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Monday, October 8, 2012
Ladies football final: Cork 0-16 Kerry 0-7
CORK?S dictatorship of ladies football continued yesterday as the Rebelettes showed no mercy to their neighbours at Croke Park.
Cork have now won SEVEN senior All-Irelands in the last EIGHT years.
They always looked in control against Kerry in front of 16,998 fans at GAA HQ.
The Leesiders led 0-10 to 0-3 at half-time against a Kingdom side which set up defensively in a bid to contain a team they had never beaten.
The only Championship game this Cork side have lost in the last eight years was a quarter-final defeat to Tyrone at Banagher in 2010.
And despite all of their success before and since, the memories of THAT game are still driving the panel.Manager Eamonn Ryan explained: ?We threw one away down in Banagher and that would be still grating. That would be like a pebble in our shoe and that motivates us to keep going.
?It is a great achievement but it wouldn?t be about just winning trophies.?
Of Ryan?s starting team yesterday, 11 have played a part in all seven of the recent All-Ireland wins, while Angela Walsh, who came off the bench, has also been involved.
Kerry ? with captain Bernie Breen bravely playing on with a suspected broken shoulder ? battled hard but were simply not good enough.
Geraldine O?Flynn was fantastic for Cork, attacking from wing-back and scoring two points.
Centre-forward Doireann O?Sullivan hit four from play while, defensively, captain Rena Buckley led the way from centre-back with Kerry never looking likely to get the goal they would have needed.
Kerry, who had lost the Munster final 3-12 to 2-9 to Cork, were guilty of conceding too many frees and dragging down their opponents.
They ended up shipping 32 frees to Cork?s 11.
The Kingdom started midfielder Lorraine Scanlon at full-forward in a bid to try and break Cork down with direct high ball to the edge of their square.
Over the course of the game Scanlon probably broke even with Cork full-back Brid Stack.
But all too often she found herself isolated, with no support.
Kerry?s best player, and indeed one of the best on the field, was wing-forward Sarah Houlihan.
Her weaving runs cut open Cork time and time again, with her pace and trickery making her almost unstoppable. Yet Kerry rarely had enough numbers in attack to make it count. Kerry needed everything to go right for them if they were to win. But the first bad break came early on when Breen suffered a suspected broken shoulder.
Incredibly, the Laune Rangers player STAYED on the field for the rest of the game ? despite not being able to raise her right arm above her head.
Kerry boss William O?Sullivan revealed: ?We knew things weren?t going right after the first five minutes or so.
?Bernie Breen broke her AC joint.
?It was her call to stay on.
?I suppose the hard line would have been to take her off the team.
?But that might have caused a collapse.
?She was an inspirational figure on the team so we left her on. To be honest, I thought she coped fairly well for the hour.? Breen embodied Kerry?s commitment and desire but they were coming up against one of the best ladies football teams of all time.
Still, Ryan admitted he was hugely apprehensive ahead of the game.
He revealed: ?It was difficult enough coming in as raging-hot favourites, even though we didn?t think we were.
?Everyone was saying we would win by this or that.
?The bookies? odds were astronomical and that put fierce pressure on us.
?I was never so nervous before a match in my life. I even lost all my notes.
?I had to bluff away before the match ? the players didn?t know what I was saying.?
It did not seem to have any impact on Cork though, as a brace of points by Valerie Mulcahy and another by O?Sullivan pushed them into an early three-point lead. Houlihan opened Kerry?s account with a free in the 10th minute, but by then the signs were already ominous for the Kingdom.
Scanlon added another point soon after, but Kerry would go until the final minute of the half before scoring their third point of the game.
It was Houlihan who got it, before Orlagh Farmer struck back to leave seven between the sides at the break.
Mulcahy added a free five minutes into the second half and, although she finished the game with 0-7, 6f, the Rockb?n player was often selfish in her decision-making, kicking wides when there were teammates in support.
Points by Louise N? Mhuircheartaigh and Patrice Dennehy did reduce the gap to six midway through the half.
But that was as close as Kerry got.
The Rebelettes turned the screw in the final 10 minutes to pull away for a nine-point win.
Ryan said: ?We never put the emphasis on medals. The emphasis is on playing and training and enjoying it. The players try to improve a little bit all the time.
?To put your finger on it, they love playing football and they like winning.
?If it was the other way around they could be in trouble.
?But their love of football transcends the desire to win the whole time, because they would be out there on nights that you wouldn?t put a dog out in.
?You never get a dopey excuse about missing training.?
CORK: E Harte; AM Walsh, B Stack, D O?Reilly; B Corkery 0-1, R Buckley, G O?Flynn 0-2; J Murphy, N Kelly; O Farmer 0-1, D O?Sullivan 0-4, C O?Sullivan; N Cleary 0-1, 1f, V Mulcahy 0-7, 7f, R N? Bhuachalla. Subs: O Finn for N? Bhuachalla 38mins; A Walsh for AM Walsh 38; L McMahon for Farmer 46; A Hutchings for Kelly 53; A Barrett for C O?Sullivan 57.
KERRY: E Murphy; C Lynch, A Desmond, A Lyons; J Brosnan, A Leonard, L Galvin; E Sherwood, B Breen; C Kelly, D Corridan, S Houlihan 0-3, 2f; M O?Connell, L Scanlon 0-2, L N? Mhuircheartaigh 0-1, 1f. Subs: P Dennehy 0-1 for Corridan 24; M Fitzgerald for Galvin 45; D Corridan for O?Connell 55; SJ Joy for Sherwood 59.
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Tuesday, October 2, 2012
Japan PM reshuffles his Cabinet to boost support
TOKYO (AP) ? Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda reshuffled his Cabinet for the third time this year Monday in hopes of boosting flagging public support for his government amid speculation that elections will be called in coming months.
Noda appointed 10 new ministers in the 18-member Cabinet, saying the new lineup will tackle domestic and international issues facing the country and acknowledging that much remains to be done.
The most prominent changes include Koriki Jojima as finance minister, Seiji Maehara as national policy minister and Makiko Tanaka ? an outspoken lawmaker and one of Japan's most famous female politicians ? as education minister.
Eight Cabinet posts will not change hands, including key positions in charge of defense, foreign affairs and economics and trade.
"We will do our best to tackle the issues that are still halfway done, such as recovery from the (2011 tsunami) disaster, the battle to control the nuclear crisis and revival of the Japanese economy," Noda said at a press conference announcing the lineup.
Noda, in office for a year, has seen his support rating slide below 30 percent amid public discontent over his push to double the sales tax to 10 percent and general dismay with the ruling Democratic Party of Japan, which swept to power three years ago amid high hopes for change. But he handily won a party leadership vote last month.
He has said he would call elections "soon," but has given no timeframe, and lately has suggested he wants to remain in office to address Japan's various problems. Elections must be called by the summer of 2013 at the latest.
Polls show that voters prefer the main opposition party, the conservative Liberal Democratic Party, but many people are undecided.
Noda's government has been put under pressure by a territorial dispute with China over uninhabited islands in the East China Sea controlled by Japan but also claimed by China and Taiwan.
Source: http://news.yahoo.com/japan-pm-reshuffles-cabinet-boost-support-050122791.html
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Moscow court to hear jailed punk band's appeal
MOSCOW (AP) ? A Russian court is set to hear an appeal filed by three jailed members of the rock band Pussy Riot, who have been sentenced to two years for performing a "punk prayer" against President Vladimir Putin at Moscow's main cathedral.
A day before Monday's hearing, the Russian Orthodox Church said the rockers would deserve mercy if they offer repentance for their stunt. The move followed a statement by the Russian premier, who said that keeping them in prison any longer would be "unproductive."
The calls reflected an apparent desire by both the government and the church to put an end to the case, which has caused international outrage. It remained unclear whether the women would offer penitence sought by the church and how much leniency a court may show.
Source: http://news.yahoo.com/moscow-court-hear-pussy-riot-appeal-040244470.html
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Monday, October 1, 2012
Christie: Wednesday debate ?the restart? of Romney campaign
While both Democrats and Republicans have downplayed the importance of the first presidential debate in recent days, New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie raised the stakes on Sunday, predicting this week's duel in Denver will be a game changer for Mitt Romney.
"Wednesday night's the restart of this campaign," Christie told David Gregory on NBC's "Meet The Press." "Come Thursday morning, the entire narrative of this race is going to change."
Christie dismissed the recent polls that have President Obama leading Romney in nine battleground states.
"You saw the change in those polls happen very quickly," Christie said. "And I'm here to tell you this morning, it can happen very quickly back the other way. And I think the beginning of that is Wednesday night when Governor Romney for the first time gets on the same stage with the president of the United States and people can make a direct comparison about them and their visions for the future.
"You're going to have tens of millions of people for the very first time, David, really tuning in and paying attention to this race," he continued. "And also, for the first time, you're going to have them be able to make a direct, side-by-side comparison. Remember, at the end of the day, campaigns are about the candidates. And they're going to be able to see these two candidates next to each other, debating each other. And Governor Romney I know is going to do a great job on Wednesday night laying out his vision for America's future and making the contrast between he and the president of the United States."
Christie also dismissed criticism of Romney from fellow Republicans.
"Folks like us obsess about this stuff," Christie said. "But I've got to tell you something: The general public that I speak to in New Jersey and elsewhere are just beginning to really tune into this race. And so they're going to start tuning in on Wednesday night, and when they do, Governor Romney's lay out his vision for a better and greater America, for greater opportunity for all of our citizens. And I think that's when you're going to see this race really start to tighten and then move in Governor Romney's direction."
President Obama, Gov. Christie said, is "just trying to run out the clock" in the race for the White House.
"He desperately wants to run out the clock with platitudes which sound nice, and I give him that," Christie said. "The president's very good at that. But in the end, I think that both sides have to look at this campaign and say, 'What are we going to lay out over the next 36 days?' And that's I think what's really important. And I think Governor Romney will lay out some very important points over the next 36 days that are going to make people believe once and for all that America can be great again, not just staggering along here economically as we've been doing."
Source: http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/ticket/christie-debate-restart-romney-154114765--election.html
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Yale College gains Corporate Health Gold Standard Award
Yale College has been awarded GOLD standard for Corporate Health by the Welsh Government.
The Corporate Health Standard is a quality mark for workplace health promotion in Wales recognising implementation of practices to promote the health and well-being of their employees.
?The Health Improvement Team of the Welsh Government feedback indicated they were very impressed by the supportive environment at the College and by the staff they met,? says Vanessa Davies, Director of Human Resources and Professional Development at Yale College.
The quality initiative is a progressive programme and Yale College will be re-assessed for consistency of their high quality every three years. The College will continue to work to ensure the health and well-being of all staff and are welcoming suggestions for on-going improvement to uphold their status. The work to achieve the standard is consistent with the business excellence model, which drives quality and organisational development in many organisations.
Quote from Yale College Corporate Health Assessors? Report 2012:
?The overall culture was open, transparent and supportive; welfare and wellbeing were firmly embedded in the strategy, the policies and the day-to-day working of the College, and there was a clear commitment from the Governors, the Principal, the Senior Management Team and all staff to health and wellbeing. It is important to note that it was obvious from the outset that senior managers and the governors consider the welfare of staff to be a strategic issue.?
Photos show: ? Bob Baines and Carol Tunnah both from Public Health Wales present award to Yale College Chair of Governors? Carol O?Toole.
Photo Left to right: Yale College Principal, Dhesi; Vanessa Davies, Director of HR, Bob Baines & Carol Tunnah of Public Health Wales; Carol O?Toole, Yale College Chair of Governors; Pam Rigby, College Youth Worker; Chaplain Janice Jones; Mark Parsons, Manager of Hospitality and Catering; Gill Smith, Lecturer in Sports, Science and Fitness; Anne Joynson-Evans, Assistant Director Health, Care & Public Services; Elane Roberts Community and Social Cohesion Co-ordinator; Paula Hancock-Wood, Director of Services; Imran Khan, Human Resources Advisor.
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Eliminating visual clutter helps people with mild cognitive impairment
ScienceDaily (Oct. 1, 2012) ? A new study from Georgia Tech and the University of Toronto suggests that memory impairments for people diagnosed with early stage Alzheimer's disease may be due, in part, to problems in determining the differences between similar objects. The findings also support growing research indicating that a part of the brain once believed to support memory exclusively -- the medial temporal lobe -- also plays a role in object perception.
The results are published in the October edition of Hippocampus.
Mild cognitive impairment (MCI) is a disorder commonly thought to be a precursor to Alzheimer's disease. The study's investigators, partnering with the Emory Alzheimer's Disease Research Center, tested MCI patients on their ability to determine whether two rotated, side-by-side pictures were different or identical.
In the high-interference trials, many photos of the same thing (a blob-like object) were shown. The photos varied only slightly when they weren't a perfect match, either by shape, color or fill pattern. As expected, MCI patients struggled greatly to identify identical pairings.
In the low-interference trials, these blob-like objects were interspersed with trials in which non-matches were more extreme and varied widely. For example, a picture of a butterfly was shown next to a photo of a microwave. Interspersing the very similar blob-like objects with photos of dissimilar objects greatly reduced the amount of interference.
"Minimizing the degree of perceptual interference improved patients' object perception by reducing the number of visually similar features," said project leader Rachel Newsome, a University of Toronto Ph.D. student and Georgia Tech graduate.
The findings suggest that, under certain circumstances, reducing "visual clutter" could help MCI patients with everyday tasks. For example, buttons on a telephone tend to be the same size and color. Only the numbers are different -- a very slight visual difference for someone who struggles with object perception. One solution could be a phone with varying sized buttons and different colors.
People diagnosed with MCI weren't the only ones to struggle in the study. The researchers performed the same tests on candidates at-risk for MCI, people who had previously shown no signs of cognitive impairment. They performed the same as those with MCI, suggesting that the perception test could be used as an early indicator of cognitive impairment.
"People often associate MCI and dementia solely with memory impairment," said Georgia Tech Psychology Assistant Professor Audrey Duarte, one of the study's authors. "Memory and perception appear to be intertwined in the same area of the human brain."
Duarte and her colleagues are among the growing number of researchers studying Alzheimer's who believe damage to a small area of the medial temporal lobes, the perirhinal cortex, affects object perception.
"Not only does memory seem to be very closely linked to perception, but it's also likely that one affects the other," said Toronto's Morgan Barense, the final member of the team. "Alzheimer's patients may have trouble recognizing a loved one's face, not only because they can't remember it, but also because they aren't able to correctly perceive its distinct combination of features to begin with."
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- Rachel N. Newsome, Audrey Duarte, Morgan D. Barense. Reducing perceptual interference improves visual discrimination in mild cognitive impairment: Implications for a model of perirhinal cortex function. Hippocampus, 2012; 22 (10): 1990 DOI: 10.1002/hipo.22071
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