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Supermarine Spitfire Mk IIa
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In the summer of 1939 an early Mk I K9788 was fitted with a new version of the Merlin, the XII. With the success of the trial it was decided to use this version of the Merlin in the Mk II which, it was decided, would be the first version to be produced exclusively by the huge new Lord Nuffield shadow factory at Castle Bromwich.
Chief among the changes was the upgraded 1,175 horsepower (876 kW) Merlin XII engine. This engine included a Coffman engine starter, instead of the electric system of earlier and some later versions of the Merlin, and it required a small "teardrop" blister on the forward starboard cowling. The Merlin XII was cooled by a 70% to 30% water glycol mix, rather than pure glycol used for earlier Merlin versions.
In early 1940 Spitfire Is of 54 and 66 Squadrons were fitted with Rotol manufactured wide-bladed propellers of 10 ft 9 in (3.27 m) diameter, which were recognisable by a bigger, more rounded spinner: the decision was made that the new propeller would also be used exclusively by the Mk II. This engine/propeller combination increased top speed over the late Mk I by about 6-7 mph below 17,000 feet (5,200 m), and improved climb rate. Due to all of the weight increases maximum speed performance was still lower than that of early Mk Is, but combat capability was far better. The Mk II was produced in IIA eight-gun and IIB cannon armed versions. Deliveries were very rapid, and they quickly replaced all remaining Mk Is in service, which were then sent to Operational Training Units. The RAF had re-equipped with the new version by April 1941. The Rotol propeller units were later supplemented by de Havilland constant-speed units similar to those fitted to Mk Is.
A small number of Mk IIs were converted to "Long Range" Spitfires in early 1941. These could be recognised by the fixed 40 gal (182 l) fuel tank which was fitted under the port wing. With a full tank manoeuvrability was reduced, maximum speed was 26 mph (42 km/h) lower and the climb rate and service ceiling were also reduced. Several squadrons used this version to provide long-range bomber escort. Once the Mk II was taken out of front line service, 50 of them were converted for air-sea rescue work, at first under the designation Mk IIC (type 375) but later referred to as the A.S.R Mk II. The Merlin XII was replaced by the Mark XX, a "rescue pack" was fitted in the flare chute and smoke marker bombs were carried under the port wing.
A total of 921 Mk IIs were built, all by Castle Bromwich. A small number of Mk IIs were converted to Mk Vs.
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text: The 2017 Midtown Mingle was held on Thursday, October 12, at the Little Wildwood Park on Wildwood Avenue. It was a beautiful Fall evening and perfect for this outdoor event. With over 700 tickets sold, hundreds attended the seventh annual Mingle and a special Mingle Supper was served by Country's and cooked on Golden Foundry Cast Iron grills for dining. Music was provided by The Chattahoochee Pine Beatles. It was a delightful and fun evening and everyone attending had a great time. Ellen Lane and Ansley Forsberg co-chaired the 2017 Midtown Mingle and table decorations were donated by neighborhood and local friends. The event benefits Midtown Columbus, Inc.Read More

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Murray-Darling authority chief resigns
The chief executive of the Murray-Darling Basin Authority, Rob Freeman, has resigned.
Federal Water Minister Tony Burke says Mr Freeman will finish in the job on June 1 and become commissioner of the National Water Commission.
He will be replaced at the authority by Rhondda Dickson, the current deputy secretary of the Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry.
"I would like to thank Mr Freeman for his valuable contribution to the work of the Murray-Darling Basin Authority over the past three years and wish him well for the future," Mr Burke said.
"Mr Freeman's water experience has been of great value in the establishment of the Murray-Darling Basin Authority and progressing water reform."
Authority chairman Craig Knowles says Mr Freeman has resigned for personal reasons, and thanked him for his work over the past three years.
"His departure from the authority I regard with considerable sadness," Mr Knowles said.
"He's been a wonderful ally in my brief tenure there and I'm sad to see him go, but I respect the fact that for personal reasons he's made this decision."
Mr Knowles says the authority still expects to deliver a revised basin plan by the middle of the year and Mr Freeman's resignation will not cause any delays.
The Federal Opposition has questioned the process for appointing the new chief executive for the Murray-Darling Basin Authority.
"An internal appointment within the Government appears to have been made," the Opposition's Murray-Darling spokesman Simon Birmingham said.
"One would normally expect this to be a more public process of appointing a new chief executive.
"I want to make sure that this independent authority has the independence to do its job and is not being guided by the Minister making appointments of people who will do his bidding for him."
The authority has come under fire since putting forward a draft plan in October last year to cut back water allocations along the ailing river system by between 3,000 and 4,000 gigalitres to ensure sustainable flows.
The release of the plan sparked angry demonstrations in towns which feared they would be hit hard by cuts to irrigation and other water usage.
Mike Taylor quit as the authority's chairman late last year, saying the authority could not compromise on the amount of water that has to be returned to the river.
Meanwhile, Chloe Munro has been appointed chairwoman of the National Water Commission after acting in the position since last year.
Topics: murray-darling-basin, environment, rivers, water, water-management, water-supply, federal-government, australia, act, nsw, qld, sa, vic
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This is not the Lizzie Borden story you remember.
Lizzie, which is directed by Craig William Macneill from a script by Bryce Kass, reimagines the notorious accused axe-murderer and takes considerable fictional liberties with the real-life source material.
Chloë Sevigny is the movie's star opposite Kristen Stewart, who plays a housemaid named Bridget working in the Borden family home in Fall River, Mass. Stewart's character greatly sympathizes with the plight of Lizzie, who suffers at the hands of her father (Jamey Sheridan) and stepmother (Fiona Shaw) — in large part because the former seems to be a bird-killing, physically abusive tyrant.
The affection between Sevigny and Stewart is clear in the trailer, released on Friday, just ahead of the anniversary of the infamous crime, which took place on Aug. 4, 1892. The feelings quickly morph into a forbidden romance, which the clip — full of menacing imagery and an equally ominous score — suggests is the final motivating force behind the decision by Lizzie and Bridget to team up and do away with the Borden parents. (Lizzie was tried and acquitted of the crime.)
The film debuted to solid reviews at January's Sundance Film Festival. Co-starring Kim Dickens, Jay Huguley and Denis O'Hare, Lizzie premieres in theaters on Sept. 14.
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The millions of Americans with heart disease and type 2 diabetes didn't
develop these diseases out of the blue. Their disorders are the result
of a cascade of problems including high blood pressure, insulin
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University of Michigan (U-M) scientists say they've found something
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It's not a new drug but a delicious and easy lifestyle change: just eat
The U-M research findings, announced April 26th at the Experimental
Biology convention held in Anaheim, California, showed grape
consumption lowered blood pressure, improved heart function and reduced
other risk factors for heart disease and metabolic syndrome, a
condition affecting an estimated 50 million Americans that often leads
to type 2 diabetes. The scientists stated the beneficial effects of
grapes appear to be due to the rich supply of phytochemicals in the
The research team tested a mixture of green, red and black grapes on
laboratory rats that are prone to being overweight. For three months,
one group of the animals ate powdered grapes mixed into their regular
feed, which was devised to imitate a typical high-fat, American style
diet. A control group of similar rats received no grape powder in their
food (which was supplemented so it had the same number of calories as
the grape-added diet).
The results of the experiment showed the rats eating the grape-enriched
diet had lower blood pressure, better heart function, and reduced
indicators of inflammation in the heart and the blood than rats who
received no grape powder. What's more, the grape eating rats had lower
triglycerides and improved glucose tolerance even though there was no
change in their body weight.
"The possible reasoning behind the lessening of metabolic syndrome is
that the phytochemicals were active in protecting the heart cells from
the damaging effects of metabolic syndrome," Steven Bolling, M.D.,
heart surgeon at the U-M Cardiovascular Center and head of the U-M
Cardioprotection Research Laboratory, said in a statement to the media.
While this was an animal study, the scientists noted there's good
reason to think eating grapes -- along with tried-and-true natural
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On 25 November Hosein)root who asked ICNA publish his true name as Amir Hossein Sharbati on CXSecurity and some other places published his XSS vulnerability that he discovered in Google Earth. The vulnerability is of this nature that if KML for upload is enabled, uploading a malicious KML file means user's system is vulnerable to this type of attacks.
You can see the video of it at https://youtu.be/YcY5nPd3bAo and the original post about it is available from CXSecurity here https://cxsecurity.com/issue/WLB-2017110140.


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Hey want to have some Fabric fun? Join us for a Clothing and Textiles workshop on February 23rd 10 am-12pm. See the attached flyer for more details!
Entry Worksheets to Use before Online Entries for SCJLS
Here are the forms that you can use to make sure you have all the information you need to enter the 2013 Smith County Junior Livestock Show. Entries are Due online by March 11, 2013
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County Ag ID Contest Saturday, Jan 12, 2013 10-12
Reminder: The County Ag ID contest is this Saturday at the Extension office from 10-12 (come and go) Hope to see several of you there!
Texas 4-H Day at the Capital
ALL 4-H members, parents, and County Extension Agents are invited to join Texas 4-H at the 4-H Day at the Capitol on Wednesday, February 6, 2013 in Austin Texas. This event will be a day filled with 4-H being recognized in both the House of Representatives and Senate Chambers. In the afternoon, spend some time with your legislators and let them know about the great things 4-H is doing in your community.
Registration will open on 4-H CONNECT on Monday, December 17, 2012 and will close January 18, 2013. In order to allow as many 4-H members, parents/volunteers and agents that wish to participate lunch will be on your own. Registration will include a t-shirt, registration materials, and insurance for the event. Lunch will be on your own. The registration fee will be announced in December.
For more information, please contact,
Dr. Toby L. Lepley at email@example.com
6th ANNUAL JASPER COUNTY WINTER BASH
6TH Annual Jasper County Winter Bash will be held on Saturday, February 18, 2012 at the JCJLF Show Barn. at Fm 777 (Airport Road) & 190 West in Jasper, Texas.
Steers, Breeding Beef, Goats, Lambs, and Swine.
Check in/Weigh In: 7 – 9:00 a.m. – all animals. Show starts at 10:00 a.m.
Contact information: Small Animals: Mike or Susan Harris @ 409-673-8100 or 409-673-0249 Cattle: Gary Midkiff @ 409-289-0909
See Jasper County Winter Bash flyer for more information.
County Wide Attitude of Gratitude
Good Morning!
The month of November serves as a reminder to be thankful for many things and give thanks to numerous people, organizations, etc. that help us in all sorts of ways. This year, one of our club managers, Judy Giles has come up with a contest to help us demonstrate our thankfulness to those who help support our 4-H program. What you do is write thank you notes/cards to the people that helps support your project in 4-H or 4-H in general and mail them to those people/businesses/organizations. Before you mail them, Make a copy of the notes/cards and save them. I will have you turn them in at the County Christmas Party and we will count them for each person. Whoever sent the most thank you notes will win a prize. We will give prizes for 1st thru 3rd place.
If you have trouble finding addresses or need ideas of who to thank just let me know and I will see what I can find for you.
There are numerous supporters of our program so Good Luck and Get Writing!
Smith County 4-H Shotgun Drawing
Calling all Smith County 4-H Members! We have had a Shotgun donated to us for a drawing. Tickets are available to be sold. This could be our big fundraiser for the year! Please help with this. Remember that all funds from Council go to help the 4-H kiddos pay for camps, contests, and programming needs. If you would like to help sell tickets you may come and pick them up here at the office. The drawing will be held Dec 17th. Tickets are 1 for $5 or 5 for $20.


text: Just a quick 'review' I have been looking for a set of AD08R's for my car and looking around for the best fitted price locally - got a really good quote, but wasnt happy to use the company. Having used Pro tyre in Bristol in the past on recommendation from a friend I decided to check pro tyre, sadly they were £60 more for a set - my friend said call and ask them to price match. I sent a contact form via their website and had a quick reply from Lee McWade who immediately confirmed they can order them in for me next day delivery direct from manufacturer and he was happy to price match. I confirmed the order with Lee on the phone he called me as it was all over email, ordered late thursday 27th april - he had them in friday however I wanted them fitted on monday 1st may so I dropped in and they starting fitting about 10 mins after I arrived. Had a good chat to me about they tyres they removed, took their time fitting as they were clearly not rushed off their feet. All in all good experience, much better than another experience I had with National back at christmas on my octavia!. Lee is obviously a top bloke, very friendly with me and other customers in store on the day..


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Venus is transitting the Sun today.
On a light news day, I'm happy to give Diamond Geezer another plug, even though he's an Arsenal supporter. He provides a wealth of links to historical and scientific facts, including the following:
1. These transits happen only 4 times every 243 years.
2. Transits occur in pairs, eight years apart. After 2004, the next transit will be in 2012.
3. These pairs occur alternately 105½ years and 121½ years apart. Before 2004 the last transit was in 1882. After 2012 the next transit will be in 2117.
It should be visible here, but don't stare directly at the Sun.
What is not so rare is the arrival of the gravy plane. Seven officials from the Bangladesh Maritime and Agriculture Ministry visited Tangerang on Friday to learn more about the satellite town's programme for giving a boiled egg a day to 144 elementary students. I kid you not.
One piece of good news, following my post on May 30th, is that the city administration plans to establish a 500 square-meter park in every subdistrict, prioritising slum and densely populated areas. That's everywhere then.
Finally, folk are advised to be on the lookout for mutant frogs, which are evidence of environmental damage. Except that here in Indonesia "people will think mutant frogs are some kind of miracle."


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The Government has crafted a comprehensive programme to uplift the fishery industry in the East.
The Government took the initiative of releasing fingerlings to reservoirs in the Trincomalee district. It will help to enhance earnings of the fishermen in the area while improving the nutritional standards of the people. The expenditure incurred by the Government is 720,000 rupees. It is planned to release about 360,000 fingerlings. The release of fingerlings to tanks in Seruwila, Gomarankadawala, Morawewa and Padavi-Sripura took place under the patronage of Minister Susantha Punchinilame.


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Here's the right way to 'alter' a Heritage home
Buyers who are interested in purchasing in a proclaimed Heritage suburb need to know what they may and may not alter or renovate. They should also know what is expected of them as set out by the National Heritage Resources Act (Act 25 of 1999). Heritage consultant of Ditsong Museums of South Africa, Mauritz Naude, lays the groundwork.
Q How old does an area or suburb need to be before it receives general heritage status?
A The conditions and criteria regarding when a Heritage Impact Assessment needs to be done are set out in the National Heritage Resources Act (Act 25 of 1999) and have nothing to do with the age of the site or the heritage status of the site. The act states that if the development "…will alter the existing character of the site…" a heritage impact assessment is compulsory – without exceptions or exemption.
According to the National Heritage Resources Act the word "place" (the term place is defined in the act) is used when referring to a feature of heritage significance. The concept "cultural significance" or "heritage significance" is used when referring to the status of a feature. There are several criteria to determine cultural significance of a place. These criteria are also supported by several "values" that are set out in the act. Age is one of the criteria used to determine the significance of a place but is not the single and most significant aspect to determine significance.
According to Section 34 of the National Heritage Act all man-made structures older than 60 years are protected by the act. Such a feature is then classified as part of the National Estate and belongs to everyone in the country. The landowner has an obligation to curate and protect heritage on such a site. This is a blanket protection and not the single criterion to determine "significance". All other criteria as set out in the act need to be applied to determine cultural significance.
If a site is older than 100 years it is classified as a site of archaeological significance and also needs to be assessed by an archaeologist during a Heritage Impact Assessment.
Another category refers to sites and features older than 75 years. This age threshold applies only to sites and features that have a military association.
These age criteria apply to all man-made features and would mainly imply to anything non-natural, meaning farmsteads, urban areas of any type, size and function (and so on). The only tricky features are vegetation as they can also have "cultural significance" irrespective of whether they were planted or not.
Do you know the pros and cons of buying a heritage home?
Q Do all properties that fall within the proposed development area receive the same status, even those that may have already been refurbished or modernised?
A The act is clear that when a Heritage Impact Assessment is done, such an assessment must include ALL heritage features irrespective of the 60 years age threshold. The heritage consultants must be able to determine the cultural significance of every feature in the area proposed for development (type of development is defined in Section 38 (3) of the act). No two sites or two features have the same cultural significance and this level of significance needs to be identified and assessed individually but also collectively to determine the heritage status of such a feature and the spatial context where they occur.
Few man-made features in the world exist in their original form. Buildings and structures must be assessed according to their current condition including later accretions (extensions and alterations). The heritage expert must have the ability to determine what the cultural significance of each feature is according to its current condition and character. Later extensions, alterations (term defined by the act) do not disqualify a building or structure of its cultural significance.
Q What are the fundamental requirements when buying a house that has heritage status? Such as, how much of the outside and inside may be changed; what to do when upgrading damaged or worn materials such as roofs, walls and doors?
A If a "place" has been proclaimed officially as a site of Provincial or National Heritage status, this will be indicated on the title deed of the property – also indicating the extent of the proclaimed area. Such proclamation is done via publication in the Government Gazette and reference to this publication and date will also appear in the title deed documents. Any work (demolitions, alterations and new work) on such a property must be submitted to the South African Heritage Resources Agency (SAHRA) in Cape Town for approval.
If a building or structure is older than 60 years, and it is not recorded in anyway in any of the legal documents of the property it will only be able to determine the age when investigating the architectural drawings or if these do not exist the relative dating will be done by an architectural historian. Such an assessment needs to be executed by using the criteria for such an assessment set out in the act (the same as for a Heritage Impact Assessment).
When acquiring a building or structure older than 60 years the act defines what is meant by "alter" and "alterations". If the property and buildings are older than 60 years a so-called Section 34 investigation is required prior to applying for a permit to demolish or "alter" the buildings or structures. The criteria for such an assessment are exactly the same as for Heritage Impact Assessment. This implies that the appointed architectural expert has the right to make recommendations regarding demolitions and any alterations to the building – interior and exterior. Such a person also has the right to criticise proposed designs and design proposals. All proposed alterations must be indicated as a colour overlay on top of the original and "as-built" floor plans and elevations of such a structure as part of the submission to the Provincial Heritage Resources Agency (PHRA).
The scale and degree of renovations and modernisation are determined by the unique qualities of each building and site. The act does not provide guidelines or hard regulations regarding this aspect of "protection and reuse". A strong set of ethics guide heritage architects and conservationists in this decision and they rely on the guidelines and principles of the ICOMOS Burra Charter to do so. SAHRA is signatory to the Burra Charter and also uses this charter in its decision making and assessments.
Q Does each municipality apply different rules with regard to heritage status as well as what can and cannot be done without approval?
A By law each municipality must comply with the acts of the country and the National Heritage Resources Act applies everywhere in the country, even at National Key Point sites. No municipality can override the obligations of the National Heritage Resources Act, except for the Cape Town Municipality. It has the capacity and competence to do as it pleases, as its municipal by-laws regarding heritage management are tighter and more refined than the specifications of the National Heritage Resources Act.
The effectiveness of the application and interpretation of the obligations in the act depend on the officials at each municipality – with the resultant loss and damage of many heritage sites, buildings and structures since 2000.
To backtrack slightly, the meaning and definition of "place" needs to be checked against the definition in the act. In practical terms immovable heritage include the following (not set out like this in the act):
Buildings – all man-made construction works with a roof
Structures – all man-made construction works other than buildings
Infra structural elements – roads, water furrows, canals, railway lines, pipelines, telephone lines, electricity lines and fences.
Activity areas – all open areas considered to be of cultural significance to a group of people (excluding battle fields and cemeteries).
Vegetation – all planted or natural vegetation that are considered of cultural significance to a group of people.
Q What are the consequences of not adhering to the requirements of a heritage property?
A It is not the requirements of a heritage property but the requirements of the National Heritage Resources Act that comes into play. Even a site younger than 60 years may have "cultural significance". It is for this reason why a heritage specialist must be appointed to assess the property or properties prior to planning and designing on the site.
Non-compliance with the requirements of the act involves a legal process, usually starting by stopping the development and removal of the contractors from the site until the full Heritage Impact Assessment process is completed, the proposed development is approved and the necessary permits have been issued. The extent of the impact assessment process is defined and set out in Section 38(3) of the act and includes a public participation process.
If a building of cultural significance is demolished without any HIA process, the principal agent (usually the architect, engineer or any other professional person by agreement) is the responsible person for such actions. A fine or jail sentence is usually applicable.
A significant aspect to remember is "deliberate decay", or "deliberate neglect" when a developer or landowner allows a site and buildings to be vandalised and demolished in order to degrade the property to such a degree that nothing is left or becomes so structurally unsound that buildings need to be demolished for health and safety reasons.
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GEMTEC GmbH is a mid-sized, family-owned firm specializing in security and communication systems. Over the years, it has grown strongly and steadily to become one of the largest providers of security equipment in Saxony.
In its quest for new solutions, GEMTEC has devised a totally new product: the VIMTEC MBE. This autonomous, highly versatile system is designed to monitor construction sites, large events, traffic, and much more besides. It is built by a young, enthusiastic team at GEMTEC's headquarters in Hainewalde backed up by more than twenty years' experience.
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With the release of the first service pack for Microsoft System centre 2012, Microsoft is taking another step in its ambitious goal of helping customers manage their on-premises IT and Microsoft Azure cloud services with a single set of IT management controls.
"System centre delivers a single control plane for IT to manage not just the infrastructure throughout the cloud, but the application platform and respective applications as well," said Michael Park, Microsoft corporate vice president of marketing for server and tools. "Windows Server 2012 and Windows System centre 2012 enable hybrid IT across private, hosted and public clouds."
Realising this goal is a challenging one for Microsoft because it must coordinate the features among its Windows Server software, its Azure cloud service and System centre, which will increasingly serve as a single management console for both Azure and Windows Server deployments.
Microsoft System centre Service Pack 1 (SP1) augments System centre Service 12 -- which was released last April -- with a number of new features to manage hybrid deployments.
Microsoft System centre SP1 is the first version of the software to fully manage the new advanced features in Microsoft's Windows Server 2012, released in September, noted Andrew Conway, Microsoft director of marketing. The new Windows server OS offers many network virtualisation features such as the ability to manage IP addresses.
"Critical to the idea of moving around virtualisations is the ability to isolate IP addresses in software thereby [increasing] the ability to speed them across the infrastructure," Conway said. "We added all the capabilities into [System centre's] virtual machine management to really make that possible."
This is also the first version of System centre that will allow organisations to manage virtual machines both in house and on third-party Azure cloud services. Previously, System centre could be used to manage use of Microsoft's own Azure service, but not use of third-party Azure services. The new cloud controls will also provide a way for customers to back up their servers to a Windows Azure service.
Windows System centre SP1 also supports Global Service Monitor, a Windows Azure service launched Tuesday as a trial service, that measures Web application performance. Global Service Monitor will be fully available in March, Park said.
In addition to new tools for administrators, System centre 2012 SP1 also includes some goodies for third-party Azure hosting companies. System centre SP1 also includes a Service Provider Foundation API (application programming interface), which third-party Azure providers can use to provide self-service management for their customers. Microsoft has also released Windows Azure Services on Windows Server, which will allow hosting providers to offer Azure cloud services identical to Microsoft's.
In addition to the System centre upgrades, Microsoft has also updated its Intune service for managing deployments of Windows personal computers. The fresh edition of the service can manage devices running the latest Microsoft operating systems, including Windows 8, Windows RT and Windows Phone 8. Intune now can be accessed from 45 additional countries for a total of 87 countries worldwide.
Microsoft has also integrated Intune with Systems Centre's Configuration Manager, so customers who use both the software and the Intune service will have a single interface.
System centre 2012 SP1 and the related releases are a "step forward" in Microsoft's goal of providing a unified cloud OS, said Gary Chen, IDC research manager covering cloud and virtualisation system software, in an email interview. He praised the general strategy of providing a single set of tools for both cloud and in-house deployments, even if the tools are confined to mostly managing Microsoft software. "It's a lot easier today if you have the same platform on both sides of the fence; it's really a proprietary thing right now," he said.
Chen also said that while Microsoft made great strides in providing cloud capabilities through the new releases of Windows Server 2012, System centre 2012 and Azure, it still has a lot of work to complete a unified cloud stack. "One thing Microsoft needs to resolve is that [it has] a Windows Server-based stack in the enterprise and a different Azure stack in the cloud. Eventually, they need to unify that, and they have been making progress in addressing compatibility, migration, etc," Chen wrote.
Microsoft is not alone in stressing the idea of unifying in-house and cloud operations into a single management layer. Hewlett-Packard has built its own cloud services offerings around the idea that a single set of software can control both environments as well.


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A former Oklahoma Center for the Advancement of Science and Technology (OCAST) employee entered a blind plea today in Oklahoma County District Court to 22 counts of filing false time sheets, Attorney General Drew Edmondson said.
Geneva Faye Worthen, OCAST's former director of administration and personnel, was ordered to pay a $2,200 fine, court costs and restitution, the amount of which will be set at an Oct. 12 hearing. She also was ordered to forfeit her state retirement.
Worthen, 57, was indicted April 14, 2004, by the state's Multicounty Grand Jury on 22 counts of making a false, fictitious or fraudulent claim for submitting 22 fraudulent time sheets. The indictment alleged she received more than $28,000 in pay for 885.5 hours she did not work.
The grand jury also indicted Worthen on three counts of witness intimidation. According to the indictment, Worthen allegedly filed a lawsuit against three people scheduled to testify before the grand jury "with the intent to prevent the witness from appearing in court to testify or to make said witness alter ... testimony ...."
Worthen today agreed to dismiss her lawsuit with prejudice, and at her cost, in exchange for the state dismissing the witness intimidation charges.


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Night one of the Smashing Pumpkins at the Gibson
(Text by Jeff Miller, photos by Timothy Norris. Click on images for entire Smashing Pumpkins slideshow.)
As the Smashing Pumpkins took the stage to a surprisingly
funky new song called "Everybody Come Clap" for their first proper L.A.
show since reuniting last year, singer/songwriter Billy Corgan sported
a striking head-dress/white dress ensemble, lit only from behind for a
forceful visual (and forcefully hard-to-take photos).
Corgan led his band -- which at various times included a
horn section, backup singers, violinists, and auxiliary keyboards --
through both Pumpkins classics like "Mayonnaise" and a sped-up "Tonight
...as well as a bevy of unreleased and obscure
back-catalog songs, like the gorgeously composed "Again, Again, Again
(The Crux)" (during a short, intimate acoustic-type set) and the
plodding, "Guitar Hero"-ish shredfest "Heavy Metal Machine."
The current incarnation of the Pumpkins includes original
drummer Jimmy Chamberlin -- as well as guitarist Jeff Schroeder,
formerly of the Los Angeles alt-rock band The Lassie Foundation.
Corgan was affable and almost alarmingly self-referential throughout
the show. Some choice quotes: (before the acoustic set) "It's a good
time to sit, because you're all old...you know the '90s are a distant
memory. Give up the fight." (During an encore-ending, all-kazoo version
of The Carpenters' "Close To You") "Once we got inside your hearts,
what did we do? We pissed in it!" (before the soft "The Rose March")
"What we lack in hits we make up for in good cheer."
The proper set closed with a 15-minute-plus spaced-out
version of Pink Floyd's obscure "Set The Controls For the Heart of the
Sun," buoyed in part by new bassist Ginger Reyes -- a dead ringer for
original band member D'arcy Wretzky in everything from hairstyle to
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BRENDAN RODGERS has sat once before in the dugout at Anfield amid a deafening din swelling as Liverpool poured forward in search of a second-leg resurgence.
This time, however, he hopes he will be able to call upon the power of a partisan home crowd as an ally instead of a foe when Liverpool aim to overturn a 2-0 deficit.
Rodgers was a member of Jose Mourinho's backroom staff eight years ago when the Reds edged past Chelsea and into the Champions League final thanks to Luis Garcia's contentious strike that still divides opinion.
"I was here for the first semifinal, for the 'ghost goal'," said Rodgers.
It is a game in which we need to get two goals but it is not something where the first five or 10 minutes need to be chaotic.
"For me, it wasn't a goal. That was the sheer force of the crowd that got the goal.
Jose spoke at that time of how he didn't think it was over the line, but the bottom line is that the referee gave it. It was under massive influence .
"The atmosphere was as good as you will ever get. The crowd will be so important for us against Zenit St Petersburg. But, equally, we need patience.
"It is a game in which we need to get two goals but it is not something where the first five or 10 minutes need to be chaotic.
We have to be aggressive in attack and we have to have intensity in our pressing. "The first goal is important. If that comes after 40, 55 or even 70 minutes, I still think we have the power of the crowd and the players to get the result as long as we stay super compact."
Liverpool will hope to overturn a 2-0 European first-leg deficit for only the second time in their history as they seek to reach the last 16 tonight.
Mike Marsh, part of Rodgers' coaching staff, opened the scoring in a 3-0 win over Auxerre in 1991 and that the final goal came just six minutes before the fi nal whistle, from Mark Walters, illustrates Rodgers' argument about players performing with their heads as well as with their hearts.
The key is if Liverpool, who have conceded two goals or more in 20 of 42 matches this season, can repel Russian raiders . Defender Jamie Carragher will make his 150th European appearance and will need to summon all his know-how to keep quiet both Aleksandr Kerzhakov and Hulk.
"We have had 10 clean sheets in our league matches, the second-highest total among clubs in the Premier League, so we can do this," said Rodgers, whose team will be without the injured defender Martin Skrtel tonight.
"If we can retain our focus and concentration then we can keep clean sheets.
We have also shown that we can score goals as well.
"Daniel Sturridge has been such a brilliant tonic for us since we signed him and made our system a lot richer. But even when Daniel has not been playing, we have shown that we can grab three goals or more in games."
Rodgers added: " If we can get the result and the performance, then it will be another signpost in terms of where the group is going."


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