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For a time, I worked internationally giving governments technical advice on their budgets. Imagine: An American giving advice to other countries on how to budget. No wonder they didn't pay any attention to me.
Many poor countries face a debt limit. It is not because they have a stupid law like ours that doesn't allow them to pay for spending they have already authorized. They are limited because at some point international capital markets will refuse to lend to them at reasonable interest rates. Potential investors are not sure they will ever be repaid.
Often, countries facing such limits do not want to admit it. They prepare a budget using highly optimistic economic assumptions that imply a balanced budget. That way they can postpone the need to limit spending or raise taxes.
When the promised revenues do not appear, however, they are in big trouble.
Twenty years ago, Ukraine faced such an extreme situation that the government could only spend in a day what it took in the same day.
So every morning Ukraine's minister of finance would meet with his colleagues and decide whose bills to pay and whose not to pay.
It was not a pretty picture.
Egypt, under Hosni Mubarak, did not face quite as extreme a situation. However, the country often could not pay all its bills.
It is not that uncommon for poor countries to have unpaid bills. Then, officials are tempted to pay the bills of their political friends and forget the bills of their political enemies.
Related: 4 ways debt ceiling crisis could affect you
The United States isn't Ukraine or Egypt. But if Congress does not increase its debt limit, we will find ourselves in a fiscal mess of our own making.
To avoid a formal default, we will likely continue to pay interest on old debt. And lacking the ability to borrow more, the Treasury Department could pay bills and make other payments only when it collected sufficient revenues from taxpayers and other sources.
The House has passed a bill that would set priorities among the government's creditors, such as ensuring that Social Security recipients get paid on time.
But the Bipartisan Policy Center has cast doubt on this strategy. It believes that it would take a very long time to reprogram government computers to make payments consistent with specific priorities.
The BPC thinks it is more practical to put bills and other required payments in a queue as they become due, then pay them when the needed funds become available.
Unfortunately, payment delays would lengthen very rapidly. Hopefully the process would remain free of political favoritism and corruption.
But as the United States starts down the road toward third-world budgeting practices, who knows what will happen next?
Rudolph G. Penner is an Institute Fellow at the Urban Institute and a former director of the Congressional Budget Office.


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Staff Awards & Honors
September 2006
Jean Futrell Receives American Chemical Society Award for Mass Spectrometry
Congratulations to Jean Futrell on being selected the 2007 recipient of the American Chemical Society's Frank H. Field and Joe L. Franklin Award for Outstanding Achievement in Mass Spectrometry. The award will be presented at the 2007 American Chemical Society meeting in Chicago.
Jean was selected for his fundamental research work on the theory and practice of mass spectroscopy. His work often focuses on developing or modifying instrumentation for specialized research purposes, including high-pressure and chemical-ionization mass spectrometers. His invention of tandem mass spectrometry is deployed in nearly every commercial mass spectrometer. His research has answered many important fundamental questions about mass spectrometry, including detailed mechanisms of ionization, excitation, and dissociation of ions.
His recent work has addressed complex molecular ions, especially peptides, relevant to PNNL's proteomics program. His research is sponsored by the Chemical & Materials Sciences Division of DOE's Basic Energy Sciences program.
Based on this and other research, Jean has authored or co-authored nearly 300 refereed journal articles and invited reviews. In 2000, he received the Erwin Schrõdinger Gold Medal from the International Symposium on Atomic and Surface Physics for his research in ion-molecular reaction dynamics and mass spectrometry.
Congratulations again, Jean!


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When a Sermon Becomes a Poem
After preaching on the inestimable value of God's inspired word on August 11th, I was so moved that the desire to say it again another way kept urging me on. So I wrote this.
The Truth
A Meditation on 2 Timothy 3:14–17
Stay, Timothy. Stay in this firmament,
This world of light within the world. Relent
From wandering, from chasing mist. Remain!
Outside awaits the glistening world, insane.
Stay, Timothy. This sky, this vast terrain
Where you now stand, is not a painting, vain.
Nor is your mother fanciful. God wrought
This world. You were not fooled, but brought.
Stay, Timothy. A thousand flowers, fraught
With heaven's milk and holy fragrance ought
To make you stop, so strewn with deity
This sacred garden spreads. Eternally.
Stay, Timothy, my son, and do not be
A fool. The brightness here is how you see
Your way to heav'n. And there is shadowing
That shows in silhouette your shining King.
Stay, Timothy. Remember, everything
In this bright world is beneficial. Sing,
And feast on holy food, and taste the way
Of love. Then it will be your joy to stay.


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Smashwords Expands Distribution, by Anthony Policastro
To put everything in perspective, we're developing a process that will enable your books to receive widespread retail distribution within days or weeks of publishing on Smashwords. Some of what we're doing here has never been done before, so like I said above, please be patient as we work together to pioneer the brave new world of ebook distribution.
In addition, Barnes & Noble just ramped up its eBook efforts and currently has more than 700,000 eBook titles listed on its site and it hopes to surpass one million books within the next year. The book retailer will also be the exclusive eBook provider to Plastic Logic's upcoming eReader device - an eight and a half by eleven inch device with a touch screen and wireless capabilities for downloading content. AT&T will be the wireless carrier for the reader and this means users in Europe and parts of Asia will be able to download content. The Kindle's wireless feature works only the United States.
All of these developments could be a paradigm shift in the eBook market because Barnes and Noble is opening its arms and accepting the work posted on other commercial eBook sites. They are clearly scooping up as much market share as possible to compete against the Amazon Kindle. (See the related article below in The New York Times.) Even their pricing model is similar to Amazon's with major titles selling for $9.99 - the same price as the Kindle. Dan Brown's The Lost Symbol is featured on Barnes and Noble eBook site as a preorder for $9.99.
What's more significant is that you can download a book from Barnes and Noble and read it on your iPhone, iTouch, Blackberry or PC or Macintosh by simply downloading the B&N eReader software for the particular device. And they announced they will be adding additional devices. Kindle books cannot be read on the Blackberry or on a PC or Macintosh. This move could pull market share from the Kindle.
It will be interesting to see how the eBook market evolves in the next few months or years with these two titans battling for the same market share on an equal playing field. If Barnes and Noble keeps its pricing in line or lower than Amazon and stays a step ahead of the technology, they could be the winner.
Smashwords photo is the official logo of Smashwords.com. The photo of Plastic Logic's new eReader is from Plastic Logic's website.


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Researchers discover genes resistant to soybean pathogen
Purdue University researchers have identified two genes within the soybean genome that are highly resistant to a soilborne pathogen that causes Phytophthora root and stem rot, a disease that costs U.S. soybean growers more than $250 million annually in lost yield.
The discovery, made by a team of scientists led by Jianxin Ma and Teresa Hughes, could lead to the development of soybean cultivars better able to withstand the pathogen Phytophthora sojae. The Purdue research was published online by Theoretical and Applied Genetics and is to appear in the journal's November print edition.
Naturally occurring Phytophthora sojae resistance exists in soybean germplasm. Most previous resistant genes, however, have lost their ability to fight off the pathogen, which has developed immunity to them. Together, the two newly identified genes appear stronger than most earlier genes and could remain viable for many more years, said Ma, a soybean geneticist in Purdue's Department of Agronomy.
"These two genes demonstrate resistance to all the predominant isolates of this pathogen found in Indiana and many other isolates that are virulent to previously identified resistance genes," he said. "If these two genes are effectively used in Indiana and other Midwest soybean crops, an annual net increase in soybean production would be anticipated."
Phytophthora sojae has been a problem for Indiana soybean farmers since it was first found in the state in 1948. The pathogen thrives in wet, cool conditions and produces spores that move in water and onto soybean roots. Diseased roots form lesions that can move up the stem and kill the entire soybean plant. The pathogen also produces spores that can remain dormant in soil through the winter and become active when warm weather returns.
Even in normal crop years Phytophthora sojae is responsible for 8-15 percent crop loss nationwide.
Because the soybean plant's own genetic resistance to Phytophthora sojae has proven to be the best way to control the pathogen, the mapping of the soybean genome in recent years has improved the odds of finding other resistant genes. But the Purdue team made its discovery looking for a genetic answer to another soybean problem, said Hughes, a U.S. Department of Agriculture plant pathologist and adjunct professor in Purdue's Department of Botany and Plant Pathology.
"We were originally looking for possible resistance to Asian soybean rust," she said. "Our experimental locations had high Phytophthora pressure, and we found that these genes did very well against that disease. That was our first clue that they might have good resistance to Phytophthora sojae."
During its three years of study the Purdue researchers have developed molecular "markers" - identifying tags - that can be used to expedite the transfer of the resistant genes to soybean cultivars. That process is known as marker-assisted selection.
"There are about 46,000 predicted gene models in what we call the reference soybean genome," Ma said. "These markers allow rapid pyramiding of multiple resistant genes into a single cultivar in order to boost the effectiveness of resistance."
Although Phytophthora sojae eventually could render the two resistant genes ineffective, the pathogen itself likely would become much weaker, Hughes said.
"Every time a pathogen overcomes resistance in its plant host it has to give up something itself," she said. "So if it turns out that in order for the pathogen to overcome this new resistance it ends up having a fitness penalty - for instance, it can't compete as well or it doesn't survive as long in the soil - then these genes will last longer.
"We believe these genes are durable, but we don't know enough about them yet to predict how effective they could be, and for how long."
Ma, Hughes and collaborating Purdue researchers Scott Abney, Feng Lin, Meixia Zhao, Jieqing Ping, Austin Johnson and Biao Zhang plan to continue their research. They next hope to move their work from greenhouses and into field trials. After that the resistant lines could make their way into commercial cultivars.
"This has the potential to provide a higher profit margin for soybean farmers, as well as reducing the use of harmful chemicals and promoting a cleaner environment," Ma said.
More information: link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1007%2Fs00122-013-2127-4.pdf
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If you've been working with the Azure SQL Database portal, you know that you have a query window. Within the query window you can run queries against your server. You'll get back results, timing, everything you need to observe behavior within the system. What's that? You never heard of this? Let's figure it out real quick. Here's my portal to my Azure SQL Databases:
Yes, all sorts of things you can do from here, but we're focused on the bottom of the screen at the Manage button. Clicking this button will open up the Management portal window, part of which you can see below:
Pretty prominent in the upper left corner, you can see the New Query button. I'm sure you'll be shocked to find that clicking on that gives you another window in the portal as shown below. Worth noting though is the listing under My Work on the left side of the screen. These are more or less windows that you can switch between, without losing your work. It's almost like tabs in SSMS. You can open multiple queries as you see. I have two unnamed queries I'm playing with and a file, TraceCaptureDef.1.sql, which will generate all sorts of fun errors if I try to run it on Azure. But the main point is, don't feel like you have to open multiple tabs in your browser, you have a lot of control right there in the Management Portal.
I have a query there ready to go. A few more points about that query. Note that you do have some color coding, showing key words highlighted in blue. I typed this query and formatted in Management Studio before pasting it into the query window here, but that formatting went away to a degree. Something to keep in mind. Also note, that you don't have properties about this query that you can set. If you want to see statitistc io or time, which you can, you'll have to set them manually using T-SQL code. But once set, you can get messages showing how long the query ran and what sort of resources were used as you see here:
You can also choose to look at an Estimated execution plan by clicking the appropriate button, or toggle the inclusion of an Actual Execution plan by again, clicking the button at the top of the window. Here's what you get for an Actual plan within Azure SQL Database:
I've posted in the past about some of the details that you can access when looking at execution plans within Azure SQL Databases. I'll be posting some more on the Management Portal, execution plans, and query tuning in Azure. Â Worth mentioning, if you look at my posts from several month ago, how they're displaying icons in the plans has already changed. This is a seriously moving target.
Before I go, compare that execution plan with the same one from SSMS:
A couple of things to point out. Obviously, it's different. But the real point here is that these are identical, empty, databases. The structures are 100% the same. The queries are 100% the same. But the Azure SQL Database plan includes a scan where there's a seek in SSMS. More fun little indications that the optimizer that exists in Azure is not the same as in the base product (and yes, I've got the latest SP and CU installed). Something to keep in mind when you start writing queries against your Azure SQL Database instance.


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Phillis Wheatley
1753 – 5 December 1784 / Gambia
To A Clergyman On The Death Of His Lady
WHERE contemplation finds her sacred spring,
Where heav'nly music makes the arches ring,
Where virtue reigns unsully'd and divine,
Where wisdom thron'd, and all the graces shine,
There sits thy spouse amidst the radiant throng,
While praise eternal warbles from her tongue;
There choirs angelic shout her welcome round,
With perfect bliss, and peerless glory crown'd.
While thy dear mate, to flesh no more confin'd,
Exults a blest, an heav n-ascended mind,
Say in thy breast shall floods of sorrow rise?
Say shall its torrents overwhelm thine eyes?
Amid the seats of heav'n a place is free,
And angels open their bright ranks for thee;
For thee they wait, and with expectant eye
Thy spouse leans downward from th' empyreal sky:
"O come away," her longing spirit cries,
"And share with me the raptures of the skies.
"Our bliss divine to mortals is unknown;
"Immortal life and glory are our own.
"There too may the dear pledges of our love
"Arrive, and taste with us the joys above;
"Attune the harp to more than mortal lays,
"And join with us the tribute of their praise
"To him, who dy'd stern justice to stone,
"And make eternal glory all our own.
"He in his death slew ours, and, as he rose,
"He crush'd the dire dominion of our foes;
"Vain were their hopes to put the God to flight,
"Chain us to hell, and bar the gates of light."
She spoke, and turn'd from mortal scenes her eyes,
Which beam'd celestial radiance o'er the skies.
Then thou dear man, no more with grief retire,
Let grief no longer damp devotion's fire,
But rise sublime, to equal bliss aspire,
Thy sighs no more be wafted by the wind,
No more complain, but be to heav'n resign'd
'Twas thine t' unfold the oracles divine,
To sooth our woes the task was also thine;
Now sorrow is incumbent on thy heart,
Permit the muse a cordial to impart;
Who can to thee their tend'rest aid refuse?
To dry thy tears how longs the heav'nly muse!
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Comic and journalist Louis Virtel (Hitfix.com) joins Ben Mandelker (bsideblog.com, Watch What Crappens podcast) to tell us everything about his recent appearance on "Jeopardy," which subsequently went viral. From the application process to life atop Reddit, Louis shares the whole experience.
After that, it's just an avalanche of banter, most of it pertaining to Madonna, Whitney Houston, Garbage, Annie Lennox, and many more. It's a fun episode, and perhaps the longest one yet. Enjoy!


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Andrea Biscarini, Rita Borio, Francesco Coscia, Giovanni Mazzolai, Simonetta Simonetti, Gabriella Rosi
A two-dimensional model was developed for dumbbell/barbell and cable biceps curl exercises, in quasi-static and isokinetic regimes. Analytical expressions for the ratios of the biceps force (F) and the tangent (ft) and normal (fn) components of the joint reaction to the dumbbell (Mg) and cable (c) external load were deduced as a function of the joint angle q and the other relevant parameters. For standing/ preacher dumbbell curl, F and fn take their maximum values at the critical wrapping angle q*=27.4°, for any value of the preacher bench inclination a within the range 0²a²90°-q*. An increase of a yields: a) an increase in the initial value of F, and in the peak values of F and |fn| (up to 15Mg and 14Mg, respectively); b) a steeper decrease of F between q* and 180°-a where F=0; c) a shift of the ft(q) curve towards lower joint angles. For a³38°, the joint load becomes of compressive type (fn<0) within the whole range [0,180°-a] of the joint motion. In cable curl, high values of the distance dP of the elbow joint from the pulley center give the same results as the standing dumbbell curl (a=0). When dP approaches the smallest allowed values, the model predicts: a) a steep increase of F and a steep decrease of fn and ft, just above q=0; b) high peak values of F and |fn| at q=q* (up to 15c and 13c, respectively); c) tractional values of fn smaller than 2c and nearly constant values (~3c) of F, above q=100°.


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Strange days lie ahead for the Big Ten, or whatever they're officially calling the conference right now. (B1G?)
As news broke that North Carolina State quarterback Russell Wilson could be taking his talents to Madison, it solidified the fact that there's near historic instability around the Midwest in college football, a recipe that should help Notre Dame and Brian Kelly thrive in the coming years.
(Last night, I walked my way into a Twitter beehive, when I was credited as breaking the story that Russell Wilson had chosen to transfer to Wisconsin. I didn't mean to walk out on a ledge and be the news-breaker. More importantly to all those aspiring journalists out there, if what I wrote can be construed as your source material, you're really not doing your job. Moving on...)
The point of looping Russell Wilson into this story isn't to atone for my Twitter misstep, but to point out just how upside down the pecking order is for Midwestern football teams. Since when did Wisconsin pick up the No. 1 free agent in college football? More importantly, since Barry Alvarez had Ron Dayne trucking undersized defensive backs, when was the last time Wisconsin walked into the preseason as the resounding favorite to return to Pasadena?
With Ohio State likely facing a program-changing penalty from the NCAA, the perennial top of the mountain will likely be knocked down to lower altitudes for the next five years. (Sure, they might put together a good season next year with an "Us against Them" attitude, but scholarship reductions and coaching changes have a real way of messing things up...) Michigan, the winningest football program in all of college football, is starting over with a head coach with a sub-.500 record and a defense coming off back-to-back historically bad seasons. Welcome to a world where the college football team from East Lansing is co-champs of the Big Ten, and loses their bowl game to a fourth-place SEC team by six touchdowns.
But that's the landscape Brian Kelly inherits, and it makes sense to look at the traditional power programs in the region that Kelly will battle both on the field and on the recruiting trail.
(With distance from Notre Dame in parenthesis)
Ohio State (250 miles): Where the Buckeyes go is anyone's guess, but it'll be with an interim head coach, an athletic director that isn't likely to survive the rather large magnifying glass that peers over his department, and a flagship program that's unraveling faster than twine down stairs.
A very realistic outcome is something along the lines of USC -- and maybe worse -- but drastic scholarship reductions are coming soon, which lessens the chance of a coach like Urban Meyer taking over the program, something that'd put a tourniquet on the blood that's being shed.
Still, on field results still trump stability and until the Buckeyes prove they've lost it, it's hard to catapult an Irish football program that's just a year removed from its own coaching transition in front of one of college football's perennial powers.
Verdict: Irish still in rearview mirror, but the passing lane is only a season or two ahead.
Michigan (160 miles): Remember when rival fan's took to spelling Lloyd Carr's name with three Ls, almost belittling the coach's inability to win more than eight or nine games? That level of "mediocrity" wasn't good enough for Michigan brass so they brought in West Virginia head coach Rich Rodriguez to kick-start a program that was still one of college football's elite. Three loses became three wins and Rodriguez was never able to put together a defense that could withstand the Big Ten schedule, nor an offense that could make up for it.
After three turbulent seasons, Rodriguez is gone and Jim Harbaugh didn't come to Ann Arbor. In his place, Brady Hoke, who has successfully played the "wake up the echoes" card that tends to work well amongst proud football programs.
The Wolverines staff has taken dead aim at reclaiming Midwestern recruits and the message has been well received. Still, Hoke's new offensive system could detract from the one strength Michigan had last year -- a potent spread offense that ran Denard Robinson into the ground.
Verdict: For as bad as the Rich Rod era was, he still took 2 of 3 from ND. Dead heat, with this season's match-up the likely tie-breaker.
Michigan State (150 miles): Mark Dantonio's program is poised to assert itself after a breakout season. Will the Spartans do it? That's been the question over the last few decades. Shy on Q rating, the Spartans still manage to own the Irish, winning six of the last nine meetings with Notre Dame, including three of the last four. Perception wise, this is a battle that Notre Dame could start winning soon. But perceptions end every September, when the Irish and Spartans usually play a close game.
Verdict: ND may win on the recruiting trail, but they need to do it on the field.
Northwestern (108 miles): The Fighting Fitzgeralds have become a legit program under their beloved coach, but they've used the cupcake formula to create winning seasons. Boston College has replaced Illinois State in non-conference games, meaning the Purple will have to earn their victories this season. In 2014, the Irish and Wildcats will finally have a chance to size each other up, settling a simmering debate amongst snooty alums everywhere.
Verdict: Push. ND should pull away soon, but right now it's still neck and neck.
Purdue (Driving distance: 115 miles): Under Danny Hope, the Boilermakers haven't had much success. Last year's team finished with six straight losses after injuries and youth plagued the roster. There's reason for optimism, but the Drew Brees era feels like a long time ago.
Verdict: Irish shouldn't struggle with Purdue.
Illinois (200 miles): The Fighting Zooks have been a bigger player on the recruiting scene than on the field, with their nine-win 2007 run to Pasadena erased by a stretch of mediocre football. If Illinois is a rival of the Irish, it's in the battle for Chicagoland recruits, and Ron Zook isn't likely to survive another bad season in Champaign.
Verdict: Instability at Illinois means open season on Chicago recruits.
Wisconsin (250 miles): If you're looking for an example of a coach-in-waiting working out well, look no further than Camp Randall, where Barry Alvarez handpicked his successor and Bret Bielema took off running out of the gates. The Badgers have won 12 games, 11 games, 10 games, and 9 games since he took the reins of the Badger program in 2006, doing it with a high-octane running game and a pro-style passing attack under Paul Chryst. If there's any program poised to take hold of the Big Ten with Michigan and Ohio State rebuilding, it's the Badgers.
Verdict: No Big Ten program does more with less than Wisconsin.
Iowa (300 miles): Kirk Ferentz has long been considered one of the best coaches in college football, but his team's have hardly been the most consistent. The Hawkeyes put together an 11-win campaign and an Orange Bowl victory in 2009, but stumbled to five losses last season. Ferentz's days as a legitimate NFL coaching candidate are likely gone, meaning he'll keep the Hawkeyes near the top of the Big Ten.
Verdict: Expect the Irish and Iowa to compete for a few recruits every year.
Penn State (500 miles): The Nittany Lions might not be that close geographically, but with Penn State in the Big Ten, they'll always be considered Irish contemporaries. Call it a rite of autumn, but one of these years is going to be Joe Paterno's last in State College, and when that happens, the fertile recruiting grounds of Pennsylvania and the Northeast should open up.
Verdict: The program may not be what it used to, but JoePa still has his pick of the region.


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(b) Average annual rate of increase. (c) Non-metropolitan Australia used as denominator to calculate percentage difference. Source: ATO Income Tax Data. AVERAGE ANNUAL WAGE AND SALARY INCOME, Metropolitan and non-metropolitan Australia, 1995-96 to 2000-01 Source: ATO Income Tax Data. STATES AND TERRITORIES In 2000-01, employees in the Australian Capital Territory had the highest average wage and salary income ($39,580) followed by New South Wales ($37,191) and Northern Territory ($35,473). Tasmania had the lowest average with $30,411. In comparison to the Australian average, annual wage and salary incomes have generally been significantly higher, on average, in the Australian Capital Territory and New South Wales, significantly lower in Tasmania, Queensland and South Australia and generally close to the national average in Victoria, Western Australia and Northern Territory. For the Australian Capital Territory, New South Wales, Victoria and the Northern Territory average wage and salary incomes increased in 2000-01, over the previous year, by around 4.4% to 4.6%, while in Tasmania and Queensland the increase was 3.5%. The percentage increases in South Australia and Western Australia were 3.8% and 4.2% respectively. WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS, States and Territories, 1995-96 to 2000-01
(b) Total includes data that could not be allocated to a state or territory. Note: Indigenous persons engaged in CDEP may be included in the above data for the years 1995-96 to 1997-98 and excluded for 1998-99 onwards. Consequently changes between 1997-98 and 1998-99 and 1995-96 and 2000-01 in particular need to be treated with caution. For further details please refer to the Explanatory Notes. Source: ATO Income Tax Data. LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREAS In 2000-01, the local government area with the highest average wage and salary income in Australia was Mosman (A) in New South Wales with an annual average of $77,943. Woollahra (A) and North Sydney (A), also located on the shores of Sydney Harbour, had the second and third highest averages with $63,513 and $60,503 respectively. In Victoria, Stonnington (C), which includes the suburbs of Toorak, Malvern and Armadale, had the highest average wage and salary income ($52,365), while in Western Australia and Queensland the mining areas of Ashburton (S) and Peak Downs (S) were the LGAs in those states with the highest averages ($51,843 and $51,781 respectively). The seven LGAs with the highest average wage and salary incomes in 2000-01 are all located in the inner Sydney area. LGAs WITH HIGHEST AVERAGE ANNUAL WAGE AND SALARY INCOME, Australia, 2000-01
The lowest annual average wage and salary income in 2000-01 was recorded for Wickepin shire in Western Australia ($19,844). It was the only local government area with an average below $20,000. Of the ten LGAs in Australia with the lowest averages, eight are located in Western Australia. These LGAs are all located in the Wheatbelt and Great Southern agricultural districts. However, it should be noted that the wage and salary data presented here exclude persons in their own business such as many farmers who are not wage and salary earners. Isisford shire in central west Queensland and Streaky Bay district council on the west coast of Eyre Peninsula in South Australia had the lowest average wage and salary incomes in those states with $20,692 and $23,225 respectively. Both of these LGAs are also predominantly agricultural areas. In addition to agricultural districts, LGAs with significant tourism activity may also have low average wage and salary incomes due to the extent of part-time work (and therefore lower annual incomes) in the hospitality industry. LGAs WITH LOWEST AVERAGE ANNUAL WAGE AND SALARY INCOME, Australia, 2000-01
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From left Mr. Joseph Gauthier, Esq. Sr. Corp. Counsel, UNICOM Systems; Mr. Aaron Mazzolini, SVP, M&A, Platinum Equity; Mr. Corry Hong, Founder, President and CEO, UNICOM Systems; Mr. Gerald Kilroy, Esq. General Counsel, UNICOM Systems; Ms. Eva Kalawski, Esq. EVP, General Counsel and Secretary, Platinum Equity; and Mr. Neil Watt, Esq. CFO and Corp. Counsel, UNICOM Systems.
Los Angeles, Ca and Schaumburg, IL (June 7, 2013) – UNICOM Global is pleased to announce that its Founder, President and CEO, Mr. Corry Hong, today signed an all-cash deal to acquire U.S. Robotics Corporation, a Delaware corporation, and its domestic parent Rockstar Holding Corporation, as well as its US Subsidiary, U.S. Robotics Americas LLC, its UK Subsidiary, U.S. Robotics (U.K.) Limited, and its German Subsidiary, U.S. Robotics (Deutschland) GmbH (collectively USRobotics) from Platinum Equity.
USRobotics, with its long history of communication innovation, will expand and build on UNICOM Global's strategic IT offerings which will benefit UNICOM customers, technology partners and supply-chain partners. UNICOM Global continues to grow through leadership, capital, and its global presence thereby strengthening existing relationships with Fortune 500 and Global 2000 commercial customers, as well as with ISV and OEM strategic partners, the U.S. Federal Government, and State, Local and Municipal government entities.
"USRobotics is synonymous with high quality products, and is a well-known brand recognized in global markets across the data communications space," said Mr. Hong shortly after signing the Stock Purchase Agreement. "This is a strategic move for UNICOM Global. I am excited by the caliber of employees at USRobotics who will contribute to UNICOM Global's continued commitment to the future of IT and the delivery and use of our IT solutions by our customers."
The global network equipment industry is expected to exceed $184 billion in 2015, and switches and routers represent the leading market segment, generating close to 45% of overall market value. Europe represents almost 40% of the global networking equipment market.
"UNICOM Global's leadership, deep understanding of technology and its ability to effectuate a deal without delay is what made them the right candidate for Platinum Equity," said Aaron Mazzolini, Senior Vice President, M&A, Platinum Equity. "UNICOM Global has significant resources and assets to support USRobotics' growth strategies and opportunities."
The Global Data Center Network Equipment market is expected to grow at a CAGR of 12.16 percent over the period 2013-2016. One of the key factors contributing to this market growth is the increasing popularity of cloud services. The Global Data Center Network Equipment market has also been witnessing increasing virtualization in network environments.
UNICOM Global continues to increase the quality, quantity, depth and strength of its IT solutions including Cloud Computing, Telecom Platforms, Mobility, Application Modernization, Cyber Security, Big Data Analytics, Big Data Storage, Apache Hadoop Framework, Social Media Solutions, Smart Computing, Appliances, Document Management, and ITIL ITSM deployments for the IBM I, the IBM zEnterprise and open systems platforms.
Media Contact for UNICOM Global:
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About USRobotics www.usr.com
For more than three decades, millions of businesses and consumers have relied on USRobotics for dependable internet access. Today, USRobotics endeavors to continue the longstanding tradition of supporting successful businesses by providing equipment for data transfer, remote management, broadband backup, point-of-sale, and machine-to-machine functions. The company strives to support the latest technologies through the development of new tools, which are known for their mobility, convenience, and reliability. USRobotics products are designed for multiple environments, including data centers, remote networks, embedded solutions, and small-to medium-sized business markets.
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Platinum Equity is a global M&A&O firm specializing in the mergers, acquisitions, and operations of companies that provide services and solutions to customers in a broad range of business markets, including information technology, telecommunications, logistics, metals services, manufacturing and distribution. Since its founding in 1995 by Tom Gores, Platinum Equity has completed more than 145 acquisitions.
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UNICOM Global consists of more than twenty-five (25) corporate entities encompassing a wide range of businesses across multiple states and countries. With its corporate headquarters in Los Angeles, California, to offices in Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, Illinois, Texas, North Carolina and Virginia, as well as across Europe in the UK, Ireland, Germany, France, Italy, Spain, Belgium and Switzerland, UNICOM Global offers deep in-house resources and flexible IT solutions to our partners worldwide. UNICOM Global focuses on acquiring and integrating mature and growing mid-cap NASDAQ, London Stock Exchange AIM and German publically-traded companies in technology, financing, real estate, and business services. Please visit any or all of our websites for additional information about the services, products and solutions that UNICOM Global offers:
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www.unicomgov.com | UNICOM Government (formally NASDAQ: GTSI) - Government IT solutions provider |
www.unicom-logistics.com | UNICOM Logistics (formally NASDAQ: InSysCo) - Government IT project management |
www.unicomengineering.com | UNICOM Engineering (formally NASDAQ: NEI) - Appliance and network platform |
www.usrobotics.com | U.S. Robotics – Data communications products |
www.detec.com | DETEC - Document composition products |
www.softlanding.com | SoftLanding Systems - AS/400 and System i software products |
www.macro4.com | Macro 4 (formally LONDON: MAO) - Document Management products |
www.illustro.com | illustro - z/OS and z/VSE software products |
www.iet-solutions.com | iET Solutions - ITIL ITSM software products |
www.eden.com | Eden - Domino Notes and Open Systems products |
www.cics.com | CICS.com - Hardware, Software, Outsourcing and Professional Services |
www.unicom-capital.com | UNICOM Capital - Business and Financial Services |


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Taking too much acetaminophen can cause liver damage, sometimes serious enough to require liver transplantation or cause death. You might accidentally take too much acetaminophen if you do not follow the directions on the prescription or package label carefully, or if you take more than one product that contains acetaminophen.
To be sure that you take acetaminophen safely, you should
Talk to your pharmacist or doctor if you have questions about the safe use of acetaminophen or acetaminophen-containing products.
Acetaminophen is used to relieve mild to moderate pain from headaches, muscle aches, menstrual periods, colds and sore throats, toothaches, backaches, and reactions to vaccinations (shots), and to reduce fever. Acetaminophen may also be used to relieve the pain of osteoarthritis (arthritis caused by the breakdown of the lining of the joints). Acetaminophen is in a class of medications called analgesics (pain relievers) and antipyretics (fever reducers). It works by changing the way the body senses pain and by cooling the body.
Acetaminophen comes as a tablet, chewable tablet, capsule, suspension or solution (liquid), extended-release (long-acting) tablet, and orally disintegrating tablet (tablet that dissolves quickly in the mouth), to take by mouth, with or without food. Acetaminophen also comes as a suppository to use rectally. Acetaminophen is available without a prescription, but your doctor may prescribe acetaminophen to treat certain conditions. Follow the directions on the package or prescription label carefully, and ask your doctor or pharmacist to explain any part you do not understand.
If you are giving acetaminophen to your child, read the package label carefully to make sure that it is the right product for the age of the child. Do not give children acetaminophen products that are made for adults. Some products for adults and older children may contain too much acetaminophen for a younger child. Check the package label to find out how much medication the child needs. If you know how much your child weighs, give the dose that matches that weight on the chart. If you don't know your child's weight, give the dose that matches your child's age. Ask your child's doctor if you don't know how much medication to give your child.
Acetaminophen comes in combination with other medications to treat cough and cold symptoms. Ask your doctor or pharmacist for advice on which product is best for your symptoms. Check nonprescription cough and cold product labels carefully before using two or more products at the same time. These products may contain the same active ingredient(s) and taking them together could cause you to receive an overdose. This is especially important if you will be giving cough and cold medications to a child.
Swallow the extended-release tablets whole; do not split, chew, crush, or dissolve them.
Place the orally disintegrating tablet ('Meltaways') in your mouth and allow to dissolve or chew it before swallowing.
Shake the suspension well before each use to mix the medication evenly. Always use the measuring cup or syringe provided by the manufacturer to measure each dose of the solution or suspension. Do not switch dosing devices between different products; always use the device that comes in the product packaging.
To insert an acetaminophen suppository into the rectum, follow these steps:
Stop taking acetaminophen and call your doctor if your symptoms get worse, you develop new or unexpected symptoms, including redness or swelling, your pain lasts for more than 10 days, or your fever gets worse or lasts more than 3 days. Also stop giving acetaminophen to your child and call your child's doctor if your child develops new symptoms, including redness or swelling, or your child's pain lasts for longer than 5 days, or fever get worse or lasts longer than 3 days.
Do not give acetaminophen to a child who has a sore throat that is severe or does not go away, or that occurs along with fever, headache, rash, nausea, or vomiting. Call the child's doctor right away, because these symptoms may be signs of a more serious condition.
Acetaminophen may also be used in combination with aspirin and caffeine to relieve the pain associated with migraine headache.
This medication is sometimes prescribed for other uses; ask your doctor or pharmacist for more information.
Before taking acetaminophen,
Unless your doctor tells you otherwise, continue your normal diet.
This medication is usually taken as needed. If your doctor has told you to take acetaminophen regularly, take the missed dose as soon as you remember it. However, if it is almost time for the next dose, skip the missed dose and continue your regular dosing schedule. Do not take a double dose to make up for a missed one.
Some side effects can be serious. If you experience any of the following symptoms, stop taking acetaminophen and call your doctor immediately or get emergency medical attention:
Acetaminophen may cause other side effects. Call your doctor if you have any unusual problems while you are taking this medication.
If you experience a serious side effect, you or your doctor may send a report to the Food and Drug Administration's (FDA) MedWatch Adverse Event Reporting program online ( Web Site ) or by phone (1-800-332-1088).
Keep this medication in the container it came in, tightly closed, and out of reach of children. Store it at room temperature and away from excess heat and moisture (not in the bathroom).
Unneeded medications should be disposed of in special ways to ensure that pets, children, and other people cannot consume them. However, you should not flush this medication down the toilet. Instead, the best way to dispose of your medication is through a medicine take-back program. Talk to your pharmacist or contact your local garbage/recycling department to learn about take-back programs in your community. See the FDA's Safe Disposal of Medicines website ( Web Site) for more information if you do not have access to a take-back program.
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In case of overdose, call the poison control helpline at 1-800-222-1222. Information is also available online at Web Site. If the victim has collapsed, had a seizure, has trouble breathing, or can't be awakened, immediately call emergency services at 911.
If someone takes more than the recommended dose of acetaminophen, get medical help immediately, even if the person does not have any symptoms. Symptoms of overdose may include the following:
Before having any laboratory test, tell your doctor and the laboratory personnel that you are taking acetaminophen.
Ask your pharmacist any questions you have about acetaminophen.
It is important for you to keep a written list of all of the prescription and nonprescription (over-the-counter) medicines you are taking, as well as any products such as vitamins, minerals, or other dietary supplements. You should bring this list with you each time you visit a doctor or if you are admitted to a hospital. It is also important information to carry with you in case of emergencies.
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The holidays are just around the corner. How will you bless your favorite humans this season? Since Mom and Dad do so much to make our lives special each and every day of the year, Tsunami and I (Magellan) decided to do something that would make their hearts melt!
We decided to give them the gift of love in the form of a beautiful 16 x 20 canvas print from CanvasChamp – a home décor company that helps you create your own personalized art in the most innovative, simple and fun way possible!
Tsunami says that even if you've never ordered a canvas print before, CanvasChamp makes the process so easy, even two not-so-tech-savvy cats like us can order! All you have to do is pick your favorite photo (honestly, this is the hardest part!) – select your dimensions and styling options (there are online and chat help options along the way if you have questions) – then place your order!
A few days later, our CanvasChamp canvas prints arrived and we couldn't wait to inspect the package! I opened everything very carefully so that my sharp claws wouldn't rip anything and made sure Tsunami didn't eat the protective plastic covering the print.
Tsunami served as photographer and asked me to pose with my canvas portrait so you could see what a great job CanvasChamp did!
I was in charge of Quality Assurance. Not only did I look inspect every inch of the canvas print, front and back, to make sure there were no imperfections, I even did a "bounce test" to see how strong the canvas was and it passed with flying colors!
(Okay, I confess – this wasn't intentional – nosy me, I stuck my paw behind the print and it went flying off the shelf right down on the floor, bouncing on a few items along the way! Tsunami doesn't recommend that you do this at home but says to trust him – if a CanvasChamp canvas print can survive the likes of us, it can survive just about anything!)
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Dark Energy Survey spots exotic supernova
(Phys.org) —The first images taken by the Dark Energy Survey (DES) after the survey began in August 2013 have revealed a rare, 'superluminous' supernova that erupted in a galaxy 7.8 billion light years away. The stellar explosion, called DES13S2cmm, easily outshines most galaxies in the Universe and could still be seen in the data six months later, at the end of the first of what will be five years of observing by DES. The event was discovered by Andreas Papadopoulos, a postgraduate student from the University of Portsmouth, who will present the discovery at the National Astronomy Meeting 2014 in Portsmouth on Wednesday, 25 June.
Supernovae are very bright, shining anywhere from one hundred million to a few billion times brighter than the Sun for weeks on end. Thousands of these brilliant stellar deaths have been discovered over the last two decades, and the word 'supernova' itself was coined 80 years ago. But superluminous supernovae are a recent discovery, only being recognized as a distinct class of objects in the past 5 years. These cosmic explosions are 10-50 times brighter at their peak than the brightest normal type of supernovae and, unlike other supernovae, their explosive origins remain a mystery.
"Fewer than forty such supernovae have ever been found and I never expected to find one in the first DES images!" said Papadopoulos. "As they are rare, each new discovery brings the potential for greater understanding – or more surprises."
It turns out that even within this select group, DES13S2cmm is unusual. The rate that it is fading away over time is much slower than for most other superluminous supernovae that have been observed to date. This change in brightness over time, or 'light curve', gives information on the mechanisms that caused the explosion and the composition of the material ejected.
Dr Mark Sullivan of Southampton University led the program to obtain spectroscopy of DES13S2cmm using the Very Large Telescope at Cerro Paranal, Chile. "Its unusual, slow decline was not apparent at first," said Sullivan, "but as more data came in and the supernova stopped getting fainter, we would look at the light curve and ask ourselves, 'what is this?'"
Understanding the origins of DES13S2cmm is proving difficult. Radioactive decay is known to power normal supernovae, but not from such extreme amounts of material.
"We have tried to explain the supernova as a result of the decay of the radioactive isotope Nickel-56," explained Dr Chris D'Andrea of the University of Portsmouth, co-author on the research, "but to match the peak brightness, the explosion would need to produce more than three times the mass of our Sun of the element. And even then the behaviour of the light curve doesn't match up."
The team are now investigating alternative explanations, including that DES13S2cmm is a normal supernova that has created at its core a magnetar—an exotic neutron star spinning hundreds of times per second, producing a magnetic field a trillion times stronger than that on Earth. Energy from the magnetar is then injected into the supernova, making the explosion exceptionally bright. "Neither model is a particularly compelling match to the data," noted D'Andrea.
With DES starting its second season in August, the hunt is on for more superluminous supernovae.
"With so few known, it's hard to really understand their properties in detail," said Prof. Bob Nichol of the University of Portsmouth. "DES should find enough of these objects to allow us to understand superluminous supernovae as a population. But if some of these discoveries prove as difficult to interpret as DES13S2cmm, we're prepared for the unusual!"
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Article 1: Delivery Method
The products are delivered to the address specified by the customer on the order form. The consumer is required
Check the condition of the packaging of the goods upon delivery and report damage to the carrier
The supply and the company INIJAH in a week. With regard to shipping,
We work mainly with international priority mail package. As
to send, you will immediately receive a message informing you.
To minimize transportation costs, all products of small and medium size are shipped by
The postal service Colissimo. In addition to the book service 48 hours across France and
Offers the possibility of recovering the goods ordered at your local post office near the delivery address
In the absence of initial delivery during the presentation factor. More specifically, if you are absent the
Day of delivery, your postman will leave a notice in your mailbox, allowing you
Collect your parcel at your post office during normal business hours within 15 days. Colissimo
Monitoring is a very reliable service. However, it may, as in any expedition, there may be a delay
Delivery or the product gets lost. In case of late delivery from the time we indicated
The dispatch e-mail, we ask you to report the delay in sending us an email. We will contact you
Then the post office to launch an investigation.
It can take up to 21 days from the date of commencement of the investigation. If during this period,
The product is found, it will immediately re-routed to your home (most cases). But if
The product is not found after 21 days of investigation, the Post considers the package as lost.
It is only then that we will compensate for € 23 per kilogram (see Terms and Conditions modality
In case of loss of the parcel confirmed by La Poste information system or in case of damage of the package, and after investigation Customer Service or evidence provided by the sender, he may be at the request of a compensation may not exceed 23 € / Kg (including postage); except in case of fault of the shipper, consignee, force majeure, clean the thing or any other non-attributable to La Poste Vice element.
Post is in no way responsible for any incidental or consequential damages such as loss of profit, loss of contract, loss of opportunity, loss of picture.
Rembourssement post colissimo.
We disclaim all responsibility for the long delays in delivery due to the carrier,
Particularly in the case of loss of or independent of our will strike
Article 2: Delivery problems due to carrier
Any anomaly concerning the delivery (missing product compared to slip, damaged package, products
Broken, etc..) Will placed shown on the delivery form of "handwritten reserves",
Accompanied by the signature of the customer. The consumer must confirm this problem by sending the
Carrier within two (2) working days of the date of the registered letter with acknowledgment of
Recipient. The consumer must send a copy of the letter by fax or by
Mail to:
Article 3: Delivery errors
3-a: The consumer must make to society INIJAH the same day delivery or later
First business day following delivery, any claim of error of delivery and / or non-compliant products
In kind or in quality compared to the information on the order form. Any claim beyond
This time will be rejected.
3-b: The formulation of this claim with the company INIJAH can be made by email to
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3-c: Any claim not made in the rules defined above and within the time limits will not be able
Be taken into account and release the company INIJAH any responsibility towards the consumer.
3 d: If you make a mistake or mistyped your delivery address when ordering, re-shipment will be at your expense,
INIJAH society, not being responsible for the error in your address.
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According to Article 4 of Decree No. 78-464 of 24 March 1978, the provisions herein shall not deprive the
Consumer of the legal guarantee which obliges the seller to guarantee against all consequences
The hidden thing sold. The consumer is expressly informed that the company is not INIJAH
Producer of products in the context of our website, under the law n ° 98-389 of 19 May 1998 and
In product liability. Accordingly, in case of damage to a person or
By a product defect of a property, the sole responsibility of the producer thereof may be sought by the
Consumers, on the basis of information on the packaging of this product.
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The customer has a period of 8 working days from the day of receipt of his order to return at his expense the
product do not suit him or if he made a mistake on size. The customer will receive a credit note in the form
of a code which will be sent by email (validity 6 months from the date of receipt by email) of the amount of the
item onmly if the items are returned in their original states with labels and packaging.
Any products with stains, damages or any evidence that has already been worn can not de accepted.
The cost of re-dispatch and return will be done by the customer unless if it's the INIJAH company who made a
mistake on the size when sending the order, then the cost of return and re-shipping will be refund by credit card
or wire transfer.
All returns must be notified in advance to the INIJAH customer service by email at email@example.com or by
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Many extension modules just provide new functions and types to be used from Python, but sometimes the code in an extension module can be useful for other extension modules. For example, an extension module could implement a type ``collection'' which works like lists without order. Just like the standard Python list type has a C API which permits extension modules to create and manipulate lists, this new collection type should have a set of C functions for direct manipulation from other extension modules.
At first sight this seems easy: just write the functions (without declaring them static, of course), provide an appropriate header file, and document the C API. And in fact this would work if all extension modules were always linked statically with the Python interpreter. When modules are used as shared libraries, however, the symbols defined in one module may not be visible to another module. The details of visibility depend on the operating system; some systems use one global namespace for the Python interpreter and all extension modules (Windows, for example), whereas others require an explicit list of imported symbols at module link time (AIX is one example), or offer a choice of different strategies (most Unices). And even if symbols are globally visible, the module whose functions one wishes to call might not have been loaded yet!
Portability therefore requires not to make any assumptions about symbol visibility. This means that all symbols in extension modules should be declared static, except for the module's initialization function, in order to avoid name clashes with other extension modules (as discussed in section 1.4). And it means that symbols that should be accessible from other extension modules must be exported in a different way.
Python provides a special mechanism to pass C-level information (pointers) from one extension module to another one: CObjects. A CObject is a Python data type which stores a pointer (void *). CObjects can only be created and accessed via their C API, but they can be passed around like any other Python object. In particular, they can be assigned to a name in an extension module's namespace. Other extension modules can then import this module, retrieve the value of this name, and then retrieve the pointer from the CObject.
There are many ways in which CObjects can be used to export the C API of an extension module. Each name could get its own CObject, or all C API pointers could be stored in an array whose address is published in a CObject. And the various tasks of storing and retrieving the pointers can be distributed in different ways between the module providing the code and the client modules.
The following example demonstrates an approach that puts most of the burden on the writer of the exporting module, which is appropriate for commonly used library modules. It stores all C API pointers (just one in the example!) in an array of void pointers which becomes the value of a CObject. The header file corresponding to the module provides a macro that takes care of importing the module and retrieving its C API pointers; client modules only have to call this macro before accessing the C API.
The exporting module is a modification of the spam module from section 1.1. The function spam.system() does not call the C library function system() directly, but a function PySpam_System(), which would of course do something more complicated in reality (such as adding ``spam'' to every command). This function PySpam_System() is also exported to other extension modules.
The function PySpam_System() is a plain C function, declared static like everything else:
static int PySpam_System(command) char *command; { return system(command); }
The function spam_system() is modified in a trivial way:
static PyObject * spam_system(self, args) PyObject *self; PyObject *args; { char *command; int sts; if (!PyArg_ParseTuple(args, "s", &command)) return NULL; sts = PySpam_System(command); return Py_BuildValue("i", sts); }
In the beginning of the module, right after the line
#include "Python.h"
two more lines must be added:
#define SPAM_MODULE #include "spammodule.h"
The #define
is used to tell the header file that it is being
included in the exporting module, not a client module. Finally,
the module's initialization function must take care of initializing
the C API pointer array:
void initspam(void) { PyObject *m; static void *PySpam_API[PySpam_API_pointers]; PyObject *c_api_object; m = Py_InitModule("spam", SpamMethods); /* Initialize the C API pointer array */ PySpam_API[PySpam_System_NUM] = (void *)PySpam_System; /* Create a CObject containing the API pointer array's address */ c_api_object = PyCObject_FromVoidPtr((void *)PySpam_API, NULL); if (c_api_object != NULL) { /* Create a name for this object in the module's namespace */ PyObject *d = PyModule_GetDict(m); PyDict_SetItemString(d, "_C_API", c_api_object); Py_DECREF(c_api_object); } }
Note that PySpam_API
is declared static; otherwise
the pointer array would disappear when initspam() terminates!
The bulk of the work is in the header file spammodule.h, which looks like this:
#ifndef Py_SPAMMODULE_H #define Py_SPAMMODULE_H #ifdef __cplusplus extern "C" { #endif /* Header file for spammodule */ /* C API functions */ #define PySpam_System_NUM 0 #define PySpam_System_RETURN int #define PySpam_System_PROTO (char *command) /* Total number of C API pointers */ #define PySpam_API_pointers 1 #ifdef SPAM_MODULE /* This section is used when compiling spammodule.c */ static PySpam_System_RETURN PySpam_System PySpam_System_PROTO; #else /* This section is used in modules that use spammodule's API */ static void **PySpam_API; #define PySpam_System \ (*(PySpam_System_RETURN (*)PySpam_System_PROTO) PySpam_API[PySpam_System_NUM]) #define import_spam() \ { \ PyObject *module = PyImport_ImportModule("spam"); \ if (module != NULL) { \ PyObject *module_dict = PyModule_GetDict(module); \ PyObject *c_api_object = PyDict_GetItemString(module_dict, "_C_API"); \ if (PyCObject_Check(c_api_object)) { \ PySpam_API = (void **)PyCObject_AsVoidPtr(c_api_object); \ } \ } \ } #endif #ifdef __cplusplus } #endif #endif /* !defined(Py_SPAMMODULE_H */
All that a client module must do in order to have access to the function PySpam_System() is to call the function (or rather macro) import_spam() in its initialization function:
void initclient(void) { PyObject *m; Py_InitModule("client", ClientMethods); import_spam(); }
The main disadvantage of this approach is that the file spammodule.h is rather complicated. However, the basic structure is the same for each function that is exported, so it has to be learned only once.
Finally it should be mentioned that CObjects offer additional functionality, which is especially useful for memory allocation and deallocation of the pointer stored in a CObject. The details are described in the Python/C API Reference Manual in the section ``CObjects'' and in the implementation of CObjects (files Include/cobject.h and Objects/cobject.c in the Python source code distribution).
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UK.gov: We really are going to start buying open-source from SMEs
Groundhog Day again already?
Intellect 2012 Open source and open standards are the direction for UK government IT, the civil servant leading the government's technology change agenda has said.
Liam Maxwell, Cabinet Office director of ICT futures, said Tuesday in London that open source has grown up and it's time to dispel lingering misconceptions about this technology and development process.
Maxwell told the Intellect 2012 conference: "Opensource software is not three guys in a shed anymore. There are a lot of misconceptions about open source but open source is the future model for delivering IT."
He was speaking the day before the Cabinet Office opens a three-month period of consultation on open standards to be used in the government's G-Cloud initiative.
G-Cloud is intended to establish a series of frameworks on software, hardware and services and on purchasing to help deliver IT more effectively and reduce costs across government.
The three-month consultation process due Friday is intended to take input on open standards that would underpin G-Cloud. Maxwell promised the consultation is an important part of G-Cloud saying it has the "same authority" as the consultation on a new airport. "We are serious about this," Maxwell said.
The consultation comes as the government prepares to announce which IT vendors will be G-Cloud certified. More than 600 companies are reported to have expressed an interest in the framework.
Underscoring the government's interest in open source Maxwell said that last week he'd accompanied Cabinet Office minister Frances Maude, overseeing the government's digital transition, on a tour of Silicon Valley tech companies working with open source and big data – Cloudera, specializing in the Google-inspired Hadoop data munching framework, and MongoDB specialist 10Gen. Maxwell also introduced his ministerial boss to cloud software infrastructure specialist Joyent and eBay's payment arm PayPal.
"We have a minister who really gets this," Maxwell said. "That's where the future is moving. It's moving to a new model of service and delivery, it's big data and big data is going to be open source. We are going to spend a lot of time looking into that. If we move to being one common government we need open source," he said.
The idea is to move away from what Maxwell called "black-box" contracts involving big IT vendors to more agile systems delivered by small and medium sized enterprises. The thinking seems to be SME equals open source and open standards, while big means the same old proprietary vendors.
"For years we spent on IT systems built for bureaucrats, they were not built for people," he said.
It's a message that's been coming out of government for a long while. Perhaps this time it will actually happen. ®


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StrongPoint Automation introduces its High Capacity Palletizer for RSC cases. The fully automated system incorporates a multiple-product infeed configuration to stage and position incoming products for palletizing. At the heart of the system is a Fanuc M410iB–160 robot that is positioned to place two products on two pallet locations in addition to handling multiple pallet styles.
The development of the StrongPoint End Of Arm Tool (EOAT) was initiated to address the issue of dropped or misplaced RSC cases in robotic systems. The tool is fabricated entirely from extruded components and custom-designed aluminum weldments to reduce and optimize tooling weight.
The EOAT is controlled by a single plug-and-play DeviceNet node located on the tool that manages all pneumatic and I/O requirements. An optional diagnostic tool can be used to monitor and test all functions of the EOAT node. The EOAT is designed to handle a range of product weights and sizes without tooling adjustments or changeovers. The EOAT is able to handle multiple cases, each exceeding 50 lbs, for a total pick weight of over 200 lbs. A high capacity vacuum pump is used to provide vacuum flows at the cup face that are not traditionally achievable with venturi-style generators.
The EOAT utilizes pneumatically actuated side clamps that operate on the principal of a four-bar linkage. The actuating geometry of the side clamp assemblies allow them to automatically adjust for an infinite number of case widths while keeping the primary clamping surface perpendicular to the case face at all times. Customized robotic motions were also needed to negate large product moments generated in traditional palletizing motions.
The porous nature of the recycled RSC material and high case weight mandated the need for a high-capacity rotary lobe vacuum pump capable of drawing 117 cfm at -28.4 in of Hg. The use of traditional venturi-style generators represented a draw on plant process air and would represent a substantial operating cost to the facility. The high vacuum flow is delivered to the EOAT manifold by a large diameter flexible hose where cup groups are activated by pilot air actuated high capacity vacuum valves.


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Ohio's Unemployment Rate Bumps Up
< < Back toOfficials say Ohio's unemployment rate rose to 7.2 percent in June with a loss of 12,500 jobs, the second largest of any state that month.
The state's unemployment rate had remained at 7 percent for the previous two months.
The U.S. Department of Labor released the data on Thursday.
Unemployment rates increased in 28 states in June, partly because more Americans began searching for work and not all of them got jobs.
The government doesn't count people as unemployed unless they are actively looking for work.
The number of unemployed workers in Ohio in June was almost 413,000, up by about 8,000 compared to May.
The state's rate in June 2012 was 7.3 percent.


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Are You Ready?
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National Security Emergencies
In addition to the natural and technological hazards described in this publication, Americans face threats posed by hostile governments or extremist groups. These threats to national security include acts of terrorism and acts of war. The following is general information about national security emergencies. For more information about how to prepare for them, including volunteering in a Citizen Corps program, see the For More Information chapter at the end of this guide.
Terrorism is the use of force or violence against persons or property in violation of the criminal laws of the United States for purposes of intimidation, coercion or ransom. Terrorists often use threats to create fear among the public, to try to convince citizens that their government is powerless to prevent terrorism, and to get immediate publicity for their causes. Acts of terrorism range from threats of terrorism, assassinations, kidnappings, hijackings, bomb scares and bombings, cyber attacks (computer-based), to the use of chemical, biological and nuclear weapons. High-risk targets include military and civilian government facilities, international airports, large cities and high-profile landmarks. Terrorists might also target large public gatherings, water and food supplies, utilities, and corporate centers. Further, they are capable of spreading fear by sending explosives or chemical and biological agents through the mail. In the immediate area of a terrorist event, you would need to rely on police, fire and other officials for instructions. However, you can prepare in much the same way you would prepare for other crisis events.
Preparing for terrorism
Protection against cyber attacks
Cyber attacks target computer or telecommunication networks of critical infrastructures such as power systems, traffic control systems, or financial systems. Cyber attacks target information technologies (IT) in three different ways. First, is a direct attack against an information system through the wires alone (hacking). Second, the attack can be a physical assault against a critical IT element. Third, the attack can be from the inside as a result of compromising a trusted party with access to the system.
Preparing for a building explosion
Explosions can collapse buildings and cause fires. People who live or work in a multi-level building can do the following:
Bomb threats
If you receive a bomb threat, get as much information from the caller as possible. Keep the caller on the line and record everything that is said. Then notify the police and the building management.
If you are notified of a bomb threat, do not touch any suspicious packages. Clear the area around suspicious packages and notify the police immediately. In evacuating a building, dont stand in front of windows, glass doors or other potentially hazardous areas. Do not block sidewalk or streets to be used by emergency officials or others still exiting the building.
Suspicious parcels and letters
Be wary of suspicious packages and letters. They can contain explosives, chemical or biological agents. Be particularly cautious at your place of employment.
Some typical characteristics postal inspectors have detected over the years, which ought to trigger suspicion, include parcels that
With suspicious envelopes and packages other than those that might contain explosives, take these additional steps against possible biological and chemical agents.
What to do if there is an explosion
Leave the building as quickly as possible. Do not stop to retrieve personal possessions or make phone calls. If things are falling around you, get under a sturdy table or desk until they stop falling. Then leave quickly, watching for weakened floors and stairs and falling debris as you exit.
Chemical and Biological Weapons
In case of a chemical or biological weapon attack near you, authorities will instruct you on the best course of action. This may be to evacuate the area immediately, to seek shelter at a designated location, or to take immediate shelter where you are and seal the premises. The best way to protect yourself is to take emergency preparedness measures ahead of time and to get medical attention as soon as possible, if needed.
Chemical warfare agents are poisonous vapors, aerosols, liquids or solids that have toxic effects on people, animals or plants. They can be released by bombs, sprayed from aircraft, boats, or vehicles, or used as a liquid to create a hazard to people and the environment. Some chemical agents may be odorless and tasteless. They can have an immediate effect (a few seconds to a few minutes) or a delayed effect (several hours to several days). While potentially lethal, chemical agents are difficult to deliver in lethal concentrations. Outdoors, the agents often dissipate rapidly. Chemical agents are also difficult to produce.
There are six types of agents:
Biological agents are organisms or toxins that can kill or incapacitate people, livestock and crops. The three basic groups of biological agents which would likely be used as weapons are bacteria, viruses, and toxins.
Most biological agents are difficult to grow and maintain. Many break down quickly when exposed to sunlight and other environmental factors, while others such as anthrax spores are very long lived. They can be dispersed by spraying them in the air, or infecting animals which carry the disease to humans as well through food and water contamination.
Anthrax spores formulated as a white powder were mailed to individuals in the government and media in the fall of 2001. Postal sorting machines and the opening of letters dispersed the spores as aerosols. Several deaths resulted. The effect was to disrupt mail service and to cause a widespread fear of handling delivered mail among the public.
Person-to-person spread of a few infectious agents is also possible. Humans have been the source of infection for smallpox, plague, and the Lassa viruses.
What to do to prepare for a chemical or biological attack
What to do during a chemical or biological attack
What to do after a chemical attack
Immediate symptoms of exposure to chemical agents may include blurred vision, eye irritation, difficulty breathing and nausea. A person affected by a chemical or biological agent requires immediate attention by professional medical personnel. If medical help is not immediately available, decontaminate yourself and assist in decontaminating others. Decontamination is needed within minutes of exposure to minimize health consequences. (However, you should not leave the safety of a shelter to go outdoors to help others until authorities announce it is safe to do so.)
What to do after a biological attack
In many biological attacks, people will not know they have been exposed to an agent. In such situations, the first evidence of an attack may be when you notice symptoms of the disease caused by an agent exposure, and you should seek immediate medical attention for treatment. In some situations, like the anthrax letters sent in 2001, people may be alerted to a potential exposure. If this is the case, pay close attention to all official warnings and instructions on how to proceed. The delivery of medical services for a biological event may be handled differently to respond to increased demand. Again, it will be important for you to pay attention to official instructions via radio, television, and emergency alert systems. If your skin or clothing comes in contact with a visible, potentially infectious substance, you should remove and bag your clothes and personal items and wash yourself with warm soapy water immediately. Put on clean clothes and seek medical assistance. For more information, visit the website for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, www.bt.cdc.gov.
Nuclear and Radiological Attack
Nuclear explosions can cause deadly effectsblinding light, intense heat (thermal radiation), initial nuclear radiation, blast, fires started by the heat pulse, and secondary fires caused by the destruction. They also produce radioactive particles called fallout that can be carried by wind for hundreds of miles.
Terrorist use of a radiological dispersion device (RDD)often called dirty nuke or dirty bombis considered far more likely than use of a nuclear device. These radiological weapons are a combination of conventional explosives and radioactive material designed to scatter dangerous and sub-lethal amounts of radioactive material over a general area. Such radiological weapons appeal to terrorists because they require very little technical knowledge to build and deploy compared to that of a nuclear device. Also, these radioactive materials, used widely in medicine, agriculture, industry and research, are much more readily available and easy to obtain compared to weapons grade uranium or plutonium.
Terrorist use of a nuclear device would probably be limited to a single smaller suitcase weapon. The strength of such a weapon would be in the range of the bombs used during World War II. The nature of the effects would be the same as a weapon delivered by an inter-continental missile, but the area and severity of the effects would be significantly more limited.
There is no way of knowing how much warning time there would be before an attack by a terrorist using a nuclear or radiological weapon. A surprise attack remains a possibility.
The danger of a massive strategic nuclear attack on the United States involving many weapons receded with the end of the Cold War. However, some terrorists have been supported by nations that have nuclear weapons programs.
If there were threat of an attack from a hostile nation, people living near potential targets could be advised to evacuate or they could decide on their own to evacuate to an area not considered a likely target. Protection from radioactive fallout would require taking shelter in an underground area, or in the middle of a large building.
In general, potential targets include:
Taking shelter during a nuclear attack is absolutely necessary. There are two kinds of sheltersblast and fallout.
Blast shelters offer some protection against blast pressure, initial radiation, heat and fire, but even a blast shelter could not withstand a direct hit from a nuclear detonation.
Fallout shelters do not need to be specially constructed for that purpose. They can be any protected space, provided that the walls and roof are thick and dense enough to absorb the radiation given off by fallout particles. The three protective factors of a fallout shelter are shielding, distance, and time.
Remember that any protection, however temporary, is better than none at all, and the more shielding, distance and time you can take advantage of, the better.
Electromagnetic pulse
In addition to other effects, a nuclear weapon detonated in or above the earths atmosphere can create an electromagnetic pulse (EMP), a high-density electrical field. EMP acts like a stroke of lightning but is stronger, faster and briefer. EMP can seriously damage electronic devices connected to power sources or antennas. This include communication systems, computers, electrical appliances, and automobile or aircraft ignition systems. The damage could range from a minor interruption to actual burnout of components. Most electronic equipment within 1,000 miles of a high-altitude nuclear detonation could be affected. Battery powered radios with short antennas generally would not be affected.
Although EMP is unlikely to harm most people, it could harm those with pacemakers or other implanted electronic devices.
What to do before a nuclear or radiological attack
What to do during a nuclear or radiological attack
What to do after a nuclear or radiological attack
In a public or home shelter:
Returning to your home
For more information relevant to terrorism consult the following chapters:
Homeland Security Advisory System
The Homeland Security Advisory System was designed to provide a comprehensive means to disseminate information regarding the risk of terrorist acts to federal, state, and local authorities and to the American people. This system provides warnings in the form of a set of graduated Threat Conditions that increase as the risk of the threat increases. At each threat condition, federal departments and agencies would implement a corresponding set of Protective Measures to further reduce vulnerability or increase response capability during a period of heightened alert.
Although the Homeland Security Advisory System is binding on the executive branch, it is voluntary to other levels of government and the private sector. There are five threat conditions, each identified by a description and corresponding color.
The greater the risk of a terrorist attack, the higher the threat condition. Risk includes both the probability of an attack occurring and its potential gravity.
Threat conditions are assigned by the Attorney General in consultation with the Assistant to the President for Homeland Security. Threat conditions may be assigned for the entire nation, or they may be set for a particular geographic area or industrial sector. Assigned threat conditions will be reviewed at regular intervals to determine whether adjustments are warranted.
Threat Conditions and Associated Protective Measures
There is always a risk of a terrorist threat. Each threat condition assigns a level of alert appropriate to the increasing risk of terrorist attacks. Beneath each threat condition are some suggested protective measures that the government and the public can take, recognizing that the heads of federal departments and agencies are responsible for developing and implementing appropriate agency-specific Protective Measures:
Low Condition (Green). This condition is declared when there is a low risk of terrorist attacks. Federal departments and agencies will consider the following protective measures.
Members of the public can:
Guarded Condition (Blue). This condition is declared when there is a general risk of terrorist attacks. In addition to the measures taken in the previous threat condition, federal departments and agencies will consider the following protective measures:
Members of the public, in addition to the actions taken for the previous threat condition, can:
Elevated Condition (Yellow). An Elevated Condition is declared when there is a significant risk of terrorist attacks. In addition to the measures taken in the previous threat conditions, federal departments and agencies will consider the following protective measures:
Members of the public, in addition to the actions taken for the previous threat condition, can:
High Condition (Orange). A High Condition is declared when there is a high risk of terrorist attacks. In addition to the measures taken in the previous threat conditions, federal departments and agencies will consider the following protective measures:
Members of the public, in addition to the actions taken for the previous threat conditions, can:
Severe Condition (Red). A Severe Condition reflects a severe risk of terrorist attacks. Under most circumstances, the protective measures for a Severe Condition are not intended to be sustained for substantial periods of time. In addition to the protective measures in the previous threat conditions, federal departments and agencies also will consider the following general measures:
Members of the public, in addition to the actions taken for the previous threat conditions, can:


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Ten Reasons to Hire a Veteran
Hiring military veterans is good for business, according to a new study.
Conducted by the Washington think tank Center for a New American Security, the study uncovers why companies hire veterans and the challenges they face in doing so.
The 69 businesses examined, including AT&T, Bank of America, the Boeing Co., Kraft Foods and PepsiCo, provided a number of reasons behind their decision to hire veterans, including:
- Leadership and teamwork skills: Veterans typically have led colleagues, accepted direction from others and operated as part of a small team.
- Character: Veterans are perceived as being trustworthy, dependable, drug-free and having a strong work ethic.
- Structure and discipline: Companies appreciate veterans' experience in following established procedures.
- Expertise: Companies value veterans' occupational skills, job-specific experiences and understanding of the military community.
- Dynamic environment: Veterans are accustomed to performing and making decisions in dynamic, rapidly changing circumstances.
- Effectiveness: Company representatives report that veterans "get it done."
- Proven success: Some organizations hire veterans largely because other vets already in their organization have been successful.
- Resiliency: Veterans are accustomed to working in difficult environments, traveling and relocating.
- Loyalty. Veterans are committed to the organizations they work for, which can translate into longer tenure.
- Public relations value: Some companies have found that hiring vets has marketing benefits.
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Despite the numerous benefits of hiring veterans, the research also revealed several reasons why so many veterans remain unemployed.
- Skill translation: Civilians often have difficulty understanding what veterans did in the military and how those skills and experiences can benefit a company.
- Negative stereotypes: Some employers report concerns about the effects of combat stress, including post-traumatic stress issues, anger management and tendencies toward violence.
- Skill mismatch. Not all veterans possess the skills or experience that employers seek.
- Future deployments. Some employers are concerned that veterans would leave their civilian job for long or repeated deployments.
- Acclimation. Some companies perceive that veterans require time after military service to become accustomed to the civilian world and, thus, they should not be hired immediately after returning from service, or they will require additional assistance from the company.
- Ready availability. It can be difficult for some companies to locate veterans, and the landscape of resources and organizations meant to facilitate or broker relationships between veterans and employers is confusing.
The study by the CNAS, a developer of defense policy proposals, points to a number of ways the Department of Defense and the Department of Labor can increase veteran hiring. They include aiding in translating military skills, better facilitating the transition process, providing guidance for companies to help them interpret which veteran candidates were successful in performing their duties while in uniform, and creating a résumé bank to help companies identify personnel who are leaving military service.
The study, "Employing America's Veterans: Perspectives from Businesses," was conducted byMargaret C. Harrell, director of the CNAS' Military, Veterans and Society Program,and Non-Resident Senior Fellow Nancy Berglass.
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