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Mark Footitt produced an impressive display of fast bowling, taking 4-61, to help reduce Worcestershire to 221-6 at stumps on Day Two at The 3aaa County Ground, trailing Derbyshire by 135 runs.
Wayne Madsen's men secured a fourth batting bonus point during the morning session as, despite losing Alex Hughes for 74 early on, Tony Palladino (38*) and Footitt (11) hit some late blows to help post 356.
Footitt got the early wicket Derbyshire wanted when Richard Oliver handed him a caught and bowled for just a single.
A stand between Daryl Mitchell (67) and Tom Fell (70), however, frustrated the hosts who went wicketless during the afternoon session, with Worcestershire 126-1 at the Tea interval.
Sales of Derbyshire's Snazzy Socks, that were first on sale at the Old Speckled Hen Chesterfield Festival of Cricket, in association with Chesterfield Borough Council; have now gone through 200, raising over £1,000 for the Cricket Derbyshire Foundation.
The Snazzy Socks were produced in partnership with Briggs of Burton Plc as a dedication to Keith Poynton. Keith was a Director of Briggs with a career spanning 42 years. He had started as an apprentice on the manufacturing shop floor and is remembered fondly by everyone at the company.
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Billy Godleman, Wayne Madsen and Alex Hughes all struck half-centuries as Derbyshire closed on 323-8 on the opening day versus Worcestershire at The 3aaa County Ground.
The hosts won the toss and elected to bat first and made a good start through Ben Slater (29) and Godleman who added 41 runs for the first wicket.
Godleman and Madsen then put on 112 for the second wicket before Tom Kohler-Cadmore caught Derbyshire's Captain at slip for 56 (10 fours) off Charlie Morris.
The same combination of Morris and Kohler-Cadmore accounted for Godleman too, who went for 55 (6 fours) with Derbyshire 164-3.
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Graeme Welch's have won their last two Championship fixtures, against Gloucestershire and Glamorgan in July, and have since enjoyed a good run in the Royal London One-Day Cup competition which was ended at the quarter-final stage on Tuesday.
Derbyshire are now back in red-ball action with the visit of Daryl Mitchell's Worcestershire side.
After recently re-signing for the county on loan until the end of the season, Wayne White is in line to make his first appearance for Derbyshire since 2008, while batsman Chesney Hughes has also returned to a 13-man four-day squad.
The Pears have enjoyed a successful 2014 campaign to date, and sit 25 points clear at the top of Division Two.
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The 20-year-old has progressed to the first team from the Cricket Derbyshire Academy - in partnership with the University of Derby - making six appearances to date and taking six wickets.
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During his time on the sideline, Poynton has been working within the Club as Partnerships Manager and played a significant role in setting the up the recently-launched Cricket Derbyshire India Club.
Poynton is now looking forward to joining back up with his teammates and getting back on the field, starting with pre-season at the beginning of November.
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"The aim is to have a full pre-season. The guys are back in for pre-season on November 4, so if I can be fully functional by that time to participate in all the activities then that would be brilliant.
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I found a few more sources and found mention of "Status V" densitometry - V for Visual. Of course, no one has gone into enough detail to actually describe the spectral characteristics of the Status V filter. But they did say that they were designed to replicate human vision for densitometric purposes. I suspect that the Gretag Visual filter that was discussed above would comform to this specification, as Gretag seems to know what they are doing when it comes to constructing densitmeters. But as we've seen, the filter used in the D-200 II densitometer, doesn't completely cover the range of human vision. But for densitometric purposes, it is probably sufficient. If more detail about the transmission characteristics of a material are needed, then Gretag and others will gladly sell us a spectrophotometer, which will be able to make density measurements on a wavelength by wavelength basis (or at least every 10 nm according to some of Gretag's brochures).Originally Posted by gainer
But along with the type of filters used are requirements on sensor position, light sources...
But if we both have densitometers, and the are both deisgned and contructed to conform to ANSI/ISO specifications that I assume are out there, and the filters used in them conform to the specifications as well, then we should get directly comparable results.Originally Posted by gainer
I would suggest that if we had the same filtration, that doing that would go a long way towards getting comparable results. At least we would be looking at the same band of wavelengths. And since most light sources used in densitometers are going to be incandescent, and even with the small range of color temps that those sources may have, they should be close as well. So that leaves detectors - I would be surprised if any modern densitometers use CdS cells (too sluggish and not much linear range) - I bet Si photodiodes are much more likely. Whether they go to the effort of using a Silicon Blue diode or not, I don't know. If they intend to do UV measurements, then it is probably not used as they drop off response faster than a regular Si photodiode.
I looked around the ISO site, and they do have several specs on densitometry, but at around $50 a standard, I have to pass on getting them. I'll see if I can find a library that has some of them around here...
I agree completely. Problems arise with materials that are not fairly neutral.Originally Posted by gainer
I agree with you when you say we should get better agreeable results if we are both using narrow-band filters. In fact, I'll go further and claim that if we used filters that only transmitted very narrow bands of light, say like if we used a monochromator which could give us bands of light as narrow as a couple of wavelengths, then we should get identical results (within experimental error) as the response curve of the detector and the spectral distribution of the light source will not matter. There will essentially be no slope or curve to either one of those things to come into play. As you have pointed out before, we have reduced all the sources for error down to simply the measurements of the incident vs. the transmitted light.Originally Posted by gainer
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I feel fortunate that the guys and the class that I am in now is very competitive and no one is bagging it. We also usually have one of the largest classes.
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Things are back to square one at Mahboob Chowk bird market. Two days after the Forest Department personnel conducted raids and seized about 500 endangered species of birds put up for sale, business has resumed again in full swing.
A visit to the market proves that not much has changed after the raids except the fact that traders are not displaying the scheduled birds. Apparently, they do not want to lose their collection, but once things settle down the trade in endangered species will resume again, feel animal welfare activists.
During the raids conducted on February 23, the officials rescued endangered species like Parakeet, Munia, Kites, Indian Roller, Starlings, Shikra, Owls, and Owlets. The rescued birds were later shifted to the Nehru Zoological Park.
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Faith is one of the reasons for the flourishing business at the market. A large number of people head to the market to procure birds and free them. However, it is mostly crows and sparrows that are set free for many believe that the practice wards off evil. A few people also visit the market to procure pigeons and love birds that are reared.
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Marc Lievremont believes France's poor first quarter in the Test against the Springboks cost them the match.
An evenly contested and physical encounter was expected heading into Saturday's clash at Newlands earlier in the week. Both teams didn't disappoint in terms of physicality and intensity, however it were the Boks who delivered and beat France convincingly in their second Test of the season.
France head coach Lievremont believed that their errors at the start of the game created their downfall. They trailed 17-0 by the first quarter after the Boks scored two early tries through No 8 Pierre Spies and wing Gio Aplon while flyhalf Morne Steyn added two conversions and a penalty.
'It is difficult to find a word to describe our performance today. We knew it was going to be physical and we came to South Africa with great expectations,' Lievremont told keo.co.za. 'However, our first 20 minutes were catastrophic. When we gave the Boks the lead it was always going to be difficult to come back. We did not plan a poor start like that.
'I believe we were physical enough and we had moments of interesting play, but the Springboks were opportunistic in their approach from the outset. They did well to capitalise on our errors in the first 20 minutes and there was not much we could do to get back into the game. The game was sealed when the Boks scored the intercept try [Aplon's second] in the second half.'
Skipper Thierry Dusautoir was just as critical about his team's start to the match.
'I don't think there were any problems with our rhythm, it was just the first 20 minutes that cost us. The Boks exploited our errors we committed early on,' said Dusautoir.
'I don't think the new law interpretations had a big effect as well. At one point, I didn't realise we were playing under new law interpretations. The only difference was at the tackle point where we had to roll away after the tackle. The Boks did well to co-operate with the referee.'
While the French were mainly humble after their defeat to the Boks, there were some complaints from Lievremont.
'There was difficulty in preparing for the match with the World Cup being hosted in South Africa. It was also tough after a long season for the French players, especially achieving the Grand Slam and with two French clubs making the European Cup final. This made things tough,' said Lievremont
'I appreciate what my players did today as they produced a quality performance. I think we corrected some things at half-time. The Bok forwards were very physical but they did us some favours by giving us possession after several kicks.'
France now head off to Argentina where they will play an invitational XV next weekend. Lievremont's men will have another Test against Argentina on 26 June.
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|213 counts of premeditated murder for the Nairobi bombing and 11 more for the attack in Dar es Salaam, conspiracy to use weapons of mass destruction and several lesser charges.[1]
|Abdel-Majed Abdel Bary
Adel Mohammed Abdel Magid Abdel Bari (Arabic: عادل محمد عبد المجيد عبد الباري; born 24 October 1960) is an Egyptian militant who, together with fellow Egyptian citizen Ibrahim Hussein Abdel Hadi Eidarous until the latter's death, was in the custody of the United Kingdom since 1999,[2] fighting extradition to the United States, where they were wanted[3] in connection with the 1998 United States embassy bombings in East Africa. Both men were extradited to the United States in October 2012.[4]
On a return trip from the United States to Egypt via the UK in 1991, Abdel Bari applied for political asylum. It was granted in 1993.[5] While at large in London he worked for al-Qaeda's Advice and Reform Committee under al-Fawwaz and alongside Eidarous. In October, Bari contacted Mahmoud Jaballah to mention he was shipping him several books and periodicals, including al-Mujahideen and al-Faqr for distribution in Canada, and copies of the Shifaa and some audiocassettes he asked him to forward on to Thirwat Shehata.[6]
He was sentenced to death in absentia in Egypt in 1995 for his part in the 1995 plot to blow up the Khan el-Khalili market, along with Ahmad Ibrahim al-Sayyid al-Naggar and Ahmad Salama Mabruk.[5][7][8]
In 1998, Bari advised Naggar to request asylum in the UK, so Naggar could help convince Hani Sibai to support the Algerian GIA in media communiques.[9] He was arrested in September 1998 in the UK as part of Operation Challenge, which arrested seven men living in Britain through use of the Prevention of Terrorism Act 1989, accusing them of links to al-Jihad.[6][10]
According to the U.S. indictment, Abdel Bari communicated by satellite phone with Ayman al-Zawahiri, Zawahiri invited Abdel Bari into the British component of Egyptian Islamic Jihad (EIJ), and Abdel Bari accepted, promising to obey the EIJ leadership. Abdel Bari and Eidarous are also accused of issuing statements to several press organizations shortly after the embassy bombings, in which they claim to represent the perpetrators. He received an additional life sentence in absentia in the 1999 case of the Returnees from Albania, in which he was convicted of being a media agent of EIJ and the head of EIJ's London component.[citation needed]
The United States extradited Bary to New York on 5 October 2012 to face charges including "murder, conspiracy to use weapons of mass destruction".[11] He was ultimately charged with 213 counts of premeditated murder for the Nairobi bombing and 11 more for the attack in Dar es Salaam, as well as conspiracy to use weapons of mass destruction and several lesser charges.[1]
On September 19, 2014, Bari pled guilty to three counts of the indictment before Judge Lewis A. Kaplan. Charges to which he pled guilty were cited as including conspiring to kill U.S. nationals, conspiring to make a threat to kill, injure, intimidate, and damage and destroy property by means of an explosive, and making such a threat. According to the indictment, Bary transmitted, via international telephone calls to the media, the contents of al Qaeda's claims of responsibility for the August 7, 1998, bombings of the United States Embassies in Nairobi, Kenya, and Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, which killed 224 people. The next day, he transmitted threats of future attacks by the same terrorists, to media organizations in France, Qatar and the United Arab Emirates. Bary additionally arranged for messages to be transmitted to and from members of the media to his co-conspirators, including Osama bin Laden and his successor Ayman al-Zawahiri. Judge Kaplan did not immediately accept the plea deal and gave the lawyers for the government and Bary one week to submit letters why he should accept the plea deal. A prosecutor said Bari engaged in no overt acts which resulted in the murders themselves.[12][13] Two co-defendants, Khalid al Fawwaz and Abu Anas al Libi, are scheduled to commence trial on November 3, 2014 before Judge Kaplan. [14]
On February 6, 2015, Bari was sentenced to 25 years in prison as a result of a plea bargain.[15]
Personal life[edit]
Adel Abdel Bari and his wife Ragaa are the parents of British rapper Abdel-Majed Abdel Bary, who, in August 2014, was described as a "key suspect" in the hunt for Jihadi John, an Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (also known as ISIL or ISIS) member of a cell known as The Beatles.[16]
- ^ a b Gould, Martin. "Father of Jihadi John suspect 'was one of Bin Laden's closest lieutenants'". Daily Mail. Retrieved 9 October 2014.
- ^ "Two Arrested in U.S. Embassy Bombings", Washington Post, July 12, 1999.
- ^ Copy of indictment USA v. Usama bin Laden et al., Center for Nonproliferation Studies, Monterey Institute of International Studies
- ^ "Five extradited terrorism suspects appear in U.S. courts", The Denver Post; accessed September 2, 2014.
- ^ a b UNHCR information on Abdel Bari and other Egyptians, originally from the Government of Canada; accessed September 2, 2014.
- ^ a b Canadian Security Intelligence Service, "Summary of the Security Intelligence Report concerning Mahmoud Jaballah", February 22, 2008; accessed September 2, 2014.
- ^ al-Ahram, Military trial for bombing suspects, November 5-11, 1998.
- ^ Egypt's most wanted, al-Ahram Weekly, October 18, 2001.
- ^ Pargeter, Alison. "The New Frontiers of Jihad", p. 54
- ^ Hoge, Warren. New York Times, "Britain arrests 7 suspected of links to Bin Laden", September 24, 1998.
- ^ "Three Alleged International Terrorists Extradited from Great Britain". U.S. Attorney's Office. 2012-10-06. Retrieved 21 September 2014.
- ^ "International Terrorism Defendant Pleads Guilty in Manhattan Federal Court - NSD - Department of Justice". Retrieved November 19, 2014.
- ^ "Judge concerned over U.S. embassy bombing case guilty plea". Yahoo News. September 19, 2014. Retrieved November 19, 2014.
- ^ "International Terrorism Defendant Pleads Guilty in Manhattan Federal Court - NSD - Department of Justice". Retrieved November 19, 2014.
- ^ "Egyptian Gets 25-Year Term in 1998 Embassy Bombings; Judge Calls Plea Deal Generous". NYTimes.com. Retrieved November 19, 2014.
- ^ "James Foley beheading 'key suspect' former U.K. rapper", thestar.com; accessed September 2, 2014.


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Mark Kvamme (center), interim chief investment officer and president of JobsOhio, visited Crystal Diagnostics with his staff, Kent State University and NorTech representatives, and members of the Crystal Diagnostics board of directors.
Kent State University received Mark Kvamme, the newly installed interim chief investment officer and president of JobsOhio, on Tuesday, July 26. JobsOhio is the private economic development agency established by Gov. John Kasich and the Ohio legislature. Kvamme visited the university's Centennial Research Park and three Portage County manufacturing firms that are all licensees of technology developed through research at Kent State's Liquid Crystal Institute®.
Prior to visiting Kent State's Centennial Research Park, at an event organized by NorTech, Kvamme participated in a roundtable meeting at Kent Displays Inc. (www.kentdisplays.com) to discuss the FlexMattersSM Cluster, a high-growth economic sector tracked and promoted by NorTech. "As members of the FlexMatters Cluster and partners with NorTech to promote regional economic development, we think Mr. Kvamme's visit highlights the tremendous manufacturing capabilities concentrated in the city of Kent and Portage County," says Kent State Vice President for University Relations Iris Harvey, who participated in the round-table discussion.
Created in 1965, Kent State's Liquid Crystal Institute is the most comprehensive research and educational center in the field of liquid crystals. The applications of breakthrough findings at the institute have had an impact on the world, from liquid crystal display (LCD) televisions to computer monitors to new electronic devices, like the iPad.
Kvamme toured the Kent State Centennial Research Park and its two tenants. Centennial Research Park provides space and support for specialized companies to thrive and grow near the university and its other partners. The 41,000-square-foot research park houses two high-tech companies – AlphaMicron Inc. (www.alphamicron.com) and Crystal Diagnotics (www.crystaldiagnostics.com) – that have their roots in liquid crystal research activities launched at Kent State.
Founded in 1997 by former faculty members of Kent State's Liquid Crystal Institute, AlphaMicron designs and manufactures high-tech military and consumer products. AlphaMicron was the first in the world to market a flexible liquid crystal device, and in 2008, it landed the single largest award from the the Ohio Third Frontier program for $5 million for research related to its commercial windows project. Crystal Diagnostics, formerly known as Pathogen Systems Inc., was founded in 2006 as a licensee of fundamental liquid crystal biosensor technologies developed jointly by a research partnership between Kent State and Northeast Ohio Medical University (NEOMED), previously known as the Northeastern Ohio Colleges of Medicine and Pharmacy or NEOUCOM.
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Following the round table, Kvamme toured Kent Displays' facility. Kent Displays was the first successful spin-off of the Liquid Crystal Institute and was founded in 1993 and funded primarily by Manning Ventures of Rochester, N.Y. The company is a world leader in research, development and manufacture of Reflex™ No Power liquid crystal displays for unique applications, such as electronic skins, writing tablets, smartcards and eReaders. Last year, Kent Displays launched a hot new consumer electronics product, the Boogie Board™ LCD Writing Tablet, an ecologically friendly, paperless product.
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Chennai: Over 70,000 girl students have passed through the portals of the Justice Basheer Ahmed Sayeed (JBAS) College, since its inception 50 years ago as a part of the South Indian Education Trust (SIET),Moosa Raza, the trust chairman, said.
Of the 70,000, only 35 per cent belonged to the Muslim community, Mr. Raza said. The college housed 6,000 students, 40 departments and 300 staff members for day and evening sessions. 'Though the college aims to educate girls belonging to the minority community, no such criteria is applied while recruiting teaching staff,' he said.
The JBAS College offers kindergarten classes to research programmes, all on the same premises.
The college has sent a proposal to the All-India Council for Technical Education to set up a centre for management studies and information technology, Mr. Raza said.
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Listing the college's future plans, Mr. Raza said Donald Duncan, an educational consultant from Canada, was evolving a roadmap for growth. The University of Madras has sought autonomy status for the college. 'We also plan to buy land this year to expand the college,' he said.
Salma Salahuddin, college principal, said it has been proposed to start a postgraduate course in human rights as well as values in education in 2006-07 and a course in sports psychology.
A gym for women would be set up, she said. The college planned to start a number of job-oriented courses.
As part of the golden jubilee celebrations of the college, the various departments will hold seminars, discussions and workshops.
The valedictory session of the golden jubilee will be held in March.
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and several Union Ministers were expected to participate, Mr. Raza said.
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Thiruvananthapuram: Like most medical students, George Koruth finds little time for fun and amusement in between his busy academic schedule. Yet, every Saturday evening, the 24-year-old final-year student at the Government Medical College, Thiruvananthapuram makes it a point to call on a group of elderly people who have little in common with him.
"I come here every week, just to spend time with the elderly people here and engage them in various activities. It is truly a humbling experience for me," says George about his interaction with Alzheimer's patients at 'Snehasadanam,' a dementia care centre at Chaka under the Kerala chapter of the Alzheimer's and Related Disorders Society of India (ARDSI).
George is a volunteer at 'Snehasadanam.' The centre, which is one of the only two such institutions in the State under the ARDSI, has nine patients including seven in-patients. On Sunday, workers, volunteers, patients and their families got together at the centre to observe World Alzheimer's Day. A seminar on Alzheimer's and an Onasadhya was also held as part of the programme.
"My work here is to engage the patients in various activities. Being active and moving around is very important for Alzheimer's patients. The best thing you can do to them is to talk or keep them active in what is most interesting to them," says George.
Like George, the majority of the caretakers and staff at Snehasadanam are young people for whom taking care of the ailing Alzheimer's patients is more than just a job. Right from feeding them to dealing with their incontinence, these caretakers go through all the difficulties encountered by the patients and try to help them overcome the problems. Alzheimer's disease is a degenerative brain disorder. Memory loss, cognitive impairment and wandering tendency are some of the major symptoms of the disease.
"The most important thing about looking after Alzheimer's patients is to not irritate the patients and to not get irritated yourself," says Sheena Philip, the 24-year-old administrator of the centre. "They should never feel abandoned. Even though it could be very difficult to get along with their whims, we should try to keep them happy and contented as far as possible," said Ms. Philip who stays at the centre round-the-clock along with another nurse.
While Alzheimer's disease in itself is devastating for the patients, it also takes its toll on those who take care of them. The relatives and immediate family members may also require professional help and counselling to take care of their sick kin, says Snehasadanam director Abraham Simon.
"Before starting this centre, the ARDSI Kerala Chapter had been involved in creating awareness about Alzheimer's disease and patients. Ideally, we should try to retain the patients in the surrounding that is most conducive to them and is most live in their memory. But this may not be always possible," Mr Simon said. It is also important to not ask them negative questions and keep challenging their memory, he said.
While the ARDSI Kerala Chapter is active since 1992, it is only in January 2008 that a full-time centre for Alzheimer's patients was started under its aegis in the city. It is the growing number of Alzheimer's cases that led to the establishment of the centre. "Even the facilities here are not sufficient compared to the enquiries we receive. We cannot cater to patients who depend on tube-feeding and respiratory supplies. We are thinking of upgrading the facilities but financial and space constrains pose hurdles," Mr. Simon said.


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Patrice Leconte's "Monsieur Hire" is a tragedy about loneliness and erotomania, told about two solitary people who have nothing else in common. It involves a…
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Barbara's annual playful piece about cats in this year's Cannes offerings.
An essay on how technology has rendered us a one-handed species.
Historic Occasion: The Little Rock Nine will be awarded the Lincoln Leadership Prize on May 18th in Chicago
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An FFC reviews "The Motel Life", which just played at Ebertfest.
Jacques Audiard's "Dheepan" took the Palme d'Or at the 68th Cannes Film Festival.
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The Grand Poobah shared the following recently and which struck me as just the thing to put in here - for it amounts to someone inventing a moving still akin to those seen on the front page of Harry Potter's famous newspaper."You know how people sometimes say that jazz is the only truly American art form? Animated GIFs are like the jazz of the internet: they could only exist, and be created and appreciated, online. That said, PopTart Cat is not exactly on par with Thelonious Monk. But photographer Jamie Beck and motion graphics artist Kevin Burg may have finally found a way to elevate the animated GIF to a level approaching fine art, with their "cinemagraphs" -- elegant, subtly animated creations that are "something more than a photo but less than a video." - fastcodesignAnd sadly, they won't work in here; Movable Type doesn't like animated gifs. It's easily solved however, just visit Far Better Than 3-D: Animated GIFs That Savor A Passing Moment to see an assortment in play!
Dalton Trumbo's "Johnny Got His Gun" seemed for years to be one of those novels that could never be made into a movie. It took place entirely within the mind of a soldier who was so grievously wounded in World War I that he had only the most tenuous contact with the world. He had no arms, no legs, no sight or hearing, no way to speak.


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Configuring SAP R/3 FI/CO is the only book of its kind: a detailed, practical guide to configuring R/3's two most popular modules. Written by the experts responsible for R/3 configuration in a Fortune 200 company, it provides detailed instructions and examples for all the Financial and Controlling submodules—information that will help you make good on your company's sizable investment.
Coverage includes:
Visit this book's companion Web site at www.virtuosollc.com for additional coverage of FI/CO configuration techniques.
Although it is a must-read for people new to configuration, we also feel that configuration "old-timers" can pick up a trick or two from this chapter. Before beginning, it is important to note that the terms customization and configuration are used interchangeably throughout the book.
Specifically, we will cover the following topics in this chapter:
SAP R/3 is the client/server version of the software. The "3" in R/3 stands for the three-tiered client/server architecture. SAP R/2 is the mainframe version of the software. The "2" in R/2 stands for the two-tiered mainframe architecture. There are several releases of R/3, ranging from 2.x to 4.x. Throughout this book, we will be using version 3.1h. Although there have been several changes in the 4.x releases, much of the functionality covered in this book is unchanged in version 4.x. Some of the screens may have changed in later releases, and there may be new functionality available, but the process of configuration remains the same regardless of the release. The goal of this book is not to teach you how to implement one specific solution, but to teach you how to configure. Attempting to cover every possible configuration scenario you might encounter would be an impossible task. After reading the book, you will be able to apply what you learned to configure your system based on your business requirements. Throughout the book, we use the terms SAP and R/3 interchangeably to refer to the SAP R/3 system.
We've listed some common terms that explain different parts of the SAP system; you will see them used throughout the book:
ABAP (ABAP/4) ABAP/4 stands for Advanced Business Application Programming/4th Generation Language. SAP is coded in ABAP ABAP is also used for any extensions or extra programs that are written for SAP. ABAP is similar to other fourth-generation languages and is a first cousin of COBOL, without the JCL.
Basis Generally SAP projects, and the folks who work on them, are lumped into two groups-technical and functional. The technical system includes ABAP, database administration, transport management, security, authorizations, and so on. Basis is a subset of the technical folks; they take care of all technical components of the system except for ABAP. The Basis group, in more common terms, consists of your project Database Administrators (D.B.A.s) plus more.
Variant A variant is a specific setting that is saved when a program is executed. Some data input screens allow you to save and execute variants. Variants can also be created in the program maintenance screen of the program. Using variants is a good way to save time because they allow you to execute a routine transaction without having to enter all of the parameters needed by the program every time.
Menu path SAP, like most client/server applications, utilizes menus to allow a user to navigate through the system. When we refer to or list menu paths in the book, we are starting from the root menu and progressing down through each menu hierarchy to reach the needed transaction. When we refer to only the menu path, we are talking about the Implementation Guide (IMG) menu path. SAP application menu paths are explicitly noted.
Transaction code A transaction code is a four-character code that is entered in the command field on the toolbar. Transaction codes are not case sensitive. SAP provides two ways of executing a transaction, via a menu path or a transaction code. It is important to note that, unless you are at the main SAP menu or the main menu of a submodule such as G/L, it is necessary to include /N or l0 before the transaction code in order to execute a transaction in a different module. For example, if you are currently in the Cost Center accounting module in the screen used to create cost centers and you want to enter a G/L document (transaction code FBO 1 ), you must enter /NFBO1 or /OFBO1 to execute the transaction. /N takes you back to the root menu and then executes the transaction code. /O opens up a new session and then executes the transaction code. Remember, you can only have six open sessions of SAP at once.
Parameter ID A parameter ID is a special identifier given to some fields in SAP. It can be stored in your user profile with its default values. For example, the parameter ID for company code is BUK. A user who is responsible only for entering documents in company code 1000 would set up the BUK parameter ID with a default of 1000 in their user profile. By specifying this parameter ID, the user will never have to enter the company code in a transaction; the company code will automatically default to 1000. Parameter IDs are stored in the technical information field screen. An explanation of how to display the Technical Information screen is included in "Finding the Table to Configure" later in this chapter.
Batch input session A batch input session stores values to be entered during a normal system transaction. Some transactions automatically create batch input sessions because of the heavy processing required. To complete the transaction, you must select the batch input session and then run the batch input session manager. Batch input sessions are also the way in which most data transfer programs are executed. A good way to think of a batch input session is to think of it as a macro. A macro uses standard functioning to input data that is stored to automate a repeated task. You can use transaction code SM35 to run and manage batch input sessions.
Jobs A job is similar to a batch input session in that it executes a standard SAP transaction in the background, usually at night. Jobs are set up and scheduled for processor-intensive transactions and reports. If you do not correctly specify the print parameters on a print request, your print request will be stored as a job. This means that, when you start a print transaction from within SAP and you do not check the Print Immediately box, the print request is stored in the print spool as a job and has to be manually released through the job manager to print. Your company's Basis group usually manages jobs...
Chapter 1: Configuration Tools.
Chapter 2: Financial Accounting Enterprise Structure.
Chapter 3: General Ledger.
Chapter 4: Accounts Payable.
Chapter 5: Accounts Receivable.
Chapter 6: Treasury.
Chapter 7: Controlling (CO) Enterprise Structure.
Chapter 8: Cost Element Accounting.
Chapter 9: Cost Center Accounting.
Chapter 10: Internal Order Accounting.
Chapter 11: Profitability Analysis.
Chapter 12: Profit Center Accounting.
Chapter 13: Investment Management.
Appendix A: Useful Transaction Codes, Tables and Programs.
Posted November 1, 2006
It a concise and clear book on all configuration. However Asset accounting is not covered and the screen is not really updated from the latest release, you may need to mix and match certain screen on ver 4.6 release compared to the screen capture in the book. Hope to see asset accounting covered in the latest release and an updated release for ver 4.7 or 5.0Was this review helpful? Yes NoThank you for your feedback. Report this reviewThank you, this review has been flagged.
Posted November 5, 2003
All the sub modules are covered very well. It really helped me in understandng the subject very well. But unfortunately Asset Accounting Configuration is totally omitted. Is there any special reason for this omission?Was this review helpful? Yes NoThank you for your feedback. Report this reviewThank you, this review has been flagged.
Posted November 10, 2002
Found this book extremely helpfull when trying to set up a sinplified configuration scheme. After understanding the basics from the set up you can get advanced very quickly. The book is very user friendly and gets to the configuration immediately. Great book for those days when you just want to skip the many hours trying to understand SAP documentation... not to mention trying to find adequate documentation. This book will absolutely save you thousands. SAP courses are not cheap but this book is. One downfall is that it excludes Fixed Assets and Travel Management. Have been looking for a newer version that will get even more indepth but have not found it yet. This book will help you through about 80% of you configuration needs the other 20% will have to come from other material, consultants, reading SAP documentation or just getting in there and configuring on your own.Was this review helpful? Yes NoThank you for your feedback. Report this reviewThank you, this review has been flagged.
Posted August 30, 2000
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I have found a 3-digit perfect square, a 3-digit perfect cube and a 4-digit triangular number that between them use 10 different digits, with no leading zero. (Triangular numbers are those that fit the formula n(n+1)/2, like 1, 3, 6, 10, 15.)
I have also found a 3-digit perfect square, a 3-digit triangular number and a 4-digit perfect cube that between them use 10 different digits, with no leading zero.
What are my two 4-digit numbers?
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Comedian George Carlin is dead at 71. The Nation pays tribute to "America's most consistently savage social commentator."
Pete Seeger talks about music and activism with one of the country's most effective young grassroots leaders, Majora Carter.
The Nation's Christopher Hayes discusses the tone-deafness of the McCain campaign and the reemergence of Rudy Giuliani as a GOP attack dog.
CBS News Chief Foreign Correspondent Lara Logan feels responsible for Americans not understanding what's going on in Iraq and Afghanistan.
Phil Donahue talks about his experience as a talk show host on MSNBC during the buildup to the invasion of Iraq.
McCain has received millions in donations from the same companies that helped the Bush administration create an energy plan that has helped raise gasoline to $4 a gallon.
The author and activist doesn't have a utopia to offer, but rather, warns of a dystopia to avoid.
Aid to neighborhoods populated by New York City's low-income residents and people of color has been largely absent.
The former Louisiana governor and Republican presidential candidate is sick of the greedy banking practices that led to the financial crisis.
On October 22, people across the country gathered for the seventeenth National Day of Protest to Stop Police Brutality, Repression and the Criminalization of a Generation.
The Wisconsin senate candidate rejects the idea of corporate personhood.
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ST. LOUIS (AP) -- A Georgia inmate convicted of rape and murder was executed Tuesday night in the nation's first capital punishment since a botched execution in April raised new concerns about lethal injection.
Marcus Wellons, 59, received a lethal injection late Tuesday at a prison in Jackson after last-minute appeals to the U.S. Supreme Court were denied. A corrections official said he was pronounced dead at 11:56 p.m. Eastern time. The execution seemed to go smoothly with no noticeable complications.
Wellons' execution came about an hour before that of inmate John Winfield in Bonne Terre, Missouri, and a third execution is scheduled for Wednesday night in Florida.
Nine executions nationwide have been stayed or postponed since late April, when Oklahoma prison officials halted the execution of Clayton Lockett after noting that the lethal injection drugs weren't being administered into his vein properly. Lockett's punishment was halted and he died of a heart attack several minutes later.
"I think after Clayton Lockett's execution everyone is going to be watching very closely," Fordham University School of Law professor Deborah Denno, a death penalty expert, said of this week's executions. "The scrutiny is going to be even closer."
Wellons was lying still with his eyes closed while the drugs were administered. A few minutes into the procedure, Wellons took a couple of heavy breaths and blew air out through his lips as if snoring, but by about five minutes in, there was no visible movement.
It wasn't immediately clear exactly when the drugs administered, but typically it is within a minute or two after the warden leaves the room. The warden left the room at 11:32 p.m., 24 minutes before Wellons was pronounced dead.
Winfield, who was convicted of killing two women, was executed by lethal injection at 12:01 a.m. and was pronounced dead at 12:10 a.m. Central time, a spokesman for the Missouri Department of Public Safety said. The U.S. Supreme Court had also refused late Tuesday to halt his execution, and Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon denied clemency.
Winfield, 46, took four or five deep breaths as the drug was injected, puffed his cheeks twice and then fell silent, all in a matter of a few seconds.
The execution of John Ruthell Henry, who was convicted of killing his estranged wife and her son, is scheduled for Wednesday night in Florida.
All three states refuse to say where they get their drugs, or if they are tested. Lawyers for two of the condemned inmates have challenged the secretive process used by some states to obtain lethal injection drugs from unidentified, loosely regulated compounding pharmacies.
Georgia and Missouri both use the single drug pentobarbital, a sedative. Florida uses a three-drug combination of midazolam hydrochloride, vecuronium bromide and potassium chloride.
Despite concerns about the drugs and how they are obtained, death penalty supporters say all three convicted killers are getting what they deserve.
Wellons was convicted in the 1989 rape and murder of India Roberts, his 15-year-old neighbor in suburban Atlanta.
Before the execution began, Wellons said he hoped his death could give Roberts' family peace.
"I'd like to apologize to the Roberts family for my crimes and ask for forgiveness," Wellons said.
In Missouri, Winfield had been dating Carmelita Donald on and off for several years and fathered two of her children. Donald began dating another man. One night in 1996, in a jealous rage, Winfield showed up outside Donald's apartment in St. Louis County and confronted her, along with two friends of hers.
Winfield shot all three women in the head. Arthea Sanders and Shawnee Murphy died. Donald survived but was blinded.
Winfield declined to make a statement Wednesday.
In Florida, the state is moving ahead with the planned execution despite claims that Henry, 63, is mentally ill and intellectually disabled. The state claims anyone with an IQ of at least 70 is not mentally disabled; testing has shown Henry's IQ at 78, though his lawyers say it should be re-evaluated.
Henry stabbed his estranged wife, Suzanne Henry, to death a few days before Christmas in 1985. Hours later, he killed her 5-year-old son from a previous relationship. Henry had previously pleaded no contest to second-degree murder for fatally stabbing his common-law wife, Patricia Roddy, in 1976, and was on parole when Suzanne Henry and the boy were killed.
Asked Tuesday if he had discussed with the Department of Corrections what happened in Oklahoma and if any changes were needed in Florida, Gov. Rick Scott said, "I focus on making sure that we do things the right way here."
Florida and Missouri trail only Texas as the most active death penalty states. Texas has carried out seven executions this year. Florida has executed five men, and Missouri has executed five.
Associated Press writers Tamara Lush in St. Petersburg, Florida, and Gary Fineout in Tallahassee, Florida, contributed to this report. Brumback reported from Jackson, Georgia.
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Along with a few major video companies in a badly laid out maze of booths was a strange mix of folks, from high-end sex toy designer Shiri Zinn (shirizinn.com)whose exquisite "erotic couture" creations are sold at upscale boutiques in Englandto lots of Mary Kay-like ladies who run home sex toy parties. When Joe Gallant, who is single-handedly keeping porn production alive in New York with his Black Mirror Productions (blackmirror.com), saw me he yelled, "Hey! I'm shooting my next movie, Atomic Skullfuck Orgy! It's an ultra-kinky exploration of the Patty Hearst kidnapping! You should do a cameo as a news reporter!" He may be one of the happiest pornographers in the world.
I went to the Expo with a contestant from Reality X: The Search for Adam & Eve. I called him Crazy Joe in my previous column, but he shall hereafter be known by his porn nom de plume: J.C. Stinger (listen, it's way better than Mandingo). J.C. is thinking about breakin' into the biz beyond his efforts for the TV show, and I told him I'd show him around. In fact, lately I've found myself surrounded by lots of porn hopefuls asking for my advice.
At the Expo, I talked to the publicist of a female newcomer about plans for the European starlet's career. "I want her to start out slow. We'll do print first, no video. When she does get in front of the camera, she'll start doing solo scenes, then girl-girl. She'll work her way up to boy-girl. She may never do anal." It may sound calculated, but it's a plan. In an industry in which women can have an extremely short shelf life, it may be a good one. Three movies into their career, some girls are doing double penetration, gang bangs, or double vags (that's two dicks in one pussy at the same time), and from there, there's not a lot of room to grow. Only a few female performers survive past their late twenties or early thirties. The industry is much like modelingyoung, fresh, and new is where it's at.
My friend Carly Milne, who recently said goodbye to her industry-insider blog, pornblography.com, still gets e-mails every day from folks asking her how they can break in. While I've produced, directed, and performed, been on dozens of porn sets, and count porn stars among my best friends, I'm not on the inside like she is. Nevertheless, I've got a few opinions I don't mind sharing.
Guys: You think you can do it, but you probably can't. That's not me being cynical; it's me being realistic for you. Get an erection, keep it for a long time, fuck in uncomfortable positions, and come on command . . . all with a bunch of guys standing around holding their, um, equipment, which is generally pointed in your direction. If none of that scares you, try it once and you'll know if you were born to be a cock for hire.
Women: Know your boundaries and set them. You can express your sexuality, do only what and who you want to do, and make a lot of cash. But you can also be eaten alive. You can decide who you will work with, but you don't have much control over the final product, like what photos of you end up on the Web or what they call your first flick. You may have thought you shot Blowjob Fantasies #22, only to see your name grace the box cover of Black Poles Cumming in White Holes. The title may not matter to you, but it's not just words strung together, it's how you're portrayed. From where I sit there are more offensive titles (Cum Shitters, anyone?) than there are sexy ones.
Once you do it, it's out there forever and you can't take it back. Just the other day, some conservative journalist was critiquing my abstinence column and referred to me as a porn star. Not a writer or a columnist or an author or a sex educatora porn star, and she didn't mean it as a compliment. Listen, I'm proud of my work in porn, so I'll take the moniker; I just think it dilutes the work of kickass women who've made like 100-plus movies. If you're really ready to fuck on film for a living, go see Sharon Mitchell, executive director at Adult Industry Medical (aim-med.org) where you can get an STD and HIV test and the scoop on what it's really like. In fact, watching a video called Porn 101 is mandatory before you do your first shoot. No, there's no test afterward, but wouldn't it be cool to have one, like the written exam to get your driver's license?
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