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The 21 governmental entities and non-profit organizations are receiving up to $300,000 each to train individuals in the cleanup of contaminated sites and health and safety, while providing training in other environmental skills, such as recycling center operator training, green building design and energy efficiency.
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"These job training grants are not just helping to create good jobs, they're helping create good, green jobs that protect the health of local families and residents and prepare communities for continued economic growth," says EPA Administrator Jackson. "Creating good green jobs proves that we don't have to choose between cleaning up our air and our water or creating jobs in our communities. We're showing that it's possible to do both at the same time."
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Facebook Commerce: What Are Your Options?
There's no question social commerce is taking off, and Facebook plays a major role in brands' social commerce strategies. (86% of retailers plan to implement such a strategy by 2011, says Altimeter Group.) For companies that want to introduce shopping to their Facebook presence, what are the options? Shoutlet COO Aaron Everson outlined options and strategies in a Shoutlet webinar Nov. 17 (click to download slides). Here's the highlights:
– The average Facebook user is connected 80 pages, groups, or events. Those who Like a brand are 41% more likely to recommend products and 28% more likely to continue using them. (via Forbes)
– Social commerce is a broad term: From m-commerce (mobile) to location-based and group deals, there's many options for retailers.
– In terms of Facebook, there's many ways to tie your online products to your fan page:
- Link your product pages and e-commerce site via Facebook's Like button and Share to Facebook button. Mashable offers an interesting take on how the popular Like button is outshining the Share button.
- Add third-party sharing buttons, such as ShareThis, AddThis, or a branded version such as Shoutlet's custom share button.
- Tie your e-commerce site to Facebook's OpenGraph to offer personalized product recommendations, friend activity, and more.
- Facebook Deals: One of Facebook's latest releases, Facebook Deals allows companies who have a verified Places page offer customers who check in a special incentive. Gap is one of the most well-known initial case uses. The apparel company gave away free jeans to the first 10,000 users who checked in on November 5, and 40% off for other users throughout the day.
- F-commerce: F-commerce is a true end-to-end Facebook store within the a fan page. The user shops and buys a product without leaving the Facebook platform. Delta Airlines and 1-800-Flowers are both using this option on their Facebook pages.
- Facebook shopping: Other options include pulling a product feed into Facebook and offering social shopping on your fan page, then directing users who want to buy to your own e-commerce channel to complete the transaction. Tools like Shoutlet's Shop & Share feature offer this, as well as social sharing tools that allow shoppers to share individual products on Facebook and other social sites.
Customers are already using Facebook to discuss products and get recommendations. Integrating shopping into your Facebook presence puts your brand in the middle of the activity that's happening now and gives shoppers the tools they need to easily spark discussions and make online purchases.
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Listen to any politician talk these days and they will tell you that their number one concern is jobs, jobs, and jobs. Unfortunately, their concern has not translated into higher employment numbers. North Carolina's unemployment rate increased to 10.3 percent in August, as 471,319 North Carolinians are currently out of work. Macon County's numbers are also bleak, with unemployment increasing from 10 percent in July to 10.3 percent in August. A listed 1,613 Maconians were out of work in August, compared to 1,577 people in July. Macon County's unemployment rate has increased nearly one percent since August of 2010.
As for Jackson County, they are one of only six western North Carolina counties that saw a drop in unemployment numbers, going from 8.8 percent in July to 8.4 percent in August.
"I've been looking for work every day for the past month," said Franklin resident Rob Carlucci. As a father of two, Carlucci is struggling to find consistent work in the tough job market. "I've been fortunate in finding some odd jobs here and there and I've put in a lot of applications over the past few weeks, but I can't find a permanent job anywhere and it's frustrating. I recently applied for a maintenance job for a company in Sylva that seemed promising, so I'm hoping to catch a break."
The latest jobs report from the U.S. Department of Labor was grim, showing no job gains for the month of August and the national unemployment rate stubbornly remaining at 9.1 percent. The non-partisan Congressional Budget Office predicts that the unemployment rate will remain above 8 percent until 2014.
The unemployment rate does not fully capture the true condition of our economy, as many Americans know. The U.S. Labor Department estimates that about 2.6 million Americans have stopped looking for work, and another 8.8 million are part-time workers seeking full-time employment. If you combine the number of unemployed Americans with the number of underemployed workers and people who have stopped looking for work, the unemployment rate exceeds 16 percent; and may be even higher.
Data from the U.S. Labor Department showed that private sector employers added 17,000 jobs in the month of August, but those numbers were offset as government jobs decreased by about 17,000. The construction industry continues to suffer as well, losing 5,000 jobs last month, largely caused by enormous problems that continue to plague the housing industry.
"We are still hoping to see some improvement in the construction industry," said Macon County Employment Security Commission Manager Dale West. "I think any improvement in the construction industry, especially in this area, would go a long way in helping Macon County. Unfortunately, we have not seen the type of improvement that we are hoping for. Hopefully that will change," she said.
Scott Hamilton, President and CEO of Advantagewest Economic Development Group, remains optimistic about future economic growth in western North Carolina. "We saw some economic development projects in the region stall during and immediately following the debt ceiling debate, and access to capital is still hard to get, but I am still optimistic. We have a lot of projects in the making, initiatives targeted at creating entrepreneurial development at the grassroots level," said Hamilton. Advantagewest is a non-profit public-private economic development group whose main focus is to market western North Carolina to potential investors and entrepreneurs.
"The major problem with the economy is idle capital," said Western Carolina University Economist Dr. Stephen Miller. "Unfortunately, many economic models treat capital goods as fungible and transferable goods that can be moved easily from one sector to another. But just before the recession began, for example, the construction industry was booming. Builders bought up lumber, copper wire, concrete, etc. Now home prices have fallen and in many areas are still falling. So how can bricks and lumber be put to other uses, especially if they were put into half-built homes and developments? They can't, not without a lot of value being lost in the process. Entrepreneurs will take advantage of low prices and create value wherever possible. The problem with propping up home prices is that it prevents that reallocation from happening, and recovery takes far longer than it otherwise would," said Dr. Miller.
The declining housing industry is worrying many economists, mainly because of how it is affecting our economic recovery. The private sector is not the only component negatively affected by declining home prices. Local governments across the nation could be facing a precarious situation in the near future, as most of their revenues emanate from property taxes.
"Home prices are falling, and assessments are reflecting that fact," said Dr. Miller. "I purchased a home in May 2010. Soon after I bought it, I was given a tax assessment that was $95,000 more than the purchase price. To be fair, Jackson County re-assessed my home's value this year. Now the taxed value is only $65,000 over the purchase price. To avoid the problem in the future merely requires a little foresight. Home prices have fallen, but are still higher than they were ten years ago. If the housing market is booming, and tax assessments are rising rapidly, so far as I know, there is nothing preventing county governments from running surpluses to make up for years where assessments fell. The answer is simply not to treat higher revenues during boom years as a permanent windfall," he said.
Employment data continues to disappoint dogooders seeking public-sector careers and blue collar Americans seeking construction work. The news is not all bad, however. People actively looking for work will have a greater chance of success pursuing careers in the health-care and business/ financial industries, as they added a combined 57,700 jobs during the month of August, which was really the only good news emerging from the latest jobs report provided by the U.S. Labor Department.
When asked what local governments in western North Carolina could do to stimulate economic growth in their communities, Dr. Miller said "local governments should consider how entrepreneurs' costs of compliance with local zoning laws, ordinances, permitting laws, etc. can be reduced and streamlined. Most regulations exist to protect incumbent firms from competition, but are defended with the rhetoric of protecting consumers. But there is no legitimate version of economics that says competition among firms harms consumers."


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|The regulation of hepatic carbon flux by pyruvate dehydrogenase and pyruvate dehydrogenase kinase during long-term food restriction.
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|PMID: 8250846 Owner: NLM Status: MEDLINE
|The present study investigated the effects of chronic food restriction (achieved by limiting access to food to 2 h daily for up to 8 weeks) on the activity of the active form of pyruvate dehydrogenase (PDHa) in liver. Accelerated and exaggerated activation of hepatic PDH in response to a meal, previously demonstrated to occur within 10 days of food restriction, was demonstrated to persist for 4 and 8 weeks of food restriction, despite a food intake of only 50-60% of controls. Activation of hepatic PDH during feeding in rats subjected to food restriction for 4 weeks was dependent on continued food intake. As a consequence, hepatic PDHa activities in food-restricted rats were suppressed relative to controls for 19 h of the 24 h daily cycle. Curve-fitting by second-order polynomial regression analysis demonstrated a significant positive correlation between hepatic PDHa activity and lipogenic rate over the range of PDHa activities observed during the 2 h feeding period. Increased lipogenesis during feeding in food-restricted rats was not at the expense of hepatic glycogen synthesis or deposition; measurement of concurrent rates of glycogenesis and lipogenesis revealed simultaneous flux through both pathways, but specific activation of lipogenesis. The accelerated re-activation of hepatic PDH observed within 1 h of feeding in rats subjected to 4 weeks of food restriction was facilitated by a failure of the 22 h interprandial fasting period to induce a stable increase in hepatic PDH kinase activity. The present study indicates differential regulation of hepatic PDH kinase activity during periods of food withdrawal between food-restricted rats and starved/re-fed control rats. Such regulation occupies a critical role in determining the rate of activation of hepatic PDH during feeding. In turn, increased activity of hepatic PDHa during feeding in food-restricted rats bears a close positive relationship with hepatic lipogenic rate.
|M C Sugden; R M Grimshaw; M J Holness
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|Type: Journal Article; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
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|Title: The Biochemical journal Volume: 296 ( Pt 1) ISSN: 0264-6021 ISO Abbreviation: Biochem. J. Publication Date: 1993 Nov
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|Created Date: 1993-12-29 Completed Date: 1993-12-29 Revised Date: 2009-11-19
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|Nlm Unique ID: 2984726R Medline TA: Biochem J Country: ENGLAND
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|Languages: eng Pagination: 217-23 Citation Subset: IM
|Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Basic Medical Sciences, Queen Mary & Westfield College, University of London, U.K.
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Diet, Reducing
Lipids / biosynthesis
Liver / enzymology, metabolism*
Liver Glycogen / metabolism*
Protein Kinases / metabolism*
Protein-Serine-Threonine Kinases
Pyruvate Dehydrogenase Complex / metabolism*
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|0/Lipids; 0/Liver Glycogen; 0/Pyruvate Dehydrogenase Complex; EC 2.7.-/Protein Kinases; EC 184.108.40.206/Protein-Serine-Threonine Kinases; EC 18.104.22.168/pyruvate dehydrogenase (acetyl-transferring) kinase
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GOLDEN VALLEY, Minn. - Holiday decorations go a long way to creating a festive mood but sometimes ornaments, plants and food can pose some hidden dangers.
Dr. Gary Gosewisch, from the Urgency Room in Woodbury and Eagan, discussed what to watch out for this holiday season.
Poinsettia plants. There is much debate as to whether poinsettia plants are toxic. You want to keep these plants away from small children, but if an instance does arise, in which a child consumes any part of the plant, you want to watch the child. Is he or she vomiting? Is the child showing a rash of any sort? If so, it's worth a trip to the doctor or the UR.
Overindulgence. Many patients in the ER complain of stomach pain, chest pain and other ailments that may seem serious but it could just be the result of eating too much or an upset gastro. Try taking an antacid with a full glass of water, which helps your body absorb the medicine. If the chest pain continues or is followed by shortness of breath, lightheadedness, nausea/vomiting or discomfort in one or both arms, the back, neck or jaw, then it is time to seek medical attention.
Food Poisoning versus gastroenteritis. So many people are transporting food, leaving it out too long and just not paying attention when it comes to food safety during the holiday season. Add to that to the increasing cases of gastroenteritis (commonly called stomach flu) and you get a lot of people dealing with vomiting, nausea and an overall yucky feeling. The key for both conditions is to make sure you do not get dehydrated. Try drinking liquids, even in very small amounts. Head to the doctor if you or your children are showing common signs of dehydration including: excessive thirst, dry mouth, little or no tears, very dark urine, little or no urine, weakness, lethargy or dizziness.
Christmas Trees. Of course tree fires are common and dangerous, but don't forget about the glass ornaments and lights. Many small children are taken to the hospital suffering from lacerations, electrocution, eye injuries and other serious holiday tree mishaps.
Here's a quick guide to help you decide if a cut needs a Band-Aid stitches:
For cuts less than 1/2 inch in length that stop bleeding after eight to 10 minutes of pressure, stitches are not generally necessary. Wounds that usually require suturing are those that are larger than 1/2 inch, triangular, starlike or irregular in shape. Head to the doctor if the cut is on a joint, eyelid, lip or face. Even when cuts in these areas are small, stitches may help the wound heal with less scarring.
Burns. With all those platters of turkey, mash potatoes, gravy and more, it's no wonder burns are a big problem during the holiday season. There are three words to remember when trying to determine if your burn requires immediate medical attention:
DEPTH of the burn: How deep does the burn appear to be? Third degree burns require immediate attention. These are the burns that damage the epidermis and dermis, as well as blood vessels, nerves and glands. The outer layer of keratin is also gone, allowing moisture to escape.
SIZE of the burn: If the burn is large, covering a significant part of the arm, hand, leg or any part of the body, best to see a doctor right away.
WHERE the burn is located: Burns on the face, palm, fingers and feet are cause for concern and worth a trip to the doctor if they are very painful, deep or large.
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Well, for a sport that takes itself so seriously, that was one circus of a race. Yep, Vettel won the race but didn't win any races. Its how you win that makes you a true great in this sport, not how many. Rspect to Mark and Nico for driving for the team. And to Hamilton to for recognising what Nico had done for him and the team. Red Bull didn't look like a team that had just bagged a one two. Might enjoy thiseason in F1 afterall.


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I've played on both sides of the fence. I've been the side chick and am currently
the main the only chick. I am very aware of the expectations and behaviors associated with the roles… the rules if you will. When I watched VH1 reality show "Love & Hip Hop," characters Emily B., Mimi Faust and Joseline Hernandez stood out to me because like I've mentioned, I've been there. How does one go from mistress to main? Well, that's another story, but I will say, it was not without strife. A couple of years ago I was Joseline Hernandez. I just wanted my Stebbie no matter who it hurt and what it cost. My only concern was having him in my life, for a minute, an hour, a lustful night with his cellphone powered off… Then, the tables turned and the position I desperately craved became mine.
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Talking like this, reminds me of the degradation women allow ourselves to endure, but for the sake of this story, it is what it is. Moving on.
But, happiness would only be short lived because as they say, "What goes around, comes around," and the same pain I once inflicted upon a girlfriend or two happened to me. And the only thing that probably hurts more than being cheated on, is unrequited love. But in essence, a main chick becomes a side chick when a man cheats. No woman is a winner in that situation. But, it did teach me a valuable lesson about life. From all my puddles of tears, I gathered and promised myself to never (voluntarily) be a side-chick again.
If every woman took responsibility for herself, forget about the man for a moment, and vowed to not sleep with or talk to a man in a relationship, I think (and I am entitled to my opinion) the world of dating would be a better place!
This all leads me to "The Real Mistresses Of Atlanta," a production by Memphitz that may be making its way to our television screens sooner than later. A pilot trailer hit the Internet earlier this year and I want to be clear about this: I do not agree with glorifying any side chick, especially the kind of women that aren't lead by love, but just don't care! Point blank, no matter which way it is put, the show makes women look like heartless, materialistic beings with no remorse for their fellow man. At least that's how I feel about it…
During my recent interview with the record exec I just had to ask about it and how an idea for such a controversial series even came into existence.
HB: I want touch on "The Real Mistresses Of Atlanta." Because I hear that you are behind this and I watched the trailer and I am just like, 'I don't know what to expect.'
Memphitz: Okay. What exactly do you wanna know? My thought process behind it?
HB: Yes. I need to know your thought process and where that show is going.
Memphitz: Okay. Well, it actually came from, I have to involve my wife in this because she loves her shows, her reality shows, her guilty pleasures. When I'm talking to her during those shows, she always shushing me. So I'm like, 'You know what? I'm gonna give you something to shush about!' I was like, 'Let me think of something.' I went away for a while, I came back and I was like, 'These shows , really? And I'm looking at 'em and I'm researching and I'm watching 'em with my wife and I'm starting to learn what's actually captivating these women to where these ratings are so crazy. I'm like, you know what?'


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Sunny Gilbert of Fort Collins pulls a book from a shelf Monday at BookEnds bookstore. The store will close at the end of the month. / V. Richard Haro/The Coloradoan
Whats next?
BookEnds, 1009 S. Lemay Ave., is holding its going out of business sale through the end of December.
Ronda Willmot tried for five years to make a go of BookEnds, an independent bookstore that sells mostly used and some new books in Fort Collins.
She tried opening a coffee shop inside the store. She tried moving. She tried sign spinners. Business looked promising through the third year, but for the past 18 months, sales have dropped consistently.
At the end of December, Willmot will give up the fight and close BookEnds, 1009 S. Lemay Ave. Part of it is the economy, she says. Part of it is the popularity of e-readers, tablets and deep discounts offered by big box stores and Amazon, the 800-pound gorilla in the industry.
A combination of all that stuff and it was not the right time to open a bookstore, she said. I havent made money for two years; I cant put any more money into it. Were sad. It was our dream.
At its peak, BookEnds generated about $8,000 in sales every month. Now the store averages half that. I cant even pay my rent and wages with that.
BookEnds is the latest casualty in an industry forced by technology and changing reading habits to evolve. The Eclectic Reader shut down in September when owner Cynthia Manuel lost her lease at 1031 S. Taft Hill Road, and Readers Cove closed last year in south Fort Collins.
Unfortunately, people arent reading as much, Willmot said. Its hard to get people to come in and buy the books when they have the e-readers and electronic stuff. Its a big issue for us.
The demise is a troubling trend for the American Booksellers Association, which has seen a steady decline in the number of bookstores nationwide. Despite the decrease in brick and mortar stores, sales at independent bookstores jumped 8 percent last year and double digit increases are expected this year, according to the ABA.
Susie Wilmer of Old Firehouse Books in Old Town is coming off her second-largest sales day ever, Small Business Saturday. I really believe people in Fort Collins love books and love bookstores, Wilmer said. People want to come in and talk about books, hear books being discussed and meet authors theyve never encountered before.
We still have people who love books, and independent bookstores are actually completing one of their best years nationwide, she said. Independents are not struggling nearly as hard; things are finally starting to move our way.
Wilmer said, unless something drastic happens, Firehouse is on track to have its best year ever.
The city of Fort Collins sales tax division lists 15 bookstores, including Barnes & Noble and specialty stores such as the New Bible Superstore, Christian Science Reading Room, Als Newstand, Rams Bookstore and Northern Lights Wholistic Bookstore.
Cynthia Manuel of The Eclectic Reader said bookstores offer so much more than just a place to purchase a title or author. Theres a lot of personal going on. People share their stories. They talk to me not just about books. ... It really would be a shame to lose that when I think thats what the world needs more of.
Manuel is considering reopening her bookstore in a new location but wonders whether there is enough consumer support. One of my issues is will Fort Collins support a used bookstore not just in theory but with their pocketbooks? Supporting a bookstore, especially a used bookstore, means someone must go in and buy books. ... Browsing is great; however, if you dont buy a book, I cant keep the doors open, she said.
Old Firehouse Books sells e-readers and tablets, but Wilmer believes readers still want the tactile experience of holding a book in their hands, smelling the ink and paper, turning down the page to mark their place and browsing through shelves. The love affair is not over, Wilmer said.
Still, shes changed her strategy over the years to be more competitive and incorporated the new technology. In the 1990s, used bookstores made a nice tidy profit off westerns. Now Walmart gets most of that income, so Wilmer doesnt sell westerns any more. Same with romance novels. I just dont do it. Ive given up fighting on those. But on thoughtful books on science, history and literature, they come here.
She works with schools and libraries, reading programs and author events.
Our biggest enemy isnt the e-reader, Wilmer said. Its Amazon.
With one click, a book is on its way to your door, so Wilmer sells online, too, so our customers can have the ease of Amazon.
What I dont do is try to sell below cost, she said. I intend to be in business a long time, and Amazon is more interested in market share than profits.
Amazon holds a nearly 30 percent share of the total book market, Barnes & Noble has 20 percent and independent retailers have 15 percent of the $15 billion U.S. book market, according to published reports.
Electronic book sales jumped 44.2 percent last year to $3.04 billion, and online book sales rose 21.3 percent, according to a BookStats report, a project conducted by the Association of American Publishers and the Book Industry Study Group and published in the Los Angeles Times.
In 2012, e-book sales accounted for 20 percent of trade book sales revenue. Overall, trade book sales rose 6.9 percent. Trade books are those found in brick-and-mortar bookstores and online retail booksellers.
Like Wilmer, Willmot said she couldnt compete with prices offered by Amazon, big box stores or 99-cent paperbacks sold at thrift stores. I cant compete with that either. Its frustrating.
Erik Mayse uses Amazon to find books that arent available at independent stores, he said in post on the Coloradoans Facebook page. Used books age like wine, each with a unique smell, texture and history. Technology takes the soul of the words.
The one click that it takes to buy a book that automatically populates on an electronic device she always carries with her is hard to pass up, said Kerrie Luginbill. I read two to three books per month on my iPad with the Kindle app. ... Im embarrassed to say that I do not purchase hard copies of books anymore at all.
Tiffani Walker said she loves buying actual books. I love the smell of the paper and the feel of the book, but you cant beat the convenience of the Kindles. I cant get a new paper book in bed at 11 p.m. If I find a book I want while I am out and about, then I will get it, but otherwise its Kindle all the way now.


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To start off, I realize this type of question is very hard to answer and there is no general rule. My intention is to merely get an understanding of what others are doing.
Models: 1) small piece of a big pie, but many small pieces
2) big piece of the pie, but few pieces.
Which model do you guys do? If one can make $100 from a site which little or know effert, why not create 100 sites like it?
Benits: diversified with multiple revenue streams, hard to manage so many etc etc.
Work hard on 1 site, focus, narrow the niche and make loads of profits.
drawbacks: all eggs in 1 basket
Which model do you guys employ?
A good idea would be to forward all email to a central account, and then reply using the sites original domain, is that what you guys do?
I would hate to see how long it takes to check 1000 different email accounts on your computer!
Actually on that note, what is the general rule on email addresses, I guess its a MUST to establish a trust with the visitor when sellling affiliates?
Do you host all the domains on the SAME I.P address? Does it make a difference?
What would be great, which is something I'm planning, is to develop a database driven applicatino that will figure out what domain the site is for, and show relavent data for it --> 1 website that is actual n websites with all the data coming from the db.
After what you guys have told me, I think this is the best approach. Its a nighmare to handle all those domains, 1 single-point of reference will make this easier on me!
Ofcourse this is assuming the site structure will be the same for all (generally).
Domain 1, Very very simple and user friendly, nil bells and whistles. basic navigation. (Three Page click through from home page to payment page.) Nil Cookies only url data transfer.
Domain 2, Average size site, normal shopping cart e.g. like your competitors would have. Cookies maybe.
Domain 3, Elaborate site, Corporate feel, with every Accessory available. Multiply ordering and order tracking, online help, forums, date reminders full cookies etc,
I would certainly build Domain 1 first, Domain 2 second then Domain 3 thrid,
Surprisingly enough Domain 1 always outsells domain 2 and 3 in my case.
I guess KISS works every time (KISS = Keep It Simple Stupid )


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–A collaborative tutorial by freedom feens Link Porterfield, Adam Witthauer and Michael W. Dean. Tech checked and improved by Randall Perry and Randy Jasky. This is PART ONE in an ongoing series on the Freedom Feens Blog on easy computer security for honest people who just don't like gubmint idiots hired off an ad on a pizza box reading their love letters and chats about the weather.
Many people would rather spend hours a day complaining on the Internet about how the government is constantly deleting our rights (like PRIVACY) than spend an hour or two learning to actually PROTECT their privacy. Learn to keep your e-mail PRIVATE while doing so is still legal:
The so-called "Patriot Act" has shredded the US Bill of Rights. The US Government is building a giant data center in Utah to spy on every electronic communication every American makes all day, every day. (We call it, and the ideology behind it, "The Central Scrutinizer.") Cops are demanding e-mails and text messages be kept longer and longer, "just in case." Police in Michigan and California are even doing traffic stops and copying the contents of people's handheld internet devices and phones WITHOUT A WARRANT. If state and federal mucking around with your Internets isn't enough, The United Nations is trying to take over the Internet, right NOW, and doesn't want you to know they're doing it.
All of this has caused some who don't normally question the Central Scrutinizer's legitimacy to reflect on the privacy and security of their own emails. Most freedom feens like us are already likely to question why it takes little more than a subpoena, or sometimes just a friendly (or not so friendly) phone call to an email service provider, for law enforcement (at any level) to obtain all of your email. After all, it is potentially the digital equivalent of making off with all the letters and parcels you've received in your lifetime, and such action would at least require an all too readily issued warrant from a judge for any paper mail seized from your house to be admissible in court proceedings.
The good news is you can do something easy RIGHT NOW to make sure that the Central Scrutinizer winds up with nothing but gibberish when it snacks on your email.
You don't have to be a "criminal" (i.e. "actual violent bad guy") to need to hide your tracks. It's getting to the point where completely moral, normal things seem suspect to the Central Scrutinizer. LEARN TO USE PGP, AND USE IT! DO IT NOW!
Today we're going to teach you how to "lick the envelope" on your email. You may not think of it as such, but your email is like a postcard. OpenPGP encrypted email seals your message in an "envelope" to keep the contents shielded from prying eyes. OpenPGP is not some lightweight airmail envelope. It is one of those Tyvek envelopes that resists being opened even at knife point, if you cased a Tyvek envelope in diamond-hard steel.
While sending a "digital postcard" may initially seem just as innocuous as sending a regular postcard, there are some special considerations in the digital world. After all, your postman could likely care less about the mundane stuff you would be willing to put on a postcard. But in the digital world, you don't have to worry about just a few "probably too busy and don't care" postmen handling your postcard. Your "digital postcard" contains data that can be effortlessly collected and stored indefinitely, and easily mined by search algorithms for certain key words. This is not paranoia, this is something Gmail and Facebook already do with targeted marketing. They already mine data from your emails and profile to determine what ads you would be most interested in. Ever send an e-mail by Gmail and talk to your friend about fishing, then get ads for fishing gear on the next site you view from a Google search? That's how they do it. Ever send a private message to a friend on Facebook about some band, then get ads on Facebook trying to sell you tickets to that band's next tour? That's how they do it. Facebook isn't even a mere postcard, it's more like standing in the town square with a bullhorn talking to a friend across a crowd of people.
"But isn't email encryption just for hackers and conspiracy freaks?" "What if I have nothing to hide?" There's a military term that has come into the mainstream since the beginning of the global war on terror: PATTERN OF LIFE ANALYSIS. The easiest way to describe pattern of life analysis would be to ask and answer the questions "What is normal day-to-day behavior for this person or group of people? Are they behaving normally today?" If email encryption is left just to hackers and conspiracy freaks, then email encryption practically becomes a crime in itself, if not probable cause for suspicion. If you wait until you "have something to hide" to begin using email encryption, you have just established that your pattern of life does not include email encryption, and therefore beginning the use of email encryption would establish a change in pattern of life…which warrants a closer look.
Occasionally someone will also make the claim that "It doesn't matter, the government has supercomputers that can crack any encryption." Most computer scientists, mathematicians, and cryptographers will claim that OpenPGP is, for all practical purposes, unfeasibly computationally difficult to crack; they will also generally tell you by how many orders of magnitude. But let's humor the worrier here: What if the government does have a cluster of supercomputers that could crack a OpenPGP message, with current levels of encryption, in say 1 hour? If there are only a handful of encrypted messages out there, their super-cluster could (and probably would for aforementioned purposes) catalog all OpenPGP messages they could find. But if a lot of people are using OpenPGP to talk about things like their cats and the weather, the problem becomes much more computationally unfeasible…a needle on a clean tiled floor has now become a needle in a warehouse of haystacks. That is why it's important to make OpenPGP a "normal thing." The good news is that once you have set up OpenPGP, using it for encryption is as simple as sending a message. While OpenPGP is a powerful tool that runs on a variety of computing platforms and email clients, we will be using Thunderbird with Enigmail on Windows for this lesson, though it will work equally well on Linux or Mac. (Note, on Linux, you can usually skip the step about adding GPG4Win, because most Linux installations come with PGP installed by default.)
Don't wait "until things get bad" to get up and running with this. That's like saying "I'll get a gun when the poop hits the fan." When the poop hits the fan, you won't be ABLE to get a gun, let alone learn to use it. And with electronic surveillance, things already ARE bad, and getting worse every day. Get used to using this stuff now, and use it even if you're just talking about fishing (which is actually becoming more and more regulated every day anyway, and once something is heavily regulated, the activity itself approaches being illegal, Mr. "I have nothing to hide.") The more people using encryption, for everything, the less attention individuals using it will attract. And learn to use it combined with a good VPN (we recommend Boleh VPN), for added security and untraceability.
"But what about Hushmail?" Hushmail is web-based encrypted e-mail. It's easier to set up than PGP, but it has security flaws. Hushmail is kindergarten encryption. And moreover, the owners will comply with law enforcement requests to turn stuff over. Why have your encryption handled badly by someone else when you can do it yourself and have total control of it? It's my opinion that the same can be said of some "grandma-ware" encryption being sold as Apps for the iPhone. Partly because that encryption program isn't open source, which means that pro-freedom white-hat hackers can't look inside of it for backdoors. (PGP is open source and has been fully vetted and proven as backdoor-free for over two decades.) Also because an iPhone, by design, is NOT a secure computing environment. It's a closed system, no one can see how it works, you can't use non-Apple approved software on it, (without jailbreaking it, and once you do that, you've broken the law AND it's not really an iPhone anymore) and Apple is MORE than happy to hand over all sorts of stuff about you to any law enforcement person who asks. Richard Stallman, co-inventor of GNU/Linux, said "Steve Jobs made jail cool." He meant that Apple is a closed "jail" that tries to lock you into their services only. But that could also be re-envisioned by some as meaning "Apple doesn't care if using their products puts you in jail."
VERY IMPORTANT TIP!!!!!!: Using BAD encryption is WORSE than using NO encryption, because it only gives you an illusion of security. The way the world is headed, that's like going into a war zone with a "magic" protection amulet instead of bullet-resistant body armor. Screw web-based encryption. Do it all on your end. No one should have your private keys and passwords but you.
So let's do it, and do it RIGHT:
You will need to download and install Mozilla Thunderbird to get started.
Run the Thunderbird installer file, run through and if you don't know the answer to the question, the default will be fine. The real "meat and potatoes" is when you open Thunderbird for the first time.
Default settings are OK here too. One nice feature Windows users will appreciate is now you will have a default email client; in other words no more harassment from MS Outlook when you accidentally click an email link!
Assuming you already have an email account that you want to use with Thunderbird, just click "Skip this…"
I'm going to include one with my actual Gmail address, since the wizard does some nice things when it identifies your email domain:
Enter the address for your existing email account, as well as its password. Thunderbird will use this to log into your email. You may want to un-check the "Remember password" block, unless you feel comfortable saving your password on your computer. Then just click Continue.
Thunderbird is fairly smart in knowing what mail settings you need for Gmail, Hotmail, and other common web mail providers. Unless you know what you're doing, or unless you're using an email provider that Thunderbird doesn't automatically provide settings for, you're best off just hitting "Done."
At this point your email account is all set up, and you can read or write emails from Thunderbird! Your email account is on the tree on the far left pane. After you first set it up it will take a while to sync up everything and download your email, so grab a beer or other suitable beverage.
Note: If you want to have two different e-mail addresses, one for normal mail and one for encrypted only (like Michael Dean does), or if for some other reason you do NOT want Thunderbird to be your default e-mail program and can't change it from within Thunderbird (sometimes it grays out the option to uncheck that), the Windows tutorial on how to set the default e-mail program is HERE.
One last thing you'll want to do is set Thunderbird up so you can see the menu bar. With version 17.0 the menu is hidden by default, but it's much easier to get around in Enigmail with the menu bar. To turn on the menu bar, just right-click in the menu area and select "menu bar," or to get the menu bar to display one time only hit the "Alt" key next to the spacebar.
Next download and install GPG4Win. There are several downloads available. While any of the four should work, I suggest the current (not beta) light version. The light version contains everything we need. It does lack the instruction manual, but that is available for both online reading and as a standalone download on the Documentation section of the GPG4Win site. Don't panic when you reach the screen marked Define trustable root certificates. Just check the box and click next. (See following screenshot.)
Open the Add-ons Manger in Thunderbird (Tools/Add-ons) and search for Enigmail. Install it.
From here just type in "enigmail". That's what you want. It's the first result that comes up. Now click "Install."
Click the handy "Restart now" link to start Thunderbird with the Enigmail add-on.
Start by opening Thunderbird and opening OpenPGP/Setup Wizard leave the first choice set to Yes and click Next.
You can leave the next setting at Yes, since signing your emails won't pose problems for any recipients.
Up next you will set whether to encrypt all of your emails by default. Since you are likely just getting started with OpenPGP, most of your email recipients are unlikely to have public keys yet. Leave that selection at the default of No. (Be sure to send this blog post to as many people as possible. Not only is more people using PGP more useful to YOU, it's more useful to all good people of the WORLD.)
"Yes" here will make things easier if you let the Setup Wizard change some of Thunderbird's default settings. If you want to know what settings are being changed, click Details.
Once you have everyone you regularly email using PGP, you can adjust your Message Composition Defaults to Encrypt messages by default: Edit/Account Settings/OpenPGP Security
then click "Encrypt messages by default, and hit "OK." (No screenshot needed.)
There is an unlikely chance that the Next button may now trigger a message that the Wizard cannot find the GnuPG executable. Skip to the next step if you did not encounter the warning pictured in the screenshot below. Otherwise browse for the GPG program on your computer at C:\Program Files\GNU\GnuPG\pub\gpg.exe
Now generate a key pair.
Pick a good password during this step. It shouldn't be easy for someone to guess, or a machine to crack, but it is important that you don't forget it either. There is a wealth of information online covering passphrase selection and we haven't time to cover it all here, so I recommend this quick read on picking good passphrases.
Unlike with most other memory-intensive computing operations, while your key "cooks", it will go FASTER not SLOWER if you do something else, like surf the web. Computers are an interesting mix of science and voodoo…..
It's a good idea to generate and save a revocation certificate now, too. You will use that let the world know your key should not be used in the event it is lost, stolen, has had the password compromised, etc.
With the Setup Wizard finished you now need to add at least one public key to your key ring. There are a few different ways to do this. All will start in the OpenPGP/Key Management window where you just made your new key pair. I suggest one of the first three methods to keep things simple for now.
There are several ways to manage your keys from various screens, but all key management functions are available from the key manager. This is found under the OpenPGP menu.
With the key management menu open, make sure to click "Display all keys by default" so all of your keys show up automatically.
If you already have a saved public key file choose File/Import Keys From File.
You can copy a public key in plain text format then use Edit/Import Keys From Clipboard. (Include the
and the version info at the beginning, then the key block (random numbers), all the way through the
If you were sent an email with an attached public key, right click the message and pick OpenPGP/Sender's Key/Import Public Key
You can also search for keys online with Keyserver/Search For Keys (use a Key ID in hexadecimal, for example: 0xABCDEF12)
Assign trust to the key you just imported. You will want to do this because deliberate (or inadvertent) impersonation is trivial to accomplish, and Enigmail won't let you encrypt to an untrusted key. This can be done quickly by enabling OpenPGP/Preferences/Sending/Always Trust People's Keys, but it will leave you able to readily encrypt email to a forged key. (You will need to Display Expert Settings to see that option.) A more deliberate use of key trust mechanisms will better protect you from impostors. I recommend confirming the key fingerprint with the key's owner via another channel like the telephone, or an alternate email account, a text message, or encrypted Instant Message. Then you can sign the key which will make it trusted. (OpenPGP/Key Management: right-click the key & select Sign Key) When you sign the key you are essentially vouching for its authenticity. You will be presented with the choice of creating a local or an exportable signature. This setting just defines whether anyone else may rely on your signature to assign key trust on their keyring. (Suppose Michael Dean and I have already exchanged and verified keys, and I want to send Neema some OpenPGP email. When I import Neema's key, I can view signatures and see that it has been signed by Michael's key, and know that the key is authentic. Personally viewing Michael's signature on Neema's key isn't required for the key to be trusted. OpenPGP will already be aware of it.)
You can manually encrypt individual messages by selecting OpenPGP/Encrypt Message (or clicking the picture of a key in the bottom corner of the message). The OpenPGP/Sign Message option (or the picture of the pen in the bottom corner of the message) will sign your message, so the recipient knows it is authentic. You can attach your public key public key so the recipient can easily encrypt his reply or verify your signature. (OpenPGP/Attach My Public Key) Alternatively you can generate per-recipient rules (OpenPGP/Edit Per-Recipient Rules) to always sign, encrypt, or both. You will need to Display Expert Settings in the OpenPGP Preferences to get the Edit Per-Recipient Rules to appear on the OpenPGP menu.
NOTE: PGP encrypts the body of the e-mail, and any attachments, but it does NOT encrypt the subject line. So we recommend you use vague subject lines. We like "Yo", "What up?" and "Hey man." lol.
If you copy and paste your key into an HTML or text document, then upload to the web, it may malform, and scroll, looking like this:
That will probably not work. What you want it to do is look like a block, like this:
You can do that in any HTML editor by adding the HTML tag <pre> before the block and </pre> after the block. Those tags should not show up in the browser. You can even do that without a HTML editor, in Notepad. When you save, just use the drop-down menu in Notepad to change the file type from "Text" to "All files", and change the extension from ".txt" to ".htm" (without the quote marks.) Then upload to your web server and give people the link.
You can also just post it into a WordPress page, as I did at the very end of this post to show what they look like in WordPress. That should format fine, unless you use a template with wide margins, then the key block may scroll. As long it doesn't add extra line breaks, it will be a useable key.
NOTE: Do not keep your passphrase unencrypted on any computer. Memorize it.
Please also see our related article, How to Do Encrypted, Off-The-Record Instant Messenger With Pidgin.
Further reading:
GNU Privacy Guard How To at Ubuntu
Gnu Privacy Guard article at Wikipedia
Pro-Liberty Information About PGP & Encryption
Diceware random strong passphrase generation technique
GRC's Interactive Brute Force Password "Search Space" Calculator
ADVANCED INTO ON CHANGING THE PASSPHRASE REQUIREMENTS: By default, Thunderbird will ask you to type in your passphrase for EVERY encrypted e-mail you read. You can change this. In Thunderbird, go to Tools/Add-ons/Enigmail/Options/ and change the option. 600 minutes didn't work. But 120 minutes did seem to work for me (On Linux. It may not work on Windows, see below if it doesn't). You still have to type your passphrase once in a while in less than 120 minutes, but you won't have to type it EVERY time for every e-mail. Keep in mind though that the longer you have to go without typing it, the less secure your e-mail will be. But that is mostly only an issue if you walk away from your computer and other people have access to it and could just sit down and read what's on the screen. Also keep in mind that if someone manages to put a keylogger on your computer, they can get your passphrase.
If you want to TOTALLY eliminate having to type your passphrase more than once per session (remembering that it makes you less secure if anyone has physical access to your computer), you can adjust the timeouts in GPG agent. You should be able to re-run the GPG4Win installer and select only the GPA component to add it to your system. You can then adjust your GPG Agent settings by running GPA from your Start menu. This mailing list message has some brief, but useful information on that setting.
Link Porterfield is a networking and systems consultant with QPG. His current PGP key can be found at that same link.
Adam Witthauer is a graduate student at Iowa State University. His current PGP key can be found at
Randall Perry started writing code in 1986 and started his first tech company in 1995. He's held adjunct Professor positions at several colleges and universities.
Michael W. Dean is a tech writer and filmmaker and does the Freedom Feens Podcast with Neema Vedadi. If you don't know Michael, his public key is none of yo' damn business! (While the nature of public key cryptography is such that a public key can safely be made available to anyone, Michael just likes to be left alone.)
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This chapter shows how to use Oracle Communications Billing and Revenue Management (BRM) to set up rates based on date and time.
Before you read this chapter you should be familiar with rating and price lists. See "About Creating a Price List".
As explained in "About Creating a Price List", BRM rates billable events by capturing data about the event, for example, the date and time that the event occurred. Since BRM is aware of the date and time of the event, the rating opcodes can use the date and time to determine how to rate the event.
You can specify when rates are valid in the following ways:
In products. You can specify when a product is valid, including all the rates it contains. See "Restricting When a Product Is Available".
In rate tiers. You can use rate tiers to specify a set of rates, each based on a specific time or day. See "Using Rate Tiers to Set Up Rating Based on Date and Time".
When you create rates based on date and time, you can specify how to recognize the time that the event occurred, for example, at the start of the event, the end, or the entire duration.
You specify a time-of-day mode to indicate when a rate should be applied either relative to an event's start time, its end time, or the difference between the two. This is especially useful when an event overlaps a time boundary where a rate changes.
For example, 12 a.m. Monday might be the boundary between a special weekend fee and a regular weekday fee:
To apply the special weekend fee to the entire event, specify Start time.
To apply the regular weekday fee to the entire event, specify End time.
To apply the weekend fee to the portion of the event before midnight and the weekday fee after midnight, specify Timed.
Note:Midnight is shown as 00.00.00.
You use rate tiers to set up valid dates and times for rates. Figure 14-1 shows a rate tier that includes two different rates:
Figure 14-1 Rate Plan with Two Different Rates
You can include multiple rate tiers in a rate plan. Figure 14-2 shows a rate plan with three rate tiers, each valid for a different set of dates:
Figure 14-2 Rate Plan with Three Rates Based on Dates
As you create rate tiers, they appear on a list. BRM applies rates from the top of the list down. You can change the order in which rate tiers are applied by changing their places in the list shown in Figure 14-3.
Figure 14-3 Rates Ordering Buttons
For example, at the top of the rate tier list you could insert a promotional rate tier valid only until the end of May, 20031. BRM applies that rate only until May 31, 2003. After that, the promotional rate tier is no longer valid, and BRM no longer applies it.
You specify how long a rate tier is valid by specifying a duration. You can specify that a rate tier is always valid or is valid for either an absolute or a relative date range. Figure 14-4 shows three rates with validity specified by date.
Figure 14-4 Rate Validity by Date
For example, your basic IP Fax rate tier should not change and always applies. You could specify an absolute date range of 12/1/01 through 12/31/01 for a promotional holiday rate tier. You could also specify a relative date range of 30 days from purchase until 60 days from purchase to give your customers special rates during the second month.
You specify when a rate tier is valid by selecting ranges of dates, day(s) of the week, and time(s) of day. For example:
For each rate tier, you specify a valid date range. For example, you can specify that a rate tier is valid for the entire year 2001.
For each date range, you specify one or more valid day-of-the-week ranges. For example, you can specify that a rate tier is valid Monday through Friday.
For each day-of-the-week range, you specify one or more valid time-of-day ranges. For example, you can specify that a rate tier is valid between 6 a.m. and 8 p.m.
Date ranges consist of a start date and an end date between which a rate tier is valid. For example, a promotional rate tier for usage fees is valid only for the month of January.
Day ranges consist of a list of days during which a rate is valid. For example, a rate tier for off-peak IP usage fees is valid only on weekends.
Time of day ranges consist of a start time and an end time between which a rate tier is valid. For example, an after-hours rate tier for IP usage fees is valid only between 10 p.m. and 6 a.m.
Within each date range, you can use multiple day ranges and within each day range you can use multiple time-of-day ranges.
The following examples show how you can use date, day, and time-of-day ranges together. Figure 14-5 shows some time ranges that specify free IP usage for the first month after an account is created. Figure 14-6 shows some time ranges that specify IP usage rates effective after the first month.
Figure 14-5 Free IP Usage for First Month
Figure 14-6 Time Range Based IP Usage Rates after First Month
Because BRM uses the time and date of an event to determine how to rate the event, it is important to use the correct time zone during rating. You specify whether real-time rating should use the event time zone or the server time zone to rate the event. By using time zone data, BRM can correctly calculate event start and end times before rating occurs.
When you create a product with Pricing Center, you specify whether the event or server time zone should be used for rating. By default, Pricing Center uses the event time zone.
The event time zone is the time zone where the application or device generating the event is located. For example, if a customer logs on to a terminal server in California, the time zone of the log on event is Pacific Standard Time.
The server time zone is the time zone where the BRM server performing rating is located. For example, if a user in California logs on to a terminal server in California, but the BRM server rating this event is in New York, the server time zone is Eastern Standard Time.
In BRM, you use time zone IDs to specify time zones. For example, depending on the context, you can use one of the following time zone IDs to specify Pacific Standard Time:
PST (short abbreviation)
America/Los Angeles (unambiguous long descriptive format)
BRM supports only the time zone IDs defined in instances of the Java TimeZone class.
By default, a subset of those Java-supported time zone IDs is included in the internal BRM time_zones table. To be available for use in BRM, a time zone ID must be listed in that table. If you try to use a time zone ID that is not in the table, the Connection Manager (CM) will encounter errors.
The time_zones table is used to populate the BRM_Home/sys/cm/ timezones.txt file, where BRM_Home is the directory in which BRM is installed, which contains a user-accessible list of all time zone IDs available for use in your system.
You can add time zone IDs to your system by using the sample_timezone.txt file.
Important:The name of any time zone ID that you add to your system must match the name of a time zone ID in the Java TimeZone class. To get a list of time zone IDs in the TimeZone class, use the following function:
You specify the server time zone by entering its ID in the rating_timezone entry of the CM configuration file (pin.conf).
For information about time zone ID format, see "About Time Zone IDs."
The following is an example of a rating_timezone entry with a valid time zone ID:
- fm_rate rating_timezone Europe/Andorra
The default server time zone ID is America/Los_Angeles.
Important:To add multiple custom time zones to the file, enter each time zone entry on a separate line.
To rate events based on a time zone not available to BRM by default, you must add an entry for the new time zone ID to the internal time_zones table and configure the pin.conf file to read the new ID.
To add a time zone ID to BRM, do the following:
Open the BRM_Home/sys/cm/timezones.txt file. This file lists all time zone IDs in the database time_zones table. The file is regenerated each time the CM is started.
If a time zone ID that you need is missing, open the BRM_Home/sys/cm/sample_timezone.txt file.
Add an entry for the new time zone ID as described in the sample_timezone.txt file.
Important:Each time zone ID contains 13 mandatory parameters. The tzone_name parameter must be unique (not in the time_zones table), and it must match the name of a time zone ID in the TimeZone class (see "About Time Zone IDs.").
Note:To add multiple custom time zone IDs to the file, enter each time zone ID entry on a separate line.
Save and close the sample_timezone.txt file.
Add the following entry to the Connection Manager (CM) pin.conf file:
-fm_rate timezone_file sample_timezone.txt
Save and close the file.
Stop and restart the CM.
For information on setting the server time zone, see "Setting the Server Time Zone".
When a BRM client application or service integration client (such as RADIUS Manager and Universal Event Loader) generates an event, that event includes time zone data. You must configure event-generating applications to generate the correct time zone data. This means creating an entry in a pin.conf or properties file. See the configuration section of your client application or the service integration component documentation for details.
By default, in real-time rating an event's end time is used to determine a product's validity.
You can specify that the event start time should be used for checking the product's validity by adding an entry to the CM configuration file.
To use the event start time to determine the valid product:
Open the CM pin.conf file in BRM_Home/sys/cm.
Add the use_prods_based_on_start_t entry:
- fm_rate use_prods_based_on_start_t /event
You can use /event to use the start time for all events, or a subclass of /event to specify just events of a given type.
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1 Forest City Puts Teeth in Competitive Strategy with Sunnen's Bore Honing Machine (March/April 2007)
Forest City Gear president Fred Young has a straightforward strategy for acquiring and retaining business...
2 Single-Pass Honing Holds the Line on PM Sprockets (June 2010)
Bore finishing system from Sunnen helps Cloyes Gear and Products achieve high accuracy, productivity and process capability.
3 Honing of Gears (August 2014)
The honing of gears - by definition - facilitates ease of operation, low noise and smoother performance in a transmission. Honing also contributes to reduced friction in the powertrain. Both the intense cutting (roughing process) as well as the functionally fine- finishing of transmission gears can be performed in one setup, on one machine.
4 Faster Honing to Mirror Fishises on Gear Faces and Bores (June 2010)
Stringent NVH requirements, higher loads and the trend towards miniaturization to save weight and space are forcing transmission gear designers to increasingly tighten the surface finish, bore size and bore-to-face perpendicularity tolerances on the bores of transmission gears.
5 Mirror Finishing of Tooth Surfaces Using A Trial Gear Grinder With Cubic-Boron-Nitride Wheel (November/December 1986)
In conventional gear grinders, grinding wheels with Alundum grains and a hardness of about 2000 HV have been used for finishing steel gears with hardnesses up to about 1000HV. In this case, the accuracy of the gears ground is greatly affected by wear of the grinding wheel because the difference in hardness is comparatively small when the gears are fully hardened.
6 Lapping and Superfinishing Effects on Surface Finish of Hypoid Gears and Transmission Errors (September/October 2008)
This presentation is an expansion of a previous study (Ref.1) by the authors on lapping effects on surface finish and transmission errors. It documents the effects of the superfinishing process on hypoid gears, surface finish and transmission errors.
7 Gear Roll-Finishing (May/June 1987)
In this discussion of gear roll-finishing particular attention is called to the special tooth nomenclature resulting from the interaction between the rolling die teeth and the gear teeth. To eliminate confusion the side of a gear tooth that is in contact with the "approach" side of a rolling die tooth is also considered to be the approach side. The same holds true for the "trail" side. Thus, the side of the gear tooth that is in contact with the trail side of a rolling die is also considered to be the trail side.
8 Case Study Involving Surface Durability and Improved Surface Finish (August 2012)
Gear tooth wear and micropitting are very difficult phenomena to predict analytically. The failure mode of micropitting is closely correlated to the lambda ratio. Micropitting can be the limiting design parameter for long-term durability. Also, the failure mode of micropitting can progress to wear or macropitting, and then go on to manifest more severe failure modes, such as bending. The results of a gearbox test and manufacturing process development program will be presented to evaluate super-finishing and its impact on micropitting.
9 Repair of High-Value, High-Demand Spiral Bevel Gears by Superfinishing (October 2012)
Following is a report on the R&D findings regarding remediation of high-value, high-demand spiral bevel gears for the UH60 helicopter tail rotor drivetrain. As spiral bevel gears for the UH60 helicopter are in generally High-Demand due to the needs of new aircraft production and the overhaul and repair of aircraft returning from service, acquisition of new spiral bevel gears in support of R&D activities is very challenging. To compensate, an assessment was done of a then-emerging superfinishing method—i.e., the micromachining process (MPP)—as a potential repair technique for spiral bevel gears, as well as a way to enhance their performance and durability. The results are described in this paper.
10 Operational Condition and Superfinishing Effect on High-Speed Helical Gearing System Performance (March/April 2008)
An experimental effort has been conducted on an aerospace-quality helical gear train to investigate the thermal behavior of the gear system. Test results from the parametric studies and the superfinishing process are presented.
11 Grinding Bevel Gears on Cylindrical Gear Grinding Machines (January/February 1994)
Power train designs which employ gears with cone angles of approximately 2 degrees to 5 degrees have become quite common. It is difficult, if not impossible, to grind these gears on conventional bevel gear grinding machines. Cylindrical gear grinding machines are better suited for this task. This article will provide an overview of this option and briefly introduce four grinding variation possibilities.
12 Gear Corrosion During the Manufacturing Process (September/October 2009)
No matter how well gears are designed and manufactured, gear corrosion can occur that may easily result in catastrophic failure. Since corrosion is a sporadic and rare event and often difficult to observe in the root fillet region or in finely pitched gears with normal visual inspection, it may easily go undetected. This paper presents the results of an incident that occurred in a gear manufacturing facility several years ago that resulted in pitting corrosion and intergranular attack (IGA).
13 Superfinishing Gears -- The State of the Art (November/December 2003)
Superfinishing the working surfaces of gears and their root fillet regions results in performance benefits.
14 The Capacity of Superfinished Vehicle Components to Increase Fuel Economy, Part I (January/February 2009)
This paper will present data from both laboratory and field testing demonstrating that superfinished components exhibit lower friction, operating temperature, wear and/ or higher horsepower, all of which translate directly into increased fuel economy.
15 Repair via Isotropic Superfinishing of Aircraft Transmission Gears (May 2009)
The objective of this paper is to demonstrate that transmission gears of rotary-wing aircraft, which are typically scrapped due to minor foreign object damage (FOD) and grey staining, can be repaired and re-used with signifi cant cost avoidance. The isotropic superfinishing (ISF) process is used to repair the gear by removing surface damage. It has been demonstrated in this project that this surface damage can be removed while maintaining OEM specifications on gear size, geometry and metallurgy. Further, scrap CH-46 mix box spur pinions, repaired by the ISF process, were subjected to gear tooth strength and durability testing, and their performance compared with or exceeded that of new spur pinions procured from an approved Navy vendor. This clearly demonstrates the feasibility of the repair and re-use of precision transmission gears.
16 The Effect of Superfinishing on Gear Micropitting (March/April 2009)
Results from the Technical University of Munich were presented in a previous technical article (see Ref. 4). This paper presents the results of Ruhr University Bochum. Both research groups concluded that superfinishing is one of the most powerful technologies for significantly increasing the load-carrying capacity of gear flanks.
17 A Study on Reducing Gear Tooth Profile Error by Finish Roll Forming (July/August 2005)
The authors have developed a rack-type rolling process in which a rack tool is used to roll gear teeth. The results and analysis show that the proposed method reduces errors.
18 Gear Finishing with a Nylon Lap (September/October 2005)
The objective of this research is to develop a new lapping process that can efficiently make tooth flanks of hardened steel gears smooth as a mirror.
News Items About bore finishing
1 New Bore Finishing Machines from Engis (February 9, 2005)
The six-spindle SPM Series single-pass bore finishing machine from Engis can finish the bores on as many as 480 gears per hour with tool ... Read News


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University of Colorado Health will host a series of March Man-ness mens health events from March 5-7 in Northern Colorado.
The events will include free food and drinks, a discussion of mens health with area doctors, and chances to win Colorado Eagles tickets and gear.
Events will be held from 6 to 8 p.m. March 5, Crabtree Brewing Co., Greeley; March 6, Budweiser Events Center, Loveland; and March 7, The Mayor of Old Town, Fort Collins.
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This nonprofit organizational management course sequence introduces the fundamentals of effective growth and development. Participants will gain an understanding of a variety of aspects of management of a nonprofit organization. Those in leadership positions will learn or enhance basic skills and acquire tools in order to plan, organize, lead and coordinate activities in their nonprofit legally and effectively to maximize community impact.
The course is designed for those in leadership roles in nonprofits or those who desire to work in such roles in the future. Segmenting the focus areas allows individuals to select particular classes of interest or need if unable to complete the entire series. As a Director, you may find it helpful to register staff or Board members to attend specific sessions with you which relate to their roles while you maintain the overall scope of knowledge and skills.
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With summer here, a lot of people are opting to go to music festivals, and why not? Many of them are three or four days long, and in that time, you often have over 100 bands to choose from. They're a good deal for the price.
I looked at three festivals – Coachella, Lollapalooza, and Austin City Limits – to see where ticket buyers are coming from. I already knew, by looking at other concert data, that people tend to stick close to home when choosing what they want to see.
It makes sense, given the recession, plus rising gas and airfare prices. However, I went into this research expecting the opposite to happen with festivals. Unlike tours, I saw festivals more as destination events: something people plan an entire week-long trip around.
Tags: data, concerts, festivals, ACL, Coachella, Lollapalooza, Ticketing Trends
After two months and 89 playoff games, the National Hockey League has finally crowned its 2011 Stanley Cup champion as the Boston Bruins beat the Vancouver Canucks in Game 7 of the Stanley Cup Finals last night.
It was definitely not an easy road for the Bruins this postseason, having to win three Game 7's in four rounds, but it made the win that much sweeter for their fans (as evidenced by the video below). The championship is the first for Boston in nearly 40 years, and it solidified Boston as the city of champions in the last decade, with all four pro teams winning at least one title.B's goalie Tim Thomas stopped a NHL playoff record 798 shots over the course of the postseason and won the Conn Smythe Award as the playoffs' most valuable player. The Stanley Cup will make its way through the streets of Boston as the Bruins celebrate with fans during the team's victory parade this Saturday.
In Vancouver, the Stanley Cup Finals did not end as fans had hoped and, well, they acted a little crazy. Scratch that, A LOT crazy. Downtown Vancouver was filled with angry fans flooding the streets, flipping cars, starting fires and harassing the local police. The city at least is living up to its reputation; they did the same thing in 1994 after they lost in the Stanley Cup Finals to the New York Rangers.
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When it comes to Major League Baseball's Interleague Play, there are both fans and critics. On one hand, it gives baseball fans a chance to see their team play against some of the best teams the other league has to offer. On the other hand, it creates an unbalanced schedule, giving some teams a competitive advantage.
Well, get ready to pick a side, because the 2011 MLB Interleague schedule resumes this Friday, June 17, and there is plenty to look forward to. Of course, there is a lot to avoid as well.
Philadelphia Phillies vs. Boston Red Sox - June 28-30 at Citizens Bank Park in Philadelphia, PA
Why it's awesome: Both the Red Sox and Phillies were the big offseason winners this year, which instantly made both the preseason favorites among most of the MLB experts to make it to the World Series in October. This series will give fans a taste of the postseason during Interleague, which is one of the reasons Major League Baseball introduced it in 1997. The Red Sox are widely viewed as having the best lineup in baseball, while the Phillies have unquestionably the best pitching rotation, meaning something has to give and baseball fans will be the big winners.
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The 2011 NBA Finals will tip off on Tuesday, May 31, at the American Airlines Arena in Miami, FL, as LeBron James and the Miami Heat play Dirk Nowitzki and the Dallas Mavericks.
For many of the players who take the court during the Finals, this series could define how their careers are forever viewed. Mavs forward Dirk Nowitzki and point guard Jason Kidd have combined to play 28 seasons in the NBA, making the All-Star team 20 of those seasons, but have never won a title. Winning a championship would cement their legacies in the league as two of the best to ever play their positions.
Miami Heat forwards LeBron James and Chris Bosh have similarly never won a title, but unlike their Maverick counterparts, they have pressure to win for a whole different reason. James and Bosh "took their talents to South Beach" last offseason and promised their fans multiple championships, and they have been the focus of plenty of negativity from other fan bases. Individually, James will be looking to step out of the shadow of great players before him and get off of the list of greatest players never to win a title.
The series will not be the first time these two teams play for the NBA title; in 2006, the Heat won their only championship in franchise history when they beat the Mavericks four games to two. In that series, the Mavericks won the first two games and were up 13 points with just minutes to play in the fourth quarter of Game 3. The Heat rallied to win that game, and ended up winning the next three as well to win the series and the NBA Championship.
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It's not a secret that American Idol is popular and has been since the series premiered in 2002. Idol has had its ups and downs, but it's still one of the highest rated series on television, even after 10 years.
Just as popular is the summer tour that runs after each season. Regardless of how the season's finalists ultimately do in the music industry after their time on Idol, it's pretty much guaranteed that they have fans who want to see their favorite finalist at least one more time.
The first round of tickets went on sale the weekend before last, so I decided to look into how well the tour has done. It turns out that tickets have sold very well indeed. In fact, Idol is by far the best-selling concert tour for May on our exchange. A vast majority of Idols tickets that have sold thus far - over 62% - were bought on the week of the 8th. Last week, sales slowed down but continued at a fair clip nonetheless.
So just who is going to American Idols Live? Here's a map of ticket buyers by region.
Tags: concerts, data, American Idol, Ticketing Trends
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Advanced Meeting Facilitation Techniques
As many librarians learned in last year's AALL presentation on facilitation, a well-facilitated meeting can transform a regular work session into an extraordinarily productive event. Participants learned that a well-crafted agenda, thoughtful ground rules, optimal meeting space, and detailed minutes can all set the stage for a successful meeting.
However, meetings can still go awry. A poorly facilitated meeting can make everyone dread meetings even if the meeting has been well-planned. Managing or facilitating behaviors is the final essential ingredient for success. Have you ever been in a meeting that is monopolized by one individual? Or someone offers a suggestion that is way off in left field? Perhaps you have been in a meeting where hostilities have erupted? Using video clips of actual meeting scenarios, the speakers will present advanced techniques for facilitating meeting behaviors.