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Plans for a gas station steps from Scajaquada Creek in Black Rock won key approvals Wednesday in City Hall.
In voting in favor of allowing Tops, at 333 Amherst St., to add gas pumps and a kiosk to its parking lot, the Planning Board was persuaded by a letter in support of the project from the city's Environmental Management Commission and rejected calls for further environmental study.
Four board members voted in favor of the project, and none voted against it.
Later in the day, the Common Council's Legislation Committee voted to send the project to the full Council, which meets Tuesday, for a vote.
North Council Member Joseph Golombek made a motion to send the proposal to the Council without endorsing the project, which he said would give people in the community more time to see if there are other legal issues that would prevent the gas station from being built.
Tops has been talking about adding a gas station to its store in the Grant-Amherst neighborhood for nearly a decade and has run into opposition at City Hall and the community during that time. Wednesday, however, members of the Planning Board said they could not have asked Tops to do any more than it had done in responding to environmental and community concerns.
"I think much of what is being done here is a net improvement from existing conditions," said board member Cynthia Schwartz.
Tops' lawyer, Daniel A. Spitzer, said that Tops' plans to improve the view from the Jesse Kregal Pathway, which runs between the store parking lot and the creek, and to protect the creek from storm water runoff will make the site more environmentally friendly with the gas station than it is today.
"There is no site in the city that is going to be as well-protected as this site will be," Spitzer said.
The entire parking lot, including parts belonging to other businesses in the plaza, will be drained into an oil and gas separator and grit chamber. A raised curb will prevent overflow into the creek in case of a flood, he said.
Along the pathway, trees and picnic tables will be added.
Mark Kubiniec, president of the Grant Amherst Business Association – who also is a gas station owner – was unsuccessful in convincing the Planning Board and Council members that more environmental study relating to state and federal authority at the site was necessary.
The Environmental Management Commission's letter stated the commission was aware of Kubiniec's concerns but that Tops had dealt with the substance of the environmental impacts and that "jurisdictional concerns" are incorrect.
Greg Nikiel, who lives and works near Tops, said the store has not done enough to engage the community and that he hopes Tops makes good on its promises to improve its property and mitigate any environmental impacts from the gas station.
In other business Wednesday, the Planning Board board heard about plans from PUSH Buffalo to rehabilitate older homes and build new ones into apartment units at scattered sites on and around Massachusetts Avenue, but the board took no action.
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Sarah Pike, a Las Vegas native, wanted to experience college out-of-state. While researching her options, she decided to take a college match survey. That's how she came across Westminster College. Sarah had never heard of the college and didn't know anyone in Utah, but she was curious. After requesting more information, she was contacted by an admissions counselor and decided to take a campus tour. "It [Westminster] felt like natural fit," she says. None of the other schools jumped out the way Westminster did.
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"You actually get credit for May Term courses, which is cool because you're able to travel while learning about really specific subject areas," she says. The education department arranged her first trip, which was focused on comparing international education systems.
After returning from an amazing first travel May Term experience, Sarah helped plan a trip for 2010. Alongside three communication professors, she coordinated a trip to the British Isles—Scotland, England, Wales and Ireland—focused on travel writing, film, and photography. The process of organizing such a trip requires professors willing to chaperone, a proposal to the school and students interested in going.
Westminster was a great fit for Sarah. The experiences and opportunities are unbeatable. While the initial cost of a private college is high, Westminster provides generous scholarship offers. There are also a variety of involvement opportunities with clubs and organizations. "Because it's a lot smaller than other schools, you don't get lost in a sea of students," she says.
Sarah volunteered with Big Brothers Big Sisters of Utah, was a Resident Advisor for three years, a campus tour guide/Student Representative for two years, an Assistant for the Vice President of Enrollment, a Peer Academic Advisor in the START Center, an intern for the campus Writing Center, and was part of the Westminster Alumni Mentoring Program.
Sarah suggests prospective students get a feel for different schools so they can compare, but adds, "I think most everyone can fit in very well here." Students are provided guidance, especially as a freshman; and not only do professors have an open door policy, but you're on a first name basis with them. "It's a small campus, but a big atmosphere. It has a big spirit," she says. "I think it's the best choice I probably ever made."

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Justin Bieber, girlfriend Selena Gomez, Cody Simpson, director Alfredo Flores and a few other friends visited Goretorium in Las Vegas on Sunday.
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0. phoneArena 17 May 2013, 08:35 posted on
The Nokia EOS is a device we've been hearing for months now. The supposed Windows Phone-based successor to the best cameraphone on the market…
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1. akki20892 (Posts: 3901; Member since: 04 Feb 2013)
Looks Like EOS is near.........waiting for photo leak........!!!
15. pookiewood (Posts: 631; Member since: 05 Mar 2012)
Where are you Mr. Blurrycam when we need you? LOL!
41. chocolaking (Posts: 494; Member since: 22 May 2012)
Nokia's phone always have the same design and build,
sturdy and solid feel.
46. HDShatter (Posts: 1021; Member since: 17 Jan 2013)
You hate on Samsung all the time even though Nokia uses the same thing plastic that Samsung does its just not hyperglazed.
17. kalandershihab (Posts: 57; Member since: 09 Mar 2012)
what EOS? the only flagship for nokia is lumia 925. nokia is gonna dieeee.
18. xperiaDROID (banned) (Posts: 5629; Member since: 08 Mar 2013)
Nokia is gonna roccck!!!
21. tashreef (Posts: 476; Member since: 24 Nov 2012)
not before you "Fanboy".....
34. WHoyton1 (Posts: 1635; Member since: 21 Feb 2013)
I have no quarrel with nokia in fact i love them...but when i heard you say fanboy i had to laugh...i mean your criticising him for being a fanboy when your clearly the nokia fanboy in the first place...i just hate idiots throughing the phrase fanboy around without thinking!
33. Dastrix (unregistered)
What EOS? You must be joking!
45. TheBitterTruth (unregistered)
Another camera champ!
2. chunk1x (Posts: 248; Member since: 25 Jun 2011)
Stop teasing and show us the damn device already! All we get this month from Nokia is a crappy improvement which is the Lumia 925.
3. Credo (Posts: 748; Member since: 19 Apr 2012)
I agree, nothing special about the Lumia 925....
I still love my Cyan Lumia 920 more ....
16. pookiewood (Posts: 631; Member since: 05 Mar 2012)
I think it's a shame Nokia didn't get colorful with the 928 and 925.
28. jsdechavez (Posts: 731; Member since: 20 Jul 2012)
THe execs and Blackberry switchers will very much find much to like in the black/grey/white Lumia 925/928.
38. p211093 (Posts: 25; Member since: 12 Dec 2012)
u dont read the news..colours r coming soon
20. haseebzahid (Posts: 1853; Member since: 22 Feb 2012)
define special more ram meh ur stupid more processor meh much more stupid a tiny little company with 1 room and 4 engineers can make octacore 4gb ram 5" android phone get over this s**t its not a big deal question is who has made improvements in other sides recently only HTC and Nokia none other have done anything about camera mics speaker and other stuff that make the phone what they do is lame traon of more ram hahaha for me its no better then s**t
5. akki20892 (Posts: 3901; Member since: 04 Feb 2013)
r u sure bro, in hardware wise nokia did not improve much (only screen, camera and speaker). but u have to agree with body (light weight, and slim). we know it's a variety of NL920 so it's going to same.
one point is here that WP restrict Nokia to improve in hardware :(
62. Ethan99 (Posts: 2; Member since: 20 May 2013)
So, You guys say WP restricts the hardware capabilities ; and do you know why??? Microsoft Windows Phone team has their reasons_ # FACT is to extend battery life and to optimize the handsets to achieve high efficiency(you don't need 600 HP to run a car) and of course _ to allow easy development of apps(WVGA_720p_WXGA) _ it was the critical time of WP and NOKIA and they had to do some things within limits. Just my opinion :) Now everything's became a lot better & WPhones are ready to step up to the next level!
6. windroid (unregistered)
Only by the end of summer. The OS has to be changed in order to accept the high pixel count.
The 925 is an improvement something we already know from previous Nokia models, the main benefit is being much lighter and a slightly improved camera. The number of WP devices available has to increase to add more visibility to the OS. As Samsung floods the market with similar devices, the same has to happen with Nokia. That's the way the marked works these days.
4. jibraihimi (Posts: 762; Member since: 29 Nov 2011)
If they are delaying it for sale in holiday season, then they should atleast upgrade the screen to FullHD resolution, and processor should be atleast quadcore, because it will require more processing power than the other WP8 phones, due to it's high resolution camera......... I hope GDR3 update is ready before the launch of this phone.......
7. N-fanboy (Posts: 543; Member since: 12 Jan 2013)
1080+41mp+3000mah+quadcore(i know it won't make much difference but let it be)+2GHZ=10M+ Sales
9. PhansMuneeb (Posts: 371; Member since: 28 Jan 2012)
for me..
1080p+s800 cpu+2500mah+41mp (or atleast 20mp) and I'm in.
I know Windows phone does not require quad core or 1080p but what's the problem in implementing it....c'mon we want Nokia back
11. TROLL (banned) (Posts: 4851; Member since: 13 Apr 2012)
Would love that, but that's not possible for now!
19. PhansMuneeb (Posts: 371; Member since: 28 Jan 2012)
Microsoft is not fully pushing Windows phones. ..
they really need to speed up the development and add more features unique to the platform....
25. akki20892 (Posts: 3901; Member since: 04 Feb 2013)
i still not get it that why Microsoft make fully features WP OS like windows xp, 7 and 8. Hurry up MS u need to put really quick common features in your WP, u know it's not hard.
30. TheCynicalTechie (Posts: 78; Member since: 19 Nov 2012)
The answer is simple, because Windows Phone 8 is a bridge. They are extending the bridge and will eventually make Windows Phone and Windows the same OS. Perhaps they may do the same with the Xbox as well.
43. UrbanPhantom (Posts: 949; Member since: 30 Oct 2012)
wendygarett is a paid shill, working for the competition, and his/her sole purpose for being here is to write fundamentally negative and dishonest comments about Nokia and/or Microsoft products and services.
NOTE: This person's comments should be deleted due to countless past violations, and their account should be suspended indefinitely. PHONE ARENA, please stop allowing paid bashers working for other companies to interfere with the review and feedback process!
58. UrbanPhantom (Posts: 949; Member since: 30 Oct 2012)
TROLL = wendygarett & at least 12 others
14. windroid (unregistered)
There are a number of improvements that needs to be done in Windows Phone OS for Nokia to fully show its potential as a superior phone maker.
Nokia has a lot to deliver bas is being stopped by some flaws in the OS. GDR2 will cover some spots but not all, we need to wait for unified windows experience.
50. freebee269 (Posts: 539; Member since: 10 Aug 2012)
I hope wp8 brings out 1080p support and ups the cpu to a snap Dragon 600 for the Christmas season this year. And I would like to see the eos be one of the first phones to do this bump in hardware.
8. kimothis (Posts: 2; Member since: 17 May 2013)
first I bough Nokia lumia 800. the first Nokia windows phone. After that so many lumia came, but I am only waiting for this EOS lumia device with 808 like camera. and will wait till this year end.
54. mrdoubleb (Posts: 19; Member since: 06 Sep 2012)
Same shoes, man, same shoes! Holding on to my 800, been waiting for EOS ever since the 808 was announced. I love the 920's design, so if this is true, I'm in!
10. -box- (Posts: 3991; Member since: 04 Jan 2012)
Well crud. I was all set to get a 925 (T-Mo US user), but now I might wait for this beastie.
23. rsiders (Posts: 913; Member since: 17 Nov 2011)
I hope you're on AT&T or else you may be forced to wait on the sidelines. Here's to hoping Nokia gets it right this time but with the recent releases of the 928 and the upcoming 925, I'm not expecting much if you're not with them.
12. TheBitterTruth (unregistered)
Bring it on!
13. xperiaDROID (banned) (Posts: 5629; Member since: 08 Mar 2013)
Bring it on, NOKIA!!
22. rsiders (Posts: 913; Member since: 17 Nov 2011)
Dear Nokia it won't matter if the device is once again stuck on AT&T while the rest of us have to wait 6 months before we can unlock it or get a similar device on our carrier. Thanks. Sounds like a winner though especially now that Windows Phone now has a fully functional third party Instagram client Itsdagram.
24. pegasso (Posts: 276; Member since: 27 Nov 2011)
the lens cover is back!
26. Shubham412302 (Posts: 431; Member since: 09 Nov 2011)
hope its snapdragon 800 for 4k video recording
42. darac (Posts: 2156; Member since: 17 Oct 2011)
WP doesn't even support quad core processors.
Best you can hope for as a dual core old Krait with Adreno 320 GPU
55. Nathan_ingx (Posts: 3770; Member since: 07 Mar 2012)
You're wrong Darac!
WP8 supports quad-core processor.
Just 1080p resolution that's lacking 'at the moment'.
27. papss (unregistered)
I want to see a bump in specs or I'm not jumping which would upset me. I want to love it but just not the same phone again with a better camera.. Not that there is anything wrong with it just not what I expect
29. deburocks (Posts: 126; Member since: 20 Apr 2013)
really hope its atleast like 920 ( max thickness ) aluminium body like n8 or may b lumia 925. Even n8,s 12 mp camera will also do along vid ois and phase 2 pureview(lumia, 925, lumia 920). Otherwise vud luv a pureview phase one camera insyd a windows 8 with again max thickness like 920( lil camera bump is acceptable)... And nokia,s own camera custom camera app for the eos.....eagerly waiting( please nokia dont delay cos now everywhere i see and hear samd@@g , they are spending double the money in fake advt that u spent in last 8-10 years in ur r &d labs..and u cant help anybdy even if a stinky dung is slapped in consumers face( they will definatly start eating it fr sure) , thats the power of advt and marketing.......cheeers
31. DontHateOnS60 (Posts: 867; Member since: 20 Apr 2009)
Well thank you anonymous for ruining any hope I had of the wonderful 808 becoming a Lumia device. If true, this pretty much seals it that not only will this NOT have the massive 808 sensor, it doesn't look like it will have anything even close.
There's no way you're fitting anything decent, even 20 something MP's into a phone "as thick as the 920". Maybe it's the N8 sensor reworked. Either way, my hopes were high for something as amazing as the 808. It looks like yet again we won't be seeing any microSD card slot here either...
32. loganryan (Posts: 8; Member since: 08 Jan 2013)
Its really remarkable what nokia did in terms of camera in smartphones. True innovation
35. shreehari (Posts: 45; Member since: 10 Mar 2013)
when will windows get 1080p
36. darac (Posts: 2156; Member since: 17 Oct 2011)
MUCH LIGHTER than 920?
Well, that one will I have to see to believe ..if it indeed turns out to be true, and the camera turns out half as good as on 808, Nokia could finally hit it big
47. DontHateOnS60 (Posts: 867; Member since: 20 Apr 2009)
Nokia could hit it big if they simply took the 808 and blew it up so it had a 4.5" display and everything else it already has, minus Symbian of course. I have to wonder though... now that there's this talk about Sony going for the gold in the camera department, and this rumor shedding light on what seems to be falling well short of expectations, is Nokia losing it?
52. darac (Posts: 2156; Member since: 17 Oct 2011)
Well, if Sony doesn't mess up the camera algorithms (like they always did so far) and actually makes that 20mp deliver on the promise, the rest of specs sound overwhelmingly in their favor.
I think Nokia could get hurt really bad if they don't offer something special and up to date.
I mean look at the success of the good but not great Xperia Z, with 4.6million sales within 40 days. That is huge, and shows how strong recognition Sony still has..if they finally bring truly great phone, massive sales are guaranteed.
37. dexter_jdr (Posts: 1163; Member since: 28 Jun 2012)
my body is ready! i hope its snapdragon 600 instead of snapdragon s4 plus . for a boost in performance
40. darac (Posts: 2156; Member since: 17 Oct 2011)
It most certainly isn't snapdragon 600..WP does not support quad core chips!
44. UrbanPhantom (Posts: 949; Member since: 30 Oct 2012)
Actually, Windows Phone V.8 supports multi-core CPUs of up to 64 cores (believe it or not), and by the time the Lumia EOS is released, WP8.x will likely support 1080P as well.
48. TROLL (banned) (Posts: 4851; Member since: 13 Apr 2012)
But you users and fans are not concerned about the specs that the S4, Htc One, Lg, Sony offers to ba vailable on Nokia Wp8, so why complain?
You lot don't need those specs....?
49. dexter_jdr (Posts: 1163; Member since: 28 Jun 2012)
use those specs for what? this is WP you are talking about not android.
if its still dualcore S4 then its ok. if its quadcore 600/800 then good. unlike android that you need more processing power.
51. darac (Posts: 2156; Member since: 17 Oct 2011)
No IT DOES NOT support.
Do you realize how crazy that claim is?
W8 supports up to 64 cores, not WP8!
They only share same basic kernel, but the overall difference is massive
56. Nathan_ingx (Posts: 3770; Member since: 07 Mar 2012)
"Windows Phone 8 can support quad and even octa-core CPUs, which we're sure we'll see in 2013 and beyond"
Make sure you check the hardware portion out.
59. UrbanPhantom (Posts: 949; Member since: 30 Oct 2012)
Windows Phone NT kernal does support up to 64 cores, but the OS itself needs updated drivers by Microsoft in order for this to happen. However, that won't be too far off, and I expect to see support for 1080P soon as well...
39. Muzhhur (Posts: 260; Member since: 14 Sep 2012)
Some think nokia wont show eos at september event?
We will see
53. jameshoe (unregistered)
Remarks from SPY?
57. Stoli89 (Posts: 333; Member since: 28 Jun 2010)
This would make sense IF the device has a smaller sensor than the 808. Consider a "smaller" 22~26 MP shooter that is small enough to allow the full module OIS tech from the 920/925/928 to be applied. Also, a Xenon Flash about the size of the N8's, coupled with an LED for video and torch. Said device would still allow lossless zoom (though less than the 808's capability) AND would still manage 4~5 x oversampling for 5MP shots. With a wider (and potentially adjustable) aperature, it would be excellent as well for night time shooting (w/OIS). Overall, the module could still be made smaller than that found on the 808, given the smaller dimensions of the sensor. The lower oversampling requirements would also allow Nokia to fast-track EOS without waiting for a more powerful SoC. Recall, the 808 was able to process 16x more than 2012 smartphones because its OS allowed Nokia to leverage a hi end GPU AND a camera dedicated scaling chip (doing 1 Bio. pixels per second).
IMO, that would be a killer cmaera spec for today's smartphone.


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|Houses on Komeyer Street
|The Ongra-Iron Business of Pesach Ruch and Honeh Arsh on Independence Place
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A pice of bodywork usuall on the rear of a car which "spoils" the airflow, thereby creating downforce over the rear wheels. Which everyone knows except Will Rastall...
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How am i supposed to know what a spoiler is?
de Tom Scott 12 Februarie 2003
A person who ensures their partner in crime is always satisfied in life and other pleasures
Man that dude is lucky hes dating a spoiler.
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An aerodynamic device used on tractor-trailer trucks. A spoiler is located on the roof of the tractor which deflects air from buffeting the trailer. Truck roof spoilers increase the top speed of the truck, save diesel fuel, and protect the refrigerator coils of refrigerated trailers from rocks that blow off of dump trucks.
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n. Describes utilizing the thumb in a L-shaped manner to maximize the speed and effect of a backhand or pimpslap to your ho's mouth (much like the effect of a spoiler on a riceburner). See BBG.
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Everything is coming to life. But I'm going to write about some of the less desirable pests that come along with spring this morning. These pests may be insects, fungi or other situations in or around the landscape.
The "Nasty Rascal," the chinch bug, is already sucking the juices out of St. Augustine grass (Charleston grass) across the Lowcountry. Chinch bugs were super bad last year, and as I write, they are damaging grass this year. When the weather is dry, a beneficial fungus that keeps the Nasty Rascal in check dies, and the chinch bug populations explode. That is why chinch bugs affect the hottest, driest part of the yard, and you rarely see them in the shady areas. Sevin granular, Tirade, EcoPCO WP.X (organic) or Aloft should give you some relief.
With the cool nights, Powdery Mildew fungus has nailed our Crepe Myrtles, Roses, Dogwoods and other plants. I have seen it on "resistant" Crepe Myrtles that usually do not get Powdery Mildew. Of course, "resistant" does not mean that a plant will 100 percent not get it. Powdery Mildew is very easy to recognize on a Crepe Myrtle. Just look right at the tips on the new growth, and you will see what looks like powdered sugar on the foliage. Neem Oil (organic), Honor Guard, Kestrel and Systemic Fungicide (Fertilome) will help control this pest. Crepe Myrtles bloom on new growth, so it is very important to control this disease now.
Termite swarms have been spotted in the area. In a stump 100 feet from your house, they are most likely not a problem. Call the pest control company that has the bond on your house, so a professional can take a look.
Gnats, oh yeah, they come out whenever the weather is perfect. Mosquito Repelling Granular (the product formally known as Gnat Scat) and Liquid Net are both organic products that should help you enjoy the outdoors a little more. Bifen, Cyonora and Cyzmic should help with gnats and other insect pests.
Leaf Gall on Sasanqua Camellias and Azaleas are affecting the new growth. At this point in time, just remove them carefully so the spores do not spread everywhere and destroy them. The old books would say burn the infected leaves, but these days the trash can will do fine.
So much to write about, so few column inches. Charleston Horticultural Society's Plantasia is coming up Friday, April 29, and Saturday, April 30. Check their website for more details. The Rose Society's Rose Show is coming to Citadel Mall on Saturday, May 7, from 1-5 p.m. These roses will blow your mind. Exhibit or just look at the displays.
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Engineer fined over Cowboys facility collapse had troubled history
News that engineer Enrique Tabak has been fined over the collapse of the Dallas Cowboys practice facility reminded me of the troubled history I found in a 2009 investigation. Here are some highlights:
- Before approving plans for the Cowboys' huge tentlike structure, Tabak oversaw the flawed engineering of a Philadelphia warehouse that collapsed soon after opening.
- After the Philly collapse, Tabak's Canada-based employer put him on probation. While on probation, he supervised the Cowboys job and another one for the New England Patriots. Then he was fired.
- Tabak signed off on plans for the Cowboys facility but told me he was only "marginally involved."
- He said his employer had hired him "to build little farm buildings — sheds, agricultural applications."
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Game: Red Wings vs. Mighty Ducks (at the pond)
Date: FRIDAY, November 25, 2005 (yes, the day after Thanksgiving!!)
Game Time: 1pm (PST)
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*keep in mind the Red Wings are only out here TWO MORE TIMES after this- Monday, November 28th, 2005 against the Kings and then March 1st, 2006 against the Ducks!*
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Businesses are struggling to manage the information flow and interactions between all of these new devices and things jumping on their network, and the apps and IT systems they control. The data businesses gather is only helpful if they can do something with it. In his session at @ThingsExpo, Chris Witeck, Principal Technology Strategist at Citrix, will discuss how different the impact of IoT will be for large businesses, expanding how IoT will allow large organizations to make their legacy ap...
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Ask someone to architect an Internet of Things (IoT) solution and you are guaranteed to see a reference to the cloud. This would lead you to believe that IoT requires the cloud to exist. However, there are many IoT use cases where the cloud is not feasible or desirable. In his session at @ThingsExpo, Dave McCarthy, Director of Products at Bsquare Corporation, will discuss the strategies that exist to extend intelligence directly to IoT devices and sensors, freeing them from the constraints of ...
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Why do your mobile transformations need to happen today? Mobile is the strategy that enterprise transformation centers on to drive customer engagement. In his general session at @ThingsExpo, Roger Woods, Director, Mobile Product & Strategy – Adobe Marketing Cloud, covered key IoT and mobile trends that are forcing mobile transformation, key components of a solid mobile strategy and explored how brands are effectively driving mobile change throughout the enterprise.
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Technology vendors and analysts are eager to paint a rosy picture of how wonderful IoT is and why your deployment will be great with the use of their products and services. While it is easy to showcase successful IoT solutions, identifying IoT systems that missed the mark or failed can often provide more in the way of key lessons learned. In his session at @ThingsExpo, Peter Vanderminden, Principal Industry Analyst for IoT & Digital Supply Chain to Flatiron Strategies, will focus on how IoT de...
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COLUMBIA — Perhaps no first-year assistant in college football is in a more interesting position than Deke Adams, South Carolina's new defensive line coach.
When Brad Lawing left to coach Florida's defensive line in the offseason, Adams came down from North Carolina and was handed the likely No. 1 NFL draft pick in 2014, defensive end Jadeveon Clowney.
"I find myself at times talking to him and getting ready to yell at him about something that he didn't do, and he makes the play two yards or three yards deep in the backfield, and he didn't do things the way that we taught," Adams said. "A player of that ability, he can make some mistakes at times and make up for it."
On Friday night, during South Carolina's first practice, spectators will probably see Adams coaching Clowney the same way he coaches the other linemen — encouraging, guiding through drills, admonishing mistakes. But Adams understands Clowney is not a typical college player.
"There's no 'You do this and you can get away with it and it's OK,' " Adams said. "If he does something and it's not the way he's been taught, I'll get on him just like I get on anybody else, because I expect it to be done. Obviously, there is a difference when he doesn't do it the way I want him to do it and he doesn't make the play, and then he doesn't do it the way I want him to do it and he makes the play. My tone of voice is a little bit different when I'm talking to him."
One thing Adams and defensive coordinator Lorenzo Ward sometimes discuss with their line is how to avoid being held. They want Clowney to listen, because this could be a significant issue for him this season, as he figures to face frequent double teams.
Adams and Ward said officials could probably call holding on every play. Lawing always emphasized that if a defensive end leads with his shoulder to create separation with an offensive tackle, the end is asking to get held — with no flag. If an end wants to draw a holding call, he must create separation with his hands rather than by plowing into a tackle with his shoulder. With Lawing's help, Clowney made major progress in this area since he arrived at USC in 2011.
"Any time an offensive lineman gets his hand inside (the shoulder pad area), I don't think there's a referee or official in America that's going to make a holding call," Adams said. "That's one thing we focus on a lot, is using our hands, keeping separation, getting guys off of us. So while we're trying to get off, (the officials) can actually see the jersey is being pulled."
Or, as Ward put it: "If a guy gets in on you and he gets in your chest, it ain't a holding call and it shouldn't (be). Hopefully, if (the officials) are watching Clowney and if an offensive lineman is holding him, then we'll get some holding calls, especially if (opponents) are trying to block him one-on-one. He'll get attention from the offense and he'll definitely get attention from the officials."
That's the reality for an All-American who has 35½ tackles for loss, including 21 sacks, in his first two seasons. He understands he must deal with double-team blocks, just as his linemates and position coach grasp the importance of exploiting double teams. It is especially critical for the other end, Chaz Sutton, a senior who had seven tackles for loss and five sacks last season, and is now a full-time starter for the first time.
"That'll be the whole key for us this year early," Adams said. "Chaz and I have been talking about it. A lot of people are going to pay a lot of attention to Jadeveon. Chaz and the rest of the guys, they have to show up and they have to make plays. Chaz Sutton is a really good player himself. But obviously, it's a lot easier when you have the focus completely on another guy and not paying attention to you."
South Carolina Gamecocks's Jadeveon Clowney is projected to be the No. 1 pick in next year's NFL draft. (AP Photo/File)×


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California dairying reinventing itself as a global exporter
California dairying reinventing itself as a global exporter
77 percent of state's production is now made into nonperishable products
Emerging from the rubble of the dairy industry's economic collapse in 2009, California milk production is not only bouncing back, but the state is also reinventing itself as a global exporter of products.
"We are looking at some pretty exciting times," says Bill Van Dam, chief executive officer of the Alliance of Western Milk Producers in Sacramento (seen here). "The dairy situation in the West is excellent. It is growing again, and it is growing vigorously. Milk production in California alone is up about 3 million pounds per day."
This rebound comes with a new marketing perspective, adds Van Dam. "California's historic advantages of sending dairy products east are no longer present. Idaho, Colorado, and Texas are all closer, and all are increasing production and processing capacity.
"In the future, milk from California will increasingly go in two other directions: west and south," he explains.
Van Dam notes that 77 percent of all pooled milk in California is now manufactured into nonperishable products (products that can be exported). That's approximately 10 billion pounds of butter, powder, and cheese – which, if it were all to go that route, is enough to make California the world's largest dairy exporter by leaps and bounds.
Proximity to Pacific ports and inexpensive transportation in the form of back-haul shipping to China figure to make California a strong competitor to historic dairy exporting powerhouses New Zealand and Australia.
Continued growth, however, depends upon how one key and very expensive question is answered: Who will build new processing plants in California? Van Dam says producer cooperatives will likely have to shoulder the load themselves, since there is little interest by private companies to deal with the state's frustrating and slow bureaucracy.


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Beautiful photography by a Hervé Demers, coincidentally also living in Montreal !!
I chose these pictures from his photostream because they represent a farewell to Winter for me. The sun is sticking around longer each day, the sky is blue but it's not freezing… the snow is evaporating to let the green grass grow.
Hervé's great work was found on the Flickr group.


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Those diagnosing hematopathological disorders have been reaping the benefits of improved flow cytometry methodologies, though standardization of some techniques is still in the works.
Flow cytometry is being used to identify and evaluate clinical cases of various blood disorders. Researchers have also adapted other types of cellular analyses, such as cytogenetics and molecular genetics, in order to monitor disease states.
Anna Porwit, M.D., Ph.D., at the University of Toronto, has been immunophenotyping lymphoproliferative disorders with more than one malignant cell population. To investigate these diseases, Prof. Porwit and her colleagues use flow cytometry, which is a common immunophenotyping method in hematopathological diagnosis, to identify aberrant populations of cells in the blood and bone marrow.
As medical director of the university's flow cytometry lab, Prof. Porwit instituted a 10-color flow cytometry method, using the Navios™ instrument from Beckman Coulter. Navios, which contains three lasers, allows Prof. Porwit and her colleagues to analyze 10-14 different antibodies simultaneously on the same cell. By using monoclonal antibodies with different connected fluorochromes, 10-14 different antigens can be assayed in one tube.
To study lymphoid malignancies, Prof. Porwit utilized two 10-color tubes of surface markers for B- and T-lymphocytes, respectively. She then evaluated kappa/lambda ratios separately in various B-cell subsets. Prof. Porwit noticed that in some lymphoma cases, there were two different pathological populations of B-cells or one of B- and one of T-cells in one sample, which was quite unusual because typically there is only a single aberrant population of cells.
In fact, Prof. Porwit and her colleagues identified a cohort of cases where there were clearly two different malignant populations. From 2,600 samples of blood, bone marrow, fine needle aspiration, and tumor cell suspensions, the researchers identified 43 samples showing two abnormal lymphoid populations—40 of which had two aberrant B-cell populations, the remaining three showing one B- and one T-cell aberrant population.
"Previously, we were using a five-color flow cytometer, but switching to the 10-color panel has allowed for increasingly more accurate diagnostics, as these lymphoma cases with two aberrant cell populations were easier to detect by identifying many more parameters for each cell," Prof. Porwit says. "Additionally, this improves the accuracy of our data: Instead of doing several different assays in multiple tubes and attempting to compare the tubes to each other, now we have everything in one assay."
Prof. Porwit explains that this 10-color flow cytometry method is an important advancement in cellular analysis, not only because of the machinery, but also the types of software for analyzing the data. The Kaluza® software provides easy protocols for analyzing this complex data of 12 parameters per cell: 10 fluorochromes, cell size, and granularity.
She also notes, though, that it is critical to monitor fluorescence compensation during data analysis, by calculating the amount of interference of a fluorochrome's emission profile in a different channel. Ideally, fluorochromes at different ends of the spectrum should be used so that there is no spillover, but this is not always practical with analysis of increasing numbers of antibodies.
Prof. Porwit will continue to use 10-color flow cytometry for hematopathological diagnosis, especially myelodysplastic syndrome. She tells GEN that a research initiative through the International Council for Standardization in Hematology is currently establishing guidelines for identifying malignancies in acute myeloid leukemia and myelodysplastic syndrome using flow cytometry methodologies.
Michael Keeney from the London Health Sciences Centre is working to improve flow cytometry methods in cases where cell counts are particularly low. Keeney has collaborated with breast cancer researchers to detect circulating tumor cells in peripheral blood at 1 cell/mL. He has also worked on the detection of minimal residual disease in pediatric patients with acute lymphoblastic leukemia after induction therapy.
Keeney tells GEN that rare event detection of acute lymphoblastic leukemia is critical for re-stratifying a patient group based on their response to a particular therapy. These small populations of residual tumor cells, which may be on the order of one in 10,000 cells, establish the patient's prognosis and will inform the clinician regarding whether or not to alter the treatment.
Leukemic patients may have up to 1012 leukemic cells, and in classical morphologic "remission" there can still be up to 1010 residual leukemic cells. In his study, Keeney examined antigen expression in the remission state—i.e., 29 days after therapy initiation—in order to quantify residual tumor cells. He noted that minimal manipulation of the sample is ideal, as certain preparation methods may in fact lead to a loss of the abnormal cell population in the sample. Samples should be prepared at a higher concentration than what is normally used for flow cytometry; if a sensitivity of 0.01% is target, at least 1 x 106 cells should be collected.
Keeney and his colleagues are working with a quality assurance group from the U.K. called NEQAS, which provides blood samples containing small numbers of tumor cells to participating labs, so that researchers can test their samples against these controls. Additionally, Keeney is collaborating with the FNIH on a recent initiative to investigate standardization methods for detecting these small numbers of residual tumor cells. As a form of quality control, he has also sent many flow cytometry reference images to new labs utilizing these procedures, so that other researchers can understand the differences between normal and abnormal cell populations.
Keeney indicates that rare event detection has its limitations—both statistical and bench work expertise are required to effectively identify these cell populations. However, flow cytometry still has many advantages, he notes. "Flow cytometry is well-suited for rare event analysis in different hematological diseases. Compared to PCR or genome sequencing, it remains the least expensive method for identifying minimal residual disease, and it is a speedy process—results are obtained in the same day as running the sample," he says.
Rare event detection has mostly been used in acute lymphoblastic leukemias, but the methodology is now being applied to adults with acute myeloid leukemias. Similar to Prof. Porwit's studies, Keeney has also utilized 10-color flow cytometry to study blood samples from these leukemia patients, as it is much harder to clearly identify abnormal from normal cells in these patients. The testing is also being rolled out to a broader patient set, such as a chronic lymphocytic leukemia group in Europe.
According to Keeney, "We will continue to make improvements to the standardization protocols over the next few years. In the meantime, any labs performing these methods should participate in the quality assurance program."
Along with their colleagues at Abbott Laboratories and South Western Area Pathology Service Liverpool Hospital, Keeney and London Health Sciences Centre's Benjamin Hedley, Ph.D., are investigating standardization and validation of flow cytometric methods for counting reticulated platelets. Reticulated blood cells and platelets are useful tools for differentiating causes of anemia, but fewer laboratories utilize a flow cytometric method for reticulated platelet enumeration.
Dr. Hedley explains that a major application for counting reticulated platelets is to monitor the efficiency of certain drugs that mimic the body's natural ability to make platelets.
"We need to be able to identify early on which patients are responding to these drugs," he says. "This requires determining if the patient is producing more platelets, is not producing more platelets, or is producing platelets that are somehow getting destroyed by another factor. By measuring the number of immature, reticulated platelets, this tells us if the drug is helping the patient produce platelets in the bone marrow, whether or not they may be destroyed later on."
However, the problem remained that there was no standard flow cytometric method for enumerating immature platelets newly released from the bone marrow. To tackle this issue, Dr. Hedley and his team utilized a previously published flow cytometric method from 1990 for analyzing reticulated platelets using Thiazole Orange dye, and combined this with a CD41/CD61 (platelet glycoproteins-IX and IIIa) platelet enumeration method that was standardized by the International Society for Laboratory Hematology.
"The main advantage of combining the platelet enumeration method with Thiazole Orange is that the number of platelets and percentage of immature platelets is obtained at once from the same experimental tube," Dr. Hedley reports. The researchers used normal donor samples to establish a normal range of reticulated platelets. The samples were analyzed using Kaluza flow cytometry software from Beckman Coulter.
Dr. Hedley explains that Thiazole Orange, which is a fluorochrome that binds nucleic acids, distinguishes reticulated platelets because mature platelets have lost their RNA content. He also notes that using an eight- or 10-color flow cytometer is not necessary for counting platelets; rather, one fluorochrome to identify platelets and another to identify if they are immature or mature platelets is sufficient. He and his collaborators will be comparing their methodology using different instruments, such as Beckman Coulter and BD flow cytometers.
Dr. Hedley and his team determined that a final concentration of 10% of the initial Thiazole Orange used was sufficient for staining reticulocytes for 30 minutes, could be quenched with formaldehyde, and was stable for one hour.
"Stability is key. Clinically, we cannot expect to run our samples within minutes of being prepped. The samples are prepared all at once but need to be stable until each has been run through the flow cytometer," he says.
Hematology counters that can screen complete blood counts may not accurately measure low numbers of platelets, and immature platelets are also larger than mature platelets and may fall outside of the set size or volume dimensions recognized by hematology analyzers. Instead, flow cytometric methods rely on antibodies and thus can still accurately count larger, immature platelets in low quantities.
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This week, we are coming up on the year anniversary of one of the scariest moments I have ever had as a mom.
It's times like this that I wish I could easily forget, but it seems like it was just yesterday.
My son, Elijah, was in his second half of his kindergarten school year, my daughter, Emaleigh, was in second grade, and my son, Eydan, was only 6 months old.
The prior few months, I was waiting for my kids to both come home with Frequent Visitor punch cards from the nurses' office. It seemed like I was getting phone calls on a weekly basis that one of my kids was visiting the nurse that day. "Hi, Mrs. Mondragon, I just wanted to let you know that Elijah ran into a pole on the playground, but he's OK."
Yeah, he gets his looks from Ray but his gracefulness from me.
My favorite the next week was, "Hi, Mrs. Mondragon, Emaleigh is sitting here in the nurse's office and would like to know if you could bring her pink shoes because her feet hurt." It was 2:45 and school released at 3. Really? Only my kids.
Anyway, as soon as I picked up the phone on that dreaded day, I knew something was different. It wasn't the nurse that called me; it was Elijah's teacher. She explained that he fell on the playground and I should probably go pick him up because he had a few cuts. OK. No big deal since we live right up the block from the school. I grabbed Eydan and we headed out the door. I didn't think to grab anything else because I figured we would be right back home to attach Band-Aids to Elijah's "cuts."
We pulled up to the front of the school, and as I was walking around to pull Eydan's carrier out of the car, I saw Elijah's teacher coming to meet me.
"Here, I'll take the baby," she said.
My heart sank, and I could feel it begin to beat more rapidly the closer I got to the front doors. I pulled open the first set of double doors and that's when I heard him. He was screaming the most terrifying noise I have ever heard. I was afraid to turn the corner into the nurse's office. Elijah is not the type of person to cause a big commotion or draw attention to himself, so I knew something was definitely wrong.
I walked in to see the two school secretaries and the principal all sitting around Elijah. I rushed over to sit next to him and see what exactly was going on, and I'll never forget the look of horror that he flashed back at me. My baby was scared.
He had fallen on the playground equipment and split his chin/cheek wide open, as well as bit through his cheek from the fall. At first glance, we thought he cut it on something. It wasn't until we saw the doctor that we learned that the blunt force of hitting his jaw bone on the equipment made his cheek split wide open. THAT'S how sharp those puppies are!)
Anyway, I immediately knew he would need stitches, so we headed to the ER. As soon as we got inside the car, I called my husband, Ray (who was headed home from Denver), and I began to break down. I am probably one of the most emotional people in the entire universe, and it multiplies by 100 when it involves my kids. I noticed that as soon as Elijah saw me start to cry it made him freak out a little bit more… so friends, this mommy had to SUCK IT UP. I was talking to him the entire ride, and it wasn't until he finally opened his mouth a little and answered back that I saw how bad it really was. Where were his three top teeth?!
We got to the ER, which if it wasn't stressful enough, it's then that I realized I also had a 6-month old Eydan and no diaper bag. Nothing.
Luckily, Ray was only about 30 minutes away at this point. As soon as we got into a room, it was from that point on that Elijah blew my mind with the amount of bravery he was showing. He was a little bummed that he ruined his nice clothes that day, but they turned the TV on to "Power Rangers" and he was great. The doctor came in to begin the stitches, so like any other parents would do, Ray and I started taking bets on how many we thought he might need. If I remember right, my guess was 15.
About halfway through the procedure, Elijah fell asleep. I wish I could say I would have done the same, but again, so proud of my little guy.
Forty-one stitches later, we learned what happened to his three teeth. Two of them got pushed backwards, and one got shoved up into his gums. So, the next day it was off to the dentist to get them pulled. The teeth that were pulled were baby teeth, and although it took a while for the muscles to heal in his mouth, you can barely see anything now. Could it have been worse? Absolutely. But I am so glad that there is no permanent damage to report.
All of this trauma, and poor Elijah was more concerned with missing class pictures that next day…so I took him to the school to take pictures and then home. While missing that week of school, he was more concerned with not knowing if his friends had a good day. He was on a soft foods diet for a while, but if Emaleigh or Eydan wanted a popsicle, he didn't even think twice about sharing his "meals."
That's what I love about Elijah. It's never about him… he's always thinking about others. Even when he's miserable at home with three pulled teeth and 41 stitches in his face, he's looking out for everyone else. There is now a rule in place at the school because of Elijah to ensure the safety of all of the kids. NO RUNNING ON THE EQUIPMENT! (Although he is my modest child, he still thinks it's pretty cool that he is a "legend" of Pete Mirich Elementary!)
I'm not even sure if I ever thanked the staff and teachers that day. It's so nice to know that my kids are being cared for when I can't be there. So, thanks to those who helped Elijah that day… because in the long run, it helped this mommy get through it, too.
Caiti Mondragon is married with three children. Read her Tuesdays on Greeley Moms. Also check out her personal blog at mrsmomdragon.wordpress.com.
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