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The breach of contract trial between Hewlett-Packard and Oracle Corp. kicks off today in San Jose, Calif. The legal showdown pits two one-time partners-turned-bitter rivals.
The battle began after Oracle's decision last year to stop developing software for H-P's high-end business computers using the Itanium chip from Intel Corp.
Oracle argued that Itanium is a dying a platform, but H-P accused Oracle of breaching an agreement.
In many ways, the dispute was personal and rooted in H-P's recent troubled history.
Oracle Chief Executive Larry Ellison expressed outrage over the H-P board's decision to oust CEO Mark Hurd who left amid allegations of improper behavior, including a sexual harassment complaint. The two are known to be close.
Ellison then hired Hurd to be one of his Oracle co-presidents, which prompted a lawsuit from H-P.
The two companies later reached a settlement which included language in which the two long-time Silicon Valley partners supposedly agreed to continue being friends.
But H-P later argued that the settlement actually also meant Oracle can't just abandon Itanium.
Oracle fired back saying H-P deceived the company by not disclosing a plan to hire two executives who weren't exactly Larry Ellison's most favorite people: H-P's now ex-CEO Leo Apotheker and Chairman Ray Lane.
Apotheker had been CEO of Oracle rival SAP, while Lane had been a top Oracle exec before he left the software giant reportedly after a run-in with Ellison.
Given all the changes at H-P, it's unclear how the personal factors continue to play in the dispute. At the ongoing D10 conference, Ellison said he liked Meg – referring to H-P's new chief, Meg Whitman.
To be sure, the battle over Itanium has haunted H-P.
Last week, Whitman said on H-P's earnings call that the company's "business critical systems, not surprisingly, [is] still facing challenges from the Oracle Itanium issue."
Business-wise, H-P's Itanium-based server business makes up roughly 1% of the company's overall revenue, said Sterne Agee analyst Shaw Wu.
"This business has been declining," he said in an interview. "They don't sell a lot of these things. This is a very lumpy business, a very high-end business."
These high-end servers can cost hundreds of thousands to a million dollars each, he added. They're used mainly be companies and institutions doing a lot of heavy data crunching.
In the broader server market, H-P is No. 1, with 29% of total revenue of $11.8 billion in the first quarter, according to IDC. Oracle was a distant No. 4, with 6%.
But the battle with Oracle is important for H-P as the company pushes to become a bigger player in the higher-margin segments of the corporate IT market.
"They're trying to migrate into more of an enterprise player," Wu said. "They're hoping to have their Itanium products serve as a differentiator. It's going to be a lot tougher obviously."
ISI Group analyst Brian Marshall said the Oracle dispute also hurts H-P's services business which services the high-end servers.
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Experienced Researcher (PostDoc) position at IBM - Haifa Research Lab, Israel(iSocial-IBM-ER1)
IBM Haifa Research Lab (Israel) announces the availability of Marie-Curie Ph.D. Fellowship Position for Experienced Researcher (postdoc) in Online Social Networking technologies with a focus on Overlay Infrastructure for Distributed Online Social Networks (code: iSocial-IBM-ER1).
The position is for 18 months, starting in end of 2013 (flexible date). The position is funded by the European Commission under the Marie Curie Initial Training Network (ITN) program iSocial, which focuses on the design of distributed and scalable overlay networking and distributed storage infrastructures for open online social networks and for innovative social network applications that preserve end-user privacy and information ownership. The main objective of the iSocial Initial Training Network is to provide world class training for a next generation of researchers, computer scientists, and Web engineers, emphasizing on a strong combination of advanced understanding in both theoretical and experimental approaches, methodologies and tools that are required to develop Decentralized Online Social Networking platforms.
For more information please contact Dr. Eliezer Dekel
Requirements, Eligibility Criteria and Funding
The successful candidate is expected to conduct original research in collaboration with the principal investigators of IBM and other iSocial partners, as well as to contribute actively to the activities planned in the context of the ITN (scientific publications, participation to meetings and events, secondments, preparation of educational material, and online courses, student advising, project management and coordination, etc.).
We are seeking a candidate who will develop and validate algorithms for an overlay infrastructure layer for decentralized online social networks using methodologies and tools from the fields of Distributed Systems and Cloud computing. We are looking for highly motivated applicants with a Ph.D. in computer science or a related field from a reputable institution, strong analytical and programming skills, proven research record, and excellent knowledge of the English language.
Eligible applicants are researchers who, at the time of recruitment are:
- In possession of a doctoral degree, independent of the time taken to acquire it, or have at least four years of full-time equivalent research experience;
- Have less than five years of full-time equivalent research experience.
Also, eligible applicants must not have resided or carried out their main activity (work, studies, etc.) in Israel for more than 12 months in the 3 years immediately prior to the date of recruitment.
Marie Curie fellows enjoy good salaries and working conditions, career development opportunities and work-life balance. We especially encourage women researchers to apply for the aforementioned position.
To communicate your expression of interest, please fill in the application form (doc, pdf) and send it together with your curriculum vitae, two (2) references, transcript of the grades (original and in English), by email to "openings (at) isocial-itn.eu". Please put in the subject line the code of the position of your first preference.
The iSocial ITN has started in October 2012 and will finish in September 2016. The following institutions participate in the iSocial ITN: Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden (asst. prof. S. Girdzijauskas, prof. S. Haridi); Univ. of Cyprus (prof. M. Dikaiakos); Univ. of Insubria, Italy (prof. E. Ferrari); ICS/FORTH, Greece (prof. E. Markatos); Univ. of Barcelona (prof. M. Boguna); IBM Israel (Dr. E. Dekel); Peerialism, Sweden (Dr. S. El-Ansary), and a number of associated research and industrial partners (IMIS/ATHENA, Greece; Nanyang Technological University, Singapore; TELEFONICA TID, Spain; FORTHNET, Greece; FMT Worldwide, Cyprus/Australia; Wadja.com, Cyprus/USA).


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Emily Deutchman's "Presidents with Boob Faces" are exactly what it sounds like: a collection of paintings of the United States presidents with breasts appended to their facial features. After graduating from Skidmore College, the young artist found herself doodling human mammary glands on portraits of her friends, and she soon extended the project to historic leaders of the free world. With the exception of Obama's portrait, which is modeled after the iconic "Change" poster, each piece is based off of its subject's official presidential portrait. The facial features of each man dictates the placement of the breasts. For Ronald Reagan, it's skin above the neck. For Clinton, it's the nose. Some of the boobs are painted from actual breasts, sent to the artist by friends.
While Deutchman insists that the work has no clear agenda aside from humor, she invites political interpretations. With the expected candidacy of Hillary Clinton in 2016, dialogues on women in politics have come to the fore, and we are asked to consider the gender inequality that persists in the upper echelons of power. There are few art pieces that exude the machismo of the presidential portrait, and in adding female sex organs to the idealized masculine visage, the artist subverts our notion of national power and authority. Deutchman's use of pastel-toned watercolors heighten the feminine softness inherent in the work. A more naughty glance at the work renders it a scathing satire of contemporary politics and the corruption of high offices. Take a look. (via Lost at E Minor)


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Listening to the Dot-Comments
I am writing in defense of the anonymous, unmoderated, often appallingly inaccurate, sometimes profane, frequently off point and occasionally racist reader comments that washingtonpost.com allows to be published at the end of articles and blogs.
Aside from the fact that the newspaper business model is evaporating, there are few subjects more vexing for journalists and many readers of my generation than what to do about those comments. We don't let this happen in letters to the editor. Where are the standards?
During most of my seven-year tenure as editor or executive editor of washingtonpost.com (I retired four years ago), I kept unmoderated comments off the site, with support for that position from the newspaper's top editors, most of whom were of my generation.
I also opposed blogs, although I relented when it became obvious that they had become The Way for disciples of the Internet. Now I write a blog on washingtonpost.com called dot.comments. It is based entirely on the mutterings that emanate from anonymous comment writers reacting to Post journalism -- and to each other.
I have come to think that online comments are a terrific addition to the conversation and that journalists need to take them seriously. Comments provide a forum for readers to complain about what they see as unfairness or inaccuracy in an article (and too often they have a point), to talk to each other (sometimes in an uncivilized manner) and, yes, to bloviate.
Comments are automatically posted without prior review by washingtonpost.com. If readers complain about a specific comment, it is reviewed and then removed if it violates published washingtonpost.com standards. Many other news organizations, including the New York Times and the Los Angeles Times, review comments before posting them.
But the bigger problem with The Post's comment policy, many in the newsroom have told me, is that the comments are anonymous. Anonymity is what gives cover to racists, sexists and others to say inappropriate things without having to say who they are.
I believe that it is useful to be reminded bluntly that the dark forces are out there and that it is too easy to forget that truth by imposing rules that obscure it. As Oscar Wilde wrote in a different context, "Man is least in himself when he talks in his own person. Give him a mask, and he will tell you the truth."
Too many of us like to think that we have made great progress in human relations and that little remains to be done. Unmoderated comments provide an antidote to such ridiculous conclusions. It's not like the rest of us don't know those words and hear them occasionally, depending on where we choose to tread, but most of us don't want to have to confront them.
The subjects that have generated the most vitriol during my tenure in this role are race and immigration. The racist comments showed up regularly during the presidential campaign and have continued at a slower pace since Barack Obama's election. Racist remarks often accompany stories about crime and violence. The untimely death of the Washington Redskins' Sean Taylor would be the most appalling example. Where does this hate come from? Do we need to know it's here?
Yes, we do. But I am heartened by the fact that such comments do not go unchallenged by readers. In fact, comment strings are often self-correcting and provide informative exchanges. If somebody says something ridiculous, somebody else will challenge it. And there is wit. My favorite one-liner came in the coverage following the botched swearing-in of President Obama by Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. A reader self-identified as "HumbleGovWorker" observed that "This is not one for the Harvard Law Alumni Newsletter." Both Obama and Roberts are Harvard Law grads.
Comments also tell us that readers do not always agree with journalists about what is important. A classic example was the debate in The Post's newsroom last July when the paper ran a 12-part series on the death, seven years earlier, of Chandra Levy. "Why 12 parts? What's going on?" a number of my colleagues asked each other.
But Our Readers Who Comment ate it up. They filed thousands of remarks on the series. With the news last month that an arrest had been made, the comment boards were reopened and the series again became among the site's most-commented-on articles.
Comments are also a pretty good political survey. The first day it became clear that a federal bailout of Wall Street was a real prospect, the comments on the main story were almost 100 percent negative. It was a great predictor of how folks feel, well out in front of the polls. We journalists need to pay attention to what our readers say, even if we don't like it. There are things to learn.
The writer is a former Post reporter and editor and was executive editor of washingtonpost.com from 2001 to 2005.


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A source tells FOX Business the Federal Aviation Administration will begin sequester-related furloughs on Sunday, a move that has airlines preparing for the worst.
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With fewer air-traffic controllers on the job, the FAA reportedly is warning major airlines they could see nearly 7,000 daily flights delayed at more than a dozen major airports, according to a report by Reuters, citing a source close to the matter.
The delays could reach up to 210 minutes at some airports, though the average delays will be much shorter, according to the report. The Administration says it will do all it can to mitigate the delays.
The FAA would not comment on the reports, however it did point to statements made by Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood in February that claimed the FAA would "begin furloughs and start facility shut-downs in April."
At the time, the FAA said it would make plans to cut $600 million for the remainder of the fiscal-year 2013, which includes furloughing a "vast majority" of its 47,000 employees for about one day per pay period as well as closing more than 100 air traffic control centers.
Major carriers United (NYSE:UAL), Delta (NYSE:DAL) and American Airlines all diverted their comments to Airlines for America [A4A], a membership group representing 90% of U.S. airline passenger and cargo traffic.
Despite the pressure on the FAA to cut costs amid the $85 billion sequester, A4A chastised the FAA's decision to furlough controllers.
"The FAA has discretion to implement cuts without furloughing air traffic controllers," the group said. "Unlike Customs, TSA and other agencies, they have not acted to minimize potential impacts."
A4A went on to claim that the FAA has given "no specifics or explanation of methodology" for its decision to furlough controllers, only that the FAA expects a "10% sequestration cut will equal 30-40% capacity reductions at certain points."
Travel groups like the Global Business Travel Association have long expressed concerns that the automatic spending cuts will weigh heavily on the travel industry, stifling business travel and slowing the economic recovery.
"Threatened reductions in air traffic controllers, customs clearance officers, and TSA officials staffing airport checkpoints risk long lines, system slow-downs, and general delays," GBTA COO Mike McCormick said in February. "While the debate about the true impact on agency services rages, even the potential for significant disruptions in air travel is seriously disruptive to businesses."
While there were concerns a major security furlough among the TSA would lead to steep airport delays, TSA Deputy Administrator John Halinski told a congressional panel recently that he does not anticipate furloughs for his agency. He also said there have not been longer wait times at check points due to the sequestration.
This comes despite dire warnings last month from Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano, who claimed the spending cuts would lead to sharply longer security lines.


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Updated: 10/5/11
In response to arrests in Great Britain involving a plot to destroy multiple aircraft flying from Britain to the United States, the Department of Homeland Security raised the threat level to "severe" (red) for these flights in the summer of 2006. In September 2006, the threat level for all flights was set to "high" (orange), and the Transportation Safety Administration adjusted its ban on liquids, gels, and aerosols in carry-on luggage. The University has standing procedures on how to respond to changes in alert levels at the local level.
The National Terrorism Advisory System has since replaced the color-code system. Details are found at www.dhs.gov/files/programs/ntas.shtm.
Except in times of extreme threat. the government does not suggest that individuals change their habits, but simply that they maintain a heightened awareness of surroundings and have plans in place for any interruptions in normal activities (much as one might have, say, for adverse weather, fires, or power outages). Reference guides on such plans can be found at the Red Cross Web site or the Federal Emergency Management Agency site. You may also want to consult the University's own Emergency Information page at http://www.rochester.edu/working/emergency/ for University-specific information.
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When you say "yes" to tying the knot, you're doing more than joining hearts and lives, you're also joining finances. Gulp. For better or worse, if you don't communicate openly about money matters, your marriage can end up in hot water.
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Estate planning attorney Ann Margaret Carrozza suggests that the key to avoiding these issues is to work as a team. "When you're in a partnership it's so important to set goals together, and gain knowledge to create financial security going forward. This way you have common goals and there's never any confusion about how to invest financially."
Whether you're married or about to walk down the aisle, Carrozza says these are five money conversations you should have with your spouse:
1. Create your personal financial blueprint: Few newlyweds are fortunate enough to have significant assets to invest and plan for. But with a relatively blank financial slate, two people can chart their vision; make concrete goals, and together gain knowledge to create financial security going forward.
Initiate the discussion by throwing an acquaintance or neighbor under the proverbial bus: "Mark and Pam sure have beautiful cars/clothes/jewelry etc. Kind of makes me think that they will be forced to work forever to keep up with the interest payments alone!" Newlyweds should seek to educate themselves on financial matters by attending area adult education courses (preferably free ones) and reading financial books (borrowed from the library). Saving and investing that first $10,000 will provide a calm far greater than any 10-day cruise ever could.
2. Before the stork arrives, create a will: A will is needed to name a guardian of your minor child. It is often this difficult decision that causes people to put off creating a will. Without a will, the court will have the final say as to who raises your child in the event of your death.
Initiate the discussion by asking your spouse for their opinion on choosing a guardian. Try not to react negatively if you disagree with his response: "Your mother? That is a lovely thought - she certainly did a fine job with you (psst…go for bonus points). Do you think though, that it might not be an imposition on her because of her health issues, etc." If you hit an impasse, you can punt by naming co-guardians.
3. How should we grow our savings?: Ideally, this endeavor becomes a hobby for you as well as a goal-oriented pursuit. Investigate the retirement planning options that your employer may offer. Don't have that option? Sit with a knowledgeable financial professional who will discuss various investment class options with you.
Initiate the discussion by saying something like, "We work hard for our money and I'd like to brainstorm with you and a financial advisor as to how we can make the most of it."
4. Long term care planning: A slower than expected economic recovery coupled with increased life expectancies and ever-increasing costs of medical care has made relying on government funded long term care resources unrealistic.
Initiate the discussion by encouraging your spouse to sit down with a long term care insurance professional. What you are looking for here is a maximum daily benefit that coincides with the cost of care in your area. Don't be seduced by the 5 percent inflation protection, because the actual cost of care increases approximately 12 percent per year.
5. Insure your estate planning: You've done your will, powers of attorney, and health care advance directives, but how can you be sure that your surviving spouse won't remarry and potentially lose those assets in a subsequent divorce?
Initiate this conversation by pointing to a real life example, if possible: "Isn't it tragic that Marvin (widower friend) disinherited his adult children in favor of his home care companion? Yes, dear, I know that you would never do this, but what if either one of us developed a dementia-related illness down the road? All bets are off at that point. Let's at least sit down with an attorney and see what the options are (i.e. post-nuptial agreement or trust) before we make any decisions."
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text: On Tue, Jan 21, 2003 at 01:16:47PM -0500, John Burton wrote: > > You misinterpreted the question, or perhaps I didn't phrase it clearly > enough. Yes, they add value with the compiler. Yes, you should pay for > the license to use the compiler. The question concerns *running* the > program that you have compiled using their compiler (runtime vs. compile > time) > > I have paid for the compiler. I compile my code with their compiler. > This is fine. Now I run the binary code I just compiled. Lahey requires > a license for running the program, not just compiling it. > > Example - I have a cluster with 48 CPUs. I compile a FORTRAN program > with > 100,000 LOC. Okay, I compile & run it on the cluster, everything > is fine under Lahey's 5 to 64 CPU license. I find that the combination > of 48 CPUs and Lahey's compiler is not enough to provide the throughput > I need (poor benchmarks, under estimating data rates, whatever). I need > to add 48 more CPUs. Now I *cannot* legally run my code on my cluster > because it violates Lahey's runtime license. Now I need to get a new > license. I'm sorry, I still don't see this. This isn't a runtime license, it is a code generation license; it is a license to generate code that will run on a particular size cluster. If it was a runtime license, you'd have to license *each* cluster on which the code will run. In effect, this is more or less like a cross-compiler with multiple, optional back ends. You generate your code on a workstation but run it on a target cluster, and the size of the target determines the price to you to generate the code. It may in fact be the case that the code generated is not physically any different from one back end to another, but it is legally different and that's all that matters. Such target-sensitive pricing is very common, if not perfectly standard, in the world of commercial development tools. In the case where you are generating code for internal use on a single cluster, this may *feel* to you like a runtime license, but it isn't a runtime license in the conventional, industry SOP sense of the phrase, and no amount of calling it that will change the fact that it is *not* a runtime license. You very clearly make the case that a larger cluster can have greater value than a smaller cluster; you cite an example wherein a 48-node cluster won't solve your problem but a 96-node cluster will. Thus, code that will run on a larger cluster also has greater value than code that is limited to a smaller cluster. So why is not not fair to ask you to pay more for the right to generate code which has greater value? > Another Example - My development cluster has 32 nodes. I compile and run > code with no problems. I have a production cluster with 256 nodes. Lahey > says I can distribute my code to an unlimited number of clusters, but I > can't run it on my production cluster without a new license. Are you compiling the production code on the development cluster or the production cluster? If you are doing all the compiling on the development cluster, it sounds like you never should have purchased a license for the lesser version of the compiler -- you should license the version of the compiler that generates code for the ultimate target. If, on the other hand, development binaries stay on the development system and runtime binaries for the production target are compiled on a server that is part of the production target, then I would guess that you only need to buy the lesser license for the development system. If you then need to move the production code to a yet-larger cluster, then yes, you'd need a compiler that will generate code for that larger cluster. Think of it this way: Suppose that Lahey sold compilers for both X86 and Alpha, and you licensed the X86 compiler for development. But then, when you go to production, you decide to use the code on an Alpha cluster. Would you then expect that you could generate the Alpha code at no additional charge? I wouldn't. This is in effect what Lehey is saying: that for the purposes of their compiler, a 256-node cluster is a *different thing* than a 32-node cluster (actually, it's a little more favorable than that -- obviously the 256-node cluster code can run on the 32-node cluster). Clearly you don't have to see things that way, but in that event your only real recourse, I would think would be to find another compiler vendor that has pricing more to your liking. --Bob Drzyzgula


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Monday, June 14, 2010
Kevin A. Burke's "Comment of the Week"
The following is a complete reading of the comment submitted by Kevin A. Burke to last week's column. You can read all the comments written last week by accessing "Counting on a Skyscraper, the Belmont Comes Up Short" under the section titled "Most recent entries" at the right-hand side of any of Vic Zast's columns.
There are some changes that need to be addressed by NYRA before the next Triple Crown Series / Belmont Stakes is upon us:
# 1- Eliminate the Detention Barn.
Trainer Nick Zito stated after the race;
"He (Ice Box) was ready to go the last couple of days. But I guess he left his race somewhere".
Mr. Zito is to politically astute to risk retribution from NYRA in placing blame on the prop they have in place, (the Detention Barn). He also has the class to not offer up excuses after
a race. His meaning though is obvious. The truth of the issue is that Ice Box was not the only horse on this day that left his race in the Detention Barn, affected adversely by this singular institution invented by NYRA.
The Detention Barn does nothing but harm to the horse. It does serve as a SOP to the uninformed that NYRA is proactive in controlling prerace drug abuse and/or prohibited actions by stable personnel. It does not work, post race Testing Barn Yes, Detention Barn No.
It is a very lucrative deal for the track vet. Only the track vet administers Lasix, (.85 cents worth of drug, at $20.00 a pop). You will never have the track vet complain about the extreme heat & humidity, the dusty bedding, the constant confusion and noise in strange surroundings, the repeated use of stalls by different horses every day, etc. All this and more is endured by the horse for six or more hours prior to race.
Much has been made of the fact that Drosselmyer and Fly Down had a race over the track which benefited both horses. I do not dispute that it was a help, even though the Big Sandy was a different track on these race days. The real advantage given to the horses was that both had to suffer the detention barn previously, and therefore were familiar with all it's absurdity.
# 2- NYRA must join with Pimlico and Churchill in finding a sponsor for the Triple Crown Series. A monetary reward based on participation and placement in each of these races must be offered as an enticement for horses to compete in all three races. This is a Series. There might not be a Triple Crown Winner each year, but there can be a Series Win, Place, Show, Participation, reward.
# 3- Again NYRA, Pimlico, and Churchill must find one broadcast distribution outlet for the series. Continuity is important. They each have there race, but without the other, that is all they have, a race. Together is the series, and that is what gives it the importance. My suggestion is to just each split 33% apiece each race day, or 50% for the Race Day Track and 25% for the other two. (33% is the fairer deal to all).
# 4- NYRA needs to find a Theme Song that relates to the Belmont Stakes Day Experience. The publicity department must go to work on this now. They experimented, it didn't work, fine. At least there was effort shown. Now go back to the drawing board, the idea was right, the result was wrong. Do not give up the idea, just find a solution that does work. There is a song out there.
Suggestion: A contest on original submissions might work. (It would draw attention both inside and outside the racing world). A music committee
could pick the top three to five songs which would then be placed on the NYRA website. Then
let the people vote. (Have some of the American Idol Winners Record and Sing the demonstration songs). Talk about generating some positive publicity. Hey, all of this could even help expand the fan base, it will not detract.
Well, there is my two cents for the moment, as always, enjoy your writing, thank you for enduring my own.
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Lighting fixtures play a critical role in the safe, efficient, and productive operation of any industrial facility or production process. Darkened, enclosed, and around-the-clock operations rely on them exclusively for illumination. Daylight operations benefit from the spot lighting they provide. However, most facilities, such as petrochemical, food processing, and grain storage, require more from their lighting fixtures. In addition to providing light, fixtures for these industries must address and overcome the inherent challenges of hazardous environments.
Hazardous environment lighting fixtures are designed to specifically handle the highly corrosive elements, combustible dusts, and flammable gases/vapors that are endemic to these industries. This article examines the distinct hazardous environments defined by global electrical codes, which fixtures are suited for them, and technologies that are on the way to help keep light fixtures operating longer and safer. This information provides the foundation for achieving optimal plant safety and efficiency through proper lighting, safe electrical installation, and operation.
Class of threats
The National Electrical Code (NEC) and the Canadian Electrical Code (CEC) divide hazardous environment combustible dusts and flammable gases and vapors into three separate Classes.
- Class I locations are categorized by the flammable gases and vapors present in industries, such as natural gas, petroleum, and chemical.
- Class II locations contain combustible dusts, which can be carried aloft during pulverizing processes or compacted in storage centers. Combustible dusts are found inside plastic, pharmaceutical, coal, and flour processing locations.
- Class III locations contain the ignitable fibers and flyings that are produced in the wood, cotton, and textile industries, among others. They are not explosive in the same sense as some Class I and Class II atmospheres. Additionally, they are not likely to occupy the air enough to be combustible. Instead, ignitable fibers and flyings gather on and around equipment — where a heat source could ignite them.
Class ratings are further broken down into groups, which identify the explosive pressure created by the gas, vapor, or dust (click here to see Table 1). There are three distinct classes of flammable compositions. Class I locations consist of Groups A, B, C, and D:
Group A, acetylene, features the highest outward pressure during an explosion.
Group B is hydrogen.
Group C is ethylene.
Group D is gasoline.
Class II locations are divided into Groups E, F, and G based on electrical resistivity charts listed in ANSI/ISA-S 12. 10-1988.
Group E is combustible metal dust, such as aluminum and magnesium.
Group F consists of coal, printer ink powder, and coke.
Group G features agricultural dusts such as cake mix, grain dust, and flour.
Class III locations are not broken into groups.
Define the presence with divisions
NEC/CEC Divisions define hazardous environments by the amount of exposure to the gases, vapors, dusts, or flyings/fibers. Division 1 classifies hazardous atmospheres in which the flammable gas or vapor or combustible dust is present during normal operations or routine maintenance. The existing or potential hazardous atmosphere must also be in the right mixture concentrations to be ignitable. Thus, proper ventilation can change a Div. 1 location in to a Div. 2 location.
Division 2 locations are where hazards are encountered only during an abnormal situation, such as equipment failure or a spill. Locations adjacent to Class I, Div. 1 areas may be deemed Div. 2 as well, to accommodate for the potential seeping of gases or vapors.
Enclosed and gasketed fixtures for Class I, Div. 2, and Class II
Class I, Div. 2 fixtures must be sealed to prevent the hazardous atmosphere from entering the fixture's interior. As such, enclosed and gasketed fixtures are most suitable for this environment.
Class II fixtures also have to function under a blanket of explosive dust as grain silos and other agricultural and mineral processing plants position lights where they can get covered by dust or grains for extended periods of time. These conditions mandate that enclosed and gasketed fixtures prevent dust egress and keep temperatures low. Internal control components must be engineered to radiate less heat. Surfaces need to be contoured to prevent accumulation of dust on the fixture and reduce blanketing. If not engineered properly, exterior light temperatures can soar.
Explosionproof fixtures for Class I, Div. 1, and Class II
Due to the ever-present condition of hazardous gases or vapors, fixtures placed in Class I, Div. 2 and Class II locations must ensure that ignition is never allowed into the environment.
To do this, engineers calculate that the combustible has successfully leaked into the interior of the fixture and has ignited. To prevent the ignition of flammable gases or vapors, explosionproof fixtures feature engineered flamepaths. The flamepaths vent the pressure of an explosion by allowing the gases to escape to the outside atmosphere only after the gas has traveled within the fixture's flamepaths long enough to cool. Cooled gases are released from the flamepaths at temperatures that will not ignite the surrounding flammable atmospheres. Depending on the fixture's design and application, these flamepaths can be incorporated into ground joints, threaded joints, labyrinth paths, close tolerance shafts, interlocking concentric rings, and precision acme/conical threads.
Keeping your cool in hazardous atmospheres
A longer-lasting light is a safer one. It reduces the potential of a maintenance-related accident by stretching out the amount of time between servicing. Simply put, cooler running lamps stay lit longer. That's why it's important to design and manufacture enclosed/gasketed and explosionproof fixtures that reduce the amount of heat they produce.
Light fixture manufacturers do this through electrical, mechanical, and thermal engineering. Electrical engineering looks at the internal control gear placement to reduce the heat buildup produced by these components. Mechanical design uses reflectors to help in heat dispersion while producing higher photometric efficiencies. Thermal designs look at metallurgy techniques and bracket placement to draw heat away from the internal components and out through the casing.
Temperatures to a "T."
Every hazardous atmosphere has a temperature that, if exceeded, will cause the flammable or combustible to ignite. Accordingly, this temperature, called the "T" rating, is a critical safety benchmark. Hazardous location lighting fixtures must run cooler than the "T" rating of the surrounding atmosphere.
Per the "T" rating chart (Table 2), T1 rated luminaries can only be used in locations where the atmosphere needs a temperature greater that 450°C to ignite. Conversely, T6-rated luminaires run the coolest and can be used in volatile environments where temperatures cannot exceed 85°C anywhere on the fixture.
The "T" rating for a fixture is the temperature of the hottest spot on or in the luminaire depending on the lights' Class or Zone rating. Whether the "T" rating is recorded on or in the luminaire depends on whether it is an explosionproof, flameproof, enclosed and gasketed, or restricted breathing fixture.
For explosionproof and flameproof fixtures, the "T" ratings are measured on the exterior of the fixture. This is due to explosionproof and flameproof lights' ability to disarm any explosion caused within the interior of the fixture. Therefore, the exterior temperature of the fixture becomes the forerunning concern.
Enclosed and gasketed fixtures measure their "T" ratings on the inside. If a hazard is accidentally released into the atmosphere and reaches inside the fixture, it will not ignite, assuming the fixture's "T" rating is below that of the hazard. Restricted breathing fixtures are sealed in the same way as enclosed and gasketed fixtures. They go a step further by having their internal control gear/ballast epoxy sealed. This reduces interior temperatures and contains any accidental sparking, thereby allowing restricted breathing fixtures to have their "T" ratings measured from the outside.
Complex engineering made simple
Unfortunately, the seemingly simple look of enclosed and gasketed and explosionproof lighting can give the wrong impression, which may be one reason why work crews often underestimate the hazardous locations they work in and the engineering of these fixtures. This theory is reinforced by surveys that show maintenance practices usually do not follow standard guidelines. Based on research by IEEE, Paper No. PCIC-2004-47, 80% of the time, fixtures are relamped with the electrical power on. In the 20% of the time the power is turned off, 69% of the relamping occurs as soon as the power is shut off. This does not allow the proper amount of time for many fixtures to cool. Research also shows that 32% of gaskets and seals are not inspected, and maintenance crews are "pretty sure" the gaskets are properly sealed only 55% of the time. Additionally, 95% of the time, luminaires are maintained only after the unit fails.
This reality leads to mistakes that could be avoided. Using the appropriate lamp also contributes to fixture durability and heat buildup. Only lamps of the proper rating for the fixture should be used. For example, a 100W lamp in a 150W fixture can cause the internals to overheat and increase the fixture's "T" rating without any external warning or indication. Using a different lamp voids the fixture warranty, violates the UL-rating, and can put the entire facility and its workers at risk.
Although it's a necessity, when it comes to safely lighting hazardous environments, it's important to understand the potential dangers before implementing a solution. Knowing the facility environment, combustible composition, and fixture application enables the proper lighting design for a safe and productive working environment.
Henry is a manager in the Lighting Division, EGS Electrical Group - Electrical Construction Materials, Rosemont, Ill. He can be reached at [email protected].


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Mystery Worshipper: Fluffy Bunny
Church: St George the Martyr
Location: Waterlooville, Hampshire, England
Date of visit: Sunday, 19 April 2009, 10:00am
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The building
St George's was consecrated in 1831. During the 1950s and 1960s the surrounding area saw extensive development, and the church couldn't cope with the resulting population growth. Plans for a new church were started and in 1970 the new church was built on the site of the old, retaining some parts of the original building. The outside looks very grey and forbidding. But do not be put off, as inside is bright, modern and almost minimalist. Over the high altar is a very dominating crucifix with Christ looking very much in torment, but still a striking piece. The organ is situated in a loft at the back of the church, and the choir (only four members) were with the organist upstairs.
The church
They host an annual music festival, which from the pictures on the website looks to be a big success and loads of fun.
The neighborhood
Waterlooville lies a bit north of Portsmouth. The village was originally known as Waitland End and consisted of only a handful of cottages. Legend has it that Wellington's soldiers stopped at a local pub for refreshment on their return journey from the Battle of Waterloo in 1815, and thus the village became known as Waterlooville. Growth continued in 1897 with the advent of the Portsmouth to Horndean light railway. By the 1960s, growth was rapid. St Georges is across the road from a modestly sized ASDA, England's second-largest supermarket chain, and behind the main shopping street of Waterlooville. The church car park is very bijou, but I parked in ASDA (handy for shopping on the way home!).
The cast
Not certain, as nowhere did it say who was doing what that I could see. However, I guessed it was the Revd Ray Chapman, honorary assistant priest.
What was the name of the service?Parish Eucharist
How full was the building?
Almost full and I understand that the parish priest and some of the congregation were away on pilgrimage at Walsingham (I wonder if that is where some of the choir had gone to?)
Did anyone welcome you personally?
I was welcomed by a chap outside the church and by two people on entering the church, where I was given the service pamphlet and a weekly news sheet.
Was your pew comfortable?
Modern movable pews with thin cushions, but comfortable.
How would you describe the pre-service atmosphere?
Church bells as we entered mingled with exuberant children and the more subdued chatter of the adult congregation. There was even some laughter (adult).
What were the exact opening words of the service?
"Good morning. Welcome to St George's."
What books did the congregation use during the service?
BBC Songs of Praise (the hymn book); New English Hymnal; Alternative Service Book. There was also the church's own eucharist pamphlet and a weekly news sheet with the collect, readings, responsorial psalm, etc.
What musical instruments were played?
Did anything distract you?
I chose the wrong place to sit as I was by where the small children congregate and they were very boisterous and noisy. However, I would always defend their right to be in church no matter how distracting they are, as they are the congregation of the future. One child was removed when it cried lustily. The church is very echoey and all the speakers (amplified) resonated around the space.
Was the worship stiff-upper-lip, happy clappy, or what?
Middle to high. Bells but no smells. The officiating priest wore a chasuble and there were four white robed helpers. It was a sung service.
Exactly how long was the sermon?
5 minutes.
On a scale of 1-10, how good was the preacher?
8 – He spoke quite quickly, but thankfully clearly. He mentioned that he and his wife had just returned from France, where they had followed the tracks of earlier pilgrims. He also spoke about motor homes – he apparently likes motor homes.
In a nutshell, what was the sermon about?
People leave tracks of pilgrims and tracks of faith. We need to follow these tracks but also lay down our own for others to follow. Jesus knows what it is to be human ("Been there, done that, got the t-shirt") so we are never alone. Life is full of ups and downs and Christ will always be with us.
Which part of the service was like being in heaven?
The sermon, and the choir's anthem, "God be in my head," which I own up to being one of my favourites. Despite only having four women, they made a beautiful and celestial sound.
And which part was like being in... er... the other place?
The children (but I still defend their right to be there). I was confused when the responsorial psalm was omitted and we went straight to a hymn without any announcement. For some unknown reason, an elderly lady sitting two rows in front of me glared at me for what felt like a good two minutes! There were no sidespeople to direct us up to communion, so I sort of followed the flow and hoped I hadn't trodden on anyone's toes.
What happened when you hung around after the service looking lost?
An elderly gentleman gathered up my service pamphlet from me, then another invited me into the hall for coffee. The priest recognised me as a new face and was very pleasant. He asked if I was new to the parish.
How would you describe the after-service coffee?
Coffee and tea with a variety of biscuits. The coffee was fair trade (fair trade jars in evidence). Lovely cups and saucers and acceptable biscuits but no one spoke to me in the hall.
How would you feel about making another visit (where 10 = ecstatic, 0 = terminal)?
8 – They seemed a friendly bunch, so I would be happy to join them, maybe even swell the choir numbers.
Did the service make you feel glad to be a Christian?
Absolutely. I left feeling spiritually recharged.
What one thing will you remember about all this in seven days' time ?
The sermon and the boisterous children.


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Adjudicator Michael Empric says 21,200 cubic yards of concrete were poured by 11:30 a.m. Sunday, beating the existing record of 21,000 cubic yards set by The Venetian hotel in Las Vegas in 1999.
The record completion was marked by blaring horns. Empric monitored the pour overnight by smartphone before meeting with contractors and engineers Sunday.
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I will break out my Pro Kennex Silver Ace, PK Graphite Prophecy, Yonex R-7, and Head Graphite Director ( among others ) every now and again to mix things up a bit. I just strung a Bard Jade Fire (Graphite/Boron) and am anxious to work it into my current rotation...
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I played with a Head Graphite Edge today, great retro stick. It has a weird oval shape, and I strung it with Lux Big Banger......takes me back to the day.....
The Graphite Edge or all those older Head racquets have that distinctive oval. I had 3 Prestige Tour and two Prestige Classic 600. Nice and heavy. The Tours were too mushy to my taste though.
Not really great with polys in my opinion. They need multis because that's what they were designed for. The flexible sticks need powerful strings.
messed around with my dunlop maxply mcenroe. love the feel of wood. also played with the head edgewood as well.
Dunlop Maxply, nice! What does the edgewood look like?
the edgewood? the wood version in the edge series when they were still around. like a slightly larger head vilas.
I play with a Prince Pro 1979 and a Head graphite Professional 6 days a week playing singles some of my favorite racquets I've played with
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Paradigm has been in the speaker business for many years – 28 to be exact – and they have consistently produced some of the finest floor standing speakers and subwoofers on the market. What many may not be aware of is there full line of in-wall and in-ceiling speakers. I had the chance to check out their extensive line up at this years' CES. It was also my first time meeting some of the nice folks at Paradigm. They recommended I try a set if in-ceilings in my family room to finish out the surround sound system. At the time, I had only a 3 channel setup – fronts and center. Adding normal direct radiating, or dipole/bipole speakers to the system just wouldn't be practical since our family room is open to the dining area and kitchen. Fortunately, the builder of my home had pre-wired the area for surround speakers and a couple multi-zone speakers. After some discussion we decided the SA-15R-SM model would do a nice job of filling out the sonic space in my family room.
- Design: In-Ceiling Speaker with Coaxial-Mounted Dual Tweeters
- Drivers: Two 1″ Dome Tweeters, One 8″ Mid/Woofer
- MFR: 58 Hz – 22 kHz ± 2 dB
- Crossover: 3rd-order Electro-acoustic at 2.5 kHz
- Sensitivity: 92 dB
- Amplifier Power Range: 80 Watts
- Nominal Impedance: 8 Ohms – Stereo Input
- Dimensions: 8.9″ Cutout; 4.5″ Depth
- Minimum Internal Volume Required: 20 L / 0.70 cu ft
- Weight: 11 Pounds/each
- MSRP: $449/each USA
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The SA-15R-SM are an interesting design, with one 8″ S-PAL™ bass and midrange cone, and TWO 5-mm (1 in) G-PAL™ dome tweeters. There are also 2 sets of inputs on the back to run a stereo signal to one speaker. This is a great idea for in-wall audio, where ceiling speakers are spread throughout the house. For my setup as surround speakers, I bridged the 2 inputs and fed each speaker a mono signal: separate left and right surround channels. All it takes to bridge the 2 terminals is a small piece of speaker wire running from one terminal to the other. Then you insert your input cable into either one of the 2 binding posts, it doesn't matter which one.
Since I was fortunate enough to have our house pre-wired in the family room for surround sound in the ceiling, there wasn't too much work for me to do to get them installed. The SA-15R-SM features a Full Perimeter Bracket Design, which basically sandwiches the driver around the drywall, creating a tight fit in the ceiling. All you need to do is cut a hole in the drywall using the provided template and then wedge the speaker in, one side at a time. I'd recommend having an extra set of hands around to hold the speaker or hand you tools.
I was happy to have our house pre-wired, but I did not get to specify how the wiring would be setup. In the family room there are 2 pre-wired terminals in the surround positions then one terminal in the kitchen and one in the kitchen dinning nook. I presumed these to be for multi-zone music. I would soon learn to never make assumptions as to how a house is wired.
The Paradigms come with a stencil for marking the hole to be cut for the speaker and since the location of my speakers had already been determined and marked by some wall plates, I didn't have to bother with a stud finder and tape measure (yah! I don't know about yours, but my stud finder is not all that accurate).
After unscrewing the wall plates and disconnecting the speaker wire, I took a peak around in the ceiling hole to make sure there was enough clearance for the diameter of the speaker. Then I placed the template, marked the hole to be cut and used a small hand saw to do the work. One thing to note, I do not recommend sawing holes in your ceiling drywall right after having bronchitis as it creates quite a bit of dust that could bring on a serious coughing fit whilst standing on a ladder. I can't stress enough how important it is to have someone help you with this installation. The extra set of hands would have made everything a lot easier. After the hole was cut, I inserted some standard insulation into the ceiling to help with sound dampening.
However, with some clever balancing, I got the speaker cable connected and wedged the Paradigm into the ceiling. Before tightening the screws I decided to run a test signal from the Onkyo to the speaker. So glad I did, since there was no sound to be heard! Sadness and frustration settled in as I knew without the proper gear it would be very difficult to figure out the problem. That's when I decided to call the company that wired the house during construction and have them send someone out.
The technician brought out his cable tester and, oddly enough, we were getting a signal through the speaker cable, but still nothing from the speaker when hooked up. Hooking the signal tester directly to the speaker yielded sound, so we knew it wasn't the speaker. After some calls to his supervisor and more testing we discovered some volume control plates in the kitchen. Ah ha! These must be controlling the volume on the surrounds! Alas, this was not the case. Turning the volume up and down on these did nothing for the surrounds. After even more discussion, the technician saw a bare plate next to a light switch in the family room and he asked what it was for. Which, of course, I had no clue. After unscrewing the plate we found a bunch of speaker cable wound up and stuck in the wall. We deemed it possible they had planned for another volume control in this location, but never installed one. In any case, the speaker wire was completely disconnected, two separate sections of wire, one leading from the source and one heading towards the speaker. Having the cables wound up tightly together was just enough to pass the cable tester's signal, but nothing that would ever drive a speaker. We simply spliced the cables together and presto! Finally, I had working surround speakers!
In Use
Since this is my family room setup and not my main home theater, it gets a lot of day-to-day TV use. Just about every decent show is broadcast in Dolby Digital these days, so it is nice to run the surround sound when watching an episode of your favorite show, if only to bypass the lousy speakers built into the TV.
The crowd atmosphere of a Monday Night Football game was recreated with a subtle spread across the room, so the viewer is never overwhelmed with surround cheering. Having the speakers several feet away and in the ceiling helps a lot to defuse the sound and on top of that, the dual tweeters on the Paradigms defuse the sound even more. With a direct radiating speaker to the side or behind your head, you always know there is a speaker behind you and if all the lights are out in the room you could probably point out the speakers location with zero effort. This is not the case with the Paradigm SA-15R-SM. I've never been startled by surround sound effects more than I have with these speakers. I have turned around to see what was going on at least 10 times since installing these speakers! OK, I know that makes me sound skittish, but a few of those times I was legitimately startled into thinking that someone was behind me.
The Blu-ray of Kung Fu Panda has an amazing sound mix that makes for a great test and I knew it would provide a workout for the Paradigms. In the scene where Tai Long (the evil snow leopard) escapes from the maximum security prison, arrows whiz by from left to right, front to back and vice versa. The surround effects were more tangible and engaging than my main home theater (I'm just running a pair of direct radiating bookshelf speakers for the time being) and have gotten me thinking about what I should do in that room.
Guy Ritchie's Sherlock Holmes, also on Blu-ray, has terrific audio that surrounds and pulls you into its gritty world. Overall, the movie sounds great through the Paradigms, but one scene in particular was very impressive. In the scene where Sherlock performs an experiment on flies, glass jars crash and break in the rear of the room. This was an instant where I thought something had fallen in my own kitchen, fortunately this was not the case! Just quality speakers at work. Another great scene is the chase and fight through the shipyard. My family room came alive with the sound of wood splinters and beams creaking and cracking all around me.
I tried some music both in 5 channel stereo mode and running the Paradigms by themselves. I used "It's Not Up to You" from Bjork's Vespertine album. Under 5 channel mode, the family room was full of music coming from the middle of the room. It was kind of an odd effect, but worked very well with Bjork's less-than-conventional sound. Switching to just the Paradigms I could really hear the clarity of these speakers. No excessive bass nodes or rattling coming from the ceiling, just clean, detailed sound. I would be completely spoiled if my house was filled with one of these speakers in every room.
Listening to that album inspired me to blow the dust off an old DVD- "Bjork Vespertine Live at the Royal Opera House." This Dolby Digital 5.1 concert has two keyboardists/mixers who use strange devices to mix digital instruments in surround real-time. It too sounded great with the new additions to my ceiling. What really impressed me about the Paradigms was that they never took away from what was going on with the main soundstage up front. They are the perfect supporting cast.
If you are looking to add an in-wall audio system, with high performance ceiling speakers, or just want invisible, wife-approved surrounds in your living room, the Paradigm SA-15R-SM must be on your list. Assuming your wiring is correct, they are relatively easy to install and can even accept a stereo signal if you are going for in-home audio. These Paradigm in-ceiling speakers definitely took my system into the next level of performance and high fidelity.


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