Salas makes seeds wary in upset run to tennis quarterfinals ...

WATERVILLE, Maine ? The end admittedly was abrupt for Isaac Salas.

But his road to the quarterfinals of the state high school singles tennis tournament was one rarely traveled.

Salas, a freshman from Camden and the Waynflete School in Portland, upended two seeded players to reach the final eight of the 48-player draw before being eliminated Saturday by second-seeded Justin Brogan of Falmouth at the Alfond-Wales Tennis Facility on the campus of Colby College.

?I knew I had to play big shots and I tried,? said Salas of his straight-set loss to Brogan. ?But he just hit everything back.?

Brogan will play third-seeded Matt Gilman of Cape Elizabeth in one boys semifinal Monday, with the other semifinal matching top-seeded Patrick Ordway ? the defending champion ? against No. 5 Jordan Friedland of Lincoln Academy in Newcastle.

Monday?s girls semifinals will include three players from Falmouth High School and top-seeded Maisie Silverman, a sophomore from Brunswick who reached last year?s final. Silverman will face fifth-seeded freshman Olivia Leavitt in one matchup, while No. 2 Annie Criscione will play No. 3 Analise Kump in a clash of Falmouth seniors.

Longtime tournament official Don Atkinson couldn?t remember the last time an unseeded player defeated two seeds to reach the quarterfinals, but Salas found himself in that position after upending No. 7 Jordan Doutreluigne of Oceanside of Rockland-Thomaston 6-4, 6-2 in the Round of 32 late Friday and No. 10 Jesse Butler of Deering of Portland 6-3, 6-1 in his Round of 16 match earlier Saturday.

Salas and Doutreluigne, an exchange student from Belgium, were familiar opponents, having met last fall at the Midcoast Recreation Center in Rockport.

?Whenever we played at MRC we always had really close matches, so I kind of knew what I needed to do,? said Salas. ?I needed to stay consistent, and I played well and he played well.?

Salas had similar success with Butler, a player he had lost to in a match last summer. After a relatively tight first set, Salas ? normally a baseline player ? became more aggressive as the match progressed.

?Mostly I just stayed consistent, tried to keep it deep and waited for a short ball to come in,? said Salas. ?I started to come in more in the second set.?

Salas, who plays third singles for Waynflete, which has won the last four Class B boys state team championships, was no match for Brogan, a sophomore who took Ordway to three sets in last year?s final before falling 3-6, 6-4, 6-3.

Brogan, who has lost just two games in his three tournament matches to date this year, swept to a 6-0, 6-0 victory that left Salas disappointed for the moment but ultimately not so low about his effort in reaching the quarters as a first-year high school player.

?I had a good tournament,? he said.

As expected, Ordway had little difficulty Saturday, as the junior dispatched No. 9 Satchel McCarthy of Cape Elizabeth 6-0, 6-0 in the quarterfinals after a 6-3, 6-1 victory over Jai Aslam of Messalonskee of Oakland.

Friedland, also a junior, scored the only boys quarterfinal upset, defeating No. 4 Tyler Adams of Bonny Eagle of Standish 6-3, 6-3 after ousting No. 12 Patrick Stewart of Bangor 6-4, 6-3 in the Round of 16.

Gilman, another junior, scored a 6-2, 6-0 quarterfinal victory over No. 11 Sam Leeman of Morse of Bath after Leeman had fought off a late-match cramping episode to outlast No. 6 Tyler Small of Ellsworth 6-1, 6-7 (4-7), 6-2 in the previous round.

The seeds also largely held on the girls side, with competition Saturday including just one three-set match, a Round of 16 marathon in which No. 8 Colleen O?Donnell of Waterville rallied from a 4-2 deficit in the final set to edge No. 9 Ashley Woodside of Hampden Academy 6-3, 2-6, 6-4.

?I?ve played a lot of players and none have ever hit as consistently as [O?Donnell] did,? said Woodside.

O?Donnell subsequently fell to Silverman 7-5, 6-1 in the quarters.

Leavitt lost just one game in her two matches Saturday, first defeating Wendy Goldman of Hall-Dale of Farmingdale 6-0, 6-0 in the Round of 16 before topping co-No. 12 seed Emma Blakeley of Camden Hills of Rockport 6-1, 6-0. Blakeley was coming off one of the bigger early round upsets of the tourney, having defeated No. 4 Mea Clark of Mount Desert Island of Bar Harbor 6-2, 6-2 in the Round of 16.

Kump defeated Hannah Potter of Yarmouth 6-1, 6-0 in her quarterfinal, while Criscione ? who like Kump lost in last year?s semifinals ? defeated No. 10 Shashanna Moll of Belfast 6-1, 6-1 in the quarters.

Moll, a junior who reached the Round of 16 last spring before being ousted by Silverman, advanced one additional round Saturday by defeating No. 7 Devri Ramsey of McAuley of Portland 6-3, 6-2 before squaring off against Criscione.

?I think I played how I usually play today,? said Moll after her Round of 16 victory. ?It definitely was a good day for me. I thought I kept my errors to a minimum, which is the hardest part of the game for me, keeping the errors out of my game.?

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Scientists find gold-plated fossil solution

Tuesday, May 22, 2012

An international team of scientists in the University of Leicester's Department of Geology has found a solution to a research problem involving fossils right next door - in the University's Chemistry Department.

Many objects, including fossils, can reveal a huge amount of scientific information when studied using the high power magnification of electron microscopes, but in order to study tiny fossils or microscopic details of larger fossils in this way, palaeontologists routinely coat the fossils with an ultra-thin layer of gold. This obviously changes the way the fossil looks, and so it is often necessary to remove the gold after analysis, but this is difficult and expensive and uses dangerous chemicals like cyanide.

University of Leicester chemists are developing industrial electro-plating and polishing techniques using liquid salts called 'ionic liquids' which are safe, cheap and environmentally friendly. Scientists from the two departments got together to see whether a similar process could be used on fossils. The work was supported by the Natural Environment Research Council (NERC).

They found that ionic liquids can remove gold quickly and easily without damaging even tiny, delicate fossils. The liquids are safe to handle, can be simply disposed of and can even dissolve the gold without affecting the glue that holds the fossil specimen in place for analysis.

Professor Mark Purnell, from the Department of Geology, said: "There are many cases where collecting the evidence required for research affects fossils or other objects in ways that might be considered as somewhat destructive ? gold coating for electron microscopy falls into this category. Understandably, this creates problems for places like museums which have to balance the value of research on their collections against the risk that specimens will be affected. This approach to gold removal offers a new way of tackling this problem that is safe for both researchers and the specimens."

Professor Andy Abbott, from the Department of Chemistry, added: "This is a very nice demonstration of the use of ionic liquids for metal recovery but it is just the tip of the iceberg as we are using this technology for the recycling of a wide range of alloys and waste materials. The University of Leicester is building a strong reputation for the development of sustainable materials."

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FTC: Skechers deceived consumers with shoe ads

WASHINGTON (AP) ? The government wants you to know that simply sporting a pair of Skechers' fitness shoes is not going to get you Kim Kardashian's curves or Brooke Burke's toned tush.

Skechers USA Inc. will pay $40 million to settle charges by the Federal Trade Commission that the footwear company made unfounded claims that its Shape-ups shoes would help people lose weight and strengthen their butt, leg and stomach muscles. Kardashian, Burke and other celebrities endorsed the shoes in Skechers ads.

The settlement, announced Wednesday, also involves the company's Resistance Runner, Toners, and Tone-ups shoes. Skechers made deceptive claims about those shoes, too, says the agency.

Consumers who bought the shoes will be eligible for refunds.

The commission settled similar charges with Reebok last year over its EasyTone walking shoes and RunTone running shoes. That $25 million agreement also provided customer refunds.

Skechers billed its Shape-ups as a fitness tool designed to promote weight loss and tone muscles with the shoe's curved "rocker" or rolling bottom ? saying it provides natural instability and causes the consumer to "use more energy with every step." Shape-ups cost about $100.

Ads for the Resistance Runner shoes claimed people who wear them could increase "muscle activation" by up to 85 percent for posture-related muscles and 71 percent for one of the muscles in the buttocks, said the FTC.

The commission says Skechers falsely represented that clinical studies backed up the company's claims about its toning shoes. The settlement bars Skechers from misrepresenting any tests, studies or research on its shoes in the future.

In Wednesday's court filing, Skechers says it disputes the charges and is pursuing additional studies.

The settlement is part of a broader agreement also being announced Wednesday ? a settlement resolving a multi-state investigation led by the attorneys general from Tennessee and Ohio and involving more than 40 states.

The company, based in Manhattan Beach, Calif., will provide $40 million for customer refunds in the federal case and $5 million to the states.

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Suu Kyi backs proposal to suspend US sanctions

WASHINGTON (AP) ? Myanmar democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi is cautiously backing a U.S. senator's proposal to suspend U.S. economic sanctions.

Suu Kyi said Tuesday that suspending, rather than eliminating, sanctions would send a message that the U.S. is trying to help the country move toward democracy, but would consider other steps if the Burmese people's aspirations aren't met.

Her comments, made during a video link-up organized by the George W. Bush Institute in Washington, followed Sen. John McCain's proposal Monday that the U.S. suspend all economic sanctions other than an arms embargo, as the European Union has done.

"This is a possible first step," Suu Kyi said from the main Myanmar city of Yangon. "I am not against the suspension of sanctions as long as the people of the United States think this is the right thing to do at the moment."

Suu Kyi has given a similar endorsement to the EU move. However, she cautioned Tuesday against undue optimism about the situation in the country, which is also known as Burma. She said political reform would only be irreversible when the military ? which has dominated government rule for five decades ? officially committed itself to democracy.

She did not elaborate, but later said a principal aim of her party was to reform the constitution, which guarantees a quarter of parliamentary seats to the military, and strengthen the legislature so it becomes "a genuine democratic institution."

The United States and other Western nations have moved to ease sanctions on Myanmar to reward it for its shift from oppressive and sometimes bloody direct military rule, particularly after Suu Kyi and her National League for Democracy swept special elections in April and won dozens of seats in parliament.

The U.S. has moved more cautiously than the EU. It is retaining trade restrictions and has yet to make clear what kind of investment it will allow. Human rights groups are especially opposed to investment in lucrative sectors such as oil, gas, mining and timber, where they say the interests of local people could be trampled, and where the military and its business cronies would be best-placed to cash in.

Suu Kyi is deeply respected on both sides of Congress, and her endorsement could smooth the way for the proposal by McCain, R-Arizona, and other lawmakers who want to ease all U.S. economic sanctions, while maintaining a blacklist of some Myanmar individuals and companies.

Despite widespread popular support and the remarkable changes Myanmar has seen over the past year, rights groups say reforms have yet to touch the lives of most of the people and Suu Kyi and her party have little institutional power. The party holds less than 7 percent of seats in parliament, which is dominated by the military and its proxies.

Suu Kyi on Tuesday acknowledged that the military, with its guaranteed bloc of 25 percent of the seats, could effectively block any amendment of the constitution as that requires a 75 percent majority vote.

Suu Kyi, who spent a total of 15 years under house arrest until her release in late 2010, also complained that 271 political prisoners named on a list submitted by her party were still being held despite government assurances. A January amnesty saw hundreds of prominent detainees freed.

"There should be no political prisoners in Burma if we are really headed to democratization," Suu Kyi said.

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Kim Kardashian might joke about rivaling the "tanning mom," but fellow reality star Snooki says she's over tanning -- at least, for the next several months.

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Feeding America charity leaves BlackBerry for Windows Phone

Feeding America, the nations leading domestic hunger-relief charity, has dumped the BlackBerry in favor of Windows Phone. We've heard of companies leaving BlackBerry for the iPhone, but this move is one of the first publicized migrations to Windows Phone. Obviously, Microsoft is spreading the news.

The move to Windows Phone strengthens Feeding Americas capabilities as it complements the organizations use of other Microsoft solutions including Microsoft Office 2010 and Microsoft Lync Server 2010.

Windows Phone provides a level of integration with Microsoft Exchange Server 2010, Microsoft SharePoint Server 2007 and Lync Server 2010 that are not available with the iPhone, iPad or Android, said Kevin Lutz, vice president of Technology at Feeding America.

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