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There are certain primal fears that seem to affect all of us as children: fear of the dark, fear of strange noises, fear of old houses. In the new film "Don't Be Afraid of the Dark," little Sally (Bailee Madison) has to face all these fears at once when she moves into a terrifying old mansion that her clueless father Alex (Guy Pearce) is restoring as a real estate investment.
Sally's a precocious child, popping Adderall at exactly prescribed times. Yet she is an unpredictable ball of emotions as she adjusts to the fact that her mother has just shipped her off from California to Rhode Island
to live with Alex, who's just as distant emotionally as he's been geographically.
Alex pays far more attention to the decrepit estate, which was the home of a famed painter named Blackwood a century before. What Alex doesn't realize is that Blackwood went mad when his young son disappeared into a shadowy maze of secret corridors and deep pits that exist behind the walls of the house.
The son was taken by an army of rodent-like creatures that feast on human children's teeth, a detail that cleverly mines fear out of the idea of the tooth fairy. Those very same creatures are now eager to have Sally as their next main course, something no one will believe, except Alex's girlfriend Kim (Katie Holmes), who slowly starts to realize that Sally's descriptions are way too frequent and vivid to be false.
"Dark" is a pet project of Guillermo del Toro, a Mexican writer-director who has crafted some of the most unique horror and fantasy films of the past decade, including the Oscar-winning foreign film "Pan's Labyrinth." Here, del Toro serves as writer and producer, updating a classic 1973 TV movie while handing over the directing reins to Troy Nixey, who is making his feature directorial debut.
Despite the fact that the new film is frightening enough to earn an R rating, del Toro and his team have kept the project true to its roots in television, where the scary portions had to be derived from an abundance of frightening atmosphere rather than graphic and bloody effects. This version of "Dark" serves up plenty of chills and thrills, especially when the tiny creatures go on a final rampage against Sally and Kim. The actual attacks are bathed in shadows with flash cuts of weapons or teeth penetrating the humans, leaving most of the details to be mentally filled in by viewers.
Pearce, who has done much better work in the modern classics "L.A. Confidential" and "Memento," has a largely thankless role here. Alex's entire character is designed to be emotionally distant and filled with doubts. But Holmes steps up to the plate with her best work in years, bringing back the emotional depth she showed as a teen on TV's "Dawson's Creek" but seemed to lose when she married Tom Cruise and became preoccupied with being a Hollywood glamour queen.
In her attempts to forge a relationship with Sally, and then in her efforts to save the child, Holmes is motherly in her quiet moments and an ass-kicking avenger when the fit hits the shan. Teamed with Madison, who serves up a surprisingly three-dimensional performance of a damaged child who just needs an adult to believe in her, the pair forms a bond that transcends the usual bad acting and empty characterizations of modern horror films.
The acting is a perfect match for the film's stellar production work and effects, which make the spooky house appear to be almost a living, breathing, evil entity of its own.
The only possible drawback to the film is that we never really learn where these creatures come from or what motivates them.
But, then again, when you're a young child, the unknown is the scariest thing of all.


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Please join us for an excellent program with a presentation and videos on feline behavior and training at the Wisconsin Humane Society - Milwaukee Campus located at 4500 W. Wisconsin Avenue. You will get great insight on many topics including, but not limited to the following:
A $10.00 fee for this seminar includes a $5.00 certificate to use in Animal Antics, the Wisconsin Humane Society retail store. We offer a variety of fun toys and treats to exercise and provide enrichment for your feline, canine or small animal. All proceeds from this seminar will go directly to help the animals at the Wisconsin Humane Society.

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Computer Science ColloquiumIm Rahmen des Informatik-Kolloquiums, das von den Instituten des Fachbereichs Informatik, der Österreichischen Gesellschaft für Informatik (ÖGI), der Arbeitsgemeinschaft für Datenverarbeitung (ADV) sowie der Österreichischen Computergesellschaft (OCG) abgehalten wird, spricht
Dr. Mikhail Barash
Center of Computer Science, University of Turku (Finland)über das Thema:
On a New Model to Specify Programming LanguagesZeit: Fri 13.11.2015, 13:00, 120 Minuten
Ort: S3-218 im Science Park 3
ZusammenfassungContext-free grammars have been a model for defining syntax of various kinds of languages since the early days of Computer Science and they found their foremost application in specifying programming languages. However, their expressive power turned out to be insufficient to express many useful constructs, such as cross-reference, which reduces their applicability.
The present work attempts to implement N. Chomsky's idea (1959) of a phrase-structure rule applicable in a context and introduces an extension of context-free grammars equipped with operators for referring to left and right contexts of the substring being defined. In this model, a rule, for example, "A -> a & <B & >C" defines a symbol "a", as long as it is preceded by a string defined by "B" and followed by a string defined by "C". The conjunction operator in this example is taken from conjunctive grammars (A. Okhotin, Conjunctive grammars, J. Autom., Lang. Comb., 2001), which are an extension of ordinary context-free grammars that maintains most of their practical properties, including many parsing algorithms.
The present work gives two equivalent definitions of the new model of grammars with contexts: by logical deduction and by language equations, and establishes some basic properties of the model, including a cubic-time general parsing algorithm; this time can be improved to linear for LL and LR subclasses of grammars. A variety of examples of grammars with contexts is constructed, with the most extensive example completely specifying the syntax of a simple typed programming language.
VortragenderMikhail Barash is a researcher and scientific coordinator in Turku Centre for Computer Science (Turku, Finland). His research interests include formal grammars, parsing algorithms, computational linguistics, and compiler construction and implementation. Mikhail obtained his Ph.D. degree in Discrete Mathematics from University of Turku, Finland, focusing on studying different extensions of context-free grammars and their applications to defining syntax of programming languages.
Einladender: Univ.-Prof. Dr. Hanspeter Mössenböck, Institut für Systemsoftware
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One Book, One School, Or This is Henry's Brain at Annenberg/
When I left MIT three years ago, after having spent the whole of my professional career at one institution, I left with a sense that what I had produced so far represented who Henry was at MIT. I had been impacted by everything about that school -- starting with the fact that I arrived there just in time to watch most of the progress of the "digital revolution" move outward from leading technical research institutions and hit the general population, and continuing through everything that had been involved in creating and sustaining the Comparative Media Studies Program for more than a decade. Add to this my experiences as a housemaster for Senior Haus for sixteen years, and you have a picture of someone who was deeply shaped by where they were and how they worked. As I reflect back, I keep discovering ways that I absorbed ideas from colleagues, even people I never really got to know, but whose ideas permeated the environment of the Institute. I have now been at USC for the better part of three years, long enough for us to start to discover who I am in this new institutional environment. And the Annenberg School provided me with a great chance a week or so ago to reflect on the nature of the changes. The School has initiated what it is calling the "One School, One Book" program, where each year, they will showcase a book by a member of the faculty which they try to get the students, faculty, and staff to read and discuss. This first year, they chose my book, Convergence Culture: Where Old and New Media Collide. I was deeply honored and even more so, when they asked that I bring together some of the students I have worked with most closely in the school to share their insights into how the book had impacted their own research.
My joke these days has been that I have reached an age where I know longer want to be disciplined and I am not yet ready to be institutionalized, but it is only partially true in both cases.
If our institutions help to define what we know and what we think and what kinds of work we can do, a lot of that influence is through the students we have a chance to work with, and I have been profoundly lucky to have a chance to work with some extraordinary students in Annenberg, the Cinema School, and beyond. This occasion came at an interesting moment, having sent in the finished manuscript for my next book, Spreadable Media: Creating Meaning and Value in a Networked Society, which I co-authored with Sam Ford and Joshua Green. Due out in January 2013, this book represents in some ways the culmination of all of the work we did through the Convergence Culture Consortium at MIT. In my remarks here, I describe it as my transition book, one which is still strongly influenced by contacts and conversations at MIT, but still heavily influenced by my encounters and experiences at my new academic home.
After some opening remarks by our Dean Ernest Wilson and by myself about the experience of writing these two books, we turn the floor over to Francesca Marie Smith, Laurel Felt, Kevin Driscoll, and Meryl Alper, who describe how they relate to different aspects of the work I have begun in Los Angeles on fan studies, new media literacies, civic engagement, and transmedia play, respectively.
By the time this was over, I was bursting with pride over how articulate and thoughtful these students were. I had to share this experience with the loyal readers of this blog, so that you have a stronger sense of what my day to day experiences are like here in Southern California.
Do keep in mind that I also have several other intellectual families here through my work in the Cinema School and the School of Education.


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UBS outlook 1st quarter 2006. Swiss business sectors in good shape.
For the vast majority of sectors in the Swiss economy, 2005 was a good year. Sales and earnings were both up. The outlook for 2006 is judged to be nearly as good, with pharmaceuticals and financials slightly ahead of the others. This results from a broad-based survey carried out by UBS of more than 4,700 companies in 27 main sectors and 97 sub-sectors.
Corporate expectations for 2005 expressed a year ago turned out to be highly accurate in terms of all the criteria surveyed by UBS: growth in sales, earnings, selling prices, personnel and investment. Only nine of the 27 sectors fell short of their growth targets; about half did not fully meet their earnings forecasts, although the biggest discrepancies were in sectors that were already at a high level (insurance, telecommunications); and there were also some positive surprises (banks, pharmaceuticals).
Banks, watchmaking, pharmaceuticals and chemicals posting highest volume growth
The business recovery continued almost unbroken across the various sectors last year. Banks, watchmakers, pharmaceuticals and chemicals remained the most expansive in 2005. Retail trade, on the other hand, only narrowly avoided stagnation, while automobiles was the only sector that saw sales slightly dipping.
Steady progress in earnings
After the earnings spike in 2004, it was predictable that the growth trend in this sector would not continue unabated, so it is particularly gratifying that results for this criterion in all sectors were only slightly lower in the 2005 UBS survey than a year earlier. Banks, pharmaceuticals, electrical engineering, IT and watchmaking posted particularly strong earnings, while only the automobile sector, architecture and engineering firms and health and social services recorded a decline. The modest overall slowdown in earnings growth is particularly impressive given that energy and commodity costs rose again mid-year and selling prices remained depressed.
Confidence for 2006 as well
Despite question marks over the global economy, interest rates and currency trends, most companies see themselves positioned well enough in their markets to be able to continue expanding. Overall, the firms surveyed anticipate nearly unchecked sales growth and even slightly better earnings in 2006. However, the individual sector picture is far more diverse, with 16 out of 27 sectors predicting falling sales and volume growth, though this will be partially compensated by a recovery in telecommunications, automobiles and retail trade. Earnings trends are much less disparate on a sector-by-sector basis, with only insurance, telecommunications, non-food and automobiles standing out thanks to their expectations of a clear recovery. There is even very little deviation with regard to assumptions about selling prices for 2006 compared to 2005, meaning little change is expected in pricing pressure.
Size is paying off
With a remarkable degree of consistency, the assessment of sales and earnings trends among the companies polled, looking both backwards and forwards, becomes increasingly positive the larger the firm involved. This picture is supported by the higher recruiting and investment needs of large companies. The only contrasting factor is the pressure on selling prices, which grows more intense the bigger the firm concerned. One major reason for this difference is the latter's stronger focus on global markets, where there is considerably stiffer competition than in domestic markets. At least the UBS survey did not confirm the theory that small and medium-sized companies, in their capacity as suppliers, bear the brunt of price concessions.
More staff are being hired
Perhaps the most unmistakeable sign that the good economy is not simply a flash in the pan is the growing requirement for labour. New recruiting has not been carried out on a grand scale, but the UBS survey shows that the vast majority of sectors polled have taken on extra staff. This trend will accelerate somewhat in 2006. The greatest need is reported in financial services, IT, real estate, electrical engineering and pharmaceuticals, while media, tourism and retail trade plan to make do with a smaller workforce. Against this backdrop, capital spending plans remain expansive.
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You know what's weird about that site? Half the people on it have applied to 25 schools (that's only a slight exaggeration. That's like $2,000 in apps!).
And, don't all law schools seem to admit more people than they could handle, because they know that (depending on the school) 25-75% of the students they admit won't even go there?
some people do say in their profiles that they changed their scores to ensure they remain anonymous....... i guess they feel their friends will recognize them by their scores? Even though thousands of ppl could have the same scores as them..
What I meant is that, if the guy who eventually ends up at Harvard also is accepted at Washington University, Washington University will likely reduce the number of other applicants it accepts by one.
That is too funny. How many people do you have to tell of your LSAT and GPA before you begin to worry about people recognizing you by your scores on the internet?


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What is an Arbor?
An arbor is a shaded garden with plants growing up over the walking space to form a roof. Arbors are designed to add style to a garden, as well as give its occupants peace and respite from the outside world in their own colorful place of solitude and meditation. Also called pergolas, arbors are generally formed by a wooden, stone, or metal framework that is used as primary support for the rest of its composition. This framework is often topped by a wooden lattice structure to form the roof. Sturdy, fibrous vines such as grapes are then grown over these frameworks to provide shade and the general peaceful aura that is associated with an arbor. Arbors sometimes have benches, chairs, and tables built inside them to allow for a peaceful cup of coffee in an outdoor paradise.
Arbors are often connected to pavilions as part of an overall garden design. Arbors are also built as extensions to garden entrances to houses and other buildings for the sake of architectural beauty. Arbors are also considered a type of gazebo and as such they may be used as part of the shelter for a terrace or patio. Arbors are generally built to be permanent and are always beautiful to look at, enhancing the atmosphere of any garden.
The cost of an arbor varies greatly depending on the materials being used, quality of the workmanship, size and other factors. In general, a small, pre-built arbor will cost about $250. Custom arbors built by contractors may range anywhere from $3,000 to well over $10,000. The cost of building materials generally averages about $1,000, not including vine cultivation.
Types of Arbors
There are numerous designs used in the creation of arbors. Classical arbors are built most commonly of stone. Large stone pillars are built directly vertical out of the ground and sometimes reach upward to form archways or flat roofs in the middle. If you look at a classical arbor without any of the vines it would look just like a series of archways made of stone. The vines tend to be draped between these to form a tunnel shape. Due to structural problems in the old age of many of these structures, the roofs and archways of classical arbors usually collapse over time. Modern refurbishments of older broken classic arbors generally included extra added wooden support beams as well as wooden lattice roofs that are set on top of the stone columns to preserve the original effect. The classic arbor structure is what most modern-built arbors are based on.
Modern arbors tend to be designed with the wood and metal as primary components. Heavy wooden support beams are built directly vertical out of a cement foundation. These beams do not support any vine growths, but rather simply support the wooden lattice form that is then attached on top. It is this lattice that supports all of the vines in a thickly grown fashion, forming a very heavy shade with almost no sunlight entering in from the top. Most of the light in modern arbors comes from the sides. Modern arbors are often fitted with benches, chairs, and other ways to relax. Sometimes arbors are equipped with eating spaces such as tables for the purpose of peaceful meals away from the rest of the world. Small arbors are also available, usually pre-built. These are usually just a single archway large enough for one person to stand or sit under. They are used primarily as decoration rather than as shelter for a garden.
One popular arbor type found often in Germany and other parts of Europe is also called a green tunnel. Green titles are just what they sound like, they are rounded, tunnel-shaped arbors. They are generally constructed of wood and sometimes metal and filled with straight vertical walls that then curve over and meet in the middle to form a rounded roof. Vines are then grown and draped over the use of the day grow intertwined with the lattice-like design of the structure itself. Often times the vines are grown more heavily or closely together toward the base and then taper off as they reach out toward the top. This allows for direct sunlight to trickle through the top or beam in directly, making green tunnels much brighter than most other types of arbors. There is usually a stone, brick, tiled, or gravel pathway that is built to run beneath the green tunnel.
Arbor roofs may cover entire enclosed gardens. Generally they are built as roofs for small gardens and backyards that are enclosed by a building. Often in these cases the building itself is used as the primary support for the arbor's own lattice. Additional support beams may be built to add extra structural integrity to arbor roofs. In general, the vines of our roofs are grown less thickly than in other forms of arbors to the gardens can then be grown below them in so that sunlight can reach the interior areas.
Building an Arbor
Arbors are usually built by professional contractors and by garden designers. They may also be constructed by a skilled amateur carpenters, seeing as their design structure is generally quite simple. When building an arbor, you should first think about what sort of design you would like as there are many to choose from. To build the most common form of modern arbor, you must start by laying a cement foundation in a deep trench, pair of parallel trenches, or series of smaller foundation holes running the length of your intended space. Into this foundation, support beams are placed and firmly set. This is also an excellent way to lay a stone, brick, or tiled pathway under your arbor.
The wooden lattice structure can be built separately and then attached to the top of these supports with 90-degree angle braces. The lattice may also be built directly onto the beams. Generally, the framing is completed first and then the cross lattice pattern is built from there. When building the wooden elements of your arbor, use a tough, weather-resistant wood such as coast redwood or western red cedar. You can also use another type of hardwood and paint it or stain it an unobtrusive color such as gray. Once the lattice has been completed, the hard part of the construction is over. A net or other form of lesser support is usually attached to the top of the lattice so as to give extra support to the vines. Select one or several types of vines that you would like to grow. You may use already grown vines and simply transfer them to the top of your arbor, or grow them directly on top of your arbor, depending on their soil requirements. You can also grow vines one or both sides of the arbor and then drape them over the top or wind them around each of the support beams, giving you a more enclosed sort of arbor. The best types of vines to use are grapes, ivy, kudzu, bougainvillea, and wisteria. Other types of vines that are often popular in arbors are morning glories, sweet peas, passion fruit, Virginia creeper, and Japanese honeysuckle.
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Expertise: Cancer of Unknown Primary, Head and Neck Cancers, Human Papillomavirus Infections, Hyperparathyroidism, Laryngeal Cancer, Neck Masses, Oropharynx Cancers, Otolaryngology, Parathyroid Diseases, Parathyroid Surgery, Pharynx Cancer, Skin Cancer, Thyroid Cancer, Thyroid Diseases, Tongue Cancer, Tonsil Cancer, Transoral robotic surgery (TORS) ...read more
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- Fakhry C, D'souza G, Weber K, Goshu E, Sugar E, Anastos K, Minkoff H, Seaberg E, Gillison M. Relationship between prevalent oral and cervical human papillomavirus infections in human immunodeficiency virus-positive and -negative women. J Clinical Microbiol. 2006 Dec; 44(12): 4479-85.
- D'souza G, Kreimer A, Viscidi R, Pawlita M, Fakhry C, Koch WM, Westra WH, Gillison M. Epidemiologic evidence that human papillomavirus is a cause or orpharyngeal squamous cell carcinoma. N Engl J Med. 2007 May 10; 356 (19): 1944-56.
- D'souza G, Fakhry C, Weber K, Goshu E, Sugar E, Anastos K, Minkoff H, Seaberg E, Gillison M. Six month natural history of oral versus cervical human papillomavirus infection. Int J Cancer. 2007 Jul; 121(1): 2897-904.
- Fakhry C, Westra WH, Li S, Cmelak A, Ridge JA, Pinto HA, Forastiere A, Gillison M. Improved treatment response and survival of human papillomavirus-positive head and neck squamous cell carcinoma in a prospective clinical trial J Natl Cancer Inst. 2008 Feb 20; 100(4): 261-9.
- Hillel AT, Fakhry C, Williams MF, Blanco GF, Zinreich ES, Levine MA, Westra WH, Saunders JR, Pai SI, Ha PK. Selective versus comprehensive neck dissection after chemoradiation for advanced oropharyngeal squamous cell carcinoma. Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. 2009 Dec; 141(6): 737-42.
- Fakhry C, Bajaj G, Aygen N, Westra W, Gillison M. Long-term survival of a patient with leptomeningeal involvement by nasopharyngeal carcinoma after treatment with high-dose intravenous methotrexate. Head and Neck. 2010 Aug; Epub ahead of print
- Fakhry C, Sugar E, D'Souza G, Gillison ML. Two-week versus six-month sampling interval in a short-term natural history of oral HPV infection in an HIV-positive cohort. PLOS One.2010 Jul 30;5(7):e11918
- Best SR, Fakhry C. The prevalence, diagnosis and management of voice disorders in a national ambulatory medical care survey (NAMSCS) cohort. Laryngoscope.2011 Jan; 121(1): 150-7.
- Shao C, Sun W, Tan M, Glazer CA, Bhan S, Zhong X, Fakhry C, Sharma R, Westra WH, Hoque MO, Moskaluk CA, Sidransky D, Califano JA, Ha PK. Integrated, genome-wide screening for hypomethylated oncogenes in salivary gland adenoid cystic carcinoma. Clin Cancer Res. 2011 Jul 1;17(13):4320-30. Epub 2011 May 6.
- Agrawal N, Frederick MJ, Pickering CR, Bettegowda C, Chang K, Li RJ, Fakhry C, Xie TX, Zhang J, Wang J, Zhang N, El-Naggar AK, Jasser SA, Weinstein JN, Treviño L, Drummond JA, Muzny DM, Wu Y, Wood LD, Hruban RH, Westra WH, Koch WM, Califano JA, Gibbs RA, Sidransky D, Vogelstein B, Velculescu VE, Papadopoulos N, Wheeler DA, Kinzler KW, Myers JN. Exome Sequencing of Head and Neck Squamous Cell Carcinoma Reveals Inactivating Mutations in NOTCH1. Science. 2011 Jul 28.
- Fakhry C, Rosenthal CT, Clark D, Gillison ML, Associations between oral HPV16 infection and cytopathology: evaluation of an oropharyngeal "Pap-test equivalent" in high-risk populations, Cancer Prev Res. 2011 Sep; 4(9): 1378-84. Epub 2011 Aug 11. in press (September 2011)
- Melvin T, Eliades SJ, Ha PK, Fakhry C, Saunders JM, Califano JA, Blanco RG, Neck dissection through a facelift incision. Laryngoscope. 2012 Dec; 122(12)2700-6.
- Li R, Koch WM, Fakhry C, Gourin CG. Distinct Epidemiologic Characteristics of Oral Tongue Cancer Patients. Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. 2013 May;148(5): 792-6. Epub 2013 Feb 8.
- Lin BM, Wang H, D'Souza G, Zhang Z, Fakhry C, Joseph AW, Drake VE, Sanguineti G, Westra WH, Pai SI. Long-term prognosis and risk factors among patients with HPV-associated oropharyngeal squamous cell carcinoma. Cancer 2013 Jul 16. [Epub ahead of print]
- Fakhry C, D'Souza G. Discussing the diagnosis of HPV-OSCC: Common questions and answers. Oral Oncol. 2013 Sep;49(9):863-7. Epub 2013 Jul 19.
- Fakhry C, Marks MA, Gilman RH, Cabrerra L, Yori P, Kosek M, Gravitt PE. Comparison of the immune microenvironment of the oral cavity and cervix in healthy women. Cytokine. 2013 Sep 7. [Epub ahead of print]
- Blanco RG, Fakhry C, Ha PK, Ryniak K, Messing B, Califano JA, Saunders JR. Transoral Robotic Surgery Experience in 44 Cases. J Laparoendosc Adv Surg Tech A. 2013 Oct 1. [Epub ahead of print]
- Dsouza G, Cullen K, Bowie J, Thorpe R, Fakhry C. Differences in oral sexual behaviors by gender, age, and race explain observed differences in prevalence of oral human papillomavirus infection. PLoS One. 2014 Jan 24;9(1):e86023. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0086023. eCollection 2014.
- Blanco RG, Califano JC, Messing B, Richmon J, Liu J, Quon H, Neuner G, Saunders JR, Ha PK, Sheth S, Gillison ML, Fakhry C. Transcervical ultrasonography is feasible for the evaluation of base of tongue cancers. PLOSOne. 2014 Jan 30;9(1):e87565. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0087565. eCollection 2014.
- Fakhry C, Psyrri A, Chaturvedhi A. HPV and head and neck cancers: State-of- the-science. Oral Oncol. 2014 May;50(5):353-5.
- Fakhry C, Agrawal N, Califano J, Messing B, Liu J, Saunders JR, Ha P, Coquia S, Hamper U, Gillison M, Blanco R. The use of ultrasound in the search for the primary site of unknown primary head and neck squamous cell cancers. Oral Oncol. 2014 Jul; 50(7):640-5.
- Li R, Faden DL, Fakhry C, Langelier C, Jiao Y, Wang Y, Wilkerson MD, Pedamallu CS, Old M, Lang J, Loyo M, Ahn SM, Tan M, Gooi Z, Chan J, Richmon J, Wood LD, Hruban RH, Bishop J, Westra WH, Chung CH, Califano J, Gourin CG, Bettegowda C, Meyerson M, Papadopoulos N, Kinzler KW, Vogelstein B, DeRisi JL, Koch WM, Agrawal N. Clinical, Genomic and Metagenomic Characterization of Oral Tongue Squamous Cell Carcinoma in Patients Who Do Not Smoke. Head Neck. 2014 Jun 21. Doi: 10.1002/hed.23807. [Epub ahead of print]
- Fakhry C, Zhang Q, Nguyen-Tan PF, Rosenthal D, El-Naggar A, Garden AS, Soulieres D, Trotti A, Avizonis V, Ridge JA, Harris J, Le Q, Gillison M. Human Papillomavirus and Overall Survival After Progression of Oropharyngeal Squamous Cell Carcinoma. J Clin Oncol. 2014 Jun 23. Pii: JCO.2014.55.1937. [Epub ahead of print]
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The first quarter of 2012 is in the books, and it was a fruitful one. The S&P 500 gained 12% in the first three months of the year — its best first quarter in terms of points gained in its 55-year history.
Well, a rising tide lifts all boats, and ETFs were no exception. Read on and I'll discuss the sector funds that truly outperformed this past quarter.
According to Yardeni Research, financials (up 21.5%) squeaked by information technology as the best-performing sector in the quarter by about 40 basis points. The third-best-performing sector was consumer discretionary stocks, at 15.5%. Pulling up the rear as the worst-performing sector in the quarter was utilities (-2.7%), the only sector out of 10 in negative territory.
My ETF highlights will come from the three winning sectors excluding any inverse or leveraged funds:
The most obvious selection here is the Select Sector Financial SPDR ETF (NYSE:XLF), up 21.5% in the first quarter. It's by far the biggest ETF in the financial sector, with $7.6 billion in assets, and also the cheapest in terms of fees. The XLF took in almost $300 million in new money in the quarter, though its smaller sister fund — the SPDR S&P Bank ETF (NYSE:KBE) — was closer to $400 million in new money. So far in 2012, KBE is up 20.3%.
The best-performing financial fund in the quarter was the RevenueShares Financials Sector Index (NYSE:RWW), up 27.5%. It's fundamentally weighted based on the same index as the XLF, determining holdings by revenue instead of market capitalization. The top holding of the XLF is Wells Fargo (NYSE:WFC) at 9.42%; in the RWW, it's Berkshire Hathaway (NYSE:BRK.B) at 10.36%. With just $9 million in assets and relatively light volume, the RWW might be worrisome to some people. However, it's my experience that fundamentally weighted funds do better than those using market capitalization over the long term.
At least 15 technology-related ETFs outperformed the Select Sector Technology SPDR (NYSE:XLK) in the first quarter, proving big does not always mean better. Up 18.51% for the first three months of the year, I'm sure those owning the fund aren't complaining. However, the next two biggest tech funds in terms of assets both outperformed the XLK in the first quarter and have done so in the one-, three- and five-year returns as well.
The Vanguard Information Technology ETF (NYSE:VGT) has $2.5 billion in assets and an annual expense ratio of 0.19%, virtually identical to the XLK. VGT is up 20.87% year-to-date, and over the past five years is averaging 7.9% annually — 117 basis points higher than the XLK. Performing even better is the iShares Dow Jones US Technology Index Fund (NYSE:IYW), up 21.77% year-to-date and 8.13% annually over the past five years. While IYW's management expense ratio is much higher at 0.47%, it's a hard fund to ignore — especially when you consider all three funds have similar top 10 holdings, including large positions in first-quarter gem Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL).
Consumer Discretionary
Once again, the big boy on the block — Select Sector Consumer Discretionary SPDR (NYSE:XLY) — was lapped by the field in the first quarter. A total of 16 consumer discretionary funds have year-to-date returns higher than the XLY's 15.56%.
At the very top of the list is the Global X Auto ETF (NYSE:VROM), up 25.92% year-to-date, with the First Trust NASDAQ Global Auto Index Fund (NASDAQ:CARZ) a close second at 22.37%. The auto industry definitely has seen a big resurgence in the past year — with Toyota (NYSE:TM) up 30% and Honda (NYSE:HMC) and General Motors (NYSE:GM) each up about 26% year-to-date — and both of these funds are benefiting from the continuing rebound in sales. We'll see what their returns are like after the peak summer months and $5 gas, but for now, these are the big winners in consumer discretionary funds.
If you were backing consumer discretionary stocks in the first quarter, you were better to go outside the United States. The SPDR S&P International Consumer Discretionary Sector ETF (NYSE:IPD) gained 20.23% in the first quarter, 467 basis points better than the XLY. Not surprisingly, there are six car companies in the top 10 holdings of the IPD compared to just Ford (NYSE:F) in the XLY. This more than anything explains the huge gap in performance. Over a five-year period, the U.S. consumer discretionary fund has done 36% better.
For those interested in a global fund that very much includes the US, the iShares S&P Global Consumer Discretionary Sector Index Fund (NYSE:RXI), which replicates the performance of the S&P Global 1200 Consumer Discretionary Sector Index, is up 18.2% year-to-date. In the long term, it hasn't done as well as the XLY, but better than the IPD. It's a good balance of the two.
Bottom Line
The top ETF performer in the first quarter was the Market Vectors India Small-Cap Index ETF (NYSE:SCIF), up 38.95%. And it seems like all but those invested in utilities or gold miners made off like bandits in the first three months of the year.
Count your blessings, because this might be the end of the good news in 2012.
As of this writing, Will Ashworth did not hold a position in any of the aforementioned securities.


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Okay, so last week, we hashed together a rough spec that will serve you well to start off with out of the gate.
This week, we'll be taking a look at the new glyph system and, given the changes, which glyphs will likely be the most desired for tanking.
Please keep in mind too, to take everything said with a grain of salt. More than any other role, tanking is a highly individualized job and if something works for you you and your group that I'm not suggesting, by all means, forge your own path!
I will be returning to some of the more controversial points at a slightly later date to help you prepare for Cataclysm to come so that even if we don't see eye to eye, at least you'll have both sides of the issue at hand before you make your choices.
So starting off with the Prime glyphs, the choices are extremely simple, namely because there are really only three Prime warrior glyphs that even relate to tanking. For that reason, every full protection warrior will be taking the glyphs for Devastate, Revenge, and Shield Slam. Given the fact that all the other primes are related to the other two specs, this is a very simple choice to make.
The Major glyphs is where a lot of the choices come into play. WIth the new system, what major glyphs do now is to change the way a given spell behaves. Given that fact, this is where most of us will differ as what we pick depends entirely on our own personal playstyle as well as what we've talented.
The obvious Majors that you won't be taking are: Collosus Smash, Death Wish, Intercept, Sweeping Strikes and Victory Rush. While a lot that are left are perhaps more skewed towards PvP benefits, they have some arguable use in the rare boss fight where a specific fight mechanic requires a specific response on your part.
The big contenders are going to be the Sunder Armor glyph (it DOES affect Devastate), Thunder Clap/Resonating Power, and Shockwave.
While the other majors have their place here or there, they seem to be more built for a niche encounter or for PvP, like Spell Reflection, Intervene and Piercing Howl. Which Thunder Clap glyph you take depends on whether you prefer the slightly extended range on it, or whether or not you have rage issues.
Shield Wall glyph is something that's going to be extremely situational. Occasionally, a fight might arise that has one extremely hard hitting mechanic and in that case, you should swap out to fit that glyph in. However, most of the time, the two minutes added to the cooldown for an extra 20% reduction just isn't worth it, but remember to be flexible and keep some vanishing powder on you for that rare situation.
Minor glyphs are barely worth mentioning. Just toss in whatever will improve your quality of life the most and call it good. Just keep in mind, the Furious Sundering glyph does NOT affect Devastate's rage cost, so unless you're using Sunder Armor instead of Devastate for some reason, it's going to be next to useless for you.
So that should set you up pretty well with our glyph selection.
Next week we'll take a close look at how the rotation might have changed with the 4.0 patch and how you should shift tactics to adjust for that change.


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Purim was celebrated on Saturday and what a day it was!
In the morning, I ran with the Jews For Run group in their Pacing For Purim "race". It was the first time I went running (other than going to the gym) and I had a great time (even getting drenched in the rain)! It was motivational to run in a group and to get inspiration from runners of all kinds of experience.
The main highlight of the day was Purim Palooza (see pictures here -I'm in some!) I went to the show at Temple Emanu-el as Cookie Monster, but took the hat off that made the costume, and became just someone in a onesie at the after party at the Rockit Room. Anyway, as Cookie Monster, I thought it was a good idea to show up with a bunch of cookies, and since it was Purim, I decided on Hamentashen. I used the same recipe as before, and used chocolate chips as the filling and put some poppy seeds in the dough. I found that the ones that were more closed tasted better, since you got chocolate in each bite.
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Stretching across the plains of north-western Iowa for acre after acre is a blur of brittle, burned corn. Only occasionally does a ribbon of green cut through a field. The ground is powder dry, and the slightest breeze scatters dust.
It's early September, and this is the impact of a drought which began to affect the area in July. In his office at the Sioux City Production Credit Association, president H. Edward Gates expresses concern about the lack of rainfall, which he estimates to be 35 to 40 percent below normal. "What happens to agriculture here is going to affect virtually all business," he predicts. "The drought is impacting adversely on almost all our members except for a few who are 100 percent under irrigation," he adds. One of 435 PCAs in the country, the Sioux City PCA is operated for farmers by farmers who understand the needs and problems involved in farming and farm credit.
"Problems create opportunities," observes Gates. Generally, he chooses his words cautiously and talks sparingly in between frequent thoughtful pauses, but there's no need to ponder this statement. The problem is the drought, and the opportunity is irrigation, which Gates regards as necessary for today's farming operation, "The investment that a farmer has to make in his crop has more than doubled in the last three to four years," he notes. Farmers can't afford to lose such outlays, yet they
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BOSTON — A year ago, Matt Nieto was playing left wing for Boston University. Tuesday, he was back on campus as a rookie who has been skating a regular third-line shift with the Sharks.
San Jose uses Agganis Arena, the BU home rink, for its practices when here to face the Boston Bruins. San Jose uses the visitors quarters here, but after his 45-minute skate, Nieto headed to the home bench where some of his college teammates and coaches were waiting.
"It's crazy," he said. "Being at Agganis Arena — just playing here last year and being here now, it's really surreal."
Nieto has the distinction of being the first California native drafted by the Sharks. He grew up in Long Beach but left home at 14 to see how far his hockey skills could take him.
The first stop was Salisbury Prep in Connecticut, and the New England winter didn't change his goal of playing college hockey in Boston. After two years with the U.S. national development program in Ann Arbor, Mich., he had the opportunity to choose between BU and rival Boston College.
Last season was his third at BU, and he led the team with 18 goals. At that point, the decision was made to turn pro, and he played in Worcester for 11 games.
This year, the knee injury that sidelined Raffi Torres opened up a spot on a line with Joe Pavelski and Tommy Wingels. Nieto was given a shot at it, and he has kept the job since training camp. So far, he has chipped in two goals and three assists in nine games.
Skating speed and a hard shot were considered his strengths, but size was an issue. Listed at a generous 5-foot-11 and 190 pounds, Nieto knew he had to work on his strength and spent the summer at BU doing just that.
Did he plan to spend his first night back in Boston with his old teammates or his new ones?
"I'll probably hang out with my college buddies tonight," Nieto said. "I'll have the whole year to hang out with my Shark buddies."
Nieto wasn't the only former BU Terrier practicing with San Jose. John McCarthy was captain of the 2009 team that won the NCAA championship. This wasn't his first time at Agganis as a Shark, however, as he was with the team when it came to Boston two years ago.
"You know what? It feels great," he said. "I was out there and did some crossovers and went hard a couple times. Right now it doesn't even feel like I had surgery. Just a little bit of soreness in the knee."
But, no, that doesn't mean he'll return to action before the three-to-five months it takes for the knee to heal properly.
"You can't really do that," Torres said. "But everything feels good and everything's on track if not ahead of schedule."
Monday, the Sharks sent a fourth-round 2014 draft pick to the Edmonton Oilers for the 28-year-old tough guy who general manager Doug Wilson says brings the speed and style of play that the Sharks are looking for with both Torres and Adam Burish sidelined.
For more on the Sharks, see David Pollak's Working the Corners blog at blogs.mercurynews.com/sharks. Follow him on Twitter at twitter.com/PollakOnSharks.
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Though HD rentals are just now becoming more widely available on iTunes, many more films are available to rent from the iTunes Store in plain old standard definition. Almost 300 titles have been added to the iTunes store for rent over the last week, with more than half of those added this weekend alone. If you've ever gotten that random hankering to watch The Devil and Max Devlin, or perhaps something a little more serious, like Dark City, Apple now has you covered.
Apple TV Junkie noted that 168 movies were added for rent since Friday, an atypically high volume. The site keeps daily track of all the movies that are newly added for rent, and also noted that another 125 movies had been added last week up to Friday. The new additions this weekend lean heavily on Disney titles, such as The Computer Wore Tennis Shoes, Freaky Friday, and The Rescuers, but there is plenty of comedy, action, and drama to go around. Rumble in the Bronx is a seminal Jackie Chan classic. Turner and Hooch, perhaps? Personally, I'm just glad that Annie is in its original widescreen format—it's a hard knock life watching it cropped to 4:3.
The majority of the new additions are "library" titles, which rent for $2.99. The price beats buying a DVD for a movie you may only watch once, with the added convenience of not having to leave the house. Plus, you can watch it on your computer or iPhone, if that's something you're into. The constant updating of content also makes the Apple TV seem less of a hobby and more of a way to get downloadable content off the computer and into the living room. With the success of Netflix's Watch Instantly feature, however, I wonder how much longer it will be before Apple considers offering a similar subscription service.


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ST. PAUL -- A moderate Minnesota Republican known for his work on health care legislation plans a U.S. Senate campaign.
State Rep. Jim Abeler of Anoka Tuesday announced his intention to challenge Democratic Sen. Al Franken.
"Minnesota needs a senator from Minnesota who has invested his life in the fabric of the people who make our state great," Abeler said. "That senator must strongly protect our personal privacy and liberty, unlock the stifling stranglehold the federal government holds on Minnesota and recapture the flexibility we need to run our own state. I know I can be that senator."
Abeler said that government spending is out of control and the country is too dependent on government.
Despite being known for his work in health care during his 15-year state Legislature career, he barely mentioned the topic in his campaign announcement. But he did say: "In 2011, I led a strong, bipartisan effort to reform Minnesota's health and human services programs -- the fastest growing area in Minnesota's budget -- that resulted in improved programs and dramatic state savings."
Abeler got in trouble with Republican leaders when in 2008 he voted for a transportation tax increase. He held off a GOP challenger in his next re-election race.
Abeler, a chiropractor, enters a race in which Republicans have been slow to join. Twin Cities businessman Mike McFadden got into the race late last month and state Sen. Julianne Ortman of Chanhassen says she is considering it.
Polls show Franken, with a 51 percent approval rating, easily leads potential challengers 17 months before the election.


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When I was working as a product manager for FreeReading, one of the questions I consistently heard from educators and researchers at literacy conferences and in the classroom is, "Where can I find books that appeal to teenage boys, especially books for striving teenage male readers?" Having just discovered Guys Read a couple of days ago, I wish I could go back and revisit those old conversations and point the people I spoke with to the Guys Read Virtual Vault of Good Books.
As the Guys Read website points out:
Research shows that boys are having trouble reading, and that boys are getting worse at reading. No one is quite sure why. Some of the reasons are biological. Some of the reasons are sociological. But the good news is that research also shows that boys will read — if they are given reading that interests them… This is the place to come if you're looking for something to get a guy reading. We've collected recommendations from teachers, librarians, booksellers, publishers, parents, and guys themselves. These are the books that guys have said they like.
Finally! The site we've all been asking for!
When you visit Guys Read, make sure to check out:
- Books that Guys Read—recommended reads categorized by topics such as Outer space, but without aliens, How to build stuff, Classics that actually hold up and more!
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- Start a Guys Read Field Office—info on how guys can read, rate and recommend books.
If I had to give one recommendation to Guys Read, I would request longer book reviews and a section of the site devoted to notes from guys in the field including book reviews and summaries written by male readers so that guys (and gals) would have a better sense of what each recommended read is about.
Regardless, this is a fabulous resource that is a must-bookmark for guys and literacy enthusiasts alike! Thanks to author and Brooklyn resident Jon Scieszka for starting Guys Read. This site is most certainly filling a huge need!
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The most popular photographed boat on Meols Beach North West England.
"Sheldrakes Lower Heswall"
Sheldrakes is a Restaurant which sits on the banks of the River Dee, one of the many boats situated in this location.
"CH66 Lower Heswall"
Boats on an incoming tide at Sheldrakes Lower Heswall.
"Bidston Windmill"
Situated on the top of Bidston Hill North West England.
"New Brighton Sea Defences"
Designed to keep the sand on the beach.
"Moreton Sea Defences"
These shaped structures can be found on Moreton Shore in the North West of England.
"Leasowe Lighthouse"
This wonderful old lighthouse is situated in the North West of England.
"Slipway" (Sheldrakes Lower Heswall North West England)
Slipway leading to a channel in the River Dee Lower Heswall North West England.
West Kirby boating lake, is the venue for this photograph.
"The Tail"
Burbo Bank Wind Farm, North West England.
"Point of Ayr Lighthouse"
In need of a lick of paint is this lighthouse set on the beach in Talacre North Wales.
"Fiddlers Ferry Power Station"
Fiddlers Ferry Power Station is a coal fired power station located in Warrington, Cheshire, in North West England, which is capable of co-firing biomass
One of the many boats on this vast sandy beach in the North West of England.
"Meol's Reflections"
Catching the early morning light, lovely reflections to be had in the small water filled areas on this vast sandy beach.
"Bidston Lighthouse"
The first Lighthouse on Bidston Hill was built in 1771, further from the body of water it lit than any other lighthouse in the world, ever. The octagonal tower housed a massive parabolic reflector, twelve feet in diameter, developed at the Bidston Signals Station by William Hutchinson, Liverpool Harbour Master and one-time privateer.
"Point of Ayr Lighthouse Mono"
Mono conversion of the recent colour copy.
"Lone Tree"
Very popular for Photographers is this Lone Tree, situated on Llyn Padarn Snowdonia, Llanberis.
"Here to Infinity"
Southport Pier is a Grade II listed building in Southport, Merseyside, England. At 1,216 yards (1,112 m) it is the second longest in Great Britain after Southend Pier
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Converted close up of part of this lovely little waterfall situated in the Lake District.
Converted mono of this small waterfall set in the Lake District.
"Perch Rock Lighthouse New Brighton"
Situated on the banks of the River Mersey.
Situated on Talacre Beach North Wales.
Tyr Mawr Lighthouse Llanddwyn Island"
Llanddwyn Island (Ynys Llanddwyn) is a magical place. Located at the far end of a pleasant beach near Newborough Warren, this narrow finger of land is an ideal picnic site during fine weather, but also an exhilarating place when the winter winds blow. Its rolling dunes, large rock outcrops and mixture of historic buildings makes it an ideal place for an afternoon of exploration
"Talacre Lighthouse"
Situated on a vast sandy beach in Talacre North Wales, also called Point of Ayr Lighthouse.
One of the many statues situated on crosby beach.
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Viewed from behind the fort, Perch Rock Lighthouse.
One of the many boats on this vast sandy beach.
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About Riten Industries, Inc.
Riten Industries is the world's largest manufacturer of live & dead centers and face drivers. Standard products number in the thousands, with guaranteed accuracies as high as ± .00004 TIR. Models are available to handle workpiece weights from 2 oz. to 200,000 lbs., and at speeds up to 6,000 rpm.
Precision workholding products have been the company's only business since its founding in 1933 in south-central Ohio. The family-owned and operated business has expanded its facilities and capacity many times, investing heavily in state-of-the-art production and testing equipment.
Custom specials are a key segment of Riten's business. The "Design Your Own" page on www.riten.com allows customers to specify dimensions and operating parameters to create centers for unique applications.
Riten also offers a growing line of custom engineered workholding products, including live chuck mandrels, replaceable bell head live and dead centers, live and dead bull ring mandrels, linear compensating centers, pipe drivers, spider mandrels, and tailstock quills.
Services include a generous repair/trade-in program on both Riten centers and competitive products, and an in-plant center survey and inventory report, free to qualified customers. A growing number of customers rely on Riten for repair and rebuilding of tailstocks and spindles, and on-site inspection, qualification and balancing of all types of manual and CNC lathes and grinding machines.
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On Sunday's Watch What Happens Live, Vivica A. Fox started throwing some major shade at her ex, rapper 50 Cent.
And she totally didn't do him any favors with those already infamous gay rumors.
Host Andy Cohen asked her about her upcoming appearance on Empire and her thoughts on 50 Cent blaming a rating dip on "gay stuff."
"First of all, you know the pot called the kettle black is all I'm saying," Fox said.
She eventually confirmed he wasn't gay, but said a magazine with Soulja Boy raised some major questions for her.
50 Cent took to Instagram to call out Fox in a very Not-Safe-For-Work way, which included mentions of booty-eating.
In conclusion, 50 Cent is definitely maybe not gay.
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OMAC Packaging Workgroup approves PackML, Version 3
PackML defines a standard state model for how a machine operates and adds multiple-mode capability by defining a mode manager that can handle other modes.01/11/2007
Process safety system market to see double-digit growth
A greater awareness, understanding, and adoption of safety system standards along with increasing demands from manufacturing expansion into China and India are fueling healthy growth in safety systems.12/18/2006
Manufacturing pillars support U.S. economy
Manufacturing made the highest contribution (15%) to real Gross Domestic Product (GDP) growth of all sectors between 2001 and today.12/15/2006
NEMA publishes cable-tray install guide
The National Electrical Manufacturers Association (NEMA) recently published its VE 2-2006, Cable Tray Installation Guidelines, 3rd Edition, a practical guide for proper installation of cable-tray systems. The guide addresses shipping, handling, storing, and installing cable-tray systems, and includes information on maintenance and system modification.12/14/2006
Wi-Fi hotspots projected to increase by 47% in 2006
The number of commercial Wi-Fi hotspots will grow 47% worldwide to 143,700 in 2006, according to new data from ABI Research.12/14/2006
GE Fanuc and SAP ink sales and marketing agreement
GE Fanuc Automation has announced the completion of a sales and marketing agreement with SAP America to jointly market GE Fanuc Production Management solutions and SAP applications.12/14/2006
Europe Parliament to regulate chemicals
Some dangerous chemicals could be banned from the European market and about 30,000 substances used in everyday products ranging from detergents to toys will have to be registered in a central European Union database under a law approved December 13, 2006, by the European Parliament.12/12/2006
MIPAC leads automation major metallurgical project in Kazakhstan
MIPAC to provide design, automation and control systems for expansion of smelter complex12/06/2006
Invensys announces big wins with global customers
Will participate in projects in Qatar, Saudi Arabia,Yemen and the U.S.12/06/2006
Avantis EAM promises links to Microsoft Dynamics
Agreement provides out-of-the-box EAM/business financials integration12/05/2006
First ZigBee-certified products available
The ZigBee Alliance, a global interest group of companies creating wireless solutions for use in residential, commercial and industrial applications, announced the first group of ZigBee Certified Products, marking what it calls a major milestone in the alliances journey toward creating an open, global, wireless sensor and control networking solution.11/29/2006
MCAA has customer wireless needs for breakfast
Honeywell Industrial Measurement & Controls general manager, Revathi Advaithi, and its business director, Dave Kaufman, discussed results of a customer input study aimed at helping instrumentation manufacturers address the needs of customers for wireless technology.11/28/2006
Emerson and OSIsoft renew VAR agreement
Emerson Process Management and performance management software vendor OSIsoft have announced continuation of their global value added reseller (VAR) agreement of the last three years.11/27/2006
Process safety system market to see double-digit growth
According to researchers at ARC Advisory Group, the worldwide market for safety and critical control systems will grow to more than $1.5 billion by 2010.11/27/2006
CERN seeking secure COTS controls, networking for collider
To control its new collider and give physicists remote access to its data, Europes laboratory for high-energy particle physics (CERN) in Geneva, Switzerland, will include commercial, off-the-shelf (COTS) controls and networking in its Large Hadron Collider (LHC).11/27/2006
Rockwell unloads Dodge/Reliance brands
Baldor scoops up motor divisions to boost global presence.11/22/2006
ISAs SP100 committee merges working groups
Wireless Systems for Automation, ISAs SP100 standards committee, has announced the approval of a motion to merge two working groups. ISA SP100.11, covering industrial process measurement and control, and ISA SP100.14, which focuses on optimized solutions for industrial monitoring, will be combined into ISA SP100.11a, a new working group.11/20/2006
Emerson and Dust Networks ally for wireless, in-plant applications
Emerson Process Management has announced that it is using Dust Networks Time Synchronized Mesh Protocol (TSMP) as the communications technology for its new in-plant Smart Wireless field networks and solutions.11/17/2006
WINA joins the Automation Federation11/15/2006
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American Music Center, $25,000
To support a professional development program for composers, performers and other new music professionals. The center will provide professional skills training and career development through a series of in-depth workshops conducted in more than six cities nationwide.
American Symphony Orchestra League, $140,000
To support initiatives that enhance the range of skills of orchestra leaders and help orchestra institutions become more effective and efficient. These initiatives will help nearly 900 orchestras of every size and type in all 50 states develop artistic and management talent, identify and promote new tools and models, and provide technical assistance.


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Zapper is an action-packed and addictive game that starts with the ?avoid-em-up? game play mechanics of Blitz Games? own Frogger 2: Swampy?s Revenge, and then takes the action to a whole new level. In this action-adventure game, Zapper (a cricket) hops his way through six interactive worlds in a quest to find his brother, held captive by the evil magpie queen. Dangerous traps and even more dangerous enemies await Zapper. It will take fast-footed skill and timing to conquer all the worlds and survive the final showdown with the magpie queen.
Release Region: United States
Release Date: November 12, 2002
Publisher: Atari
Release Region: United Kingdom
Release Date: Unreleased
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Release Region: United States
Release Date: November 12, 2002
Publisher: Infogrames
Also available on: PlayStation 2, GameCube, Xbox, Game Boy Advance, Xbox 360
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Air actuated soft seated butterfly valve for on-off control of air, oil and other media compatible with the materials of construction. Lug style valve sandwich mounts between standard ANSI /ASME B16.5 Class 125 / 150 flanges. Double acting actuators use an air pressure signal (80-120 PSI) to open and close the valve.
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By John Goralski
Sports Writer
For much of the first quarter, it looked like a shootout. The Blue Knight football team took less than two minutes to scramble 63 yards for their first score. Newington countered with a 75-yard drive that took just seven plays. Three plays later, the Knights were scoring again.
On Friday, Nov. 1, both teams led with their offense, so Coach Mike Drury laid down the gauntlet to his Blue Knight defenders.
"They have some weapons," said Drury. "They have some juniors out there, and their quarterback throws a great ball. We knew right off the bat that we were going to struggle initially. You have to get used to that type of offense. We cleaned up some of our techniques, we cleaned up some of our reads and made sure our guys were in the right areas to be able to defend the ball."
The defense answered the challenge. Newington was forced to punt after three fruitless attempts. The Indians recovered their own punt, so the Knights stopped them again. Newington opened the game with 106 passing yards in the first quarter. In the second quarter, Southington held them to zero.
The Knights rallied to a 56-7 lead before they unleashed their bench. Southington held on for a 56-20 win, and those stops in the first quarter tipped the scales.
"We needed a big stop, and the guys came through," said Drury. "Steven Hamel broke through and had a tremendous hit in the backfield, and things like that can change the complexion of the game. It was a great hold, a great stop, and the offense came down and scored."
The offense never faltered. Stephen Barmore distributed 17 passes to five different receivers for 280 yards and four touchdowns. Jasen Rose (4 catches, 82 yards) caught a touchdown. Kyle Borawski added another, and Alex Jamele (8 catches, 148 yards) scored twice to set a new team record with 17 touchdown receptions this fall.
"It's nice as a quarterback to have so many weapons and so many different people to spread the ball out to that can all make plays after the catch," said Barmore. "It's a luxury, and they make me look good."
On the ground, Tyler Hyde rushed for 122 yards and two scores. Zach Maxwell (72 yards) scored another. Five ball carriers combined for 239 yards rushing. Kyle Smick converted all eight extra point attempts, and Southington scored seven consecutive times to put the game out of reach.
"Everyone did their jobs tonight," said Jamele. "We've been talking about it all week. We wanted to come out here and dominate, and I think that showed tonight."
After the first quarter, the Knight defense wouldn't budge. Zak Jamele led the rush with six tackles. Zach Spooner (5 tackles) caught a batted pass late in the final moments of the opening half. Matt Maxwell had an interception. Chris Kelly returned one for a 35-yard score with five minutes left in the third quarter, and Zach Maxwell and Logan LaPorte recovered fumbles for the Knights.
"We made some adjustments," said Jamele. "We went into the second quarter knowing we made some mistakes, including me. We fixed those mistakes, and we wanted to come out in the second half even harder, and I think we did. I think we made a statement."
The victory
With the victory, Southington improved to 6-1 on the season with three games remaining. The Knights are currently ranked sixth in the Class LL playoff standings.
The victory also marked the end of Southington's three-week road trip. The Knights return to Fontana Field on Friday, Nov. 8 to face East Hartford (3-5). The Hornets are coming off of a 15-14 win over New Britain.
"We had three tough ones on the road. Now, it's time to get back to our house, in front of our crowd and our community," said Drury. "We're going to have fun when we go out there on Friday night."
Kick-off is scheduled for 7 p.m.
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Knight charge continues; Southington football storms past Newington
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Grinding his way back from a poor opening day, Brian Porter (USA) on Full Throttle turned in a 6,4, scoreline, which was good enough to move him into second place overall. Alec Cutler (BER) hedgehog also had a good day, finishing fourth in the first race and second in the next race after pushing Bressani hard all the way round the course. Cutler slides up into third tonight, tied on points with Porter and a single point ahead of Kristen Lane (USA) on Brick House 812 in fourth. Tied on points with Lane is Nathan Wilmot (IRL) Embarr who remains in fifth place after an 8,3 performance.
At the start of Race 7 of the series, three boats, Guy Mossman (USA) Battle Rhythm, Flavio Favini (SUI) on Blu Moon and Wilmot, were all engaged in a battle to win the pin end of the start. Mossman pulled the trigger fractionally too early, crossed the line before the gun and had to restart, allowing Favini and Wilmot a clear lane off the line on starboard. Bressani also got away cleanly a little further up the line and with the wind starting to flick to the left, it was these three boats on the left hand side of the course who made the early running on the first beat. At the first windward mark it was Bressani who led the fleet. A windshift back to the right in the final third of the beat had brought Riccardo Simoneschi (ITA) on AUDI, Kristen Lane and Brian Porter (USA) on Full Throttle, into play and they followed Bressani around the top mark in quick succession.
With Bressani beginning to pull away by the end of the first run, when the chasing pack converged, Alec Cutler (BER) on hedgehog had moved up to within striking distance of Simoneschi, Lane, and Porter and this group were neck and neck as they approached the gate. Cutler squeaked through to round the right buoy just ahead of Simoneschi, whilst shortly after Lane and Porter rounded the left buoy. By the second windward mark Bressani was still leading comfortably, with Cutler in second maintaining his advantage over Simoneschi in third. Peter Lane (USA) on Brick House had sailed an excellent beat to round in fourth, just ahead of his wife, Kristen in fifth.
Bressani continued to ease away from the fleet on the final downwind leg, whilst behind him there was a real dog fight for second place between Cutler, Simoneschi and the two Lanes. Simoneschi had been the first to gybe out to the right of the course and he picked up some extra pressure which took him past Cutler and into second. Peter Lane went even further right and this enabled him to leapfrog Cutler and challenge Simoneschi hard in the last few boatlengths into the finish. At the line they were fully overlapped with Simoneschi just doing enough to take second. Cutler came home fourth, with Kristen Lane close behind in fifth.
In the final seconds to the start of Race 8 Wilmot and Porter were duking it out for supremacy at the pin end. At the gun they both got away cleanly with Porter soon opting to cash in the pin end bias advantage by tacking and crossing the fleet. Wilmot hung in on port for a few minutes longer before also tacking and heading for the right of the course. Bressani, who had started a little up from the pin, worked the left longer still and as a result he emerged on top once again at the windward mark. Behind him came a tightly packed group comprising Cutler, Wilmot, Daniel Kaseler (USA) on Team Velocitek, Kristen Lane, Bora Gulari (USA) on New England Ropes/West Marine and Alan Field (USA) on WTF. With many of this pack choosing to head for the right hand side of the course on the first run, Cutler opted instead to hit the left hand side as hard as he could. Coming in hot on the port layline to the gate, he rounded the left buoy just half a length behind Bressani and a few seconds ahead of Wilmot who rounded the right gate mark. On the second beat Cutler was giving Bressani some real problems, with the Italian having to maintain a close cover in order to keep him at bay. By the second windward mark these two had pulled out a big lead on the rest of the fleet, with Bressani still leading by just a couple of lengths. Wilmot rounded in third, marginally ahead of a rapidly advancing Porter, who had sneaked past Gulari into fourth, with Peter Lane rounding in sixth.
On the final run Bressani's raw boatspeed was just too much for Cutler and the regatta leader clocked up his fifth race win of the championship. Cutler came home in second with Wilmot holding off a late charge from Porter right on the line, and Peter Lane surging in to pass Gulari in the final few lengths.
With eight races now completed, Bressani has amassed a 22 point margin over Porter at the top of the leaderboard. Cutler's great day on the water moves him up to third, tied on points with Porter and just one point ahead of Kristen Lane and Wilmot, who are also tied on points in fourth and fifth respectively. Bressani is now looking increasingly invincible, however with just one point separating second from fourth, the battle for the final two podium spots seems likely to rage on for the final two days of this championship.
In the all amateur Corinthian Division there was no changes in the overall standings, with leader Eiichiro Hamazaki (JPN) on Esprit, second placed Christof Wieland (GER) on Unsponsored and third placed Scott Holmgren (USA) on Rosebud, all respectively chalking up pairs of first seconds and thirds today.
Racing at the 2011 Melges 24 World Championship in Corpus Christi, Texas continues today, Friday 20 May, and runs through until Saturday 21 May, with four more races scheduled.
You can keep up with all the latest news and developments from the 2011 Melges 24 World Championship via the International Melges 24 Blog, www.melges24.com and the event website.


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ONE of the best known names in fine dining in Ludlow and the West Midlands has gone into voluntary liquidation.
La Becasse in Corve Street is being wound up following a special resolution at a general meeting.
Liquidators The Frost Group Ltd have been approached for a comment by the Advertiser.
La Becasse was at one time one of the Ludlow restaurants to hold a Michelin star.
It was for many years associated with the chef Will Holland who left the business last September.
A statement from the restaurant via twitter says that it remains open and will remain open.


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Getting Started with Adobe Presenter: Editing Videos
Guest post by Kevin Siegel, Founder and President, IconLogic, Inc.
During my last post I wrote about how you can import videos into an Adobe Presenter project. But what if, after inserting a video and Previewing, you discover that there is unwanted content at the beginning or end of the video? You'll be happy to learn that Presenter offers a wonderfully simplistic way to edit inserted videos (without having to leave Presenter and start a third-party video editing tool).
On the Adobe Presenter tab, Insert group, click the Video drop-down menu and choose Edit.
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ORLANDO, FLA. (May 2, 2:40 p.m. ET) — Specialized polymer additive advocate Consortium Corp. of Whittier, Calif., spread the word during NPE2012 about the potential for nanotechnology.
Technical Director George Gilbert took opportunities in Orlando to "discuss some real benefits from inclusion of carbon nanotubes or nanoclay" in compounds. While not representing an exhibitor, he talked to custom and toll compounders, chemical producers, end users and others primarily at booths in the north and south halls.
"A few people are interested, but [they are] cost conscious," Gilbert reported. "We try to be shepherds of technology working through the issues" for processors of plastics, elastomers and paints/coatings.
The advantages can outweigh the costs, especially for users of engineering or high-temperature thermoplastics, Gilbert said. "Those are areas where the benefit of technology won't affect the cost structure that much."
Consortium, a small business started in 2009, envisions nanoclays and carbon nanotubes exponentially replacing some current additives such as carbon black, ketchen black, carbon fiber or bulk clay.
"We are not just a distributor pushing nanotubes," he said. "A number of people have done that and failed," often because of insufficient consultation and work with their clients.
Among contacts in Orlando, Gilbert met with representatives of a compounder and a coupling agent manufacturer. The discussion explored the dispersion of carbon nanotubes into nylon to improve the flow characteristics of polyamides.
Apart from NPE2012, among "a few people getting close" to trials is an industrial hose and tubing manufacturer seeking benefits from including nanoclay in thermoplastic polyurethane to offset environmental changes, Gilbert said. Fuel additive "ethanol tends to eat up TPU in hotter weather."
Aerospace companies and public transportation agencies look at the technology for the beneficial characteristics involving flame retardance, control of heat release and avoidance of toxicity.
In North America, Consortium exclusively represents the nanoclay-focused Nanocor subsidiary of Hoffman Estates, Ill.-based Amcol International Corp. and the carbon nanotube technology of Nanocyl SA of Sambreville, Belgium.
In addition, Consortium works with Biosafe Inc. of Pittsburgh for its antimicrobial product line and collaborates with additive maker Enso Plastics LLC and water bottle developer Enso Bottles LLC, both of Mesa, Ariz.
Many companies looked into nanotechnology several years ago, but the economic downturn led to the liquidation or watering down of some research efforts, Gilbert said. "Now, they are on a better economic plane" and can explore "how to create value."
Those in Europe and Asia "have been more open and done more to put the technology to work," he said. "The U.S. is catching up." A learning curve of about one to two years is customary.
At NPE2012, "people were talking about real projects rather than imaginary projects," Gilbert said. "People are just starting to get their arms around this technology."