
                err.clear
            else
                ReportErrors "ReadTS" & "     " & srcFile.path
                regEx.Pattern = objArgs(1)
                regEx.IgnoreCase = True
                regEx.Global = True
                If regEx.Test(Src) = True then
                    Msgbox "Found in " & srcfile.path, 64, "Search"
                End If
            End If
        End If
        ReportErrors "Check OK" & "     " & srcFile.path

Elseif objArgs.count = 3 then
        Set srcfile = fso.GetFile(objArgs(0))
        ReportErrors "srcFile"
        If err.number = 0 then Set TS = srcFile.OpenAsTextStream(1, 0)
        If err.number <> 0 then
            Msgbox err.description & " " & srcFile.path, 48, "Search"
            err.clear
        else
            ReportErrors "TS" & "     " & srcFile.path
            Src=ts.readall
            If err.number = 62 then
                err.clear
            else
                ReportErrors "ReadTS" & "     " & srcFile.path
                regEx.Pattern = objArgs(1)
                regEx.IgnoreCase = True
                regEx.Global = True
                NewSrc= regEx.Replace(Src, objArgs(2))
                If NewSrc<>Src then
                    Msgbox "Replacement made in " & srcfile.path, 64, "Serenity's Search"
                    TS.close
                    Set TS = srcFile.OpenAsTextStream(2, 0)
                    ts.write newsrc
                    ReportErrors "Writing file"
                End If
            End If
        End If
        ReportErrors "Check OK" & "     " & srcFile.path

Else
        MsgBox "Too many parameters", 16, "ReplaceRegExp"
        ReportErrors "Help"

ReportErrors "All Others"
End If

Sub ReportErrors(strModuleName)
    If err.number<>0 then Msgbox "An unexpected error occurred. This dialog provides details on the error." & vbCRLF & vbCRLF & "Error Details " & vbCRLF & vbCRLF & "Script Name" & vbTab & Wscript.ScriptFullName & vbCRLF & "Module" & vbtab & vbTab & strModuleName & vbCRLF & "Error Number" & vbTab & err.number & vbCRLF & "Description" & vbTab & err.description, vbCritical + vbOKOnly, "Something unexpected"
    Err.clear
End Sub

In a command prompt. Full path specified and ampersand (your search string) escaped.
"C:\path\ReplaceRegExp.vbs" "%userprofile%\Desktop\Folder Property List.txt" "^&" ""

Note it was designed to be used in Start - Run. Run once and it installs.
ReplaceRegExp.vbs "%userprofile%\Desktop\Folder Property List.txt" "&" ""

This is the pattern docs.
Settings
Special characters and sequences are used in writing patterns for regular expressions. The following table describes and gives an example of the characters and sequences that can be used.
Character  Description
\
 Marks the next character as either a special character or a literal. For example, "n" matches the character "n". "\n" matches a newline character. The sequence "\" matches "\" and "(" matches "(".
^
 Matches the beginning of input.
$
 Matches the end of input.

*

*Matches the preceding character zero or more times. For example, "zo*" matches either "z" or "zoo".

*Matches the preceding character one or more times. For example, "zo+" matches "zoo" but not "z".
?
 Matches the preceding character zero or one time. For example, "a?ve?" matches the "ve" in "never".
.
 Matches any single character except a newline character.
(pattern)
 Matches pattern and remembers the match. The matched substring can be retrieved from the resulting Matches collection, using Item [0]...[n]. To match parentheses characters ( ), use "(" or ")".
x|y
 Matches either x or y. For example, "z|wood" matches "z" or "wood". "(z|w)oo" matches "zoo" or "wood".
{n}
 n is a nonnegative integer. Matches exactly n times. For example, "o{2}" does not match the "o" in "Bob," but matches the first two o's in "foooood".
{n,}
 n is a nonnegative integer. Matches at least n times. For example, "o{2,}" does not match the "o" in "Bob" and matches all the o's in "foooood." "o{1,}" is equivalent to "o+". "o{0,}" is equivalent to "o*".
{ n , m }
 m and n are nonnegative integers. Matches at least n and at most m times. For example, "o{1,3}" matches the first three o's in "fooooood." "o{0,1}" is equivalent to "o?".
[ xyz ]
 A character set. Matches any one of the enclosed characters. For example, "[abc]" matches the "a" in "plain".
[^ xyz ]
 A negative character set. Matches any character not enclosed. For example, "[^abc]" matches the "p" in "plain".
[ a-z ]
 A range of characters. Matches any character in the specified range. For example, "[a-z]" matches any lowercase alphabetic character in the range "a" through "z".
[^ m-z ]
 A negative range characters. Matches any character not in the specified range. For example, "[m-z]" matches any character not in the range "m" through "z".
\b
 Matches a word boundary, that is, the position between a word and a space. For example, "er\b" matches the "er" in "never" but not the "er" in "verb".
\B
 Matches a non-word boundary. "ea*r\B" matches the "ear" in "never early".
\d
 Matches a digit character. Equivalent to [0-9].
\D
 Matches a non-digit character. Equivalent to [^0-9].
\f
 Matches a form-feed character.
\n
 Matches a newline character.
\r
 Matches a carriage return character.
\s
 Matches any white space including space, tab, form-feed, etc. Equivalent to "[ \f\n\r\t\v]".
\S
 Matches any nonwhite space character. Equivalent to "[^ \f\n\r\t\v]".
\t
 Matches a tab character.
\v
 Matches a vertical tab character.
\w
 Matches any word character including underscore. Equivalent to "[A-Za-z0-9_]".
\W
 Matches any non-word character. Equivalent to "[^A-Za-z0-9_]".
\num
 Matches num, where num is a positive integer. A reference back to remembered matches. For example, "(.)\1" matches two consecutive identical characters.
\ n
 Matches n, where n is an octal escape value. Octal escape values must be 1, 2, or 3 digits long. For example, "\11" and "\011" both match a tab character. "\0011" is the equivalent of "\001" & "1". Octal escape values must not exceed 256. If they do, only the first two digits comprise the expression. Allows ASCII codes to be used in regular expressions.
\xn
 Matches n, where n is a hexadecimal escape value. Hexadecimal escape values must be exactly two digits long. For example, "\x41" matches "A". "\x041" is equivalent to "\x04" & "1". Allows ASCII codes to be used in regular expressions.

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SWCC Book Awards Closed
The Shortlist will be announced in April.
The Science Writers and Communicators of Canada offer two annual book awards to honour outstanding contributions to science writing 1) intended for and available to children/middle grades ages 8-12 years, and 2) intended for and available to the general public. Competitors must be Canadian citizens or residents of Canada, but need not be members of the SWCC. Entries, in either French or English, must have been published in Canada during the 2018 calendar year.
Entries may deal with aspects of basic or applied science or technology, historical or current, in any area including health, social or environmental issues, regulatory trends etc.
Books will be judged on literary excellence and scientific content and accuracy. Specific judging criteria will include initiative, originality, clarity of interpretation and value in promoting greater understanding of science by the general reader.
Books must be understandable to the layperson or children, with appropriate clarification of medical and scientific terminology, and an orderly marshalling of facts.
Also the subject matter should be significant and relevant for the majority of the public or children, and so presented that it increases public awareness.
Rules for Submissions
Include a fully completed entry form with each submission, entry forms are available on our website in English and French
Submit a brief biography of the author(s)
Submit 6 copies for judging purposes
Entry must have been published in Canada during the 2018 calendar year and must be received by Dec 6, 2018
Entries failing to comply with these rules will be rejected. For more information please phone the SWCC office at 1-800-796-8595, or email office@sciencewriters.ca
All entries become the property of the SWCC


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Lord, today we rejoice that India and Pakistan have agreed to stop trading artillery fire in the disputed Himalayan region of Kashmir. We are thankful both nations have also agreed to reinstate a 2003 cease-fire. Heavenly Father, we pray for your peace to descend upon those involved in making these decisions. Reassure them of their wise choice. Give them inner resolve to follow through with this agreement, in order to save lives and bring harmony to lands that have long craved it. We pray these governments will be able to resolve their disagreement about control of this disputed region while in this season of calm. We desire lasting peace between these lands. In Jesus' name we pray, amen.


In his Insurance Law column, Jonathan A. Dachs reports upon the State of New York Department of Financial Services' recently-published 2018 Automobile Insurance Complaint Ranking.
I am privileged once again to report upon the State of New York Department of Financial Services' recently-published 2018 Automobile Insurance Complaint Ranking.
The 2018 "Annual Ranking," based upon data for the calendar year 2017, ranks all 159 automobile insurance companies actively doing business in New York state. As in the past, this report ranks the individual companies themselves, rather than just the corporate groups of which those companies may be members. This method of listing is intended to give consumers a more accurate picture of their insurer's performance. Also, as in the past, insurers are ranked based upon a complaint ratio, which is determined by the number of private passenger automobile insurance complaints upheld against them and closed by the Department of Financial Services, as a percentage of their average total private passenger automobile premium volume in New York State over a two-year period.
In 2017, the Department received a total of 3,367 private passenger auto insurance complaints (down from 3,872 in 2014), of which 394 (down from 444 in 2014) were upheld. Neither commercial auto complaints nor complaints made directly to the insurer are included in determining the complaint ratios. Complaints either not upheld by the Department or withdrawn by the consumer are also not included in the calculations of the ratios. An upheld complaint occurs when the Department agrees with a consumer that an auto insurer made an inappropriate decision. Typical complaints are those involving such issues as delays in the payment of no-fault claims, and nonrenewals of policies. Complaints about the value of monetary settlements and policy terminations are also common.
The 2017 average complaint ratio for all companies was 0.0305 per $1 million in premiums (down from 0.03473 in 2014). This average ratio was derived by dividing the number of complaints upheld against all companies in 2017 (394) by the average premium for 2017 for all companies ($12,938,319 million, or $12.93 billion) (up from $11,016,405 or $11.01 billion in 2014). The average number of upheld complaints per company was 2.5 (down from 2.6 in 2014).
The first chart lists the "Top 84," i.e., the 84 companies with the fewest upheld complaints against them, or, the best performers of 2017—each of which achieved a complaint ratio of 0.00. Although these companies all have the same complaint ratio, they are ranked differently because of the differences in their average annual premiums.
The second chart reveals the opposite side of the spectrum; it lists the "Bottom 25," the 25 auto insurers with the worst performance record for the calendar year 2017. In that chart, the company with the highest (worst) ratio is listed first; the company with the lowest ratio is listed last.
The third, and last, chart, denominated "The 'Big Ten'," separately lists the performance of the 10 largest auto insurers in New York, as measured by their premiums written.
It should be noted that the Department urges readers or users of its ranking to consider that "large insurance companies doing a lot of business typically generate more complaints than smaller companies, so while ratios may allow you to compare small companies with large companies by looking at complaints as a percentage of premiums written, only one or two additional upheld complaints per year can have a significant impact on a smaller insurer." The Department also notes that "Because the ranking includes all of the auto insurers in New York, some must be at the bottom of each year's list even if every company is performing well." Finally, the Department advises consumers that "While this ranking might provide information to consider when choosing an insurance company, it should not be your only consideration," and suggests that the consumer visit the "Automobile Owners Resource Center" of its website for more information on shopping for auto insurance.
Copies of the Department of Financial Services' annual rankings may be obtained free of charge by calling the Department's toll-free telephone number: (800) 342-3736. In addition, the annual rankings are accessible on the Department's website. Complaints against insurance companies may be filed on-line at https://www.dfs.ny.gov.
Jonathan A. Dachs is a partner at Shayne, Dachs, Sauer & Dachs in Mineola. He is the author of New York Uninsured and Underinsured Motorist Law & Practice (LexisNexis/Matthew Bender 2016, 2017, 2018).
The Iacone settlement was one of three recent eight-figure payouts for the Nassau County government, and the judgments have raised concerns about the ramifications for the county's finances, CBS-2 New York reported.
The Appellate Division, Fourth Department, issued a decision in 'Rickard v. New York Cent. Mut. Fire Ins. Co.,' that by its terms opens up insurance carriers' litigation files to judicial in-camera inspection, and insurers as well as others ought to be worried. The decision also appears to be a departure from established New York law.


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Born in South Korea but now Berlin-based, Peggy Gou is one of the hottest DJ's around. Fans scream her name as she steps on stage to spin the decks, eager to sample her distinctive yet non-genre-conforming sound. Each set differs from the last, ranging from disco to house to techno. Her passion for exploring different sounds is arguably what makes Gou one of the most exciting contemporary DJ's. Her creative pursuit first began with fashion, where she undertook a course at the London College of Fashion. Upon discovering that she wasn't so in to styling others, she moved to Berlin to experiment with music. One of her aims was to be the first Korean female to play Berghain, and so she began DJing continuously. She released her first record in 2016 'Art of War' EP and fulfilled her objective by playing a Berghain Panorama Bar DJ set. Gou is gaining more and more reputation as she tours the world, playing at many festivals and supporting well-known acts. She is creating more tunes, having recently lent her vocals to newer material such as 'Han Jan' that features Korean rapping, and is due to release an album soon. Gou also campaigns for more opportunities for young musicians, such as her work as a pannellist for the UN's HeForShe campaign.


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Vaccination Research Group
Vaccination Research Group Research Outcomes
Vaccination Research Group Research Studies
Representation of Vaccination in the Early 20th Century: Analyzing American Newspapers between 1915-1921
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Mack, Erin
In today's society, vaccination is a highly controversial issue drawing all sorts of people into the debate from scientists and physicians to religious leaders and parents. Currently, there are many different arguments for and against vaccination. Interestingly enough, many of these arguments parallel those of the early 20th century. My goal through this research was to analyze how vaccination was framed and represented in American newspapers during the early 20th century (1915-1921). My research suggested that most newspapers framed vaccination in a positive light, with the exception of the occasional skepticism and doubt.
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Make sure you've got essentials, like a shovel, salt and a scraper/brush for you car. Before a snow, there's always a run on these items, so it's smart to purchase them when there's no storm forecast. Make sure you've got enough food for a 3 days or so, and try to plan for a few meals that you won't need to cook, in case the power goes out. Make sure you've got blankets and logs for your fireplace (if you have one), in case you lose heat. Finally, get the appropriate clothing, particularly boots. There's a saying that goes "there's no such thing as bad weather, only the wrong clothes." This couldn't be more true. Buy warm, water proof gear, and layer it up. Simple forethought will save you a lot of trouble when a storm hits.
1. Clean your car off: Make sure you've got all the precipitation cleared from you car. I mean, all of it, not just what's on the windows. Take a broom and knock the snow off the top of your car, so it doesn't fly off and nail another driver's windshield. Clear the snow off your hood and grill, so it doesn't blow back on your own windshield. Also, make sure you've got a shovel in the car, in case you get stuck.
2. Take it slow: Keep your speed down so you have more time to react to your environment, and if you enter a skid. This is the single most important rule to driving in the snow.
3. Easy on the brakes: Begin braking much, much earlier than you normally would. Jamming your brakes removes all traction that you have on a slippery road and will put you into a skid. You need to apply gradual pressure to your pedal in order to stop. If you feel your car beginning to slide, let up off the brake so as to regain traction.
4. Easy on the corners: In normal conditions, you brake into a turn, and then accelerate once you hit the apogee. In snowy conditions, this will put you into a spin. You need to break before the turn and enter it at a low speed. As you begin the turn, let off the brakes so that your tires will turn and you'll have more traction. Once you complete the turn, then accelerate.
5. In a spin, don't go with your gut: If you find yourself in a spin, you have to act counter-intuitively to recover. Take your foot off the brake, turn your wheel in the direction that your car is spinning (you're inclination will be to do the opposite) and then accelerate to regain traction. Once you've regained control of your vehicle, correct your course. This is a huge reason to keep your speed down. If you go too fast, it's impossible to recover from a spin.
6. Beware of other drivers: They may not have read this guide and will seemingly do their damnedest to kill you.
Edmunds has a great tutorial, which basically reiterates what I just said and adds a few rules. Still, the best course of action is simply to stay off the road.
First of all, don't put salt down before a snow. All this serves is to melt the bottom layer of snow, which then reforms as a sheet of ice. Wait until after you shoveled, then put down the salt to prevent snow melt from freezing over at night. Second, if a big snow is forecast, get out and shovel a few times during the storm. It may seem like more work to shovel your drive multiple times, but trust me: it's much easier to take care of 6 inches 4 times than it is shovel 2 feet all at once. And be sure to help your neighbors shovel out. It's a great way to get to know them and to build up neighborhood unity. Plus, you'd like them to do the same for you in the future.
Have some fun with it. I don't feel like most people fail in this, but, for those that do, get out and play in the snow. It's a great opportunity to be a kid again, particularly in so far as it's perfectly legitimate to throw things at other people during a storm.
So, there's your very basic primer to surviving future snowpocalypses. I have faith that, after a few more snows, you all will get it. Also, beware of yellow snow, etc.
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Another thing to point out that's important: This is a Snow Shovel. This is a Garden Spade. They are not interchangeable.
I had an EPIC snow fail when I was in college when I didn't think to clear the snow off my hood and it flew up onto my windshield WHILE I WAS MERGING ONTO THE HIGHWAY. OH MY GOD. HELP DEAR BABY JESUS. it was so scary for 30 seconds. Now I clean off my hood.
Begin breaking *what* much earlier than I normally would?
Perhaps you mean "brakes" and "braking"?
GrammarFu- our editorial gremlins were fixing the error as you wrote your comment. Thanks.
And for God's sake, please don't be a douche- if you're shoveling snow to clear your car, don't just shovel it behind your neighbor's car instead. Now he has twice as much work to do when he needs to leave- think how pissed off you would be if he did it to you! Make the extra effort to deposit that snow out of the way somewhere- it may be a little more work, but it's a polite thing to do.


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Against all odds, Crystal Palace find themselves with an honest shot of finishing in an unprecedented 10th place in the Premier League. The Eagles have been in inspired league form of late, winning five of their last six league outings against sides which include Chelsea, Cardiff City, Aston Villa, Everton and West Ham United respectively.
Tony Pulis' side are currently 11th in the Premier League table, with 43 points from 36 games. They are three points behind 9th placed Newcastle and just one point adrift of 10th-placed Stoke City with two games still to play.
With Palace boasting a better goal difference than Newcastle's, Betfair are backing them to finish in the top-10 with odds of 7/2. However, it won't be easy for Pulis' men as they face Liverpool on Monday and a Fulham side potentially still fighting for their Premier League status less than a week later.
For a side who found themselves bottom of the table after 10 games this season, it's been a remarkable turnaround by Crystal Palace. Should they achieve a top-10 finish to the campaign, Pulis will certainly be in the hat to win Manager of the Year.


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Radiologist Rebecca March
CU Radiologist Battles Breast Cancer
By Tyler Smith
(May 2016) Rebecca Marsh knows how to balance risk and benefit.
A PhD physicist by training, Marsh spends a portion of her time at University of Colorado Hospital's Breast Center clinics making sure the imaging equipment is working properly and delivering the appropriate radiation dose. She also speaks with women, in person and on the phone, who are concerned that the radiation they receive from mammograms, CT scans and other imaging tests will endanger their health and even possibly cause cancer.
Marsh, an assistant professor of radiology at the University of Colorado School of Medicine, does her best to counter their fears with facts. Despite splashy news media reports, there is no evidence that radiation from imaging equipment causes cancer.
"I understand their concerns," she says. "But there is a lot of false information and I strive to send a consistent message that is accurate, accessible and consistent." For women considering breast cancer screenings, Marsh adds, "My job is not to convince them to get a mammogram but rather to help them make an informed decision."
Such risk-reward calculations are the stuff of everyday life. But sometimes the odds break the wrong way. In March of last year, Marsh felt what she describes as "a structure" in her left breast. Although her mother had died at 57 from a rare abdominal cancer, there was no history of breast cancer in her family, and Marsh was only 36 – well below the American Cancer Society's guidelines for a screening.
She mentioned it during her next regular visit with her primary care physician (PCP) at a UCH clinic. You don't meet the criteria for a clinical breast cancer exam, her PCP said. But a medical student was observing the visit, so the PCP took the opportunity to demonstrate how to conduct the exam. Everything seems fine, the PCP said, calling the structure the result of normal fibrotic changes.
"That coincided with what I had read online," Marsh recalls as she sat in her tiny interior office in Research Complex 2 nearly a year later. "I wasn't worried."
Sudden surprise
But someone else was. In November, Marsh's boyfriend told her he was concerned about the small mass. It doesn't feel right to me, he said. She played down his worry and laid out her logic: She wasn't considered high risk for breast cancer, her PCP had told her there was nothing to worry about, she had lots of responsibility in her job with CU's Department of Radiology, and she felt fine.
Her boyfriend held firm. I think this is different, he said.
"I told him, 'If it will make you feel better, I'll get it checked out,'" Marsh says.
Shortly thereafter, she was in the mammography area of the Breast Center in the Anschutz Outpatient Pavilion. She pulled a tech aside, related the background of the suspicious structure and asked for a recommendation. The tech told her the clinic takes walk-in patients, so why not get a mammogram?
Marsh did so, and the image showed a mass that on first review looked like a cyst. She then got a follow-up ultrasound. A fellow radiologist came in the room and delivered bad news. The mass he saw had different shades. That meant it was probably not a cyst, which would be filled with fluid and therefore would show up as an image with uniform brightness.
It was now early afternoon, and Marsh headed in for a biopsy, which confirmed a 3-centimeter primary tumor. Her boyfriend and the tech who had done the mammogram stood by as Marsh asked the radiologist a blunt question: What's your feeling about what's going on? She got a numbing answer. The chances are 99 percent that it's cancer, the radiologist said. That's going to mean chemo, surgery and radiation.
A life detour
"In the space of four or five hours, I went from thinking the worst-case scenario was that I had a cyst to 'you very likely have cancer,'" Marsh says. Twenty-four hours later, the 1 percent chance she'd hoped for vanished. The pathology results showed two primary masses, both positive. Marsh had an aggressive cancer that most commonly shows up in women under the age of 40.
The next big question – and potential ray of hope – was whether the cancer had metastasized. She emailed University of Colorado Cancer Center medical oncologist Virginia Borges, MD, for guidance. At Borges' recommendation, Marsh got nuclear medicine and CT scans the same week and found her silver lining. There were cancer cells in several lymph nodes, but no evidence that the malignancy had spread to other parts of her body. A subsequent test showed no known genetic biomarkers, further decreasing the likelihood of a secondary cancer, particularly ovarian.
Marsh began a regimen of eight chemotherapy treatments for Stage 3C breast cancer on Dec. 17, 2015, and completed the fifth Feb. 11. She'll finish chemo at the end of March, and then have a four-week recovery period before her surgery – a lumpectomy, not a mastectomy, because of the specifics of her genetic testing and the size and location of the tumor. A six-week round of radiation is slated to begin the end of May.
She has a path forward, but her life with cancer follows no straight lines. Bad news is mixed with good, fear with hope. For example, cancer cells tend to be more aggressive in women under 40, but they also are often ideal targets for chemotherapy precisely because the tumors are growing rapidly. Marsh deals with fatigue, illness, and mental lapses caused by the chemo, but that's been cushioned a bit by 10 weeks of leave she had piled up. With her department's strong support, she keeps a flexible work schedule.
The lines of life are the most blurred when it comes to her young children – Owen, 8, and Lucia, 5. One thought emerged from the confused swirl the day she confronted cancer: What am I going to tell the kids? She called her three sisters and ex-husband to give them the news, then waited for her children to come home from school. Marsh told them she was sick, waited for their questions, and got the big one in about a minute: Are you going to die?
Her disease isn't black and white, and neither was her answer. "The goal is no," Marsh told them. "I said there are plenty of people with the same illness I have and many of them get treatment and live a long time." Seeing her son's concern, she talked about what would happen as she went through treatment.
"I told them about the long-term plan," Marsh says, "and that I was going to get medicine that would kill the cancer cells but that it would make me feel sick and tired and that my hair would fall out." They went out together to pick out head scarves. When her son worried about people making fun of her for losing her hair, Marsh gave him a simple reply: "Tell them, 'My mom is sick,'" she advised.
When Marsh's hair began to fall out after she started chemotherapy, her daughter asked, "Why would you take medicine that makes your hair fall out?" Marsh explained that she could either take the medicine that kills the tumor cells and wait for her hair to grow back, or keep her hair but let the tumor cells spread to the rest of her body. "I think you made the right choice," her daughter replied.
Rather than hide her periodic lapses in mental focus, she lets them know it's something that comes with the chemotherapy. On one such occasion her daughter said, "You did that because of the medicine," a line that has become something of an inside joke.
Marsh also tries to be pragmatic about the cancer and the limitations it has imposed on her life. She accepts that there are days the chemo will leave her physically sapped. "My perspective now is that when I'm not feeling well, I just have to wait it out." She takes advantage of the good days and works as much as she can. She's now preparing a presentation of her research for a March meeting in Salt Lake City and has made it a goal to make that trip.
"Because of the chemo, I've had to pull back on other professional involvements," she says. "I need this one thing I know I can do."
Marsh still knows the importance of balancing risk and benefit. But her cancer has also given her a new perspective on the limits of knowledge. She trained at MD Anderson Cancer Center and spent nine years there. She did graduate work in radiation therapy physics. But cancer pays no attention to such qualifications.
"Cancer treatment is not foreign to me," she says. "But there is a false impression that 'smart' people can catch cancer early. I've worked in mammography, and part of my profession is working with breast imaging. I have a master's and a PhD – and I still had stage 3C breast cancer."
Marsh's "public service message," as she puts it, is simple. "If you notice changes and have concerns and suspicions, go in and check it out – even if it hasn't been a year, or you're too young, or you're not in a high-risk category. Women in their 30s and early 40s are really busy, and it's easy to put a mammogram off. But figure out a way to fit it in."
And listen to your loved ones, she says. "If my boyfriend hadn't said anything, I might not have gone in for months," Marsh says. "That might have made a big difference in how this all played out."
This article originally appeared in the UCHealth Insider in February 2016.


Pressbox (Press Release) - The most delicious fair in the Northern Africa – Morocco FoodExpo!!!
4th Morocco FoodExpo 2019; International Food, Hospitality and Technologies Exhibition which is organized by Elan Expo took place on 07-09 December 2019 at Office des Foires et Expositions (OFEC) at Casablanca, Morocco.
Morocco is the most profitable food market in the African region with its' perfect location, annual growth rate, and its' dependency to the international food market. Morocco is located to Northern Africa with a perfect close-range of Europe, less than 15 kilometers away from Spain. Morocco which has around 36 million populations is the 6th largest economy among the 14 Middle East and Northern Africa countries. It had a GDP of 140.1 billion dollars in 2016.
Moroccan is famous for producing wheat, sugar beet, orange, potatoes, tomatoes, olives and olive oil but it is strongly dependent to foreign food markets such as grain, sugar, coffee, tea and many other products. Being a multilingual country, having a stable political structure, having tax free agreements with many countries and Moroccan food industry's dependency on the international food industry make all eyes are on Morocco market in recent years.
MOROCCO FOOD EXPO IN PARALEL WITH THE SIEMA EXPO 2019!!!
The next edition of MOROCCO FOOD EXPO is the concurrent expo of the "SIEMA EXPO 2019; International Food Processing, Packaging and Machinery Exhibition" which will take place between the dates 07-09 December 2019 for the fourth time at Office des Foires et Expositions (OFEC) at Casablanca, Morocco.
4th MOROCCO FOOD EXPO: International Food, Hospitality and Technologies Exhibition which will provide you to unmissable opportunities to do business with a large scale of the Food Industry will take place between the dates 07-09 December 2019 at Office des Foires et Expositions (OFEC) at Casablanca, Morocco.


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#7	Sydney Parr
OF | Junior | 5-7 | L/R | North Little Rock, Ark. | North Little Rock
2019 | Junior
Made 51 appearances with 50 starts … Accumulated a .326 batting average, fourth best on the team … In 135 at bats, recorded 44 hits, scored 32 runs and tallied 14 RBI … Had a .391 on base percentage that included 15 free bases, 12 walks and three hit-by-pitch … Led the outfield with 62 put outs and a .941 fielding percentage … Had two, three-hit games against UT-Arlington (March 26) and Wichita State (April 10) … Recorded and career-high three RBI versus Nevada (March 1) … Recorded a team-best five stolen bases in six attempts.
2018 | Sophomore
Appeared in 45 games with 15 starts … Recorded a .275 batting average on 40 at bats that included 15 runs scored, and five RBIs … Three of her RBIs came in a 9-0 win against Villanova (Feb. 24) … Stole four bases on the year on four attempts … Recorded a season high three at bats in five games … Started her first conference game March 23 against Missouri, scoring one run in a 3-1 win against the Tigers.
2017 | Freshman
Scored 10 runs in 36 appearances primarily as a pinch runner…scored the game-winning run on a Tori Cooper single in a 2-1 win over No. 14 Tennessee (March 18)…drew a walk and notched first career stolen base against UMass Lowell (March 12)…walked and scored a run at Jackson State (April 25)…made 16 appearances in right field with five putouts and one assist.
Before Arkansas
Parr is a three-time 7A state and conference champion with North Little Rock High School. Individually, she has been named to three all-state and all-conference teams including placement after her junior campaign in which she hit .556 with 38 runs scored and 41 stolen bases. Parr is also a three-time member of the Arkansas Democrat Gazette All-Prep First Team. As a freshman, she broke the state championship game record with three triples in helping the Wildcats to the title. Entering her senior season, Parr has prep career totals of 138 runs scored and 119 stolen bases.
Sydney is the daughter of Perry and Rebecca Parr with younger brother Tyler. She plans to major in broadcast journalism at Arkansas. Parr most recently played travel ball with Team Power in Kansas City.


TUESDAY, June 3, 2014 (HealthDay News) -- As many as one in 10 Americans who has a heart attack may also have undiagnosed diabetes, a new study finds.
"Diagnosing diabetes in patients who have had a heart attack is important because of the role diabetes plays in heart disease," lead author Dr. Suzanne Arnold, assistant professor at Saint Luke's Mid America Heart Institute and the University of Missouri at Kansas City, said in an American Heart Association (AHA) news release.
"By recognizing and treating diabetes early, we may be able to prevent additional cardiovascular complications through diet, weight loss and lifestyle changes, in addition to taking medications. Another important reason to diagnose diabetes at the time of heart attack is that it can guide the treatments for the patient's coronary artery disease," she explained.
For the study, researchers analyzed data from more than 2,800 heart attack patients who had not been diagnosed with diabetes. The patients were treated in 24 hospitals across the United States.
The investigators found that 10 percent of the patients were newly diagnosed with diabetes while being treated for their heart attack. However, less than one-third of those patients received diabetes education material or medications when they were discharged from the hospital.
Doctors failed to recognize diabetes in 69 percent of the previously undiagnosed patients, according to the study. Doctors were more than 17 times more likely to recognize patients' diabetes if they checked patients' A1C test results during the heart attack, and were even more likely to do so the higher the test levels.
Checking A1C levels is a standard test to determine a patient's blood sugar levels over the previous two to three months.
Six months after leaving the hospital, less than 7 percent of the patients who weren't recognized as having diabetes during their heart attack-related hospital stay had started taking medication for diabetes. For those whose diabetes was identified during their hospital stay, 71 percent had started diabetes medication.
The study was presented Tuesday at a meeting of the American Heart Association in Baltimore. The AHA noted that two out of three people with diabetes die from heart disease.
Findings presented at meetings are generally considered preliminary until published in a peer-reviewed journal.


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How Herald-Tribune identified $10 billion in suspicious flips
By MICHAEL BRAGA, CHRIS DAVIS and MATTHEW DOIGStaff writers
It is impossible to determine exactly how much housing fraud occurred during the recent real estate boom.
But the Herald-Tribune used commonly accepted indicators of fraud to sort through 19 million sales and highlight those that raise clear red flags for one type: illegal property flipping.
The newspaper looked for properties that sold at least twice in three months and increased in price by 30 percent or more. Even during the real estate boom's hottest days, average home prices increased at only half that rate.
More than a dozen real estate and fraud experts interviewed by the Herald-Tribune said such price increases alone are enough to make the flips highly suspicious.
Across Florida, the newspaper found 50,000 property deals involving $10 billion in sales that met the criteria for likely fraud.
Each of the experts, which included Florida mortgage fraud investigators, nationally recognized academics and bank fraud-prevention consultants, said the Herald-Tribune's methodology was sound. Most said $10 billion was a reasonable estimate and at least three said the figure underestimated flipping fraud.
Bill Black, an internationally known bank fraud expert who helped the World Bank develop anti-corruption initiatives, said the amount of flipping fraud in Florida was far more than $10 billion.
"Just in the world of flipping fraud, it's many times that number," said Black, who is also an economics and law professor at the University of Missouri.
The Herald-Tribune's pool of suspicious flips contains legitimate real estate sales. But thousands of other fraudulent deals were not captured because they involved smaller price increases or occurred over a longer time, Black and several other experts said.
In addition, before calculating the amount of questionable deals, the Herald-Tribune discarded property flips that were less likely to be fraud. For example, large price increases can appear to have occurred on the same day because of the way deeds are recorded for newly built homes and condos. The first sale may actually have occurred before the house was built and the second sale many months later when the home was complete.
To eliminate such sales, the newspaper excluded more than 5,000 same-day flips worth about $3 billion. That process left out nearly 2,500 flips that did not necessarily occur on the same day, but appeared to be same-day transactions because of the way data was provided by some county property appraisers.
Miami-Dade, Pinellas and several smaller counties could only provide the month and year of their transactions, meaning any sales that occurred in the same month appeared to have occurred on the same day. Those sales -- including more than 1,400 in Miami-Dade alone -- were therefore not counted in the fraud estimate.
The newspaper also excluded properties that sold for less than $10,000 or increased in price more than 300 percent to remove extreme price changes that might have other explanations.
"While it's impossible to quantify precisely, Miami-Dade and Florida have been at the top of the indices for years," said Ann Fulmer, vice president of business relations at Interthinx, one of the nation's leading providers of mortgage fraud prevention tools for lenders. "Under the facts you outline, $10 billion is probably a conservative estimate."
In addition to consulting with experts, the Herald-Tribune tested its data by more closely examining several thousand deals.
The newspaper reviewed more than 3,000 property flips in Sarasota and Manatee counties for additional signs of mortgage fraud. Those signs include foreclosures soon after sale and large price increases on sales between friends, family members and business associates. The newspaper also looked for patterns of repeated flipping by real estate investors.
After reviewing thousands of pages of deeds, mortgage filings and other public records, the Herald-Tribune identified more than $500 million worth of deals that display multiple signs of fraud in Sarasota and Manatee counties alone.
Sarasota and Manatee account for 5 percent of the 50,000 suspicious Florida deals. That suggests there may have been $15 billion in fraudulent deals statewide.
Finally, the Herald-Tribune used the standard statistical practice of using a smaller random sample to draw conclusions about a larger pool. The newspaper randomly selected 100 flips from across the state and closely reviewed the deals and the parties involved for the most obvious indicators of fraud.
Chris McCarty, director of the Survey Research Center at the University of Florida, said the random sample method used by the Herald-Tribune is a valid way to draw conclusions about the larger pool.
Mortgage fraud investigators reviewed each of the deals at the Herald-Tribune's request. In most cases, the investigators said there was not enough information available to determine if the case involved fraud. However, at least 12 percent of the deals displayed such obvious indicators that the investigators flagged them as likely fraud.
When applied to the entire pool of flips, that means just the most obvious cases of fraud amount to more than $1.6 billion in property deals. Experts say the actual amount of fraud is undoubtedly more because many flippers are able to avoid leaving behind obvious clues.


Thanks to all of our friends who attended the CNBP workshop at SPIE West. CNBP Director Mark Hutchinson and Deputy Director Ewa Goldys were delighted to see over 100 attendees and look forward to continuing conversations over the coming months.
Prof Mark Hutchinson and Prof Ewa Goldys were delighted to attend Wuhan's reception at SPIE West in San Francisco.
We have just submitted this paper a few days ago and the editor liked it so much that it was immediately accepted! The paper cited below is a result of joint work between Dr Mel McDowall and A/Prof Jeremy Thompson with other embryology co-authors, Prof Andrew Abell and PhD Student Malcolm Purdy (Chemistry Adelaide node of CNBP), and Prof Ewa Goldys (Physics, MQ node of CNBP). Andrew provided unique reagents and Ewa introduced quantitative analysis of the images. The images are also lovely, and Mel made a nice desktop background which we will submit for the journal cover.
This event demonstrates our collective power when we apply our diverse disciplines to a single CNBP biological challenge.
A/Prof Heike Ebendorff-Heidelpriem will host two tours of the Braggs research laboratories at the University of Adelaide.
Visitors will include glass artists from around Australia with an interest in understanding the way in which researchers make and manipulate glass for scientific research.


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