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CALGARY, Alberta (AP) Brad Stuart helped the San Jose Sharks fend off the Calgary Flames.
Stuart's goal 1:13 into overtime gave the Sharks a 3-2 victory over the Flames on Tuesday.
Stuart jumped up in the rush, drove the net and had Joe Thornton's shot deflect sharply off his elbow and past Reto Berra for the winner.
''It's been a long time since I've had an overtime goal,'' Stuart said. ''It wasn't pretty, but I'm not going to tell anybody how it went in, it just went in.''
San Jose dominated play, outshooting Calgary 35-13, yet weren't able to put the game away.
''We've had a lot of close games and just haven't been able to finish it,'' Stuart said. ''Tonight, we let them back in it and we shouldn't have but for us to get the points, it'll be a good positive for us moving forward.''
Calgary's work ethic was absent at the beginning and that was a source of frustration for the coaching staff.
''That was the biggest spanking that we've taken in the first period,'' Flames coach Bob Hartley said. ''We didn't touch the puck. The only way that we could have touched the puck is if we would have had two pucks out there.''
San Jose got a goal from Logan Couture on its second shift of the game and then a power-play goal from Patrick Marleau in the final minute, taking a 2-0 lead in a period in which they outshot the Flames 17-3.
''In the first period, we didn't see our team at all,'' Hartley said. ''I asked (assistant coach) Marty Gelinas, should I change my lines and he said yes. I started looking and I couldn't find three guys that I felt that had decent energy.''
Down 28-6 in shots after 40 minutes yet only trailing 2-0 thanks to Berra, Calgary got enough going in the third to rally and tie it.
Calgary's comeback bid began when it got its first power play of the game six minutes into the period. The Flames would need just five seconds to convert.
Rookie Sean Monahan cleanly won a faceoff from Thornton, pulling the puck back to Kris Russell and the Flames defenseman ripped a slap shot past Sharks goaltender Alex Stalock.
The goal snapped a 0-for-30 drought on the power play for Calgary that had lasted nine games and covered more than 54 minutes.
Less than four minutes later, Mike Cammalleri tied it on a backhand at 10:25.
But that momentary surge would be the long bright spot for the Flames, who were kicking off a three-game homestand.
''We're all proud people and that's been something from day one, we've been a team that played with pride and we don't want to be beat, playing in games where our shot totals look like that,'' Cammalleri said. ''I don't see any moral victories in that.''
After missing the first seven games with a hand injury, the pending unrestricted free agent leads the Flames with eight goals in 11 games.
''In the third, we were desperate and I felt that we saw our good old team again but all that said. If not for Reto Berra, the Sharks can get on the plane after the first period and they'd already have the two points,'' Hartley said.
San Jose (11-2-5) snapped a five-game winless skid. During the span, they had three shootout losses and one loss in overtime.
''We've been playing good hockey, we just haven't been winning shootouts. To get the full two (points), it's finally nice,'' Thornton said. ''We had two hiccups but we played good tonight. That's how we need to play every night.''
Calgary (6-9-3), kicking off a three-game homestand, is winless in its past four.
Berra's record falls to 1-2-1 while Stalock continues his unusual distinction of having won more games than he has started in his brief NHL time.
He won his NHL debut in relief on Feb. 1, 2011. Replacing Antti Niemi halfway through the second period with the Sharks down 3-0 to Phoenix, he made nine saves as San Jose rallied to beat the Coyotes 5-3.
In his first NHL start just over two weeks ago, it was a much busier evening as he was peppered for 40 shots in San Jose's 5-2 win over the Ottawa Senators.
''The other guy played pretty good. He saw a lot of rubber and played a heck of a game for them,'' said Stalock, the 26-year-old from St. Paul, Minn.
''On my end, it was pretty quiet for two periods. It was a little tougher. You've got a lot more time to think about the next puck than just reacting.''
Notes: Partnered most of the night with Derek Smith, Smid played 16:50. He had a penalty and was credited with two blocked shots and one hit. ... Scratched for the Flames were forwards Tim Jackman and Max Reinhart, who just celebrated his 500th NHL game. ... San Jose made two lineup changes: D Brad Stuart returned after sitting out a game and C John McCarthy was inserted. ... Mike Cammalleri is off to his fastest start since he scored 10 goals in his first 11 games in 2007-08. ... In his past five games, Niemi has a 3.82 goals-against average and .878 save percentage.


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Deficit-Cutting: A Matter of When
The case for government austerity has taken some hits lately.
The clearest experiment in a country with its own currency and central bank is hardly a success, so far: The United Kingdom's economy has contracted in five of the past 10 quarters.
The European Union has weakened its rhetorical commitment to austerity uber alles, if only to acknowledge...


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This medicine will add to the effects of alcohol and other CNS depressants (medicines that makes you drowsy or less alert). Some examples of CNS depressants are antihistamines or medicine for hay fever, allergies, or colds, sedatives, tranquilizers, or sleeping medicine, prescription pain medicine or narcotics, medicine for seizures or barbiturates, muscle relaxants, or anesthetics, including some dental anesthetics. Check with your doctor before taking any of the above while you are using this medicine.
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Arnie terminates driving and dialling
California introduces hands-free law
As The Terminator, Arnold Schwarzenegger was once seen engaging in all manner of automotive chaos, but as Governor of California, the former actor now wants to ensure that the state's residents don't drive and dial.
From today, California joins a number of other American states, including Connecticut, Illinois, Nebraska and New Jersey, in requiring drivers to use a hands-free kit if they want to talk on the phone while roaming the state's multi-lane roads.
The new law's the result of Arnie's September 2006 signature on Californian Senate Bill 1613, which has taken until today to come into force.
Unfortunately, a robotic woman in a red cat-suit won't come running after you if she eyes you holding a mobile phone in one hand and the steering wheel in the other while driving your "Chevy".
Instead, drivers could be issued with fines of between $20 and $50 (£25/€35). Drivers can still make emergency phone calls without using a Bluetooth headset, though.


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WASHINGTON (AP) — A sharply divided Supreme Court on Monday cleared the way for police to take a DNA swab from anyone they arrest for a serious crime, endorsing a practice now followed by more than half the states as well as the federal government.The justices differed strikingly on how big a step that was."Taking and analyzing a cheek swab of the arrestee DNA is, like fingerprinting and photographing, a legitimate police booking procedure that is reasonable under the Fourth Amendment," Justice Anthony Kennedy wrote for the court's five-justice majority. The ruling backed a Maryland law allowing DNA swabbing of people arrested for serious crimes.
Kennedy, who is often considered the court's swing vote, wrote the decision along with conservative-leaning Chief Justice John Roberts and Justices Samuel Alito and Clarence Thomas. They were joined by liberal-leaning Justice Stephen Breyer, while the dissenters were the conservative-leaning Scalia and liberal Justices Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Sonia Sotomayor and Elena Kagan.
"Today's judgment will, to be sure, have the beneficial effect of solving more crimes," Scalia said. "Then again, so would the taking of DNA samples from anyone who flies on an airplane (surely the Transportation Security Administration needs to know the 'identity' of the flying public), applies for a driver's license, or attends a public school. Perhaps the construction of such a genetic panopticon is wise. But I doubt that the proud men who wrote the charter of our liberties would have been so eager to open their mouths for royal inspection."
I always say what I mean. But sometimes I'm a sarcastic prick whose tone can't be properly communicated via text.
I'm sure the DNA record will be destroyed once someone is exonerated, right?
Not a chance. They're like fingerprints: once they're taken, they go into a database, and they stay there.
Quote from: pianodwarf on June 04, 2013, 07:05:43 AMNot a chance. They're like fingerprints: once they're taken, they go into a database, and they stay there.Figured. The second "right?" was to indicate sarcasm.
Now for the wait until insurance companies are allowed to demand state-stored DNA records in order to assess people for likelihood of genetic disease, to charge more $ or deny coverage as appropriate...


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DailyDirt: Better Living Via Chemistry... Just Got A Bit More Complicated
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The atomic weights of ten elements will now be expressed as intervals. And I'm looking forward to how They Might Be Giants will explain this in a song. [url] There's a very boring answer to the question of what would happen if you threw every element together at the same time. It would reach equilibrium after creating a cloud of smoke. [url] Do you know where your elements come from? Are they conflict-free? Blood diamonds get a movie, but when will they make a movie about "blood tantalum"? [url] Have you noticed that your dish detergent is phosphate-free now? Procter & Gamble says it had no choice but to remove phosphate compounds from its products -- because it's better for the environment. Unfortunately, dishes everywhere aren't getting as clean as they used to be. [url] Gold is not a gas, doesn't burn and won't kill you -- are those good enough reasons for you? I'll take: "Reasons why an element is precious for $200, Alex." [url]


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St. John's Wort has long been one of those herbs that I have great respect for and love as medicine, but have used it minimally simply because it's not plentiful in my bioregion. Native species of Hypericum don't always seem to contain much in the way of the red purple juice that herbalists so value, and just as importantly, they tend to be too sparse to ethically gather. So instead, I usually buy or trade for a small amount of the tincture and infused oil each year from friends for personal use and otherwise do without. Until now…
I was recently on a hike high in the White Mountains of Arizona on the Little Colorado River in a sheltered subalpine canyon where the plants are lush and green, even this time of year when most things are dormant or dying back while waiting for our summer rains. There were so many gorgeous herbs in flower it was actually difficult to focus, I just kept turning in circles to gaze at the Elderflowers and Wild Roses and Aconite and Violets and Horsetail and Owl's Claws (Hymenoxys hoopesii) and Checker Mallow (Sidalcea neomexicana) and False Solomon's Seal and Fernleaf Betony (Pedicularis procera) until I was downright dizzy! But then, under a clump of Red Osier Dogwood, there was a huge patch of one of our native medicinal Saint John Worts, Hypericum scouleri, in wild golden bloom spreading back through the woods to the river.
Like the completely plant obsessed madwoman that I am, I nearly hyperventilated from joy over the unexpected gift of just seeing so much of this somewhat rare herb. Not only that, I could see from the size of the patch and the patches beyond that there was clearly enough to harvest a small amount for medicine. Elka and I immediately knelt down and began carefully picking the flowering tops, accompanied by quite a lot of excited chatter from me. But seriously, people, look at this plant! Is it possible to not be incredibly happy in its presence?
St John's Wort is one of those exceedingly well known plants that is so popular that it becomes difficult to describe its properties without being redundant. It's probably most famous for its use in treating mild to moderate "depression" and for its sometimes problematic interactions with pharmaceuticals because of its effect on liver metabolism. I personally find a depression a problematic terms that tends to be a catchall for anyone who is not currently happy and may or may not also be manic. In other words, another generic psych term that can result from a plethora of roots and requires some critical thinking to best understand what may help and by what mechanism. Anything the normal processes of grief to side effects of hormonal birth control to chronic pain to symptoms of a food intolerance can be diagnosed as depression, and yet, they all need to be addressed differently… so let's just forget that whole "St John's Wort is for depression" thing for a minute.
St John's Wort is a fantastic relaxant nervine, and I think it best enhance mood when there's a component of tension and/or anxiety. Henriette Kress says in her book, Practical Herbs, that it's most indicated for depression stemming from frustration, and I find that to be very true. This is basically the only kind of depression I'm personally susceptible thus far in my life, so beyond treating clients, I have some experience of my own with St. John's Wort. I find that the herb taken internally in such a situation is very helpful at not only getting a sense of humor about the situation, but also in helping to find the proper perspective for sorting out whatever is causing the frustration and changing it.
As is common with herbs that are relaxant nervines, Hypericum is also helpful in cases of insomnia, especially if anxiety, gloomy thoughts, or a busy head is preventing sleep in the first place. I also find it useful in preventing and treating night terrors and nightmares, especially in children. Once again, elements of anxiety and tension are the key here.
Externally, SJW liniment can be a lifesaver for crunched back muscles resulting in sciatica, especially when combine with Cottonwood (resinous Populus spp.) buds and Alder (Alnus spp.) bark or leaf. The oil, salve, poultice, or compress is wonderful for healing almost any skin inflammation, and for reducing the swelling, pain, and overall inflammation of many injuries, including pulled muscles, sprained ankles, and can be useful post ACL surgery when combined with Comfrey, Solomon's Seal, and Mullein.
Hypericum is also very helpful in all sorts of back pain characterized by a burning pain, including nerve pain, especially pain that is worse with pressure. It is commonly present in a great many general wound salves, pain liniments, and oils for sore muscles. It can be helpful in all of these situations, being rather multipurpose when it comes to hot, burning inflammation. This also applies to topical use in the treatment of herpetic lesions and shingles, especially if used as a preventative (concurrent with internal use) at the first sign of an occurrence, but most effective in this situation if combined with other helpful antivirals and supportive herbs.
When St. John's Wort is truly indicated, it tends to work notably in a rapid manner, whether internally or externally. It's not one of those herbs you have to wait to six weeks to see results from. If it doesn't show any results from the first few times of taking it, try something else.
I prefer infused oil made with the fresh flowers, and tincture or elixir from the fresh or freshly dried flowering tops. Tisanes and infusions can be made with the dried plant. It is sometimes said that the dried plant is ineffective but I have not found this to be the case as long as I am using high quality, recently dried herb.
Internal: Endless combinations come to mind, but for alleviating anxiety, tension, and general gloominess, particularly if accompanied by exhaustion, weakness, and gut inflammation, I'm especially fond of a formula made up of 5 parts Hypericum, 3 parts Evening Primrose (Oenothera spp.) flowering tops, 2 parts Monkeyflower (Mimulus spp.) flowering tops, and 1 part Rose (especially Wild Roses, but any aromatic species will do) in honey and alcohol to make an elixir. Take as needed, .5 ml 3x/day.
For general sadness and apathy, it combines well with a more moving herb, such as Lavender or Tulsi to lift the spirits and help clear stuck depression or grief. I especially like a formula of 3 parts Albizzia flower or bark, 2 parts Hypericum, and 1 part Tulsi as a tincture or elixir, .5 ml up to 3x/day or smaller doses as needed.
It also makes a wonderful infusion, in equal parts with the flowering tops of Evening Primrose, for chronic coughs, especially that lingering cough after a long struggle with bronchitis in those who are already worn down by the virus and then the secondary infection and having difficulty recovering on the respiratory front.
External: For healing damaged ligaments I like an oil or liniment of 4 parts Solomon's Seal root, 3 parts Saint John's Wort, 2 parts Comfrey leaf/root, 2 parts Cottonwood bud, and 1 part Mullein leaf and root. This can also work well for almost any damaged joint that is suffering slow healing, aching pain, and inflammation.
Please note that this article speaks only to preparations made from the whole plant, NOT hypericin or any other isolated component.
Hypericum effects liver metabolism and caution should be utilized when using large amounts of St. John's Wort concurrently with other medications, including birth control pills, and especially anti-depressants and blood thinners. High doses of Hypericum can also cause photosensitivity in some sensitive individuals.
Also, some people seem to feel absolutely nothing from St. John's Wort, and some people are practically knocked out by it, so proceed slowly when dosing. I once saw a very perky young woman take a couple dropperfuls of the tincture at the HerbFolk Gathering, and ten minutes later proceed to stagger out of the Healer's Market to take an impromptu nap on the nearest patch of shady grass. Such a strong reaction seems uncommon, but seems more likely to happen to vata types, especially if they're anxious or wound up.
Ethical Concerns:
While H. perforatum is an invasive weed in parts of the United States, here in NM and AZ our native species such as H. scouleri are far from weedy and tend to prefer relatively untouched forests high in the mountains, almost always by a water source. They are not necessarily abundant or flourishing, given the habitat degradation, drought, and severe fires of late. If you harvest here, PLEASE (as in do so or I will hunt you down and personally harm you) do so with due consideration for the plant and a great deal of common sense.
Commercial Sources:
Dried Hypericum perforatum can be purchased from most herb suppliers, including Mountain Rose Herbs, fresh flowers can be purchased from select suppliers, including Pacific Botanicals and Zack Woods Herb Farm. Many suppliers also carry the infused oil or tincture, including Fawn Lily Botanicals.
Resources & References:
Practical Herbs by Henriette Kress
Medicinal Plants of the Mountain West by Michael Moore
Combining Western Herbs and Chinese Medicine: A Clinical Materia Medica, 120 Herbs in Western Use by Jeremy Ross
Hedgerow Medicine by Julie Bruton-Seal and Matthew Seal
The Gift of Healing Herbs by Robin Rose Bennett
Herbal Therapy & Supplements: A Scientific & Traditional Approach by Merrily A. Kuhn and David Winston
Warding Off Evil in the 21st Century: St John's Wort As Xenosensory Activator? by Jonathan Treasure
Herbal Pharmacokinetics: A Pratitioner's Update With Reference to St John's Wort Herb Drug Interactions by Jonathan Treasure
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Valued customers and quality products have kept the doors of a Main Street consignment store open for the past three decades, said owner Christine Filka.
Valued customers and quality products have kept the doors of a Main Street consignment store open for the past three decades, said owner Christine Filka.
"It makes me proud," added Filka, who bought The Beehive Resale Shop at 449 N. Main St. seven years ago from its original owner, Bette Carter.
Filka is celebrating the store's 30 anniversary this month. The store sells vintage and cutting-edge women's clothing, specializing in classic, better-label clothing, along with a new line of fashion jewelry and a wide variety of shoes and purses.
"We get a lot of unusual things. We are not a run-of-the-mill store," Filka said. "Bette built a really loyal customer and consignment base."
She said her employees have been vital to the store's longevity.
"Honestly, it's the ladies who work here and their relationships with customers that keep (people) coming back," Filka said.
She is also grateful for her 700 regular consigners, who are part of a pool of more than 7,000 consigners at the store.
A local father of three girls, with another on the way, said The Beehive is a popular destination for his wife and daughters.
"We love The Beehive," said Andrew Riddle. "It is a staple of Main Street."
Another regular owns Mehri & Co. down the block from The Beehive.
"She is great," Mehri Stull said of Filka. "I am proud of her and (the store)."
Stull said she's been shopping at The Beehive for 24 years.
The Beehive is running specials all month for its anniversary, and Filka is holding a contest for her customers. "What Not to Wear" gives one lucky woman a fashion makeover by awarding the winner with a $250 shopping spree and free advice on how to be chic.
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Just before the Christmas Break, DeLand took a 70-60 whooping at New Smyrna Beach. That didn't sit well with the Bulldogs (10-4), who returned the favor Saturday night in defeating the Barracudas 62-51 in the championship game of the Gus Gibbs Basketball Tournament at DeLand High.
DELAND -- Just before the Christmas Break, DeLand took a 70-60 whooping at New Smyrna Beach.
That didn't sit well with the Bulldogs (10-4), who returned the favor Saturday night in defeating the Barracudas 62-51 in the championship game of the Gus Gibbs Basketball Tournament at DeLand High.
"At their place they wanted it more and we were on a winning streak so we got a little overconfident,'' DeLand guard Monolito Hamilton said. "We wanted it more this time.''
Hamilton scored a game-high 19 points while Jason Burnell had 15 points and eight rebounds and Kyle Epping finished with 10 points and seven rebounds.
The player of the game for DeLand was Chauncey Kennedy, who not only scored 10 points but shut down NSB leading scorer Desmond Mitchell.
Mitchell was averaging 25.5 points per game in the tournament but Kennedy limited him to 1-of-8 shooting and five points.
"(Kennedy) was definitely the MVP tonight. He did a great and we had a good game plan and it was just whether or not we were going to execute it or not and we did,'' DeLand coach John Zeoli said. "Desmond Mitchell is one of the best players in all of Central Florida at the point position. He's just really tough and he didn't have a good night tonight.''
NSB (12-3) got 11 points out of Marcus Johnson while Davarez Bryant finished with seven points and eight rebounds.
DeLand limited NSB to just 15-of-50 shooting from the floor and the Barracudas didn't help their cause by making just 15-of-26 free throws.
In a physical game that went down to the wire, New Smyrna Beach was whistled for two technical fouls – for four delay-of-game calls – in the final three minutes of regulation. Both calls resulted in two points and two possessions for the Bulldogs.
"I thought we missed a lot of easy shots and we gave them too many,'' NSB coach Steve Gawriluk. "I also thought we settled for too many threes early. We've just got to get better.
New Smyrna Beach got into early foul trouble, putting DeLand in the bonus in the opening quarter and helping the Bulldogs run out to a 14-6 lead.
The Barracudas opened the second quarter with a 14-8 run and drew to within 22-20, but the Bulldogs responded with a 7-0 run of their own and went to the intermission with a 31-24 margin.
Both teams started out shooting cold in the opening quarter but warmed up from then on, with the Bulldogs hitting a scorching 6-of-8 field goals in the second quarter.
DeLand found foul trouble to start the third quarter, allowing the visitors to pull within 42-36 before the Bulldogs answered with six straight.
NSB (12-3) Dez Mitchell 5, Johnson 11, Jackson 2, Dia. Mitchell 9, Arnold 4, Merrick 2, Carlin 8, Halton 3, Bryant 7. Totals 15 15-26 51
DELAND (10-4) Kennedy 10, L. Hamilton 2, M. Hamilton 19, Chavers 2, Epping 10, Burnell 15, Dean 3. Totals: 20, 17-24 62
DeLand 14 17 13 16--62
3-point goals—NSB 6 (Dez Mitchell 1, Johnson 2, Carlin 2, Halton 1), DeLand 4 (M. Hamilton 3, Dean 1). Total fouls—NSB 16, DeLand 18. Fouled out—none. Technical fouls—NSB 2
VILLAGE (11-2) Campbell 1, Tyson 20, Smith 15, Allen 12, Louis 12, White 2. Totals: 17, 24-29 58
TRINITY (5-8) Burns 2, Kimmig 6, Lawrence 8, Fernandez 14, Perez 14, Rea 8. Totals: 22, 4-8 58
Village 14 17 17 14--62
Trinity 9 22 9 18--58
3-point goals—Village 4 (Tyson 3, Louis 1), Trinity 10 (Kimmig 2, Lawrence 2, Fernandez 3, Perez 1, Rea 2). Total fouls—Village 8, Trinity 17. Fouled out—Lawrence. Technical fouls—none


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New large outside-diameter spiral-weld pipe mills are trucking right along with big plans to add new tons—market downturn and concerns about overcapacity be damned. Although delays have bogged down some projects, executives remain generally bullish, at least for 2009.
At the same time, at least one spiral-weld pipe mill executive is keeping one eye on imports with the other on a possible trade case. He also acknowledges that competition could be fierce when all the new spiral-weld mills come on-line, even if the market does rebound.
Potential new U.S. capacity adds up to a whopping 1.84 million tons. Here's where things stand in large OD U.S. pipe mill land
•?Berg Spiral Pipe, a subsidiary of Berg Steel Pipe Corp., is in the final phase of commissioning its mill in Mobile, Ala., according to David Delie, Berg Steel Pipe's president and chief executive officer.
The mill's equipment is installed, and Berg Spiral Pipe should begin commercial production and shipping by the end of March, Delie said. "Things are going good. We're moving right along. But it's always slower than you want trying to commission the equipment," he said. "We're running the equipment now. We've got some pipe made. And when we run into a little problem, we fix it and move on."
Berg Spiral Pipe is on schedule to deliver 175,000 tons of 42-inch X70 pipe for El Paso Corp.'s Ruby Pipeline, Delie said, and that means the mill, which will eventually have an annual capacity of 200,000 tons per year, is booked into 2010.
The main suppliers of flat-rolled for the project is Svenskt Stal AB's operation in Mobile, Ala., although the company also is doing trial runs with material from ArcelorMittal SA, Luxembourg, and U.S. Steel Corp., Pittsburgh.
Adding his voice to the likes of U.S. Steel chairman and chief executive officer John Surma, Delie said he is keeping his eye on import volumes and might consider a trade case on large OD line pipe.
•?Stupp Corp's new spiral-weld pipe mill in Baton Rouge, La., began receiving German-designed and -manufactured helical two-stage equipment Feb. 1, according to the company's Internet site. (The same German experts that disassembled it are on site to reassemble it, Stupp noted.)
The Feb. 1 date was two weeks ahead of schedule, according to Donald Bohach, Stupp's vice president of marketing. The mill should start test production in the second quarter and commercial production in the third quarter, he said.
The Baton Rouge facility is ahead of the game because Stupp had good control of operations and logistics and didn't experience any damage to the equipment, Bohach said. The mill could take orders if it wanted to but hasn't to date, he said.
Besides good equipment, Bohach thinks having an electric-resistance weld facility, a spiral-weld pipe mill and coating operations grouped on a single, 125-acre campus will give Stupp a big advantage over competitors who might have those operations scattered across several locations.
•?Welspun Tubular LLC, part of India's Welspun Gujarat Stahl Rohren Ltd., could begin commercial production any day at its $150-million Little Rock, Ark., mill, assistant manager of corporate affairs Subir Sen said in early February. The mill just has to pass American Petroleum Institute audits and a few test runs, Sen said.
The company already has an impressive list of clients, including TransCanada Corp., Calgary, Alberta; Exxon Mobil Corp., Irving, Texas; and El Paso Corp., Houston. "All major orders from the U.S. and neighboring markets can be catered by the Little Rock mill," Sen said.
Welspun is "optimistic" about oil and natural gas exploration around the United States and "the huge replacement demands (that) are yet to be tapped," Sen said. Even if the U.S. doesn't recover by the second half of 2009, as many hope, the Little Rock facility should be able to stay busy with projects in Latin America, Canada and other nearby markets, he said.
•?Few specifics are available on United Spiral Pipe, a Pittsburg, Calif., joint venture between U.S. Steel and South Korea's Posco Ltd. and SeAH Steel Corp. Earlier reports indicated the mill was slated to begin production in May 2009.
•?There appears to be little new to report at Evraz Inc. NA's new large OD mill in Regina, Saskatchewan. Layoffs may be plaguing Regina's 2-inch mill and its 24-inch mill may not have orders after March, but the large OD spiral-weld line pipe mill remains booked through the end of the year.
•?PSL-North America LLC, a subsidiary of India's PSL Ltd., said in December it had bagged a big order that would gobble up capacity at its new Bay St. Louis, Miss., mill through 2009. PSL-NA's chief executive officer, Brian Vaill, declined to disclose who placed the order.
Vaill said at the time that he expected the Bay St. Louis mill to be up and running in January 2009, but the startup of the facility could not be confirmed. MICHAEL COWDEN
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Deep, Talented Squad Has High Hopes for the Year Ahead
NEW HAVEN, Conn. – The Yale men's track and field team is set to kick off its indoor campaign this Saturday when it hosts the Yale Season Opener at Coxe Cage. The unscored meet pits the Bulldogs against cross-town rivals Southern Connecticut State University and University of New Haven along with other area schools and offers athletes a chance to gauge their form in the early going. Though the Elis lost several standout runners to graduation last spring, the team's core returns with the goal of continuing to climb in the league and regional rankings.
Here's a glimpse at the 2012-2013 Yale Bulldogs, categorized according to event:
Distance and Middle Distance
This year's Elis are fielding one of their deepest distance corps in recent memory, beginning with sophomore Matt Nussbaum. The recently concluded cross country season saw Nussbaum's meteoric rise and development into one of the region's most talented distance runners. In the process of garnering All-Ivy honors, he recorded the fastest 8K time by a Yale runner in more than four years and led the Bulldogs in all but one meet.
Apart from Nussbaum, seven other Elis broke the 25-minute mark in cross country: seniors Demetri Goutos, Timothy Hillas and Kevin Lunn, sophomores Isa Qasim and Jacob Sandry, and freshmen Alex Conner and Kevin Dooney. By comparison, none reached that milestone last year.
As far as distance events on the track, Lunn and senior Matthew Thwaites were IC4A qualifiers last year in the 10,000-meter run, as were Hillas, senior Sam Kirtner and junior Ryan Laemel in the 3,000-meter run. Hillas, in particular, had a breakout 2011-2012 season in which he raced to the seventh-fastest 3000-meter time in Yale history and was elected team captain.
Hillas was also a force in the middle distance events, where he qualified for IC4As as a member of the 4x800-meter relay team and individually in the 1,500-meter run. Also qualifying at that distance were sophomore John McGowan and Sandry, with the former advancing all the way to the finals. Another sophomore IC4A qualifier, James Shirvell, is the Bulldogs' 800-meter ace, though senior Christopher Ramsey and freshmen John Mahoney, Alexander McDonald and Pete Merritt also excel in the event.
Sprints and Hurdles
The Bulldogs return three members of their All-East 4x400-meter relay team that ran the fourth-fastest time in Yale history last year. Even better news is that they are all just sophomores: Dylan Hurley, Mario Kranjac, and William Rowe. Merritt and junior Clifford Van Meter will likely be in the running to claim that fourth spot.
Leading the Elis in the short sprints will be junior Daniel Jones, an IC4A qualifier last year in the 60-meter dash and as a member of the 4x100-meter relay team that included fellow juniors Dana Lindberg and Nnamdi Udeh. Sophomore Andrew Goble and freshman Martin Tolentino will also be looking to contribute in the sprint events.
After trying the event for the first time last year, Rowe also managed to transform himself into Yale's most formidable 400-meter hurdler. This year, he will face friendly competition from freshmen Adam Lundquist and McDonald. Lundquist will also compete in the shorter hurdle distances, along with sophomore Daniel Kemp and Udeh.
Jumps and Throws
In addition to his role as a sprinter, Lindberg also moonlights as the Elis' top long jumper, an event that he won last year at the Dartmouth-Yale-Columbia meet. The Bulldogs will also be counting on big contributions from senior long and triple jumper Tommy Winger. Meanwhile, the high jump is the domain of sophomore Kyle Bajtos.
After being sidelined by injury for his freshman year, junior pole vaulter Paul Chandler had a very strong sophomore effort, including a victory at the Giegengack Invitational and seventh-place showing in the East Division of the prestigious Penn Relays. He will be pushed by freshman Brendan Sullivan, a two-time state champ in the pole vault and the Massachusetts state record holder.
Senior Mike Levine has been one of Yale's most dominant athletes throughout his career, qualifying for IC4As last year in all three of his events (discus, hammer and weight throws). Last year, he took third at Heps in the hammer throw and sixth in the weight throw. But his focus is on the discus, an event that last year took him to a second consecutive Ivy League crown and the NCAA National Championships, concluding the season decorated with All-Ivy, All-East and honorable mention All-America accolades.
Junior Stefan Palios and Van Meter pick up the slack in other throwing events. Palios competes in several disciplines, but specializes in the shot put, while Van Meter is a javelin thrower.
Apart from the Season Opener this weekend, the Elis have three more home meets on the horizon, all at Coxe Cage. The Yale Invitational is scheduled for Jan. 12, after which the Bulldogs will host Columbia and Dartmouth on Jan. 20 and the Giegengack Invitational on Feb. 1-2. The indoor season concludes with Heps (Feb. 23-24), IC4As (Mar. 2-3) and the NCAA National Championships (Mar. 8-9).
The team will compete outdoors for the first time over spring break at the Tribe Invitational in Williamsburg, Va. on May 23. Other regular season highlights include the Sam Howell Invitational (Apr. 5-6), Larry Ellis Invitational (Apr. 19-20) and Penn Relays (Apr. 25-27). The postseason begins with Heps on May 4-5 at Princeton.
Report by Eian Katz '13, Yale Sports Publicity


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This independently owned inn was once a private mansion. Built in 1918, the Inn's Italian Renaissance architecture never fails to impress both first-time and returning guests. Here, you'll find 31 uniquely designed rooms and suites. This place does not skimp on the little things, either. The sheets are luxurious Egyptian Cotton, the bathrobes are positively sumptuous, and the Southern hospitality is top-notch. No two rooms are alike, so each stay is a unique experience.
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ThunderWolves pull out tightly-contested game with fourth-quarter surge.
ALVA, Okla. (GoThunderWolves.com - Sept. 8, 2012) - Saturday, the 2012 ThunderWolves learned a valuable lesson in preparing for each and every opponent, avoiding a dogfight - and an upset - as it pulled out a 41-24 win over Northwestern Oklahoma State.
Saturday's game had all the makings for a blowout. CSU-Pueblo had outscored the Rangers by a total of 96-10 in its two previous meetings in Pueblo the last two seasons, and the Rangers were coming off a very underwhelming season-opening loss 55-3 loss to Ouachita Baptist.
But the Pack learned firsthand that nothing could be taken for granted in Division II football.
The Pack started off with a solid first half, driving into Northwestern Oklahoma State territory on each of their first five possessions. The opening drive, however, ended badly as the Pack failed to convert on a 4th down in Ranger territory, turning away the Pack's first key scoring opportunity.
They responded, however, with three straight touchdown drives, the first coming on a touchdown toss from Ross Dausin (Sr., San Antonio, Texas) to Deontrae Cooper (So., Riverside, Calif.) in the first quarter. The Pack followed that up with another drive for a score as Dausin hit Josh Sandoval (Jr., Pueblo, Colo.) from 12 yards out to take a 14-0 lead.
The Pack ran it to 20-0 after tailback Chris Ashe (RFr., Widefield, Colo.) plunged the ball in for a score from a 1-yard out midway through the second quarter.
From there, however, the Pack's fortunes dried up in the short term.
Northwestern Oklahoma State scored right before halftime to cut the lead to 20-7, then added 14 points in the third quarter to take an unlikely lead and make a bid for a huge upset.
Luckily, another Pack drive, helped along by a bruising run after a catch by Roger Pfannenschmid (Sr., Pueblo, Colo.) to the Ranger 10-yard-line, restored the Pack's lead. Ashe ran in another score to give the ThunderWolves a tenuous 28-21 lead after a two-point conversion.
After a quick 3-and-out by the Rangers, the ThunderWolves drove again Dausin hit Sandoval for another touchdown pass, giving the Pack at a 34-21 lead after the second missed PAT of the night.
Dausin helped put it away as he turned in a touchdown by foot with his fourth total touchdown on an option run in the 4th quarter, diffusing the upset bid and putting the Pack up 41-24.
Despite the win, it was hardly the Pack's finest hour, considering it was just over a week ago that the ThunderWolves knocked off a nationally-ranked West Texas A&M squad while Northwestern Oklahoma State lost by 52.
"We all need to a do a better job if we want to win the RMAC," CSU-Pueblo head coach John Wristen said. "Sometimes, when you have some success, you feel like you can turn it on whenever you want and I think that's what happened tonight."
"But I do like the way we answered when we had the chance. Bottom line is we came out with a 'W'."
Now at 2-0 for the fourth time in five seasons after claiming its first ever win on the road at Northwestern Oklahoma State, CSU-Pueblo will remain on the road as it opens its RMAC schedule next Saturday at Western New Mexico.


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The Rev. Paul M. LaPalme no longer has his beloved dog, Schubert, but he's delighted that Gov. Deval Patrick on Friday signed "Schubert's Law," which mandates the addition of a bittering agent to large wholesale containers of antifreeze so pets and children won't be attracted to the poisonous sweet-tasting substance.
The law, which goes into effect in 90 days, expands a law from 2010 that requires a bittering agent be added to small retail containers of antifreeze.
Schubert's Law is the result of Rev. LaPalme contacting state Sen. Stephen M. Brewer, D-Barre, after his 8-pound wire-haired dachshund became fatally ill after lapping from a puddle that contained antifreeze near a Worcester dealership where Rev. LaPalme's car was being serviced.
"I'm thrilled. I'm so happy that finally the Legislature is protecting our animals and children from antifreeze, in the small amounts and the large amounts as well," Rev. LaPalme, pastor of St. Brigid's Roman Catholic Church, said in a telephone interview Saturday.
"It's a great tribute to my little dog Schubert, who had to die so we could protect other dogs and children."
According to the website of the Humane Society of the United States, the sweet taste of ethylene glycol, the main ingredient in most major antifreeze brands, often tempts animals and children to drink the highly poisonous substance. Antifreeze that contains propylene glycol is less toxic.
Schubert's Law mandates the addition of an extremely bitter substance known as denatonium benzoate to large wholesale containers of antifreeze commonly used at car dealerships and car repair and maintenance shops. According to the Massachusetts Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, denatonium benzoate is already used in some household products, and does not have any known long-term negative environmental or health effects.
Animal protection advocates estimate that each year thousands of children are poisoned by antifreeze, and between 10,000 and 90,000 companion animals die from antifreeze poisoning.
According to the HSUS, other states, including Arizona, California, Maine, New Jersey, New Mexico, Oregon, Tennessee, Utah, Virginia, Vermont and Washington, have passed similar laws.
Rev. LaPalme said he has replaced 6-year-old Schubert with Cooper, a 14-month-old Havanese.
"He's a wonderful little boy. He's a great replacement for Schubert, but truth be told, Schubert was one of a kind," he said.
"Now that we've passed Schubert's Law, he'll live on in a whole new way for other dogs and children as well."


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The quintessentially British label, Hackett have launched their spring/summer 2011 collection. Comprised of four ranges, Hackett have tried to bring a classy sophisticated look to almost every summer event, whether it be a day in the country, a business engagement or just relaxing by the seaside. Although it is quite a traditional collection, I can't help but love it. There are just so many timeless pieces worth the investment.
The four ranges include the Correspondent collection, which is inspired by "the globetrotting gentleman", and incorporates light-weight, warm weather suiting and iconic travel garments, such as safari jackets, chinos and macs, with a contemporary cut and style. The Mayfair collection shows off the classic Hackett tailoring combined with knitwear in summery tones of fresh lilac, warm pink and mint green. The collection is a real blend of sophisticated, casual sportswear. The Caribbean collection continues a travel theme with bold colours and prints on cotton and linen trousers, shorts, polos, casual shirts, and swim wear. Finally the Nautical collection comprises of traditional maritime colours, and key pieces including a double-faced navy jacket with red lining, horizontal striped blazers, lightweight white suiting and nautical striped polo shirts.
For those of you who like the sounds of the collection your in luck because to celebrate the launch of the new season collection, Hackett is giving away an essential Hackett beach kit through their Facebook page. Check out their fan page here for all the details.
On a side note I absolutely love the photography for the collection. You can see more images on their Flickr page here


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Eivind Rohne
My name is Eivind Røhne, and I've been a commercial and editorial photographer since the mid ninetees. I love people, so I shoot fashion, lifestyle, commercial and editorial portraits, people at work etc. I also love lines, shapes and man-made structures, so I shoot industrial subjects, architecture and interiors for commercial and editorial use. I think I'm born with a strong need to organize the chaotic world that we live in. Working hard to try and get all those elements organized into one single picture suits me well. Even though I often use flash to get the right mood in my pictures, I must confess I enjoy existing light the most! There's just nothing like shaping the light that is already there with reflectors and diffusors. I'm also a published author of a Norwegian 'how-to' and inspirational book on photography, and I teach photographic courses and workshops as well. Sharing my passion for photography, and the things I've learned through the years with others, is a very rewarding thing. In many ways I'm spoiled with excellent image quality. When converting from film to digital in 2005, I went straight to medium format digital. Heavy as hell, but with great image quality. But thank god for the X-series! Now I can get outstanding image quality from small mirrorless cameras in the Fujifilm X series. Believe me, lugging around heavy cameras for a couple of decades is no fun... As a full time professional photographer, I'm impressed with how the X-series cameras don't get in my way. They just do the job, and they do it well. Coupled with a range of great lenses, they are simply great tools for creating images. And who knows colors better than Fuji?! I mean they have 80 years of practice from making films. These cameras give me beautiful skin tones and great colors straight out of the box! Even though I love black & white photography, I'm a man of colors. To me they are what spices and herbs are to a chef. I would go so far as to say that these cameras make me a better photographer. They're light. They're fast. They're rugged. And they've got that X-factor (no pun intended) that just inspire me to go out and shoot pictures and keep on learning!


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About Jeffrey Cortland Jones
Jeffrey Cortland Jones describes painting as a physical activity and a material practice, rather than a narrative tool. Jones used to paint large and graphic works using big brushes and latex house paint and tar, but transformed his practice after encountering the work of Anselm Kiefer. He has since used his medium to explore optical changes that occur between subtly different hues, opacity and transparency, matte and glossy surfaces, and warm and cool tones. His most iconic works feature strong geometric compositions, and light colors—for this, he has jokingly acquired the reputation of being a painter who paints white. Jones also extends his studio practice to the street, where he paints large-scale versions of his color block explorations.
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So when it came time for our school's bake sale a week ago, I thought Rainbow Cupcakes would be fun for a change. I was right, they were the first ones to go because children cannot resist color and lots of it. They even beat out the luscious chocolate cupcakes I made. It is Rainbow Cupcakes from now on!
This is simple to do by dividing the batter equally among six small bowls- I used yellow cake mix for deeper hues. Color each bowl of batter a different color. I made- red, orange, yellow, green, blue, and purple.
Layer colored batter in the order of a rainbow's colors into cupcake liners and bake according to the package directions. Remember the order? ROY G. BIV: red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo (I skipped this one), and violet.
I wanted the frosting to go in a swirl of rainbow colors too so I used a technique Ma taught me years ago from her cake decorating classes. To get your frosting to go on in a swirl of color, dye regular buttercream frosting into three separate colors; I used pink, blue, and yellow.
Unfortunately I did not have jewel toned frosting colors to match the cupcakes, so I did mix jewel tones with pastels. Alert Stacy and Clinton. This did bother me a little at first but one can't cry over cupcakes now can they? Place spoonfuls of each color side by side in a pastry bag working your way to the top of the bag. It is easier if you turn the bag inside out like you do when putting on pantyhose- at least for you ladies- and working your way up. Once the frosting is piped on your cupcakes, you will notice other colors like green, purple, and orange.
Starting at 12 o'clock on the outer edge of each cupcake and using constant pressure on the pastry bag, pipe frosting clockwise for three rotations, working your way toward the center ending in a little peak.
At the bake sale we placed each cupcake in a 9 ounce plastic punch cup and invited the children to decorate the cupcakes they had purchased. The cups caught all spills, and let me say there were some big spills. The decorated cupcakes were then placed in cellophane party bags and tied with a pretty ribbon for transporting home.
I can't wait to find an excuse to make these again. They brought smiles to many little faces.
For more Cupcake Videos see my Big Red Kitchen Youtube Channel
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My children's play is tonight!!! I can not wait to see them but I think I will be a little nervous too. Gulp.
Have a grand weekend filled with lingering, delicious meals. I think I will sleep! Also a big fat Happy Mother's Day too!


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Saving wildlife, one animal at a time: Veterinarian Kathleen Ramsay
ESPAÑOLA, New Mexico — Kathleen Ramsay found her calling in a veterinary school lab, when a man brought in a golden eagle caught in a foothold trap. "He threw the trap and chain at me, with the eagle flapping in the trap," she says. "(That's when) I decided ... to help animals that could no longer help themselves."
Fast forward a couple of decades. Ramsay is sitting in her clinic in Española, N.M. It's a cramped building with desks and partitions that serve as offices. Behind a closed door is a small intensive care unit for injured animals. On the critical list today are some rabbits, a phoebe, a house sparrow, a couple of pigeons, a bald eagle, a raven and a Franklin's gull.
Ramsay founded her wildlife rehabilitation center as a nonprofit in 1984 to treat raptors. Soon, she says, "we decided that wasn't going to work, because ... every kind of species was getting into trouble." She eventually named her clinic The Wildlife Center.
Now, she says, she and her staff care for "everything from black bear and mountain lion all the way down to bats and snakes." The Wildlife Center is also permitted by federal and state authorities to treat endangered and protected species. Over the years, it has treated bald eagles (which just came off the federal endangered list), a Gila monster, a Mexican spotted owl with cataracts, an Aplomado falcon, a whooping crane and two species of endangered bighorn sheep.
Her biggest challenge, she says, is keeping up with the animals that need help: "It never fails. As fast as we can build a cage, I can guarantee you that within 24 to 48 hours, it's filled."
The Wildlife Center rehabilitates 1,400 animals a year on an annual budget of $300,000, with only three full-time and two part-time paid employees. Nearly 140 volunteers clean cages, feed wounded birds and animals, and carry water. At the head of every rehab team is "Doc," a volunteer herself. She runs a domestic animal clinic nearby to earn her keep.
Ramsay says the field of wildlife rescue and rehabilitation has progressed rapidly since she graduated from veterinary school in Colorado. "Twenty years ago, wildlife care was in its infancy," she says. Now, the Internet speeds information sharing, helping veterinarians decide how and where injured animals will get the fastest and best medical care: "We can move an animal anywhere in the state within 12 hours of a phone call," she says.
Making that happen often requires an elaborate network of people and organizations. On one recent day, The Wildlife Center office manager drove four hours to Santa Rosa, N.M., to pick up a bald eagle rescued from barbed wire in Logan, N.M., an hour and a half further down the road. Days later, Ramsay drove two hours to meet New Mexico Department of Game and Fish agents — who had themselves driven three hours to hand off a bear hit by a car near Ruidoso, N.M.
The New Mexico Department of Game and Fish gets between 100 and 400 calls a year about injured wildlife, according to Kerry Mower, the department's animal health specialist, who is also on The Wildlife Center's board. "Our game wardens do not have the time and facilities to do (wildlife rehabilitation)," he says. Nor the training: Game and Fish doesn't even have a veterinarian on staff.
Most injured animals are referred directly to Ramsay, who is the only bear rehabilitator in the state and one of the few vets with facilities for injured deer. About 55 percent of Ramsay's patients recover enough to be released back into the wild. That's 20 percent higher than the national average for rehab centers. Most of the other animals don't survive treatment, or Ramsay euthanizes them because they're too far gone by the time she gets them.
There are a few that heal, but not enough to be released back into the wild. These often become "education" animals.
Volunteers trained in a yearlong program take them to visit schools, pueblos and "any group that would like to learn more about wildlife and the environment," Ramsay says. There, the volunteers discuss how to slow the spread of animal-borne diseases, explain that throwing food along highways creates more animal injuries by drawing critters into traffic, and describe relationships between predators and their prey.
The need for wildlife rehabilitation has only risen in recent years, Ramsay says. It's due to a combination of factors, including better roads that allow people to drive faster and further. Ramsay bemoans a section of Interstate 40 through Tijeras, N.M., that she calls "decimation city" (HCN, 8/2/04: New Mexicans move to make roads more wildlife-friendly). She wants people in the United States to follow Canada's example, and build "animal overpasses and underpasses and causeways."
The so-called "baby season" creates long lines at The Wildlife Center. From May to the end of September, people bring in as many as 200 injured or orphaned young animals and birds a day. These fragile newcomers fall from nests, get attacked by cats and dogs or lose their mothers in highway and other accidents. Past hunting seasons have left a legacy as well, says Ramsay: "Last year, every bald eagle that came into our facility had lead poisoning," she says — the result of eating ducks that had swallowed lead gunshot. Lead shot is now outlawed on migration routes, but there is still plenty of lead lying around where ducks can mistake it for food.
The increasing human population poses other serious problems for wildlife, says Ramsay. In New Mexico, cabins and houses, snowmobiles, four-wheelers and hikers intrude on the space and quiet that some animals, especially large ones, need. "Unless the U.S. wakes up to the fact that we are encroaching on (wildlife) habitats," she says, "there will be nothing left for our children's children."
The Wildlife Center is moving to a larger 20-acre facility just south of Española later this month, with a grand opening Dec. 5. There, Ramsay hopes to host education programs and tours — and invite the public to watch butterflies in the butterfly garden.
The author writes from La Madera, New Mexico.


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March 26. 2013 7:18PM
LONDONDERRY -- People are encouraged to attend a community forum on the Affordable Health Care Act - and ask plenty of questions - on Friday morning.
Hosted by the Londonderry Commerce and Visitors Center and the Hudson Chamber of Commerce, the forum will be led by Sen. Sharon Carson at Tupelo Music Hall, 2 Young Road, from 7:30 to 9 a.m.
In addition to Carson, event speakers will include Bill Bald, vice president of Melcher & Prescott Insurance, Eric Stinson of Stinson Associates, and Michael Wilkey of the N.H. Department of insurance.


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Tanner EDA, the world leader in PC-based analog, mixed-signal (A/MS) and MEMS circuit design software, and SoftMEMS, a dominant CAD solution supplier for the design of integrated systems incorporating MEMS, have co-authored a paper titled "MEMS at the Olympics: Single Chip Integration of CMOS with a Thermal Accelerometer" with their customer, MEMSIC, for the Sensors Expo and Conference.
Tanner EDA is demonstrating its A/MS and MEMS design software in a joint booth with SoftMEMS.
The Sensors Expo & Conference is the only industry event in North America exclusively focused on sensors and sensor-integrated systems.
When and Where June 8-10, 2009 Donald E. Stephens Exhibition Center Rosemont, Illinois Presentation 11:05-11:25am, Monday, June 8, 2009 Exhibit Tuesday, June 9 and Wednesday, June 10, 2009 Booth #610 About the Presentation Title: MEMS at the Olympics: Single Chip Integration of CMOS with a Thermal Accelerometer Authors: Stefan Nikles, MEMSIC Mary Ann Maher, SoftMEMS Nicolas Williams, Tanner EDA
The integration of MEMS-based sensors and mixed-signal circuits on the same chip has fueled the development of new MEMS-based products. MEMSIC has successfully applied this approach in its "Waving Torch" given to the attendees of the opening ceremonies at the 2008 Beijing Summer Olympics. The torch, when shaken from side to side, displayed various Olympic-themed images in the surrounding air. The technology in the torch includes an integrated thermal acceleration sensor and associated signal conditioning circuitry used to detect the user's hand motion and trigger a linear array of LEDs to form the image. The presentation describes the design and verification of the MEMS chip which uses heaters and thermo-piles in standard CMOS to construct the accelerometer for this novel application. Two important design choices will be highlighted: utilizing a standard CMOS IC process for fabrication and using an integrated MEMS/IC CAD (computer aided design) tool package for chip design and verification. Using standard CMOS allows MEMSIC to keep production costs low, to quickly adopt to new technology improvements and to ramp up yield quickly. Utilizing MEMS CAD tools permits MEMSIC to design, simulate, and verify the MEMS-sensors and electronics within the same CAD platform, avoiding fabrication mistakes and speeding time to market.
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Tanner EDA is a leading provider of PC-based electronic design automation (EDA) software solutions for the design, layout and verification of analog and mixed-signal ICs and MEMS. Its solutions help speed designs from concept to silicon and are used by thousands of companies to develop devices cost-effectively in the biomedical, consumer electronics, next-generation wireless, imaging, power management and RF market segments. Founded in 1988, Tanner EDA is a division of privately held Tanner Research, Inc.
In February, Tanner EDA announced that the company has been in the EDA market for 20 years, and that it has shipped 25,000 licenses of its PC-based electronic design software to 4,000 customers in 67 countries.
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