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ROCHESTER — The following items are based on 1,050 entries on the Rochester Police Log from May 17 to May 23:
Friday, May 17
12:38 a.m. — An elderly man who has just gotten out of the hospital reports that someone has put something in his shampoo. Police investigate.
8:20 a.m. — An Old Dover Road woman is the target of a nasty Facebook message.
9:16 a.m. — A Patton Street woman comes across six boxes of shotgun shells in her shed and asks police to dispose of them.
9:50 a.m. — Ashley Barkas, 19, of 29 Godding Road, Lebanon, Maine, is charged with willful concealment.
10:24 a.m. — Ben the tiger cat has been missing from Charles Street for a couple of days.
11:14 a.m. — A dog is loose on McDuffee Street.
12:16 p.m. — Cody McKay, 19, of 117 Wakefield St., is charged with littering.
12:49 p.m. — A D'Angelo's employee finds a wallet.
12:53 p.m. — A purse holding ID and credit cards is stolen from an unlocked car on Congress Street.
3:12 p.m. — Over 30 steel corners have been stolen from a site on Cocheco Avenue.
3:13 p.m. — A wallet found at Cumby's on Knight Street gets back to its owner.
5:22 p.m. — Philip Donoghue, 28, of 6 Pearl St., Salem, Mass., is charged with false imprisonment, criminal mischief, two counts of simple assault and two counts of second degree assault.
6:19 p.m. — A man lying on a Periwinkle Drive lawn is given an involuntary emergency admission.
6:41 p.m. — A dead fox, or it could be a bear cub, is lying near Dry Hill Road.
9:03 p.m. — At Gary's Sports Bar, a lady's buttocks are grabbed.
Saturday, May 18
12:04 a.m. — A persistent door-knocker irritates a Portland Street resident.
1:48 a.m. — There's very loud music on Barker Court.
2:17 a.m. — At Amazon Campground "very loud music is rocking the trailers" but not in a good way.
6:26 a.m. — On Hansonville Road, a mailbox has been ripped out and tossed into a neighbor's yard.
11:25 a.m. — Mail has been stolen from a Winter Street mailbox.
1:09 p.m. — At Kohl's, Tiffany Marie Drapeau, 29, of 348 Portland St., Apt. 5, is charged with driving after suspension; Nicholle A. Dilboy, 34, of 9 Pleasant St., Sanford, Maine, is charged with willful concealment.
3:19 p.m. — A hit-and-run is reported near Martin's Drive-in.
4:20 p.m. — The Planet Fitness "bathroom smells like marijuana," it is alleged.
4:33 p.m. — A rabid fox runs in circles on Meadow Drive.
5:27 p.m. — Christian P. Sandock, 33, of 64 Hemlock Road, Barnstead, is arrested on a bench warrant.
6:16 p.m. — A fight on Pine Street features the phrase "get off him."
6:31 p.m. — Open container wallahs are warned on Barker Court.
6:58 p.m. — Christopher Sweet, 20, of 372A Portland St., is charged with two counts of willful concealment.
7:40 p.m. — Larry Dale Feehley, 39, of 11 Clow Court, is charged with stalking.
7:42 p.m. — Two women and a man on Congress Street argue, and then fight.
8:14 p.m. — Kids crank the music on Spruce Street.
8:37 p.m. — On Lincoln Street, there hangs a cage and in it are exotic birds, that squawk and squawk and squawk and squawk, that din can't be described in words.
10:45 p.m. — On Beaudoin Court, an octet runs, fights and yells.
Sunday, May 19
1:16 a.m. — John D'Ulisse, 54, of 157 Rochester Hill Road, Apt. 5, is charged with speed and operating without a valid license.
1:58 a.m. — Hollering is coming from the back of School Street School.
4:16 a.m. — A 16-year-old is charged with resisting arrest, two counts of simple assault, attempt to commit simple assault, disorderly conduct and involuntary emergency admission exam, and taken into protective custody.
7:46 a.m. — An early morning fight leads to bloodshed at Amazon Park.
9:05 a.m. — A man keeps coming to a North Main Street door, but he isn't wanted.
9:09 a.m. — An Adrien Circle resident says she is running out of oxygen. Dispatch calls the company, and a delivery is on the way.
10:48 a.m. — A Visa card is found at Cumby's on Knight Street.
10:56 a.m. — A Salmon Falls Road resident is being threatened on Facebook by an unknown woman.
3:00 p.m. — Kristina Schaffner, 18, of Willow Brook Drive, Apt. 19, is charged with criminal mischief, reckless operation and traffic control devices.
3:33 p.m. — Willis M. Niles, 76, of 46 Daffodil Hill Lane, is charged with stalking.
3:47 p.m. — Music blares on Logan Street.
3:52 p.m. — Graffiti appears on a Franklin Street home.
5:35 p.m. — On Pine Street, a nightstand has been tossed outside, clothes are in the trash and a modem is missing.
6:18 p.m. — Laura M. Demanche, 25, of 24 Franklin St., Somersworth, is charged with willful concealment.
6:32 p.m. — Dirt bikes whiz around Chestnut Hill MHP.
6:47 p.m. — Ladies walk though Prospect woods, and they stumble on the goods that take the shape of pot plants four, police place the evidence in store.
7:24 p.m. — Jessica M. Chamberlain, 33, of 7A Sarah Court, is charged with disorderly conduct, resisting arrest and default or breach of bail conditions.
Monday, May 20
2:11 a.m. — The Route 11 Shell station reports a theft.
8:15 a.m. — Police, responding to a Yale Street call, say they can't give rides because kids stayed up late and missed the school bus.
8:46 a.m. — All the quarters from a laundry machine in a North Main Street building have been stolen.
11:05 a.m. — On Crockett Street a man seeking money and work is moved along.
11:16 a.m. — A bike has been stolen from the Community Center by a girl now spotted near Signal Street Variety.
12:18 p.m. — Money has been stolen at Hillview Manor Apartments.
12:40 p.m. — On South Main Street, a woman is asked to get into a man's vehicle and he would pay for sex.
1:06 p.m. — Joseph H. Dixon, 55, of 105 Whitehouse Road, Lot 31, is charged with simple assault.
4:35 p.m. — An old man is seen going through mailboxes on Old Dover Road.
6:41 p.m. — A disturbance is reported on Brownstone Lane. A laptop and an intoxicated mother are mentioned.
7:11 p.m. — A toter is taken from Walnut Grove Road.
7:14 p.m. — Revelry spills from an Academy Street residence.
8:04 p.m. — A trash toter is stolen on North Main Street.
8:17 p.m. — Walgreens finds a bag of marijuana.
10:25 p.m. — At Amazon Park, while a woman was watching wrestling a couple of trailers down, a mattress, TV and other items were stolen by a named party.
10:49 p.m. — At the Anchorage Inn, a man reports he has beaten his friend up, and is going crazy with anxiety. He is conveyed to Frisbie.
Tuesday, May 21
9:32 a.m. — A boy cut a cat's whiskers off, while it was quietly sleeping, he thought it would be funny, but now he feels like weeping; he'd no intent to hurt it, says his mom, that's no old hat, he wrote out an apology and gave it to the cat.
9:47 a.m. — A panhandler is harassing people in the Lilac Mall parking lot.
1:17 p.m. — At Walmart, John Brown, 33, of 35A Upham St., is arrested on a bench warrant; Katherin Bannon, 31, of 15 Powerhouse Road, Berwick, Maine, is charged with willful concealment.
1:39 p.m. — A Flagg Road resident seeks a no trespass order "for someone on a city committee."
1:47 p.m. — Down on Cushing Boulevard there is a tortoise in a yard. A rushin' one, says Fish & Game, (the tortoise of hare-beating fame?) No, Russian! That's the species' name! Good tidings on the log today — a rescue group is on the way.
3:45 p.m. — An Anderson Lane resident is the victim of a scam involving a phoney Disney offer.
3:59 p.m. — Steve N. McGarry, 19, of 234 Green St., Somersworth, is charged with disorderly conduct and attempt to commit destruction/vandalism.
4:02 p.m. — Apartment keys have been stolen on North Main Street.
5:54 p.m. — A Linden Street resident is receiving threatening calls from Kingston, Jamaica.
6:36 p.m. — An Arthur's Market employee recognizes a person in the store from a photo from the newspaper of someone charged with willful concealment. The employee's manager tells him to follow the customer 'round the store and to tell him not to come back. The customer calls police to find out his rights and to express his feeling of being harassed.
10:27 p.m. — A gentleman is punched at the Riviera Motel.
Wednesday, May 22
12:18 a.m. — On Congress Street, Robert Rose, 28, of 22A Lafayette St. is arrested on a warrant.
6:09 a.m. — A Milton Road home has been burgled. Food and $80 are missing.
8:36 a.m. — A man sits on steps at Service Credit Union and begs money from people at the ATM machine.
8:42 a.m. — Two women in a gray sedan are going through the recycling bins on Willey Street.
11:52 a.m. — A pit bull is loose on Pickering Road.
1:20 p.m. — A man has made off from Walmart with two cartons of cigarettes.
1:54 p.m. — The librarians find a license.
2:13 p.m. — At the station a woman reports the theft of a debit card.
2:49 p.m. — Meds have been stolen from a Winter Street apartment.
5:41 p.m. — Arthur W. Christie, 32, of 79.5 Franklin St., Somersworth, is charged with burglary and resisting arrest.
6:51 p.m. — Three people are outside Profile Apartments issuing fight challenges.
8:00 p.m. — Bradley Angus Boyd, 32, of 208 Blackwater Road, is arrested on a warrant.
9:26 p.m. — On Flagg Road a cow declines to moooove.
10:07 p.m. — People are "verbally arguing" over $60 on Portland Street.
11:13 p.m. — The Holiday Inn Express has overbooked, and two men, who thought they had a room, have turned belligerent.
Thursday, May 23
8:00 a.m. — Walmart has a theft on video.
9:25 a.m. — Behind the Market Basket store there's a tent in the woods.
9:26 a.m. — Tiffany Marie Drapeau, 29, of 348 Portland St., Apt. 5, is charged with driving after suspension.
11:39 a.m. — Trash is being dumped in a Hansonville Road driveway.
12:03 p.m. — There's a landlord-tenant screaming match on Periwinkle Drive.
12:16 p.m. — Here we go, a road rage spat, on North Main Street's where it's at, cars zig-zag and drivers yell, stuff is flung, things don't go well.
3:32 p.m. — There's a hit-and-run at the library.
3:38 p.m. — Direct TV reps, soliciting in Lilac City Park, are asked to leave by the owner.
4:33 p.m. — Jewelry is missing from a home on Sugar Brook Road.
5:00 p.m. — Elizabeth Bryant, 26, of 90C Charles St., is charged with two counts of simple assault and arrested on a warrant.
6:25 p.m. — At Cumberland Farms on Highland Street, one gentleman tells second gentleman that his blinker didn't work. Gentleman No. 2 spits on gentleman No. 1.
7:11 p.m. — After an auto accident on Old Dover Road, Tina Marie Chandler, 45, of 1338 Woodbury Ave., Portsmouth, is charged with suspended registration and driving after suspension, and is arrested on a warrant.
7:14 p.m. — At Kohl's, Michelle A. Legault, 35, of 647 Berry River Road, Barrington, is charged with willful concealment.
7:15 p.m. — Plants and trees have been stolen on Nutter Street.
7:36 p.m. — Two men have stolen groceries from Hannaford at the Lilac Mall. Info is passed to Milton PD.
9:50 p.m. — At the station a taxi driver reports a fail-to-pay incident.
10:05 p.m. — A crowd outside the Draught Pick are quietened down by an officer.


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GXR FAQs - By Product
[Question] Is Flash exposure compensation available ?
Yes, you can adjust the light intensity of internal flash. The Flash exposure compensation is a good option for situations such as; you'd like to reduce the flash amount when close photographing at macro that would tend to be overexposed by the flash, or a case in which you'd like to use an auxiliary light to make less of a shadow on the subject in backlit conditions.
This feature is available from : Shooting menu > [Flash Exposure Compensation]. You can set the light intensity from -2.0 EV to + 2.0 EV in increments of 1/2 EV or 1/3 EV.
The step value of the compensation can be set with [Exposure/Flash Comp Step] in the Setup menu.
Press [OPEN/] button to pop-up the flash cover in advance. Flash will not work without opening the flash cover.
For controlling flash amount, follow the procedure below.
|Press the [MENU/OK] button in a shooting mode.
|With the [-] [+] buttons, choose the [Flash Exposure Compensation] then click the with the [F2] button.
|The flash control bar will appear in the screen. Adjust the value with the [-] [+] buttons.
|Press [MENU/OK] button to set the value. Or press [Fn1] button once and then press the [MENU/OK] button. The configured setting will appear in the screen except when the flash setting is OFF.
- • Flash exposure compensation may not work outside the flash range.
- • The flash range varies depending on the attached camera unit. The following is the reference for each camera unit. (at ISO AUTO, from the front of the lens)
- • GR LENS A12 28mm F2.5 : approx. 0.2 ~ 3.0 m
- • GR LENS A12 50mm F2.5 MACRO : approx. 0.2 ~ 3.0 m
- • RICOH LENS S10 24-72mm F2.5-4.4 VC : approx. 0.2 ~ 4.5 m (Wide) / approx. 0.15 ~ 2.7 m (Tele)
- • RICOH LENS P10 28-300mm F3.5-5.6 VC : approx. 0.2 ~ 4.0 m (wide) / approx. 0.27 ~ 2.5 m (Tele)
For the details on the flash, see the following FAQ.
The GXR is compatible with the optional flash unit (GF-1). See the FAQ below for GF-1 usage.
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In astrology, an aspect is an angle the planets make to each other in the horoscope, also to the ascendant, midheaven, descendant, lower midheaven, and other points of astrological interest. Aspects are measured by the angular distance in degrees and minutes of ecliptic longitude between two points, as viewed from Earth. According to astrological tradition, they indicate the timing of transitions and developmental changes in the lives of people and affairs relative to the Earth.
As an example, if an astrologer creates a horoscope that shows the apparent positions of the celestial bodies at the time of a person's birth (a natal chart), and the angular distance between Mars and Venus is 92° of arc, the chart is said to have the aspect "Venus square Mars" with an orb of 2° (i.e., it is 2° away from being an exact square; a square being a 90° aspect). The more exact an aspect, the stronger or more dominant it is said to be in shaping character or manifesting change.
In medieval astrology, certain aspects, like certain planets, were considered to be either favorable (benefic) or unfavorable (malefic). Modern usage places less emphasis on these fatalistic distinctions. The more modern (but still unscientific) approach to astrological aspects is exemplified by research on astrological harmonics, of which John Addey was a major proponent, and which Johannes Kepler earlier advocated in his book Harmonice Mundi in 1619. But even in Modern times, the aspects are divided into hard aspects or easy aspects. Major Hard aspects being the square and opposition and the easy aspects as trine and sextile. The conjunction can be in either category depending on the planets that are connected.
A list of aspects below presents their angular values and a recommended orb for each aspect. The orbs are subject to variation, depending on the need for detail and personal preferences.
The traditional major aspects are sometimes called Ptolemaic aspects since they were defined and used by Ptolemy in the 1st Century, AD. These aspects are the conjunction (approx. 0-10°), sextile (60°), square (90°), trine (120°), and opposition (180°). It is important to note that different astrologers and separate astrological systems/traditional utilize differing orbs (the degree of separation between exactitude) when calculating and using the aspects, though almost all use a larger orb for a conjunction when compared to the other aspects. The major aspects are those that can be used to divide 360 evenly and are divisible by 10 (with the exception of the semi-sextile).
A conjunction (abrv. Con) is an angle of approximately 0-10°. An orb of approximately 10° is usually considered a conjunction, however if neither the Sun or Moon is involved, some consider the conjunction to have a maximum distance of only about 0±08°. This is said to be the most powerful aspect, intensifying the effects of the involved planets mutually — and being a major point in the chart.
Whether the union is to be regarded as "positive" or "negative" depends upon what planets are involved: Venus, Jupiter and the Sun, in any possible combination, is considered the most favourable scenario (and all three actually met on November 9–10, 1970, for example), while the most unfavourable configurations involve Mars, Saturn, and/or the Moon (with all three conjoining on March 10 in that same year). If the planets are under stress from other configurations, then the conjunction will be said to intensify the stress. When a planet is in very close conjunction to the Sun it is referred to as cazimi; when a planet is moderately close to the Sun, it is said to be combust. The Sun and Moon are in conjunction monthly during the New Moon.
A sextile (abrv. SXt or Sex) is an angle of 60° (1/6 of the 360° ecliptic, or 1/2 of a trine [120°]). A separation (orb) of 60±04° is considered a sextile. The sextile has been traditionally said to be similar in influence to the trine, but of less significance. It indicates ease of communication between the two elements involved, with compatibility and harmony between them, but only provides opportunity, requiring effort to gain its benefits. See information on the semisextile below.
A square (abrv. SQr or Squ) is an angle of 90° (1/4 of the 360° ecliptic, or 1/2 of an opposition [180°]). An orb of somewhere between 5° and 10° is usually allowed. As with the trine and the sextile, in the square, it is usually the outer or superior planet that has an effect on the inner or inferior one. Basically, the square's energy is similar to that of a trine but it is intensified to such an extent that the energy is said to be stressful.
A trine (abbrev. Tri) is an angle of 120° (1/3 of the 360° ecliptic), an orb of somewhere between 5° and 10° . The trine indicates harmony and ease. The trine is a source of artistic and creative talent, which is innate. The trine has been traditionally assumed to be extremely beneficial.
An opposition (abrv. Opp) is an angle of 180° (1/2 of the 360° ecliptic). An orb of somewhere between 5° and 10° is usually allowed. Oppositions are said to be the second most powerful aspect. It resembles the conjunction although the difference between them is that the opposition causes exaggeration as it is not unifying like the conjunction but instead exalted.
The parallel and antiparallel (or contraparallel) are two other aspects, which refer to degrees of declination above or below the ecliptic. They are considered strong influences, though not much research has gone into studying these particular aspects.


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Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump (L) and his vice presidential nominee, Indiana Governor Mike Pence, shared an awkward "air kiss" after Pence spoke during the third day of the Republican National Convention in Cleveland, July 20, 2016.
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V-J Day in Times Square, a photograph by Alfred Eisenstaedt, was published in Life magazine in 1945 with the caption, "In New York's Times Square a white-clad girl clutches her purse and skirt as an uninhibited sailor plants his lips squarely on hers."
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President Barack Obama First Lady Michelle Obama laugh before sharing a kiss as they appear on the 'Kiss Cam' during the Olympics-bound U.S. men's national basketball team game against Brazil, at the Verizon Center, in Washington, DC, July 16, 2012. This was their second chance, since they did not kiss earlier in the game when they were on the 'Kiss Cam.'
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President Barack Obama, kisses First Lady Michelle Obama for the 'Kiss Cam' while attending the Olympic men's exhibition basketball game against Brazil, in Washington, July 16, 2012.
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Britney Spears (L) and Madonna kiss during a performance at the 2003 MTV Video Music Awards at Radio City Music Hall in New York City, August 28, 2003.
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Actress Rachel McAdams, left, and Actor Ryan Gosling accept the award for Best Kiss for "The Notebook" onstage during the 2005 MTV Movie Awards at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles, June 4, 2005.
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Marine Sgt. Brandon Morgan kisses his partner Dalan Wells when he returns home to Hawaii from a deployment in Afghanistan on Feb. 22, 2012.
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Democratic presidential candidate Al Gore kisses his wife Tipper after she introduced him to the Democratic National Convention at the Staples Center in Los Angeles, August 17, 2000.
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Actor Adrien Brody kisses presenter actress Halle Berry as he accepts his Oscar for performance by an actor in a leading role for his role in "The Pianist" during the 75th Academy Awards at the Kodak Theatre in Hollywood, March 23, 2003.
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Riot police walk in the street as a couple kiss in Vancouver, Canada, June 15, 2011. Vancouver broke out in riots after their hockey team the Vancouver Canucks lost in Game Seven of the Stanley Cup Finals.
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Britain's Prince William kisses his wife Kate, Duchess of Cambridge, on the balcony of Buckingham Palace, after their wedding in Londo, April 29, 2011.
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Michael Jackson and his wife Lisa Marie Presley kiss on the stage of Radio City Music Hall in New York City where they attended the MTV Video Music Awards, September 8, 1994.
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Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev, left, kisses East German leader Erich Honecker after Gorbachev's arrival at East Berlin, October 6, 1989. At right is Raisa Gorbachev.
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Petty Officer 2nd Class Marissa Gaeta, left, kisses her girlfriend of two years, Petty Officer 3rd Class Citlalic Snell at Joint Expeditionary Base Little Creek in Virginia Beach, Virginia, December 22, 2011, after Gaeta's ship returned from 80 days at sea.
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Prince Charles and Princess Diana kiss on their wedding day in London, July 29, 1981.
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Singer Justin Bieber kisses actress Selena Gomez during the first half of an NBA basketball game as the San Antonio Spurs play the Los Angeles Lakers in Los Angeles, April 17, 2012.
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Actress Portia de Rossi kisses TV Host Ellen DeGeneres, after finding out that Ellen DeGeneres won the Outstanding Talk Show/Entertainment award during the 35th Annual Daytime Emmy Awards held at the Kodak Theatre in Hollywood, June 20, 2008.
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Actress Katie Holmes and actor Tom Cruise kiss at the premiere of "War Of The Worlds" at the Ziegfeld Theatre June 23, 2005, in New York.
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Clark Gable as Rhett Butler kisses Vivien Leigh playing Scarlet O'Hara in 1939's "Gone with the Wind."
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A proposed tax credit could benefit Weston's Silbond Corporation—America's only producer of ethyl silicate used in many Department of Defense applications.
Congressman Mark Schauer (D-MI) introduced the American Commercial Ethanol Fairness Act of 2009 (HR 3235) with the support of local business, labor and economic development officials. The legislation corrects an unintended consequence of the Volumetric Ethanol Excise Tax Credit—signed into law by President Bush in 2004—which has artificially inflated commercial ethanol market prices and had a severe financial impact on Silbond.
"By leveling the playing field, we can help this innovative manufacturer survive and thrive in Lenawee County for years to come, allowing them to save and create good-paying jobs," said Schauer.
The measure will help protect American national security interests, Schauer said, and also help address the U.S. trade deficit."
Schauer's legislation would establish a 45 cent tax credit for each gallon of ethanol used to produce Tetra Ethyl Ortho Silicate (TEOS—also known as ethyl silicate), a substance used in micro-electronics, marine coatings and many U.S. Department of Defense applications. Each year, Silbond exports half of its production to countries including Mexico, China, Japan and Korea, which helps level America's trade deficit.
"This tax credit will provide an immediate economic stimulus," said John W. Gruber, Chief Financial Officer for Silbond Corporation. "Silbond will be able to keep and create jobs and invest in capital equipment and latest technologies, which will in turn allow our vendors and suppliers to retain and create jobs. There will be a definite, positive impact on the economy in Lenawee County, the State of Michigan, the Midwest region and the entire country."
TEOS is a strategic raw material component in the manufacture of DRAM, flash logic, analog mixed signal, discrete devices and developmental research products by Dell, Texas Instruments, Motorola, Intel, Lawrence Livermore Labs, National Security Administration, Sandia National Labs, BAE Systems Information and Electronic Warfare Systems, Honeywell and others. It is also used in the production of primer coatings for corrosion protection on U.S. naval ships.
Last year, the Lenawee County Commission approved a resolution calling on Congress to take action on similar legislation.
"The Lenawee Economic Development Corporation supports Congressman's Schauer's legislation," said James P. Gartin, President and CEO of the Lenawee Economic Development Corporation.
To learn more about Silbond Corporation, visit www.silbond.com.


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Clifford S. Mintz will be at the ASBMB annual meeting, working as part of the FASEB careers team, giving talks and doing résumé critiques. Click here for more information.
Like it or not, writing a carefully constructed résumé or curriculum vitae is a vital part of any successful job search. Inexperienced job seekers hastily tend to craft résumés without paying much attention to format, style or content and then wonder why they can't land interviews. The best way to approach résumé writing is to think of a résumé as a work of art— something that requires a lot of thought, creativity and attention to detail. As one well-known professional recruiter and job-search expert put it, "Trying to find a job without a smart, well-crafted résumé is like showing up for dinner at a fancy restaurant in a T-shirt and cutoffs. They won't let you in."
It is important to think of a résumé as a personal marketing brochure that will either help land face-to-face interviews or turn a job search into a long and frustrating process.
The primary goal of a résumé is to show prospective employers how you are different from other applicants and why you should be considered a viable candidate. While I can't guarantee that following these tips will result in a job interview, they will help you to craft a job-worthy CV.
Hiring managers, professional recruiters and human-resource professionals quickly tend to scan résumés and make snap judgments about the viability of applicants. Therefore, an applicant's qualifications, skills and personal attributes must jump off of the paper to catch a reader's attention. This can be accomplished easily by using bold type, headings, underlining, bullets and varied font sizes. Avoid using paragraphs, because they are dense and difficult to navigate. However, overuse of visual callout techniques also can overwhelm readers, so be judicious about their placement and frequency of use.
Powerful, action-oriented, emotional words produce strong, positive impressions. Unfortunately, we scientists have been trained to write in passive voice. That being said, try to resist using passive voice, and sell yourself as much as possible!
I am sure that somebody has told you at one time or another to include an "objective" or "goal" on your résumé. Objectives and goals tend to be boring, vague and passive. Instead, I recommend that you craft a vibrant, action-oriented, can-do "summary of qualifications" section that reflects and highlights why you are a right-fit candidate.
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Résumés and CVs can be constructed either chronologically or functionally. Chronological résumés, which are most common, list content in temporal order and should be used for either lateral job moves or when looking for a new job to advance your career. When crafting a chronological résumé, list work experience from the most recent to past. In contrast, functional résumés offer content based on skills and are most effective for individuals seeking career changes. Functional résumés should present your skills in the order of importance for the new career you are pursuing.
It is important to include only the information that is relevant to the position to which you are applying. Unrelated job titles or skills sometimes can confuse hiring managers and, in some instances, cause them to pass on qualified candidates. As mentioned above, most hiring managers are simply too busy to read all of the CVs that receive. Résumés that are chosen for further consideration typically are the ones that present pertinent, job-specific information presented in a straightforward manner.
If you have switched jobs frequently or have gaps in your experience, put the dates of employment in the far right-hand column of the résumé, or hide the job changing by combining or grouping jobs. Also, employment dates should be listed as years and not exact start and stop dates.
A résumé is not just a list of what you have done and where you have been. It is an opportunity to present and highlight your skills and how those skills translate into making you the right candidate. Quantifying or playing up achievements and using strong, definitive statements elevate and authenticate you.
For each position you apply for, it is important to list all experience (in the order of perceived importance) relevant to the hiring manager. Carefully reviewing job descriptions will allow you to quickly and easily identify those things that are most important. What is seen first usually means the most!
When necessary, résumés should be tailored so that your skill sets and accomplishments match what was stated in the job description. This means it is highly unlikely that you will be able to use the same résumé/CV for all the jobs in which you are interested. To insure success, I highly recommend you take the time to tailor each résumé/CV that you submit.
Many people say résumés should be no longer than one or two pages. While this may be the convention for many fields, it is certainly not applicable to CVs or scientific résumés. However, it is a good idea to limit the length of your CV/résumé, because, outside of academic circles, nobody has the time nor the inclination to read a CV that is half an inch thick! When I was working as a professional recruiter, it typically took me a minute or less after scanning a résumé/CV to determine whether I had identified a right-fit candidate. Candidates whose CVs are too long, verbose or difficult to decipher rarely make it to the interview stage. I subscribe to the notion that less is more and simple is elegant!
When listing your educational background, I recommend presenting your lowest degree first and ending with your most advanced degree or educational experience. The name and location of the institution that awarded the degree and your major or area of expertise also should be listed. It is reasonable to list the names of your graduate or postdoctoral advisers if you think it will help your candidacy.
You also may want to include your thesis title if you wrote a master's or doctoral thesis. It is not necessary to list the dates your degrees were awarded— by listing dates, an employer may be able to deduce your age. While this may not be a bad thing for entry-level employees, it may hinder more experienced job seekers from securing new positions.
Membership in professional societies, organizations or clubs should be listed in a section that is separate from your educational background. Invited lectures or presentations also may be listed under a separate heading. It is important to list extracurricular activities or specialized skill sets you think may be relevant.
All of your publications should be listed on the last page of your CV in a section titled "publications." This section should be divided into subsections and appear in the following order: 1) peer-reviewed publications; 2) chapters, books and reviews and 3) oral and poster presentations. However, if you are a mid-career professional, I strongly recommend that you list only peer-reviewed publications, review articles, books and book chapters and eschew the oral and poster presentations sections. Manuscripts that are in press should be listed. That being said, I don't think it is appropriate to include submitted manuscripts— this signals you may not think your publication list is long enough to warrant consideration.
Never send your references to prospective employers unless they ask for them. Simply indicate somewhere on your résumé/CV that references are available upon request. However, for most academic jobs, it is customary for search committees to request references at the beginning of the application process. For industrial jobs, references generally are not requested unless an employer is interested in a candidate.
Finally, it is important to understand that a well thought-out and carefully crafted résumé/CV is a necessary first step in the job hunt. Poorly organized CVs that contain spelling and grammatical errors are certain to eliminate you as a candidate. With this in mind, before you send out your résumé or CV, make sure that it has been spell-checked and reviewed by a friend or colleague. In today's economy and highly competitive life sciences job market, small mistakes may lead to or perpetuate unemployment!
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Big Heart Month at SPCA
Thru August
August is Big Heart Month at SPCA, where a heart on the cage indicates a special furry friend — with some medical or behavioral problem — who is waiting to be adopted at no cost to you. The adoption of these special needs pets is made possible by an anonymous donor in loving memory of Michael and Anne March.
The shelter has also recently added 10 dogs — rescued from a hoarder in Arkansas — in need of happy homes.
410-268-4388; www.aacspca.org
Dog Days at CalvART
Thru August
Dog Days have come to CalvART Gallery, a permanent exhibit space for artists from Calvert, Charles and St. Mary's counties. All month long, see artists' portrayals of cats and dogs. Purchases benefit Calvert Animal Welfare League.
W-Su 11am-5pm, CalvArt Gallery, Prince Frederick: 410-535-9252; www.calvartgallery.org
Ben's Auction and Parties
Thursday, August 22 and Friday, August 30
Paws Bet Boutique isn't satisfied with the $35,000 it's already raised for animal charities. So Ben's Auction returns to bring in more, specifically to benefit the Animal Legal Defense League. Ben's Fabulous Auction kicks off August 22 with a party at Niland & Company jewelers on Maryland Avenue in Annapolis. Well-behaved pups get treats; refreshments are served to humans. You'll get a preview of auction items, including jewelry contributed by Niland, with a portion of all purchases benefitting the League (6-8pm).
Ben, the project's mascot, is a rescued Jack Russell terrier who works at Paws.
Friday August 30, Paws sponsors Canines and Cocktails (5:30-7:30pm), where you and you animal companion enjoy drinks, snacks and treats at Loew's Annapolis Hotel's West Kitchen & Tavern, Annapolis.
410-263-8683; www.pawspetboutique.com
Bark for Art
Saturday, August 24
You and your dog make arts and crafts for fun and for the art show Labor Day weekend. Your $5 donation benefits Calvert Animal Welfare League.
All day, Dunkirk Petvalu: 410-286-2689
Yard Sale for Pets in Need
Saturday, August 24
Browse wares and buy baked goodies and raffle tickets to benefit the Louise Hirsch Memorial Fund to help pets in need.
8am-1pm at Chesapeake Animal Clinic, Owings: 301-855-5166; [email protected]
PAWS Kitten Mania
Saturday, August 24 & Sunday, August 25
Cats of all ages do their best to win your heart and share your home.
PAWS cats are regularly adoptable at Petco in both Anne Arundel and Calvert counties.
Sa 3-7pm; Su 10am-4pm, Prince Frederick Petco.
Mary Baldwin: 410-474-0095
SPCA Puppy Plunge
Sunday, August 25
Returning after last year's big inaugural splash is SPCA of Anne Arundel County's Puppy Plunge, when two- and four-legged plungers alike rush into the South River at Camp Letts. On the human side, the family-friendly festival includes canoeing, a moon bounce, Lego craft tables, volleyball, a bazaar of animal-related wares and live music from Them Eastport Oyster Boys — plus, of course, good things to eat.
Dogs have opportunities, too. Pups have their pick of two beaches for the plunge: Muscle Beach for bigger breeds and Petite Beach for smaller dogs. Pups strut in the spotlight for Plunge's two contests: Best in Bikini and Ugliest Dog.
All ages welcome, with dogs or without, on this day of unleashed fun in support of Anne Arundel's independent SPCA, who help us keep our animal relationships good and fair.
Noon-4pm, Camp Letts, Edgewater. $5: 410-268-4388 x142; www.aacspca.org
Pets On Wheels
Wednesday, August 28
Eat at Ruby Tuesday to support Southern Maryland Pets on Wheels. As a not-for-profit volunteer organization, Pets On Wheels survives on fundraisers such as this.
Organized by Lisa Norwood out of Dunkirk, Southern Maryland Pets On Wheels sends pet-people teams to nursing homes and other assisted-living centers to shower with affection people unresponsive to other enrichments.
Go to the Pets On Wheels Facebook page and print the flyer to ensure that 20 percent of your check goes to Pets On Wheels.
443-975-9204; www.petsonwheels.org; www.facebook.com/petsonwheelsinc
Truxtun's Annual Dog Swim
Tuesday, September 3
All summer long the City of Annapolis' public pool invites people to get cool in the pool, whether they are swimming freestyle or doggy-paddle. The last day of the season, the pool is open for dogs. Owners join the swim or take in the amusing sight.
4-7pm at Truxton Pool, Annapolis. $10 per dog:
410-263-7928; http://bit.ly/1a9kfSO
Canines and Cocktails
Thru Saturday, September 7
Ben's Auction is rich with treasures — jewels, travel, luxuries, pet products and services — you'll covet once you see them online at ALDF.dojiggy.com. Bid through
September 7.
Ben's Auction concludes with a Tail-End Party September 7 at Paws Pet Boutique in Annapolis, with last minute bidding and a portion of all purchases benefitting the Animal Legal Defense League (6-8pm).
410-263-8683; www.pawspetboutique.com
Saturday, September 14
Do one-stop shopping for your next pet at Anne Arundel County Animal Control Shelter in Millersville. The Adopt-a-Thon combines the joy of adopting a furry friend with all the fun of a carnival. Food, live music and exotic display of birds, snakes and other not-so-furry friends make the Adopt-a-Thon fun for kids and adults. Adoptions, of course, make new homes possible for rescued animals.
Anne Arundel County Animal Control Shelter collects and accepts stray and relinquished animals. Animals not redeemed are placed for adoption after five days. Creatures of many species — from birds to rabbits as well as cats and dogs — need homes. Rabies vaccinations ($5) and microchipping ($20) are done Thursdays 1-3pm.
Donations and volunteers always needed.
Adopt-a-Thon 10am-6pm. Anne Arundel County Animal Control Shelter, Millersville: 410-222-8900; www.aacounty.org/animalcontrol
Pet Day 5K
Saturday, September 14
You, your family and leased dogs enjoy morning exercise while benefiting Calvert Human Society at Pet Day 5K Run/Walk. The Pet Day 5K is sanctioned by the Chesapeake Bay Running Club. Course winds along the Patuxent River and Chesapeake Bay. Adoptable pets will be on hand.
Registration 7:30-8:30am, Our Lady Star of the Sea Church, Solomons. Run/walk starts 8:30. Age 13+ $25, 6-12 $20, under 6 free. www.active.com.
Calvert Human Society, an all-volunteer organization, rescues homeless animals and boards them on their way to homes. Fishing Creek Kennel helps support the mission. Volunteers and donations always welcome.
Adoptions Saturdays 11am-2pm and Sundays noon-3pm at the Kennel, and 1:30-3:30pm at PetSmart, Dunkirk.
Fishing Creek Kennel, 2210 Dalrymple Rd., Sunderland: 410-257-4908; www.humanesocietyofcalvertcounty.org
Live on the Farm Benefit Concert
Friday, September 27
The 13th annual Live on the Farm Benefit Concert helps fund Maryland Therapeutic Riding's mission as a safe place where people with disabilities can gain self confidence and have fun while riding and spending time with horses.
Headlining is Grammy-award winner Ricky Skaggs, with local favorites and long-time benefactors The Hard Travelers opening. As well as music, enjoy food and spirits, demonstrations by a therapeutic rider and silent and live auctions. Barn doors open at 5:30pm; music starts at 7:30pm: $65 general admission; $125 VIP w/reserved seating and artists' reception.
410-923-6800; www.mtrinc.org
Tiki Bar Family Pet Days
Sunday, October 20
As many as 2,000 dogs and "probably twice as many people" gather at Solomons Tiki Bar October 20 (1-5pm) to get silly in honor of interspecies connections, according to Jean Radeackar of Patuxent Animal Welfare Society, which benefits from the fun. In honor of Halloween, many creatures come in costume for one of a series of friendly competitions, also including owner-pet look alike, best-trick and pie-eating contests. In the latter, both dogs and humans set into pies, pudding and whipped cream for humans, chicken and rice for dogs, who often finish first, then help out their humans. All ages and species welcome.
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PHILADELPHIA � On the first day of Amare Stoudemire�s Big Man Camp last summer, Creighton star Doug McDermott returned to his previously empty hotel room to find that a hefty, green travel bag had arrived.
That color, he figured, had to reveal clues about the identity of his roommate.
�I�m like, �This has got to be Tony Mitchell from North Texas,� � McDermott said Saturday, recollecting the details of past experiences that form an intriguing backdrop to Duke�s matchup with Creighton in the NCAA Tournament.
When the owner of the green bag appeared, it wasn�t Mitchell.
Out walked Duke�s Ryan Kelly, from the bathroom.
�I was like, �What�s up, man? I thought you�d have like a Duke Nike bag or something,� � McDermott said. �That was kind of funny.�
The two forwards with similarly versatile basketball skills shared notes on each others� games there in Chicago � McDermott learned the steps by which Kelly works to get off his fading jumper that�s inspired by Dirk Nowitzki � and later joined in a paintball excursion after finishing up at the LeBron James Skill Academy in Las Vegas.
Well, actually, McDermott and Kelly sat out of paintball for fear of dirtying their shoes. Duke�s Mason Plumlee did play, however. And apparently, he was a monster out there.
�Big target, but he was good,� McDermott said. �He wasn�t afraid of anyone.�
Tonight, when Duke and Creighton compete for a spot in the Sweet 16, those friendly dealings have to be compartmentalized, said Kelly, his businesslike demeanor Saturday conveying a serious tone as compared to McDermott�s affable storytelling.
McDermott, the two-time All-American, the nation�s second-leading scorer (23.2 points, 7.6 rebounds per game), clearly is the lynchpin for a Creighton team that stands between Duke and a trip to next weekend�s region semifinal in Indianapolis.
That, the win-or-end-the-season ultimatum that accompanies tonight, has to be the focus for the Blue Devils, Kelly said, plainly.
�He�s a good guy. But none of that matters when we step on the floor,� Kelly said. �We learned a little bit from each other in the summer. That�s what the summer is for. This isn�t the summer anymore. All that matters now is winning.
�It makes it interesting, that you know guys on the other team. But honestly, for me personally, when I step on the floor, that just kind of disappears. We can be friends off the court or whatever, but on the court it�s a battle. And we have to win.�
Winning for Duke hinges on combating the bulk of Creighton�s 6-foot-9, 260-pound Gregory Echenique (9.6 points, 6.6 rebounds per game) and the all-around floor game of the Bluejays� 6-5 Grant Gibbs (8.6 points, 5.9 assists, 4.1 rebounds per game).And, of course, there is the 6-8 McDermott, the National Player of the Year candidate, who has supplied seven games of 30 or more points this season, including a 41-point masterpiece earlier this month against Wichita State that helped Creighton clinch the Missouri Valley Conference regular-season title.
The 6-11 Kelly will draw Duke�s primary defensive assignment on McDermott tonight.
�You always have to be in a stance and moving,� Kelly said. �He does an unbelievable job, whether it be playing off screens or cutting toward the basket or quick posts, you can never be surprised by his movement. Not many big guys do that. That�s something I have to be prepared for.�
The company line from Duke players Saturday was that McDermott�s style can be compared to that of Ohio State�s Deshaun Thomas, who Kelly did a commendable job defending in November, when Duke beat Ohio State 73-68.
Thomas had 16 points on 6-for-14 shooting from the field that night at Cameron Indoor Stadium.
But there are uniquely mirroring qualities between McDermott and Kelly, too. Both big forwards can score from down low on the block, face up in the mid-range areas and step out beyond the arc to knock down 3-pointers.
Kelly has averaged 15.6 points and 5.6 rebounds since returning from the right-foot injury that kept him shelved for nearly two months.
�Those guys are very similar,� Duke point guard Quinn Cook said. �They put up big numbers. You have to stay attached to them. You can�t lose them. They can do it all. You have to have awareness for them as soon as they cross half court.�


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Pope Benedict XVI announced his decision in Latin during a meeting of Vatican cardinals on Monday morning.
The 85-year-old pope's decision sets the stage for a conclave to elect a new pope before the end of March.
He emphasised that carrying out the duties of being Pope - the leader of more than a billion Roman Catholics worldwide - required "both strength of mind and body."
"After having repeatedly examined my conscience before God, I have come to the certainty that my strengths due to an advanced age are no longer suited to an adequate exercise of the Petrine ministry," he told the cardinals.
"I am well aware that this ministry, due to its essential spiritual nature, must be carried out not only by words and deeds but no less with prayer and suffering.
"However, in today's world, subject to so many rapid changes and shaken by questions of deep relevance for the life of faith, in order to govern the bark of St Peter and proclaim the Gospel, both strength of mind and body are necessary - strengths which in the last few months, has deteriorated in me to the extent that I have had to recognize my incapacity to adequately fulfill the ministry entrusted to me."
The last pope to resign was Pope Gregory XII, who stepped down in 1415 in a deal to end the Great Western Schism among competing papal claimants.
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It seemed like a tall order. I wanted an edible gift that was fast and easy to make, inexpensive, wouldn't spoil or need to be refrigerated, and that kids could be involved in.
With so many caveats, the field is pretty narrow. I'm not a fan of baking mixes, such as muffins or pancakes. Too much measuring and printing of recipes so recipients know how to use them. Spice rubs are a good choice. Trail mix is another. But I've done those before and this year I wanted something different, something a little less expected.
The solution I came up with -- seasoned salts. The concept is simple. Blend salt with various seasonings, then package them nicely. The kids can even get in on decorating the jars.
There are just a few things to remember as you do this. Most important is that seasoned salts -- whether prepared or purchased -- are intended as finishing salts. That means they should be used to season finished dishes, not during cooking. Most of the nuanced flavor of a seasoned salt would be lost if used for cooking.
For gift purposes, I suggest planning for two kinds of salt -- powdered salt, which is intended for use on popcorn, and flaked salt, which is for sprinkling over finished savory foods.
First, the powdered salt. The powdered part of this is key. Movie theater popcorn tends to be perfectly salted because vendors use powdered salt; this adheres to the corn kernels far better than even fine grain salt does. This is why your homemade popcorn usually is unevenly salted, and why you end up with a sea of salt on the bottom of the bowl.
Making powdered salt is simple. Use inexpensive kosher salt (usually about $1.50 for a 3-pound box), then run it through either a food processor or blender (you also can use a mortar and pestle for smaller batches) until it reaches the consistency of powdered sugar. Seasonings can be mixed in by hand after the salt is ground, or simply added to the processor or blender at the same time.
When selecting seasonings for popcorn salt, don't hesitate to get creative, even mixing sweet and savory flavors. But always aim to use seasonings with a similar texture as the powdered salt (in other words, finely ground seasonings such as cinnamon, paprika, garlic powder, etc.).
For flake salts intended to use on savory foods, you'll need to start with pricier flaked sea salt. You usually can find bargains on this variety at places such as Trader Joe's and similar retailers. With these salts, you simply mix them with the seasonings you want, then bottle them. Even easier than powdered salts.
You also have more choice when it comes to seasonings. No need to worry about matching the texture of the salt, which in this case tends to be large and coarse. Finely ground seasonings or more robust dried herbs, or a blend of the two, all work well.
I've outlined a few suggestions for each variety, but this is a creative effort, so just explore your spice cabinet. Be sure to label your salts and include hints on what to use them on.
Popcorn salt combos
Each of these makes enough for four to six gifts, depending on jar size.
n 1 pound kosher salt, six 3-inch cinnamon sticks, 2 teaspoons cayenne pepper (grind everything together)
n 1 pound kosher salt, 2 tablespoons pumpkin pie spice blend (mix the spice blend into the salt after it is ground)
n 1 pound kosher salt, 4 teaspoons garlic powder, 4 teaspoons smoked paprika (mix the spice blend into the salt after it is ground)
n 1 pound kosher salt, 2 1/2 tablespoons Sichuan pepper (grind everything together)
Savory salt combos
Each makes one to two gifts, depending on jar size.
n 1/2 cup flaked salt, 2 teaspoons dried oregano, 2 teaspoons dried basil, 1/2 teaspoon red pepper flakes
n 1/2 cup flaked salt, 1 1/2 tablespoons fennel seed, 2 teaspoons cumin seed, 2 teaspoons mustard powder
n 1/2 cup flakes salt, 2 teaspoons curry powder
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SGI bags vanishing stimulus dough
Two supers and 100 teraflops for Los Alamos
The Obama stimulus money may be running out, but the US Department of Energy has just kicked a chunk of it over to Silicon Graphics to buy two new Altix XE parallel clusters.
The DOE already has a petaflops-class hybrid blade supercomputer: the IBM "Roadrunner" Opteron-Cell super that reported for classified nuke duty at Los Alamos National Laboratory last fall. The lab also runs all sorts of non-classified super-based work.
But more oomph is always welcome.
Like other DOE labs, Los Alamos has a little of everything. The Roadrunner super is, at the moment, the lab's flagship machine, but it doesn't have an upgrade path. IBM killed off its QS21 Cell-based blade earlier this year and stopped development on its own Cell chips last November — although Sony and Toshiba are apparently still using Cell derivatives in future products.
And as for the Opteron blade halves of the Roadrunner machine, there's no upgrade path there, either.
So far, IBM has done as little as possible to support Advanced Micro Devices' Opteron 4100 and 6100 processors, launching only one machine using the twelve-core Opteron 6100s. This machine, the System x3755 M3, is a perfectly good 2U, 48-core box, but it's not a follow-on to the LS41 blade server used in the Roadrunner. (There is an LS42 two-socket blade server available from IBM, but it only supports the earlier six-core Opteron 2400 chips.)
The word on the street is that disgraced IBM executive and former Systems and Technology Group general manager Robert Moffat, who lost his job and is going to prison because of an insider-trading scandal, killed off IBM's internal use of the Cell in blades for supercomputers. It's likely that Moffat, famous for his sharp knife inside of IBM's supply chain, was responsible for pulling back on development of AMD servers, too.
It's no wonder, then, that Los Alamos, which is perfectly happy with Roadrunner inasmuch as it proved the hybrid supercomputing concept, has been shopping around for different systems from different vendors.
SGI has not, as yet, convinced Los Alamos to be the showcase account for the Altix UV 1000 shared-memory supers, pushing clusters of the shared-memory NUMAlink 5 interconnect up into the petaflops range.
Some lab, somewhere, will get the funding and do it, sooner rather than later. For now, though, SGI will have to be happy with peddling two nearly identical Altix XE 1300 clusters, based on quad-core Xeon 5500 processors, to the nuke lab. Each machine has over 4,500 x64 cores, 14TB of unshared memory, and is rated at 50 teraflops. The first cluster has already been delivered.
The SGI machines will be plugged into the unclassified meta-cluster of machines, called the Turquoise Network, at Los Alamos and will be used by the ASC group that does nuclear weapons and stockpile work as well as DOE Office of Science, which uses the Los Alamos machines for climate, ocean, and sea ice–modeling simulations.
Los Alamos is shifting its cash pile away from IBM and toward Cray in the latest round of budget largesse. In April, the lab tapped Cray on the shoulder with $45m in funding to get its hands on one of the first XE6 Opteron-based supers with the Opteron 6100 blades and the new "Gemini" XE interconnect.
See what happens when you don't upgrade your blades, Big Blue?
Los Alamos has nicknamed the Cray machine "Cielo," and expects the super to be installed starting this quarter with additional nodes added in 2011 to bring it up to its petaflops performance level. ®
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The world's largest gathering of neurological professionals took place in Honolulu, Hawaii last week. Unlike when the American Academy of Neurology meeting took place on my back doorstep in 2009, I did not attend the meetings in order to report back "live" (but it wasn't for lack of trying…). Then, when I tracked the news as it rolled out from the meetings and was kept abreast in their virtual press room, I waited until the meetings were over so I could digest the skeins of data before relaying information via the Life With MS Blog.
Once again this year, multiple sclerosis information, seminars, posters, and study results overwhelmed the proceedings. I used nearly an entire highlighter on my copy of the advanced program!
It is our intention to spend several of the next few weeks' postings to relay some of the data presented. My understanding of what the majority of our community likes is a blend of news about MS and the community stuff that has set this blog apart for half a decade. We'll pepper in stories from AAN rather than make this next few weeks' blogs all AAN reporting.
More Tysabri Worries
Alfred Sandrock, MD, PhD, of Biogen/Idec, presented findings from the company's study on progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy (PML) in patients using Biogen/Idec's MS drug, Tysabri — a drug that has garnered the name "poison" from some critics. Dr. Sandrock's information will not go far in allaying such characterizations, but a set of controllable and/or recognizable factors may help people taking this drug, or considering it as a treatment, to assess personal risk.
Biogen/Idec analyzed 102 reported cases of PML (through March 4, 2011) among the approximately 100,000 people who have received at least one dose of the drug. The company reported at AAN that PML infection rates were as low as 0.11 per 1,000 for people who have none of three risk factors (see below), and as high as 8.1 per 1,000 for those exhibiting all three (and varying amounts of increased risk for patients having one or two of the risk factors).
Risk factors for PML include:
- More than two years on Tysabri
- Prior immunosuppressant therapy
- Positive serology for JC virus infection
The simple reporting of these risk factors and their cumulative heightening of risk for PML are, of course, big news. To break them out individually, however, allows us to read between some lines.
1. More than two years on Tysabri
Previous studies have linked short-term use of Tysabri to a "rebound effect" if it's used for only a couple of months. Add this data to the new risks beyond two years and we may have a new "safe zone" for the use of this powerful therapy.
We'll deem this risk factor controllable.
2. Prior immunosuppressant therapy
From the company's own website, "TYSABRI is generally recommended for patients that have not been helped enough by, or cannot tolerate, another treatment for MS."
"Another treatment for MS" is, by definition, probably going to have been immunosuppressive. I read this report to mean that if you have been on most any other MS drug treatment (which is "generally recommended" by the manufacturer), then this risk factor looms unavoidable for you.
We'll call this one recognizable but, for most of us, not controllable.
3. Positive serology for JC virus infection
Now, this one is very important for a number of reasons. There are, to date, no cases of PML for which there exist pre-treatment blood tests (not all cases of PML have such blood samples on file) in which the person tested negative for the JC virus. That is to say, in all of the cases of PML where the patient's pre-Tysabri blood was available to test for the JC virus, the patients presented positive for previous infection with the JC virus.
This also rings a clear bell for your blogger. I noted in an article about Tysabri last summer that a new assay test for JC virus serology was in clinical trials. It is important to understand that this is not a blood test for "active" JC virus. Many people are getting an off-the-shelf test for the virus itself. This will only show a positive result if you are "shedding" virus at the time of the test, not if you have been exposed and harbor the virus but it's dormant. The only test that will show a positive result when the JC virus is dormant is a proprietary test owned by Biogen/Idec and, against the recommendations of several of the study's participating researchers, the company intends to keep the patent for the test if it is approved.
If you have been tested for JC virus as part of your decision making process for taking Tysabri and it was not as part of a research study on the assay test developed by Biogen/Idec, than you received a test for the active virus, not the serum test for the exposure to JC virus.
I'd call this one recognizable but suspect.
A Call to Action
Biogen/Idec is said to be supporting new language for Tysabri's label stating the increased incidence of PML when all three risk factors are present. They intend, however, to lobby against "absolute contradiction" of Tysabri (that's language all but restricting use of the drug) in people exhibiting all three factors. If this company is to support language calling for the use of its new test as part of an informed decision to use Tysabri, they must surely feel the pressure from the international MS community to spin off the ownership of this test! The exclusive ownership of a test which shows a drug to be (relatively) safe seems counter-intuitive to every fiber of my intellect.
Biogen/Idec, if your blood serum test for JC virus is approved as an important part of a patient's decision making process to use your powerful MS drug, Tysabri, you MUST relinquish ownership of said test. (I don't mind you selling and making a profit from your patent — that's how research is funded). To do otherwise opens you to continued scrutiny by the MS community and from this blogger as well.
Your comments on our blogs about MS therapies are always read by the drug companies. I have been told so by each drug rep that I meet. If you agree (or not) make your feelings known by commenting. This is an important issue for all who use or are considering use of Tysabri.
Wishing you and your family the best of health.
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Ratty in tweeds, Toad in a hip-level motor-car, Teddy-boy stoats and rabbits with long-eared balaclavas – Nicky Gillibrand's brilliantly witty Edwardian-with-a-twist costumes for Will Tuckett's The Wind in the Willows bring the animals of Kenneth Grahame's beloved novel instantly to life. It's not the first time dancers have been made to look, well, a little on the beastly side. As the Duchess Theatre's curtain is raised for the Royal Opera House's first ever West End transfer, we take a look at a few of the varmints lurking around The Royal Ballet's repertory.
First in line is the notorious Peter Rabbit and his furry friends. Royal Ballet Founder Choreographer Frederick Ashton created Tales of Beatrix Potter for television in 1970, for a balletic film that was the brainchild of Richard Goodwin and his wife, designer and filmmaker Christine Edzard. They wanted to replicate Ms Potter's gorgeous watercolours as closely as possible – and the results were astutely padded costumes and an array of magnificent fibreglass heads, created by Rostislav Doboujinsky. Anthony Dowell knew the perfect children's ballet when he saw it and adapted Ashton's film for the Royal Opera House stage in 1992. Ever since, audiences have cheered as much as dancers have cursed the notoriously hot and heavy costumes.
There's a whole menagerie of Ashtonian animals, from the comedic cockerel that opens La Fille mal gardée to the transformed Bottom in The Dream, who combats the dual demands of prancing on point beneath a massive donkey mask. Their furry forbear is Pépé, the Mexican terrier, who nips around Ashton's early masterpiece A Wedding Bouquet (1937). Pépé had real-life inspiration in the Pépé belonging to writer Gertrude Stein, whose play inspired the ballet. Stein wrote, in her usual idiosyncratic style, 'Pépé the little Mexican dog is going to be on the stage not in person of course but a little girl to play him but even the littlest little girl is going to be a very large little Mexican'. She eventually allowed that 'Pépé the dog was charming'.
In one of the more surreal moments of A Wedding Bouquet Pépé dons a blue tutu and dances a pas de trois – it's one of Ashton's many allusions in the ballet to classical dance, here the wedding scene of The Sleeping Beauty, in which the wedding of Princess Aurora and Prince Florimund is attended by an alarming host of fairytale characters. Chief among them are White Cat and Puss-in-Boots, who dance an amorous cattish quarrel. The ballet also features an evil clutch of mousey cohorts to the villainess Carabosse – who have another classical counterpart in The Nutcracker's Mouse King and his army of mice.
Contemporary choreographers haven't shied away from the animal world. Christopher Wheeldon's Alice's Adventures in Wonderland has creatures of all colours: the White Rabbit's tell-tale tail peeking through his coat, the capering tartan-clad critters of the caucus race, the Fish and Frog Footmen, sinuous Caterpillar and of course the flame-pink flamingos and cute chorus of hedgehogs – all brilliantly realized in Bob Crowley's eye-popping designs.
Animal designs have also been used in a more elegiac, mysterious way. The Royal Ballet's Resident Choreographer Wayne McGregor's Raven Girl – created in collaboration with Audrey Niffenegger, author of The Time Traveler's Wife – imagines a girl who exchanges her arms for wings in her longing to join the world of ravens. And while David Bintley's sprightly 'Still Life' at the Penguin Café, created for the Company in 1988, is a colourful showcase – an ebullient Texan Kangaroo Rat, the Morris dancing Hog-nosed Fleas, the seraphic Southern Cape Zebra – it also carries a sobering message of animals endangered by human activities.
What are your favourite balletic animals?
The Wind in the Willows is on now at the Duchess Theatre and runs to 5 February 2014. Tickets are still available and can be purchased via the Royal Opera House or through the Duchess Theatre.


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Finishing is the mantra for Coach Joel Abelson and the Sioux Falls Skyforce. Hearkening back to the loss against Texas the team led late, but didn't finish. The lessons learned paid off as Sioux Falls beat the Austin Toros 115-105 Friday night to keep the best record in the NBA Development League.
In a back and forth game it came down to an eerily similar situation. Austin had closed to within four points with 1:12 left. In the last game against Texas, the Skyforce led by five points with 90 seconds left. This was Troy Hudson's time. He drove the lane, made the layup to lead by six. The league's leading shot blocker Jarvis Varnado stuffed the next shot by Austin's Trey Kelley and the game was in hand. The final margin was ten, but neither team was in control as each team took turns leading at the quarter breaks.
Most of the game was played in the paint and the depth in the frontcourt served the Skyforce well. Varnado scored 12 and grabbed 12 boards with Demetris Nichols adding 19 counters. New acquiree Hassan Whiteside netted 14 points with 10 rebounds off the bench. Three Austin forwards correspondingly got into foul trouble trying to keep up. In the backcourt, the marquee matchup between two NBA ready guards was as advertised. Andrew Goudelock led the Skyforce with 26 points while reigning MVP Justin Dentmon of the Toros chipped in 16 points and 7 assists. The Toros got a stellar effort from Tyler Wilkerson with 22 points and 11 boards.
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If all goes well, Chula Vista's Bryan Balderman and Kevin Stroman will complete the adoption process for their three young children in an Orange County courtroom on Monday morning.
At 3:30 that day, they have an appointment for a wedding license from the San Diego County Recorder-Clerk's office, in time for their scheduled 4 p.m. marriage ceremony at the County Administration Center.
The two will be among the first, if the not the very first, San Diego County same-sex couples to wed after such unions were cleared to resume in California Friday afternoon.
"This is fantastic," Balderman said shortly after learning the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals lifted its stay on county clerks' issuing wedding licenses to gay and lesbian couples. "Kevin's really happy and our families are really happy."
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"We've been waiting and waiting for this, and now we can finally be legally together and make our family whole," the 27-year-old Stroman said shortly after attending a Hillcrest community celebration Wednesday evening.
"We finally get to form our family in a legal sense and protect our children and all of our assets," said Balderman, 28, an assistant show producer at SeaWorld San Diego.
Balderman and Stroman first connected online seven years ago but didn't meet face-to-face until two years later, even though both are from Southern California.
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The two wear matching wedding bands distinguished only by a different colored centerline, one black, one blue.
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"My parents call him more than they call me," Balderman said.
Their initial appointment with the county for the license and wedding was made Wednesday morning but rescinded a few hours later after a worker called Stroman and said the county was awaiting direction from state officials.
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Unlike their wait for a marriage license and lawful wedding, their path for adopting their children, siblings ages 5, 7 and 10, has been smooth.
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When they marry, the family name will be Stanton, Balderman's middle name.
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Balderman said explaining the Supreme Court rulings to their kids was a joy.
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Crescent Canyon east is the eastern entrance to a gully below a collapsed bridge south of Mojave Drive-in. It is populated by golden geckos, and is strewn with radioactive waste barrels. A train (most likely carrying these radioactive waste barrels) can be found with half of its cars at the bottom of the canyon. This is the southern limit of normal exploration in the Fallout: New Vegas map.
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WASHINGTON - Republicans' search for a way back to presidential success is drawing a striking array of personalities and policy options, creating a wide-open self-reassessment of the party. GOP activists may need three full years to decide which candidate and which philosophy will serve them best in 2016.
Rival factions are trying to tug the party left or right, toward pragmatism or defiance, toward small-government purity versus pride in the good that government can do.
Traditional stands against gay marriage and against looser immigration laws are being challenged. And the tea party's influence - a mixed blessing in recent Senate races - looms large in early presidential jockeying after a muted role in the heart of last year's contest.
Sen. Rand Paul of Kentucky is generating nationwide attention with a libertarian-tinged message that drew modest attention until a short time ago.
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Thus far, no one is creating more buzz than Paul, whose father, Ron Paul, is a libertarian champion and three-time presidential candidate. The younger Paul generally avoids his father's more esoteric issues, such as abolishing the Federal Reserve and returning to the gold standard.
Rand Paul's anti-war stand also is softer than his father's. But the junior senator from Kentucky gained widespread attention this month with a 13-hour filibuster challenging U.S. policy for using drones to kill terrorist suspects.
Soon thereafter, Paul won CPAC's presidential straw poll - as his father did in past years - and delivered a widely covered speech on immigration.
"Rand Paul is going to be a very serious candidate for president," said Steve Schmidt, a chief strategist for John McCain's 2008 presidential campaign. "He's going to challenge the orthodoxies, some of the litmus tests, of what has defined conservatism. The libertarian wing, which has been dormant, will assert itself."
Even Paul's occasional critics salute his fast rise.
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"We're on different planets when it comes to foreign policy," Graham said. He cautioned Paul: "I think it's going to be difficult to lead the Republican Party without embracing peace through strength, the Ronald Reagan approach to national security."
The higher Paul soars, the more scrutiny his record will draw. That record might unsettle Republicans who say the party must edge toward the center to attract more voters.
Paul strongly opposes abortion, saying human life begins at conception and should be entitled to legal protection from then on. He muddied the waters in a recent CNN interview, however, saying "there are thousands of exceptions" that might make an abortion legal.
Paul also has struggled to explain changes to his once-firm stand against illegal immigration. In a major speech this month he set out a plan to let illegal immigrants remain in the U.S. and ultimately get a chance to become citizens, but he generally avoided direct references to citizenship.
Nearly equaling Paul in early presidential speculation is Rubio, 41, who is tasked with helping his party find better footing on immigration. Rubio, the son of Cuban immigrants, is trying to craft a lengthy but feasible path to citizenship for the nation's millions of illegal immigrants. Rubio and Paul may end up with similar positions, although Paul wants more stringent requirements for certifying that the Mexican border is secure before moving ahead with other immigration changes.
Hispanics voted overwhelmingly for President Barack Obama in 2008 and 2012. Some GOP strategists hope Rubio can reverse the trend.
Former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush, who has called for immigration reform and whose wife is Mexican-American, also is in the presidential mix. It's not clear whether he and Rubio can advance simultaneously. Also, Bush's father and brother left the White House with low approval ratings.
Rep. Paul Ryan of Wisconsin, the 2012 vice presidential nominee, is considering a presidential campaign that inevitably would draw scrutiny to his efforts to slash social spending without raising taxes on anyone, including the rich.
Warren G. Harding was the last Republican elected directly from the Senate or House to the presidency. As usual, several governors are weighing presidential bids. At least three - Chris Christie of New Jersey, Scott Walker of Wisconsin and Bob McDonnell of Virginia - might make a pragmatic, can-do argument, having governed toss-up or Democratic-leaning states.
But they already see the challenge of running in a party whose primaries are dominated by conservative activists.
Christie, who praised Obama's role in hurricane relief, was refused a speaking slot at CPAC. And conservative bloggers are hammering McDonnell for a Virginia transportation overhaul that includes new taxes.
Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal - a former Rhodes Scholar who urges Republicans to stop being "the stupid party" and obsessing over budgets - also might run for president.
Personalities aside, Republicans are bracing for an intense philosophical debate. Should they edge toward the political center to draw moderates and independents who helped elect Obama? And if so, how do they avoid antagonizing evangelicals, immigration hard-liners and other conservative stalwarts who comprise the party's base?
Schmidt notes that the base's loyalty didn't keep the party from losing the popular vote in five of the last six presidential elections.
If Republicans recalibrate their message "based on talk radio hosts and extreme bloggers, it's like putting a magnet to your compass," Schmidt said. "The readings go haywire," and there's no way to pick up the extra voters the party needs, he said.
Schnur, the consultant-turned-academic, said Republicans realize they can't win presidential races without changing. "A much harder decision is not whether to do things differently," he said, "but how."


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O.J. Mayo scored 10 of 27 points over the final six minutes of the third quarter, when Dallas charged ahead, and the Mavericks held on for a 114-111 victory over the New York Knicks on Wednesday night.
Mayo put Dallas ahead to stay with a 17-foot fadeaway jumper with 43 seconds left in the third quarter to break an 80-all tie. That was part of a 20-8 spurt to end the period against the Knicks (8-2).
Vince Carter had 25 points, including a floater with 6 minutes left that made it 102-90.
The Knicks then had a 21-10 spurt, getting within 112-111 on two free throws by Jason Kidd with 1:15 left.
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Employees charged after Tennessee juvenile detention escape
Judge blocks use of Pentagon funds for border wall
iGym levels playing field for disabled, able-bodied children
Florida man pleads guilty in plot to kidnap Virginia children, murder parents; receives life sentence
Michael Vick will be honored as honorary Pro Bowl captain despite petition calling for his removal
Not Truist yet: Braves park keeping SunTrust name for now
Anthem Protester Megan Rapinoe Named Sports Illustrated 'Sportsperson Of The Year'
Ryan lead Falcons to 40-20 win over Panthers
No.5 Bulldogs clinch Sugar Bowl appearance with Baylor
No.3 Tigers set for Fiesta Bowl with Ohio State
No. 3 Clemson tops No. 22 Virginia 62-17 for ACC title
No. 2 LSU topples No.4 Georgia in SEC Championship 37-10
Local high school grads headed to SEC Championship with the Dawgs