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Huawei Japan, Chinese telecommunications equipment and services company, announced they will start selling their SIM-free devices after late June in Japan.
The first product will be the Android 4.3 smartphone "Ascend G6" and will be sold through multiple electronics retail stores such as Bic Camera, Edion, and Nojima. Ascend G6 was unveiled in the Mobile World Congress 2014 that took place last February.


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Del. police arrest suspect in reputed smugglingThe Associated Press | May 18,2013DOVER, Del. A man arrested in Delaware as part of the takedown of an alleged East Coast cigarette smuggling ring that may have funneled money to terrorist groups is being held on $12.5 million cash bail.
State police arrested Adel Abuzahrieh, 47, of Staten Island, N.Y., this week after a traffic stop on Route 1 near Milford. Police say they found 201 cases of cigarettes in the box truck he was driving and seized between $15,000 and $20,000 in cash.
Delaware State Police spokesman Sgt. Paul Shavack said Abuzahrieh was arrested by members of a DSP special operations response team who were alerted to his whereabouts.
Shavack said Abuzahrieh loaded up a 2007 Mitsubishi box truck with cigarettes stored at a facility in Selbyville and began driving north on Route 1. He was taken into custody without incident and arrested on a fugitive warrant from New York alleging enterprise corruption, Shavack said.
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"I have listened to Catholic Answers Live for many years now. The show is informational, inspirational, faith building, and funny. I have been in the process of conversion for many years, and now at age 60, I will be joining the Catholic Church. The show and speakers have been my tutor and guide, and I am deeply grateful to all."
"In the week immediately before Lent everyone shall go to his confessor and confess his deeds and the confessor shall so shrive him as he then may hear by his deeds what he is to do [in the way of penance]."


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Birds are an important part of our lives.People have domesticated our feathered friends like chickens, turkeys, and mallard ducks, used birds as food, painted pictures and written stories about them, and used their feathers as ornaments. Their ability to fly has fascinated us for thousands of years.From a bee hummingbird, the smallest bird weighing as little as a dime, to the flightless ostrich, the largest bird weighing as much as two adult men and standing seven feet tall, all 9,000 species of birds share many common traits which classify them as BIRDS.One of the first words that pops into most peoples heads at the thought of a bird is the word feathers. All birds, even water birds like penguins, have these lightweight structures. In fact, birds are the only creatures in the world with feathers. Theyre great for keeping warm and dry, attracting mates, blending into the surroundings, or flying
Which brings us to another most popular bird word wings. Every bird, including flightless and semi-flightless birds like ostriches, penguins, and peacocks, has wings. The wings on flightless birds are just not strong enough for doing what no other animals, besides bats can do. Most birds can fly. Birds have many amazing adaptations to help them with this amazing feat. Did you know birds have bones with air spaces inside throughout them to make them lighter? They also have extremely powerful chest muscles that stretch from their well-developed breastbones to their wings to help them flap those wings.Birds eat a wide variety of foods from fruits and vegetables to worms and insects to seeds and nuts, but they dont have teeth to chew those foods. Instead, birds have beaks or bills that are specialized for the types of foods they eat. Birds of prey like hawks and eagles that eat rodents and other small animals have special hooked beaks for picking and tearing meat. Seed and nut-eating birds have shorter, thicker beaks for breaking the outer coverings of seeds and nuts. After a bird swallows its food, the food goes to a muscular organ called a gizzard where it is ground up even more. The energy that birds get from their food is partially used to make their own body heat (they are endothermic). They can also keep their body temperature the same whether it is cold or warm outside (they are homoiothermic).Instead of giving birth to live young, birds lay eggs with a hard shell and incubate them until they hatch. Most birds lay their eggs in some form of a nest to provide warmth and protection from the weather and predators. Some birds are better at making nests than others. Shore birds like Wilsons plover simply make a few scrapes on the ground or in the sand as nests while many perching birds like weaver birds make intricately woven or sculpted nests that hang from the ends of branches.Finally, birds, like humans, stand upright and walk or swim using only two feet. Some birds, especially flightless birds like ostriches, rheas, and emus must only rely on their legs to move through their environment. Ostriches have such strong legs that they have the ability to run as fast as 35 mph. They could easily win a foot race with most people.
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I will be starting to introduce solids for my baby next week, as my DS will be 6 months old. He has had blood in his stool since he was 2 months old and we still have blood issues at this time. I am off dairy, soy and am coming off the 8 top allergens this week (haven't started yet). My question is when you start introducing solids how do you know if your LO is reacting to it. The blood has never stopped so how can you tell? Does it cause other symptoms? I am just not sure what to look for other than the blood and sometimes mucous.
How do you introduce the foods? I was told by someone to introduce rice cereal and then skip right away to fruits, veggies and chicken instead of introducing barley and oatmeal cereal. Do you wait more than the normal three day period in between new food? I never had allergies with my daughter and did the normal introduction of food so I am confused as to what to do.


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Yankee's last day reported as Dec. 29
BRATTLEBORO Entergy Corp. plans to permanently shut down the Vermont Yankee nuclear power plant in Vernon on Dec. 29.
Michael McKenney, Vermont Yankees emergency preparedness manager, revealed the previously secret date Friday in a state meeting in Vernon with towns in the nuclear plants emergency evacuation zone.
Entergy spokesman Robert Williams was less precise Tuesday.
We have a commitment in the settlement agreement to shut down by the end of the year, he said in an email. We are making internal plans consistent with that commitment, and currently assume the final downpower a short period before New Years Eve.
He said, We may adjust the precise date as we factor in the many scheduling priorities for safe shutdown.
Entergy had last year described its shut-down date as late in the fourth quarter, of 2014 and then refined that to late in December. But the company had been vague about how long it could continue operating with the nuclear fuel remaining in the reactor core.
Erica Bornemann, planning section chief for the states Division of Emergency Management and Homeland Security, said the meeting Friday was called to discuss the emergency planning budget.
Entergy had previously announced plans to all but eliminate emergency planning in surrounding towns starting in 2016.
Bornemann said Entergy had a small window to shut down Yankee by the end of the year, but cited a remote possibility it might extend a few days into 2015.
But she said the state opposes elimination of emergency planning for the surrounding communities as long as there is nuclear fuel in the spent fuel pool or on site.
Entergy has petitioned the Nuclear Regulatory Commission to be allowed to drop emergency planning outside its gates starting in 2016. However, the company says it wont have all of its spent fuel moved until 2021 or so.
Entergy has notified state regulatory officials that it plans to expand its dry-cask fuel management facility, which is north of the reactor building.
Bornemann said, all of it is contingent on the NRC.
Entergy spent $2.6 million on Vermont emergency planning efforts for the fiscal year that ended in June, and will spent $2.1 million this year.
The difference in spending is that the state is working with the Red Cross to establish a new evacuation zone shelter.
Bornemann said the towns in the emergency planning zone receive a $32,000 base grant from Entergy funds. Westminster, which hosts a reception center at the Bellows Falls Union High School, receives $19,000 for planning.
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Home List of Titles A comparative study of beam ion implantation, plasma ion implantation and nitriding of AISI 304 stainless steel
Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: http://hdl.handle.net/1959.3/231769
- Title
- A comparative study of beam ion implantation, plasma ion implantation and nitriding of AISI 304 stainless steel
- Author(s)
- Wei, R.; Vajo, J. J.; Matossian, J. N.; Wilbur, P. J.; Davis, J. A.; Williamson, D. L.; Collins, G. A.
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- This paper presents the results of a comparative study using beam ion implantation (BII), plasma ion implantation (PII), ion nitriding and gas nitriding of AISI 304 stainless steel. We have demonstrated that under controlled conditions (the same treatment times of 30 and 60 min, and the same treatment temperature of 400 degrees Celsius), the microstructures produced by all four techniques are similar, being mainly the formation of nitrogen in solid solution (γ N phase). However, the concentrations of nitrogen and the detectable depths of the nitrogen-enriched layers are significantly different, depending on the process. Both BII and PII produce thick nitrogen-enriched layers (greater than 1 μm) at high concentrations (20-30 at.%) compared with either ion nitriding or gas nitriding (layers less than 1 μm thick with low nitrogen concentrations). As a result, the load-bearing capacity after either BII or PII is much greater than after either ion or gas nitriding. It has also been found that high current density implantation is crucial for the formation of the thick N-enriched layers.
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- Source
- Surface and Coatings Technology: incorporating the proceedings of the 9th International Conference on Surface Modification of Metals by Ion Beams, San Sebastian, Spain, 04-08 September 1995 / J. I. Onate, B. D. Sartwell and L.Guzman (ed.), Vol. 83, no. 1-3 (Sept 1996), pp. 235-242
- Publication year
- 1996
- FOR Code(s)
- 0204 Condensed Matter Physics; 0306 Physical Chemistry (Incl. Structural); 0912 Materials Engineering
- Keyword(s)
- AISI 304 stainless steel; Beam ion implantation; Nitriding; Plasma ion implantation; Stainless steels
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- Elsevier
- 0257-8972
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Attachment 3. On September 1, 2004, FNS published an interim rule entitled, "Child and Adult Care Food Program: Improving Management and Program Integrity" (69 FR 53501). This rule puts into effect regulatory provisions that FNS had proposed on September 12, 2000 (65 FR 55101), as modified in response to 548 public comments received on that proposal.
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Keagins, O'Keefe Pace UNH over Holy Cross
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WORCESTER, Mass. – Kate Keagins (Bay
Shore, N.Y.) scored three goals and Kathleen O'Keefe (Chatham,
N.J.) made six saves to lead the University of New Hampshire
women's lacrosse team to Wednesday afternoon's 8-5 non-conference
victory against the College of the Holy Cross at Hart Turf
This marked the third consecutive year UNH has won its season opener. The Wildcats have opened against Holy Cross five of the last seven years and are 4-1 in those meetings. Holy Cross is winless in two games this season.
Keagins, whose three goals led the 'Cat attack, also recorded two ground balls, two caused turnovers and one draw control. Ilana Cohen (Andover, Mass.) contributed two goals, two GB and two CTO. UNH's other goal scorers were Jenny Simpson (New Canaan, Conn.), Hayley Rausch (Severna Park, Md.) and Allie Duclos (South Windsor, Conn.), who was also credited with three ground balls.
HC goalie Amy Martin was credited with two saves.
The Wildcats took a 1-0 lead at 16:13 of the first half when Simpson rolled from behind the net around the right post to the front of the net and fired a shot into the upper-left corner.
HC tied the score, 1-1, at 13:25 when Kat Sutton one-timed Cassie Rudden's pass from behind the net.
UNH scored three consecutive goals to build a 4-1 advantage. Duclos scored on a free position from the left wing at 11:36 to put the 'Cats back in front, 2-1. Keagins scored a free-position goal at 9:05 when she charged from the right wing and fired a low shot inside the far post.
O'Keefe preserved that two-goal lead with six minutes remaining in the first half when she denied Meg O'Leary on a free position from the top of the fan.
Keagins struck again on a free position – this time on a low shot from the top of the fan – to give New Hampshire a 4-1 lead at 3:15.
One minute later, O'Keefe appeared to be caught out of position when Sara Hennessey caught the ball at the left doorstep but she lunged towards the upper-left corner to make the save. The Crusaders did trim the deficit to 4-2 on Taylor Zebrowski's free-position goal at 1:48.
Cohen scored with 48 seconds remaining in the first half to send the Wildcats into halftime with a 5-2 lead. From the top of the fan, she maneuvered to the right side and fired a low shot inside the far post.
Neither team scored in the opening 12 minutes of the second half – O'Keefe made another impressive point-blank stop against Catherine Furman at the right post with 20:00 on the clock --- then Holy Cross scored three goals spanning seven minutes to once again level the score, 5-5.
Zebrowski started the comeback with an unassisted goal at 17:25, then O'Leary (at 12:56) and Annie Boylan (10:26) scored on free-position shots.
Holy Cross gained possession on the ensuing draw control – the Crusaders had a 12-3 edge in that statistic – and O'Keefe kept the game deadlocked at 9:45 when she denied Maddie Carrellas' shot from the middle of the fan.
At the other end of the field, Keagins rang a shot off the post. The teams exchanged possessions and UNH regained the lead at 5:31 when Cohen attacked from the left wing and sent a low shot into the net.
After the Crusaders won the ensuing draw, O'Keefe forced a turnover in which Duclos won the battle for the loose ball. Rausch, deep on the right wing, drove towards the net and place a shot into the upper-right corner to give the 'Cats a 7-5 lead at 3:52.
HC once again gained possession on the draw, but Cara Dowdle (Northbrook, Ill.) got the ball back for UNH with 3:15 remaining. Keagins' third goal of the game at 1:34 put the 'Cats ahead 8-5 to match the team's largest lead of the game.
Casey Doyle (Ivyland, Pa.) helped secure the victory when she corralled a ground ball with 1:00 on the clock. The 'Cats advanced the ball into the attack zone and maintained possession to run out the remaining time.
In addition to the edge in draw controls, the home team also recorded a 21-15 shot advantage. UNH finished with more ground balls (19-14) and committed fewer turnovers (15-18).
New Hampshire returns to action Feb. 26 (12 p.m.) at Dartmouth College. The Wildcats' home opener is March 2 against the University of Massachusetts. Game time at Memorial Field is 4 p.m.
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Marjorie Lee Weast, 89, Moran, passed away on Wednesday, Dec. 4, 2013, at Mercy Hospital in Fort Scott.
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Grace Fern "Billie" Parsons, 97, Iola, passed away Wednesday, Nov. 30, 2016, at Windsor Place in Iola.She was born Oct. 18, 1919, near Uncas, Okla. Grace was the second of four children born to William J. and Ida (Cafferty) Anderson. Grace grew up in Newkirk, Okla.,... [More]
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Philosophy and Classical Studies
Why Major in Philosophy at Fisher?
According to the American Philosophical Association: "The study of philosophy serves to develop intellectual abilities important for life as a whole, beyond the knowledge and skills required for any particular profession. Properly pursued, it enhances analytical, critical, and interpretive capacities that are applicable to any subject-matter, and in any human context."
In short, the study of philosophy touches all areas of life and is applicable to just about any profession you may want to pursue.
About the Major in Philosophy
With a major or minor in philosophy, you will gain the skills needed to effectively articulate and debate ideas while cultivating your self-expression and developing a passion for life-long learning.
You will be challenged to think critically and constructively about the most fundamental speculative and practical issues confronting us.
Courses cover a wide range of topics including human nature and the place of humans in the world; space, time, and causality; truth, goodness, and beauty; and God.
At Fisher, you'll also have the option of double majoring in another area, such as history, political science, business, or nursing. Combining majors in this way can be useful if you plan to further your education in the social sciences, or if you are thinking of pursing a career in medicine, the law, or another related field.
Program Requirements
Note: The Undergraduate Catalog contains the most up-to-date philosophy program requirements.
Philosophy Department Mission
Through the requirements for its philosophy major (and classical studies minor), the department strives to provide its students with an understanding of the theory and life-practice of philosophy so as to give a framework for a fruitful critical confrontation with the most prominent issues in such areas as ethics, logic, political theory, theories of knowledge, and metaphysics.
This will require a familiarity with problems and means of evaluating their proposed solutions that would enable the student to pursue graduate study in philosophy and facilitate graduate study in related areas.
On a personal level, students will be enabled to make informed judgments that will allow them to experience continued intellectual and personal growth, to practice responsible citizenship, and to be engaged in their chosen careers in a humane and enlightened way.
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The LIHEAP statute establishes 150 percent of the poverty level as the maximum income level allowed in determining LIHEAP income eligibility, except where 60 percent of state median income is higher. Income eligibility criteria for LIHEAP may not be set lower than 110 percent of the poverty.
The Federal government issues the poverty levels as the HHS Poverty Guidelines and state median income as State Median Income Estimates. Updates of both the HHS Poverty Guidelines and State Median Income Estimates are published each winter in the Federal Register.
As of October 1, 2016 (the beginning of FY 2017), the 2017 HHS Poverty Guidelines and State Median Income Estimates were in effect for LIHEAP.
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Under the law, LIHEAP grantees have the flexibility of serving households having at least one member who also receives assistance under any of the following Federal programs (referred to as categorical eligibility):
- Temporary Assistance for Needy Families
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- Food Stamps. As of October 1, 2008, the new name for Food Stamps is the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) certain needs-tested Veteran Benefits.
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This learning module introduces users to the Carbon-Nano Bands simulation tool, which simulates the bandstructure of Carbon Nanotubes (CNTs) and Nanoribbons (CNRs). To gives users a strong background in bandstructure, the module starts with sections that introduce bandstructure basics. To this end, a section is also dedicated to the bandstructure of bulk graphene, from which CNTs and CNRs are conceptually derived. Sections detailing the derivation and properties of the bandstructures of CNTs and CNRs are also provided. After the background discussions, a lecture introduces the Carbon-Nano Bands simulator, and examples and exercises that use this tool are worked out step-by-step. Upon completion of this learning module, users will understand the fundamentals of bandstructure as they relate to nanoscale graphene-based structures, as well as how to use the Carbon-Nano Bands simulation tool to gain insight into the electronic properties of CNTs and CNRs.
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The County of Maui's Department of Environmental Management reported that a wastewater overflow of approximately 1,900 gallons occurred on near the intersection of South Kihei Road and Waimahaihai Street in Kihei due to mechanical failure at the Kihei #6 Pump Station early Thursday.
The overflow started at 2:05 a.m. and was stopped by 2:10 a.m., according to county officials.
Wastewater flowed from the pump station site to the grassy area in the adjacent lot occupied by the Kihei Fire Station. Approximately 35 gallons of the overflow entered a storm sewer fronting the pump station on South Kihei Road, about 1,000 feet away from the ocean.
Bacteriological analyses are being conducted, however, the department is confident the overflow did not reach the ocean, and there are no beach closures.
County officials malfunction was corrected and the spill site at S. Kihei Road was cleaned and disinfected. The State Department of Health has been notified.


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Ken Griffey, Jr., C&S Hall Of Fame (2010)
It is with a heavy heart that we say good-bye to Ken Griffey, Jr. the Major League baseball player, but it is with joy and gratitude that we announce the induction of Ken Griffey, Jr. the Baseball Legend into the Cook & Son Hall of Fame:
We are also pleased to announce that the number "24" is officially being retired from this blog, effective immediately — no player will ever again be seen on this blog wearing the number 24:
I do not have the time, energy or capability to succintly sum up what Griff has meant to me over the last 22 years. So I will not even try.
Instead, I will just leave you with a few parting thoughts:
I have been watching Griffey play baseball since I was 13 years old, that is two-thirds of my life…
…without Ken Griffey, Jr., the Mariners would probably be playing in Tampa Florida or some other locale (I don't care about basketball, but don't you even think of looking this way, Oklahoma City!) And that would be unbearably terrible.
One of the happiest moments of my life was when I saw Griffey hit a meaningless single off of the Green Monster in Boston last season with my son sitting on my shoulders. Shortly thereafter, Tim and I saw Griff hit his 624th career homerun in Cleveland…
At the beginning of his career, my dad was driving me to Mariners games to see Griffey play. At the end of his career, I was driving my own boy to Mariners games to see Griffey play. This guy has tied the generations together in my family. Our lives are all a little better because of what he's done on the baseball field.
Tonight: The Cook & Son Hall of Fame.
6 Years from Now: The National Baseball Hall of Fame.
I guarantee you that we will be there cheering you on once again.
Thank you, Ken Griffey, Jr.
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Great job Todd! I know what a fan you were/are of his, so this has to be bittersweet. Think of it this way though, would you want him to waste away on the bench for another season or two, or get out now when he still has some dignity?
So who's # 2 on your faves list? Active list I mean, not retired.
Hi Todd – Too bad he is going out this way. Jr. had such a sweet effortless swing. In addition we wish you and Tim were able to see him one last time in San Diego. Yes he is a first ballot Hall of Famer. Too bad some silly voters will refuse to make him a unanimous choice – Todd (HI) – Great recap of your trip to PNC.
Now that Griff is retired, hands down in a landslide my favorite ballplayer is Ichiro. Outside the Mariners, Jamie Moyer. Outside of players with a Mariners tour of duty on their resume, no one beats Albert Pujols.
I understand his thinking in light of his recent move to the bench DH role (something of which I was not a fan). I really wish we could have seem him play a couple more times this season. But, in the grand scheme of things, I was spoiled. I have personally seen numerous Griffey homeruns, including his first career walk-off HR and multiple grand slams, and countless flat out ridiculous catches in CF, including the one when he broke his arm in half. Hey, you guys on your trip now? Still going? We'll be in Baltimore this weekend so track us down in RF if you are there!
-Todd (PA)
Todd (PA) – We are just passed our halfway point in Detroit (Yes we were at the Tigers/Indians perfect game* and were about 20 rows up from first base). Headed to PNC on Friday and will be in Camden Yard on Saturday evening. Our family is looking forward to seeing the other Todd/Tim (father/son) in America – Should be easy to spot the only Mariners fans at Camden – See you on Saturday night – Todd (HI)
Both Todds have fun at Camden Yards on Saturday love that ballpark and ill be there o nThursday when the yanks are their!
It's sad that Griffey retired. But AL 2010 MVP disapproves the 24 number ban🙂 Yep,I'm talking about Robbie Cano😀
He shall be missed by all fans alike! The impact he left on the game is tremendous and to see him go makes me incredibly sad. I hate to get all emotional but oh well it is what it is. Beautiful career really. 22 seasons! Incredible and Hall of Fame worthy!
Well, if the occassion presents itself, Robbie can still be pictured on our blog, I'll just edit out the retired number. That being said, I'm not sure if Cano will get the chance to have his number edited out. While we are seeing the Yankees twice this season, I'll be focusing on my Mariners during those games.
Indeed. Thanks for adding your two cents. Much appreciated.
hey, glad you liked my griffey blog, yours was well done also! Just coming from the heart and I had to give a good representation of my thoughts and personal feelings of Griffey so it came naturally. I liked the pic of you with a yound Griffey with the box haircut, and the view of Griffeys 624th hr in CLE was amazing, wow, only better view of that would be if you were camped under it with a glove,,,,,nice work on the photohunt, do you guys ever come to pgh???


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George K. GillanderMay 01,2013
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BARRE TOWN George Karl Gillander fell asleep in the arms of Jesus on Monday, April 29, 2013, at his home on Sunrise Road in Barre Town after a courageous five-year battle with cancer.
He was born in Hartford, Conn., on Sept. 21, 1945, to Mae Elise Osterberg and Wallace Edgar Gillander. They returned to Vermont when George was 3 years old to live with his maternal grandparents, Karl and Greta Osterberg. The family moved to Montpelier during Georges elementary school years.
George attended Montpelier High School and graduated in the class of 1963. He was looking forward to their 50th class reunion in October of this year. In high school, he was the sophomore class president and president of the Student Council during his senior year. He lettered in Alpine skiing, track, junior varsity baseball and junior varsity football. After high school, George received his Bachelor of Science degree in 1968 from Babson College in Wellesley, Mass., where he studied business administration.
George began working at a young age delivering newspapers. He then pumped gas at his fathers gas station, Gills Mobil, on River Street. George was a very personable guy, and he got to know practically everyone in Montpelier. After college, George moved to Detroit, Mich., to work for General Foods. Because of the riots and racial tensions, this hometown boy decided the big city was not for him, and he moved back to Montpelier within six months. This move coincided with the decline in his fathers health, which allowed him to take over running the gas station. He continued there for two years.
He realized he wasnt using his college education, and he secured a job with Vermont Mutual Insurance Co. He began his insurance career as a clerk in the Treasurers Department and ended as the assistant treasurer before he joined the firm of Denis, Ricker and Brown. Here, he worked as an institutional sales representative for property and casualty insurance, eventually becoming a partner and vice president of the company. After the business was purchased by Hickok and Boardman, he worked for a short time as an underwriter at Vermont Mutual and as a surplus lines broker for New England Excess Exchange.
George was an expert skier. He grew up skiing at Stowe, where he competed on the Mount Mansfield Junior Eastern Ski Team. He was proud of his accomplishment of starting a ski club at Babson College. George loved sports of all kinds, and he made many friends playing on the Mens Softball League as well as the Mens Twilight Golf League at the Montpelier Elks Country Club.
George had a fascination with motorcycles, even after his first ride ended in disaster. While working at the gas station, a patron asked George to fix a faulty throttle. Not knowing how to ride or what to do, George jumped on the bike anyway, the throttle stuck, and he crashed through the plate glass window into the station. This prompted him to take a motorcycle safety class and he became a talented motorcyclist. He was still talking about what motorcycle he wanted to buy this spring.
Even though he owned several Harleys, his favorite bike was a 1992 Honda Gold Wing. He and Ilene logged thousands of miles traveling around the country on this bike. His philosophy was that if he and Ilene could share space in the saddlebags and ride hundreds of miles a day without arguing, then their marriage would be a success. He was right.
George joined The Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks in 1966. He was always fond of telling people he was initiated by his father who was the sitting exalted ruler of The Montpelier Lodge at the time. To add to the proud Elk moments in his life, George helped in the initiation of his daughter, Wendy, a few weeks ago. There never was such a devoted Elk than George. He volunteered his time and talents over the years, becoming exalted ruler himself in 1992. He held many state offices including state president and district deputy. At the end of his life, he still was state accident prevention chairman and a state trustee. He loved telling the story that he proposed Ilene as his brother, before he proposed to her to be his wife. He loved the Elks and the Elks loved George.
George married Ilene Rae Sinclair at The Round Church in Richmond, Vt., on Oct. 25, 1997, which was an important date as it was her mother and fathers 55th wedding anniversary. They have made their home in Barre Town ever since. George always joked that it was hard to live in Barre because he was a Montpelier boy. George and Ilene loved to travel and they led many travel groups across Europe, China, Peru and Egypt.
George was a man of character, deep feelings and a strong work ethic. His determination, faith and will to live were unprecedented. All who knew George called him friend. Because of his devoted friendships and winning smile, everyone who met George respected him.
George leaves behind Ilene Rae, his best friend, travel partner and wife, of Barre Town; his daughter, Wendy Marie, of Middlesex; his sister Sandra Lunde and her husband, Richard, of Devils Lake, N.D., his sister Karen Gordon and her partner, Chuck Acebo, of Barre Town; as well as several nieces and cousins and their families. It must be mentioned that he also leaves his trusted old brown dog, Rinky, whom he called his recuperation dog who helped him heal after every surgery and was by his side when he passed.
George and Ilene would like to thank Dr. Maxwell Vergo and the Palliative Care Team of Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center for their tremendous caring and compassion as well as nurse Mary Crossman of Central Vermont Home Health and Hospice who provided incredible support, excellent care and loving advice throughout this entire journey with cancer.
A service of thanksgiving will be held at 11 a.m. Friday, May 3, 2013, in the Barre Congregational Church, officiated by the Rev. David Vanderlinde-Abernathy.
Friends may gather from 6 to 8 p.m. Thursday, May 2, 2013, at the Hooker and Whitcomb Funeral Home, 7 Academy St., Barre.
In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to the Silver Towers Program in care of the Montpelier Lodge of Elks 924, 203 Country Club Road, Montpelier, VT 05602.
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Ok, so here's the deal. I'm not a huge fan of musical adaptations to begin with. While there are exceptions to every rule, (think "La Cage Aux Folles" or "The Producers") there is an endless lists of Broadway shows with a hit song attached (think "Fame" or "Footloose") that struggle. Each year, the management at the Forestburgh Playhouse (FBP) asks the audience to suggest what shows they would like to see in the future and "9 to 5" received an overwhelming response. In an effort to please (give the people what they want) "9 to 5" is now playing.
Based on the 1980 smash-hit film of the same name (not a musical), it was turned into one with music and lyrics by living legend and film star Dolly Parton. The show premiered in L.A. in 2008.
Personally, I think a non-musical stage play based on the film might have worked better and Broadway audiences apparently agreed, since the show opened in New York in April of 2009, and closed its doors after 148 performances.
I had high expectations because the FBP has a reputation for taking lesser-known productions and really making them work in the jewel box theatre known as the "Miracle in the Forest," but this time out... not so much. On the plus side, there is good news. Without very strong performances from the three leading ladies, there would have been serious trouble, but Kami Seymour, (Violet) Lauren Chapman, (Doralee) and Jessica Wagner (Judy) worked overtime to elevate the show with great voices, impeccable timing and acting chops that (quite frankly) deserve better material with which to showcase their skills.
The plot remains the same: the three ladies, in an effort to put macho-pig-boss Franklin Hart in his place, abduct him, hog-tie him and string him up while they take over the office and streamline the work place, with a "hit-them-over-the-head" nod to women's lib, which by 1980 was already a little late. Kevin Confoy (as Hart) is someone I generally love watching perform, but his cartoonish, overblown and mugging interpretation of the boss didn't work for me and it seemed like he was phoning this one in, aided and abetted by another hammy interpretation of his partner-in-crime assistant Roz (Emma C. Martin). In an effort to make a musical out of the story, Parton has peppered the show with unnecessary tunes and I could have lived without either of the numbers that Martin performed.
Conversely, Parton seems partial to her own character from the film, and as a result, knocked one out of the park for Chapman, whose rendition of "Backwoods Barbie" was highly entertaining. Seymour's "One for the Boys" succeeded as well and Wagner had an opportunity to shine with "Get Out and Stay Out," but three decent numbers do not a musical make. Against all odds, the ladies chorus was fairly strong (special shout-out to Cassidy Stoner's amusing turn as Margaret) but had little to work with and the guys (fabulous in the last show) were just okay. Again, it's my belief that the production's limitations lay with the writing itself, rather than the performances, so my finger-pointing is aimed at the creative team, rather than the company.
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I asked audience members what they thought after the show and most of them had a good time, so maybe it's me. Wouldn't be the first time (and certainly not the last), so my advice remains the same. Go to the Forestburgh Playhouse, support the arts and feel free to shoot me an e-mail (firstname.lastname@example.com [2]) with your thoughts. Art is subjective and I have strong opinions, but they are mine and mine alone. I'm far more interested in yours. For showtimes and information, visit www.FBplayhouse.org [3] or call 845/794-1194.


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BRISTOL Harold Hal Mayforth Jr., aged 91 years, died Feb. 13, 2013.
He was born in Boston on Feb. 25, 1921, the son of Harold A. and Mabel Watts Mayforth. At the age of 10 years, and for the next five years, he attended the Cathedral Choir School in New York City. He and the other 39 boys comprised the soprano section of the Cathedral of St. John the Divine Choir. Thereafter, he attended Phillips Exeter Academy for three years where he played football and broke his ankle playing lacrosse. He neglected his studies after this injury, and graduated from Spaulding High School in Barre in 1940, having lettered there in three sports.
He attended the University of Vermont and played varsity football, but enlisted in the Army midway through his sophomore year. He served three and a half years with the 25th Cavalry Reconnaissance Squadron, Mechanized, of the 4th Armored Division. After eight months of combat, he was wounded on two successive days, the second of which necessitated evacuation. He spent the balance of World War II in Army hospitals. For his service, he earned a Bronze Star and ETO ribbon with four battle stars and two Purple Hearts. In 2011, he was awarded a Chevalier (Knight) of the National Order of the Legion of Honour by the French government for his service on French soil. He returned to UVM, after which he married Catherine Cap White, of Brattleboro.
At age 38, he fulfilled a lifelong ambition to race cars. Initially beginning on the ice, he graduated to the asphalt road racing circuits, where he successfully campaigned a Saab sedan and an H Modified roadster. The highlight of his racing career was driving for the Saab factory team 12-hour endurance races at Lime Rock, Conn., and Marlboro, Md. For 25 years, he was in the automobile business. He was a charter member of the Sports Car Club of Vermont and, at one time, president of the Chittenden County New Car Dealers Association. He was neither a hunter nor a fisherman.
He spent the autumn of his years under the loving care of his daughter, Matlakwauhtli Marcy Mayforth. He was predeceased by his wife, his parents and two sisters, Shirley and Nancy. He leaves his daughter, Matlak, and her young adult children, Leah and Nat Marsters, of Lincoln, Vt., his son Hal III and his wife, Ellen Magurn, of East Montpelier, and their three adult sons, Nick, Fran and Charles Mayforth. His youngest son, Peter, lives in Mammoth Lakes, Calif. His remains have been bequeathed to the UVM Medical School. There will be no funeral, but a celebration of his life will be announced at a later date. Contributions in his name may be directed to Elderly Services, 112 Exchange St., Middlebury, VT 05783.MORE IN ObituariesPaul N. Sourdiff
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'Broken City' A Crime Thriller Has The Crime But Lacks The Thrill (Video)
The Broken City in this character driven crime thriller is New York City, aka Manhattan / The Big Apple. In this fictitious New York City, the not so honorable, Nicolas Hostetler (Russell Crowe) is the Mayor. He's as charming as he is corrupt.
When the film opens we see cop, Billy Taggart (Mark Wahlberg) kill a rapist. According to Taggart, he had no choice. He shot the guy in self defense.
The public is outraged when the court decides that there's not enough evidence against Taggart to bring him to trial. But even though he beats the murder charge, Mayor Hostetler, has no choice but to ask for the policeman's resignation.
Fast forward to seven years later.
Taggart is barely getting by as a private investigator, mainly because he never asks his clients for money upfront and then they refuse to pay. Imagine that.
But even though the dude is broke, he does have a very beautiful girlfriend, Natalie (Natalie Martinez) who just happens to be an aspiring actress. The couple are so in love and in lust, they don't even mind living in a broken down apartment.
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The Mayor, after not seeing the cop for years, calls Taggart out of the blue and hires him to follow his beautiful wife, Cathleen (Catherine Zeta-Jones) The Mayor, supposedly, thinks she's having an affair.
Sounds like a fun movie? Unfortunately, not that much.
The film directed by Allen Hughes, one half of The Hughes Brothers ('Menace 2 Society) is something you've seen over and over again. The story and the characters are very familiar and not in an exciting way.
Having said that, there are a couple of interesting twists in the film.
One involves, Councilman Jack Valenti (Barry Pepper) as the newcomer who's running against the Mayor in the upcoming election, as well as the Police Commissioner (Jeffrey Wright) who seems to dislike everybody.
As far as the acting goes, Russell Crowe is quite good. Zeta-Jones and Wahlberg do what they always do. She looks beautiful and he's Mister Tough, Vulnerable Guy.
So if you're curious, wait to see the film when it comes to Netflix or cable.
John and I are actually in agreement and gave 'Broken City' which opens in theatres, Friday January 18, 2012, a low 2 bagels out of 5 score.
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Dolores Hickambottom: Unsung Hero
Holden honors local civil rights leader
By André Coleman 02/13/2014
Assemblyman Chris Holden (D-Pasadena) and the California Legislative Black Caucus honored local activist Dolores Hickambottom at a special ceremony in the state Capitol on Feb. 3 as an "Unsung Hero of the Civil Rights Movement" for her lifetime quest for equality in social, political and educational opportunities.
"During this month when we celebrate Black History, we pay tribute to the extraordinary contributions of citizens such as Dolores Hickambottom whose actions helped to integrate the Pasadena public schools and whose continuing activism improves the quality of life for all," said Holden.
Hickambottom, a 50-year resident of Altadena, has been a tireless advocate for equal opportunity since her four children, Ann Marie, Elbie Jr., Leslie and John, began attending local schools. Her husband, Elbie Hickambottom Sr., served on the Board of Education following the landmark case Pasadena City Board of Education v. Spangler, which made the Pasadena Unified School District the first district west of the Mississippi to start busing under a court ruling. He died in 2003.
Along with her husband, Dolores was instrumental in starting the Pasadena Education Foundation in 1971. She has also been active in campaigns for civil rights, women's rights, family issues and education.
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This week, the Senate will be voting on a slew of amendments to the newest version of the Senate's cybersecurity bill. Senators John McCain and Kay Bailey Hutchison have proposed several amendments that would hand the reins of our nation's cybersecurity systems to the National Security Agency (NSA). All of the cybersecurity bills that have been proposed would provide avenues for companies to collect sensitive information on users and pass that data to the government. Trying to strike the balance between individual privacy and facilitating communication about threats is a challenge, but one thing is certain: the NSA has proven it can't be trusted with that responsibility. The NSA's dark history of repeated privacy violations, flouting of domestic law, and resistance to transparency makes it clear that the nation's cybersecurity should not be in its hands.
Senator Franken's New Amendment Would Strike Section 701 of the Cybersecurity Act of 2012, Removing Provisions that Permit Monitoring of Private Communications and Countermeasures
For months, we've been raising the alarm about the serious civil liberties implications of the cybersecurity bills making their way through the Senate. Hours ago, we received some good news. A new bill called the Cybersecurity Act of 2012 (S 3414) is replacing the prior Lieberman-Collins Cybersecurity Act (S 2150). This new bill drastically improves upon the previous bill by addressing the most glaring privacy concerns. This is huge, and it's thanks to the outcry of Internet users like you worried about their online privacy. Check out the new bill (PDF).
This week, comments from Democratic Senators, a panel of witnessses, and the director of the National Security Agency (NSA) called on the Senate to enact cybersecurity legislation. But a new poll shows that Americans don't want to sacrifice civil liberties by allowing unfettered data exchanges between corporations and the government. Discussions this week were part of an effort to break the partisan stalemate over the Cybersecurity Act, a bill that would allow Internet companies to monitor the sensitive communications of users and pass that data to the government without any judicial oversight.
The US Public Policy Council of the Association of Computing Machinery (ACM), representing ACM, came out against CISPA, the cybersecurity legislation recently passed by the US House. ACM is the world's largest organization for computer professionals. They are joining a diverse group of individuals and organizations opposing this bill, including a wide array of digital civil liberties organizations like EFF, computer scientists like Bruce Schneier and Tim Berners-Lee, and companies like the Mozilla Foundation.
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Tar Heels G McDonald reinstated
Hairston remains suspended
Teammate PJ Hairston, the team's leading scorer last season, remains suspended. The NCAA said it had not received any other reinstatement requests from North Carolina outside of Hairston's.
Yahoo! Sports reported that Hairston, who has not played this season, might leave school and declare his eligibility for the NBA Draft. Earlier this year, Hairston was involved in a series of incidents involving rental cars and improper benefits that connected the junior to Haydn "Fats" Thomas, a convicted felon.
McDonald will be eligible to play for 14th-ranked North Carolina on Wednesday night against Texas.
As part of the NCAA ruling, McDonald must repay $1,783 to a charity of his choice before the Tar Heels' final regular-season game on March 8 against Duke. The impermissible benefits included luxury cars, payment of parking tickets, a cell phone and lodging.
The NCAA said it received a reinstatement request for McDonald from the university on Dec. 11. North Carolina reported that it uncovered the violations on Oct. 24. According to the report, McDonald accepted extra benefits from several individuals during the spring and summer of 2013.
"Out of concern for student-athletes safety and wellbeing, NCAA membership has created rules that limit improper third-party influence over student-athletes, and clearly state student-athletes cannot receive benefits based on their athletic ability," Kevin Lennon, NCAA vice president of academic and membership affairs, said in a statement.
McDonald averaged 7.2 points per game last season.


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Rib Crib Barbecue in Clovis is lending a helping hand to the family of 6-year-old Harley Pena, who is fighting a rare combination of two types of acute leukemia.
On Wednesday, the restaurant will donate 15 percent of its profits made from 4-10 p.m. to the Pena family.
Manager Tommy Cardonita said the restaurant's district manager is a friend of the Penas. The staff had a meeting and decided to help the family.
"We know its hard when that kind of thing happens. We figure we can do something for them," he said.
When Harley and her parents visited the store, the staff's heart went out to the child.
"I felt like crying," Cardonita said. "But you can't, you know. You've got to be strong for her."


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FinFET devices have added significant complexity to the design flow, and many companies are seeking new solutions for custom design. Custom Compiler's pioneering visually-assisted automation can cut layout tasks from days to hours.
On June 7, 2016, Synopsys hosted a Custom Compiler Luncheon at DAC. At this event, attendees heard users discuss their experiences with custom design challenges and how they have deployed Custom Compiler to improve their custom design productivity for both FinFET and established nodes.
GSI, Samsung, STMicroelectronics, Synopsys IP
With design sizes expected to increase by 5X through 2020, flat chip-level STA becomes more challenging due to runtimes and memory requirements. Throwing more cores at the analysis can be a short term fix but may not keep up with chip complexity growth.
This video provides an overview of the next generation of hierarchical STA, delivering a long term solution to this challenge. PrimeTime's HyperScale methodology provides significant performance and memory advantages while utilizing existing compute resources from your server farm. This proven technology has been used in over 30 tapeouts.Synopsys, Inc.
On March 31, 2016, Synopsys hosted a Custom Compiler Lunch 'n' Learn at SNUG Silicon Valley. At this event, attendees heard industry leaders share their experiences using the new Custom Compiler visually-assisted automation to meet the challenges of FinFET custom design, and discuss how it improves their custom design productivity.
AMD, STMicroelectronics, Synopsys IP
Antun Domic, Executive VP and GM of the Design Group unveils Synopsys' next-generation custom design solution.Custom Compiler brings new levels of productivity to FinFET layout by employing visually-assisted automation technologies that speed up common design tasks, reduce iterations, and enable reuse.
Antun Domic, Executive VP and GM of the Design Group, Synopsys
In this video, hear from industry leaders about how they are achieving success in their advanced designs using IC Compiler II technology to address physical design challenges and accelerate products to market.HiSilicon, NVIDIA, Qualcomm, Socionext
IC Compiler II has proven to be a game-changer in physical design, accelerating silicon success for designers of the world's most advanced ICs. Hear industry leaders discuss
how 10X faster throughput has transformed the way they think about product development, opening up a world of new opportunities.
AMD, ARM, MediaTek, Samsung, Socionext
On March 23, 2015, during the 25th annual Synopsys User Group (SNUG) in Silicon Valley, industry leaders shared how 10X faster throughput has transformed the way they think about product development, opening up a world of new opportunities. Watch this video to learn why, just one year after its introduction, IC Compiler II has proven to be a game-changer in physical design. ARM, MediaTek , Renesas, Synopsys, Toshiba
In this video, you'll hear briefly about Synopsys' participation at ARM TechCon 2014 followed by a Synopsys and HiSilicon joint presentation on HiSilicon's successful tapeout of their first production SoC in 16nm FinFET technology.
Kelvin Chen, Principle Engineer, COT Department, HiSilicon
Muming Tang, Staff Applications Consultant, Synopsys
In this video, you'll hear briefly about Synopsys' participation at ARM TechCon 2014 followed by AMD''s presentation on the recent tapeout of the AMD OpteronTM A1100 "Seattle" SoC based on ARM's 64-bit ARMv8 architecture.
Manoj Rehani, Director, ASIC Design, AMD
Phillip Young, Principle Member Technical Staff, ASIC Design, AMD
In this video, you'll hear briefly about Synopsys' participation at ARM TechCon followed by STMicroelectronics sharing its approach to the efficient implementation of ARM® Cortex®-A57/-A53 processor-based system-on-a-chip (SoC) designs. Arnaud Rayer, Senior Staff Backend Engineer, STMicroelectronics
On June 3, 2013, Synopsys hosted an IC Compiler luncheon presentation during the Design Automation Conference (DAC). Attendees heard from industry experts in foundry, processor, wireless and consumer electronics companies, such as Oticon, Qualcomm, Samsung and STMicroelectronics that while "advanced" can have multiple facets, advanced design of any color is being done with IC Compiler. This video gives you a chance to hear from these advanced designers themselves.Michael Jackson, Synopsys; Mamta Bansal, Qualcomm; Lars Kvisgaard Hansen, Oticon; Domenico Genova, STMicroelectronics; Kee Sup Kim, Samsung (live presentation only)
This video was taken during Synopsys' User Group (SNUG) in Silicon Valley on March 25, 2013, where attendees had the opportunity to hear from a panel of designers, with hands-on experience, share their insights and best practices for achieving optimum results on high-performance processor cores. Brian Millar, ShiChin Ouyang, Frédéric NYER
On June 4, 2012, Synopsys hosted an IC Compiler luncheon presentation during the Design Automation Conference (DAC).
Attendees heard from industry experts in foundry, processor, wireless and consumer electronics companies, such as GLOBALFOUNDRIES, Oracle, Samsung and STMicroelectronics who shared how they have successfully met the 20nm design enablement challenge using IC Compiler. This video gives you a chance to hear from the trail blazers themselves!
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This videotaped session was jointly delivered by Synopsys and HiSilicon Technologies at ARM TechCon 2012. Synopsys' Kevin Yip highlighted Synopsys' high-performance core methodology and key technologies in Design Compiler®, IC Compiler™, PrimeTime® and IC Validator. Featured technologies included physical guidance for implementation predictability, multisource clock tree synthesis for an OCV tolerant clock structure, transparent interface optimization for top-level closure and final stage leakage recovery for leakage power optimization. Chunsheng Liu of HiSilicon Technologies shared HiSilicon's experience and results on the successful application of these performance and power enabling techniques in the tapeout of a complex ARM Cortex-A15 based SoC design.Kevin Yip, Senior Applications Consulting (AC) Manager, Synopsys Inc.
Catherine Xiayu, Director of the COT Design Department, HiSilicon Technologies
Chunsheng Liu, Principle Engineer in the COT Design Department, HiSilicon Technologies
This presentation was delivered by Brian Millar of Samsung at ARM TechCon 2012. Mr. Millar describes how the Synopsys Galaxy™ Implementation Platform was used for a high performance, low power implementation of an ARM® Cortex™-A15 processor for mobile applications. The successful application and trade-offs of key technologies and techniques from synthesis to place and route that enabled high performance were described. Technologies highlighted include topographical synthesis, physical datapath, clock mesh, multivoltage design, and multicorner/multimode optimization, all of which were used successfully by the design team to achieve the aggressive performance/power target and an improvement of 20 percent over traditional implementation techniques.Brian Millar, Physical Implementation Lead, Samsung Electronics
This presentation was delivered by Jason Karka and Michael Robinson of Texas Instruments at Austin SNUG 2012. It highlights key strategies used in a Synopsys IC Compiler™ place-and-route flow for a 28nm quad-core ARM® Cortex™-A15 processor with 4MB L2 Cache. Various physical design techniques were used to obtain very high clock frequencies. Many of these tactics will be of use not only to designers implementing quad-core A15 processors, but also to those designing other 28nm high-performance chips. Topics discussed include net patterning and layer assignment to deal with a tapered metal stack, hierarchical partitioning, placement density and clustering, clock gate cloning, useful skew, logic-level balanced CTS and techniques for post-route setup and hold closure.Jason Karka, Texas Instruments Designer
Michael Robinson, Texas Instruments Designer
During DAC 2011, Synopsys hosted the IC Compiler Gigascale Design luncheon event in San Diego, CA. IC Compiler, a key component of the Galaxy Implementation platform, is the leading physical implementation solution on the market today. Hear from your peers at leading consumer and networking companies, such as Lantiq, LSI, Juniper Networks, Panasonic and Renesas who have successfully taped out multi-million instance, gigascale designs with IC Compiler.Antun Domic, IC Compiler Luncheon Event Moderator, Sr. Vice President & General Manager, Implementation Group, Synopsys, Inc. -- JC Parker, Senior Director of Design Tools and Methodologies, LSI Corporation -- Deepak Lall, Sr. ASIC Manager, Juniper Networks -- Tomokazu Ito, Back–End Design Technology, Development Engineer, Renesas -- Hiromasa Fukazawa, Senior Engineer, Panasonic -- Dirk Claussen CAD – Senior Specialist, Lantiq
A PrimeTime SIG event was held in San Francisco during DAC on Monday, June 4, 2012. One hundred and eighty PrimeTime users and managers attended the event from more than sixty eight semiconductor companies. The theme of this SIG was Next-generation Hierarchical Timing Technology — HyperScale. Eighteen Ecosystem Partners, along with PrimeTime R&D, participated and interacted with attendees.Synopsys, Inc.
A PrimeTime Special Interest Group (SIG) event on Gigascale design signoff featuring Advanced OCV, PrimeTime ECO, and HyperScale technology was held at DATE in Dresden, Germany, on Tuesday, March 13, 2012. The event was held over lunch where PrimeTime users and managers from semiconductor companies had the opportunity to talk with industry peers and PrimeTime R&D. Synopsys, Inc.
Samsung Electronics discussed design challenges and solutions for high-performance mobile SoCs during the Synopsys High-Performance Insight Series at DAC 2012.
In this video, Dr. Seomun describes Samsung's success using the Galaxy™ Implementation Platform on its latest cutting-edge designs.
Jun Seomun, Ph.D. Sr. Engineer, Design Technology Team, Infrastructure Design Center, Samsung Electronics, System LSI
During the Synopsys High-Performance Insight Series at DAC 2012, NVIDIA's Vikas Agrawal discusses NVIDIA's success designing for high performance using the Galaxy™ Implementation Platform on its latest designs.Vikas Agrawal
VLSI Design Methodology Manager, NVIDIA
At DAC in June 2010, industry experts at AMD, LSI Corporation, Renesas Electronics, Samsung, STMicroelectronics and Texas Instruments presented to over 200 Synopsys guests. The presenters explained how they relied on In-design physical verification with IC Validator for improved productivity and faster design closure. Synopsys, Inc.


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Canadian Justice: Breast-Fondling Chiropractor Faces "Interpersonal Skills Training"
There is something unexpectedly sinister about this news report from my former home town in Canada. Apparently, a local chiropractor has been using his "medical training" to excuse his sexual misconduct. Here's the story from the Halifax Chronicle Herald:
During a hearing in July, the woman said the chiropractor would frequently grip her around the ribs and hold tight, sometimes cupping her breasts, while speaking softly over her shoulder.
On other visits, she said, he would have her lie on a table and would undo one side of her johnny shirt, exposing her breast, place a thumb between her breasts and roll her onto her side by pressing the weight of his own body on her.
Dr. LaPierre testified he performed a technique called the Zindler manoeuvre. It involves applying precise, quick pressure to a restricted joint to restore movement. He said he would have explained the procedure to her the first time but not on subsequent treatments…
The second incident involved a woman who complained that in 2006 the chiropractor "massaged" her breast while trying to find the source of her back pain.
Dr. LaPierre said he was using a technique called "matrix repatterning" that required contact with the woman's sternum. He said he didn't recall where the rest of his hand was at the time. He determined the woman had a rib out of alignment.
What was the punishment for his behavior?
Dr. Phillip LaPierre must have a female observer present when he examines women for the next five years, must take training on interpersonal skills and must pay a fine and costs totaling $26,000 now that a panel of the Nova Scotia College of Chiropractors has found him guilty of sexual misconduct based on the two complaints.
It's hard to imagine such a small fee in an American court of law. If a US physician were molesting his patients, I'm willing to bet that the fine would have an additional zero or two at the end.
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March 8, 2012 —
LIVINGSTON MANOR, NY — The Catskill Art Society is currently showing "Vernal Equinox," a two- person exhibition featuring the three-dimensional environmental art of Ursula Clark and Naomi Teppich at the CAS Arts Center, 48 Main Street.
Born in Germany, Clark lives and works in Brooklyn, NY, where she creates site-specific installations using natural materials. Teppich was born and raised in New York City, and now lives and works in Galilee, PA. Both artists are presenting sizable three dimensional cocoon-like structures during Vernal Equinox, and additional sculptures including ceramic pieces and three-dimensional works on bases, created by Teppich.
CAS Gallery hours for the exhibition are Thursday through Saturday from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m., and Sunday from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m.
There is no cost to attend and all are welcome. The exhibit will run through April 8.


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The University of Hawaii Board of Regents issued the following statement Wednesday after several hours in a closed-door meeting at Windward Community College.
They heard public testimony about the cancelled Stevie Wonder benefit concert and the decision to reassign former Manoa athletics director Jim Donovan to another position.
The Board of Regents statement is as follows:
"We apologize for the university's handling of this matter and are deeply sorry for the concern and upset it has caused in the community. We approve the release today of the redacted report of the investigation and the key findings of the investigation. The report shows a failure of management in the Athletics Department and additional issues with financial controls at several levels."
"We ask that everyone remember that the university is the victim in this whole unfortunate incident. We have lost a significant amount of money, and could face litigation."
The statement goes on to say that the university recognizes the concert issue was mishandled and anticipate making significant changes to procedures and oversight so this can never happen again. The Board of Regents will oversee the changes.
The board supports the university's decision to move Donovan to the UH Manoa Chancellor's office.


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Nutrition Facts
Serving Size ½ of recipe
Calories 408
Total Fat 23 g
Saturated Fat 6.5 g
Sodium 340 mg
Total Carbohydrate 28 g
Dietary Fiber 3.5 g
Protein 24 g
Ingredients and Preparation
Ingredients Measures
Thinly sliced boneless pork loin chops, trimmed of visible fat 2 (4-ounce)
Olive oil 1 tablespoon
Fresh lemon juice 1 + 1 tablespoon
Salt ¼ teaspoon
Freshly ground pepper to taste
Plum, halved and pitted 1
Peach, halved and pitted 1
Ripe pear, halved and cored 1
Brown sugar ½ teaspoon
- Combine pork, olive oil, 1 tablespoon lemon juice, salt, and pepper in a large plastic resealable bag, and shake to coat. Marinate in refrigerator 1 hour to overnight.
- Place fruit on a plate, drizzle with 1 tablespoon lemon juice, and sprinkle with sugar.
- Prepare grill. Grill pork about 2 minutes on each side, or until cooked through. Remove pork from heat and set aside. Grill the fruit about 3 minutes on each side and serve with pork.


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So hat's off to the good people of Swansea, Wales, where 2,510 people gathered together dressed as Smurfs, complete with blue body paint and white hats, trousers and shoes, on June 8, 2009. The gathering broke the record set less than a year earlier by 1,253 people in Castleblayney, Ireland.
But even the new record didn't last for long. On June 25, 2011, which apparently is "Global Smurfs Day," a total of 4,891 people dressed as Smurfs in 11 locations simultaneously around the world, claiming a new title for "Largest Gathering of People Dressed as Smurfs within a 24-hour Period in Multiple Venues."
And, no, we're not Smurfing you. That really did happen. If that's enough to drive you to drink, you'll love our last selection.
World's largest glass of beer
Who doesn't love a properly pulled pint of beer or ale? Who is so soulless that they can't appreciate the way the beer fills the glass with a golden (or amber or brown) cascade. Most people watching this will suddenly become aware of an overpowering thirst.
Now imagine the beer glass being filled contains 396 gallons of Guinness. Imagine gallon after gallon of Ireland's finest being lovingly decanted into a glass large enough to drown a rhino. Can you see it?
Oh, dear. We've lost you, haven't we? You've gone off to happy beer land, where all the taps are full and the beer glasses are big enough to swan dive into.
While we're not sure what the folks at The Auld Dubliner Irish Pub, in Tustin, Calif., did to celebrate their massive achievement in November 2009, we're willing to bet it involved chicken dancing.


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Re: Weekly Picks & Meal Club for 2013
So I grabbed some Cape Cods based out of MA, Humpty Dumpty out of ME, Herr's out of PA, Bellreich out of OH, and feel free to bring other local flavors. I currently have plain, sour cream and chive, tortila, kettle cooked, and sea salt & vinager. If you have a favorite national brand that you want to bring, drop it on the table. I have to say that I think the kettle cooked has got to be my favorite.
Tonight we will also be having soda, juice, water, or Kool-Aid, Hamburgers, Hotdogs, Garden Salad, and homemade Vanilla Bean Icecream. I thought we would need something cold and sweet after all that salt.
In Honor of my nephew serving our country out of Baumholder Army Base in Germany.