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International trade specialists Middleton Potts and one of its partners are being sued over advice it provided to subsidiaries of Scottish Life and engineering company Amec during their purchase of land in Greater Manchester.
They claim that Middleton Potts and lawyer Richard Schmidt, now a property partner at the firm, failed on five occasions to comply with their duty of skill and care to the claimants, Amec and Scottish Life subsidiary Davenport Green.
The claimants bought the land after many years of effort in 2000, but did not acquire a key area, known as the 'blue area', that they had sought from the beginning. They allege that this was due in part to the manner in which Schmidt had originally handled the transaction. Schmidt was first instructed by Scottish Life's surveyors in 1986 while he was a lawyer at Speechly Bircham.
The claimants allege that in 1986 Schmidt failed to check the accuracy of his own assumptions about who owned the blue area. Then, on two other occasions in 1998 and 2000, when he had moved to Middleton Potts, Schmidt failed to carry out proper checks to determine how much of the land being sought by the claimants was owned by the main vendor, one Mrs Smith.
Two further alleged failures relate to Schmidt's checking of correspondence and instructions, and a general failure to ascertain "with precision or at all" the amount of property the claimants were seeking to buy.
When the claimants purchased the land in 2000, it is alleged that they were not aware that the blue area was by then owned by Mrs Smith and could therefore have been included in their purchase package.
A Middleton Potts spokesman said: "The claim is being defended. The claim is based on a misconception. The claimants' predecessor, Scottish Life, was made fully aware of the extent of the land which was being acquired, a fact which the claimant appears to have forgotten. Middleton Potts was instructed on the express basis that the claimants were acquiring the same land and complied fully with those instructions."
Scottish Life and Amec sue Middleton Potts over property advice
International trade specialists Middleton Potts and one of its partners are being sued over advice it provided to subsidiaries of Scottish Life and engineering company Amec during their purchase of land in Greater Manchester.


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On February 14, over 800 accounts which repeatedly violated the PlayOnline Member Agreement were permanently banned from PlayOnline.
The users of these accounts would form groups to monopolize the hunting spots of notorious monsters (NM). They also repeatedly performed harassment and MPK actions against other players.
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Michael D. Lairmore, a 1981 graduate of the University of Missouri College of Veterinary Medicine, has been named the new dean at the University of California Davis School of Veterinary Medicine. He begins his position Oct. 24. Lairmore is currently associate dean for research and graduate studies at the Ohio State University's College of Veterinary Medicine, where he also serves as associate director of the university's Comprehensive Cancer Center.
UC Davis Chancellor Linda P.B. Katehi and Provost and Executive Vice Chancellor Ralph J. Hexter announced Lairmore's appointment Aug. 11, praising his accomplishments as a researcher and administrator. Hexter, who oversaw the search process, pointed to the interdisciplinary breadth of Lairmore's resume: "Michael's experience stretches from clinician to professor to administrator, and from veterinary medicine to pathology to cancer, in key roles at Ohio State and the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. I am confident that his strength as a candidate will translate to his strength as our new dean of veterinary medicine."
Lairmore attended Missouri as an undergraduate biology major and was accepted into the DVM program after only three years. He went on to earn a doctorate in experimental pathology from Colorado State University. He is board certified in two veterinary specialties — anatomic pathology and virology and immunology. He is a member of the Institute of Medicine, which is the health arm of the prestigious National Academy of Sciences, and is a fellow of the American Academy of Microbiology.
He joined the Ohio State University in 1990 after heading the Human T-lymphotropic Virus (HTLV) Reference Laboratory at the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta. While there, he focused on the linkages between human T-cell leukemia viruses and specific diseases, including some forms of cancer.
His research has focused on the biology of human retroviruses, including the roles some viruses play in the onset of certain types of cancer. He developed one of the first animal models for AIDS-associated pediatric pneumonia, facilitating studies aimed at treating that ailment. His research has received nearly continuous support from the National Institutes of Health, totaling nearly $30 million during his career. He has published more than 170 scientific papers, many in some of the country's most prestigious research journals.
As dean, Lairmore will also preside over the William R. Pritchard Veterinary Medical Teaching Hospital, the California Animal Health and Food Safety Laboratory System, and the Veterinary Medicine Extension program.
"It will be an honor to serve as dean of one of the premier institutions of its kind in the world," said Lairmore, who pointed to the school's "extensive history of providing outstanding education for society-ready veterinarians and producing innovative research findings to address important problems ranging from clinical veterinary medicine to public health."
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Gallery: 2013 Tournament of Roses Royal Court announced
PASADENA - Sweaty palms and fluttery stomachs always accompany the announcement of the Tournament of Roses Royal Court.
Such was the case Monday morning when the names of the seven girls who would comprise this year's court were announced. Their parents, classmates, and family members waited with stomachs full of proverbial butterflies waited to hear which girls would have their names indelibly etched into Tournament of Roses history.
Vanessa Manjarrez, 17, of Mayfield Senior School; Madison Teodo, 17, of La Canada Flintridge High School; Sonia Shenoi, 17, of San Marino High School; Kathryne Benuska, 17, of Maranatha High School; Nicole Nelam, 17 of Pasadena High School; Tracy Cresta, 17, La Salle High School and Victoria McGregor, 17 Flintridge Sacred Heart Academy make up this year's Tournament of Roses Royal Court.
As each Royal Court member's name was read off, almost primal screams came from the crowd followed by tears of joy streaming down the cheeks of proud parents and family members.
"I am so excited for her. She has worked so hard," said Carrie Benuska, Kathryne's mother, who released a screeching yelp when her daughter's name was read.
Monday's announcement was a nail-biter for the Benuska family since Kathryne was the last member of the court to have her name read.
"Going number seven did make it a bit nerve-racking though," said Kal Benuska, Kathryne's father.
The theme of this year's Tournament of Roses Parade is "Oh the Places You'll Go."
The theme, according to TofR President Sally Bixby, has resonance in the lives of all the girls in the TofR Royal Court.
"There is nothing you cannot do; nowhere you cannot be," Bixby said to the girls minutes before the announcement.
Her message has special meaning for Nelam, said LaWanda Jackson, Nelam's aunt.
"She worked tirelessly and with much prayer," Jackson said. "It was something she always wanted to do since she was a little girl."
Now Nelam and her fellow court members have arrived. But what lies ahead of them is a hectic schedule with 150 scheduled appearances packed into less than three months. Between now and the Tournament of Roses Parade on Jan. 1, the Royal Court will have criss-crossed the Southland countless times.
For now, the Royal Court's next order of business is picking a Rose Queen. That announcement will come at 9:30 a.m. on Oct. 15 at Tournament House.
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Tell President Obama: Ending Homelessness among Veterans Demands Ending Homelessness for All
President Obama is on record as being "personally committed to ending homelessness among veterans within the next five years." His new campaign of "Zero Tolerance for Homeless Veterans" can only be achieved through the difficult and honorable path of ending all homelessness in America.
The president has taken an inspiring and powerful stand against the continued suffering of more than 150,000 veterans currently homeless in the United States. Today's homeless veterans are spread widely throughout every system of service and across every category of homeless. Further complicating matters, many veterans resist shelter, treatment and services through veteran specific resources.
President Obama's approach to ending homelessness among veterans must be driven by the needs and demands of homeless veterans and not by the systems built to serve them.
Already the VA has drastically increased spending to prevent and reduce homelessness among veterans, but even with those increases the problem isn't going to go away until we recognize one simple truth: trying to end homelessness among veterans will never work until we end all homelessness.
As long as we fail to address the overall problem of homelessness in America, tens of thousands of homeless veterans will remain forgotten, with thousands more falling into homelessness each year.
Today you can help by sending a letter to President Obama affirming his personal commitment to ending homelessness among veterans in five years and validating his administration's stand of zero tolerance for homeless veterans. But in order for the president's commitment to be fulfilled, he must see the path towards his success through bringing all Americans home.
I am writing you today to commend you for your commitment to ending homelessness among veterans in five years, to validate you and your administration's stand of zero tolerance for homeless veterans and to ask that in order to achieve these goals you vastly increase the scale and scope of our efforts to end homelessness for all people in America.
Without addressing the broader issue and working to end all homelessness in America, we can never end homelessness for veterans. We must not only provide homes to the currently homeless, we must eliminate the risk of homelessness that veterans and others in America face.
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UPDATE: Homicide in Avondale
UPDATE: Investigators say 20-year-old Deion Adams was the man found dead on Reading Road near Rockdale on Friday morning just before 6:30.
If you can help police, call CrimeStoppers at 513-352-3040 or text CINTIP plus your message to CRIMES.
(Avondale) Cincinnati police are investigating the city's latest murder in Avondale.
A person found shot to death in the 3500 block of Reading Road early this morning. The victim's name has not been released and no arrests have been made.


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Rewind: Who Are Your Favorite Grey's Anatomy Couples?
- Grey's Anatomy has more couples than ever, but which ones are you rooting for?
- We headed to WonderCon to get the inside scoop on upcoming films like Green Lantern, Immortals, and Cowboys & Aliens. Check out all of our coverage, plus interviews with Ryan Reynolds, Blake Lively, and more here.
- Scream 4 is almost here! Vote now on which characters you think will survive this time.
- We hit up the junket for Arthur where Russell Brand talked about George Clooney's aroma, Helen Mirren discussed her upcoming SNL stint, and Greta Gerwig shared her love for costar Russell.
- American Idol drama! After the top nine performed rock 'n' roll songs, Pia Toscano was shockingly eliminated. But are the judges to blame?
- There were lots of hot shirtless guys in new trailers this week. Don't believe me? Check out Ryan Gosling's abs in Crazy, Stupid, Love while Tom Hardy flexes his muscles in Warrior.
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Frustrated with the limitations of traditional immunotherapy, a few doctors (most of them known as clinical ecologists) are trying to revive a system of allergy testing and immunotherapy developed several years ago and collectively known as serial dilution titration and neutralization therapy. This variation of standard immunotherapy still involves lots of time in a doctor's surgery, considerable expense and allergy injections. In some ways, however, it may make up for a few of the shortcomings of traditional immunotherapy.
Serial dilution testing: what they can and cannot tell, is done on the skin (although a few doctors use drops of the test extracts which can be placed under the tongue in people who are not fond of needles). Doctors test for several common allergens, plus any others to which the individual seems to be particularly sensitive. In that respect, the test is similar to standard tests. However, the individual is not necessarily tested with one absolute amount of each test extract, but possibly with a series of up to fifteen or twenty increasing dilutions, one every ten minutes or so. The size of any weal and the nature of symptoms are noted. Doctors experienced with serial testing use the dose which does not produce symptoms – the 'endpoint' – as a guideline for choosing the optimal dose for this therapy. Again, the dose that is too small to produce a reaction yet large enough to prevent reactions is considered optimal. Doctors feel that, in this way, they can get a better picture of not only what a person is allergic to, but also how he or she reacts as an individual. What's more, they claim that the treatment dose can be used to neutralize, or turn off, a reaction. The therapeutic dose usually turns out to be much smaller than that employed in standard immunotherapy, and takes only one or two testing sessions to achieve. That compares with a period of about six months of such experimentation to reach maintenance doses in standard therapy. Once the correct treatment dose is arrived at, doctors using neutralization claim that some people gain immediate relief.
One big difference between the two therapies is that some doctors using neutralization send patients home with premixed doses of extract to help them tolerate foods and inhalants to which they are allergic. That's rare with standard therapy except for carrying emergency vials of adrenaline to be used in case of a severe bee sting reaction or other serious symptoms.
Another major difference is that neutralization is used to treat sensitivities to car exhaust, tobacco smoke, formaldehyde and other hard-to-avoid chemicals, although shots for those do not work nearly as well as injections for conventional allergens.
'People always ask us for injections against air pollution,' says Constantine J. Falliers, a traditional allergist and editor of the Journal of Asthma. 'Well, we have no such thing.'
Many doctors using neutralization feel that, unlike conventional therapy, it can be successfully used to treat food allergy, holding out hope to the many people who are allergic to wheat, yeast or other ubiquitous dietary items.
Standard immunotherapy and neutralization seem to work in approximately eight out of ten people on whom the particular method is used, and both are relatively safe – they're used without reservation on the young, the old, the pregnant -and even in people who are suffering a cold or the flu. For the individual who's endured years of standard immunotherapy without relief of symptoms, neutralization certainly holds promise.


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Trying to keep your kitchen cabinets dust and grease free can sometimes leave the wood looking dry and tired. This creme will add a luster to your wood in addition to cleaning and adding a wonderful spicy scent. Use as needed, and give your kitchen a fresh, clean look everytime. Also great for bathroom cabinets.


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Is Silikon 1000 effective for boxcar acne scars? I've read mixed reviews. Also, what are known risks?
Is Silikon 1000 Effective for Boxcar Acne Scars?
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Injectable fillers such as Silikon 1000 used in conjunction with other techniques such as light electrosurgery can improve the appearance of boxcar acne scars. The filler will lift the base of the scar by filling, but there will still be a rim/edge to the scar that will have to be smoothed out. In my opinion the best way to approach these scars is to fill them with Silikon 1000, which may take more than one treatment, and then smooth out the surface with light electrosurgery. Please click on the link below for before and after photos of patients with acne scars treated with Silikon 1000 and light electrosugery.
Learn more: http://www.barnettdermatology.com/treatments.php?id=24
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Bigotry Against Gays Is "Sick," Says Zachary Quinto
"One of the defining conversations that I had with myself was that absolutely no good can come from me staying quiet about [my sexuality]. Literally, no good can come from it. But if I take the step to make the acknowledgment and be honest, so much good could potentially come from it. … It boggles my mind that there are so many extreme, Christian organizations that are adopting a stance against homosexuality with such vitriol and hatred and targeted aggression that goes against the tenets of the Christian faith. The hatred that people are leading with in this discussion is really, for me, the biggest symptom of how sick we are. It's the thing that makes me look at our culture and think, 'We are so far afield of any sort of connectivity or truth in relationship to one another.'
– Zachary Quinto from "American Horror Story" (or the nerds amongst us, "Star Trek") tells Out magazine about why he chose to come out of the closet last year in New York magazine and why he's been campaigning for Obama 2012 on LGBT rights. The vitriol, hatred and aggression against lesbians and gays boggles my mind, too, Zach. Now forget about your boyfriend Jonathan Groff and come make out with meeeeeee. [Out]


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The area I live in is true blue Liberal. There's no danger that the Liberal candidate might lose his seat.
This is frustrating for me as I will be voting for the Labor candidate with the knowledge that she will not be elected.
I am very unhappy with the Howard government. I feel the country has gone backwards, as any dissent is now seen as a threat.
We are encouraged to be fearful, not just about terrorism but for many other reasons too.
I am also concerned about our very close relationship with the US. I very much want to see our troops out of Iraq. There have been many lies from Howard during his terms of office and one of them was about Iraq's weapons.
I do hope the Greens and Democrats do well in the Senate. I would like to see the Greens having the balance of power there.
I would like to seen the Aboriginals receive more help in their communities by both parties. But sadly, knowing their election promises, that's not going to happen.
I do think Kevin Rudd will be good for the country. He has vitality and a fresh approach, which we desperately need.
This election is different because Howard has announced he will be retiring half-way through the next parliamentary term.
This will not effect the decision of the die-hard Liberals but some swinging voters are none too sure about having Peter Costello as a prime minister.
I am a very political person and I am taking a great interest in the election. It is very important to me. If Howard gets re-elected we are considering moving to New Zealand.
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This blog was hacked by some soul(s) yesterday night! (around 3.30 AM IST), while i was in deep sleep. The blog home page was defaced. But the contents were kind of intact.
Was able to restore most of the things in less than 10 mins. But only after i was woken up in the morning at around 7.30 AM!
Ok. Now coming to how it happened…
One thing for sure… it was my mistake. I had given some stupid permissions on some folders on my site for some test purpose. I had forgot to remove those permissions. I am still not sure if its a security issue with WordPress. Have posted on WP forums about the problem.
Atleast 2 IPs were involved in the hack. They managed to create new wp users, gain admin access to WordPress, and then enabled file uploads in WordPress. Once that was done, they uploaded files (php based file managers, database access etc etc), which would enable them look on to the filesystem, database, and do more stuff.
They played around a bit, but luckily, they didn't cause any damage. I am almost done with the cleanup now.
Will post more if something new turns up!
Update : 1 Mostly looks like its got to do with the security issue in WP 188.8.131.52 which was patched in v220.127.116.11. So, upgrade your WP setup if you havent done it so far ASAP!!.
Update : 2 I have installed some new set of plugins to increase security. Contact me if you are facing any problem acessing the site.
Update : 3 Found exactly how they broke in…. If you are intrested, let me know. Will share the details. The hack won't work in 188.8.131.52.
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->To Eliminate Pakistan from the world map
->To see India in a position better than other advanced countries like US
Looking at the above on your website, no wonder it was hacked! In fact i'd say you were pretty lucky man…
Your hacker was more polit thaen the guy who hacked my 126.96.36.199 a month back. That was just the day after the update was released.
Hi Mr. Prabhu,
I am prashanth from Hyderabad – a native of mangalore. Nice to visit your blog and interesting to see your articles. well, can you give me some details on this post, as well as other such details.
Nice to know another mangalorean on the net. All the best.
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Below is a list of rules or proposed rule changes that are being reviewed prior to being filed with the Joint Committee on Agency Rule Review (JCARR). If necessary, the Department is submitting the rules to the Common Sense Initiative (CSI), which requires state agencies to draft rules in collaboration with stakeholders, assess and justify any adverse impact on the business community, and provide opportunity for the affected public to provide input on the rules.
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* C$ closes at C$0.9848 vs US$ or $1.0154 * Touches highest since Oct 18 at C$0.9825, or $1.0178 * C$ hits 17-mth high vs yen * Bond prices mostly fall across curve By Solarina Ho TORONTO, Dec 13 (Reuters) - The Canadian dollar finished little changed against its U.S. counterpart on Thursday, retreating from a two-month high reached earlier in the session, as U.S. fiscal worries weighed and investors booked some profits following seven straight sessions of gains. The commodities-linked currency tracked resource prices, which fell as worries over a lack of progress in fiscal talks between Congress and the White House overshadowed improvements in U.S. jobs data and retail sales. The currency began its steady grind stronger against the U.S. dollar last week with strong employment numbers from the United States and Canada and with the Canadian government's approval of two major international takeover deals. It touched C$0.9825 against the U.S. dollar, or $1.0178 on Thursday, its best performance since Oct. 18, following Wednesday's news the Federal Reserve would keep buying bonds. "It's really ridden that wave, albeit very slowly ... over the course of this week," said Shaun Osborne, chief currency strategist at TD Securities, noting the trading range was still very narrow, despite some good flows. "I think with risk assets looking like they're taking some profit after the Fed news yesterday, we have seen equity markets kick back a little bit of the strength." The Fed mostly met market expectations by saying it would keep buying $45 billion of government bonds each month after its "Operation Twist" program expires, in addition to buying $40 billion a month in agency mortgage-backed securities. The Canadian dollar finished at C$0.9848 versus the U.S. dollar, or $1.0154, little changed from Wednesday's North American session finish of C$0.9847, or $1.0155. Canada's dollar's performance was somewhat mixed against other major currencies. It touched its strongest level against the Japanese yen since July 8, 2011. It underperformed against the euro, where it touched a one-week low. Earlier in the session, the Canadian dollar held on to gains following a slew of North American data, including rising new home prices and record high personal debt in Canada. In the United States, retail sales rose in November in a sign that steady job creation is adding momentum to consumer spending. Producer prices fell more than expected, according to a government report that showed little inflation pressures in the economy. Fewer Americans filing new unemployment benefit claims last week indicated a steady healing in the labor market. Going forward, Osborne said the currency could inch toward the C$0.9700 to C$0.9750 level. "That'd be a good level to get long U.S. dollars at that point. We're looking for a bit of a sell-off in the Canadian dollar early in the new year," said Osborne, noting that the Bank of Canada's actions will be constrained by the Fed's aggressive easing mode. Uncertainty over a resolution on the U.S. fiscal crisis will also remain a key risk. "Very near term ... the Canadian dollar is vulnerable to continued worries on the fiscal cliff front. So we could see a temporary reprieve where investors get a little bit worried about the situation, a little bit of uncertainty about how the U.S. economy is going to start 2013," said Michael Gregory, senior economist at BMO Capital Markets. Canadian government bond prices were lower across the curve, with the two-year bond shedding 5 Canadian cents to yield 1.119 percent and the benchmark 10-year bond retreated 43 Canadian cents to yield 1.806 percent.


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Bits & Pieces, June 24, 1993, pp. 13-14
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Writer Charles Swindoll once found himself with too many commitments in too few days. He got nervous and tense about it.
"I was snapping at my wife and our children, choking down my food at mealtimes, and feeling irritated at those unexpected interruptions through the day," he recalled in his book Stress Fractures. "Before long, things around our home started reflecting the patter of my hurry-up style. It was become unbearable.
"I distinctly remember after supper one evening, the words of our younger daughter, Colleen. She wanted to tell me something important that had happened to her at school that day. She began hurriedly, &ls;Daddy, I wanna tell you somethin' and I'll tell you really fast.'
"Suddenly realizing her frustration, I answered, &ls;Honey, you can tell me&md;and you don't have to tell me really fast. Say it slowly."
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Val Montjoie is the southwestern edge of the Mont-Blanc. Accessed by Saint-Gervais-les-Bains in this small valley running north-south with the village of Les Contamines. The neighboring towns of Les Contamines are Saint-Gervais-les-Bains and Megève, Haute-Savoie, Hauteluce, Beaufort and Bourg-Saint-Maurice in Savoie and Courmayeur in the Aosta Valley in Italy. The valley of Les Contamines view from the Cey The village of Les Contamines is at an altitude of 1164 meters. The territory of the municipality is dominated by numerous peaks: To the east: the area of high mountain domes Miage (3673 m) and the needle Bionnassay (4052 m) located in the Mont-Blanc are ice all year . West: the ski resort extends on the slopes of Mont Joly (2525 m) and can reach the ski area Hauteluce by the collar of Joly. The top of the slopes at the head of Véleray offers a panorama of the Mont Blanc and the Aravis Valley Beaufortain. South: a path leads to the so-called Roman Col du Bonhomme leads to Italy. This path also leads to the refuge de la Balme, the neck of the window and lakes Jovet. Source : http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Les_Contamines-Montjoie
France is affectionately referred to as "the Hexagon" for its overall shape.French history goes back to the Gauls, a Celtic tribe which inhabited the area circa 300BC until being conquered by Julius Caesar.The Franks were the first tribe to adopt Catholic Christianity after the Roman Empire collapsed. France became an independent location in the Treaty of Verdun in (843 AD), which divided up Charlemagne's Carolingian Empire into several portions.The French monarchy reached its zenith during the reign of Louis XIV, the Sun King, who stood for seventy-two years as the Monarch of all Monarchs. His palace of Versailles and its Hall of Mirrors are a splendid treasure-trove of Baroque art.The French Revolution ended the rule of the monarchy with the motto "Liberty, Equality, Fraternity!" On July 14th, 1789 angry mobs stormed La Bastille prison and began the Revolution in which Louis XVI, his wife Marie-Antoinette and thousands of others met the guillotine.One decade after the revolution, Napolean Bonaparte seized control of the Republic and named himself Emperor. His armies conquered most of Europe and his Napoleonic Code became a lasting legal foundation for concepts of personal status and property.During the period of colonization France controlled the largest empire in the world, second only to Britain.France is one of the founding members of the European Union and the United Nations, as well as one of the nuclear armed nations of the world.Text by Steve Smith.


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Microsoft became infamous for its very negative early remarks about open source software. But restructuring at the company may be giving it a more positive attitude toward open source. CNet reports on changes in Microsoft's perceptions and behavior when it comes to open source software.
According to CNet:
But Microsoft's feud with open source has been sputtering for quite some time, and the senior managers who led the anti-open source charge are gone from the scene -- or at least no longer in positions of authority. Open source is now routinely used by corporations around the world, and the company's sniffy put-downs only fed into the perception of Microsoft as out of touch.
Some of that new thinking reflects the change at the top of the corporate pyramid, with Satya Nadella replacing Ballmer as CEO in early February. Since taking over, Nadella has talked up his vision of a Microsoft whose future isn't shackled to its Windows past.More at CNet
Okay, I hate to be a Negative Ned here, but I'm firmly in the "trust but verify" camp when it comes to Microsoft and open source. Yes, a new CEO and other changes may be helping Microsoft to adjust to living in an open source world. But change never comes easy or fast in such a large organization, so I think the jury is still out on whether or not Microsoft has really changed for the better when it comes to open source software.
Also, I've never forgotten the company's "embrace, extend, extinguish" strategy that they used in the past to destroy competitive software products. That alone is reason enough to keep a wary eye on Microsoft's involvement with any open source project. Perhaps the company really has changed, but maybe it hasn't. I think it bears watching for at least another few years to see if enduring change has really set in or not.
Android versus Windows
ZDNet has an article that covers the top end-user Linux distributions. It notes that Windows still rules the desktop for now, but Android may eventually be the big kahuna among end-user operating systems by the end of this year.
According to ZDNet:
If smartphones and tablet sales continue to grow as expected, Android tablet vendors continue to erode Apple's market share, and PCs continue their decline, Android may end up being the top end-user operating system by the end of 2014—regardless of what happens with the proposed Android PCs.
Taken as a whole, Android clearly rules the Linux end-user space. No, you may not think of it as a desktop yet —although AMD and Intel would both like you to change your mind about that — but Android is on its way to being the top end-user operating system of all.More at ZDNet


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Digital rights management (often abbreviated to DRM) is any of several technologies used by publishers to control access to digital data (such as software, music, movies) and hardware, handling usage restrictions associated with a specific instance of a digital work.
- If consumers even know there's a DRM, what it is, and how it works, we've already failed.
- Peter Lee, an executive at Disney. [1]
- Most people, I think, don't even know what a rootkit is, so why should they care about it?
- Thomas Hesse, the head of Sony BMG's global digital business. [2]
- The technology in question is an example of Digital Restrictions Management (DRM) -- technology designed to restrict the public. Describing it as "copyright protection" puts a favorable spin on a mechanism intended to deny the public the exercise of those rights which copyright law has not yet denied them.
- There is a cost associated with DRM, and that is lost sales of content.
- Dave Goldberg [4]
- DRM's primary role is not about keeping copyrighted content off P2P networks. DRMs support an orderly market for facilitating efficient economic transactions between content producers and content consumers.
- Dan Glickman [5]
- DRM is used to lock consumers to proprietary technology. It is used to control supply and push higher prices. It is used to undermine practices we have long defined as fair use so they can be shifted to fee-based.
- MP3 Newswire, 2006. [6]
- Now, we need to understand that listening to music on your computer is an extra privilege. Normally people listen to music on their car or through their home stereos [...] If you are a Linux or Mac user, you should consider purchasing a regular CD player."
- Tommi Kyyrä, International Federation of the Phonographic Industry, Finland, 2005 [7]
- To recap: we decided to end the Google Video download to own/rent (DTO/DTR) program, and are now refocusing our Google Video engineering efforts. The week before last, we wrote to Google Video DTO/DTR program customers to let them know that videos they'd already bought would no longer be playable.
- Official Google Blog [8]
- The key issue here is that the protection scheme under Blu-ray is very anti-consumer and there's not much visibilty of that. The inconvenience is that the movie studios got too much protection at the expense of consumers and it won't work well on PCs. You won't be able to play movies and do software in a flexible way. It's not the physical format that we have the issue with, it's that the protection scheme on Blu is very anti-consumer.
- Bill Gates, 2005 [9]
- It's a polite fiction... Lawyers and technologists continue to sell this snake oil of control, whether it's from the court and the police [RIAA legal jihad], or whether it's coming from technology [DRM]... When I was 14, I told girls I loved them to sleep with them too. It was a fiction. Steve Jobs just leaves a little money on the table. We see Jobs and Gates making promises to the content industry that they have no intention of keeping. It's the promise you make to move forward. The content owner wants to hear it. If we're honest we'd say to the content owners "we're not going to succeed from what we can tell..." But we don't say it. We'll say what we need to say to get it... Once you reach the realization that it isn't going to solve our problems, then you begin to embrace the alternatives.
- Jim Griffin, former director of Geffen's technology group, now CEO of Cherry Lane Digital, 2004 [10]
- We said [to the record companies]: None of this technology that you're talking about's gonna work. We have Ph.D.'s here, that know the stuff cold, and we don't believe it's possible to protect digital content.
- Steve Jobs, 2003 [11]
- It's baffling to me that the content industries don't look at the experience of the software industry in the 80's, when copy protection on software was widely tried, and just as widely rejected by consumers.
- Tim O'Reilly 2003 [12]
- We conclude that given the current and foreseeable state of technology the content protection features of DRM are not effective at combating piracy.
- Stuart Haber, Bill Horne, Joe Pato, Tomas Sander, Robert Endre Tarjan, Trusted Systems Laboratory, HP Laboratories Cambridge, 2003 [13]
- The development of the Internet has... created significant challenges to any distribution model which depends on scarcity... The financial and skill barriers to making content available globally have simply fallen away... The application of technology to this problem, if it is to be effective, must therefore in some way reestablish a point of scarcity on behalf of the rights holder. However, this raises a fundamental paradox, [which is] the business of publishers lies in providing access rather than in preventing it... Nevertheless, unless copyright is to be abandoned as a mechanism for trading in intellectual property entirely, it will be essential to find an answer to this paradox... They [rights holders] also recognized that those approaches would be ineffective unless the law itself provided enhanced protection for those processes and systems.
- Jeffrey P. Cunard, Keith Hill, and Chris Barlas: WIPO Report: Current Developments in the Field of Digital Rights Management, 2003 [14]
- My personal opinion (not speaking for IBM) is that DRM is stupid, because it can never be effective, and it takes away existing rights of the consumer.
- David Safford, IBM Research, 2002 [15]
- We see no technical impediments to the darknet becoming increasingly efficient... We believe it probable that there will be a few more rounds of technical innovations... Finally, consumers themselves are likely to rebel against "footing the bill" for these ineffective content protection systems... increased security (e.g. stronger DRM systems) may act as a disincentive to legal commerce... In short, if you are competing with the darknet, you must compete on the darknet's own terms: that is convenience and low cost rather than additional security.
- Peter Biddle, Paul England, Marcus Peinado und Bryan Willman, Microsoft Corporation, 2002 [16]
- Digital files cannot be made uncopyable, any more than water can be made not wet.
- Bruce Schneier 2001 [17]
- In my opinion, content protection and rights management exist only as vestigial efforts to preserve existing models of content sales for as long as the bulk of the consumer market remains clueless. History has shown every content-protection scheme invented for consumer-grade goods to have almost no impact on piracy, and little impact on casual copying, except when it has doomed the technology carrying it. This is inevitable.
- Mark S. Manasse, Compaq Systems Research Center, 2001 [18]
- Why should self-interested companies be permitted to shift the balance of fundamental liberties, risking free expression, free markets, scientific progress, consumer rights, societal stability, and the end of physical and informational want? Because somebody might be able to steal a song? That seems a rather flimsy excuse.
- John Gilmore, 2001 [19]
- By treating Napster as the copyright antichrist, the industry is simply insuring that the vector of Internet technological development will move rapidly toward a lawsuit-proof, free-for-all distributed network of file-sharing -- the very outcome the owners of intellectual property wish to avoid. How stupid can you get? … The good news is that the brain-dead, colossally wasteful, artistically homogenizing old order of the recording industry is committing collective, time-delayed suicide in court.
- Scott Rosenberg, 2000 [20]
- Trusted systems presume that the consumer is dishonest.
- Mark J. Stefik, Xerox PARC, 1996
- The answer to the machine is in the machine.
- Charles Clark, 1996 [21]
- We also concluded that any single-machine locks and keys, or special time-out and self-destruct programs, would be onerous to our best customers and not effective against clever thieves. Because we could not devise practical physical security measures, we had to rely on the inherent honesty of our customers.
- Watt S. Humprey on IBM's decision against copyprotection for software in 1969 [22]


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Mexico's famous Pyramid of the Sun 'at risk of sinking'
A team of researchers in Mexico has warned that one of the country's top tourist attractions - the Pyramid of the Sun - could be slowly sinking into the ground.
Thought to be a fertility symbol built around 80 AD, the pyramid - which lies about 50 kms (31 miles) north of Mexico City - was once at the heart of the pre-Columbian Mesoamerican city of Teotihuacan.
Karenina Velandia reports.
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The best way to capture the moment of SURFER Poll is to actually still be in the moment of SURFER Poll. That's why even at 2:24 AM on the "Biggest Night In Surfing," it's already high time to reflect on the trajectory of the evening.
I think this year marked a first in that Kelly Slater, recently voted the greatest surfer of all time by a jury of his peers in SURFER'S Big Issue and winner of 2009's SURFER Poll (again), was not the most photographed attendee of the night. I'd be surprised if Alana Blanchard can still see after the parade of flash bulbs that popped in her face. The attention didn't come without warrant, though. Take a look at some photos from the night.
As far as surprises and potential "Kanye Moments" go, Taj Burrow seemed as astonished as ever to win the Best Maneuver Award. "It's kind of like babies being born," said Taj, "a frontside air happens every second," but that didn't stop the Aussie from taking home top honors in an extremely stacked category.
While Slater won his umpteenth SURFER Poll, Joel Parkinson and his run at the 2009 world title sent him straight to the top of the pack with a second place finish. Not to mention the much-anticipated arrival of the new school: Dane/Jordy finally cracked the top ten.
Smith made a second rendezvous on stage to accept the inaugural SurferMag.com Web Clip of the Year Award. While Tanner Guduaskas and Sebastian Zietz's intricately executed dance-off and the Mad Clips crew's schizophrenia got the crowd laughing, it seems Jordy's "best air ever" resonated best with online voters, making this category an interesting one to follow as it evolves.
Steph Gilmore unseated Sophia Mulanovich for the women's top spot, and just as Dane/Jordy stormed the Men's Category, Alana/Coco stormed the women's poll, breathing some fresh air into the face of women's surfing and even attracting a whole new audience.
In the videos section, Still Filthy took home Movie of the Year honors with its unrestrained surf-thrasher, and Thomas Campbell's The Present garnered the Best Cinematography award with his characteristic artistry.
While the SURFER Poll and Video Awards always punctuates the ASR/Hurley Pro/Surf Industry Bro-Down with a self-congratulating exclamation mark, for some reason it seemed entirely appropriate this year. Fred Patacchia, Sal Masekela, Benji Weatherly, and Matt Beacham kept everyone smiling with witty banter and warranted jabs all night, and unless you were planning on dawn patrolling tomorrow morning (which I assure you very few present tonight are) there was no better place for a surfer to be.


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I do not see much improvement 2 wk post Restylane. My injector used 1 pink tipped syringe. I did not actually see the resty box or bottle. Was told at check out 2.0 ml. was used in my marionette lines and nasal folds.
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When there is loss of volume in the cheeks, this area also needs to be treated to have a good result in the nasolabial area. If you are not happy, return to your injector for assessment and further treatment.
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For years, it seemed the question wasn't if Tiger Woods would surpass Jack Nicklaus' total of 18 major victories, but when.
Now the Golden Bear tells Sky Sports he would like to add "if" back into the conversation.
And, the clock is ticking.
Nicklaus says if Woods, with 14 major wins, doesn't win the U.S. Open at Pebble Beach or the British Open at St. Andrews -- two of Woods' favorite courses -- this year he will have a hard time catching him.
"If he does he will probably go ahead and break my record," he said. "If he doesn't win this year he has a tougher road to go. He will be 36 next year and time starts to go. He has to win five majors. Phil Mickelson won his fourth at the Masters, but prior to that three was the next closest (active) guy. So Tiger has to win almost two careers (of a 'regular' player) in the next five or six years to do that and that is a pretty big chore."
Woods won his 14th major at the 2008 U.S. Open. Next week he plays in Nicklaus' tournament, The Memorial.
Reid Cherner has been with USA TODAY since 1982 and written Game On! since March 2008.
He has covered everything from high schools to horse racing to the college and the pros. The only thing he likes more than his own voice is the sound of readers telling him when he's right and wrong.
Michael Hiestand has covered sports media and marketing for USA TODAY, tackling the sports biz ranging from what's behind mega-events such as the Olympics and Super Bowl to the sometimes-hidden numbers behind the sports world's bottom line.


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Higuain targets Real return
Real Madrid striker Gonzalo Higuain has targeted a return to action before the end of the season following back surgery.
Last Updated: 22/01/11 2:09pm
Real Madrid striker Gonzalo Higuain has targeted a return to action before the end of the season.
The Argentinan, who underwent lower back surgery in Chicago earlier this month was delighted with the outcome after which he said provided 'total relief for my mind and body'.
However, the La Liga giants estimate the 23-year-old will be out of action for up to four months, but Higuain is remaining positive.
He said: "Everything went very well, as we expected.
"Yesterday I checked in with the doctor and everything is fine.
"Almost all the pain has gone in my leg, which was preventing me from playing, and I am now already thinking only about returning to action as soon as possible.
"I am completely confident I'll be able to come back before the season finishes."
Meanwhile, midfield star Kaka has warned Karim Benzema that he must do more to convince coach Jose Mourinho that he is the answer to the ongoing striker problems at the club.
The French ace is currently out-of-favour with Mourinho and Kaka has urged him to show his true qualities.
"Benzema is a great player. During training you can clearly see his qualities. He can be an important player for Real, it all depends on him," said Kaka.
"Sometimes he stays a little out of the game and we believe that he can do a little more."


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Aramark fines and security fears adding up
Prison food costs less, but at a price
By THOMAS C. TOBIN
© St. Petersburg Times, published June 17, 2002
Hiring Aramark to feed prisoners has saved the state millions, but the company faces fines and fears over guard safety. Take any cross-section of Floridians and poll them about prisons. Few would care that, one day last February, lunch at the Madison Correctional Institution featured a particularly soupy batch of sloppy joes. ...But corrections Capt. Hugh Poppell took notice right away. He saw the prison's new civilian food service staff dilute the entree even more, adding ketchup and tomato paste to make it stretch among the 700-plus inmates still lined up to be fed.
Poppell reported what he saw to warden Joe Thompson, who quickly investigated and found the workers had shorted the recipe by 70 pounds of ground beef and turkey. The warden also noted: "The other ingredients such as onions, celery and green peppers in the entree were not observed."
Far from a show of concern over the inmate palate, the officers were heeding an age-old canon of prison administration: A hungry, discontented inmate is often a problem inmate -- and a potential threat.
The culprit in the sloppy joe episode and scores of other recent food foibles across Florida was Aramark Corp., the cost-conscious Philadelphia company hired last year to feed inmates in 126 of Florida's 133 corrections facilities.
The contract is part of Gov. Jeb Bush's push to reduce payroll by privatizing many state operations. But a rocky first year has prompted the state to assess $110,000 in fines against Aramark.
Though the company has saved money for Florida, its stewardship over the state's prison kitchens has created a new set of concerns for frontline corrections officials, including: dirty kitchens that in one county produced maggots, frequent cooking delays that throw off prison schedules, food quality that often falls beneath expectations and a chronic inability to follow a state rule that requires every inmate to receive the same meal.
In a world where eating is perhaps the day's only pleasure, the rule is a security measure to prevent petty jealousies over food from exploding into fights. When the first 600 inmates in line get a whipped dessert and the rest get an apple or some lesser treat, as often happens under Aramark, bad things can happen, officials say.
The Department of Corrections acknowledges the problems but contends the contract is working and that Aramark is improving.
"It was a bumpy start," said corrections spokesman Sterling Ivey, who blamed the problems on the fast startup last summer.
"We asked Aramark to come into Florida and open 126 kitchens around the state in 90 days," Ivey said. "As we're going through the contract, we're learning how to be better partners with Aramark. . . . We feel like we're moving in the right direction."
The five-year deal is projected to cut the state's prison food costs from $80.2-million in 2000-2001 to $72.2-million in the fiscal year that ends July 1. Aramark will earn an estimated $58-million in the first year, providing meals at a cost of $2.32 per inmate each day.
Meanwhile, corrections officers have been frustrated by hundreds of food episodes, according to their daily logs from February to May, which the St. Petersburg Times reviewed this month.
Some scenes from the prison system's privatized kitchens:
In Marion County, inmate kitchen workers, on orders from an Aramark supervisor, soaked spoiled chicken in vinegar and water to take away the smell before cooking. Corrections officers found out and ordered 500 pieces of chicken thrown out.
In Brevard County, inspections in March and May found maggots on serving trays and kitchen floors. Inspection reports in other institutions described Aramark kitchens as "filthy" and in one case, "horrendous."
In Indian River County, inmate workers struggled one morning to cook pancakes while an Aramark supervisor was found sleeping at his computer terminal. Other institutions across the state reported problems with Aramark employees who were late to work or didn't show, leaving corrections officers to start preparing meals.
In Putnam County, corrections officers discovered pans of refrigerated food with altered dates, a serious infraction that sparked a major investigation. Officials suspected Aramark was subverting the prison system's strict rules on using leftovers -- rules intended to prevent mass inmate sickness.
In Hernando County, officers discovered that Aramark prepared a spaghetti dinner using chili con carne from the previous week and creamed chipped beef from the day before. The cream sauce was washed off and the beef reused.
At an Avon Park work camp, inmates complained when the pork roast servings were the size of Saltines. It was one of many reports logged by corrections officers across Florida who thought Aramark's portions were too small.
So vigilant is Aramark's cost-cutting that a supervisor ordered workers to scoop food from pans in a way that wouldn't jam too much into the ladle, said Norma Schamens, 33, an Aramark employee for three months in Gulf County before she was fired in May.
"There were some decent meals," she said. "But they were few and far between."
Also, the logs contain evidence of food-related unease among inmates.
Hardee County inmates staged a one-day food strike in February.
In Jackson County -- where inmates recently had received watered-down pork roast, cold spaghetti, undercooked meat and heated jelly in place of pancake syrup -- there was "tension in the dining hall" when Aramark served crumbled cake that had to be served by spoon, a corrections officer wrote.
At a medical prison near Starke, officers recently reported that "inmate complaints are on the rise."
And when Aramark served up undercooked potatoes and grits to Walton County inmates, one officer wrote that they "began to yell. Rattle cell doors and became disorderly."
"Any corrections officer will tell you that when inmates don't get fed right, that's where the riots start," said Al Shopp, a former corrections officer who monitors working conditions in prisons for the Florida Police Benevolent Association.
"It's an officer safety issue . . . It's just a situation that I'm afraid will eventually go awry."
Before Aramark, Florida corrections officers cooked meals.
"It was like a military operation. You got them in, you got them fed and you got them out," Shopp said. "There were bumps in the road, but nothing like it is today."
State officials have a different view.
Though inmates have complained, "there have been no security incidents whatsoever," said Elizabeth Hirst, a spokeswoman for Gov. Bush. "There have not been any riots or lives in jeopardy. The inmates are not always pleased with the food, but that's going to happen from time to time. . . . No one's going hungry."
Hirst said the state's contract with Aramark is designed to work out the glitches.
"With a savings of $8-million in the first year," she added, "this is operating in the manner that the governor and the corrections secretary (Michael W. Moore) had hoped. We are off to a good start with the program."
Shortly before signing with Aramark, Florida prison officials were made aware of similar problems at an Aramark-run prison food service in Ohio.
There, an inspection team in 1999 found "inexcusable" sanitation problems and "observed a near riot during breakfast as a result of (Aramark's) strict compliance with portion size(s)." The team suggested Aramark "should be liable for damages as a result of the lack of training, cleaning and maintenance."
Ohio's contract with Aramark was not renewed.
Last summer, Moore said in a letter to the Tampa Tribune that Florida's contract was "quite different" from Ohio's, with better controls to force compliance. He said it was wrong to think the same problems would occur in Florida.
On its Web site, Aramark promises to reduce the costs of its corrections customers without "shortcuts" or a drop in quality. It boasts of a computerized recipe and menu system that reduces waste and prevents the ordering of excess meals.
In Florida, however, the problems have been caused by not enough meals.
On many days throughout the state, according to the logs, Aramark ran out of food, sometimes with a handful of inmates left in line, but often with as many as 200 or 300 to be fed.
The shortages sent Aramark workers scurrying to cook more food while inmates waited 10, 20 or 30 minutes and sometimes an hour or more. Often, the hastily prepared food had no relationship to the day's scheduled menu, a violation of the rule that mandates consistency for security's sake.
Ivey, the corrections spokesman, explained how the feeding should work, saying: "What the first inmate eats, the last inmate eats."
Meanwhile, the longer delays have thrown off prison schedules, sometimes preventing inmates from getting to their job assignments.
In a statement Friday, Aramark said last-minute substitutions are bound to occur when feeding 63,000 inmates three meals a day.
Addressing the meal shortages, the company said: "Making too many meals means waste for the taxpayers." Aramark also blamed the problem on the fact that varying numbers of inmates come to eat each day.
But Shopp said Aramark too often gambles on a lower number of inmates. Too often, he added, corrections officers are forced to intervene when quality is low or the portions too small. In effect, he said, they "prop up" Aramark.
"For each of our clients," the company's statement responded, "we continually strive to improve the quality of service while managing such services in a cost-efficient manner."
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The role of informal networks in providing effective work opportunities for people with an intellectual disability
Donnelly, M., Hillman, A., Stancliffe, R., Knox, M., Whitaker, L., & Parmenter, T.R. (2010) The role of informal networks in providing effective work opportunities for people with an intellectual disability. Work : A Journal of Prevention, Assessment & Rehabilitation, 36(2), pp. 227-237.
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Being in paid employment is socially valued, and is linked to health, financial security and time use. Issues arising from a lack of occupational choice and control, and from diminished role partnerships are particularly problematic in the lives of people with an intellectual disability. Informal support networks are shown to influence work opportunities for people without disabilities, but their impact on the work experiences of people with disability has not been thoroughly explored. The experience of 'work' and preparation for work was explored with a group of four people with an intellectual disability (the participants) and the key members of their informal support networks (network members) in New South Wales, Australia. Network members and participants were interviewed and participant observations of work and other activities were undertaken. Data analysis included open, conceptual and thematic coding. Data analysis software assisted in managing the large datasets across multiple team members. The insight and actions of network members created and sustained the employment and support opportunities that effectively matched the needs and interests of the participants. Recommendations for future research are outlined.
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Registration for the fall semester at Northwest Mississippi Community College is just around the corner. Open registration and orientation for day classes for students who have not previously registered will be held on Thursday, Aug. 14 and Friday, Aug. 15 on all Northwest campuses. Open registration for evening classes will be held on Tuesday, Aug. 12 and Wed., August 13.
Open registration for day classes will be held from 8:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. at the DeSoto and Oxford campuses, and from 8 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. on the Senatobia campus. Open registration for evening classes will be held from 4:30 p.m. – 7 p.m. on all three campuses. On the Senatobia campus, registration will be held in the Haraway Center. Pre-registered students will complete their registration process on campus on Tuesday, Aug. 12 and Wednesday, Aug. 13. Students may register for online classes at any time during the college's registration period.
Classes begin on Aug. 18. Late registration will begin Aug. 18 and end Aug. 22.
Terry Bland, director of Financial Aid announced that Financial Aid workers will be in the Haraway Center, Room 104, and on the other campuses to assist students with financial aid questions during registration. On the Senatobia campus, Financial Aid workers will be in the Haraway Center during registration from Aug. 12-15, but will return to their office in Yalobusha Hall, Suite 103 on Aug. 18.
As of this date, all Northwest residence halls are full, and there is a waiting list, according to the Northwest Housing office.
For more information, visit the college's website at www.northwestms.edu or call 662-562-3200.
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The Bears put the game away by scoring the next three TDs, one on a 95-yard by Contrez McCathern with a minute left in the contest. McCathern led Mt. Juliet with204 yards rushing on 17 carries and scored five touchdowns.
The Golden Bears will be back in action Oct. 19 as they play at District 9AAA rival Hendersonville High.
Gordonsville 48, Watertown 0GORDONSVILLE -- Watertown slipped to 6-2 overall and 4-2 in Region 4A following Friday night's 48-0 loss to Gordonsville at Turney Ford Field.
Up 35-0 at intermission, the G-Men stiffled Watertown's offense, limiting the Purple Tigers to 93 yards in total yards. Quarterback Ty Jobe completed 10-of-21 passes for 86 yards. Brandon George caught five balls for 42 yards.
Gordonsville racked up more than 500 yards in offense and didn't punt until the fourth quarter. Payton Watson ran for 201 yards on eight attempts while Kaelin Cason had 144 yards on 13 tries and three TD's.
Watertown will try to break a modest two-game losing streak Oct. 19 as the Tigers play at Trousdale County High.
DCA 42, MJ Christian 0MT. JULIET -- The Saints of Mt. Juliet Christian Academy fell to 1-7 on the season and 0-2 in the East-Middle Region of the TSSAA's Division II with a 42-0 loss Friday at Suey Field.
DCA quarterback Will Reddick threw three touchdown passes as the Wildcats improved to 4-4 overall / 1-1 in the region.
Elliott Lee paced the Saints with 42 yards on 12 carries and Noah Wilson had 23 yards on nine tries.
The Saints will be on the road in Rutherford County Oct. 19 for a 7 p.m. game at Murfreesboro's Middle Tennessee Christian School.


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Freshman Gee McGhee tallied a game-high 16 points and Chattanooga forced Furman into 20 turnovers as the Mocs topped the short-handed Paladins, 83-49, in Southern Conference men's basketball action on Thursday night at the McKenzie Arena.
South Carolina (12-12, 2-9 SEC) fell to LSU (14-8, 5-6 SEC) 64-46 at Colonial Life Arena. The Gamecocks were balanced in the scoring column, with senior forward Lakeem Jackson recording a team-high 10 points.
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Seasull wonders when the Emergency Broadcast System changed from alerting us to imminent nuclear holocaust to letting us know it's about to start snowing:
For two nights in a row, I nearly voided my bowels when my television viewing was interrupted by the shrill alarm of the mysterious Emergency Broadcast System--and these weren't tests either. The purpose of the advisory? To inform us that a winter storm watch was in effect. ...
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That's worth complaining about. A tornado, maybe, but a couple of inches of snow? Did they raise the alert level to Orange, as well?
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LOL, no, but perhaps if the forecast had been for 9 - 12 inches...
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Last night Channel 25 blared an alert over "Seinfeld" to let us know that a winter storm advisory *had been extended for another two hours*! I immediately sprang into action - I settled further into the couch.
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San Antonio City Council today approved a municipal budget for the coming fiscal year, but not before council was raked over the coals by people who feel the budget is too large, and by people who feel the budget is too small, 1200 WOAI news reports.
To eliminate an estimated $50 million deficit going into the budget process, City Manager Sheryl Sculley says the budget marked significant cuts in city programs and services.
"This budget, even with the amendments, still eliminates nearly 200 civilian positions," Sculley said. "We were able to do that by using technology."
But north side council members Elisa Chan and Carlton Soules blistered Sculley for overspending.
"This is a missed opportunity, and that opportunity is getting San Antonio's budget back on track," Soules said.
The issues that we are facing are fairly straightforward, we are spending more money than we are bringing in. I also think the solution is equally straightforward, cutting spending and eliminating unnecessary projects. But unfortunately, instead of balancing this budget the rights way, we are resorting to band-aid approaches, and then again hitting up the taxpayer. I don't think this is the right approach."
Soules pointed out that when the budget was first presented, it included a property tax increase, which was rejected out of hand.
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"The proposed parks and environmental fee is not a fee for service," Chan said. "Money from this fee will be used to free up general fund money."
Chan said this budget places the city's AAA bond rating in danger, because it spends more money that it brings in, and it relies on short term solutions, like selling city property, to make the budget balanced.
"This city council is unwilling to make the necessary cuts to bring the expenditures in line with the revenues that we collect," she said.
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The update details arrangements with the institutional acceptance facility and broker commissions.
The institutional acceptance facility, which is open to select shareholders and being run by Macquarie Securities, allows conditional acceptance of the offer prior to it being declared unconditional.
Crane's largest institutional shareholder, Perpetual Investments, and a number of other institutional shareholders, will use the facility, Fletcher said in a statement to the Australian Securities Exchange.
When the offer is declared unconditional, Fletcher intends to pay a commission to eligible brokers for acceptances of the offer they solicit from retail clients holding Crane shares. The commission rate is 0.50 per cent of the consideration paid, with minimum commission being $50 and maximum $750.
Fletcher's offer is conditional on, among other things, obtaining regulatory approval and gaining 90 per cent of the Crane share register.
The directors of Crane, having already won an increased offer, have recommended the shareholders accept the offer in the absence of better offer being made.
Independent expert Ernst & Young has concluded that Fletcher's cash and scrip offer, of $3.50 in cash plus a special fully franked 50¢ dividend from accumulated products as well as one Fletcher share, as being fair and reasonable.
The offer is not likely to be declared unconditional before February 18 and is expected to close on February 25.
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Separately, Fletcher told the New Zealand Stock Exchange on Wednesday that it had changed its approach to allocating NZ imputation credits and Australian franking credits to its dividends.
All interim dividends would be fully franked with Australian tax credits to the maximum extent possible, it said, while all final dividends would be fully imputed with NZ tax credits, or imputed to the maximum extent possible.
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Next stop for wide receiver Bradley Leggett (Navarre, Fla./Navarre) will be Mobile, Ala. The 6-foot-2, 180-pounder is joining forces with other players in Northwest Florida for the upcoming Badger Sports 7-on-7 showcase. "I'm doing well, I'm going to be part of this Badger 7-on-7 team with some other guys from this area and that's real exciting," Leggett said. "It's going to give me a chance to get with some different competition.


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To achieve dynamic error compensation in CNC machine tools, a non-contact laser probe capable of dimensional measurement of a workpiece while it is being machined has been developed and presented in this paper. The measurements are automatically fed back to the machine controller for intelligent error compensations. Based on a well resolved laser Doppler technique and real time data acquisition, the probe delivers a very promising dimensional accuracy at few microns over a range of 100 mm. The developed optical measuring apparatus employs a differential laser Doppler arrangement allowing acquisition of information from the workpiece surface. In addition, the measurements are traceable to standards of frequency allowing higher precision.
Zero defect parts could only be obtained via full automatic error compensation while they are being machined on the next generation of intelligent machining processes to ensure high quality products at low price and short time. Off-line axis error compensation is successfully achieved with NC machines including thermal growths while on-line compensation still has some difficulties mainly with probes hardware and controllers [
A variety of optical sensors are applied to measurement in metrology. The most common techniques include triangulation [
In mass production, the diameter is one of the significant parameters to be inspected. Many measurement techniques have been developed to measure the diameter of a workpiece [
The principle of differential laser Doppler requires two beams to generate a measuring volume. The shape of the measuring volume is an ellipsoid as illustrated in
The light waves of two beams interfere with one another in the crossing region, creating an interference pattern which consists of parallel fringe planes (
As the dimension of the measuring volume and the fringe spacing are defined, the number of fringes in the measuring volume
The number of fringes can also be expressed in terms of optic and wavelength parameters in
Slightly different expressions were proposed in [
The scattered light is collected by a photo detector which generates an electrical signal. The measurement of the object velocity is converted into frequency measurement of the electrical signal with a scale factor. As the frequency measurement can be easily performed in a wide span of frequencies up to 100 MHz, the fluid velocity can therefore be measured from low to high velocities. A particle crossing through the interference region in
A non-contact, in-process dimensional probe has been developed to measure workpiece diameter based on the differential laser Doppler technique. The basic principle of the arrangement is to generate fringes on the workpiece surface where the circumferential velocity is normal to the fringe pattern and to detect the Doppler signal obtained from the scattered lights. The probe is shown in
The laser light is scattered from the moving surface passing through the fringes. It oscillates with a specific frequency that is related to the velocity of the workpiece. The workpiece diameter can be calculated using the relationship between the circumferential velocity,
When a particle in fluid or gas passes through the fringe volume, a burst of Doppler signal occurs. Scattering from a diffusing solid surface can be considered equivalent to a multitude of particles distributed randomly in the measuring volume for flow measurements.
As this is not a direct measurement, the accuracy of the diameter measurement depends on the performance of its components. A unified method for the evaluation and expression of measurement uncertainties is published within the Guide to the expression of Uncertainty in Measurement (GUM) [
The performance of each component for the in-process laser probe considered in this paper as well as the propagation of uncertainty are discussed hereafter. Other source of errors may be induced by beams misalignment and adjustment.
A He-Ne laser is recognised to have a narrow variation in wavelength, which generally falls within a range of 10-12 m. The wavelength stability depends on the linewidth of the laser. The change in the wavelength due to the linewidth, Δλ, can be calculated by:
As Gaussian fit is applied to determine the Doppler frequency, the relative accuracy of the Doppler frequency measurement,
The angle between a beam and the optical axis is given by
In general the number of revolutions per minute is measured using timers and counters within the motion controller card but usually the value is acquired from the NC machine controller. The accuracy of rotative speed is better than 0.01%.
The error propagation has been calculated in this indirect measurement comprising the previous described four parameters with the associated estimated errors. The diameter which is calculated from
The overall expression of the error propagation of the first order has been derived from
During the construction of the probe, a test bench has been built to host a laser source emitting a stable laser beam which is split into two beams. The two beams are aligned at long distance. The beams go then through an acromat lens and are focused on the workpiece surface. The workpiece is rotated with stable, controlled angular speed at the relative accuracy of <0.5%. The scattered light is focused onto the photodiode using a single biconvex lens. An electronic circuit has been developed to amplify the signal and to filter it in high pass mode as the Doppler frequency is workpiece diameter and rotation speed dependant. The signal processing is developed under LabView environment with real time data acquisition. The signal spectrum is calculated by FFT. A Gaussian fit to locate the centre of the spectrum which yields the Doppler frequency.
An auto focus system may be required to keep the measuring ellipsoid volume within the workpiece skin. If the workpiece has larger radial vibrations, measurement could be interrupted as shown in
Extensive tests have been carried out on various diameters up to 100 mm. A sample of measurements is presented in this paper. Two identical dimension workpieces with different surface roughness values were rotated in a CNC machine. The workpiece diameters were measured using the current probe. The results of the measurements are shown in
The aim of testing the probe with two workpieces having different surface roughness is to investigate whether the surface roughness affects to the probe.
An in-process and non-contact dimensional measurement sensor has been presented in this paper. The performance of the differential laser Doppler technique applied to solid material has been demonstrated through various tests and diameter measurements. The overall accuracy depends on the accuracy performance of the probe components. The measurements have shown very good accuracies but it is believed that these could be improved according to the theory. The effects of thermal growth should be taken into account although the probe is usually to be used for predictive action near finishing passes to control the final accuracy.
The differential laser Doppler technique seems to be well suited for non-contact dimensional measurement. With the traceability of measurements, further developments are expected to quantify the errors of form that a workpiece may have such as roundness and eccentricity. The work is also extended to profile determination.
Ellipsoid of fringes and measuring volume parameters.
(a) The interference pattern caused by crossing between two beams. (b) TEM00 mode.
Differential Doppler technique probe and its location on a Takisawa lathe machine.
(a) Data Spectrum with Gaussian fit, (b) Bursts of Doppler signal from solid surface.
Radial vibration limit of the workpiece to achieve measurement.
The Doppler signal from two different surface roughness workpieces; (a) from the smoother workpiece and (b) from the rougher workpiece.
Variation of wavelength with Doppler frequency.
Diameters measurement.
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