Saturday, July 13, 2013

Texas Department of Public Safety responds to Texas-Mexico border incidents

AUSTIN -

Texas Department of Public Safety officers responded to multiple incidents that took place Thursday on the Texas-Mexico border.

According to preliminary information, the first incident occurred early Thursday afternoon, when DPS said a Texas Rangers' boat responded to a "shots fired" call by the U.S. Border Patrol on the Rio Grande River.

After arriving at the scene, DPS said the Rangers observed that the border patrol agents had taken cover inside their boat while pointing across the river toward individuals on the Mexico side, believed to be responsible for the shots fired.

Rangers then launched tear gas rounds in the direction of the individuals in Mexico, who DPS said vacated the area.

Later in the afternoon in a separate incident, a DPS Tactical Marine Unit team was patrolling the river, when they came upon a raft that was nearing the U.S. shore, and observed multiple subjects aboard.

As the TMU team approached, DPS said the subjects abandoned the raft and swam to Mexico. The TMU team seized the raft, which was on the U.S. side and contained several bundles of marijuana, totaling approximately 1,100 pounds, according to DPS.

Around the same time, at approximately 5 p.m., DPS said the Texas Rangers' boat responded to assist with the marijuana seizure incident.

While en route, the Rangers' boat was fired upon from Mexico. DPS officers aboard the Rangers' boat returned fire, at which time the subjects in Mexico vacated the area.

Officials said the TMU patrol vessel was not present at the time of this particular shooting.

DPS said no injuries were reported in all three incidents. Additionally, no charges have been filed in these cases, as all subjects fled into Mexico.

While these incidents occurred in the South Texas area, authorities said the specific locations will not be released at this time for security purposes.

No additional information is available at this time.

Source: http://www.ksat.com/news/texas-department-of-public-safety-responds-to-texasmexico-border-incidents/-/478452/20957804/-/yset1x/-/index.html

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Gun teen's big football break

WITH a big chance in front of him, Townsville schoolboy Matt Symes plans to take his starting opportunity with the Northern Fury this evening in both hands.

Fury player/coach Gareth Edds will hand Symes his first start for the senior team against Palm Beach on the Gold Coast as a reward for consistently good efforts in training all year and performances with the Fury's under-18 side.

Symes, 16, came on last week and played the last 20 minutes in the 3-0 win against the Queensland Academy of Sport as a substitute for Burrows, and was called upon to play out from the back and make a save.

Burrows, 18, has been solid between the sticks this year in his 16 games for the Fury, keeping three clean sheets, but Edds said he was going to give his other keepers the chance to play with just six games left in the season.

"Matty's going to play 90 minutes and he's going to have an opportunity to go there and perform and see how he goes," Edds said.

"It's a good chance against a good team. Brad has done terrific in his work and in the last two games kept clean sheets, and I know where Brad's at now but we've got to give opportunities to other players."

Edds said the 'keeper switch had nothing to do with form and that he had plenty of confidence that Symes would be able to do the job against the Gold Coast side.

"In training and in the under-18s he's been terrific and he's been working really hard," Edds said.

"He's done it all season, so players who are putting those efforts in need to be rewarded from time to time. I'm going to reward him with a start and he deserves it."

The Ignatius Park College Year 12 student said he was excited to make his debut and was looking to continue Burrows' good work and claim another clean sheet in hopefully another Fury win.

Symes said he wasn't expecting to come on as a substitute last week, but he relished the chance after Reyze Kelly's goal.

"When it was 2-0, Gareth said that I'd be going on, so I was pretty excited about that and really hoping we'd find that third goal," he said. "I was just focused on going out there and continuing the team and play well, I didn't want to stuff up the 3-0 lead."

While he expects some nerves this afternoon, Symes said he wouldn't let it change the way he played and intended to make the most of the chance.

"(My coach) he told me to go out there and play the way I usually play and he wouldn't be putting me there if he wasn't confident in me," he said.

Source: http://www.townsvillebulletin.com.au/article/2013/07/13/385441_sport.html

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Friday, July 12, 2013

Pair of Louisiana pitchers named to MaxPreps 2013 Baseball Underclass All-American Team


, July 12, 2013 10:40 a.m.

Ross Massey was one of two Baton Rouge pitchers named to the MaxPreps 2013 Baseball Underclass All-American Team - (Michael DeMocker, NOLA.com | The Times-Picayune)

Two pitchers from the Baton Rouge area have been named to the MaxPreps 2013 Baseball Underclass All-American Team. Ross Massey of Catholic-Baton Rouge and Manny Miles of University Lab were both recognized in the sophomore class. According to a press release from MaxPreps.com, the pair are just two of several kids from across the country, who were named to the team. The players were chosen by MaxPreps based on their performances during the 2013 season.

Massey, who posted an 8-1 record in 2013 was named to the Baton Rouge All-Area Team, as well as, the Class 5A All-State Team.

Miles went 11-0 with 0.49 ERA in 2013?. He was named the Baton Rouge All-Area Pitcher of the Year. He also made the Louisiana Coaches Association Class 2A All-State Team.

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Source: http://highschoolsports.nola.com/news/article/-8242109376896541677/pair-of-louisiana-pitchers-named-to-maxpreps-2013-baseball-underclass-all-american-team/

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Teenage relative arrested in death of autistic California boy

By Dan Whitcomb

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Remains fitting the description of a missing autistic boy were found buried in a shallow grave near his California home on Wednesday, police said, and a 16-year-old family member was arrested on suspicion of murder.

Captain John Hill, acting police chief of Menifee, California, said the remains had not yet been formally identified as the missing 11-year-old, Terry Smith, but appeared to belong to a male juvenile.

Police declined to name the suspect, citing the ongoing investigation, but said he is a 16-year-old relative of the missing boy who was taken into custody on suspicion of murder following an interview by detectives.

"One of the things I want to stress is that this is a domestic issue within that residence, and that there is no stranger in the city of Menifee that caused this to happen," Hill said at a news conference.

Terry Smith was reported missing from his home in Menifee, about 80 miles east of Los Angeles, on Sunday morning, prompting a search by authorities using helicopters and bloodhounds that was assisted by local volunteers.

The Riverside County Sheriff's Department has said the boy was last seen alive by his older brother between 7:30 p.m. and 9 p.m. on Saturday and that his mother contacted police when she did not find him in bed mid-morning the following day.

Hill said investigators went to the home early on Wednesday morning after receiving a report that possible human remains had been spotted there by a volunteer searcher, then found the partially exposed body.

He said police conducted multiple searches of the property using dogs and volunteers after the boy was reported missing, but did not explain how the remains were not found earlier.

"Sometimes it takes awhile for us to put all the puzzle pieces together in a circumstance like this," he said.

Local television news images showed forensic technicians working under a green tarp to remove the remains from dirt about 75 feet from the home and load the remains into a coroner's van with darkened windows.

Riverside County medical examiners were expected to conduct an autopsy to identify the remains in the coming days and determine a cause of death.

(Reporting by Dan Whitcomb; Editing by Cynthia Johnston and Will Dunham)

Source: http://news.yahoo.com/teenage-relative-arrested-death-autistic-california-boy-004857515.html

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Acceptance predicts satisfaction in later life

Acceptance predicts satisfaction in later life [ Back to EurekAlert! ] Public release date: 11-Jul-2013
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Accepting what cannot be changed is key to happiness in old age after loss of independence

When older adults lose control as they move into residential care, they adapt and accept what cannot be changed in order to stay happy. According to a new study, by Jaclyn Broadbent, Shikkiah de Quadros-Wander and Jane McGillivray from Deakin University in Australia, when it comes to satisfaction in later life the ability to accept what cannot be changed is as important as the feeling of being able to exert control. Their work is published online in Springer's Journal of Happiness Studies.

Ageing with satisfaction has been linked to maintaining a sense of control into the later years. Perceived control consists of two components. Primary control relates to the capacity to make changes to the environment to suit your desire or needs - this applies to older adults living independently in the community. Secondary control describes making cognitive changes within yourself to adapt to the environment - for example when older adults move into residential care. In effect, secondary control buffers losses in primary control by helping us to accept what cannot be changed.

Broadbent, de Quadros-Wander and McGillivray evaluated the differences in levels of life satisfaction and perceived control between 101 older people living in residential care and another 101 living in the community. They also compared how these two types of control might predict well-being in later life. The authors looked at eight key domains of satisfaction: standard of living, health, achieving in life, personal relationships, safety, community connectedness, future security, and spirituality and religion.

Their analyses revealed that the unique relationship between primary control and satisfaction was always larger for the elderly living in the community than those in residential care. Equally, the contribution of secondary control to satisfaction was larger in the residential care group than in the community group. Having a strong sense of control is therefore likely to be more important to older adults living in the community than those living in residential care. In contrast, acceptance is likely to be more important to the well-being of care residents than community dwellers.

The authors conclude: "In order to protect the well-being of older individuals, adaptation involves both a sense of control and the active acceptance of what cannot be changed. Primary and secondary perceived control may predict satisfaction with comparable strength depending on the older person's situation. Acceptance takes more of a prime position in low control situations."

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Reference: Broadbent J, de Quadros-Wander S, & McGillivray J (2013). Perceived Control's Influence on Well-being in Residential Care vs. Community Dwelling Older Adults. Journal of Happiness Studies; DOI 10.1007/s10902-013-9452-9


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Acceptance predicts satisfaction in later life [ Back to EurekAlert! ] Public release date: 11-Jul-2013
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Contact: Joan Robinson
joan.robinson@springer.com
49-622-148-78130
Springer

Accepting what cannot be changed is key to happiness in old age after loss of independence

When older adults lose control as they move into residential care, they adapt and accept what cannot be changed in order to stay happy. According to a new study, by Jaclyn Broadbent, Shikkiah de Quadros-Wander and Jane McGillivray from Deakin University in Australia, when it comes to satisfaction in later life the ability to accept what cannot be changed is as important as the feeling of being able to exert control. Their work is published online in Springer's Journal of Happiness Studies.

Ageing with satisfaction has been linked to maintaining a sense of control into the later years. Perceived control consists of two components. Primary control relates to the capacity to make changes to the environment to suit your desire or needs - this applies to older adults living independently in the community. Secondary control describes making cognitive changes within yourself to adapt to the environment - for example when older adults move into residential care. In effect, secondary control buffers losses in primary control by helping us to accept what cannot be changed.

Broadbent, de Quadros-Wander and McGillivray evaluated the differences in levels of life satisfaction and perceived control between 101 older people living in residential care and another 101 living in the community. They also compared how these two types of control might predict well-being in later life. The authors looked at eight key domains of satisfaction: standard of living, health, achieving in life, personal relationships, safety, community connectedness, future security, and spirituality and religion.

Their analyses revealed that the unique relationship between primary control and satisfaction was always larger for the elderly living in the community than those in residential care. Equally, the contribution of secondary control to satisfaction was larger in the residential care group than in the community group. Having a strong sense of control is therefore likely to be more important to older adults living in the community than those living in residential care. In contrast, acceptance is likely to be more important to the well-being of care residents than community dwellers.

The authors conclude: "In order to protect the well-being of older individuals, adaptation involves both a sense of control and the active acceptance of what cannot be changed. Primary and secondary perceived control may predict satisfaction with comparable strength depending on the older person's situation. Acceptance takes more of a prime position in low control situations."

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Reference: Broadbent J, de Quadros-Wander S, & McGillivray J (2013). Perceived Control's Influence on Well-being in Residential Care vs. Community Dwelling Older Adults. Journal of Happiness Studies; DOI 10.1007/s10902-013-9452-9


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Source: http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2013-07/s-aps071113.php

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