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What Are the Limits of Transparency?
Summing Up: What's the proper balance in an organization between transparency and opaqueness? Many of Jim Heskett's readers would err on the side of management forthrightness.
Summing Up
What Is Transparency's "Sweet Spot"?
We generally think of transparency as an admirable organization quality. But commenting on this month's column, Kapil Kumar Sopory summed up a lot of the thinking with the observation that "excess of everything is bad." That apparently includes transparency. The question of course is, "How much is too much?"
There were those who would set what might be regarded as relatively narrow limits on the practice. For example, Traci Li said, "Transparency should be limited in non-public institutions." Ashok Panda suggested that we "share only data, not information among employees/colleagues."
Just where we draw the line on information was the subject of many comments. As Carl put it, "transparency protocols should follow a distinct process matrix to ensure that the appropriate amount of information is delivered." One possible line would include information about a company's strategy. Brad Keller commented that "It takes more than just sharing financials or performance review data� It is really a matter of being open about an organization's intentions and strategies for achieving those intentions. People establish relationships with institutions they trust …."
Gerald Nanninga, in observing that we overdo caution, asked, "How can you expect people to implement the strategy if they don't know what it is?" He continued: "And great strategy should be so entwined into your unique business model that competitors wouldn't be able to readily implement it even if they knew what it was." Khadija Khan suggested that we let the recipient decide, saying that "There is really no need for whistle blowers if the responsible organizations including government organizations disclose information to general public without reservations and let them make use of the one relevant to them."
Walter Blass was among those who would err on the side of more transparency, arguing that "the more that is shared, the higher the likelihood that discretion will be maintained." Phillip Clark weighed in with this view: "Wisdom and trust determine transparency. The comfort and motives you sense from those providing the information determines how much you will believe… Transparency is doomed by paranoia and distrust. That in turn opens the gates for rumors, 'whistle blowing' and reactions counter to the benefit to an organization …" Malabika Debnath opined that "I believe we are gradually as a society moving towards a higher level of comfort with openness as we trade off various levels of privacy for its benefits."
Tom Dolembo cautioned us not to expect too much from a policy of transparency, saying "If the company culture operates better within the founder's vision of transparency, all well and good, be transparent. But to trust transparency alone to engender trust in management and cooperation is a pipe dream."
So where does that leave us? What are the appropriate criteria on which to determine the limits of transparency? What is transparency's "sweet spot." What do you think?
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Transparency has become a popular concept in management circles in recent years, no matter how little enthusiasm you may have for the word itself. Now the topic has been thrust into our everyday lives with disclosures, or leaks, of alleged US secret intelligence information by Edward Snowdon. Increasingly, we are asking ourselves "How much transparency is the right amount?"
Transparency is given credit for fostering trust among members of an organization, building loyalty among employees, and generally creating better places to work. For many years we observed need-to-know policies (that may have had their origins in the military) among managers of leading organizations. This slowly evolved in some organizations into policies that gave employees much more information about the activities of the enterprise and more voice in determining what they felt they needed to know.
Vineet Nayar, vice chairman and joint managing director of HCL Technologies, an India-based information technology services company, has been one of the most outspoken advocates of increased transparency. He says all HCL's financial information is on the company's internal Web. "We are completely open," he had been quoted as saying. "We put all the dirty linen on the table, and we answer everyone's questions. We inverted the pyramid of the organization and made reverse accountability a reality."
That's not all. Nayar makes his own 360-degree feedback open to 50,000 employees, and 3,800 managers participate in an open 360-degree process. "We started having people make their presentations and record them for our internal Web site. We open that for review to a 360-degree workshop.… What happened? … You cannot lie … You are going to put your best work into it …."
This policy may not be appropriate for all organizations. It has to be aligned with a number of other policies and practices. For one thing, it may repel capable managers who would prefer not to work in a high-transparency environment. Transparency makes some people uncomfortable, although this appears to be more a generational issue. Surveys have shown that younger people have little or no interest in the Snowden affair. They assume that much of what they do will become public knowledge regardless of any efforts to keep it secret.
The late Harlan Cleveland predicted much of this more than 30 years ago when he noted that information is different than material things in that it can be shared, can't be hoarded, and leaks prolifically and naturally. As he put it then: "The information resource … is different in kind from other resources. So it has to be a mistake to carry over uncritically to the management of information those concepts that have proven so useful during the centuries when things were the dominant resources and prime objects of commerce, politics, and prestige."
So as leaders and managers, how much do we share? How do we avoid sharing competitively sensitive (comparable to the government's "top secret") information too widely? If we operate on a need-to-know policy, who decides what employees need to know? What are the limits of transparency? What do you think?
To read more:
Adam Bryant, "He's Not Bill Gates, or Fred Astaire," The New York Times, February 14, 2010, p. B2 (for the Nayar quote).
Harlan Cleveland, "Information as a Resource," The Futurist, December, 1982, p. 37 (for the Cleveland quote).
Vineet Nayar, Employees First, Customers Second: Turning Conventional Management Upside Down (Boston: Harvard Business Press, 2010)
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- Drilling Engineer, N/A
If a company/country is resembled a family, then there must be a silent/outspoken agreement between members as to what event goes out the door and which one stays locked. Else, the family heads might see themselves being pointed with fingers, and their kid's being bullied at school for an abnormal event occurring in the family that should have stayed indoors.
Undoing a government/company activity by so called "blowing a whistle" has detrimental impacts on security/stability of all the citizens/employees.
This is especially true in the age of globalization where barriers of entry to another country are significantly lowered thereby making it extremely difficult to differentiate ill-intent "tress passers" from genuine-friendly visitors.
Having said that, there is also a significant potential of the employers/government to inflict damage to activities of its employees/citizens i.e. Patriot Act. Thus, a national debate must be held as to what threshold a certain policy/protocol should be applied. This in turn will be able to define true democracy protectors from traitors.
- Ashok K Panda
- Principal, MIPS, MITS Campus, Rayagada, Odisha, India-765017
Share ONLY DATA NOT INFORMATION amongst employees/colleagues and no Information should be as important as to be remembered-NOT DATA." and " All are( man & machine) of same importance and priority". Like ...... " There should not be any distinct differentiations between conversations on information NOT DATA" " names be forgotten rather than tasks". Our WOM be same for one and all. So on...
- Khadija Khan
- President, Pakistan Evaluation Network
There is really no need for whistle blowers if the responsible organizations including government organizations disclose information to general public without reservations and let them make use of the one relevant to them. People have the right to information particularly that affect their life and important political, social and economic decisions. The state government has the obligation to make sure that the right to information is respected, protected and fulfilled. Regarding international and bilateral relationships and the host of international political and diplomatic issues, the UN is required to open its forum for debate on the changes that have taken place in the last few decades in communication and space technology as one of the key factors. There is no way to turn your eyes away from the problem. The international and regional relations, rights and obligations of States have to be redefined in the light of those development.
- Kapil Kumar Sopory
- Company Secretary, SMEC(India) Private Limited
It is aptly said that excess of everything is bad. If you disrobe entirely, watchers would be forced to close their eyes and shun you. HCL CEO is reported to be revealing ALL. He may be taking pride in it but in my view some matters would still be there which are extremely confidential and sensitive and need be shared only with a select few and not the entire staff. As a principle, transparency is essential. However, there has to be a deep study of matters that would disrupt operations if all are made totally and openly aware of those. And, there may even be no purpose to tell everything to everyone. This applies to all sorts of activities - personal, social, political or commercial- and hence decisions be taken accordingly.
- Retired Director-Strategic Planning, AT&T
I worked at AT&T and its NY subsidiary for 25 years and heard a number of briefings where we were told unequivocally that this information had to kept inside the company. To my knowledge, nothing ever leaked. On the contrary, I believe it was precisely the act of sharing the information with everyone at middle management level and above that maintained this esprit de corps. Managements have a lot to gain from sharing information with employees who can give feedback, if the feedback is listened to; if it's not heard, that company is in trouble anyway. If NSA had some sort of Ombudsman to whom Snowden might have reported his doubts without a risk of punishment, senior management might have been forewarned that their own employees were dubious about policies. I don't admire Snowden but I believe NSA is hung on its own petard.
- Gerald Nanninga
- Principal Consultant, Planninga From Nanninga
I am a big fan of openness, particularly as it relates to strategy. How can you expect people to implement the strategy if they don't know what it is? And great strategy should be so entwined into your unique business model that competitors wouldn't be able to readily implement it even if they knew what it was.
I speak more about this here: http://planninga-from-nanninga.blogspot.com/2013/06/strategic-planning-analogy-505-secrecy.html.
- Michael Darmody
- Principal, Darmody & Company
Professor Heskett has correctly touched on the key difference between information and other types of resources, and to delude oneself that in this Internet age, any information can be truly 'protected' over the long term is somewhat naive.
But more importantly, Heskett's work on corporate culture shows that a strong and adaptive culture correlates highly with business success.
High adaptivity requires trust, and therein lies the value of transparency. When employees believe the company is forthcoming with facts, it becomes easier to risk making mistakes in the interest of quickly adapting, innovating, taking calculated risks.
Transparency invites healthy dissension, implies that perfection is a myth, and builds trust over time. So transparency facilitates adaptive cultures, and adaptive cultures reduce any risk in greater transparency. A positive feedback loop.
And in an organization where trust is high, should some patents, formulae, strategic practices require protection, employees will not only understand and accept that, but will no doubt loyally protect them too.
I suggest discomfort with transparency could reflect challenges with ego, trust, and/or ethical behaviour. Discussion of, and reflection on, those topics will eventually move an organization forward, toward more transparency and an adaptive culture.
- David Gebler
- President, Skout Group, LLC
One of the most important aspects of transparency is not just in the dissemination of information from the top down. Organizations that institutionalize transparency will see that more junior employees will feel safer to raise issues, ask questions, and then take risks without fear of retribution. Radical transparency creates a culture where it is OK to not have to know everything and to be able to learn.
David Gebler www.skoutgroup.com
- Traci Li
- MD, Hospital
What are the limits of transparency? "Transparency" was used during the presidential campaign in 2007. "Barack Obama promised to run the most transparent White House in history--disclosing donations, shunning lobbyists, and broadcasting important meetings on C-SPAN. Transition captain John Podesta reiterated the point Tuesday when he said Obama's would be "the most open and transparent transition in history."
This campaign "promise" (cross your fingers please) is a broken promise. The Obama White House is tightly controlled. When the citizens don't know what is going on in government, they don't have to be responsible to the citizens.
Transparency should be limited in non-public institutions.
- Carl
- L& OD Consultant
Transparency should be viewed, as: a proficient method of maintaining substantive knowledge of an organizations' - strategy and requirements for decision making (short & long-term). Hence, transparency protocols should follow a distinct process matrix to ensure that the appropriate amount of information is delivered; connecting employees with the core dynamics of an organization's communications infrastructure.
On the other hand, sharing too much information that does not result in, or provide, direct synergy between its distribution and interpretation (ROI) - may result in transparency doing more harm, than good. The fact of the matter is: there are absolute degrees of separation between "needing to know" and what the appropriate oversight should be surrounding the dissemination of sensitive and confidential information.
In this day and age - transparency should be a fundamental business consideration; utilized for the scalability of an organization (e.g., ease of information transfer). However, when the provision of: trade secrets, intellectual property or non-compliant business practices become the main impetus for information disclosure; the organization may face the fact that it is experiencing larger problems than (whether it should be transparent, or not -case by case determination).
- Nkululeko Moyo
- Financial Controller, Imbizo Agribusiness, Zimbabwe
Coca Cola would not be a great company had it not kept it's formula for decades. In business, in order to maintain the competitive edge you will need to be secretive, even to many of your employees. Reality is that not all employees would be able to keep and shield key information of the organisation from predators.
- Waseem Al-Herwee
- Managing Director Assisstant, Abdul-Wadood Al-Herwee Trading Houses
Article is so helpful , That's so true, by sharing the need to know information to concerned employees, this gives a clear vision to them of the organisation's goals and responsibilties to be achieved and get them do their best.
- Tom Dolembo
- Founder, New North Institute
George Pullman envisioned a utopian, egalitarian company in the late 19th Century and wound up being deeply buried in a concrete vault to avoid being disinterred by angry workers. Transparency as a theme is popular, but it is illusive. As "House" said, "Everybody lies." If the company culture operates better within the founder's vision of transparency, all well and good, be transparent. But to trust transparency alone to engender trust in management and cooperation is a pipe dream. The scuttlebutt mills have ginned up presentable truths for generations, and facts aren't policy. Boards and CEO's are currently so grossly imperial that the lessons of the Hapsburgs will not be learned simply by opening a window or two.
- Malabika Debnath
- Strategy Consultant, Social Business Transformation, IBM [ these comments are my personal opinion and do not represent an official position]
Great article and likely to provoke some thoughtful exchange. The key question here is " If we operate on a need-to-know policy, who decides what employees need to know? " . How much do we trust the intellect and intentions of employees and what is the cost of NOT trusting them? This is a period of change and I believe, we are gradually, as a society, moving towards a higher level of comfort with openness as we trade off various levels of privacy for its benefits. My personal opinion- make all information (or data) available internally unless there are legal reasons why they can't be shared, watch the access gates for sensitive information and remind employees of usage guidelines and at the point of access, leave room for opting out - if a group/individual is not comfortable with sharing they may choose to not do so, though, I suspect, the 'system' will convince them over time, through the cost of exclusion. Sharing outsi de the corporate firewall- now that's a different level of discussion altogether.
- Anonymous
Transparency is one of the new busswords of our society. Every right, may be we can say everything has certain limitations - total liberty would evidently to chaos. Total transparency cannot exist particularly in this present world of ferocious competition and greed for power. However, should an organization and any government provide/publish maximum information on its activities/decisions transparency would not become an issue though there always will exist rooftop shouts about hidden agenda! H.K. Samboo from Mauritius
- Brad Keller
- Market Research & Innovation, UnitedHealthcare
It strikes me as important to arrive at a shared understanding of what we mean by transparency. The term is oft-used, but in many instances it seems to mean different things to different organizations or constituencies. In my view, transparency is more than sharing internal information that might previously have been hoarded by senior management. It is really an matter of being open about an organization's intentions and strategies for achieving those intentions. People establish relationships with institutions they trust, and a strategy predicated upon values that include openness and empathy is more likely to be met with trust. Alignment around that ideal across the operating functions within a given business seems an important ingredient in successful performance. It takes more than just sharing financials or performance review data.
- Natrajh Ramakrishna
- KPMG India Country Head, Audit,, KPMG
Business Intelligence invariably should not be up for sale or free distribution. For example, Professional Services Firms invariably deal with client MIS and "Best Practices" that represent intellectual property developed through great effort, cost and management time. These are shared with only a select few clearly on a "needs basis" and with a clear understanding that it is client priveleged. I am yet to come across companies that that share business intelliegence such as potential client lists, pricing strategy and margins they earn on select customers on the internal web!
- Baboloki Boniface Reetsang
- General Manager, Benefits Administration, Botswana Public Officers Pension Fund
In my view every entity or organization have structures with specific mandates meant for regulatory purposes. Every structure is accountable for what is within its scope or area of responsibility, hence the need to avoid sharing all the information. Organizations should ensure that at every level the information to be shared should be such that it does not become detrimental to the operations of the other entity. Therefore transparency is essential as long as it is managed to suit the intended objective.
- Atul Guglani
- Director, Mantex Technologies
Transparency : There is very little you can hide, almost everything is known to everyone , including the security at the gate. Beyond a certain size of company, transparency is generic. The systems automatically take care of it. The problem is not about Transparency . It is more on the understanding of the subject, data, issues and numbers. The complexity at each level grows and not everyone understands it correctly. This then leads more to lose talking and distorts the core value of the company. There transparency is more about the simplicity of business, its operations, goals, ethics and strategies. Not everything needs to be known to everyone. Specially the salaries of one another, the redundancy plans, divisional mergers, phasing out products etc etc. These issues are carefully handled and better opaque.
- Praveen
Transparency is a very well mis-understood word. There are many advocates of transparency but how many of them would disclose their own salaries/earnings or anything personal publicly? I particularly liked the analogy of "If you bare all, people close their eyes in disgust" !! There is a lot of hypocracy around this and we really need to be clear when we say everyone needs to know everything - does that really help, is that really useful to anyone? As they say "Ignorance is bliss" - it is true more often than not. But surely people who mis-use information/data should be punished, like one would be if they mis-use say a knife. I am not against transparency but I am happier to know what I need to and I dont need to know everything.
- Phillip Clark
- Clark & Associates
Wisdom and trust determine transparency. The comfort and motives you sense from those providing the information determines how much you will believe. If you feel any of the above violated. Transparency is doomed by paranoia and distrust. That in turn opens the gates for rumors, "whistle blowing" and reactions counter to the benefit to an organization, government or individual.
It usually isn't the big actions that tip the balance. As an example, if your manager say they cannot fill a position because of the budget, but then you find out they get a bonus for controling expenses....you no longer will trust them. If a company touts its profits, but fails to reward employees...the company sets themselves up for reactions from the employees. What many miss is the fact that the reaction may not occur immediately, but eventually there will be a "tipping point" where the employee will act.
Human nature treats secrecy as bad. Do you have something to hide, a dark past, a hidden desire, etc. Our language portrays secrecy as belonging to the dark side. Read literature, watch the movies. Why would you expect that to change?
In one of the ancient scriptures on Hinduism, it is stated that the safe and sound way to dissipate information will be based upon these three factors namely - what is spoken, meaning the essence or content; to whom it is said to, meaning the audience which is receiving the set of information and....where and under what circumstance whatever is being shared is rendered, meaning its contextual significance. And really to reflect upon this will reveal that changing any of these factors will have a different impact and truly "transparency" will become such a relative concept, in that it is probably one of the fast changing constants of today's BIG data World of knowns and the unknowns!


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Chicago-born McClendon graduated from Western Michigan University in 2007 with a Bachelor of Fine Arts in painting realism. Shortly after graduating, he relocated to Asheville, NC where he maintained his focus on realism and began painting full time. This continued until one day he came to the belief that his work was "fraudulent" due to the lack of a true and honest voice. He decided to quit painting and figure out how to fulfill his desire to create.
During this hiatus his focus inherently came back to painting and the important themes in his life, then on March 21, 2011 he had an epiphany. He rolled out of bed and wrote down an idea and plan of action on how to achieve an "honest" form of painting. McClendon's work now focuses on the beauty of impulsive action when creating. By filtering out the peripheral baggage and just acting within the parameters of the painting, he achieves a visual stream of consciousness. His method has been described as, "somewhere between lost and found" — the exploration of defining oneself in a chaotic and otherwise unpredictable world.
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Charleston-based author Steve Ferber will be signing his new book "21 Rules to Live By," on Saturday Feb. 16 at 2 p.m. at Barnes and Noble at the Mount Pleasant Towne Centre. Barnes and Noble is located at 1716 Towne Centre Way.
Ferber's debut book draws on his 35 years of experience as journalist and entrepreneur (he retired at age 39 and has launched six companies over the years). Combining his lifelong interest in personal growth with his skills as both journalist and columnist, Ferber has put together a detailed roadmap for helping people strengthen relationships and manage life's daily challenges. Said one reviewer:
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The book has drawn rave reviews from psychologists, social workers, educators, business executives and the general public. Readers young and old are drawn to the rules for life guidance. Said one 79 year old:
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The manager of the operation said it would not be good business sense to reopen the facility at this location. There were a number of factors including a lack of room for expansion and some sewer and water issues.
"Several weeks ago, I was on the phone with a contractor that was talking to them about rebuilding so it's apparently something they were thinking about but the decision was made relatively quickly," said Mike Lonergan, Orwigsburg borough manager.
Lori Koury works in a real estate office. She was a faithful customer of Madeline's.
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A former student and Brazilian jiu jitsu black belt under Lloyd Irvin, Michael Fowler, publically expressed his disgust that Lloyd Irvin will be attending the World Jiu Jitsu Championships this coming weekend.
Fowler wrote the following on his Facebook page:
"Very excited for the worlds to kick off and can't wait to watch. On the other hand, am very disappointed that the rapist LLOYD IRVIN will also be in attendance. Don't hide any comments this weekend… He should be made to feel outcasted in our community that he is trying to poison! Think if that was your sister/wife/girlfriend/daughter…is a shame the ibjjf has to allow these scum sexual offenders into the venue. I don't want him near my family there…do you? LI is not a martial artist …he is a bully and sexual predator. Disgusting!"
Much controversy has surrounded Lloyd Irvin this year. Two of his male students were arrested and indicted for the rape of a third, female student that occurred New Year's Eve. The investigation of this case uncovered two cases of sexual violence charges involving staff members: a 2008 sexual assault charge against teacher, DJ Jackson, and a 1989 case in which Irvin himself was tried for rape. Jackson reduced his charge to assault, and he served time in jail. Irvin would go on to be acquitted of the charges. In March of this year, a member of the Irvin team, Jordan Schultz, released a statement alleging sexual exploitation of female students on the part of Irvin.
Lloyd Irvin responded to Bloody Elbow's request for a response, saying via email:
"Enough of this already. The only 'poison' in our community is this continuous slander from people with an axe to grind and the amateur media outlets who insist on distribution of said 'poiosn' just to get viewers, likes & traffic…
"This is a lame strategic attempt to cause controversy right before the Worlds just like you guys tried to do to Dj [Jackson] before pans. Anyone smart can see what you're doing. You can see my response at www.LloydIrvinRapeExposed.com See you at the Worlds!"
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Post Theo attack…
We continue our series on the Rumble at Rustenburg looking at the players in the England attack and how the States neutralizes them.
Part III, England's Offense and Neutralization
England's Offense
* Wayne Rooney by GeorgeCross
Rooney's all-round game is getting better and better – he's not playing like a traditional No. 10 or even a traditional No. 9, he's like a hybrid of the two, which is what I meant by calling him a "No. 9 ½" . His touch, vision, link-up play and movement are going to cause a lot of problems for the USA.
Who picks him up as he comes deep to look for the ball and also who tracks his runs into space created by Walcott, Heskey and Gerrard? I don't think the USA has a player who is intelligent enough to man-mark Rooney out of the game to make him ineffective. I also do not feel that the USA possesses a player who is good enough to stop Rooney without drawing fouls and cards, which could be a very important factor.
Rooney is playing in a similar role for Manchester United as he does for England, which is only good for England. Alex Ferguson and Fabio Capello have Rooney playing more centrally and also more in that 'pocket' between the opponent's back four and midfield, and both are reaping rewards with his phenomenal goal scoring.
Tuesday's thoughts…
"How the hell do you stop Wayne Rooney?"
Stopping him may not be, possible, but minimizing his influence is a key. This is all about the defensive efforts by the midfielders out in front of the US back four. Rooney starts from this space, Gerrard likes to cut inside, and Fat Frank likes to arrive here late. How do we defend this space? Do we hold a higher defensive line and give Rooney/Gerrard space to run into or does the US sit deeper and concede space in the areas where Fat Frank always fancies a shot?
Maintaining good spacing between the central defenders is a key.
Don't show Rooney a route through the heart of your defense – make him beat you with something special. If the English attack is coming from the right flank, DeMerit must stay close to Onyewu and trust Spector to get to the far post. Rooney, in his false-9 role, excels at finding space between the two center backs whenever the defense is stretched.
For this reason, I think Edu needs to be ready to drop in between the center-backs as an auxiliary central defender when the CB's are stretched by runs into the inside channel or on the counter-attack. This isn't a man marking job as much as occupying the space Wayne Rooney wants to run into and being ready to step out if the ball comes back out to Lampard in a shooting position.
* Frank Lampard by GeorgeCross
Lampard is a great asset to England as he really is a goal scoring midfielder, who regularly scores for both club and country. Lampard has this great sense of timing and positioning in the final third which makes it difficult to pick him up. Plus, I feel with Walcott running at Bocanegra, that's a penalty waiting to happen, and Lampard doesn't miss too many.
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Michael Bradley must pay careful attention to Lampard….
…..as he looks to time his arrival in the area at the top of the box.
Two very different approach in central midfield for the teams. The US will field two destructive players at the base of midfield with the creative attacking play coming from wider areas. It will be an interesting battle in the center of the park because the US plays a high pressing game with which England don't always cope well. US must avoid the middle of the park in the attack where Capello's system should yield a numerical advantage against our usual 4-4-2-based systems. The US tends to bypass central midfield in attack anyways, so this should not play to their natural tendencies. The US must deploy an attacking midfield player (Donovan or Dempsey) to pressure Frank Lampard and deny him the time and space he needs to create.
* Steven Gerrard by George Cross
Gerrard doesn't possess Walcott's pace so his threat isn't a mirror image on the left hand side. But we know that Capello likes to play Gerrard on the left because of his ability to cut in (Fig. 6) and shoot or dovetail with Rooney. By cutting in, he is giving Cole** plenty of opportunity to attack the space in behind Spector (green shaded area) and provide an outlet to get behind the USA's back four to drill the ball across the six yard box. Gerrard's makes great runs and his goal vs. USA last year as an excellent example of "3rd man running" – he lost his man from wide and the centre backs didn't know what to do and nobody tracked him.
**If Cole isn't fit, it is still an issue but not in the same magnitude as the drop off from Cole to whoever is massive.
Tuesday's Thoughts….
Without a fit Cole to provide the threat of the overlap up the left touchline and create space in the inside channel, does Gerrard have another indifferent display for England?
This would allow Spector to tuck in conceding space for the right-footed Gerrard in the outside left channel and the central defenders to move across more quickly. The challenge on the left will occur when Rooney runs into the outside left channel, pulling Spector wide and creating space for Gerrard in the inside channel. Bradley . He is capable of covering the ground neccessary.
As of writing this, Capello revealed that Gerrard's spot may be under threat, saying "a lot depends on what kind of form they're in" when asked to address the question of whether Lampard and Gerrard can play together.
I think a defensive mid would have to track a run by Gerrard into the inside channel if Cole was on the overlap, opening space for Lampard's arrival.
* Emile Heskey by GeorgeCross
Even though Heskey's goals-to-game ratio is very unimpressive, what he brings to England's offense is immense. His hold-up play and strength cannot be ignored. But what is most important is Heskey's movement and interaction, because he creates space for Rooney and Gerrard to exploit. So, if Heskey comes short (to receive the ball to feet), then DeMerit has to go with him leaving space behind (same happens on the other side if Heskey drops off towards England's right). Even though DeMerit is not the fastest defender, I do not feel Heskey is quick enough to be able to come short and 'spin' DeMerit.
The other important part to Heskey's game that does not get the credit it deserves is the fact that he is not static in the box. This is important for England's team play because it enables Gerrard and Lampard to attack the space that Heskey has vacated. I feel that this is the main reason why Peter Crouch does not start even though he has a fantastic scoring record in an England shirt.
TSG's Thoughts….
(My apologies in advance that I had a chance to read GeorgeCross's responses before mine as Tuesday did not…in fact I had not asked them to debate…)
In regards to England employing a holding striker, I feel the US would be dodging a bullet. It seems pretty clear by now that Fabio Capello will employ speed on the wings in the USMNT's vulnerability. Will Defoe make an appearance for the Three Lions in the starting line-up. This would be wise if you are Capello.
While the common thinking is to bring on the speedy striker when legs are tiring, the Yanks–especially Jay DeMerit–are capable of coming up very aggressively off their line to attack a ball handler. A simply slipped pass to Defoe could present a whole world of trouble for the Yanks with none of their defenders having the best make-up speed.
That said, Capello will likely employ a Heskey or a Crouch and that would be a mistake. Either of these players will have their back to the goal and run up against a defender who has an attribute to stifle their game (DeMerit, grit and workmanship; Gooch, physicality, and Boca, technical ability). Further, their presence would actually clog the game in the middle, something the US deals very well with. So long as the US funnels to the middle and stands up the holding players, it will be a good day.
Of the two I am actually more fearful of Peter Crouch who has a tendency to drift far upfield into open spaces if he's not getting service and layoff great switch-field passes.
We're nearing the home stretch….Part IV tomorrow….


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The wire mesh is welded to the metal substrate via step-like protuberances formed on the outer surface of the substrate. The wire mesh is permanently deformed in the regions over the protuberances to facilitate forming of spot welds while the remainder of the mesh outside the zones of the protuberances remains porous for the intake of bone cement or the ingrowth of bone tissue.
1. A method of securing a multilayer metal wire mesh to a metal substrate comprising the steps of
providing a metal substrate with a plurality of step-like protuberances on an outer surface thereof;
positioning a multilayer metal mesh over said outer surface and protuberances of the substrate;
pressing the metal mesh against the substrate to permanently deform discrete sections of the mesh disposed over at least some of the protuberances substantially without permanently deforming the remainder of the mesh; and
welding the permanently deformed sections to the protuberances and the layers of the deformed sections of the multilayer mesh to each other therein.
2. A method as set forth in claim 1 wherein said step of welding products spot welds between the mesh layers in the permanently deformed sections and between the protuberances and the permanently deformed sections.
3. A method as set forth in claim 1 wherein said steps of pressing and welding are performed simultaneously.
4. A method as set forth in claim 3 wherein said steps of pressing and welding employs a mesh-compressing ram with spot-welding electrodes therein.
This is a division of application Ser. No. 07/308,244, filed Feb. 8, 1989, now U.S. Pat. No. 4,969,904.
This invention relates to a method of securing a mesh to a metal substrate for a bone implant.
Heretofore, various types of bone implants has been known. For example, U.S. Pat. No. 4,660,755 describes a bone implant, for example for use as a hip prosthesis, wherein a substrate material is adapted to transmit loads imparted to a skeletal structure while a porous surface is provided on the substrate to enhance biological fixation to a skeletal structure. In order to construct the implant, the substrate and porous layers are placed within a device whereby the porous layers may be tightly compacted toward the substrate while current from a current generator is conducted through the porous layers and substrate in order to generate sufficient heat to cause a surface metallurgical bonding between the porous layers as well as between the porous layers and the substrate.
European Patent Application 0189546 also describes a bone implant in which a metal substrate serves as a support for a multilayer braided and permanently deformable wire mesh having layers connected to one another and to the substrate by local weld zones.
French Patent 2548533 and German Gebrauchsmuster 8600970 describe bone implants using wire mesh structures which are secured to the substrate.
However, it has been found that fixing mesh layers to one another and to a substrate by spot welds at discrete places is expensive and difficult.
Accordingly, it is an object of the invention to simplify the fixation of a wire mesh to a metal substrate in the formation of a bone implant.
It is another object of the invention to improve the securement of a wire mesh to a metal substrate for a bone implant.
Briefly, the invention provides a method of securing a multilayer metal wire mesh to a metal substrate which includes the steps of providing a substrate with a plurality of steplike protuberances on an outer surface, positioning a multilayer metal mesh over the surface and protuberances of the substrate, pressing the mesh against the substrate to permanently deform the sections of the mesh which are disposed over the protuberances without permanently deforming the remainder of the mesh and welding the permanently deformed sections to the protuberances and the layers of the deformed sections to each other. In accordance with the method, the pressing of the mesh against the substrate and the welding of the permanently deformed sections are performed simultaneously and produce spot welds between the mesh layers and between the protuberances and the deformed sections of mesh.
When the wire mesh is pressed onto the substrate, the layers of the mesh adapt to the contour of the substrate by permanent deformation. However, in the remaining regions of the substrate surface, there is only slight, if any, compression of the mesh structure. Because the discrete layers of the mesh experience substantial changes in shape and substantial compression over the protuberances of the substrate, a relatively large contact area is formed between the substrate and the mesh as well as between the individual mesh layers. Consequently, welding of these layers, for example, using spot-welding electrodes permits the electrodes to encounter an adequate metal bridge along which a "strand" of liquid metal is produced. This strand subsequently hardens into a weld joint to secure the contiguous layers of the mesh together as well as the mesh to the protuberances. Advantageously, the spot-welding electrodes may be disposed in zones of a mesh-compressing ram used for the pressing of the mesh against the substrate.
These and other objects and advantages of the invention will become more apparent from the following detailed description taken in conjunction with the accompanying drawings wherein:
FIG. 1 diagrammatically illustrates a cross sectional view of a wire mesh in position for pressing against a substrate by a ram: and
FIG. 2 illustrates a cross sectional view of wire mesh being pressed and welded to a substrate in accordance with the invention.
Referring to FIG. 1, the bone implant is to be formed of a metal substrate 1, for example, a metal shank for a hip joint prosthesis, and a multilayer metal Wire mesh 2.
The mesh 2 is in the form of a number of layers, the mesh size of which differ and decrease from the outside toward the inside.
In order to receive the mesh 2, the substrate 1 has a stepped cross-section wherein the innermost surface provides a foundation surface 3 for the mesh 2. In addition, a plurality of step-like protuberances 4 project from the foundation surface 3 and are disposed at places where the wire mesh 2 is to be connected to the substrate 1 by spot welds 5 as indicated in FIG. 2 as well as where the mesh layers are to be connected to one another.
Referring to FIG. 2, the substrate 1 may be in form of a shank while the wire mesh 2 is disposed over opposite sides of the substrate 1. In addition, the protuberances 4 are spaced along the foundation surface 3 which acts as an outer surface of the substrate 1. In order to secure the mesh 2 to the substrate 1, the mesh 2 is pressed against the substrate 1 by means of a ram 6 in which welding electrodes 7 are disposed. Upon pressing of the mesh 2 against the substrate 1, the sections of the mesh 2 disposed over the protuberances 4 permanently deform substantially without permanent deformation of the remainder of the mesh 2. That is, only slight compression substantially without permanent deformation occurs in the zones of the foundation surface 3 between the protuberances 4. Consequently, adequately compressed material for the formation of spot welds 5 is available while, on the other hand, the porosity of the mesh 2 which assists the ingrowth of bone tissue or the taking in of bone cement is not excessively impaired
During pressing in of the mesh, the welding electrode 7 may be activated to generate a current sufficient to form spot welds 5 between the individual layers of the mesh 2 as well as between the mesh 2 and the protuberances 4 of the substrate 1. In this respect, the position of the protuberances 4 and the position of the electrodes 7 are coordinated with one another so that the welds occur as spot welds 5 on the protuberances 4.
As indicated in FIG. 2, where the substrate 1 forms a shank of a hip joint implant, the mesh 2 may be disposed on opposite sides of the shank. In this respect, the mesh may be applied as individual layers only to two opposite sides of the shank or may be in the form of a mesh which is circumferentially disposed around the shank.
Of course, the substrate may be of any other shape and construction to receive a wire mesh for use other than as a shank.
The invention thus provides a bone implant wherein a multilayer metal wire mesh is securely fixed to a substrate in a secure manner while providing sufficient porosity for the ingrowth of bone tissue for implantation in a bone cement bed.
The invention further provides a technique for easily securing a metal wire mesh to a metal substrate. In this respect, the compression and permanent deformation of the wire mesh at the protuberances of the substrate produces accumulations of material which facilitate the production of a spot weld.
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Chelsea always wanted to play basketball in college -- it was her ticket to a big scholarship and it was a game she loved. She was passionate about it. But then an accident on the court her junior year leaves her wounded
and unable to pursue this dream.
She aches.
Clint is a former hockey player who works at a lake resort in Minnesota. Something terrible has happened to him -- something so awful he's quit playing hockey and vows never to play again. When Chelsea's family takes a trip there for three weeks during the summer, her father hires Clint to help Chelsea regain some of the physical strength she's lost during her recuperation.
Even though Chelsea's in a relationship and Clint's not a believer in the summer fling, their shared struggles to overcome the loss of their dreams may bring them together in surprising ways.
Playing Hurt is Schindler's second novel, and it is a completely different story than her first, A Blue So Dark (reviewed here). Although both stories deal with loss and grief to some degree, this one focuses on what it feels like to lose the thing you love the most. For Chelsea, this is basketball. It's ripped from her prematurely, and it's done in a manner that is completely out of her control. It was a real accident, and it's a moment she lives over and over, both in her mind and in person: she has a video of it. She continues watching it, hoping for some sort of solace in it. It's aching because as readers, we know how it feels to have a dream like that and have it torn from you.
For Clint, we're left a little more in the dark about what happened to him. We know he's experienced pain and loss, and frankly, he'll never tell. He'll admit when confronted, but he won't be the one to tell Chelsea or the readers. Since I don't want to ruin it, I'll say it goes back to his beliefs about love and relationships.
The book is written in dual voices, beginning with Chelsea's and then going to Clint's. Their voices are distinct, though I wasn't entirely convinced of Clint's voice nearer the end of the story. Chelsea's is pitch perfect, though, and Schindler really grasps her pain and her need to recover. The story is well paced, and like in A Blue So Dark, it is quite literary in execution. There are moments when the language really begs to be read aloud.
One of the issues I had with this book was Chelsea's preoccupation with losing her virginity. Although that in and of itself wasn't problematic, it doesn't really present itself early on. We know she has a boyfriend at home, and we know he's gone to great lengths to arrange a date for them to have sex for the first time together after she returns from her trip. Well, because she and Clint become an item, his work will be for naught. Chelsea gives it up to Clint. The bigger issue, though, is the writing in these intimate scenes -- and there are quite a few of them. I found it clunky and unbelievable, especially from Clint's voice. It came off more Harlequin than teen, more of a voice of experience and sensuality than of two clumsy teenagers in the backwoods of Minnesota. As much as I didn't want it to, it did mar some of the great aspects of Chelsea and Clint's characters.
Moreover, there is nearly no remorse in Chelsea for cheating on her long time boyfriend. She'd been with Gabe for two years, but she spent no time really thinking about him while engaging with Clint. Sure, she sent him letters and checked her email from him, but in those intimate moments, it never crossed her mind. This made me really dislike her as a character, despite the point of the story being to care about her and want her to overcome the loss she's experienced with her injury. And trust me when I say it didn't make me like Clint anymore, either, since he knew full well she was in a relationship.
That said, this is a story focused more on character than on sport, but your maturer sports readers who appreciate stories like Catherine Gilbert Murdock's Dairy Queen will enjoy this one. Chelsea and Clint are relatable characters and what they go through in terms of mourning loss and accepting change will resonate with readers who've done the same.
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Playing Hurt by Holly Schindler
Chelsea always wanted to play basketball in college -- it was her ticket to a big scholarship and it was a game she loved. She was passionate about it. But then an accident on the court her junior year leaves her wounded
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I haven't read this one yet, but I adore the cover and will be doing a Cover Story soon! I'm longing for summer.ReplyDelete
Also, I've been thinking a lot about "likability" in characters, and I have to admit to myself that--esp as a teen--I wasn't that likable. I was self-involved and often able to compartmentalize things like you describe this character doing. But do we expect more of YA characters than we do of our real-life selves? I think I do in my books, somehow. Is that fair?
Wow, questions. Sorry! Made me think, which is a good thing!
That is a REALLY good question and a REALLY interesting thing to think about. It's something worth thinking about from the adult and teen perspective too. I wonder how much teens think about the likeability of a character vs. how much they're invested in the story. Do they worry as much about whether they like a character or are they more invested in knowing people like that exist and they're either someone like them or like someone they know.ReplyDelete
As an adult reader, I think about character likeability a lot, despite the fact in my real life, I don't think about it that much.
Now you got me going!
Yes, I worry about likability while I write all the time. I was just working on a scene this week that I've taken from my own teen years, and I realized that if I wrote it close to the truth, everyone would HATE my group of friends. We did mean stuff sometimes. We weren't bad kids, just really oblivious at times.ReplyDelete
Anyway, it's definitely interesting to think about.
But you say that now looking back -- when you were a teen though, was it oblivious? Would a teen reader in a similar situation/frame of mind think it was oblivious? It's a tough line, for sure!ReplyDelete
Right. I'm not sure I would have cared as a teen reader, as long as I could relate in some way... that's more important than likability, I think. Even now when I read, if I can see myself/my friends in there, I'm in.ReplyDelete


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Are you a freshman and stumped when asked about Duke's history with North Carolina? While the full history is far to vast for a simple blog post, below is a recap of Duke's last four games with the Tar Heels.
March 6, 2010: No. 4 Duke 82, UNC 50. Duke shot 51 percent in the first half en route to their most one-sided home win in the rivalry's history. The loss was UNC's lowest point total during Roy Williams' tenure and their worst defeat in seven years. The Blue Devils led by 30 points before halftime behind Kyle Singler's 19 first-half points.
February 10, 2010: No. 7 Duke 64, UNC 54. In the lowest-scoring game in the series since 2002, the Blue Devils managed to pull out a road win on the night that Tyler Hansbrough's No. 50 was retired at the Dean Smith Center. The Tar Heels blocked ten shots as Duke shot just 32 percent from the floor, but perimeter shooting saved the Blue Devils as Jon Scheyer and Kyle Singler combined for 43 points and all nine of Duke's made three-pointers.
March 8, 2009: No. 2 UNC 79, No. 7 Duke 71. Ty Lawson nearly posted a triple-double as the Carolina faithful celebrated Tyler Hansbrough's Senior Day. Hansbrough added 17 points of his own as the Tar Heels swept the series with the Blue Devils for just the second time in the previous 13 seasons.
February 11, 2009: No. 3 UNC 101, No. 5 Duke 87. North Carolina took down the Blue Devils at Cameron Indoor for the fourth time in as many years, as the Tar Heels rallied behind Ty Lawson's 21 second-half points. Duke hung with their opponents for the first 30 minutes, but ultimately allowed triple digits in Cameron for the first time in nine years in the loss.


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An Al Qaeda big shot, Abu Laith al-Libi, has apparently been killed in Pakistan by a missile fired from an American Predator drone probably operated by the CIA. That's good news, of course, but we shouldn't get carried away. There are lots more bad guys where he was hiding, and neither the Pakistani nor the U.S. authorities have been willing to go after them—the former for complicated internal political reasons, the latter for fear of offending and embarrassing the government of Pakistan.
The administration's working hypothesis has been that Pervez Musharraf will do our dirty work for us in the western tribal areas of Pakistan, and that allowing American forces to operate there unilaterally would only undermine his regime. That calculus should start to shift now that it is apparent that Musharraf has not done nearly as much as he promised to battle Al Qaeda and the Taliban and now that his own legitimacy with the Pakistani people is almost nonexistent anyway. We need to do what we can to fight back against the Islamist extremists who are consolidating their hold on the frontier regions, thus threatening both Pakistan and Afghanistan. That could involve taking some of the fetters off the CIA and the Special Operations Forces and letting them conduct more targeted hits.
But if we've learned anything in Iraq it is that killing or capturing terrorist big shots isn't enough. Special operators had success taking down everyone from Saddam Hussein to Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, and none of it made much difference to the overall goal of pacifying Iraq. We only made real strides when large numbers of American troops were deployed to mount classic counterinsurgency operations, which means securing the people against insurgent attacks. There is scant prospect at the moment that American troops in large numbers will be deployed to conduct such operations in Pakistan. That is, in fact, almost inconceivable barring another 9/11-style attack emanating from that area. (Unfortunately such an atrocity itself is by no means inconceivable.)
In the interim, the U.S. is trying to do what it can to help the Pakistani armed forces and perhaps tribal forces to take on the extremists. Those efforts haven't shown much success so far, but they are now one of the most critical fronts in the war on terror, and they need to be a top priority for the administration in its waning days in office.


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1 teaspoon
hickory-flavored liquid smoke
2 teaspoons
dried parsley
1 teaspoon
dried minced onion
1 teaspoon
onion powder
1 teaspoon
garlic salt
1 teaspoon
seasoned salt
1 tablespoon
brown sugar
2 tablespoons
sweet barbeque sauce
Used Ritz instead of saltines and substituted the chicken for an extra half pound of turkey. This was so good that I almost exploded. In a really good way.
I followed the recipe exact, only using garlic powder and sea salt instead of garlic salt and seasoning salt. This baked up kind of mushy and didn't stay together well. My oldest and I liked this okay, my husband and youngest did not. I don't think I'll make this again but I appreciate the chance to try this one.
23 Ratings
I made this for the first time tonight for dinner. My husband will eat anything I cook but tonight before I even had taken a bite of the meatloaf he said "this is the best meatloaf I have ever eaten!" After I got a bite, I had to agree! It was great and I will use this recipe from now on! Thank you so much!
Absolutely the best meatloaf I've EVER had! The bbq sauce and the sausage go together so well! The only thing I didn't add was the liquid smoke...I do not like the flavor of that stuff. I may have added a few more cracker crumbs than it called for...but the texture was just perfect. A++ will make again!!!!
My picky, picky kids LOVE this!! I make a double recipe so I can freeze one. It reheats and tastes just as good. I add some bell pepper to it because I can hide it from my kids! THEY LOVE THIS!! I think I would give it more than five stars if I could!
This was the best tasting meatloaf Ithink I have ever made. I used Ritz crackers as someone had done before. I also used 1 lb of turkey sausage and 1 lb of ground chicken and almost doubled everything else.
extra good, with some sprinkled cheese, and used a mini muffin tin, baked 375 for 30 mins, waiting until 5 mins left to add glaze and cheese, so good, thanks much
Awesome!!!!! We don't eat any meatloaf but we ate this! I used 1 lb. turkey & 1 lb. sausage (no chicken on hand) and substituted 2 tsp. A-1 sauce for the liquid smoke. Husband & daughter both requested I make again!!!!
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.
All White Meat Meatloaf
Serving Size: 1/6 of a recipe
Servings Per Recipe: 6
Amount Per Serving
Calories: 369
Calories from Fat: 149
Hard to believe, but many kids will be back in school at the end of the month. Get ready.
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Ronstan Acquires Andersen Winches
Australian-based sailboat hardware manufacturer Ronstan International has acquired Frederik Andersen Maskinfabrik, the Danish manufacturer best known for the enduring quality and beautiful finish of their signature Andersen Winches.
In the 50 years since the first winch was produced for the Dragon class, the company has built a reputation for excellence and expertise in stainless steel winches. Today's range of Andersen Winches includes self tailing sheet winches and capstan models in manual, electric and hydraulic versions.
Annette Andersen Lau commented "After three generations of family ownership this is a real change of pace, and Ronstan is taking over a company and a team of employees that is ready for any challenge. Andersen Winches is clearly a great strategic fit with Ronstan and I'm sure it will be a winning combination."
"Andersen Winches are the perfect complement to Ronstan deck hardware", says Ronstan's Managing Director Alistair Murray. "The company's experience in winch design and manufacture are a natural extension to Ronstan's expertise in hardware, and we look forward to the broader possibilities that we can offer to our customers with the combined product range."
In addition to its manufacturing activities in Australia, Ronstan has been producing specialist sailboat hardware in Denmark since its acquisition of Frederiksen Boat Fittings in 2001. Thomas Meyer, currently General Manager of Ronstan Denmark Aps, takes over management responsibility for all Danish operations, with all Ronstan Denmark and Andersen Winches employees continuing in their current roles.
Murray adds, "Ronstan is owned by its management, and we continue to invest in our future at a time when others are standing still or sliding backward. As the economy and the industry pull out of the recent downturn, we are aiming to emerge stronger than ever."
Ronstan is based in Melbourne and has 180 employees world-wide. In addition to Sydney, Brisbane, and Fremantle it has offices in Rhode Island, California and Florida USA as well as Southampton in the UK, and Vejle, Denmark.


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Teejri Moon from Valencia, Spain shared by Arjan Nankani
Teejri Moon from Wilmington, North Carolina, USA shared by Priya Melwani
Finally everyone was able to view Moon in Mumbai region & break the Teejri Fast. Were you able to see the Moon ? How was your Teejri fasting experience ? Please share with us here.
Teejri Moon View as shared by Sukheja Inder Raj from Abu Dhabi
Teejri Moon View as shared by Arjan Nankani from Valencia, Spain
The Teejri festival of Sindhis falls on the third day after the full moon, in the month of Shravan.
This year, i.e in 2013, Sindhis around the world will celebrate this festival of fasting, on 23rd of August!
Moon rise time is estimated to 20:37 in Mumbai where 95.6% moon will be illuminated as this is Teej 3rd day after full moon.


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The Panama High School basketball teams will get their seasons started tonight at Wilburton, with the girls playing at 6:30 p.m. and the boys at approximately 8 p.m.
The Lady Razorbacks were 12-12 last season, and return four starters from that team.
ŌĆ£We have several quality players returning from last year, as well as some returning from injury,ŌĆØ said Dennis Wright, Panama's coach. ŌĆ£We also add a good group of freshmen to the team. If everyone accepts their roles, maintain our positive attitudes and continue our strong work ethic ŌĆö and avoid major injuries ŌĆö we have the opportunity to become a very good basketball team. We have a great team chemistry.ŌĆØ
This season, not only will Wright coach the Lady Razorbacks, he will also coach the Hogs ŌĆö replacing veteran coach Greg Nichols, who retired to take the assistant basketball coaching job at Greenwood (Ark.) High School.
The Razorbacks were 9-13 last season, but only return one starter from that team.
ŌĆ£We're not really sure what to expect this year as we must replace several players from last year,ŌĆØ Wright said. ŌĆ£We should improve as the year progresses, and the boys adjust to a new coach and style of play ŌĆö as well as continuing to improve as basketball players.ŌĆØ


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One place that I definitely wanted to see when I was in SoCal last month was the Getty Center in Los Angeles (hopefully next time I can check out the Villa). The vast collection of visual arts housed at the Museum was enough motivation for me to find time to visit the place. There was so much to see, the incredible architecture, the exhibits, the garden. I remember thinking to myself that I could easily spend countless hours just sitting by the garden reading a book or just relaxing while allowing myself to be surrounded by a huge assortment of priceless masterpieces of famous people with names I can barely pronounce.
Unfortunately, the visit was short and sweet. Time was just not on our side. After a couple of hours of oohhing and aahhing at the exhibits, enjoying the variety of plants and listening to the soothing sound of water at the Central Garden, it was time to move on.


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ADB-Pakistan Partnership Strategy
The country operations business plan (COBP), 2015-2017 for Pakistan is aligned with the interim country partnership strategy (CPS), 2014-2015 and anticipated strategic thrust of the CPS for 2015-2019, scheduled for consideration by the ADB Board of Directors in the first quarter of 2015. It is also consistent with the priorities set out in the midterm review of ADB's Strategy 2020.
The draft CPS, 2015-2019 proposes to support the government's objective of high, sustained, and inclusive growth, focusing on infrastructure development and institutional reforms. It is aligned with the government's development strategy, Vision 2025, and the development strategies and plans of provincial governments.
Country Operations Business Plans
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The Public Communications Policy (PCP) recognizes that transparency and accountability are essential to development effectiveness. It establishes the disclosure requirements for documents and information ADB produces or requires to be produced.
The Accountability Mechanism provides a forum where people adversely affected by ADB-assisted projects can voice and seek solutions to their problems and report alleged noncompliance of ADB's operational policies and procedures.


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Congressman Darrell Issa, Chairman of the House Government Oversight Committee, gave an impassioned speech at the Aaron Swartz Memorial Service in D.C. committing to reforming the law and investigating the abuses of the Swartz case. But when will the hearings begin?
According to the Huffington Post, Justice Department officials have already disclosed to members of Congress that Swartz's politics played a role in the prosecution, specifically a political manifesto Swartz wrote in favor of open access to information.
Swartz's 2008 manifesto said sharing information was a "moral imperative" and advocated for "civil disobedience" against copyright laws pushed by corporations "blinded by greed" that led to the "privatization of knowledge."…
The "Manifesto," Justice Department representatives told congressional staffers, demonstrated Swartz's malicious intent in downloading documents on a massive scale…
[Associate Deputy Attorney General Steve] Reich told congressional staffers that the Justice Department believed federal prosecutors acted in a reasonable manner, according to the sources. He also made clear that prosecutors were in part influenced by wanting to deter others from committing similar offenses.
To recap, the Justice Department has just confirmed that Aaron Swartz was prosecuted because of his political beliefs and to make an example out of him. That is precisely the conduct that critics, including Congressman Issa, pointed to as abusive at the memorial.
And of course there is a larger context to all of this. Swartz was under surveillance by the government well before the JSTOR case, well before he committed any crime – the extent of which is still unknown and only slowly being revealed. What is known is that currently there are no restraints on government surveillance of American citizens. No process, no oversight, just get the attention of someone who can make a phone call to a law enforcement or intelligence agency and there you have it, a file starts. Write a little something on the internet and here comes agents to your house, interviewing your employer, as well as monitoring all your online activity. This is America today, now.
I can only hope no other Americans have ever written anything political on the internet or plan to, then they should be fine (provided they don't get confused with someone else).
Aaron's Law is not about changing the police state, it is simply an effort to add a touch of rationality to a law written in 1986 – before any serious amount of Americans even used the internet – that is being used in 2013 to police online political activism. It's not about Aaron, it's about the next Aaron. It is an attempt to stop the mindless machinery of State power from destroying another life.
And it all begins with finding out exactly what happened and that requires an investigation. This is a fight that needs to be won or freedom is finished in America. So cry havoc and let slip the congressional hearings.


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Washington's voters will in November again decide whether to allow charter schools in Washington, after having rejected similar proposals in 1995, 2000 and 2004.
The debate over this year's charter schools initiative mostly comes down to speculation.
The writers of the ballot measure that would allow the independent public schools to get a foothold in Washington state say they designed their proposal to create the best charter school system in the nation. The proposal would open as many as 40 charter schools over five years, they say, and would offer hope for struggling kids and their families.


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And just think how much more competition for retail stores there will be whenever they build the new shopping center over off of 322 (Swatara Plaza at the Concourse): http://www.pennlive.com/midstate/index.ssf/2012/04/swatara_township_building_boom.html
Local news here today, however it's been national for at least two weeks now...
http://ujsportal.pacourts.us/DocketSheets/MDJCourtSummaryReport.aspx?matterID=704446270 is a Court Summary - info on their description and sex and is right on the top.
There's also a Carnival going on through Saturday night in East Pennsboro Township, at Adams-Ricci Park. http://www.epcarnival.com is the website. Proceeds from that benefit local Emergency Services organizations.
I've parked on Arsenal for numerous events being held at the Farm Show Complex. It's a lot more convenient for someone like me, who is usually toting around a couple of small children, since I can toss them into a wagon or stroller, and just roll them down the hill to the complex. Trying to juggle 2 kids and a double stroller getting onto a bus is not a fun experience for anyone involved. Add in the wait times at the overflow lot, and the cold weather, and you've got a recipe for disaster. Looks like we may not get to enjoy the show this year after all.
Meatloaf cupcake was one of the offerings from Appalachian Brewing - Meatloaf with mashed potato "icing" on it (not "meatball" cupcake as the article reads).
We thoroughly enjoyed ourselves once again at this great fundraiser. It's great to be able to walk around and sample foods from so many different venues, because it gives me an opportunity to try things out, and discover new restaurants to go to and new meals to eat.
We even spent a few dollars and won a few items off of their silent auction.
No chance the kids were wearing dark costumes and not crossing at a proper crosswalk, right?
Tragic situation for all parties involved...there's no reason to condemn the driver as being at fault.
Why put a limit on the number of stores? Is there a defined number of permissible beer distributors per city/county/region? More stores = more competition = better prices for consumers...as well as more potential income from licensing fees.
I saw them out at several locations yesterday, including 322 & Mushroom Hill Road, the main intersection to enter the Hershey Park parking area, and a few other local roads.
I appreciate what they are doing, and even emptied a couple of dollars of spare change out of my ashtray into the can to offer my support.
I do not have a problem with them doing it, however it is a major safety issue, especially with them out on the major roadways wearing no type of visibility enhancing clothing/vest . Walking along the shoulder of Route 322 as vehicles are whizzing by at 50+ miles an hour is a scary sight. One person decides to stop and donate, even though the light is green, jamming the rest of the traffic up behind them and possibly causing an accident.
An alternative is to seek permission from the property owners to use the entrance to a parking lot of a busy retail space (grocery store, strip mall, ...). Then they are on private property, and can not be bothered by the police.
I agree that these individuals should have at least been warned, since most likely it is different groups of students that are doing this every year, and they may not have been aware of it.
As to the Police and Fire Departments doing it, It is the same thing. But when it is your own fellow brothers and sisters in the Emergency Services doing it, I am sure it's easy to turn the other cheek.
The City has nothing to do with the parking at the Farm Show Complex...that's handled by the State.
Glad to see anothe educated Pennlive.Com user out here spouting off about things they don't even know about.
Also keep in mind the countless number of volunteer firefighters, Fire Police, and EMS personnel that have been helping out. Many local volunteers have spent countless hours evacuating people, pumping basements, directing traffic around closed roads, and performing other duties.
Some of them appreciate a few hours of your time helping out at a fundraiser as much as they could use a few dollars.
There was a multi-vehicle crash on 81 North just before Front Street around 7:50 this morning. Traffic was backed to the Marysville/Enola exit by 7:55am, and I am sure it was backing up even further with emergency vehicles responding.
I don't live in the city, but I work there.
I already pay my $52 yearly "Emergency & Municipal Services Tax" to them for my use of the roads and services. And everyone else who works in the cith pays the same for their use of the services. How much money do they take in from that tax?
They also benefit from a percentage of money that I spend there for parking, shopping, dining out, and entertainment.
With this Commuter Tax, they are looking at a guaranteed source of income from the legions of State Employees who have no choice in the matter. It's not like they will just pack up and go elsewhere.
Maybe it's time for the State to take over the Capital City and turn things around. The sinking ship named Harrisburg is about ready to go under.
To show one example of how the city of Harrisburg is squandering away tons of money, look at the fire protection that they offer. They are so short-staffed, those employees are constantly making tons of money in overtime. Maybe the media should start reporting on things like that, where they could have adequate staffing, pay normal salaries, and use that saved money to help get out of debt.
Official info (PowerPoint Slideshow) provided by the Commonwealth regarding the project:
The baby she was carrying was not his...she was pregnant from another guy.
Halon was banned, so it's not available anymore.
As for the sprinkler system malfunctioning and destroying the whole house, that's a legend brought about by movies and TV. It's no different than a regular water pipe in your home breaking. Sprinkler heads in a system for home use are not open all of the time. There is a device in each head that is set to melt or break at a certain temperature, and only that head activates...generally right where the main source of heat and fire is. The amount of water coming out of one of those heads is not enough to flood a whole house, but it is enough to keep the fire in check or extinguish it until the fire department gets there.
If you look at the cost per square foot, it's not that expensive. It decreases your insurance premiums, and provided invaluable peace of mind in the event of a fire. Unfortunately, most home detection systems don't rouse people the way they should. Studies show that kids sleep right through them. People fail to maintain smoke detectors (battery changes).
I am a volunteer firefighter, and would not be making any money off of the sprinkler installations (not part of any construction company/remodel/renovation company).With the way today's homes are built with lightweight construction materials, they burn quicker and structural components fail faster, putting both homeowners and emergency services personnel at risk.
Condolences to the families involved. Such a tragedy indeed.
One can only wonder what may have happened that caused them to go so far off their normal route home, and end up in a field a good distance off of the road.
This should be a link to a map of the area where the vehicle was found. There is a picture on the other website that shows power lines...note where they are on this map image to get a better idea of where the car was found:
Glad to hear that they are back. I've had the date circled on my calendar since I heard about it last week.
It will be nice to go out and have a few beers, watch some sports, and come home without smelling like an ashtray.
Does anyone know if they will be honoring the season passes that were being sold? We spent extra money to get the "gold pass" that Hershey offers (for 2011), to enable access to both Hershey Park and Dutch Wonderland.
There is nothing on either website, and the season pass office was closed when I tried to call after I heard the news this evening.
Maybe the Patriot could look into this, on behalf of the many consumers who spent their hard earned money on the tickets.
Not to defend him or his actions in any way...
However I see some of these teens, and how they dress, look, and act. And it is sometimes easy to be fooled into thinking that they are older than they are. Especially if they are running around flaunting it.
That being said...if he knew that she was underage, then he should have a certain part of anatomy cut off.
I would have a hard time trying to punish the guy if he was in fact lied to by her about how old she was.