Average White Band poster, ca. 2000

The Average White Band's debut album, Show your hand, was released in 1973. The "classic funk and R & B" band included members Alan Gorrie, Owen "Onnie" McIntyre, Malcolm "Mollie" Duncan, Roger Ball, Robbie McIntosh, and Mike Rosen. Rosen was quickly replaced by Hamish Stuart. The band, comprised of Scotsmen, released a second album in 1974 that featured the US number 1/UK Top 10 single "Pick up the Pieces". That same year, Robbie McIntosh died of a heroin overdose and was replaced by Steve Ferrone. The song "Cut the Cake" from their third album made the US top 10, and subsequent releases in the late 1970s and early 1980s proved successful. The members largely pursued individual projects in the years that followed, but re-formed in 1989 (with original members Gorrie, Ball and McIntyre, and new members Alex Ligertwood and Eliot Lewis) and released the album Aftershock. Over the years, the band's members have changed, and the band is currently comprised of Onnie McIntyre, Rocky Bryant, Alan Gorrie, Fred "Freddy V" Vigdor and Klyde Jones. Their most recent album, Times Squared, was released in 2009.

Rotational analysis of the 5 1 0 6 1 0 band of formyl chloride

Please consult the paper edition of this thesis to read. It is available on the 5th Floor of the Library at Call Number: Z 9999 C54 L434 1989

Improving Short DNA Sequence Alignment with Parallel Computing

Variations in different types of genomes have been found to be responsible for a large degree of physical diversity such as appearance and susceptibility to disease. Identification of genomic variations is difficult and can be facilitated through computational analysis of DNA sequences. Newly available technologies are able to sequence billions of DNA base pairs relatively quickly. These sequences can be used to identify variations within their specific genome but must be mapped to a reference sequence first. In order to align these sequences to a reference sequence, we require mapping algorithms that make use of approximate string matching and string indexing methods. To date, few mapping algorithms have been tailored to handle the massive amounts of output generated by newly available sequencing technologies. In otrder to handle this large amount of data, we modified the popular mapping software BWA to run in parallel using OpenMPI. Parallel BWA matches the efficiency of multithreaded BWA functions while providing efficient parallelism for BWA functions that do not currently support multithreading. Parallel BWA shows significant wall time speedup in comparison to multithreaded BWA on high-performance computing clusters, and will thus facilitate the analysis of genome sequencing data.

Photograph - Robert Band as a child, cowboy outfit

Black and white photograph, 49 cm x 29 cm, of Robert Band as a child dressed in a cowboy outfit,

Photograph - Robert Band as a child, pond

Black and white photograph, 39 cm x 26 cm, of Robert Band as a child. The background is a pond and garden setting.

Photograph - Robert Band as a child

Black and white photograph, 31 cm x 26 cm, of Robert Band as a child [backdrop appears to be the Niagara River Parkway].

Photograph - Percy Band Eating Watermelon

Black and white, 12 ½ cm x 7 ½ cm photo of Percy Band eating watermelon. He is accompanied by a Margaret Woodruff. This photo also appears to have been cut from a scrapbook. There are 2 partial photos of 2 young couples on the back.

Photograph - Percy Band Eating Watermelon Close-up

Black and white photo of Percy Band eating watermelon. This picture is 5 cm x 4 cm.

Photograph - Margaret Julia Woodruff Band with Grandmother, Julia Amelia Canby Cleveland

Black and white photograph, enclosed in a folder, 13 ½ x 8 ½ cm, of Margaret Julia Woodruff Band as a child [with her grandmother Julia Amelia Canby Cleveland]. The photograph was taken by A. Joss, successor to E. Poole, St. Catharines, Ontario.

Photograph - Margaret Julia Woodruff Band as an adolescent

Black and white photograph, taken from a scrapbook, 10 cm. x 8 cm., of Margaret Julia Woodruff Band as an adolescent.

Photograph - Margaret Julia Woodruff Band in a Lace Dress

Black and white photograph, 17 cm x 13 ½, of Margaret Julia Woodruff Band in a seated position wearing a lace dress and a string of pearls. The photo was taken by Dudley Hoyt of New York.

Photograph - Margaret Julia Woodruff Band, Side Angle Lace Dress

Black and white photograph, 23 cm x 17 cm, of Margaret Julia Woodruff Band in a seated position, taken from a side angle. She is wearing a lace dress. The photo was taken by Dudley Hoyt of New York.

Photograph - Margaret Julia Woodruff Band, Lace Dress and Wide-Brimmed Hat

Black and white photograph, 23 cm x 17 cm, of Margaret Julia Woodruff Band in a seated position, wearing a lace dress and wide- brimmed hat. The photo was taken by Dudley Hoyt of New York.

Photograph - Margaret Julia Woodruff Band (Full Length Photograph)

Black and white photograph, 24 cm x 16 cm, of Margaret Julia Woodruff Band. This is a full length photograph in which she is wearing a lace dress. The photo was taken by Dudley Hoyt of New York.

Photograph - Margaret Julia Woodruff Band in a Wedding Dress

Black and white photograph, 17 cm x 13 cm, of Margaret Julia Woodruff Band in a seated position, wearing a wedding dress and veil. She is carrying flowers in her hand. A wedding band is evident in this photograph. The photo was taken by Dudley Hoyt of New York.