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Sheila Allen was an uncompromising intellectual, feminist, and socialist, and an impressive role model for generations of students who were taught, mentored, challenged, argued with and supported by her. For those in authority, she was often "an impossible woman" precisely because she refused to be bullied and intimidated. She understood the importance of power relations and divisions of every sort in society – ethnicity, class, gender, disability.
She set up Bradford's Ethnicity and Social Policy Research Centre; she initiated one of the first undergraduate courses on sexual divisions in society, and she is thought to be the first to have used the concept of institutional racism in a British context.
Born Sheila McKenny in Gilberdyke, East Yorkshire, she was brought up in Lincolnshire, and was always proud of her working-class origins.
Aware of the privileged destination, she took up a place at Sleaford Girls Grammar School, when "no one in my family, even those who passed the scholarship, had ever gone to a grammar school". She went on to LSE to study sociology, and wrote of the luxury of reading for a degree.
She was the first woman appointed to a chair (in sociology) at the University of Bradford, where she drew around her a group of radical social scientists. She was not afraid to appoint members of the awkward squad, and like a heat-seeking missile would positively seek out dissent and controversy. While she tended to believe that her own position was the correct one, she would not impose orthodoxy. This meant that when she wasn't helping students to grasp the subject-matter of sociology, she taught them another important lesson – that it is possible to be both a good academic and an activist maintaining a critical political stance. In senate she deployed her formidable intellect and feminist politics to considerable effect in confronting the more regressive changes following cuts in university funding.
She understood the obstacles that had to be surmounted by women in academic life and supported colleagues in the local colleges of education who were moving to degree-awarding status and themselves formulating new ways of thinking about their disciplines.
Her own life had taught her the value of education, and she was not one to kick the ladder away. She wrote on employment, the sociology of youth, and of home-working.
She co-edited, with Brian Burkett, The Sociology of Economic Life (1991); her interests in race and colonialism led her to produce New minorities, old conflict (1971); with Diana Leonard, she organised the first British Sociological Association conference on sexual divisions in society in 1974 from which two important collections derived. In the first of these, Sexual divisions and society: process and change (1976), Allen and Leonard reminded readers that only a decade earlier, the sociologists Joe and Olive Banks had remarked that the organised feminist movements could be counted alongside vegetarianism and nudism as bordering on the cult. This book, and the one that followed, Dependence and Exploitation in Work and Marriage (1976) contributed in an important way to putting an end to all that.
At the home she shared with her former husband, Vic Allen, visitors might sit round the kitchen table with a family sheltering from domestic troubles, an African politician, a union activist, or (more glamorously) with her pal Gail who had worked as a hairdresser on a cruise liner. When Peter Sedgwick, the translator of Victor Serge and critical thinker on psychiatry, died unexpectedly, she opened her house for his wake, and was rewarded by the intellectuals drinking her dry and sending her off for more.
Her life was not plain sailing. She was too much of a feisty feminist for some of the men, the wrong kind of feminist for some of the women; too fierce a fighter against racism for some, the wrong kind of anti-racist for others. Refusing to sign up to whatever the current "one true path" was politically or academically could sometimes leave her isolated, despite her collective instincts.
She considered her daughters Sophie and Lucy to be her great achievements, while recognising their achievements as their own. She grumbled to them towards the end of her life that although she had helped to change the law, subtle discrimination was just as hard to root out. She worried about the state (and funding) of state schools; she worried about the NHS. As someone who, for most of her life, had enjoyed a drink and a cigarette, she couldn't resist pointing out that some of those who had missed out on such pleasures had pre-deceased her. She could have taught a thing or two to Lazarus. By the time of her death, she had lived with insulindependent diabetes for half a century, had had broken hips, broken shoulders, strokes, and was stubbornly resisting moving from a house with steep stairs.
When she had started out, she had wanted to learn more about the way the world worked and how it could be changed for the better. She wrote: "I did not know how to go about this. I had not yet heard of sociology, but the late 1940s were times of great optimism and social change and secretly I thought almost anything was possible."
It was.
Helen Roberts and Juliet Webster
Sheila McKenny, sociologist: born Gilberdyke, East Yorkshire 2 November 1930; Professor of Sociology, Bradford University 1972-1999 (Emeritus); married 1953 Tim Williams (marriage dissolved), 1968 Vic Allen (two daughters, marriage dissolved); died Halifax, West Yorkshire 16 January 2009.
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Hartford — U.S. Sen. Richard Blumenthal, D-Conn., and U.S. Rep. Elizabeth Esty, D-5th District, said Monday that they hope bills they have each introduced to ban electronic-cigarette companies from advertising their products to children will receive bipartisan support.
"Kids aren't using e-cigarettes to stop smoking like some adults," Esty said. "Our children are getting hooked on nicotine, a highly addictive drug, which the surgeon general has warned has lasting, adverse consequences for adolescent brain development."
Minors in Connecticut can legally purchase e-cigarettes, although Gov. Dannel P. Malloy proposed banning those sales this year.
Supporters of the bill said the brightly colored e-cigarettes that come in flavors such as gummy bear and cotton candy should not be advertised to children because the product is addictive and could cause a lifetime of disease.
They said e-cigarette advertising to children includes use of celebrity endorsements, sporting events and cartoons.
A representative from the Libertarian-leaning Heartland Institute in Chicago spoke out against the legislation during the press conference and said that banning advertising to children would essentially mean banning advertising to adults as well.
Gregory Conley of the Heartland Institute said the watermelon-flavored e-cigarettes helped him quit smoking three years ago and that the legislation has no chance of passing. Blumenthal responded that the legislation does not call for a ban on e-cigarettes.
It calls for the Federal Trade Commission and the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to regulate e-cigarette advertising as it does for other tobacco products, Blumenthal said.
"Now Big Tobacco is buying e-cigarette companies," Blumenthal said. "Do you think it is because big tobacco wants to promote smoking cessation? I don't think so. Big tobacco is buying e-cigarette companies to do with modern and up-to-date, candy-flavored e-cigarettes what it used to do with Joe Camel."
Blumenthal said he has a lot of support in the Senate for the legislation and thinks he can get Republican support for the public health issue.
Several public health representatives and legislators including state Rep. Diana Urban, D-North Stonington, stood with Blumenthal in support of the federal legislation.
Jeff Seyler, president and CEO of the American Lung Association of the Northeast, said the association is concerned about e-cigarettes because it is unclear what is in them and what the health consequences are.
The National Poison Data System has reported that from 2011 to 2012 there was a 300 percent increase from poisonings caused by electronic liquids, he said. A study by The Journal of the American Medical Association: Pediatrics found that "kids who use these e-cigarettes are more likely to smoke cigarettes and less likely to quite smoking," Seyler said.
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How To Generate A 10% Yield On Chevron Stock
- Oil prices have rallied hard since mid-February. Chevron's stock has also rallied meaningfully.
- Fundamentals are very strong. One more year of borrowings is required to fund the dividend but this should stop in 2017.
- Technicals are overbought. Income investors should consider long-term or "leap" covered calls in 2017.
The price of crude oil has been on a tear recently with a barrel of crude almost topping $40 in recent days. We may have had a temporary top at this point though (with a barrel of crude resting at $37.75) but I still maintain we printed a firm bottom at under $28 a barrel last month. Why? Well, a common hallmark of permanent intermediate bottoms is the rally after the potential bottom has formed. The chart below shows the violent rally the energy sector has had since the 10th of February (up almost $10 a barrel) which makes me believe it is very unlikely that we will see break through the lows once more.
So in terms of investing in the energy sector at present and if one were bullish on oil prices, one could invest in a strict upstream company like Hess (NYSE:HES) which is up more than 32% in the above mentioned time-frame. However in this article, I want to discuss the income investor or the yield hunter whose fixed income returns have been obliterated over the past few years by central bank interventions.
Europe and Japan are now supporting negative interest rates and many analysts are now stating that the US will not be able to raise interest rates four times in 2016 as was originally predicted. Fixed income investors are being forced to turn to equities and Chevron (NYSE:CVX) is a good pick for a 10%+ yield in less than 12 months. In fact, we are going to more than double the prevailing dividend rate (which is 4.52%) by selling an out of the money covered call which will expire 10 months from now.
However let's first go through why I feel Chevron is a worthwhile candidate. The company recently held its annual analyst day which many investors were watching with keen interest, especially on matters concerning the dividend. Here is the crux of the problem. In 2015, Chevron reported net income earnings of $4.59 billion which pales in significance to the company's 2011 figure of $26.9 billion. Furthermore, the dividend has gone the other direction with payouts soaring from $6.14 billion in 2011 to almost $8 billion last year.
The shortfall in cash flow has meant the company has had to sell assets aggressively ($15 billion over the last 2 years), cut capex budgets and lower operating costs all in an attempt to safeguard the dividend. Well, I believe Chevron is over the worst of its cash flow crisis as recent guidance illustrated that 2017 capex is to be reduced to between $17 and $22 billion.
This is good news as 2017 had been previously earmarked as the year in which Chevron would be cash flow neutral (meaning no borrowings would be necessary to fund operations and the dividend). The reason why capex is expected to decline substantially after 2016 is because once projects are up and running, very little capex is needed. Gorgon is now almost shipping cargo and we will see the double benefit (of substantially increasing cash flow through robust production and massive lay-offs) reflected in Chevron's earnings in upcoming quarters
The best way to combat low oil prices and increase cash flow is to increase production and Chevron managed to increase its output by 2% in its latest fiscal year. I expect production to surprise on the upside as major capital projects such as Tubular Bells, Bibiyana & Jack/St. Malo are predicted to increase output in the near term. This is bullish as Chevron is less integrated than its peers Exxon Mobil (NYSE:XOM) in the respect that its upstream division is far larger than its downstream counterpart. We have seen evidence of this already over the last 30 days or so with Chevron vastly outperforming Exxon Mobil since oil bottomed on the 10th of February.
In saying this, Chevron technicals are definitely over bought and if crude oil struggles to piece through $40, it is more likely that Chevron will fall from these levels (presently at $94.58) than rise. The 5 day RSI and the weekly stochastics are both illustrating that the stock is currently overbought (see chart). This is why a long term covered call trade would suit yield hunters as long as the investor is willing to give up his or her shares at a higher price.
For example, the January-2017-$97.50 calls are selling for $635 per contract (1 contract = 100 shares of stock). If the investor was to buy 100 shares today and sell the above-mentioned call and hold until expiration, the yield would be $635 + 3 dividend payments of $107 which is $321 combined which totals $956 which based on the investor's original investment is a 10%+ yield in just over 10 months.
The above hypothesis will play out if Chevron stock trades under $97.50 throughout the 10 month period. However if the stock goes "in the money" which is above $97.50, the call buyer (the person on the other side of the trade) may at any time exercise his right to take ownership of 100 shares of Chevron (highly unlikely) which would mean you would offload your shares to him at a price of $97.50. This would give you almost a $300 capital gain on your shares plus any dividends you would have collected plus the initial option premium.
Either way, the investor should generate a good yeild on Chevron over the next 10 months irrespective of where the share price will trade at until expiration. The takeaway here is that the investor must be comfortable with holding the shares for the duration of the contract. This is why fundamental analysis is key and my research shows Chevron will rally meaningfully if oil prices continue to increase.
To sum up, Chevron's analyst day has made me more bullish on the stock. Capex is set to fall after 2016, Gorgon celebrated its first shipment to Asia recently and production elsewhere will continue to increase. All these initiatives will boost cash flows and earnings substantially which we should see reflected in the company's next set of earnings. However due to the recent run-up in the share price the January-2017 calls look enticing for income investors who want to boost their yields this year. The options market will pay you for the right to "call" away your shares at a higher price and technicals are indicating that now may be a good time to adopt this strategy.
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Does anyone have a report that lists all members of the local administrators group? I have a vb script I can run against each system, but I really would like to have it integrated into something like a SQL report in Spiceworks, so I can provide that information to my management team to show that we continue to maintain control of our systems.
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Dec 3, 2010 at 6:54 UTC
Hi David,
From what I have seen in the database it doesn't seem to pull that detailed information from the Local Users/Group of a system. All I see is the accounts listed, but they list them as Normal Accounts. This maybe due to the environment we have setup, but i doubt it.
If you open up spiceworks database and look at the table network_users, it lists all the user accounts, including computer's local user accounts. Maybe this will help you.


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|Sep 25, 2001
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|May 18, 1999
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|May 19, 1998
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|Timothy J. Kurcz, Steven C. Moore
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|Loctite Corporation
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|Patent Citations (11), Referenced by (6), Classifications (7), Legal Events (5)
|External Links: USPTO, USPTO Assignment, Espacenet
This application is a 371 of PCT/US99/10897 filed May 18, 1999, which claims benefit of Prov. No. 60/085,986.
The present invention relates generally to a device used to clean, prime or otherwise prepare a surface onto which a gasket, adhesive or other bonding agent is to be applied. More particularly, the present invention relates to a robotic arm end effector which is used to prepare such a surface having complex geometry.
The use of gaskets, adhesives and other types of bonding agents to provide a sealed interface between two mating components, as well as to adhere one component to another component is well known. In the industry such materials (referred to hereinafter collectively as gaskets) are widely used for a variety of purposes. Common uses for gaskets in the automotive industry include effecting a seal between components such as the transmission case and the transmission pan or an engine block and oil pan, rocker cover or similar covers. Other purposes may include the use of gasket-type adhesives to secure automobile glass.
In certain of these applications the gasket is applied to one of the components by forming the gasket directly on the component prior to assembly. This technique is known as formed-in- place (FIP) gasketing. Prior to forming a gasket in place, it is desirable to clean, prime or otherwise prepare the flange surface onto which the gasket is applied where the surface contains contaminants or where it is necessary to increase surface reactivity. This is particularly necessary in manufacturing assembly situations where the part may be coated or exposed to oils, greases, transmission fluids and the like which are used as part of the assembly operation. In one example, the art has seen the use of various robotically controlled devices to clean or prime automotive windshield glass. These robotic machines apply a cleaning fluid or along a path traced by the robotic machine over the component surface. The robotic machine also provides a wiping device, such as a felt strip, which follows the applied fluid to wipe the fluid along the traced path. These robotically controlled cleaning devices serve adequately where the surface is of relatively simple geometry such as that found with automobile glass. With complex parts, such as for example, the flange on a transmission, existing robotically controlled cleaning devices cannot take advantage of the full range of motion of the robot due to their size and configuration. Many of these devices rely on "drip and drag" technology where the solvent is applied at a location spaced 2-2� inches from the felt. These existing devices can not adequately clean complex surfaces where the device is required to make many turns and thus cannot accurately traverse the path onto which the gasket must be applied. This may result in incomplete cleaning of the surface and resultant poor adhesion of the subsequently applied gasket on the surface.
Furthermore, in certain assembly situations, the cleaning device must remove a significant amount of surface contaminants. For example, in the application of gasketing in an automatic transmission situation, the cleaning device must remove residual automatic transmission fluid which drains out onto the flange surface in test operations. As may be appreciated, the wiping felt thus absorbs the automatic transmission fluid. In order to effectively clean the entire surface, it is necessary to present clean felt to the surface to be cleaned. The cleaning device must therefore permit continuous feeding of clean felt to the head of the device to assure complete cleaning of the surface being traversed.
Existing heads have limited felt storage capacity. Furthermore, even where a supply of additional felt is provided, the existing heads do not accurately or continually advance the felt so as to present a continuous clean felt portion in contact with the surface to be cleaned.
It is therefore desirable to provide a device which will effectively clean a flange or mating surface in a continuous automated fashion where the surface to be cleaned has complex geometry and may include varying degrees of localized contaminants.
The present invention provides an improved device for cleaning, priming or preparing a flange or mating surface. The device provides for a continuous advancement and escapement of felt material under tension from a remote supply to a remote collection container.
An improved end effector of the present invention deposits a cleaning fluid directly on the felt so that the fluid-wetted felt wipes fluid on the flange surface. In advance of the fluid-wetted felt contacting the flange surface, a squeegee pre-cleans the surface. After application of the cleaning fluid-wetted felt to the surface, an air knife force-flashes off the cleaning fluid.
The end effector is biased so as to provide constant pressure against the flange surface to assure continuous uniform wiping of the fluid-wetted felt across the flange surface. Movement of the end effector by the robotic arm as well as advancement of the felt, application of cleaning fluid, and pressure sensing is controlled and monitored by a preprogrammed numeric controller.
FIG. 1 is a schematic representation of the cleaning device of the present invention.
FIGS. 2 and 2A show in partial section details of an end effector used in combination with the device of FIG. 1.
FIGS. 3 and 4 show respectively front and side views of the end effectors of FIG. 2.
FIG. 5 shows generally the tension device shown in FIG. 1.
FIGS. 5A and 5B show side and front plan views respectively a tension device of the present invention.
FIGS. 6 and 7 show a further embodiment of the end effector used in combination with the robotic device of FIG. 1.
The present invention provides a robotically controlled device for cleaning, priming or otherwise preparing a flange or mating surface (hereinafter referred to as a flange surface). As will be described in further detail hereinbelow, the device of the present invention allows for the cleaning of a surface having complex geometry such as that found in automotive applications, particularly in gasketing situations associated with engine blocks and automatic transmissions. In certain applications, it is necessary to allow the cleaning device to traverse a complex path which may include undulating surfaces, sharp turns, upstanding wall surfaces which require the device to operate in positions including a vertically up, vertically down or horizontal orientation and the like. The cleaning device of the present invention deposits a cleaning fluid directly onto a continuously advanced supply of felt which wipes the fluid on the surface to be cleaned. Prior to wiping the fluid on the surface, the device wipes a squeegee-like knife along the surface to remove residually deposited oils, fluids or other contaminants. Immediately after applying the felt-applied fluid, an air knife force-flashes off the fluid.
The device of the present invention allows continuous feeding of felt under tension from a remote supply and the continuous escapement of felt under tension to a remote collection container, thus enabling the device to continually operate in an automated assembly environment. Furthermore, the device includes a novel end effector which is relatively small and light weight. The construction and operation of the end effector allows the end effector to take full advantage of the six axes of motion which is provided by the robotic device to which it is attached.
Referring now to FIG. 1, a schematic representation of the overall apparatus employing the device of the present invention is shown. Apparatus 10 includes a felt supply 12 for supplying a ribbon of felt 14 therefrom. Felt 14 is an elongate ribbon of absorbent felt-like cloth having a width of approximately �″ and a thickness of approximately {fraction (3/32)}″. Various styles, sizes and types of felt maybe employed in accordance with the present invention. The felt 14 is a fabric material formed into a ribbon-like structure and is commonly used for wiping a cleaning fluid to a surface. A large quantity of felt is housed within felt supply 12 which may be a spool or other container which permits the continuous feeding of felt 14 therefrom. Felt 14 is fed from supply 12 to a tension device 16. As will be described in further detail hereinbelow, the tension device maintains the ribbon of felt 14 under tension throughout the movement of felt during the cleaning operation.
A robotic device 18 is provided which moves an end effector 20 through six axes of motion under the control of a numeric controller 22. The robotic device 18 is a conventional six axis modular construction electric servo-driven robot, the movement of which is directed by preprogrammed numeric controller 22. Examples of commercially available robotic devices which may be used in combination with the present invention include a 3-axis adept gantry style robot as well as 6-axis robotic devices such as those supplied by Fanuc Robotics under the trade designation M-710i/iW and A.B.B. Robotics Products under the trade designation IRB 4400. While, the present invention is not limited to use with any particular robotic device, the robotic device must be capable of providing at least four, preferably six, geometrically dependent axes of motion so that the end effector can traverse the complex geometric path dictated by the motion program supplied to the numeric controller. Such capabilities allow the end effector to provide complete cleaning of a gasket-bearing surface having complex geometry such as that found in automotive applications including flanges in engine block, automatic transmission, and axle applications.
As will be described in further detail hereinbelow, the end effector 20 of the present invention is of construction which takes full advantage of the six axes of motion provided by the robotic device. It may be appreciated that, depending upon the application, it may necessary for the end effector to have full range of motion with respect to both linear and rotational movement. In typical operation a component which is to be cleaned, such as an engine or transmission, will be transported to a position above, below, or adjacent to the robotically controlled end effector. The end effector will be lowered to contact a flange surface 35 that requires cleaning. The robotic device will move the end effector along the flange surface to effect cleaning of the surface. The robotic device will then remove the end effector from the component to a stand-by position where, in a continuous operation, another component may be moved to the device for sequential cleaning.
In addition to providing preprogrammed movement of the end effector by way of the robotic device, the numeric controller 22 also provides direction for controlled surface pressure of the end effector against the flange surface. Such preprogrammed control surface pressure assures repeatable engineered contact between the felt which is cleaning the surface and the surface itself to assure complete cleaning of the flange path. Furthermore, as will be described in further detail hereinbelow, the numeric controller 22 may also be used to advance the felt through the end effector to provide a consistently clean felt surface portion.
Referring additionally to FIGS. 2, 2A, 3 and 4, details of end effector 20 of the present invention is shown. End effector 20 is an elongate member which is mounted by a mounting surface 30 to the wrist portion of the robotic device 18 shown in FIG. 1. End effector 20 has an elongate central member 32 having an upper mounting end 32 a and a lower application end 32 b terminating in a rounded application tip 33. Central member 32 includes a centrally located fluid channel 34 which is fed by a fluid conduit 36 which supplies a suitable cleaning fluid from a remote location (not shown). In the present example, the cleaning fluid may include a mixture of water and isopropyl alcohol and more specifically may be of the type sold by Loctite Corporation under the trade designation CLEANER 7070. However, the present invention is not limited to any particular cleaning fluid or solvent. Any suitable fluid may be employed in combination with the present invention. Fluid channel 34 maybe formed to have a dispense opening 34 a adjacent lower end 32 b through central member 32. More preferably as shown in FIG. 2A, the dispense opening 34 a may extend through application tip 33. In the embodiment of FIG. 2A, dispense opening 34 a is located proximate of the distal end of the rounded application tip 33 so that fluid is dispensed through the side of application tip 33. Also as shown in FIG. 2A the dispensing of fluid from opening 34 a maybe further controlled by employing a ball check 34 b within channel 34. The ball check 34 b helps maintain fluid in channel 34 as well as helps modulate the dispensing of fluid through opening 34 a.
The end effector 20 accommodates a continuously movable length of felt 14 supplied under tension from felt supply 12 through tension device 16. As specifically shown in FIGS. 3 and 4, the felt 14 is supplied to a pair of non-overlapping 360-degree rotating drums 40 which function as transition devices to positionally orient the felt so that it is properly positioned with respect to rounded application tip 33. An adjacent exit drum 42 is provided so as to transition used felt after it has progressed about rounded application tip 33. Movement of felt 14 is provided by a drive mechanism 45 including a servo motor and gear reduction which extends laterally from the central member 32 of end effector 20. FIGS. 2 and 2A show different constructions of drive mechanism 45. The drive mechanism 45 of FIG. 2A provides for more precision control of felt advancement preventing over tensioning or under tensioning of the felt. Drive mechanism 45 pulls the ribbon of felt 14 under tension from its entry position with respect to entry drum 40 along central member 32 and around rounded application tip 33. As the end effector is continuously moved along a path on flange surface 35, the drive mechanism 45, driven by instructions received from numeric controller 22, provides for the advancement of felt 14 so as to provide a continuously cleaned felt portion to the flange surface. The drive mechanism 45 may further include other structural components such as wheels, gears and the like which effect constant tension and advancement of the felt.
Referring additionally to FIGS. 5, 5A and 5B tension device 16 is shown. Tension device 16 accommodates the entry of felt from felt supply 12 at an upper end thereof. The ribbon of felt is advanced so as to be wrapped around a dancer wheel 47 which is vertically movable on a friction-free slide on stanchion 48 of tension device 16. As shown in FIG. 5 the dancer wheel 47 may be optionally enclosed by a housing which protects movement of the dancer wheel 47. After wrapping about dancer wheel 47, the ribbon of felt travels through a controlled advancement device 49 which maintains sufficient felt length within tension device 16 as the felt is advanced by drive mechanism 45 through end effector 20. The tension device 16 including dancer bar 47 and advancement device 49 assures controlled felt tension so as to permit the advance of felt by drive mechanism 45. As will be described below, a further similar dancer wheel device (not shown) is used to retract contaminated felt under controlled tension after movement across end effector 20.
Referring again to FIGS. 2, 2A and 3 once the felt is fed to entry drum 40, it is properly positioned and aligned for movement about central member 32 of end effector 20. As shown in FIG. 2, the end effector may optionally include a elongate sinusoidal spring 50 so as to maintain the felt against the body of central member 32. The application of fluid to felt 14 may also be controlled by numeric controller 22 (FIG. 1) so that a preprogrammed amount of fluid may be applied to the flange surface. The fluid-wetted felt passes beneath rounded application tip 33 where it wipes the flange surface 35 as the end effector moves along a predetermined path defining the flange surface.
With specific reference to FIGS. 2, 2A and 4, the end effector 20 additionally provides a squeegee 51 mounted adjacent rounded application tip 33. Squeegee 51 may include an elastomeric member which is mounted on the leading side of movement of end effector 20 so that prior to the fluid-wetted felt applying fluid to the flange surface, the squeegee 51 wipes along the flange surface 35 removing a certain amount of debris, contaminant, oils and grease which may be on the flange surface. Thereafter the fluid-wetted felt wipes the fluid onto the flange surface further cleaning and priming the flange surface.
On the trailing side of end effector 20 adjacent the rounded application tip 33, an air knife 52 is provided. Shown in more detail in FIG. 2A, air knife 52 directs a directional flow of air or other gas to the now cleaned flange surface to force-flash off any residual fluid applied by the fluid-wetted felt 14. The air knife may be attached to the end effector with a quick disconnect coupling so as to facilitate replacement of the air knife.
As it wipes the fluid onto the flange surface, the felt picks up residue grease and oils thereon. The residue-bearing felt is now pulled upwardly along the body of central member 32 by drive mechanism 45. The used residue-bearing felt 14 is then transitioned at upper exit drum 42 for subsequent disposal by use of a take-up tension device (not shown). A remote collection hopper or container (also not shown) may be used to accumulate the used felt. The take-up tension device is substantially similar to tension device 16, including a stanchion or housing and a dancer wheel. The take-up device maintains felt tension on the escapement side of end effector 20 disposing contaminated felt within the remote collection container. A conventional photo-electric eye or proximity sensor may be employed with the take-up tension device to signal stoppage of the feeding or escapement when appropriate. Thus tension of the felt is maintained continually across end effector 20 as the felt is moved across application tip 33.
In order to assure accurate wiping of fluid by the felt onto the flange surface, the central member 32 is movably supported to the mounting portion 30. Surface pressure may be controlled by conventional bias spring 54. The spring allows movement of the central member with respect to mounting portion 30 so that engineered pressure may be placed against the flange surface 35 during cleaning. Movement of the central member with respect to mounting portion 30 may be monitored by numeric controller 22 so as to provide an accurate indication that proper contact is maintained between the felt 14 about application tip 33 and the flange surface. This feature assures that the entire flange surface is repeatably cleaned while providing quality feedback for fault-free production.
The end effector 20 of the present invention thus provides certain features not heretofore found in available devices. These features include the ability to centrally feed fluid from a remote supply directly onto the felt just prior to the advancing felt coming in contact with the flange surface. The end effector further provides for the controlled continuous advancement of the felt as the felt is traversing its path along the flange surface so that a perpetually clean portion of the felt is exposed to the flange surface. The rate of advancement of the felt, the surface pressure, and the amount of fluid disposed on the felt may be controlled by numeric controller 22 so as to provide fully programmable surface preparation characteristics. Furthermore, as the movement of the felt is effected under tension provided by the coordinated use of the drive mechanism 45, tension device 16 and the escapement tension device, accurate wiping of the fluid-wetted felt on the flange surface can be achieved.
The specific configuration of rounded application tip 33 in its position with respect to end effector 20 allows the end effector to take full advantage of the range of motion provided by robotic device 18. Thus, the end effector 20 provides engineered cleaning or preparation of the flange surface along a complex geometry such as may be presented in automotive applications. Since the fluid is deposited directly through the felt onto the flange surface, instead of dripped or sprayed by an offset dispenser, the end effector of the present invention permits utilization of the full range of motion of the robotic device. As the flange surface is wiped by fluid-soaked felt, the end effector may be applied to the flange surface in any attitude including vertically up, vertically down or horizontal. This allows cleaning of the complex flange surfaces found in certain applications. Further, enhanced cleaning of the flange surface is achieved by applying a leading in advance of fluid-wetted felt to preclean the surface. Additionally, a trailing air knife dries the clean surface evaporating fluid.
The above features and benefits are also found in a second embodiment of the present invention shown in FIGS. 6 and 7. End effector 20′ is substantially similar to end effector 20 described above. Similar reference numerals are used to denote similar components. In the embodiment shown in FIGS. 6 and 7, the central member 32′ is movable with respect to mounting portion 30′ under the bias of an annular diaphragm 54′. Diaphragm 54′ provides for biasing the rounded applicator tip 33′ against the flange surface to provide externally controllable pressure on the flange surface as described above.
Furthermore, the end effector 20′ is modified from the device shown above by providing a further arrangement for the accurate positioning and transporting of the ribbon of felt 14′ with respect to the applicator tip 33′. In the embodiments shown in FIGS. 6 and 7, the felt is progressed through an entry member 40′ which is a channel-like device supporting a plurality of rollers 41′ at the lower end thereof. The felt 14′ is passed from the tension device 16 (FIG. 1) through the entry device 40′ where it is accurately aligned with respect to the lower end of central member 32′ of end effector 20′. After the felt 14′ has been pulled through the drive mechanism 45′ it is positioned within an exit device 42 on the opposite of end effector 20′. Exit device 42 accommodates the used felt 14 through a pair of lower mounted rollers 43′.
The arrangement of the entry device 40′ and exit device 42′ of end effector 20′ as well as the entry drum 40 and exit drum 42 of end effector 20 are shown by way of examples of techniques to accurately position and align the ribbon of felt with respect to the rounded application tip of the end effector. It may be appreciated, however, that other constructions and arrangements are within the contemplation of the present invention.
Various changes to the foregoing described and shown structures would now be evident to those skilled in the art.
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|Jan 8, 1991
|Techno Roll Co., Ltd.
|Apparatus for cleaning surface of sheet
|Dec 8, 1993
|Feb 20, 1996
|Delco Electronics Corp.
|Solder paste and conductive ink printing stencil cleaner
|Aug 1, 1995
|May 28, 1996
|Egan; Ronald G.
|Contact type automatic roll cleaner
|Dec 27, 1994
|Aug 6, 1996
|Jem-Yuan; Lin
|Circularly cleaning swab structure
|Feb 16, 1996
|May 11, 1999
|Tani Electronics Industry Co., Ltd.
|Device for cleaning screen plate used in screen printing
|Aug 31, 1999
|Apr 17, 2001
|John N. Dangerfield
|Device for removing accumulated grease from culinary utensils
|Apr 3, 1990
|Oct 10, 1990
|KUKA Schweissanlagen & Roboter GmbH
|Method and device for cleaning of vehicle parts, especially vehicle windows
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|Apparatus for forming films on substrates
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|Uwe Habisreitinger
|Mehtod for cleaning a component and appropriate cleaning device
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|Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
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|Cooperative Classification
|European Classification
|Sep 7, 2000
Owner name: LOCTITE CORPORATION, CONNECTICUT
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Chad Johnson aka Chad Ochocino is still looking to keep his football career alive. Since no NFL teams will take a shot at him, Johnson will look to the Canadian Football League as the next best thing.
The former pro bowl receiver will have a try out this week with the Montreal Alouettes.
According to ESPN, the Aloulettes General Manager Jim Popp released a statement that contract talks with Johnson "have escalated" recently.
"We do expect to meet with Chad Johnson and work him out in Vero Beach, Fla. this week," Popp said in the statement. "Talks did take place and have escalated over the last week."
Johnson has not been on a NFL team since 2012 when he got cut by the Miami Dolphins after being arrested for allegedly headbutting his now ex wife Evelyn Lozada.
You have to respect Chad for going out and trying to keep his career alive. A lot of players would have to much pride to play in the CFL after playing in the NFL for as long as he has.
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- Year:
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- Length:
- 30'
- Engine/Fuel Type:
- Single / diesel
- Located In:
- Halifax, NS
- Hull Material:
- Fiberglass
- 1408-2994558
- Current Price:
- Can$ 23,900 (US$ 17,770)
Offered is a 1984 Catalina 30 tall rig with 2005 deck and hull Awlgrip and 2005 North sails. This is a chance to own a comfortable cruiser that sails well being the taller rig model.
Universal 23hp inboard diesel
Upgrade list:
- main engine wiring harness between fuse panel and main engine replaced 4 years ago.
- new batteries 3 years ago.
- new navigation lights, 3 years ago including mast light , anchor light lens with spare onboard. Forward navigation and stern light replaced.
- navigation equipment junction box installed for clean electric power.
- new standard horizon chart plotter with charts. New vhf radio. new depth sounder with transducer installed. Wiring for these items replaced.
- new halyards installed 3 years ago.
- new lazy jacks installed 3 years ago.
- New dodger and frame 3 years old
- lexon windows with plastic frames installed.
- engine pumps replaced, electronic fuel pump, preston pump, and salt water cooling pump seals repaired. A spare onboard.
- dripless shaft coupling installed 3 years ago.
- new mercerator pump installed 3 years ago.
- new freshwater pump installed 4 years ago.
- countertop replaced on table and sink,
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Keel: Fin
Total Power: 23 HP
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Engine Brand: Universal
Year Built: 1984
Engine Model: 3 Cylinder
Engine Type: Inboard
Engine/Fuel Type: Diesel
Propeller: 3 blade propeller
Engine Power: 23 HP
40% ballast ratio, Huge interior volume for a 30 footer, Nicely balanced.
The tall rig has the extended sprit for extra sailarea.
Solid glass hull with red 2005 Awlgip, white 2005 Awlgrip deck, lead keel, spade rudder. Red newer dodger. Newer lexon windows.
One of the reasons the Catalina 30 was and still is one of the most popular sailing vessels out there is the interior volume and the sailing characteristics they endure. Starting in the v-berth you will find a generous size berth for two adults. Aft and to the port is the head with marine head, pressure water and shower.. Across from the head there are multiple drawers and a generous size-hanging locker. The main cabin consists of a bulkhead table which converts the L-shape port side settee to a double berth, a full-length settee to starboard, ample storage throughout and a nice size chart table with storage for all kinds of things right below with double door access. The galley has a double ss sink with pressure water ,icebox ,dry storage locker, propane stove with oven and great counter space to whip up a tasty morsel for you and your crew. The aft berth is a huge double for 2 adults or 3 or 4 kids.
40G water tank and 15G holding tank with macerator.
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Universal M25 23 HP inboard diesel with a 3 blade fixed prop, 20G fuel tank and filters.Engine pumps replaced, electronic fuel pump, preston pump, and salt water cooling pump seals repaired. A spare onboard.
- dripless shaft coupling installed 3 years ago.
Electrical has 2 2013 batteries, Newmar battery charger, 110v shore power.
Extensive wiring upgrades completed.
Icom IC-M304 VHF radio with DSC, Horizon Speedometer, Raymarine depth, Standard Horizon chart plotter with charts Auothelm 3000 Autopilot.
Deck Gear
Large cockpit with pedestal wheel steering. Binnacle compass, newer red dodger
Selftailing 2 speed genoa winches, Mainsheep winch, Halyard winch.
Mainsheet traveler on cabin top with winch to stbd.
Double bow and stern pulpits with double lifelines, fold down stern ladder.
Extended bow sprit with integral anchor roller.
Plow anchor with chain and rode. 5 fenders 2 docklines Adjustable backstay. boom vang.
Sails Rigging
Aluminum mast and boom. Harken Furling,
North Mainsail 2005.
North 135% Genoa with UV patch for furling. 2005
Newer running rigging, new lazy jack system (not fully installed)
Plow anchor with chain and rode, fire extinguishers, electric and manual bilge pumps, cockpit table, boat hook, dock lines and fenders, life ring, 4 jack stands,
The Company offers the details of this vessel in good faith but cannot guarantee or warrant the accuracy of this information nor warrant the condition of the vessel. A buyer should instruct his agents, or his surveyors, to investigate such details as the buyer desires validated. This vessel is offered subject to prior sale, price change, or withdrawal without notice.
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Keep us posted on your adventure with the 3d printer
@Josephur Don't make the PC fan ionizer filter with it. If mass produced, you'll destroy the earth with ozone! (Old Joke) This is actually a quite interesting video. Seems like a dream for DIY people, mechanics, and inventors. It looks like this man paid roughly 1,700 Euros or $2,259 US dollars. What is amazing to me is what it runs on: Ultimaker - Consumables PLA - Biodegradable corn starch or sugar-based plastic. It can be sanded and machined and turned back into composite. Naturally transparent, colored, and opaque. Glossy feel. Not as easy to use as ABS which is a petroleum based polymer. I guess this is just getting started. Also great for simulated silver and brass. ABS and PLA for 3D Printing However... Source: Wikipedia I suspect as the 3D printers become more complex, so will the 3D designs, the composite material used, and the digital schematics that drive them. Really fascinating when you take a look at it from that angle. Some day, if lucky, someone will be able to 3D print a new 3D printer. What it ultimately means, if it works out, is a large amount of self-sustainability. So someone makes a 3D printer and I think the first shock will be when someone makes a fire or a lantern, which may have already happened. It all starts there and gets more complex. Yes, they were used since 80's in an industrial environment, but to what extent, I don't know. Big companies and governments were (and some are) still using line printers when dot matrix was already available. You'll remember the continous form paper, aka carbon paper.. when I first saw this in literal use, since decades gone by, several years ago, I was astonished by the size of the monolith, and the fact that it broke down and needed re-alignment so much. Now, today, we have laser and inkject printers. Reproduction is done in mass assembly, and large companies either have mail rooms with modernized equipment or have learned to digitize and digitally secure all of their documents by either doing it themselves or exporting it to a document imaging and indexing company. I would say the same could be said with these 3D printers. They are in their total infancy. Who knows what the future will hold? Truly an amazing find, @whoosh
Shhh.. your revealing my secrets I've been eyeballing the SolidDoodle series of 3d printers, they seem to require a lot of tweaking but once you get it set it prints good prints. (What do you expect for 800 clams?)
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A prayer for Tipsy
Short Story by: Rosie Cottier
Status: Finished
Genre: Religion and Spirituality
The Rev. John Ashby thought his heart would break yet he could find no tears. How could god have allowed a drunken man to drive off the road and kill his son? He was the one person who should be able to forgive yet he could not.
A sound from the back of the church caught his attention as a small boy entered carrying a small bundle.
'Can I help you?' John asked gently as he saw his tear stained face.
The boy nodded and handed the priest a small bundle. Carefully John Ashby opened the towel to find a lifeless small ginger cat. He looked up at the boy, shocked by the tears in his own eyes.
'Can you help Tipsy go to heaven?' The boy asked in a shaky voice. 'Cats do go to heaven don't they?'
The priest nodded finding he could not talk. The young fair haired boy solemnly placed the small broken body on the church alter. Gathering himself up together, the priest went to stand next to the young boy. 'What is your name?' he asked in the silence of the church.
'Oliver,' answered the boy solemnly. 'Can we light a candle so god knows Tipsy is here?'
'I think that would be a good idea,' John offered, and if you wouldn't mind, I would like to light a candle for someone else who is finding his way to heaven.'
Together they watched as their two small flames flickered, in the dimness of the church.
'Shouldn't we say a prayer?' Oliver asked, breaking the comfortable silence.
John swallowed hard. 'You are right Oliver, we should.'
Oliver frowned as he considered what to say before finally beginning his prayer. 'God, Tipsy was a good cat. Mum got cross sometimes when he brought mice in.' He chuckled and turned to the priest. 'Sometime they weren't dead and would run under the cupboards!' The priest smiled as the boy went on.
'Dad said it was good that he caught mice. He slept on the end of my bed at night but last night he didn't come home. Mum said I shouldn't be too sad because he had been happy and he had had a good life catching mice. God please take care of him for me. She said I wasn't to come to the church but the old man said it would be alright.' Oliver looked guiltily at the priest. 'You're not cross with me, are you?'
John shook his head. 'That was a good prayer Oliver.'
'It's hard though,' whispered Oliver, 'it hurts inside.' The priest sighed as he silently agreed with the young boy.
Oliver sniffed. 'Now it's your turn to say a prayer for your candle.'
John swallowed as he realised what was expected of him. Holding his candle close to him he began and as he did so a great weight lifted from his heart and peace settled over him. So lost in his thoughts, he did not see the young boy leave with his little bundle.
'Good to see the sun,' called Mrs Roberts, 'I hope I am not disturbing you but your son said it would be fine for me to come in.'
'John felt his heart beating fast. 'William was killed in a car accident a few weeks back Mrs Roberts. I'm sorry you didn't know.'
Mrs Robert sat down heavily, 'I'm so sorry John, I was sure … He pointed out the bulbs we planted. He said they should make a fine display this year.'
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As I was walking during the winter snow last year I wrote this poem. Didn't find it until today.
Frozen Earth blinded by ice,
Cold like the Antarctic South.
The future blinded and blocked.
Passable yes, impossible, no.
Everything is cold, I can't feel my hands.
Home is all I think of, please take me back.
Everyone has a home.
Where someone thinks of you, that is home.
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SAN MATEO, CA--(Marketwire -07/26/12)- Selectica, Inc. (SLTC), provider of software that accelerates sales cycles and streamlines contract processes, today announced financial results for its first quarter of fiscal 2013, ended June 30, 2012.
"Our ongoing transition to a software-as-a-service (SaaS) business model continues to progress as planned," said Selectica President and CEO Jason Stern. "The first quarter of fiscal 2013 marked the start of year two of our three-year plan, and we closed it out with year-over-year growth in all of our key financial metrics: recurring revenue, billings, and deferred revenue."
Financial highlights
Selectica delivered the following financial results for the first quarter of fiscal 2013:
- Recurring revenue: Selectica grew recurring revenue from $2.2 million in Q1 FY 2012 to $2.6 million in Q1 FY2013, a year-over-year increase of 18%. Recurring revenue in Q4 FY2012 was $2.3 million.
- Billings: Billings for Q1 FY2013 were $4.1 million, compared to $3.3 million in Q1 FY2012, a 24% increase year-over-year. Billings were $5.4 million in Q4 FY2012. The company defines billings, a non-GAAP financial measure, as revenue recognized during the period plus the change in deferred revenue from the beginning to the end of the period. Please refer to the financial tables below for a reconciliation of this non-GAAP measure to GAAP.
- Deferred revenue: In Q1 FY2013, the company had deferred revenue of $6.7 million, a 72% year-over-year increase over Q1 FY2012, when deferred revenue was $3.9 million. In Q4 FY2012, deferred revenue was $6.7 million.
Business highlights
Business highlights from Q1 FY2013 include:
- Fusion '12 user conference: Selectica held its annual user conference May 15-17 in Napa, California, with customers from a vast array of industries gathered for customer showcases, industry-specific roundtables, open labs, and panel discussions featuring fellow users and the Selectica team. The event was the largest and best attended since the conference began in 2007.
- Selectica named an American Business Awards Finalist: Selectica Guided Selling was chosen as a Finalist by the American Business Awards in the "Best New Software Product or Service of the Year, Cloud Application or Service" category. Selectica will ultimately be named a Gold, Silver, or Bronze Stevie® Award winner when results are announced at the 10th Annual Stevie Awards ceremony in San Francisco, California on September 17, 2012.
- Investment in growth: Selectica made additional investments in its sales and services teams, further positioning itself to support the needs of its expanding customer base and to meet growing market demand for configure-price-quote (CPQ) and contract lifecycle management (CLM) solutions.
Additional results
Total revenues for Q1 FY2013 were $4.2 million, compared to $3.8 million for Q1 FY2012, a year-over-year increase of 11%. Total revenues were $3.2 million in Q4 FY2012.
Net loss for Q1 FY2013 was $709,000, or $(0.25) per share, compared to a net loss of $596,000, or $(0.21) per share in Q1 FY2012, and a net loss of $2.2 million, or $(0.78) per share, in Q4 FY2012.
Complete financial results for Q1 FY2013 can be found in the attached financial tables.
About Selectica, Inc.
Selectica, Inc. (SLTC) develops innovative software that the world's most successful companies rely on to improve the effectiveness of their sales and contracting processes. Our guided selling, sales configuration, and contract lifecycle management solutions support the Global 2000 and growing mid-size firms in closing billions of dollars' worth of business each year. Our patented technology, delivered through the cloud, makes it easy for customers in industries like high-tech, telecommunications, manufacturing, healthcare, financial services, and government contracting to overcome product and channel complexity, increase deal value, and accelerate time to revenue. For more information, visit www.selectica.com.
Non-GAAP financial measures
Selectica provides quarterly and annual financial statements that are prepared in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP). To help understand the company's past financial performance and future results, the company is providing non-GAAP financial measures to supplement the financial results that it provides in accordance with GAAP. The method the company uses to produce non-GAAP financial results is not computed according to GAAP and may differ from the methods used by other companies.
Forward-looking statements
Certain statements in this release and elsewhere by Selectica are forward-looking statements within the meaning of the federal securities laws and the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Such statements may include, without limitation, statements regarding business outlook, assessment of market conditions, anticipated financial and operating results, strategies, future plans, contingencies and contemplated transactions of the company. Such forward-looking statements are not guarantees of future performance and are subject to known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors which may cause or contribute to actual results of company operations, or the performance or achievements of the company or industry results, to differ materially from those expressed, or implied by the forward-looking statements. In addition to any such risks, uncertainties and other factors discussed elsewhere herein, risks, uncertainties and other factors that could cause or contribute to actual results differing materially from those expressed or implied for the forward-looking statements include, but are not limited to the on-going global recession; fluctuations in demand for Selectica's products and services; government policies and regulations, including, but not limited to those affecting the company's industry; and risks related to the company's past stock granting policies and related restatement of financial statements. Selectica undertakes no obligation to publicly update any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise. Additional risk factors concerning the company can be found in the company's most recent Form 10-K, filed by the company with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
SELECTICA, INC. Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations (In thousands, except per share amounts) (Unaudited) Three Months Ended ---------------------- June 30, June 30, 2012 2011 ---------- ---------- Revenues: Recurring revenues $ 2,636 $ 2,173 Non-recurring revenues 1,540 1,581 ---------- ---------- Total revenues 4,176 3,754 ---------- ---------- Cost of revenues: Recurring cost of revenues 331 254 Non-recurring cost of revenues 1,228 1,039 ---------- ---------- Total cost of revenues 1,559 1,293 ---------- ---------- Gross profit: Recurring gross profit 2,305 1,919 Non-recurring gross profit 312 542 ---------- ---------- Total gross profit 2,617 2,461 ---------- ---------- Operating expenses: Research and development 931 896 Sales and marketing 1,520 1,180 General and administrative 870 929 ---------- ---------- Total operating expenses 3,321 3,005 ---------- ---------- Loss from operations (704) (544) Interest and other income (expense), net (5) (52) ---------- ---------- Net loss $ (709) $ (596) ---------- ---------- Basic and diluted net loss per share $ (0.25) $ (0.21) ---------- ---------- Weighted average shares outstanding for basic and diluted net loss per share 2,807 2,831 ---------- ---------- SELECTICA, INC. Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets (In thousands) (Unaudited) June 30, March 31, 2012 2012 ----------- ----------- ASSETS Current assets Cash and cash equivalents $ 13,583 $ 15,877 Short-term investments 0 199 Accounts receivable 3,581 2,446 Prepaid expenses and other current assets 655 531 ----------- ----------- Total current assets 17,819 19,053 Property and equipment, net 372 362 Other assets 39 39 ----------- ----------- Total assets $ 18,230 $ 19,454 ----------- ----------- LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY Current liabilities Credit facility $ 6,000 $ 6,000 Accounts payable 930 395 Accrued payroll and related liabilities 613 1,771 Other accrued liabilities 84 88 Deferred revenue 5,538 5,394 ----------- ----------- Total current liabilities 13,165 13,648 ----------- ----------- Long-term deferred revenue 1,126 1,327 Other long-term liabilities 37 41 ----------- ----------- Total liabilities 14,328 15,016 ----------- ----------- Stockholders' equity 3,902 4,438 ----------- ----------- Total liabilities and stockholders' equity $ 18,230 $ 19,454 ----------- ----------- SELECTICA, INC. Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows (In thousands) (Unaudited) Three Months Ended ---------------------- June 30, June 30, 2012 2011 ---------- ---------- Operating activities Net loss $ (709) $ (596) Adjustments to reconcile net loss to net cash (used in) provided by operating activities: Depreciation 48 72 Loss on disposition of property and equipment 0 1 Stock-based compensation expense 208 109 Changes in assets and liabilities: Accounts receivable (net) (1,135) 649 Prepaid expenses and other current assets (124) (7) Accounts payable 535 (69) Accrued payroll and related liabilities (1,157) 237 Other accrued liabilities and long term liabilities (8) (18) Deferred revenues (57) (357) ---------- ---------- Net cash (used in) provided by operating activities $ (2,399) $ 21 Investing activities Purchase of capital assets (58) (7) Proceeds from maturities of short-term investments 199 0 ---------- ---------- Net cash provided by (used in) investing activities $ 141 $ (7) Financing activities Payments on note payable to Versata 0 (200) Repurchases of common stock, net (36) 0 ---------- ---------- Net cash used in financing activities $ (36) $ (200) Net decrease in cash and cash equivalents (2,294) (186) Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of the period 15,877 16,822 ---------- ---------- Cash and cash equivalents at end of the period $ 13,583 $ 16,636 ---------- ---------- SELECTICA, INC. Billings Reconciliation (In thousands) (Unaudited) Three Months Ended ---------------------- June 30, June 30, 2012 2011 ---------- ---------- Total revenues $ 4,176 $ 3,754 Deferred revenue: End of period 6,664 3,857 Beginning of period 6,721 4,320 ---------- ---------- Change in deferred revenue (57) (463) ---------- ---------- Total billings (total revenues plus the change in deferred revenue) $ 4,119 $ 3,291 ---------- ----------


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The Rolex Watch Difference: They Are Impeccably Crafted Pieces of Fine Machinery
You already know that the Rolex watch difference is that they are impeccably crafted pieces of fine machinery; a Rolex watch represents the pinnacle of luxury in terms of both style and movement. The Rolex watch has often been imitated, but can never be duplicated as there are just so many signature markers to overcome. From the magnified date window to the signature sweep of the second hand, it is all of these small details that set them apart from their imitators. And it is in these small, fine details that we enjoy our Rolex experience.
Let's talk for a moment about the Rolex dial and try to understand the detailing and craftsmanship involved in creating one. The is, after all, the most visible part of a watch and gives a potential buyer a perspective on what they are about to purchase. Let's break down the types of Rolex dials by aesthetics and function.
- The Rolex Datejust comes with a dial that is clean and elegant complete with Roman numerals.
- The Rolex Daytona also comes with a clean and elegant dial with additional sub-dials for timing activities.
- The Rolex Milgauss dial is themed to capture the heart of science enthusiasts.
- The Rolex Sky-Dweller has a dial that displays two time zones as well as a monthly calendar.
- The popular Rolex Submariner and Yachtmaster have dials that glow blue in the dark.
These are only the common elements of these Rolex dials. There are many other things that set Rolex dials apart from their competition. For example, there are any number of materials used in Rolex dials including mother-of-pearl, diamonds, gold and meteorite with finishes ranging from lacquered to sand-blasted. The one thing all Rolex watch dials have in common is the Rolex crown proudly affixed front and center. We hope you have enjoyed this handy guide.


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Legendary butoh dancer Vangeline flew in from New York last night to dance in my film for 'Roses', a cosmic horror film for my vampire love song of that name.
There are traces of paint smeared over my back and legs, white streaked with black, and wax still adheres to my eye lashes, following a little accident with a candle…
I love strings, and I love butoh. Vangeline loves butoh, and she loves strings. And now we're officially in love with each other's expression, and have captured it in a magical, beautiful, moon-lit, sky-clad film.
If you'd like to explore more of Vangeline's world, please please take a look at her Kickstarter campaign, which ends on October 4th, in only 2 days from now!!
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WSC2015: Overcoming the Aquaculture Shortfall in 203009 September 2015
GLOBAL - Speaking at the World Seafood Congress in Grimsby, UK, Stephen Hall, WorldFish, explains the organization's mission to reduce hunger and poverty by improving fisheries and aquaculture and how we must deal with aquaculture's projected deficit if we are to feed a growing population, writes Lucy Towers.
Twenty per cent of animal protein intake for 3 billion people is fish and those who depend the most on fish are also those who are most food/nutrition insecure.
We know that aquaculture will play a big role in the future to help feed these people, but do we know how much fish we actually need to produce to satisfy the real need.
Projections show that by 2030, 109 million Metric Tonnes (MT) will come from aquaculture and 61 million MT from capture.
However, by using two approaches that make projections for the amount of fish we need based on what is adequate and what is consumed by those dependent, the actual estimated fish requirement in 2030 is instead around 232 million MT.
So we will be 62 million MT short unless we do something, Mr Hall explained. The gaps will be the largest and felt the most in Sub Saharan Africa.
With aquaculture needing to produce 39 million MT more than the 109 projected, it is important that research now focuses on how we can maximize the potential from aquaculture, especially in third countries.
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BeschreibungThe Leading Edge is the first book to summarize the design and construction issues of solar cars and ultralight land vehicles. Author Goro Tamai draws on his own experience in designing solar cars at MIT to produce a book for the ground-up streamlined land-vehicle designer or constructor, as well as for the solar/electric/ultralight vehicle enthusiast. As with any engineering problem, the "best" body shape for solar cars, HPVs, or Electrathoners is not the body of absolute lowest drag. The vehicle system, including the driver, chassis, and energy/drive system must work in concert to produce the maximum output. The Leading Edge will help designers quantify the trade-offs, and make logical decisions.-- Vehicles covered include solar cars, human-powered vehicles (HPV), solar brakes, electrathon racers, ground-up hybrid or pure electric vehicles, and fuel-economy record cars-- Numerous examples using specific race cars and teams, and how designers solved problems-- Full definition of terms, with equations and examples provided for determining key aerodynamic parameters-- All design and construction issues, from body shape, to wheels, to canopy integration, to solar panel sizing-- How to do in-the-field testing and diagnosis of aerodynamic performances-- Special overview section reviews the history of ultra-streamlined land vehicle development
Untertitel: 'Engineering and Performance'. Sprache: Englisch.
Verlag: BENTLEY ROBERT INC
Erscheinungsdatum: Mai 1999
Seitenanzahl: 292 Seiten
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