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Welcome to the website for Con†Stellation, an annual general interest Science Fiction & Fantasy convention{{whatis|General Interest Convention}} in Huntsville Alabama. Con†Stellation (or Con*Stellation) is an annual, fan-run, general-interest science fiction & fantasy convention sponsored by [http://www.con-stellation.org/nasfa/index.html NASFA]—the North Alabama Science Fiction Association.
Welcome to the website for Con†Stellation, an annual general interest Science Fiction & Fantasy convention{{whatis|General Interest Convention}} in Huntsville Alabama. Con†Stellation (or Con*Stellation) is an annual, fan-run, general-interest science fiction & fantasy convention sponsored by [http://www.con-stellation.org/nasfa/index.html NASFA]—the North Alabama Science Fiction Association.
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==Con†Stellation 2015==
==Con†Stellation 2015==
Con†Stellation XXXIII: Coma Berenices will held at the '''Four Points by Sheraton Huntsville Airport''' located onsite at the Huntsville International Airport (HSV) :

Con†Stellation XXXIII: Coma Berenices will held at the '''Four Points by Sheraton Huntsville Airport''' located onsite at the Huntsville International Airport (HSV) :

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===Con†Stellation 2014===
===Con†Stellation 2014===
Due to hotel issues (including the closing of the late, lamented Holiday Inn Express), there was no Con†Stellation in 2014.
Due to hotel issues (including the closing of the late, lamented Holiday Inn Express), there was no Con†Stellation in 2014.
The final Con†Stellation is over 🙁
😀↪ But, join us for Not-A-Con 2019!! ↩😀
😀↪ Which will be 18–19 October ↩😀
We will be transforming the Con†Stellation pages into a history site
Please bear with us as that transition will take some time
Con†Stellation XXXV: Horologium (The Clock)
13–15 October 2017——Huntsville, Alabama
|GoH: Mary Robinette Kowal
|Artist GoH: David O. Miller
|MC: Toni Weisskopf
Welcome to the website for Con†Stellation, an annual general interest Science Fiction & Fantasy convention(←What's That?) in Huntsville Alabama. Con†Stellation (or Con*Stellation) is an annual, fan-run, general-interest science fiction & fantasy convention sponsored by NASFA—the North Alabama Science Fiction Association. The next con—Con†Stellation XXXIV: Mensa—will be 14–16 October 2016.
This site will always be a work in progress and will be updated as details of the 2016 convention are firmed up (so please come back often!). If you can't readily find the info you need, please see our Contact Info below to get in touch. You can also follow us on Twitter <@Con_Stellation>.
At the moment, this section is a placeholder for the 2016 Con†Stellation. We do have dates, a hotel, guests, and more—and will be posting that as soon as time permits.
Info from this section will be moved to a history page for the 2015 Con†Stellation, as time permits.
Con†Stellation XXXIII: Coma Berenices will held at the Four Points by Sheraton Huntsville Airport located onsite at the Huntsville International Airport (HSV) :
Remember, park in Hotel Parking (not regular airport parking). There are signs to follow when arriving at the airport. Bring the ticket you get when entering this lot to the hotel desk and show your convention badge to get validated for free parking.
Orson Scott Card's new book, Gatefather, is scheduled for release 20 October 2015. Through special arrangement with Barnes and Noble, Gatefather will be available early at Con†Stellation this year. It (and other Card books) will be for sale at his signing events.
From 14–28 October 2015, purchases at The Bridge Street location of Barnes & Noble will net Con†Stellation a percentage of sales. See the coupon at this PDF for details. You don't even need to print the coupon, as long as you have the code number (11729985). To find out how to make Book Fair purchase online, visit <BN.com/bookfairs>. If you feel like shopping in person, their address is 300 The Bridge Street NW #100, Huntsville AL 35806.
Update: The coupon or code number should be useable at any Barnes & Noble, not just the Bridge Street location… so if you get back home from the convention and decide to go book shopping, you can still support Con†Stellation through the 28th.
See the convention contact info below for a postal address to mail your registration. You can also email email@example.com if you need more info.
Adult Membership(←What's That?) rate:
Child and Young Adult Rates:
Rates for children (though age 12) are fixed regardless of when they are purchased.
Children not accompanied by an Adult Member will be charged the Young Adult Membership rate.
Young Adult Memberships (students age 13-21, as of October 16, 2015) are $5 off the corresponding Adult Membership in effect at the time of purchase. We trust you (we really, really do) but we reserve the right to request a Student ID or some other proof of student status.
We're currently in the process of inviting guests for Con†Stellation XXXIII and will post each as info is available. We only post confirmed guests, so check back often for updates—there are almost always several invitations outstanding.
After many great years at our former facility, we're moving in 2015 to the Four Points by Sheraton Huntsville Airport—a Starwood hotel. The hotel is located in the Huntsville International Airport, with hotel reception and most of the function space on first and second floors and the sleeping rooms stacked above the airport arrival/departure areas. It is conveniently located immediately off of I-565 in the western part of the Huntsville Metro Area—click here for a Google Map.
Standard rooms (king or double-double) are $92 (+taxes). A limited number of Jacuzzi and Corner King rooms may be available for an upcharge of $20 (+taxes) per night.
You can make your hotel reservation online starting at this Starwood website or by calling the hotel at 256-772-9661. The Starwood website is also a good place to learn about the hotel, get driving directions, etc.
Parking in the hotel parking lot is free for all convention members—just bring your parking ticket and convention badge to the hotel desk to get the ticket validated. Please be careful not to park in airport parking (short term or long term). The entrances for the various parking lots are close together so watch the signs carefully. The hotel is still looking into what to do if the hotel lot is full.
Hotel-provided info on parking can be found in this PDF. (OOPS, broken link. We will try to get this fixed by the hotel, but since it's very close to the con that may not happen in time.)
We've received the T-Shirt art from David O. Miller for the 2015 Con†Stellation T-Shirt and it is drop dead gorgeous! We'll be full info on buying your shirt as soon as we can finalize arrangements.
Con†Stellation's annual Art Show, Print Shop, and Auction brings together science fiction, fantasy, or fandom-related art from both professional and amateur artists. We want you to enjoy just looking at the art, but we're happy to say that all the artwork in the Print Shop and the large majority of that on display in the Art Show will be for sale.
For complete info on how to buy or sell art at Con†Stellation (including fees, the shipping address, etc. for the latter) click through to the Art Show page. The contact info for our Art Show director is:
The first table ($80) includes one convention membership. A second table ($50) does not include additional memberships. All dealers and helpers must be members of the convention. If you need more than two table, please contact the convention.
All tables are 6′x30″. We do not hold tables without payment, though we do reserve the right to curate the room in order to make a wide variety of merchandise available for sale to all convention members. Send payment (check) to the convention address below. Please mark the envelope ATTN: Dealers Room. Please include any special requests, including if you need access to an electrical outlet.
If you have questions (or want to let us know the check is in the mail ;-) you can email us at firstname.lastname@example.com or contact us via any of the other methods below.
A draft (though pretty well finished) programming schedule for 2015 is now available online at this link (PDF file). Check out the subheadings below for descriptions of some programming items.
Perhaps you've been to a KaffeeKlatsch at a convention before? If not, the short definition is a gathering with a convention guest and a small group of fans, drinking coffee (or tea, or...) and chatting. Starting in 2012 we put out our own spin on that; providing candy instead of coffee. Success! (Yes, there is strategy involved—you might be ill advised to put a piece of toffee in your mouth just before you want to ask a question.) So we're bringing back KandyKlatsches at Con†Stellation XXXIII.
You will have to sign up at the convention for these events. There may be a limit on how many KandyKlatsches each convention member can sign up for, and there will be a limit on the number of people in each KandyKlatsch. Details of signup (including times available) will be available at the convention.
Though details are still being sussed out, we're working on bringing a traditional-style Saturday evening Masquerade back to ContStellation this year. Don't forget to pack your costumes for the trip!
We've been a little slow getting off the mark on Gaming this year, but rest assured we will have a Game Room at Con†Stellation—actually two rooms.
If you want to run a game/tournament in the main Game Room at Con†Stellation please email the Game Master, Kevin "Fritz" Fotovitch. to start the discussion. You can also write the convention address below, marking your missive Attention: Game Master.
There will also be room for pickup in the main Game Room—bring your own game(s) or check out one of the many games that will be available for your use.
We're trying something new this year that we're calling Large-Format Gaming (aka Big Games). This will include all sorts of silly, fun, games with hands-on user participation. Think of board games or video games scaled up, made 3-D, and brought to life.
Some of the planned games (in both the main Game Room and Big Games) are listed below. Games., times, or GMs may change, so be sure to check at the convention to get the latest information.
|Big Jenga
|D&D 5.0 (two sessions)
|Christopher Kerl
|TBD (4-hour sessions)
|D&D in Elesfar
|Taylor Hoch
|Saturday 10am–6pm
|Large Ass Dice Games, Cthulhu
Dice, and Zombie Dice
|Fritz Fotovich
|Friday 4–5pm; Saturday
3-5pm; Sunday 11am-12n
|Large-Format Connect Four
|Live Action Battleship (1 player)
|Live Action Battleship (2 player)
|Live Action "Furious Fowl" (LAFF)
|Mike Kennedy
|Playtest Friday 9-10pm;
Main Session Saturday
|Sliders (GURPS)
|Jason Stephens
|Vampire (GURPS)
|Jason Stephens
Do you play spades and play to win? If so, have we got a deal for you! Killer Cutthroat Spades is a variant on no-partner spades with severe penalties for sandbagging, thus putting extra emphasis on both accurate bidding and sharp gameplay. What do you get if you win? Mostly bragging rights—no small thing in this neck of the woods! Never played Killer Cutthroat Spades before? No problem, we'll help. (Seriously, we actually will help. We love introducing the game to new folks. Some experience playing spades, bridge, or some other bid-and-trick based game is helpful, but not necessary. We can pretty much always round up enough players to teach you at a non-tournament game before you go swimming with the sharks.)
You can sign up at the door or contact "Uncle Timmy" by email to get on the list.
Each year Con†Stellation chooses a charity and engages in several fundraising activities at the convention, including selling donated art and other items in the Art Show & Auction. We are pleased to say that we have selected Matter Of Trust, Inc. a 501(c)3 public charity that concentrates on Manmade Surplus, Natural Abundance, & Eco-Education. We're particularly interested in their Clean Wave Program, which uses hair, fur, fleece clippings, and feathers to create mats and booms to clean oil from contaminated waterways and storm drains.
If you wish to make a donation of items for the Charity Auction (to be held in conjunction with the Art Auction), please bring it to the Art Show at the convention, or see the Art Show & Auction section of this page for mailing information.
As part of Charity Auction, volunteers from among the concom (and possibly others) will auction off the rights to decide whether or not they should have hair cut to donate to the Matter Of Trust Clean Wave Program.
Our Convention Hospitality Suite (Con Suite(←What's That?) in the usual parlance) is one of the highlights of Con†Stellation. You'll certainly find the usual Con Suite munchies and soft drinks, but you'll also find more hearty fare at numerous times all through the con. Just ask anyone who's been to one of our conventions and you'll likely hear high praise for our mistress of victuals.
As a fan-run convention, Con†Stellation is run entirely by volunteers and we would like you to join us. We need people with various levels of convention experience, including none. We have to keep a lot of balls in the air to make a convention work; could you lend a hand (or two)? See our email or snailmail addresses below to let us know that you are interested in helping out! If you email, please include Volunteer in your e-mail subject line so that we can direct your request to the right person.
Use these methods to contact the convention for registration or to ask a question. For online registration, see above.
Main Email Address
Other Email Addresses
The immediate precursor to Con†Stellation was ZerCon, a two-day convention in November 1981. While planning and executing ZerCon, we came up with the name "Con†Stellation" (or "Con*Stellation") for a planned ongoing series of three-day-weekend conventions.
The first Con†Stellation was held July 16–18, 1982, under the full name Con†Stellation I: The Pleiades. The time of year varied over the first few conventions, though at least one has been held each year since. After the first few years, the convention made the shift from a spring/summer convention to a fall convention. Each Con†Stellation has been subtitled with an astronomical constellation—usually one of the 88 official modern constellations, though the first one was named after an asterism in Taurus. The convention often uses the constellation as a theme in its advertising and for events at the convention.
Con†Stellation has been held at a number of Huntsville-area hotels over its history. Other than Con†Stellation II.V (2.5), each has been a 3-day (Friday to Sunday) event.
Details of Con†Stellation XXXI: Perseus—held 12-14 October 2012 at the Holiday Inn Express in Huntsville AL—can be found at the link above.
Details of Con†Stellation XXXII: Columba—held 11-13 October 2013 at the Holiday Inn Express in Huntsville AL—can be found at the link above.
Due to hotel issues (including the closing of the late, lamented Holiday Inn Express), there was no Con†Stellation in 2014.
Details of Con†Stellation XXXIII: Coma Berenices—held 16-18 October 2015 at the Four Points, Huntsville Airport in Huntsville AL—can be found at the link above.
Going forward, the plan is to have each year's Con†Stellation in October. Stay tuned to this website for more info on 2016 and forward.
Other Fannish Stuff in Huntsville
The sponsor of Con†Stellation is the North Alabama Science Fiction Association, aka NASFA—a general-interest science fiction & fantasy club headquartered in Huntsville Alabama. Besides planning and running Con†Stellation, NASFA has monthly meetings that bring together sf/f/h/etc. fans from Huntsville, Madison, and other surrounding areas. Each meeting features both a noisy lively business meeting (which often digresses forays into a variety of sf/f/h/etc. topics) and a program. That latter may feature a regional author, cover a science topic of interest, display some off-the-beaten-track videos, or address almost any aspect of science fiction, fantasy, and related genres. There's also a social aspect to the club, with an "After-The-Meeting Meeting" each month and occasional other events. To find out how to join this year-round club, or to get in touch with NASFA about any other matter, please visit the NASFA website.
Links to Other Conventions, etc.
Fannish Oddities
It's a short drive from the Four Points Hotel/Airport to the nearest concentration of shopping, restaurants, etc. An Area Guide (PDF file) is available for your pre-con perusal. Printed copies will be available at the convention.
We think Huntsville is a great place to visit and hope you do too. This section is somewhat hastily thrown together, but lists at least some of the many attractions you can visit and events you can go to in and around Huntsville while you're in town.


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Last weekend, Vishon Murphy put on his Sunday best—a dress and gladiator sandals—and waltzed into a Pizza Hut in Wallace, North Carolina. But instead of saying "Shantay you stay," the restaurant's general manager was all "sashay away" and forced Murphy to leave. A must-watch local news report detailing the saga is above. [via Eater]


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Spring Preparation Tips and Assisted Living at Home
Spring Preparation Tips and Assisted Living at Home with Senior Helpers of Orange County, Huntington Beach, Fountain Valley, Costa Mesa, Laguna Hills, and Laguna Woods, California. 714-593-1177 today! Senior Helpers of Fountain Valley offers experienced and compassionate assisted living at home to all areas of Orange County, Huntington Beach, Fountain Valley, Costa Mesa, Laguna Hills, and Laguna Woods, California.
Spring is only a few days away. Have you started preparing? Of course, there's always some spring cleaning to worry about, but that's not the only way you and your aging loved one can prepare for warmer weather and more time outdoors. Ask your client what their favorite springtime activities were when they were younger. Recreating these pastimes is a great way to generate positive memories and happy feelings, as well as get your senior outdoors and active.
For starters, try walking down memory lane with your senior loved one. Sit down and ask your aging loved one what they looked forward to the most about springtime. Perhaps your client is a baseball fan. Take them out to a ball game. Did your client go fishing with their parents on the weekends? Take them to a local pond or lake. Gardening is a great activity for seniors that enjoy reaping the fruits of their labor. Light work in the garden is an excellent way to exercise while also keeping their mind active. This can be enjoyed all spring and summer long.
With the warmer weather approaching, it is time to get out and enjoy the sunny days. As the days get longer, it makes for more time spent outdoors with family and friends. There are many activities senior citizens can enjoy outside that are fulfilling without being too physically demanding. For many elderly, the ideal spring day would involve a leisurely stroll outdoors. Bird watching and walks are a great way to enjoy the splendors of nature while also getting in some light exercise.
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Sarkozy brands Netanyahu 'a liar'
French president Nicolas Sarkozy branded Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu "a liar" in a private conversation with US president Barack Obama that was accidentally broadcast to journalists during last week's G20 summit in Cannes.
"I cannot bear Netanyahu, he's a liar," Mr Sarkozy told Mr Obama, unaware that the microphones in their meeting room had been switched on, enabling reporters in a separate location to listen in to a simultaneous translation.
"You're fed up with him, but I have to deal with him even more often than you," Mr Obama replied, according to the French interpreter.
The technical gaffe is likely to cause great embarrassment to all three leaders as they look to work together to intensify international pressure on Iran over its nuclear ambitions.
The conversation was not initially reported by the small group of journalists who overheard it because it was considered private and off-the-record. But the comments have since emerged on French websites and can be confirmed by Reuters.
Mr Obama's apparent failure to defend Mr Netanyahu is likely to be leapt on by his Republican foes, who are looking to unseat him in next year's presidential election and have portrayed him as hostile to Israel, Washington's closest ally in the region.
Pushing Mr Netanyahu risks alienating Israel's strong base of support among the US public and in Congress.
Mr Netanyahu's office declined immediate comment.
Mr Obama and Mr Netanyahu have had a rocky relationship as US efforts to broker a Middle East peace deal have foundered, with the US president openly criticising Jewish settlement building in the occupied Palestinian territories.
It was unclear why exactly Mr Sarkozy had criticised Mr Netanyahu. However, European diplomats have largely blamed Israel for the breakdown in peace talks and have expressed anger over Mr Netanyahu's approval of large-scale settlement building.
During their bilateral meeting on November 3rd, on the sidelines of the Cannes summit, Mr Obama criticised Mr Sarkozy's surprise decision to vote in favour of a Palestinian request for membership of the UN cultural heritage agency Unesco.
"I didn't appreciate your way of presenting things over the Palestinian membership of Unesco. It weakened us. You should have consulted us, but that is now behind us," Mr Obama was quoted as saying.
The October 31st Unesco vote marked a success for the Palestinians in their broader thrust for recognition as a sovereign state in the UN system - a unilateral initiative fiercely opposed by Israel and the United States.
As a result of the vote, Washington was compelled to halt its funding for Unesco under a 1990s law that prohibits Washington from giving money to any UN body that grants membership to groups that do not have full, legal statehood.
Mr Obama told Mr Sarkozy that he was worried about the impact if Washington had to pull funding from other UN bodies such as the UN Food and Agriculture Organisation and the IAEA nuclear watchdog if the Palestinians gained membership there.
"You have to pass the message along to the Palestinians that they must stop this immediately," Mr Obama said.
The day the conversation took place, the Palestinians announced that they would not seek membership of any other UN agency.
Mr Sarkozy confirmed that France would not take any unilateral decisions when the UN Security Council discusses a Palestinian membership request, a debate expected later this month.
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The Salvation Army of St. Augustine honored businessman David Drysdale this week as the 15th recipient of its annual Gus Craig Award for outstanding leadership in giving back to St. Augustine and St. Johns County.
He embodies the example that the late A.H. "Gus" Craig did in a lifetime of helping others. Whether it was quiet assistance to someone in need or, a major civic effort, Craig never said no.
Drysdale's record of giving back speaks for itself. He has participated as a member and president or, chairman of various key boards including St. Johns County Chamber of Commerce, Flagler Healthcare Systems, the former Barnett Bank of the St. Johns, and the Florida Attractions Association. He is currently chairman of the Board of Trustees of Flagler College and chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Lightner Museum.
Through his leadership at the St. Augustine Alligator Farm, he has enhanced its value as an educational resource for elementary school through university level students. His commitment led to the Alligator Farm's successful quest for accreditation by the Association of Zoos and Aquariums and its continued recognition nationally and internationally in the conservation of threatened and endangered species.
Drysdale follows the example set by his parents - Irving "Driz" Drysdale and Evelyn "Evie" Drysdale, both longtime community volunteers in their lifetimes. His father initiated the creation of the St. Augustine Amphitheatre and helped lead the city's 400th anniversary in 1965.
We asked Rev. Thomas Willis, rector of the Cathedral Basilica of St. Augustine of which Drysdale is a parishioner, for his perspective. Drysdale recently accepted an appointment to the parish finance council. Willis is grateful for his doing so and noted also another trait that may not be as readily apparent. "David and his family know the significant place that St. Augustine has in the history of our nation and they are proud of that heritage," Willis said. "So much of what they do in philanthropy and promotion of our beloved town is to enhance it for succeeding generations."
Craig would have endorsed Drysdale's nomination for the Gus Craig award wholeheartedly. Drysdale is a community volunteer, conservationist, and generous supporter financially and time wise of community organizations and civic causes. Gary E. Bruce, chair of the Salvation Army Council of St. Johns County, said Drysdale "has a positive impact on the lives of our citizens, our students and our visitors, on a daily basis. Art and education enrich our individual lives and the fabric of our community."
We agree.
We congratulate David Drysdale as an outstanding example of leadership and community service and thank his family for sharing him with the rest of us.


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When I first began to practice, I didn't get much exposure to Dharma protectors. As my practice continued, specifically within the Tibetan tradition, I started to see them everywhere.
Within texts like Mind Training: The Great Collection (Library of Tibetan Classics), petitioning Dharma protectors play an important role. And if one read's Brilliant Moon: The Autobiography of Dilgo Khyentse, who was a great Nyingmapa practitioner, one can see how heavily they rely on Dharma protectors practice and their importance. Continue reading


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NORTH DARTMOUTH, MA-The University of Massachusetts Dartmouth's women's tennis team swept all three doubles matches and went on to defeat Western Connecticut State, 9-0, at the Dartmouth Tennis Center Friday.
The Corsairs took the early lead in the Senior Day match that was moved indoors because of inclement weather.
Freshman Hannah Schulze (Chelmsford, MA/Chelmsford HS) and junior Liz Girczyc (Attleboro, MA/Attleboro HS) defeated sophomore Lauren Decker (Staatsburg, NY/Our Lady of Lourdes HS) and freshman Danielle Core (Goshen, CT/Wamogo HS) at number three doubles, 8-1. At number two doubles, sophomore Angela Pollard (Portsmouth, RI/Portsmouth HS) and sophomore Allison Furtado (Fairhaven, MA/Fairhaven HS) downed sophomores Alyssa Panasci (Gosehn, CT/Wamogo HS) and Terry Osei (East Hartford, CT/East Hartford HS), 8-2. Sophomore Nicole Pelletier (Swansea, MA/Case HS) and senior Courtney Morey (Mashpee, MA/Mashpee HS) defeated senior Maxx Zimmer (Sandy Hook, CT/Newtown HS) and freshman Stefani Signorello (Meriden, CT/Maloney HS) at number one doubles, 8-4.
In singles, Pelletier defeated Signorelli, 8-0; Morey downed Zimmer, 8-6; Pollard defeated Panasci, 8-0; Furtado downed Decker, 8-0; Schulze defeated Osei, 8-4; and Girczyc downed freshman Nicole Salamacha (Winsted, CT/Torrington HS), 8-1. All six singles matches were played as eight-game pro sets due to time considerations.
"It was a good team win for us," said UMass Dartmouth Head Coach Ralph Perry. "Our doubles teams played extremely well against an up and coming young team from Western Connecticut. We played well in singles, from Nicole all the way down to Liz Girczyc. Courtney and Maxx Zimmer battled back and forth and Courtney won the last game to take the win. I'm happy with the way our team played and I'm looking forward to playing in the Little East tournament on Tuesday."
The Corsairs improved to 7-4 and 4-3 in the Little East Conference with the victory, while the Colonials dropped to 0-7 and 0-5 in the LEC with the defeat. UMass Dartmouth will return to action in the Little East Conference Tournament next Tuesday. Western Connecticut State will host Rhode Island College Saturday.


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First NiTiNOL-based intramedullary nail, DynaNail is used successfully in ankle arthrodesis surgery in Chicago
ATLANTA, Nov. 14, 2012 /PRNewswire/ — MedShape, Inc., the industry leader in innovative shape memory orthopedic devices, today announced the introduction and first surgical use of the DynaNail™ Ankle Arthrodesis Nail, an intramedullary (IM) nail that contains an innovative internal nickel titanium (NiTiNOL) element. The product represents a breakthrough in that it is the first IM nail to harness the shape memory properties of NiTiNOL, which up to now has been impeded from clinical use due to various technological challenges ranging from basic materials science to manufacturing and device design.
After receiving 510(k) clearance from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, DynaNail was successfully used in an ankle arthrodesis procedure performed by Dr. Doug Pacaccio, DPM, at Valley West Community Hospital in Chicago, IL. "I was impressed with the performance of the DynaNail device," commented Dr. Pacaccio, who is a co-founder of MedShape. "The nail sustains compression across the joint like an external fixator, but because it is inserted like traditional IM nails, it reduces operating time significantly. I believe many podiatrists and orthopedic surgeons will recognize the benefits of the DynaNail device and will incorporate it in their ankle fusion procedures."
DynaNail is expected to become an effective alternative to external fixators for treating limb salvage procedures, as the NiTiNOL compressive element gives the nail unique properties over traditional IM nails. Compression across the joint is important for not only ensuring the joint bones remain in close apposition, but also in promoting healing. "The NiTiNOL compressive element allows DynaNail the ability to apply sustained compression across the joint on the level of an external fixator. Traditional nails lose compression upon hardware removal or require follow-up procedures to re-apply compression," said Jeremy Blair, team leader for DynaNail. "NiTiNOL gives DynaNail 'shape memory' so that it can automatically transform and adapt to bone resorption minimizing the need for follow-up procedures."
The promise of NiTiNOL for orthopedic fixation implants was first identified more than 30 years ago by American metallurgist William Buehler(1) and surgeon Dr. James Hughes of Johns Hopkins in a report to the United States Army; but up to now, researchers and companies were unable to translate the alloy into a large commercial orthopedic device due to challenges across various engineering disciplines. As a result, NiTiNOL's use in orthopedic implants has been limited to small staples and suture anchors, neither of which fully harnesses the capabilities of the alloy. In addition to patenting a new surgical method to activate NiTiNOL inside the body across fracture and fusion sites, scientists at MedShape developed and cleared a new NiTiNOL material, one that facilitates machining into complex geometries necessary to integrate the NiTiNOL into a titanium platform. The combination of the titanium and NiTiNOL provides the rigidity of traditional IM Nails in bending and torsion with the axial compressive power of an external fixation frame.
"As a leader in shape memory devices, we are proud of the DynaNail launch and enthusiastic about its efficacy in orthopedic surgery," said Blair. "Its successful use by Dr. Pacaccio in ankle arthrodesis surgery is a clear indicator of the exciting future it holds for podiatrists and orthopedic surgeons everywhere."
For more information on DynaNail, please visit www.medshape.com/our-products/dynanail.html.
About MedShape, Inc.:
MedShape, Inc. is a privately held medical device company working to develop and commercialize a portfolio of surgical solutions that use its patented shape memory technologies to address the increasing demand for improved sports medicine, joint fusion, and musculoskeletal trauma products. For more information, visit www.medshape.com.
(1) Hughes, JL (1976). Evaluation of Nitinol for Use as a Material in the Construction of Orthopedic Implants. Final Scientific Report for U.S. Army Medical Research and Development.
DynaNail is a trademark of MedShape, Inc.
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MAVEN to Search Mars' Atmosphere for Evolutionary Clues
Nov 19, 2013 12:45 PM PT
NASA's MAVEN mission is under way following Monday's successful launch from Cape Canaveral of a spacecraft that will explore Mars' upper atmosphere and seek answers to questions about the planet's evolution.
The Mars Atmosphere and Volatile EvolutioN, or MAVEN, craft is scheduled to travel for 10 months and reach Mars in September 2014.
MAVEN is the first mission targeting Mars' upper atmosphere, and the expectation is that information gathered from the spacecraft's orbit will help explain Mars' evolution. Data from other Mars missions indicates that the now cold, barren planet was once warmer, had a thicker atmosphere, had running water on its surface and possibly was home to microbial life.
"One of the mysteries of Mars is why it lost its atmosphere billions of years ago," James R. Webb, professor of physics and director of the SARA Observatory at Florida International University, told TechNewsWorld.
"In order for there to be running water on the surface, Mars must have had a much denser and warmer atmosphere in its early days, much like the Earth did before life restructured our atmosphere," he explained.
Radiation from the sun may have played a role in altering Mars by helping gas to escape from its upper atmosphere. That activity could have thinned the atmosphere, eventually eradicating liquid water.
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MAVEN will use three suites of scientific instruments to explore Mars' ionosphere, examining gas isotopes, solar winds and the general composition of the planet's upper atmosphere.
MAVEN's sensors will measure the speed of the gasses traveling in the atmosphere, which could help scientists learn more about just how long ago the surface of Mars could sustain running water.
NASA is gathering a wealth of new information about the surface of Mars from Curiosity, the rover roaming the surface of the planet.
However, the MAVEN mission "demonstrates that NASA is interested in understanding Mars as a complete planet -- not just its surface," Jonathan Lunine, director of the Center for Radiophysics and Space Research at Cornell University, told TechNewsWorld.
What Happened?
Investigation of Mars' previously unexplored upper atmosphere may reveal what happened to cause Mars' transformation.
"Why do good planets turn bad for life?" Lunine wondered. "Mars lost its air, it lost its greenhouse effect, it lost its water. How did that happen? By measuring the effect of the solar wind on the erosion of the atmosphere of Mars -- a small planet whose magnetic field decayed away eons ago -- Maven will tell us whether this mechanism of erosion was or was not important in the loss of Mars' life-protecting atmosphere."
Additional knowledge about what caused Mars to turn into an inhospitable wasteland could better inform scientists about potential threats to Earth's atmosphere, suggested FIU's Webb.
"Understanding these processes could lead us to understanding the long-term effects on our own atmosphere," he said. "This could be of critical importance to upcoming generations."


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2013 Research Symposium Registration Now Open
SOCORRO, N.M. November 6, 2012 – Registration is now open for the 2013 Student Research Symposium at New Mexico Tech.
The second annual symposium is set for April 5, 2013, and all students – graduates and undergraduates – are invited to submit extended abstracts and give poster or PowerPoint presentations. Any interested student can register to present research or design projects with the approval of his or her advisor.
The inaugural Student Research Symposium in April 2012 was a resounding success, with 81 student participants, presenting 24 posters and 14 oral presentations. More than 500 people attended the event, including about 400 students.
"We were impressed with the turnout for our first event. First, we were surprised with the number of registrations to present at the event; then, we were astounded by the number of people who attended the symposium," organizer Dr. Mary Dezember said. "Since this was Tech's first student research symposium, we didn't know what to expect. We had a tremendous response from every department – both undergraduates and graduates. Our first event is something we can build on and I suspect we'll have even more presenters and reviewers for our 2013 event. The SRS team has been reviewing input from our surveys and other data of the event to make improvements to what proved to be an already top-notch Tech event."
Student Elizabeth Barteau, a double major in technical communication and civil engineering, helped organize the 2012 symposium – and is back again to help plan the 2013 event.
"We learned a few things from the first symposium and the next one will be even better," Barteau said. "We have drafted a few more students to help organize the event and I'm looking forward to another great symposium."
Last year's event featured a keynote speaker – Dr. Terry Wallace of Los Alamos National Laboratory – in the evening about the importance of STEM research to those outside of their disciplines, including the general public. This year, the keynote talk will be over the lunch hour. Dezember, Barteau and the rest of the planning committee is stream-lining the registration process and other details to make the event even better.
The main purpose remains the same, though, Dezember said. The symposium aims to be a student-centered event that helps Techies improve their communication skills and foster a greater sense of community. The Oral Presentation Center and the Writing Center will host a number of seminars and workshops for presenters during the spring semester – as they did last year – to help students prepare for the event and improve their presentations.
"This symposium helps students learn how to present research, but it also gives Techies a venue to see what sort of amazing research and design projects are happening in academic areas they might not be familiar with," Dezember said. "The task for the presenters is to present their work in a format that will be understood by a broader university audience."
Dezember is the Associate Vice President for Academic Affairs and a professor in the Communication, Liberal Arts, and Social Sciences, or CLASS Department. She said the impetus for the symposium germinated at a workshop hosted by the Higher Learning Commission in the spring of 2011. The Commission selected Tech to participate in a pilot project, in which the Commission tasked universities in good standing with the HLC to develop a plan to improve their campuses.
"As a group of faculty and staff who attended the workshop, we came up with an idea for this symposium," Dezember said. "We think it's a great fit for New Mexico Tech. What we've observed is that students form connections within their departments. We are hoping these annual symposia foster a more campus-wide sense of community."
Students must submit an extended abstract and give either an oral presentation or a poster presentation. Registration forms are online and continues through February. Guidelines and criteria for extended abstracts, oral presentations and posters are available at the Student Research Symposium's website. The registration deadline is noon February 11, 2013, but those interested are encouraged to register early. Poster presenters must submit their posters by noon March 25, 2013, to be printed in time for the symposium. All oral presentations must be submitted on a flash drive by noon April 4, 2013.
The Student Research Symposium team is assembling panels of external and internal reviewers for the extended abstracts and presentations. Graduate students, faculty volunteers, staff, administrators and alumni are welcome to volunteer as reviewers.
The event will be Friday, April 5, in the third-floor ballrooms of the Fidel Center and possibly other locations. Exact details about the event will be announced over the next few months.
For more information, contact Dr. Mary Dezember at email@example.com or visit the symposium's website at www.nmt.edu/student-research-symposium.
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Two years ago I wrote to the FDA, urging it not to approve Zohydro, a powerful, non-tamper-resistant prescription painkiller, but Zohydro was approved this past October. Now we need to take steps to prevent the over-prescribing of Zohydro and ensure that we are not condemned to the tragic past of prescription painkillers.
"Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it."
In 1995, the Food and Drug Administration approved a powerful prescription painkiller known as OxyContin. It was not tamper-resistant, meaning it could be easily crushed or manipulated for abuse.
By 1996, $48 million worth of OxyContin was sold. Four years later, sales topped $1 billion, and OxyContin was on its way to becoming the best-selling narcotic pain reliever in the United States. And America wasn't just turning to OxyContin, it was turning to other prescription opioids as well, including Vicodin and Percocet.
According to the National Institute on Drug Abuse, from 1996 to 2010, the number of opioid prescriptions per year in the United States rose from 96 million to 210 million. Not surprisingly, the number of overdose deaths from prescription opioids also climbed, and by 2007 such deaths outnumbered deaths from heroin and cocaine combined. Today in Massachusetts, we lose more lives to opiate addiction each year than to gun violence and motor vehicle accidents.
That's the past. Today, expensive prescription opioid addictions lead to cheaper heroin addictions, which in turn lead to fatal overdoses.
Two years ago, I wrote to the FDA, urging it not to approve Zohydro, a powerful, non-tamper-resistant prescription painkiller. Several of my State House colleagues joined me in this effort, and our message was carried to Washington by our congressional delegation. The combined voices of our elected state and federal officials were ignored, and Zohydro was approved last October.
The FDA's approval of Zohydro is both alarming and disappointing, but it doesn't necessarily mean we are doomed to the same fate that followed the approval of OxyContin. While I wish we could just ban Zohydro and all other non-tamper-resistant opioids here in Massachusetts, legally and practically such action would have to take place at the federal level. I commend U.S. Reps. Stephen Lynch and Bill Keating, and the entire Massachusetts congressional delegation for pursuing this course. Meanwhile, we can put the lessons of past experiences to use by implementing a logical prescribing protocol that will serve to avoid the same devastation fueled by OxyContin.
Purdue Pharma, the manufacturer of OxyContin, extensively and aggressively marketed the drug to a broad range of practitioners, leading to it being widely prescribed for conditions beyond its intended use. Learning from this, we should require that Zohydro be prescribed only by physicians who are board-certified in select specialties – for instance, oncology and pain management – and who have obtained a special license.
Consequently, emergency department physicians and dentists in any settings would not be permitted to prescribe Zohydro.
We also know that physicians learned about OxyContin primarily from Purdue Pharma. Given this, we should require physicians seeking the special licenses to prescribe Zohydro to complete an educational program developed by the Board of Registration in Medicine that specifically focuses on balancing pain management against addiction risks.
As stated, we know that OxyContin was widely prescribed inconsistently with its indicated use. Learning from this, we should ensure that physicians document in patients' medical records that lower-risk alternative drugs and treatments were unsuitable, or were tried and failed, and that the use of Zohydro is medically necessary.
As the abuse of OxyContin became more prevalent, abusers would doctor shop, i.e. seek prescriptions from different physicians. Learning from this, two years ago we passed legislation requiring physicians to enroll in the state's Prescription Monitoring Program (PMP) on a rolling basis, and requiring that they use it when prescribing a painkiller to a patient for the first time. We should require that physicians prescribing Zohydro not only be enrolled in the PMP, but that they use the PMP each time prior to writing a Zohydro prescription.
We also know that out-of-state prescriptions contributed to the painkiller epidemic. Learning from this, pharmacists should not be allowed to fill out-of-state prescriptions for Zohydro.
John F. Keenan represents Abington, Braintree, Holbrook, Quincy and Rockland in the Massachusetts Senate. Since the approval of OxyContin back in 1995, we have the ability through the PMP to better track the prescribing of painkillers. With Zohydro, we should require the PMP to specifically track and audit the prescribing of Zohydro, reporting any possible prescribing violations to the Board of Registration in Medicine.
After its initial approval, OxyContin was further approved in increasing dosages and ultimately in a tamper-resistant form, which was then protected by patent; the result has been the dampening of the tamper-resistant generic market. To avoid similar issues in the future, we should ensure over the longer term that whenever a prescription for a non-tamper-resistant painkiller is written in Massachusetts, a pharmacist must substitute a tamper-resistant form if it is available.
History shows that we failed to anticipate the advent and growth of OxyContin and its contribution to the current opiate epidemic. By taking the above logical, cost-efficient steps, we can limit the over-prescribing of Zohydro and ensure that we are not condemned to the tragic past of prescription painkillers.


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St. Francis Dam in Southern California). So I can't resist a bit more today.
I was out in the field again today, taking my students to Yosemite National Park, looking at some dam big rocks (DBRs). The first two DBRs were in the Merced River gorge near Elephant Rock. They are but two pieces of a very large rock fall that took place in 1982. The material in the slide mass (termed the Cookie Slide) totaled around 100,000 cubic meters. The slide closed highway 140 for months, and permanently closed the old Coulterville Road that once existed on the upper slope. I guess I could call these DBRs because if the rock mass had been any larger, it would have dammed the Merced River.
Speaking of DBRs not breaking up, take a look at Leaning Tower near Bridalveil Fall in the picture below. The rock actually leans more than 200 feet over the valley floor. What the heck is holding up that dam rock?


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Cisco Announces VMware® VMmark™ 2.1 World Record Benchmark Result on Cisco UCS
Cisco continues its cloud computing performance leadership with the announcement of VMware® VMmark™ 2.1 benchmark result published on July 10th 2012.
The Cisco UCS B200 M3 Blade Server's score of 11.30@10 tiles on the VMware VMmark 2.1 benchmark outperforming all other 2-socket blade servers. The world-record score demonstrates how well a system's servers, network, and storage components support virtual machine movement, storage migration, and virtual machine provisioning.
First generation VMmark (VMmark 1.x) was a server consolidation workload. It measured how many VMs that can be run on a single server. VMmark 2.x is the next generation benchmark from VMware that was introduced in December 2010. The VMmark 2.1 benchmark uses a tiled design that incorporates six real-world workloads to determine a virtualization score. Then it factors VMware vMotion, Storage vMotion, and virtual machine provisioning times to determine an infrastructure score. The combination of these scores is the total benchmark score. Because Cisco UCS is a truly unified system, it delivers both virtualization and infrastructure performance.
Cisco achieved a VMmark 2.1 benchmark score of 11.30@10 tiles using two Cisco UCS B200 M3 Blade Servers and a Violin flash memory array. Each Cisco UCS B200 M3 Blade Server was powered by two 8-core Intel Xeon E5- 2690 processors. Intel Turbo Boost Technology was enabled to raise the clock speed from 2.9 GHz to up to 3.8 GHz as conditions permit. Each system was configured with 128 GB of main memory and a built-in Cisco UCS Virtual Interface Card (VIC).
The benchmark's boot images and virtual machine storage were placed on a Violin 6000 Series Flash Memory Array. These storage arrays are all flash memory systems with the reliability, performance, and economics for deployment as mission-critical storage.
You can download the official VMware® VMmark™ 2.1 V benchmark disclosure and configuration details at http://www.vmware.com/a/assets/vmmark/pdf/2012-06-15-Cisco-UCSB200M3.pdf
Cloud Computing is changing the way we approach IT and Cisco is leading the charge. Although cloud computing environments give users the illusion of having infinite resources, they require physical servers, switches, and storage that deliver excellent infrastructure and virtualization performance along with massive scalability. Better infrastructure yields better performance, and Cisco's world-record-setting VMmark 2.1 benchmark results demonstrate how important infrastructure choices are for cloud computing environments. With innovations including dual 10- Gbps unified fabrics, the Intel Xeon processor E5 family, built-in Cisco VICs, Cisco Data Center VM-FEX, large memory capacity, and Violin's all-solid-state memory, Cisco's results demonstrate the architectural advantages of a system built for virtualized environments.
Don't forget to check the "Infrastructure Matters: Cisco UCS Sets World- Record Cloud Computing" Performance Brief for additional insights on the benchmark results.
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At the risk of repeating myself, my response to the Romney campaign staffer who summed up the Florida primary by saying "It's about destroying Gingrich," is the same as my response to Sarah Palin's claim that the "liberal media" and "the establishment" were out to destroy Newt Gingrich: Nobody needs to lift a finger to destroy Newt. All anyone has to do is stand back, give him room, and watch him do it himself.
In fact, Newt's accomplishing his own destruction just by his dogged determination to stay in the race all the way to convention, and he's threatening to take his party down with him.
First, there's the obvious. The longer Newt stays in the race, the more opportunities he gives his opponents to not only attack him with a viciousness they usually reserve for Democrats, but to do so while telling nothing but the truth. And when it comes to Newt Gingrich the truth hurts.
Gingrich may take some comfort in NBC's request that the Romney campaign pull this anti-Gingrich attack at that featured Tom Brokaw.
That one ran three times in one half hour. still leaves four Romney ads running in Florida, and none for Gingrich. That might have something to do with the Romney campaign's assertion that Newt "doesn't have the right to rewrite history."
Or, it could that Newt can't rewrite history because Romney's attacks on his ethics violations are the opposite of "totally phony."
"… fined $300,000 for ethics violations"
One Romney attack ad said that Gingrich was "fined $300,000 for ethics violations." That's because he was.
The House voted overwhelmingly yesterday to reprimand House Speaker Newt Gingrich (R-Ga.) and order him to pay an unprecedented $300,000 penalty, the first time in the House's 208-year history it has disciplined a speaker for ethical wrongdoing.
The ethics case and its resolution leave Gingrich with little leeway for future personal controversies, House Republicans said. Exactly one month before yesterday's vote, Gingrich admitted that he brought discredit to the House and broke its rules by failing to ensure that financing for two projects would not violate federal tax law and by giving the House ethics committee false information.
"Newt has done some things that have embarrassed House Republicans and embarrassed the House," said Rep. Peter Hoekstra (R-Mich.). "If [the voters] see more of that, they will question our judgment."
House Democrats are likely to continue to press other ethics charges against Gingrich and the Internal Revenue Service is looking into matters related to the case that came to an end yesterday.
The 395 to 28 vote closes a tumultuous chapter that began Sept. 7, 1994, when former representative Ben Jones (D-Ga.), then running against Gingrich, filed an ethics complaint against the then-GOP whip. The complaint took on greater significance when the Republicans took control of the House for the first time in four decades, propelling Gingrich into the speaker's chair.
(Washington Post, Wednesday, January 22 1997)
Maybe Newt can't rewrite history, because when Romney says Newt worked for Freddie Mac and profited from his "insider" status, it just happens to be true.
"…took $1.6 million from Freddie Mac"
The same Romney ad said that Gingrich took $1.6 million from Freddie Mac. That's because he did.
Newt Gingrich made between $1.6 million and $1.8 million in consulting fees from two contracts with mortgage company Freddie Mac, according to two people familiar with the arrangement.
The total amount is significantly larger than the $300,000 payment from Freddie Mac that Gingrich was asked about during a Republican presidential debate on Nov. 9 sponsored by CNBC, and more than was disclosed in the middle of congressional investigations into the housing industry collapse.
Gingrichs business relationship with Freddie Mac spanned a period of eight years. When asked at the debate what he did to earn a $300,000 payment in 2006, the former speaker said he offered them advice on precisely what they didnt do, and warned the company that its lending practices were insane. Former Freddie Mac executives who worked with Gingrich dispute that account.
And I'm not going to get into the messy details of Newt's personal life. Another Romney has done that already.
Mitt Romney's oldest son, Tagg Romney, wrote on his Twitter feed Sunday afternoon: "This is my favorite video of the campaign so far."
He added the hashtag #AnnRomney4FirstLady.
The link that Tagg provided sent users to a website independent of the Romney campaign, titled AmericaNeedsMitt.com. It was a video called "Judge a Man by the Woman."
It features photos of Mitt and Ann Romney set to music.
But in the text of the website, under the headline, "You Can Judge Mitt By His Woman — Ann Romney," there is a paragraph of text at which Tagg Romney may not have looked closely enough. The text is largely harmless until the last line, when it makes an obvious comparison of Ann Romney to Callista Gingrich, Newt Gingrich's third wife after extramarital affairs broke up his first two marriages.
"Do we want, as our First Lady, a woman who raised five wonderful and successful sons, is grandmother to 16 beautiful grand kids, and has always been a paragon of virtue? Or do we want 'the other woman?'" the site reads.
The site is run by Mike Sage, of Wichita Falls, Texas, who lists himself on his Facebook page as an "author, editor, publisher, graphics designer, marketing consultant, broadcaster, conservative political activist, stock market trader, and a big Mitt Romney fan."
Oh, I think someone's giving the Romney's a bit too much of the benefit of the doubt. Whether anybody on the Romney campaign read that paragraph closely or not, I'm willing to bet the Romney campaign is betting that a lot of Florida's Republican primary voters will read it, or will get the point even if they don't read it.
LUTZ, Fla. — Newt and Callista Gingrich walked into the massive Idlewild Baptist Church here Sunday morning and sat in the third row of pews to hear a sermon that touched at points on themes central to Gingrich's biography: personal mistakes, betrayal of one's closest relations, and a search for forgiveness.
"There are some of you in this room, I would venture to guess, who have ripped apart families," said the preacher, Russell Moore, the dean of Southern Baptist Theological Seminary.
Moore's message — focused on the sanctity of human life — was one of forgiveness and the grace of God.
Gingrich, the former House speaker from Georgia, has said he has gone to God over his two adulterous relationships and three marriages.
Moore's sermon touched on the idea that in the midst of "gory, awful, gritty reality," there can still be "beauty and redemption and hope."
But it appeared Sunday that if Gingrich's past held the seeds of a future of redemption, it was not political — at least not in Florida. A new telephone survey released Saturday night of 800 registered Florida voters, conducted by MasonDixon Polling & Research from Jan. 24 to 26, indicated that the impact of Gingrich's past on his political fortunes was hurting him severely.
"Gingrich and Romney are essentially tied among men, but Romney has a 19-point lead over Gingrich among women. Gingrich's cocky persona, combined with his three marriages and record of infidelity, help account for that gender gap," the Tampa Bay Times wrote.
That 19-point gap is key to Gingrich's flagging fortunes in Florida, where he has fallen behind Romney by an average of more than a dozen points, just in the matter of the last few days.
That explains why Newt's own campaign practically runs in self-destruct mode. What makes the GOP establishment nervous isn't Newt's self-destruction, but the mutually assured destruction that remains a threat as long as Newt remains a candidate.


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Penguins rally to overtake Bruins 3-2by Chris Adamski
PITTSBURGH -- Skating toward the net down the left side late in a tie game with the world's best player open streaking down the right wing, Brandon Sutter declined a chance to pass.
"It was just a read-and-react," Sutter said. "It happened pretty quick."
Kind of like the Pittsburgh Penguins' improbable, late comeback.
Sutter scored the tying and winning goals 3:24 apart during a three-goal Pittsburgh outburst in the final seven minutes when the Penguins turned what appeared to be a sure defeat into a 3-2 victory against the Boston Bruins on Tuesday.
Chris Kunitz broke up Anton Khudobin's shutout bid with 6:27 to play, and Sutter sent the 266th consecutive home sellout crowd into a frenzy 51 seconds later when he tied it on a wrister from the left circle off assists from James Neal and Beau Bennett.
Sutter's winner, his eighth goal of the season, came from a similar spot, although it was unassisted off a turnover by Boston defenseman Dennis Seidenberg.
Sutter saw Crosby as soon as he corralled the puck, but eschewed giving it to the National Hockey League scoring leader -- who had an eight-game point streak on the line.
"The D-man was kind of in the lane -- I think he went right down -- so you either make a really nice pass or just shoot it," Sutter said.
"I think Sid be all right for a day. I don't think he's too worried about it. He's already jabbed me a bit -- but it's a good win for us."
A win that extended the Penguins' winning streak to a season-high six, the longest active run in the NHL. Pittsburgh also has won five in a row at home and has scored at least three goals in 14 straight games.
This win, though, came against a Bruins' team that has allowed a League-low 53 goals this season -- a unit that stifled the potent Penguins offense (League-best 98 goals) for more than 53 minutes Tuesday before finally relenting.
Zdeno Chara and Tyler Seguin scored first-period goals for the Bruins, who have blown third-period leads during three of their four regulation losses this season.
"That's the thing in this League," Boston winger Milan Lucic said. "You can't take anything for granted -- no matter what kind of lead you have."
Especially against these Penguins, who have scored 29 goals (4.8 per game) during their winning streak.
For the better part of the game, the Bruins shut down the NHL's hottest offense. But although they were badly outplayed in terms of puck possession during the first period, the Penguins gradually gained momentum and were taking play to the Bruins by the time the late stages of the second period arrived.
But when Pittsburgh failed to score during 1:05 of 5-on-3 time against Boston's League-best penalty kill early in the third, it appeared as if the early Bruins goals would stand -- even if they were using a backup goalie. Boston coach Claude Julien gave starter Tuukka Rask the night off after was battling the flu after Monday night's comeback 3-2 shootout victory in Ottawa.
That was the Bruins' first game in a stretch of five in seven days. The Penguins hadn't played since Sunday and hadn't had to travel since Saturday.
"They were the fresh team," Julien said. "And when you go through the second period like we did -- we gave them some hope -- we had to come out in the third a lot stronger, and we didn't. They were just looking for that first goal to get their momentum, and they got it.
"We gave (the game) to them."
Kunitz's goal assured the Penguins wouldn't be shut out for the first time this season and the first time at home in exactly two years. It was Kunitz's 12th goal in his past 10 games and 18th of the season, moving him past Neal and Los Angeles Kings forward Jeff Carter into sole possession of second place in the NHL.
Although Crosby's eight-game point streak came to an end, Kris Letang's assist streak was extended to six games on the play. Neal (nine games), Letang (six) and Kunitz (five) also had home point streaks continue.
The Bruins took a lead 4:45 into the game when Chara's power-play slap shot from right point beat Penguins goalie Marc-Andre Fleury for his fifth goal of the season.
Seguin made it 2-0 less than nine minutes later when he flipped a wrist shot that beat Fleury high to the glove side as he fell to the ice while receiving a pass from Patrice Bergeron. Seguin now has nine goals, six of them in his past seven games.
Forty minutes and 12 seconds of scoreless hockey followed. Then, the floodgates opened up all over the Bruins.
"We just believed if we kept going, we were eventually going to get it in," Crosby said. "It seemed like it took forever."
The Penguins fell behind the Philadelphia Flyers, 4-1, during the first period Thursday in Philadelphia, but tied it before the end of the second and won it on a Kunitz goal 18 seconds into the third.
"Our guys came out to play and kept playing and didn't put their heads down, didn't start slamming doors," coach Dan Bylsma said. "They kept playing and came back in the game, and I think we've done that the last three or four."
It had been two years ago to the day the most recent time Pittsburgh failed to score a goal in a regular-season game at Consol Energy Center: March 12, 2011 against the Montreal Canadiens. The most recent time the Penguins were shut out anywhere was Feb. 1, 2012, at Toronto. Pittsburgh's streaks of not being shut out are 58 games overall and 60 games at home.
"We didn't give (the Bruins) a lot, but they got two, and you knew it was going to be hard to score against that team," Bylsma said.
"But the guys kept coming and kept playing, and I think that's a testament to our guys and the way we're playing and where we're at right now."


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I just got back from the Afraid tour, having visited 206 bookstores in 13 states, and will do a recap very soon.
Until then, here's a cool freebie.
Remember the twin golden rules of hitchhiking?
# 1: Don't go hitchhiking, because the driver who picks you up could be certifiably crazy.
# 2: Don't pick up hitchhikers, because the traveler you pick up could be a raving nutcase.
So what if, on some dark, isolated road, Crazy #1 offered a ride to Nutcase #2?
When Blake Crouch (DESERT PLACES, ABANDONED) and Jack Kilborn (AFRAID, TRAPPED), face off, the result is SERIAL, a terrifying tale of hitchhiking gone terribly wrong. Like a deeply twisted version of an "After School Special," SERIAL is the single most persuasive public service announcement on the hazards of free car rides.
Beyond a thrilling piece of horrifying suspense, SERIAL is also a groundbreaking experiment in literary collaboration. Kilborn wrote the first part. Crouch wrote the second. And they wrote the third together over email in 100-word exchanges, not aware of each other's opening section. All bets were off, and may the best psychopath win.
F. Paul Wilson says, "SERIAL reads just like a Crouch or Kilborn novel: Full speed ahead, no flinching, no blinking, no brakes."
SERIAL contains the novella, SERIAL, a Q&A with Kilborn and Crouch, author bibliographies, and excerpts from their most recent and forthcoming works: Kilborn's AFRAID and my ABANDON.
And finally, a note/disclaimer from the authors:
SERIAL is a horror novella written by two of the most twisted minds in the world of horror fiction.
But just because it is 100% free doesn't mean you should automatically download it.
This is disturbing stuff. Perhaps too disturbing.
If you can handle horrific thrills, proceed at your own risk.
But if you suffer from anxiety attacks, nervous disorders, insomnia, nightmares or night terrors, heart palpitations, stomach problems, or are of an overly sensitive nature, you should read something else instead.
The authors are in no way responsible for any lost sleep, missed work, failed relationships, or difficulty in coping with life after you have read SERIAL. They will not pay for any therapy you may require as a result of reading SERIAL. They will not cradle you in their arms, rock you back and forth, and speak in soothing tones while you unsuccessfully try to forget SERIAL.
Yes, it's free. But free has its price.
You have been warned.
To read the opening section of SERIAL online and download the entire eBook novella for free, visit Blake Crouch's website at http://www.blakecrouch.com/serialchapter.shtml.
While you're on Blake's site, I encourage you to poke around for a while. He's one of my favorite writers, and Kilborn fans will adore his work.
SERIAL is also currently available for free on the Sony Digital Reader, and will soon be available on the Kindle (either free or really cheap.)
As I'd promised pre-tour, I will blog about my recent experiments with eBooks and why they are the future of publishing. But first I need to take a nap, for about a week...
Tuesday, May 12, 2009
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FN – A super-cycle during the last decade, driven by high demand from China, created fertile ground for funds making big, directional bets. However, in more recent years clear trends have deserted the market and volatility has reduced, according to hedge fund managers, resulting in mixed performance and some high-profile closures.
The likes of the UK's Clive Capital and US-based Arbalet Capital have closed, or are closing, but firms including Frere Hall Capital Management and Andurand Capital Management are already emerging as new names to watch.


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Powertech Files Application for Uranium Mine
EDGEMONT- Powertech Inc. has filed an application with the South Dakota Department of Environment and Natural Resources for a permit to mine uranium and vanadium near Edgemont.
DENR says the application is one of four the company has filed relating to the company's proposed injection-well uranium mine.
Powertech plans to pump groundwater into the underground ore deposits near Edgemont to dissolve the uranium. The water would be pumped to the surface, where the uranium would be extracted. The company estimates the mine would produce 1 million pounds of uranium oxide a year for 20 years.
Comments or petitions to intervene on the application must be filed with the department's Minerals and Mining Program by Feb. 19.
If petitioned, a hearing before the state Board of Minerals and Environment will take place.
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L'Osservatore Romano via AP
Patti Smith shakes hands with Pope Francis at the Vatican on April 10, 2013.
Ben Affleck and Rachel McAdams at the 'To The Wonder' premiere, Michelle Williams at Kate Young for Target launch, Julia Louis-Dreyfus celebrates her second season of 'Veep,' and more.
Patti Smith, artist and punk rock pioneer, met Pope Francis at the end of his weekly general audience, in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican on Wednesday.
Smith, who is not a Catholic, told the media afterwards that she found the new pontiff "very interesting" and "liked him a lot."
The singer-songwriter will be in Rome until April 25 performing at the Rome Auditorium.
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by Zettler Clay
The Association has a tendency to use a lull as bait; just when you think the cadence of the season is figured out, something happens to heighten — or floor — the senses. On a 10-game Saturday night, copious highlights are a given. But what made last night unusual was the swat party invites.
Twenty-one players recorded two or more blocks. Twelve players rejected three or more shots, to wit:
Three Blocks
Tayshaun Prince
Timofey Mozgov
Tyson Chandler
Jared Jeffries
Elton Brand
LeBron James
Joel Anthony
Kris Humphries
Tyrus Thomas
Five Blocks
Serge Ibaka
Six Blocks
Marc Gasol
Samuel Dalembert
Without further ado, here are Saturday night's top five stuffs:
5) Mozgov and 'Melo
Apparently — maybe — Mozgov reads All-Ball, because a day after being framed as an early candidate for posterdom by yours truly, he posts a season high in points (16), along with a couple of highlights. One is here. Way to go, Tim. Nothing like a quick retort to silence the critics.
4) Serge "Iblocka" and Deron
OK, so Deron Williams' hops aren't Derrick Rose's. But clean blocks off dunk attempts aren't as easy as it appears. You get the feeling that Ibaka gets out of bed for these moments.
3) Derrick Favors waits on Nikola Pekovic
Pekovic didn't have much momentum and Favors had the angle. Plus he was preying on that play as soon as the screen was set. Just mean. And impressive.
2) Yi meets DaJuan Summers at the rim
Talk about full steam. Summers had a good four steps before he took off, but couldn't avoid the tentacles of the mighty Yi Jianlian. Note the quick sidestep to the left by Yi before launching. Decent degree of difficulty.
1) Dante Cunningham crashes DeMarcus Cousins' party
My favorite for a couple of reasons. One, it was excellent help-side defense (not to mention footwork) by Cunningham to get to the spot in time. Two, it was a total collaborative effort by the Grizzlies. Gasol shows on the screen, hustles back to Cousins, helps off to cover Francisco Garcia, which leaves Cousins momentarily open. Seventy-five percent (armchair estimate and all) of the time … that's either a bucket, foul or both. Cunningham, all of 6-foot-8, puts the coup de grace to the Kings' possession.
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A major steel company was adding new equipment to an existing sheet coating line to improve the line speed. The line coats steel sheet for the automotive and distribution industries. The equipment had already been purchased, but since the technology had not been used before in the US, only the most basic process settings were known. The client knew that experimentation would be needed to optimize these settings, but the coating line was overbooked hence no activities were being performed prior to the scheduled installation.


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Luke's Revamped Room
Name: Luke
Location: Chinook, Washington
The bland room we inherited when we bought our home was in no way reminiscent of our little boy with his big personality. When he transitioned from his crib to his toddler bed, the bed wasn't the only thing that got an update. His room got an entire DIY overhaul with a bold and bright color scheme, some added activity stations and a few clever storage solutions.
I painted three of the walls with contrasting bright white and bluish-gray stripes. The fourth wall was painted entirely with homemade chalkboard paint. Posters from local events like the longboard surfing competition and local concerts in addition to the Octopus Triptych I painted adorn the walls.
The vintage dresser, which was his Grandma's, got an update with Behr's Glacier Lake. An old coffee table leftover from my college days got transformed into an activity table with an IKEA Bygel rail mounted along the side to hold art supplies, a paper roll holder mounted on one end, and a fun chevron pattern in Behr's Glacier Lake and Behr's Rolling Hills. To keep magnets off the fridge and from falling on the kitchen floor, I mounted a magnetic board from IKEA above his desk and another IKEA Bygel rail below to hold art supplies and chalk. The multitude of fabric bins hold his growing collection of toys keeping the clutter out of sight.
Thanks, Meg! Readers, to see more of Meg visit her blog - Revamp Homegoods.
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By Jenny Gold, Correspondent, Kaiser Health News
Everyone expects a hospital to be ready to jump into action when disaster strikes. But what about when the disaster devastates the hospital itself?
Turns out, it helps a lot to have an electronic medical record system in place.
At least that was the case at Moore Medical Center in Oklahoma, a small hospital right in the path of the tornado that ripped through the suburbs of Oklahoma City on Monday (see photo, right). Three-hundred people – staff, patients and community members – hunkered down in the cafeteria, stairwells and chapel as 200-miles-per-hour winds demolished the building around them.
One patient in labor stayed on the second floor with two nurses, where they could continue to monitor the fetal heartbeat.
Amazingly, everyone survived. Within an hour, 30 patients had been transferred to the two other hospitals that are part of the Norman Regional Health System. And every one of them arrived with their medical histories fully intact. The woman in labor even delivered a healthy baby later that evening.
"The transfer was totally seamless," says John Meharg, director of health information technology at Norman, which has had an electronic health record system for the past five years. "We're very fortunate that we're a little ahead of the game," he said.
If the hospital system had still been using paper, Norman explains, "the first thing we would have had to do was find their records. And with all of the hustle and bustle of a disaster, they can easily get lost." As for any records left behind in files, he continues, "if the tornado doesn't get them, the subsequent rain would ruin them. The roof's gone, the walls are gone, and the windows are gone."
Instead, physicians at the two transfer hospitals were able to pick up care for the Moore patients where their home physicians left off. Even if the patients had been taken to hospitals outside of the Norman system, their records would still have gone along with them. That's because Oklahoma City has a regional health information exchange that allows the various hospital systems in the area to access all patient records, says Meharg.
"I'm very happy," he adds, breathing a sigh of relief. "The systems never missed a beat. It would really have been a mess if we weren't electronic."
Photo: Norman Regional Health System (hospital)
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LIVERMORE, Calif., June 27, 2002 -- Leonard Gray, an alumnus of New Mexico Tech who is now a chemist at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, recently was awarded the Glenn T. Seaborg Actinide Separations Award for his outstanding accomplishments and meritorious achievement in actinide element separations science.
The annual award was established in 1984 in honor of renowned chemist, Nobel laureate, and former chairman of the U.S. Atomic Energy Commission Glenn T. Seaborg.
The criteria for the Seaborg Actinide Separations Award stipulates that recipients shall be limited to scientists or engineers who develop new or improved methods for recovery, separation, and purification of actinide elements; develop new or improved technology and equipment for plant-scale recovery, separation, and purification of actinide elements; or perform basic research directly and clearly related to the separation of actinide elements.
Actinide elements are a series of 14 radioactive metallic elements, which includes uranium, plutonium, and thorium.
"This recognition is quite overwhelming," said Gray, who received his bachelor of science degree in chemistry from New
Mexico Tech in 1964. "I am honored to be recognized along the likes of someone as distinguished in science as Seaborg."
After graduating from New Mexico Tech, Gray went on to earn his master's degree in chemistry from Texas Technological College in 1967 and his doctorate in inorganic chemistry from the University of South Carolina in 1972.
During Gray's 33 years spent working at the Savannah River Plant, Savannah River Laboratory, and Livermore National Lab, he has developed processes for the recovery and purification of uranium, neptunium, plutonium, americium, and curium from special reactor targets and fuels that had been designated by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) as "non-processable and hard-to- recover scrap and residues."
According to Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Gray's processes have prevented many hundreds of tons of reactor fuels from being added to the DOE legacy materials, while adding hundreds of kilograms of plutonium to the weapons stockpile.
Gray has compiled numerous other accomplishments during his long scientific career, including having played an instrumental role in designing and developing processes for futuristic plutonium plants, such as Special Isotope Separations, Complex- 21, Plutonium Immobilization Plant, and Modern Pit Facility.
In the recent past, Gray also was named a recipient of a special "Award of Excellence" for his significant contributions
to the Nuclear Weapons Program by the DOE's Director of Military Applications.