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Robert H. Gertner has been on the Chicago Booth faculty since 1986. His research interests include strategic decision-making, corporate finance, organization structure, theory of the firm, and social enterprises. He has published papers in numerous scholarly journals including the Quarterly Journal of Economics, Review of Economic Studies, and the Yale Law Journal. He is co-author, with colleagues Douglas Baird and Randy Picker, of Game Theory and the Law. Gertner teaches courses in strategic decision-making, social entrepreneurship, and impact investing.
Gertner received a National Science Foundation Research Grant, an Olin Fellowship in Law and Economics and was a Faculty Research Fellow at the National Bureau of Economic Research. He has held visiting positions at CEPREMAP in Paris, Cornell Law School, The University of Chicago Law School, and the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University.
Gertner is a trustee of the National Opinion Research Center at the University of Chicago, a national organization devoted to large-scale social research in public interest
Gertner received a bachelor's degree summa cum laude in economics from Princeton University in 1981 and a PhD in economics from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1986. He worked as a consultant for AT&T prior to attending MIT.
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Industrial organization; resource allocation and decision-making in organizations; corporate investment; law and economics; theory of the firm; strategic pricing.
With Eric Powers and David Scharfstein, "Learning About Internal Capital Markets From Corporate Spinoffs," Journal of Finance (2002).
With Robert Stillman, "Vertical Integration and Internet Strategies in the Apparel Industry," Journal of Industrial Economics (2001).
With Geoffrey Miller, "Settlement Escrows," Journal of Legal Studies (1995).
With D. Baird and R. Picker, Game Theory and the Law (1994).
"Game Shows and Economic Behavior: Risk Taking on 'Card Sharks'," Quarterly Journal of Economics (1993).
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Large companies are usually organized into business units, yet some activities are almost always centralized in a company-wide functional unit. We first show that organizations endogenously create an incentive conflict between functional managers (who desire excessive standardization) and business-unit managers (who desire excessive local adaptation). We then study how the allocation of authority and tasks to functional and business-unit managers interacts with this endogenous incentive ...
The Value Maximizing Board
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This paper compares board and director characteristics of reverse leveraged buyout (LBO) firms controlled by LBO specialists to those of an industry- and size-matched comparison sample. We consider the boards of the reverse LBOs to be value-maximizing because of the strong incentives the LBO specialists have to structure those boards in a way that maximizes shareholder value. Relative to the comparison firms, we find that the boards of the reverse LBOs are smaller, control larger equity ...
The Value-Maximizing Board
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This paper compares board and director characteristics of reverse leveraged buyout (LBO) firms controlled by LBO specialists to those of an industry- and size-matched comparison sample. We consider the boards of the reverse LBOs to be value-maximizing because of the strong incentives the LBO specialists have to structure those boards in a way that maximizes shareholder value. Relative to the comparison firms, we find that the boards of the reverse LBOs are smaller, control larger equity ...
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New: Organizing for Synergies
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Multi-product firms create value by integrating functional activities such as manufacturing across business units. This integration often requires making functional managers responsible for implementing standardization, thereby limiting business-unit managers' authority. Realizing synergies then involves a tradeoff between motivation and coordination. Motivating managers requires narrowly-focused incentives around their area of responsibility. Functional managers become biased toward excessive ...
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We present a model of a financially distressed firm with outstanding bank debt and public debt. Coordination problems among public debtholders introduce investment inefficiencies in the workout process. In most cases, these inefficiencies are not mitigated by the ability of firms to buy back their public debt with cash and other securities--the only feasible way that firms can restructure their public debt. We show that Chapter 11 reorganization law increases investment and we characterize the ...
Learning about Internal Capital Markets from Corporate Spin-offs
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We examine the investment behavior of firms before and after being spun off from their parent companies. Their investment after the spin-off is significantly more sensitive to measures of investment opportunities (e.g., industry Tobin's Q or industry investment) than it is before the spin-off. Spin-offs tend to cut investment in low Q industries and increase investment in high Q industries. These changes are observed primarily in spin-offs of firms in industries unrelated to the parents' ...
Intellectual Property, Antitrust and Strategic Behavior
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Economic growth depends in large part on technological change. Laws governing intellectual property rights protect inventors from competition in order to create incentives for them to innovate. Antitrust laws constrain how a monopolist can act in order to maintain its monopoly in an attempt to foster competition. There is a fundamental tension between these two different types of laws. Attempts to adapt static antitrust analysis to a setting of dynamic R&D competition through the use of ...
Anatomy of Financial Distress: An Examination of Junk-Bond Issuers
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This paper examines the events following the onset of financial distress for 102 public junk bond issuers. We find that out-of-court debt relief mainly comes from junk bond holders; banks almost never forgive principal, though they do defer payments and waive debt covenants. Asset sales are an important means of avoiding Chapter 11 reorganization; however, they may be limited by industry factors. If a company simply restructures its bank debt, but either does not restructure its public debt ...
Learning About Internal Capital Markets From Corporate Spinoffs
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This paper examines the investment behavior of firms before and after they are spun off from their parent companies. We show that investment after the spinoff is significantly more sensitive to measures of investment opportunities (e.g. industry Tobin's Q or industry investment) than it is before the spinoff. Spinoffs tend to cut their investment in low Q industries and increase their investment in high Q industries. These changes are observed only in spinoffs of firms in industries unrelated ...
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George Washington's Teeth, Yet Again
There are only two more years to visit Mount Vernon and see the teeth that Boston native John Greenwood carved for George Washington out of hippopotamus bone!
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On loan from The New York Academy of Medicine, the denture was the first of several dentures that John Greenwood made for Washington and is dated 1789, the year that Washington took his oath of office in New York City. The denture is engraved with: Under jaw. This is Great Washington's teeth by J. Greenwood. First one made by J. Greenwood, Year 1789.The Mount Vernon website notes that there is no extra cost to see these teeth.
Carved from hippopotamus ivory, the denture contains real human teeth fixed in the ivory by means of brass screws. The denture, which was anchored on the one remaining tooth in Washington's mouth, has a hole which fit snugly around the tooth and probably contributed to the loosening and eventual loss of that tooth.

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The inaugural Indian Grand Prix has been reinstated to its original date of October 30.
The race was briefly rescheduled for December while the FIA's World Motor Sport Council [WMSC] attempted to rechedule the Bahrain Grand Prix earlier this month, but now that the Bahrainis have decided not to go ahead with their race the October 30 date is available once more. Bernie Ecclestone proposed that the calendar should return to its original order last week and the WMSC agreed to his latest wish via a fax vote.
Throughout the ordeal the Indian Grand Prix organisers have maintained that they will be ready to host the race in October and a spokesman for the organisers told ESPNF1 on June 1 that the track was 90% complete.
He added: "The track will get completed by the end of July or first week of August. We expect the homologation to take place in August. Grandstand, paddock, hospitality and press facilities would be completed by September end, at the latest."
The vote brings an official end to the 2011 Bahrain Grand Prix saga, which also means the season finale will take place in Brazil as originally planned.


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Ron Paul isn't in attendance at the 2012 Conservative Political Action Conference in Washington, but some of his ideas are center stage.
One of the first panels of the largest gathering of conservative activists was pure Paul: "The Need for a Twenty-first Century Gold Standard."
The panel's moderator, Jeffrey Bell, policy director of the American Principles Project, invoked the name of the great Paul when he introduced Jim Grant, the editor of Grant's Interest Rate Observer.
"I can call him Mr. Chairmen because last fall Congressmen Ron Paul recommended Mr. Grant as his choice, should he be elected as chairmen of the Federal Reserve" Bell said.
The purpose of the session was to share expertise and answer questions, not to endorse a candidate, though many of their ideas paralleled Ron Paul's.
"We should embrace once more the ideas of the founders, that we should not forget Alexander Hamilton, that we ought to obey the precepts of sound money and common sense, alike and restore something like predictability and objectivity in our monetary fantasy," said Grant.
His opening statements and mention of Article I, Sections 8 and 10 of the U.S. Constitution coincided with Paul's "back-to-the-basics" philosophy.
"America is the greatest nation in human history," declares Paul's presidential campaign web site. "Our respect for individual liberty, free markets, and limited constitutional government produced the strongest, most prosperous country in the world. But, we have drifted far from our founding principles, and America is in crisis. Ron Paul's 'Restore America' plan slams on the brakes and puts America on a return to constitutional government. It is bold but achievable. Through the bully pulpit of the presidency, the power of the Veto, and, most importantly, the united voice of freedom-loving Americans, we can implement fundamental reforms."
Grant continued by voicing his beliefs on the role money should play in our society today.
"Money was a thing, it ought to be a thing, and not a concept. I think the first order of business … is to seize this obvious and compelling fact that it is the gold standard that is the vanguard of the information age, and the present regime of command and control, which is the earmark of antiquity," said Grant.
Sounds a lot like Ron Paul.
The Kudlow Report host Larry Kudlow talked to Ron Paul at the end of January about his monetary policy philosophy, including the gold standard. Kudlow asked Ron Paul what a "Ron Paul dollar" would be like. His response:
"The dollar would be convertible into gold at a fixed rate, which would prevent the monetization of debt, which limits the size and scope of government. It has to be linked… That's what the founders wanted. That's what's in the constitution. This whole idea that the Federal Reserve can create money out of thin air… it just distorts the entire market. It's price-fixing at it's worst.
"The distortion on international markets as well as the excessive spending here at home would all be solved with the gold standard."


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Provident is selling their 10 once bar at 49 cents over spot for any quantity which is now produced by Elemental Mint instead of Ohio Precious Metals. That should make it a quality product now versus what OPM put out.
This sale is no longer available at 49 cents, however the sale listed at 74 cents over spot is back in play for any quantity
However I'm not sure how much difference the quality is versus what OPM was putting out in the past since Elemental Mint bought out Ohio Precious Metals as a merger between them and NTR back in 2012 and they are still made in the same location, hopefully under new management with different quality standards.
Elemental then bought out Provident Metals in 2013 which I didn't know.
Provident has been selling products with NTR and OPM name on them up until recently and now nothing.
Provident has been selling some specialty rounds from Elemental Mint for some time, but just recently came out with a couple competitive priced products.
Provident Metals just started selling Silvertowne products, which now makes me start to wonder who owns Silvertowne as Provident stopped selling other mint products that were not in their chain a couple years ago, other than some of the big boys like Sunshine..
That being said, Elemental Mint produced products that I've seen to date have all been top quality including the Prospector one ounce round and the new Buffalo one ounce round with micro lines. I couldn't help but order one to see it they could actually produce anything to compare with the Maple and it does look pretty good so far, but I'll have to compare both of them under power to see the differences.
Provident has several one ounce rounds and one, five and ten ounce bars they claim to produce at Provident Mint and they are all top quality as well. Where they are actually produced and by which company I'm now in doubt, but as long as the quality is still great it must be under the control of Elemental Mint as they took over control of all these companies over two year ago.
Elemental had some agreement back in 2012 to keep the OPM plant in Ohio and they continued to put out mediocre products, so I don't know if they have been moving some of their production to Dallas where their headquarters are located along with Provident Metals or not, but it is getting interesting and hopefully an even more secure online dealer with this kind of backing.


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President Barack Obama on Tuesday delivered a passionate call for Congress to give his plan to close the Guantánamo Bay military prison a "fair hearing," casting the terrorist detention center as a hindrance to national security.
Even before Obama spoke about the plan , Republican lawmakers dubbed it "illegal" and made clear it has almost no chance of being enacted. But Obama ended his remarks with a defiant tone.


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Last week I had lunch at the Richmond Academy of Medicine.
It's not the kind of place that usually comes to mind when you think of lunch, but it turned out to be perfect for what was on the agenda—making Richmond the healthiest city in America.
Dr. Terry Whipple, who founded the Physician Within program at First Baptist Church, has bigger plans. He wants to see the program expand to other congregations in the city, to other neighborhoods, until everybody in Metropolitan Richmond "understands common health issues and adjusts their lifestyles for longer, safer, healthier existence." He asked me to reach out to some of my fellow clergy and invite them to lunch, so he could tell them about the program first hand and invite them to participate.
If you're not familiar with the Physician Within, take a moment to skim the video above, from a session called "Chest Pain: Is It My Heart?" You'll see that it's not a complicated concept: a respected cardiologist talking to lay people about heart health and how they can stay out of the emergency room. You can also see that a good many people were interested enough to come out on a Tuesday night and hear what he had to say. It didn't hurt that the program was—and remains—absolutely free.
My colleagues were interested. They could see how welcome such a program would be in their own churches. But when Richard Szucs, president of the Academy and member of First Baptist Church, began to talk about the 1,700 medical professionals who are members of the Academy and how they might participate, we all began to see the potential. Hundreds of congregations, hundreds of medical professionals, coming together to make Richmond "the healthiest city in America."
When Terry Whipple first said it I thought he was just being grandiose, but now I don't think he was. I think he simply has Kingdom-sized dreams, and he's waiting for the rest of us to catch up. We took a small step forward last week. Maybe, by the time this year-long, every-member mission trip is over, we will have taken giant strides toward that ambitious goal.
Please see my posts about churches working with hospitals to keep people healthy from Day 45 and Day 46. It feels like momentum is building.


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New Zealand's manufacturing sector returned to a minor level of expansion in October, although the sector remains in a flat state, according to the latest BNZ - BusinessNZ Performance of Manufacturing Index (PMI).
The seasonally adjusted PMI for October was 50.5 (a PMI reading above 50.0 indicates that manufacturing is generally expanding; below 50.0 that it is declining). This was 2.0 points up from September and the first level of expansion after four consecutive months of no expansion. Over the last quarter, the PMI has averaged 48.8, and the year to date at 51.2.
BusinessNZ's executive director for manufacturing Catherine Beard said that any return to expansion is obviously positive news, but no one should think this is the immediate start of better times ahead for the sector.
"Looking at the history of the survey, we've just come out of the longest consecutive period of contraction since 2009. On the plus side, an improvement in production and a sharp rise in the number of positive comments by manufacturers are welcome. However, new orders remain historically low, while those employed in manufacturing have been in decline for five consecutive months.
BNZ senior economist Craig Ebert said the October result gives hope that the sector is stabilizing after going through a rough patch in recent months.
"The best way to describe the latest PMI result is 'relief', however headwinds for the manufacturing industry still prevail. The NZ dollar remains high, international demand is patchy, and the NZ economy is looking a bit bumpy and hesitant, including in employment. Until we see a more concerted and consistent pulse in the PMI, we'll stay reticent about the sector's immediate growth prospects."
Three of the five seasonally adjusted main diffusion indices were in expansion in October. This was led by production (53.8), which experienced its highest result since May. This was followed by finished stocks (52.1), displaying its highest value since August 2011. After consecutive falls in activity, new orders (50.9) managed to return back into slight expansion for October, while both employment (49.1) edged lower and deliveries (49.7) improved, albeit remaining in contraction for the last five months.
Given the slight pick-up in the seasonally adjusted result, unadjusted results by region displayed expansion across the board. The Central region (57.6) led the way for a forth consecutive month, increasing 4.5 points from September. The Otago-Southland region (54.0) rose 4.2 points to display its highest result since December 2011. Both the Northern (52.1) and Canterbury/Westland (50.8) regions returned to expansion with their highest results since May this year.
Click here to view the October PMI.
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For media comment: Catherine Beard 0274 633 212 or 04 496 6560 or Craig Ebert 04 474 6799.
PMl results are available on www.businessnz.org.nz under 'PMI Reports'. For more information or assistance with data interpretation, contact Stephen Summers, ph 04 496 6564, firstname.lastname@example.com. The BNZ - BusinessNZ PMI (performance of manufacturing index) draws on the depth of member companies associated with BusinessNZ: Employers and Manufacturers Association, Employers' Chamber of Commerce Central, Canterbury Employers' Chamber of Commerce and Otago Southland Employers Association. The survey is sponsored by Bank of New Zealand Ltd.


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Denver Mayor Michael Hancock gets "elf" lessons
Denver Mayor Michael Hancock Wednesday took lessons from "Crumpet the elf" on the fundamentals of being a good elf in front of an audience on stage at the Denver Performing Arts Complex.
Sometimes the job of being mayor has its moments. And this was one of them. Hancock appeared along with other civic leaders to launch the 2013 Mile High Holidays advertising campaign — a $1 million effort to promote Denver and Front Range communities as holiday destinations.
Hancock chose the name, "Manning" as his elf character and, in good cheer, followed the directions of "Crumpet," portrayed by local actor Matt Zambrano.
Visit Denver and the city and county of Denver are doing an advertising blitz to encourage visitors to come to Denver and the Front Range from November to January. This year, the annual holiday campaign expanded to include seven communities impacted by the floods, including Boulder, Estes Park, Fort Collins, Greeley, Longmont, Loveland and Manitou Springs.
More than three dozen hotels have created Mile High Holiday deals, with at least a dozen offering rooms at the "mile high" price of $52.80.
Zambrano appears in Santaland Diaries, playing at The Garner Galleria Theatre Nov. 29 through Dec. 24. The performance is based on David Sedaris' real-life experience as being an elf in a Macy's department store.
The performing arts complex will host performances of The Nutcracker, Cirque Dreams Holidaze, A Christmas Carol, Santaland Diaries, Mannheim Steamroller Christmas, Handel's Messiah and Colorado Christmas Concert with the Colorado Symphony.


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The good news from last week was that 8 million Americans have signed up for health insurance through the Obamacare-created exchanges. The not so good news is that because most of us have to buy coverage from a private insurer, we will always have to be vigilant to make sure our medical claims get paid and that an insurance bureaucrat miles from where we live doesn't succeed in denying coverage for medically necessary care.
While we've heard a lot recently about the growing number of folks who are at long last able to join the ranks of the insured, we haven't heard much at all about the important provisions of the law that make many of the previously common industry practices unlawful.
Among other things, insurers can no longer refuse to sell us coverage because we've been sick in the past or even take the status of our health into consideration when figuring out how much to charge us for a policy. They also can't charge women more than men or older folks more than three times as much as younger folks. And they must allow young adults to remain on their parents' health plans until age 26.
The reason health insurers discriminated against women and people of a certain age as well as anyone not in tip-top shape was because their discriminatory underwriting practices enabled them to sell policies with relatively low premiums to people who were least likely to need medical care. And for the big for-profit insurers that now dominate the industry, those practices made it much easier for them to meet Wall Street's relentless profit expectations.
Don't think for a minute, though, that the large institutional investors that own health insurers' stock these days are cutting the companies any slack when it comes to their profit margins.
As I've often said, the one thing most health insurers know how to do is make money. They make billions off of us every year. Obamacare won't change that. In fact, because Congress succumbed to pressure from the industry's lobbyists and ditched plans to create a "public option" to compete with insurers, billions more in premium revenue and federal subsidies will flow to them for years to come.
But investors and Wall Street financial analysts look far more closely at profit margins and earnings per share than total revenues.
To keep Wall Street happy, insurers undoubtedly have begun shifting resources from their underwriting departments to their so-called medical management teams. I'm confident that people who work in medical management are under more pressure than ever from the executive office to avoid paying claims whenever possible.
That has been my fear since the reform law was passed and the consumer protections went into effect. So it's especially important now to scrutinize those "Explanation of Benefits" statements our insurers send us after we get medical care.
Insurers know that many if not most of us do little more than glance at them before throwing them away. They're hard to understand by design. If you can't decipher them, chances are you'll give up and just hope that your insurer and health care providers are treating you fairly and that you are not being billed for care that your policy should cover.
Numerous studies over the years have shown, however, that patients have at least an even chance of prevailing if they go to the trouble of appealing a claim denial or a ruling by somebody in medical management that your doctor-ordered care was not medically necessary.
The most recent proof of that came last week in a Capital Public Radio story out of Sacramento. CPR found after analyzing several years of data compiled by California's insurance department that patients won about half of the appeals they filed with state regulators after getting a claim denial from their insurer. CPR also noted that a 2011 GAO report based on data from several states prior to the implementation of the Affordable Care Act found that patients were successful between 39 and 59 percent of the time when they appealed directly to their insurer.
Many patients who don't succeed that way, however, go the additional mile of reaching out to their state insurance departments or their state legislators or members of Congress -- or even the media. That enhances the chances their insurers will agree to pay the disputed claims.
"When appealing to a third party (such as the state insurance commissioner), patients also were often successful in getting the service in question -- winning as many as 54 percent of such decisions in Maryland, for example," CPR reported.
Bottom line here: With profit margins under pressure because of Obamacare, insurers likely will be denying more of your claims and inserting themselves even more between you and your doctor when it comes to medically necessary care, but you should never take a "no" as the final answer. Appeal -- and be a squeaky wheel -- whenever you get a denial. Chances are that if you do, you'll get the care you need, and get your insurer to pay for it.


text: Rose Bowl officials—apparently ignorant to various contractual obligations involving ESPN's access to the winning football coach—pulled away Stanford coach David Shaw moments after his team defeated Wisconsin, and interrupted his postgame interview with ESPN's Heather Cox. Cox made every attempt to keep the interview going, failed, and then muttered a frustrated "Are you kidding me?" Brent Musburger tried his hardest to smooth things over, and Shaw did eventually do a full interview. Maybe Cox should take some lessons from ESPN colleague Holly Rowe. [ESPN]


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EM9 - Embedded System Module COM with MPC8548
The EM9 Computer-On-Module is an MPC8548/MPC8543 PowerPC based embedded SBC for use in different industrial environments, with custom I/O in an onboard FPGA and front connectors.
Main Features
- MPC8548 (or MPC8543), up to 1.5 GHz
- FPGA 33,216 LEs
- 32-bit/33/66-MHz PCI
- Up to 2 GB onboard DDR2 SDRAM
- 1 GB NAND Flash
- 128 KB FRAM, 32 MB additional SDRAM
- 3 (or 2) Gb Ethernet, 1 COM (RJ45)
- User defined I/O functions (COMs, CAN bus, graphics, IDE etc.) optional via FPGA on carrier
- Stackable with PCI-104
- MENMON BIOS for PowerPC cards
- -40 to +85°C screened
Technical Data
- 800MHz up to 1.5GHz
- Please see Standard Configurations for available standard versions.
- e500 PowerPC core with MMU and double-precision embedded scalar and vector floating-point APU
- Integrated Northbridge and Southbridge
- 2x32KB L1 data and instruction cache, 512KB/256KB L2 cache integrated in MPC8548/MPC8543
- Up to 2GB SDRAM system memory
- Soldered
- Up to 300 MHz memory bus frequency, depending on CPU
- Up to 1GB soldered NAND Flash (and more, depending on chip availability), FPGA-controlled
- 32MB additional DDR2 SDRAM, FPGA-controlled, e.g. for video data and NAND Flash firmware
- 16MB boot Flash
- 128KB non-volatile FRAM
- Serial EEPROM 4kbits for factory settings
- Parallel IDE (PATA)
- One port for hard-disk drives
- Available via I/O connector
- FPGA-controlled
- PIO mode 0 and UDMA mode 5 (UDMA100) support
- Up to 1GB soldered ATA NAND Flash (and more, depending on chip availability), FPGA-controlled
- Available via I/O connector
- FPGA-controlled
- 800 x 600, 60Hz/75Hz, 6-bit RGB
- Three Ethernet channels
- Three 10/100/1000Base-T Ethernet channels with MPC8548/E
- Two 10/100/1000Base-T Ethernet channels with MPC8543/E
- Three RJ45 connectors at front panel
- Six onboard LEDs to signal LAN Link and Activity
- One RS232 UART (COM1)
- One RJ45 connector at front panel
- Data rates up to 115.2kbit/s
- 16-byte transmit/receive buffer
- Handshake lines: CTS, RTS; or: COM2, without any COM handshake lines
- Further I/O depending on FPGA configuration
- Three Ethernet (RJ45)
- One RS232 UART COM1 (RJ45)
- Standard factory FPGA configuration:
- Main bus interface
- Interrupt controller, reset controller
- 16Z070_IDEDISK - IDE controller for NAND Flash
- 16Z043_SDRAM - Additional SDRAM controller (32MB DDR2)
- 16Z016_IDE - IDE controller (PIO mode 0 and UDMA mode 5)
- 16Z044_DISP - Display controller (800 x 600, 60Hz/75Hz, 6-bit RGB)
- 16Z031_SPI - SPI touch panel controller
- 16Z125_UART - UART controller (controls COM10..COM12)
- 16Z034_GPIO - GPIO controller (8 I/O lines, system control signals)
- The FPGA offers the possibility to add customized I/O functionality. See FPGA.
- 32-bit, 33/66-MHz PCI interface at PCI-104 connectors J1 and J2
- Compliant with PCI Specification 2.2
- Support of four external masters
- Real-time clock
- Temperature sensor, power supervision and watchdog
- +5V (-2%/+5%), 2A typ.
- +3.3V (-2%/+5%), 0.5A typ.
- Dimensions: conforming to ESM specification (PCB: 149mm x 71mm), Type I-S, except height: approx. 1mm higher than standard
- Weight: 108g (w/o heat sink); standard heat sink: 142g
- Temperature range (operation):
- Airflow: min. 10m³/h
- Temperature range (storage): -40..+85°C
- Relative humidity (operation): max. 95% non-condensing
- Relative humidity (storage): max. 95% non-condensing
- Altitude: -300m to + 3,000m
- Shock: 15g/11ms
- Bump: 10g/16ms
- Vibration (sinusoidal): 1g/10..150Hz
- Linux
- VxWorks
- INTEGRITY (Green Hills Software) support available. Please contact Green Hills for further information.
- OS-9 (on request)
- For more information on supported operating system versions and drivers see Software.
- FPGA Altera Cyclone II EP2C35
- 33,216 logic elements
- 483,840 total RAM bits
- Connection
- Total available pin count: 81 pins
- Functions available via I/O connector J2
- MEN offers a starter kit for this computer-on-module. The kit includes a suitable carrier board with different I/O connectors for FPGA signals. An FPGA development package for this hardware kit is also available for download.
- Several PowerQUICC III types with different clock frequencies
- MPC8548 or MPC8548E
- 1 GHz, 1.2 GHz, 1.33 GHz or 1.5 GHz
- MPC8543 or MPC8543E
- 800 MHz or 1 GHz
- System RAM
- 512 MB, 1 GB or 2 GB
- NAND Flash
- 0 MB up to maximum available
- 0 KB or 128 KB
- Boot Flash
- 8 MB or 16 MB
- Front Connections
- D-Sub connectors for Ethernet and COM
- LAN1 and LAN2 via one 9-pin D-Sub connector with 10/100Base-T support
- LAN3 and COM1 via one 9-pin D-Sub connector (LAN3 with 10/100Base-T)
- Ethernet
- Only two channels instead of three with MPC8543
- Additional COM2 RS232 interface
- COM1 and COM2 sharing front connector
- Both COMs without handshake lines
- 18,752 logic elements
- 239,616 total RAM bits
Ordering Information
Linux native driver (MEN) for 16Z044_DISP (frame buffer)
Linux native driver (MEN) for 16Z025_UART, 16Z057_UART and 16Z125_UART
MDIS5 low-level driver sources (MEN) for 16Z034_GPIO, 16Z037_GPIO and 16Z127_GPIO
MDIS5 System (and Device Driver) Package (MEN) for Linux. This software package includes most standard device drivers available from MEN.
General Linux BSP for A17, EM9, EM9A, EK9, F50C, F50P and XM50
VxWorks native driver (MEN) for 16Z025_UART, 16Z057_UART and 16Z125_UART
MDIS5 low-level driver sources (MEN) for 16Z034_GPIO, 16Z037_GPIO and 16Z127_GPIO
VxWorks 6.9 BSP (MEN) for A17, EK9, EM9, EM9A, F50C, F50P and XM50
VxWorks 6.4/6.5 BSP (MEN) for A17, EK9, EM9, EM9A, F50C, F50P and XM50
MDIS5 System (and Device Driver) Package (MEN) for VxWorks. This software package includes most standard device drivers available from MEN.
QNX BSP (MEN) for EM9 and EK9
MDIS4 system (and device driver) package (MEN) for QNX, source code. This software package includes most standard device drivers available from MEN.
QNX native driver (MEN) for 16Z044_DISP (frame buffer)
QNX 6.5 native driver (MEN) for 16Z025_UART and 16Z125_UART
QNX 6.4 native driver (MEN) for 16Z025_UART and 16Z125_UART
QNX 6.3 native driver (MEN) for 16Z025_UART and 16Z125_UART
MDIS5 low-level driver sources (MEN) for 16Z034_GPIO, 16Z037_GPIO and 16Z127_GPIO
This product is designed to work under the INTEGRITY RTOS from Green Hills Software. An INTEGRITY Board Support Package for this board is provided by Green Hills Software. For more information and product support please contact Green Hills Software (www.ghs.com).
MENMON (Firmware) (MEN) for EM9, EM9A and EK9 (object code)
Application Examples
These Human-Machine Interfaces based on the computer-on-module concept are used in the interaction with different types of textile machines.


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Sealing washers, standard design
The standard sealing washers (fig 1) are intended for normal operating conditions, e.g. for conveyor rollers and various types of pulleys.
A set of standard design sealing washers comprises one shaft and one housing washer. The washers are made of sheet steel, and are phosphated and coated with a preservative. The outside diameter of the housing washer and the bore of the shaft washer are slightly tapered so that the washers will have a tight fit after mounting.
The sealing washers are able to accommodate axial forces to a certain extent and are therefore also suitable as spacer sleeves for applications where an exact axial location of the adjacent components is not necessary.


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Figure A: Motion detector and light styles
There are many motion detector and motion sensor light styles to choose from.
Three common types are:
- Motion activated flood light
- Decorative
- Remote
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Motion detectors are small electronic eyes that detect infrared waves—heat waves that radiate from moving objects. When the detector senses an object moving across its field of view—especially warmer objects such as people, animals and cars—it electronically turns on the lights. The motion sensing light stays on anywhere from 1 to 20 minutes, depending on how you preset the timer. Then the detector automatically shuts the light off unless it continues to sense movement. A photocell deactivates the motion sensing light during daylight hours. A motion sensored light has a semicircular field of view of up to 240 degrees and a distance range, adjustable on most detectors, that extends to 70 ft. or more. An outdoor motion sensor light will react to the movement of your dog, an approaching person, a passing car or sometimes even wind-blown leaves.
Nuisance "trips," such as blowing leaves or a passing car, can fool the detector and turn the motion sensing lights on when you don't want them. These can be annoying to both you and your neighbors, and in fact, some homeowners won't install motion detector lights for this reason. However, you can solve most unwanted switching-on by adjusting the distance-range setting and by carefully aiming the sensor to limit its field of view. You can also narrow the field of view even more by applying tape to the sensor, as shown in Photo 7. If nuisance trips concern you, be sure to buy a light that has an adjustable distance/range setting, and an aimable detector unit as shown in Fig. A, Nos. 1 and 3.
An outdoor motion sensor light allows you to operate the light in the conventional, manual way, usually by flipping the motion sensor light switch off for a second, then back on. This allows you to keep the motion lights on at night when you want to, even when there's no motion. By double flipping a second time, you return to automatic motion sensing lighting.
There are many motion detector and motion sensor light styles to choose from.
Three common types are:
For best effectiveness, position a motion sensor light to cover the walks leading to your front and back doors and the driveway (see lead illustration). That way the lights will come on when you come home at night. You can also use them to light up decks, patios and any potentially hazardous locations such as around stairways and swimming pools.
If improved security is a priority, position the motion sensored lights to cover all the approaches to your house, including fence gates, the patio door, the darker areas of your yard, and around trees and bushes. Good lighting can't guarantee security, of course, but it's one of the best low-cost ways to get unwanted intruders to back away.
Ideally, it's best to mount motion sensing lights 6 to 10 ft. above the ground and position it so that most movement will occur across the sensitivity zone rather than directly toward the detector. Obviously you can't always do that if you use existing light locations. One solution is to buy a remote motion sensor unit that you can mount some distance away from the light itself (Fig. A, #3). The wires connecting them to the light are low-voltage and not dangerous, so you don't have to enclose them in metal or plastic conduit.
Turn off the power to the fixture at the main panel, then test the wires to make sure the current is off. Rub one lead of a voltage tester (from hardware stores or home centers) against the ground wire and rub the other lead first against the hot wire (black), then the neutral wire (white). If the tester lights up in either case, the power is still on. Shut off the correct circuit at the main panel.
Install a replacement electrical box if your existing box is too small (see "Size Requirements of Electrical Boxes"). Plastic boxes have the size in cubic inches stamped on them.
Mount the motion sensors according to the manufacturer's instructions. Run the wires through the rubber gasket. Then connect the neutral wires (white), hot wires (black) and ground wires (green or bare copper) with wire connectors.
Screw the fixture into place. Make sure the rubber gasket seals the edges of the box so moisture can't get in. Apply a bead of clear silicone caulk around the edges if necessary.
Aim the motion detector sensor and the motion detector light bulb at the field of view you want covered. (Later, you can aim the detector lower to reduce the field of view if nuisance trips are a problem.) Point the light bulbs to the area you want lit. Keep the bulbs as far away from the detector as possible.
Set the detector's distance range as desired. You can also reduce this later, if necessary, to eliminate nuisance trips. Also set the timer shutoff control. On most units you can choose automatic shutoff after either 1, 5 or 20 minutes.
Motion detector lights are easy to install, but each brand has a few different details, so read the instructions. You'll find the basic information printed on the outside of the box. Read the box before you buy the unit so you know what you're getting. You'll find more detailed instructions inside the box.
Our step-by-step photos and tips from our experts provide a general guide of how to do the job. In most cases, you'll simply replace an existing fixture with the new one, as our photos show. Make sure to turn off the power to the fixture at the main panel before removing it.
However, if you have to run a new electrical line and install a switch, the job can get much more complex. Outdoor electrical lines must be encased in approved conduit and weatherproof electrical boxes. If you're not familiar with conduit or the rules for running new electrical circuits, call in a licensed electrician.
Working with old electrical boxes can be tricky too. Sometimes they don't contain a ground wire (bare wire or one with green insulation) or other grounding means such as metal conduit. The National Electrical Code requires all electrical boxes and fixtures to be grounded. If you're not sure yours is, check with your electrical inspector to determine if you have to run a new ground wire.
Get an electrical permit from your local department of inspections. Check for special local rules and have your work inspected when finished.
CAUTION: Don't let your ladder or your body touch lethal overhead power lines while you're working.
CAUTION: Aluminum wiring requires special handling. If you have aluminum wiring, call in a licensed pro who's certified to work with it. This wiring is dull gray, not the dull orange that's characteristic of copper.
You also need to check out the size of your electrical box. A shallow box like the one shown in Photo 1 no longer meets code requirements, and we had to replace it with a larger box, shown in Photos 2 and 3.
The computation table gives the method for calculating minimum box-size requirements. To do the calculation, count the number of wires coming into the box. However, some other things besides wires are counted as "wires" for computation purposes. For example, all the cable clamps used count for one wire, and we recommend always counting the fixture as two wires. Then multiply this total wire number by 2 cu. in. for 14-gauge wire (or 2.25 cu. in. for 12-gauge wire, even if there's just one of the heavier wires in the box).
The computation method given here sometimes overestimates the minimum box size required by code, but it simplifies the calculation.
Have the necessary tools for this DIY project lined up before you start—you'll save time and frustration.


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IOWA CITY, Iowa -- An Air Force captain who oversaw a company's contracts to provide boots for Afghan soldiers switched sides after leaving government, taking a well-paying job representing the vendor in front of his former colleagues, according to a criminal complaint.
Adam J. Pudenz of Carroll, Iowa, repeatedly sought to expedite U.S. government contract payments to Kabul Milli Trading Company, which hired him as a $40,000-per-month consultant in 2011, the complaint alleges. Only months earlier, Pudenz was in charge of managing the same contracts for the Air Force and took official actions that benefited the company, it alleges.
Pudenz was arrested Wednesday in Carroll by FBI and Department of Defense agents, said Assistant U.S. Attorney Rich Murphy.
Pudenz is charged with violating a ban on representing companies that he oversaw in government and with violating a conflict of interest law. He's also accused of, but not charged with, making false statements in connection with a $1 billion no-bid contract he proposed before leaving the Air Force to benefit Kabul Milli and another firm he later represented.
Pudenz, 33, made an initial court appearance Wednesday in federal court in Sioux City. He did not enter a plea and was released with conditions.
His court-appointed federal defender didn't return a message Thursday. No phone listing was available for Pudenz in Carroll, where the FBI alleges he bought a house using some of his improper consulting payments.
The complaint filed by FBI special agent Kevin Kohler details the allegations against Pudenz, who worked in 2009 and 2010 at the Kabul Regional Contracting Center at Camp Eggers and was tasked with helping equip Afghan National Security Forces.
Pudenz was involved in managing three government contracts with Kabul Milli to supply boots to the Afghan military. Before he left the service, Pudenz exchanged emails with the owners of the company discussing his future employment, according to the complaint unsealed Wednesday.
In November 2010, Pudenz proposed a "blanket purchase agreement" for clothing and boots worth up to $1 billion for two unnamed companies, believed to be Kabul Milii and Afghan Vision Group. The contract was authorized and awarded to Afghan Vision Group in 2011.
A subsequent review by an Air Force officer concluded Pudenz made false statements in the proposal when he asserted no similar contracts for those items existed, and that those companies were the only ones capable of providing the supplies. The review also found the agreement had other deficiencies, including lacking the required specifications for the products.
In anticipation of leaving the Air Force, Pudenz sought guidance in December 2010 from the Office of the Staff Judge Advocate on any restrictions he would face on post-government employment. Pudenz said he was considering returning to Afghanistan as a consultant to help Afghani clothing and textile businesses become sustainable.
The office warned Pudenz in a letter that he would be barred for life from accepting compensation from Kabul Milli under a statute that bans a government official responsible for a particular matter from "later `switching sides' and representing someone else in the same matter."
Nonetheless, Pudenz left the Air Force in February 2011 and started a business in which he allegedly represented Kabul Milli and Afghan Vision Group in front of his former government colleagues. Kabul Milli paid Pudenz $247,000 in 2011 for six months of consulting work, according to the complaint.
Pudenz told investigators that payment was a retainer, and that he had an agreement to submit and track Kabul Milli's invoices for $500 apiece. Company owner Farhad Ahsan told investigators that Pudenz contacted him in March 2011 seeking a job, and he was hired to follow up on invoices to ensure payment.
Pudenz represented Kabul Milli during several meetings in 2011 to work out payment issues with the U.S. Air Force officer who had taken Pudenz's former job. He also represented the company during several meetings with another contract employee, including one in which he sought an outstanding payment of $780,000, and "repeatedly emailed U.S. government officials" seeking payments for its work, the complaint says.
Confronted by investigators in November 2011, Pudenz admitted that his Kabul Milli consulting violated the guidance he'd received, the complaint says.


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Ten Must-Have Kitchen "Tools"
Tool: \ˈtül\ something (as an instrument or apparatus) used in performing an operation or necessary in the practice of a vocation or profession <a scholar's books are his tools> I believe that selecting quality ingredients, choosing the right types of fats and sweeteners, highlighting the natural flavor and textures of food and reducing the total amount of salt without sacrificing flavor is the foundation of healthier cooking. To get this job done you need the right tools and here are 10 of my favorites:
1. Good Set of Knives & a Bench Scraper
Choose those with a forged blade that goes through to the handle. They should be sharp and feel good in your hand. It can be more dangerous to use a dull blade vs. a sharp blade so sharpen quickly with the steel after each use. I believe there are only three knives the home cook really needs: a paring knife, 8 or 10 inch chef knife, and an 8 inch serrated knife. A bench scraper is a multi-purpose tool that can e used to scoop and transfer chopped foods directly from the cutting board to the bowl, pan or pot. It helps keep counters and cutting boards clean while working and makes it simple to scrape and toss scraps. Psssst….I have a signature knife set and bench scraper that you can order HERE 😉
2. Cast Iron Skillets and Griddles
Cast iron pans conduct heat very well, require minimal oil in cooking, sear items beautifully, go from stove top to grill or oven easily and offer health benefits. Cast-iron cooking naturally increases the iron content of food. Be sure to season your pans before first use by placing an even layer of kosher salt at the bottom, cover with oil and place over high heat on top of the stove. As soon as it starts to smoke, get rid of salt/oil mixture and rub inside of pan with a few paper towels until clean. Never use soap, just hot water and wipe clean. Dry thoroughly so no rust accumulates.
3. Microplanes
Great for zesting citrus fruits, grating cheese, chocolate and nutmeg. The zest of citrus fruits has wonderful aromatic oils which add terrific flavor without calories to dishes. Grating good-quality cheese with a microplane means you will use less. Commercially grated cheeses in a shaker jar often have fillers added that dilute flavor so more is needed. Same goes for chocolate, you can grate a small amount of good quality (higher cocoa content the better) to obtain amazing flavor with just a small amount. There is no comparison to freshly grated nutmeg! I love it on steamed veggies.
4. Crock Pot/Slow Cooker
I have three slow cookers in three different sizes and make everything from stews, soups, chili, whole chicken, pulled pork, spaghetti and meatballs, hearty veggies and more. What I love is you use minimal fat (if any), set it, forget it and a healthy meal is on the table in a snap!
5. Dutch Oven
This heavy-duty cooking pot is great for healthful recipes and one-pot meals and can be used on top of the stove then go right in the oven. They distribute heat evenly all the way around and have a practically non-stick surface which means you can brown with less fat.
6. Steamer Basket
Steaming is a great way to retain nutrients in vegetables. Using a steamer basket produces a nice texture, color and taste. Try to cut vegetables in the same size for more even steaming. This is a no fat cooking method. I like to add some low-sodium chicken or veggie broth to the water for added flavor.
7. Spray Bottles
You can pick up fancy ones at your local kitchen store or do as I do and go to the hardware store and get the plastic ones. Fill with your favorite oils like olive, sesame, canola, etc and you're good to go. This is an awesome way to add a small amount of oil to the pan or food without bathing it in oil. This is a non aerosol, healthy way to reduce calories (1 tablespoon of oil has 120 calories and 14 grams of fat) and increase flavor.
8. Top-Notch Blender
This is probably my most-used tool in the kitchen (other than the knives)! When my boys were little I made all of their baby food in my blender, they never ate baby food from a jar. In the "wet" attachment I make smoothies, juices, puree soups, beans, salad dressings, marinades, sauces, etc. In the "dry" attachment I grind flax seed, coffee, spices, oats and cereals.
9. Food Processor with Attachments
The food processor speeds up prep time of slicing, grating and chopping when preparing healthful meals. I love it for grating blocks of low-fat cheese, shredding cabbage for slaws, slicing cucumbers and other veggies, making hummus, dips and pestos.
10. Wire Whisks
Whisks are super versatile and should be used for a variety of jobs in the kitchen like mixing dry ingredients together, frothing egg whites, creating smooth batters (I use to incorporate wheat germ and ground oats and chia seeds into pancakes), emulsifying dressings, making silky sauces and gravies or any other job where a smooth consistency is needed and a spoon just won't cut it!


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Canon imageFORMULA DR-G1130 Scanner
This product can only be shipped via ground service. Expedited shipping is not available.
The imageFORMULA DR-G1130 scanner is ideal for use in mission-critical centralized production scanning, to process large amounts of documents. It has been developed to withstand the rigors of production-level scanning, while maintaining high-speed, high-quality imaging. The imageFORMULA DR-G1130 scanner will help companies improve productivity, maintain business continuity, and increase efficiencies.


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Welcome to Watch List, where we identify five things on TV to watch while you stay at home and ignore your broken treadmill for the 90th straight week. Home treadmills are made to be broken and then left unaddressed. LET'S GO!
JUSTICE FOR NATALEE HOLLOWAY – 8:00PM (Lifetime) Victimized woman? A mother looking for justice? An actress who had her heyday back in the 1980's? Oh yes, that's a Lifetime movie, all right! And what a Lifetime movie Lifetime has in store for you this evening, with none other than Mrs. Michael J. Fox, Tracy Pollan, as the grieving mother of Natalee Holloway, the girll who was abducted and killed in Aruba back in 2005 by that Dutch guy with a really long last name. Watch as Pollan van der sleuths her way to finding her daughter's killer. ANTICIPATION: SCAREE!
VANISHED WITH BETH HOLLOWAY – 10:00PM (Lifetime) Thought the above movie was the end of your Holloway dose for the night? WRONG. Because Lifetime got the real mom of Natalee Holloway to host this docuseries about unsolved abduction cases told through the victims' family members. Beth Holloway knows that the John Walsh career path is a smart and potentially lucrative route. ANTICIPATION: TRUE CRIMEY!
HUMANLY IMPOSSIBLE – 8:00PM (NatGeo – an NBC/Universal network) Tonight you'll meet a glass eater, which isn't quite as fun as being a cupcake eater but will get people talking. Doctors examine our brave glass chewer as he downs light bulbs all night long. And I hope he's eating the compact fluorescent bulbs, because eating traditional bulbs just strikes me as so wasteful. ANTICIPATION: MMMM… GLASS!
SOUNDTRACK FOR A REVOLUTION – 9:00PM (PBS) Tonight's "American Experience" looks back at the songs of the American Civil Rights movement and the role they played in helping end segregation. Plus you get covers of those tunes from the likes of Wyclef, the Roots, John Legend, and others. Not a bad way to learn something new. ANTICIPATION: COOL!
HOUSE – 8:00PM (FOX) Put me in the "Bring Back Masters" fan club. ANTICIPATION: BRING BACK MASTERS!
Monday Watch List: Krayzee For Natalee!
Welcome to Watch List, where we identify five things on TV to watch while you stay at home and ignore your broken treadmill for the 90th straight week. Home treadmills are made to be broken and then left unaddressed. LET'S GO!


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The Greenpeace ship, Rainbow Warrior is seen in front of the Kori 1 nuclear reactor, with a banner reading (in Korean) "Chernobyl! Fukushima! Busan?" We are calling for a nuclear energy phase out starting with the Kori 1 reactor, the oldest nuclear facility in the country. The Rainbow Warrior is on a 'Nuclear Emergency Tour' of Korea with the aim of demanding proper nuclear emergency plans. Before the protest, the Rainbow Warrior blew its siren towards the power plant to alert the public of the danger it poses. Every 15th of the month, Korea holds an emergency drill in preparation for a military attack. There is, however, no proper drill in case of a nuclear meltdown.
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Jauch frequency control products are produced and configured according to the highest quality standards. Therefore they provide reliable timing also under extreme conditions and for the most complex applications.
Quartz crystals in SMD or pin versions, in the frequency 32.768 KHz and the MHz frequency range.
Quartz crystal oscillators for each application, also according to customer specifications.
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Lithium polymer batteries offer numerous possibilities. Due to the large number of different sizes and designs, lithium-polymer batteries are often the ideal solution if a high capacity needs to be accommodated in a small space.
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From frequency control products for standard applications to highly stable and shock-resistant components, Jauch offers a wide range of quartz crystals and oscillators, even for complex applications and extreme conditions.
Use our Product Finder to find the right frequency component for your application.
As well as economic benefits, our production facilities at various locations also provide our clients with the certainty that they can rely on the availability of their frequency control products.
Our frequency control products are manufactured in close cooperation with our production partners in Asia. Thanks to state-of-the-art, fully integrated in-line production systems, we achieve production volumes of well over 100 million components per month. When it comes to development of new products, we also work closely with our network of partners and thus take advantage of synergy effects.
At our German headquarters, we manufacture several hundred thousand quartz crystals per year in customer-specific designs.
At our German headquarters, we assure the quality of our frequency control products. Therefore we make use of state-of-the-art test procedures and the corresponding equipment.
The configuration of our MEMS oscillators is also carried out at our headquarters in Germany - fully automatic and customised to your requirements.
Our production know-how is also evident in quality assurance. This begins with the raw material selection: We use only high-quality, cutting angle measured blanks. We do regular audits of our suppliers as a matter of course and we get ourselves certified regularly.
Measures to ensure and improve our effectiveness and efficiency.
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Extensive quality tests to ensure that materials and components are safe to use.
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Continuous quality control of materials used and products manufactured.
Measurement technology for reliable reproducible measurements and documentation.
Regular training sessions in order to maintain the consistent quality Jauch is known for, even for new developments.
Talking to us about ideal timing solutions early on in your application's design phase is well worth your while. Ideally this will help to cut development time and reduce costs. Moreover, you will avoid mistakes when it comes to component selection of specification. This increases operational reliability in series and ensures the optimum product lifetime. Most importantly, in Jauch you have an efficient partner to supply your reliably. So make use of our technical support!
Jauch specialists will advise and assist you before and during the development phase in detail.
Selection of suitable components
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Jauch has a modern electronic laboratory with which we can optimally support you in developing your circuits.
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We validate your oscillator circuit with special testing equipment in terms of amplification margin and oscillation start up safety.
Oscillation safety investigation
Load capacity adjustment
Determination of quartz crystals performance
We can help in solving problems in your circuit.
Determining the electrical quartz crystals parameters
Measurement of electrical parameters of the quartz crystal at + 25 ° C in the quartz crystal instrument.
Determining the electrical oscillator parameters
Measurement of all electrical parameters of the crystal circuit in the customer´s application at + 25 ° C
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t21solutions necesitaba un nuevo diseño de impreso o envases y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 68 diseños de 15 diseñadores freelance.
FleetBoss GPS http://www.fleetboss.com
As an industry pioneer and premier GPS fleet management provider since 1998, FleetBoss has always been much more than a supplier of products or boxed services. With over 5,000 satisfied customers, FleetBoss has built upon its tremendous success in vehicle tracking and driver accountability by "Going Beyond GPS" to offer best of breed business operations solutions.
FleetBoss is constantly seeking new and innovative ways to provide value and a high return on investment for its clients. FleetBoss' automatic vehicle location (AVL) GPS fleet management solutions have generated millions of dollars in savings and revenue for thousands of clients both in North America and abroad. Today, FleetBoss is expanding into equally crucial business operational areas such as workforce automation and mobile data solutions.
Public service announcement (trifold brochure) to be sent out to business owners, fleet managers and employees who are on the road as part of doing business, to get the message out that distracted driving (e.g., driving while texting, talking on the phone etc.) is dangerous. This is for awareness and a commitment to stop this dangerous driving habit!
Trifold brochure on US 8 ½ inch x 11 inch paper.
Educate business owners and drivers on the risks of distracted driving, particularly using mobile phones (cell phones) to send text messages while driving.
For cover, use FleetBoss logo and a modified version of the "no phone" icon.
For inside, use "Drive Carefully" sign and an image of children playing on a street, one image is included which may be used.
This project is being redone after some quality issues on the original (local) design but the attached file labeled FB1005TRIFOLDp361 will give you an idea of how the front cover should look (the color scheme, and how the phone icon should look)
Please use your best creative judgment on layout, refer to the attached Word document for the content.
I would like just the cropped "We Love Our Children" sign included, not that entire image.
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Campbell Kids
Campbell Kids were first used as part of an advertisement for the Campbell Soup Company in 1904. The kids were created by Grace Drayton, a popular illustrator of the day. Campbell Kids were originally drawn as average boys and girls, but they later were dressed for special activities like sailing or football or working as police officers. The kids were used in magazine and newspaper ads until about 1951. They appeared again in ads in 1966; and in 1983 they were redesigned with a slimmer, more contemporary look.


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Bake the Book: Hollyhock Clafoutis
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Hollyhocks, a mildly-flavored member of the mallow family, has roots once used to make marshmallows. They're the unexpected ingredient in this light yet satisfying cherry-studded dessert from Cooking With Flowers. A bonus? It's a dish you can slip in the oven after only minutes of effort.
Tips: As with every recipe in the book, there is a disclaimer given about using only organic buds that haven't been sprayed with pesticides. Visit a farmer's market or organic farm near you and have a talk with your local purveyor before buying.
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How Andrew Stanton & Pixar Created WALL*E Part II
If there's a dark side to the film Wall*E, it's certain factions are already reading political statements into the film, and one would be hard pressed to say the little robot has happy feet.As many now know, when Wall*E finally meets humanity, he finds they have become floating-couch ridden, Blue Tooth-addicted, uniform big babies perpetually floating around their ship in perfect formations. Stanton openly admits one of his influences for this was Aldous Huxley's beautiful dystopia Brave New World. Another was a NASA researcher he met while doing research, John Hicks.
"I just went with knowing what I wanted humanity to be and I wasn't sure how to express it at first," Stanton recalls. "Something to amplify what was going on with the main point of the love story. I'm not one of those people who come up with a theme and then write to it. I like to find the natural things that seem to be firing and somewhere halfway I realize what the theme is.
"[Hicks is researching] long term residency in space. He told me this fact of they still are arguing about how exactly to correctly set it up so that when a human does go all the way to Mars and back, they won't start losing their bones. Because disuse atrophy kicks in if you don't simulate gravity just right the entire time. That's sort of a form of osteoporosis and you won't get that back. They actually said they've had arguments where they go, 'If we don't get this right, they're just going to be a big blob.' And I said, 'Oh my gosh, that's perfect! That's perfect!'
"To be honest, in a very early version, I actually went so weird I made them like big blobs of Jello," says Stanton, "because I thought Jello was funny and they would just sort of wiggle and stuff. There was sort of a Planet of the Apes conceit where they didn't even know they were humans anymore and they found that out, but it was so bizarre I had to pull back. I needed some more grounding.
"So I thought alright, I'll make them big babies. There's actually a scientific term that Peter Gabriel, actually, told me about. It's called neoteny. [It's] where there's this belief that nature kind of figures out that you don't have to use these parts of yourself anymore to survive so why give it to you? Why let you grow any farther? And I thought that's perfect. It was almost again sort of a metaphor for 'It's time to get up and grow up!'"
He also swears politics had nothing to do with the ship deciding that red was "the new blue," thus turning all humanity's uniforms the same color. The same for when two of the characters, John (John Ratzenberger) and Mary (Kathy Najimi), get knocked off their couches and start realizing the world they actually live in, that political affiliation had nothing to do with their uniforms returning to red.
"I go, 'Look, I don't want it to be offensive but if you had no reason to do anything anymore," Stanton said. If everything had been figured out and technology made it that easy to never have to get u, then I guess this would sort of set in. It's kind of happening just with my remote in my living room."
The simple truth, at least according to Wall*E's creator, is he turned humanity into a gigantic pack of giant floating babies to help tell his love story. The story is about two robots transcending their hardwired programming, their "directives" as EVE would call them, and save humanity in the process. After all, another point is robots who stick to what they are told, like M-O, end up the butt of every joke possible. Worse, like Auto, they nearly destroy us all by sticking to their protocols.
"I realized the point I was trying to push with these two programmed robots was the desire for them to try and figure out what the point of living was," said Stanton. "It took these really irrational acts of love to sort of discover them against how they were built. I said, 'That's it! That's my theme: Irrational love defeats life's programming.'"
"I realized that that's a perfect metaphor for real life. We all fall into our habits, our routines and our ruts, consciously or unconsciously to avoid living. To avoid having to do the messy part. To avoid having relationships with other people. of dealing with the person next to us. That's why we can all get on our cell phones and not have to deal with one another. I thought, 'That's a perfect amplification of the whole point of the movie.' I wanted to run with science in a way that would sort of logically project that."
Potential controversies aside, what one can not deny is Wall*E is truly a groundbreaking film. Stanton truly shows his directorial muscle in the first 40 minutes, where there isn't a single word of dialogue, just the robot and his pet bug (named Hal Roach) running around the planet on a wasted Earth.
"We felt we could do it with nontraditional dialogue," Stanton explains. "Maintaining the integrity of the character. In real life, when characters can't speak—a baby, a pet—people tend to infer their own emotional beliefs onto them: 'I think it's sad. She likes me.' It's very engaging for an audience.
"In the world of animation, pantomime is the thing animators love best. It's their bread and butter, and they're raised on it instinctively. John Lasseter realized this when he animated and directed his first short for Pixar, 'Luxo, Jr.,' featuring two lamp characters who express themselves entirely without dialogue. The desire to give life to inanimate objects is innate to animators."
One could even say it's the very core of animation and as old as J. Stuart Blackton's short "Humorous Phases of Funny Faces," now recognized as the first ever animated short.
"For the animators of Wall*E, it was like taking the handcuffs off and letting them run free," Stanton continues. "They were able to let the visuals tell most of the story. They also discovered that it's a lot more difficult to achieve all the things they needed to.
"I kept trying to make the animators put limitations on themselves, because I wanted the construction of the machines and how they were engineered to be evident. The characters seem robotic because they don't squash and stretch. It was a real brain tease for the animators to figure out how to get the same ideas communicated and timed the way it would sell from a storytelling standpoint and still feel like the machine was acting within the limitations of its design and construction. It was very challenging…and completely satisfying when somebody found the right approach and solution."
Another interesting element in the film's overall composition is its use of live action footage in-between all the incredible animation. Critical elements are an old video Wall*E finds of the film Hello Dolly! and live-action performances of Fred Willard as the former leader of the Buy'N Large super stores, Shelby Forthright. The latter goes a long, long way of telling just what happened to the planet without being heavy-handed while the former goes miles in establishing Wall*E's loneliness and the joy of meeting EVE.
"I had been searching for the right musical elements to go with the film," Stanton admits. "and stumbling upon Hello Dolly! was the best thing that could have happened. The song 'Put On Your Sunday Clothes,' with your 'Out There' prologue, seemed to play so well with the themes of the film and yet would not normally be the kind of music you'd expect to find in a film like ours. It's a very naïve song, really, and it's sung by two guys who don't know a thing about life. They want to go to the big city. They won't 'come home until they've kissed a girl.' It's such a simple joy to it, and it really worked for us. When I found 'It Only Takes a Moment,' it was like a godsend. That song became a huge tool for me to show Wall*E's interest in what love is."
Even so, when pressed Stanton does opt that it's a choice no one, including himself, was expecting.
"I know," he laughs. "Why? The weirdest choice I'll ever make in a film I make in my life. I am not lying, when I had that weird idea of putting that song, I turned to my wife and said, 'This is the weirdest idea I've ever had and I will be asked why I chose this for the rest of my life.'
"But by the time I'd sort of come to terms on the analyst couch why I had done it, I realized OK, I'm willing to put up with answering this for the rest of my life because I really do think it's the best choice. [It's something] I wanted early, early on, it's even in the very first script. I knew I wanted old fashioned music against space. I knew I loved the idea of future and past juxtaposed and that on the first frame that would not seem familiar. It would seem sort of fresh, like this isn't exactly where I'm used to a movie being, let alone an animated movie. I just liked that it was almost like a firm footing that I wouldn't be conventional.
"So then I started looking through stuff and I said, 'Well, there's so many old fashioned songs. What do I pick?' I started going down to standards at some point and standards come from a lot of musicals and I'd done enough musical theater to know what the staples are, you know Fiddler on the Roof, Guys and Dolls, Annie, West Side Story, and Hello Dolly!. So I got to Hello Dolly and I played the beginning of 'Put on Your Sunday Clothes,' and when that phrase 'out there' came on, just viscerally, just 'out there against stars,' I'm like 'Wow! That just kicks in. That just works.' Out of context, it works. Then it starts talking about, you know, weird stuff, but then I was 'I don't know, I can't drop it.' So I kept putting it in and slowly showing it to a slightly larger circle of intimate creative friends and saying 'What do you think?' It kind of worked and then I finally realized why. I realized it's because the song's about two nerdy guys that have never left their small town and they just want to go out to the big city for one night, feel what life's all about, and kiss a girl. I said, "That's my main character!'
"So then my co-writer, Jim Reardon, said 'You know, he should just find the movie and that's what'll explain why he knows this.' So we looked at the movie and when I found that second song and I saw the two lovers holding hands, it's like this light bulb went off. I said 'That's exactly how he can express the phrase 'I love you; without being able to say it.' When you get that kind of gift falling on your lap when you're doing your research, you don't run away from it, you just embrace it. So I embraced the odd choice and just said 'I think this is meant to be.'"
Then there was his choice of Willard.
"Well, he's the most friendly and insincere car salesman I could think of," said Stanton. "It's funny. I thought it would be a little more obvious. I hope I succeeded in it in the sense that once I chose an old movie for somebody, WALL-E to watch, that I knew would be showing footage of real human beings, I said 'Well, that sets a precedent. That means anytime you look at old footage, it should be real human beings.' I can get away with being CG with where humanity has changed in the present slash future, but I thought it would be even weirder if I was sort of all over the map with how I portrayed humans in old footage. I said I should just be consistent with that so that's why I picked it. It was just because I set a precedent.
"I always felt, almost with a zealous passion, that animation can tell as many stories as any other medium, and it's rarely been pushed outside its comfort zone," Stanton added regarding Willard being shot in live action. "I was so proud to have had something to do with the creation of Toy Story, because that I felt that the tone of the movie and the manner of its storytelling broke a lot of conventions that were in people's minds. I feel like you can keep pushing those boundaries. Even before I knew the film was going to be called Wall*E, I knew it was yet another step in pushing those boundaries out farther. I'm so proud that I got a chance to make it and that it matched my expectations."
Don't be surprised if after seeing the film yourself you're in absolute agreement.


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Notice: On April 23, 2014, Statalist moved from an email list to a forum, based at statalist.org.
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Re: st: Bootstrapping, Robust and Weight options in regress
Stas Kolenikov <email@example.com>
Re: st: Bootstrapping, Robust and Weight options in regress
Fri, 17 Feb 2012 09:17:01 -0500
Have you taken a look at the examples in the manual? They are kinda
short, but they give you the ideas of how to approach the problem.
There should also be plenty of similar small examples in statalist
On Fri, Feb 17, 2012 at 12:55 AM, Danny Dan <email@example.com> wrote:
> I am actually using Coarsened Exact Matching (CEM using -cem- program)
> in order to match my data. In CEM weights are generated after the
> matching and I am using those weights in my regression analysis, where
> I want to use bootstrap for standard errors. Do you think here I can
> safely use -bootstrap- in the regression equation or still there will
> be problem with sample variability accountability, and therefore, I
> will have to write my own program? If the later is true then would it
> be possible to guide me further into writing the program?
> Please let me know.
> I appreciate your help.
> Thank you,
> Dan
> On Thu, Feb 16, 2012 at 9:38 PM, Stas Kolenikov <firstname.lastname@example.com> wrote:
>> First, in its simplest form (as implemented in -bootstrap- command),
>> the bootstrap method assumes i.i.d. data. Weights of whatever flavor
>> mean that data are not i.i.d. (heteroskedastic with aweights, sampled
>> with differential probabilities with pweights), and you need to modify
>> your bootstrap accordingly.
>> Second, if you get your weights from a matching procedure (or any
>> other input into the regression is obtained via some sort of
>> estimation-prediction procedure), you have to bootstrap the whole
>> process rather than its final stage, the regression. In Stata terms,
>> you need to write your own little -program- that (i) accepts
>> [pweights] as an input, (ii) does matching, (iii) produces weights,
>> and (iv) feeds them into regression. Otherwise, your standard errors
>> will be too small, and won't account for sampling variability in the
>> intermediate statistics (such as, in your case, weights).
>> Third, if things are done right, the bootstrap and the robust standard
>> errors are asymptotically equivalent. Conceptually, you might be able
>> to get some sort of second order improvements if you bootstrap the
>> t-statistic and then refer the actual t-statistic value to your
>> bootstrap distribution. But that's pretty convoluted, and it does not
>> seem like you are interested in this.
>> On Thu, Feb 16, 2012 at 10:14 PM, Danny Dan <email@example.com> wrote:
>>> Dear Friends,
>>> (1) I am trying to use both weights and vce(bootstrap) option in my
>>> regression analysis as following:
>>> regress Y X (weight=wt), vce(bootstrap)
>>> The weights are generated using a Matching method, however, I cannot
>>> do so as I am getting the following error:
>>> "Weights not allowed r(101);"
>>> I have tried using aweight, pweight, fweight and other weight options
>>> available in STATA for regress and also sometimes getting the error
>>> "may not use non-integer frequency weights r(401);".
>>> Therefore, nothing is working out. How can I use bootstrap option and
>>> weight together in my regression?
>>> (2) Also is there anyway I can use both robust and bootstrap options
>>> together with and without the weight option?
>> --
>> Stas Kolenikov, also found at http://stas.kolenikov.name
>> Small print: I use this email account for mailing lists only.
>> *
>> * For searches and help try:
>> * http://www.stata.com/help.cgi?search
>> * http://www.stata.com/support/statalist/faq
>> * http://www.ats.ucla.edu/stat/stata/
> *
> * For searches and help try:
> * http://www.stata.com/help.cgi?search
> * http://www.stata.com/support/statalist/faq
> * http://www.ats.ucla.edu/stat/stata/
Stas Kolenikov, also found at http://stas.kolenikov.name
Small print: I use this email account for mailing lists only.
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Douse the lights and sharpen your imagination for this collection of unforgettable thrillers, based on the works of some of the world's greatest mystery authors!
These spine-chilling tales by Edgar Allan Poe, Guy de Maupassant, Washington Irving, Nathanial Hawthorne, and more are brought to life by radio favorites Santos Ortega, Lesley Woods, Ted de Corsia, Alfred Shirley, Stacy Harris, and Edwin Jerome.
Includes a Program Guide by Karl Schadow.
Episodes Include: The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym (1943); A Terribly Strange Bed (1943); The Horla (1943); The Lifted Veil (1943); A Terrible Night (1943); Frankenstein (1943); The Spectre of Tappington (1944); The Cask of Amontillado (1944); Falkland (1944); The Trial for Murder (1944); The Phantom Picture (1944); The Burial of Roger Malvin (1944); The Fatal Love Potion (1944); The Spectre Bride (1944); The Thing in the Tunnel (1944); The Pistol Shot (1944)
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My question is inspired by the following answer by voix to another problem:
"There is a real object with relativistic speed of surface - millisecond pulsar. The swiftest spinning pulsar currently known, spinning 716 times a second. Surface speed of such pulsar with radius $16 \mathrm{km}$ is about $7\times10^{7} \mathrm{m/s}$ or $24\%$ speed of light."
This period of the pulsar is that measured here on Earth, that is by remote observer. However, pulsar has both enormous surface rotational speed and quite strong gravitational field. All processes at relativistic speed or strong gravity are time dilated. Is the period affected as well? What is difference of periods of rotation measured by a distant observer and an observer on the pulsar surface?


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Campus Fun & Learn
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The Campus Fun & Learn Center is closed through Sunday, April 5. Updates regarding COVID-19 and any closings can be found on their Facebook page.
Your children will enjoy quality programs and enriching activities in the new state-of-the-art facility, the Campus Fun and Learn Center at RCC!
The Center is licensed, non-profit and provides child care for children ages 6 weeks to 5 years old.
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Programs are designed to provide developmental opportunities in an age-appropriate setting. We believe that learning should be fun, rewarding and stimulating. Our professional staff offers a positive experience that celebrates each child's uniqueness while also appreciating those important things we all have in common.
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We celebrate the needs of the whole child, who is growing physically, intellectually, socially, creatively and emotionally. Children are provided with a variety of learning activities daily. We are pleased to have the opportunity to work with families as caring partners supporting their children's growth and development.
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The Center is open year-round. Hours are 6:30 am to 6 pm, Monday through Friday.
For further information, please visit the Campus Fun & Learn website.
*Children of RCC students may be eligible to receive tuition subsidies and scholarships.