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xyratex has newer 5U 84 disk SAS-SATA enclosures now. far more cost effective for higher density systems.
what's the layout on that? Most of the HD systems are 4U x 60 (all vertically mounted.
Going horizontal might work, but I'd worry about airflow between the layers.
also, 3.5s? I've seen plans for a 4U x 100 with 2.5s, which looks like fun.
I think they're just even more deep, with more vertical slots.
DDN has those enclosures too, I think at SC11 they said they'd be available second half of 2012.
edit: looking at DDN's site, theirs is 4U 84 drives. And maybe only for the SFA12K series.
Ok, makes sense, but I'd want the rack bolted to the floor if I was going to be opening one of those things. That's a lot of weight to shift.
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I think they're just even more deep, with more vertical slots.
DDN has those enclosures too, I think at SC11 they said they'd be available second half of 2012.
edit: looking at DDN's site, theirs is 4U 84 drives. And maybe only for the SFA12K series.
I talked to a client recently that was using DDN boxes. They are using a simlar form factor as Dell/Equallogic/Xyratex for their higher density 3.5 disk boxes. Bummer part with DDN is their somewhat limited hardware/os support.
Edited to add, some GPFS 3.5 stuff at the reg this morning: http://www.theregister.co.uk/2012/05/21 ... tem_3dot5/
Just ran HPL successfully for the first time in my life. Getting about 26 GFLOPS on a E5-2670, probably not using the right BLAS lib.
Anyone going to SC12?
Yeah, I'm going. Got my registration and travel plans put together fairly late, since funding was uncertain and I've been on the road a lot lately. A few workshops related to my intended thesis, though, so I took the plunge once money came through.
Meet up for drinks or some such while we're there?
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Yeah, I'm going. Got my registration and travel plans put together fairly late, since funding was uncertain and I've been on the road a lot lately. A few workshops related to my intended thesis, though, so I took the plunge once money came through.
Meet up for drinks or some such while we're there?
Hopefully, given that I'm the engineer from the company, I'm either going to have 0 free time or a bunch of it. Given how SC11 went, I'm betting that lunch would be best.
I'll be there. A little disappointed, I've been to MoabCON twice, and now I finally get to go to SC, and where is it? Salt Lake City! Oh well :-)
We have a display there, the VPAC/VeRSI/VLSCI et al, booth, otherwise known as somewhere for the CEO to sit when he gets tired, also known as the Australian contingent meeting point.
Stop by the Stanford booth, ask for chalex from Ars?
Hopefully it's as much fun as it's been in previous years. Looks like the Beowulf Bash is still on, but with the DOE massively scaling back their participation (no booths, small fraction of the usual attendance) and the DOD having no official representation, this will be a much thinner event than usual.
http://www.appro.com/industry-news/supe ... bal-scale/
Excuse me while I laugh my ass off that we get mentioned in the same breath as Titan. Only about a 500x performance difference, in Titans favor.
I'm assuming it's probably some marketing person who put the article up, and missed the TF vs PF factor, but come on, Appro is a supercomputing solutions provider, someone there should know.
Just in case someone catches on and updates the article "However, Titan may have some competition with another supercomputer being installed by RMIT University, La Trobe University and the Victorian Partnership for Advanced Computing (VPAC) in Australia, Computerworld reported."
Competition, sure, we might just be able to keep up with processing Titans logs
edit: Oh, and for reference, the Computerworld article doesn't mention Titan at all, it mentions a new computer being built in Australia that will be hitting 1.2PF, so almost allowed to sit at the same table as Titan.
http://www.hpcwire.com/hpcwire/2012-11- ... ional.html
Someone better let Cray know Appro think a 45TF cluster is competition for a 20PF one.
OK so who at SC12 doesn't like Ars? dig any arstechnica.com comes back with no results on the fixed network at SC. Everything else works fine. Come on, if you're going to block a site, block slashdot at least ;-)
The DNS over wireless has had severe issues for all sorts of things. In bad areas, I'm getting Google sites dropping out of connectivity as well. The workshop area (255 et al) are particularly bad, but the cafe on the second floor north end is fine.
MilleniX : I think you might have to either give a few more hints about who you are, or come by the Australian HPC booth some time while I'm there. I've met BitPoet and chalex now, need to catch up with you and then maybe we can organise a bit of time to have a drink or two, before my schedule is completely overrun. Thursday or Friday do actually look pretty clear right now though, but I fly out Friday around 7pm.
Stalking your posts a little bit, I saw you mention Charm++, and I know I should know who is working with that :-)
Good to meet Matt and Chalex, I completely missed MilleniX, as, well "vendor booth" was pretty obscure, and I was told to "wander, learn, attend talks, etc."
Awesome show, some great demos, some that made my brain hurt (no-glasses 3d TVs do *not* work).
Had some good conversations with a number of folks, pretty happy with how it turned out. Just need to learn to never, ever, fly United.
Sorry I missed you guys. My group was involved in a bunch of BoFs and such that needed my help, and a paper deadline during the conference.
Matt - I did ask after you in the Australian HPC booth, but the folks there didn't recognize your name. Different name in IRL?
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Sorry I missed you guys. My group was involved in a bunch of BoFs and such that needed my help, and a paper deadline during the conference.
Matt - I did ask after you in the Australian HPC booth, but the folks there didn't recognize your name. Different name in IRL?
No, this is definitely my real name. I wonder if you got one of the iVEC folk, I only met them on the booth, some of the Swinburne guys may not have known me that well either.
There were 6 groups represented at the booth, so there was a chance of getting someone who didn't know me, but the VLSCI girls knew me, and they were manning the booth most of the time. Did you get a Tim Tam or a kangaroo at least? :-)
Ah, the multiple groups thing makes sense. I didn't get to check back too much because I was mostly listening to talks and such. No schwag, because I mostly don't need more crap lying about.
1. We really have a grid as opposed to a cluster and our computing needs might mot really be classified as HPC. We use it for academic finance and marketing research. The most important aspect of our hardware is the speed at which a single-threaded calculation can be run on a CPU so IPC isn't a concern at all while memory bandwidth is fairly important. Even more important is the max amount of memory we can put in a single node without compromising the clock of the memory, as several of the program being run on our grid require the entire data set be in memory. Network is fairly important as well, with bandwidth to the shared via NAS disks being the most important network aspect - we are upgrading from 1000BASE-T to 10G SPF+ twisted pair.
2. We run exclusively Red Hat Enterprise Linux. We have nodes that are RHEL5 and nodes that are RHEL6.
3. Currently we manage each node by hand over ssh (or ILOM on a bad day) - currently there are only 7 nodes, but soon we will be doubling the size and will likely move to ROCKS.
4. Diskful stateful. We boot the operating system and run program (like MatLAB/Stata/SAS/etc.) off of local disks. Everything else (user files/datasets) is stored on a NAS.
5. We recently switch from Sun Grid Engine to Univa Grid Engine. We have had a very pleasant experience and I recommend it to anyone running SGE (Univa employs most of the people who originally wrote the SGE and uses the same commands to interact).
This is a really great thread, thanks for starting it.
Edit: SAN -> NAS silly me.
Finally my first PB usable fs:
# df -h /dev/gs1
Filesystem Size Used Avail Use% Mounted on
/dev/gs1 1.2P 893T 305T 75% /srv/gs1
We just built one that's 2.1 PB (should come out to 20+ GB/s, when all done)
Wrote my first GPFS policies today:
# mmlspolicy hsgs -L
RULE 'fast01' SET POOL 'system' WHERE FILESET_NAME LIKE 'home.%'
RULE 'default' SET POOL 'sata0'
RULE 'mig01' MIGRATE FROM POOL 'system' THRESHOLD(90,70) WEIGHT(KB_ALLOCATED) TO POOL 'sata0'
GPFS v3.5 has something even fancier:
rule 'grpdef' GROUP POOL 'gpool' IS 'ssd' LIMIT(90) THEN 'fast' LIMIT(85) THEN 'sata'
rule 'repack' MIGRATE FROM POOL 'gpool' TO POOL 'gpool' WEIGHT(FILE_HEAT)
Is there some equivalent in Lustre?
About all you can do right now is set up the pools, and assign them to directories.
I believe in 2.4 when some of the HSM features get rolled in, it will allow for rules like you've got, I haven't tested the server side stuff yet, just the client side.
I will be going to LUG again this year (and I get to present, woo!)
Anyone using or looking at http://www.openlava.org/ as free LSF or SGE replacement?
It seems to be based on the LSF 4.2 code that Platform open-sourced before the IBM acquisition.
Looks like it has most of base LSF in it and has plans to mature the feature-set.
One of my coworkers is using it as a stand-in for a project she's working on. I don't know how closely it mirrors LSF, but it does the job (or at least what she needs to do with it) and produces equivalent output to LSF. Then again, her jobs are just various process that sleep, no real "work" is being done.
I think she's moved onto working with Torque/Maui and Slurm and trying to interface with them cleanly.
also: yay, my presentation from LUG is online. Too bad they stopped recording them
http://www.opensfs.org/wp-content/uploa ... George.pdf
No SC13 for me it seems. Have started with a new employer, and while I'm still doing HPC, there's no pressing business need for me to get to this one.
Let me know if Microsoft still have a corpse pretending to work on HPC manning the booth ;-)
I will be at SC13 - anyone else who is attending?
I'm going too
Oh, yeah, I should probably post the link to what my lab is up to. Details to be improved there as my labmates get their act together.
To breath some life into this thread . . .
I'm going to SC14. Who else is in? Should we start planning an Ars Meet a bit earlier this time, so it can actually happen?
I'm going as well. I dropped by your booth last year, but couldn't track you down.
Was never really "my (group's) booth". We're one research group at UIUC, which has booths from NCSA and PCI. We just kind of jacked the space
I'll be demoing online FT using Charm++, our runtime system, at the Illinois PCI booth (#3506) today 1:30-3:30, and hosting a BoF on Charm++ Thursday 12:15-1:15. I'll also be at the Mellanox party tonight :-)
Speaking of Openlava (opensource LSF), a company (Teraproc) has backed the project and is helping with dev work.
So openlava v3 (now with 100% more fairshare and preemption) is in beta and will be released soon. All the code is in the github openlava project page so you can compile your own build if need be. Its good to see this project take off as the world can always use a free version of LSF.
The world is changing: http://www.dursi.ca/hpc-is-dying-and-mpi-is-killing-it/
Yep, just saw that and this were a real one-two punch this morning. Good to know someone is finally working on the networking side of Hadoop.


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It is common knowledge that a frog will not allow itself to be boiled intentionally. If you throw a frog into a pot of boiling water, it will jump out. On the other hand, if you throw a frog into a pot of cold water, then slowly turn up the heat, it will boil and die! A stupid frog is one that allows itself to slowly boil or in the case of Americans losing their freedoms, slowly become a subject of the ever increasing power of the government.
A democracy cannot exist as a permanent form of government. It can only exist until the voters discover that they can vote themselves largesse from the public treasury. From that moment on, the majority always votes for the candidates promising the most benefits from the public treasury with the result that a democracy always collapses over loose fiscal policy, always followed by a dictatorship. The average age of the world's greatest civilizations has been 200 years.
Great nations rise and fall. The people go from bondage to spiritual truth, to great courage, from courage to liberty, from liberty to abundance, from abundance to selfishness, from selfishness to complacency, from complacency to apathy, from apathy to dependence, from dependence back again to bondage.
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Video-assisted thoracic (tho-RASS-ik) surgery (VATS) is a way to look at the lungs and other tissue. A doctor puts a tiny telescope and surgical tools through small openings in the chest. The telescope is connected to a video camera that lets the doctor see a picture of the lungs. The doctor can take out small pieces of tissue during VATS. The patient may have to stay in the hospital for 1 to 3 days after surgery.
VATS has advantages over a thoracotomy (thor-o-KOT-o-mee). In a thoracotomy, the doctor makes a large opening in the chest and spreads the ribs apart. The openings made for VATS are smaller, which means less pain and fewer complications. Patients usually leave the hospital sooner after VATS than after a thoracotomy.
You may have to stop taking certain medicines, such as aspirin, ibuprofen, or blood thinners before you come in for VATS. Tell your doctor or nurse about any medicines you are taking, including home remedies, vitamins, herbs, and over-the-counter drugs. Do not eat or drink anything after midnight the day before your surgery.
Before surgery begins, you will be given general anesthesia through an IV. When you are asleep, a tube is put into your wind pipe to help you breathe. A catheter is put into your bladder to drain urine. An NG (nasogastric) tube is placed through your nose or mouth into your stomach to drain it. The doctor makes 2 or more openings in the skin of your chest. He or she puts the small telescope through 1 opening and surgical tools through the others. The sites and size of your incisions depend on the location and size of the area being worked on.
When the surgery is done, the telescope and surgical tools are taken out. A chest tube is usually left in the incision to drain fluid or air. The incisions are closed with stitches. The operation usually takes 1 to 2 hours. The breathing tube and NG tube are taken out in the operating room before you go to the recovery room.
Once your surgery is finished, you are taken to a recovery room. A nurse checks your pulse, blood pressure, and oxygen levels often. You will wake up with a chest tube connected to a drainage machine. There will be bandages over your incisions and around the tube. When you are fully awake, you will go to your hospital room.
Patients have different amounts of pain after VATS. You will be given pain medicine. It is important not to be in a lot of pain so you can breathe deeply, cough, and get out of bed and start walking as soon as you are allowed. This helps to prevent pneumonia.
You will have an incentive spirometer (spy-ROM-eh-ter). An incentive spirometer is a hand-held machine that shows you how well you are expanding your lungs during deep breathing exercises. You need to do deep breathing exercises about every 2 hours while awake. Deep breathing helps the lungs expand and prevents pneumonia. You will have chest x-rays often to make sure your lungs are healing.
Once your lungs have healed, your chest tube is taken out. At that time, you may be ready to leave the hospital.
At home, you will have some pain. Take your pain medicine as your doctor directs. Pain medicine can make you constipated. Drink a lot of fluids and add more fiber in your diet, unless your doctor tells you otherwise. If you are constipated, your doctor may suggest a stool softener or laxative.
It is normal for the skin below and in front of the incisions to be numb. This is because some of the nerves were cut during surgery. Numbness may last up to6 months after surgery. Your doctor will tell you how to check and care for your incisions.
Being active when you are able helps you gain strength, feel better, and expand and heal the lungs. You will get specific activity directions. Keep using your incentive spirometer and do a lot of deep breathing and coughing. Follow the instructions your doctor gives you when you leave the hospital.
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Rediscovering the Bellinis
The Genius of Jacopo Bellini: The Complete Paintings and Drawings
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In Renaissance Italy art was often a family business, and no family of painters was more successful than the Bellini. Jacopo Bellini, who was born about 1400, was the foremost painter in Venice in the decades around 1450. His sons Gentile and Giovanni acquired an even greater reputation, as did his son-in-law Andrea Mantegna. Today the fame of Giovanni has overshadowed that of his brother and his father, partly because many more of his paintings are extant. But Jacopo too has retained a special place in the history of art, not so much on account of his pictures, most of which seem rather derivative, but because he left two books of drawings, one now in the Louvre and the other in the British Museum, which are quite unlike any other surviving works of art from the fifteenth century.
The books are roughly the same size, slightly over sixteen inches high and about a foot wide. The one in Paris is of parchment, with most of the drawings in ink, while that in London is of high-quality paper, and almost all the drawings are in leadpoint. Originally each volume probably contained a hundred double-sided pages. Virtually the whole of the London book has survived, but about thirteen pages of the volume in Paris are missing.
Although usually called sketchbooks, the two books are rather different from other works normally categorized in this way, typically consisting of drawings of figures, animals, decorative features or antique fragments which could be reemployed in the workshop. Several sheets from such a book, indeed, were bound into the Paris volume. Evidently they were included by Jacopo because he wanted to use the parchment, not because he wanted to preserve the earlier drawings, though in the event he did not erase them all. He even made a few sketches of the same kind, for example some studies of lions, one of which was later used by Giovanni Bellini in an early painting; but most of his drawings consist either of single figures or small groups of figures occupying most of a page, or of multifigure narrative compositions, usually with very elaborate architectural settings.
Since virtually all Venetian narrative paintings of the mid-fifteenth century have disappeared, these drawings have a particular interest. What gives them an added attraction is that they are not just preliminary sketches for pictures, but highly finished and carefully considered designs in their own right. They are the only known group of such drawings from this period.
Very few people are able to see the original drawings. The Louvre book is still bound as a single volume and would be damaged by repeated handling. The sheets of the British Museum book are mounted separately, but they cannot be displayed because leadpoint is particularly susceptible to light. Scholars have therefore usually had to study Jacopo's sketchbooks in reproductions published about eighty years ago, which are available only in specialist libraries. A new facsimile of the Paris book appeared in 1984, and now the art…
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Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan Kicks off Healthy Weight Week with Blues' Employee Pledge to Live a Healthy Lifestyle
The Pursuit of Healthiness begins January 22 on "rid the world of fad diets and gimmicks" day
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DETROIT, Jan. 22, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Weight loss, health and wellness resolutions have become the top resolution year after year, with 38 percent of Americans making this commitment each January. As part of the Blues' Healthy Weight Week awareness effort and to demonstrate an attainable way to change behavior and live a healthy lifestyle, David Murray, BCBSM Social Media Manager, and new employee to the Blues, will live what the Blues encourage all Michigan residents to do daily: be an active participant in making Michigan healthier.
As an active member of the Detroit community, David founded the Social Media Club chapter of Detroit and is a member of a local food blog team, The Hungry Dudes. He's been quoted in Wall Street Journal, and has been featured in David Meerman Scott's blog, Web Ink Now; and his book, The New Rules of Marketing and PR.
Starting on January 22, Murray will engage in his own Pursuit of Healthiness by working with a dietitian to develop fitness and nutrition goals, and spend the year working to pursue those goals.
"I'm not necessarily the healthiest person, and I don't pretend to fully understand what healthy living requires, and this could be painful," said Murray. "However, I feel it is important as someone who manages a communication channel for our brand to experience what we are communicating with our members: to live a healthy lifestyle. I'm hopeful people will follow my journey, and maybe join me. If people see someone who works for the brand actually practice what we communicate everyday, people will have the opportunity to get to know us, and like what we do."
Murray will begin with setting a benchmark for his current health status by visiting his doctor for a physical. Next, Murray, in partnership with Registered Dietitian and BCBSM Health Coach Grace Derocha, will develop health and wellness goals for February, March and April. Derocha will determine areas of focus for Murray, and coach him throughout his journey. Murray will post video and blog progress reports on AHealthierMichigan.org throughout the duration of the first three months of the plan.
"It is so important to understand why you are motivated to live healthier," said Derocha. "Think about your motivation, weight loss for a special event or building up your stamina to play with your kids – this motivation should drive realistic, attainable goals. Goals should be set daily, weekly and monthly, and be "SMART" (specific, measurable, attainable, realistic and have a time-frame)."
David's journey will be captured on AHealthierMichigan.org/healthymurr, can be followed on BCBSM's Facebook page, as well as on Twitter (@bcbsm and @davemurr), and by following the hashtag #healthymurr. Throughout the campaign, the public will have an opportunity to vote on what meals David should eat, what exercises he will do, what kind of gym clothes he will wear, among other health and wellness related activities. The Blues encourage Michigan residents to share their own personal journey of pursuing healthiness on the aforementioned channels.
BCBSM has remained committed to the health and wellness of Michigan citizens, encouraging all residents to make good decisions, helping to lead Michigan to a healthier future. Yet we still have some work to do. According to the Centers for Disease Control (CDC), 66.1% of Michigan adults (age 18 and over) are overweight, with a body mass index of 25 or higher, and 30.9% of adults were obese, with a body mass index of 30 or greater.
The problem continues with Michigan's youth, as the CDC reports 14.2% of Michigan adolescents in grades nine through 12 being overweight, and 11.9% obese. In children ages two to five years, 16.3% were overweight and 13.3% were obese.
The CDC cites numerous health consequences, which are preventable with the right balance of healthy eating and exercise, as a result of obesity: Coronary heart disease; Type 2 diabetes; Cancers (endometrial, breast, and colon); Hypertension (high blood pressure); Dyslipidemia (for example, high total cholesterol or high levels of triglycerides); Stroke; Liver and Gallbladder disease; Sleep apnea and respiratory problems; Osteoarthritis (a degeneration of cartilage and its underlying bone within a joint); Gynecological problems (abnormal menses, infertility).
"Good nutrition and regular exercise are imperative to a healthy lifestyle and prevention of chronic conditions," Derocha added. "Even by decreasing your weight by 5%-10% can prevent certain chronic conditions, such as type 2 diabetes, heart disease and hypertension."
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan and Blue Care Network are nonprofit corporations and independent licensees of the Blue Cross and Blue Shield Association. For more company information, visit bcbsm.com.
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When you look at the best appearing and performing cars and trucks, the difference between a memorable ride and an also ran is often in the details, the parts and accessories that enabled the owner to complete the look or finish the job. A lot of parts and accessories companies are good at the big parts, but fall short with the details, leaving you scrambling to find what you need elsewhere.
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Dee is a wonderful girl with a friendly, sweet disposition -- Dee had
the "life of Riley" living with a family and a yard to call her own.
Since then the family bought an apartment, a "no pet" apartment, and
had to make other plans for Dee. I guess her home arrangement wasn't
a priority. At that time Dee was brought to live in the husband's
automotive store. Many months have passed since the husband lost his
business and Dee has been living in a small cage in a veterinary
office very depressed and sad. Big, older dogs do NOT belong in
small cages. Dee's depression has gotten pretty bad at times where
she goes through phases of vomiting and lethargy. The vet's are
getting inpatient and talking about sending her to the local
pound ... we all know what that means for a 9 year old Pit Bull.
Dee spent quite a few years at the husband's store and loved the
encounter with different faces every day -- she very much enjoyed all
the human attention and interaction. Dee has lived her whole life as
an only pet so she should probably remain as a one and only. She's a
well-behaved girl who is great with children. Dee is a spry 9yo, she
has a calm temperament, is loyal and trustworthy. She enjoys long
walk and sitting by your side. She's housebroken, vaccinated and
heartworm negative.
Dee is a loving, warm girl who desperately needs out of a cage -- not
only is her quality of life becoming an issue ... so is her fate.
Looking for foster or permanent home ASAP.
Contact Information:
Pat Lamoretti (516) 431-9266
(this is a cross post, I know no other information - Michelle)
URGENT (Long Island, NY) "Dee" red-nose, 9y/o, spa
Why buy from a breeder when there are plenty of homeless pups in shelters???
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Paul J. Niekamp, 86
Paul J. Niekamp, 86, of New Bremen, died at 6:20 p.m. Monday, March 3, 2014, at the Elmwood Assisted Living of New Bremen.
He was born on May 12, 1927, in St. Sebastian.
He was the son of Bernard and Mathilda (Schmitmeyer) Niekamp.
He was preceded in death by his beloved Ruthie Gerlach on Dec. 20, 2013, whom he had married on July 27, 1949 in Carthagena.
Survivors include his children, Diane (David) Wagner of Celina, Marilyn (Jerry) Nerderman, Linda (Alan) Kelley, Tim (Jeanne) Niekamp and Randy (Jenny) Niekamp all of New Bremen, his daughter-in-law, Kathy Niekamp of Huber Heights, 14 grandchildren and 17 great-grandchildren.
Also surviving are his siblings, Clete (Hilda) Niekamp of New Bremen, Dorothy Schmitt of St. Henry, Edna (Roger) Lochtefeld of Fort Recovery and sisters-in-law Luella (Melvin) Rindler and Dorothy Niekamp, both of Montezuma.
Preceding him in death was his son, Roger Niekamp, siblings Mark Niekamp, Tom Niekamp and Rose Kramer, one granddaughter and brothers-in-law Ralph Schmitt and Othmar Kramer.
Mr. Niekamp was a member of the Church of the Holy Redeemer in New Bremen, where he had served as an usher for many years and also had served on the parish council.
He served in the U.S. Army as a company cook and was stationed in Japan following World War II. He was a member of the VFW Post 9019 of Chickasaw and the American Legion Post 241 of New Bremen.
Paul enjoyed sports, especially the Cincinnati Reds and Bengals. He was an avid fisherman and a horseshoe pitching champion. He was a regular in the daily Town Tavern euchre card games.
He farmed his entire life and also retired from Gagel's Hardware of Maria Stein in 1990, where he was involved with the plumbing department. His family was special to him, always making time for his children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren. He was always a great uncle to all his "favorite" nieces and nephews.
A Mass of Christian Burial will begin at 10:30 a.m. Friday at the Church of the Holy Redeemer in New Bremen, the Rev. Thomas Mannebach officiating.
Burial will follow in the German Protestant Cemetery, New Bremen.
Calling hours will take place from 2 p.m. to 7 p.m. Thursday at the Gilberg-Hartwig Funeral Home in New Bremen and from 9:30 a.m. until the time of the services Friday at the church.
Memorial contributions may be directed to the State of the Heart Hospice. Condolences to the family may be left at GilbergHartwigFh.com.
In Paul's parting words, "and just remember, if you can't be good, be careful."


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NY lawsuit against Corzine is allowed to proceed
NY lawsuit against Corzine is allowed to proceed
Jan. 21, 2014
NEW YORK (AP) — A U.S. regulatory agency's lawsuit can proceed against former New Jersey Gov. Jon Corzine over the collapse of a brokerage firm in one of the nation's largest bankruptcies, a federal judge said Tuesday.
The judge said allegations by the agency, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, provide "reasonable inferences" that Corzine illegally transferred funds from customer-segregated accounts while he was chief executive officer of the New York City-based MF Global Holdings Limited. More than $1 billion in customer money vanished. A former MF Global assistant treasurer is also accused.
The judge, Victor Marrero, rejected efforts by Corzine's lawyers to dismiss the lawsuit and other lawsuits making similar claims. He said he must accept the claims as true at this early stage of the litigation.
Corzine is a former co-chairman of Goldman Sachs, a former Democratic U.S. senator and the former governor of New Jersey. He became MF Global's CEO in March 2010 until bankruptcy proceedings began in October 2011.
In an updated version of its lawsuit filed last month, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission accused Corzine, other executives and MF Global of damaging thousands of customers in the last week of October 2011 by using nearly $1 billion of their money to support its own proprietary operations and the operations of its affiliates.
"Corzine bears responsibility for MF Global's unlawful acts," the lawsuit said. "He held and exercised direct or indirect control over MF Global and Holdings and either did not act in good faith or knowingly induced these violations."
In a response to the lawsuit in late December, Corzine's lawyers said their client denied the claims, saying the allegations were "overly broad, vague, conclusory, or contain terms which are undefined and susceptible to different meanings."
They said Corzine had no duty to disclose information he was accused of withholding and did not knowingly participate in any alleged misconduct.
"At all relevant times, Mr. Corzine acted without intent to defraud and without recklessness or negligence," the papers said. "Mr. Corzine justifiably relied on information and advice provided to him by others."
The lawyers said any losses were "not caused by Mr. Corzine" but could fairly be blamed on "macroeconomic, market and financial industry events ... that constrained MF Global's access to the credit and capital markets and affected its liquidity."
They said that if the allegations which Corzine denies are true, then Corzine was the "victim of fraud, deceit, misrepresentations, concealment, negligence, breach of contract, and/or breach of duties practiced upon him by others."
Lawyers for Corzine did not immediately respond to messages seeking comment Tuesday.


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Ronna Carter
Ronna Jean Carter went to Heaven on Sept. 1, 2012 at the age of 67. Ronna was born on Sept. 4, 1944 in Colville, the daughter of Eldon and Olga Lydia (Dehning) Carter.She graduated as a twelve-year senior of Colville High School in 1962. On June 21, 1963, Ronna married Fred Pierce. They had two sons, Kirk and Sean. The family lived in Colville and later built a home on 20 acres in Arden. There, Ronna had horses that she loved to spend time riding and taught the boys to ride. They enjoyed riding with her until they found that they liked motorcycles better. On April 9, 1988, Ronna and Bill Kinder were married. They moved to Nevada for a time where she worked as an equipment and vehicle parts carrier. On the weekends, Ronna assisted at the local western clothing store. In 1994, she and Bill returned to the Arden community near Colville, where they have resided since. After returning to Colville, Ronna worked as an insurance clerk for several years at both Garringer and Farmers Insurance. Ronna loved animals of all kinds. Her dogs brought her great happiness. At her home, she and Bill had Spike and Cage. She loved horses and loved to ride when she was younger. Ronna was so proud that her grand-daughters, Kacie and Karsyn, both got horses. Ronna enjoyed the outdoors, camping and adventures. When she lived in Nevada, Kirk and Sean would meet her halfway and they would all go whitewater rafting. She rode snowmobiles and 4-wheelers out at the Little Pend Oreille Lakes. Ronna loved to decorate her house for all of the holidays. It was one of her greatest pleasures to have the yard, the porch and the house fully decorated.Ronna lived for her grandchildren. They were her proudest accomplishment and her greatest joy. She loved to watch them at their activities, and whatever they were doing, she was there to support them. She clipped their pictures out of the local paper and proudly showed them to everyone she could. She loved to have the kids spend the weekend with her. She would stock up on all of their favorite foods so that she could spoil them. She was many things to many people, but her favorite thing in life was to be called Grandma.Ronna was preceded in death by her mother and father, Eldon and Olga Carter.She is survived by her husband, Bill Kinder, at their home; sister, Pat Laird and her husband, Ken; brother, Marv Carter and his wife, Joan; sons, Kirk Pierce and his wife Karin, Sean Pierce and his wife Julie; grandchildren, Kacie, Karsyn, Nichole, Lane and Ryan Pierce, all of Colville.A memorial service and ash committal for Ronna Carter will begin at 11 a.m., Saturday, Sept. 15 at the Mountain View Park Cemetery in Colville. Pastor Shane Moffitt will officiate. A potluck luncheon will follow at the Colville Eagle Lodge. Family and friends are welcome to join to share in food and fellowship. Please visit the on-line memorial and sign the guestbook at www.danekasfuneralchapel.com. Danekas Funeral Chapel and Crematory is entrusted with the arrangements.


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Police seeking info on Canoe Twp. shed fire
CANOE TOWNSHIP — Punxsutawney-based Pennsylvania State Police are seeking information on a small fire that occurred between July 3 and July 5.
The PA State Police Fire Marshal investigated the origin and cause of the fire and determined that an incendiary device was thrown at the shed in order to ignite the fire, which burned out before causing significant damage.
Police said there were no known injuries in the fire, which occurred along Johnsonburg Road in Canoe Township, Indiana County.
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It wasn't too long ago that Australia was in the grip of its worst drought on record. Drought in Australia is part of an inevitable cycle.
A recent report by the Water Services Association of Australia found that after a decade of punishing drought, authorities in all of Australia's mainland capital cities will need to find new sources of water in the next five to 10 years.
As a result, four Australian agencies with an interest in responsible water management developed the Smart Approved WaterMark certification program. The program's goal is to guide homeowners, municipalities, contractors and commercial users of irrigation to choose products providing the highest level of water efficiency.
While the Smart Approved WaterMark program is based in Australia, its certification process has global implications. By choosing those products certified by the Smart Approved WaterMark program, people around the globe can do their part to help ensure that irrigation water is used in the most efficient and responsible manner possible.
Why did Australia start the Smart Approved WaterMark certification program?
The Smart Approved WaterMark certification program started as a way for consumers to easily identify products and services which use less water. Australia is experiencing water rationing and conservation due to severe drought conditions.
How does the certification program work?
Companies submit products to an independent testing entity. An application fee is charged for each submitted product The independent Smart Approved WaterMark Technical Expert Panel reviews the independently generated testing data per the following criteria:
Water Savings… the primary purpose of the product is directly related to reducing actual water use and/or using water more efficiently; where there is a direct correlation between the use of the product and water savings.
Fit for Purpose… the use of the product or service is consistent with supplied instructions and other documentation.
Meets Regulations and Standards… the product or service is high quality and meets industry standards and customer/community expectations related to water use.
Environmentally sustainable… the product or service – while satisfying the above three criteria – is environmentally sustainable; and despite claimed water savings, will not adversely affect the environment in other areas i.e. greenhouse gas emissions, waste disposal etc.
If the submitted product or service is approved, the company pays a licensing fee and is allowed to use the Smart Approved WaterMark certification logo for two years. If the application is rejected, the product may not be resubmitted. Challenges to the independent Smart Approved WaterMark Technical Expert Panel's rulings are arbitrated by the Amart Approved WaterMark Steering Committee.
Why did Rain Bird decide to participate in this program?
Rain Bird has led the industry with its commitment to the effective, efficient and responsible use of water. As part of its Intelligent Use of WaterTM focus, Rain Bird makes it a priority to develop products that make the best possible use of water. Submitting the 5000 PRS Rotor for rigorous independent testing reaffirms Rain Birds commitment to the highest industry standards.
What makes Rain Bird's 5000 PRS Rotor stand out above its competition?
The Rain Bird PRS Rotor provides the most efficient water delivery in a variety of sizes, 4-inch, 6-inch, 8-inch and 12-inch, as well as shrub and stainless steel. It is the highest quality rotor on the market that also saves more water.
What are the environmental advantages of Rain Bird's PRS Rotor?
Independent tests run during the Smart Approved WaterMark certification process for the 5000 PRS Rotor determined that it is 15 to 45 percent more efficient than other rotors on the market. Rain Bird's 5000 PRS Rotor with Rain Curtain™ nozzle technology is the most water efficient irrigation rotor on the market.providing greener grass with less water.
Why should contractors take note of the 5000 PRS Rotor's certification?
This shows independent tests validate Rain Bird's superior rotor performance.
What types of products and services can receive this labeling?
Products that can reduce water use can be submitted for consideration. Categories of products include gardening, watering, pools and spas, household plumbing, gray water systems, cleaning supplies, cleaners (such as high-powered washers), car washes and rainwater collection. Approved services can include water recycling from pools and spas, car washing and training or communication about water efficient techniques in gardening, household plumbing and watering.
Will Rain Bird be submitting any other products for certification in the future?
In addition to the 5000 PRS Rotor, Rain Bird's Rotary Nozzles, Maxicom2® central control, and Rain Sensor Device have also been certified by Smart Approved WaterMark. Rain Bird continues to submit other water-saving products for independent testing and certification.
Where can I find out more information?
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SOURCE: Kadmon Corporation
October 24, 2012 08:00 ET
NEW YORK, NY--(Marketwire - Oct 24, 2012) - Kadmon Corporation, LLC, today announced that the first patient has been dosed in a Phase 1b/2a study of KD020, a reversible tyrosine kinase inhibitor targeting EGFR, HER2, VEGFR 2/3 and Src, in autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease (PKD).
PKD is a condition with no known treatments and is associated with a number of co-morbidities as well as early mortality. Affecting more than 600,000 Americans1 and over 12.5 million people worldwide,2,3 it is the single largest autosomal disorder with an incidence similar to that of cystic fibrosis, muscular dystrophy, hemophilia, Down syndrome and sickle cell anemia combined. The disease is characterized by the formation of cysts in the kidneys and other organs, causing the kidneys to become enlarged and, in half of affected individuals, leading to kidney failure requiring dialysis or transplant.4 In fully developed autosomal dominant PKD, a cyst-filled kidney can weigh as much as 20 to 30 pounds. High blood pressure is common with PKD and develops in many patients by age 20 to 30.4 The average age of patients at time of death is 64 years.
"PKD is an under-recognized disease that has a tremendous impact on affected patients, their families and our healthcare system," said Samuel D. Waksal, Ph.D., Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Kadmon. "Addressing this unmet medical need with a safe, effective, disease-directed therapy will extend lives, increase productivity and reduce the significant costs associated with treating symptoms and complications, including the cost of dialysis and transplant."
KD020 targets three of the critical molecular pathways that are thought to play a role in the progression of PKD: epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR), Src and vascular endothelial growth factor receptor (VEGFR). In two PKD animal models, inhibition of these pathways has demonstrated significant improvements in kidney size and function. The Phase 1b/2a study is expected to enroll approximately 200 patients, with primary outcome measures of total Kidney Volume and Glomerular Filtration Rate.
John Ryan, Ph.D., M.D., Executive Vice President, Chief Medical Officer of Kadmon, said: "With advances in molecular biology, we have a greater understanding of what pathways drive disease progression in PKD and how to inhibit them, opening the door for a first-ever approved treatment targeting the disease itself. We look forward to determining the safest dose and demonstrating clinical activity in this study, then moving on to larger outcome studies in the future."
About Kadmon
Kadmon Corporation, LLC, is a global company built on a 21st-century paradigm for the translation of innovative science into treatment. The company currently offers products and services for the treatment and management of hepatitis C, and is pioneering novel medicines in areas of serious disease, including oncology, infectious diseases, immunology and neurodegenerative diseases. Emphasizing emerging concepts in molecular biology and genomics, Kadmon is developing treatments and treatment combinations that target the metabolomics and signaling pathways associated with disease, with the goal addressing some of today's most pressing areas of unmet medical need. For more information, visit www.kadmon.com.
1 Grantham JJ, Nair V, Winklhoffer F. Cystic diseases of the kidney. In: Brenner BM, ed. Brenner & Rector's The Kidney. Vol. 2. 6th ed. Philadelphia: WB Saunders Company; 2000: 1699-1730.
2 Wilson PD. Polycystic kidney disease. N Engl J Med 2004;350:151-164.
3 Rossetti S, Harris PC. Genotype-phenotype correlations in autosomal dominant and autosomal recessive polycystic kidney disease. J Am Soc Nephrol 2007;18:1374-1380
4 U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, National Kidney and Urologic Diseases Information Clearinghouse (NKUDIC).
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Major failures include insufficient child retention, strangulation hazards, poor stability (tipping), head entrapment hazards and structural durability failures.
To assess ease of use we put the strollers through their paces in real life. We check how easy it is to adjust the safety harness, seats and handle. We apply the brakes and access the bottom basket. We push them over rough terrain, up and down stairways and through doorways. We fold and unfold them, carry them and lift them into and out of a car boot.
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After receiving plenty of positive comments and subsequent requests from last weeks UK chocolate cookie 'Bits n Bobs' review, I this week treated my work colleagues to another selection of various chocolate biscuit products. Included in the 'Bits n Bobs' selection today we have offerings from Fox's, Kellogg's and Cadbury.
As always I encourage you all to share your opinions on these products if you have tried them, or have any views. Additionally if you would like to see any other products featured in 'Bits n Bobs' in the future please let me know.
Kellogg's Special K Mini Breaks Chocolate:
Kcal 99 Fat 2.5g Fat(sats) 1.0g Carbs 18.0g (per 24.0g)
'Chocolate flavoured crunchy multi-grain cereal bites'
I would like to claim that I purposely bought these to review in an attempt to counter balance all the Heavenly Cakes and biscuits you have seen featured on the site recently :D Truth be told for some reason my work office received a massive industrial sized box in which there were forty 24.0g individual serving bags. I'm not normally someone who buys in to all these Special K zero calorie products, but seeing the word chocolate on the wrapper I felt almost obliged to review them. To my pleasant surprise they were better than I thought they would be - far superior to the bland cardboard like experience I was expecting anyway. Taste wise they established a honey noted oaty set of flavours. The chocolate flavour hit was minor at best, but every once and while there was a note of cocoa powder amongst the cereal led taste. These weren't anything amazing, but as a lower calorie snacking alternative they weren't half bad.
7.0 out of 10
Fox's Chunkie Caramel Extremely Chocolatey Cookies:
Kcal 127 Fat 6.4g Fat(sats) 3.5g Carbs 9.2g (per biscuit)
'Chocolate chip cookies with caramel pieces, coated in milk chocolate'
Right ... on to the more serious of biscuits :D I bought these in my local Tesco priced on introductory offer of £1.00. Just over a month ago, ChocolateMission reader Phil brought my attention to the Fox's Chunkie Cookie range when he asked me to review the Fruit & Nut variant (See HERE). Having enjoyed them, I was very tempted by these Caramel cookies when I saw them - the packaging especially caught my eye with it's vivid yellow colours and flashy 'NEW' branding decorating the top corner. Opening opening the packet, the cookies looked and smelt terrific with various sweet caramel scents wafting over my senses. When it came to the taste test, I am pleased to say they passed with flying colours, with seals of approval from all that tried them. The quality of the milk chocolate wasn't anything amazing, but it did the job establishing a chocolatey flavour base with every bite. The most enjoyable aspect about these biscuits however were the several bits of caramel that were plentifully portioned throughout the buttery tasting cookie base. These provided intermittent blasts of delicious toffee, aswell as an interesting chewyness to the crunchy cookie texture. I would happily recommend these to any cookie or biscuits fans.
8.1 out of 10
Cadbury Dairy Milk Biscuits:
Kcal 75 Fat 4.3g Fat(sats) 2.5g Carbs 50.3g (per biscuit)
'Shortcake biscuits fulled covered in milk chocolate'
After the release of the Cadbury Crunchie, Caramel and Turkish biscuits earlier this year (See HERE), it was only a matter of time before I thought we would see a plain Dairy Milk biscuit product hit the shelves. Just as with the above Fox's cookies, I found these on sale in Tesco on a similar £1.00 introductory offer - it was hardly like I was going to miss them what with the iconic purple foil wrapper that was glinting at me from the shelves. From the very first moment I opened the foil wrapper I felt instantly at ease. The Cadbury scents were instantly recognisable, and of course ever so tempting. Aesthetically the biscuits looked attractive, with the outer chocolate coating appearing thick and appetising. There was of course only one way to eat these - letting the delicious, thick creamy chocolate melt away in the mouth before munching down on the biscuit - yep they were a delight! As much as I enjoyed these plain Dairy Milk biscuits, I think when it comes to Cadbury biscuits, I will in the future still be buying the Crunchie or Caramel variants in preference as they offer a little bit more variety to the party.
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Warm weather offers more opportunities for outdoor activities, and those outdoor activities offer more ways to get scrapes, cuts and puncture wounds.
"There's definitely an increase in these types of injuries at this time of year," said James G. Guerrini, M.D., medical director of CepEsperu Baptist Health Urgent Care, which has facilities in Clemmons and Mocksville. "Fortunately, most of them are minor and can be treated effectively at home."
In the event of a laceration (cut), abrasion (scrape) or puncture wound, the first thing to do is determine if it is serious. The National Institutes of Health recommends calling 911 if the wound is very large or deep, the bleeding is severe or the injured person has lost feeling or function in the area of the wound. The NIH also recommends going to an emergency or urgent care center if the wound is on the face or near a bone, has been caused by a human or animal bite or a rusty object or has an object or debris stuck in it.
Otherwise, the wound probably can be treated with simple first aid.
"Cuts and scrapes are common, so everybody should know how to deal with them," Guerrini said. "Proper treatment administered quickly can prevent infection, promote healing and otherwise keep something minor from becoming something major."
The American College of Emergency Physicians recommends the following steps to treat minor cuts, scrapes and punctures:
In most instances, the bandage can be removed after a couple of days and the wound will heal gradually. But if the wound doesn't appear to be healing, shows signs of infection (such as redness, swelling or pus) or is a source of pain, a doctor should be consulted.
There's one other factor to consider whenever the skin is broken: tetanus, a potentially serious illness carried by bacteria that can enter the skin through cuts and puncture wounds. Tetanus infections can be prevented by vaccination, but the protection doesn't last forever. Adults should get a tetanus shot or booster every 10 years, so it's a good idea to check with your family physician to make sure your shots are up to date.
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First ever KWUR Classical post (so please be kind). As part of the WU Assembly Series, David Robertson, the new conductor of the St. Louis Symphony, will be speaking on Wednesday, Sept. 20 at Graham Chapel at 4 PM.
He is an excellent and very enthusiastic speaker, and a really approachable guy. So if you have time that afternoon, I highly recommend checking him out.
In addition, Wash U has some tickets to give away for the "Sound Check Preview" concert of the SLSO's opening weekend, on Thursday, Sept. 21:
"WU students: Free Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra tickets are available for a September 21, 2006 performance. Call 935-5994 for additional information."
If you can't get these free tickets, all tickets for that Thursday 9/21 concert are $10, every seat in the house. If you've never been to the Symphony, this is a great intro to them. This is the music on the program:
David Robertson, conductor
Leif Ove Andsnes, piano
SMETANA The Bartered Bride Overture
MOZART Piano Concerto No. 17 in G, K. 453
BARTÓK The Wooden Prince (only the second performance ever in St. Louis)


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