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BBC sportscaster admits 14 indecent assaults
May 02, 2013, 12:53 PM EDT
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LONDON (AP) — Veteran BBC sportscaster Stuart Hall pleaded guilty to 14 indecent assaults on underage girls, including one who was just 9 years old, prompting the broadcaster Thursday to drop him for his "sickening" behavior.
The 83-year-old, who had been arrested in January for questioning about alleged crimes committed between 1967 and 1986, and denied any wrongdoing.
Hall admitted his guilt in court in mid-April, but the information could not be made public for legal reasons until Thursday, when reporting restrictions on the case were lifted.
The guilty plea prompted BBC to say it was "appalled" by his actions and to say he would "no longer be contracted" as a broadcaster.
BBC human resources director Lucy Adams told BBC Radio that the allegations against Hall were "sickening" and had shaken the broadcaster to its core.
"These historical allegations are clearly very, very damaging and are very saddening, primarily for the victims," she said.
She was referring not only to Hall's case but to earlier revelations that the late BBC presenter Jimmy Savile was a serial child sex abuser whose crimes went unpunished during his lifetime.
Hall's lawyer Crispin Aylett said Hall is "sorry for what he has done" and wishes to apologize to his victims.
"He is only too aware his disgrace is complete," Aylett said.
Prosecutor Nazir Afzal said Hall was "an opportunistic predator" who was prosecuted because "the evidence of the victims clearly established a pattern of behavior that was unlawful and for which no innocent explanation could be offered."
He said the victims didn't know each other and that nearly two decades separated the first and last assaults. He said all the victims, including a 9-year-old girl, "provided strikingly similar accounts."
The prosecutor said one victim who claimed to have been raped by Hall decided not to give evidence in the case in light of the guilty pleas that Hall had already entered.
"We have concluded that it would not be in the public interest to take steps to make her give evidence in court," Afzal said. "As such, we will not be proceeding with this charge."
Hall is one of several well-known entertainment and media figures charged with sex crimes committed decades ago.
He will be sentenced on June 17.
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REDWOOD CITY — Silver Spring Networks, one of the leading companies in the highly competitive "smart grid" space, celebrated its long-awaited IPO on Wednesday, with shares skyrocketing 29 percent in the first day of trading.
The company, largely backed by Foundation Capital, made 4.75 million shares available — 1 million more than originally planned — due to high demand from investors. It priced the IPO at $17 a share, the midpoint of its stated $16-$18 range, giving it a total take of $81 million and an estimated initial valuation of about $754 million. All the shares came from the company, as early investors kept their stakes.
"This was a really wonderful milestone," CEO Scott Lang said in a telephone interview from New York, after ringing the opening bell of the New York Stock Exchange. "Our investors see the size of this market."
Lang said there was a lot of "high quality" demand from investors, and the decision was made to make an additional 1 million shares available to satisfy "some of" that demand.
Silver Spring Networks, trading under the ticker symbol SSNI, closed at $21.89, up 28.76 percent.
"Silver Spring has been one of the most highly anticipated U.S. cleantech IPOs ever," said Dallas Kachan, managing partner of cleantech research firm Kachan & Co. "Its first-day performance is nice to see, but save the applause. By pricing at the middle of its range, upward movement was likely."
Kachan said that what really matters is the stock's long-term performance. SolarCity, which celebrated its IPO in December, saw its stock slide on lower-than-expected earnings.
Silver Spring, based in Redwood City-based, first filed for an IPO in July 2011, and as the months passed many questioned whether it would be able to pull it off. The company had originally hoped to raise $150 million; in its Feb. 26 prospectus, it said it would offer just 3.7 million shares and raise $63 million.
Silver Spring Networks was founded in Milwaukee in 2002 and provides the hardware, software and services that allow the smart grid to function. It has inked deals with several leading utilities, including PG&E and Baltimore Gas & Electric. The smart grid market is booming internationally in Brazil, Germany, China, South Korea and elsewhere.
The Department of Energy and the nation's leading utilities are eager to make the electric grid more reliable, secure and efficient, from the power plant and transmission lines to homes and offices. Silicon Valley's telecommunications and software expertise have been key to these efforts.
Other smart grid startups in the valley have been acquired, including San Mateo-based eMeter, which was purchased by Siemens in 2011. However, the deployment of smart meters in the United States has slowed as federal stimulus dollars have dried up.
A small but vocal group of consumers in Northern California, Maine and elsewhere have voiced concerns about privacy and perceived health effects of smart meters, and in some jurisdictions have demanded the right to "opt-out" of having smart meter devices installed at their homes.
In its early days, Silver Spring Networks tried to raise money from investors in the Midwest with no luck. That changed when its executives had a meeting with Foundation Capitol in Menlo Park, which was keen to invest in companies that were improving energy efficiency from the demand side.
Foundation doubled down on its bet, purchasing $12 million of Silver Spring Networks stock at the IPO price in what the company called a "concurrent private placement" in its filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Foundation and its affiliated entities own more than a quarter of the company after the IPO, the filing said, at 27.7 percent.
Silver Spring Networks moved to Silicon Valley, and Foundation's Raj Vaswani became the company's chief technology officer. The company is also backed by Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, Northgate Capital Partners and Google (GOOG) Ventures.
Staff writer Jeremy C. Owens contributed to this report. Contact Dana Hull at 408-920-2706. Follow her at Twitter.com/danahull.
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MPAA unleashes legal eagles on YouTV and Peekvid
Won't somebody think of the copyright?
The Motion Picture Ass. of America (MPAA) has filed lawsuits against YouTV.com and Peekvid.com, claiming the sites' "sole purpose... is to disseminate content that has been illegally reproduced and distributed".
Civil lawsuits were filed against YouTVpc and Peekvid in US District Court in Los Angeles for "damages and injunctive relief" for violations under the United States Copyright Act of 1976.
The MPAA alleges that the two sites "contribute to and profit from massive copyright infringement by identifying, posting, organizing and indexing links to infringing content found on the internet".
They also profit "handsomely" from this nefarious trade, thanks to "a seemingly endless stream of third-party advertising", the MPAA says. In addition to this income, YouTV.com has a "donate here"-type button, where users can contribute to the upkeep of the pages.
John Malcolm, director of worldwide anti-piracy operations for the MPAA, said: "These lawsuits should serve as a warning to other aspiring movie theft 'entrepreneurs' that they are not above the law and will face serious consequences for their activities."
"Profiting from the theft of other people's creative works is illegal and must be stopped," he added.
Still maintaining that it is possible to say with certainty that each illegal download is a lost sale, the MPAA says internet piracy has cost the industry $7bn in 2005. Presumably, it is still counting the cost of 2006. ®
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With a population close to 11 million, Brazil's (decidedly non-Rio) urban powerhouse blends the exuberance of South America with the poise and sophistication of old Europe.
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RIO MAY OFFER the flash, but São Paulo, with its Latin motto non ducor, duco ("I am not led, I lead"), is where you'll find the sophistication, the power and the future of Brazil. Founded by Jesuits in the 16th century, the city grew rapidly over the next 300 years into a center for the coffee trade before its merchants—many from families that originated in Italy, Portugal and Germany—branched out into heavy industry, banking and financial services.
Its population has since mushroomed to 11 million, making it the biggest city in South America. But what makes "Sampa" (the affectionate nickname for the city) truly a world-class metropolis is how the city's fathers have managed to keep it surprisingly livable. They've blended the monumental and the intimate, the cutting-edge and the folk, the European and the South American. Within the crowded, sprawling megalopolis you'll find serene parks studded with startling modernist sculptures, restaurants that take Brazil's beef-dominated culinary tra- ditions and advance them with flourishes from around the world and, of course, teeming clubs that blend Brazil's bossa nova breeze with the unrelenting thump of modern dance music. With the power and glamour of a cosmopolitan city, but minus the neon-lit ego, São Paulo doesn't beguile you like Rio or assault you like New York. It sizes you up then smiles and invites you over for a caipirinha.
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In an ironic twist of fate, a town hall meeting organized by a Memphis public employee union to stir up opposition to the privatization of city waste collection services ended up going in another direction. As myeyewitnessnews.com reports:
The Bluff City's garbage collectors are worried about their jobs getting outsourced to private companies. And they're hoping to get the citizens of Memphis on their side. But it's going to be a tough sell.
Frustrated Memphis taxpayers, fed up with what they describe as lousy service, trash-talked the sanitation crews during Tuesday night's meeting on May 25, 2010.
Tired of their garbage sitting at the curbs for weeks, sometimes even months, some Memphians say privatization doesn't sound like such a bad idea. "I pay your salary," Whitehaven resident Samantha Rajapakse told the handfull of sanitation employees in attendance. "That's the bottom line. When I tell you there's a problem, there's a problem!"
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Tuesday's meeting quickly turned into a chance for the public to complain about garbage pickups in their neighborhoods. A man who lives on Mosby Road said trash has sat on curbs more than 30 days, killing grass while calls to city supervisors went unheeded.
When [union vice president Rodriquez] Lobbins tried to explain that the city's Public Works Division assigns workloads and pickup schedules, the angry man who refused to identify himself stormed out of the meeting shouting, "Privatize it. Privatize it."
The next speaker, Samantha Rajapakse said, "I somewhat concur with that gentleman ... I pay your salaries, bottom line, and if you have a problem I don't want to hear it ... So I say privatize it."
[Mayor Mayor A C] Wharton's suggestion was that the union local form a corporation that would compete for sanitation services along with private companies. As an employee-owned business, it would give workers a stake in their jobs.
Mayor Wharton's interest in exploring managed competition for waste services makes sense. As I recently wrote here as part of our Reason Saves Cleveland with Drew Carey project:
[...] more than half of all U.S. cities contract out all, or part of, their solid waste collection services. The many reasons for this include cost savings (competitive delivery of solid waste services typically generates cost savings on the order of 20 to 40 percent), enhanced risk management, efficiency or technology improvements, and debt reduction.
In the late 1970s, a looming fiscal crisis prompted the city of Phoenix, Arizona to apply competition to residential solid waste collection. The city's Public Works Department bids alongside private firms for the right to serve each of six geographic sectors, with collection services in each sector being put out to bid on a rotating schedule every seven years. Over the first 15 years of competition, the inflation adjusted costs of solid waste collection declined by 38 percent citywide. When combined with the cost savings from competitions for landfill operation and solid waste transfer hauling, Phoenix saved nearly $39 million competitively bidding for waste-related services.
Competition for solid waste collection services in Charlotte, North Carolina produced $14 million in cost savings over the first five years of the program. A 2004 statewide study of 15 North Carolina cities found that Charlotte consistently outperforms other cities in cost and efficiency for garbage, recyclables and yard waste collection. Charlotte's collection costs per ton for garbage were 45 percent less than the statewide average, while it spent 41 percent less per household to collect garbage.
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The International Commission on Mathematical Instruction
Bulletin No. 47
December 1999
Bernard R. Hodgson
Département de mathématiques et de statistique
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Table of Contents
Executive Committee
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Bernard R. Hodgson
ICME-10, Copenhagen, 2004
Bernard R. Hodgson
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ICMI National Representatives
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A Research on Black Female Mathematicians in Africa
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John Fauvel and Jan van Maanen
A Progress Report on ICMI Study 11
Derek Holton
Purchasing the ICMI study volumes
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Bernard R. Hodgson
International Mathematical Union - Statutes (1998)
International Mathematical Union - By-Laws
Procedures for the election of the Executive Committee of the IMU (1999)
Executive Committee of the IMU 1999-2002
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Procedures for the election of the Executive Committee of the ICMI
International Study Group on the Relations between the History and Pedagogy of Mathematics (HPM)
Advisory Board of the HPM
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PME Office Bearers 1999-2000
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Officers of WFNMC (1996-2000)
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Miguel de Guzmán
Reflections on the Learning and Teaching of Mathematics
Alberto P. Calderon
Spain launches her First National Sub-Commission of ICMI
A Report on the 8th South-East Asian Conference on Mathematics Education
Catherine P. Vistro-Yu
A Brief Report on the 10th Inter-American Conference on Mathematics Education (
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Carlos E. Vasco
CIAEM-IACME Executive Committee 1999-2003
The All-Russian Conference on Mathematical Education
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A Letter from a Group of Mathematicians
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Subexotic returns to the fray this month with the release of Knowing the right question to ask, the debut LP from Counter Silence, otherwise known as Southend based composer/producer Col Ventura. Drawing comparisons with the classic work of Harold Budd and Brian Eno, as well as the more recent solo forays of The Necks' Chris Abrahams, Knowing the right question to ask is a beguilingly immersive, spectral and otherworldly work.
The album kicks off with an early highlight in the shape of 'A distance left to travel', with its slow motion bell-like tones eerily reminiscent of a music box winding down to stillness. Piano appears to be more conventionally utilised on 'In the brightness, we would linger', but the notes seem almost to have been dragged backwards out of a silence into which they had previously disappeared. The tempo is upped by Side 1 closer 'The balance of possibilities', with its chiming jauntiness suggestive of a malfunctioning automaton playing the marimbas. Side 2 opens with 'Wonderlust' departing most clearly from the album's core focus on keyboard work, with its gentle ebbing and flowing drones offset by an accumulation of distant gong and wind chimes. The album reaches an apotheosis of radiant sonic stasis with the blinking starfield of 'All secrets dance in time', before the final piece, 'We, who stand still', insinuates the tiniest hint of unease into proceedings, with its queasy slithering quality suggesting the nightmare that clings to the underside of the dream.
Knowing the right question to ask has already received some welcome exposure with the inclusion of the track 'When the clocks have stopped' on The Wire magazine's Wire Tapper 33 compilation CD, and airplay on BBC Radio 3's influential Late Junction programme.
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The start and finish of the run were on roads to avoid a muddy stretch of trails, and then I turned on to the fire roads in the woods out back. From there, I took a trail out to the pond and sat on the log near the water and just enjoyed the quiet of being outdoors for a few minutes before making my way back.
Oh yeah, the first draft of my novel if finished! I'm pretty happy with it and it was a lot of fun to write. I'll set it aside and try to forget about it for the next six weeks, at which point I'll read it over with a fresher mindset, make revisions, let others read it over and give me notes, make more revisions and then publish.
I'm already excited to begin working on my next story. I'll begin outlining it today. This one will be more horror than science fiction. Can't wait to get started!
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Bocada's latest version of BackupReport could make your life easier if you have to track multiple backup servers.
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Every once in a while, you stumble upon something you think will revolutionize the way people do something. I felt that way when I saw my first DVD player. I also remember the first VCR I ever saw, and feel it whenever I use my Tivo. I certainly felt the same the first time I saw BackupReport from Bocada.
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Success and failure reports are noted by differently colored squares.
Storage trends report shows how much of your storage capacity is coming from each backup server.
If you're running ARCserve, Backup Exec, NetBackup, NetWorker, Omniback, or TSM, you'll definitely want to give this product a look.
Storage administrators are asked to deal with extremely complex environments today. They need to administer storage area networks (SANs), network-attached storage (NAS) and often a number of backup and recovery products. Before they start their day, they just want an answer to one question: "How did my backups work last night?" Believe it or not, getting the answer to that question can be difficult. The following are some common problems storage administrators face today.
Even if every server in your environment is backed up using the same product, it's unlikely it will be backed up by one instance of that product. Odds are that you have several backup servers-each backing up a certain number of clients. When you need to find out how backups worked last night, you'll need to point your reporting application to each backup server. There's usually no centralized way to provide a single report or graphical-based display of how backups worked in your environment last night.
Another problem is that many environments have multiple backup products. It's common to start out with workgroup level products such as ARCserve, Backup Exec, or NT Backup and eventually upgrade to enterprise-level products such as NetBackup, NetWorker, Omniback, or TSM. It's also common to keep the old product around for a long time. Sometimes this is because the environment that was being backed up by the first product is happy with it. This is especially true if it was backing up all Windows or NetWare machines. Windows and NetWare administrators often prefer the user interfaces of the workgroup level products and choose to continue to use them-even if the rest of the environment is changing to another product.
Another reason that an environment may have multiple products is if they allow individual cost centers to start with their own backup system. Then one day they try to centralize, and they find out that they've got three different backup products in house. I personally have seen one shop where they have NetBackup, NetWorker, Omniback, ARCserve, and Backup Exec. For various reasons, it's not uncommon for an environment to have multiple backup products. The following are some reasons why this can be problematic:
Different procedures. The biggest problem is that a storage administrator must understand how to use the reporting tool for more than one backup product. This increases the learning curve and increases the chance that they will not learn the advanced reporting functionality of any of the products-functionality that could provide a vital function.
Different reports. Even if the backup administrator manages to understand all of the interfaces, it will result in reports that all look different and very few of them can be prepared in a nontechnical format. Only a few of them can be viewed by end users or managers. And if they could view it, they wouldn't understand it.
Proprietary or nonexistent databases. Each of the backup products has their own reporting database. This database can almost never be queried by a third-party tool such as SQL. A few products support this functionality-but they are limited.
Every backup/reporting product that I'm aware of will show you what jobs succeeded and what jobs failed. That's good, right? What about the backup job that was made inactive last night by a customer request, but that you forgot to enable today? Most of the backup/reporting tools work only if you are logged in as administrator or root or if you're listed in their database as a backup administrator. This means that Jane has no way of finding out if her backups ran last night without asking you-resulting in more work for you and Jane.
Although some of the backup/reporting products are command-line based, many of the advanced reports are available only via the GUI, making automated reporting difficult. If you'd like to write a program that notifies you if a backup fails, you may not be able to. Even if your product supported such functionality, you'd have to write a different program for each type of backup software you are using.
Have you ever wondered if there were systems in your network that nobody told you about? They represent data that's not getting backed up, and probably won't get backed up until somebody notices-often when it's too late. I have often dreamed of scanning the network and comparing that against my backup configuration database, but never got around to writing such a tool.
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Most backup/reporting is centered on answering the question, "How did backups work last night?" They often do little to help you understand the trends that are happening in your backup system.
What about questions like: Which clients are failing the most often? Which backup servers are failing the most often? How large are my backups today vs. this time last year?
IT departments are always looking for ways to properly document the cost of the services they provide to their internal clients. Current products have no such information available.
Everything changes
All of this changed when I was introduced to a product called BackupReport from Bocada. This report covers version 1.5 of BackupReport. Version 2.0 should be in beta shortly (see "BackupReport 2.0's new features").
But, what makes this product so different? It provides great reports with none of the problems listed above-without requiring you to load any software on your backup server. It does this by using your backup product's native protocols and emulating another backup server.
To use it, you first load BackupReport onto a single Windows 2000/XP system. It will then optionally probe your network and display a list of backup servers that will need to be configured. Some backup products can be automatically added, and some products require the storage administrator to configure the monitoring system as a backup server. For example, NetWorker would require notifying each NetWorker server that the BackupReport system is a valid administrator, and NetBackup would require it to be listed as a server in the bp.conf file. Once that is done, the BackupReport system appears to your backup servers as another backup server they can communicate with. BackupReport then polls each server regularly and stores the appropriate information in its SQL Server database-smaller environments can use the provided MSDE tools.
Once it has communicated with all of your backup servers-regardless of product type-you can report on all backups within your environment by logging into a single place. You can use the GUI on the system where you loaded BackupReport or you can load a remote admin console on any Windows workstation.
An example report is shown in the Success and Failure Report (see "Trends and analysis reports"). This shows how you can run a report for all backup servers and all backup clients or for selected backup servers or clients. Success is noted by a completely green square, and failure by a completely red square. Partial failure is shown as a red and green square. The report lists each client under the server that backs them up. You can then drill down on any particular client to see the backups that were performed for that client. In the screen shot, this has been done for two clients.
Of course, this product can report on the success and failure of your backups-including backups that aren't even configured to run. If a particular client or filesystem is already known to BackupReport and then suddenly disappears off of the radar, it will notify you. This means when you deactivate a particular client's backups for preventative maintenance and accidentally forget to reactivate it, BackupReport will let you know.
Going one step farther, BackupReport can even find hosts that aren't configured as backup clients at all. It starts with another probe of your network. You specify the parameters of the search, including which subnets it should search. It then compares the results of this probe to clients configured in all of your backup servers-regardless of which product they use. It then gives you a list of "orphans," or hosts that need to be backed up, but aren't. This is the tool that I always wanted to write myself, but never got around to it.
Reliability, trends and diagnostics
As BackupReport collects historical data about your backups, it is able to conduct trend analysis studies. The "Trends and analysis report" shows an example of one of BackupReport's many trend analysis reports that illustrates how much of your total storage capacity is coming from each backup server.
|BackupReport 2.0's new features
BackupReport allows you to see the source of all of the backup data, how it has grown and how this has impacted each backup server. Reports like these can help the storage administrator easily justify capacity increases in the right places. When are your backups running? How much data is being backed up at different times at night? The load summaries report will help answer these questions.
The billing and compliance report shows you how much you should be billing back to a particular internal client for their backups and shows them how well the system they're paying for has been performing.
Areas for improvement
Although I'm OK with using SQL Server as the database engine, others have requested a Unix/Linux based version with another database. What about a Linux server with a Postgress database? Now that would be nice. It would be also nice if I could use the reporting GUI on my Linux workstation, instead of needing a Windows workstation. As to product functionality, most of the features I've asked for are being included in 2.0, including media reporting, reporting by backup job and increased HTML reporting.
Stands above the pack
There's no other product that can do what BackupReport claims it can do. Although some of the vendors whose products are supported by BackupReport have new reporting products that offer some of the functionality discussed above, all of them support only their product. This simplifies the development process significantly-as they don't have to create an agent for each platform.
Related Resources
- Containers and storage 101: The fundamentals of container storage –ComputerWeekly.com
- Demystifying storage performance metrics –ComputerWeekly.com
- All-Flash: The Essential Guide –ComputerWeekly.com
- Hybrid Flash: The Essential guide –ComputerWeekly.com


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Location: Altar Prayer Room in the Worship Center
Prayer is foundational to Water of Life. You're invited to join us for Pre-service prayer 30 minutes before each weekend service. Anyone who likes to pray can participate.
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Saturdays at 4:30p in the Altar Prayer Room
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"We Put a Press Where We Had No Business Doing So"
Several new presses have been brought in to increase stamping capacity, and numerous lean initiatives have been enacted to help the company return to a five-day three-shift operation. All of that's a breath of fresh air to Gray and others, having operated the plant around the clock, 24/7, for the last couple of years.
Squeezing Every Ounce from OEE
In one corner of the plant's sprawling campus sits the 11-press pressroom, where 70 of its 1300 employees work. "We run as efficiently as possible," says Gray. "And we don't work on our dies while they're installed in the presses. Dies requiring maintenance move promptly to the toolroom—we get them out of the press and get a new die in there, as soon as possible."
Progressive dies churn out stampings as thick as 7 mm, but more typically run 1-mm steel stock to stamp torque-converter blades, sheetmetal rivets and other small parts. This scenario is most typical of the lower-tonnage Minster and also on a 125-metric-ton high-speed Bruderer press "designed for speed," says Gray. Rated to 800 strokes/min., the Bruderer turns out converter blades at 400 strokes/min., producing as many as three blades per hit.
The new Kaiser press, meanwhile, makes the firm's most tightly tolerance components, such as adjuster rings and sensor rings for clutches. These and other clutch components ship to a LuK assembly plant in Mexico. Sensor rings, stamped from 1.5-mm-thick steel, carry dimensional tolerances as tight as 0.1 mm.
"They require a true die, and a true press," notes Gray, "and that press is unbelievably true. From the the gibs and s are designed to the robustness of the frame, it's one solid press."
An Overall QDC Strategy
It's the new Minster press that Gray's team added to the plant, for capacity reasons early in 2012, which most recently received an efficiency upgrade. "We're very close to achieving our OEE goal," he says, "a significant upgrade from where we were just a couple of years ago." He notes that of the pressroom's 19.2 million stamped parts/month, some 4 million comes from the Minster and 12 million from the Bruderer. That's a 25-percent improvement due, in large part, to an emphasis on achieving quicker die changes.
"To improve die-changeover times, we have worked as a team to implement Kaizen and other lean strategies to ensure we're prepared to run the next job scheduled for each press," says Gray. "That means a lot of things, including staging coils and dies, and 5S strategies such as replacing cluttered tool boxes with organized boards of carefully selected point-of-use tools. The press operator's tool set is now limited to only what's needed to change dies."
You Want to Install the New Press Where?
Progressive-die presses undergo an average of 90 changeovers/month, and until recently changeover time hovered around 40 min. That's been whittled down to an average of 30 min., and as little as 24 min.
"QDC did not come easily with the Minster press," shares Gray. "While another facility might have added on to make room for this new press, we did not have that luxury. So we squeezed it into an area inaccessible by a tow motor."
Rico literature notes that its die handlers are designed to operate in less area than conventional forklift trucks, due to their tight turning radius. This allows less space between presses and minimizes wasted aisle space.
An Added Bonus
LuK not only employs the Rico die cart to perform die changes on the Minster press, but also uses the cart to changeover the Bruderer press, in place of a tow motor.
"On the Bruderer, the cart has shaved at least 2 min. from our changeover times," Gray says. "And, considering the delicate, critical nature of some of our high-speed dies and the relative cost of those dies compared to the dies used to stamp clutch components, we're much more comfortable handling those dies with the die cart rather than the tow motor."
Another process improvement put in place to protect its valuable dies: LuK now color-codes its dies to identify dies that cannot run empty during coil-feed up, following a changeover. "We used to place a tag on the dies that were susceptible to damage when cycled without stock," explains Gray. "To completely eliminate empty hits and die damage, we now paint those dies a different color. It's worked perfectly since we implemented the idea about a year ago."
A Sense of Urgency on the Floor
The use of the die cart, and the need to carefully schedule its use so that it's available when the Minster and Bruderer need it, is indicative of the overall sense of urgency evident in the LuK pressroom. Press operators are responsible for attaining established OEE goals.
As such, LuK's press operators have engineered several Kaizen events to help quicken the pace at which materials move through the shop. One example we spied: each press line includes a set of three signposts used to signal to the pressroom team the status of the line. Green signs indicate the presence in the press cell of the blanking and forming dies and coils needed for the next job scheduled to run; a red sign means something's missing in order for the next job to run. As we toured the pressroom, all we saw were green signs—excellence in action.
"This is just one of many action items initiated from ideas provided by our crew," says Gray, "that add up to squeezing as much productivity and throughput we possibly can from our existing press capacity."On the progressive-die side of the pressroom," Gray continues, "we've now been able to back off from seven-day production to a normal five-day schedule. And when the new Schuler transfer press comes online early in 2014, we expect the same to occur in the transfer-press area." MF
See also: Schuler Incorporated, Nidec Press & Automation, Bruderer Machinery, Inc.
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January 18, 2016
It's been a while since Styleboost was last updated. But last year we started working on a redesign and relaunch of Styleboost. It's coming along nicely, but we're not ready to launch just yet. In the mean time, here's a shameless plug to our recently redesigned site. Make sure to post something in our guestbook!
June 2, 2014
Beautifully bold and simple. But it's not like there's a lot of designers with as many impressive projects on their conscience as Brandon has.
June 1, 2014
In case you've been living under a rock, I'd like to point out that Code and Theory is one of the hottest agencies to follow these days. Make sure to check out their diverse and highly impressive portfolio. My favorite parts of the site are 1) the animated story of why they do what they do, and 2) the wonderful case studies. Top quality all around.
May 31, 2014
Framer is the new toolkit for the cool kids looking to turn static mockups into prototypes with animation & interaction. The toolkit itself is certainly worth a mention. But in addition to this, the site itself is a wonderful example of how to make developer documentation accessible and attractive.
May 31, 2014
Jam3 is a Canadian digital agency specializing in advertising and entertainment. My favorite part of their site is how they've put together their case studies.
May 31, 2014
Presenting how a payment service works doesn't get any more elegant than this. To the point, easy to understand and simply beautiful.
May 31, 2014
Dataveyes is an agile French agency specializing in "Human-Data interactions". I came across their site as I was doing research for Orbit — a service we recently launched at Bakken & Bæck. It's interesting to see how data interactions are slowly melding function with art. These visualizations are quite beautiful.
March 24, 2014
Teaser sites for mobile and desktop apps come by the dozen these days. Still, very few of these sites manage to capture both the app's functionality, as well as the ease of use, as elegantly as CloudApp does. How anyone could possibly visit this site and not want to install CloudApp is beyond me.
March 21, 2014
Mads' recently redesigned portfolio wonderfully shows off the quality of his work.
March 21, 2014
The recent redesign of Time.com is a modern text before photos approach to news design. The articles get the attention they deserve. The structure is highly influenced by sites like Quartz or The Next Web, as the articles are easily sortable by popular or latest. Automatic transition to the next story is another concept it successfully borrows from Quartz.


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|Lavender Brown
|Biographical information
c. 1979
|Blood status
|Also known as
|Physical information
|Hair colour
Dirty blonde
|Skin colour
|Family information
|Family members
|Magical characteristics
One of the following:
- Ron: "She's got to be joking... She can't honestly think I'd wear ..."
- Harry: "Nice. Classy. You should definitely wear it in front of Fred and George..."
- Ron: "How could she think I'd like something like that, though?"
- Harry: "Well, think back. Have you ever let it slip that you'd like to go out in public with the words 'My Sweetheart' round your neck?"
- — Ron Weasley and Harry Potter on Lavender's gift of a necklace[src]
Lavender Brown (c. 1979—2 May, 1998) was a witch, and a Gryffindor student of Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. She was good friends with her room-mate Parvati Patil. In her third year, Lavender began studying Divination, which she was fascinated by, and became friendly with Professor Sybill Trelawney, who she respected a great deal. In her fifth year, Lavender joined Dumbledore's Army, an organisation founded and led by Harry Potter, despite initially doubting Harry's claims that Lord Voldemort had returned. During her sixth year, she dated Ron Weasley for a while, though they soon broke up. In her final year of schooling, Lavender joined the reconstituted D.A. to oppose Death Eater control of Hogwarts, and fought in the Battle of Hogwarts, during which she was attacked by the werewolf Fenrir Greyback.
Early life
Lavender was born in 1979 or 1980 to Mr. and Mrs. Brown, two pure-bloods.
She received her acceptance letter from Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry at the age of eleven, and purchased her equipment from Diagon Alley before the start of her first year.
Education at Hogwarts
First year
- "But 'Brown, Lavender' became the first new Gryffindor and the table on the far left exploded with cheers. Harry could see Ron's twin brothers catcalling."
- —Description.[src]
Lavender began attending Hogwarts in 1991, the same year as famous wizard Harry Potter, at the age of eleven and was the first of the first years to be sorted into Gryffindor House. She shared a dormitory with Hermione Granger, Parvati Patil, Fay Dunbar and another girl, and soon became best friends with Parvati. She did not, however, get on as well with Hermione as she did with the other three girls, as Hermione was believed by most to be a loner and when she did make friends she made friends with the boys instead of the girls in Gryffindor as there were personality clashes, Hermione being rather studious may have been better suited with Ravenclaw girls.
Second year
In her second year, Lavender was one of the students present in Professor Binns' History of Magic class when Hermione asked about the Chamber of Secrets; like the rest of the class, Lavender paid much more attention at this point, even rising her head off her arms. Lavender attended Professor Lockhart's Duelling Club, and when Lockhart was disarmed by Professor Snape, she handed him back his wand. It is likely that Lavender, given her common nature had a crush on Professor Lockhart, as did many of the other female students even including Hermione Granger, and would be shocked to discover he was a fraud at the end of the year.[4]
Third year
- Lavender: "Oh Professor, look! I think I've got an unexpected planet! Oooh, which one's that, Professor?"
- Professor Trelawney: "It is Uranus, my dear."
- Ron: "Can I have a look at Uranus too, Lavender?"
- — Lavender and Ron Weasley in Divination[src]
In her third year, Lavender started Divination and Care of Magical Creatures classes. When Divination Professor Sybill Trelawney saw a grim (a death omen in the form of a spectral dog) while seeking divinatory insight in the dregs of tea in the bottom of Harry's tea cup, Lavender was amongst the very few students in the class who, like Harry and Dean Thomas (both students who grew up with Muggles and unaware of magic until their letters arrived), did not initially know what Grims were.
She soon developed a good relationship with Professor Trelawney, who accurately predicted — or guessed — the death of Lavender's pet rabbit named Binky. The professor said that what Lavender was dreading would occur on the sixteenth of October, and on that day, Lavender received news that her rabbit, who had been a baby at the time, had been killed by a fox. Hermione pointed out that Lavender could not possibly have dreaded something unexpected and that the death must have happened days before the news arrived, but Lavender had faith in Trelawney's abilities and was upset by Hermione's rather tactless attempt at comforting her.[5]
Fourth year
During her fourth year, Hogwarts hosted the Triwizard Tournament, a series of challenges for wizards to enter if they believe themselves capable. Harry Potter, in Lavender's year, was selected as a champion. As one of the traditions, the tournament would hold a ball and Lavender attended the Yule Ball with fellow Gryffindor student Seamus Finnigan, likely to be as just friends.
That same year, when Care of Magical Creatures professor Rubeus Hagrid, attempted to see if Blast-Ended Skrewts hibernate (which they do not), she stayed to help collect the runaways instead of fleeing into the hut like the Slytherins.[6] During her fourth year, also Barty Crouch Jr. in disguise as Defence Against the Dark Arts professor Alastor Moody used the Imperius Curse on her in class, forcing her to humiliate herself publicly by imitating a squirrel. Hermione Granger was not impressed that he had the nerve to teach the three unforgivable curses in school and was appalled when he demonstrated them on students, she didn't come to the aid of Lavender when she was being humiliated, but she did stick up for Neville Longbottom when he was horrified by the demonstration of the Cruciatus Curse on a spider. At the end of the year Lavender would attend the leaving feast, which was held as a memorial service to the late Cedric Diggory who was killed during the Triwizard Tournament, during this service, Albus Dumbledore took the liberty upon himself to inform the students of Hogwarts that Lord Voldemort was at large once again.
Fifth year
In her fifth year, when Harry Potter announced the return of Lord Voldemort, Lavender, like many others, initially believed the Ministry of Magic propaganda that Harry was lying, much to her room-mate Hermione's irritation. On the second day of the school year, Ernie Macmillan's public of support of Harry and his claims seemed to force her to begin to question her own beliefs. It is possible that Seamus Finnigan, a fellow Gryffindor may have been putting doubts into her head also as he strongly supported the Ministry and Lavender was close with Seamus. However, despite the claims that Harry had been lying Lavender was one of the first students to arrive at the Hog's Head for the first meeting of what would become Dumbledore's Army. When the D.A. practised casting the Patronus Charm, Lavender was only able to achieve casting puffs of silver vapour, and was becoming increasingly frustrated that she could not do it.[7] Later on in the year, High Inquisitor Dolores Umbridge began inspecting the teachers of Hogwarts and Lavender was saddened when Professor Trelawney was temporarily sacked by Umbridge after her inspection, and even brought her some nice daffodils, though she continued to take the class under the centaur Firenze, upon whom both she and Parvati had a crush, despite him being half-man and half-horse.[7]
Sixth year
By the beginning of her sixth year, Lavender had developed a crush on Ron Weasley. She complimented him, flirted with him, and wished him luck in his Quidditch games. After a particularly good performance in one of those games, Ron and Lavender ended up kissing. This greatly upset Hermione Granger, as she had hoped Ron attend Professor Slughorn's Christmas party with her and she had expected a more than platonic relationship to develop between them. It is unclear if Lavender was aware of her room-mate's feelings for Ron, though it seems likely that she would not have gotten involved with Ron if she realised that he was dating her largely to make Hermione jealous.The two dated for a few months, and were often seen kissing in public. For Christmas, Lavender sent Ron a necklace which read 'My Sweetheart', which he disliked immensely, and after the holidays, their relationship began to go downhill. Lavender was very upset when Ron was poisoned, and when he increasingly pulled away from her. He feigned sleep when she came to visit him, avoided her, and became visibly annoyed with her affections. Worried that her relationship with Ron was fading, she sought out the advice of his best friend, Harry Potter, who she would talk to about Ron's feelings, making Harry feel uncomfortable. He also reconciled with Hermione and spent increasing amounts of time with her, making Lavender suspicious. After she saw Ron and Hermione leave the Gryffindor dormitory seemingly alone, since Harry was under his Invisibility Cloak, she ended their relationship.[8] She attended Dumbledore's funeral at the end of the year.
Seventh year and Battle of Hogwarts
- "Two bodies fell from the balcony overhead as they reached the ground a grey blur that Harry took for an animal sped four-legged across the hall to sink its teeth into one of the fallen. "NO!" shrieked Hermione, and with a deafening blast from her wand, Fenrir Greyback was thrown backward from the feebly stirring body of Lavender Brown. He hit the marble banisters and struggled to return to his feet. Then, with a bright white flash and a crack, a crystal ball fell on top of his head, and he crumpled to the ground and did not move."
- —Battle of Hogwarts description[src]
During her final year at Hogwarts, Lavender joined the second Dumbledore's Army to oppose Death Eater control of the school. Like others, she eventually took to hiding in the Room of Requirement, and may have been responsible for it forming a bathroom with washing facilities.Lavender fought in the Battle of Hogwarts, during which she fell from a balcony and was attacked by the werewolf Fenrir Greyback. Rushing to her aid, Hermione blasted Greyback away from her with a powerful spell, and Professor Trelawney dropped a crystal ball on his head. Immediately after the attack, she was seen feebly stirring. She would die from Greyback's attack.[1]
Personality and traits
- Ron: "... we don't really talk much. It's mainly... "
- Harry: "Snogging."
- Ron: "Well, yeah."
- — Ron Weasley to Harry Potter on his relationship with Lavender[src]
Lavender was a somewhat silly and sentimental girl, though she was also brave, as she was sorted into Gryffindor house and fought in the Battle of Hogwarts. She was lively and loved to be the center of attention, but tended to react in an extreme way to everyday situations, either laughing or crying hysterically and can be easily offended or emotional.[9]. She stood quite in contrast with the more pragmatic Hermione Granger.
Parvati Patil
Parvati Patil was Lavender's best friend and room-mate, and was often seen in her company. The two seemed to share many interests and character traits, including a keen interest in Divination, as well as a fondness for more appealing types of magical creatures, like unicorns[6]. The two were often seen giggling and gossiping together during their school days, and shared a friendship with Professor Trelawney. Parvati became very uncomfortable with how seriously Lavender took her relationship with Ron Weasley in their sixth year, though the two remained to be close.
Ron Weasley
In 1996, during her sixth year, Lavender developed a crush on fellow Gryffindor Ron Weasley. She took to complimenting him and flirting with him, which Ron seemed surprised and flattered by, though he was interested in Hermione Granger at the time. However, after Ron became angry with Hermione, he entered into a romantic relationship with Lavender. The romance consisted mostly of snogging, often in public, much to the disgust of Hermione, who was jealous and hurt, and of Ron's younger sister Ginny, who considered him a "filthy hypocrite" because he insulted her for being caught kissing her boyfriend earlier in the year.
Lavender was very affectionate with, and possessive of, Ron, adopting the name of "Won-Won" for him and sending him a necklace for Christmas saying "My Sweetheart" on it, which he greatly disliked and was shocked that she would think it was to his taste. The romance began to cool on Ron's end after the Christmas holidays, which Lavender noticed and was very upset by. She repeatedly pressed Harry Potter for details of Ron's feelings for her, and alarmed even her best friend Parvati with how obsessively she threw herself into the relationship. Lavender was infuriated when no one thought to inform her after Ron was poisoned, especially since Ron took to feigning sleep whenever she came to visit him in the infirmary, and reconciled with Hermione. After being released, Ron took to avoiding his girlfriend.
Ron was spared the difficult task of breaking up with Lavender when she ended things with him, convinced that there was something going on between him and Hermione. Afterwards, Ron was clearly content, but Lavender was upset for some time. For example, when Ron brushed fake snow off Hermione's shoulders soon after the break-up, Lavender burst into tears. [8]
Hermione Granger
Lavender and Parvati were not nearly as close to their other room-mate, Hermione Granger, as they were to one another. Though the girls did not appear to dislike each other, they had very different interests and sometimes clashed as a result. For example, Hermione scorned Divination, Lavender and Parvati's favourite subject[5]. She also became irked with Lavender for doubting Harry Potter's assertion that Lord Voldemort had returned in 1995[7].
Though Hermione was jealous of Ron and Lavender's relationship, she directed her anger mostly at Ron, perhaps indicating that Lavender was initially unaware of Hermione's feelings for him. Eventually, however, Lavender started to become jealous and suspicious of the time Ron and Hermione spent together, while her boyfriend was increasingly pulled away from her.
Although Hermione was glad when they broke up, she tried to spare Lavender's feelings by not being openly affectionate with Ron[8]. She also came to Lavender's aid during the Battle of Hogwarts, blasting Fenrir Greyback away from her.
Sybill Trelawney
Lavender seemed to have a reasonably close and caring relationship with Divination professor Sybill Trelawney; she had an unwavering faith in the reliability of Trelawney's predictions and was often seen comforting or supporting her when she was experiencing difficult times. She and Parvati became offended on the professor's behalf when Hermione made her disdain for Trelawney and the subject she taught clear in 1993[5]. When she was temporarily sacked by Dolores Umbridge, Lavender and Parvati brought Trelawney some daffodils. During the Battle of Hogwarts, Trelawney helped to save Lavender from Fenrir Greyback by dropping a crystal ball on his head[10].
Dumbledore's Army
Lavender became a member of Dumbledore's Army during her fifth year. Dumbledore's Army was an organisation found by Harry Potter, Ron and Hermione, and led by Harry, in order to teach the students Defence Against the Dark Arts, something that professor Dolores Umbridge did not, thinking that the students would use their magic against the Ministry of Magic.
Lavender was a friend of fellow members Neville Longbottom, Dean Thomas and Seamus Finnigan. Lavender may have been a friend of Luna Lovegood, too, although, when the two girls met each other, Lavender made fun of Luna for her strange earrings.[7]
Lavender is a type of flower, as well as a name for the pale shade of purple of the blossoms. In flower symbolism, the lavender can symbolize affection, cleansing, or concealment. The Ancient Romans used lavender to scent baths, and its name is derived from the Latin verb lavāre, "to wash". In Western culture, the colour lavender can sometimes be used to symbolize decadence and the enjoyment of sensuality. Interestingly, "Lavender" is a colour and her last name is "Brown", which is also a colour.
Behind the scenes
- Lavender Brown was played by Kathleen Cauley in the second film, and then in a non-speaking role by Jennifer Smith in the film adaptation of Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban. She did not have any lines and was never mentioned by name, but appeared in several scenes. She is played by Jessie Cave in Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, Deathly Hallows: Part 1 and Part 2.
- In the first part of the film adaptation of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Lavender can be briefly seen on the Hogwarts Express sitting next to Romilda Vane, Leanne, and Cormac McLaggen.
- Lavender was the first student to be sorted into Gryffindor in 1991.
- In the Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince novel, Lavender either did not qualify for or did not select N.E.W.T.-level Potions as one of her classes. However, in the film adaptation, she appears to be attending a Potions class.
- On J. K. Rowling's draft class list, Lavender was listed as a pure-blood[11], and as she was attending Hogwarts 1997-1998, she must have been a pure-blood, half-blood, or she faked her blood status, as she would have been taken by the Death Eaters otherwise.
- Lavender is the only original member of Dumbledore's Army not to at least be mentioned in the Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix video game. However, when the Patil sisters (twins) are told to meet in the Room of Requirement, Lavender's name is ticked on the Dumbledore's Army parchment.
- Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (First appearance)
- Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (film) [12]
- Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
- Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (film)
- Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
- Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (film)
- Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
- Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
- Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (film) (appears on parchment)
- Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (video game) (Indirectly mentioned as one of 28 DA members)
- Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
- Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (film)
- Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (video game)
- Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows
- Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1[13]
- Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2[14]
- Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 (video game)
- LEGO Harry Potter: Years 1-4
- LEGO Harry Potter: Years 5-7
- Pottermore (Mentioned only)
Notes and references
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Harry Potter Page to Screen: The Complete Filmmaking Journey
- ↑ Her blood status is given as pure-blood on the student list shown by J. K. Rowling on Harry Potter and Me.
- ↑ In Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, when Gryffindor students in Harry's year are facing their Boggarts, three forms were not identified with any particular student, but must belong to Fay Dunbar, the ginger girl and to Lavender.
- ↑ Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 7.3 Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 8.2 Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
- ↑ "News article" retrieved from Daily Mail
- ↑ Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows
- ↑ Harry Potter and Me
- ↑ Despite this character not actually being identified in the film, they were sorted in 1991 and therefore were present in the films adaptation of the sorting amongst the crowd of first years, as they had to be sorted and even though they weren't mentioned they'd still be one of the students in that crowd.
- ↑ http://www.imdb.com/name/nm2728165/
- ↑ Jessie Cave to Return as Lavender Brown for Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows
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Let $p_n$ be the n-th prime number and $c_n$ be the n-th composite number. We have
$$ \lim_{n \to \infty}\frac{1}{n} \sum_{r=1}^{n}\frac{p_n^2}{p_n^2 + p_r^2} = \lim_{n \to \infty}\frac{1}{n} \sum_{r=1}^{n}\frac{c_n^2}{c_n^2 + c_r^2} = \frac{\pi}{4}. $$
The beauty of the above result is that the first limit is a series over prime and the other is a series over composites. Similar results hold if the sequence of primes (or composites) are replaced by the sequence of natural number. This is a specific example of a general family of results of this kind.
The question is understand why such a relationships hold. I have been working on this and wanted to share with and learn from other number theorists. Has anyone seen similar results in mathematics literature? Any reference would be helpful.


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There is little that has not already been said about Colombian striker Radamel Falcao. In his maiden season with Spain's Atletico Madrid, the 26-year-old top-scored for his side in the league with 26 goals and was the leading marksman for the second season running in the UEFA Europa League, in which Falcao pocketed another winner's medal to go the one he collected with Porto last year.
Speaking exclusively to FIFA.com in the Colombian city of Cali, where Los Colchoneros are currently on tour, the former River Plate youth player looked back on another productive season, discussed speculation about his future and looked forward to the challenge of spearheading his country's qualification bid for the 2014 FIFA World Cup Brazil™.
FIFA.com: Did you imagine ending your first season with Atletico Madrid on such a high note. After all, some people said you were making a mistake when you joined the club.
Radamel Falcao: I did to begin with. I was very excited about the season turning out this way, and though things didn't go how we wanted them to initially, I always felt we could reach the Europa League final and go on and win it. In the end it all went perfectly for the team and for me too.
Following the win over Athletic Bilbao in Bucharest Michel Platini had something to say to you during the awards ceremony, didn't he?
Yes, he made a joke about seeing me again there this year and asked what I was doing up there again, things like that. To tell you the truth, though, I was amazed by it all, even though it was the second time I've won the title. I loved watching the celebrations, to see how happy everyone was in Madrid, and to see and hear their reactions and their affection for us. It made a big impact on me, and I've got nothing but gratitude for them.
Do you feel like you're an Atletico idol?
That's hard to say. I don't think so. I made a good contribution this season, but you have to leave a mark to be considered an idol and I'm going to need more time to do that. I think the fans love me but I don't feel like I'm an idol.
If what Diego Simeone said after the Europa League final is true, it looks like you won't have enough time to make that mark.
Yes, I heard what Simeone said and I've heard the rumours, but the fact is I don't know anything about it. All I want to do now is enjoy the summer and everything we've achieved with the club. It's time to take things easy, now more than ever.
Staying on the subject of those rumours, you spent many years in Argentina, where moving from River Plate to Boca Juniors or vice-versa is seen as a betrayal. Is it the same with Atletico and Real Madrid?
Obviously there's a huge rivalry between the two teams. I know some players have moved from one club to the other, but to be honest I'm not thinking about my future right now. We set off on our tour of Colombia straight after winning the Europa League and we've not even had a rest yet. I just want to enjoy the here and now, and that's it.
I want to score from free-kicks! That's what I'm lacking and I'm going to give it a go. We've actually spoken about it and I'll be getting my chance some time.
Let's talk about your game now. You score goals of all shapes and sizes: with your right foot, your left, your head, overhead-kicks and scissor-kicks. Which skills do you still need to work on?
I want to score from free-kicks (laughs)! That's what I'm lacking and I'm going to give it a go. We've actually spoken about it and I'll be getting my chance some time. I've been lucky enough in my career to play with some great set-piece specialists like Marcelo Gallardo. I was able to study him and I hope to get my opportunity soon.
A lot of people think there's not much difference between you and Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo now. How do you feel about comments like that?
I've received some glowing praise from a few players, which makes me happy but also puts more responsibility on me for the future. It's only going to motivate me to get even better and go for more records.
The Colombian people have waited a long time to see you in action outside the national team. What's it like to be touring your home country?
It's very special for me to be in my country after winning the Europa League. There are lots of things going through my mind right now, a lot of emotions at being here with the Colombian people and enjoying a special time in my career with them. People of all ages have been saying all these lovely things to me and they've been telling me how proud they are to see me representing the Colombian flag. That gives me a lift. I'm amazed by it all and very grateful.
Can you see yourself playing in the Colombian league at some point or will you make your return to South America with River Plate?
I said before that my immediate goal is to stay in Europe and make my mark there. You never know what the future's going to bring, but right now I don't think there's much chance of me playing in Colombia. River is a possibility. I didn't enjoy the club as much as I would have liked because things were hard when I was there. Time will tell, but God willing I'll be back there one day.
River fans will be delighted to hear that for sure, but is it true that you once dyed your hair the same colour as Martin Palermo's when you were a boy?
Yes, it is! (laughs) It was just for a bet, though. There was a clásico match one summer and if River lost, I had to dye my hair like him. I was the butt of everyone's jokes but I don't think there are any photos left (laughs).
Simeone was your coach in Argentina back in 2008. In what ways have you both changed since then?
El Cholo still has the same passion for football, but he's been involved with a lot of leagues and clubs and picked up a lot of experience along the way. You can really see that. As for me, well I think I've matured a lot. I've grown as a player and I've perfected my game. I think I make better decisions in the area now.
Can you see Simeone coaching Argentina one day?
Yes, I think he's a coach Argentina need to bear in mind in the future. He's been involved with the national team virtually his whole life and knows what it takes. And it goes without saying that he's really put in the groundwork as a coach.
Talking of Argentinian coaches, Jose Pekerman has just said that Falcao is not Colombia's 'saviour'. Do you agree with that or is he just trying to take the pressure off you?
I agree with what he says. Obviously individuals have a part to play but clubs and national teams are all about playing as a unit. Fortunately Colombia have put a very strong side together. A lot of our players are doing really well with some big teams in Europe, they're the right age and they're hungry for success. We're mature enough now to take the step up.
One last question: how are you finding Twitter?
I wasn't that keen on using it to begin with, but one of my friends kept pushing me to get on it and now I enjoy it. It's a good way to interact with the fans. I've got about 546,000 followers now, which isn't bad, though I'm not the only Atletico player who uses it. A lot of my team-mates are on there too.
A lot of your followers come from Colombia. Do you have a message for them ahead of the upcoming qualifiers with Peru and Ecuador?
Yes, of course. I want them to support and get behind us like they always do. We need them by our side so we can get as many points as possible and get on course for the World Cup.


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University Police schedule test of TXState Alert notification system
Posted by Jayme Blaschke
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January 22, 2014
The Office of Emergency Management of the Texas State University Police Department will conduct a test of the TXState Alert emergency notification system at noon on Thursday, Jan. 23.
A test emergency announcement will be sent out using various systems, such as the university webpage, text messages and other devices. This is only a test and no action needs to be taken by students, faculty or staff.
The purpose of the test is to assess how well the system operates in alerting the university community about a possible emergency situation that could affect lives or property. Texas State will be conducting at least one of these tests each semester.
Although the university has taken steps to ensure that everyone has access to the announcement, this would be a good opportunity for those who have not signed up for the TXState Alert system to do so by going to the University Police webpage www.emergencyinfo.txstate.edu/ and follow us on the Office of Emergency Management Facebook and Twitter pages at: www.facebook.com/TXStateOoEM and www.twitter.com/TXStateOoEM.


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3 American Rye Whiskeys You Should Try
New brands and bottles you should know.
If you're not a whiskey-obsessive like myself, odds are your interaction with rye whiskey is limited to classic cocktails such as the Manhattan or the Sazerac. While those time-tested concoctions certainly deserve their success, the world of rye has come a long way from the spirits that inspired them. So what exactly is a rye?
The first important distinction to make is one of nationality—in this case, American vs. Canadian. Canada had no distinct regulations for whisky labeling, so it can be hard to tell from the bottle exactly what kind of whisky it contains: "Canadian Whisky" and "Canadian Rye Whisky" could describe the exact same spirit! (Yes, in Canada, like in Scotland, they don't use the 'e'.) The rules in the United States are more restrictive. A rye whiskey made here must contain a mashbill that is at least 51 percent rye, distilled to no more than 160 proof, and aged in charred new oak barrels. After two years of aging, it can be labelled "straight rye whiskey."
Rye is distinct from bourbon or other American whiskeys—it's dry, bold, and spicy, with greener, floral flavors from the grassier grain. And while it can be edgy and brash, rye ages exceptionally well. We've selected a trifecta of tipples that are a great place to start exploring this singular spirit.
Sazerac Rye
Made by the folks at the Buffalo Trace Distillery, Sazerac Rye is a good introduction to rye. Pouring a light copper, it has a bourbon-like aroma with sweet corn and cherry. The taste brings more of the rye into play, with a good dose of spices and charred wood. It has a woody finish, and a fair bit of heat (90 proof!). This is a fantastic value at around $25 a bottle, and a great introduction to rye for the bourbon drinker.
Hudson Manhattan Rye
Tuthilltown Spirits Distillery's Hudson Manhattan Rye is a bit further along the rye spectrum. Packing a little more punch at 92 proof, it the grain character is up front and center with whiffs of charred sourdough. The distinctive rye flavors develop on sipping with a biting vegetal grip on the palate and spices - cinnamon, clove, and spearmint. There's some sweetness at the end with vanilla, honey, and coconut cooling off the initial heat. A lovely sipping rye, very nicely balanced. It sells for about $45 for 375 mL.
High West Double Rye!
Yes, that's an exclamation mark. High West Distillery's Double Rye! is definitely superlative, pushing the boundaries of just how rye-y a rye can get.
A blend of a 2 year-old 95% rye mashbill rye and a 16 year-old 53% rye mashbill rye, this spirit is unapologetically spicy, yet still mellow. The nose doesn't give too much away, with just a hint of the punch that comes on the palate. The green, grassy rye dominates, with a kick of mint, clove, cinnamon, and dark chocolate bouncing around. The real surprise is the floral, almost gin-like botanicals that begin to surface. It finishes softly, with caramel and vanilla flavors lingering. Surprisingly easy to drink despite its explosive flavor, the Double Rye! is not a study in balance and harmony, but rather a celebration in taking rye to the extreme. It's about $38 for 750 mL.
It seems like more new and interesting ryes are coming on the market every day, so get out there and start exploring! Have you tried any new ryes that have gotten you excited?
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Buell, Lusignan Named Summit Track and Field Athletes of the Year
ELMHURST, IL -- NCAA pole vault champion Bethany Buell of the University of South Dakota and Trent Lusignan of South Dakota State have received post season honors from The Summit League.
Buell has been named the Outdoor Field Athlete of the Year for the second straight season. The St. Louis native is the first athlete to win the league's Women's Outdoor Field Athlete of the Year honor twice, and just the second woman in league history to win an Outdoor Athlete of the Year award in back-to-back years.
Buell tied the NCAA Outdoor Championship pole vault record with a mark of 14 feet, 7¼ inches to earn her first national title and second U.S. Track and Field/Cross Country Coaches Association First Team All-America honor.
Lusignan is the first Jackrabbit to be named The Summit League's Men's Outdoor Track Athlete of the Year.
Lusignan swept the 5,000-meter run and 10,000-meter run titles at The Summit League Outdoor Track and Field Championships with times of 14:29.42 and 30:10.47, respectively. The Shakopee, Minn. sophomore's season-best time of 29:40.56 in the 10,000-meters qualified him for the NCAA West Preliminary Round. He placed 41st with a time of 32:37.44.


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I am using the CFileDialog code below to open a file. When the dialog first opens, I see all of the .xml files in my directory. If I change the filter to all files, every file disappears from the explorer window. Changing back to .xml does not bring the files back. If I go up one directory and then go back into my folder, the files will show up again. I am using vs2008, and this code has been working for a while on winXP. The problem started when I switched to Win7 OS. I do not see the problem when running the exe on any cpu w/ Win7 installed, but any cpu running WinXP has this problem. I have searched message boards online and have not really found anything helpful. I am wondering if I need to be calling UpdateOFNFromShellDialog(); when the filter is changed, but it seems odd to me that I would have to create a custom class to get this basic functionality to work. I have tried setting the bVistaStyle flag to FALSE but that did not work.
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Baseball world weighs in with Super Bowl picks
With Super Bowl Sunday near, the baseball world offered predictions for the big game between the Denver Broncos and Seattle Seahawks.
In a survey of 27 players, coaches and broadcasters from 25 Major League clubs, the majority favored the Broncos, by a margin of 17 to 10. Denver quarterback Peyton Manning was an overwhelming reason why many chose the Broncos, while those rolling with Seattle mainly cited the Seahawks' vaunted defense.
Here's a complete list of picks:
Arizona Diamondbacks: RP J.J. Putz
"12th man baby! [Seattle]."
Atlanta Braves: 3B Chris Johnson
"Peyton Manning. Period."
Baltimore Orioles: OF Adam Jones
"Broncos or Seahawks? I need to see Peyton Manning win his second one. He's my favorite player and I think to solidify his career, he's the greatest regular-season QB ever, but to solidify him as a top-five QB ever, I think he needs that second ring."
Boston Red Sox: Third-base coach Brian Butterfield
"Seattle by two touchdowns. Reason? Defense."
Chicago Cubs: Broadcaster Jim Deshaies
"I don't have a rooting interest but it would be fun to see Peyton Manning cap off his remarkable year with a Super Bowl win. Can I say Super Bowl or do I need to call it the "Big Game?" Anyway, the weather looks like it's going to be OK, so I'll say Manning will be able to do enough to eke out a 27-24 win for the Broncos."
Chicago White Sox: General manager Rick Hahn
"My kids (11 and 8) told me at the start of the playoffs that Seattle would win it all. It makes my Super Bowl viewing much more peaceful if I just stand with them."
Cincinnati Reds: CF Billy Hamilton
"I'm going with the Broncos. I'm a big Peyton Manning fan. I feel like he's the man. I want him to win another Super Bowl."
Cleveland Indians: RP Vinnie Pestano
"Going with Seattle, although I'm a big Peyton Manning fan. I saw them in Seattle destroy the Saints on Monday Night Football and can't get that game out of my head when thinking about the matchup. Plus, I'm a Raiders fan and would rather not watch someone in our division win it."
Colorado Rockies: OF Michael Cuddyer
"What Peyton Manning has done in the last two years is nothing short of remarkable, and I believe the Broncos will win."
Colorado Rockies: Manager Walt Weiss
"The Broncos will win. Initially, I was going to say they were going to win big, but I didn't factor in the weather, so it'll be a little tougher. I'm saying Broncos by 10."
Colorado Rockies: SP Tyler Chatwood
"I definitely want to pull for the hometown team, but I believe the Broncos are going to win. It's pretty cool to have been in Denver all year and been able to root for them."
Detroit Tigers: IF/OF Don Kelly
"Broncos, 31-23. Sherman can't cover all of them!"
Houston Astros: Manager Bo Porter
"I would think the Broncos would win. I don't think Seattle is going to score enough to keep up with them. When you look at both teams' strengths, Denver's strength is offense and Seattle's is defense. But when you look at Seattle's strength being defense, it starts with the front seven. Because of Denver's personnel, [the Seahawks] will not be able to play the front seven they have been playing, because one of those linemen or one of those linebackers is going to have to leave the field and they're going to play with five DBs. That changes the dynamic of their strength, and Denver gets to play with the strength they've played with all year."
Kansas City Royals: SP James Shields
"I grew up in L.A., so I was a big Los Angeles Rams fan, and Seattle was in the same division. I am a Rams fan, so I'm definitely not going to root for Seattle. I've already ordered my Denver Broncos jerseys. Every Super Bowl, my family picks a team and we order jerseys for whoever we're going to root for. So I've already got the Peyton Manning and Wes Welker jerseys at the house."
Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim: C Hank Conger
"Seahawks, because I want to hear another Richard Sherman interview."
Los Angeles Dodgers: Ownership partner Magic Johnson
"Seattle Seahawks. They have an outstanding defense."
Miami Marlins: President David Samson
"Normally, you'd say a good defense beats a good offense. No one beats Archie Manning's son."
Milwaukee Brewers: OF Logan Schafer
"Broncos. Julius Thomas is going to be the X-factor."
Minnesota Twins: RP Brian Duensing
"Peyton Manning's intelligence should give the Broncos an edge over Seattle's defense."
New York Mets: 3B David Wright
"I'm rooting for Russell Wilson, because of his Virginia and baseball ties. Plus [Mets bullpen catcher Dave Racaniello] is a huge Broncos fan, and I can't take a whole summer of that punishment."
New York Yankees: RP David Robertson
"I'm probably going to pick the Broncos, just because I like Peyton Manning."
Pittsburgh Pirates: Manager Clint Hurdle
"I love Russell Wilson's approach to life and the game -- but I'm a huge Manning fan. When we were in Denver last season, he came in and spent 45 minutes in our clubhouse. He's got to be my man."
San Diego Padres: Broadcaster Ted Leitner
"Seattle, 28-24. Not a big fan of the Denver defense, and I truly think Seattle is the best team in the NFL. And with the Broncos' offensive line, the Seahawks will get pressure on Manning."
San Francisco Giants: 1B Brandon Belt
"[Broncos]. I think it's a safe pick. Russell Wilson is a good quarterback, but he hasn't been there before."
Seattle Mariners: General manager Jack Zduriencik
"The Seahawks, no question. I love what they've done. When they've been knocked down at all, they've just gotten back up and kept going. It's really been an impressive team to watch."
Tampa Bay Rays: SP David Price
"Seattle, because Sherman is going to make something big happen."
Texas Rangers: SP Derek Holland
I'm going to pick the Denver Broncos to win, 34-31, due to Peyton's awesome game-winning drive to finish of his outstanding season with a Super Bowl victory.


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Charming towns in Spain
Small medieval villages, old quarters steeped in history and beautiful rural areas close to large cities like Madrid, Barcelona, Valencia, Seville and Bilbao. Give yourself a break, leave your stress behind and immerse yourself in the pleasures of slow tourism. These are perfect places to discover interesting traditions, popular festivities and the most typical cuisine.
Here are some of Spain's charming towns. There are lots to discover all over the country. Inland you can find medieval villages and towns which still preserve part of their Roman or Moorish past. Close to Madrid you can visit small rural cities in the mountains. In Andalusia and Extremadura you will come across many whitewashed villages. In Catalonia, the Region of Valencia and the Region of Murcia there are fishing villages, and towns in the fertile agricultural regions. In the regions of Aragon, Castile-La Mancha, Castile-León, La Rioja and Navarre you can find villages where time seems to have stood still. In the north, in Galicia, Asturias, Cantabria and the Basque Country, rural life and fishing villages are the main things you will see. And, of course, the Balearic and Canary Islands also have small charming villages that still keep their local traditions.
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Covarrubias. Burgos. (Castilla y Leon) Covarrubias owes its name to the reddish caves that abound in its outskirts. The city centre, which has been declared Property of Cultural Interest, is a wonderful example of typica…
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Aranda de Duero. Burgos. (Castilla y Leon) Great municipality in the province of Burgos, which lived a flourishing period under the rule of Enrique IV, in the late 15th century. From its rich architectural heritage we mu…