text: Mojang is a games studio based in Stockholm, Sweden. Mojang was founded in 2009 by Markus Notch Persson. He's also the creator of our best-selling game to date: Minecraft. The alpha version of Minecraft was launched in 2009, and the official game went on sale in 2011. Since then over 100 million copies have been sold, across multiple platforms. It is now the second best-selling video game of all time. In 2014, Mojang was bought by Microsoft. The acquisition hasn't changed much about the company - they still release and support games on multiple platforms, including iOS, Playstation and many more, as well as Windows and Xbox. Mojang plan to keep their independent spirit and continue to treat our community with the respect and honesty it deserves.

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Feb - Mar 2016
Beyond Belief
Feb 7, 2016
This weekend we start an eight-week teaching series on the book of John entitled Beyond Belief. Dave will share what it means to have a "Belief into Jesus" that goes beyond intellect, beyond religion, beyond doctrine, beyond conviction, beyond creeds, beyond ideology and beyond principles. Belief into Jesus goes all the way to total surrender to His person and His authority in our lives.


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Having won the previous two weekends at the box office, Sylvester Stallone on Friday started a twitter feed to bask in his own glory and stoke speculation about the inevitable sequel.
"Just enjoying being number one at the box office two weeks in a row. Looking forward to this weekend. Tough competition," was Sly's inaugural tweet.
"Forty two percent of our audience is women. I never would've imagined that," came a couple of hours later, as he rightly expressed shock at the demographic of his recent film. Seriously, think about it: that means that roughly 70 percent of Sly fans actually managed to drag their girlfriends along to see it. We certainly hope the ladies at least got a nice meal out of the evening.
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Stallone then took the opportunity to share some thoughts about the sequel his has been itching for since before the film's release:
- "the hardest part of making action films is attempting to inject heart and soul.. bullets are easy , emotions are hard. LIKE LIFE ITSELF."
- "I am thinking what would be the most dangerous places in the world to set the sequel?"
- "Had dinner with Bruce Willis last night. I want him in EXPENDABLES II as a super villain. What do you think?"


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Word began to spread Tuesday that Gov. Jerry Brown has a possible Plan B if Republicans refuse to agree to add his temporary tax extensions to the ballot: using the initiative process to extend the taxes directly.
To be clear, that means the governor -- or more likely his labor allies -- would act without the legislature and gather signatures on one or more ballot initiatives to raise the revenues he wants for his budget plan. Brown, according to reports, is more likely to pursue an initiative than he is to have the legislature add a measure altering a previous initiative to the ballot by majority vote, because of possible legal challenges to such a manuever.
It's far from clear such a plan is real. It's quite possible that Brown's allies are floating it as a way of encouraging Republicans to make a deal to put the measure on directly. GOP legislators won't be able to extract any concessions from Brown if the governor ends negotiations with them and acts unilaterally with an initiative. He won't need them on the initiative front.
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You'll hear much about the political and fiscal drawbacks of an initiative strategy. On the political side, Brown and the Democrats would not be able to point to Republican support for an initiative (as they would have for a ballot measure placed on the ballot with GOP votes). In addition, an initiative would need months to qualify for the ballot, which means a special election to approve it would be called for November, instead of June (as Brown had wanted for the temporary tax extensions). Brown is popular with the public now, but he may be far less popular by the fall. And since the current temporary taxes expire with the end of the current fiscal year in June, Brown will have trouble arguing that what he is proposing are merely extensions of existing taxes originally approved in 2009. Opponents will label them new tax increases--a designation that voters don't seem to like in polls.
The timing of the initiative also creates fiscal troubles. Brown's plan depends on having the tax revenues for income, sales and vehicles beginning July 1. Instead he'll lose that revenue for at least a few months, even if an initiative succeeds.
On the other hand, an initiative would give Brown the vote he can't get Republicans to give him. And he could make a very credible case that he tried to work with Republicans on a compromise, and they wouldn't go along. The initiative also would show Brown's union backers that he's doing everything he can to get them what they want -- an up-or-down vote on taxes without any Republican "reforms" (Like pensions) that labor doesn't like. I described the political advantages to Brown of giving labor what it wants in a recent piece in the Daily Beast.


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So many to choose from! Lets us boil it down.
How to Choose a Floorstanding Speaker that fits you.
Updated 7/11/2011
|Monitor Audio RX6 ~ $1200
|Dali Lektor 8 ~ $1800
|Salk Songtower ~ $1695
|Bowers & Wilkins ~ $1400
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Whatever your note taking needs may be - from conducting online research to collaborating with others on a project - Evernote is a stunningly useful application. The program is available in a number of forms including a Windows version, Mac version, a browser extension, and a number of releases are available for mobile platforms such as iOS.
NixNote is an Evernote clone that has been designed to bring the program to Linux users, although there is also a Mac and Windows version. It terms of being a clone, there is little to differentiate between the two programs - the only real difference is to be found in slightly differing interfaces.
The application is fully compatible with the normal version of Evernote, so it can be used with an existing account. This makes it ideal if you have already been working in the Mac or Windows version of the Evernote software and want to add a Linux machine to the equation.
Day to day operation is incredibly similar to working with Evernote. While NixNote may not boast all of the latest features of its inspiration, all of the essentials are here and the development cycle is such that new updates are released on a fairly frequent basis. For mixed platform note taking environments, this is second to none.
It's Evernote but for Windows, Mac and Linux - there is little more to say; a simply great tool.


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Inheriting Abraham
Jews, Christians, and Muslims supposedly share a common religious heritage in the patriarch Abraham, and the idea that he should serve only as a source of unity among the three traditions has become widespread in both scholarly and popular circles. Inheriting Abraham boldly challenges this view, demonstrating Abraham's distinctive role in each tradition, while delineating the points of connection as well. In this sweeping and provocative book, Jon Levenson subjects the powerful story in Genesis of Abraham's calling, his experience in Canaan and Egypt, and his near-sacrifice of his beloved son Isaac to a careful literary and theological analysis. But Levenson also explores how Judaism, Christianity, and Islam have given unique distinctive interpretations to these narratives, often reimagining Abraham and his life in mutually exclusive ways. Historically, the three traditions have differed sharply over what Abraham's life foreshadows, how the Abrahamic community is constituted and sustained, and what practices the patriarch's example authorizes. In these disputes, Levenson finds illuminating signs of profound and enduring theological divergences alongside the commonalities. A stunning achievement that is certain to provoke debate, Inheriting Abraham traces how each community has come to revere Abraham as an exemplar of its own distinctive spiritual teachings and practices. This probing and compelling book also reveals how the increasingly conventional notion of the three equally ",Abrahamic", religions derives from a dangerous misunderstanding of key biblical and Qur'anic texts, fails to do full justice to any of the traditions, and is often biased against Judaism in subtle and pernicious ways.
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Categories: Law Practice Skills Legal Profession
Instructor(s) Kaiser, Aviva
Risk Management (1-2 credit variable)
You have learned or are learning the Rules of Professional Conduct. But how do you implement those rules in your practice? How do you avoid the risk of running afoul of those rules? The goal of this one-credit course is to teach you some of the basic skills that you can use to manage your risk. The following skills will be taught:
1. How to use the specialized research sources for professional conduct issues;
2. How to use case management software;
3. How to develop and implement law firm policies and procedures to reasonably assure that all lawyers and nonlawyers in the firm follow the Rules of Professional Conduct;
4. How to counsel clients about the lawyer's role and duties;
5. How to draft letters of engagement/ retainer agreements;
6. How to do conflicts of interest checks;
7. How to draft informed consents;
8. How to evaluate the various types of fees and draft the fee section of letters of engagement/retainer agreements;
9. How to evaluate the unbundling of services and draft the scope of representation section of letters of engagement/retainer agreements;
10. How to read and evaluate liability insurance policies; and
11. How to screen cases and clients to avoid the ones with the greatest risk of malpractice by identifying risk factors such as expectations, communications, and control.
If you are currently enrolled in or have already taken the professional responsibilities course, you may enroll in this course. Please join us in this exciting skills course.
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Diflucan (Fluconazole)
Diflucan (Fluconazole)- Medical Facts You Should Know About This Antibiotic.
Diflucan, commonly referred to as Diflucan is an anti-fungal antibiotic. Diflucan is the brand name and fluconazole is the generic name.
It is used to treat fungal infection of the genital area, blood, bladder, lungs, esophagus, throat and mouth among others. These infections are common in people with weak immune system or who are undergoing cancer treatment or who are suffering from AIDS.
Usage Instructions
It is always advisable to take Diflucan under medical supervision. It should be taken strictly as prescribed by the doctor since the dosage depends on the type of infection. For example, the dosage for vaginal infections is different from that prescribed for throat infection.
Diflucan should be taken with a glass of water. In case of liquid/syrup, the correct amount should be measured using the dose-measuring cup.
The dose should be continued as prescribed; do not stop the treatment before the whole course is completed. Diflucan tablets need to be stored away from heat and moisture whereas the liquid/syrup needs to be refrigerated.
Precautions To Be Taken
• Consult your doctor prior to taking Diflucan as this is known to interfere with other medications such as blood thinners, antidepressants, medications for cancer, cholesterol, diabetes, seizures etc. In such cases, there might be unpleasant side effects.
• Ensure that you know what diet you should follow with the medication.
• Medications prescribed for conditions related to liver, kidney, heart disorders may cause side effects if taken with Diflucan.
• Pregnant women should take the medicine only if approved by the doctor.
• Diflucan may be harmful for the baby when breastfed since it passes directly into the breast milk. Hence, women who are breastfeeding should not take this medication without consulting a doctor.
• The Diflucan liquid/syrup should not be used after 2 weeks from opening of the bottle.
• No extra dose should be taken in order to make up for the missed doses.
Possible Side-Effects
Some of the side effects that may be experienced while using this medication are as under:
Mild side-effects include:
• difficulty in breathing
• swelling of face
• swelling of lips
• swelling of internal organs like throat or tongue
• headache
• stomach ache
• dizziness
• loss of appetite
Severe side effects are:
• nausea and stomach pain
• fever
• itching of skin, rash
• urinary disorders like dark urine
• excretory disorders like clay colored stools
• jaundice
Get medical attention immediately if you experience any of the above symptoms.
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The sad implications behind Dean Wallis' decision to lure Stephen Dank to a sportsman's lunch on the day Essendon opens its 2014 season has not been lost on any of the major players as the aftershocks of the drug scandal continue to impact on the AFL.
Wallis left the Bombers bitter and disenchanted last October, a small player in the whole sorry saga and perhaps considering himself collateral damage amid the carnage.
All the major players charged and then punished by the competition for their role in the program that saw Dank allowed to carry out his cavalier and potentially illegal doping regime received some form of payout or contract extension from the club or, in the case of Mark Thompson, promotion.
But Wallis, who was firmly of the view that the pitfalls of the club's pharmacalogically experimental environment were exaggerated, was removed by the club and has not found re-employment in the AFL.
He is reportedly connected with Riddell Football Netball Club and assisting with setting up its pre-season March 21 fundraiser for networking purposes more than financial reward.
He has made a monumental blunder in hiring Dank.
Apart from the occasional doorstop and unpaid interviews with key journalists, Dank has repeatedly refused to shed light on just what drugs he fed and injected Essendon players. He claims he was shown no respect by the AFL or ASADA and the latter has chosen to proceed towards a conclusion without him. Dank though will have his day in court. That a country football club would agree to hire him and justify the dash for cash on fundraising for grassroots facilities is cynical and laden with double standards. This is a man who disregarded the health and welfare of some 40 young men who trusted him.
This is a man who was allowed to oversee a shambolic and chaotic program which has ended the AFL careers of some of the game's most senior men and damaged the brand of one of football's most famous names – the men that allowed it to happen.
Dank has said publicly he wants to stand up for James Hird, but it is far too late for that – he had his chance to do as much in 2013.
Clearly Wallis has no regard for the club at which he became a premiership player. A club that might have ultimately discharged him but stood by him as an assistant coach after he was banned for 14 matches for placing a bet involving his own team.
Wallis placed his bet at a TAB while wearing his Essendon uniform. He was initially untruthful when questioned by the AFL and Essendon continued to employ him during the ban and then for another 1½ seasons.
Clearly there is bad blood now, but the decision to hand Dank a microphone for financial or professional reward is a wounding blow to the Bombers on the day they take on North Melbourne in their season-opener at Etihad Stadium.
Wallis' personal issues aside, this disappointing scenario demonstrates yet again how painfully clubs and their stars can break each others' hearts. He did not respond to an approach from Fairfax Media to discuss the function. As the Bombers continue to pick up the pieces from the mistakes of recent years, they will have some work to do rebuilding relationships within the club as well as outside.
The function has also placed the other star attractions in a difficult position. Former Bomber Mark Harvey said on Friday he was completely taken aback to learn that Dank would be appearing and is now considering his position. So too Brian Taylor, who is hosting the event and must interview Dank.
It has been reported that the AFL wrote to Riddell Football Club and made certain threats should Dank appear, although the league has vehemently denied this.
The VFL, too, had no jurisdiction over Riddell, but its local league – Riddell District Football League – has reportedly warned the club it could face a charge of bringing the game into disrepute.
The club has already damaged its reputation and all those involved at the Crown lunch on March 21 face being tarnished by working alongside a man who has become the face of so much that is bad about modern sport.
If Taylor or Harvey – along with fellow panelists Wayne Carey and Dermott Brereton – knew Dank was going to be hired as the main attraction when they signed on then all should refuse to appear on principle.
Riddell should cut its losses now. Essendon deserved much of what it received last year but it doesn't deserve this on the very day it begins to start again in a competitive sense.
And the Bombers need to work towards some form of resolution with Wallis despite this extremely poor error of judgment.


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DuPont Crop Protection and Advanta US have signed a joint agreement to commercialize the DuPont Inzen Z herbicide-tolerance sorghum trait. This advance in sorghum genetics will give growers greater ability to control yield-limiting grass weeds in grain sorghum or milo, a key crop for areas with limited rainfall.
This DuPont Inzen Z traited seed is non-genetically modified (non-GMO) sorghum that Advanta along with DuPont Crop Protection will commercialize. There are no export restrictions expected for sorghum grain harvested from seed with the new trait. The first commercial offering and planting of the new traited seed is expected during 2016.
"This partnership addresses an urgent market need, said James Hay, regional director, North America, DuPont Crop Protection. "Today, annual grass weeds reduce U.S. sorghum yields by approximately 20 percent. The Inzen Z herbicide-tolerance trait offers the potential to stem those losses by providing more effective control of key grass weeds, including foxtail, barnyardgrass, crabgrass and Texas panicum. DuPont Zest will be a herbicide offering for this tolerant trait but currently is still under development and is not registered with EPA.
Steve Ligon, managing director for Advanta US, said, "Commercialization of Inzen Z will provide sorghum growers with a number of production and marketing advantages. The ability to control grassy weeds will allow for greater yields, profitability and convenience for sorghum growers. We're adding the Inzen Z herbicide-tolerance trait to our premium Alta Seeds hybrids to deliver a valuable combination of top-yielding sorghum genetics with the latest breeding advancements.
Alta Seeds will demonstrate the first herbicide tolerant sorghum hybrids in their 2014 trials in Hereford, Texas. The trials will show how the herbicide tolerant grain sorghum will give growers greater ability to control yield-limiting grassy weeds in a key crop for areas with limited rainfall.
The DuPont Inzen Z herbicide-tolerance trait is not yet registered for sale or use. No sale, offer for sale or use of this product is permitted prior to issuance of the required EPA and state registrations. DuPont notes that Zest herbicide is a developmental product for which a registration application has not yet been filed with EPA.
"Protecting sorghum production with effective grass control will help us take another step toward our collective goal of feeding the growing world population, added Hay.
"DuPont Crop Protection and Advanta US are working closely with regulatory agencies and local seed and crop protection teams to develop a product stewardship plan for the new seed trait, added Hay. "Our top priority is to preserve the usefulness of this valuable technology. That means educating all parties on stewardship and best management practices before bringing Inzen Z to market.
Alta Seeds contends that it provides growers with the latest technology and advanced genetics in grain and forage sorghum. Advanta sorghum hybrids come from the industry's "largest germplasm pool, including 50 years of breeding and research from its US legacy companies.
Alta Seeds is known for offering a wide array of unique forage sorghum hybrids enhanced with the following traits: brachytic dwarf, brown midrib, dry stalk, male sterile and photoperiod sensitive.
Advanta US is an operating unit of Advanta, a global seed company and touts being the international leader in sorghum germplasm that combines advanced techniques in conventional plant breeding with biotechnology to deliver world-class seed and solutions to its customers around the world.


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The Addison Independent joined the crowds gathered to watch the Festival on-the-Green in downtown Middlebury during the week of July 11 to 17. See and hear some of what went on in the video below.
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When I was younger, much younger, I used to daydream about what my life would be like once I reached 50. I imagined I would have a successful career, own a big, white house with a picket fence, be "settled down" and perhaps have started a family, boast a wide circle of friends, and of course I would, above all, be immensely happy and satisfied.
I was almost certain that my hair would prematurely turn shock white -- as did my father's -- before the ripe age of 30, and that, as I aged, I would not necessarily appear "old," but, rather, I would be "distinguished-looking," as men my age are often described. And as a child, in my mind's eye, my adult self exuded an air of supreme confidence, and people flocked to me for advice, or at the very least, when they needed a shoulder to cry on.
Well, as we all know, life doesn't always end up exactly the way we planned.
I suppose one could say that I have achieved a moderate level of success in my life, both personally and professionally. I have an immensely rewarding career, one that pays the bills and then some, which has allowed me to journey to faraway lands and meet some interesting folks I might otherwise never have met. But instead of a big, white house, my partner and I own a condominium. Our family, made up of two gay men along with our two cats, is what would be considered by many to be non-traditional. I have a small group of extremely close, lifelong friends (thankfully), who are there for me just as much as (if not more than) I am for them. And my hair never did turn white, but instead became silvery-gray.
For me, these realities are a metaphor for what aging is like for many of us living with HIV. As my virus and I both approach our sunset years together, hand in hand, I look back at a life full of uncertainties and lowered expectations, disappointments and challenges, regrets and missed opportunities. At the same time, my life has often been extremely rewarding and gratifying. But one thing is for sure -- it was never what I expected.
Getting older with HIV is, at times, a double-edged sword. Yes, I am certainly grateful for having survived this long. But at a time in our lives when we should still be creating memories, many of us now suffer from early memory loss, either due to the effects of HIV, or sometimes from the medications we take to control the virus.
As a youngster, I can remember cringing when ordinary conversations at family gatherings would invariably morph into a litany of everyone's recent ailments, impending surgeries, hospitalization horror stories, and deteriorating health. But nowadays, and in an ironic twist of fate, the snap, crackle, and pop of bones made brittle by HIV and ARVs makes for titillating dinner conversation with friends.
Depression, stigma, neurocognitive impairment, non-AIDS malignancies, osteoporosis, liver failure, kidney and cardiovascular disease -- the list goes on and on. Weren't these supposed to be our golden years? Is there ever going to be light at the end of the tunnel, or do we just resign ourselves to the fact that we'll be "walking towards the light," and at a very early age?
Happily, the answer to the latter is no. During the course of researching this issue, I learned that there may indeed be light at the end of the tunnel -- we just may need to put on our granny glasses in order to see it. Researchers are only now beginning to uncover some of the mechanisms that may be responsible for early aging in people with HIV, including inflammation and advanced aging of the immune system brought on by the virus itself. Understanding just how and why these effects occur may not only help those with HIV, but also those with other diseases. It may one day even help tackle some of the problems associated with the effects of aging for everyone.
Unfortunately, research is taking place at a snail's pace. According to most estimates, over half those who are HIV-positive in the U.S. will be over the age of 50, in just a few short years. Not only will this create a tremendous burden on our present health care system -- one that we are ill-prepared for -- it will also demand of us an innovative and forward thinking response to address the needs of this ever-growing population.
A special thanks to Nelson Vergel, Jules Levin, and Dr. Victor Valcour for their contributions to this issue of Positively Aware. It is only through the continued efforts of advocates and researchers like them that we will continue to bring much needed attention to the unique issues that are part of the graying epidemic.
Take care of yourself, and each other.
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Catholic human-services providers from the Archdiocese of Cincinnati ask lawmakers to protect the poor from the 'fiscal cliff' by safeguarding program funding.
CINCINNATI — Leaders of 11 Catholic human-services providers from the Archdiocese of Cincinnati are calling on lawmakers to protect the poor from the "fiscal cliff" by safeguarding funding to the programs that serve those in need.
The agencies reminded politicians that "it is through a partnership with an adequate federal safety net that the tireless work of our Catholic and all agencies, volunteers, and contributors can more effectively serve those in crisis."
The consortium of agencies said it believes the best arrangement is for government and private religious groups to work together so that "we can more confidently guide those who are struggling to become self-sufficient, so everyone may fully realize the human dignity that God has given us all."
In a policy statement presented at a Dec. 5 news conference, leaders of Catholic social aid groups repeated the call for federal budget discussions to establish a "circle of protection" around poverty aid programs.
In particular, they said, the needs of the poor must be remembered in discussions surrounding the impending "fiscal cliff" that the country will face in the form of automatic spending cuts and tax increases if Congress cannot agree on a deficit reduction plan by the end of the year.
Among the organizations represented in the statement were Catholic Charities of Southwestern Ohio, the St. Vincent de Paul Society of Cincinnati, St. Joseph Orphanage, Catholic Residential Services and Healthy Moms & Babes.
Led by Archbishop Dennis Schnurr of Cincinnati, the Catholic leaders stressed the need for both "personal and social responsibility" in addressing the challenges posed by current levels of poverty and unemployment.
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"The programs included in the 'circle of protection' are not at odds with good fiscal policy and a strong economy," said Liz Carter, executive director of St. Vincent de Paul, Cincinnati. "Rather, they are perfectly aligned to the long-term goals that are so important to building strong, vibrant communities and a strong nation."
With nearly half a million Catholics, the Archdiocese of Cincinnati covers 19 counties and includes 214 parishes and 114 Catholic primary and secondary schools.
"Combined, our Catholic human service agencies served over 415,000 people last year, totaling over $90 million in assistance to those whom Jesus Christ commands us to serve," the agencies noted in their statement.
However, they stressed, even with this tremendous impact, "(a)ll of our agencies together, even in conjunction with the many other secular and faith-based agencies in our communities, cannot meet the material needs of everyone."
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It began with traditional newspaper circulation about a decade ago, and now the phenomenon has spread to television: Like millions of Americans who shun the daily paper, many are voting with their remotes and are turning off network TV.
According to the Financial Times, U.S. broadcast networks have suffered "a precipitous drop" in ratings so far this year, which is bound to hit their balance sheets as they lose a share of the $70 billion in annual ad sales.
Media CEOs say television viewing itself is at an all-time high, but the way Americans watch is changing. Millions now watch programs via digital recorders (so they can skip through the commercials) or ad-less, on-demand videos and programming they can stream online, either to computers or hand-held devices.
Trend is watching less primetime
But, they add, the traditional Nielsen ratings system which is used in the TV business to gauge viewership does not reflect this new reality. As a result, television media execs say the plan to push the industry to develop a new standard so they can earn revenues on the additional types of viewing.
According to the FT report, which cited UBS investment research, so far this season the average primetime ratings for live and same-day viewing among the lucrative 18-49-year-old demographic has fallen off by more than 10 percent for ABC, CBS and Fox.
Indeed, Fox has suffered the largest viewership decline; ratings in this audience group have fallen by more than one-third so far this season. Not good if you're trying to maintain revenue levels.
Only one network, Comcast's NBC, has demonstrated a season-to-date viewership increase in primetime ratings among the valued 18-49-year-old group.
"People are watching more programming than ever but they are increasingly time-shifting," Les Moonves, chief executive of CBS, said in a conference call last week. His lament echoed that of executives at Fox, which is owned by News Corp, as well as Time Warner and Walt Disney. "Because more and more people are absorbing content, and we're going to get paid more and more."
Advertisers and networks; however, don't agree on the issue of revenue. Ad buyers argue that they are already paying for the additional alternative viewership. They also say they don't have much incentive to pay even more for something they are already buying.
Either way, industry experts say the way is being paved for a substantial overhaul in the way that advertisers assess the overall value of television commercials. "It also heralds in what are expected to be contentious negotiations between television networks and advertising buyers during the annual market in the spring, when broadcast networks sell about three-quarters of their commercial inventory," FT reported.
Maybe it's just bad programming?
In essence, it could just be that technology needs to catch up with technology, so to speak. Executives with ratings firm Nielsen said the company was working on a way to capture television viewing wherever, whenever and however it occurs but that the industry was ultimately responsible for adopting any new metrics and standards.
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Documenting Welds From An Orbital Welding Power Supply Capturing Data Electronically For Quality Assurance
Documenting Welds From An Orbital Welding Power Supply Capturing Data Electronically For Quality Assurance
Weld inspection, weld logging, and weld recordkeeping always have been a part of quality assurance (QA) procedures for certain industries, particularly aerospace, nuclear power, semiconductor, and pharmaceutical.
However, in recent years the demand for logging of orbital weld records has increased dramatically, particularly in the biopharmaceutical industry, in which weld inspection and weld records are a significant part of the huge amount of documentation required to achieve validation. Validation must be complete before the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approves a facility for the manufacture of a new drug.
About 99 percent of the welding done at high-purity biopharmaceutical facilities is autogenous orbital gas tungsten arc welding (GTAW). In orbital GTAW, weld components have a square end preparation that fits snugly in an enclosed weld head filled with inert gas. An arc is struck between a nonconsumable tungsten electrode and the weld joint, and the electrode rotates (orbits) around the joint to make the weld. The weld head and weld components remain in place.
Weld Recordkeeping
If a facility is installed to the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) Bioprocessing Equipment Standard (BPE2002), all of its welds must be examined visually on the outside diameters (ODs) by the installer and recorded in a weld log, and the inner diameters (IDs) of at least 20 percent of the welds must be inspected with a borescope by an inspector representing the owner.
Coupon logs are maintained for each sample weld to test whether the welding equipment is properly set up and functioning. Borescope logs are maintained for each inspected weld, weld data is etched onto the tube next to each weld, and weld information is recorded on the isometric (ISO) drawing. Furthermore, manufacturers of accessory equipment, such as skids, that will be installed at the pharmaceutical plants must maintain similar weld records that become part of the validation package.
As an example of the effort required, Donovan Engineering and Construction Co. Inc. completed about 33,000 and 20,000 orbital welds at Wyeth Pharmaceuticals and Lonza Biologics, respectively. At the Wyeth site, the contract called for 100 percent borescopic inspection, but out of the 32,851 welds, 850 were "blind" welds; in other words, they were inaccessible for borescopic inspection. The BPE standard requires that contractors have a written procedure in place to examine blind welds.
One QA/QC inspector and one borescope technician were present for each of the eight to 10 welding machines. The number of welding machines On-site peaked at 25 to 30 during the course of the installation, which took two years to complete. This site had 2,116 ISO drawings, and data for each weld had to be recorded on a particular drawing. The percentage of welds rejected for concavity, convexity, or excessive discoloration was 0.815 percent, or 268 welds. Another 347 welds, or 1 percent, had lack of penetration, but in accordance with BPE, they were permitted a reflow to achieve full penetration. All of this information was recorded in a weld log. Donovan estimated that weld inspection, documentation, testing, and commissioning comprised 15 to 20 percent of the time required to do the job.
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More and more such information is collected and stored electronically. Currently, however, weld records usually still are delivered as printouts from the orbital welding power supply. Information on the printout is logged manually by third-party quality assurance (QA) inspection personnel before being converted to electronic form.
Orbital welding is not new
technology, but over the past 20 years or so, orbital welding power supplies
have evolved from digitswitch machines-on which weld parameters such as welding
current (amps), electrode travel speed in revolutions per minute, pulse times,
and level times were set on the front panel of the machine-to
microprocessorbased machines that store weld parameters as programs or
schedules in memory. With these newer machines, the operator doesn't have to
re-enter a program each time it is changed, and the power supply can print a
record that can be used for weld procedure qualification and weld logging.
The next generation of orbital welding power supplies can store the data or upload the electronic data directly to a computer for compilation of weld records for a particular job or for printing of QA records for manufactured parts. Electronic data also can he printed on part labels and etched next to a weld on the tube. At a minimum, this data would include the power supply and weld head serial numbers, name or identification number of the welding operator, and the date the weld was made.
Some users might want to he able to trace material heats of tubing and fittings, purge gas certification numbers, or electrode type. In these cases, the power supply can record project management data-such as weld identification number, type of piping system being installed, and the building in which the weld was made-and supply it to QA in electronic format without the need to re-enter the data manually.
The ability to search for weld records by date, system, welding operator, or another field can be useful to end users who might need to locate a particular weld record quickly during an audit by the FDA or other certifying authority.
The aerospace industry has frequently required the use of chart recorders to verify the performance of orbital welding equipment. Some new orbital welding power supplies eliminate the need for an external chart recorder by capturing weld data for welding current, pulsation, arc voltage and travel speed; displaying it in real time on the power supply screen during the weld; and showing an information chart on the screen shortly after the weld is complete. The power supply can compare the actual data gathered during the weld and report whether the weld parameters were performed within preset acceptance limits.
Power Supply Limitations
It is important to understand an orbital welding power supply's limitations in performance monitoring. When a welding power supply indicates that all parameters have been performed as programmed, it means that the power supply executed the instructions that were programmed. The arc continued to move around the joint, and the amperage did not deviate significantly from the programmed value.
If the power supply fails for some reason to execute all of the program variables, it signals the welding operator or quality control (QC) person that something might be wrong. For example, the power supply might fail to deliver the programmed amperage if it's plugged into a circuit shared by other equipment operating at the same time, or a gas fault could be triggered because of insufficient gas flow for the weld head being used.
However, even if the power supply performs within acceptable limits, the weld could still be defective. Any number of factors can result in an unacceptable weld without being detected by the power supply. For example, the operator could enter the wrong weld program or load the wrong material or material heat or size into the weld head.
Heat-to-heat variation in stainless steel is such that a heat change may require the operator to program a change in welding current to achieve the right amount of penetration. Because amperage is roughly proportional to wall thickness, loading material with the incorrect wall thickness into the weld head could produce a weld joint with excessive or insufficient penetration. Loading the wrong diameter for the weld program can cause the electrode in the weld heat to travel too far or not far enough.
Failure also can occur if, for example, a welding operator with poor eyesight or working in a dimly lit area fails to align the electrode to the weld joint. This can create a perfectly penetrated weld that misses the joint, with all of the penetration occurring on one side of the weld joint.
Improper ID purging is another situation the power supply might not detect. Excessive or insufficient flow rate, as well as poor-quality purge gas with excessive amounts of moisture or oxygen, can cause unacceptable discoloration of the weld and heat-affected zone (HAZ). A power supply can detect gas flow to the weld head, but an oxygen analyzer connected to the tube outlet is necessary to determine when it is safe to start the arc. While a power supply can indicate obvious fault conditions such as insufficient gas supply to the weld head or stubbing out of the electrode in the weld pool, it cannot guarantee that a good weld has been made.
Performance monitoring by a power supply can be useful in applications such as orbital welding of semiconductor process gas lines that are not normally inspected on the ID. This industry relies on frequent test coupon welding. Coupon welds are done in lieu of inspection because most of the tubing is small-diameter (0.25 to 0.50 inch OD), and inspecting the ID without damaging the electropolished surface is difficult.
Performance monitoring is less important for industries such as the biopharmaceutical industry, for which borescopic inspection is required on at least 20 percent of the welds selected randomly from each separate system. Performance monitoring cannot replace weld inspection or guarantee a good weld. No welding machine can unequivocally detect and record the quality of a particular weld.
Some orbital welding power supplies can, however, provide a detailed record of each weld so that if a problem arises, tracing the problem's root cause is simplified. The power supply's capability to download weld information directly to a laptop computer can eliminate the need to re-enter the weld data manually and simplifies the weld documentation process.
Barbara K Henon, Ph.D., is a contract employee at Arc Machines Inc.
email@example.com. The author acknowledges helpful discussions with Gene DePierro of Pro- Tech Process Inc. and Michael Hession of Donovan Engineering and Construction Co. Inc. in the preparation of this article.
ASME, www.asme.org
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January / February, 2004
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For Sale: Linux OS and Other Assorted Assets
The enterprise Linux space has suddenly got very interesting following the news that a bunch of sharp-suited New Yorkers have made an offer to buy SUSE Linux's parent company, Novell. Whether or not they succeed, there can be little doubt that it's cheerio and night-night for Novell, a business that has been doomed since, let's be brutally honest here, everyone stopped buying NetWare.OS Roundup: A New York hedge fund has made an offer to buy Novell. Is it paying $2 billion just for the Linux OS, or is there more to it? And, more importantly, will the offer bring other players to the fore? Perhaps Microsoft will end up the white knight in this strange tale.
The offer, from hedge fund outfit Elliott Associates, was for $5.75 per share, valuing Novell at a shade under $2 billion. But bearing in mind that the company has vast cash piles in various currencies, worth about $950 million, and the offer values Novell's businesses at around $1 billion greenbacks.
What would Elliott be getting for its billion? SUSE Linux, to be sure, but also Novell's various management, identity and security products. So more than just a Linux company, certainly. But not that much more: Novell may have its fingers in many pies, but it's only the Linux pie that most people want to dip their spoon into.
Let's contrast Novell with the other big enterprise Linux player: Red Hat, the company behind Red Hat Enterprise Linux. It, too, has more to it than a Linux distro there's the whole KVM-based virtualization side, not to mention JBoss middleware. Red Hat's shares are currently trading around $30, valuing the company at well over $5.6 billion. Even allowing for around an estimated $950 million in cash and equivalents, this values Red Hat at more than $4.5 billion.
So for anyone interested in buying an enterprise Linux business, bids start at around $1 billion for SUSE, or more than $4.5 billion -- and probably closer to $6 billion -- for Red Hat. Put like that, SUSE looks inexpensive. In the clash of the Linuxes there's little doubt that the majority believe Red Hat is the better one -- but is it six times better, as the price differential (which admittedly includes all the "extras") suggests?
What's got the industry on the edge of its seat is whether Elliott's bid will prompt more players to enter the fray. Commentators have suggested lots of names as white knights for Novell: IBM, perhaps, or Citrix? Or how about Cisco, or HP? Or even Microsoft?
Now there's a thought. Microsoft, after all, has been paying for -- or at least subsidizing -- its customers to use SUSE Linux, by buying support coupons off Novell. Some $340 million worth of them. For three times that amount it could buy the whole company outright, flog or abandon the stuff it didn't want, and keep the Linux business.
A billion dollars? That's peanuts to Microsoft. It's lost more than that down the back of the sofa. Seeing as how Microsoft accepts that it's going to have to share the data center with Linux more and more over the coming years, it's not complete nonsense to think that it might like to own one of its own. Given the outcry in the open-source community over the coupon deal Novell struck with Microsoft, you can only begin to imagine the mother of all rumpuses that would ensue if SUSE actually ended up in the Redmond bed, but these things have a habit of dying down eventually.
What happens if Microsoft doesn't buy Novell, and SUSE gets sold off to somebody else? Where would that leave Microsoft's plans to co-exist with Linux and learn from its customers that want to run an open-source OS as well? And what would happen to the fruits of its 2006 agreement with Novell: the joint research facility, the strides towards interoperability, virtualization compatibility and so on? The truth is, that might all have to be abandoned.
No doubt other companies will be running a ruler over Novell, but if Microsoft decides it wants Novell, it will be hard for anyone to stop it. That's because Novell is probably worth more to Microsoft than anyone else, and Microsoft's pockets are exceedingly deep. And for the other companies out there, well, there's always Red Hat ...
Paul Rubens is a journalist based in Marlow on Thames, England. He has been programming, tinkering and generally sitting in front of computer screens since his first encounter with a DEC PDP-11 in 1979.