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I've heard this result from my differential manifold class, and I don't know how to prove it.
Does anyone know how to construct such diffeomorphism? Please tell me, thanks a lot.
Any comments are welcome.
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I've heard this result from my differential manifold class, and I don't know how to prove it.
Does anyone know how to construct such diffeomorphism? Please tell me, thanks a lot.
Any comments are welcome.
Here is a sketch:
$SL(2,\mathbb R)/SL(2,\mathbb Z)$ can be identified with the space of lattices of covolume 1 in $\mathbb R^2$. Indeed, $SL(2, \mathbb R)$ can be identified with a couple of vectors, and multiplying this couple by an element of $SL(2, \mathbb Z)$ does not alter the lattice they generate.
Let $\Lambda$ be a lattice, $v$ be its shorter vector, $v'$ be the shortest vector non colinear with $v$ so that the basis $(v,v')$ is direct. Denote by $\theta$ the angle (mod $\pi$) made by $v$ with the horizontal direction. Then the couple $(v'/v, \theta)$ determines the lattice. It is an exercise to see that $v'/v$ belongs to the domain $\mathcal D:=\{z\in\mathbb C\big\vert -1/2\le\Re z\le 1/2, \vert z\vert\ge 1\}$. In order two have an isomorphism, it should be noted that the only repetitions in the code concern the points $(z,\theta)$ and $(-\bar z, -\theta)$ for $\vert z\vert=1$ which determine the same rhombical lattice, as well as the points $(z, \theta)$ and $(z+1, \theta)$ for $\Re z = -1/2$. Let $\mathcal D/\tilde{}$ denote the corresponding quotient of $\mathcal D$.
All in all this shows that $SL(2,\mathbb R)/SL(2,\mathbb Z)$ is a Seifert circle bundle over $\mathcal D/\tilde{}$, with one singular fiber of order 2 above the point $i$ (which corresponds to square lattices) and one singular fiber of order 3 above the point $j$ (which corresponds to hexagonal lattices).
Now cut $\mathcal D/\tilde{}$ along the two lines $\Re z=-1/4$ and $\Re z=1/4$. You obtain two disks $D_i$ and $D_j$, where $D_i$ contains a point of index 2, and $D_j$ contains a point of index 3, and both of them have one point removed on the boundary. Now there is only one Seifert fibered space over a disk with a singular pointof order $p$, namely a solid torus where each fiber except the central one crosses $p$ times every meridian disk. Thus our Seifert fibered space is made of two solid tori glued along their boundary, where we have to identify the fibers on the boundary. What we obtain is a Lens space with one fiber removed. It turns out that in this $(2,3)$-case, the obtained Lens space is $S^3$, and the regular fibers are trefoils.
There is a proof without words in Etienne Ghys' ICM address. and a short proof with words by Rubinstein and Gardiner. (Compositio, 1979)
A different proof (due to Quillen) is given in Milnor's book Introduction to algebraic K-Theory, page 84.


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'Thrunite Ti - The first AAA lights with firefly mode in the world!'; and eye catching statement, especially for a fan of low low modes like me.
The second interesting feature is that the two modes are accessible, not by turning off and on again, but instead simply by tightening the head more. This very simple interface is very user friendly and makes it an easy light to use and gift or lend out.
PART 1 – Initial Impressions:
For a very reasonable price the quality of this torch is excellent. Everything is precise and well finished and the knurling deep and crisp.
The head turns more smoothly than any other EDC light I have used and the first sign of resistance that you feel is the point at which the low level (firefly output) comes on. Firefly, at 0.04Lm is barely visible in normal lighting, but is a very good level for fully dark adapted eyes, then about 1/16th of a turn more and the high level comes on….and what a high it is!
From an AAA light the Ti produces a surprising amount of light and without having to resort to li-ions can really impress. It may not be able to keep up with li-ion output levels, but from AAA is surprisingly good.
What is in the box:
A nicely presented box with the 'first…in the world!' proudly emblazoned on the front.
The plastic carrier tray out of the box
The Ti comes with two spare o-rings, a split ring and instructions.
The Ti's LED is well centred, and the reflector comes right up to the LED dome (unlike some other lights where the reflector only comes up to the edge of the LED support).
Looking inside:
With the head removed you can see the positive and negative contacts of the Ti. The Ti does not have a normal spring, instead having a circular foam pad on the positive terminal which pushes the battery terminal away from the contact as you unscrew the head to turn it off. I will be curious to see how well this holds up in the long term.
Shown here with the head removed and brass threads visible
Modes and User Interface:
The Ti has two output levels and is available with either 0.04Lm (firefly) or 3Lm for the low level and 60Lm for high. The one I am reviewing here has the firefly low.
To access the low level turn the head until you feel the first hint of resistance and the low level comes on. Turning the head a further 3mm (at the circumference) and it switches to high.
This is very simple and intuitive to use.
Batteries and output:
The Ti takes AAA batteries and will work with alkalines and NiMH. There is no significant measurable difference in output between these types of battery. I have been using NiMH as my preference is for rechargeable batteries.
The Ti's high output is very bright for a single normal AAA battery and noticeably brighter than the popular iTP A3 as shown very clearly by the lab testing.
PART 2 – In The Lab
As in a previous review, I decided to try and quantify the actual beam profile. There are probably many flaws in my method, but it is simple and easy to carry out and seems to provide a good enough comparison.
The method used was to put the light on the edge of a table 1m from a wall, with a tape measure on the wall. The zero of the scale is placed in the centre of the hotspot and a lux meter is then positioned at points along the scale, with the measurements recorded. Beam shots are often taken with the light shining on a flat white wall, so this method is simply measuring the actual intensity across the beam on a flat surface, not the spherical light emission.
The results are then plotted on a graph.
For the best throw you want to see a sharp peak with less of the distracting spill. For the best flood light the trace should be pretty flat.
Here the Ti is shown next to the Fenix LD01, E01 and iTP A3. You can clearly see how the Ti has a much brighter hotspot.
Taking this a little further, I calculated an approximate factor to apply to the lux measurements, as each measurement gets further from the centre of the beam, it corresponds to a larger area onto which the light is falling. It seems to me that this should also be taken into consideration, so I applied these area corrections and came up with this odd looking graph.
The key quantity here is the area under the graph line. This should correspond to the total light output. Here you can see the diffuser has put more light energy into the spill and widened the hotspot.
The Ti, despite having a brighter hotspot and better throw, has less total output than the LD01 although more than the A3.
PART 3 – The beam
The beam is very well formed with strong hotspot but reasonable spill as well.
Firefly is a great low low output and here is show next to (from left to right) the Zebralight SC51, Quark AA Regular, Thrunite Ti and Photon Freedom Micro all in lowest output mode.
PART 4 – Using the Ti
Looking at them and a few graphs doesn't tell you much about what this is like to use and how it performs in different situations.
An EDC torch is going to fulfil different roles to larger heavier duty torches. Each of us will have different every-day tasks for a light, be it as a back-up for a larger light, lighting the path to and from a car, helping get a key into a lock, peering down a drain, looking inside computing hardware or the boot of your car, the list is endless.
The Ti with firefly fits a specific role when you need the lowest low. The contrast between high and low is extreme and in general use you might feel it could do with a low of 3Lm or so…well you are in luck as the Ti comes in version with 3Lm instead.
For a general EDC I would choose the 3/60Lm version. For a bedside light used for night time wandering about the house the firefly version is the best choice.
I'll update post 2 of this thread once I have some more comments to add....
(Note: this light was a personal purchase and not supplied by anyone for review)

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A renovated building in Midtown Atlanta has been awarded 95 out of a possible 110 LEED points for its environmental design-the highest score for any new construction in the Northern Hemisphere.
Though classified as a "New Construction" in the Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design system, 1315 Peachtree Street, Atlanta is actually a 1980s construction that has undergone extensive renovation. But what does LEED certification entail? And is this the greenest building in the Northern Hemisphere?
According to the architect, Perkins+Will, who are both the designers and occupants of the renovated building, a variety of technologies were employed to help achieve Platinum certification. A trigeneration system (providing electricity, heating and cooling) is foremost among them, employing gas microturbines on the roof generating both electricity and heat. Some of that heat drives an absorption chiller providing the building's cooling. Daylight harvesting and LED lighting are among the measures which have reduced the building's energy consumption by a claimed 58 percent from baseline figures. Rainwater harvesting has cut the consumption of supplied water by 78 percent. Both figures are well above that required to achieve maximum points in their respective criteria.
LEED essentially provides a collection of yardsticks next to which some of a building's green credentials can be measured. Eighty points are sufficient to win Platinum status in version 3 of the system, which has been in use since 2009, and is the version with which 1315 Peachtree Steet was scored. Platinum is the highest of four levels of certification, followed by Gold, Silver and, yes, Certified.
One hundred of the available points are spread over five categories with the largely self-explanatory titles Energy and Atmosphere (worth 35 points), Water Efficiency (10), Materials and Resources (14), Sustainable Sites (26), and Indoor Environmental Quality (15). An additional six bonus points are available for "innovation in design", and the final four are for "Regional Priority"—or measures that address localized environmental issues. One of the "innovation in design" points is available for the involvement of a LEED-accredited professional in the design—a point which has no direct bearing on the greenness (or otherwise) of the building at hand. A full breakdown of the points system, and an explanation of the criteria, is available on the US Green Building Council's website.
To achieve LEED certification, building owners must cough up registration and certification fees to the US Green Building Council, and provide documentary evidence of compliance with the scheme, which is verified by the Council. The process is purely voluntary, meaning that buildings with extremely environmentally-sound design may go uncertified. However, LEED-certification is increasingly being encouraged and even mandated at state level, and within federal agencies.
According to the US Green Building Council's Certified Project Directory, 245 projects have been assessed under the same system and category (LEED-NC v2009), and of those 25 have been awarded a Platinum certificate. So, of the nearly-10,000 projects LEED-certified in the US alone, 1315 Peachtree Street is only directly comparable to 245.
LEED 2009 places a greater emphasis than ever before on energy reduction, but is criticized in some quarters for not going far enough. A relatively whopping 19 points—the single biggest allocation—are available for optimized energy performance. In new buildings the full points haul requires energy savings of 48 percent in comparison to a theoretical baseline. By contrast the Architecture 2030 program calls for a minimum reduction of 60 percent, measured against regional averages rather than theoretical data. If buildings are now close to maxing out on the LEED scoring system, perhaps a general raising of expectations is merited.
Of greater concern is the suggestion that LEED-certified buildings do not always save the amounts of energy that is claimed. Savings are established by the building designer who measures the building design against a minimum requirement (ASHRAE Standard 90.1 - Energy Standard for Buildings Except Low-Rise Residential Buildings). What that minimum standard specifically entails will vary from building to building, and is quantified by the buildings designer through computer modeling.
Doubt would be reduced by verification of certification based on real-world use once the building is occupied. An assessment based on design data would still be required (where final planning permission is dependent on LEED certification, for instance), but the status would be provisional. The technology is already available to do this relatively painlessly through the remote reading of meter data via the 'Net. Were LEED to adopt such an approach, there's no reason that LEED certification could not become a live status requiring maintenance over time rather than being the one-off badge of honor that it is. Financial penalties for design assessments that fall well short of the reality may help the problem of optimistic LEED assessments—if such a problem exists.
Though scorecards under older certification systems are available from the project directory, none for the 245 projects in 1315 Peachtree Street's category are. But without the documentary evidence used to establish the LEED rating, and real-world performance data to compare it to, the information that could be gleaned would be extremely limited in any case.
A LEED score of 95 points suggests that a building should be extremely environmentally friendly, but the only conclusion that can be drawn with absolute certainty is that its design is adept at passing LEED tests. In 1315 Peachtree Street's case, it, of all the buildings in the Northern Hemisphere, is the LEEDiest of 245.
The US Green Building Council has not responded to our request to see 1315 Peachtree Street's LEED assessment, and the architect declined to respond to our technical queries about the specifics of the renovation.


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I help my patients look on Good Rx app for best price in the area. I also give them different discount coupons for them to try. I have found Good Rx very helpful.
I also try to get them on the program from manufacturer for free med for one year. I am hopefull the injectable Bup will be reasonably priced.
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It may not fit, I realize, but I'm trying to squeeze into this discussion my recent dilemma in trying to find a more affordable option among several alternative buprenorphine/naloxone formulations, for my older patients without drug coverage benefits in their Medicare policies. It would appear that there's little difference in price among the following 5 options: buprenorphine/naloxone tablets, bunavail, zubslov, Suboxone 8/2 at 24 mg/day, and Suboxone 12/3 at 24 mg/day.****uming the use of the Suboxone discount coupon where applicable, is one of these options more affordable than the others? I realize this will vary among different pharmacies but, in general, which is the most affordable recommendation for these uncovered patients? I'll place this query into a different thread if so advised.
I have some patients who prefer the tablets. Until about 6 months ago there were no problems. Now there is one pill that is giving problems with dissolving speed. Two factors important in sublingual tablets are: grade of lactose for filler and the hardness of compression. Patients say the tablets most pharmacies carry take 30+ minutes to dissolve. This can be a problem with many patients. We are experiencing the same trend in Ohio. I am telling my patients who have a problem to call customer service at the insurance company and if they want the state insurance commission. They may be more effective for change than we will be.
Ohio Medicaid CareSource has done the same thing. In those patients I have had on generic tablets at a methadone clinic, none were happy with it. Each new batch was an adventure as the dosage could vary from 80 to 125% blood levels compared to name brand. Patients did exhibit both withdrawal and feelings of mild overdoes. It was impossible to reduce (taper) dosage for these patients as they did not receive a constant dose. I have had similar experiences with the few private patients I have had on generic tablets. The only ones happy with it were suspected of diversion. Diversion was confirmed many times with UDS.
I honestly have no answer what do with patients starting March 1, when the new CareSource policy kicks in.
I honestly have no answer what do with patients starting March 1, when the new CareSource policy kicks in.
Generics and Suboxone Film have a much higher street value than Bunavail, and are diverted with frequency. However, with the exception of Tennessee, most states don't seem to care and simply look for the least expensive option (not realizing that they likely would save $ by providing less divertable products). With that said, it would appear that more recently, the generics in my locale have begun to "childproof" their versions by placing them in rigid clam-shells and not loosely packaged.
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Tolerance.org Where everyone's a racist
By Charles F. Wickwire
While watching television the other day I happened to notice Alanis Morissette telling me to logon to Tolerance.org and learn more about tolerating my fellow human beings. Now I freely admit that the bitter lyrics of Canada's number one upset female are among my favorites. I have been a big fan since Jagged Little Pill. I had heard of Tolerance.org but I had never paid much attention to the popup ads and banners that streamed across sites. After all, I consider myself to be very tolerant. But Alanis was urging me to check it out, so I did.
Well the site itself is very professional and well maintained. The first thing the site says is Fight Hate, Promote Tolerance. A very noble aspiration and one I can easily agree with. Below this banner are navigation buttons for Teachers, Parents, Teens and Kids. The audience certainly sounds respectable.
Under this we get to meatier subjects. Under the title Tolerance Watch we have list of both "Hate and Tolerance in the News", "Tracking of Hate Groups" and ways to "Learn the Truth". It is here that things get a little confusing. Under "Hate in the News" we are offered a multitude of news articles that show examples of racism, sexism, homophobia and various forms of xenophobia. I guess that is all right, after all the title was "Hate in the News".
But when we move on to the title "Tolerance in the News" we find a multitude of news articles that show examples of racism, sexism, homophobia and various forms of xenophobia. The only difference in the two sections seems to be whether the article focuses on the crime or the victim. The articles under "Tolerance in the News" are, of course, dedicated to the victims of Hate Crimes with a sprinkling of announcements for Memorials and the occasional story about how wonderful Tolerance.org is. Maybe there isn't any news about tolerance itself.
Then we come to the Hate Groups Tracking Map. This is a very impressive collection of organizations across the United States that Tolerance.org's founding organization, the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC), has identified as promoting hatred or intolerance. One thing I noticed was a grouping called Black Separatists.
Tolerance.org states the following definition for Black Separatists:
I was impressed. Tolerance.org was admitting that Black on White hate not only exists but exists in such numbers as to need a label. But my newfound respect just as quickly crashed into the wall of reality when I read the very next paragraph. And I quote:
So, the SPLC must consider Black Separatist to be Racist even though it is just a response to centuries of white racism. They sound almost upset to have to place these Separatist in the same category as White Segregationist. Other categories include the Klan, Neo-Nazi, Racist Skinhead, Christian Identity and Neo Confederate, but none of them receive any apologetic remarks.
Tolerance.org asks the question "Are You Really Bias Free?" and offers several online test to find out. First you have to select a test, there is a list that includes many biases including racial, gender, homosexuality and age. I tried the test for Racial Bias called Black/White Adults.
The test starts out by flashing faces on the screen and you have to select whether they are European American or African American. Next the screen flashes words on the screen and you have to choose if they are bad or good words. The words included Evil, Horrible, Glorious, Happy, Hate and Love.
Next phase of the test flashes both faces and words on the screen and you have to select whether the face or word is European American/Bad or African American/Good. That's right, if the face is European or the word is Bad they both get the same answer. If the face is Black or the word is good it gets the opposite answer.
I have to admit I was a little shocked but I continued with the test. I found it difficult to do the test when I had to combine the answers of European and Bad for one answer and African and Good for another. It made for many hesitations.
This phase of the test was repeated and then a return to the previous phase of flashing the faces and selecting the answer according to race.
The final phase reverses the earlier mix. Now we have African American/Bad and European American/Good. I found this no less disconcerting. For me associating words like good and bad with race is intolerant to begin with.
Tolerance.org gave me a score of 48 percent strong automatic preference to white people. This was a surprise to me but I guess that is why it is considered a "Hidden Bias". People are racist and don't even know it. That is what Tolerance.org is here to help with, finding the hidden racist in all of us.
The Tolerance.org disclaimer has this to say:
Now I find it odd that nearly half of all blacks show an automatic preference for whites. It makes me wonder if the test itself predisposed to a certain result, namely, that anyone taking it will show a preference toward the white race? How else can you explain the fact that nearly half of all blacks that take the same test score the same as a so-called white racist? Are we to believe that white racism is so strong that is has caused minorities to hate themselves, or could it be that the test itself is rigged?
Go ahead, visit the site and take the test. But don't be surprised to learn that you have been a racist without even knowing it.
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MELBOURNE, Australia -- New Zealand's Mark Brown will take his place in the 2013 British Open Championship at Muirfield after setting a new course record at Kingston Heath Golf Club on Wednesday during International Final Qualifying (IFQ) Australasia. The two-day 36-hole qualifier awarded three spots in the Open from a field of 70 challengers.
Starting the final day at even par and five shots off the pace, Brown produced an eagle and eight birdies to card a 10-under-par 62 and secure his slot in golf's oldest major championship, which takes place July 18-21.
Brown is proud to become New Zealand's first representative to qualify for this year's Open. This will be his second time at the Open having qualified in 2009, when he missed the cut at Turnberry. He said he was very much looking forward to the challenge of playing a Scottish links again.
"If there's one major you want to play, for me, this would be it," said Brown, whose best performance in a major was 24th at the 2008 PGA Championship.
He added that he was delighted to qualify by beating the previous course record of 63 set by amateur Cruze Strange.
"Yesterday I was a fair way back, so today I wasn't really thinking about it too much," said Brown. "I just went out and tried to enjoy it.
"I made six birdies in the first nine, then it got serious and it wasn't so much fun anymore," he explained. "But it's massive. I love this place and I played well here in November," when he tied for third in the Australian Masters here last year.
"I've got so much respect for the place," he added. "It's quite a thrill to hold the course record."
The two other qualifiers for Muirfield were Australians Steven Jeffress on 9 under par and Stephen Dartnall on 8 under par.
It has still yet to sink in for Jeffress that at 37 years of age he will tee it up in his first major championship thanks to a composed round.
"It's pretty impressive – it probably hasn't even sunk in yet, it's going to be great, it's going to be unbelievable," said Jeffress immediately following his round. "I had a number that I wanted to get to, 10 under. I thought if I get to that, then it's going to be competitive.
"I had 2 under around the front nine and then I parred through to 15, which I was pretty frustrated at," he explained. "I said to my caddie that we have to do something here because only the top three get in and then I birdied 15 and 16."
Dartnall, who was tied for the lead after the first round, is heading to his first major thanks to two solid rounds.
"I started off a bit scratchy, actually – I was 1 over after six then made a few birdies and just played solid from there on in. It wasn't quite as good as yesterday but it was enough, I guess," said Dartnall. "I have never played a major before so will be a good learning experience, to go there and obviously try and play well."
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okay so im kind of a newb to the programming world i have some self tought expierence and im now taking my first formal classes java and C++ but i can use some help with java im not asking anyone to do my home work for me i just need a bit of help. so my assignment is to "design and implement an application that reads a string from the user and prints it on char at a time"
now heres my code i figure i could use a for loop to execute a certain number of times (how many characters the string is).
The for loop can start with an marker variable of 0 and print the character at that marker's index value. So the first character. Then it adds 1 to marker. Then the for loop will repeat, but it should print the value at the 1 index. an it repeats until it's done x times, x being how many characters are in the string. i just got a little lost on the way...
package stringBreakDown;
import java.util.Scanner;
public class StringBreakDown {
public static void main(String[] args) {
String input;
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float exNum;
Scanner scan =new Scanner(System.in);
System.out.println("please enter your string");
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Opera Piccola of San Antonio's press release described the plot this way:
The well-aged and well-heeled Don Pasquale performed by Ronald Ulen, just wants a little respect. So when his headstrong nephew Ernesto, played by Sergio Blazquez (who's head over heels for the luscious Norina, played by Clare Mortimer) refuses to marry the woman Pasquale thinks he should, The Don goes ballistic. He cuts Ernesto out of his will and decides to father his own heir. All Pasquale needs is a sweet, obedient wife to do his bidding—and he thinks he's found her. But look out, because the minute the wedding's over, Miss Gentle-as-a-Kitten turns into Mrs. Tigress-with-an-Attitude—complete with a ferocious appetite to spend, spend, spend! All of a sudden, bachelorhood never looked so good! Enjoy this sparkling, wickedly sardonic, very human comedy that tickles the funny bone, yet touches us with sentiment, too.
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Legislative language would allow the Pentagon to start developing a version of the fighter jet that could be sold to allies.
The Senate Appropriations Committee voted unanimously Thursday to approve an fiscal 2010 Defense spending bill that would allow the Defense Department to develop an export version of the radar-evading F-22 Raptor fighter jet.
While the committee bill, if enacted, would not repeal a decade-old law prohibiting foreign sales of the stealthy fighter, it would mark a significant step forward in opening up the Lockheed Martin Corp. jet to U.S. allies just as the plane's domestic production lines are winding down.
"It's a good next step," a Senate aide said of the F-22 provision in the $636.3 billion spending bill.
For years, lawmakers in both chambers have thwarted any effort to sell the F-22 overseas, arguing that exporting the advanced technologies in the fighter jet would pose a significant security risk. But proponents of exporting the plane argue that selling an export model of the F-22, stripped of secret U.S. technologies, would eliminate that risk.
House lawmakers approved a floor amendment to the fiscal 2007 Defense appropriations bill that would lift the ban. But export opponents in the House and Senate eliminated that provision during conference negotiations on the bill.
The Senate's language in the fiscal 2010 bill will likely meet stiff resistance from House appropriators -- especially Appropriations Committee Chairman David Obey, D-Wis., author of the 1998 ban on F-22 exports -- who continue to be concerned about the security implications of selling the F-22 abroad.
While the Senate bill maintains the export ban, it says the Defense Department "may conduct or participate in studies, research, design and other activities to define and develop an export version of the F-22A." The committee report accompanying the bill encourages the Air Force to use F-22 research and development funds to begin work on an export version of the fighter.
The House bill, which was approved in July, continues the ban and does not open the door to developing an exportable version of the fighter.
But the political landscape could be shifting a bit as domestic production of the F-22 comes to an end -- a development the program's supporters in Congress fear will lead to thousands of aerospace jobs lost in dozens of states.
Both the House and Senate already have approved versions of the fiscal 2010 defense authorization bill with language demanding the Pentagon report to Congress on the costs of developing an exportable version of the F-22 and any potential strategic implications.
Japan is considered the most likely customer for the F-22, particularly as North Korea continues its ballistic missile testing. South Korea, Australia and Israel have also have expressed interest in buying the plane despite a price tag that could top $150 million a jet.
The Senate is expected to take up the $636.3 billion Defense appropriations bill later this month.
Senate Appropriations Committee ranking member Thad Cochran, R-Miss., said Thursday that his goal is to wrap up conference negotiations with the House and send the bill to the president's desk by Oct. 1, the start of the next fiscal year.
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ITHACA, NY — David Storch, chairman of the board and chief executive officer of AAR Corp., will deliver the Ithaca College School of Business Distinguished Alumni Lecture — "Leading Through the Economic Cycles" — on Monday, Nov. 8. Sponsored by Tompkins Trust Company, the talk will take place at 6 p.m. in Room 111 of the Dorothy D. and Roy H. Park Center for Business and Sustainable Enterprise. It is free and open to the public.
A 1975 graduate of Ithaca College, Storch has been with AAR since 1979. He was named the company's chief operating officer in 1989 and chief executive officer in 1996, before assuming his current role in 2005 as chairman and chief executive officer. He is credited with successfully leading the company through several economic cycles, including the difficulties of the post-9/11 economy.
AAR is a leading provider of a diverse range of products and services to the worldwide aerospace/aviation industry and has been lauded for its outstanding management practices. In 2010 the company was named by "Forbes" magazine as one of the "100 most trustworthy companies," a listing of American businesses that have the most transparent and conservative accounting practices and most prudent management. AAR prides itself on a close-to-the-customer business model and a dedication to maintaining the highest levels of quality, safety and service. The company has been serving aviation customers since 1951 and today has revenues of $1.4 billion with 6,000 employees in 13 countries.
Storch has served on the Ithaca College Board of Trustees and is a current member of the President's Roundtable, a group of leading advisors to President Tom Rochon. In 1986 he established the David P. Storch Endowed Scholarship Fund, which annually awards scholarships to worthy students in the School of Business. In recognition of his generous support of the business school building project, the David P. Storch Moot Boardroom has been named in his honor and will be dedicated during his appearance on campus.
For more information contact Maria Fiorille, assistant to the
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Over a decade ago, Microsoft Internet Explorer—then in its almighty version 4 incarnation—managed to eclipse Netscape Navigator to become the most-used browser on the Web. And Internet Explorer is still the most common browser on the Web today. But where IE used to command an estimated 80 percent of the browser market as recently as two years ago, Net Applications has delivered a bit of a stunner: IE's share of the worldwide browser market has dipped under 60 percent. And the losses are coming at the hands of Firefox and Google Chrome.
According to NetApplications, Internet Explorer's market share fell to 59.95 percent during April of 2010, while Mozilla Firefox has seen its collective share rise to 24.59 percent. After those two, the percentages drop drastically, with newcomer Google Chrome accounting for 6.73 percent of the global Web browser market, Apple's Safari coming in fourth with 4.72 percent, and Opera managing a 2.30 percent share. No other browsers managed a share over 1 percent.
Browser share estimates are jsut that—estimates—but NetApplications' data aren't terribly different from those of competitor StatCounter, which finds Internet Explorer dropped to a 56.5 percent share in April. However, StatCounter gives Firefox even more heft, with a 31.3 percent share; Chrome, Safari, and Opera managed 5.36 percent, 3.63 percent, and 2.25 percent, respectively.
Of course, even with these declines, Microsoft still commands the majority of the Web browser market—any other browser would be absolutely thrilled to have a 60 percent market share. But, for the last ten years, the game has been Microsoft's to lose…and the dynamics of the Web browsing world do seem to be shifting.
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05 September 2013 | News | By BioSpectrum Bureau
VolitionRx-led consortium gets $1 mn from Eureka Eurostars to biomarker R&D in inflammatory disease
Singapore: Eureka Eurostars scheme has awarded around $1 million (€779,493) to a consortium, which is being led by VolitionRx, in order to develop new applications of Nucleosomics biomarker technology in inflammatory disease.
VolitionRx, which is lead partner of the consortium, will contribute towards the project by developing novel NuQ biomarkers for immune response. VolitionRx will use its proprietary Nucleosomics platform for biomarker development exploiting UK-based Alcyomics' proprietary ex-vivo Skimmune model.
Under the grant, VolitionRx, which won the BioSpectrum Asia Pacific Emerging Company of the Year 2013, will be reimbursed with 80 percent of the costs associated with its share of the joint project, worth around $0.56 million (€420,000), over two years.
The Eurostars Programme is a European innovation program managed by Eureka. It is the first program dedicated to supporting research-based small and medium-sized companies (SMEs) from across Europe. To be eligible for the grant, companies must form a consortium of at least two companies from different European countries, with the aim of developing a civilian-purposed new product, process or service.
Mr Mark Eccleston, external collaborations manager, VolitionRx, said that, "The Eurostars scheme is a prestigious European program designed to support SMEs like VolitionRx, and to encourage cross-border research and development collaboration. We are looking forward to working with our partners to develop novel applications for our Nucleosomics technology, while complementing our ongoing research in cancer diagnostics."


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Cute Amazing Australian Kelpie Dog
Kelpies are loyal, friendly, intelligent, energetic dogs that require a challenging job to be satisfactory companions.They need to be stimulated as idle and bored dogs become frustrated, noisy, and destructive.With personalised love and attention, they can be very placid and faithful, although they do need space to run. For the show or bench Kelpie, walks and socialisation may be sufficient to keep them happy. A working bred Kelpie must have a job to do and plenty of exercise and mental stimulation to remain healthy and companionable.A Kelpie is not aggressive towards people and cannot be considered a guard dog, though he will certainly bark when necessary. Working Kelpies may nip when working stock and should be taught early not to do so to humans.


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I'm still obsessed with the VH1 reality shows. They were filled with hilarious characters that were so entertaining to watch. IMO, VH1 produced some of the best reality shows of all time. Flavor of Love, I Love New York, Rock of Love and I Love Money were everything.
I was watching some of my favorite "Of Love" moments on Youtube and found this.
New York was fucking hilarious. I never noticed how funny she was when I watched these shows back in middle school.
"I'm so thankful (clapping) that we have Deelishis in the house because she makes a great maid."
"She's my slave, I'm over her, I'M HER MASTER. I give her a lashing, she'll come right back."
LMAO I miss these shows so much. Her facial expressions were priceless.
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Gustavo Piqueira-Brigaderia Easter Edition 2012 Packaging
At Design Interviews
(Excerpt) Interview with Gustavo Piqueira : Frank Scott: What is the main principle, idea and inspiration behind your design?. Gustavo Piqueira : By positioning the brigadeiros into the vintage ads and combining the brand's vibrant universe, the visual identity becomes a pictorial representation of old advertising set within a new context. Fun and certainly unique. .Frank Scott: What has been your main focus in designing this work? Especially what did you want to achieve?. Gustavo Piqueira : At such commemorative times of the year when brands tend to use similar visual codes, there is nothing better than moving away from clichés. And find a solution which truly captivates people. .Frank Scott: What are your future plans for this award winning design?. Gustavo Piqueira : As it is a Special Edition, its charm resides on the fact that it will not be repeated again as it is, but we hope that it inspires other designs and projects. .Frank Scott: Why did you design this particular concept? Was this design commissioned or did you decide to pursuit an inspiration?. Gustavo Piqueira : Brigaderia was already a partner of Casa Rex. We've have developed their visual identity and all special edition packaging since then. .Frank Scott: Is your design being produced or used by another company, or do you plan to sell or lease the production rights or do you intent to produce your work yourself?. Gustavo Piqueira : The products are produced and commercialized by Brigaderia. .Frank Scott: What made you design this particular type of work?. Gustavo Piqueira : Brigaderia is a great partner and we wanted to make an original design coherent with its unique visual identity. .Frank Scott: Who is the target customer for his design?. Gustavo Piqueira : Everyone who love's chocolate and the brigadeiro sweet's. Brigaderia's clients are people of higher income and of all age groups. .Frank Scott: What sets this design apart from other similar or resembling concepts?. Gustavo Piqueira : We've approached an Eastern Edition without turning to the season's typical icons and imagery, which makes it fresh and original. .Frank Scott: How did you come up with the name for this design? What does it mean?. Gustavo Piqueira : The name is simply the actual description of the project, since we were developing a packaging for Briaderia's Eastern Special Edition. .Frank Scott: What is the most unique aspect of your design?. Gustavo Piqueira : The way we always try to approach traditional concepts with a fresh and fun perspective. .Frank Scott: Who did you collaborate with for this design? Did you work with people with technical / specialized skills?. Gustavo Piqueira : The project was developed by Casa Rex's team of graphic and packaging designers. Gustavo Piqueira, head of Casa Rex and Samia Jacintho were the project's creative directors. .Frank Scott: What are some of the challenges you faced during the design/realization of your concept?. Gustavo Piqueira : The challenge we put on ourselves were to find a way to make an Easter packaging without using the usual Easter symbols. .Frank Scott: How did you decide to submit your design to an international design competition?. Gustavo Piqueira : Both Casa Rex and Brigaderia are very proud of this project and its an honor for us to help disseminate Brazilian design. .Frank Scott: What did you learn or.[ End of Excerpt: Read complete interview with Gustavo Piqueira on Brigaderia Easter Edition 2012 Packaging at design-interviews.com ]
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The program netted Orange County schools $360,000 last year, mostly from advertising at athletic events.
The sights and sounds of high school football games are about to change in Volusia and Flagler counties.
The Volusia County School Board kicked off its membership this week in an advertising and marketing partnership headed by Orange County schools, joining a team on which Flagler County was already a player.
It opens the way to sell advertising on goalpost pads, stadium public address announcements and the vests and equipment carried by sideline officials who move the chains as the ball advances down the field. Advertisers also could rent tents to pass out materials at the games.
Both local districts are hoping to tap into a program that netted Orange County schools $360,000 last year, mostly from advertising at athletic events. Brevard and Osceola county schools are also part of the multidistrict partnership, which organizers hope eventually will include eight Central Florida districts.
"It's about volume," said Gary Marks, director of alternative programs, athletics and security for Volusia schools. "The more schools involved, the bigger the company that's attracted and, I would think, the higher the fee. With marketing and advertising, the key is how many people are going to see the ad."
"The nice thing about partnering with Orange County schools is they have a lot more leverage in the marketing department that we currently do," Sabrina Crosby, Flagler schools' coordinator for special projects, recently told that county's School Board.
She said the deal will allow Flagler to "get some of the really large corporations that we really don't have access to — we really don't have the volume." Flagler officials haven't said specifically how they'll spend money generated by the advertising.
Preliminary estimates show Volusia's 10 public high schools each could net $1,500 per football season once the program is up and running, Marks said. The money will be used to cover scholarships for athletes who can't afford to pay the $75 fee Volusia started charging students in 2009 to play sports. Students pay $100 if they play more than one sport.
It may take a while to see that kind of payoff, said Brian Siatkowski, senior manager of public relations, sales and marketing for Orange County schools.
"The sales cycle for things like this is close to six months," he said in a telephone interview from Orlando. "If they're signing on now, it's going to be tough to see anything this fall."
Orange County schools collect 10 percent of the net proceeds of advertising sold through the multi-district partnership, with participating school districts splitting the rest based on student enrollment. Advertising in school-based venues steers away from potentially objectionable content like alcohol, tobacco, firearms and religious or political causes, Siatkowski said.
Even if it takes a while to generate money, Volusia high school athletic directors are looking forward to the advertising program to supplement existing scholarship programs to cover pay-to-play fees for athletes from low-income families.
"Everybody is searching for revenue to support the programs and the kids," said Rob Wall, athletic director at New Smyrna Beach High School. The advertising program, he said, is "an innovative idea. In some ways, it's easier than going out washing cars or going door to door (for donations)."
"We're all in the situation to look for ways to raise revenue," said Taylor High School athletic director Tommy Morris. He's especially interested in seeing how the multi-district partnership might help bring in revenue for Taylor, which doesn't have as much marketing leverage as some larger schools because of its small-town location in Pierson.


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The organic cotton sofa cushions of the ALTAI collection are hand-made in Germany. Fresh green and grey tones on the printed front show a fire salamander in a rushing mountain stream, abstracted for the smallest (40x40 cm) version. The digital printing free from harmful substances does not change the pleasant surface properties of the high-quality fabric. For washing, the button- and zipper-free cushion cover can be easily removed.
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Free Agents
I will post a list of 2010 free agents that are good and describe their skill set as an asset to the team. I will later post their estimated salaries (based on hoopshype.com) if they were to come to the Knicks.
By Position
Currently Signed: Eddy Curry (could be traded)
Amare Stoudemire (both a power forward and center, worked great under D'Antoni offense and can defend pretty well).
Brad Miller (A highly skilled big man, whose a pretty good scorer, there are aspects of his defense that are good, but that is his weakness, generally, a change of scene could change that).
Tyson Chandler (Scores decent, but can rebound and defend very well, is young).
Marcus Camby (Scores well, rebounds very well and a top defender, a veteran player with the Knicks).
Power Forward
Currently Signed: Jordan Hill
Chris Bosh (one of the top power forwards in the NBA, can defend well, rebound well and there is room for improvement, especially with D'Antoni).
Carlos Boozer (Can score well, rebounds very well and plays good defense).
Shooting Guard
Currently Signed: Danilo Gallinari
Manu Ginobili (A very good scorer, who makes the best of his minutes and a great defender who offers an affordable option, unfortunately this makes him a very desired player, who the Mavericks seem to likely acquire).
Joe Johnson (A pretty good scorer, played under D'Antoni in Phoenix, he can defend really well, so he can play on both ends).
Small Forward
Currently Signed: Wilson Chandler
Richard Jefferson (A very good scorer, defense is alright, it has fallen off, but he is still a valuable player).
Raja Bell (Shows great shot selection and most importantly is a top NBA defender, offers the Knicks an affordable option).
Point Guard
Currently Signed: Toney Douglas
Rafer Alston (An effective defender, can score and pass pretty well, he is a veteran and knows his way around).
Raymond Felton (A great point guard, he can defend great, score well and passes, there is room for improvement. But, he has asserted that he wants to stay in North Carolina).
TJ Ford (He probably won't take the offer from the poor preforming Pacers, but his contract would be steep, even if he is the best point guard of the bunch, we should focus on keeping the cap for better players).
The Knicks should resign Nate, I don't think we should trade him. He has more room for improvement and has great scoring capability. His defense is lower than average because of his height, but the amount of energy he gives and his high jumping ability (demonstrated in blocking Yao Ming) compensates for some of that.
Additionally, LeBron is a maybe. First, we have to sign Bosh or some team support for him to consider us. While, he likes New York as a city and likes Madison Square Garden, a championship is the most important goal.
We need to sign two very good players who can defend and score, as well as an effective point guard. The team should cap space for 2011, which will offer another good free agent to complete the team and push us to championship status.
We should consider signing Camby as a one year rental, he can still defend and his scoring hasn't fallen off.


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After a tough week at a tough moment for California, how about a little happy budget news?
California legislators often make trips to Washington D.C. to seek money only to leave empty-handed. But this week, the legislature's top two officials -- Assembly Speaker John Perez and state Senate President Pro Tem Darrell Steinberg -- came back from a Congressional visit with $1.5 billion for the state budget.
Where does the money come from? It's additional cash to help California cover its share of the Medicaid program that provides health care to low-income, seniors, the disabled and children. This program is called Medi-Cal in our state.
Typically, California gets the lowest "match rate" for Medicaid -- 50 percent. Which means that 50 percent of the money spent on Medi-Cal in California comes from federal money. In other words, we get $1 dollar for Medi-Cal for every $1 we spend on Medi-Cal. Most other states receive significantly more. (Why? Because the match is based in large part on the average income levels in states. This hurts California because even though we have a high percentage of poor folks who need Medicaid, we also have an unusually high number of rich people -- which makes the state' average income level high).
However, since the recession began, all states have been getting extra matching money from the federal government. What Perez and Steinberg won is a six-month extension of that extra match. The value to the budget of that extension is $1.5 billion.
What does that mean? In essence, a $20 billion budget deficit is now $18.5 billion. Have a good weekend.


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|Southeast Spotlight
Mr. Whitekeys comes to Juneau.
Published: 02/25/2010 10:30:00
"Well I'm Mr. Whitekeys, and I have the most perfect job in the world, I get to mouth off and make snotty comments for a living and you know it's working real well for me". (laughs) "And it's too bad that this is running on KATH the day after we were here in Juneau because it was the performance of the century. There's never been anything like this in Juneau, every member of the Legislature was here, they all took off their clothes; you missed something you will never get to see again for the rest of your lives". (laughs)
"I mean, we've been looking forward to coming to Juneau for years I mean and it was everything we had hoped for. I mean where else in the world would you find a Legislature that's considering giving Permanent Fund Dividends to dead people? (Laughs) What is a dead person going to do with a flat screen TV?"
"We were doing a fundraiser, a giant fundraiser for SEAtrails, I mean an incredible organization, building trails out there in the woods, where you can just go someplace to get away from the Legislature for a few minutes".
"And everybody in Juneau just treated us really well, I mean where else can you go on the road and they provide the giant blue moose? (laughs) If you've got a giant blue moose, you can't lose, and they already had it here. You guys live in the greatest place on earth."
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BLOOMINGDALE – A proposed $4.1 million expansion of a Bloomingdale school for children on the autism spectrum has encountered an obstacle on its path to breaking ground.
Marklund, a nonprofit organization that provides services for adults and children with profound disabilities, planned to build a 12,000-square-foot addition with 50 parking spaces to expand the facility's Life Skills Academy.
The expansion would be funded primarily through a $3.5 million grant from the Ann Haskins Foundation and originally was envisioned to have the capacity to accommodate 50 additional students. The academy currently serves seven.
Because of outcry from neighbors of the facility, located at 164 S. Prairie Road, the village plan commission recently unanimously recommended the Bloomingdale Village Board reject Marklund's plans.
"There was an awful lot of people at [the meeting] and they voiced their concerns and we just listened to what they had to say and we concurred," said Plan Commission Chair J. Thomas Brice.
The biggest concern was traffic, he said.
The Marklund facility is located at the end of a cul-de-sac. Its only entry and exit points are at South Prairie and East Schick roads.
"We felt the traffic going down that street would be difficult to manage," he said.
But Marklund CEO and President Gilbert Fonger said the organization was not given an opportunity to present strategies to mitigate traffic in the area.
Those efforts could include staggered stop and start times at the school, speed bumps, crossing guards, a designated school zone and decreasing the amount of students and staff at the facility, Fonger said.
The organization initially thought the academy could serve an additional 50 students, but considering the size of the proposed classrooms, the increase will likely add about 36 students, according to Fonger.
In total, Fonger said Marklund would be willing to reduce the number of additional students and staff at the school by about 40 percent.
Initially, the academy planned to increase the amount of vehicles, mostly buses, traveling to and from the school to 33 from the 13 that currently serve the facility. With the enrollment reduction taken into account, that number would fall to 26. Additionally, the total number of staff members would decrease from 65 to 49, which also would help mitigate the amount of traffic, he said.
According to Brice, some members of the plan commission may have felt differently about Marklund's proposed expansion if the facility was located in an industrial area, not a residential one.
Neighbors of Marklund have echoed this sentiment.
But Fonger said Marklund has existed for 55 years at its South Prairie Road location, and at times has had up to 100 children as residents – four times the amount currently at the facility. Of those students, half would be bussed to public schools, he said.
"Back in the early 2000s and 1990s, we had a lot more traffic that went down South Prairie than we currently do," Fonger said.
Traffic aside, Fonger maintains that the need for services targeted to children along the autism spectrum remains acute.
"We are the only nonpublic school in the area that serves this population," he said.
With the Plan Commission's recommendation in hand, the Village Board will have the final say as to whether or not Marklund can proceed with the proposed expansion, Brice said.
The board is scheduled to take up the issue during a meeting Feb. 10.
In the meantime, Fonger said the organization is in discussions with village officials as to how best to proceed with its plans.
Note to Readers: A version of this story containing an error previously ran in print and online. Marklund CEO and President Gilbert Fonger said Marklund is a nonpublic school. The article has been corrected to reflect this information.


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TALLAHASSEE, Fla. – Behind an outstanding pitching performance from junior right hander Peter Miller, No. 6 Florida State (31-6) blanked South Alabama (27-11) 2-0 Tuesday evening on Mike Martin Field inside Dick Howser Stadium.
"It was a good win," said head coach Mike Martin. "Our guys stayed mentality involved in the game and got it done and that is a credit to them."
Miller kept the Jaguar bats at bay scattering just two hits over 6.2 innings of work. The Lutz, Fla., native allowed only one walk and struck out four as he improved to 4-1 on the year. It marked the fourth start in which Miller has held the opponent without a run this season.
"If he's had a better outing, than I don't know who it was against," said Martin on Miller's performance Tuesday night. "It was a great outing for him."
"I've had some rough outings the past few weeks but the ball kind of bounced my way this time," said Miller. "I still feel like I had good stuff like all the other outings but I just felt like things went my way this time."
Billy Strode, Gage Smith and Robby Coles combined for the final 2.1 innings to preserve the shutout as the four Seminoles pitchers held South Alabama to just three hits all evening. The shutout was the fourth of the season for Florida State.
Strode worked an inning to extend his scoreless innings streak in relief to 11.1 innings. Smith needed just two pitches to get the final out in the eighth, while Coles pitched the ninth to earn his eighth save of the season.
South Alabama had five base runners all night long and not one player advanced past first base. Third baseman Bud Collura was on base three times as he registered all three Jaguar hits.
USA starter Payton Gardner (0-1) was impressive in his first start of the season as the senior right hander went 6.0 innings allowing the only two runs of the game, one earned, on five hits as he walked one and struck out a career-high seven. Gardner entered Tuesday night's game giving up four earned runs in 4.2 innings over three appearances, but he used an effective change-up to keep the Seminole bats off balanced all night long.
"He dominated us tonight," added Martin on Gardner's performance. "He registered seven strikeouts but it felt like 14. He did a great job; a beautifully pitched ball game."
John Sansone paced the Seminole offense with two hits in three at-bats. The freshman second baseman singled home the first run of the game in the fifth and later scored to give Florida State its winning margin.
Jose Brizuela, John Nogowski and Giovanny Alfonzo also picked up a hit in the win.
Both starting pitchers were on their game Tuesday night exchanging zeros through the first four innings allowing just two hits on either side.
"You try and keep the same mentality going out there regardless of what the other guy is doing," said Miller on battling with USA's Gardner. "He was working kind of quick so that helped keep me in a rhythm tonight."
The Seminoles finally broke the scoreless tie recording three straight singles off Gardner which led to a pair of runs in the bottom of the fifth. Nogowski opened the run scoring inning with a single to left center and moved into second on the play after a fielding error by the Jaguar left fielder. Sansone singled to right to bring home Nogowski, stole second and moved to third on a single to right by Alfonzo. Seth Miller plated Sansone for the second run of the inning on a fielder's choice groundout to first.
"They did a very good job of doing what they had to do when the guy was throwing as many change-ups as he was tonight," said Martin on his team's clutch hitting in the fifth. "They stayed closed and drove the ball the other way."
"It was really big for us because he (Gardner) was really mixing that change-up great," said Sansone. "It was really hard to hit him. I was just trying to think singles and it worked out."
Florida State returns to league play this weekend as the Seminoles head north to face Virginia for a three-game series beginning Friday, April 19. First pitch for game one is scheduled for 6:00 p.m. Fans can listen to all three games on the All-Access player and locally on 1270 AM (Friday) & 100.7 FM (Saturday & Sunday). As always, Seminole fans can follow the Noles on twitter @FSU_Baseball and remember to like the Seminoles on Facebook (www.facebook.com/FSUBaseball). Live stats for the game will be available via gametracker.


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Johnson Health Tech (JHT), the Cottage Grove, WI-based parent company of such fitness brands as Matrix, Vision, AFG and Horizon, has acquired Magnum Fitness, South Milwaukee, WI.
Magnum Fitness, a developer of commercial strength training products for more than 30 years, adds a comprehensive commercial strength product portfolio to JHT, Mark Zabel, vice president of global product development and marketing at JHT, said in a release. The product line greatly increases the competitiveness of JHT's product offering in adjacent channels of the commercial market, he added.
In addition to rounding out the existing product portfolio, the acquisition of Magnum also gives JHT North American-based manufacturing capabilities.
"This acquisition allows us to offer customization and flexibility options to our commercial customers that simply were not feasible before," Zabel said. "We're excited about the possibilities."
Over the next 12 months, the JHT management team will evaluate how to best integrate the existing Magnum team, product lines, distributors and facilities into its existing operations. Ron Carringi will serve as general manager of the manufacturing facility. Prior to this post, Carringi served as a director of engineering at JHT for nine years, and he brings experience in managing strength manufacturing facilities to his new position.
Magnum Fitness was established in 1978 by Larry Nelson and Pat Ellis. Its product line includes more than 300 commercial products.
The announcement of the acquisition came on Tuesday, the day before the company released its revenue growth for the first six months of 2012. As a private company, JHT does not offer actual revenue figures, only growth by percentages.
For the first six months of 2012, JHT's global sales for its retail and commercial brands increased by 14 percent while global sales for its Matrix brand increased by 21.1 percent and North America sales for Matrix increased by 26.5 percent. The company did not report second quarter revenue although it did report that first quarter 2012 revenues increased 28 percent over the same period in 2011. It also reported a 23 percent increase in sales in 2011.


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Sonarika Bhadoria is a new face in TV. She is playing the lead role of Abhilasha in a TV show named Tum Dena Saath Mera which is airing on a new channel Life OK. Sonarika was born on 1992 and is aged 20 years now. She completed her high school from St. Xavier's High School, Mumbai (Bombay) and now she is doing her first year BA from Dhanukar college of commerce. Here are some of her pictures for you.
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Maybe you have a specific need that requires addressing such as improving the customer-supplier relationship or breaking down silo mentality in a geographically dispersed operation? When tackling more in-depth issues we highly recommend setting up a dialogue with one of our experienced trainers to design a bespoke solution incorporating relevant activities from our portfolio. With such a vast array of activities to chose from, those of you wanting to take a more 'off the shelf' approach will definitely find an activity to challenge your staff, provide an arena for analysis and open the way for discussion and continued improvement.
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Catalyst training programmes come with attitude and purpose. We do not spoon feed participants; we allow them to create real working scenarios where success or failure will depend on how well people perform as a team. More often than not there is a need to network with other teams towards a common goal, but on other occasions the skills shown in a competitive activity by the most successful teams become a model for other teams to emulate, sharing best practise and increasing productivity.
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"This announcement positions Fujitsu as one of the handful of partners able to deliver optimized data center solutions for SAP HANA and associated services within local markets, such as Portugal, while scaling to cover global requirements for an international energy concern such as EDP, with operations in 13 countries and 12,000 employees around the world."
José Pinto da Fonseca, Head of Architectures, Energias de Portugal, S.A.
"Competition in the international energy markets is especially challenging and drives EDP to be resourceful and innovative. Based on reliable Fujitsu infrastructure concepts optimized for in-memory technology, Fujitsu's SAP HANA expertise and services are enabling EDP to fully exploit the potential of the SAP HANA platform in a more simplified and streamlined way than would otherwise be possible."
Fujitsu is the leading Japanese information and communication technology (ICT) company offering a full range of technology products, solutions and services. Approximately 162,000 Fujitsu people support customers in more than 100 countries. We use our experience and the power of ICT to shape the future of society with our customers. Fujitsu Limited (TSE: 6702) reported consolidated revenues of 4.8 trillion yen (US$46 billion) for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2014. For more information, please see http://www.fujitsu.com.
In Europe, the Middle East, India and Africa (EMEIA), Fujitsu is a leading information and communication technology (ICT) company offering a full portfolio of business-technology products, solutions and services, ranging from workplace systems to datacenter solutions, managed services, and cloud-based software and solutions. Fujitsu's Vision is to enable a Human Centric Intelligent Society that creates value by connecting infrastructure, empowering people and creatively defining new forms of intelligence. In EMEIA Fujitsu employs approximately 28,000 people and is part of the global Fujitsu Group. For more information, please see: ts.fujitsu.com/aboutus.
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I-B-1. Federal Tax InformationAny business with employees must have an Employer Identification Number (EIN) which identifies the tax accounts of employers, corporations, partnerships, limited liability companies with more than one owner, estates, trusts and other entities. Under federal guidelines, you also need an EIN if you have a qualified retirement plan, operate your business as a corporation or partnership, or file employment taxes, or excise taxes.
You should have only one EIN. To obtain an EIN, call the Internal Revenue Service for Form SS-4. Complete the form, and then either mail the form to the IRS, or call to receive your number. Business owners may also be required to file self employment taxes quarterly. Contact the IRS for its publications 533 and 509 on self-employment taxes. If the business does not have employees and does not expect to have any, the IRS may not allow the business to obtain an EIN. In such a case, the business owner's social security number is used as the Federal Tax Identification Number.
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I-B-2-a. Registration for Sales, Use, and Income TaxesHow to Register: A single application ( Form BT-1) is used to register with the Indiana Department of Revenue for sales tax, withholding tax, food & beverage tax, county innkeeper tax, motor vehicle rental excise tax, and prepaid sales tax on gasoline. A separate application is required for each business location. There is a $25.00 non refundable application fee for a Retail Merchants Certificate. BT-1/Business Tax Application: www.in.gov/dor (On line Services).
Sales Tax - Retail Merchants Certificate: Any individual or business entity engaged in the selling or transferring of tangible personal property is considered a retail merchant and is required to be registered as such (by filing Form BT-1) with the Indiana Department of Revenue. Registering as a retail merchant accomplishes what people commonly refer to as "getting a tax ID number" or "getting a tax-exempt number." The information regarding sales and use taxes should be read carefully, keeping in mind that taxes cannot be avoided on items which will not be resold.
Once registered as a retail merchant, the Department of Revenue will assign a tax identification number and will issue the appropriate Sales Tax Returns (ST103). The Department will also determine the business' filing status based upon anticipated sales. For additional information regarding sales or use taxes, contact the main office listed here or see one of the regional offices listed in Appendix C.
Indiana Department of Revenue
Sales Tax Exemption Certificates: Any individual or business entity registered as a retail merchant may issue exemption certificates and purchase, tax exempt, any items being purchased for re-sale or items being incorporated into a final product (manufacturing) please include state form ST105. Registered retail merchants must assess Indiana sales tax on the sale of tangible personal property unless the buyer presents a valid exemption certificate to the seller. The exemption certificate must be legible, signed, and include the tax-exempt number of the buyer. You cannot use another business entity's tax exempt number on their behalf.
Any business or individual registered as a retail merchant may issue an exemption certificate and purchase tangible personal property exempt from sales tax when the property is:
- purchased for resale;
- incorporated into property being resold;
- directly used in the manufacturing of tangible personal property to be sold; or
- otherwise exempt by statute.
Indiana Use Tax: Under Indiana law, use tax is imposed upon the use, storage, or consumption of tangible personal property in Indiana where the property was acquired in a retail transaction and sales tax was not paid at the point of purchase. The Indiana
use tax rate is 7% as of April 1, 2008.
Indiana use tax does not apply to property purchased for re-sale, or for property exempted by statute.
Common examples of items subject to Indiana use tax include magazine subscriptions, office supplies, property used or consumed outside the scope of production, and property purchased from out of state vendors. Indiana use tax applies to all residents of Indiana and is not limited to business entities. Registered retail merchants must report and pay the use tax due on the ST-103, Indiana Sales Tax return. Business entities that are not retail merchants must report and pay the use tax due on the income tax return of the entity or on a ST-115. Individuals must report and pay the use tax due on their individual income tax return ( IT-40). Forms:ST-103, ST-115, IT-40.
Withholding Tax: Employers are considered to be withholding agents if they:
- make payments of salaries, wages, tips, fees, bonuses, and commissions that are subject to Indiana state and/or county taxes, and are required by the Internal Revenue Code to withhold federal income tax on those types of payments.
Withholding agents are required to register with the Indiana Department of Revenue (by filing Form BT-1: no fee required) and to withhold state income tax and county income tax, if applicable, from the income of all employees. Independent contractors are required to file quarterly estimated income tax payments. See Section I-C for more details regarding the difference between an employee and an independent contractor.
Once registered as a withholding agent, the Department of Revenue will issue WH-1s, the withholding tax returns, and will determine the filing status, based upon the anticipated monthly wages paid to Indiana employees. After a tax year ends, all Indiana withholding agents are required to complete and to file an annual reconciliation form, WH-3, by February 28 of the following year. For more information, contact:
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Corporate Income Tax: Except as otherwise provided, a corporation doing business in Indiana, other than a corporation defined as a taxpayer under IC 6-5.5-1-17, is subject to gross income tax, adjusted gross income tax, and supplemental net income tax.
There are three types of corporate income tax returns in Indiana. They are:
- IT-20 Income Tax Return: Filed by a corporation doing business in Indiana, subject to gross income tax, adjusted gross income tax, and supplemental net income tax.
- IT-20S Income Tax Return: Filed by a corporation doing business in Indiana that qualifies as a Sub S Corporation per the Internal Revenue Code. This is an information return for the corporation. No tax is paid with this return; the shareholders report their share of the income on their individual income tax returns. The 1120S income tax return must be filed for federal purposes in order to file the IT-20S.
- IT-20SC Income Tax Return: Filed by a corporation doing business in Indiana that qualifies as a Sub S Corporation per the Internal Revenue Code, but elects to be treated as a special corporation in Indiana, paying adjusted gross income tax and supplemental net income tax with the return. In order to file the IT-20SC, the Federal Form 1120 must be filed with the IRS.
For more information regarding corporate taxes, contact:
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Individual Income Tax: Individual taxes are paid by an individual operating an unincorporated business (an independent contractor or general partner). Estimated tax payments must be made by an individual who:
- receives income from which Indiana adjusted gross income tax, county adjusted gross income tax, county income tax, or county economic income tax is not properly withheld; and has an annual income tax liability that is $1,000 as of January 1, 2008.
Even if an individual does not meet these requirements, the individual may still make estimated installment payments to reduce the amount, which will be due when the annual individual adjusted gross income tax return ( Form IT-40) is filed.
Installment payments may be made by using IT-40ES tax vouchers. The four installment payments are due on April 15, June 15, September 15, and January 15 following the last month of the tax year. For more information regarding individual income tax, contact:
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I-B-2-b. Property TaxPersonal property taxes are levied against equipment used in the production of income or held as an investment; billboards; foundations for the equipment; and all other tangible property other than real property. Computer application software is considered an intangible asset and is not assessable. Inventory is no longer taxed.
Personal property values are assessed March 1 of every year and are self reported by property owners to assessors using prescribed state forms. The completed personal property return must be filed with the assessors no later than May 15. Taxes on the reported values are due in two installments - May 10 and November 10 - the following year.
Beginning with the March 1, 2009 assessment date, campers and recreational vehicles are no longer subject to personal property taxation. In 2009, taxpayers will pay their 2008-pay-2009 property tax. In 2010, the Indiana Bureau of Motor Vehicles will begin collecting excise tax on the recreational vehicle when license plates are purchased.
Major exemptions include air and water pollution control equipment; property used for educational, scientific, literary, or charitable purposes; inventory located within an enterprise zone; certain property stored in a warehouse pending shipment out of state; and imports and exports stored in a Foreign Trade Zone. Keep in mind that some of these instances require the filing of specific forms to acquire the exemption. For more information, contact: