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Tuesday, January 31, 2012
DreamHost?s Unhappy January Continues: First, A Database Breach, Now An Outage
DreamHost has been having a rough couple weeks. The low-cost hosting provider and domain name registrar found some unauthorized activity in its databases back on January 20th, which they later admitted were a series of attacks that may have led to the theft of some of their customers' FTP passwords. The company required mandatory password resets for all their Shell/FTP accounts -- you can read our coverage here. DreamHost's bad dream continued today, as they've been reporting outage problems, as Web, SSH, and FTP services were down for many of the company's virtual private servers, shared, and dedicated machines. The outage was first reported at 4am PST on Sunday, and has continued throughout the course of the day, with the company offering updates on its blog.Source: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Techcrunch/~3/bpsmzplbb-k/
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Honda sees sharp drop in profit on Thai floods (AP)
TOKYO ? Battered by the strong yen and supply disruptions from Thailand's floods, Honda said Tuesday that its net earnings in the October-December quarter tumbled 41 percent to 47.6 billion yen ($625 million) and projected a sharply lower full-year profit.
It's been a tough year for the Japanese automobile and motorcycle maker. Honda had just begun to recover from the March earthquake and tsunami, which damaged some of its suppliers, when Thailand's worst floods in 50 years swamped its vehicle assembly plant in Ayutthaya, north of Bangkok.
That disaster dealt such a blow to Honda that it scrapped its earnings forecast when it last reported earnings results in October.
Now Honda predicts its net profit for the fiscal year through March would drop nearly 60 percent to 215 billion yen.
Honda Motor Co., which makes the Accord sedan and Odyssey minivan, stopped making cars at its Thai plant in October, and said in a statement Tuesday that it was making progress draining the factory and cleaning up equipment, and expected production to resume there at the end of March.
The flooding also disrupted the output at many Honda suppliers in Thailand, forcing it to reduce production as far away as the U.S. and Canada. Honda said production in neighboring Asian countries interrupted by the problems in Thailand was expected to return to normal by April.
All told, the problems related to flooding in Thailand have cost the company 260,000 vehicles in lost production worldwide, according to Tomohiro Okada, a company spokesman.
The company said it is working with the local industrial park to build water protection walls around the plant and will make requests of the Thai government to take steps to prevent the risk of flooding in the future. The Thai plant makes the Jazz, Civic, Accord, CR-V sports utility vehicle and other vehicles.
The Thai flooding affected many other Japanese companies, reflecting the increasingly interconnected nature of today's global economy. Toshiba Corp. on Tuesday cited the disaster as one reason behind the 10.6 billion yen net loss it reported for the most recent quarter.
A bright spot for Honda was its motorcycle business, which is booming in emerging markets. Motorcycle sales rose 6.3 percent during the quarter from the same quarter a year ago to nearly 3.1 million units.
Quarterly sales slid 8 percent during the fiscal third quarter to 1.942 trillion yen. The company projects full-year sales will decline 12.2 percent to 7.85 trillion yen.
The strong yen, which erodes exporters' foreign earned income when repatriated, also ate into the company's income.
Global vehicle sales in the quarter declined 2.9 percent from a year ago to 830,000 units, the company said. Vehicle sales in Japan rose 16 percent and North America increased 2 percent from the same quarter a year ago, while unit sales in Europe, Asia and other regions fell.
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Shirley MacLaine to join TV show 'Downton Abbey' (AP)
LONDON ? Oscar-winning actress Shirley MacLaine is joining Britain's popular television series "Downton Abbey."
The 77-year-old will join the cast when they start filming next month.
She will play the mother of Lady Grantham, portrayed by Elizabeth McGovern, in the third season of the hit period drama, which took Golden Globe and Emmy prizes for best miniseries or TV movie.
Gareth Neame of Carnival Films, which produces the show, said Monday that MacLaine's character will be a "wonderful combatant" for Maggie Smith's Dowager Countess.
The series have garnered large numbers of fans in Britain, the U.S. and elsewhere.
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Monday, January 30, 2012
The Omni Group talks iPad apps, user interface, and the future of the platform
The Omni Group is famous for their high quality, thoughtfully designed, and enormously useful productivity apps for iPhone, iPad, and Macs, including OmniFocus, OmniGraphSketcher, OmniGraffle, and OmniOutliner
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First-half surge keeps Green Bay women unbeaten (AP)
VALPARAISO, Ind. ? Julie Wojta scored 14 of her 19 points in the first half and No. 12 Wisconsin-Green Bay remained unbeaten with a 65-37 victory over Valparaiso on Saturday.
The Phoenix (19-0, 9-0 Horizon), who along with No. 1 Baylor are the only undefeated teams left, led by three early on before closing the first half on a 32-11 run to take a 24-point lead at the break.
Lydia Bauer added 11 points and Adrian Ritchie had 10 for Green Bay, which is off to the best start in school and Horizon League history.
The Phoenix forced 26 turnovers which they converted into 32 points.
Gina Lange scored a career-high 18 points on 7-of-11 shooting to lead Valparaiso (5-15, 1-8).
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Sunday, January 29, 2012
'Project Nim' wins Directors Guild doc award (omg!)
LOS ANGELES (AP) ? James Marsh won the documentary prize Saturday at the Directors Guild of America Awards for "Project Nim," his chronicle of the triumphs and trials of a chimpanzee that was raised like a human child.
It was the latest major Hollywood prize for Marsh, who earned the documentary Academy Award for 2008's "Man on Wire." Among those Marsh beat out for the guild award was Martin Scorsese, who had been up for the documentary honor for "George Harrison: Living in the Material World" and also was nominated for the evening's highest honor, for feature-film directing.
The film favorites were guild awards regular Scorsese for his Paris adventure "Hugo" and first-time nominee Michel Hazanavicius for his silent movie "The Artist."
Also in the running were Woody Allen for his romantic fantasy "Midnight in Paris"; David Fincher for his thriller "The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo"; and Alexander Payne for his family drama "The Descendants."
At the start of the ceremony, Guild President Taylor Hackford led the crowd in a toast to one of his predecessors, Gil Cates, the veteran producer of the Academy Awards broadcast who died last year.
Robert B. Weide won the comedy directing award for an episode of "Curb Your Enthusiasm."
Other early television winners at the guild ceremony were:
? Reality programming: Neil P. DeGroot, "The Biggest Loser."
? Musical variety: Glenn Weiss, "The 65th Annual Tony Awards."
? Daytime serials: William Ludel, "General Hospital."
? Children's programs: Amy Schatz, "A Child's Garden of Poetry."
? Commercials: Noam Murro.
The Directors Guild Awards are one of Hollywood's most accurate forecasts for who will win at the industry's top honors, the Oscars, which will be handed out Feb. 26. Only six times in the 63-year history of the guild awards has the winner failed to take home the Oscar for best director, and more often than not, the film winning the best director Oscar is voted best picture.
Fincher had been the favorite going into the Directors Guild ceremony last year for "The Social Network," but Tom Hooper came away the winner for "The King's Speech." Hooper went on to win the Oscar, too, and his film also earned best picture.
This time, Fincher's the odd man out at the Directors Guild show. The other four guild nominees made the best-director cut at Tuesday's Oscar nominations, but Fincher missed out. The fifth Oscar slot went to Terrence Malick for the family chronicle "The Tree of Life."
French filmmaker Hazanavicius, whose credits include the spy spoofs "OSS 117: Cairo, Nest of Spies" and "OSS 117: Lost in Rio," had been a virtual unknown in Hollywood until "The Artist," his black-and-white throwback to early cinema that has been a favorite at earlier film honors.
"The Artist" won the Golden Globe for best musical or comedy and is considered a best-picture front-runner for the Oscars.
But Scorsese won the Globe for directing over Hazanavicius.
Unlike Hazanavicius, the other nominees all have competed for Directors Guild honors before. Scorsese earned his ninth and 10th guild nominations this season for "Hugo" and his George Harrison documentary.
Scorsese is a past feature-film winner for 2006's "The Departed," as well as a TV drama winner a year ago for an episode of "Boardwalk Empire." The family film "Hugo" was a departure for Scorsese, known for dark crime tales, and the movie also was his first shot in 3-D.
Allen has been nominated five times and won for 1977's "Annie Hall." He had not been nominated since his 1989 "Crimes and Misdemeanors" but has been on a critical and commercial resurgence for "Midnight in Paris," his biggest hit in decades.
This was the third nomination for Fincher. Payne was nominated one time previously, for 2004's "Sideways."
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Researchers shed light on magnetic mystery of graphite
Friday, January 27, 2012
The physical property of magnetism has historically been associated with metals such as iron, nickel and cobalt; however, graphite ? an organic mineral made up of stacks of individual carbon sheets ? has baffled researchers in recent years by showing weak signs of magnetism.
The hunt for an explanation has not been without controversy, with several research groups proposing different theories. The most recent suggestion, published today, 27 January, in the journal EPL (Europhysics Letters), has been put forward by a research group from the University of Manchester that includes Nobel prize-winning scientist Professor Sir Andre Geim.
The research group, led by Dr Irina Grigorieva, found that magnetism in many commercially available graphite crystals is down to micron-sized clusters of predominantly iron that would usually be difficult to find unless the right instruments were used in a particular way.
Finding the way to make graphite magnetic could be the first step to utilising it as a bio-compatible magnet for use in medicine and biology as effective biosensors.
To arrive at their conclusions, the researchers firstly cut up a piece of commercially-available graphite into four sections and measured the magnetisation of each piece. Surprisingly, they found significant variations in the magnetism of each sample. It was reasonable for them to conclude that the magnetic response had to be caused by external factors, such as small impurities of another material.
To check this hypothesis, the researchers peered deep into the structure of the samples using a scanning electron microscope (SEM) ? a very powerful microscope that images samples by scanning it with a beam of electrons ? and found that there were unusually heavy particles positioned deep under the surface.
The majority of these particles were confirmed to be iron and titanium, using a technique known as X-ray microanalysis. As oxygen was also present, the particles were likely to be either magnetite or titanomagnetite, both of which are magnetic.
The researchers were also able to deduce how many magnetic particles would be needed, and how far apart they would need to be spaced in order to create the originally observed magnetism. The observations from their experiments agreed with their estimations, meaning the visualised magnetic particles could account for the whole magnetic signal in the sample.
Dr Grigorieva, said: "The excitement around the findings of ferromagnetism in graphite, i.e. pure carbon, is due to the fact that magnetism is not normally found in organic matter. If we can learn to create and control magnetism in carbon-based materials, especially graphene, this will be an important development for sensors and spintronics."
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Blood found at home where Maine tot was last seen
FILE - This undated file photo obtained from a Facebook page shows missing toddler Alya Reynolds. Investigators say they've found blood inside the Maine home where a toddler was reported missing six weeks ago. State police spokesman Steve McCausland said the blood was found in the basement early in the investigation into Ayla Reynolds' disappearance from her father's home in Waterville. The father, Justin DiPietro, said Ayla was missing from her bed when he checked on her the morning of Dec. 17. (AP Photo/obtained from Facebook, File)
FILE - This undated file photo obtained from a Facebook page shows missing toddler Alya Reynolds. Investigators say they've found blood inside the Maine home where a toddler was reported missing six weeks ago. State police spokesman Steve McCausland said the blood was found in the basement early in the investigation into Ayla Reynolds' disappearance from her father's home in Waterville. The father, Justin DiPietro, said Ayla was missing from her bed when he checked on her the morning of Dec. 17. (AP Photo/obtained from Facebook, File)
The parents of missing toddler Ayla Reynolds, Trista Reynolds, left, and Justin DePietro, right, speak on the steps of Waterville City Hall during a vigil for their missing daughter in Castonguay Square in Waterville, Maine on Saturday January 28, 2012. (AP Photo/The Kennebec Journal, Michael G. Seamans)
PORTLAND, Maine (AP) ? Investigators have been analyzing blood found in the basement of a Maine home where a missing toddler was last seen six weeks ago, an official said Saturday.
The blood was found early in the investigation into Ayla Reynolds' disappearance from her father's home in Waterville, state police spokesman Steve McCausland said. The state crime laboratory has been running tests on it since then, but it was unclear when results would be available.
Ayla's father, Justin DiPietro, reported her missing Dec. 17. He had put her to bed the night before and said she wasn't there the next morning.
McCausland called the discovery of the blood "troubling." He declined to discuss how much blood was found in the basement or how long it might have been there.
Ayla was 20 months old when she disappeared. She had been staying with her father at the time in the house where DiPietro lives with his mother. Her mother, Trista Reynolds, lives in Portland.
DiPietro told police she was wearing green pajamas with polka dots and the words "Daddy's Princess" on them and had a soft cast on her broken left arm.
DiPietro, his mother and a third adult were home the night of Dec. 16, and police have questioned all three, McCausland said.
"We believe they have not given us the full story," he said.
Both of Ayla's parents participated in a vigil Saturday on the City Hall steps in downtown Waterville.
It was the first time the two came face to face since their daughter's disappearance, said Bob Vear, a friend of the DiPietro family who organized the vigil. They spoke privately for about 10 minutes before giving each other a hug, Vear said.
DiPietro declined to discuss the discovery of the blood.
"I'm not going to answer any questions about it, but I will say this: If there was something there, I don't think I'd be standing here with you right now," he told the Morning Sentinel newspaper in Waterville.
A woman who answered DiPietro's mother's cellphone hung up after being asked about the blood.
Reynolds could not be reached for comment.
In an interview earlier in the day with the Morning Sentinel, she said she was preparing herself for any outcome.
"As a mother, as a parent, you need to mentally prepare yourself for the good, the bad, the worst," she told the newspaper. "I have been preparing myself for all of it during the last 40 days. I have told myself anything can happen. I could get the greatest news or I could get the worst news ever."
The blood was among hundreds of pieces of potential evidence that were removed from their home as part of a criminal investigation into the girl's disappearance. The discovery of the blood was first reported Saturday by WCVB-TV in Boston.
Ronald Reynolds, who is Trista Reynolds' father, said DiPietro hasn't been forthcoming with his version of what happened or what he knows. DiPietro has said he took a polygraph test, but has declined to say what the results were.
"They haven't given the full story, but this family has gone through so much pain, so much hurt," said Reynolds, who lives in Portland. "We're going into two months now and don't know anything, and all we get is the runaround."
Vear said he was first made aware of the blood sample Dec. 24, but he doesn't think it'll amount to anything.
"I cut myself at home all the time," he said. "It could be Justin's, it could be the baby's. There were five or six people in the house that night."
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Saturday, January 28, 2012
Enahoro's widow passes on after battling cancer
BY SIMON EBEGBULEM
BENIN CITY -? Widow of the late frontline nationalist, Mrs Helen Enahoro, Saturday, passed on? at the age of 79.
Vanguard learnt that the? widow passed on in Lagos after a brief illness. It was learnt that? Mrs Enahoro had a protracted battle with cancer.
The son, Eugene, confirmed the passage and gave a few words: ?I am in a family meeting?. Enahoro, who moved? the motion for the nation?s independence, died? on December 15, 2010.
The widow?s death, which occurred 13 months after the late sage died, shocked the people of? Edo State when the news filtered in that she gave up the ghost.
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At least 11 hurt in collapse at casino site
Al Behrman / AP
Workers and officials inspect the collapse at the Horseshoe Casino under construction on Friday, Jan. 27, 2012, in Cincinnati. Authorities say at least 11 people have been taken to hospitals with minor injuries, non life-threatening.
By msnbc.com news services
A partial collapse at a casino construction site early Friday in Cincinnati has?left at least 11 people with minor injuries, according to news reports.
Ten of the wounded were taken to University Hospital, none with life-threatening injuries, a hospital spokeswoman told NBC News. Most of the victims, aged between 30 and 40, were expected to be discharged later Friday.
Authorities reported differing numbers of the wounded, with fire officials saying 13 had been hospitalized and police saying at least 11 were.
Workers were pouring concrete on the structure's second floor when a metal beam in the middle of the section fell, making the second floor buckle. No one was underneath the collapse, Fire Chief Dick Braun told The Cincinnati Enquirer.
Firefighters had to craft a makeshift bridge to move the injured workers due to muddy conditions. The site was closed and workers sent home, said city spokeswoman Meg Olberding, the newspaper reported.
Rock Gaming is developing the casino in partnership with Caesar's Entertainment.
A partial collapse of a garage at another Ohio casino under construction -- and also being developed by the Rock Gaming-Caesar's partnership -- occurred last month. No one was injured in that incident, according to The Associated Press.
The Associated Press and NBC News services contributed to this report.
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US Embassy: US citizen kidnapped in Nigeria freed (AP)
LAGOS, Nigeria ? A U.S. citizen kidnapped by gunmen in Nigeria's oil-rich southern delta has been freed after a week in captivity, the U.S. Embassy said.
U.S. Embassy spokeswoman Deb MacLean told The Associated Press on Friday that the man had been released after being kidnapped in Warri in Delta state on Jan. 20. MacLean declined to offer any other details, citing privacy rules. Delta state police spokesman Charles Muka said he had not been informed about the man's release, as his company refused to cooperate with local authorities.
The freed hostage was identified as William Gregory Ock, 50, of Bowdon, Georgia, by his sister, Dee Dee Patterson.
Patterson told the AP on Friday that the family had no details of his release.
"The only thing we know is that he is safe and he is in a secure location," Patterson said by telephone.
She had no information on when Ock would return home to Georgia.
It was not immediately clear whether a ransom had been paid to secure his release, though many companies working in the region carry kidnap insurance and simply pay a negotiated price to see their employees freed. Kidnappers had made contact with authorities previously and demanded a $333,000 ransom.
The attack Jan. 20 occurred outside a bank branch in Warri, one of the main cities in nation's Niger Delta, a region of mangroves and swamps where foreign oil companies pump 2.4 million barrels of crude oil a day. The gunmen attacked Ock as he came outside, shooting his police escort to death before abducting him, Muka said.
Investigators believe the gunmen trailed him for some time before the attack, Muka said.
Foreign firms have pumped oil out of the delta for more than 50 years. Despite the billions flowing into Nigeria's government, many in the delta remain desperately poor, living in polluted waters without access to proper medical care, education or work.
In 2006, militants started a wave of attacks targeting foreign oil companies, including bombing their pipelines, kidnapping their workers and fighting with security forces. That violence waned in 2009 with a government-sponsored amnesty program promising ex-fighters monthly payments and job training. However, few in the delta have seen the promised benefits and criminal gangs still roam the region, increasingly targeting middle-class Nigerians.
In 2011, there were five reported kidnappings of U.S. citizens in Nigeria, according to a recent U.S. State Department travel warning about the country. The most recent occurred in November when two U.S. citizens and a Mexican were kidnapped from a Chevron Corp. offshore oil field and held for about two weeks, the State Department said.
A German working in the city of Kano in north Nigeria was abducted Thursday by unknown gunmen, authorities have said.
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Associated Press writer Russ Bynum in Savannah, Georgia, contributed to this report.
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Jon Gambrell can be reached at http://www.twitter.com/jongambrellAP.
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Drug Approved for Advanced Kidney Cancer (HealthDay)
FRIDAY, Jan. 27 (HealthDay News) -- Inlyta (axitinib) has been approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to treat advanced renal cell carcinoma in people who haven't responded to another drug.
Renal cell carcinoma is a form of kidney cancer that begins in tissue that lines the kidney's small tubes. Inlyta blocks proteins that help fuel tumor growth in this area, the FDA said in a news release.
Six medications had been sanctioned previously for advanced kidney cancer, the agency said.
In a study of 723 people with the advanced form of kidney cancer, the most common side effects of Inlyta included diarrhea, high blood pressure, fatigue, loss of appetite, nausea, loss of voice, weight loss, weakness and constipation.
Among some patients, Inlyta also caused significant bleeding, which in some cases proved fatal. The FDA also warned that people with high blood pressure should make sure the problem is well controlled before taking the twice-daily drug.
People with untreated brain tumors or gastrointestinal bleeding should not take Inlyta, the FDA said.
The drug is marketed by Pfizer.
More information
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Friday, January 27, 2012
Report spotlights Sandia Lab's impact on the economy
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ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. Sandia National Laboratories spent close to $1 billion overall on the procurement of goods and services in fiscal year 2011, and small businesses across the nation were awarded more than half those dollars, $540 million or 59 percent, according to the Labs' latest economic impact report.
The 2011 Sandia National Laboratories Economic Impact on the State of New Mexico report breaks down Sandia's spending and spotlights its role in the state's economy. The annual report shows New Mexico companies secured nearly $400 million in business with Sandia.
"Sandia National Laboratories is committed to strengthening our relationships with the New Mexico business community and, in particular, to be a strong advocate for New Mexico's diverse, small business suppliers," said Don Devoti, manager of Sandia's Small Business Utilization Program.
Sandia reaches out to local businesses through a variety of programs. It holds public forums with the supplier community and civic leaders to discuss contracting opportunities, and lists contracts on its Business Opportunities Website. It supplies small and diverse business owners with information on doing business with Sandia and seeks qualified potential suppliers.
"Sandia's Small Business Utilization team and all of the procurement organization work diligently to seek out qualified, capable small businesses that Sandia can partner with to achieve our national security mission," Devoti said. "We continue to make ourselves available to the community, to be as transparent as possible with our procurement processes, to provide maximum contracting opportunities to small businesses and to be creative and innovative in our work approaches."
Here are some numbers showing Sandia's overall economic impact in 2011:
- $1.4 billion was spent on labor and non-contract-related payments.
- $921 million went to contract-related payments.
- $65.6 million was sent to the state of New Mexico for corporate taxes.
- $73 million was spent through procurement card purchases, in which Sandia employees use credit cards to buy low-priced commercial goods and services necessary to conduct business.
- Sandia employs 9,948 people, 8,856 of them in Albuquerque, according to the report.
The 2011 data is based on Sandia's fiscal year beginning Oct. 1, 2010, and ending Sept. 30, 2011. The report reflects Sandia's continued commitment to small business. Labs advocates encourage buyers to do business with small companies.
The Small Business Act mandates that federal contractors use small businesses, including those that are small disadvantaged, owned by women or veterans and service-disabled veterans, and small businesses in impoverished areas called Historically Underutilized Business (HUB) zones. Sandia's Small Business Utilization Department oversees the mandate and negotiates small business subcontracting goals with the National Nuclear Security Administration.
Sandia President and Laboratories Director Paul Hommert has expressed his full understanding and support of the Small Business Act. "Sandia National Laboratories has a long and distinguished record of encouraging and partnering with highly qualified, diverse small business suppliers who assist us in achieving our national security mission," he said. "We are fully committed to continuing this track record."
"We value the relationships forged with our current small business suppliers and within the New Mexico business community and look forward to developing new and enduring partnerships as we go forward," Devoti said.
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Sandia also helps the state's economy through the New Mexico Small Business Assistance (NMSBA) program established by the state Legislature in 2000 to help companies receive technical support from the Lab. In 2010, the Sandia NMSBA provided nearly $2.4 million in technical assistance to 194 New Mexico small businesses in 22 counties. Since 2000, it has provided more than $19.8 million in assistance, according to the report.
The 33 companies in the Sandia Science & Technology Park, a 250-acre master-planned research park adjacent to the laboratories, employ more than 2,233 people at an average annual wage of $71,612. Investment in the park is more than $351 million.
Sandia National Laboratories is a multiprogram laboratory operated and managed by Sandia Corporation, a wholly owned subsidiary of Lockheed Martin Corporation, for the U.S. Department of Energy's National Nuclear Security Administration. With main facilities in Albuquerque, N.M., and Livermore, Calif., Sandia has major R&D responsibilities in national security, energy and environmental technologies, and economic competitiveness.
Sandia news media contact: Nancy Salem, mnsalem@sandia.gov, 505-844-2739
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Public release date: 26-Jan-2012[ | E-mail |
Share ] Contact: Nancy Salem
mnsalem@sandia.gov
505-844-2739
DOE/Sandia National Laboratories
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. Sandia National Laboratories spent close to $1 billion overall on the procurement of goods and services in fiscal year 2011, and small businesses across the nation were awarded more than half those dollars, $540 million or 59 percent, according to the Labs' latest economic impact report.
The 2011 Sandia National Laboratories Economic Impact on the State of New Mexico report breaks down Sandia's spending and spotlights its role in the state's economy. The annual report shows New Mexico companies secured nearly $400 million in business with Sandia.
"Sandia National Laboratories is committed to strengthening our relationships with the New Mexico business community and, in particular, to be a strong advocate for New Mexico's diverse, small business suppliers," said Don Devoti, manager of Sandia's Small Business Utilization Program.
Sandia reaches out to local businesses through a variety of programs. It holds public forums with the supplier community and civic leaders to discuss contracting opportunities, and lists contracts on its Business Opportunities Website. It supplies small and diverse business owners with information on doing business with Sandia and seeks qualified potential suppliers.
"Sandia's Small Business Utilization team and all of the procurement organization work diligently to seek out qualified, capable small businesses that Sandia can partner with to achieve our national security mission," Devoti said. "We continue to make ourselves available to the community, to be as transparent as possible with our procurement processes, to provide maximum contracting opportunities to small businesses and to be creative and innovative in our work approaches."
Here are some numbers showing Sandia's overall economic impact in 2011:
- $1.4 billion was spent on labor and non-contract-related payments.
- $921 million went to contract-related payments.
- $65.6 million was sent to the state of New Mexico for corporate taxes.
- $73 million was spent through procurement card purchases, in which Sandia employees use credit cards to buy low-priced commercial goods and services necessary to conduct business.
- Sandia employs 9,948 people, 8,856 of them in Albuquerque, according to the report.
The 2011 data is based on Sandia's fiscal year beginning Oct. 1, 2010, and ending Sept. 30, 2011. The report reflects Sandia's continued commitment to small business. Labs advocates encourage buyers to do business with small companies.
The Small Business Act mandates that federal contractors use small businesses, including those that are small disadvantaged, owned by women or veterans and service-disabled veterans, and small businesses in impoverished areas called Historically Underutilized Business (HUB) zones. Sandia's Small Business Utilization Department oversees the mandate and negotiates small business subcontracting goals with the National Nuclear Security Administration.
Sandia President and Laboratories Director Paul Hommert has expressed his full understanding and support of the Small Business Act. "Sandia National Laboratories has a long and distinguished record of encouraging and partnering with highly qualified, diverse small business suppliers who assist us in achieving our national security mission," he said. "We are fully committed to continuing this track record."
"We value the relationships forged with our current small business suppliers and within the New Mexico business community and look forward to developing new and enduring partnerships as we go forward," Devoti said.
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Sandia also helps the state's economy through the New Mexico Small Business Assistance (NMSBA) program established by the state Legislature in 2000 to help companies receive technical support from the Lab. In 2010, the Sandia NMSBA provided nearly $2.4 million in technical assistance to 194 New Mexico small businesses in 22 counties. Since 2000, it has provided more than $19.8 million in assistance, according to the report.
The 33 companies in the Sandia Science & Technology Park, a 250-acre master-planned research park adjacent to the laboratories, employ more than 2,233 people at an average annual wage of $71,612. Investment in the park is more than $351 million.
Sandia National Laboratories is a multiprogram laboratory operated and managed by Sandia Corporation, a wholly owned subsidiary of Lockheed Martin Corporation, for the U.S. Department of Energy's National Nuclear Security Administration. With main facilities in Albuquerque, N.M., and Livermore, Calif., Sandia has major R&D responsibilities in national security, energy and environmental technologies, and economic competitiveness.
Sandia news media contact: Nancy Salem, mnsalem@sandia.gov, 505-844-2739
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Climate scientists talk hurricanes, drought, with capitol staffers over lunch
Public release date: 27-Jan-2012[ | E-mail |
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Wednesday, Feb. 1, 2012 12 pm-1:30pm 2218 Rayburn House Office Building
Climate change has become a divisive topic in America. To shift the focus back on science, scientists from Columbia University are briefing members of Congress and their staff during the second annual Climate Science Day on Capitol Hill. Climate Science Day, organized by a range of national scientific organizations, gives scientists a chance to share their expertise with political leaders on climate-related topics such as hurricanes, drought and sea-level rise, and to convey the importance of fundamental climate research.
WHAT: Panel discussion: Spotlight on Weather and Climate Extremes
WHEN: Feb. 1, 2012, 12 pm-1:30pm
WHERE: 2218 Rayburn House Office Building, Capitol Hill, Washington D.C.
PRESS REGISTRATION/CONTACT: Kim Martineau, The Earth Institute kmartineau@ei.columbia.edu 646-717-0134.
Opening Remarks
U.S. Rep Eliot Engel, NY-17
Panelists
Lisa Goddard, Columbia University's International Research Institute for Climate and Society "Climate Forecasts that Matter"
Richard Seager, Columbia University's Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory "Droughts and Floods in the U.S."
Mingfang Ting, Columbia University's Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory "Warming in the North Atlantic, Hurricanes and Rainfall"
Moderator
Arthur Lerner-Lam, Interim Director, Columbia University's Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory
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Climate Science Day is a collaborative effort of the following organizations: American Association for the Advancement of Science, American Chemical Society, American Geophysical Union, American Meteorological Society, American Society of Agronomy, American Statistical Association, Columbia University and the Earth Institute, Crop Science Society of America, Geological Society of America, National Ecological Observatory Network, Soil Science Society of America, University Corporation for Atmospheric Research and the National Ground Water Association.
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The Earth Institute at Columbia University
Wednesday, Feb. 1, 2012 12 pm-1:30pm 2218 Rayburn House Office Building
Climate change has become a divisive topic in America. To shift the focus back on science, scientists from Columbia University are briefing members of Congress and their staff during the second annual Climate Science Day on Capitol Hill. Climate Science Day, organized by a range of national scientific organizations, gives scientists a chance to share their expertise with political leaders on climate-related topics such as hurricanes, drought and sea-level rise, and to convey the importance of fundamental climate research.
WHAT: Panel discussion: Spotlight on Weather and Climate Extremes
WHEN: Feb. 1, 2012, 12 pm-1:30pm
WHERE: 2218 Rayburn House Office Building, Capitol Hill, Washington D.C.
PRESS REGISTRATION/CONTACT: Kim Martineau, The Earth Institute kmartineau@ei.columbia.edu 646-717-0134.
Opening Remarks
U.S. Rep Eliot Engel, NY-17
Panelists
Lisa Goddard, Columbia University's International Research Institute for Climate and Society "Climate Forecasts that Matter"
Richard Seager, Columbia University's Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory "Droughts and Floods in the U.S."
Mingfang Ting, Columbia University's Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory "Warming in the North Atlantic, Hurricanes and Rainfall"
Moderator
Arthur Lerner-Lam, Interim Director, Columbia University's Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory
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Climate Science Day is a collaborative effort of the following organizations: American Association for the Advancement of Science, American Chemical Society, American Geophysical Union, American Meteorological Society, American Society of Agronomy, American Statistical Association, Columbia University and the Earth Institute, Crop Science Society of America, Geological Society of America, National Ecological Observatory Network, Soil Science Society of America, University Corporation for Atmospheric Research and the National Ground Water Association.
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Working too much is correlated with 2-fold increase in likelihood of depression
Thursday, January 26, 2012
The odds of a major depressive episode are more than double for those working 11 or more hours a day compared to those working seven to eight hours a day, according to a report is published in the Jan. 25 issue of the online journal PLoS ONE.
The authors, led by Marianna Virtanen of the Finnish Institute of Occupational Health and University College London, followed about 2000 middle aged British civil servants and found a robust association between overtime work and depression. This correlation was not affected when the analysis was adjusted for various possible confounders, including socio-demographics, lifestyle, and work-related factors.
There have been a number of previous studies on the subject, with varying results, but the researchers emphasize that it is hard to compare results across these studies because the cut-off for "overtime" work has not been standardized.
"Although occasionally working overtime may have benefits for the individual and society, it is important to recognize that working excessive hours is also associated with an increased risk of major depression", says Dr Virtanen.
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Thursday, January 26, 2012
Apple's 'Secret' Recipe for Success: Tech Giant Is ... - Yahoo! Finance
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The power of Apple's business model was on full display this week, when the company reported astonishingly strong fiscal first-quarter results. The company's shares surged on Wednesday, bringing Apple's market cap to over $416 billion, just a hair below ExxonMobil's as the world's most valuable company. (See: STAY STOKED APPLE FANS: This Should Be One Heck Of A Year!)
In his new book, Inside Apple, Fortune's Adam Lashinsky delves far beyond one quarter and seeks to understand what makes Apple so successful, and so unique.
His conclusion: "Think Different" isn't just a marketing slogan.
"They do things exactly the opposite from the way most companies do business and, indeed, the way business is taught in business school," Lashinsky says.
For example, while most Fortune 500 firms believe senior managers should be capable of performing multiple functions within an organization, Apple "values expertise," he says.
Similarly, while most companies focus on employee development and "upward mobility" within a firm, Lashinsky notes Apple's attitude is: "If you're really good at this, keep doing it."
Apple's famed design chief Jonathan Ive is a great example of how Apple does things different. Instead of grooming Ive to be Apple's next CEO ? as some outsiders wrongly speculated in recent years ? Apple let Ive do what he does best: Focus on design which, Lashinsky reports, is what he wants to do above all else.
Another way Apple is different ? very different ? is that while most companies value transparency and cooperation, Apple is opaque and keeps secrets, including from its own employees.
"It's not an exaggeration to compare [Apple] to the CIA or some other intelligence agency," Lashinsky says. "They believe everything that happens inside is a secret and that pertains not just to?outsiders but also internally. They don't share their secrets [and] you're expected to mind your own business."
This culture of secrecy may be off-putting to some, but Lashinsky speculates it helps limit the politicking and infighting that sometimes corrupts big companies. If you're not aware of what's going on in other departments -- or even within your department -- you're more inclined to focus on the task you've been assigned, he speculates; furthermore, intense dedication to the task at hand ? even seemingly 'simple' issues such as the design of the boxes for Apple products ? is also a big part of the Apple culture, and the lack of information about goings on elsewhere helps employees stayed focused.
In addition, Apple is organized along functional lines rather than product lines, meaning there is just one department for marketing, sales, finance, manufacturing, etc., instead of redundant department around different product lines as is common elsewhere. This too helps limit the creation of little fiefdoms and the "tiny kings" that often accompanying them.
As with almost everything at Apple, the firm's corporate culture flows from its co-founder Steve Jobs. A big question for Apple is whether the values Jobs instilled at the company will prevail after his passing. Lashinsky believes the culture is so deeply ingrained in new CEO Tim Cook and other Apple employees that it's destined to last for the foreseeable future, at least.
So far so (very) good, judging by the company's first full quarter since Jobs' death.
See also: Apple Reports Record Quarter: But Should the Company Heed Obama's Call to Bring Jobs Home?
Aaron Task is the host of The Daily Ticker. You can follow him on Twitter at @aarontask or email him at altask@yahoo.com.
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Candidate Gingrich Pushes a Moon Base, Other Space Initiatives
New thomas.kane writes "Newt Gingrich announced yesterday, while visiting Florida's Space Coast, a visionary plan for the future of space travel. He suggested a combination of the current private incentives and a government funded section, developing a moon base, commercial near earth orbit, and continuous propulsion systems to better reach Mars." "Visionary" seems an awfully positive spin on it; Gingrich is not the first President or presidential candidate to propose revisiting the moon ? and the moon seems like small potatoes, by some measures.
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Design Museum's aspirations for inspiration
Jessica Hamzelou, contributor
(Image: Amelia Webb)
London?s Design Museum has long been the iconic home of innovative design and engineering in the UK. Soon, the museum that showcased the likes of Yves B?har?s sustainable packaging for Puma will soon be packing up and leaving its home on the South Bank of the river Thames for pastures new, with the aim to put design and engineering once more on the map.
A team of architects are already at work planning the redevelopment of the museum?s new home, the Commonwealth Institute - a 1960s building abandoned in recent years and falling into decay. The big move will happen in 2014, by which point the space will have been redesigned so that visitors can take in pretty much the entire building from wherever they stand inside it. And, being three times the size of the current venue, it will have a lot more to offer.
The Commonwealth Institute resides in Kensington, in an area known as Albertopolis, a region famous for its cultural and educational sites. The design museum will be rubbing shoulders with the Victoria & Albert Museum, Royal Albert Hall, London?s Science and Natural History Museums and Imperial College, amongst others.
?We want to do for design what the Tate did for modern art,? says Deyan Sudjic, director of the museum. His vision is of a place that informs visitors how things are made, and why. ?The world is facing more problems that can be solved with design,? he says. And he hopes that the reinvigorated museum will inspire a new generation of designers and engineers.
Over 20 years after the museum?s first exhibition, founder Sir Terence Conran - the man who helped convince Margaret Thatcher to put design into the UK school curriculum - thinks that the world of design has changed. ?If I were leaving [art college] now I would team up with an engineer from Imperial College and try to make things of quality and ingenuity,? he explains.
Good design, Conran says, is key to improving a population?s quality of life. He hopes that the new museum?s site will help engender some of the passion for design held by other countries.?If you go to Scandinavian countries, design is part of their DNA,? Conran says. ?It?s not here in the UK, but it should be.?
For Jonathan Ive, Apple?s senior vice president of design, the Design Museum crucial to his design education. ?Design ultimately defines so much of our life and culture,? he says. ?Good design is terribly important, and the Design Museum has played a critical role in the last 20 years, and it?s role will be even more important in the next 20 years.?
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Oklahoma Senator's Proposal is Off the Deep End (ContributorNetwork)
COMMENTARY | It's a scenario that seems weirder than weird -- the idea that aborted fetuses could be used in food items is too icky to even be considered real. But an Oklahoma senator wants to pass a law to make sure such a thing never happens. According to the Associated Press, state Senator Ralph Shortey introduced a bill that would ban the use of aborted fetuses in food.
Really? We need a law for such a thing? Shortey conceded he isn't aware of any companies practicing such a thing, but he thought the bill would be a good idea just in case and to raise public awareness. Does the public really need to be aware of every Internet rumor and hoax and have it regulated by the government?
The AP stated Shortey had done research and found suggestions that some food manufacturing companies use embryonic stem cells from aborted fetuses to create artificial food flavorings. One would hope someone who is a close adviser to Shortey would explain to Shortey that you can't believe everything you read on the Internet. Really, you can't.
Most of us who use the Internet regularly have more than enough discernment to differentiate between what is probable and what is unlikely. Aborted fetus flavored snacks? Unlikely -- not too difficult to guess that one.
In reality, an organization known as Children of God for Life alleges that aborted fetal tissue is used in everything from food products to facial creams to medicines, according to the organization's website. The group accused food manufacturing companies such as PepsiCo and Nestle of using fetal tissue in their products but those companies have denied such claims and no real proof has been offered that the claims are valid.
While Oklahoma is not my home state and this bill is a state issue rather than federal, I still find it ridiculous. Oklahoma taxpayers should be outraged that their Legislature is spending time -- and money -- even discussing such a bill.
Perhaps Shortey should focus his time and energy on issues that need legislative attention such as poverty, unemployment, taxes, political corruption and government waste. These would be better ideas because they are real and definite needs, as opposed to the worry that food companies will try to sell us baby-flavored candy or infant additives in our breakfast cereals.
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Wednesday, January 25, 2012
Pakistan rejects U.S. report on NATO attack (Reuters)
ISLAMABAD (Reuters) ? Pakistan's military Monday rejected U.S. findings on a November 26 NATO cross-border air attack that killed 24 Pakistani soldiers, reducing the chances of a resolution of the dispute and an improvement in ties which are at their lowest in years.
"Pakistan does not agree with several portions and findings of the investigation report, as these are factually not correct," the military said in a statement after a detailed review of the U.S. investigation.
The U.S. report released on December 22 found both American and Pakistani forces were to blame for the incident near the Afghan border, inflaming already strained ties.
"Affixing partial responsibility of the incident on Pakistan is therefore unjustified and unacceptable," said the Pakistani military.
Pakistan responded to the attack by shutting down ground routes to supply U.S.-led NATO forces in Afghanistan and forced the United States to vacate an air base used to launch drone flights.
"This is going to affect the relationship. The relationship was already in the doldrums, it was in bad shape. I don't know if it has the capacity to get any worse," said Mahmud Durrani, a retired Pakistan army major general.
"It's very unusual because normally allies fight side by side."
Last week, a senior Pakistani security official told Reuters the routes would be reopened, but heavy tariffs would be imposed.
"The fundamental cause of the incident of 26th November, 2011, was the failure of U.S./ISAF (International Security Assistance Force) to share its near-border operation with Pakistan at any level," said the military.
The death of the Pakistani soldiers dug in along the mountainous, isolated border area, along with the initial NATO response, has incensed Pakistanis and marked yet another setback in the Obama administration's efforts to improve chronically troubled ties with an uneasy ally.
The U.S. military blamed Pakistani soldiers for firing at NATO forces as they prepared for a mission in the remote corner of eastern Afghanistan.
The U.S. investigation also conceded a critical error by U.S. troops, who told Pakistan the cross-border shooting was taking place about 9 miles away due to mapping error. Pakistan responded by saying it had no troops there.
Pakistan admitted that its posts engaged in "speculative "fire," including the use of mortar bombs, which the U.S. interpreted as hostile fire.
But it denies that it fired in the direction of the Afghan and NATO forces and was instead firing at "suspected militant movement."
(Additional reporting by Rebecca Conway and Chris Allbritton; Writing by Michael Georgy; Editing by Sanjeev Miglani)
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NJ synagogue bombings suspect seeks to move trial (AP)
HACKENSACK, N.J. ? The attorney for a teenager charged with firebombing two New Jersey synagogues says his office will seek to have the trial moved from the county where the attacks took place.
Robert Kalisch (KAY'-lihsh) is a public defender assigned to suspect Anthony Graziano. The 19-year-old Graziano pleaded not guilty Wednesday at an initial court appearance.
He was charged Tuesday with attempted murder, arson and bias intimidation for attacks in Paramus and Rutherford this month.
Kalisch says there's been too much publicity about the attacks in Bergen County to get a fair trial. He also says he'll push to have Graziano's $5 million bail lowered.
Authorities traced the materials in some of the bombs to a Walmart store and captured surveillance images of a man buying the materials, later identified as Graziano.
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