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A surprising effect created by a 19th century device called a Helmholz coil offers clues about how to achieve controlled nuclear fusion at Sandia National Laboratories' powerful Z machine.
A Helmholz coil produces a magnetic field when electrified. In recent experiments, two Helmholz coils, installed to provide a secondary magnetic field to Z's huge one, unexpectedly altered and slowed the growth of the magneto-Rayleigh-Taylor instabilities, an unavoidable, game-ending plasma distortion that usually spins quickly out of control and has sunk past efforts to achieve controlled fusion.
"Our experiments dramatically altered the nature of the instability," said Sandia physicist Tom Awe. "We don't yet understand all the implications, but it's become a different beast, which is an exciting physics result."
The experiments were reported in December in Physical Review Letters. The purpose of adding two Helmholz coils to fusion experiments at the Z machine, which produces a magnetic field 1,000 times stronger than the coils, was to demonstrate that the secondary field would create a magnetic barrier that, like insulation, would maintain the energy of charged particles in a Z-created plasma. Theoretically, the coils' field would do this by keeping particles away from the machine's walls. Contact would lower the fusion reaction's temperature and cause it to fail.
Researchers also feared that the Helmholz field might cause a short in Z's huge electrical pulse as it and its corresponding magnetic field sped toward the target, a small deuterium-stuffed cylinder. Z's magnetic field is intended to crush the cylinder, called a liner, fusing the deuterium and releasing neutrons and other energies associated with nuclear fusion. Anything hindering that "pinch" or "z-pinch," would doom the experiment.
In preliminary experiments by Awe's group, the coils indeed buffered the particles and didn't interfere with the pinch.
The image on the left demonstrates the instabilities that grow on the surface of a liner without a secondary magnetic field. This "bubble-and-spike" structure is caused by the magneto-Rayleigh Taylor instability, which commonly plagues z-pinch experiments. The bubble regions give up their mass to the spike regions; eventually, the bubbles break through the liner wall, and the liner's ability to compress fuel is lost.
By contrast, the image on the right shows the unique and unexpected helical instability structure that forms when the liner is premagnetized with a 7 Tesla field. Preliminary evidence suggests that this modified instability structure may work its way through the! liner more slowly, enabling the liner to more effectively compress the fuel within. (Radiograph by Tom Awe.) Click on the thumbnail for a high-resolution image.
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The strength of instabilities seen in hundreds of previous z-pinches was reduced, possibly significantly.
The typical distortion pattern also changed shape from horizontal to helical.
The unexpected results occurred in a series of experiments to study a concept called Magnetized Liner Inertial Fusion, or MagLIF. Experimental process like French toast
Researchers placed the Helmholz coils around a liner containing deuterium so the coils' magnetic field lines soaked both container and fuel over a period of milliseconds. The relatively slow process, like soaking bread in beaten eggs and milk to make French toast, allowed time for the magnetic field lines to fully permeate the material.
Then the liner was crushed in tens of nanoseconds by the massive magnetic implosion generated by Sandia's Z machine. In previous attempts to use Z's huge field without the Helmholz coils, radiographs showed instabilities appearing on the exterior of the liner.
These disturbances cause the liner's initially smooth exterior to resemble a stack of metallic washers, or small sausage links separated by horizontal rubber bands. Such instabilities increase dramatically in nanoseconds, eating through the liner wall like decay through a tooth. Eventually, they may collapse portions of the inner wall of the liner, releasing microrubble and c! ausing uneven fuel compression that would make fusing significant amounts of deuterium impossible.
The disturbances are a warning sign that the liner might crumple before fully completing its fusion mission. But firing with the secondary field running clearly altered and slowed formation of the instability as the liner quickly shrank to a fraction of its initial diameter. Introducing the secondary magnetic field seemed to realign the instabilities from simple circles - stacked washers, or rubber bands around sausages - into a helical pattern that more resembled the slanting patchwork of a plaid sweater.
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Or it may be that the kayak's original direction is pre-set by the secondary magnetic field to angle it downstream. Whatever the reason, the helical instability created does not appear to eat through the liner wall as rapidly as typical horizontal Rayleigh-Taylor instabilities.
Flashes of X-rays that were released when material from the horizontal instabilities collided in the liner's center no longer appeared, suggesting more uniform fuel compression occurred, possibly a result of the increasing resistance of the implanted vertical magnetic field to the compression generated by the Z horizontal field.
The overall approach of Awe and his colleagues uses a method described in two papers by Sandia theorist Steve Slutz. In a 2010 article in Physics of Plasmas, Slutz suggested that the magnetic field generated by Z could crush a metallic liner filled with deuterium, fusing the atoms.
Slutz and co-authors then indicated, in a 2012 paper in Physical Review Letters, that a more powerful version of Z could create high-yield fusion - much more fusion energy out than the electrical energy put in.
The apparently simple method - turn on a huge magnetic field and wait a few nanoseconds - takes for granted the complicated host of engineered devices and technical services that allow Z to function.
But, those aside, the process as described by Slutz needed only two additional aids: a powerful laser to preheat the fuel, making it easier for the compressed fuel to reach fusion temperatures, and Helmholz coils above and below the target to generate a separate, weaker magnetic field that would insulate charged particles from giving up their energy, thereby lowering the temperature of the reaction.
Ongoing experiments on Z will determine how well reality bears out Slutz's predictions. But for now, the reduction of distortions has been warmly received by fusion researchers, leading to an invitation to Awe to present his team's results at the 55th Annual Meeting of the APS Division of Plasma Physics, the world's largest plasma meeting.
The principle of the Z machine is simple: Z's magnetic force can crush any metal in its path. Possibly, then, it could force the fusion of ions like deuterium in a metal liner a few millimeters in diameter. The magnetic field would crush the liner's fuel to the diameter of a human hair, causing deuterium to fuse. This would release neutrons that could be used to study radiation effects, one of the key concerns of the National Nuclear Security Administration, which funds the bulk of this research.
Further, in the far future, and with additional engineering problems solved, the technique when engineered to fire repetitively could be used as the basis for an electrical generating plant whose fuel is sea water, a carbon-free energy source for humankind.
"Of course the reality is not that simple," said Awe, "but the new ability to modify the instability growth on the liner surface may be a step in the right direction."
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Last week Dwayne Romero of Related Colorado appeared before the Snowmass Village Part-Time Residents Advisory Board (PTRAB) to update the second homeowners on the progress of Related's Snowmass developments. As opposed to the old days in Snowmass when we had to kick developers in the nether region to keep them from over-developing in frenetic greed-fests, people now want Related to move forward with the completion of the Base Village. However, forward progress wasn't what the PTRAB participants heard.
Romero presented the village with a development plan that employed the wait-and-see approach to the Snowmass Village real estate scene. "We can't manufacture a market," he said several times. Romero touted the sale of one unit in the Viceroy hotel as a victory. The strategy is to sell as many Viceroy units as possible and then construct the second Viceroy building and sell the exact same type of product — but only if the first one sells. The other half-finished buildings in Base Village will languish while we wait and see if the Viceroy will move.
To recap the message of the meeting from my perspective: Snowmass Village is screwed.
Related's timidity when faced with a new real estate reality was exactly opposite of what the people in the room wanted to hear. These folks were looking at the value of their second home and held a glimmer of hope that Related would be attempting to move the market by removing the blight from the center of town. Instead, what they heard was a plan that represented no plan at all.
I used to be a door-to-door salesman. The first thing we were taught as we carried our products into Denver neighborhoods was to sell ourselves first and our product second. If we projected a lack of confidence, it was passed on to our product and we went hungry when smart homeowners sent us packing.
Related's non-plan defines everything wrong with the basic rules of selling. It represents a huge lack of confidence, and all markets need confidence. As soon as you admit that you have none, belief in your other products quickly wanes. In this case the Viceroy becomes a product that has no value. Related can try to sell it for any amount it says it is worth, but if Related lacks confidence that the rest of the Base Village has value, why would a buyer believe that the Viceroy has any?
Related might think it can't manufacture a market for its units but it certainly can destroy one. Snowmass Village becomes the victim of the same patterns that caused the Great Recession to deepen: Related won't take the risk to finish the Base Village because no one is buying. No one is buying because Related won't take the risk to finish the Base Village. Something has to end this dreadful cycle and the government isn't hanging around with stimulus funds for Snowmass.
The Aspen Skiing Co. showed up a while back wanting to reprise the luxury Fanny Hill cabins/townhomes part of its original Base Village approval. If it believes it can sell luxury units, I have to believe that Related can pull it off. The demand for high-end condos is there, the approval is all that is lacking.
I'm sure Related has looked at the luxury segment and knows what the market will bear. Its major developments throughout the United States are chocked full of wealthy buyers looking for a safe place to stash some cash. The Snowmass real estate market is the perfect place to spend some money and time. Related can summon several hundred buyers with a single keystroke in its mail program.
Related's Viceroy units represent a lower-end segment of the market and as those units sell the company needs to consider a different group of buyers to market new products to in Snowmass. The world has changed since Snowmass was sold the cheap "hot beds" idea. Our clientele must be more diversified than what was envisioned before the Great Recession.
Related Colorado should be offering a bold plan that is designed to rekindle a real estate market that should be the envy of the world. I can't believe that it bought back all of these properties to barely dip a toe in. Where's the New York attitude? Where's the cocksure swagger that will rekindle a feeding frenzy that would bite that toe off just a few years ago?
If Related Companies, as the premier developer in the United States and the primary property owner in Snowmass, doesn't manufacture the Snowmass Village real estate market, who will?
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Corporate advertisers appear to be scaling back their marketing campaigns earlier than expected before the September federal election, in another weak sign for the advertising market.
Despite the federal government increasing its own marketing spend, May was another weak month for the advertising market according to media-buying data compiled by Standard Media Index.
The SMI data showed ad spend was down 3.5 per cent in May compared to the previous year even though government advertising was up 44 per cent year-on-year last month, following a 50 per cent jump in April.
"The weakness is as expected given we are getting closer to the election and political advertising is crowding out other advertisers," said
"We expect this weakness to persist until September and forecast a recovery in ad spend later this calendar year."
Range of factors have influenced impact
Industry sources said other factors having a negative impact on the overall ad market include car industry factory closures; supermarket chains
The major political parties began TV advertising last month, in what is being billed as the longest election campaign in Australian history. Prime Minister
Government department ads for Medicare and the Gonski education reforms, as well as union ads, have been particularly noticeable on prime time TV in recent weeks. However, most political advertising dollars are expected to be spent closer to the poll.
"The true election dollars are in the five weeks before the election," said
"June to August is not going to see a repeat of May," he said.
TV ad spend down after strong month
Metropolitan free-to-air TV ad spend declined 4.7 per cent in May, following a strong month in April.
Seven Network maintained its dominance with a 42 per cent share, followed by the Nine Network on 37.5 per cent and the Ten Network on 20.5 per cent.
Ten, which continues to struggle with low ratings, was unable to capitalise on its key franchise, MasterChef, which started in June this year, compared to May last year. Regional TV fell 4.5 per cent, while subscription TV advertising sustained its strong growth, of 11.1 per cent. The standout performer was cinema, which jumped 127 per cent on the back of strong movie releases such as The Hangover Part 3 and The Great Gatsby at the end of the month.
Digital advertising was up 19.3 per cent, and radio up 2.8 per cent. The worst performing category was newspapers, which slumped 25 per cent, followed by magazines (down 17.7 per cent) and outdoor (down 7.2 per cent).
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MORE THAN 100 orienteers got their first fix of competition for 2013 at South Ribble OC's New Year Cracker event on the Lancaster University Campus.
Five competitors met the challenge of visiting all 24 controls within a 50 minute time limit.
The host club's Quentin Harding (M50) completed the task in the fastest time with almost nine minutes to spare, a minute ahead of former LOC member Ed Nash (M21) on a family visit from his current home in Germany.
Harding's daughter Zoe (W20) was leading woman in sixth place, visiting all controls to accumulate 240 points but losing five points for finishing five seconds late. A further three seconds later, Chris Heppenstall (M21) was first LOC member in seventh place.
Clubmate Todd Oates (M21) misread the clock to finish 10 minutes early, having missed only one control to accumulate 230 points and was placed ninth.
Third placed woman, Lakeland's Jo Cleary (W45), chose an inspired route to visit 22 controls but was one second late, finishing 15th overall with 215 points. Her daughter Hannah Cleary-Hughes (W16) was leading girl in 22nd place with 200 points.
Meanwhile Lakeland's Adam Bartlett (M16) has been selected for an all-age England team to contest the Interland Cup 2013 in Holland in March. England competes annually in this match against teams representing Belgium, the Netherlands, NW Germany and NE France.


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You're installing software on some host. The installation goes well and then you go to access the information you need or connect to the service from another host. Wait, what's that? Port is already in use? Crap. We've all been there. The quick and dirty answer: netstat. Let's say you're trying to use port 8080:
netstat -tuln | grep 8080
Let's say the response is httpd. OK, let's see where that's located using whereis:
whereis httpd
And what kind of file is httpd:
file /usr/sbin/httpd
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I guess we knew that since it had a port open, but what type of executable is this httpd you speak of, pray tell?
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httpd(8) – Apache Hypertext Transfer Protocol Server
Apache2::Resource(3pm) – Limit resources used by httpd children
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GATESVILLE Often in softball, a player's biggest contribution doesn't come at the plate or on the mound.
That was certainly the case for Gatesville senior Jaycee Summers, whose sacrificial play out in left field often impacted games more than anything she could have done at the plate.
It was that all-out effort, and a perfect 1.000 fielding percentage, that earned Summers recognition as the District 19-3A Defensive Most Valuable Player when the all-district list was released last week.
She was a great leader, she would sacrifice her body for an out, (including) catching seven balls on dives for the season, said Gatesville softball coach Crystal O'Brien. She really just ran down balls that we thought were doubles and triples. Even down the baseline, she was willing to dive head-first, she could do it all.
Along with registering 14 of her 16 put-outs in district play, Summers contributed with a .417 batting average in 19-3A play for the Hornets (15-11).
Despite a disappointing 3-7 run through district, Summers was just one of five Hornets to earn first-team all-district recognition, including the other two members of the Gatesville outfield.
Almost every team we played commented on how well our outfield played and how fast they were, they're all aggressive, they really are, O'Brien said. I think they kept us in the game a lot of the times.
Junior center fielder Megan Chambers paced Gatesville at the plate with a team-high 16 hits and a .457 batting average in district play, while fellow first-team junior Ashley Cook led the way on the base paths with a team-high 12 stolen bases, a .543 on-base percentage and .448 batting average and 10 runs.
Joining them on the first team were junior shortstop Lauren Nichols, who had a .455 average and 15 hits in district, and second baseman Paige Chambers, who knocked in a team-high 12 RBIs on 13 hits and a .406 average batting.
Senior first baseman Allison Aslin was a second-team selection along with freshman catcher Blaine McGhee, while Evan Edmiston, Riley Latham, and Sarah Ridling were honorable mentions.
Waco Robinson's Morgan Van Meter and China Spring's Mollie Kinlaw split 19-3A MVP honors while the Lady Rockets' Kelly Baker was named Offensive MVP and Keona Dawkins of Waco Connally got Newcomer of the Year.


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The NFL has announced plans for the "Back to Football 2010 Kickoff Charity Auction" to support the New Orleans Saints Gulf Coast Renewal Fund. The NFL and NFL players have partnered to assemble an unprecedented array of one-of-a-kind experiences and autographed memorabilia from some of the NFL's top stars, including Super Bowl XLIV MVP Drew Brees and Minnesota Vikings QB Brett Favre. Fans may bid on 150 experiences and items now through 10 p.m. ET Sunday, Sept. 12 on www.nfl.com/auction.
Among the experiences and items:
» Super Bowl XLIV helmet signed by Super Bowl XLIV MVP Drew Brees
» Authentic jersey signed by Brees.
» Game-worn jerseys from NFL stars Tom Brady, Brett Favre, Eli Manning, Peyton Manning, Randy Moss, Tony Romo and Mark Sanchez
» Super Bowl XLIV opening kickoff ball
» Football signed by the Super Bowl XLIV champion New Orleans Saints
» VIP trip for two to Super Bowl XLV in North Texas on Feb. 6, 2011
» VIP trip for two to the 2011 Pro Bowl in Hawaii on Jan. 31, 2011
» Guitar signed by Taylor Swift, who is performing in "NFL Kickoff 2010 Presented by EA Sports"
» Opportunity to walk the red carpet at Lombardi's Broadway premiere on Oct. 21, 2010 in New York City
» Opportunity to be on the set of HBO's Emmy-nominated series Treme
» Behind-The-Scenes VIP Experience at NBC's Football Night In America studio show including a tour; meet-and-greet with FNIA talent; autographed football by SNF/FNIA talent; and NBC Sports gift bag
A full list of items can be found at www.nfl.com/auction.
The New Orleans Saints developed the Saints Gulf Coast Renewal Fund to benefit those affected directly by the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. A significant portion of the funds being raised are from the raffle of an official Super Bowl XLIV Championship Ring identical to the one that was awarded to the ownership, players, coaches and administrative staff. More than $800,000 has been raised through this raffle to date. The funds will be allocated by an eight member board of directors made up of Gulf South community leaders, Saints ownership, senior executives, and a player.
The Back To Football 2010 Kickoff Charity Auction is part of the efforts to kick off the 2010 season and to honor the Super Bowl champion New Orleans Saints and the city of New Orleans. This is the seventh consecutive year the NFL has saluted the Super Bowl champions with the opening game in their stadium on a Thursday in primetime.


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* Innovative flying action: Based on an ornithopter design. The Dragonfly flaps its wings like a real insect. The dragonfly can take off from any smooth surface, soar, dive-bomb, hover and glide silently for soft landings.
* Strong and flexible: Built using a durable carbon-fiber structure, The Dragonfly's impact-absorbing flexible body and wings can take a lot of punishment.
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Short Hills, N.J. Short Hills Mall has released its first mall magazine, called Short Hills Magazine.
The mall-based publication will feature fashion sections, gift guides, cultural spotlights, health and fitness news, and more.
The mall will distribute complimentary copies of the magazine from its Guest Services department, located in the shopping center.
The Mall at Short Hills is anchored by Bloomingdale's, Macy's, Neiman Marcus, Nordstrom and Saks Fifth Avenue.


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Universities in NSW are heading for financial "icebergs" including a $1 billion jump in superannuation liabilities, an audit found.
NSW Auditor-General Peter Achterstraat said the state's 10 universities had done well to post record surpluses in 2011 but there were looming risks.
The universities' superannuation liabilities jumped from $3 billion to $4.3 billion between 2010 and 2011.
The University of NSW and the University of Sydney – which recorded the highest surpluses of $88.9 million and $88.5 million – accounted for half the amount.
Long service leave obligations were up 23 per cent to $571 million.
A University of Sydney spokesman said the problem of unfunded super liabilities in State Super was being negotiated between the federal and NSW governments. A meeting is scheduled in Canberra on June 22.
"Unused leave is a matter for all universities, and in fact Sydney has brought down our levels of unused leave in the past year," he said.
The audit found UNSW's long service leave liability had increased by 35.8 per cent to $144 million.
Vice-chancellor Fred Hilmer said it did not represent an increase in the number of leave days accumulated, but was due to the actuarial assessment of long service obligations.
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The tour fee includes all travel,
a box lunch and beverage.
Please dress in appropriate field
attire (we occasionally get some rain in the Pacific Northwest)
and bring extra water.
Recommended arrival at King Street Station: 7:00am
The train will depart
from Seattle's King Street Station at 7:30am. Arriving in Portland
at 11:00am, participants will board buses for a tour of some
of Portland's Olmsted landscapes. The tour will return to the
Portland station in time to catch the 6:15pm train, arriving
in Seattle at 9:45pm. Breakfast and dinner can be purchased
aboard the train.
Transportation to and from hotels
is not included. However, all recommended hotels provide free
shuttle service to Seattle's King Street Station.
The tour fee includes all travel
Breakfast and lunch are not included.
Recommended arrival at the Clipper dock: 7:00am
The Victoria Clipper will leave Seattle at 8:00am, arriving
in Victoria at 10:30am. Breakfast can be purchased aboard the
Clipper for $5.00. Participants will board a bus for the guided
tour of Victoria and the Uplands, stopping for lunch in Victoria
before traveling on to the Uplands. The tour will return to
Victoria in time for participants to board the Clipper for departure
at 6:00pm and return to Seattle at 8:30pm.
Transportation to and from hotels
is not included. However, all hotels provide free shuttle service
to the Clipper dock.
Saturday-Sunday: (includes
travel to and from Rosario)
$256/per person (based on double occupancy)
$321/per person (based on single occupancy)
Additional overnight:
$59.69/person (double occupancy), $119.37 (single)
In addition to his work in and
around Seattle and Portland,
John Charles Olmsted also designed residential landscapes
throughout Puget Sound. Rosario Resort is situated on a hooked
point of land overlooking a private bay. The centerpiece of
Resort is the Moran mansion, listed on the National Register
Historic Places, which was completed in 1909 as a private
residence for Robert Moran, a shipbuilding mogul and two time
mayor of Seattle. The Resort now occupies 30 acres of Moran's
original 5,000 linked together by forest, garden and footpath.
remainder of the original land has been preserved in Moran State
Park, a forested wonder of lakes & mountains riddled with
When Robert Moran wrote to John
C. Olmsted in March 1907,
he said, "Nature has done so much on the Island that there
not to my mind remain a great deal to do excepting to put the
property in such shape that it can be gotten through with roads
trails to the best advantage."
Come to Rosario and see what Nature
presented to Moran and
Olmsted. Explore the property with original communiqués
from John Olmsted in hand, describing what should be done to
the property to accomplish Moran's goals and maintain the natural
beauty. Finish the day with a private reception in the Mansion
Music Room, which houses the 1,972 pipe Aeolian Pipe Organ and
a collection of historical artifacts. Orcas Island historian
and musician, Christopher Peacock, will give an entertaining
historical talk, play the organ to original silent film footage
of "Phantom of the Opera", and finish with a nature
slide show of the San Juan Islands accompanied by his original
piano music.
Extra Nights and Activities:
Staying an extra night at Rosario will allow time for spa treatments,
kayaking, hiking and whale watching, which is spectacular at
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A bill Michael Ben-Ari and Ahmed Tibi can agree on (JERUSALEM POST) By LAHAV HARKOV 08/03/12)
Source: http://www.jpost.com/DiplomacyAndPolitics/Article.aspx?id=279849
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Few issues united MKs Michael Ben-Ari (National Union) and Ahmed Tibi (United Arab List-Taal), but the two men from opposite sides of the political spectrum signed a bill along with 59 other lawmakers from every faction in the Knesset to protect their assistants rights.
The legislation, initiated by MK Avi Dichter (Kadima) following a proposal by his aide Oren Lavi, is an amendment to the 1994 Knesset Law regarding parliamentary assistants.
The bill calls for assistants to be considered Knesset employees, and be employed at the level of professional advisers to ministers.
We are on the job 24 hours a day, seven days a week, Dichters spokesman Nissan Zeevi explained. We are employed like contract workers, with salaries of NIS 6,800-NIS 7,400 a month.
Zeevi also pointed out the Knesset has a budgetary surplus of NIS 250,000, saying it can be used to raise assistants salaries.
Should the bill become law, aides would receive the same social benefits as Knesset employees and the salary and employment conditions of professional advisers, as determined by the Civil Service Commission.
Parliamentary assistants salaries would be paid from the Knesset budget, as opposed to the current situation in which each MK pays his or her staff.
It would be appropriate if the Knesset, the institution that passes labor laws and deals with most of the workers in this country, would give MKs assistants a clear status, fair salary and social conditions equal to Knesset workers, the bills explanatory section reads.
Of the 86 MKs who can cosponsor legislation the 34 ministers and deputy ministers cannot 61 signed the parliamentary assistants bill.
Every lawmaker in the National Union, UAL-Taal, Independence, Habayit Hayehudi and United Torah Judaism is listed on the draft, as are the vast majority from Kadima, Labor, Shas, Hadas and Meretz. Fewer than half of the MKs in the Likud, Yisrael Beytenu and Balad who could have signed the legislation did so.
The bill has yet to be officially submitted, as the Knesset is in summer recess, and aides are waiting to hear the Grunau Public Committee on MKs salaries recommendations on the matter.
In a February Knesset House Committee meeting, when MKs unanimously approved raising their own salaries, the Parliamentary Assistants Committee protested their low pay compared to spokespeople of Knesset committees, who are employed by the Knesset Spokesmans Office, are paid NIS 12,000 a month and get a car.
The assistants said the Grunau Committee recommended assistants receive a raise, as long as they commit to working full-time and not seek additional employment.
The aides voted overwhelmingly in favor of the measure, but it was not submitted the House Committee for a vote. (© 1995-2011, The Jerusalem Post 08/03/12)
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Officials say death from Arcata fire could have been prevented
ARCATA- The cause of Arcata's deadly fire was due to a single discarded cigarette said Fire Investigators. According to Arcata Fire a cigarette was discarded into a container next to the bed that eventually spread to the mattress and the rest of the house. Stephen McGeary died as a result of smoke inhalation said the Humboldt County Coroner's Office.
According to an Investigation Task Force McGeary discarded the cigarette next to his bed that spread to other items in there and eventually spread to the mattress then the house. According to Battalion Chief Sean Campbell the fire spread due to the high fuel amount in the small home.
McGeary was trapped in a bathroom in the center of the home with the fire burning on all sides. Cambell said that there were no working smoke alarms in the home that would have alerted the two residents of the fire sooner.


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By Chris Gabel, Reno Gazette-Journal
The Kevin Hart recruiting saga came to an abrupt end Wednesday afternoon when the Fernley (Nevada) High School offensive lineman admitted the entire process was a fraud.
"I wanted to play D-I ball more than anything. When I realized that wasn't going to happen, I made up what I wanted to be reality," read a statement sent out by Teri White, assistant superintendent of the Lyon County School District, on behalf of Hart. "I am sorry for disappointing and embarrassing my family, coaches, Fernley High School, the involved universities and reporters covering the story."
Reached Wednesday afternoon, White said the district continues to conduct its internal investigation into how so many people were duped by the high school senior.
As early as September, Hart said Oregon was heavily recruiting him, but the university said Monday that was never the case.
"We're looking into the entire picture," White said.
Hart, a 6-5, 290-pounder who was rated as a two-star prospect by Rivals.com, the lowest level of players the service ranks, verbally committed to California Berkeley over Oregon during a momentous school assembly Feb. 1 that had Hart's father, Richard, holding back tears.
"Coach (Jeff) Tedford and I talked a lot, and the fact that the head coach did most of the recruiting of me kind of gave me that real personal experience," Hart said in meeting with the media that attended the announcement ceremony.
But less than 10 hours later, questions were raised about the validity of the commitment. "The Cal staff has had no contact whatsoever with (Fernley) Coach (Mark) Hodges or Hart, and they have not visited him; nor has Hart been on a recruiting trip to any school," Rivals.com reported.
On Saturday, a police report was filed with the Lyons County Sheriff's Department and on Sunday, Nevada Interscholastic Athletics Association executive director Eddie Bonine intimated it could be that Hart, his family and the school were duped by an imposter. By Monday, both Cal and Oregon said they never had Hart on their recruiting radar.
On Tuesday, a Lyon County Sheriff's Department report said Hart told them that a "Kevin Riley" falsely represented himself as a recruiter — a middle man to big-time college football programs — and led Hart and his family to believe there were scholarship offers available when there were none. But Deputy Dan Lynch also said, "It's an ongoing investigation but we have no suspect at this point and no info to identify a suspect."
Kevin Riley happens to be the name of a redshirt freshman quarterback at Cal.
The story began garnering national attention before Hart revealed Wednesday to the school district that he made up the whole thing.
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Franco Gorreri, who stepped down as chairman of Banca del Monte di Parma last week, is the latest person arrested in connection with the collapse of Parmalat, Italy's largest food and dairy group.
Gorreri was arrested on Monday on suspicion of criminal association, fraudulent bankruptcy and falsification of Parmalat company reports, Colonel Domenico Fornabaio of Italy's financial police said.
Prosecutors suspect Gorreri, who works in Parmalat's treasury, helped siphon off as much as €800 million ($A1.3 billion) to companies controlled by the family of Parmalat founder Calisto Tanzi, court documents show.
Gorreri was detained as part of a continuing investigation into what is one of the biggest cases of accounting fraud in European history. The maker of long-life milk was granted protection from creditors last month after the Bank of America denied the existence of what the company said was a €3.9 billion bank account.
Gorreri, 51, was finance director of Parmalat SpA, the company's main Italian unit, until 1992. Banca Monte dei Paschi di Siena, which holds a 49 per cent stake in Banca del Monte di Parma, said it would make provisions for loans outstanding to Parmalat in line with those set aside by other Italian banks.
The Siena-based lender is owed €115 million by Parmalat and €68 million by Parmatour, a Tanzi family-controlled travel company.
Capitalia, Italy's fourth-largest bank by assets, yesterday said it made as much as €240 million of provisions last year to protect against losses from Parmalat. Meanwhile, Lamberto Cardia, the former magistrate who has headed Consob, Italy's stockmarket watchdog, since May is expected to tell Italian MPs that the regulator does not have the powers needed to have anticipated Parmalat Finanziaria's collapse.
Cardia told a newspaper last month that Consob did all it could in the case of Parmalat.
With seven former Parmalat executives in jail and €8 billion missing, Italy's Government is asking why Consob did not act earlier, and how to prevent similar collapses.
Cardia will face questions from MPs when he testifies about Consob's role in Parmalat's bankruptcy.
The agency was formed in 1974 with a mandate to "protect the investing public".
Cardia's comments on regulatory restrictions facing the watchdog have prompted calls for the creation of an Italian regulator with powers that match those of the US Securities and Exchange Commission.
"If we had the powers that the SEC has, we could do more," he said.
Parmalat executives had told prosecutors that accounting fraud had been going on for more than a decade before pressure from Consob brought some issues to light and led to the company's bankruptcy, court documents show.
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Out Sick
Reason for no posts lately? Strep throat. The month/year from hell continues...
On the upside my Rover RC Multiplexer is successfully funded on Tindie.
Syndicated 2013-09-09 20:06:00 (Updated 2013-09-09 22:09:05) from Michael Shimniok
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Out Sick
Reason for no posts lately? Strep throat. The month/year from hell continues...
On the upside my Rover RC Multiplexer is successfully funded on Tindie.
Syndicated 2013-09-09 20:06:00 (Updated 2013-09-09 22:09:05) from Michael Shimniok
3CH RC Servo Multiplexer for Sale
My 3 Channel R/C (Servo) Multiplexer is now available for pre-order on Tindie for $12. [Buy]
Syndicated 2013-08-27 06:00:00 (Updated 2013-10-10 17:46:08) from Michael Shimniok
AVR Code Size Reduction
Atmel AVR035 (pdf)) has some tips on code size reduction. Here's what I learned in the real world, reducing my flash-constrained A2D code from 4k down to 1.4k, great because the onboard ATtiny44As only have 4K of flash.
Side note: My A2D boards convert Sharp Rangers or other analog signals to digital -- I2C, and soon SPI and Serial, with oversampling, decimation, and filtering to reduce noise and increase resolution.
A2Di2c.o (usiTwiSlaveInit)
../A2D/libA2D.a(adc.o) (__floatunsisf)
../A2D/libA2D.a(adc.o) (pow)
/usr/local/lib/gcc/avr/4.7.2/../../../../avr/lib/avr25/libm.a(pow.o) (exp)
/usr/local/lib/gcc/avr/4.7.2/../../../../avr/lib/avr25/libm.a(exp.o) (__fp_inf)
/usr/local/lib/gcc/avr/4.7.2/../../../../avr/lib/avr25/libm.a(pow.o) (__fp_nan)
/usr/local/lib/gcc/avr/4.7.2/../../../../avr/lib/avr25/libm.a(exp.o) (__fp_powser)
Syndicated 2013-08-23 17:00:00 (Updated 2013-08-23 17:25:12) from Michael Shimniok
Geek Destinations: Micro Center, DTC
Micro Center in the DTC is quite the maker oasis with gear from Arduino, Sparkfun, Adafruit, Parallax, Karlsson Robotics, Digispark, Velleman, Raspberry Pi, and more.
|Almost all the Arduino goodies from Uno through Esplora
|I ended up buying this very RPi Model A, right here.
|The FIRST kids are no doubt going to love this!
|They carry the PiBow and also my favorite case, which I got in black.
Robot Club Line Following
Congratulations to Ted who kicked all our respective butts in line following at this month's SHARC meeting. He completed the short course in only 5 seconds, less than half of most everyone.
Except me--I had an embarrassing 30 second time. Hey I'm just happy mine worked at all, given the failure rate of everything else I've touched the last few days.
|SHARC meeting, my 3pi on the left, RPi telerover on the right
3-State Jumper
|Internal 50k pull-up used to detect if jumper connected to VCC, GND, or nothing.
Building a Pseudo Theremin
Denver Mini Maker Faire
Sat Aug 10, Denver Mini Maker Faire + Maker Swap. 8am-5pm at Club Workshop, 999 Vallejo St., Denver, CO 80204
If you're in/near Denver come on by. I'll have a table set up and would love to meet you! :)
More details at clubworkshop.com
Syndicated 2013-08-05 22:39:00 (Updated 2013-08-05 22:39:28) from Michael Shimniok
Oversampling, Decimation, Filtering
To convert Sharp IR Rangers to I2C, I now use an ATtiny44a for signal processing.
|The latest Sharp Ranger I2C Adapter prototypes.
|Before: the full range is 10-bit (1024 lsb)
|After: the full resolution is 13-bit (8192 lsb)
Syndicated 2013-07-30 17:00:00 (Updated 2013-07-30 20:04:10) from Michael Shimniok
Still away on personal business
Life is still kicking me and my family down pretty hard. As things return to normal, look forward to all kinds of electronics fun:
2012 Top 10 Robot Christmas Gift Ideas
DARPA Robotics Challenge Kick Off
2012 ASABE Robot Contest Photos
Interview with David L. Heiserman
David Anderson on Subsumption Robots
Review: Apocalyptic AI by Robert M. Geraci
Raspberry Pi Interview with Eben Upton
2012 VEX Robotics World Championship
Giant Dallas Robot Cited as Best Public Art
There's More Than One Way to Skin a Robot
Day of the Androids at Hanson Robotics