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I just got the identical machine about two months ago. Although mine was not as nice looking as yours, I know a little about your situation right now. You are really lucky to get so many gears with it. Did you get any extra spindles ort the manual? It's not essential but it is pretty helpful. Contact me off line if you have any questions, I'd be glad to share what I have learned so far.
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Kearney is about 50 miles from where I grew up. It used to be Kearney State Teachers College. At one time, they had an industrial arts teaching program. That's probably all it got used for. When they joined the University of Nebraska system about 15 years ago, a lot of that equipment was sold on auction. I would almost bet its been sitting that long.
Here's a little update & photo essay on the hobbing project.
A couple problems with the machine to sort out. Most serious is that the work arbor is *stuck*. I mean really stuck. I went as hard as I could stand with a 4lb hammer driving a bronze rod and didn't get it to release. Then I wanted to take the spindle bearing out of the equation and just press only on the spindle tube.
So...the headstock had to be removed. My trusty little orange as a "skyhook" and a come-along for careful positioning to keep the driveshaft and ways parallel as I extracted the headstock. Believe it or not, this machine is 75% of a miniature horizontal boring mill !!! (If making your own lathes get too tiresome ).
Then the headstock went into my 12 ton arbor press. I bent the bronze rod into a pretzel as it wasn't a tight fit in the bore, and finally converted over to a steel rod with a close fitting steel pilot attached. Nothing going on even with me hanging on the 4 foot press-lever-arm.
Sooo....first I set up C-clamps and web straps to secure the headstock. I got out a step stool and "sat" on the press-arm, wielding an 8lb sledge hammer in my hands, I struck a fearsome blow to the top of the press ram under heavy down-pressure. CLANG and the arbor was out...no damage to anything whatsoever (not even the paint can that I feared I would puncture and moved it beforehand )
Alas, someone had gotten overzealous with the index banjo and cracked off one of the clamping ears. I debated making a brand new duplicate from steel, but decided I better try to fix the old one first. I drew out a little sketch on the side of the part where I had a 1/4-20 socket head screw "buried" in the part...and with a little creative setup on the mill, got it right where it counted. A little metal was lost in the process but not where the strength is really required in the part. Also counting my lucky stars for that 3/8" solid carbide super long endmill that just happened to be in the drawer.
Time to make some gear blanks!
Square CRS flat stock, cut with cold saw, bore and face one side. Saw the corners off on the bandsaw to reduce interrupted cut somewhat, turn over, machine OD and the other face.
Work in progress. Mobil Omega (dark oil) in use. The mechanical coolant pump doesn't work for some reason and I had already filled the tank I stole the peristaltic pump from my horizontal mill which had never seen action and it is working just fine.
Finally, I can relax. These are 27T, 16DP gears just for a test.
They look pretty good except for one tooth flank all the way around has some gouges in it...I think I have too much play in the hob's arbor and it is inducing a little chatter. Opposite tooth flank looks good all the way around. You wouldn't know about the problem by rolling them together...very smooth.
More to come.
Looks good, Matt. Is it all right if I'm a little bit green with envy? [img]smile.gif[/img]
Good job Matt. That's a pretty hefty DP for a hob that is supported on only one end. You might not have any problems with smaller DPs. Now that you have the first ones done it just gets easier.
i always put an internal keyway on my blanks first.a 1/8 will do.to keep the blank from spinning on the arbor.then later you can always punch the keyway to size.
You know Fix, I had strongly considered that, except there is no keyway on the work arbor I got.
But after more consideration, the cutting forces on the gear blanks are almost perfectly parallel with the spindle axis, and the other gear recesses in the cut help to keep it all timed.
Granted, I was sweating a little bit during the first run, thinking if a blank slipped badly or the index gears came out of mesh it could cause a nasty crash.
Spline problem
Hi.Im new and need some help.Im running a BC1636 and doing some splines on a shaft.It starts out ok ,then it starts pulling left when you engage the feed.It pulls left over 3 inches about 1/4 inch.
Splash some bluing on where the part is held and scribe a line, if that moves under cutting forces, there's your problem.
Very unlikely but you do have the hob slide clamped ?
Your machine appears to be upside-down, by the way. The oil stays in better if you mount it on the floor ... which reminds me. Umm, where the hell is the cuttin' erl ? Should be a ton of it splashing around on your hob/part interface. I dont see no evidence of ANY.
And don't even think of using water-soluble. That ruins gear machines.
BC 16-36 1951 model
Good morning,
Thank you for your help.I have been working on this machine and im not a machinest by all means.My first project was this 1951 BC 16-36 horizontal hobber.Someone wired it 480 and forgot to change the coils in the differential to 3 phase 440.The original two blew when they powered up 3 years ago.Just some history.I got a book that pretty much explained how and what to chevk and do.Come to find out the manual is missing pages.7,8and. 9.This explained how to set the differential and tje timing tabs that contact the 4 positioned micro switches.I havent a clue on this part and how its set up.Now the spindle has a 31/2 inch hole.Its new.The ho is used and is set to cut 9 splines.The spindle is correct as it turns one revolution and hobb 9 turns.The witness marks are exact on the shaft on one end.Then jog toward spindle side and touch hob and its exactly parallel with tje first touch.Now I backed the hobb backward to the start and reblue and touch.Perfevt.Its when I press feed and it starts feeding it curves to the left 1/4 inch on all splines.The index called for on the cover 80 driven and 34 driver i think.I put what the chart said on cover for a 9 tooth.The index is correct.The feed was 0.150 and on the differential gear side I put 72 driven and 34 driver just for test.I have changed the gears on the feed at least 20 times differt ratiod.and the differential 10 times.The surface speed gears are not spur and they are helical.I never changed them.Something like. a 21 on bottom and 72 on top.We have put a dial guage on the spindle and its within .005.All the way around.The shaft is good to.This machince is really nice.It has a single lead screw and now a new coolant pump and is wired 480volt three phase.It has about 20 gears from 27 tooth to 99 tooth all spur and new.The hob is for cutting 9 splines at 2 degrees 47 minutes.30 degree PA.The it say Something on side like 30/60 DNP.I get the specific on that at work this morning wjen I try what you mentioned.My boss has been in business 40 years and never seen this problem before without fixing it.Everyone at work is clueless.I called adamsmachine and talked to one guy.He didnt even know or wanted to guess.I love this machine.Its an automatic.I am looking to find how to set it up as well.Its has a new oiler on the front and electricail with a timer.i will get more pictures.Thank you so very much for your help.
Most Barber-Colmans do not have a differential. Let me try to explain ...
Basic gearing lesson for mechanical hobbers :
Speed gears - they set the speed that the hob rotates at. This determines your cutting speed. Since the work is geared to the hob, it also determines the speed of the work but that doesn't matter. It's the speed at the cutter that counts. You choose these according to the material and the diameter of the hob, just like for milling cutters.
Index gears - these determine how many teeth you get in the part. For example, if you want ten teeth, the index gears make the hob rotate ten times for each rotation of the work. One time for each tooth.
Then the feed gears - those determine how fast the hob feeds along the axis of the part. With spur gears you can use anything you want and the index will stay fine. It is separate. A good number for starting out is about .030 - .045" on an average type gear. Less for small teeth, more for big ones. There's a chart for choosing them.
That's all for spur gears. IF you have a differential, then THAT makes the helical angle of the teeth. You have to calculate which gear ratio will give you what helix angle.
If you are cutting spur gears, the diff should be LOCKED OUT. Otherwise it will cut a helix, which you don't want on a spur gear. There will be a lever or a knob somewhere.
Without photos it's hard to tell because a beginner's descriptions are not always exact but this sounds like your problem.
It is also possible to cut helicals on a machine without a diff by coordinating the index and feed gears, but that's a second semester lesson.
Round yourself up a manual that is not missing several pages, that'll be a big help
Good luck and report back, please.
Mr Goldstein,
I havent been back to the shop today,but you just found my problem.I know for a fact its the differential because it is kicked in and has been.Im calling my boss now and having someone kick them out.(the diff).thank you so much.Iwill keep you posted.Ill be there tomorrow to see it.Thank you again.
Bc 1636
Good Morning Mr. Goldstein,
I went to work yesterday morning and went to look at the BC 1636 we had talked about.Last week One of the guys I work with got my message about the differential gears and took them all off.On the diff.side there were 3 gears a driver,driven and idler.They took them completely off so they would not be kicked in when they started the spline.aThis time this is what happenened.It didnt move and chew end.Did They diengage wrong?or pull off to many gears on the diff.side.???
BC 1636 cutting splines curved on shsft.continued.
PS.I told the hands to pull off all 3 gears on diff side.I think somehow,we was to disengage the differential or was it supposed to be a certain ratio and then disengage a certain way?Basically the pulled off all 3 gears off machine and on the first picture it looks like it machined only the end completely .They put gears back on and it made the 9 splines etches like supposed to.Sorry for the type errors and stuff.Im new to the site and new to some machines.Thank you for all support.
hi Ralph,
The problem is, they are all different. Normally there is a lever or a shaft that you pull in or out to engage and disengage the diff. But I've never had a 16-36, just a 14-15 and a 6 series and it's been a while. You really need to find it in the manual. I'll send you a pm with some suggestions for shops to ask. Maybe Dan from Oakland who posts here has a manual for the 16-36, he has an A type and they are very similar.
btw, that differential is really desirable, it makes your hobber worth a lot more. It's a pain in the rear to cut helicals without it. Most Barber-Colmans do not have a diff.
1636 hobbing
Dear Mr Goldstein,
Thank you so much for your input.I will find a manual with the pages im missing.This is the nicest machine I ve ever seen.Ot runs so quiet and smooth.I have got some extra pictures I took during my prcess to get it running.Now I definitly know what area.I will keep in touch and updated.
Hello Ralph52
On the Barber-Colman 16-16 machine that I used to run there was a small link that was used to lock out the differential. It had a hole in each end of it, one end fit over one of the intermediate studs and the other end went on the splined end of the differential shaft and kept it from rotating, effectively locking out the differential. There was no lever or any other means of locking out the differential on our machine. This was a somewhat newer model than yours, but yours may have used the same approach. On the two Barber-Colman machines that I have run, the other being a 14-15 Type D machine, I believe both had the same type of differential lockout. I am a little vague on the 14-15 machine because it has been ten years since I have ran it. I hope this helps and good luck in your gear cutting adventures.


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6) Relapsing After Treatment Research shows, alcoholics/addicts who are in for 90 days enjoy 78% long-term sobriety outcomes.
This is because addiction is a chronic illness. Its symptoms don't just go away in a whirl of short-term treatment. Like diabetes and cancer, it is in need of proper treatment so that it doesn't end up in remission; in the case of addiction, would be relapsing after treatment. Giving up control in treatment. Usually the need to refuse extension in treatment and leave against clinical approval is due to a lack of surrender and the need to control personal outcomes. However, if one were to look at addiction, giving up control is necessary for wholesome recovery. Hence, there is no choice at the end of the day: do people want to recover or relapse? Relapses await personal and wilful decisions, while entrusting one's care to a professional for as little as 3 months for a lifetime of hell, is a small price to pay for recovery.

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International football needs educating on gender equality, Chaplain for Sport suggests
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"Equality is a part of Christ's Good News," he told The Catholic Universe.
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"Men refereeing women and women refereeing men would add to the mix. However, alas, as with racism, international games may need more time and education before gender equality becomes the acceptable norm," he added.
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She was part of an all-female officiating team with assistants Manuela Nicolosi from Italy and Ireland's Michelle O'Neill for the all-English Super Cup clash between Liverpool and Chelsea on Wednesday 14th August.
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Tadashi Yanai is the chairman, president and chief executive officer of Fast Retailing, Uniqlo's parent company. What was once a single men's tailoring shop, originally his father's, is now a worldwide casual-wear giant worth an estimated $30.4 billion USD, thanks to what Yanai credits to 23 management principles that he claims are the soul of the company.
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It feels like it has been a long time since I have last blogged! I'm in my current "blog" mood :) Pajamas. In the boyfriends bed. Nice and relaxed. I wanted to share with you ladies some past week & weekend looks and makeup! Every day is obviously a different look. Whether it's the simple school look, going out look, smokey look, simple eyes but bright red lips look; I change my looks every single day. It's fun. It's dress up time every day. The perks of being a girl.
The above photo was a fun look to do - it was for St. Patrick's Day! I went for a dramatic green and little smokey on the outer part of my lid & just blended it all out so it came out as a faded light to dark look (which is my favorite to do) As you can see in the photo above I used 3 different shades of green to play around and get this look! A quad from Dior, MAC, and Lancome. For my highlight I used "Virgin" from the NAKED palette & added a little MAC glitter to the highlight as well as a little under my eyes. Highlight is important to give you eyes that little spark & helps tone down a dark look as well. I used a new nail polish that day as well (above photo) Sally Hansen & a Sinful glitter top coat. I decided to might as well go ALL OUT and go ALL in green. Since I had dramatic eyes I went for low key on the lips; I a very simple shimmer. A revlon lipgloss I picked up at Target a while back ago that I really love but can't remember the name of it (ahhh) I love love love going all out for fun occasions! I don't think I will ever get bored of that. On to the next look...
This entire look came from my lovely NAKED palette. Speaking of the NAKED palette I have still yet to purchase the NAKED2 palette but have been thinking I should just get in my car and drive to Sephora and pick it up. I haven't heard any bad reviews on it at all, however, I do keep hearing it's very similar to the original palette but that this palette has more of a purple undertone. I'm sure I'll be picking up sooner or later but until then I am loving my original palette! This was a night out look. I paired this see through long sleeve (with a black tank top underneath, duhhh) and a black and white striped skirt. The top was adorable and I wish I would have taken more photos! In the front of this long sleeve blouse you were able to tie a little bow tie in front of the collar - very Kourtney Kardashian style. You were either able to let the two fabrics hang (which looked extremely awkward if you had left it like that) OR tie it in a cute little bow tie; of course I chose the bow tie! It was adorable! I went out with my hair down but ended up putting it in a high bun. Make-up was pretty simple; black smokey & highlight. Lips: Niki Minaj Satin :) Love that color! My nails were such a statement; bright mint. My favorite! & the accessories were fun to play around with as well. All jewelry was from Forever21, (:
Ah, yes, the little brother's 10th birthday.
My love. My life. My little man.
Of course I went a little dressed up for my little man! Now the Spring is here; playing with colors is so much fun. I wore a very high bun; I was actually sporting the "SOCK BUN" which works great with my hair since my hair is pretty thick and wavy. It's amazing the way the sock gives you so much "volume" on your bun! Bright pink lipstick..none other than the lovely MAC; I am pretty sure this lipstick was called "GIRL ABOUT TOWN!" Eyes were very simple since I knew I was going to be wearing bright lipstick. All my eyes consisted of were black eyeliner, mascara, and a highlight under my brow which was the incredible Anastasia hightlighter (amazing!)
I wore this huge statement necklace that I adore! Simple black tank top underneath and a fun bright yellow flowy top.
the little brother had the time of his life :)
This day I was headed to a BBQ with the boyfriend so I decided to go with a nice and simple look. Nude lips, black eyeliner, and highlighter - that was the look for the night. I used a Revlon nude lipstick. I've really been loving Revlon products they have always been a top favorite for drug store products. I have two nude lipsticks from MAC and for some reason I love my Revlon one way more (oops!) I wore a purple tank top with details at the bottom and a black blazer. I felt like I was a little girl in a candy store when I finally found the perfect blazer. To be completely blunt - I have a large chest, yes boobs. Don't get me wrong, I love my girls. BUT when finding the perfect blazer that lets my girls breathe and feel comfortable was hard to find! But I finally found it (jumps for joy) it's such a fun and classy blazer. Heaven.
Until next time,
Stay beautiful my lovely readers.
Natasha Marie
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Automatic adjustment device enables automatic measurement and adjusting of relays. Therefore a quality of product is improved, workers burdening is reduced and final control speed is increased.
The device has been developed and produced for the manufacturers of bowden pulls and their purposes.
In em.tronic we developed a measuring device for the company IREL Iskra - releji that is a producer of miniature relays. Measuring device is used for testing electrical and mechanical characteristics of monostable and bistable relays.
We have made a model of the industrial process for high technical schools within the Phare programme. This model is suitable for technical school subjects as controlling, adjusting and measuring on real models.
As Slovenian agriculture associate into European association, are demands from winegrowers for rational production according to reduction of prices and increase quality final products. That's preliminary condition for competitive appearance on EU markets. Production costs need to be reduced by optimal function, with controlled adding protecting enologyc substances and regular dunging vine.
Programme for processing chemical data CHEMNET is written in LabView with a help of some additional libraries. The programme run in operating system Windows NT on more PC integrated in local network.


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18 wheeler catches on fire in Morgan County on Saturday night.
UNION GROVE, Ala. (WHNT) – Alabama State Troopers and the Brindlee Mountain Fire Department responded to a semi truck fire in the 3000 Block of Union Hill Road around 9:40 p.m. on Saturday. They said the 18 wheeler pulled off the side of the Morgan County road.
Troopers said no one was injured and the cause of the fire is unknown. A viewer said Union Hill Road was blocked for around two hours.


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Immigration activists: ICE action is damaging the suburbs
Fourteen immigrants and immigration rights advocates gathered Thursday afternoon in downtown Aurora to protest what they called unwelcome action by Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers in recent days in the suburbs.
The group, representing Indivisible Aurora, Immigrant Solidarity DuPage and the Immigrant Liberation Alliance, gathered just outside the Paramount Theatre from 3 to 3:30 p.m. holding signs and praying.
ICE spokeswoman Nicole Alberico did not respond to calls and emails Thursday, but agents were believed to have raided a St. Charles restaurant on Tuesday. There also have been unverified reports of ICE taking action in Wheaton, Bolingbrook and Aurora.
Juan Garcia, of the Immigrant Liberation Alliance in Aurora, said ICE agents are not welcome here.
"We denounce and we condemn the ICE presence in and around Aurora because we've heard they were present here Wednesday," Garcia said. "We take no issue with the targeting of people with warrants and criminal convictions. But we strongly oppose when these agents begin questioning otherwise innocent people while on their way to finding the ones their looking for."
Cristobal Cavazos, of Immigrant Solidarity DuPage, said he visited local establishments federal agents were believed to have visited in recent days.
Cavazos said he spoke to restaurant managers who were tipped off and warned their employees to stay home.
"It's hurting many businesses," he said. "Not only are the employees afraid to come to work, but in many cases, the patrons are afraid to visit, too. It's not good."
Nadia Kanhai, of Justice for Our Neighbors, shared some legal advice for anyone approached by an agent.
"The most important thing you must request is a hearing before a judge which will allow them to mount a defense," she said. "And do not sign any departure order."
A "Know Your Rights" seminar is being sponsored by the Aurora Chapter of the Labor Council for Latin American Advancement from 9:30 to 11 a.m. Saturday at Aurora's Santori Public Library.


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Dutch engineer Vincent Tabak pleaded guilty to manslaughter during a brief hearing at the Old Bailey in London.
But the 33-year-old, who lived in the adjacent flat to Miss Yeates in the Clifton area of Bristol, has denied her murder and is due to stand trial in October.
Miss Yeates's parents, David and Teresa, were in Court 2 of the Old Bailey to witness Tabak – who was appearing by videolink from Long Lartin prison where he is on remand – admit to killing their 25-year-old daughter.
During the 30 minute hearing Tabak, who was wearing a shirt and tie, dark suit and glasses, spoke in a clear voice to confirm his name and say he was happy for the proceedings to go ahead without a translator.
He then pleaded not guilty to the first count of murder, but guilty to a second count of manslaughter.
Prosecuting counsel, Nick Lickley, QC, told the court that the Crown was not willing to accept the plea and a trial date of October 4 was set by the judge, Mr Justice Field.
Miss Yeates disappeared on the evening of December 17 after going for Christmas drinks with colleagues at a pub in Bristol City Centre.
Her frozen body was found dumped on a verge in a lane in Failand, north Somerset, on Christmas Day. She had been strangled.
A massive manhunt was launched with Avon and Somerset appealing for help to find her killer.
Tabak, who lived with his American girlfriend Tanja Morson, 34, in the same building as Miss Yeates in Canynge Road, Bristol, was arrested on January 20 and charged with her murder two days later.
Born in the small town of Veghel in the Netherlands, the youngest of five children, Tabak grew up in nearby Uden where he was a popular and bright student at the local Roman Catholic High School.
He won a place at Eindhoven university to study architecture in 2003 but stayed on for another five years to complete a doctorate in design.
He moved to Britain in 2008 after landing a job as a design analyst with the bath based firm Buro Happold.
It was there he met his girlfriend, Miss Morson, moving in with her last year.
Miss Morson, who now works as a treasury analyst for Dyson, has so far stood by him even visiting him in Long Lartin jail on the day of Miss Yeates's funeral in February.
His family have also offered him their support and even organised a fighting fund back in Holland to pay for any legal fees or travel costs in order to visit him.
Just before Christmas, Tabak and Miss Morson flew to Holland to spend the festive season with his large and close-knit family, renting out chalets on a Dutch holiday camp.
His sister, Dr Cora Tabak, said he spoke to them openly about his flat was at the centre of a major news story after the disappearance of one of his neighbours, but appeared his happy, normal self.
Detective Chief Inspector Phillip Jones, who led the investigation into Miss Yeates's murder said yesterday: "The not guilty plea to Joanna Yeates murder entered by Vincent Tabak today at the Old Bailey means that there will be a full trial in due course.
"Tabak has entered a plea to manslaughter however this has not been accepted by the Crown.
"Until this trial takes place it would be inappropriate and potentially prejudicial for us to comment further."
The trial is expected to last four weeks.


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Billionaire industrialist David Koch, one of the world's richest people and a staunch supporter of conservative causes, has died aged 79.
He had fought a long battle with prostate cancer and "will be greatly missed, but never forgotten," his elder brother Charles said.
"Anyone who worked with David surely experienced his giant personality and passion for life," he added.
"27 years ago, David was diagnosed with advanced prostate cancer and given a grim prognosis of a few years to live.
"David liked to say that a combination of brilliant doctors, state-of-the-art medications and his own stubbornness kept the cancer at bay.
"We can all be grateful that it did, because he was able to touch so many more lives as a result".
The siblings were worth $58.7 billion (£48bn) each, according to the Bloomberg Billionaires Index, putting them 7th and 8th on the list of the world's richest people.
Their vast wealth came from their joint running of Koch Industries, the oil refining business their father started and which they expanded into chemicals, biofuels, pipelines, commodities trading, ranching, fertilizer and paper.
Mr Koch, a former college basketball star, donated more than $1bn (£820m) in his lifetime.
Among the recipients of his generosity were medical facilities, art and natural history museums and the New York City Ballet.
The brothers also spent hundreds of millions of dollars on supporting conservative causes and Republican political candidates.
Fierce critics of Democratic president Barack Obama, they helped finance the Tea Party movement, set up following his 2008 election win.
But they were no fans of Donald Trump and his protectionist trade policies either, backing his rivals for the 2016 Republican presidential nomination and failing to donate to his ultimately successful campaign.
In 1980, Mr Koch tried and failed to become vice president, promising to abolish income taxes, minimum wage laws, government regulatory agencies, the Social Security retirement program, the FBI and the CIA.
Diagnosed with prostate cancer in 1992, Mr Koch had radiation treatment, surgery and hormone therapy, afterwards donating hundreds of millions of dollars to medical institutions, including Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), where both he and Charles studied engineering.
The pair spent two decades fighting court battles after David's twin Bill and another brother, Frederick, accused David and Charles of cheating them out of hundreds of millions of dollars.
The dispute was eventually settled in 2001.
Mr Koch's wife Julia, whom he married in 1996, described him as a father whose "sensitive heart had him shed a tear at the beauty of his daughter's ballet, and beam with pride when his son beat him at chess"
She added: "We will miss the fifth link in our family."
In addition to his wife, he is survived by three children.


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Product: Book - Hardcover
Title: MCSA/MCSE Self-Paced Training Kit (Exam 70-290): Managing and Maintaining a Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Environment
Publisher: Microsoft Press
Authors: Dan Holme, Orin Thomas
Rating: 4/5
If you have no experience with Windows 2000 or 2003 you will not pass the exam regardless of which text you buy. I am studying for the MSCE in Windows Server 2003. This text covers all of the objectives for the 70-290 exam. This book also includes a Prometric exam discount voucher and a set of practice questions on the CD in addition to those in the text.
The exam objectives listed on Microsoft's site are covered by this text. The coverage is not deep, but is adequate for those that are attempting the exam who have experience with the operating system. Unexperienced candidates are wasting their time on the new MS certifications and should get some hands on before heading off to the testing center.
The questions in the second part of the book appear well written. They mirror some of the lengthy questions on the actual exam and this aspect of the text was refreshing. Most certification textbooks skimp on the practice questions adding them as an afterthought rather than a feature. To many books ask questions like "what does DNS stand for" and "where would you use DHCP". The first time I tried many of them I got them wrong. When I was getting them right I tried the exam and passed. Until the Transcenders are released, finding good questions will be difficult. Resources like this text are quite valuable.
Product: Book - Paperback
Title: Windows Forms Programming in C#
Publisher: Addison-Wesley Professional
Authors: Chris Sells
Rating: 2/5
This book covers a lot of topics from how to create a rectangle to custom controls to XML and resources. I primarily bought this book to understand how to manipulate windows user interface on the control level. Unfortunately book doesn't provide enough information about exposed methods of controls and doesn't tell you how to override their behavior. The examples given in the book are very short and do not allow you to see the full workings of the class or method being described.
This book has a lot of 5 star reviews. This was the reason why I bought it, so may be there is something there for you, but I'm talking it back to amazon and hope to get something better for my purpose.
Product: Book - Paperback
Title: MySQL (3rd Edition) (Developer's Library)
Publisher: Sams
Authors: Paul DuBois
Rating: 5/5
Paul DuBois does an excellent job of providing a thorough introduction to MySQL. This is one of two technical books that I have been truly satisfied with, the other being Friedl's _Mastering Regular Expressions_. If you have a limited budget (or limited time to read) and are using MySQL in web development, buy this book.
I was somewhat hesitant to purchase a text on MySQL. Having seven years experience using databases for GIS analysis, I thought that I had a good fundamental understanding of database design. Reading the first section of _MySQL_ made me realise how much I had been missing. The text is liberally interspersed with examples of SQL that were very valuble in pointing out language concepts that I had missed. However, the thing that I found the most appealing about this book was the author's writing style. DuBois balances the extremely technical subject matter with a commentary that makes you want to keep reading. This is something that is sorely missing in most technical writing; I felt like I was reading a good novel.
The features that I found to be most useful in this text were the sections on query optimisation and complex joins. As someone with little formal education in database design, I had always been a little afraid of these concepts. DuBois has helped me conquor my fear and raise these considerations to the forefront of my consciousness when building new applications. I also use the extensive references included in the book as part of my day-to-day work. They are well organised, well written, and are easily accessed by way of a comprehensive index.
I have to admit that I have not read the middle third of the book. To most this would seem a waste, but I have no interest in system administration, and already have a good grasp of how to interface programs with databases. If I ever have time to come back and read the other sections I will. Until then I will rest easy in the assurance that the knowledge I have gained from this book already is worth far more than the price I paid for it.
Product: Book - Paperback
Title: Visual Studio Hacks
Publisher: O'Reilly & Associates
Authors: James Avery
Rating: 5/5
This is a great resource for making the Visual Studio IDE even better than it already is. Highly recommended.


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My paintings are usually concerned with ideas arising from the changes and adaptations that time imposes on all matter. Patterns, marks and shapes of the past, continually re-formed by man and nature, take on new meanings.
Whether the starting point comes from natural objects or phenomena, landscape or man-made structures, the development into the final abstract image Is reached by the constant reworking of colour, shapes, texture and surface. As I never start a painting with a pre-conceived image, this process controls the stages and changes of development.
Recently, I have been combining several paintings as background and collage to form a new image, which, conceptually and practically, is a response to my ideas on mutation and transition.
I use acrylic paint on heavy, medium-sized watercolour paper, in either square or rectangular format, for both paintings and collages.
I show my work regularly in a variety of group exhibitions and events.


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The National Biodiversity and Business Network (NBBN), an initiative of the Endangered Wildlife Trust (EWT), has released a report entitled Invitation to Join the Biodiversity Disclosure Project – A Study of the Biodiversity Performance of South African Companies. The report highlights the low biodiversity performance by South African companies and presents an opportunity … [Read more...]
Health club chain tackles climate change
Virgin Active South Africa has partnered with the Green Building Council South Africa (GBCSA) to sponsor a Net Zero Rating Tool. Committed to ZERO environmental impact by 2030 across its 143 clubs in Southern Africa, the health club group is already making operational changes to reduce water consumption and waste; switching to renewable energy to drive down carbon emissions; … [Read more...]
Popular food store trials recycling vending machine
Imagine an intelligent reverse vending machine for depositing your waste, which identifies it for you as recyclable or not. This is now a reality. In line with its recent announcement to achieve zero packaging waste to landfill by 2022, Woolworths has now launched a customer trial of an integrated reverse vending machine in its flagship green store in Claremont. "It might … [Read more...]
Are South Africa's shopping bags really being recycled?
Despite many claims to the contrary, the shopping bags of most SA retailers are not actually being recycled because of one additive. In spite of wording on their plastic shopping bags such as "Recycle me - set a trend" (Woolworths), "Reduce, reuse, recycle" (Pick 'n Pay & Shoprite) and "We love our country, please recycle" (Spar), these bags are not being recycled … [Read more...]
Become a Conservation Champion
The WWF brought together stakeholders from the wine industry and conservation to create the Biodiversity and Wine Initiative (BWI) in 2005. Over the next decade, the initiative fostered greater awareness of the Cape's unique natural heritage and encouraged many farms to implement biodiversity-friendly farming. The partnership also saw South Africa's voluntary sustainable … [Read more...]
HSBC: what they've said about funding deforestation, and why it's wrong
Over three weeks ago, we exposed how HSBC is funding palm oil companies that are tearing up Indonesia's forests. Since then, thousands of emails have been sent to the CEO. Now HSBC is responding to those emails, but what it's saying is at times misguided, and other times just plain wrong. More than 200,000 people across the world - including many HSBC customers - have … [Read more...]
76 Samsung workers dead after chemical exposure
Samsung deliberately kept secret the harmful chemicals its South Korean workers were exposed to, fearing its competitors would learn trade secrets. 76 workers are now dead. Most of the dead were in their 20s or 30s. One former worker—a breast cancer survivor—reported that Samsung brought in "uninformed kids" and treated them like they were "disposable cups." Samsung … [Read more...]
Apple commits to zero environmental waste in China
Apple announced on Wednesday that all 14 of its final assembly sites in China are now compliant with UL (Underwriters Laboratories) zero waste standards. "It means that all the manufacturing waste from the 14 facilities is either reused, recycled, or composted," said Lisa Jackson, vice president of environment, policy and social initiatives at Apple. The tech giant now … [Read more...]
The future belongs to sustainable brands
The need for innovation in the responsible design of plastic packaging and the essential focus on the post-consumer life of this material was discussed during a workshop at the Sustainable Brands HOW NOW conference in Cape Town. The conference created an opportunity for professionals from various industries to network and learn from their peers and a collection of thought … [Read more...]
Investor interest in sustainability performance on the rise
Long relegated as a fringe issue on the corporate agenda, sustainability is fast becoming a rising concern among investors and shareholders, said business heads from leading Singapore companies on Wednesday. Speaking at a panel discussion on sustainability and climate change hosted by the Singapore Exchange, representatives from Singapore-listed companies DBS Bank, City … [Read more...]
Concerns abound over amended Fuleni coal mine application
Is it a good idea to develop an anthracite coal mine right on the boundary of the world-renowned Hluhluwe-iMfolozi Park? WESSA is deeply concerned about the renewed attempt by Ibutho Coal to do so. The proposed Fuleni mine has the potential to severely and irreversibly impact this flagship nature reserve as well as the communities of the Fuleni-Umhlana area. WESSA … [Read more...]
Achieving practical sustainable goals for South Africa
We have constantly been made aware of the dangers of climate change in recent years, as global temperatures continue to rise and natural disasters affect human settlement more frequently. The dialogue of world leaders repeatedly emphasises the need to focus on the development of a green economy to ensure the wellbeing of our planet. In working towards achieving the county's … [Read more...]
Campaign demands banks stop financing fossil fuel projects
Climate change movement 350Afrca.org recently launched its Fossil Free Africa campaign, with a call on 'dirty banks' to fully disclose their fossil fuel investments and commit to stop financing future mining, refinery and power station projects in South Africa and across Africa. Activists protested outside the headquarters of Nedbank in Sandton, Johannesburg citing the … [Read more...]


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Odisha Sun Times Bureau
Bhubaneswar, Aug 15:
Queering pitch for the man she had described as her 'god' only days ago, the woman who had accompanied self-styled god man Srimad Sarathi Baba alias Santosh Raula to Hyderabad today filed an FIR with the Odisha Crime Branch police claiming she was forced by him through two of his women associates to file the FIR at Mangalabag police station accusing four persons of blackmailing her.
In her FIR lodged with the Crime Branch police today, the girl claimed the Baba, through his women associates, had threatened her with life. He had made an offer of Rs 10 lakh to her to keep her mouth shut and threatened to kill her if she didn't keep mum and opened her mouth against him.
She had named four persons – Kailash, Kishor, Nandi and Khaga – in her earlier FIR as the ones she faced the threat from and sought police protection. But with her FIR lodged with the Crime Branch police today, she has sealed the fate of the Baba.
Notably, two women with their faces covered, one identifying herself as Santilata Das and claiming to be the aunt of the medico, went to the Managalabag police station on August 7 evening to lodge an FIR on behalf the complainant in which she had claimed that her life was under threat and she needed police protection.
Following this, DCP Cuttack Sanjiv Aurora sent IIC Mahila police station Cuttack and IIC Mangalabag to the medico's hostel to verify the authenticity of the FIR filed by the woman on her behalf. On being confirmed that it was her FIR, the police registered a case under sections 506 and 34 of IPC and 67( A) of the IT Act.
In view of the security threat, she was taken from her hostel room in SCB Medical College to her home in Paradip with full police protection. Policemen were posted at her Paradip home too.
Yesterday, she was brought to Cuttack from her Paradip home by the police to record her statement before magistrate Mamata Mohanty under section 164 of the CrPC.


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The Weekly USA Oil & Gas Update: 8th September 2015
The Oil & Gas Weekly is compiled by Todd Erickson. Todd is a veteran executive manager in the North American E&P market.
He has management experience in high-growth oil & gas service organizations performing a leadership role in operations, strategy, and corporate development with a track record of identifying opportunities and best-practices, creating execution plans, then developing effective teams and leaders to execute them.
Learn more about Todd here
Rig Counts - select states with key plays
Oil & Gas Prices - Bloomberg/EIA
General News
Drilling rig efficiency dramatically improving, lowering costs
Walking rigs, along with other technological improvements, have lowered drilling costs by a third for some producers over the last year. As a result, crude oil production has only fallen 3.3% over the last year as operators employ these efficiencies and focus on the most productive acreage they hold, despite a halving of the rig count from a year ago. As an example, Anadarko plans to increase its number of wells drilled in Colorado's Wattenberg field, from 360 last year up to 380 this year, employing a little more than half the number of rigs it used in 2014. As a result of these new efficiencies, fewer rigs are needed, and in response to this reality, drilling companies have been forced to cut day rates by a third. Article here
Unconventional Oil & Gas News
Dickinson, ND hotels down to 50% capacity from oilfield slowdown
A couple years ago, it was difficult to find any room for a night in Dickinson, located just south of the heart of the Bakken. Now, occupancy rates are sitting around 50% as the number of workers in the oil field decline and more workers move to permanent housing. New rooms keep coming on line in the region as well, as projects started when demand was high are just now being completed. As a result, room prices are falling. "Everyone has adjusted rates in accordance to what's happening in our community," said Comfort Inn General Manager Bonnie Goldsberry. Article here
Environment and Safety News
Blowout in Bakken will releases 550 barrels of crude
The blowout occurred about 10:30 am Saturday in an XTO well 18 miles southeast of Watford City, North Dakota. An estimated 110 barrels of brine water were released, along with the 550 barrels of crude oil. "it didn't spread too far," said Bill Suess, spill investigations program manager for XTO. "Most of fit went straight up in the air and landed right back down on the well pad." No surface water was affected by the spill and clean up continues at the site. Article here
Mergers and Acquisitions News
Enterprise Products sells offshore assets to Genesis for $1.5 billion


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While working on a joint project, it is important from the very beginning to develop a convenient communication system that would allow all participants to be aware of what is happening - to track the execution of tasks and quickly resolve emerging issues. Based on the features of the client and his personal experience, our project manager chose the most optimal communication tools: Skype for discussions and conferences and Email to solve business issues of average urgency, reports and agreeing on further actions.
The client independently developed Business Process Mapping to fit his needs, strictly stipulating specific details of the project that are important for achieving the main goal.
After studying the offered by the client Business Process Mapping we also made our offer to strengthen the team with one more developer, which would speed up the process and complete all tasks on time.
The Computools Project Manager has distributed tasks among developers, especially drawing attention to the key tasks for this project and we started to work.
To build a state-of-the-art platform, we have carefully chosen a set of technologies with exceptional performance and security characteristics. Our chosen technologies were also highly efficient in terms of total cost of ownership and support.
Java was designed to be easy to use and is therefore easy to write, compile, debug, and learn than other programming languages. This allows to create modular programs and reusable code. One of the most significant advantages of Java is its ability to move easily from one computer system to another.
ReactJS is a JavaScript library that combines the speed of JavaScript and uses a new way of rendering web pages, making them highly dynamic and responsive to user input. The main benefit of the ReactJS for this project is the ability to reuse code components of a different level anytime, meaningful time-saving effect.
Spring Framework is a powerful lightweight application development framework used for Enterprise Java (JEE). It can be described as a complete and modular framework. The Spring Framework can be used for all layer implementations of a real-time application. It can also be used for the development of a particular layer of a real-time application.
Spring Security is a powerful and highly customizable authentication and access-control framework. It is the de-facto standard for securing Spring-based applications. Spring Security is a framework that focuses on providing both authentication and authorization to Java applications. The real power of Spring Security is found in how easily it can be extended to meet custom requirements.
Hibernate is an Object-Relational Mapping (ORM) solution for JAVA. It is an open source persistent framework. It is a powerful, high-performance Object-Relational Persistence and Query service for any Java Application. Hibernate maps Java classes to database tables and from Java data types to SQL data types and relieves the developer from 95% of common data persistence related programming tasks.
The Java Persistence API (JPA) is a standard API for accessing databases from within Java applications. JPA is designed to operate both inside and outside of a Java Enterprise Edition (Java EE) container. JPA represents a simplification of the persistence programming model. The JPA specification explicitly defines the object-relational mapping, rather than relying on vendor-specific mapping implementations. JPA standardizes the important task of object-relational mapping by using annotations or XML to map objects into one or more tables of a database.
Elasticsearch is a database that stores, retrieves, and manages document-oriented and semi-structured data. Elasticsearch has its own query domain-specific language in which you specify the query in JSON format. It allows to nest other queries based on the client's needs. Real-world projects require search on different fields by applying some conditions, different weights, recent documents, values of some predefined fields, and so on. All such complexity can be expressed through a single query.
PostgreSQL is an enterprise-class open source database management system. It supports both SQL for relational and JSON for non-relational queries. It can run dynamic websites and web apps as a LAMP stack option, write-ahead logging makes it a highly fault-tolerant database, supports geographic objects so it can be used for location-based services and geographic information systems.
The specification developed by our engineers allows us to speed up the application development process, accurately track the steps and make edits to any of them. Main goal: development of medical equipment tracking application using RFID tags.
The main task of the company is to complete the tasks set by the client on time. For this purpose, we carefully assemble a team based on the needs of the client and the skills of our employees. High professionalism and experience of our developers allow choosing the most appropriate employees for the project.
High importance during work on the project is given to the joint solution of problems and the search for the best way. For this purpose, we arrange a variety of types of meetings and discussions, in the process of which the best solution is chosen.
Properly organized internal communication greatly simplifies the process of managing the project, allows to track the execution of tasks and identify delays and problems. For this project, Jira was chosen as the most optimal tracker. The client was provided with reports on the work done. For internal communication in the team, Skype was used, which allows to quickly solve a problem in a correspondence or conference mode or ask an urgent question.
The right choice of project methodology is a prerequisite for quick execution of tasks, easier management and the earliest achievement of goals. For this project the Scrum was chosen. Scrum originally was formalized for software development projects, but works well for any complex, innovative or new product development scope of work.The Scrum framework is deceptively simple. During sprint planning, the team pulls a small chunk from the top of list with tasks, a sprint backlog, and decides how to implement those pieces. The team has a certain amount of time, a sprint, to complete its work – usually two to four weeks – but meets each day to assess its progress (daily scrum). At the end of the sprint, the work should be potentially shippable, as in ready to hand to a customer, put on a store shelf, or show to a stakeholder. The sprint ends with a sprint review and retrospective.
Development of the code for the project took place in a short time, so we choose technologies and platforms, which significantly simplifies the work and saves time. Since Scrum was chosen as the main methodology, the team performed tasks divided into sprints and shared the results daily. In some cases, it was necessary to further coordinate the chosen solution for the problem with the client. It did not take much time, so all the work was done right on time.
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Research carried out in advance and identified the needs of clients potential customers. This allowed us to create a unique application with the necessary functionality.
Transfer to the main client servers was carried out gradually. Thanks to the technologies chosen for this project and skills of our specialists, everything went quickly and without errors.
The client did not request additional training documentation or instructions from us for his staff or potential customers. However, we are always ready to provide everything needed to demonstrate the basic functions of the developed application and the features of interaction with it.
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With more and more aging adults living beyond the lives of their loved ones, the question that has emerged is who will be there to make their end-of-life decisions when they are unable to do so.
This is a daunting decision, one not to be taken lightly. However, the repercussions are so potentially strong that many do not feel comfortable taking on such a responsibility. With people living longer and families having fewer children, this is an issue that is growing.
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This isn't the first time we've written about living mummies.
The rumours as you can imagine, with the wonderful invention of the internet, went wild. One of the theories was that the corpses are reanimated by black magic, helping walk to their final resting place – high in limestone caves. Believed if someone points at the corpse it will fall to the ground unable to finish the journey.
A tiny insight into some of the customs of Toraja, Indonesia
It's a partial truth. The truth is a lot of the Torajan deceased are buried in caves, high in the mountains, and the photo and video aren't fakes, but they're also not of reanimated corpses. The dead embalmed in their home, remain until the funeral season, the dry season, which is July to September. In life, the people of Toraja, a largely Christian population save and plan for their final home. Wealth is directed to creating the home they will live in the longest – the limestone cave in the mountain above their living homes.
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This was my first time ever on a zip line, and it was absolutely fantastic. I was with my aunt at the time, and I was by far the more nervous one. I waited anxiously in line behind many, many other people, as we slowly but surely each got geared up to zip line through the forest. The scenery was amazing, but still, I wondered how I'd feel. What if I hated it, and then was stuck up in the treetops?!
Of course, that's not how it went. I did my first zip line, and I was instantly hooked. Don't make me wait for everyone! I want to zip line again NOW!!
Zipping in Belize was a treat, albeit a short one. My friend Theo and I went on a combined ziplining and cave tubing adventure with MayaWalk Tours, and it was absolutely fantastic. While there weren't a ton of ziplines, there were barely any other people on our tour, making it move extremely quickly. We whisked our way from one zipline to the next, having a fantastic time before it was time for cave tubing – which was equally awesome. In fact, everything with MayaWalk Tours is pretty much amazing. I highly recommend them if you should find yourself in Belize.
TreeUmph Adventure Course – Florida
While not strictly zip lines, this place is an absolute blast. My aunt and I went to do the adventure course, which is high in the treetops, bringing together random obstacles of varying difficulties and ziplines in between. The ziplines were always a nice treat after using so much body strength on the obstacles. We were free to do it at our own pace, and didn't even need a guide for these ziplines. We were easily able to go ourselves and halt ourselves. Of course, as it was unguided, these ziplines were shorter than your actual tour length ones.
Kerfoot Canopy – Minnesota
I was invited to do a review of Kerfoot Canopy in Minnesota, and I totally messed up; I booked it for the wrong day! My friend and I turned up to find we had no reservation. Oh no, we thought. We had just driven two hours for absolutely nothing. Fortunately, they were kind enough to accommodate us, but the tour group was already way filled up. They did, however, have two spare guides on hand. That's right, my friend and I got to do this ziplining tour with no one but each other and our two guides. It went fast though there were so many ziplines at this place that it still took a while – which was fantastic! You wouldn't think Minnesota would have such fantastic scenery, but out in the middle of nowhere, soaring above the forest on a zipline? Yeah, it was pretty great.
WildPlay Nanaimo – Canada
WildPlay Nanaimo has way more to offer than just their zip lines. There's bungee jumping (my first time was here!), the primal swing which brings you out over a canyon on a giant swing, and the adventure course. This time I just did the primal swing, bungee jump, and ziplining. First up, however, was the ziplines. Now I must say, I was a bit disappointed by how few there were. It was great fun, but there just weren't enough of them! Everything else was great, though. The views were spectacular, the group was nice and small, and we had good fun. I'd already done the adventure course at WildPlay Victoria, and since it was so similar decided to skip out on that part. My favourite part of WildPlay Nanaimo, though, was definitely jumping off that bridge and bungee jumping. Sorry zipping, love you, but you just weren't the highlight of this one!
CLIMB Works – Hawaii
CLIMB Works was probably my favourite canopy tour that I've been to. It's all over a working farm, and you even got to taste some delicious fruit right from the farm along the way between ziplines. It was fantastic. There were also two ziplines next to each other at each stage instead of one, so you could race a friend! Finally, on the last two ziplines we were forced to fall backwards or go upside down. These are things you often see the guides doing, but are never allowed to do yourself. It was amazing. I definitely recommend CLIMB Works.
SlotZilla – Las Vegas
This was the most unique time I've had on a zip line. SlotZilla soars above Fremont Street in Las Vegas, giving you amazing views of downtown below. There are buskers, live music, and a swarm of people. Try people watching while in Superman position as you zipline down a busy street! Oh yeah, did i mention you're in Superman position for this one? Yeah, it's a pretty unique place to zipline.
What are you waiting for?!
Have I not convinced you to go yet?! If I haven't, well I've failed at my job. So find the nearest place to you, and get on it – you know you want to!