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Wabash College's Visiting Artists Series will present author, Karen Russell, at 8 p.m., Monday, April 1, in Korb Classroom in the Fine Arts Center.
Russell's debut novel, Swamplandia!, was chosen by The New York Times as one of the "Ten Best Books of 2011," and was long-listed for The Orange Prize. Russell was featured in The New Yorker's "20 Under 40" list, and was chosen as one of Granta's Best Young American Novelists. In 2009, Russell received the "5 Under 35" award from the National Book Foundation.
Formerly a writer-in-residence at Bard College and Bryn Mawr College, she is the recipient of the Mary Ellen von der Heyden Berlin Prize and was awarded a fellowship at the American Academy in Berlin.
Russell is also the author of the celebrated short-story collection, St. Lucy's Home for Girls Raised by Wolves. Her latest novel, Vampires in the Lemon Grove, was published in January. Russell received her B.A. from Northwestern University in 2003, and her MFA from Columbia University in 2006.
Seating for Visiting Artists Series events will be by general admission, though free tickets are required.
Contact the Fine Arts Center Box Office by email at firstname.lastname@example.com; or phone: 765-361-6411. Box Office hours are 8:30 a.m. to 12 noon and 1:30 to 4 p.m. The box office will open 90 minutes before curtain time for Visiting Artists events.
Tickets not claimed at the Box Office 10 minutes prior to curtain will be released to the general public.


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2017 Ford Escape Titanium, 2.9%-72 mos/loaded
- Our Price $27,997* + tax and licensing
- Exterior Colour Magnetic
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- Transmission 6 Spd Automatic
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Magnetic metallic, Twin panel roof,voice activated navigation,leather interior, reverse camera,reverse sensing system,intelligent access, remote vehicle starter, heated wiper park, alloy wheels,heated front seats, blis/w traffic alert, plus so many more comfort features....MSRP when new was $39689..Former rental
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Plus, wherever you roam, we've got you covered with available Rental Car reimbursement and our 24-Hour Roadside Assistance** Program with Destination Assistance.
Comprehensive Limited Warranty Coverage*
Every Ford Certified Pre-Owned vehicle comes with a Comprehensive Limited Warranty*, covering more than 1,000 components for 12 months/20,000 kilometers.* Areas of coverage include:
*Rear-wheel drive
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*Front and rear suspension
*Electrical system
*Air conditioning and heating
*Technology components
*Emissions components
*Factory-installed audio system
*Safety systems
*Transferable to future owners at no extra cost
*24-Hour Roadside Assistance** (towing, jump starts for dead batteries, flat-tire changes on-site and lockout services) is included or the duration of the powertrain limited warranty coverage
* Ford Extended Service Plans, which offer additional coverage, are available from any Ford Dealer
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As experts in the Used Car industry, we sought out Canadian Black Book's expertise to ensure our Ford Certified Pre-Owned Program delivered industry leading value and coverage while operating at the highest standards of vehicle selection and reconditioning. The end result is the industry's first and only Certified Pre-Owned Program endorsed by Canadian Black Book®.
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Whiteoak Ford Lincoln is proud to regularly serve our clients all over the Greater Toronto Area (GTA) from our dealership. We have earned the President Award of merit, additional to receiving the top award for Customer Service for the past 15 years plus. Whether you're coming locally from Mississauga and Oakville or downtown Toronto, from Thornhill, Richmond Hill, Maple and Markham, from Scarborough or out from Hamilton, we're ready to help you find the right car to fit your needs, your wants, and your budget. And, of course, we're always happy to serve all customers from far and away, and we don't just mean Ajax and Pickering, Guelph, Newmarket and Barrie or even Kitchener-Waterloo. Whiteoak Ford Lincoln has helped customers from across and well out of Ontario find the right car. It doesn't matter if you're coming from Ottawa or Owen Sound, we're here to help - believe it. We've got a car for you! So call-in or come now and let us help you!
- Equipment
- Telescoping Steering Wheel
- Memory Seats
- Leather Wrap Wheel
- Power Steering
- Power Seat
- Bluetooth
- Power Windows
- Power Locks
- Auxiliary 12v Outlet
- Climate Control
- Tilt Steering
- Air Conditioning
- Power Sunroof
- AM/FM Stereo
- Rear View Camera
- Console
- Tachometer
- Heated Seats
- Power Mirrors
- Power Brakes
- Power Adjustable Seat
- Leather Interior
- Satellite Radio
- Navigation System
- Specifications
- Maximum interior cargo volume (L)
- 1,920
- Passenger volume (L)
- 2,778
- Seating capacity
- 5
- Adjustable pedals
- None
- Air conditioning
- Automatic
- Cruise control
- With steering wheel controls
- Door locks
- Power with 2 stage unlock
- Front windows
- Power
- Rear windows
- Power
- Remote engine start
- Smart device and keyfob
- Remote keyless entry
- Keyfob (all doors)
- Tilting steering wheel
- Manual
- Telescoping steering wheel
- Manual
- Voice activation
- Yes
- Single
- Digital memory control
- Yes
- Radio
- AM/FM/Satellite
- Remote CD
- None
- Speakers
- Voice activation
- Yes
- Curb weight (kg)
- 1,693
- Height (mm)
- 1,685
- Length (mm)
- 4,524
- Wheelbase (mm)
- 2,690
- Width (mm)
- 1,838
- Fuel economy - city (L/100 km)
- 12
- Fuel economy - combined (L/100 km)
- 10.7
- Fuel economy - highway (L/100 km)
- 9
- Fuel tank capacity (L)
- 62
- Recommended fuel
- Regular unleaded
- Cargo volume (L)
- 971
- Front headroom (mm)
- 1,013
- Front hiproom (mm)
- 1,392
- Front legroom (mm)
- 1,096
- Front shoulderroom (mm)
- 1,421
- Passenger volume (L)
- 2,778
- Rear headroom (mm)
- 991
- Rear hiproom (mm)
- 1,330
- Rear legroom (mm)
- 934
- Rear shoulderroom (mm)
- 1,404
- Seating capacity
- 5
- Brakes
- 4-wheel disc
- Front suspension
- Strut
- Front tires
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- 18
- Front wheel width (in)
- 7.5
- Horsepower (hp)
- Rear suspension
- Short and long arm
- Rear tires
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- Speed sensitive steering
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- Steering activation
- Electric power-assist
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- Torque (lb-ft)
- Wheel appearance
- Silver
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- Aluminum
- Drive type
- Four-wheel
- Engine cylinders
- Engine litres
- 2
- Horsepower (hp)
- Hybrid system net horsepower (hp)
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- Transmission
- 6-speed automatic
- 4-wheel
- Driver front-impact airbag
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- Driver side-impact airbag
- Seat mounted
- Overhead airbag
- Curtain 1st and 2nd row
- Parking sensors
- Rear
- Passenger front-impact airbag
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- Passenger side-impact airbag
- Seat mounted
- Rear child safety
- Manual
- Roll-over protection
- None
- Security system
- Yes
- Side impact bars
- Yes
- Stability control
- Stability control with anti-roll
- Traction control
- ABS and driveline
- Basic distance (km)
- 60,000
- Basic months
- 36
- Roadside assistance distance (km)
- 100,000
- Roadside assistance months
- 60
- Scheduled maintenance distance (km)
- Scheduled maintenance months
- GVWR (kg)
- 2,195
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- 5th-wheel towing capacity (kg)
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Trailer FrenzyA special place to find the newest trailers for movies and TV shows you're craving.
Here's the trailer for Antiviral, which was directed and written by David Cronenberg's son, Brandon. It's apparent that the body horror apple didn't fall far from the tree that screams when you nail a birdhouse to it. Starring Caleb Landry Jones (Banshee from X-Men First Class) and set in the near future, Antiviral shows what happens when the public's obsession with celebrities goes too far. Desperate to become an intimate part of their idols, fans flock to the Lucas Clinic to be injected with a disease harvested from inside various stars. It's horrific, we're delighted!
And here are a few ads for the nefarious clinic, and a trippy clip. Antiviral will premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival next month.


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Designer John Galliano Gives 'First-Ever Sober Interview' Following Anti-Semitic Rant
Famed fashion designer John Galliano spoke with Vanity Fair in his "first-ever sober interview" since his epic fall from grace following the video recording of an anti-Semitic rant that had him fired from Dior and shunned by the industry.
We've pulled an excerpt, but head over to Vanity Fair for a full preview of the interview, in which Galliano explores his alcohol and drug addiction and the demons that led to the vitriolic tirade that destroyed his career.
VF writes:
Fashion designer John Galliano, in his first-ever sober interview, tells Vanity Fair contributing editor Ingrid Sischy that, in spite of his words, he is not an anti-Semite or a racist. "It's the worst thing I have said in my life, but I didn't mean it. . . . I have been trying to find out why that anger was directed at this race. I now realize I was so fucking angry and so discontent with myself that I just said the most spiteful thing I could."
All told there were three separate accusations of Galliano's having made anti-Semitic tirades. Galliano reiterates that he does not remember the events of the night in 2010 when his remarks were videotaped, explaining, "When everyone came over to tell me that I had done these terrible things, I was walking round and round and round not really knowing what had gone down. My assistant told me about the video. When I saw it, I threw up. The feeling was like I was about to take a step out onto the street and a bus or truck whooshed past me and the blood was drained from my legs. I was paralyzed from the fear."
Galliano tells Sischy about his admission to an Arizona rehab facility on March 1, 2011. Here staff confiscated pretty much everything he brought, including the Keith Richards memoir, Life.When he was allowed his first two-minute phone call, he called Bill Gaytten (who had stepped in as creative director of the John Galliano label), just before the Galliano fashion show began in Paris, hoping to tell the models what they should be thinking as they walked down the runway. The call did not go well. "Bill said, 'Do you realize what you've fucking done?,'" Galliano recalls, "and I said, 'Kind of.' But I still didn't. I couldn't say yes. I just couldn't. And those were the last words we shared. That's someone I've known for 30 years. Even now I'm still learning every day how many people I hurt."
Can John Galliano reclaim his position in the fashion industry? Should he be allowed to?
Galliano's full interview appears in the July 2013 issue of Vanity Fair.
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nickny15 needed a new logo design and created a contest on 99designs.
A winner was selected from 43 designs submitted by 16 freelance designers.
We need a modern, sexy, eye-catching logo to symbolize the nightlife in the NYC and Los Angeles areas. This graphic should be high resolution as will be used online as well as in print material.
The Nightlife Hub
We need a great web 2.0 style logo as the starting point for an online bar and club directory. Our company, The Nightlife Hub will be a site where people can go to find a bar or club in their local area as well as a place where bars and clubs can advertise. Use your creativity to decide on which color best represent the club scene, e.g. neon blue, neon green etc.
- logo that symbolizes the high energy bar and club scene of New York and LA. The logo should include a martini glass and have a web 2.0 look and feel
- photoshop format
- make sure ".com" is included in the logo
- entry should have two versions - one with white background and one with black background
- clean and professional design
- not a basic 2 dimensional image
- no clipart images
- no dull colors
- nothing irrelevant
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[This article originally appeared on The Huffington Post]
As the disciples of Eurozone austerity are unceremoniously booted out of office, now might be a good time for us to discuss whether the backlash against British austerity, which has been growing since the formation of the coalition, has the potential to expand and provoke yet another government to fall.
The announcement of Britain's slide back into recession is the result of a collapse of confidence. Put simply: nobody wants to spend at a time when their jobs and homes are at risk, leading to a self-fulfilling prophecy of economic stagnation. The issue is not necessarily a shortage of cash, more a reluctance to spend on the part of those holding it. As has been observed elsewhere, British businesses are currently sitting on reserves of over £600bn, though are presently choosing not to invest it. The banks too have been criticised recently for their reluctance to lend, particularly to small and medium-sized businesses.
It's no secret that the Conservative party loathes big government. It should therefore come as little surprise that our Prime Minister has used the pretext of "paying down the debt" and the rather worn-out "cleaning up Labour's mess" as an excuse to drive down wages, weaken employment rules, reduce funding to local authorities and make large cuts to the welfare bill.
For me, this is the biggest tactical error Cameron made. He saw austerity not as a reliable strategy for reducing the deficit, but as a lackadaisical shortcut for his long-term aim of reducing the size of the state. He remains steadfastly wedded to a failed ideology, with little room for manoeuvre and little concern for how the effects of the policy would play out over the short-term.
As 2012 has trundled on, the IMF (formerly a huge cheerleader for the coalition plan) have begun to warn against the dangers of austerity and even some of the more right-wing British newspapers have published pieces calling for some form of stimulus or a slowing in the pace of cuts in the face of ever-shrinking demand and rising unemployment. Whilst I was deeply unimpressed with Labour's rather vague acceptance of "some" cuts, their sound-bite of "too far, too fast" does appear to have gained increasing credibility in political debate over the course of this year.
The Financial Times this weekend, whilst reviewing a new book by the patron saint of austerity critics, the Nobel-winning economist Paul Krugman, had this to say on his predictions of two years ago, that all of this "belt-tightening" would inevitably fail and that large-scale fiscal stimulus was the most reliable strategy to encourage growth in the aftermath of the crisis.
You can argue otherwise, and some economists do, but most evidence from the last few years suggests that Krugman is basically right.
As someone who has stressed the faults of austerity since the birth of the coalition, watching a crisis of the markets being somehow transformed into a crisis of government spending, the debate taking place in Europe at the moment is music to my ears. However, there are still many problems to overcome if Britain is to escape from the ideological kamikaze mission that Cameron and Osborne have set us on.
A promise to reduce the deficit faster than Labour was – although somewhat lacking in detail – a key focus of the Conservative's 2010 election campaign. The first hint that they may be abandoning their chosen strategy would represent a substantial humiliation. Suggestions of a Plan B are dismissed immediately by Osborne and others in the cabinet. It must also be said that the Tories are boosted here by the lack of a clear and costed economic alternative from the opposition.
Labour, which has increased its lead in the polls following the "omnishambles" budget, enjoyed considerable success at the local elections earlier this month. However, much of this appears to be due to a succession of mistakes made by the coalition, rather than it representing a specific endorsement for Ed Miliband and his economic policies. Or lack of them, as the case may be.
So what can Labour do to turn their local election success into widespread support by the time of the next election? In my opinion, they urgently need to take Krugman's advice and run with it, promising short-term growth through fiscal stimulus. Whilst it is always important to plan for the future, if the short term economic outlook has us trapped in recession, we really needn't concern ourselves too much with longer-term projections at this stage.
However, if confidence can be boosted by government spending (as economists like as Krugman and Joseph Stiglitz say it can) then unemployment will decrease and tax receipts will increase, with only a marginal impact on the deficit and a far better economic outlook from the OECD, IMF and others.
This would leave open to Labour the option of reducing the deficit, which is far from unprecedented in historical terms, "in good times" rather than through the self-defeating strategy of shedding jobs, public services and support for the vulnerable at the time it is needed most, a shock-doctrine which has now surely failed in its intended aim of deficit reduction.
As Ed Miliband quite correctly states, the double-dip is a "recession made in Downing Street". With a brave (some might say uncharacteristic) stimulus strategy from Labour, perhaps the nation can claw its way out of crisis. Who knows, if Cameron and Osborne's inept handling of the economy continues and Miliband can rebuild voters shattered confidence in Labour, he may very well find himself with the keys to Number 10 before 2015. Stranger things have happened.


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My many Indias. One last Bombay post
Posted on February 5, 2013 by Suhita Shirodkar
On my last day in Bombay, I visited Khotachiwadi, an old neighborhood with Portuguese-style houses in a labyrinth of little lanes. When you are inside this little neighborhood, all the chaos and commotion of Bombay falls away. The lanes are … Continue reading →
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Sesamstrasse, Folge 2 (Sesame Street, Volume 2) is a soundtrack album for Sesamstrasse, the German co-production of Sesame Street. It is a rendition of songs and sketches, using the original voice track from the show, including dubbed voices for Bob and Susan. The German street scenes, and related human cast, would not arrive until 1977.
Track listing
Side One
- Jeder macht mal Fehler (Everyone Makes Mistakes) - Big Bird
- Geräuschvolles Einschlafen (literally 'Noisily falling asleep'; Water's dripping) - Bert and Ernie
- Verkehrslied (Traffic Song) - Alex
- Die Gitarre (literally 'The guitar'; Broken ukulele) - Ernie and Beautiful Day Monster (YouTube)
- Tausendfuss (The Inch Worm) - Caterpillar and Salamander
- Gangster Alphabet (Lefty recites the Alphabet) - Lefty and Mackie
Side Two
- Mal oben, mal unten (literally 'Sometimes up, sometimes down'; Up and Down) - Cookie Monster and Herry
- Ernie's Kurzgeschichte (literally 'Ernie's short story' Ernie's alphabet story) - Ernie and Bert
- Der Wutkopf (The fury head) - Three Kids
- Nah und fern (Near and Far) - Grover
- Verkäuferin (Saleswoman) - Angelika
- Das Sonderangebot des Jahres (literally 'The special of the year'; Empty box) - Bert, Ernie and Lefty
Other releases
- Gerd Duwner as Ernie
- Wolfgang Kieling as Bert
- Alexander Welbat as Krümelmonster (Cookie Monster)
- Wolfgang Draeger as Bibo (Big Bird)
- Karl-Ulrich Meves as Grobi (Grover)
- Reiner Bronnecke as Schlemihl (Lefty)
- Jochen Sehrndt as Lulu Monster (Beautiful Day Monster), Mackie (Lefty's Boss), Grosses Monster (literally 'big monster'; Herry Monster)


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Police use seven tactics to recover firearms and potentially reduce gun violence:
As each tactic has something to contribute to illegal firearm recovery, the police should employ a mix of complementary tactics to be effective in reducing illegal firearm use. Communities considering gun violence reduction strategies may want to carefully balance factors of risk, outcome, and costs (see exhibit 1).
Risk. A gun recovery intervention should first consider the level of risk for each strategy. For example, search warrants and arrests generally identify high-risk offenders who pose a danger to officers. Because consent searches target individuals considered to be at risk for involvement in crime, either as victims or offenders, they are likely to have a greater crime-reduction payoff than pedestrian or traffic stops — while posing less risk for police.
Probability of gun seizure. A second criterion for choosing a gun recovery intervention is the probability that a gun will be found. Those efforts most likely to yield guns — search warrants and gun buybacks — are the most dangerous and least dangerous tactics, respectively. Although traffic and pedestrian stops are deemed the least likely to get guns, they account for the majority of gun seizures because of the sheer volume of these stops — literally thousands per year.
Search warrants, gun buybacks, and gun turn-in campaigns have a high yield in firearms but account for only a fraction of the guns recovered by the police. Guns recovered through buybacks and turn-in campaigns are the least likely to have been involved in crime.
Crime reduction and social costs. Another consideration is whether the removal of guns through a given tactic or set of tactics results in a net reduction in crime. Search warrants and arrests usually are executed because an offense has occurred or is imminent; therefore, they are most likely to reduce criminal activity in the near term. All of the other tactics, including consent searches, are less likely to identify an individual involved in crime during gun seizure or in the near future.
Tactics that have an immediate effect on crime have an intuitive appeal. Search warrants, arrests, and some traffic and pedestrian stops have this potential if officers are trained to look for firearms.
[2] But traffic and pedestrian stops can have substantial social implications. A major complaint about U.S. law enforcement is the alleged use of racial profiling to stop minorities in proportions far greater than their representation in the population. Thus, traffic and pedestrian stops generate distrust of the police for many Americans.
Search warrants, arrests, and consent searches exact more moderate social costs because, although these tactics are invasive, the perceived crime-control benefits offset their intrusiveness. When done in close partnership with the community, consent searches may actually increase police-citizen cooperation and therefore have a low social cost.
Collaboration. A final dimension for comparing these strategies is whether a collaborative partner is needed. Activities that rely on collaboration between police and the community — such as consent searches — are more difficult to execute than those that the police can perform themselves. Nonetheless, consent searches based on police-citizen collaboration have proved to be an effective, relatively low-risk tactic to recover illegal firearms from juveniles.
Information on this page is from the
NIJ Report Reducing Gun Violence: The St. Louis Consent-to-Search Program, published August 2004.
[note 1] See Burruss, G.W., and S.H. Decker, "Gun Violence and Police Problem Solving: A Research Note Examining Alternative Data Sources," Journal of Criminal Justice 30(6) (Nov./Dec. 2002): 567-574.
[note 2] See Sherman, L., J. Shaw, and D. Rogan, The Kansas City Gun Experiment, Research in Brief, Washington, DC: U.S. Department of Justice, National Institute of Justice, 1995, NCJ 150855.
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Arctic Monkeys | WIG220 | Released: 22/08/09
Arctic Monkeys third album Humbug features 10 brand new Arctic Monkeys' songs and was produced by Josh Homme in the Mojave Desert and Los Angeles and James Ford in Brooklyn.
Arctic Monkeys released their first single from Humbug, "Crying Lightning", through Oxfam's network of 700 charity shops, with proceeds going to help the charity's lifesaving work around the world.
The limited-edition 7", features a cover of the Nick Cave And The Bad Seeds' classic "Red Right Hand" as a B-side, and was on sale in every one of Oxfam's 700 high street shops. The release marked the first time Oxfam shops have sold a new release single for 25 years.
Following the phenomenal success of the "Crying Lightning" 7", which was available exclusively through Oxfam shops, Arctic Monkeys teamed up again with the charity for follow-up single "Cornerstone".
The "Crying Lightning" 7" sold approximately 10,000 copies in just a few weeks, making it one of the biggest-selling vinyl singles so far this century. Sales of "Crying Lightning" bucked the industry trend for 7" sales, which have more than halved since 2007.
The limited-edition "Cornerstone" 10" went on sale exclusively in Oxfam's top 50 music shops across the UK.
WIGCD220S | Out nowAdd to cart: £10.99
- 01. My Propeller
- 02. Crying Lightning
- 03. Dangerous Animals
- 04. Secret Door
- 05. Potion Approaching
- 06. Fire And The Thud
- 07. Cornerstone
- 08. Dance Little Liar
- 09. Pretty Visitors
- 10. The Jeweller's Hands
WIGLP220 | Out nowAdd to cart: £17.99
Vinyl version comes with a coupon with a code to download all tracks for free from our digital store.


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IGN reports that Tecmo is to unveil three new action titles geared towards the international market at the Tokyo Game Show next month.
The news came from a press conference held in Tokyo yesterday, during which Tecmo president Yasuharu Kakihara introduced the publisher's upcoming line-up. Kakihara said that Team Ninja - minus Tomonobu Itagaki - is working on three new action games, but did not offer any further details.
Could we see a new entry in the Dead or Alive franchise and perhaps first details on a new Ninja Gaiden title? We don't have long to wait, with TGS scheduled for October 9-12.


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Travertine Warehouse is based in Tampa and we service the Southern states of Florida, Texas and Louisiana besides the rest of the US. We are a specialist dealer of premium quality travertine and marble stone tiles, marble pavers, coping material and accessories. We work directly with top quarries and sellers in the world, importing directly from Turkey, Europe and Asia to bring you the best quality natural stone at a fraction of the cost.
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You know, I believe the old saying, "If you don't use it you will lose it". Well, I write a lot of Date Manipulation (DM) T-SQL these days and very little (Data Definition) DD. Since my projects have all completed and rolled to production, I am on the backend writing reports and doing some performance tuning. Even when I was doing a lot of DML I never really had to do what I was asked by a developer recently. The question was, "Can you add multiple columns to a Table with a single T-SQL Statement. I thought to myself I am sure you can, but I wasn't quite sure how. So I took at stab at it:
ALTER TABLE dbo.Table1
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Sorry that's not correct. I know what you are thinking, you call yourself a DBA. Well, I really never had to do this before. So I went directly to my reference of choice, Books Online (BOL). I filtered my search on ALTER TABLE, scrolled down a bit and low and behold there was the answer:
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Very simple solution, you only need to add the ADD keyword once, then all you need to do is delimit the column definitions with commas. Maybe the guys at SQLServerCentral can use this as the Question of the Day. Thanks again BOL.
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DUNDEE - "jam, jute and journalism" are often quoted as the words depicting Dundee, Scotland's fourth largest city, situated on the River Tay.
But it is also the home of "Desperate Dan", "RRS Discovery" and a notable Disaster.
Desperate Dan made his first appearance in 1937 in the children's comic "Dandy", created by local publisher D. C. Thomson. The lantern-jawed hero is apparently the world's strongest man, whose favourite food is cow pie – a type of enormous meat pie with the horns sticking out. Desperate Dan draws his immense power from eating these pies. He was voted the UK's second favourite superhero after Batman in 2011.
His 8 foot high bronze statue in Dundee City Centre was unveiled in 2001 and shows Dan striding out with his faithful pet Dawg in tow.
Disaster sTruck Dundee on 28 December 1879 when the two year old Tay Rail Bridge (2.75 mile long) collapsed during a storm, while a train was passing over. Not only was the train in the river, but so were the high girders. Over 70 people were thought to have perished with no surviiors.
William Mcconagall, widely regarded as the worst poet in history, wrote:
- "Beautiful railway bridge of the silv'ry Tay
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A Lexington man is in critical condition after being shot in the face in Randolph County.
A Lexington man is in critical condition after being shot in the face in Randolph County.
Sheriff's deputies responded to a gunshot injury call Sunday afternoon in the area of 7161 Dogwood Circle near Thomasville. When they arrived, they found Dean Anthony Dimery, 37, with a gunshot wound to the face, said Randolph County Sheriff Maynard B. Reid Jr.
Dimery was transported to a hospital, where he remains in critical condition, Reid said. The name of the hospital was not available.
Authorities believe Dimery may have been attempting to break into the home, which belonged to his girlfriend, 37-year-old Lisa Ratcliffe. Reid alleged that Ratcliffe pulled the trigger.
Investigators are consulting with the Randolph County District Attorney's Office in reference to if, and what, charges will be filed. Reid said self-defense may be a factor in the incident.
"We're looking at that," Reid said. "I'm not going to say it is or it isn't. That's one of the things we are looking at, at this point."
Dimery, a habitual felon, was released from prison on parole in May 2012, according to the North Carolina Department of Public Safety.
Ratcliffe worked as a probation and parole officer in Davidson County from June 2001 until November 2012, when she voluntary left her job, said Keith Acree, of the department of public safety.
In April 2006, Dimery was convicted of habitual felon, first-degree burglary, second-degree kidnapping and several other charges after robbing a 73-year-old man during a home invasion in Lexington.
Dimery also fled from a magistrate's office in 2002, when he was facing misdemeanor stalking, harassing and communicating threat charges. He turned himself in a week later.
In 1999, Dimery was charged with felony escape from prison and sent to a medium security lockup facility after he escaped from a work detail in Davidson County.


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HRT of Tennessee Inc., an affiliate of Nashville-based Healthcare Realty Trust Inc., has paid slightly less than $11 million for the medical office building at 8040 Wolf River Blvd. in Germantown.
The company bought the 40,592-square-foot building Oct. 9 in a special warranty deed from Charlotte-based Bayrock Investment Co. LLC, which acquired the property in 2008 for $2.3 million.
Built in 2007, the Class A medical office facility sits on 2.94 acres on the north side of Wolf River Boulevard where it turns into Kimbrough Road. The Shelby County Assessor of Property's 2012 appraisal is $7 million.
The property is home to Memphis Orthopaedic Group.
The transaction also included a 0.2-acre parcel of land that fronts Wolf River Boulevard. No financing was associated with the transaction.
Healthcare Realty, a real estate investment trust founded in 1993, "provides on-site leasing and property management services to 10.3 million square feet" in its portfolio, according to the company's website.
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Tennessee banks receiving capital through the Small Business Lending Fund have increased their small business lending by $275.1 million over their baselines, according to the U.S. Department of Treasury in a new report.
The SBLF, established as part of the Small Business Jobs Act that President Barack Obama signed into law in 2010, encourages community banks to increase their lending to small businesses. Through the fund, the Treasury Department invested more than $4 billion in 332 institutions that operate in more than 3,000 locations across 48 states.
The fund provides capital to community banks with less than $10 billion in assets – a threshold that most Memphis-area banks fall under.
– Andy Meek
A coalition of six political and nonprofit groups has come out in support of the countywide sales tax increase on the Nov. 6 ballot.
The groups who announced their support are the Shelby County Democratic Party, Stand for Children, Mid-South Peace and Justice Center, Latino Memphis, Our Kids Our Future, and Fight Crime, Invest in Kids.
Local Democratic Party chairman Van Turner said a vote against the sales tax hike is "a vote to raise property taxes."
Other leaders of the coalition emphasized the plan to use half of the revenue generated by the extra half-cent, $30.3 million, to expand pre-kindergarten programs to every child in Shelby County. By state law, half of the revenue from a countywide sales tax increase must go to education.
That part of the estimated $60.6 million in revenue from the extra half cent would be part of the funding for pre-k access across Shelby County. The other part of the money would come from nonprofit groups. When Memphis Mayor A C Wharton Jr. and Memphis City Council member Shea Flinn changed their opposition to the tax hike and announced their support earlier this month, it was on the condition that the private support would also be coming.
Leaders of the drive for the sales tax say they have been talking with private individuals about the rest of the funding. But they have not yet revealed who would put up the rest of the funding.
The ballot question will be decided by voters in Memphis and the unincorporated county. Voters in the six suburban towns and cities in Shelby County do not vote on the question because they voted in August to raise their city sales tax rates to support municipal school districts. The half-cent countywide sales tax hike would not be in addition to the suburban sales tax hikes.
If the countywide sales tax hike is approved, it trumps those earlier decisions. It would mean less sales tax revenue for the cities of Bartlett, Germantown, Collierville and Millington. But it would mean more sales tax revenue for Arlington and Lakeland.
– Bill Dries
Habitat for Humanity of Greater Memphis has selected Uptown as its neighborhood of choice for 2013 and 2014, with plans to build 50 homes and rehabilitate 100 properties in the area.
The Uptown project is the first of its kind for Memphis Habitat – a project where the nonprofit affiliate builds homes and does repairs on existing properties in a defined neighborhood. Habitat has completed 20 rehabs to date in Uptown.
The project is funded in part by the Memphis and Shelby County Community Redevelopment Agency, which last week approved an allocation of $1.68 million and a donation of 50 lots to support the two-year home-building and rehabilitation project. These funds are generated by tax increment funding.
To complete the project, Habitat must raise nearly $3 million in additional funds from local foundations and house-building partners, such as companies, faith-based organizations and schools. In an effort to retain local jobs, some homes in Uptown will be built via Habitat's traditional model with house-building partners and volunteers, and others will be built with subcontractors.
– Sarah Baker
U.S. foreclosure filings dropped to a five-year low in September as fewer homes were on track to be seized by lenders.
It was the second-consecutive monthly decline in filings, although there remains a sharp divergence along state lines, according to a report Thursday by foreclosure listing firm RealtyTrac Inc.
On a national level, overall foreclosure filings last month – including home repossessions – fell 7 percent from August and 16 percent from September 2011. There were 180,427 foreclosure filings reported for September, the fewest since July 2007 in the midst of the housing market bust.
The number of homes entering the foreclosure process, so-called foreclosure starts, fell to 87,066 in September, down 12 percent from August and 15 percent from a year earlier. It was the second-straight month of declines following three months of increases, Irvine, Calif.-based RealtyTrac reported.
Foreclosure starts since peaked in April 2009 at around 203,000. But the current level is still well above the 34,000 starts recorded in May 2005, before the collapse of the housing market.
Overall foreclosure filings include notices of defaults on mortgages, scheduled auctions and repossessions. Foreclosure starts are either default notices or scheduled auctions.
The pace of homes entering the foreclosure process is expected to slow gradually, barring another severe economic shock that would send the recovering housing market into a tailspin, experts say. But the decline in foreclosures is likely to continue playing out unevenly, in part because of the differing approaches to handling foreclosures from state to state.
Meanwhile, there were 53,569 completed foreclosures last month. That's up 2 percent from August but down 18 percent from September 2011.
– The Associated Press
The number of Americans seeking unemployment aid plummeted last week to seasonally adjusted 339,000, the lowest level in more than four years. The sharp drop, if sustained, could signal a stronger job market.
The Labor Department said Thursday that weekly applications fell by 30,000 to the fewest since February 2008.
The positive figures follow a report last week that said the unemployment rate fell in September to 7.8 percent. It was the first time since January 2009 that the rate dropped below 8 percent.
A Labor Department spokesman cautioned that the weekly unemployment aid applications can be volatile, particularly at the start of a quarter. And the spokesman said one large state accounted for much of the decline. The spokesman did not name the state.
Unemployment benefit applications are a proxy for layoffs. When they consistently drop below 375,000, it suggests that hiring is strong enough to lower the unemployment rate.


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The Seattle Seahawks initially targeted Thanksgiving for Percy Harvin's return, but it's looking more and more like he'll be catching passes long before the turkey is cooked.
NFL Media Insider Ian Rapoport reported Thursday that the dynamic wide receiver is scheduled to begin practicing next week, according to a team source.
Harvin's rehab from August hip surgery has been so rapid that a source with knowledge of his rehab tells Rapoport that there's a chance the receiver will return to game action on Monday Night Football versus the Rams in Week 8.
NFL Media columnist Michael Silver reported on NFL Network's "NFL Total Access Kickoff" that the Seahawks might be more cautious than Harvin hopes.
The Seahawks are "looking at the long game," Silver said. "They know when Percy Harvin comes back he'll give that offense a boost simply as a decoy, let alone as a threat. However, he's never practiced with them, he's not familiar with their offense, they'd like him to practice for a while. Maybe that Monday night game on Dec. 2 against the Saints coming off the bye, would be a more realistic date from the team's perspective."
"He's getting really close," coach Pete Carroll said Monday, telling reporters that Harvin "ran well last week and ran well in pregame."
Harvin's impending return bodes well for a Seahawks offense with big plans for the former Minnesota Vikings playmaker.
Seattle spent plenty of time in the offseason installing plays for Harvin before he was lost to surgery. Those wrinkles will be unleashed upon his return, and it will be fascinating to watch what Harvin's presence does for Russell Wilson and a team we already consider the most talented in the NFC.
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Lights, camera, action! The famous words of movie making. Lawrenceburg will be seeing some movie making sometime next year. How exciting is that?
Our small, friendly town of Lawrenceburg sure doesn't get a lot of Hollywood attraction, until now. Yes, there's been a movie or two filmed here. Heck, Kentucky is also home to several actors and actresses, including Hope Riley, the one who will be filming her movie here in a few months.
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Disclaimer: No real dogs or cats were shot or abandoned in the writing of this installment of "Pets."
Before the results of the recent Oscars ceremony become statistics in the cinema record books, I'd like to examine two pivotal scenes from older Academy Award-winning classics because the mere presence of a dog or cat adds such symbolism. Roll 'em, camera:
*The rabid dog in "To Kill a Mockingbird": The courtroom masterpiece based on Harper Lee's Pulitzer Prize novel won three Oscars in 1962 including Best Actor for Gregory Peck as Atticus Finch, the most ethical and beloved fictional lawyer ever.
When a mad dog starts writhing down the street toward the Finch home, the housekeeper calls Atticus and summons him home. His kids, Scout and Jem, are shocked to see the sheriff beseech their father to grab the rifle from him. Then they watch him take the dog down with one shot and learn that Atticus is the best sharpshooter in the county, a fact that he's kept quietly to himself.
The scene is an English teacher's delight- a literary treasure trove of symbolism, foreshadowing and allegory. The rabid dog represents the madness in the town surrounding the sham case against Tom Robinson. The real disease isn't rabies; instead it is racism.
Here's one high school teacher's opinion: "The community has rallied against Atticus because they believe that Robinson is guilty simply because he is black. Throughout the book, the Finch family has to buffer themselves against this racism (i.e., fighting off the mob). So the mad dog represents the community's madness that is based on racism. Further, the mad dog (and the scene surrounding him) is symbolic of Atticus's strength and resolve and his desire to protect his family. When the mad dog threatens his family, he immediately grabs a rifle and shoots the dog. The children are surprised by this because normally Atticus is very calm and laid back. However, he is a good shot, and the dog dies quickly. This scene shows that Atticus will do anything to protect his family from the madness around them."
Another teacher ventures beyond the Finch family: "Using this imagery, Harper Lee forecasts the struggle that is about to unfold in the narrative of the story. The madness that is well spread across society is clearly apartheid. There is no room for such dangers and destructive forces in society. The one to exterminate this fear is Atticus. The act of shooting the mad dog proves that it is Atticus who will take that step to ensure that justice will ensue. He has complete control of the situation and with a precise bullet shot he vanquishes any fear lurking in the city. This is later clarified in his powerful arguments against injustice in the court."
Then there's the matter of the rabid dog's name- "Tim Johnson"- which sounds suspiciously like that of another character named Tom Robinson. The judge's dog has a family last name too. Both Tim and Tom are innocent victims. Mr. Robinson is completely blameless in the fabricated rape charges, just as becoming infected with rabies was not the poor dog's fault. A bullet ends the lives of both characters.
*The cat in "Breakfast at Tiffany's": That same year (1962), Audrey Hepburn was nominated as Best Actress but didn't win for her portrayal of quirky, free spirit socialite Holly Golightly. However, the song "Moon River" from the film as well as Henry Mancini for Best Musical Score did win Oscars.
Holly's cat is a reminder of the lack of connection she feels to those around her. For much of the story, he represents her unwillingness (or maybe her inability) to feel tied down to anyone or anything, and the fact that she won't name him. Holly won't claim the cat as her own because that would signify that she's putting down roots, and this is something she's clearly against doing.
She tells Paul (the George Peppard character): "Poor cat! Poor slob! Poor slob without a name! The way I see it, I haven't got the right to give him one. We don't belong to each other. We just took up one day by the river. I don't want to own anything until I find a place where me and things go together. I'm not sure where that is but I know what it is like. It's like Tiffany's."
The movie version of "Breakfast at Tiffany's" is much different from Truman Capote's 1958 novella. The author did remain extremely vocal in his disdain for the screen interpretation of his work. In the book, Holly doesn't find the cat after dumping the tabby out of the taxi in the rain on her way to the airport which symbolizes Holly's realization that she's scared about never belonging anywhere or to anyone; whereas, she and George Peppard do recover the cat in the film because it is a Hollywoodromantic ending. They kiss with the cat between them.
Her change of heart plus a more naive portrayal of Holly are the antithesis of the flighty character Capote so skillfully created. He didn't think Audrey Hepburn was tough enough for the part. Supposedly, he wanted his friend Marilyn Monroe in the Holly Golightly role. She dropped out when told a call girl role might hurt her image. Capote must have yowled when he saw the final scene with the squished, wet cat sheltered by the embrace of the repentant couple. For the record, the celebrated author wanted "Moon River" to go too.
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As I was interviewing two club veterans for this month's "Veteran Voices" story, I found myself wondering about the membership model that most clubs use. It's much different — and, admittedly, much fairer for frequent users — than the pay-as-you-play model that tennis and racquetball clubs operated under in the early days of the business. These pay-as-you-play models actually penalized the people who played the most — the exact opposite of what club owners wanted to do. As clubs began to evolve into more than racquet clubs, the yearly (and sometimes longer) membership came into vogue, then the monthly membership. However, for many of the people that fitness facilities are trying to reach, just the term "membership" can frighten them.
Some people in the fitness industry have proposed that the membership contract may need to go away or at least be offered as one of several options to encourage the 86 percent of the population who aren't health club members to join fitness facilities. I think that the membership option is a great idea for people who are fitness junkies (you know, those who actually feel sick when they miss a day at the gym). However, fitness junkies are few and far between. For the rest of the population, especially those who have never thought that they belonged in a fitness facility, we need another choice — make that other choices.
What motivates people to exercise varies by age, gender, weight, economic level and other factors — and even then, people are so diverse that you can't lump them all together by any criteria. Pay-as-you-exercise still may work well for some who want to test the waters without a set two-week free membership (again, the word "membership" can scare some even if the word "free" is in front of it).
Another option may be nonmember programs that introduce nonmembers to the club for a multi-week program. Cliff Buchholz, owner of Miramont Lifestyle Fitness in Fort Collins, CO, told me about his club's four nonmember programs that have been successful in terms of both participation and revenue earned. When the Miramont staff presented the nonmember programs to the three large corporations located in Fort Collins, the wellness directors loved the programs, says Buchholz. These programs are easier to "sell" than corporate memberships. Each program focuses on something specific: getting started exercising, strengthening bad backs, losing weight and learning about nutrition.
The goal is that after nonmembers come to the club to participate in these programs, they will feel more comfortable at the facility, see results from the program and then join the club as members. Buchholz couldn't give me conversion numbers of nonmembers to members, but he said the programs have a high level of participation. Even if only 20 percent of participants join after the program ends, the club has earned revenue from the nonmember program that it would not have otherwise. Some nonmembers may just continue to pay for the nonmember programs, but at least they are participating in exercise.
I'm sure other ideas are already in place that are worth considering. I encourage you as fitness professionals and business owners to think outside the traditional membership model, query the nonmembers in your market about why they don't belong and talk freely with other club owners to see what has worked for them. It just might yield the next big idea — and one that could attract more than 14 percent of the population inside your doors.


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Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 199 diseños de 53 diseñadores freelance.
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We need a top-notch logo design for our client, Tigard Family Dental, which is a new general dentistry practice opening soon in Tigard, Oregon.
Creative Brief Overview
We need a top-notch logo design for our client, Tigard Family Dental, which is a new general dentistry practice opening soon in Tigard, Oregon. Target audience includes anyone looking for a new dentist in the local area, which has a higher-than-average senior citizen clientele. We are looking for something more traditional and not overly stylized.
Brand Name – Tigard Family Dental
Brand Identity and Differentiators
We are looking for a word mark and logo treatment that is clean, simple and professional. Please note: We will NOT consider design concepts that use cliché dental graphics (i.e. do not use a toothbrush, tooth, molar, etc.) or stock art elements!
No specific visual aesthetic has been chosen so we are open to a variety of design concepts and will provide specific feedback on as many submissions as possible in order to allow designers to revise and hone concepts for final selection.
Since this is a family-oriented practice, elements incorporating family, community and all ethnic groups of people should be considered. Our preferred color palette includes medium blue, dark gray and white.
Target Audience
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Norwalk reverses stance on proposed mosque
Associated Press
When Norwalk received a proposal to build the city's first mosque, it was rejected by officials who said the structure was too big for the largely residential area and would create too much traffic.
The applicants filed a federal lawsuit alleging religious discrimination and the U.S. Justice Department, which has intervened in mosque projects around the country, launched an inquiry into the handling of the proposal.
Now, the city is moving to settle the lawsuit and support a version of the closely watched project. Norwalk officials say religion was never part of their considerations.
"It was not based on any religious bias," Mayor Richard Moccia said. "I can't recall any zoning officer or any city official ever commenting that it happened to be a mosque and that's the reason they were opposing it."
Moccia said the Justice Department wrote about two months ago, seeking information such as minutes of a zoning hearing on the project. He said the city responded and has not heard back from federal officials.
The Justice Department declined to comment.
The Al Madany Islamic Center of Norwalk sued in June after the Zoning Commission rejected the $3.5 million project. On Nov. 29, the Zoning Commission voted to approve the mosque, subject to an agreement depending on the terms of a final settlement.
"We are absolutely glad to see this," Mongi Dhaouadi, executive director of the Connecticut chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations, said. "We're going to let the process play itself out and hopefully we'll celebrate at the end as a whole community in Norwalk."
Among the opponents, the neighboring Stonegate Condominium Association had traffic and parking concerns and thought the project was too big for the property, said Marc Grenier, attorney for the association.
"It was a huge building put on this small piece of property," Grenier said. "This had nothing to do with religion."
The proposal called for a prayer hall and a multi-purpose auxiliary building, both 13,500 square feet. The site proposed for the mosque is surrounded by homes, condominium developments, schools and places of worship and a large hotel, the center said.
The center serves more than 100 Muslim families who meet to worship in private homes or rented rooms at a local church because there is no mosque in Norwalk, according to the lawsuit.
The nearest mosques are in Stamford, Bridgeport and Waterbury. The proposal in Norwalk brought together Muslim immigrants from many countries and its rejection sparked concerns around the region, Dhaouadi said.
"It resonated with a lot of Muslims," Dhaouadi said.
The center contends in the lawsuit that its application a year ago satisfied zoning regulations. It says the decision amounted to unequal treatment compared to other places of worship nearby and came amid "the significant presence of strong anti-Muslim prejudice within a local community that organized a fierce opposition to the center's application."
In response to an online news article about the proposal, public comments included statements such as "just what the USA needs, another house where they teach to kill those that disagree with their ideology" and "let 'em build it. Then we burn it," according to the lawsuit.
The number of American mosques has increased dramatically in the last decade, according to a study released earlier this year by Ihsan Bagby, a professor at the University of Kentucky. Researchers conducting the national count found 2,106 Islamic centers, compared to 1,209 in 2000 and 962 in 1994. One percent of Americans are Muslim.


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Robotics Case Studies
Case Studies
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Kuntz Electroplating Automated Wheel Polishing System
by Cathy Powell
FANUC America Corporation
Problem Statement
Kuntz Electroplating Inc. of Kitchener, Ontario is one of the world's largest independent OEM chrome plating suppliers, producing millions of plated automotive wheels, bumpers and other components annually. Kuntz is a family owned business which has been in operation for over 50 years, employs over 1,000 people at peak production, and is an approved supplier to the Big Three, Harley Davidson and many others.
In recent years, a trend in new wheel styles often includes deeply contoured spokes. Traditional fixed automation polishing and buffing machines cannot reach the deeply recessed areas between the spokes of the wheel. To accomplish the polishing operation, hundreds of finishing workers are required to work in a 24/6 manual operation.
The manual finishers polish the wheels with sandpaper cartridge rolls mounted on die grinders. The subsequent chrome plating operation requires that the finish on the wheels be of exceptionally high quality. Any areas that are not blended or smoothed properly will be very noticeable once the plating operation is complete. Finding, training, and retaining hundreds of manual finishing personnel became a daunting task. Manual polishing is tedious and monotonous, the average new worker lasted less than a month. Also, these polishing operations accounted for more than half of the entire company's repetitive strain injuries.
Because of these difficulties, it became apparent to Kuntz Management that some type of automation was required. After conducting a survey of available technology, it was determined that Kuntz would have to develop their own automated process for wheel finishing. Kuntz has extensive experience in designing and implementing fixed automation for automotive wheel finishing, but it was determined that fixed automation would still not be effective for the newer wheel styles with deeply contoured spokes. Therefore, a completely new approach was needed for this application.
Kuntz contacted FANUC Robotics at an early stage of the project in search of an of-the-shelf solution. Dr. Laxmi Musunur, manager of the Material Removal group at FANUC Robotics, had completed many robotic finishing and deburring systems, but had never attempted to polish aluminum wheels with such stringent quality requirements.
After some discussion, FANUC Robotics was able to help Kuntz select the appropriate robot and process equipment and several things became evident. A variable speed (up to 6,000 rpm), high torque motor, capable of automatic media change and a compliant tool would be needed. PushCorp, Inc., in Dallas, Texas, was chosen to provide a critical component in the end-of-arm tooling. Their active force compliant tools would provide the compliance and accurate forces necessary to duplicate the human touch of the manual finishing operation.
Description of Process or Solution
Initial test results were very promising, and Kuntz decided to install twenty M-710i robots. This was a very ambitious project with ten cells of two robots each. The cell design featured two inverted robots mounted on an elaborate steel superstructure. The superstructure was situated above a large turntable capable of fixturing ten wheels.
Following start-up and de-bug, the first of these cells began producing wheels in mid-1999, with the last cell being completed about one year later. At this point, a very difficult issue arose. Robot paths for the first three wheel styles were programmed by manual lead-by-teach methods, and each wheel path program was taking eight to 10 weeks to create.
The lengthy programming time was due to the extreme complexity of the wheels, one of which had 15 spokes. There was also a considerable learning curve to overcome trying to understand the fine points of the human operator's techniques and reproduce them adequately. The goal was for the robots to achieve the same smooth, blended finish characteristic of wheels that had been manually polished.
To address this problem, it was decided that some type of off-line robot path programming software was needed. To acquire this capability, Kuntz purchased a Krypton RODYM-6D Robot Measurement System and contracted the services of Al Knasinski of Logic Systems Development Inc. This combination of equipment and personnel allowed the development of an Off-Line Programming (OLP) solution based on using a 3-D CAD model of the wheel. These techniques promised to give better control over all of the parameters, such as force head pressure, spindle speed, travel speed, and blending paths to produce smoother, more consistent paths in less time. The system could also be used to calibrate the robots and easily transfer programs from one cell to another.
Work began in earnest utilizing the robot measurement and programming system to develop robot programs for the new model-year wheels. Unfortunately, this effort brought to light a significant shortcoming in the cell design that was not apparent with the original 1998 model-year wheels.
The 1998 wheel styles were shaped such that the sandpaper cartridge orientation relative to the wheels did not deviate much more than about 10° from vertical. However, in 2000, Kuntz began working on developing paths for the 2001 model-year wheels. It soon became apparent that there was a fundamental problem with the cell layout. The 2001 wheels had a significantly different spoke shape that required that the sandpaper cartridge be able to reach positions at a much shallower angle relative to the wheel face.
Even after a costly conversion of the wheel fixtures to reposition the wheels, a number of other issues became apparent. The new robot path programs required much faster motions, which caused flexing in the robot support superstructure. This led to surface defects in the polishing when one robot's motion would cause the other to vibrate. Also, the larger motions required by the new wheel styles often forced the robots into singularities.
After making a concerted, but ultimately futile effort to make the original cell design work for the new wheels, Kuntz decided to reconfigure the cells into a totally new design, which was referred to internally as the "Second Generation." In the new cell layout, the robots were mounted conventionally, upright on a pedestal. In front of each robot are two programmable wheel mounting platters, which are the robot's seventh and eighth auxiliary axes. FANUC Robotics came to Kuntz's assistance by supplying one of their M-6i robots.
As the robot polishes, the wheel is rotated about its own axis, allowing coordinated motion with the robot. Because the wheel is continually repositioned, the robot works within the dexterous part of the work envelope. While the robot polishes a wheel on one auxiliary rotary axis, the operator can unload and load the other unit, permitting continuous operation. The two auxiliary axis units are separated by safety fencing; each has pressure safety mats and a complete set of operator controls. There is an elaborate system of safety interlocks on the auxiliary rotary axis units and on the robot to ensure that the operator can safely load one unit while the robot works on the other. This is not a trivial consideration, since the unit the operator is loading is still "live" and under control of the robot controller throughout the duration of the operator's exposure!
Throughout the effort to get the original cells performing properly and development on the Second-Generation concept, there were other significant developments underway. The first was a business decision by Kuntz Electroplating Inc. to form a new division called Kuntz Logic Systems Inc. (KLS) The new division was intended to develop off-line programming solutions, robot metrology and integrated systems. The business unit was formed by purchasing the assets of Logic Systems Development Inc. from their majority owner, Krypton Electronic Engineering of Belgium. The asset purchase was completed in late 2000, and KLS officially began operations on January 1, 2001.
The basic concept of Off-Line Programming (OLP) is not a new one, but as many people in the industry are aware, the Achilles' heel of OLP is that it has been very difficult, if not impossible, to achieve a simulation-created robot path that requires no real-world touch-up. Because the polishing paths necessary for automotive wheels are among the most difficult robot programs, the task was extremely challenging.
To polish automotive wheels, there are numerous complex and interrelated factors to coordinate. Of primary importance is that the working axis of the PushCorp compliant tool must always be normal to the surface at the point of contact. Also, the motor travel speeds, compliant tool forces and motor RPM are in a constantly varying balancing act dependent upon the local surface geometry. So, if any one factor must change, the others must be automatically adjusted to suit. Acceleration and deceleration must be carefully controlled at all times. Initial contact and lift-off points must be feathered to avoid polishing discontinuities. Also, wear patterns on the sandpaper cartridges must be controlled for a long, even polishing life. The sandpaper cartridge lead and toe-in angles must be constantly adjusted for smooth blending of polishing marks. In short, it is nearly impossible to develop such complex paths by manual lead-to-teach methods. With some styles of polishing media, there is a considerable change in tool diameter as the media wears down, which also has to be compensated for by the program.
Another complicating factor is the inconsistency of the lug nut hole locations relative to the wheel spokes. The wheels are positioned by these holes; but, according to the manufacturer's specifications, the placement of these holes can vary rotationally by +/- 1°. On an 18 inch (457 mm) diameter rim, this leads to an error of almost 1/4 inch (8 mm) near the outer edge of the wheel. This can cause major problems with robotic polishing. KLS subsequently developed a proprietary method for automatically detecting and compensating for this error that does not require the expense of a vision system.
Lastly, the OLP system has to be capable of quickly creating different versions of any one wheel polishing path. This is necessary to be able to cope with the varying surface quality of the incoming raw cast aluminum wheels. When the surface conditions deteriorate, the robot operator needs to have the option of adding additional polishing paths, or even different grit sizes of sandpaper to the base routine from the robot's control panel. This means that the programs must be capable of adapting on-the-fly to changing requirements without having to create or load new programs.
Justification Statement
The process of starting a completely new business division and subsequently developing an OLP package is a very complex and time-consuming task for a chrome plating supplier. However, at the time, Kuntz management felt that this was the best solution. Several companies supply OLP packages, but each suffer from various limitations that severely limited their usefulness to Kuntz Electroplating.
The task of developing OLP solutions for polishing wheels starts by loading a 3-D CAD model of the wheel into Robcad™. Next, the wheels are subdivided into various portions based on their geometry, and detailed subroutines are developed to handle the particular requirements of each kind of geometry. Then, for each wheel, a master program assembles the subroutines in the correct order depending on the number of passes selected by the operator for each different grit size. At this point, a certain level of intelligence is added to the system to semi-automate the process of assembling the master program. This application is referred to as APG, or Automatic Path Generation.
Another very significant piece of software developed for this project is a new interface between the simulation software and FANUC RCS (Robot Controller Software), which KLS calls the "LS_RCS Interface." All of the new KLS software runs as a ROSE (Robcad Open System Environment) function in Robcad™, which is a robot simulation software package produced by Tecnomatix Technologies, Inc. Like all robot simulation software packages, Robcad contains a robot motion planner; however, a robot path generated with simulation software may not run the same way when it is downloaded to a robot. This is because the real robot controller software is different in many respects. Our solution was to develop an interface that allows the programmer to select the actual FANUC RCS (made available separately by FANUC Robotics) to do all the motion planning. In fact, this new interface allows the full use of every function contained within the RCS, which immediately opens up a much wider range of programming tools to a simulation engineer.
There are two other essential elements used to ensure a touch-up free download to the robot. The first is another KLS application - an OLP Interface that ensures 100 percent round-load integrity. This means that there is absolutely no loss or degradation of data in a robot path transferred from simulation software to the robot controller or vice versa. The second essential element is that the target robot polishing cells are fully calibrated using a RODYM-6D™ Robot Measurement System produced by Krypton Electronic Engineering of Belgium. The calibration procedure compensates for any dimensional irregularities between the simulated robot cell and the real one. One additional piece of KLS software called VitualTeachPendant, which is very helpful but not necessarily essential, is a teach pendant emulator, which lets the OLP operator view, modify and run the robot path in simulation exactly as on a real teach pendant.
KLS has now reached the point where a polishing path for a new wheel can be developed by a skilled programmer in approximately one to two weeks using all of the tools developed to date, including testing and optimization. This compares very favorably to the eight to 10 weeks that it took for lead-to-teach paths in the original polishing cells. In addition, the automatically generated paths are far superior in terms of smoothness of motion and overall improvement of wheel quality.
Obviously, this approach to OLP has broad implications aside from polishing wheels. For example, both FANUC Robotics and a major automaker are using the new RCS Interface as part of a software package supplied by KLS for off-line programming of paint robots.
of a software package supplied by KLS for off-line programming of paint robots.
There is additional work that is presently at the research stage, including a major R&D project at the University of Waterloo, which should further reduce that interval. The U of W project was set up with the assistance of a number of companies. PushCorp of Dallas, Texas provided their latest Active Force Head and Spindle. FANUC Robotics Canada, Ltd. supplied an M-710i robot and controller. Kuntz Electroplating Inc. provided all of the remaining hardware, and is donating a complete Krypton RODYM-6D Robot Measurement System. Just as the new RCS Interface has broad implications beyond aluminum wheels, it is expected that the work being done in the university R&D project will move OLP to the next level. One of the first areas of research is to develop the means to automate the task of optimizing the robot paths. This would eliminate a great deal of the trial and error in testing various robot polishing paths.
By late 2001, Kuntz built a prototype Second Generation Pilot Cell consisting of two robots and four auxiliary axis units. The new system produces extremely consistent work and has exhibited none of the problems that plagued the first generation design. The quality of the output is nearly indistinguishable from that of the best human polisher. After an extended trial, the remaining robots will be reinstalled in the new configuration.
The ability to quickly program complex automotive wheels provides Kuntz Electroplating a unique manufacturing advantage. These cells can obviously be used to run continuously on large production runs, but they also offer a very advantageous short-run capability. Many automakers are now looking at more frequent changes of trim components, such as wheels, as a means of offering special editions and for keeping their overall product offerings fresh. Also, by diversifying its customer base beyond the Big Three, Kuntz expects to considerably increase the number of short runs.
With large product runs of 10,000 wheels or more per week, the manual operators are able to hone their proficiency, resulting in greater throughput and improved efficiency. However, with short runs, some as low as 500 or less per week, this level of proficiency never develops. If short-run wheels can be polished on a robot, then the quality level and throughput will not depend on achieving and maintaining operator proficiency.
To this end, Kuntz has been using their Robot Lab development cell to test and develop the means to incorporate the other types of polishing media in addition to the sandpaper cartridge. These media may include small flap wheels, brushes and sandpaper spinners of various styles. The goal is to be able to eliminate all hand polishing for any wheel style which requires these processes. The first wheel to be programmed for robotic polishing using all of these types of media as required was a wheel for a major automaker's SUV, which is a very large, complex surface area to be polished. The polishing quality achieved by the robotic process was found to equal or exceed that of the best human polishers, but at only 1/2 to 1/3 of their typical time.
Justification Drivers
Labor Savings: Yes
Quality: Yes
Injury/Risk Reduction: Yes
ANSI/RIA R15.06-1992: Yes
Total Robots Installed: 20
Date Installed: 1999
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MoneyShow Founders Seek $14.9M for Florida Home
Citadel founder Kenneth Griffin buys four properties in Palm Beach, Fla., for nearly $130 million; the Quietus, Mont., ranch of Grammy winner James William Guercio is on the market for $25 million; the Sarasota, Fla., home of MoneyShow founders Kim and Charles Githler is for sale for $14.9 million. Alyssa Abkowitz has details on The News Hub. Michael Saunders & Co.
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Behind its stunning undulating glass facade, Kings Place is home to the first new concert hall in London for 25 years.
Flanked on two sides by the Regent's Canal, engineering and aesthetics combine to spectacular effect at Kings Place in London's Kings Cross.
The seven-storey building provides 27,800m2 of commercial offices, a variety of cultural facilities and waterfront restaurant spaces. At its heart is the 420-seat Kings Place Concert Hall, the first such venue built in London for 25 years.
At 17m deep, the Kings Place project involved the deepest single prop excavation in the UK to date.
An innovative temporary works solution provided by our in-house Design Group allowed the 80,000m3 excavation to be carried out inside a perimeter diaphragm wall. This was supported by a capping beam and just four tubular steel props – one in each corner.
This meant all three basement levels could be constructed without intermediate props, which helped speed up construction. An alternative permanent works solution eliminated the need for load bearing piles and used the basement slab as a raft foundation.
With only limited access, we turned to the canals to open up the site. In conjunction with British Waterways we set up an off-loading area ¼ of a mile away to allow the steel and pre-cast cladding panels needed for construction to be brought to site by barge.
All waste was segregated for recycling, with plasterboard waste removed by canal barge. All the excavated clay was reused and sustainable timber used throughout. Green and brown roofs were incorporated and the building achieved a Very Good BREEAM rating.
Strong ties were forged with the community, local children from the Visual Learning Foundation for Art Education making several visits to site as part of an art project, their work later being displayed on the hoardings around the site.
The proactive input of our supply chain proved especially important on the building's undulating triple glazed façade which has no visible external fixings. Hung from a single top fixing point at 7th floor level, this fixing method was developed in collaboration with the specialist glazing subcontactor.
Kings Place was the latest in a series of contracts for the client that began with the award-winning refurbishment of the former postal sorting office in Orchard Street, Newcastle.
Hailed as "a visionary project" by the judges, Kings Place was named winner of the prestigious Major Project Award at the British Construction Industry Awards 2009.
As well as recognising the "outstandingly constructive relationships" on the project, the awards judges praised the team for the way it addressed the "major technical challenges" involved in the construction of the building's basement.
The development was also named the 'Best of the Best' and winner of the Commercial Workplace Award at the British Council for Offices Awards 2009, the judges applauding its "exquisite design and clever construction".
Kings Place won the Project Over £50m category at the Construction News Quality Awards 2009 and was presented with two accolades at the 2009 Wood Awards, winning the Commercial and Public Access category and the Gold Award for best project.
Kings Place was also honoured with a Civic Trust Award in 2009.


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Three social-minded urban gardeners saw an unfortunate problem in their community of Nantes: gardening is pretty difficult for those in wheelchairs. So to help the wheelchair-bound flex their green thumbs more easily, these inspired individuals created the Terraform, a series raised garden beds that put planting within arms reach. Using materials close at hand, the team built a simple prototype using the casing of an old cathode ray television combined with some old pallets. The design proved so successful, they're now promoting Terraform to a wider audience.
Upgrading what was a somewhat crude design, the team has created a more attractive flatpack version that combines a molded UV-treated, recycled polyethylene pod with precut wooden sides. The beds are designed so that the garden sits at the correct height for someone in a wheelchair, thus providing them the opportunity to take on a healthy and therapeutic hobby.
Since its first installation, the popularity of Terraform has grown quickly and the city of Nantes has installed installed many more beds in allotments across the municipality. Terraform has even spread to other cities, and more than 100 kits have been put in place across France.
The basic design can be easily replicated and constructed, and the system is easy to maintain. The team is currently working on new products that will integrate cabinets for tools and accessories, as well as space for a drip-feed irrigation system.
There is no word yet as to when Terraform will be available in the US or Canada, but given its flat-pack, modular design it will surely translate seamlessly across international borders.
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On the first day of school, a gunman opened fire in the cafeteria of Perry Hall High School. One student, Daniel Borowy, was injured and has since returned to school. A classmate, Robert Wayne Gladden Jr., was charged. The shooting led to to security changes in Baltimore County schools.
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The 1992 Disney film gets the stage treatment in a new musical set during the Newsboy Strike of 1899. Featuring music by Academy Award winner Alan Menken and a book by Tony Award winner Harvey Fierstein, the story follows Jack Kelly, a teenager with his sights set on life beyond the New York City newspaper scene. When Jack and his fellow newsies learn of a rise in distribution prices, they must rally together to fight against the big-name publishers. Ages 8 and up.
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The Phils will start the 2012 season with the first of three games against the Pirates in Pittsburgh.
The Phils will begin their 129th season as a member of the National League with an afternoon game against the Pittsburgh Pirates tomorrow afternoon at PNC Park in Pittsburgh, PA. The game will start at 1:35 pm EDT.
The Phils, who are coming off a team record setting 102-80 win season, will be protecting their fifth straight National League Eastern Division Championship, also a team record, after having been knocked out of the NL Divisional Series, losing the series 3 games to 2, by the eventual 2011 World Series Champions St. Louis Cardinals. The Phils will send to the mound their ace, Roy Halladay (0-0, —), who will be coming off a 19-6 2011, with a 2.35 ERA and a WHIP of 1.04. He also struck out 220 batters. The Pirates, who are coming off their19th straight losing season, finishing 2011 in 4th place in the National League Central Division with a 72-90 record, will be trying once again to at least reach a .500 record. They will be sending to the mound Erik Bedard (0-0, -.–), who had spent 2011 pitching for both the Red Sox and the Mariners, who will be coming off a combine record of 5-9 with an ERA of 3.62, and a WHIP of 1.28.
The Phils will be out to start the 2012 season on a good note.