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- Indoor and outdoor detection
- Easy configuration
- Configurable object direction
Trip-wire application
AXIS Cross Line Detection is a simple trip-wire application that can be installed on Axis network cameras and video encoders. It detects moving objects that cross a user-defined virtual line and automatically triggers an alarm event.
The application works with older Axis network camera and video encoder models with firmware 6.5 or earlier. (For newer network video products with firmware 7.x or higher, the AXIS Fence Guard application is recommended.)
Monitor entrances and exits
AXIS Cross Line Detection is suitable for general entrance and exit detection in low-traffic areas, such as at building entrances, loading docks, and parking lots. It works in most indoor and outdoor installations and in variable lighting conditions.
The application integrates with the camera's event management system, which can respond to a detection by sending email notifications, streaming video to a video management software system, recording video to edge storage, and setting off external devices through the camera's output ports. By recording only on alarm, AXIS Cross Line Detection can increase system efficiency by reducing bandwidth and storage needs. It also makes searching recorded events easier.
Easy to configure
AXIS Cross Line Detection allows you to set a virtual line, together with the detection direction, in the camera's live view. Once the line is placed in the image, there is no need for further adjustments. Real-time visual confirmation validates in an easy way that the application detects objects correctly.
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Fall 2017
6378 Advocacy Survey - LAWRENCE- 20163
Jim Lawrence (DIRECTOR/SUPERVISOR )
Credits: 3
Course Areas: Blakely Advocacy Simulation
Time: 10:30a-12:00p TTH Location: 4 BLB
Course Outline: This unique course is designed to provide students the opportunity to experience a wide spectrum of legal advocacy. Course segments include Pre-Trial Litigation, Trial Advocacy, Appellate Advocacy, Negotiation, Mediation, and Arbitration. Each course segment contains a brief overview of 1) the legal underpinnings for each topic area and, 2) the skills necessary to be an effective advocate in that topic area.
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Satisfies Skills Course Requirement: Yes
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Since Poland and seven other central and Eastern European countries (collectively known as the A8) joined the EU in May 2004 around 66 per cent of all A8 citizens migrating to the UK have been Polish citizens. Between the year ending December 2003 and the year ending December 2010 the Polish-born population of the UK increased from 75,000 to 532,000.
More recently immigration of Polish people has declined. Immigration was highest in 2007 at 96,000 Polish citizens, but this declined to 39,000 in 2009. Emigration has also decreased from 54,000 to 29,000 over the same time period.
The Polish-born population is widely spread across the UK. In the year ending December 2010 they were one of the three largest non-UK born population groups in all countries and most regions of the UK. London had 122,000 Polish-born residents, 23 per cent of the UK total.
Of the Polish-born population in the UK in the year ending December 2010, 86 per cent were aged 16 to 64, compared to the mid-2009 estimate of 65 per cent for the UK population as a whole. This situation is very different from 2003, before Poland joined the EU, when only 55 per cent of Polish-born people in the UK were aged 16 to 64.
In the second quarter of 2011 the number of Polish-born people aged 16 plus working in the UK was 449,888, an increase of around 60,000 on the previous quarter. In the second quarter of 2011 an estimated 84.6 per cent of Poles aged 16 to 64 were in employment, compared with a rate of 70.4 per cent for the UK as a whole. The unemployment rate among Polish-born people aged 16 plus during the same period was 5.5 per cent, compared with a UK unemployment rate of 7.8 per cent (both not seasonally adjusted).
Source: Office for National Statistics
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In a revealing and timely package of articles, videos and research, the new edition of the CTA California Educator magazine explores why not all charter schools in the state are created equal, the for-profit agenda of many of them, and how some are hurting students and communities by bending rules to the breaking point.
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I've had some mean bosses. Back in the days when I worked in newspapers there were a few. It was a world of deadlines, working in a pressure-cooker environment where everyone competed for space and stories and bylines at the top of the page. I started at 6 a.m. and the only other person in my department who started that early was my boss. She was so mean that when she walked in, I usually engaged in imaginary phone conversations as she passed by to avoid having to talk to her.
But schools are supposed to be different. Schools are about nurturing, caring and a collaborative environment where staff pulls together for the common good of the students.
Right? Well sometimes.
I was asked this question recently by the editor of the NEA affiliate in New York, and probably gave her more information than she expected. After all, it's such a little column. It looks so easy. But looks are deceptive. Every month, we wonder if we'll be able to pull it off, and my editor worries about having an empty page right before we go to press.
Part of the challenge: It's extremely difficult to find people who are willing to spill their guts on controversial issues in a public forum read by 325,000 of their closest friends – along with administrators and parents lucky enough to land a copy of the California Educator. It's a very brave undertaking to speak out publicly about whether schools should hand out condoms, cursive should be eliminated entirely from the classroom, football should be banned or test scores should be tied to evaluations.
But don't let that stop you.
It was a while ago. I was working on a story on class size reduction. A chapter president had recommended I visit a teacher he knew with a crowded classroom. I arranged to visit with a photographer and asked the teacher to notify his principal, which is standard procedure. The principal in the Sacramento school came out to greet me as I was signing in and asked us to step into his office. I figured he was going to offer some background about the school and additional information.
Was I in for a surprise!
How dare I interfere with instructional minutes, he scolded me. I'd better be quick, he let me know, adding that he resented the intrusion. I explained that our purpose was to increase awareness so the state would provide more money for class-size reduction, and he called me a liar.
Have you ever worried about being deported?" I ask Eduardo.
He starts to cry. I freeze. Oh no, not again; I so do not want this to happen. Tears run freely down his face. I grab my pen to take notes and capture his pain as Scott clicks away on his camera. They say the media are vultures, and I like to think we're not. But it is part of the story.
Yes I worry, says Eduardo, who is meeting for me in his counselor's office for an interview about DREAMers, or undocumented students for an article in the April issue of the California Educator, as he recalls the traumatic day ICE took away his favorite aunt and deported her to Mexico, leaving behind three young children.
It is a fair question I have asked him, and it goes to the root of the issues faced by students lacking Social Security numbers. But I feel horrible. He is only 17. I feel especially horrible because Eduardo has an interview with a local university for a full scholarship right after our interview – and he is shaken. I do not want to be the reason he's not accepted.
It starts like any other school visit. I pull up to the school with Scott, the Educator photographer. We are running late. We are frantically looking for visitor parking. We are trying to remember what we need to capture in words and pictures to make the story come alive during our visit to California High School in San Ramon. I check the mirror to make sure there is no food in my teeth from the cereal I've been eating during our commute.
And then we hear the loudspeaker. It is so loud we hear it perfectly inside our car.
"Students," booms the voice. "We regret to tell you that four students from California High School students were killed in an automobile accident last night. Later in the day we will hold an assembly and counselors will be on hand for you to talk with."
I start to shake. It sounds familiar; I think maybe I have heard something about this on the evening news.
"We can't go in," I tell Scott, who nods in agreement. "We need to cancel this visit."
I looked down at my right arm as blood oozed through my gray sweater. My arm was stinging and tears sprang to my eyes. This wasn't supposed to happen to me. Other people, I figured, would be the targets. Why me?
You may have seen him at a CTA conference. He's the tall, skinny guy with colorful ties and a camera who says "just one more, just one more" and then takes LOTS more photos. His name is Scott Buschman and he has been taking photos for the California Educator since 1996, when CTA traded a tabloid newsletter for a real magazine.
For the December issue, I needed a teacher for Point/Counterpoint who would defend parent donations to help cash-strapped school districts. My hometown, Brisbane, had an educational foundation of which I was once president, so I asked the Brisbane Teachers Association president if someone might be willing to speak on this topic. I was delighted when she said Steve Keener would fill in – and not only because I had found someone to fill a badly needed spot in the magazine.
Mr. Keener was the fifth-grade teacher for my daughter, Nicole, 20 years ago. He was her favorite teacher. When I walked into his classroom for the first time in two decades, I was struck by how much he looked the same, except for some gray hair. (Of course, thanks to Lady Clairol, he can't say the same for me.)
The students reminded me of myself in high school. They were cynical. They acted out. They were what teachers considered to be "troublemakers." Except, during the It's My Life class, they weren't. Instead of smirking, they were listening. They were taking time for self-reflection on their lives. They were engaged and focused on creating a better future.
Right before my eyes, I could see these students developing into future success stories, if only they'd try just a little bit harder.
The It's My Life class is a staple at Pacific High, a continuation school in Ventura for students who could not succeed in a regular school environment. Ventura Unified Education Association President Chip Fraser describes it as a "blueprint for adulthood" to help students make better choices. Topics include: Knowing your own potential; asking the right questions; understanding the problem and exploring potential solutions; creating a life plan; and overcoming obstacles. Fraser and former teacher Brian Jaramillo started the program in 2007 with the help of an NEA grant, and CTA's Institute for Teaching has provided grant money over the past three years.
Fraser says it was necessary because he saw students on a daily basis who were lacking important information to succeed in life. Someone has to provide it, he says, and it might as well be him. Good for Chip! It wasn't easy to get this course past administrators, but he did it. He has grit: This guy once walked 500 miles to talk to Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger about public school funding.
Every child deserves a chance to learn and no child succeeds alone.
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About to turn 30 years old, Kris analyzes why he has continued to play video games over the years.
I can relate to this- I too am the big 3-0 and I still play :)
I can relate, as I'm on the other side of this as most games I play don't keep me engaged and playing is just a way to chill. It's either the same gameplay throughout every level or something I've seen before in my 20+ years of playing video games. Now it really comes down to the story.
In a way I can relate to this as well. I'm a little younger than Kris but it looks like we all go through this at one time or another. I will probably always be a big kid that likes to play video games and what's wrong with that?


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2012 Off to a Great Start — Six Significant Legislative Reforms
As reported in the Spring 2012 Impact ("25 Reforms in 2011"), last year was a banner year for government reform in Michigan. While the pace has slowed in 2012, we're still making important progress.
- School pension reform. As this issue of Impact goes to the press, there is agreement between the House and Senate on discontinuing post-retirement health care benefits to new school employees, and requiring current retirees to pay 20 percent of cost for this benefit (up from the current 10 percent). School employees would also have to kick-in more for their pensions. The final agreement may also include closing the school pension system to new employees, as was done for all state workers hired since 1997. This would be transformational, making Michigan just the second state to place itself on a glide path to eventual elimination of government employee legacy costs. Stay tuned to Mackinac.org and CapCon for the latest.
- Online charter "cyber school" expansion. For reasons appreciated by teacher unions and the conventional school establishment, Michigan allows just 1,000 students statewide to benefit from innovative online learning opportunities. This will gradually increase to 2 percent of the state's public school students — a partial reform since the state Senate had earlier voted to eliminate the artificial enrollment cap altogether. It's still a demonstrable increase for those on waiting lists.
- School union dues collection. Public school payroll systems will no longer be vulnerable to teachers union dues collection abuses under a new law that prohibits school districts from automatically deducting these from employee paychecks (and forwarding the money to the union). A fringe benefit, the bill also requires more rigorous union reporting of how they spend those dues, including lobbying and political campaigns.
- "Stealth unionization" (finally) banned, Part 1. Citizens were outraged when the Mackinac Center exposed a scam in which money from thousands of disabled individuals who get home health assistance was redistributed to the SEIU government employee union as phony "union dues." Although delayed, the Legislature finally passed a bill banning this, and the looting ended in May with a state Attorney General opinion cutting off the flow sooner than scheduled.
- "Stealth unionization" banned, Part 2. University graduate students who earn money by working as research assistants for professors won't have to worry about union dues being taken from their paychecks under a new law signed by Gov. Snyder in March. The Mackinac Center Legal Foundation highlighted this potential abuse by representing a group of University of Michigan students resisting forced unionization.
- As this issue of Impact goes to press, work is still underway on cutting the property taxes currently imposed on business tools and equipment. This pits local governments (who want the money) against small businesses and manufacturers, who point out that a tax on the tools and equipment employers who provide goods, services and jobs may be destructive. The Mackinac Center's first of many articles pointing out the repeated inefficiency of this "personal property tax" was published in 1990. Nothing is guaranteed, but the odds favor some reform this year.
As legislators' memories fade of the voter anger that swept in a Republican governor and big legislative majorities, reform in Lansing becomes increasingly difficult. Nevertheless, as the preceding demonstrates, progress is still made by efforts from those committed to limited government and free-market solutions.
Going forward, the emphasis will likely shift to protecting progress against union-funded ballot measures, which would undoubtedly usher in a "back to the future" return to the previous decade's decline. Some major battles have been won, but the war for Michigan's future is hardly over.


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On this week's "Saturday Night Live" the much anticipated return of Tracy Morgan — who was host for the first time since his car accident — wasn't the only exciting guest star.
The show kicked off with a political parody on the Democratic debate which aired last Tuesday on CNN, and was hosted by Anderson Cooper.
Comedian and Seinfeld co-creator Larry David drew laughs when he appeared as presidential candidate Bernie Sanders next to Kate McKinnon playing front-runner Hillary Clinton.
"The American people don't give a damn about your emails," David said, mocking Sanders' response to Clinton's emails from the debate in Las Vegas this week.
David poked fun at Sanders' key campaign message: all candidates are billionaires except for the Vermont state senator.
"I don't have a super PAC. I don't even have a backpack. I hold everything in my arms," Sanders quipped. "I only have one pair of underwear and I dry them on a radiator. Some of these billionaires have three or four pairs."
After the first sketch, Morgan took the stage for the show's traditional starting monologue. Morgan first appeared on SNL in 1996, where he was a cast member until 2003.
"I'm back!" he said, drawing a roaring applause from the audience.
Morgan immediately brought up the six-vehicle car crash that killed his friend and fellow comedian James Mcnair last June, and thanked everyone for their support. Morgan suffered a traumatic head injury in the accident and was in a coma for eight days, in addition to a broken nose, leg and ribs. As a comedian he has always drawn from his personal life, and the injuries from the accident were front and center.
For his first sketch Morgan introduced a flashback to an episode of "30 Rock", where the actor played a rendition of himself. The audience was delighted to see old cast members take the stage for the popular TV show that aired on NBC from 2006 to 2013.
Co-stars Tina Fey, Jane Krakowski, Jack McBayer, and Alec Baldwin came together to recreate a scene about Morgan's accident.
Later in the show, Morgan brought back some of his old characters like animal lover Brian Fellows and his catch phrase "that's crazy!' as well as Astronaut Jones with musical guest Demi Lovato playing an alien.
Prior to hosting "Saturday Night Live," Morgan made his return to live television during the 67th Annual Emmy Awards, where he told the audience he was feeling much better and warned that "a lot of the women will get pregnant at the after-party".


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Junior League of San Diego's (JLSD) upcoming Food and Wine Festival will fuse gourmet fare, wines, locally crafted beer and handcrafted cocktails with a panorama of La Jolla's coastline at the 13th annual event.
From 2 to 6 p.m. on May 4, more than 50 of San Diego's top restaurants and beverage purveyors will wine and dine guests amid live music at Ellen Browning Scripps Park.
This year's theme will bring the excitement of Churchill Downs to the shores of La Jolla with a live viewing of the Run for the Roses, a chance to win great prizes in "win, place and show" drawings, costume contests for the best hat and best dressed couple and more.
Tickets to the event are $75 in advance and $85 at the door with VIP tickets, including access to the VIP lounge stocked with specialty samples and valet parking, available for $125. Tickets are available at www.ljsdfoodandwine.com.
All proceeds from the event will support the Junior League of San Diego's mission-based programs.
EdUCate! continues annual tradition supporting local schools
The 19th annual Taste of the Triangle returns on April 19 for an evening of entertainment and delicious food to raise money for University City's five public schools.
EdUCate! will honor its donors who give $250 or more annually with a VIP reception featuring a food and wine pairing demonstration prior to the main event. The event, which usually draws between 400 to 500 guests each year, will feature food and drinks from local restaurants, auctions and live music performed by the Standley Middle School String Quartet and the Classic Jazz Trio. Restaurants that have already committed to the event include the 3rd Corner Wine Shop and Bistro, Herringbone, Leucadia Pizzeria, Sushi on the Rock, Tender Greens and The Marine Room.
During live and silent auctions throughout the evening, guests can bid on artwork, jewelry, vacations and activity packages. Proceeds from the event go directly to Curie, Doyle and Spreckels elementary schools, Standley Middle School and University City High School. In 2012, the event raised more than $50,000.
The event will be held at The Ida and Cecil Green Faculty Club at UCSD, located at 9500 Gilman Drive, from 7 p.m. to 10 p.m. Tickets are $75 in advance or $80 at the door. For more information or to purchase tickets, visit www.uc-educate.org.
Pet books on board at Warwick's
As part of its ongoing "Weekend with Locals" series, Warwick's will welcome two local authors for a special pet-themed book-signing event.
Charmaine Hammond, author of "Toby and His Hospital Friends" and "On Toby's Terms," will be in attendance to discuss the best-selling author's experiences with her rescued Chesapeake Bay retriever, Toby. When Hammond and her husband brought Toby home, the antics and odd behaviors Toby began exhibiting (like locking himself in the bathroom and destroying the lid of the toilet tank) became so alarming it led to professional help and, eventually, Toby's participation in a pet-therapy program.
Hammond wrote about her family's experiences raising Toby and his work as a therapy dog in "On Toby's Terms," on which she based a children's book series, "Toby, the Pet Therapy Dog." "On Toby's Terms" is soon to be a major motion picture.
Also in attendance will be Kendahl Brooke Youngs, author "Kendahl Gets a Puppy," a children's book about a young girl who gets a puppy for her birthday and discovers that raising a dog is nothing like owning stuffed animals.
The "Weekend with Locals" event will take place at Warwick's, 7812 Girard Ave., at noon. For information, visit warwicks.com.
Chefs fight cancer with good eats, wine
Local and national award-winning chefs will convene in La Jolla for the 32nd annual Celebrity Chefs Cook Gala on Saturday, April 27 to benefit UCSD's Moores Cancer Center. The event will feature 11 prominent chefs' signature hors d'oeuvres paired with fine wine, with all proceeds going to the cancer center's MyAnswertoCancer™, which uses DNA analysis for cancer treatment.
The gala has raised more than $9 million since its inception to advance cancer research, patient care, community outreach and education programs at Moores Cancer Center.
This year, the Moores Cancer Center's Healthy Foods Cooking program will join the lineup of chefs to demonstrate easy, healthy recipes that nourish the body and help fight disease. Chefs for the gala include:
- Amanda Baumgarten, Herringbone
- Jean-Michel Diot, Tapenade Restaurant
- Susan Faerber, Healing Foods Kitchen at the UC San Diego Moores Cancer Center
- Bernard Guillas, The Marine Room
- Stephanie O'Mary-Berwald, Pacifica Del Mar
- Jeff Rossman, Terra American Bistro
- And many others from across the country
Tickets are $350 or $500 and sponsorships are available. For details and reservations, call (858) 246-1230 or visit www.celebritychefscook.org. Information about Moores Cancer Center can be found at www.cancer.ucsd.edu.


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The Illustrated London News (Feb. 16, 1861), vol. 38, p.139.
Shows a man and woman (with child in arms) on auction block, surrounded by white men. Article in the ILN accompanying this "sketch by our special correspondent" (G.H. Andrews) provides a lengthy eyewitness description of slave sales in Richmond, part of which is excerpted here: "The auction rooms for the sale of Negroes are situated in the main streets, and are generally the ground floors of the building; the entrance-door opens straight into the street, and the sale room is similar to any other auction room . . . . placards, advertisements, and notices as to the business carried on are dispensed with, the only indications of the trade being a small red flag hanging from the front door post, and a piece of paper upon which is written . . . this simple announcement--'Negroes for sale at auction' . . . ." From here there follows a detailed description of the scene shown in the illustration and the auction process (pp. 138 -140). A composite engraving, combining the auction block and people on the right shown in this image with the image of a slave being inspected for sale (see image NW0027) was published in the French publication L'illustration, Journal Universel (vol. 37 [1861], p. 148), misleadingly giving the impression that the scene is an original depiction of a slave sale in South Carolina; this illustration, in turn, appears on the Mary Evans Picture Library website with an unattributed source (picture no. 10044451).


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Auctions, like futures exchanges, sometimes seem like the magic bullet for price discovery. They let a commodity's value be demonstrated by disclosing actual transactions that can be cross-checked, free of bias. No human conversations needed to coax information from biased sources.
That's part of the reason there's such a fuss about the possible disappearance of the auto industry's factory bundle auctions, which have served as a pricing signal for industrial scrap. The controversy seems like a flashback to my first AMM stint in the mid-1970s.
The late Bob Himelfarb of Luria Brothers, a dominant scrap company of that era, hated the monthly table on rail scrap auctions. He didn't challenge the accuracy of the figures. What bothered Himelfarb was that some scrap suppliers would view the auctions as an objective measure of the rise or fall of steel scrap prices in general.
When rail scrap auction prices rose, suppliers would expect Luria Brothers to raise buying prices for other grades of scrap. But Himelfarb argued that railroad discards were exotic grades of scrap, signifying nothing about other materials, and maintained that AMM would be doing recyclers a favor by dropping the month-by-month series on rail scrap auctions.
Now the auto bundles auction is in question.
At one time, all of the Big Three U.S. automakers had semi-public auctions of baled steel production scrap from stamping plants. General Motors Corp., Detroit, dropped out in the mid-1980s, routing factory bundles back to the mills it buys steel from and to in-house foundries. And Ford Motor Co., Dearborn, Mich., gently faded out of the picture in late 2006, when scrap generation at its Chicago stamping plant fell below 10,000 tons a month; since the first 10,000 tons are committed to a certain mini-mill, winners of the Ford auctions found themselves no longer actually receiving any bundles.
Now Chrysler LLC, Auburn Hills, Mich., seems to have adopted a viewpoint reminiscent of Bob Himelfarb's, although it won't discuss the matter.
One interpretation among recyclers is that the automaker was upset by recent auction results. Price increases for arguably comparable grades of scrap were steeper than the increases in auction offers for factory bundles.
A subtler interpretation came from steel industry analyst Michelle Applebaum. She said Chrysler traditionally negotiated its steel costs annually while selling its scrap every month. Such a calendar made high bundle prices good for Chrysler, helping revenue without having an impact, most months, on steel costs. However, now that steelmakers have begun imposing midyear surcharges on auto steel based on raw material costs, Chrysler no longer enjoys a net benefit from maximizing the bundle prices, Applebaum said.
So Chrysler has begun experimenting with a system that allows scrap suppliers to bid for periods up to seven months, with monthly adjustments pegged to published prices. Whether that's a permanent change isn't clear yet.
The elusive hope for auctions to be a magic bullet for setting prices is probably unquenchable. However, the result is sometimes ironic.
After I returned to AMM, I wrote a story on a GM briefing about arrangements for pricing some of its materials (AMM, Nov. 25, 2002). The main speaker was Daniel Bealko, then global commodity manager for lightweight metals. The story ended "Bealko also advocated the increased use of electronic auctions for setting metals prices. He said that GM used CMXchange for this 'almost every day' to buy and sell metal. Even when electronic competitions can't be used for hedging, they furthered transparency, according to the GM manager. 'Purchasing has been historically wracked with scandals and debacles,' he added."
According to a federal indictment unsealed in March this year, Bealko and the owner of CMXchange were accused of an aluminum sales scam at GM's expense. Bealko dropped from sight during the investigation and spent several months as a fugitive from justice.
The dream of auction transparency sometimes runs afoul of technical obstacles, too.
The most systematic auction system for U.S. scrap is a platform run for the U.S. Defense Department by Government Liquidation LLC, Scottsdale, Ariz. The auctioneer said it sold 271 million pounds of scrap metal last year and claimed a 5-percent market share.
But putting auctions on the Web can lead to flaky outcomes. An April 2 auction of 1,308 scrapped computer monitors drew a winning bid of $720,000. Not surprisingly, that bid of $601 a pound wasn't followed by a check. (The bidding period spanned April Fool's Day, which may be significant.) Split into two lots for a second try, the defunct equipment was valued at $2.10 and $2 a pound.
Government Liquidation has a way to limit such nuisance outcomes, of course—many of its more important auctions require deposits to participate. But keeping out vagrant bidders via a deposit limits how many participate. In a May 20 auction, nobody appeared to want a lot of discarded air conditioners weighing 170,000 pounds, and one participant who bid a derisory $663.22 won the material for $9.34 a long ton.
Possible moral There's no magic bullet for ascertaining the market value of anything.
Whatever the method, Frank Morgan will be lurking somewhere. Pay attention to the man behind the Emerald City's famous curtain.
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Can you picture these little gems on your buffet table this Thanksgiving or Christmas? The colors scream Christmas! I enjoy a good classic Wedge Salad and have even made my own Wedgie Bar when entertaining guests. Except now I am really into Mason Jar Meals. So how doth one fit a wedge down in the jar? The tubular shape of the romaine head was my answer. A heart of romaine cut into medallions lends themselves very well into fitting down wide-mouth 8 ounce jars. Maybe the medallion is the new wedge.
Mason Jar Wedge Salads
2 Hearts of romaine, washed and dried as best as possible
12 cherry tomatoes
6 pieces of bacon, made into flat rounds and cooked until crisp- I used the microwave
Dressing– based on Rindy's
2 ounces Gorgonzola cheese crumbles
3/4 cup real mayo
1 tsp. sugar
2 T. fresh minced parsley
2 tsp. apple cider vinegar
2 T. vidalia onion, minced fine
3 shakes Worcestershire sauce
1 tsp. Horseradish
1/2 tsp. Kosher Salt
1/4 tsp. fresh cracked black pepper
Mix all dressing ingredients together. Store in the refrigerator until ready to use.
Cut the root end off the romaine hearts. Cut the romaine hearts into 1 3/4 inch medallions, you will get three good ones from each heart. Use a plastic lettuce knife to do this so the lettuce will not brown. Place each of the 6 medallions down into the wide-mouth 8 ounce Mason Jars. Top with a dollop of dressing, two tomatoes, and one medallion of bacon. If you want, you can lay the bacon down and lid these for lunches during the week. Serves 6.
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Increasing Efficiency
What we're talking about very abruptly, very bluntly is this: The efficiency of an individual can be varied and efficiency of an individual can be increased. It can be bettered or it can be worsened. —L. Ron Hubbard
It is upon the individual that the success of an organization and, indeed, the civilization depends. Those who accomplish more with less effort are more willing, more capable and, in fact, more efficient. They suffer less emotional stress and strain. They are better suited to make key decisions. And as efficiency increases across whole industries, so the whole of society benefits.
Such is the subject of Increasing Efficiency, wherein Mr. Hubbard reveals discoveries that provide a wholly new perspective on efficiency—not in a mechanical sense, but in terms of thought, emotion and effort. Moreover, here is the explanation of why an address to thought is of paramount importance, in that thought alone can change emotion and effort. In full, then, contained within this lecture is the "secret" of efficiency and the very means of overcoming the vagaries of emotion and the effort of work.


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Gordion is one of the most important sites of the ancient world. It is known primarily as the political and cultural capital of the Phrygians, a people who dominated much of central Anatolia during the early first millennium BCE. With its monumental Phrygian architecture, an extensive destruction level dating to around 800 BCE, and a series of wealthy tombs belonging to Phrygian royalty and other elites, Gordion is the premier archaeological type-site for Phrygian civilization. As such, it is on a par with Athens, Rome, Pompeii, the Hittite capital at Hattusha, and Babylon in elucidating for us the material achievements of an ancient civilization.
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London's Design Museum Shop
- Location: London, United Kingdom and online
- Website: designmuseumshop.com
Store History
- Headquarters: London, England
While there are plenty of high-quality museum shops here in the US, the Design Museum makes me envious of Londoners. Their gift shop is one of the best in the world for design nerds. Seriously.
Although small, its stock consists of things that are hard to find elsewhere. With most new exhibitions, they release an accompanying collection of distinctive prints, postcards, and objects.
Right now, to celebrate the museum's Wim Crouwel retrospective, the shop is selling new prints commissioned by some of the curators' favorite design studios, including Spin, CartlidgeLevene, David Pidgeon, MuirMcNeil, Philippe Apeloig, Build, and Experimental Jetset.
In addition to exhibition items, the shop carries books, clocks, watches, clothing, accessories, stylish electronics, toys, tabletop, and the occasional lamp, chair, or table. Customers can shop in person or online — the store ships internationally.
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• Wim Crouwel Postcard Set by SPIN, £7.50
• Mini Calculator XS by Naoto Fukasawa, £18
• Punkt DP 01 Phone by Jasper Morisson, £180
• Uten.silo by Dorothee Becker, £230
• Wood Lamp by TAF Architects, £155
• Braun Alarm Clock AB1 by Dietrich Lubs, £37.50
• 1000 Chairs by Charlotte and Peter Fiell, £9
• Internet Case Study Book by Julius Wiedemann and Rob Ford, £25
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New 3D Adventure Captures One of the Longest Migrations on Earth and the Inspiring True Story of One Scientist's Stunning Discovery
Portion of Film Proceeds to Aid Monarch Butterfly Conservation Efforts
Denver—February 27, 2013—Flight of the Butterflies 3D,a breathtaking new giant screen adventure from SK Films, is now showing at the Denver Museum of Nature & Science. Based on true events, this stunning film follows the epic journey of the iconic monarch butterfly in one of the most incredible migrations on Earth, and the determined scientist, Dr. Fred Urquhart, who spent 40 years trying to discover the mysteries surrounding their journey and secret winter hideaway.
What began with a small boy daydreaming about where butterflies went each winter became a lifelong pursuit by Urquhart, who ingeniously enlisted the help of legions of volunteers, known as "citizen scientists," to help with tagging and tracking the butterflies. The decades-long quest yielded the ultimate discovery of the monarch butterflies' overwintering sites in the sanctuaries of Mexico.
In the immersive 3D environment, moviegoers experience this journey from a "butterfly's-eye view" and see the evolution from egg to caterpillar to pupa to butterfly, captured for the first time using MRI and micro CT scans. The film travels high into the mountain ranges and up tree canopies into the monarch sanctuaries to capture breathtaking footage of hundreds of millions of these magnificent creatures.
In 2008, UNESCO declared the monarch butterfly reserve in Mexico a World Heritage Site; however, the monarch sanctuaries are endangered by degradations of forest habitats, the side effects of industrial farming, and climate change. Significant portions of the film's box office revenue will support monarch butterfly conservation through Fondo Mexicano para la Conservación de la Naturaleza.
To learn more about the film and it's sponsors and partners, visit www.flightofthebutterflies.com/.
Media Showings
Members of the media are invited to see the film Monday, March 4, through Friday, March 8, at 11:30 a.m. or 4 p.m. Please RSVP and schedule your showing time with Charlotte Hurley at [email protected].
Flight of the Butterflies 3D plays daily at 11:30 a.m. and 4 p.m. with additional shows Friday and Saturday at 7 p.m. For ticket prices and other details, visit /imax/current-films.
High resolution images are available upon request.
Media Contact
Charlotte Hurley: 303.370.6407, [email protected]
About the Denver Museum of Nature & Science
The Denver Museum of Nature & Science is the Rocky Mountain Region's leading resource for informal science education. A variety of engaging exhibits, discussions and activities help Museum visitors celebrate and understand the natural wonders of Colorado, Earth and the universe. The Museum is located at 2001 Colorado Blvd., Denver, CO, 80205. To learn more about the Museum, check www.dmns.org, or call 303-370-6000.


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IFT Returns To New Orleans With Volunteer Programs
Three years after just beating Hurricane Katrina, the Institute of Food Technologists returns to New Orleans with volunteer programs to aid the city.
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IFT Cares about New Orleans
The previous time the Institute of Food Technologists (IFT) held its annual meeting and food expo in New Orleans, Hurricane Katrina tore through the area one month later. One of the most interesting facets of this year's show will be simply seeing how that charming city has fared since then.
New Orleans is not back to its pre-Katrina form and may never be. But three years is a long time, and the tourist areas of New Orleans – both the Ernest Morial Convention Center and the nearby French Quarter – probably will look no different to the 22,000 food industry professionals from around the globe who are expected for IFT 08.
The annual meeting and food expo will be June 28-July 1 at the Morial Convention Center. At least during the days, attendees – most of them in research, product development and associated scientific/technical positions -- will be concentrating on the latest developments in scientific research, technologies, new products and consumer trends. What they do on Bourbon Street after dark is their own business. However, there's a full program, with many early morning activities, to keep them on reasonably good behavior.
Scientific Program Tracks
Pre-show activities start Friday, June 27, with day-long short courses and an evening International Food Nanoscience Conference. Saturday is devoted to association business: committee meetings, a career fair, the annual awards dinner and networking reception. The real conference program and expo start Sunday, June 29, with the keynote address at 9 a.m. Tom Kelley is a best-selling author (his most recent book is The Ten Faces of Innovation) and the general manager of Ideo, the design and development firm that designed such cutting-edge products as the Apple mouse and the Palm V. He's expected to emphasize how everyone in an organization can contribute creatively to a project, and that innovation can be made a cultural way of life in an organization.
Immediately following the keynote, the expo begins. The show floor will be open 11 a.m.-5:30 p.m. Sunday, Monday and Tuesday. Some 900 exhibitors – with a heavy emphasis on ingredients, but also representing equipment, services, software and other technologies -- will fill 200,000 sq. ft. of the Morial Convention Center. A special emphasis of this year's programming will be how innovation can assist both business growth and environmental sustainability. There will be more than 50 sessions addressing that theme. Some are: - Sustainable Fermented Food and Beverage Practices - Assessing the Sustainability of Packages Designed for Food - Environmental and Sustainability Product Labeling
But there also are more traditional sessions found at an IFT show:
- Global Regulations on Nutraceutical and Functional Food Industries
- Probiotics, Prebiotics, & Synbiotics: Translating Research into Healthful and Appealing Products
- Colloidal and Nanoparticle Systems for Improving Food Quality
- Cold Plasma – An Emerging Technology for Food Processing
There will be daily Supplier Solution Sessions, in which vendors will talk in depth about their products, services or solutions, right on the expo floor. Some of this year's planned sessions are on fiber ingredients, salt reduction/flavor enhancement, proteins (dairy, soy, grain, etc.), heart health, and weight management and satiety. Some of the specialty areas at the show and meeting include:
- Specialty pavilions (Healthy food ingredients, Organic ingredients, Food safety and quality, and International)
- Culinology demonstrations, where food science meets cuisine, cosponsored by the Research Chefs Assn.
- Global New Products, by Mintel
- Taste the Trend, by Innova
- Employment bureau – designed for both job seekers and employers
- Town Hall Meeting – All IFT members may participate in a forum about the association's future.
There also are four technical field trips: to Motavit Seafoods, Chef John Folse & Co.'s manufacturing plant, Community Coffee Co.'s manufacturing facility and Kleinpeter Farms Dairy. All are first-come, first-served ticketed events with additional fees. Register at www.am-fe.ift.org.
IFT Cares about New Orleans
Food and New Orleans seem to go together. As a result, that city has hosted several past IFT shows. In appreciation of those great experiences, and mindful of New Orleans' continuing need for assistance, IFT has some special charitable events planned for this year's Annual Meeting & Food Expo.
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Darren Harris necesitaba un nuevo diseño de logotipo y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 116 diseños de 43 diseñadores freelance.
HTI Labs. (High-Tech Innovation Labs)
I graduated from University 15 years ago in Computer Science, I've always been entrepreneurial generating ideas from a young age, as a kid I took apart every gadget I could get my hands on. Family commitments have meant I've always taken the 'safe' salaried job. I'm at the forefront of delivering innovative solutions.
I manage large development teams delivering solutions into trading desks.
I've developed & iterated a number of ideas into a workbook of projects, specifications and presentations.
The culture of the company is professionalism, sharpness, innovation without over complication or stiffness.
We are targetting senior managers in technology companies, key decision makers.
The company portfolio spans products that have an impact across a number of different areas of IT; some are banking specific, others apply to any IT organisation.
HTI Labs is the innovation hub of a larger company structure that I plan to implement. HTI is where innovation happens.
The company is called High-Tech Innovation Labs Ltd. I plan to abbreviate this as HTI Labs.
I selected the word "innovation" rather than "creation" as innovation also implies the application of the creative idea. "High-Tech" centres the company in the technology field.
I'd like a logo that I can put on a holding website, business cards, presentations etc.
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Motion Control Revealed
Factory Automation: There are several levels of sophistication in industrial motion control, some simple, some less so. From NC Controls to Multi-axis Algorithms and PC-Based Computations, We've Come a Long Way.
There are several levels of sophistication in motion control, some simple, some less so.
At its most basic level, one button starts a motor and another button stops it. The velocity of the movement is fixed by the motor's characteristics, e.g., an induction motor with a rated RPM and line frequency. Functionally, there is no position or velocity defined. Applications that fit these criteria might include motors powering conveyer belts, pumps, fans, and everyday devices found in homes such as furnaces, washing machines, dryers, or vacuum cleaners.
Many industrial applications control motion this way as well. The start-button's signal may be processed by a PLC or controlled by additional devices such as sensing switches, which may replace or augment the start or stop buttons.
More precise motion performance controls trajectory and velocity over time and specifies endpoints or distance to be traveled. In addition, two or more axes may execute simultaneously to create a composite move through space. A motor drive generates various excitation signals, phases, and frequencies that direct motors to run at variable speeds in either forward or reverse, as well as remain stationary.
Precision Motion Principles
This article covers the principles and execution mechanisms of precise motion control. A thorough review of these principles may permit readers a chance to better understand the high-level programming capabilities of current motion control technologies and apply them practically, i.e., collecting motion commands, graphically describing trajectories (defining the cutting paths from raw stock to finished part), or programming a robot, to name just a few.
This article also describes how a PC may be used to precisely control motion over several axes. In this case, the actuators may be independent single axes, three-linear-axes systems typically found on milling machines, or sophisticated five-axes systems found controlling robots with articulating or jointed arms.
The control algorithm defines the move of each axis as a function of time and then computes the trajectory in increments of time or [Delta]t. In accordance with a sensible division of computing labor, only a few, simple motion controllers close some of the above-mentioned low-level loops in the PC, while most other motion controllers handle the loop closures and low-level routine computations of one or more axes with separate axis CPUs.
It's All About Feedback
The feedback loop is a key element of precise motion control and has to be in place before any motion commands can be executed. Figure 1 shows a feedback loop including a digital rotary encoder that provides two pulse trains, normally identified as track A and track B. These encoders provide 4,096 pulses per turn and track; so by decoding every transition, 16,384 pulses are obtained per revolution. The two tracks are resolved in a bi-directional logic, and feedback pulses are applied to an up/down counter. The contents of the counter may be applied to a digital-to-analog (D/A) converter and the resulting analog voltage serves as a signal to the drive that generates the motor excitation. In most cases, the encoder is directly and physically coupled to the motor shaft.
Figure 1: The Feedback Loop is Key
If the polarity of the feedback pulses is correct, the counter initially reset, and zero analog voltage defined as no motion, then this system of feedback will hold the motor at a standstill. Any disturbance that tries to rotate the shaft will cause an offset in the counter and thus a corrective drive signal to oppose the action. A conventional tachometer coupled to the motor's shaft could be introduced at this point to enhance the feedback system and stabilize the velocity loop, again, as long as it observes the proper polarity of the signal.
Numerical Control's Legacy
Today's sophisticated motion controls had their origin in the hardware Numerical Control(NC)Systems of the mid-1960s. In addition to the feedback loop shown in Figure 1, NC systems provided coordinated command pulse trains to the feedback loop of each axis. Each up/down counter had two more inputs: Command pulse train and sign. When command pulses were added to the counter (+ pulses), the value in the counter increased and caused a drive signal to the motor in a way that generated feedback pulses (- pulses) that subtracted from the counter again. During the move, the offset value in the counter was the following error. When command pulses ceased, the counter eventually returned to a zero value and the move stopped.
Figure 2 shows the introduction of the command pulse train. An anti-coincidence circuit assures that no pulse is lost from either source. If for example, a command (+) and a feedback (-) occur together, no count pulse is passed on to the counter. If a command (+) and a feedback (+) should occur together then the counter is incrementally advanced by two.
Figure 2: Get on the Pulse Train
Early NC systems used rate multipliers to generate pulse trains for the individual axis. Basically, a common counter chain divided a high-speed pulse source by several decades; each axis gated-out the proper number of pulses according to its programmed command. The commands for each axis were given in incremental form; as such, the value was equal to the number of pulses to be generated per move block.
Since axes data are gated from the same common divider chain, a simultaneous move results. If the high-speed pulse source changes its frequency over time, then all axes will follow in lock step, allowing for acceleration and deceleration or feed-rate override without sacrificing the programmed path. Figure 3 shows an example of a counter chain with boxes representing the gates, selected with the individual incremental axis data.
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Rajendra Verma elected as President of Delhi PTI Workers' Union
Rajendra Verma has been elected as the President of PTI Workers Union, Delhi, while Sujata Mathur has been elected as the general secretary.
On January 5, the day of election, 13 members of the General Council of the PTI Federation were also elected. As per the list of elected people released by returning officer MM Sharma, Dharam Singh Rawat and Mohammad Shahid Akhtar were elected vice-president of the Union while Sunil Goyal was elected treasurer. Arvind Kumar and Umrao Singh Karki were elected as joint-secretaries.
Those who are elected to the Executive Committee are Ranvir Singh, Yadubir Singh Rawat, Bahadur Singh Rawat, Nanadan Singh Nayal, Jaipal Singh, Aatanu Das, B G Kamalapathy, Umapati Tripathi, Deshraj, Dinesh Singh Bisht, Jagan Nath Pandey, K K Verma, Sita Ram, Khalil Ahmed, Arun Kumar Shukla, Satyapal Singh, Krishna Nand, J Subramaniam, Madan Lal Bairwa and Ashok Kumar Siddharth.
The following were elected to the General Council-- Sanjeev Bhardwaj, K Johnson, Balram Singh Dahiya, Bhuwan Chaubey, Sanjay Kumar, Bhim Singh, M S Yadav, J S Rawat, Ajay Kumar Tyagi, Mulam Singh Rawat, C L Gupta, Arun Gulati and Jagdish Singh Rawat.
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Press Council of India to honour winners of Excellence in Journalism today
N Ram, eminent journalist and Chairman the Hindu Publishing Group, has been selected under the prestigious award category of 'Raja Ram Mohan Roy award'.
On the occasion of National Press Day today, the Press Council of India will honor winners of the National Awards for Excellence in Journalism.
Among the winners, N Ram, eminent journalist and Chairman the Hindu Publishing Group, has been selected under the prestigious award category of 'Raja Ram Mohan Roy award'. Ruby Sarkar, Chief Correspondent, Deshbandhu, Bhopal, and Rajesh Parshuram Joshte of Daily Pudhari, Ratnagiri, will be jointly awarded in the category of 'Rural Journalism'.
V.S Rajesh, Deputy Editor, Kerala Kaumudi, has been selected under the award category of 'Developmental Reporting' while Subhash Paul of Rashtriya Sahara, will be awarded in the category of 'Photo Journalism-Single News Picture'.
Mihir Singh, Photo Journalsit, Punjab Kesari, Delhi, has been selected in the category of "Photo Journalsim-Photo Feature'. P. Narasimha, Cartoon Editor, Nava Telangana, Hyderabad, has been selected for the award category of "Best Newspaper Art: covering cartoons, caricature and illustrations'.
The Press Council of India, as the only statutory authority entrusted with the responsibility of encouraging the media to pursue its duties following the dictum of "freedom with responsibility", instituted these awards in the year 2012 to encourage journalists, photojournalists, freelancers to excel in print journalism.
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The Printers Mysore appoint new head of digital business
Arpan Chatterjee has been designated Chief Operating Officer - Digital and will report to TPM's Chief Executive Officer, Karthik Balakrishnan
The Printers Mysore, publisher of Deccan Herald and Prajavani newspapers and Sudha and Mayura magazines, has appointed Arpan Chatterjee as its new head of digital business.
Chatterjee, who joins The Printers Mysore from The Hindu Group of publications, has been designated Chief Operating Officer - Digital and will report to TPM's Chief Executive Officer Karthik Balakrishnan.
He has over 20 years of experience across leadership roles in Indian media companies and new economy businesses. He has previously worked for companies such as NaiDunia, Webdunia, Dice Inc, Andale Inc and The Times of India. He has been associated with industry bodies like MRUC (Media Research Users Council) & RSCI (Readership Studies Council of India). ). He has done his executive education from IIM Calcutta.
TPM CEO said Chatterjee would play a pivotal role in driving the organisation forward on the digital initiatives the group is undertaking. "We are looking to capitalise on our strengths as a legacy publisher to build a print and digital media business for the 21st century media consumer. Arpan's on boarding goes to the core of our transformation, where he will drive our digital business vision," said Balakrishnan.
Chatterjee said, "I'm very excited about the opportunity to chart a digital transformation for one of India's most respected media companies. The company has a very compelling vision of its digital future and I look forward to working with all the stakeholders in bringing this vision to life."
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Aggression in media language cause of worry and threat to peace, say experts
At the Media for Humanity and Peace Conclave in New Delhi, media experts spoke on fake news, role of media to ensure peace, and much more
At the Media for Humanity and Peace Conclave, seasoned journalists spoke about the factors that have made media an active agent of hate and a tool to threaten peace.
Prem Rawat, International Peace Ambassador during his inaugural keynote pointed out the necessity to take active participation in bringing lasting peace. "We have to be like the proverbial candle to light up the lives of others who are less privileged and this is the only way for lasting peace, and media plays a critical role in that," he said.
Speaking about the tough job that media was doing in a tough environment, Dr. Annurag Batra, Chairman and Editor-in-Chief, BW Businessworld and exchange4media said, "Media is doing a tough job in tough circumstances and despite that international networks like CNN etc. spend around 50 per cent of their budget on content. In India, the average money spent on content is less than 10 per cent and 45 per cent is still spent on distribution."
He also spoke about the issue of fake news and about its impact on media, "The biggest threat today is fake news and media is not creating fake news, in fact it is at the receiving end of fake news."
Veteran journalist Saeed Naqvi in his address underlined the role media needs to play to ensure peace. He spoke about the cacophony and the agenda driven journalism that has become a lethal mix and threat to peace. "One of the biggest crises today is the total loss of credibility of media and this is posing a big threat to our attempts to have a society that is not divided on trivial issues, but unfortunately we have all become victims of this kind of media and continue to be so."
K G Suresh, Director General, Indian Institute of Mass Communication lauded the role that media has played but also pointed out to the selective reporting that some media houses do to distort truth. "I have extensively covered Kashmir and what I have found is that some media houses are giving too much importance to handful of stone pelters at the cost of ignoring larger issues that concern the population. And this kind of reporting undermines the larger story which is beyond violence. We need to report what is going on the ground and then only change will come", stated Suresh.
"I'm also worried about the aggression in the language of media today. We are calling for war and that is not the true language of media and such language is purely rhetorical and not substantive," he further added.
Sheetal Rajput, Deputy Editor, News 24 raised the issue related to primetime show formats and argued that there was no substantial evidence that debate formats only attract audiences and get the TRPs. In her view such assumptions need to be changed and challenged.
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The Hindu Group's Sportstar turns 40
A 108-page issue was released to commemorate this milestone
Sportstar, the multi-sport magazine published every fortnight by The Hindu Group in India, is celebrating its 40thanniversary. A 108-page issue was released to commemorate this milestone.
"In such an age, it's a challenge for a sports magazine to stay relevant, but throughout our journey we have reinvented and re-vigourised our content to suit the palate of the changing times. We have been steadfast in offering our readers what they want to read, taking them closer to their sporting icons. Our journey has been made memorable because of the love and encouragement of our readers – who also include the top sporting personalities of the country. We want to thank our readers with this collector's edition of the magazine," says Ayon Sengupta, Editor, Sportstar.
On July 1978 the first issue of The Sportstar was published with tennis legend Bjorn Borg on the cover. Priced at Re 1, the magazine offered a ringside view to the world of domestic and international sport.
The 108-page issue will have long commentary pieces from some of the most-experienced sportswriters of the country doing a deep-dive into the growth and health of games like cricket, football, hockey, tennis and a few more. There will also be selected short interviews from 40 great Indian personalities – like Sachin Tendulkar, Kapil Dev, PV Sindhu, Dhanraj Pillay, Abhinav Bindra – talking about their love for the game. Famous columnists – Sunil Gavaskar, Greg Chappell, Brian Glanville, Geet Sethi, Karun Chandhok, Sunil Chhetri – too pen some special odes. There is also a time-line of 40 years, highlighting the top Indian sporting moment from every year of existence.
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Fortune magazine sold to Thai businessman for $150 million
The 88-year-old celebrated publication is getting a new owner for the second time in a year. Meredith bought Fortune in January this year.
US-based publisher Meredith has announced that it has decided to sell Fortune magazine for $150 million to Fortune Media Group Holdings Limited owned by Thai businessman Chatchaval Jiaravanon, according to media reports. The celebrated publication is getting a new owner for the second time in a year. Meredith had bought 88-year-old Fortune as part of its acquisition of New York giant Time Inc. in January itself.
Chatchaval Jiaravanon is the son of Sumet Jiaravanon, Executive Chairman of Thailand's biggest conglomerate, Charoen Pokphand Group. The group is a Bangkok-based conglomerate with businesses in telecommunications, food, retail, automotive, finance, and pharmaceuticals.
According to media reports, Jiaravanon has said that he plans to increase investment in Fortune's "digital capabilities, geographic expansion, and editorial talent."
"Our vision is to establish Fortune as the world's leading business media brand, with an always-on reach and global relevance," he was quoted as saying in a statement by some media reports.
Clifton Leaf will reportedly remain the Editor-in-Chief of the publication and Alan Murray will remain its President and become CEO.
According to reports, Meredith will continue to provide short-term business services to Fortune. Meredith and Fortune Media Group Holdings Limited have entered into an agreement under which Meredith will continue to provide services such as corporate sales, consumer marketing, subscription fulfillment, paper purchasing and printing.
Fortune is known for its franchises including the Fortune 500, 100 Best Companies to Work For, Most Powerful Women, World's Most Admired Companies, and 40 Under 40, among others.
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#MeToo: US-based journalist alleges MJ Akbar raped her 23 yrs ago: The Washington Post
Pallavi Gogoi, chief business editor of National Public Radio (NPR), a Washington-based American media organisation, says incident happened in India
A US-based editor of a leading media house has accused former Union minister M J Akbar of raping her in India 23 years ago, saying the "brilliant journalist" used his position as the editor-in-chief of a newspaper to prey on her, an allegation denied by his lawyer, Sandeep Kapur.
The latest allegation of rape was levelled against him by Pallavi Gogoi, the chief business editor of National Public Radio (NPR), a Washington-based American media organisation.
She has detailed the "most painful memories" of her life in an article in The Washington Post.
"What I am about to share are the most painful memories of my life. I have shelved them away for 23 years," she said, detailing how Akbar physically and mentally harassed her for years while working at the Asian Age newspaper from New Delhi to Mumbai to Jaipur to London.
Gogoi said she was 22 when she joined the Asian Age. She was star-struck working under Akbar. She was mesmerised by his use of language, his turns of phrase and took all the verbal abuse. At 23, Gogoi became the editor of the op-ed page which was a big responsibility at a young age, she said.
"But I would soon pay a very big price for doing a job I loved. It must have been late spring or summer of 1994, and I had gone into his office - his door was often closed. I went to show him the op-ed page I had created with what I thought were clever headlines. He applauded my effort and suddenly lunged to kiss me. I reeled. I emerged from the office, red-faced, confused, ashamed, destroyed," she alleged.
The second incident was a few months later when she was summoned to Mumbai to help launch a magazine, she claimed.
"He called me to his room at the fancy Taj hotel, again to see the layouts. When he again came close to me to kiss me, I fought him and pushed him away. He scratched my face as I ran away, tears streaming down. That evening, I explained the scratches to a friend by telling her I had slipped and fallen at the hotel," she wrote in The Post.
When she got back to Delhi, Akbar threatened to kick her out of the job if she resisted him again. But she didn't quit the paper, she said.
One story took her to a remote village a few hundred miles from Delhi and the assignment was to end in Jaipur. When she checked back, Akbar said she could come discuss the story in his hotel in Jaipur, she claimed.
"In his hotel room, even though I fought him, he was physically more powerful. He ripped off my clothes and raped me," she alleged, adding that instead of reporting him to the police, she was filled with shame.
"I didn't tell anyone about this then. Would anyone have believed me? I blamed myself," Gogoi said in The Post
Gogoi claimed that Akbar continued to defile her sexually, verbally, emotionally. He would burst into loud rages in the newsroom if he saw her talking to male colleagues.
"I cannot explain today how and why he had such power over me, why I succumbed. Was it because I was afraid of losing my job? I just know that I hated myself then. And I died a little every day," she said.
She said that she continued to look for reporting assignments that would take her far away.
Gogoi recalled covering the December 1994 elections. For her excellent work, Akbar said he would send her either to the US or the UK as a reward.
"I thought that finally, the abuse would stop because I would be far away from the Delhi office. Except the truth was that he was sending me away so I could have no defences and he could prey on me whenever he visited the city," she said.
Gogoi alleged that Akbar once worked himself into a rage in the London office after he saw her talking to a male colleague. He hit her and went on a rampage, throwing things from the desk at her - a pair of scissors or whatever he could get his hands on. She ran away and hid in Hyde Park.
"I was in shreds - emotionally, physically, mentally," she said.
Akbar summoned her back to Mumbai after which she left the job and joined Dow Jones in New York.
"Today, I am a US citizen. I am a wife and mother. I found my love for journalism again. I picked up my life, piece by piece. My own hard work, perseverance and talent led me from Dow Jones to Business Week, USA Today the Associated Press and CNN. Today, I'm a leader at National Public Radio. I know that I do not have to succumb to assault to have a job and succeed."
"Over the years, I have not brought up Akbar in conversations. I've always felt that Akbar is above the law and justice doesn't apply to him. I felt he would never pay the price for what he had done to me," she said in The Post.
Calling all allegations as "baseless and wild" Akbar has filed a lawsuit against one of the journalists who have spoken out against him. "It doesn't surprise me. He feels he is entitled to make up his own version of 'truth' today, just like he felt entitled to our bodies then," Gogoi added.
Akbar, 67, who resigned from Prime Minister Narendra Modi's Union Council of Ministers in October after multiple women came out with accounts of alleged sexual harassment, has filed a criminal defamation case against one of them.
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What makes India rank amongst the most dangerous places for journalists?
India has emerged amongst the most dangerous places for journalists and the reasons for this are as complex as the profession itself
Over the past few weeks we all have read a number of stories about growing attacks on journalists. In the first week of October 2018, the killing of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi grabbed global headlines when he was murdered inside the Saudi embassy in Istanbul. Back home, just a few days back the cameraman of Doordarshan was killed in an attack in Chattisgarh. In June 2018, Editor of Rising Kashmir, Shujaat Bhukhari was killed outside his office in Srinagar, and in March 2018 two journalists were run over by an SUV in Bihar because they dared to do an undercover sting against some government officials. These are just few names amongst a long list of scribes who lost their lives in the line of duty.
India becoming increasingly unsafe for journalists
In a recent World Press Freedom Index report by Reporters Without Borders, India has been ranked amongst the most dangerous places for journalists. The country ranked at 138th place on its press freedom index, way behind neighbouring countries like Afghanistan, Sri Lanka, Nepal and Bhutan.
The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ), a press freedom watchdog, which released its annual 2018 Global Impunity Index ranking has also placed India at the 14th rank and amongst countries that have the worst record of prosecuting the killers of journalists. The CPJ study has revealed that in last 26 years 48 journalists have lost their lives in India and in 2018 the condition has worsened. In this new report India features alongside countries like Somalia, Pakistan, Mexico, South Sudan and Syria, again pointing out to the danger that journalists in the country face.
Tackling the crisis
In the light of these facts, we asked some of the well known Indian journalists about the state of free press in India and the steps that need to be taken to safeguard the journalist community. According to Anurradha Prasad, Chairperson and MD of BAG Network, "Security of journalists is an issue for all of us, more so for women journalists. I wouldn't pass judgement that India is unsafe for journalists but increasingly one is seeing that journalists are the easiest targets of mobs and hooliganism. I think women journalists are more vulnerable and media has to play a pro active role in exposing the goons."
Bhupen Chaubey, Executive Editor, CNN News 18 feels that the threats to journalist have become a regular phenomenon in the country. "Threats to journalists now is a regular phenomenon in India. On social media, all kinds of adjectives are used to hurl abuses against journos. It's important that journos tread carefully when they go to conflict zones. We are becoming a society which is on short fuse and journos are getting the worst of it," stated Chaubey.
Lack of security vs hidden agendas
For veteran journalist and Padma Shri Awardee Alok Mehta, the onus on safety lies both with the state and the journalist. He says, "India is not unsafe for journalists. Certainly in our profession there are more risks and challenges. At the same time journalists should have no bias and should not project or indirectly support extremists and their ideology. Moreover, political or other organisations should also not promote hate against media and should respect freedom of expression."
Pankaj Pachauri, former Media Advisor to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and now the Founder and Editor-in-Chief of GoNews explains the rising attack on journalists, "If you see, the number of journalists covering dangerous areas, it has increased with the coming of new platforms. Now, you have bloggers going to Iraq to cover news and this has increased the risk to journalists and hence the higher casualty figures. Also, the perpetrators of violence, whether it's the security forces or the militants, see journalists as threat. So journalists are under attack from both sides. I have experienced this in Kashmir where the security forces don't want me to know what they are doing and the militants think I'm on the security forces side, and this is a phenomenon that is happening across the world."
Pachauri also argues that the government needs to put into place strict measures to ensure safety of journalists and at the same time urges journalists to be true to their profession in order to avoid becoming victims of their personal bias.
"The governments have to be very tough on these things and they have to say very vocally that they stand for the freedom of press. The other factor is that journalism has come into disrepute lately as there are accusations of paid news and siding with political parties, and once the journalist becomes partisan the risk to his/her security becomes higher", added Pachauri.
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Suresh Balakrishna joins The Hindu Group as Chief Revenue Officer
He has been brought on board at a time when The Hindu Group is celebrating 140 years of being in business and is looking to focus on its advertising revenue
Suresh Balakrishna has joined The Hindu Group as Chief Revenue Officer effective November 1. 2018. He shall be reporting to MD and CEO Rajiv C Lochan. He has been brought on board at a time when The Hindu Group is celebrating 140 years of being in business and is looking to focus on its advertising revenue. Balakrishna shall be accountable for all India print advertisement sales (National accounts and South accounts), THEME (Events & Activations), and Brand Marketing & Solutions.
Balakrishna will be based in Mumbai. His mandate is to build a sustainable, future-oriented high-performance sales and marketing team that delivers performance with purpose on the advertising front across both ATL & BTL activities. He shall be accountable for revenue generation through Print – National and South accounts, Events & Activations and Brand Marketing & Solutions, and make The Hindu Group a more competitive and sustainably growing organisation.
Prior to joining The Hindu Group, he was Chief Executive Officer, South Asia and Middle East, Kinetic Advertising India Private Limited, part of the WPP Group. In his 31 years of professional journey, he has deep experience and expertise in all forms of media (print, television, outdoor) as well as the agency side of the business.
He started his career in January 1987, when he joined as a trainee advertisement executive selling ad space for Saturday Times, and has worked as Sales Manager in Apex Publishing (Yellow Pages), General Manager – Marketing with Hinduja Group, Executive Vice President of Lintas, Vice President – Media Marketing of HT, Executive Vice President, and Head of Marketing of Zee Network, and was CEO of BPN, CEO of Rapport, India (the OOH arm of Media brands) and Chief Operating Officer at Mail Today (The India Today Group).
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Dainik Savera Times appoints Vipin Kharbanda as National Head - Marketing
Vipin Kharbanda had previously worked with The Statesman Group of publications as Vice President - Marketing
Vipin Kharbanda has been appointed by Dainik Savera Times as National Head - Marketing.
Vipin Kharbanda had previously worked with The Statesman Group of publications as Vice President (Marketing). He was also associated with "The Tribune" prior to The Statesman.
Kharbanda brings with him over 25 years of experience and he has worked with organizations such as Nai Dunia Group of publications, Big FM and Big Cinemas, Dainik Jagran, to name a few.
Speaking on his new role, Vipin Kharbanda said, "I am delighted to be part of this growing publication house, which continues to invest in people and infrastructure. I see tremendous opportunities and areas where we can excel and grow the revenues."
At present Dainik Savera Times is being published from 6 states – Punjab, Haryana, Himachal, J&K, Delhi & Chandigarh and has 22 editions.
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DB Corp ad revenue up 5% YOY from H1 of last fiscal
Total Revenue has grown by 2.8% to Rs. 5875 million in current period from Rs.5713 million in Q2 last fiscal
DB Corp Limited (DBCL), home to flagship newspapers Dainik Bhaskar, Divya Bhaskar, Divya Marathi and Saurashtra Samachar, today announced its financial results for the quarter and half year ended September 30, 2018. The highlights of the Company's operational and financial performance are as follows:
Performance highlights for Qtr 2 FY 2018-19 – Consolidated:
Strong ad revenue growth after adjusting impact of last year's festival season
Circulation Revenue has increased 5.6% YoY to Rs. 1318 million from Rs. 1248 million, primarily due to volume driven growth.
Total Revenue has grown by 2.8% to Rs. 5875 million in current period from Rs.5713 million in Q2 last fiscal. On an adjusted basis, total revenue grew by 12.8% YOY to Rs. 5875 million from Rs. 5207 million, after adjusting for last fiscal one off items as well festival season billing.
PAT stands at Rs. 462 million (PAT Margin 8%), against Rs. 787 million (PAT Margin 14%), in Q2 of last year; considering forex loss of Rs. 62 million and circulation expansion strategy related non-recurring expenditure of Rs. 110 million.
Radio business: Advertising revenues expanded by 8.4% YOY to Rs. 377 million in Q2 of current period, against Rs. 348 million in Q2 of last fiscal. On adjusted basis, Radio delivered growth of 18%, after adjusting for last fiscal's festival season billing.
Radio Business PAT grew by 47% YOY to Rs 58 million from Rs. 40 million last year.
Digital business revenue grew by 5% YOY to Rs. 119 million from Rs. 114 million.
Commenting on the performance for Q2 FY 2018-19, Sudhir Agarwal, Managing Director, DB Corp Ltd, said, "Our circulation strategy implemented in recent times continues to deliver results that are also driven by the parallel execution of several growth-led initiatives undertaken across all our pillar divisions. The results of our efforts are visible through Dainik Bhaskar's progress in Bihar where in a short span of time, we have been able to build a second leadership position through strong on-ground execution. Dainik Bhaskar is also now the largest circulated paper in Rajasthan. The same operating philosophy is being aggressively implemented across all regions of our presence where our focus continues to remain on sharpening our organisational strengths, leading market expansion and driving excellence, enabling us to strive harder in a rapidly evolving and competitive media environment. As we progress we expect the consumption and demand cycle to stablilize. Crude volatility and currency led inflation seem to loom going ahead, but we will continue to manage our business dynamically while driving operational efficiencies. As our strategic campaigns play out well we look excitedly towards the second half of fiscal 2019, as we expand the frontiers of our vision, drive key areas of the business, act swiftly and efficiently on available opportunities, and address our customers' needs with our full range of capabilities."
Performance highlights for H 1 FY 2018-19 – Consolidated:
Advertising Revenues reported growth of 5% YOY to Rs. 8681 million in current period from Rs. 8297 million in H1 of last fiscal. On an adjusted basis Ad revenues reported 10% YOY growth (Rs.7868 million H1 FY 2018) after adjusting for last fiscal's festival season.
Total Revenue reported growth of 5% at Rs. 12267 million in current period from Rs. 11709 million in H1 last fiscal. Total revenue has registered 9.8% YOY growth (Rs.11173 million H1 FY 2018) after adjusting for last fiscal one off items and festival season billing.
Circulation Revenue has increased 8% YoY to Rs. 2664 million from Rs. 2467 million, primarily due to volume driven growth. Over past five years [from FY 2012-13 to FY 2017-18] circulation revenue has delivered 13% CAGR growth.
EBIDTA stands at Rs. 2725 million (margin of 22%) against EBIDTA of Rs. 3390 million, in H1 FY 2018; after considering forex loss of Rs. 83 million and circulation expansion strategy related non-recurring expenditure of Rs. 168 million. Adjusting for circulation expansion related one-offs and forex loss for last year and this year; EBIDTA stands at Rs. 2977 million against Rs. 3008 million in H1 of last year.
PAT stands at Rs. 1438 million (PAT Margin 12%), against Rs. 1888 million (PAT Margin 16%), in H1 of last year; after considering forex loss of Rs. 93 million and circulation expansion strategy related non-recurring expenditure of Rs. 168 million.
Radio business: Advertising revenues expanded by 5.2% YOY to Rs. 694 million in H1 of current period, against Rs. 659 million last fiscal. On adjusted basis, Radio delivered growth of 10%, after adjusting for last fiscal's festival season.
Radio business EBIDTA grew by 28% YOY to Rs. 191 million from Rs. 149 million.
Radio Business PAT grew by 51% YOY to Rs 85 million from Rs. 56 million.
Digital business revenue grew by 4.4% YOY to Rs. 245 million from Rs. 235 million.
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The two main reasons that Harker's Island was like a paradise were the abundance of seafood and the lack of laws and regulations. The two main reasons Harker's Island lost out and became a "normal" little island is the abundance of laws and regulations and the lack of "catchable" seafood. In this article, the third in the series, I will try to draw a picture of the island when I was there in the 1960s, '70s and '80s.
The two main reasons that Harker's Island was like a paradise were the abundance of seafood and the lack of laws and regulations. The two main reasons Harker's Island lost out and became a "normal" little island is the abundance of laws and regulations and the lack of "catchable" seafood. In this article, the third in the series, I will try to draw a picture of the island when I was there in the 1960s, '70s and '80s.
Spots are a small fish, seldom over a pound and very good eating. Spots are very abundant at times and very easy to catch at times, and all you have to do is find the right time. Spots are a bottom fish, which means that your bait or net must be on the bottom. Pier fishing for spots is excellent at times, and one of those times is in October, after dark, as the spots hit the beach then, especially when the moon is bright.
Some Harker's Island fishermen caught a few thousand pounds of spots by setting five or six short nets off the Outer Banks at night, but the bulk of them were caught in a net called the "killer net," the long-haul net.
Every fish house on the island had at least one long-haul crew, which consisted of two large fishing boats, two long-haul skiffs and one medium-size chaser boat. Each crew had six to nine men, and there were nine crews.
Each crew had only one net, but that net was one mile long. It was heavily leaded, so it stayed on the bottom and had small marsh, so it caught everything that was on the bottom. This net was small marsh (small holes) so the fish would not marsh (get caught) in it. Half the net was loaded on one skiff and the other half on the other skiff.
The larger boats would each tow a skiff out to a designated place and tie both nets together and head in the opposite directions. They would pull until they had a half circle then head for the shore. One man in the chaser boat would go to shore and place an iron stake in about four or five feet of water. Then both big boats would head for that stake. When they reached it, the net would form a complete circle, full of every fish that was on the bottom, trapped in that big circle.
A chaser boat would then take an end of the net from the big boat and pull it past the stake making a circle that would get smaller and smaller until it would cover about an acre. The crew would then take a small sweep net, get in the circle to "purse" up the fish and bail them into the big boat.
It sounds easy, but there are drawbacks. One is the tide. Most fishing is done by tide, especially long-hauling. The net must be pulled to the stake at slack water (when the tide is not coming in or going out), which happens every six hours, once at high tide and again at low tide. The tide only stops for one-half hour, and you must time your haul to land in that time frame or you lose all the fish in your net. Each fishing hole has its own time frame, so some hauls took two hours while others took much less time. Each captain learned by trial and error what the time was for each set.
Way back yonder, when there were only a few crews, you could pick where you wanted to haul. When it became popular and nine crews started working, the captains got together and made a list of crews and hauls and they would rotate every day. Everybody got the same chance to fish the good hauls and the bad hauls, but in October there was fish in every haul so everybody caught fish.
You might wonder just how many fish did these long-haul nets catch? Let's do a little math. From late September until early November, the "poor" crews would average 10,000 pounds, and the "good" crews would catch 40,000 to 50,000, and that was every day, six days a week. Do the numbers and you will find that between two and three million pounds of fish a week were caught.
These facts would make you wonder how did any fish survive these long-haul nets. The fish commission came out with a law that any catch must be at least half-saleable fish. They went to every fish house and said, "This first time is a warning, and a second time is a fine, then a third warning means a closing of the fish house."
The crew would take in a boatload of fish, and if they were too small, they would turn all the rest of them loose. This happened often as spots run in schools. A lot of the schools had fish too small, and half of the nine crews would have to dump theirs out. This was the case so often that some crews found other ways to make a living. In fact, now there are no long-haul crews left, simply because of this one law.
This government was so good at making laws that they made one for every phase of the commercial fishing industry, and all the fish houses had to close. Of the 150 fishing boats, there are about six or seven left, and most of the time they stay tied to the dock.
The good news is the fish are still there. Though we tried we didn't catch them all,. The shrimp are thicker than ever, the clams are making a comeback, and oysters are plentiful. Flounder, bluefish and speckled trout are all around the Island. Instead of the island being a paradise for the commercial fisherman, it's now a paradise for the sport fisherman. So now it's a good time to go to Harker's Island, unless you are a commercial fisherman.
Herb Hooks was born in the mountains of Pennsylvania near the Allegheny River and is a lifelong fisherman. He moved to Harker's Island in 1969. After living there over 20 years, he moved to the Lexington area where he lives with his wife, dog and a whole lot of friendly neighbors.