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The challenges of hot rocks and big data
Interview: NICTA CEO, Hugh Durrant-Whyte
Of all the alternative energy proposals suggested for Australia, geothermal is probably the least-understood in the public mind.
Australia's problem is this: most places that adopt geothermal power do so because the heat is right there at the surface. Australia's "hot rocks", on the other hand, are a long way underground. To turn the heat into electricity needs a lot of expensive drilling, and sites have to be chosen carefully.
Finding a suitable site – one in which you can pump water down to the heat source without losing it, without damaging the environment in some way (for example, by polluting or compromising an aquifer), and without losing the water to porous rocks at the bottom of the hole – can demand millions of dollars in drilling.
Hence, a nation full of suitable underground heat if you can only get at it turns the hunt for geothermal power sites into a "big data" problem of staggering scale. Last week, The Register covered NICTA's announcement that it's working on a multi-million-dollar geothermal analytics project. In this interview with The Register, NICTA CEO Dr Hugh Durrant-Whyte, discusses the "big data" challenges involved in the project.
The Register: If we look around the world, there are places that have been using geothermal power for years. What is it that turns geothermal into a "big data" project in Australia?
Durrant-Whyte: "The type of geothermal resource we're typically looking for in Australia is not near the surface – it's 4 km below. That's because in Australia, the heat is four kilometers underground – it's driven by radioactivity, not by vulcanism.
"The aim is to try to work out what's going to be down there before we drill the hole. To do that, we have to gather all the data – and there is a lot of it – from diverse sources.
"We have gravity data, which allows us to estimate the density of rocks. There's magnetotelluric data, which measures the electromagnetic energy from the Sun as it passes through the Earth at different frequencies. There's also magnetic data, and there's a lot of seismic information, particular for areas where people have been exploring from minerals.
"What we want to do with all this data is to infer, in a machine learning sense, not just if there is something interesting down there, but to get some idea of its properties."
Durrant-Whyte said it's not just about whether we can find the "hot rocks": we have to know whether the intervening rock between the surface and the heat source is suitable for drilling.
"Our basement rock [in Australia] at 4 Km is full of things like Uranium to heat the rocks up, so if we can get this right, it will be a very valuable resource. But it's not just finding the hot rocks – they have to be the type of rock that you work with.
"So one of the goals of this project is to try to minimize the risk for geothermal companies drilling, to help them predict where the best places to drill will be."
Masses of data
The Register: What does that imply in a computer science sense?
Durrant-Whyte: "The big issue is that there is a vast amount of different unstructured data – gravity images, seismic data, drilling reports. Each is measured differently: drilling gives you point data, gravity scans are a sum over areas, and so on
"And the amount data is massive."
Australia, he explained, is unusual in having a form of "public deposit" for geodata. Exploration surveys by the private sector are, eventually, made public either in surveys collected by state governments, or via the national authority, Geosciences Australia.
The computing facility NICTA is assembling will have to undertake three steps to bring the datasets to a starting point, Durrant-Whyte explained:
"First, we have to assimilate the data – how do we get the different pieces of information together into a coherent picture. We're trying to generate a 3D picture of the subsurface of Australia.
"Each data source has different levels of uncertainty, which you need to capture in the process of putting it together, and it's at a continent-wide scale.
"The second process is discovery. Unlike most 'big data' problems, we don't start with a unique characterization of what we're looking for. Every geothermal target we find will be different."
"The third is the computation challenge, particularly the algorithms. We're developing non-parametric Bayesian algorithms to deal with this, and they require serious computation, able to deal with ten-to-twelve dimensions of data.
"There's an issue of how you map this kind of algorithm onto something like a cloud – how do you put that into a distributed environment and do serious computation on it?"
The Register: Can we look at the discovery problem in a little more detail? Why is this an unusual 'big data' problem?
Durrant-Whyte: It's because the domain of inference – what you're trying to find – is spatially continuous across a huge area.
"When you take a measurement at a specific location, its impact is non-local. The fact that you know the stratigraphy (the characteristics of the sub-surface) in one location tells you a lot about how you interpret the data in other locations.
"That's quite different from other 'big data' problems, which are often in discrete packets. In this case, instead, there's a big contiuum that you're trying to discover, but you're only seeing little bits of it."
Different type of cloud problem
The Register: Just loading that huge continuum from storage, and getting it into a computer 'image' you can work on, will be a challenge.
Durrant-Whyte: "Yes – not that I know how to do it yet! But we would love to load it as one huge dataset.
"Another problem is that as geosciences come in with new data, we want to see its effects on the whole model.
"There are a lot of problems that are similar, that could benefit from this – everything in environmental sciences for example.
"If I'm trying to infer crop yields from forecasts of rainfall and sanility, that's a continuu problem. If I'm trying to look at what happens to marine habitats, that's a continuum problem. A lot of things work in the same domain."
The Register: So how do you build the thing? How do you assemble the data, the compute power, the storage and the software to solve the problem.
Durrant-Whyte: My own specialty is in data fusion – that underpins the assimilation part – and there's a big bag of tools for the non-parametric Bayesian models.
"Those models allow you to build a continuum. A naïve approach might be to make up a grid, and calculate everything in that grid; rather than doing it that we, we want to build [the data] into a continuous function and work on that.
"We have used those techniques, only not on as big a scale as this before.
"The good news is that the properties in the rock are correlated. For example, if you know the fractional pourousity of a rock, you can infer its directional stress.
"So far, cloud computing has primarily been used for data storage and visualization more than anything else. Nobody's really doing these kinds of complex machine learning operations on a cloud yet.
"The kinds of problems we're dealing with aren't about problems of I/O, for example – it's how to put a lot of core machine learning algorithms into a highly distributed environment.
"And that also means communications – within the data centre/s and externally – will be important."
The first step, he said, will be to start with known areas with known geology, so as to test the algorithms against drill data, and "get a sense of the ground truth". ®

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SCRANTON, Pa. (AP) — Family members charged with murder and neglect in the death of a 32-year-old Pennsylvania man with Down syndrome worried about losing his government assistance if he was placed in a personal care facility, authorities said Thursday.
Robert Gensiak weighed just 69 pounds and his body was covered with open sores and scabies when he died at a hospital in March.
"In the 26 years that I've been in the office ... this is the worst care of neglect that I've seen," Lackawanna County District Attorney Andy Jarbola said at a news conference. "This family — the mother and two sisters — basically let the man rot to death."
No other agencies were involved in his care, Jarbola said Thursday.
"Nobody had this guy on the radar screen, other than the family," Jarbola said in a phone interview. "It became really clear to us that the family didn't do anything to provide any type of ... additional care."
Susan Gensiak, 59, of Taylor in northeastern Pennsylvania, and her daughters, Joan, 35, and Rebekah, 24, were charged Wednesday with third-degree murder, involuntary manslaughter and neglect of care for a dependent person.
All three were sent to Lackawanna Prison, with bail set at $350,000 for Susan Gensiak and $250,000 for her daughters.
Court records did not list attorneys for the women, and a court clerk was unaware Thursday whether they had lawyers. A phone listing was unavailable.
The mother and sisters had little to say at their arraignments or outside court.
Robert Gensiak died March 20, the day after the weakened patient was transported to the hospital by ambulance. Authorities interviewed the family the day after his death, during which "family members expressed concern that if Robert was placed in a personal care facility they would lose the financial support they received for him each month," said an affidavit of probable cause.
Susan Gensiak asked whether she would still receive her son's Social Security benefit even though he had died, the affidavit said.
Autopsy photos showed Robert Gensiak's skin was yellow and laced with scabies — a contagious skin infection caused by mites — with open sores all over his body that were so extreme in spots that bone was visible.
His few remaining teeth were about to fall out, his head was covered in lice, and there was no food or significant fluid in his stomach, according to an autopsy.
"Robert's entire body was covered in a thick yellow scab-like rash" that "appeared to have cracked in various places, leaving open sores, which had been bleeding and oozing fluid," said an affidavit of probable cause.
The cause of death was sepsis due to the breakdown of his skin, with malnutrition contributing, according to Dr. Gary Ross, who performed the autopsy. Lackawanna County Coroner Tim Rowland ruled the manner of death as homicide due to neglect.
Robert Gensiak had not received medical attention since 2009, according to the affidavit. The family members indicated they were treating his condition with over-the-counter ointments and creams, and that they could not get medical treatment for him in part because of a lack of transportation, authorities said.
They called the doctor March 19 with his condition worsening, and the physician told them to call an ambulance to have Robert Gensiak seen at the hospital, according to the affidavit.
Emergency medical personnel who transported him to the hospital, along with five or six nurses at the hospital, contracted scabies from him because they were unaware at the time of his condition, Jarbola said.
The Times-Tribune of Scranton reported that all of those who contracted the disease were treated immediately and no longer have it.


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I see many people have the need to pass in multiple pieces of information to stored procedures in a parameter, often as a CSV string. For example, you might have a stored procedure that will return customer info for all customer ID's passed in a CSV string, called something like this:
exec GetCustInfo '123,322,12,9122,1'
That's all fine and good, but it can take a little bit of work to process the string, find the commas, strip the whitespace, and then use the results. The extra work is required because of the CSV format chosen for the input parameter -- it creates a little more difficulty because you need to parse it to find commas, and to make sure you don't miss the last item or the first item passed due to the lack of surrounding commas on those items.
But remember -- YOU write the stored procedure, and YOU can specify the how data should be passed to it. CSV's look nice to us humans, but why not require that a fixed length string is passed in with the customer ID's? You can specify that your string requires ID's to be exactly 4 characters long, padded with spaces, and all concatenated together:
exec GetCustInfo '123 322 12 91221 '
This is much easier to parse, and it is no harder for the client to build this string when calling the procedure. In fact, it is probably much easier for the client because you don't have to deal with making sure you don't leave a beginning or trailing comma on the string. Sure, it doesn't look as nice as a comma-separated string of ID's, but who cares -- no one ever sees this, and the computer certainly doesn't care which method is more readable to human eyes !
When using a fixed length string, the # of elements passed equals the length of the string divided by the length of each element. You can easily check to make sure the input is valid, and it is trivial to join to a Tally table (a table of numbers, starting at 1, permanently stored in your database) to parse the elements immediately and quickly:
If Len(@CustList) % 4 != 0
-- There's an error in the string passed
Select SUBSTRING( @CustList, (Number-1)*4+1,4) as CustID
From Numbers
where Numbers.Number <= Len(@CustList) / 4 + 1
And that's pretty much it -- put the SELECT into a temp table or table variable, or join to your Customers table, do whatever you need. You may need to add an RTRIM() or a CONVERT() to get the datatype of your ID columns, but that is also very easily done. The point is -- you are the one deciding the specification for your stored procedure, you decide the rules, so make it easier, quicker and more direct by using a simpler format for the input strings if possible.
I've seen so many questions in the forum at SQLTeam about parsing CSV strings and asking "why doesn't WHERE ID IN (@CSV) work ?" that I thought it would be worthwhile to take a minute to provide some ideas on an easier way of solving this problem.
Good programmers are almost always a little lazy by nature -- they want to write shorter, more direct, more efficient, and more easily maintainable code. These are all good things!
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Adaptation of the fishing industry to climate change is closely connected with
investigations of the consequences of the effect of climatic anomalies and climate
change scenarios. Because the effects of changes in climate factors will have
different consequences for various species, development of special measures
aimed at adaptation of the fish industry is regional in character and falls
into the category of important socioeconomic problems.
Possible adverse effects of climate change can be aggravated by an inadequate
utilization of fish reserves. For example, if a fish stock decreases as a result
of the combined effect of climate change and overfishing, and the commercial
catch remains high, species abundance may decrease dramatically and the commercial
catch may become unprofitable. In such circumstances, some measures may need
to be taken to protect fish reserves, such as the precautionary measures suggested
by O'Brien et al. (2000) to give the North Sea cod fishery a chance
to rebuild. Several sustainability indicators of marine capture species are
discussed in Garcia and Staples (2000). Aquaculture also can be regarded as
an adaptation; though to be an ecologically sustainable industry, it must emphasize
an integrated approach to management (Carvalho and Clarke, 1998). Another adaptation
is fish stock enhancement through ocean ranching (see Section
Fish reserves rank among the most important economic resources in many countries.
Approximately 95% of the world catch falls within the 200-mile economic zones
of maritime states. Environmental impacts in those zones as a consequence of
climate change could affect the catch volume and national economies. It should
be noted that gains and losses at different levels of social organization can
occur not only as a consequence of climate change but also as a result of human
society's responses to this change. In some regions, for instance, special
measures may be taken to promote adaptation and to reduce the negative consequences
of climate changewhich adds another dimension to fish management.
Adaptation measures that are relevant to the fishing industry may include the
Adoption of some adaptation options to the potential impacts of climate change
is not a panacea, however. Fish often are transboundary resources in that they
may cross international and state boundaries in their oceanic migrations. In
the case of Pacific salmon, for instance, problems have arisen in the agreement
between the United States and Canada that are attributable in part to the effects
of large-scale climate fluctuations (see Box 6-1).
Miller (2000) suggests that the Pacific salmon case demonstrates that it may
not be a simple matter for the fishing industry or governments to respond effectively
to climate change. She concludes that adaptation is difficult when a resource
is exploited by multiple competing users who possess incomplete information
about the resource. If their incentives to cooperate are disrupted by the impacts
of climate variation, dysfunctional breakdown in management rather than efficient
adaptation may occur (Miller, 2000).
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Brothers helping brothers: Exeter firefighters head to NYC to help city's bravestBy JASON SCHREIBER
Union Leader Correspondent
November 13. 2012 11:24PM
8BROOKLYN, N.Y. -- With a generator humming next to them outside an old, darkened Brooklyn firehouse, firefighters from Exeter, N.H., and Iowa formed a bucket brigade to load rolls of toilet paper, warm blankets and boxes of food into the back of a fire vehicle.
The supplies are headed to firefighters whose homes were devastated when Superstorm Sandy blasted the region a little more than two weeks ago.
Six Exeter firefighters traveled to Queens and Brooklyn early Tuesday morning to provide donated supplies and manual labor to help their fellow firefighters get back on their feet. The firefighters volunteered their time.
"We're prepared to do anything. It's not just about helping your own community out, it's about helping our brothers out," said Exeter firefighter Patrick Robicheau, who got the idea for the two-day trip after watching news coverage of Sandy's aftermath.
Robicheau contacted Lt. Jason Greene to see about filling the fire department's utility truck with supplies and getting some firefighters together to deliver them.
The idea quickly grew into a relief effort involving two fire department trucks filled with supplies donated by local businesses.
Robicheau also hooked up with Friends of Firefighters, an organization that helps active and retired New York City firefighters.
In addition to the 250 gallons of donated Poland Springs water, cleaning supplies, Army cots, and other items, the fire department pulled together some of its older turnout gear, hand tools and other equipment that are no longer in use and donated them to a foundation that will give them to fire departments that lost equipment in the storm.
Robicheau and Greene were accompanied by firefighters Ryan Booth and Richard Curtis and crew chiefs Lee Dawson and Jeff Liporto.
Each grabbed a tool belt from home and hit the road just after 4 a.m. They spent the day hauling supplies around and planned to help firefighters rip out damaged building materials and clean up their homes Wednesday before returning to Exeter.
With a pellet stove to provide heat, the Exeter firefighters spent the night in the historic firehouse in the Red Hook section of Brooklyn. The Friends of Firefighters now use the building, which wasn't spared when Sandy came ashore. The firehouse was flooded in the storm and is slowly coming back to life with help from firefighters like the ones from Iowa who installed new drywall Monday.
The brotherhood was evident when the Exeter and Iowa firefighters teamed up.
"Within five seconds of meeting these guys everyone knew exactly what to do," Greene said as they continued lugging boxes of supplies around and darkness fell.
Booth said he was glad that he could come down to help.
"Between 9/11, the hurricane last year and this hurricane, it's a lot of stuff for them to deal with," he said.
Liporto agreed.
"I think whatever we can do is better than nothing," he said.
As the firefighters worked at the firehouse, Raymond Leung and his workers were next door throwing out about 85 percent of the merchandise for his housewares wholesale company, Glory Trading Corp. Five feet of water ruined everything and a garbage bags were piled up the sidewalk.
"I can't do any business now because I don't have any goods to sell," he said. "And I have no power. I can do nothing."
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Tully's Good Times Restaurants in Amherst, Clarence and Cheektowaga have joined forces with the Special Olympics-Western New York Region to raise money for the upcoming Special Olympics New York State Summer Games starting on June 14.
"We are inviting all law enforcement agencies and the Buffalo community to partake in this giving effort to support one of the country's greatest philanthropic events," said Sam Bregande, from Tully's Good Times.
Every Thursday through June 13, Tully's will be designated as "Special Thursdays" to support the Special Olympics. Based upon sales of Tully's tender, Buffalo chicken tender and Asian chicken tender dinners, Tully's will then donate a percentage to the Special Olympics.
The first "Special Thursday" will be March 14 at all Tully's locations. To kickoff the fundraising, Tully's restaurants will host a press conference along with a $1,000 check presentation.
On that first evening only, from 5 to 8 p.m., law enforcement officers and local officials will take their oath to "serve" and protect to a new level, trading in their handcuffs and badges for menus and serving trays to assist servers at the Tully's across Western New York. Donations will benefit Special Olympics New York and the Law Enforcement Torch Run. The Torch Run is part of a year-round, grassroots fundraising campaign by law enforcement agencies to benefit their local Special Olympics Program. New York State Police, Erie County Sheriff's, Hamburg Police Department, Evans Police Department, U.S. Border Patrol, UB Police Department, Canisius Public Safety, among others, will participate in this unique fundraising event.
Throughout New York, local law enforcement agencies have raised more than $1.5 million for the athletes of Special Olympics.
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Special Olympics is the largest amateur sports organization in the world and provides year-round sports training and athletic competition in a variety of Olympic-type sports for children and adults with intellectual disabilities, giving them continuing opportunities to develop fitness, demonstrate courage, experience joy and participate in sharing of gifts, skills and friendship with their families, other Special Olympic athletes and the community - at no cost to the athlete, their family or caregivers.
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We did the offense on Monday.
And here's the player-by-player look at the Eagles' defensive performance against the Bears Sunday night:
Juqua Parker - No sacks, but he did a decent job pressuring Jay Cutler. Parker also did a good job against the run, except for an 8-yard Kahlil Bell carry in the second where he got blocked.
Mike Patterson - He made some really nice plays against the run, disrupting a Matt Forte carry in the red zone in the second quarter. It's rare to see Patterson taken down like he was on an 8-yard Forte carry in the first.
Antonio Dixon - I should go back and count the snaps, but it certainly seemed like Sean McDermott rotated him and Trevor Laws in less than previous weeks. Dixon of course came up with the huge block of the Robbie Gould field-goal attempt in the fourth quarter.
Brodrick Bunkley - Overall, he created disruption in the middle, but there were a couple plays where the Bears figured out ways to block him. The 72-yard Bell run went right at Bunkley as the Bears initially double-teamed him to create a hole. They also blocked him on a 5-yard Forte run in the first.
Trent Cole - Good, consistent pressure from the edge throughout the game. Cole forced some rushed Cutler throws and drew a holding penalty in the second. He picked up a sack, lining up in the middle like a linebacker and storming Cutler unblocked. He was blocked on the 72-yard Bell run, but other than that, played well against the run. Classic relentlessness from Cole in the fourth quarter when players are usually gassed. On a screen to Forte, he rushed Cutler, fell down, got up and ran downfield to make the tackle from behind.
Chris Clemons - Clemons got some good pressure on Cutler multiple times, combining with Cole to force hurried throws. There was one third down in the second when the rush created an incompletion, forcing the Bears to settle for a field goal. He was one of several Eagles to miss a tackle on Earl Bennett in the second, allowing him to pick up 19 yards and a first down.
Victor Abiamiri - As I said earlier, it seemed like McDermott rotated in guys like Abiamiri less than in previous weeks. He did a teriffic job bringing down Forte on a screen on 3rd-and-12, forcing the Bears to settle for a field-goal attempt, which Dixon blocked. A big play that's been overlooked.
Darren Howard - Not much from Howard. I noticed one play where the Bears ran right at him with success, but that's about it.
Jeremiah Trotter - The Axe Man looked better than he has all season, taking over the middle from Joe Mays in the second half. He stuffed Forte on the first play of the game and finished with four tackles, one fewer than he had in the previous six games. Trotter evan came on a blitz and looked OK in coverage, bringing Forte down after a 7-yard gain in the fourth.
Joe Mays - He didn't see the field much in the second half. Mays missed a tackle on an 8-yard Forte run and was blocked on the 72-yard Bell run. It looked like he made the wrong read on another 8-yard run in the first. He had a couple bright spots, one on a run play early on and another on a WR screen in the third.
Chris Gocong - Not a good performance from Gocong. He consistently seemed a step behind on run plays, finishing with just one tackle. Gocong bit badly on play-action on the play where Cutler overthrew Greg Olsen. By the way, am I the only one who thinks Olsen had a good shot to catch that ball? Why didn't he lay out? Gocong was also beat by Kellen Davis on the third-quarter touchdown, and it looked like he was responsible for Forte on the 2-point conversion also.
Will Witherspoon - He was OK. Witherspoon was blocked by the fullback on Bell's 72-yard run. He missed a tackle on the Bennett catch that went for 19 yards and was called for illegal contact in the second. Wietherspoon did drop Forte for a loss on a second-quarter run in the red zone. He also batted down a Cutler pass, coming on a blitz in the third.
Moise Fokou - The rookie was barely used. I believe I saw him on one play in the second, but that might have been it.
Tracy White - He was the primary partner to Witherspoon in the nickel. White came up with the big deflection at the end that resulted in the game-clinching interception.
Asante Samuel - Samuel was burned on a double move by Devin Hester, but Cutler overthrew him. Otherwise, it was an easy touchdown. He had ups and downs as a tackler before leaving the game with a stinger.
Sheldon Brown - What else can you say about Brown? Gutsy effort. He made a great play to bat down a pass intended for Hester late in first half and almost picked one off, jumping a slant later in the game. He missed a tackle and was beaten badly by Johnny Knox, but Cutler overthrew him (sensing a theme here...). Loved the savvy move to bring Bennett down short of the first down, but still keep him in bounds on the Bears' final drive. Just a great effort overall, something the fans and his teammates should appreciate.
Dimitri Patterson - An improvement from a week ago. The Bears didn't really attack Patterson, and he showed he's a pretty sound tackler. He made a nice play on a WR screen to Hester in the third, but was also called for illegal contact on an earlier play.
Macho Harris - I thought he had one of his better performances of the season. Harris was used in different ways with the injuries to the Eagles' cornerbacks, and his cover skills came in handy. Harris blew up a WR screen to Hester on the first drive and made a nice tackle on Bennett in the second. He looked good as the team's kickoff return man also.
Quintin Mikell - He also played well, providing nice support against the run and finishing as the team's leading tackler with eight.
Sean Jones - To be honest, I didn't notice him much throughout the game until Jones made the big interception at the end. He finished with four tackles.


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Dispatch advised officers that a witness claims to have seen the subject take items out of a neighbor's vehicle and then leave the scene in a dark red SUV with a luggage rack.
Officers searched the area and before long located a dark red SUV parked in a driveway near the crime scene.
Responding officers pulled into the driveway blocking the vehicle in and ordering the driver, Jeremy Hetchler, over to them.
Hetchler was asked if the residence he was at was his own and he replied "yes". After being questioned about all the items in his car Hethler told police he was in the process of moving.
Hetchler provided an Arizona license that came back cancelled and after checking the status of his Georgia license it came back suspended multiple times.
Hetchler explained to police that he was just getting home and was about to go inside.
Hetchler was placed in handcuffs and searched. Police located several items in his pockets including a bent wire, several quarters, a cell phone, headlamp and a knife.
Hetchler was then placed in the patrol vehicle and told police that he was not going to answer any questions because it would get him into trouble.
Another officer picked up the witness who was able to identify Hetchler and his vehicle as the same ones that were at the victim's house.
The witness claims he saw Hetchler with a flashlight outside the home on Pine Cirlce and observed his parked SUV with the lights out and the engine running.
He observed the suspect take several items from the neighbor's trunk and place them in the back of his SUV. After a tow company was called to pick up Hetchler's vehicle he explained to police that he was willing to cooperate and asked if his mother could come pick up his vehicle and police told him she could not.
While waiting for the wrecker service police were able to locate past case reports involving Hetchler which included one where he was arrested and had burglary tools similar to the ones police found on him that evening.
After being given a search warrant police searched the vehicle while it was impounded at the station. Police located several items, which matched the description of items stolen from the victim including a coin machine, towels and a diabetic kit located in a black leather case.
Hetchler was transported to the Barrow County Detention Center and charged with burglary, entering an auto with intent to commit a crime, possession of tools for commission of crime, possession of a knife during commission of a crime and driving with a suspended license.
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U.S. employers likely stepped up hiring a touch in December as retailers and other businesses took on more staff for the holidays, but the gain will probably not be enough to make inroads in the country's still high unemployment rate.
Payrolls outside the farming sector are expected to have grown by 150,000 last month, a modest increase from November's 146,000 job gain, according to a Reuters poll of analysts.
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The employment reading, due to be released by the Labor Department on Friday at 8:30 a.m. EST (1330 GMT), is likely to point to modest economic growth despite uncertainty in late 2012 over a fiscal crisis that continues to threaten the economy.
The forecast increase in payrolls would be the most in five months, but would probably not make the U.S. Federal Reserve rethink its easy-money policies that have been propping up the economic recovery.
The jobless rate is seen holding steady at 7.7 percent in December, down nearly a percentage point from a year earlier but still well above the average rate over the last 60 years of about 6 percent.
"It's not a booming economy, but it is growing," said Jim O'Sullivan, an economist at High Frequency Economics in Valhalla, New York.
December's likely pace of hiring suggests the jobless rate will come down at a painfully slow rate in 2013, dropping to around 7.4 percent in the last few months of the year, he said.
Most economists expect the U.S. economy will only grow about 2 percent this year, held back by tax hikes as well as weak spending by households and businesses that are still trying to reduce their debt burdens.
A mammoth storm that hit the East Coast in late October will once again make it difficult to use the employment report as a gauge of the underlying strength of the economy.
The storm led to a spike in new jobless claims, but the government said in its employment report last month that the storm had no substantial impact on hiring in November.
Some economists found that conclusion hard to believe because a separate survey of households, which is used to calculate the jobless rate, showed a jump in the number of workers not reporting to work because of bad weather in November.
That suggests December's payroll figures could get a one-off boost, said Paul Dales, an economist at Capital Economics in London. He expects 175,000 new jobs were created last month.
At the same time, consumer spending has shown signs of accelerating in recent months, and retailers added 140,000 jobs in the three months through November.
"There is some evidence that underlying jobs growth has improved," Dales said.
Also pointing to strength in hiring, payrolls processor ADP said on Thursday the private sector added 215,000 jobs in December. ADP has a mixed track record for predicting the government's more comprehensive jobs report, but the data helped prompt Goldman Sachs to raise its forecast for jobs growth in December to 200,000.
Average hourly earnings are expected to rise 0.2 percent in December, while the length of the average work week is seen holding steady at 34.4 hours, the Reuters poll showed.
Despite the signs of some momentum in hiring, a wave of government spending cuts due to begin around March loom over the economy.
Many economic forecasts assume the cuts - which would hit the military, education and other areas - will ultimately be pushed into next year as part of a deal sought by lawmakers to reduce gradually the government's debt burden.
Initially, the cuts were planned to have begun this month as part of a $600 billion austerity package that also included tax hikes. Hiring in December may have been slowed by uncertainty over the timing of the austerity, economists say.
Congress this week passed legislation to avoid most of the tax hikes and postpone the spending cuts.
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The Fed has kept interest rates near zero since 2008, and in September promised open-ended bond purchases to support lending further. On Thursday, however, minutes from the Fed's December policy review pointed to rising concerns over how the asset purchases will affect financial markets.
Analysts think some of the expected strength in job creation in December was due to the Fed's policies.
"Despite the end-of-year angst over the 'fiscal cliff,' financial conditions remained supportive of job growth in December," economists at Nomura said in a note to clients.
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Telormedix Presents at the Biotech Showcase in San Francisco
Published: Jan 09, 2013
The Telormedix presentation is scheduled for Wednesday, 9th January 2013 at 11:30 AM (Pacific Standard Time) in Track A, in room "Hearst". The Company presentation will take place at the Hotel Parc 55 Wyndham San Francisco – Union Square.
About Telormedix
Telormedix (www.telormedix.com), founded in October 2007, is a biopharmaceutical company focused on targeted immunity and modulation of the innate immune system for treating cancer and autoimmune diseases. The Company's lead product, TMX-101, recently entered a Phase I/II clinical trial for the treatment of Non-Muscle Invasive Bladder Cancer (NMIBC). In addition, Telormedix is developing novel TLR7-targeted agonists. One of these molecules, TMX-202, has recently been selected for preclinical study for the topical treatment of skin cancers and other indications. Telormedix also has a pipeline of programs for inflammatory and autoimmune diseases, which includes TMX-302, a TLR7-binding small molecule showing anti-inflammatory properties in vivo.
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ASTCA 2nd quarter report highlights accomplishments
The American Samoa TeleCommunications Authority collected just over $4.77 million in revenue in the second quarter of fiscal year 2012 while total expenditures for the same quarter were just over $3.79 million, according to the semi autonomous agency's second quarter performance report for the period of Jan.1-Mar. 31, 2012.
The report, submitted by ASTCA executive director, Aleki Sene Sr., states that the highest expenditure for the 2nd quarter is $1.91 million for "All Others" category, followed by $795,349 in personnel costs. ASTCA's budget for FY 2012 is $15 million and as of Mar. 31 this year, total revenue collected stands at $9.33 million.
ASTCA points out that its capital improvement projects are funded entirely from the revenue it generates through various telecommunication services offered to the public and as a result, a project cannot start or be implemented unless adequate funds have been collected and set aside.
At the end of the second quarter, "ASTCA already spent over a million dollars in system upgrades and capital improvement projects," according to the report, which also outlines ASTCA's accomplishments for the quarter.
For example, ASTCA completed plans for inside plant design and equipment, and finalized contracts for the network equipment build-out part of the Broadband Linking the American Samoa Territory (BLAST) project, funded with a $91 million grant and loan stimulus money from the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Rural Utilities Service (RUS).
In addition to inside plant progress, outside plant design and construction "met a major milestone" in the quarter with the first proposed request for bids submitted to RUS for final review and approval.
According to the report, this initial outside plant construction will include overhead construction beginning in Lauli'i extending west to Fagatogo. Additionally, ASTCA is working with RM Towill company to complete the preliminary (70%) civil plans for horizontal construction along the roads on the Eastern side of Tutuila.
In April this year, Petaluma, Calif., based telecommunication equipment supplier, Calix Inc. announced it has been selected by ASTCA to support and implement the BLAST project, which will deliver advanced broadband services across the islands.
ASTCA's legal counsel, Gwen Tauiliili-Langkilde told Samoa News in April that because telecommunications equipment used for the BLAST project is specialized, unique equipment, the Calix equipment contract was not put out to bid.
"Calix is uniquely capable of providing access equipment for ASTCA's telecommunications network," she explained. "Calix is an existing ASTCA service provider, supplying ASTCA with specialized telecommunications equipment since 2008."
"In fact, Calix equipment was specified as the access equipment of choice in ASTCA's funding application to RUS," she said. (See Samoa News story Apr. 26 for full details)
The report states that over 89 new DSL internet subscribers were added to ASTCA's network in the quarter. "Because of the new and improve connectivity to the internet backbone through the submarine fiber optic cable, a substantial number of new users received DSL service" in this quarter, it says.
In March this year, ASTCA installed its 3rd DS3 line from the American Samoa Hawaii Cable (ASH Cable) network, increasing its overall fiber optic cable capacity by 30%, according to the report but didn't say as to the cost of adding the third line. (ASH Cable, which is 33% owned by ASG, is the owner and operator of the fiber optic cable)
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Malcolm E. Kenney
Hurlbut Professor of Chemistry
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Education: PhD, Cornell University
Biochemistry, Inorganic Chemistry, Materials & Energy, Organometallic Chemistry, Bio-Inorganic Chemistry, Computational Chemistry, Drug Delivery, Dyes & Pigments, Medicinal Chemistry, Nanotechnology, Organosilicon Chemistry, Photochemistry, Photodynamic Therapy, Polymers
- BS, University of Redlands, 1950
- PhD, Cornell University, 1954
- Postdoctoral Associate, Cornell University, 1954
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Drugs for Photodynamic Therapy
Compounds of the phthalocyanine and napthalocyanine types are being synthesized and characterized for use in a cooperative research program on photodynamic therapy. The work is focused on the synthesis of compounds that have the desired light absorption, solubility, polarity, and stability. The compounds made are characterized by spectroscopy and then used in collaborative cell and animal studies. The work has resulted in a drug, Pc 4, which has been approved for use in Phase 1 human clinical trials with cancer patients.
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A New Synthetic Route to Organosilicon Compounds
A new route to organosilicon compounds based on substitution reactions on silicates is being explored. The route differs from the conventional route to organosilicon compounds in that it does not depend on the reduction of silicon dioxide to silicon. The route offers access to new organosilicon compounds and has the potential to be more efficient than the traditional route.
Compounds for the Fabrication of Microelectronic Devices
A program aimed at the synthesis and characterization of phthalocyanines and other complexes for use in the fabrication of microelectronic and molecular electronic devices is being carried out. Some of the phthalocyanines being made are designed to have the shape and polarity necessary to permit them to be deposited by the Langmuir-Blodgett technique as monolayers and multilayers on partially prefabricated chips. Emphasis is given in the work to the design and synthesis of useful compounds and to the characterization of these compounds.
Selected Publications
- "The Peripheral Benzodiazepine Receptor in Photodynamic Therapy with the Phthalocyanine Photosensitizer Pc 4", Morris, Rachel L.; Varnes, Marie E.; Kenney, Malcolm E.; Li, Ying-Syi; Kashif, Azizuddin, Photochem. Photobiol. B 2002, 75, 652-661.
- "Synthesis and Characterization of Organosilicon Sheet and Tube Polymers", Chao, Timothy C.; Katsoulis, Dimitris, E.; Kenney, Malcolm E. Chem. Mater. 2001, 13, 4269-4277.
- "Synthesis and Excited State Dynamics of μ-Oxo Group IV Metal Phthalocyanine Dimers: A Laser Photoexcitation Study", Pelliccioli, A.P.; Henbest, K.; Kwag, G.; Carvagno, T. R.; Kenney, M. E.; Rodgers, M. A. J. J. Phys. Chem. A 2001, 105, 1757-1766.
- "Quantification of the Selective Retention of Palladium Octabutoxynapthalocyanine, a Potential Photothermal Drug, in Mouse Tissues", Bucking, M.; Dickson, E. F. G.; Farahani, M.; Fischer, F.; Holms, D.; Jori, G.; Kennedy, J. C.; Kenney, M. E.; Peng, X.; Pottier, R. H.; Weagle, g. J. Photochem. Photobiol. B 2000, 58, 87-43.
- "Synthesis and Characterization of Deep-Red Germanium Octabutoxynaphthalocyanine Photosensitizers", Cheng, G-Z.; Ji, Z-P.; Kenney, M. E. J. Wuhan Univ (Nat. Sci. Ed.) 2000, Mar, 54-46.
- "Photothermal Sensitization of Amelanotic Melanoma Cells by Ni(II) Octabutoxynaphthalocyanine", Busetti, A.; Soncin, M.; Reddi, E.; Rodgers, M. A. J.; Kenney, M. E.; Jori, G. J. Photochem. Photobiol. B 1999, 53, 103-109.
- "Hydrolyzed Portland Cement Clinker and Air-Cooled Blast Furnace Slag SO2 Sorbents", Hays, M. D.; Kenney, M. E. Proc. Annu. Int. Pittsburgh Coal Conf. 1999, 16th, 377-389.
- "Phthalocyanine 4 (Pc 4) Photodynamic Therapy of Human OVCAR-3 Tumor Xenographs", Colussi, Valdir G.; Feyes, Denise K.; Mulvihill, John W.; Li, Ying-Syi; Kenney, Malcolm E.; Elmets, Craig A.; Oleinick, Nancy L.; Mukhtar, Hasan Photochem. Photobiol. 1999, 69, 236-241.
- "Sheet and Tube Organosilicon Polymers", Katsoulis, D. E.; Chao, T. C.-S.; McQuiston, E. A.; Chen, Chenggang; Kenney, Malcolm E. Mater. Res. Soc. Symp. Proc. 1998, 519, 321-326.
- "New Calcium-Based Sorbents for Flue Gas Desulfurization", Chiang, Ray-Kuang; Kwag, Gwanghoon; Kenney, Malcolm E. In Dry Scrubbing Technologies for Flue Gas Desulfurization, Toole-O'Neil, B., Ed.; Kluwer Academic: Boston, 1998, 115-206.
- "Treatment of Malignant Melanoma by High-Peak-Power 1064 nm Irradiation Followed by Photodynamic Therapy", Busetti, Allessandra; Soncin, Marina; Jori, Giulio; Kenney, Malcolm E.; Rodgers, Michael A. J. Photochem. Photobiol. 1998, 68, 377-381.
- "Photoinactivation of Amelanotic and Melanotic Melanoma Cells Sensitized by Axially Substituted Si-Naphthalocyanines", Soncin, Marina; Busetti, Alessandra; Biolo, Roberta; Jori, Giulio; Kwag, Gwanghoon; Li, Ying-Syi; Kenney, Malcolm E.; Rodgers, Michael A. J. J. Photochem. Photobiol. B 1998, 42(3), 202-210.
- "A Comparative Analysis of Silicon Phthalocyanine Photosensitizers for in vivo Photodynamic Therapy of RIF-1 Tumors in C3H Mice", Anderson, Cathy Y.; Frye, K.; Tubesing, K. A.; Li, Ying-Syi; Kenney, Malcolm E.; Mukhtar, Hasan; Elmets, Craig A. Photochem. Photobiol. 1998, 67, 332-336.
- "Pharmacokinetic and Phototherapeutic Properties of Axially Substituted Si(IV)-tetradibenzobarrelenooctabutoxyphthalocyanines", Soncin, M.; Busetti, A.; Reddi, E.; Jori, G.; Rihter, B. D.; Kenney, M. E.; Rodgers, M. A. J. J. Photochem. Photobiol., B: Biol 1997, 40, 163-167.
- "Organosilicon Sheet and Tube Polymers – Further Characterization and Potential Utility", Katsoulis, Dimitris E., Chao, Timothy C.-S.; McQuiston, Elizabeth A.; Chen, Chenggang; Kenney, Malcolm E. Polym. Prepr. (Am. Chem. Soc., Div. Polym. Chem.) 1998, 39(1), 514-515.
- "Organosilicon Sheet and Tube Polymers – Synthesis and Characterization", Kenney, Malcolm E.; Chen, Chenggang; Katsoulis, Dimitris, E.; Chao, Timothy Chi-Shan Polym. Prepr. (Am. Chem. Soc., Div. Polym. Chem.) 1998, 39(1), 497-498.
- "Thin Film Preparation of Oligomeric Si-Phthalocyanines: Thermal Stability and Sublimation Behavior", Reusch, B.; Ziegler, C.; Kwag, G.; Kenney, M. E.; Göpel, W. Thin Solid Films 1997, 299, 63-66.
- "Structure-Activity and Mechanism Studies on Silicon Phthalocyanines with Plasmodium falciparum in the Dark and Under Red Light", Zhao, Xiao-Juan; Lustigman, Sara; Li, Ying-Syi; Kenney, Malcolm E.; Ben-Hur, Ehud Photochem. Photobiol. 1997, 66, 282-287.
- "Synthesis of a Series of Octabutoxy- and Octabutoxybenzophthalocyanines and Photophysical Properties of Two Members of the Series", Aoudia, Mohamed; Cheng, Gongzhen; Kennedy, Vance O.; Kenney, Malcolm E.; Rodgers, Michael A. J. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 1997, 119, 6029-6039.
- "The Synthesis, Photophysical and Photobiological Properties and in vitro Structure-Activity Relationships of a Set of Silicon Phthalocyanine PDT Photosensitizers", He, Jin; Larkin, Hedy E.; Li, Ying-Syi; Rihter, Boris. D.; Zaidi, S. I. A.; Rodgers, Michael A. J.; Mukhtar, H.; Kenney, Malcolm E.; Oleinick, Nancy L. Photochem. Photobiol 1997, 65, 581-586.
- "Approaches for Optimizing and Tuning the Optical Limiting Response of Phthalocyanine Complexes", Perry, J. W.; Mansour, K.; Marder, S. R.; Chen, C.-T.; Miles, P.; Kenney, M. E.; Kwag, G. Mater. Res. Symp. Proc., 1995, 374, 257-264.


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Black Sadie Cardi
Added May 16, 2009
by bola
Leeds, United Ki...
Here is a cardi I drafted from the sadie pattern a while ago. I added a scoop neck and sleeves. I want to add a few more buttons at the bottom but i'm not sure whether I should since I hope to be expanding in the next few months (as you can probably see!).
I finally got my hands on some proper cuffing/ribbing which is virtually impossible to find in fabric stores these days, I had to ask my sis-in-law in London to go to a shop she knew had some.
Material Notes
Black Jersey
Black Ribbing
Thanks to Rolls and Rems in London, lewisham for the ribbing (visit this store if you can!)
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Aug 7, 2009, 11.12 AMby polychromatin
Really cool!
Jul 10, 2009, 01.56 AMby lucaltd
Wow – this is brilliant! Thanks for the ribbing tip, I'm a south london gal and I couldnt find ribbing anywhere so this is great!
By the way, next time you are in london – or tell your sis in law – you must go to Fabrics Galore in Clapham, it is the best fabric shop in town in my opinion, well worth a visit, its a total hidden gem ;)
May 19, 2009, 04.50 PMby erdronen
Congratulations Bola!!! I'm so happy for you! This is a beautiful cardigan- great work! I love the scoop neck and the ribbing detail! I think you should go ahead and add the buttons on the bottom- you can always just keep them unbuttoned! That's how I wear my cardigans :) It's fabulous!
May 19, 2009, 11.29 AMby carottesauvage
really cool, I love the scoop!
May 18, 2009, 01.27 AMby lybu
Congratulations !!! Your cardigan looks great
May 17, 2009, 07.04 AMby ghainskom
Bola is back… with an addition! Congratulations! And I love what you did with the Sadie pattern, it's lovely.
May 17, 2009, 05.48 AMby teamydear
Bola, what a beautiful cardigan! I hope it will keep on fitting your tummy, congratulations! I wish you all the best with the pregnancy and am looking forward to your next projects! (I like your style a lot and I suppose you will be sewing a lot soon to fit your tummy!) Like nikishell, if you have the time to post the alterations, I would love to see them! My sister loves to wear this kind of cardi's, maybe I could make one for her or maybe she'll want to make one herself! And wow, you found ribbing! I will remember the shopname, if ever I go back to London… But it's quite far from the center… Kosmika, if someone tells you about the online store, I'm interested too! Have a nice day everyone :)
May 17, 2009, 04.43 AMby kosmika
Congratulations! :) …and the cardi is really nice. I agree with you on ribbing, it's soooooo hard to find and when you find it it's awful… do anyone know a good online (in the EU) store???
May 17, 2009, 04.39 AMby nikkishell
Hey Bola :) First of all Congratulations on your wonderful news. Second, i love your cardigan! I've been looking for a similar pattern, if you were to post the alterations you made i would be ever so grateful! :) xx
May 17, 2009, 04.12 AMby fairytale-thirteen
beautiful sewing & congratulations B-)
May 17, 2009, 03.00 AMby Laura Bolčina
Congratulations! ;) I agree with river_patch – it really suits you. :)
May 17, 2009, 01.09 AMby sewella
Ohh,great news you have posted here! Congratulations!!!!And well done job with the cardi!
May 16, 2009, 06.18 PMby riverpatch
Very sweet, it's a style that suits you well.
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BEIRUT (AP) — The Lebanese wife of a pro-government Syrian journalist had him killed last month by relatives who shot him repeatedly, according to an indictment reported Tuesday by Lebanon's state news agency.
It was first thought that the murder of Mohammed Darrar Jammo was linked to the Syrian civil war and the sectarian strife that has spilled across the border.
The charge sheet told a different story altogether.
Jammo, who spoke out stridently in favor of Syrian President Bashar Assad and his Lebanese Hezbollah allies, was shot dead on July 17 in the southern Lebanese town of Sarafand, a Hezbollah stronghold. Authorities said gunmen raided his apartment and shot Jammo nearly 30 times.
Suspicion fell on extremist Sunni militants who support the overwhelmingly Sunni rebels fighting to topple Assad in neighboring Syria.
In the aftermath of the killing, Jammo's wife cried hysterically before cameras and then went to Syria to attend his funeral and burial.
Indications that the brutal killing was not what it appeared began to emerge the next day, when the Lebanese army issued a statement saying it was not politically motivated.
On Tuesday, the Lebanese news agency reported Jammo's Lebanese wife, Siham Younes, and her brother and nephew were arrested after an investigation showed they were behind the killing. The three were quickly indicted and face possible death sentences.
Officials said Jammo and his wife fought before his death but did not detail the nature of the family dispute.
Lebanese media reports said Jammo had taken to leaving his wife for long periods of time, withholding money from her, and had been planning to divorce her and return to Syria, taking their daughter, Fatima, with him.
The wife was arrested in Syria and handed over to Lebanese authorities.


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Ask writer Simon Spurrier and he'll give you a litany of reasons why David Haller, the unstable mutant son of Professor Charles Xavier, is the perfect character to anchor "X-Men Legacy."
"He literally couldn't be a more exciting and fascinating proposition," Spurrier said. "He's the son of one of the – if not the – most recognizable mutants in the Marvel canon. He's riddled with interesting insecurities and familial neuroses; he's got enough power tucked-away in that brain of his to squish the universe like a lorry-diving rabbit and — the writer's dream come true — he's about as flawed, unreliable and tortured as it's possible to be."
In the wake of his father's tragic death, the character who once killed gods and reshaped the face of the universe is at the center of the "X-Men Legacy" narrative Spurrier is shaping with Eisner Award-winning artist Tan Eng Huat. Hero Complex caught up with the writer to discuss his long-term plans for Legion and "Legacy."
HC: You've shifted the focus of "X-Men Legacy" from Rogue to Legion. Why?
SS: We knew all along that one of the biggest stumbling blocks we'd face for the new series was a question along the lines of "Legion? His own book? Why? Who cares?" Which is a weird thing for people to ask when you look at what David Haller is rather than how he's been used in the past…. Historically David's been used as little more than a walking, talking, big-haired plot point. You can understand why too: he's just so bloody convenient in narrative terms. You need a ticking time bomb to provide jeopardy for your characters? You need a super-powered liability who can Deus-ex-machina-up some snazzy powers to fit your plot like a glove? Hey, what about that Legion guy? You don't even need to give him much of a fully realized character, because – jackpot! – he's crazy! He's got multiple personality disorder. You can make it up as you go.
Why hasn't the character been explored much deeper than that? My best guess is that – until recently – Marvel simply wasn't quite the right environment to be telling the sorts of stories David suits best: the bizarre, the psychological, the trippy, the thematically heavy, the supremely sarcastic, the narratively dense, the thoughtful, the weird. I think for a long time there's been a tendency for readers to assume the phrase "Marvel book" automatically implies "superheroes doing superhero stuff," particularly when it comes to the better-known titles. Even today there's a minority who shiver in indignation and disbelief at the thought of an "X-Men Legacy" which doesn't constantly feature a team of people in leotards punching stuff. But the great news is that now, right across the board, Marvel's making brave leaps towards broadening its own paradigm. I've no idea if it's predominantly creator-led, editor-led, market-led, zeitgeist-led or what, but I'll applaud it until my hands bleed. People keep telling me the new "X-Men Legacy" feels like "Marvel-meets-Vertigo," and as a frothing fan of both I take that as high praise indeed. But mostly I just love that the industry is in a place where that can even be A Thing.
HC: When you first got the project, how did you define what this book was/would be about and what obstacles did you face in creating the story?
SS: I'd mostly defined the tone before I even knew I'd got the gig, to be honest. When my editor came to me with the news – "Legacy's" getting relaunched, the main character will be Legion – I knew I'd be pitching for the gig against other people, so there didn't seem much point trying to do something conventional or safe. I've always been kind of agnostic about spandex comics – I love most of it, I hate some – so I guess I kind of approached the invitation to pitch for "Legacy" as a creative exercise: how do you try and satisfy the people who obsess over their costumed swashbuckling explodo fun at the same time as trying to draw in people with weirder genre tastes?… I just rode the process by the seat of my pants and never realistically expected my weirdo pitch would be the one they picked…. All I'll say is that it's been wonderful to see all the readers of the old "Legacy" title sampling – and in their droves enjoying – something new and different; and it's been wonderful to hear from so many people trying spandex comics or X-comics for the first time.
HC: Legion suffers from multiple personality disorder. Did you do any research into that condition and how it affects the people who suffer from it before you sat down to write?
SS: A bunch of research, sure, but less than you might think because, here's the thing: the way MPD is treated in fiction is usually a million miles from the real thing. In fact, depictions of people with "Split Personality Syndrome" have become so embedded in the mass mind that people are far more familiar with the wacky fictional version than with the genuine — and genuinely awful — condition. So, first thing: You have to tread carefully with this stuff. Second thing: The way David's particular problem has been treated in the past has been, shall we say, inconsistent. Is he schizophrenic? Is he autistic? Are the various voices in his head manifestations of himself, or dissociative personalities, or people's spirits he's psychically sucked into his mind? About the only two things you can say about the way David's condition has been depicted in the past are that 1) it doesn't conform to any recognizable form of genuine MPD I've ever read about, and 2) it threatens to become, well, kinda hokey. "He's got split personalities" – to me that smacks of a "pick a problem, any problem" approach to character-design from decades gone by. If you're not careful it becomes not only a gimmick but a laughable gimmick.
HC: So, how did that impact the way you chose to tell that aspect of the story?
SS: We've taken a slightly sneaky approach. We started out by saying: blank slate. Sure, this is the character "Legion" you've heard of before, but this is the defining version, so don't be too upset if it doesn't perfectly tally with what you thought you knew about the guy. Secondly, we're being careful not to describe David as a sufferer of MPD, but instead to define, rationalize and make relevant what's important about him — that there exists within his mind a horde of fractured psyches, each representing a particular super-power, each trying to take control of his body. A little further down the line no doubt we'll be going into the origins and foundations of his condition, but for now, it's far more about this poor kid dealing with the realities of his situation. His own brain is quite literally his own worst enemy. So the real trick was to find a way to make his inner struggles just as exciting and relevant as his external adventures, and to make the two streams juxtapose and strike sparks off one another in clever ways. Our solution was the "Qortex Complex," a conceptual prison which David has generated within his own subconscious to try and keep all the vicious egos and monstrous personalities under lockdown. As we've already learned, he's not been entirely successful.
HC: How will he interact with the other characters in the Marvel Universe?
SS: In increasingly grand fashion. I have in mind a very clearly defined sort of existential pace-slash-arc for how David sits within his world. To introduce something as new and different and strange as this title we knew we'd need to give him space to breathe, so the first few episodes are very focused. As the first arc progresses we slowly bring in more and more recognizable faces, which is a process that will climax in a grandsplodo way when we come to Episode 6. The second arc opens with a very unexpected change of pace – a gulp of air, in pacing terms – before the simmer starts to boil over… Maybe the more important question is, how will the Marvel Universe react to him?
HC: Any team-ups or cameos that you can hint at, and are there characters that you'd like to see make an appearance in the series?
SS: It's probably not spoiling too much to reveal that the character Blindfold is going to be playing a big part in my plans for David. In many ways she's as conflicted and weird and broken as he is, so it makes sense to bring them together. The exact nature of how the two characters interact will form a lot of the meat of future issues, and I'm pretty proud about a particular piece of the narrative detritus standing between them. It's the sort of will-they/won't-they thing that could only work in a Universe seething with super-powered beings, where the future is a semi-readable book. Their futures appear to be intertwined, though not in the way they'd think. We're going to be getting a fully realized look at who Blindfold is, and how she came to be the way she is, in Episode 5. Beyond that, we have some pretty startling plans for Arc 2, which is going to throw readers a massive curveball. The question people keep asking me, sooner or later, you'd expect David to wind up confronting the Cyclops, right? The man who murdered his father. And that might not go the way you'd expect either.
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BiographySuresh Garimella is Associate Vice President for Engagement, and the Goodson Distinguished Professor of Mechanical Engineering, at Purdue University where he is Director of the National Science Foundation Cooling Technologies Research Center. He received his !PhD from the University of California at Berkeley in 1989, his MS from The Ohio State University in 1986, and his Bachelor's degree from IIT Madras, in 1985. His areas of expertise include renewable and sustainable energy systems technology and policy, micro- and nano-scale engineering, and energy efficiency in computing and electronics. Dr. Garimella has supervised over 70 !PhD and MS students, and co-authored over 450 refereed journal and conference publications and over a dozen patents/patent applications. Thirteen alumni from his research group are now faculty members in prestigious universities around the world. Dr. Garimella is a Fellow of the Center of Smart Interfaces at the Technical University of Darmstadt, Honorary Guest Professor at Xi'an !JiaoTong University in China, and was Honorary Visiting Fellow at the University of New South Wales in 1995. Dr. Garimella has served as Jefferson Science Fellow at the U.S. Department of State since August 2010, in the International Energy and Commodity Policy office of the Economic Bureau. As a part of this Fellowship, he explored pathways to a clean energy future, analyzing cross-cutting issues at the intersection of energy security and climate change. He coordinated the March 2011 offering of the three-day Washington Energy Seminar, which is organized to brief officers across the U.S. Government on energy issues. As a member of the interagency roundtable working group on rare earth elements led by the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy, he contributed to formulating diplomatic and policy solutions to recent supply shortages of critical materials. He was the State Department delegate to the Committee on Energy Research and Technology of the International Energy Agency. He also participated as a Member of the U.S.- Russia Bilateral Presidential Commission Science & Technology Working Group visit to Moscow in February-March, 2011. Most recently, he was appointed Senior Fellow of the State Department's Energy and Climate Partnership of the Americas (ECPA), a regional partnership announced by President Obama at the April 2009 Summit of the Americas to promote clean energy, advance energy security, fight energy poverty, reduce greenhouse gas emissions, support strategies for sustainable landscapes and build capacity for climate change adaptation. Dr. Garimella serves in editorial roles with several leading energy and thermal sciences-related journals. He is a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) and American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME). His efforts in research and engineering education have been recognized with the 2011 NSF Alexander Schwarzkopf Prize for Technological Innovation, the 2010 ASME Heat Transfer Memorial Award, the 2010 Distinguished Alumnus Award from IIT Madras, the 2009 ASME Allan Kraus Thermal Management Award, the 2004 ASME Gustus L. Larson Memorial Award, the 2011 College of Engineering Mentoring Award, the 1995 Graduate School/UWM Foundation Research Award for Outstanding Research and Creative Activity, the 1997 UWM Distinguished Teaching Award, and the 1992 Society of Automotive Engineers' Ralph R. Teetor Educational Award, among others.


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On the Issue of Gun Control – Where Do You Stand? [POLL]
After last weeks shooting at a Colorado movie theater, there is a lot of chatter on both sides of the gun control issue, but we want to know where YOU stand.
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By Goal.com
Rafael Benitez's reign at Chelsea got off to a negative start ahead of Sunday's clash with Manchester City, with the new manager being booed by the crowd at Stamford Bridge before a ball had even been kicked.
The former Liverpool boss replaced Roberto Di Matteo at the helm this week after the Italian was dismissed after a run of just two wins in eight, but his arrival in west London was met with dismay by many Blues fans.
Benitez had a fractious relationship with Chelsea when his Liverpool team sparred with the Stamford Bridge club in the Champions League, and it appears the supporters of the London club are not willing to forget.
Chelsea fans also offered a tribute to their former player and manager Di Matteo with a round of applause and chanting throughout the 16th minute of the game - the Italian wore that shirt during his four years as a player at the club.
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It could b found in some planet of our neighour Solar Family. So I went to that planet with astronats, picked up the Blue Orchid and gave to God. God was satisfied and blessed Jim and Me a happy life forever.
[i][b]Somebody to luv me(Jim)[/b][/i]
This is a fiction priya.We are just telling a story here. All know very well that Jim is in USA with Jenny and Evan. I and you we are sitting at our homes. So it does not go with the story we are playing here. And here the girl who is described as I is not me and neither you in real.
But you always seem to tease me in this story game and go against me in every step.I am just playing the game here but you are playing a mind game with me for personal reason.I donno why.Teasing people for nothing is not gud.
[i][b]Somebody to luv me(Jim)[/b][/i]
^ So I went jogging and found that he was out for a jog too.
"No time outs. Only DEATH!"
"I don't like to brag and I won't cuz I don't have to!"
I know very well this story is a fiction & i am playing a fictitious game....every player has the right to twist & turn the story the way they want to......if u take it personally, its ur problem.......i am just playing the game thats it! It does very well go with the story , just the way u r making it go.....the same way i am making it go. I am not teasing anyone or going against anyone....if u think that low than i cant help it...i know what i am writing is just to continue the story. Its just a co-incidence that everytime i get to continue the story u r the person above....otherwise i dont have any interest to tease anybody.....maybe u do it & accusing me. I dont play any mind games......its again ur low thought. U r taking it personally in this game & not me. so just continue with the game & dont be a spoil sport.
also, to avoid any clash or arguement i wont continue the story if u r the person above.....i hope this will solve ur problem.
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Meet Hillary Scott's little lady!
Lady Antebellum's lead singer took to Twitter on Monday to introduce her 3-month-old daughter by sharing a sweet snapshot of her smiling sweetie.
"Hello World, my name is Eisele Kaye," she captioned the photo featuring her grinning baby girl, clad in a patterned pink onesie.
Scott, 27, and her husband Chris Tyrrell have been caught up in pure baby bliss since welcoming their first child on July 22 in Nashville. And while they've been enjoying time with Eisele — including plenty of daddy-daughter moments — they rejoiced over her recent major milestone.
"We almost got 8 hrs of sleep! 8 STRAIGHT hours! Thank you Eisele! #hallelujah," the new mom Tweeted.
It was recently announced Lady Antebellum is up for country's favorite band, duo or group at the American Music Awards.
"Last year at the @TheAMAs I was pregnant and didn't know it … this year we are nominated and I'm a mom! Best feeling in the world! #thankful," Scott Tweeted on Thursday.
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Introduction to methods of approaching basic study skills in University designed for students who feel they need help with basic study habits to be successful. Emphasis is placed on strategies for test taking, memory, time management, textbook mastery, tapping creativity and exploring individual learning styles in order to achieve personal goals.
TRST 103 Transitional Life/Career Exploration
This course is designed to assist the student in decision making and career development skills. Through interactive coursework and a variety of evaluative mechanisms, the student will explore career options as well as career "fitness" and the academic preparation/ expectations necessary to achieve success in a chosen field in order to design an individualized plan of action to meet academic and career goals. The course is designed to be a "first step" to success for the new University student.
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PHOENIX (AP) — A series of storms dumped more than 4.5 inches of rain on areas north of Phoenix on Tuesday, requiring several dramatic rescues and resulting in many visible examples of damage. Here are some examples of the destruction brought on by the floodwaters:
As violent floodwaters submerged a house in New River, two women became trapped with nowhere to go, the home apparently knocked from its foundation. They called for help, and one of them waved a white piece of fabric out a window. The Phoenix Fire Department sent a helicopter and hoisted two rescuers onto the roof to guide the residents to safety. Also saved were three dogs in the house.
A minivan was swamped by rising floodwaters with an older woman inside the vehicle. A rescuer waded through the water, broke out the front driver's side window and entered the white van. He grabbed the woman and helped escort her to dry land. Two rescuers carried her to a nearby garage and sat her down in a lawn chair.
Interstate 17 became the sight of a surreal image as the brown water from the flood washed over the state's major north-south freeway. Some cars drove through the rising waters, others were forced into the left lane, and portions of the highway were temporarily closed.
The Cox Cactus Farm was inundated by a creek that runs through its property, forcing workers into an all-out effort to save the company's more than 600 varieties of plants, cactuses and shrubs. In the end, hundreds of cactuses and plants washed away in the torrential flood.
Firefighters in Tucson rescued a woman who was stranded in her car. A video by the Tucson Fire Department showed a rescuer climbing an extended ladder to reach the woman, who was driving a four-door sedan. The firefighter gave the woman a life vest before helping her climb out of the car and onto the ladder.


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Have fun and get in shape on Trek's sporty 7.2 FX WSD. This sleek, versatile bike features a great-fitting women's-specific aluminum frame with easy-rolling, road bike-sized 700c wheels, a combination that makes every ride seemingly effortless. It sports a hill-flattening 24-speed drivetrain and confidence-inspiring linear-pull brakes. And, you'll love the reliable Bontrager parts and the puncture-resistant tires that keep you pedaling worry free.
|Trek Alpha Silver aluminum
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|Bontrager H2 Hardcase Lite, 700 x 35c
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|Shimano Acera
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|Shimano, 8-speed: 11-32
|Shimano Altus EF51
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|Bontrager Satellite
|Bontrager SSR
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|Tektro linear-pull
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I was going back and forth between the Giant Liv Alight and the Trek 7.2 WDS both women's bikes. I had tried out the Liv Alight first but when I rode the Trek 7.2 I instantly fell in love and made up my mind to purchase it. Loved the feel of the ride how it took the turns and the weight and I know I will have this bike for may years to come. Overall a great bike, free lifetime adjustments and I purchased a super warranty at a great price, can't beat this place!!!!
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A great bike - i'm 5 foot 1 and the 13 inch frame is perfect for me. i've had the 2013 model for over a year and use it to commute to work and on the weekends. I had the brake pads replaced. It's comfortable and nimble. I tried it off-road on gravel and a narrow dirt trail, that wasn't easy. Anyway, I highly recommend it.
I just got my bike yesterday.I haven't ridden in several years due to severe medical issues. Now I'm ready to get back on my bike and do some serious riding.This bike is awesome, it rides great,it's comfortable and just a great bike to ride.I can't wait to rediscover how much fun I can have riding again...LOVE LOVE LOVE this bike
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Looked at quite a few other bikes but this seemed to be a great value for me. To be honest, I don't need a $4000 bike to impress someone else and I'm not racing so this was perfect. I ride alone and with the puncture resistent tires it should be good to keep me from having to fix a flat. My only disappointment so far is the weather has prevented me from riding - rain or snow! Seat is comfortable too!
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After 20 years of not riding, I decided on this bike and haven't regretted it. I ride on the dikes in Pitt Meadows and Port Coquitlam, on the road (some parts are questionable) and greenways into Vancouver, to Tsawwassen, Fort Langley (basically everywhere in the lower mainland) from home in Maple Ridge. I have used this bike cycle camping to Cloverdale, Tsawwassen, Salt Spring Island and the Pender Islands and really enjoy it. I have paired it with a Burley Travoy trailer and am now car-free. This is my bike for everything - camping, touring, exercise, shopping or just because I want to get out and enjoy the weather. I have ridden it many many times in the rain and even in the snow and on some mountain bike type trails, but it's not really meant for that. I love that it's for women and that I can sit upright if I choose or slightly forward. I bought the bike at my LBS and have to say that I am not disappointed. My bike is one year old tomorrow and has just over 2,500 kms on it and still looks brand new. The blue colour rocks!!
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Bought this slightly used in prestine condition. From the first block I rode I had to have it. I am a chick and influenced by my dad who had the 7.4 FX- talk about SMOOTH! I wish I could have bought his after his accident. It's definantly worth the money both models. The 7.2 Is perfect for me and my size. I want another one and don't even need it. It's just so much fun and addictive so get you one! BTW-I lost 20lbs in 4 months riding 5-7/x a week. Never felt better. 1 year later I'm down 35lbs.
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This bike is my go-to for commuting, errands, and general recreation (about 8-10 miles on the hike-and-bike trail on my lunch hour daily, more for weekends and social rides).I bought this four and a half months ago and have ridden it every single day, minus one out-of-town trip where I couldn't bring it along, ever since. I got two free tune-ups to use within one year after purchase and have used one so far, though it wasn't really needed yet.It isn't as light as my road bike, but it's an intensely practical vehicle for commuting and errands. Climbing is no problem, and the ride is very comfortable. It isn't designed for rocky trails, but it will function on them - just not comfortably.I recommend giving the saddle some time. When I bought the bike, I thought the first upgrade would be a new saddle - I hated it. After a week, I'd changed my mind, and eventually shopped to find a similar one for my road bike. Obviously the saddle is a very personal choice for anyone - but the Bontrager saddle that comes standard, though not soft or cushy, turns out to be really well moulded for my own personal butt and girly bits, and may be for yours as well once you get used to it!There was a little fishtailing on the crushed gravel trail with the stock tires, though they're great on pavement. I changed them out for knobbier ones and it does better. I had one flat with the original tires.To be honest, I really don't like the powder blue at ALL. I wish the bike shop where I bought it had the dark berry color - I would have liked that a lot better. However, that's the only thing I don't like about this bike, and I do get lots of compliments from others on its looks. Maybe I'll spring for a paint job one day. This is [...], okay? I was shallow and weird BEFORE it was cool.Nice, pretty, fun, good quality and workmanship, very enjoyable and very practical bike!
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When my old Schwinn Mesa Runner was stolen I needed a new bike. Found this in a beautiful Robin's Egg Blue at [...] in [...]! I needed something I could use to commute, race and just ride for fun and I could only afford one bike. This bike fits my needs perfectly. I haven't done a triathlon on it yet, but I know its faster than my beloved Schwinn.
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I am training on this bike for my first Triathalon. For a Hybrid it's the closest thing you'll get to a road bike for the price! It's fast and lightweight and I feel it's perfect for your first Tri. I can go 15 miles easily and comfortably.
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Season 44 of Sesame Street is Finally Here!
Season 44 of Sesame Street is finally here! The season, which launches today, is full of fun new additions to the neighborhood. Armando, played by Ismael Cruz Córdova, joins the cast and beloved Cookie Monster hosts a new segment: Crumby Pictures Presents.
The focus of Crumby Pictures Presents is our self-regulation curriculum. Self-regulation is a set of critical skills for preschoolers that affects children socially, behaviorally, and academically. Unfortunately, children often begin kindergarten without important skills such as being able to follow directions, stay on task with focused attention, and regulate their own emotions using concrete strategies. Kindergarten teachers report that over half of their students start school lacking good self-regulation abilities even though they are seen by many as being more essential for school readiness than academic skills such as counting or recognizing letters.
Fortunately, self-regulation skills can be taught during the preschool years and development of these skills happens rapidly. These skills and strategies are at the center of every laugh and lesson learned in Crumby Pictures Present, as well as many new online games produced by Sesame Workshop.
To learn more about Season 44 and all the laughs Cookie Monster, Armando, and the whole gang have in store, click here.


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Homemade Gifts: Our 10 Best Sweet & Savory Treats
The best gifts come from the kitchen, don't you think? I don't just mean just gifts wrapped up under the tree — I mean all the little gifts sprinkled through the holiday season. The gift you give a favorite teacher, or hand out to a group of coworkers over lunch. The gift you bring your aunt hosting Christmas Eve dinner, and the gift you leave on your neighbor's front porch. These treats and snacks are like little bundles of affection and love scattered through the holidays — and these are gifts that come from the kitchen.
Here are 10 of our all-time favorite treats for gifting, sweet and savory.
We've rounded up our favorite gifts and homemade treats in the past, but today we wanted to narrow it down and give you 10 of our all-time favorites. From the most amazingly addictive roasted nut mix, to homemade marshmallows and crowd-pleasing pistachio brittle, these are the all-stars. Sweet and savory, good for giving, and for nibbling!
• 1 Ina Garten's Chipotle and Rosemary Spiced Nuts - As far as spiced nuts go, these are just the best. They're a little smoky, salty, spicy, and sweet. I package them up as seen here, in corrugated cardboard takeout boxes, lined with striped wax paper and garnished with a sprig of fresh rosemary. People go wild for these nuts, let me tell you.
• 2 Gruyere and Hazelnut Crackers - Very grownup crackers. Put a couple dozen in a little box and tie with ribbon — present with a wedge of good cheese.
• 3 Savory Cheese-Herb Granola - A jar of this would make such an unusual and delicious snack, good for topping soup or snacking on all by itself.
• 4 Homemade Cheese Crackers - Another cheeseified snack — a jar of these wouldn't go amiss either.
• 5 Wasabi-Toasted Nori Crisps - Seaweed snack? These may sound a little dull at first, a little too hippie, but listen when we tell you that these are some of the most addictive little snacks you can make. And they're light, so you can eat a lot!
• 6 Skillet Toffee - The holiday treat of Sara Kate's childhood. Make this in big stacks and give it away to everyone you know.
• 7 Salted Pistachio Brittle - If you're looking for a brittle recipe, you won't do better than this one.
• 8 Coconut Ganache Bourbon Balls - Bourbon and chocolate in a shiny tin? Who could say no?
• 9 Fluffy Vanilla Marshmallows - Sweet, old-fashioned, and when homemade, very special. (Don't forget about the beer and pretzel varation too.)
• 10 Ginger Cinnamon Caramels - Chewy and spicy, a perennial favorite amongst our readers.
Related: 10 Crafty Cool Ways to Wrap Gifts from The Kitchen
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