text: ( Adds Dell's share price and updated Microsoft stock price.) NEW YORK ( TheStreet) -- After weeks of rumors and speculation, Dell ( DELL) said founder and CEO Michael Dell and Silver Lake Partners are acquiring the company in a $24.4 billion deal. Under the terms of the deal, Dell shareholders will receive $13.65 a share in cash, a premium of 25% to the company's closing price Jan. 11, when rumors of the deal emerged. The transaction will be financed through a combination of cash and equity from Michael Dell, cash from investment funds affiliated with Silver Lake, cash invested by Michael Dell's investment firm, MSD Capital, and a $2 billion loan from Microsoft ( MSFT - Get Report). The deal will also be financed by a rollover of existing debt, and debt financing from Bank of America Merrill Lynch, Barclays, Credit Suisse and RBC Capital Markets. "I believe this transaction will open an exciting new chapter for Dell, our customers and team members," Michael Dell wrote in a statement. "We can deliver immediate value to stockholders, while we continue the execution of our long-term strategy and focus on delivering best-in-class solutions to our customers as a private enterprise." The deal is expected to close before the end of Dell's fiscal 2014 second quarter. Dell, who owns 14% of Dell's common shares, will continue to lead the company as CEO once the transaction is completed. He will maintain a "significant equity investment" by contributing his shares of Dell to the new company, as well as making a "substantial additional cash investment," according to the statement. Shares of the No. 3 PC maker, once the world's largest, were halted early on Tuesday, but resumed trading around 10 a.m., and are up 1.1% at $13.41. Microsoft shares crept up 0.4% to $27.54. Analysts have already said a buyout will help Dell reinvent itself, boosting its push into lucrative areas such as enterprise services. Dell has suffered as a result of the weakening PC market, and has also come under pressure from tablet devices such as Apple's ( AAPL - Get Report) phenomenally successful iPad. Last month, tech-research firm Gartner published its report on worldwide PC shipments, which declined during the fourth quarter as consumers opted for tablets. Dell trailed HP ( HPQ - Get Report) and Lenovo, and its market share slipped to 10.2% from 12.2% in the prior year's quarter. -- Written by James Rogers in New York. Follow @jamesjrogers >To submit a news tip, send an email to: email@example.com.


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Minnesota's fight over same-sex marriage is on the verge of claiming Greg and Veronica Seivert's lifelong devotion to the Catholic Church.
The Seiverts' shift away from the church began in the fall of 2008, when their college-age daughter told them she was a lesbian. As the family began adjusting to the news, the Seiverts became increasingly uncomfortable with the church's preaching against same-sex marriage. In September, they sent their pastor a letter explaining they were leaving the parish. Soon after, the priest sent back a letter, calling same-sex attraction a "disorder" similar to "alcoholism ... or clinical depression, or kleptomania."
Now the Seiverts find themselves in a wrenching personal and spiritual conflict, torn between supporting their daughter and a church whose leaders are unwavering in their opposition to same-sex marriage.
"I am wrestling right now with can I in good conscience still be part of this church," said Greg Seivert, who has attended St. Matthew's Catholic Church in St. Paul for 34 of his 59 years. "It's so much part of the fabric of my life. I am really torn. I feel really alienated from what was once my home."
As Minnesota edges toward a showdown over a constitutional amendment that would ban same-sex marriage, the Seiverts' struggle is one facing many Minnesotans of faith, as they feel the tug of their conscience pulling them away from their church.
Not mean-spirited or bigoted
Jason Adkins, executive director of the Minnesota Catholic Conference, said that while Catholics might struggle with the amendment for personal reasons, when they hear from the church directly, "they recognize that the Catholic position is not ... meant to be mean-spirited or bigoted toward our fellow brothers and sisters with same-sex attraction."
Greg Seivert grew up in Hutchinson, where his mother baked brownies for the nuns, clergy joined back-yard barbecues and he relished priest-led ghost hunts in a nearby cemetery.
Veronica Seivert was raised in Mexico, with deeply devout parents and an altar in her home.
"You can't be more Catholic than Mexico," she said.
When their daughter Ana came out, the Seiverts struggled to recalibrate their expectations for her life.
Now, said Veronica Seivert, 56, "I just want her happiness. That's what I want, for her to be who she is, to meet someone and have a life with someone just like we did."
A confession, transformation
Something else compelled them on the journey toward acceptance.
When Ana finally revealed the secret she'd been carrying, Greg Seivert said, "She was just transformed. When she was able to name her loving feelings for another woman, she was just filled with energy; there was brightness in her eyes. She felt like she was home."
Seivert paused briefly, his eyes tearing slightly. "And boy, how could I say no to that, to say no and turn that light off?"
Not long after, Twin Cities Archbishop John Nienstedt started ramping up his involvement and directed his priests to press their followers on the need to vote for the amendment.
St. Matthew's new pastor, the Rev. Michael Rudolph, took up the cause. As his activity intensified, so too did the Seiverts' alienation from their church. Veronica Seivert wanted to meet with Rudolph and tell him of their decision to leave, but Greg Seivert didn't want a confrontation. Instead, they decided to send a letter and a final stewardship check.
Rudolph responded days later with a two-page letter, warning that those who act on same-sex attraction face "a spiritual dead end." With God's help, he wrote, Catholics are called on to help those "overcome disordered patterns in our life."
The Seiverts were aghast. To this day they have not shared the letter with their daughter.
"To tell us our daughter, who she is, is spiritual death," Veronica Seivert said. "I totally refuse to believe that."
Greg Seivert said the letter represented a brand of Catholicism far less caring and compassionate than the one he grew up with.
"When I read it, I thought, 'Damn it, I was right about this guy,'" Seivert said. "He thinks people can chose to be gay or not. It's an embarrassment."
Rudolph declined to be interviewed for this story, directing all questions to Adkins, at the Catholic Conference.
Adkins said the church does not discriminate but "it expects the same thing of all of us: chastity and holiness. There are many Catholics who experience same-sex attraction and feel liberated by the church's teaching, not restricted or shunned."
The experience has hardened the Seivert family's attitude on the proposed marriage amendment.
At a recent birthday celebration, the extended family got a chance to see Ana with her partner.
Greg Seivert's mother, a quiet, deeply private Catholic, had been silent on the amendment until then.
Amid the festivities, she slid up next to her granddaughter and whispered, "I am voting no."
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By Rob Glidden
Staff Writer
Artists and performers were in the spotlight during the second weekend of this year's Apple Harvest Festival, which continues to emphasize the artistic side of Southington.
"It brings a great added piece to the festival, which keeps getting bigger and better," said Town Councilor Chris Palmieri, who chairs the event's supervisory committee.
Since 2009, the Harvest the Arts event has given festival visitors a chance to experience and participate in the arts in numerous ways. For the past few years, Southington Community Cultural Arts (SCCA) has also used the Apple Harvest season as an opportunity to create elaborate murals for the community to enjoy.
This year, the group has been hard at work decorating several buildings on the Rails to Trials corridor.
The murals on the trail are supported by a grant from the Greater Hartford Arts Council, in addition to help from the Southington YMCA and donated materials from local art shops.
"When you're an artist, people are always asking you to do stuff for free," said Mary DeCroce, chairperson of the SCCA. "To be able to actually pay these artists, and give them a chance to have their work out there, was wonderful."
The first mural, a huge rendering of a train depot to honor the trail's previous life as a railroad track, was completed in August by DeCroce, Ryan Christensen and Reo Russo. Another was done by students in a YMCA graffiti-art course taught by Christensen – it depicts a natural setting with the words "Rails to Trails" front and center.
One mural in progress during the festival is also being done with graffiti and Christensen hopes the final result will change the perception of the style.
"It's got a Kansas open plains look to it and we made sure to have a cow getting sucked into that tornado," Christensen said. "I really wanted to show people what can be done with graffiti. It gets stereotyped but now people will have a chance to see it done properly."
The other mural will incorporate the work of several artists. Seven plywood panels, each assigned to a different artist, will be the canvas for life-size images of people walking on the trail. These panels will be added to a painted image of a blue sky, green grass, and the paved trail.
Several of these panels have already been completed but not added to the side of the building yet. One depicts Clark Kent riding a bicycle with Krypto the Superdog in a basket while another is an image of a skateboarder riding through a tropical forest. The theme of moving down a trail is consistent, but the art styles involved are distinctive and reflect the collaboration between many different artists.
Back over in the town green area, several other attractions and events celebrated the creative and performing arts. The usual rows of vendors selling unique crafts enjoyed large crowds while Jomo Majka of Burlington was named the winner of the "Connecticut Icon" singing competition.
On Center Street, representatives from numerous arts organizations and businesses had a chance to perform and sell their work to festival guests.
"This is great and I'm glad we got in on it," said Jon Bristol, the general manager of the Paris in Plantsville gallery. "It's always fun."
Artists Linda DeLuca and Gail Bannock, representing Southington Arts and Crafts, demonstrated paintings and watercolors.
"This whole stretch [on Center Street] is working artists," Bannock said. "It's nice because people get to see them create in addition to having their finished products on display."
This year's Apple Harvest Festival is over, but artists will continue to work on the murals in the coming weeks and hope to host a special event once they are completed.


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Currently have a pretty bad head cold, perhaps due to allergies. Regardless, I feel pretty crappy. It was at it's worst yesterday afternoon, so I took an unscheduled rest day. Felt well enough today to give the run a go. Had planned on starting off around 8:00/mile and if I felt okay, I'd try to work down to the 7:30/mile range.
Surprised myself a bit, as I felt much stronger running wise than I thought I would. It was almost surreal because I was aware of the stuffy head, runny sinuses, sore throat, but the running energy was there and dipping down to below 7:00/mile came pretty easily, much to my surprise. Bit of a clash there. 'Twas odd.
Splits ended up as follows:
6:18/mile last .2
Probably not wise to run that pace when not feeling well, but it felt pretty natural so I just went with it. Probably going to take the scheduled rest day tomorrow though, as it's a busy day and another day off will probably help clear the stuffy head. If I do run, it'll be a light recovery run and short. Planning to do the Yasso workout Thursday and do a long run this weekend. Other running days will be light and easy ones.
Ran 9.2 miles @ 7:27/mile pace.
Paved roads.
Moderately hilly.
Mid 70s, sunny, not as humid as it has been.
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When the collection closed on 8 February at 11 am CET, Grundfos staff had succeeded in collecting DKK 375,288 (€ 49,700) for the relief work in Haiti. This amount is doubled by the Grundfos Group, which means the total amount donated is app. DKK 750,000 ( € 100,000 ).
Danish Red Cross is very impressed by Grundfos staff's willingness to support the relief work in earthquake hit Haiti. The money has already made a huge difference for the needy.
According to Danish Red Cross Secretary General , Anders Ladekarl, the donations are making an invaluable difference to those hit by the earthquake in Haiti:
"Money is right now being used for securing Haitians access to basic requirements such as water, food and medicine. Therefore the many donations from Grundfos staff are an incredibly important contribution which will help a large number of needy."
The majority of the donations were made by payment cards through Danish Red Cross' homepage but some companies made their own local collections. In some companies collecting boxes were placed on selected locations and in other companies staff made donations through their wages. The total amount of these donations have been transferred to the general Grundfos Collection and so they are part of the total donation which will be doubled by the Grundfos Group.


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Winner of the Nobel Peace Prize
"Leymah bore witness to the worst of humanity and helped bring Liberia out of the dark. Her memoir is a captivating narrative that will stand in history as testament to the power of women, faith and the spirit of our great country."
— Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, President of Liberia, winner of the Nobel Peace Prize
In 2008, the critically-acclaimed and award-winning documentary Pray the Devil Back to Hell, which is having its U.S. television premiere on October 18 as part of PBS's Women, War and Peace, featured a group of brave and visionary women who demanded peace for Liberia. Their demonstrations culminated in the exile of Charles Taylor and the election of Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, Africa's first female head of state.
One particularly charismatic woman among them was Leymah Gbowee, (who former New York Times columnist Bob Herbert has said "should be a lesson to all of us"). Gbowee helped organize and then lead the Liberian Mass Action for Peace, a coalition of Christian and Muslim women who sat in public protest, confronting Liberia's ruthless president and rebel warlords, and even held a sex strike. Gbowee emerged as an international leader who changed history, marking the vanguard of a new wave of women taking control of their political destiny around the world.
Mighty Be Our Powers is Gbowee's full story in her own words. It picks up before Pray the Devil Back to Hell and brings the reader up to date with Gbowee's now-multinational efforts to empower women to bring peace to their countries. The book chronicles a very personal response to extreme adversity – the cycles of despair, hope, and exhaustion; the hard choice between family (Gbowee is a mother of six) and work; the doubts and decision-making of the leader of a trailblazing civilian protest.


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Liu Appointed Assistant Professor of Computer Science at Clarkson University
Yaoqing Liu has been appointed assistant professor of computer science at Clarkson University.
He received his bachelor of computer science degree from Dalian Maritime University in China. He received both his master's degree and Ph.D. in computer science (networking) from the University of Memphis.
Before coming to Clarkson, he was a research assistant in the Networking Research Lab at the University of Memphis. While there, he was the primary inventor of a filed provisional patent-FIB aggregation.
He was a teaching assistant, mentor and tutor at the University of Memphis from 2011-2013.
From 2006-2008, he was a software engineer for Dalian Hi-think Computer Technology Corp (DHC), China.
His research interests include networked systems (routing, security, algorithm, measurement and protocol), software defined networking, future Internet architecture, and named data networking.
Liu has worked on some National Science Foundation-funded projects involving global routing scalability issues and the future internet architecture design-Named Data Network.
He has written and co-written extensively in peer journals and other professional publications in addition to making many invited presentations at conferences.
His honors and awards include receiving second place in the 25th Annual Student Research Forum, the University of Memphis, April 2013; Morton Dissertation Award Nomination, College of Arts & Sciences, he University of Memphis, February 2013; ACM SIGCOMM 2010 Travel Grants, Supported by NSF, New Delhi, India, August 2010; second place in the 22nd Annual Student Research Forum, the University of Memphis, April 2010; and the IEEE INFOCOM 2010 Travel Award, supported by the University of Memphis, April 2010.
Clarkson University launches leaders into the global economy. One in five alumni already leads as a CEO, VP or equivalent senior executive of a company. Located just outside the Adirondack Park in Potsdam, N.Y., Clarkson is a nationally recognized research university for undergraduates with select graduate programs in signature areas of academic excellence directed toward the world's pressing issues. Through 50 rigorous programs of study in engineering, business, arts, sciences and health sciences, the entire learning-living community spans boundaries across disciplines, nations and cultures to build powers of observation, challenge the status quo, and connect discovery and engineering innovation with enterprise.
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Embracing fear, rather than running from it
In her first Sunday sermon after the Marathon bombings, the Rev. Liz Walker stood in her pulpit at Roxbury Presbyterian Church and surveyed her small congregation. It was nothing like the enormous crowd she had addressed a few days before at the Interfaith Prayer Service at Cathedral of the Holy Cross, with President and Michelle Obama in attendance.
"I knew that what was wanted was comfort and words to foster healing and dealing with grief," Walker says. "But I wanted them to get something else out of the message too — a realization and acceptance of the fact that part of the healing process may be learning to live with fear."
Walker's advice on living with fear may seem like swimming against the steady tide of messages of coping and moving on. Just about every year since 2000, she's split her time between Boston and Sudan (including the barely two-year-old Republic of South Sudan), working with refugees of religious wars, orphans, and repatriated kidnapping victims. Now five years removed from her days as Boston's most prominent newscaster, Walker says she's learned that the way people deal with terror in many communities outside the United States is to fight it and brace for it at the same time.
"What happens, inevitably is the combination helps you learn to carry on your lives — I think faster and in a more stable way," she says.
That view, she said, "is to accept that the act of terror perpetrated on us could happen again."
Walker says she developed her philosophy on accepting fear after watching people in Jerusalem live "normal" lives, frequenting restaurants with bomb-proof glass, riding city buses with blast barriers and the like. And then there were the Sudanese, who found comfort and strength in the fact that they were all susceptible to random attacks.
"If it makes sense, in both cases — both locations — people made conscious decisions to not be afraid of fear itself and to not let fear stop them from their routines," she said. "They found bliss."
If Walker's embrace-the-fear take on healing after mass tragedy is unique, so is Walker herself, as ministers go.
Naturally shy, according to friends, in the aftermath of the bombings she has been a regular presence on CNN, standing often for hours at a time by anchor Anderson Cooper's side as the network's local voice and expert commentator on how Bostonians are coping and should be coping.
Walker speaks on camera with the ease of the practiced journalist that she is.
She spent more than two decades reporting important stories in Boston for WBZ-TV, from the healing years following school busing, to gang violence and poverty, to pro sports championships. It was only behind the anchor chair and in front of the camera where she could comfortably speak to thousands at a time without that shyness nagging at her.
But in 2000 she began to envision the next chapter in her life, after going on a fact-finding mission to Sudan for a reporting project.
"I was appalled and amazed by what I saw," Walker says. "So much death, destruction, sadness. So many lost people. The 'Lost Boys' that we've all heard about and seen in the news, but so many more who got little media attention, people who were killed simply for being Christian in the wrong place, and people who were kidnapped for the same. But there was a resilience."
That trip was the beginning of the end of Walker's news career, and the beginning of her spiritual mission.
She applied for admission to Harvard Divinity School and started classes there on Sept. 11, 2001.
"Talk about symbolism," Walker says. "I had already visited Sudan and seen the results of a form of terror there. And then Sept. 11 happened on our own soil. I remember leaving class and heading to work thinking, 'How can I help?' — not in a general sense, but, 'How can I help'."
The answer wasn't immediately obvious, but Walker began regular trips to Sudan to volunteer on relief missions for orphans, freed slaves, and repatriated refugees.
"She wanted so badly to work with people in need and in Sudan she found people who had suffered in the worst possible ways: as slaves, being tortured and sexually abused, and living under the constant threat of attack," says Dr. Gloria White-Hammond, a Boston pediatrician, co-pastor of Bethel A.M.E. Church in Roxbury, and an anti-slavery activist. "I've seen her grow in terms of her becoming so much more of an extrovert."
That journey from shy to extroverted began with Walker's first trip to Sudan.
WBZ-TV was not convinced there was enough of a story in Sudan to send Walker officially, so she bought her own camera, thrust herself into the middle of the chaos, and filmed her own news and documentary clips, White-Hammond says.
The Rev. Ray Hammond, a former emergency room doctor and White-Hammond's husband and co-pastor of Bethel A.M.E. Church, says that as Walker grew into her religious mission, she became comfortable with people lauding her for her journalistic prowess, because she realized she could use that fame as an opening for her work.
"I think it's unusual for someone to go from a position of notoriety and celebrity, where everyone knows your name, and make the transition to serving people humbly," Hammond says. "She's done it. And I believe that's why she speaks with so much greater authority on matters of healing than some people."
For a time, after her 2005 graduation from Harvard, Walker remained active in news media, hosting a local Sunday morning show that explored the world and her own brand of social work through a religious prism.
She dropped off the air permanently in 2008 and began working with youth at Bethel A.M.E., under the tutelage of the Hammonds.
But then in 2011 her old friend Hurmon Hamilton, pastor of Roxbury Presbyterian Church since 1994, reached out to Walker for a favor.
"I asked her to take the helm, while a permanent replacement for me was found," Hamilton said with a chuckle. He had taken a job at Abundant Life Christian Fellowship in Mountain View, Calif. "I told her it would just be for a couple of weeks, two weeks, maybe three. And I was convinced of that."
Two years later, Walker is still there. Church leaders recently asked her to lead the church permanently, and Walker accepted and is now training for ordination in the Presbyterian denomination.
And when tragedy strikes, as it did on Marathon Monday, her community now turns to her not for the news, but for healing. "Good morning," she said in front of 2,000 grieving people at the Interfaith Prayer Service. "I am Rev. Liz Walker from Roxbury Presbyterian Church. And I welcome you as we gather in community to help heal our beloved city in this violence-weary world."
"I won't say that I was lost all those years," Walker says of her work in Sudan and later with abused women, physically unhealthy poor people, and victims of street violence in Boston. "I hope a lot of good work was done. But I can accept now that this was the goal all along: to be a shepherd and lead a flock and provide, perhaps, an alternative view on healing."
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Due to a copyediting error, an earlier version had an incorrect caption. Liz Walker is expected to step into the permanent senior pastor role at Roxbury Presbyterian Church after she completes the Presbyterian ordination process.


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MIDDLEBURY — The Middlebury College men's basketball team will make its fifth consecutive NCAA Division III tournament appearance when the Panthers host a regional tournament Friday and Saturday in Pepin Gym.
The 24-3 Panthers will take on Morrisville State (19-8) on Friday at 7:30 p.m., preceded by a game between Albertus Magnus (27-1) and St. Joseph's of Long Island (21-4) at 5:30 p.m.. The winners meet on Saturday night at 7 p.m. in the regional final.
LEARN ABOUT THIS canoe, which was built for a 1,200-mile trip to James Bay, Canada. Independent photo/Christian Woodard
VERGENNES — A variety of incidents kept Vergennes police busy between Feb. 13 and 19, including family problems, an untimely death that police said was of natural causes, and traffic stops that included one drunk-driving citation.
In that seven-day span, Vergennes police:
• On Feb. 13 checked the welfare of a driver at a Monkton Road bank drive-through window who was reported to be acting erratically; police determined he was OK.
• On Feb. 13 accepted pain medication and drug paraphernalia for disposal.
MIDDLEBURY — Imagine driving from Middlebury to Jacksonville, Fla. Now, replace your car engine with a paddle and muscle power, and imagine canoeing the same distance — about 1,200 miles.
This spring, 10 young men will leave Lake Dunmore in a fleet of wood-canvas canoes they built themselves, bound 1,200 miles north for James Bay, Canada. Instead of finishing in the sunbelt, though, they'll chase spring ice on their paddle through Quebec and Ontario.
LEICESTER/SALISBURY — When the last ice melts off, the annual battle for Lake Dunmore will begin again. On one side: an army of volunteers, paid divers and milfoil specialists. On the other: an underwater invasive plant called Eurasian watermilfoil.
The population of milfoil in Lake Dunmore and Fern Lake has grown tenfold since 2009, and is expected to double again this season, according to Jay Michaels, a trustee of the Lake Dunmore and Fern Lake Association (LDFLA)
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So, winter was cancelled in the Champlain Valley. It's too bad, but it's time to stop whining and go sledding. Winter is still scheduled on top of Vermont's four highest mountains. Where the coverage isn't great for skiing, sledding is a great alternative. Plus, it's only a semi-skilled sport, and all it requires is a piece of plastic tarp. In the right conditions, you can sled in just your snowpants.
MIDDLEBURY — After almost a decade in a temporary structure, the Middlebury College Field House will get a permanent home. The field house has been housed in an inflatable dome — the "Bubble" — off South Main Street since 2003, but last weekend the college board of trustees gave the green light for a permanent replacement.
MIDDLEBURY — The Middlebury Center for Social Entrepreneurship, a Middlebury College department that helps budding social entrepreneurs solve the ills in society, is barely a month old, but it's already lost its senior director.
BRISTOL — Vermont State Police on Monday evening cited Vergennes Union High School Co-Principal Edwin Webbley for driving under the influence of alcohol, an action taken after VSP received a call from his wife at their Bristol home and were told Webbley's car had struck the back of their garage.
According to a VSP press release, Webbley's wife told VSP at about 6:50 p.m. on Monday that Webbley was "intoxicated and that he was a danger to himself and others."
MIDDLEBURY — While some high school boys are out playing baseball, Aidan Ryan is stuck inside with his dad. Aidan doesn't mind, though; he and his father, Greg, this fall released their second CD together as the band "They Might be Gypsies," featuring 16-year-old Aidan on nylon stringed guitar.
"We play together a couple of times a week," Greg Ryan said. "Whether or not it's really rehearsing is up for debate. We have a good time."
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Beer drinkers who enjoy quaffing the creations of craft brewers can slake their thirst April 27 at the Great Vegas Festival of Beer. Those who don't live in Las Vegas will be provided with free rides to their hotels if they overindulge.
Guests can sample more than 200 beers from about 50 local, regional and international breweries. The promoter, a Las Vegas group called Motley Brews, has collaborated with the Nevada Craft Brewers Assn. to create a new product, Pyrite Pale Ale, for the festival.
The event will be 3-7 p.m. at Sunset Park, 2601 E. Sunset Road, about seven miles southeast of the Strip. A lakeside pavilion in the newly renovated park will be the venue.
Advance tickets, available online, cost $30. They will also be available at the gate for $40.
The admission price includes a free ride home or to a hotel. Designated Drivers Inc. will provide sober drivers to return people and their vehicles safely to their destinations. People can sign up for the free rides at the group's tent at the event.
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Physical Sciences
Research Highlights
June 2005
"Soft-landing of Peptide Ions on Self-assembled Monolayer Surfaces"
Innovative research conducted during the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory's 2004 Summer Institute focused on controlled deposition of peptide ions on surfaces using mass spectrometry, research that holds promise for highly specific modifi cation of surfaces and development of new technology relevant for a variety of applications in material science and biotechnology. The Summer Institute program pairs visiting graduate and faculty members with recognized PNNL scientists to conduct laboratory and theoretical investigations. This project featured the teaming of PNNL scientists Julia Laskin and Jean Futrell, with Purdue University's Henry Bohn Hass Distinguished Professor, Graham Cooks, and graduate student Jormarie Alvarez.
Soft landing (SL) is defined as the intact capture in the condensed phase (surfaces of solids or liquids) of mass-selected polyatomic ions. A related process of depositing atomic ions at surfaces was used as early at 1942 to collect uranium isotopes for the Manhattan Project. Previous research by Cooks' group suggested that SL of mass-selected polyatomic ions provides a means for highly specific deposition of molecules of any size and complexity on surfaces using only a small fraction of material utilized in standard synthetic approaches.
The research conducted at PNNL was the first fundamental study of SL of peptide ions on selfassembled monolayer (SAM) surfaces. The team developed a novel experimental approach that utilized a specially designed Fourier transform ion cyclotron resonance mass spectrometer (FT-ICR MS) configured for studying interactions of large ions with surfaces. The instrument was modified to enable in situ analysis of modified surfaces by combining 2 keV Cs+ secondary ion mass spectrometry with FT-ICR detection of the sputtered ions (FT-ICR-SIMS). This allowed the researchers to conduct the first systematic study of several factors that affect SL of peptide ions on SAM surfaces. Peptide ions are particularly attractive as model systems that can provide important insights on the behavior of soft landed proteins. In addition, fundamental principles derived from studies on interaction of protonated peptides with hydrophobic surfaces provides important insights related to transport of biomolecules through membranes in living organisms.
The research showed for the first time that peptide ions retain at least one proton after SL on FSAM or HSAM surfaces. The special characteristics of the FT-ICR apparatus, which is housed at the Environmental Molecular Sciences Laboratory, a national DOE user facility located at PNNL, enabled quantitative investigation of the effect of the initial kinetic energy of peptide ions on SL. The team found that in the range of collision energies from 0 to 150 eV SL results in deposition of intact ions on surfaces. Most of the findings, such as the decrease in SL with increase in collision energy and its dependence on the properties of the surface, are consistent with an ion-polarizable molecule model for the initial stage of soft landing on SAM surfaces.
The team inferred that ions are oriented with their charged residues to the surface to maximize the binding energy, while ion loss involves rotation of the ion on the surface that results in larger separation distances and weakens the ion-surface interaction. Larger SL efficiencies observed for doubly protonated as compared to singly protonated ions is in good agreement with this model. These finding indicate a clear pathway for controlled deposition of large ions on surfaces.
This and other compelling research resulted from PNNL's first Summer Research Institute, conducted May-August 2004, and involved 14 graduate students, 1 undergraduate student, and 1 faculty member from universities across the United States and from Europe.
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Between the threat of terrorism, the remoteness of the location and the high cost of getting to this year's games, several events at the Sochi Olympics are taking place before half-empty stands.
Organizers of the Sochi Games on Monday confirmed that they are using volunteers to fill the seats at less popular events.
Competitions at the games have so far varied from sell-outs at the ice-skating team event on Sunday to half-empty stands at biathlon.
Alexandra Kosterina, a spokeswoman for the Sochi organizing committee, said volunteers are enrolled in a motivation program, which means some of them will be offered tickets to see competitions after hours.
"If we see that there's not a turnout and there are seats available, then yes, we might invite volunteers to join in," Kosterina said.
Although these are early days at Russia's first Winter Games, foreigners have seemingly also been scared off by pervasive security and knotty Russian bureaucracy.
Many foreigners who have made it to Sochi fall into three camps: experienced world travelers who aren't easily spooked; die-hard Olympic regulars who would travel to any host city; or corporate types and wealthier tourists who delegate travel logistics to others.
Japanese retiree Mitsuko Taguchi, 80, is in the first group. Having previously traveled to hotspots Afghanistan and Pakistan, she was unfazed by terror threats targeting the games.
But the expense of traveling to Sochi from the southern Japanese island of Kyushu made her wince.
Including hotel, flights and a $2,000 ticket to the opening ceremony and others for figure skating, she calculated the cost of her 5-night stay in Sochi at $18,000. Taguchi said that is four times what she spent at the 2012 London Games, where she found a cheap bed and breakfast, traveled on public transport and bought black-market tickets.
"Very expensive here. I was surprised," she said after cheering on Japanese teenage skating phenom Yuzuru Hanyu.
To shave expense, Jan van Meer and his three friends — down from the group of 10 he traveled with to Vancouver — flew via Istanbul to Krasnodar, the regional capital, rather than direct to Sochi.
Unfortunately for them, their plane was made to circle for an hour over Istanbul while Turkish authorities dealt with a hijack attempt by a Ukrainian who tried to force his flight to divert to Sochi.
The delay caused Van Meer's group to miss their Krasnodar-to-Sochi train. Once in the Olympic city, they waited 30 minutes to collect the special passes spectators need as well as tickets to get through security. The first four races at the speedskating arena were already finished when the party arrived, faces haggard but nevertheless radiant in the colors of Dutch fans everywhere: bright orange. They quickly cracked open beers.
"A lot of friends of mine, they didn't come," said Van Meer, who shelled out the euro equivalent of nearly $7,000, about what he spent in Vancouver, for 10 days at his fifth Winter Games.
"A few didn't want to come because it was too expensive. Others were worried about the bombers."
Robert Visser said his wife pulled out after December suicide bombings killed 34 people in Volgograd, even though she could have traveled for free like him, courtesy of the auto manufacturer whose cars he sells in the Netherlands.
"A lot of people were invited. They canceled," he said. Casting a glance at his 20 or so travel companions, all dressed like him in orange, he added: "These are the die-hards."
Others said they wrestled with Russian paperwork, visas and the spectator pass.
"The process took a bit of time. I had to have confirmed accommodation and I had to have Olympic tickets, and then I had to apply for a visa," said Magali Robert of Calgary, Alberta, whose 18-year-old daughter is a ski jump forerunner — sent down the hill to test conditions before Olympians compete.
"Then it was a question of getting the flights. They are very expensive from Canada, and it's not easy to get here. That was probably the biggest stumbling block for a lot of people."
Sochi organizers said about 40,000 people attended events on Day 1, but 4,000 others who had tickets did not turn up. Spokeswoman Alexandra Kosterina said Russians tend to cut things close. "We had an issue with a lot of spectators being late."
Organizers say 70 percent of tickets went to Russians, with the rest sold abroad.
Still, some clearly thought twice.
In Vancouver, the beer-and-party hall where Dutch speed skater Sven Kramer and other medalists wowed fans held 3,000 people and it was "packed every evening. We had queues of 3-4 hours," said Mark Bogaerts, global event manager for Dutch brewer Heineken, which runs the venue.
In Sochi, it cut capacity of "Holland House" to just 500, based on its expectation that just 2,500 travelers, including hardcore fans who "travel no matter where, everywhere" and athletes' family members and friends, are coming from the Netherlands.
"That's not much, eh?" said Bogaerts.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.


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Team Umbra
"To eradicate the light of day.
To keep the morning sun at bay.
To watch the hope leave sullen eyes.
To extend our reach across blackened skies.
Team Umbra, striking hard against all things bright.
Surrender now, and embrace the night."
Growing discontentment regarding the loose-organizational hierarchy within the Kasei Underground membership resulted in the formation of a splinter group of mid-level trainers and fusions united by the goal of covering the region, and perhaps the world under the shroud of unending darkness. Drawing resources and funding from the remnants of the Underground's now-defunct sister-group, Team Venom, Team Umbra became a haven for the ambitious, driven, morally-black individuals who have zero reservations about taking what they believe to be theirs.
Team Umbra had existed as a whisper on the lips of criminals around Kasei until the group's formal creation sometime shortly after the joint Underground/Team Stellar attack on Port Nuovo during Typhoon Carracosta. Frustrated with the groups' mismanagement of power in the underworld during the following months, members sought to bring the various crime groups to heel by offering a more organized, central hierarchy to crime and the ideal conditions to continue their nefarious deeds.
While keeping the criminal element in order is part of its role, Team Umbra's ultimate goal is to create the ideal world of darkness. While for most members, the idea of an "endless night" is more metaphorical, believing that destabilizing the governing Kasei League from the shadows will make it easier to perform greater criminal acts. For those higher up, the dream is more literal, with hopes of terminating the daylight being the driving force behind many of the group's schemes.
Publicly, the group presents itself as an organization with the singular goal of doing away with a flawed system and replacing it with a "pure and perfect" society that is free of corruption. Of course, this is couldn't be any further from the truth. Power, absolute power is Team Umbra's ultimate endgame.
Act I - Project Metus: The Null Shade Fog
Shortly after acquiring Team Venom's resources, Umbra altered the biological make-up of Darkrai's Dark Void fog and synthesized the Null Shade, a potent strain of Darkrai's signature attack that induces an instant state of forced hypnagogia, a nightmarish "waking sleep" in which the victim is clearly asleep but fully reactive to outside stimuli and suggestion. Other, less debilitating side-effects include hallucinations and a lack of emotional control, leaving its victim experiencing irrational terror, uninhibited rage, and depression, all at varying frequencies. While the effects of the Shade aren't overtly permanent, prolonged exposure can result in damage to one's mental state. Most recently, the leadership has found that despite its nature, using a less virulent strain of the Shade on the lowest-level, more expendable rank and file "Sleepers", has proven an effective means to assert control and ensure obedience.
(RPly, Dark Type Pokemon/Fusions have a natural immunity to the effects of the Null Shade. Additionally, non natural-born fusions have an increased resistance due to the fact that both the human-mind and the pokemon-mind have the chance to control the fusion, and fight off the effects individually. Outside of that, all regular type resistances/weaknesses apply when it comes to how strong the Null Shade's effect is on the individual.)
Act II - Shadow Pokemon Resurgence
Following a brazen attack on the Kasei Poison Control Center, based in Bayou Bay, Team Umbra managed to secure a highly-altered version of Amoongus's Rage Powder, and used it in conjunction with a concentrated, liquefied version of the Null Shade that was then introduced to test subjects. The subjects exhibited rage, a complete suppression of free-thought, and most noticeably, a purple, mist-like aura. Umbra Commander Ansel identified the pokemon as the same as those seen in the Orre Region and thus referred to them accordingly; "Shadow Pokemon." Unable to level up or evolve, these pokemon had the interesting side-effect of a complete lack of type weakness or resistance. Their attacks, shadow versions of regular moves, had the same neutral-typing effect. Many members of the team have since incorporated Shadow Pokemon in their schemes to their advantage.
Team Umbra has been developing Shadow Pokemon in 3 phases of increasing potency known as Primary Wave, Secondary Wave, and Tertiary Wave. Ansel has refined the shadowing process a bit more with each subsequent production wave, using higher evolutionary levels with each wave due to their increased endurance. As of late, rumor has circulated about Ansel perfecting the shadowfication process, creating a group of Perfect Shadows known as the "Trinity."
(RPly, trainers who have obtained Shadow Pokemon through Umbra-based RPs will find that they are in inexplicably good moods more often than not when in contact with their Shadow Pokemon. Unlike their Orre-based counterparts, Umbra's Shadow Pokemon actually sponge up their trainer's negativity and leave him/her in a rather cheerful mood. Why this is the case, and what happens to that negativity has yet to be revealed in RP.)
Act III - The Light-Eater Project
Following the release of numerous Shadow Pokemon into Kasei, Team Umbra fell eerily quiet, and a state of uneasy calm fell over the region. However, in recent days, large numbers of registered gym trainers have been mysteriously vanishing without a trace, leaving authorities to believe that the organization may be behind these abductions in preparation for an operation in the capital of Ensou City.
Act IV - The Longest Night / Chaos Angel
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The Shadow Man- Umbra Leader - Identity currently unknown. Actual existence is a topic of debate. Has only been mentioned in passing as well as in a brief speech shown on KNN News. (Status: UNKNOWN)
Cia - Krookodile-fusion Chief Admin NPC: Essentially in charge of Team Umbra in most cases. Cold and calculating. Very goal-oriented and easily annoyed by distraction and failure in her subordinates.(Status: ACTIVE)
Raven - Darkrai-fusion Admin PC: Laid back, overly friendly.. quite personable; but secretly the direct executor of The Shadow Man's ruthless will.(Status: ACTIVE)
Scylla - Houndoom-fusion Admin NPC: Playful, teasing, a bit absent-minded and equally short-tempered. A VERY sore loser.(Status: ACTIVE)
Ansel - Sableye-fusion Admin NPC: Techological genius behind all of Team Umbra's scientific advances. As brilliant as he is arrogant. (Status: CAPTURED)
Sioux (Operative 67)
Snowblind (Operative 57)
Team Umbra is comprised of a large number of sleeper cells that are activated for various reasons, and take orders from one of the 3 regional section centers. Each center is lead by one of the Admins, and serves as a base for Umbra's influence of power over its specific geographic region. Each center coordinates with each other to further the organization's goals, but each one is fully capable managing the entire organization should one or the other two another become inoperable. The exact location of each center is unknown to most, but it is speculated that each is located underground.
The Combine - Controlling Admin: Scylla. Maintains Umbra's influence in Western Kasei. The Combine is the entry point for all grunt-level members following recruitment. Additionally, it houses the bulk of Team Umbra's actual force, so to speak.
The Sandbox - Controlling Admin: (unoccupied). Maintains Umbra's influence in Eastern Kasei. The Sandbox is responsible for all of Team Umbra's technological advances. The Null Shade as well as Shadow Pokemon are developed here, and promptly transported to the Combine for distribution to the various cells about Kasei.
The Core - Controlling Admin: Cia. Maintains Umbra's influence in Central Kasei. The Core is the de facto headquarters for Team Umbra. The Core coordinates all of the organization's plans, and has oversight over the other two centers. It is easily the most heavily-defended of the 3 centers; the best of the Team Umbra's operatives are stationed here.
Members of Team Umbra often utilize, but aren't limited to Dark, Fire, Poison, and Ground types, employing them in the group's various schemes. As with most nearly every villainous team to date, Team Umbra does incorporate a uniform for its field operatives in the form of a simple black glove outfit with deep-red trim. The organization's emblem, regarded as the Crimson Crescent is usually noticeable somewhere on the upper chest. Of course, this isn't the case for operatives working undercover as normal attired is generally encouraged for such roles.
(Players interested in joining Team Umbra should speak to Jet or members of plotstaff directly.)


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missions focusing on human rights violations within their mandates.
Protective missions (on-site and fact-finding)
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Promotional visits or missions are undertaken by the Commission or its Special Mechanisms to sensitise states about the role of the African Charter, encourage states which have not ratified the Charter or any other human rights instrument to ratify them or to persuade nonreporting states to comply with their reporting obligations. For the purpose of promotional visits, the 53 state parties of the African Charter
are distributed among the Commissioners.
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State parties must:
- Refrain from taking reprisal action against persons or entities that furnished the mission with information, testimony or evidence
- Guarantee free movement of members of the mission including any necessary internal authorisation
- Provide the mission with any information or document which the mission considers necessary in order to prepare its report
- Take steps to protect members of the mission.
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Julie's contributions of choreography and performance have traveled in the international dance community and her credits include guest appearances at the Percussive Arts Society International Conference, the International Jazz World Congress, and at the Theatro Libero in Rome, Italy (2004). Julie traveled to Taiwan in 2005, where she performed at Chinese Cultural University, National Taiwan University of the Arts, Tsoying Performing Arts School, Koahsiung Performing Arts School, and Koahsiung Junior High School. In 2006 and 2007 Julie performed jazz and tap dance at the Interdansa in Banyoles-Girona, Spain. More recently she has taught tap dance and studied traditional African dance in Accra, Ghana (2008, 2010 and 2013) , is a performance judge for the State Dance Championships, and is a trained facilitator in HealthRhythms.
Julie has an M.F.A. in Theater Arts with a dance emphasis from the University of Arizona, where she taught tap, jazz, modern, theater dance, and improvisation classes. Julie's university teaching credits include master classes at the National Taiwan University of the Arts in Taipei, Taiwan, Tsoying Performing Arts School in Koahsiung, Taiwan, Shenandoah University, Wichita State University, Hutchinson Community College, and Cowley Community, and the American College Dance Festival at Central Oklahoma University. Currently Julie is an Associate Professor of Dance at Kansas State University, teaching jazz and tap dance.
Originally from Waynesboro, Pennsylvania, Julie graduated from Shenandoah University with a B.F.A. in Dance Education. Prior to Julie's return to graduate study she performed with The National Tap Ensemble and worked with master tap teachers that include Gregory Hines, Savion Glover, Brenda Buffalino, Charles Goddertz, and Jennifer Lane.


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Texans assistant Wade Phillips will walk into AT&T Stadium tonight as one of the best defensive coordinators in the game.
And even though he was fired as the Cowboys head coach in 2010, he said he had no regrets about the time he spent working for owner Jerry Jones.
"Whatever's happened, happened," Phillips said, via Todd Archer of ESPNDallas.com. "And you learn from the past, but you go forward in the future with a great attitude. That's part of life. That's what you do. That's what you teach players to do and that's what I believe in. I enjoyed every day, . . . Jerry Jones was a great owner for me and did all the things that I asked him to do, so I don't have any regrets.
"Sure, we would've liked to have won it all. That would've been better, but I know I did the best I could while I was there, and I don't look back and say, "What if this would've happened?' or 'What if that would've happened?'"
Of course, things were going pretty well.
The Cowboys won a pair of division titles under Phillips, and won their first playoff game since 1996 under his leadership. Even with a 1-7 start in 2010 which saw him canned in midseason, his 34-22 record gives him the second-best winning percentage in Cowboys history (behind Barry Switzer, ahead of some guy named Tom Landry).
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Which Web browser is guaranteed to make your Internet browsing experience perfectly safe? The answer is none, of course. If you have the need for high security on a computer you manage, then you shouldn't allow it to surf on the public Web. It's that simple. But if your need for security is not extreme, there are a number of things you can do to make your Web browser more secure and your Web surfing safer. Let this Deep Dive be your guide.
Internet browsers are highly complex pieces of software that interact with highly complex programming code, much of it not so friendly. There is no "super secure" browser. The number of known exploits against a particular browser exactly tracks to its popularity. No surprise there. Even secure alternatives to Internet Explorer, which all new browsers seem to claim to be, generally have been targeted by dozens of exploits. (Even the newest of these, Google Chrome, already has a dozen.)
Today, a significant portion of computer attacks comes from legitimate websites that have been maliciously modified. In short, limiting your surfing to only well-known, legitimate websites does not ensure a safe Internet browsing experience. And the problem will only get worse, not better, for the near-term future.
Browser security wars
About a year ago, I spent several months running the five most popular browsers -- Internet Explorer, Firefox, Google Chrome, Safari, and Opera -- through a battery of security tests. Much to my surprise, none of the browsers allowed malware to silently install on my test systems. In other words, if a fully patched browser is running on a fully patched Windows system (Windows XP Professional SP3, in my tests), then malware's best chance of success is fooling the user into willingly executing it. This is why socially engineered Trojan horses -- fake browser plug-ins, fake antivirus programs, etc. -- are so common. Beware.
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When Kim Kardashian decided to brave the latest Hollywood trend — a vampire facial — on a recent episode of Kourtney and Kim Take Miami, viewers' jaws dropped.
In a vampire facial (the term "Vampire Facelift" has been trademarked by Alabama doctor Charles Runels), which is intended to help fight signs of aging, about two teaspoons of blood are extracted from the patient's arm, spun in a centrifuge for approximately 10 minutes to separate the platelets, and then injected back into the patient's face.
The golden-colored clear serum that rises to the top of the tubes is known as platelet rich plasma, or PRP for short, and that is what's "injected into the patient's face to rejuvenate the face," New York-based dermatologist Dr. Macrene Alexiades-Armenakas tells Us Weekly.
Some variations of the procedure involve an extra step, wherein the practitioner adds fillers to help the results. The procedure takes anywhere from 15 to 45 minutes and can cost between $1500 to $2500.
Asked if there is any science behind the latest anti-aging remedy, the doctors are split. "[There's] almost none," Dr. Alexiades-Armenakas tells Us. "As of now there isn't any scientific evidence that examines its efficacy … but presumably the plasma contains nutrients and factors that may boost skin rejuvenation. It is the latest new thing."
Dr. David Colbert, a fellow New York-based dermatologist who has worked with stars like Rachel Weisz and Sienna Miller (Dr. Colbert has not performed the controversial procedure on either actress), tells Us that "it is the most sought-after procedure after Botox and fillers." He counters that the science does, in fact, support the procedure.
"Many studies have been done that show how and why PRP works," he tells Us. "Injecting a person's own growth factors back into the skin stimulates more collagen and elastin to be made — in effect increasing the thread count and luminosity of the skin."
On the show, Kardashian, 32, winced in pain as she was pricked with the tiny needles that delivered the extracted blood back into her face. "Ow, that hurts so bad!" she cried as red blood streamed down her face.
But Dr. Colbert tells Us that the procedure doesn't hurt any more than an "acupuncture treatment," and, in fact, he takes steps to make sure that the procedure is as painless as possible.
"We use a topical numbing agent and patients are very comfortable throughout the 15 minute procedure," he says of his experience. "They are always surprised that it doesn't really hurt."
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I'm a baseball fan. How could I not be? We have great sports teams in New York!
My earliest memories of baseball are of my grandfather watching games on his living room TV.
I'd try to remember the names of players when they came up to bat the next time a game was on.
Some afternoons I would draw pictures of Mets players at my grandparents' kitchen table.
The Mets were my grandfather's favorite team.
When my grandfather died in 2000, I had already been converted to a Yankees fan. It often happens when you date/marry a Yankees fan. You figure, hey, they are a New York team so it's not like you're becoming a Sox fan.
Yesterday, I went to Citi Field for the 50th Anniversary of the Mets. I had been invited many times since the Mets moved from Shea to Citi Field but this was the first time I went to a game.
It was cold out and the sky was threatening rain so I spent most of my time watching the game hidden inside the luxury box.
But despite the Mets losing to The Nationals and many of my photos not coming out, seeing Citi Field in person for the first time was a really nice experience.
Disclosure: I attended the Mets game courtesy of Verizon and sat in their luxury box where an endless amount of oatmeal raisin cookies were at my disposal — many thanks! — but I am not a Verizon ambassador.


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5th Annual Gingerbread Contest
SOCORRO, N.M. December 2, 2009 – The entry deadline for the 5th Annual New Mexico Tech Gingerbread House Contest is fast approaching.
|Luis Mendez (front) won the 12-and-under contest in 2008. Above, he poses with his winning gingerbread house and all the other children from the City of Socorro after-school program, all of whom entered last year's contest.
All entries must be delivered to Fidel Center between 1 and 6 p.m. Monday, Dec. 7, at the Fidel Center. Judging in three age groups will be Tuesday, Dec. 8. The contest is open to anyone.
|Dr. Penelope Boston, Earth and Environmental Science professor, built a non-traditional gingerbread creation. Known for her research about cave environments, Boston entered a gingerbread cave with human and alien cavers.
- Entries will be judged on originality, overall appearance, choice and use of materials and difficulty of design.
- Contestants are not limited to building a house; any type of structure – real or imaginary – is eligible.
- All major components (walls and roofs) must be constructed of gingerbread. However, contestants under 12 years old may use graham crackers, cookies or other edible "building materials."
- All parts must be edible. For example, wrapped candies must be unwrapped and lollipops must have edible stems. The only exception is that contestants may add Christmas lighting.
- Gingerbread creations may not be taller than 26 inches and must be attached to a plywood base no larger than 18"x24". Plus, the base surface (but not the sides) must be concealed with an edible product.
- Youth entrants must have done all their own construction.
Judging will take place Tuesday, December 8. Prizes will be awarded in these age groups: 12 and Under; 13 to 17 and 18 and Over.
The entries will be on display at Fidel Center from December 8 to 18. Entries must be picked up on December 18 by 3 p.m. Any entry not picked up will be donated for distribution by The StoreHouse to area families.
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World War II Vet Heads To Washington On Honor Flight
World War II veteran Julian Syphax cheered and saluted, as he set off on a "final mission" to Washington, D.C. for an Honor Flight, to visit the nation's capital. On his trip, the 91-year-old will visit the Pentagon and Arlington National Cemetary, in addition to a private meet-and-greet with senator Marco Rubio.
Syphax joined the U.S. Navy when he was 17, and served in the the Pacific Theatre. Following the war, Syphax was one of the first African-American Lieutenants in the history of the Arlington, Virginia Fire Department, and also worked at the Pentagon.
The Honor Flight is taking off on the eve of the somber 76th anniversary of the Pearl Harbor attack, and the U.S. entering World War II.


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What effect is the radiation likely to have on my disease?
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SOCORRO, N.M., May 21, 2002 -- Hundreds of outdated -- yet, still useful -- government office computers that may have been destined for the landfill have instead found new life as important research tools at New Mexico Tech.
When the New Mexico State Highway Department decided last year to buy new computers for all its office employees, the surplus machines were sent to New Mexico Tech through a cooperative "recycling" agreement and the efforts of Professor David Westpfahl of the Tech physics department, resulting in a veritable mountain of more than 300 desktop and laptop computers being amassed in a section of the university's largest warehouse.
Several of these computers went straight into research work at New Mexico Tech with little modification, while others were destined to undergo varied upgrades.
Three New Mexico Tech seniors constructed a high-powered, parallel-processing system, known as a "Beowulf cluster," by utilizing the combined computing power of eight Pentium-chip- powered computers running at the same time under the control and task-assignment capabilities of a single Pentium II processor.
This project was sponsored by Professor Scott Teare of the New Mexico Tech electrical engineering department through his year-long senior design course.
"The task in front of the students was to develop a scalable computer system to support my research in directed energy and
optics in a means compatible with ongoing efforts at the Maui High-Performance Computing Center in Hawai'i," Teare said.
New Mexico Tech is a partner in the operation and management of the Air Force Research Laboratory's Maui Supercomputing Center along with the University of Hawai'i, Boeing Rocketdyne Technical Services, Science Applications International Corporation, Textron, and the Ohio Supercomputing Center.
By combining the number-crunching capacities of those re- allocated highway department computers with less than $200 worth of additional peripherals and software, the electrical engineering students developed and built what is essentially a low-cost, no-frills "supercomputer."
"By splitting out a problem through our parallel processing arrangement, which is based on a Red Hat Linux operating system, each individual machine is assigned a portion of the problem to work on, and, as a result, we can get an answer to a problem a whole lot faster than if we were using just one machine," explained Michael Berg, a recent graduate of New Mexico Tech and a member of the Tech Beowulf cluster design team.
"This particular Beowulf cluster we developed is putting out so much computing power that only a few high-end computers available in today's market can match or beat it," Berg asserted.
Fellow team member Anthony Montoya, Jr., who also recently graduated from New Mexico Tech, pointed out that developing the Tech Beowulf cluster was only Phase I of a longer-term parallel processing project that will eventually involve high school teachers who take summer classes in scientific computing through New Mexico Tech's Master of Science Teaching degree program.
"We're hoping that this proof-of-concept parallel processing set-up, which we've thoroughly documented, will serve as a model for teachers to extend their own similar computing projects into the curricula of the state's high schools," Montoya said.
"Eventually, even high school students will be able to develop and build their own Beowulf clusters."
All Beowulf clusters, regardless of where they are developed or used, typically trace their roots back to the Beowulf Project, which was originated by NASA researchers in 1994.
By using parallel programming languages, readily available personal computers, and freely available Linux operating systems, computer scientists and systems designers have since continued to further develop Beowulf-class cluster computers, providing high- end performance for science and engineering computations at low- end prices.
"By linking the New Mexico Tech Beowulf cluster's central processor through our campus network, anyone at Tech can now sit in their office, solve problems using our Beowulf cluster, and then display solutions and graphics on their own desktop back in their own office," said Kevin Fisher, the third of the trio of recent Tech graduates who comprised the university's Beowulf cluster design team.
Denis Oesch, a New Mexico Tech doctoral candidate in physics who works with Teare and Westpfahl, for instance, has already been actively harnessing the computing power of the campus Beowulf cluster -- sorting through massive amounts of data generated by his research on optical coatings of mirrors used in the 100-inch telescope at the Mount Wilson Observatory.
And the practical experience the New Mexico Tech seniors compiled in constructing a Beowulf cluster, as well as in using the ZPL programming language that runs it, will certainly stand to advance the career opportunities of the Beowulf cluster team members as they prepare to leave Tech.
"In our work with the Beowulf cluster, we used some of the same code that gets used on supercomputers throughout the world, such as those at Los Alamos National Laboratory, or the Maui High-Performance Computing Center, which New Mexico Tech manages as part of an educational and research consortium," Berg said.
In another related "re-use" project, many of the computers from the New Mexico State Highway Department were made available to be refurbished and upgraded by computer-savvy members of the New Mexico Tech Graduate Student Association (GSA), and eventually found new homes -- and new use -- in various research laboratories at the school and in the offices of several master's and doctoral degree candidates at Tech.
"Upgrades for most of these computers averaged about $300," said Tim Canty, former president of the Tech GSA, "so for a $300 investment, students took some of these older computers back to their departments and still derived a tremendous amount of benefit from them."
For most research applications, 200 megahertz is plenty of power to do the job, Canty added.
"You might not be able to solve your problem in a second, but 10 seconds really isn't that long to wait for an answer," he
said. "I mean, why buy a Ferrari when a Ford -- a used Ford at that -- will do the job?"
Beowulf -- because even New Mexico Tech students should know something about epic poetry!


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