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Material Data Management is one area where consistency should surely rule. There's too much scope for error if an engineer in one part of a company works off a different material definition from a designer somewhere else. But, at the same time, companies need depth. They're looking to squeeze every drop from the rich materials data available to them. For example, they may want the properties used in design to be based on analysis of the latest available tests and to ensure that the latest material knowledge is utilized in the product assignment. This can require them to manage and use a large and ever-changing body of data, covering subtle variations in material and product grades, physical conditions, processing routes, part geometries, and so on. Do we have to choose between these two requirements: consistency and depth? This is one question addressed through two Siemens PLM Software partnerships, with Granta Design and thinkstep.
The GRANTA MI system is used by many world-leading engineering enterprises to manage complex materials data, covering applications from design allowable determination for aerospace alloys, through test program management, to support for emerging materials technologies in composites and Additive Manufacturing. "GRANTA MI enables these organizations to author the materials information that is needed in product design and development, with full traceability back to the source data and analyses," explains Dr Peter Cherns, Product Manager at Granta. "Our partnership with Siemens PLM Software integrates this vital 'material intelligence' into PLM."
Siemens PLM Software and thinkstep have developed the Teamcenter Integrated Material Management solution to holistically manage the material lifecycle in the context of the PLM process. This assures that leading industries can standardize their material processes and procedures across the enterprise and business functions. Steering, transparency, consistency and information exchange for all material aspects are enabled by leveraging core Teamcenter capabilities such as requirements management, document and multi-CAD management, hybrid manufacturing, simulation, workflow, compliance, high end visualization, etc.
According to Lucas Dann, thinkstep Product Manager, Material and Compliance management: "Enabling a PLM system to handle the material lifecycle assures that the right material knowledge is applied, from the first product concept, to final production, to retirement. Teamcenter Integrated Material Management hereby enables the digital-twin for all material aspects throughout the product value creation chain".
Tedie West, Siemens PLM Software Teamcenter Product Manager gives some practical examples: "The Teamcenter Integrated Material Management solution allows for management and visibility of material aspects at each phase of the product lifecycle. For example, Designers using NX can reach into the Teamcenter materials library to search for materials and create material assignments. Simulation Specialists can ensure that they use the latest approved material definition during analysis and manufacturing."
At last year's Siemens PLM Connection event, Granta announced GRANTA MI:Enterprise Connect. This enables organizations to define summary catalogs of materials from their GRANTA MI database and to schedule automatic synchronization of this data with Teamcenter Integrated Material Management, maintaining formal Teamcenter revision control. User organizations benefit from the full depth and traceability of material intelligence authored using GRANTA MI, while also being able to ensure consistency and support the digital-twin using Integrated Material Management capabilities. The best of both worlds.
Combined Grant MI and Teamcenter Integrated Material Management solution
A year on from the announcement of MI:Enterprise Connect, we have seen some of the first implementation examples – Denise Massa of General Motors has outlined a project that uses this technology in web seminars and will also speak at an upcoming webinar on materials data management, and at the Siemens PLM Connection 2017 meeting in Indianapolis, May 8 - 11. The PLM Connection conference will provide a great opportunity for anyone wishing to discuss materials information management requirements with Siemens PLM or Granta.
What are the next steps? "We're looking at how the system can be applied to more customer use cases, and developing it based on this experience – our aim is to increase further the flexibility we can provide to companies in both the data model and workflow," says Peter Cherns "We're looking forward to some great conversations in Indianapolis that will help to move this process forward."
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text: > > Translation: "bureaucracy is expensive". You betcha.. Partly it's paranoia.. A lot of money goes into making sure that the taxpayer gets "the best deal". On the other hand, that's not entirely paranoid. Government procurements are a target rich environment for would be thieves. > > > the US government will not pay for interest on borrowed money. > > Don't tell the folks holding all of those US bonds! > > I'm pretty sure you meant that it will not allow its > subsidiaries to borrow money separately. More technically, a government agency can't pay interest, nor can a vendor charge for "cost of money" on a cost reimbursement contract. (On Fixed Price, you can do whatever you like, except pay bribes, etc.). The ONLY way the government pays interest is those bonds. (I think..) > to prevent > > "hiding profits". > > Which leads to so much overhead that we end up with the $700 > hammer (for military work, which has even more of it), and at > JPL, hardware prices much above what an individual would pay > to purchase the same item on the open market. Actually, I think we pay pretty much open market prices. If I "buy" a computer or peripheral, it comes from one of the big mail order places, or is at a price competitive with them, and the added "instutitional compliance costs" (which includes all the financial and acquisitions infrastructure.... I don't actually do the purchase order) is in the 10-15% range. For small purchases (that hammer), we use a government credit card and pay the consumer cash price. (of course, those self same cards feature in spectacular news stories about people making the down payment on new cars, etc.... But that's just plain old fraud.. Same as happens in any company, but it does get more publicity) (Without > benefit of a volume discount). There should be a happy > medium between using regulations to squeeze out waste/fraud, > and drowning in red tape. To me this program seems rather > closer to the latter than the former. It's definitely a pendulum that swings back and forth. > > > And, while most JPL technical staff are certainly capable of doing > > their own support, there's good reason for them not to > > Agreed. However, there is a simple way to enforce that, deny > end users admin access to JPL supplied PCs. (Well, it might > not so simple to keep the technically adept out of their machines. ) And, it would probably cause a riot (however, I will say that the "subscribed desktop user" is having less and less control over what's going on in their computer over time, admin privileges notwithstanding..) > > Point 1, I believe you that support isn't spending much time > fixing hardware, which is why I think this contract is too > expensive. Point 2, if the core software (presumably mostly > web based at this juncture) is so problematic, it would > suggest that that is the place to go for cost savings. Core software is actually not web based. It's regular old MS Office, Meeting Maker, email clients (choose among Eudora, Outlook, Outlook Express, Thunderbird, and gosh, probably a dozen others), web browsers (IE,Netscape,Firefox are the leaders, but there's others), all with a variety of versions and update cycles. Then you've got Acrobat (several flavors), drawing tools (Visio, Autocad, etc.), project management (MS Project, Primavera), budgeting tools (mostly very complex excel spreadshets with pages and pages of code behind them). Then, there's various document repositories (DocuShare,Sherpa, etc.) No question that a goodly fraction of support cost goes there. (On a positive note, the new CIO is pushing towards an enterprise architecture, which, in the long run, will reduce costs, if only because you won't have multiple parallel data sources that aren't always synced) > > > Let us not forget IT security. This is a non-trivial matter when you > have to manage tens of thousands of desktops and comply with > dozens of pages of government regulation, NASA procedural > instructions, etc. > > > > The upshot is, you get a fair amount for your $130/month support > subscription. To put that in context, that's less than two > hours of engineer time. > > So $4680 for three years for purchase and support of what > type of machine exactly? Does the XXX/month include the > support of the centralized business software, or just the end > user's machine? That supports everything, including all the applications software. It covers all skill levels of users, too. It also covers user support for institutional applications (e.g. if you have a problem getting the timecard up in the browser..) It was my impression that it was the latter, > which is why I thought this manner of supplying computers to > be overly expensive. No the hardware cost is separate.. And competitively bid. Ranges from $20/month for a low end thin client to $200/month for a top-o-the-line workstation from Dell or HP, etc. Surely network support is covered in > some sort of overhead and isn't allocated on a machine by > machine basis. Allocated on a machine by machine basis, because it has to be allocable to a specific project and task. The $130/mo doesn't cover "infrastructure" (e.g. fiber in the streets, router down the hall, etc.).. Those costs are also allocated piecemeal. (e.g. the phone on my desk, etc.) > > > For what it's worth, we have a similar sort of scenario > when dealing > > with test equipment. Do you own it, and have in house > inventory, (with > > all the peculiar government contract stuff about cost > accounting), or > > do you have an outside vendor provide it on lease/rent. > > That's a tough one. I would assume that things like > oscilloscopes and voltmeters would be owned and kept in a > pool for checkout. These have a long service life and aren't > all that expensive. But they need calibration every 6 months or a year, and while "functional" for decades, at some point, it's not worth servicing. There's also an intangible cost to making your engineers use clunky old gear (i.e. they're a lot more productive with a new Vector Network Analyzer than an old one, and orders of magnitude more productive than using a slotted line and a diode probe.) For specialized and expensive equipment, > it is too complex to generalize, even before the government > purchase rules are thrown into the mix. These sorts of tools > often need expensive service contracts if purchased (to cover > the replacement of failed parts which are not generally > available), and it often comes down to 6 of one and half > dozen of the other if buy or lease is most cost effective. And the test equipment market IS competitive.. If vendor A thinks they can rent you the scope for $200 and Vendor B rents it for $240, Vendor A will get the job. The rental company cost structure isn't all that much different from the would be purchaser's, because you're all buying from the same vendor (e.g. Agilent). Jim

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Ogden • A slight move, made as his son-in-law allegedly fired a gun, may have saved James Evans' life.
"He turned his head at the right time," said Evans' wife, Tara Evans. "If he hadn't turned his head, he would have been [shot] in the back of the head."
James Evans, who turns 66 Tuesday, was identified Monday as the victim of Sunday's church shooting in Ogden. At a news conference at McKay-Dee Hospital with the Evans family, Barbara Kerwin, the hospital's ICU medical director, said the bullet entered near Evans' right ear and exited through his cheek. He did not suffer brain damage. And though Evans' jaw will need to be reconstructed, he is expected to recover.
Police are investigating why the man's 35-year-old son-in-law, Charles Richard Jennings Jr., of North Ogden, walked into the Catholic church and allegedly shot him while he was worshipping.
Ogden police Lt. Danielle Croyle said Jennings' father-in-law and his family were attending Sunday morning services just before noon at St. James the Just Catholic Church, 495 N. Harrison Blvd., when Jennings walked into the church, pulled out a gun and shot the man.
Jennings then ran from the church into a nearby neighborhood and allegedly stole a truck from a stranger at gunpoint. He was captured several hours later walking along Interstate 84 in Box Elder County after the truck ran out of gas as he apparently attempted to flee to Idaho.
Croyle said police plan to test Jennings' blood to determine if he was under the influence of drugs and alcohol during the shooting. Jennings has not been charged with a crime, though Croyle said prosecutors may examine the case Monday and determine charges. Croyle expects Jennings to be arraigned in court Tuesday.
Jennings' criminal history is limited to lower-level felonies and a misdemeanor, including theft and drug possession. In 2004, Jennings was convicted of theft and trying to tamper with a witness or juror, for which he served about a year in prison, according to Steve Gehrke, Utah Department of Corrections spokesman.
As a convicted felon, Jennings was not allowed to have a firearm. Croyle could not speak to how he obtained the handgun.
Jim Evans' pastor could not shed light on Jennings motive for the shooting although there were warning signs, he said.
"There had been threats," said the Rev. Erik Richtsteig, friend of the family and godfather to one of their grandchildren, but he declined to elaborate. "The focus now needs to be on Jim ... on people who are hurt," he added.
The St. James church members aren't the only ones praying for the Evans. Richtsteig had just returned Friday from a church trip to the Holy Land with a group of parishioners, including Jim and Tara Evans. Richtsteig heard that their tour guide had arranged for a prayer in Nazareth, Israel, for Jim Evans during the Mass on Monday.
The Mass schedule at St. James has returned to normal. Richtsteig had to cancel the Sunday evening Mass, since the building was a crime scene, but services resumed Monday morning.
"I didn't want evil to win," he said.
Richtsteig also plans to hold a liturgy of reparation Thursday evening to cleanse the church of the evil that happened there, per Catholic tradition.
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Take 20 of your layer cake squares and trace three sizes of circles on them.
We used (15) 10″ circles, (5) medium circles and (5) small circles.
Cups, plates and bowls are my favorite templates for circles.
After you have traced your circles on the fabric you will layer your materials. First batting, then backing material, right side toward you, then your layer cake square right side away from you.
Stitch 1/4″ inside the traced line leaving a 2″ opening that will be used to turn the circle right side out.
Trim on the line you originally drew.
Clip little notches every 1/2″ around the entire circle.
Turn the circles right side out. Press and top stitch. You don't need to turn the small opening.
Now lay the circles out in a pattern like the one above. Tuck the opening of every circle under another circle. Stitch in place.


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Many fun party conversations have started by whipping out a smartphone and sharing the latest and coolest apps. However, in educational settings we continually need to refocus the discussion around choosing apps to meet our instructional objectives rather than the other way around.
About a year ago, I published a list of all the apps I installed on our school's iPads. I still like that list, however, there are a number of drill-and-kill type apps that see occasional use in my classroom as well as those that require higher-level thinking and student creation which I use more often. I wanted to give our teachers options so I gave them tons of apps. However, my personal toolkit is much smaller. Here are my recommendations based around instructional needs in the area of literacy. The specific apps I recommend don't matter so much as how we they are used in the classroom:
Any voice recorder from the free and simple, Audio Memos to the pricier and more advanced, Garageband, can be used to have students record themselves reading. Data from Escondido Unified which used iPods and Voice Recorders with English Language Learners (back before iPhones and iPads existed) consistently shows that students showed growth. The key is having students record and then listen to themselves reading so that they hear the mistakes they don't hear when they're focused on decoding.
I've used Reader's Theater in my own classroom (find free printable reader's theater here or see our class reader's theater movie, The City Mouse and the Country Mouse). However, you can also use any passages that might target certain spelling patterns or sounds students are working on.
I like simple. StoryKit is a free iPhone app that works on the iPad and allows students to write, record their voice, add a photo, or draw on a page resembling kindergarten writing paper. If you want to publish a whole book from the iPad, the $5 Book Creator is a great option. Apple's free desktop app, iBooks Author is even better but it requires both an iPad and an updated Mac desktop or laptop. With iBooks Author you create the book on your computer and preview it on the iPad. You can easily import Keynote and Pages files into your final product. When you're ready for multimedia, iMovie is a great way to engage even the most unmotivated writers in writing something that will include audio, visuals and an audience.
Apps like Toontastic and PuppetPals are also fun. However, be careful, Toontastic teaches story crafting via a beginning, middle, and end structure. If you're a fan of Lucy Caulkins writer's workshop and the notion of expanding a single moment with details to make it something bigger rather than structuring a bare bones story sequentially, you will might not be happy with an app that would set you back to an outdated way of teaching writing even if it's more fun.
Learning Letter Sounds
Apps like the above mentioned Storykit can be used to have students make a book of letter sounds by taking pictures of things that begin with the sound /p/ for example. Student Tommy would end up with a page with photos of pencils, pictures, paint, and paintbrushes and then record his voice making the sound /p/ on the page. I know that you can find apps that give students the letter sounds while students passively listen but I'm much more in favor of having students create their own books with the sound in it. I suspect the learning is more internalized.
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We mourn our loss. A great hero in the fight of HIV disease and a great friend to many, Martin Delaney died this morning, January 23, 2009.
Martin Delaney was well known to many people. He was a pioneer and leader, and a key figure within the AIDS movement stretching from the beginning of the HIV epidemic to the present. The important role he played translated to the saving of many lives from HIV and AIDS. Besides his numerous and important accomplishments, he touched the hearts of almost any HIV-positive person he ever came in contact with.
It is exceedingly rare for someone who is not HIV-positive to completely and deeply understand what it is like to be infected. Marty was one of the few people who understood how HIV sufferers felt and what they had to deal with, without ever having the disease himself. It is also rare for someone who is HIV-negative to become an AIDS activist, let alone have the passion that Marty exhibited, combined with the tenacity and determination to accomplish as much as he did.
Many times we talked about absolutely everything, including the important players in government and industry, which treatments were promising and not, how to lead the community and organize, and how to be objective while being activist-minded. Marty was the architect of various research agendas and was one of the key individuals responsible for helping create the "expanded access programs" for HIV drugs, which eventually became official policy. Marty was one of the greatest influences on my approach to building a research and treatment clinic. He gave me the courage to run contrary to the daily currents and bureaucracy, for which he himself was well-known. As a result, I have conducted every expanded access program ever available and more than 150 clinical trials. Marty's influence was clear. His picture has always been on the wall behind my desk.
During the early, dismal years when PWA's (People with AIDS, as they once were known) were so very sick, Marty was making runs across the Mexican border to bring ribavirin into the U.S. for his HIV-infected friends, and doing whatever was needed to help people survive. While Marty himself was not infected with HIV, he was constantly involved in trying to save the lives of those who were. Quickly becoming a public figure, he worked behind the scenes with officials and consistently urged that change be made with rapid speed; many infected individuals would not die needlessly. He was involved in smuggling medicines into the U.S., and worked with Dr. Larry Waites in bringing national attention to Compound Q, a Chinese antineoplastic drug that had anti-HIV activity. This story was featured on a nationally televised special with Charlie Rose. He was often quoted in The New York Times and featured on many news and television interviews. He worked tirelessly with buyers clubs to obtain treatments that were not yet approved in the U.S. Later, he challenged drug companies on the pricing of HIV-related medications, and constantly worked to change government policy so that more people would have access to treatment.
Marty held regular educational meetings in San Francisco, and tirelessly spoke at educational seminars and meetings around the country, counseling countless people. In 1992, I arranged to hold a large community forum with Marty and myself, after attending a recent World AIDS conference. In a prior professional life Marty had taught public speaking, and I learned a great deal from his easygoing, simple, straightforward style. Our first forum together, held in the ballroom of the Belmont Hotel (located at Belmont and Sheridan) was a milestone for the Chicago HIV-positive community. It was attended by more than 400 people, and it was immediately apparent that all participants gained new hope and courage. A great deal of important information and education was provided on new antiviral research and how to deal with AIDS complications. That evening and later on he would encourage patients to learn what was available, and to take the initiative in discussing this openly with their doctor. Marty would say that if their physician was not amenable to being aggressive, then it was time to look for someone else for treatment. It was the first of 14 yearly updates that he and I conducted together in Chicago. These became extremely popular, and quite often a patient would inquire about when the "next one" would be scheduled.
Marty's yearly visit to Chicago was always a highlight for me because we'd spend some extra time together. Whenever we'd go out to eat, it was often to a restaurant in the community where we could "boy watch," while we discussed AIDS politics, treatment, research, and also gossip.
Marty was outspoken and not afraid to speak his mind, and did so without hesitation. To me, whenever Marty was outspoken and critical, which was not rare, he was never wrong. I marveled at his audacity. He often criticized the "system" and sometimes criticized pharmaceutical companies for their marketing approaches and pricing. I learned to maintain this sense of urgency from him, and when I was challenged for being outspoken or for a particular treatment approach, Marty would come to my aid. He was always insightful about evaluating results of HIV research, which oftentimes contradicted pharmaceutical company conclusions. I can still hear him say things like, "These pharmaceutical companies always say that." Although Marty did not hold a degree in medicine, he could converse with the most respected researchers on a very high level, and often interpreted results of technical research without difficulty.
On a Friday in 1996, Marty and I were both going to Washington, D.C. for different FDA Drug Advisory Committee meetings. Marty was present for the meetings discussing the approval of Norvir and Crixivan, and I was going to the FDA's Endocrinologic and Metabolic Drugs Advisory Committee to testify in support of Serono's human growth hormone for AIDS wasting. We met up to talk after both meetings concluded. While Marty recounted on the unanimous vote for the approval of the two protease inhibitors, my committee voted 7-6 against approval of growth hormone treatment, which we felt was saving countless lives of people affected with wasting. During those early days, AIDS activism was made Marty Delaney style. He immediately knew how to mount pressure on the FDA. Behind the scenes, there became a focused drive that compelled the FDA into granting accelerated approval despite the committee's vote against; little did many know about the efforts of Marty as well as other activists including Bill Thorne and Jeff Getty of ACT UP Golden Gate (now known as Survive AIDS), Treatment Action Group (TAG), and AIDS Project Los Angeles.
Despite our geographical distance, we made a point of talking by phone on a regular basis. I had visited him many times in San Francisco, and we always made a point of doing dinner during many of the major conferences. During one conference in Amsterdam, we both coincidently bumped into each other at the same boy strip bar, and we laughed so hard that night.
Marty was one of the few AIDS activists that rubbed shoulders with the likes of Robert Gallo, the co-discoverer of HIV, and Tony Fauci, Director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), on a regular basis. He understood government politics and knew how to maneuver among policy makers. He knew everyone in industry and was well respected throughout. As founding director of Project Inform (1985) he was instrumental in leading national HIV treatment, policy, and advocacy until 2008, but continued being involved and working on other AIDS-related projects until his death. He founded the Fair Pricing Coalition, which works on drug pricing issues with pharmaceutical companies in the field of HIV/AIDS and hepatitis, and was a member of the AIDS Treatment Activists Coalition (ATAC). He was also a member of NIAID's National Advisory Council from 1995-98, as well as numerous other committees and boards, and was recently honored with the NIAID Director's Special Recognition Award for his many contributions in the fight against HIV/AIDS. Without Marty, many individuals would have died long ago.
Over the years, it always impressed me how Marty had a knack for making any HIV-positive individual feel hopeful. During many community meetings, individuals would come up to him for advice on all sorts of HIV-related problems, sometimes dismal, but they'd come away feeling better and more optimistic. He always made time for everyone. I do not exaggerate when I describe Martin Delaney as being something of an angel on earth. He had the biggest of hearts. If there ever was a true saint, Marty is one. He was a true hero and I am blessed to have known him and for him to have been my friend. I, and countless others, will miss him dearly.
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Brussels, 04 October 2012
The EU and the International Fund for Agricultural Development sign a partnership to improve sustainable agriculture
Today in Brussels, European Union Commissioner for Development Andris Piebalgs and the President of the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD), Kanayo F. Nwanze, signed a Memorandum of Understanding to further strengthen the cooperation between the EU and IFAD on agriculture.
Through this enhanced partnership, the EU and IFAD will jointly address challenges in sustainable agriculture and food and nutrition security, in order to reduce poverty in rural communities in developing countries. Priorities lie in developing technologies for sustainable agricultural intensification (i.e. increasing production by using resources more efficiently) and promoting innovative rural financing mechanisms (like private-public funding facilities) that primarily benefit women and men smallholder farmers. Other focus areas are providing assistance for small farmers to adapt to climate change and securing equitable access to land. An example of this partnership is the Support to Farmers Organisations in Africa Programme, co-financed by the EU (EUR 5 Mio) and the IFAD (USD 1.5 Mio). This programme contributed to strengthen Farmer Organisations and to enable them to influence policies so that smallholders' needs are better taken into account. A follow-up programme (Farmers Africa) is being designed with an EU financing of 26.9 Mio EUR, in order to build on the first results.
Commissioner Piebalgs stated: "With the need to double food production by 2025, the world is facing a tremendous challenge to which we can only respond by investing properly in agriculture. Agriculture is also key to inclusive growth, as we have said in our Agenda for Change. I am therefore delighted that we will work as partners on this. Joining forces will enable us to better achieve sustainable small scale agriculture and build resilience in developing countries."
President Nwanze said: "Partnership has always been central to IFAD's business model. The European Union has been a strong partner for us over the years, for example in agricultural research and the Food Facility. IFAD has long recognised that when rural women and men are supported with productive resources, and when they are empowered, they can be the agents of sustainable and lasting change. Today's agreement is a concrete step in scaling-up our joint efforts towards creating the conditions in which poor rural people can not only feed themselves, but can also help feed the more than 9 billion people who will inhabit our planet by 2050."
The International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) works with poor rural people to enable them to grow and sell more food, increase their incomes and determine the direction of their own lives. Since 1978, IFAD has invested almost US$14 billion in grants and low-interest loans to developing countries through projects empowering about 400 million people to break out of poverty, thereby helping to create vibrant rural communities. IFAD is an international financial institution and a specialized UN agency based in Rome – the United Nations' food and agriculture hub. It is a unique partnership of 168 members from the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC), other developing countries and the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD).
On 27 June 2011, EU Commissioner for Development, Andris Piebalgs, and European Commissioner for Humanitarian Aid and Crisis Response, Kristalina Georgieva, signed a Statement of Intent on Programmatic cooperation on Food Security and Nutrition with the heads of the UN's Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO), IFAD and the World Food Programme (WFP) to further improve cooperation between the EU and these Rome based Agencies. Today's Memorandum of Understanding is a direct follow-up to this initiative.
The European Commission invests around € 1 billion in agriculture and food and nutrition security every year. It has pledged to reduce the number of stunted children (those who haven't grown and developed enough due to a lack of access to the right sort of food) by at least 7 million through its development programmes by 2025.
The EU believes that part of the solution to the food and nutrition challenge lies in helping countries to capitalise on their potential for increased agricultural production, particularly in Africa. Agricultural growth represents a crucial remedy to hunger and poverty.
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FULLERTON — Neither coach was happy, though both were, once again, in first place.
That was the aftermath of Cal State Fullerton's 2-1 Big West Conference baseball victory over visiting UC Irvine on Saturday before 2,092 at Goodwin Field.
UCI (20-7, 4-1 in conference), which pounded the Titans, 15-3, Friday to move a game ahead of them atop the Big West standings, will reflect upon offensive and defensive failures in Saturday's setback.
"It's one of those real frustrating ones that is triply, quadruplely frustrating, because it's so important," said UCI Coach Mike Gillespie, who lamented his team's lack of execution on bunts, hit-and-run situations, would-be double plays, base running, as well as pitchers' command.
"Tonight, they exploited our failure to execute," Gillespie said. "We couldn't execute … It's the way games are won and lost."
Titans Coach Dave Serrano said his pitching, led by starter Noe Ramirez — an All-American who struck out nine and allowed one run on seven hits in 7 1/3 innings — helped his team overcome some miscues, as well.
"It went down to the last pitch and tonight was a typical Cal State Fullerton-UC Irvine game," Serrano said. "But there is still sloppiness on our part. The average person in the stands doesn't understand, but we missed three signs and we made some base-running blunders. We are just not playing smart baseball and that's why I scratch my head with this team.
"We're fortunate enough to come off this field with a victory today, because I thought we did some things that allowed them to stay in the ballgame and make it close to the last pitch with the tying run 90 feet away."
UCI, which had hits to lead off five innings, left three runners at third base, including Drew Hillman, who singled to open the ninth against closer Nick Ramirez.
Hillman went to second on Ronnie Shaeffer's sacrifice bunt and went to third on a groundout by Christian Ramirez. But Jon Hurst struck out to end the game, giving Nick Ramirez his seventh save.
Noe Ramirez, now 5-2, ended the third, fourth and seventh innings with strikeouts to help mitigate the Anteaters' 8-4 advantage in hits.
Two singles and a sacrifice fly put the Titans (22-9, 4-1), ranked No. 12 by Baseball America, on top in the first inning.
Hillman singled, went to second on a groundout and scored on Christian Ramirez's single to knot things in the second.
Fullerton scored the game-winner in the fifth. With one out, Jared Deacon singled and went to second on a wild pitch. After Kyle Hooper relieved starter Andrew Thurman, Matt Orloff walked. Ivory Thomas followed with a ground ball that might have been a double play. But shortstop D.J. Crumlich appeared to have trouble getting it out of his glove and second baseman Tommy Reyes' subsequent relay throw to first was low and skipped past first baseman Jordan Leyland far enough for Deacon to score.
Thurman allowed one earned run on three hits in 4 1/3 innings to take the loss. Hillman, the only Anteaters' starter to go hitless in Friday's 16-hit barrage, paced UCI by going two for four Saturday.
UCI, ranked No. 16 in the USA Today/ESPN poll, will start junior Crosby Slaught, 12-0 in his career as a starter, in Sunday's series finale at 2 p.m.
"I think it will be another dogfight Sunday," Gillespie said.
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Cal State Fullerton 2, UC Irvine 1
Thurman, Hooper (5), Litchfield (8) and Shaeffer; No. Ramirez, Floro (8), Ni. Ramirez (9) and Deacon. W – Ramirez, 5-2. L – Thurman, 1-3. Sv – Ni. Ramirez (7). 2B – Leyland (UCI).


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Today it was with great sadness and pain that I opened my genealogy program to make a new entry: the death date of my beloved sister-in-law Ginger Marie. At 55, Ginger was much too young to go. Her life was filled with beauty and greatness and her family and friends are going to miss her more than mere words can ever express.
Ginger lived in Woodland Hills, Los Angeles County, California at her death on March 10, 2011. She had moved back to Woodland Hills only a few months ago, previously living in San Jose, California with Phil Jarone, her cousin and great friend.
Ginger was born to Kilbourne Eugene Fisher and Millicent Lenore Jarone on February 18, 1956 in San Jose, California. She was the eldest of four, with Melody, Candy and Marc coming later. She always took her job as "big sister" extremely seriously. Although in her early big-sister years she sometimes tested evil tendencies ("Melody, pick up that bee and see what happens,"), her later big sister years were filled with the amazing outpouring of love and patience and even more love for both of her sisters and her brother (and me!). There isn't a doubt in anyone's mind that her siblings meant the world to her.
She also had a great deal of love for her first cousin, once removed, Phil Jarone. Phil was more than a first cousin, once removed to Ginger (and to all of the family). Phil is a friend, stand-in grandfather, uncle and wonder. Ginger loved Phil immensely and one of the most fun things she ever talked about was their trip to Catalina Island together. Her friend, Jason Barnett, is also someone who cannot be left unmentioned as important in Ginger's life. Jason has been a part of our family due to his closeness with Ginger for many years and I know that many of Ginger's happiest of times were when she was with Jason.
Ginger also adored her nieces and nephews and great nieces and nephews. Her sister Candy's children, April, Autumn and Carl, are older and have stories of their own to tell of Aunt Gin, but I do know that she spent a lot of time bragging and admiring those three beautiful children/now-adults. As to her "newer" niece and nephew, my children, all I can say is that their Aunt Gin is leaving a great gynormous whole in their little hearts. Their Aunt Gin was a very big part of their lives and they spent a lot of time with her. I think they secretly loved her so very much because she had so much in common with their dad. From monsters to movies to super heroes, Aunt Gin knew all the cool stuff just like Daddy. What they haven't figured out yet is that Daddy knew it and loved it because his big sister, Ginger, taught him.
I have heard stories about how she used to watch Creature Features with Marc on Friday nights (a tradition which Marc has continued with our daughter). The difference is that Marc doesn't: a) have Signa brush his hair through it; and, b) Marc doesn't make Signa sleep on the floor in our room after watching a scary movie like the Exorcist. But the fact remains that in many ways, Marc has tailored his parenting to house some of the "parenting" that his big sister did for him. Ginger was always protective of Marc and showed him so many fun things in life, from music to movies to art. Marc does the same for our children.
For my own memories of Ginger, one of my favorite things was her ability to tell a story. She would get so caught up in the meaning and the ending that she would just make up words that were too troublesome to remember. One of the best occasions of this has lived on for decades and I'm sure will for decades to come. She was telling a story about Macaulay Culkin, the child from the movie Home Alone. She didn't even try to get his name right and just said, "Corn McCracken." We all had a good laugh, but in fact we knew exactly what she meant. Just as we always did.
Ginger was the first of Marc's family that I met 26 years ago. Marc brought me to her house for Thanksgiving and I remember thinking that she was one of the most beautiful women I'd ever seen. She was striking with her beautiful hair and make-up and she was an awesome hostess. I remember her beautiful smile throughout the day as she served up platters of food. Later, as I grew to know her better, I found that there was a difference in Ginger Smiles. When I first met her, she had that classic Ginger fake smile. It was beautiful on her, but if you were really, really lucky, you would get to see her flash a REAL genuine smile. And that would absolutely blow you away.
When Marc and I lived with Ginger, she and I used to watch taped episodes of All My Children together in the mornings while eating breakfast and putting on our makeup on the floor of the living room. I decided that one thing she will miss the most is her AMC, since I know she still watched it religiously. So I set it to tape on the DVR and from now on, I'll watch it for her. Maybe she can peek over my shoulder as the TV is on and get caught up.
I don't think there was ever a moment when I was in Ginger's presence that she didn't have me smiling. She made me laugh and cry, but most of all, she made me smile. It's rare for me, but she somehow through the years, without trying, earned a sacred place in my heart where I house those who I unconditionally love. Somehow, no matter what, Ginger had my full love. Always did and always will.
Ginger is survived by her mother, Millie Mascot of Copperopolis, CA, her beloved cousin Phil Jarone of San Jose, CA, her brother, Marc Mascot of Livermore, CA, her sister, Melody Kinnard of Granite Bay, CA, and her sister, Candy Lann of Sacramento, CA, and close friend, Jason Barnett of Burbank, CA. She also has two nephews and three nieces, and eight great nieces and nephews. And a host of other friends and relatives that will miss her.
Ginger is preceded in death by her grandparents and her beloved Kitty Juan Jesus Valdez. Kitty Juan, as he was known, was fed shrimp all his life (called, "Shrimpies!" with the exclamation point) and was a beautiful, wonderful jerk of a cat who lived to be close to 30. He meant the world to Ginger and if there is any good in the afterlife, she is petting Kitty Juan right now and feeding him giant shrimpies in the sky.
As I looked for a quote or poem to end this writing, I couldn't decide what to exactly look for, so I just browsed. I came across this, "When you are sorrowful look again in your heart, and you shall see that in truth you are weeping for that which has been your delight," by Kahlil Gibran. This seemed to fit perfectly, as it's true; I am crying for the delight that was Ginger. I think she'd like that.
But maybe not as much as she'd like this one to excuse her absence from our lives:
"You will, I trust, excuse that I do not join you but I have dined already and I never drink…wine." –Dracula


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Stop each broker in the cluster, using the imqcmd command.
Restart the brokers that will remain in the cluster, using the imqbrokerd command's -cluster option to specify only those remaining brokers.
For example, suppose you originally created a cluster consisting of brokers A, B, and C by starting each of the three with the command
imqbrokerd -cluster A,B,C
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The Buffalo Bills just added a big body to the interior of their defensive line.
NFL.com's Ian Rapoport reported Tuesday that defensive tackle Alan Branch has signed a contract worth $3 million, plus up to $350,000 in incentives. The contract information was provided by Blake Baratz, Branch's agent. The Bills later confirmed Branch's signing.
"It's kind of a prove-it year," Branch said during his introductory news conference at Bills headquarters. "I gotta go out there and show my work if I want to have a job with these guys or whoever wants to get me next.
"My whole thing is, if I got a chance to bet on myself, I'm going to choose me every time because I know what I'm capable of."
Branch, 28, likely will serve as a situational run defender who'll see time behind starting tackles Marcel Dareus and Kyle Williams.
Branch spent the last two seasons with the Seattle Seahawks, starting 31 games and finishing with 37 tackles and four sacks. His career began with the Arizona Cardinals, who selected him 33rd overall in the 2007 NFL Draft.
Branch is a physical specimen, standing at 6-foot-6 and weighing 325 pounds. He gives new defensive coordinator Mike Pettine another chess piece on the Bills' talented defensive line.
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|Julianne Buescher puppeteer
|Jodi St. Michael body
|Toby Huss voice
Tennessee O'Neal is the most sensitive of the Country Bears band in the film The Country Bears. He plays the "One String Thang" and is a soulful singer and dynamic force onstage. Offstage, he is an emotional, nervous wreck. He quit the band when the love of his life Trixie left him and started dating a panda instead (Fred Bedderhead: "What's with the pandas? They get everything."). He then tried to be a marriage counselor, but he broke down in heaving sobs during his sessions with clients. Even though Tennessee agreed to rejoin the band for Beary, his anxiety attacks about seeing Trixie again nearly killed him.
Julianne Buescher puppeteered Tennessee's face and laid down the original vocal track, and Jodi St. Michael was the suit performer. Don Henley provided Tennessee's singing voice when Tennessee and Trixie are reunited onstage singing their love duet.
Julianne Buescher stated in a 2007 interview that among the characters she has puppeteered, Tennesee is her favorite:
"The one I always think of first is Tennessee...that bear had a beautifully built head (by John Criswell) and his emotional range was a challenge. It was also incredible to watch him sing his ballad (which was cut short in the film), and his "rocker snarl" was sweet![1]"
- ↑ An Interview with Julianne Buescher. The Muppet Newsflash. March 2007.


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The first exhibition of works by Hijack, son of street artist Mr Brainwash, has opened in London.
In 2010, Bristol-based street artist Banksy released documentary Exit Through the Gift Shop, which charted the rise of French filmmaker-turned street artist Thierry Guetta. Guetta, living in LA at the time, adopted the name Mr Brainwash and shot to fame, selling works of graffiti art for vast sums.Picture: Melanie Pinetta


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Ring Verse
The Ring-inscription is a Black Speech inscription in Tengwar upon the One Ring, symbolising the Ring's power to control the other Rings of Power.
Normally the One Ring appears perfectly plain and featureless, but when heated in a fire the inscription appears in fiery letters inside and outside the Ring. A drawing of the Inscription appears in Book I, Chapter 2 of The Fellowship of the Ring, "The Shadow of the Past". A transliteration appears in Book II, Chapter 2, "The Council of Elrond", where the inscription is read by Gandalf:
Ash nazg durbatulûk, ash nazg gimbatul, ash nazg thrakatulûk, agh burzum-ishi krimpatulMordor, are physically painful to any Elf who hears them (as well as any other words of that language), most probably because of the power and the shadow they bring (the Shadow being the more harmful to the elves). It seems that the inscription uses Elvish lettering because the other Rings of Power were made by the Elves.
Roughly translated, they mean:
One Ring to rule them all, One Ring to find them, One Ring to bring them all, and in the darkness bind them
Note: some recent editions of The Fellowship of the Ring accidentally omit the first two clauses of this phrase from Chapter 2.
The entire poem reads:
- Three Rings for the Elven-kings under the sky,
Seven for the Dwarf-lords in their halls of stone,
Nine for Mortal Men doomed to die,
One for the Dark Lord on his dark throne
In the Land of Mordor where the Shadows lie.
One Ring to rule them all, One Ring to find them,
One Ring to bring them all, and in the darkness bind them,
In the Land of Mordor where the Shadows lie.
Gandalf first learned of the Ring-inscription when he read the account that Isildur had written before marching north to his death and the loss of the Ring. When Isildur had cut the ring from Sauron's hand, it was burning hot, and so Isildur was able to transcribe the inscription before it faded.
When Gandalf subsequently heated the ring that Bilbo Baggins had found and passed on to Frodo the inscription appeared, leaving him in no doubt that it was the One Ring.


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Patrice Stanley
Class of 1996
Major/Minor: Political Science
Political Science Alumni Patrice Stanley '96, is a candidate for Maryland State Delegate (District 37B). District 37B includes Talbot County and portions of Dorchester, Caroline and Wicomico counties on Maryland's Eastern Shore. Patrice is running unopposed in the Democratic primary and will appear on the ballot in this year's general election. Patrice received her B.A. in Political Sciencefrom Washington College. While in college, Patrice was an intern at the White House and at the Maryland General Assembly. While attending Washington College, she also had an article entitled "The Realities of Moving Welfare Recipients to Workfare Perspectives on Education and Training for AFDC Recipients." published in the Journal of Intergroup Relations.


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Status Report is included in our news feed.
December 20, 1971 |Volume 6, Number 24
NHTSA extends rollover compliance by giving automakers option to meet new roof standards instead
Study shows lap safety belts and energy absorbing steering columns reduces driver injury in a crash
California asks Congress to allow state to keep its bumper law even if federal law is passed
Fuel leak study yields interesting results, encouraging examination of entire fuel systems
NHTSA seeks ban of substandard tires sales, citing those marked for off-road use still end up on public highways
IIHS releases "Too high a price", a film urging use of technology to save lives on the road
December 6, 1971 |Volume 6, Number 23
NTSB urges underride protection standards
In largest motor vehicle recall ever, GM recalls 6.7 million vehicles to modify motor mounts
Recall bill introduced in Senate, bill requires manufacturers to pay for safety-related defects in addition to notifying consumers
School bus safety drawing Congressional support, three bills recently introduced
Tests show many model cars still incur costly damage despite new NHTSA bumper standards
Study shows side window ejections up, raising questions about passive restraint equipment
Wear and tear of safety belts studied, most substantially weaker within 3 years
November 19, 1971 |Volume 6, Number 22
Special issue: 1972 low-speed test results
Senate passes, House studying damage bill
November 16, 1971 |Volume 6, Number 21
Tests show dangers of small or "economy" cars
In brief: Small and large car impact tests
Crash test shows need for hood penetration rule
November 1, 1971 |Volume 6, Number 20
NHTSA amends bumper rule for some cars citing difficulty to comply
Test speeds for each model year FMVSS 215
Safety council conference yields recommendation to use fact base information for promotion highway safety themes
National Safety Council tables decision to support mandatory belt use legislation
DOT youths advisory group rebukes agency, calls for increased federal funding and stricter drunk driving laws
Vermont emergency medical shows great improvement in one year
Public split on speed control for police cars
NHTSA requires 'take-home' safety information for consumers
NHTSA studies Michigan's lower traffic death rate for clues
Oesch joins IIHS
NY repairman awarded highway safety award for anti-booby trap effort
NAIA, NHTSA vow to fight drunk driving
NHTSA announces public meeting on tire grading
October 18, 1971 |Volume 6, Number 19
FCC ordered to review public service announcement rule which may affect auto ads
NHTSA calls for independent tests of lower control arm parts
Article reprint from 'Parade' magazine: How good is the "balloon test" for drunk drivers?
DOT makes experimental safety vehicle program information available to public
National Driver Register information to remain restricted denying states and FAA DWI data
Federal bumper standard revised increasing impact speeds for 1974 model cars
October 4, 1971 |Volume 6, Number 18
Study on safety belt use shows unexpected behaviors
DOT gives two-year delay on air bag requirements
Introducing air bags to the public without proper testing could have lasting results
Two state standards, student transportation and accident investigation, under review by Congress
Buying tires may become less confusing under NHTSA proposed tire quality grading rule
DOT announces advisory committee members
September 20, 1971 |Volume 6, Number 17
IIHS study reveals head restraints' effectiveness
Small car safety standards under fire as R. Nader rails against VW bug and bus
Nader threatens legal action against NHTSA for withholding vehicle safe defects from public
Nader alleges 13 safety defects
Pre-arrest testing for drunk driving now allowed in seven states
Rosenstein joins IIHS
September 7, 1971 |Volume 6, Number 16
NHTSA overhauls vehicle standards to emphasize overall performance over individual parts
Latest draft of vehicle standards would end 12 current regulations
NHTSA pressed update announcement on Ford lower control arm investigation
As legislative sessions close, only five of 37 states pass bumper bill laws
DOT allocates $75 million in matching funds to states for highway safety
Insurance questions DOT preemption of state bumper laws
NTSB urges better driver education programs
Private safety organization issues child restraint information with concerns as NHTSA lags behind
August 16, 1971 |Volume 6, Number 15
MD to institute safety requirement recommendations for school buses
New bill would require all buses and trucks to permanent record device
NHTSA reassures states after panic over federal funding
Nader criticizes NHTSA's actions on crash-damage information
California bumper law enacted: may escape preemption
Bureau of Motor Carrier Safety proposes 'no-tampering' rule for all interstate commerce vehicles
NHTSA budget approved, agency to receive $105.9 million
Toms confirmed as NHTSA head
NHTSA gets research office
July 26, 1971 |Volume 6, Number 14
NTSB urges DOT to step up pedestrian safety measures
Call to implement Keel-Hauling test ignored for 10 years
New effort sought in Ford control arm investigation
NHTSA test center certain as funding bill enters conference
Lead researcher sees danger in only attributing drunk driving to problem drinkers
DOT expands alcohol safety program
DOT signs $1 experimental safety vehicle contract with Ford
State Farm releases "You're money's worth of car", a film on crashworthiness that uses IIHS footage
July 12, 1971 |Volume 6, Number 13
DOT ends underride prevention efforts citing requirement costs
Comment: Underride foes use same weak argument as those against roadside hazards
NHTSA weakens safety belt warning rule
NTSB urges liquid oxygen cargo tank rules
Editorial: Safer at a lower speed
NTSB highlights biggest challenges to highway safety including truck-car 'mixing'
Public service radio series on roadside hazards now available
Insurance industry urged to support loss prevention programs
N.C. study finds no link between crashes and driver violation history
Former Allstate insurance chair named to head DOT advisory council
Official fears 'nationalization' of highway safety undermines state progress
June 21, 1971 |Volume 6, Number 12
DOT amends bumper requirements in attempt to strengthen rule
DOT offers alternative to property damage bill
NTSB again urges occupant restraints for buses
Clarification- book "The pavers and the paved" by IIHS staffer Ben Kelley not available through IIHS
June 7, 1971 |Volume 6, Number 11
Disposable breath testers unreliable, study shows
State group recommends chemical test for drunk drivers
NHTSA opposes Hart 'bumper bill'
Research Librarian Davis joins Institute
NHTSA says industry weak on defect notifications
Auto insurers in unique position to advocate for highway safety
DOT vehicle test site chosen after five year wait for funding
NHTSA announces consumer affairs and public information secretary
May 24, 1971 |Volume 6, Number 10
Auto makers: bumper rule too tough, ask for delay in requirement implentation
Amendment introduced for slightly tougher bumper rule
Gov. Mandel signs Maryland bumper bill
Correction: Average low speed crash repair costs
Senate panel told roadside hazards should be publicly marked
NHTSA seeks state help in halting sales of unsafe tires
Wet pavement hazards concern House subcommittee
GM hedges on defect data request
Time extension for firefighting vehicles to meet safety standards proposed
Insurance company launches radio campaign on highway hazards
Institute film "...In the crash" wins award
Writer Michael Hartford joins IIHS
May 10, 1971 |Volume 6, Number 9
Institute tests show DOT's latest rear bumper standard offers less protection than before
1971 low speed crash test results
Auto makers continue passive restraint fight, request judicial review
Passive restraints defined
The generations split: younger support speed controls while older do not
NHTSA appropriation hearings on '72 FY budget opened
April 26, 1971 |Volume 6, Number 8
DOT's newly issued bumper standard to have a wide range of ripple effects, meanwhile DOT is being challenged on its claim that the standard preempts state law
Permitted damage: Despite new standards areas such as windshields and trunk and door hinges are not included
Requests for energy managing bumper ignored by DOT
DOT rule's impact on states: dispute brewing
AMIA warning: auto lobby will use weak DOT standard to quash stronger bills now pending
Unit prices for crash replacement parts found to vary greatly
Auto safety group urges GM to share new car defect data and asks DOT to expand its rule on defect reporting
Despite limited power, NHTSA seeks better defect reporting
Following its investigation to a 29 car pile-up, NTSB sees hazard in mixing trucks and cars on road, makes recommendations to increase safety
NTSB youth advisory committee backs speed control measures, agency suggests lowering NHTSA proposed max speed limit
NTSB urges new dangerous cargo guidelines, offers new framework in place of current system
Eiswirth joins IIHS research staff
IIHS official commended
April 12, 1971 |Volume 6, Number 7
DOT to no longer fund safety career programs
National advisory council backs bill allowing DOT to set standards to reduce property damage
Maryland is second state to pass bumper law, requires vehicles to withstand low impact crashes
President's task force on highway safety urges state incentives, better data
NTSB repeats recommendations for bus passenger restraints and improved signage on divided highways
Nixon nominates new NHTSA administrator
NHTSA extends comment time extended on speed controls
NHTSA proposes motorcycle brake standard
Burkhardt joins IIHS
March 29, 1971 |Volume 6, Number 6
DOT revises and weakens its stance on passive restraints
Nader asks DOT to explain postponement
Deployment speed:
Public splits with car makers, supports NHTSA on speed control
Fiat says speed limitations illogical citing bored drivers and faster cars are safer cars
FL court says pre-arrest blood-alcohol tests constitutional
North Dakota adopts limited pre-arrest test law for suspected drunk drivers
AMA gets new president
Three states refute DOT safety 'report card' rating
Despite more states introducing bumper bills, getting them passed proves difficult
'Minimum damage' bill introduced in House
Hertz, Avis asked to share defect data with NHTSA
Nixon 'revenue sharing' plan to include safety funds, allowing states to use as they see fit as opposed to pre-designated safety funds
Vermont study says state emergency medical service inadequate, 25 percent die of survivable injuries
Reitz joins IIHS staff
Correction: Average crash cost for 1970 sedans
March 10, 1971 |Volume 6, Number 5
Institute low speed crash cost test how pattern of damage seems worse than previous year
NHTSA maintains disproportionate car-truck air brake rule
Braking Rules: stopping distance, dry vs. wet, and "lockup"
Correction: clarification on car repairability bill
Dry vs. wet:
'Lockup' prohibition:
Time extension rule for comments to NHTSA changed
Passive restraint deadline postponed
Nat'l Association of Fleet Administrators support speed control, bus owners want exemption
March 1, 1971 |Volume 6, Number 4
DOT says 19 states fail on highway safety standards, same number as last year
DOT safety ranking system and how the states rank
DOT establishes task force to restructure state safety standards
Federal bumper bills requiring damage-resistant front and rear ends introduced in Senate
Four more states consider strengthen bumper bills, 20 total states now considering
Scientist, AAA criticize DOT bumper plan, says plan decreases overall vehicle safety
Sen. Edward Speno, New York safety advocate, dies
Auto insurer says auto makers and insurers share same interests and asks to work together in loss reduction effort
President requests $175 million for highway safety, an $80 million increase
Insurance group urges NHTSA to adopt auto speed control rule
Rep. Blatnik questions federal pace of improving hazards in highway design and construction
NHTSA tightens defect reporting rules for manufacturers
Court upholds regrooved tire regulation
Consumer information program improved, requiring manufacturers to provide "take away" information for comparison shopping
Locks and latches standard change proposed, to include motor homes and campers
February 15, 1971 |Volume 6, Number 3
NHTSA writes weakened interim rule
Licensed Beverage Industry ads mislead public, says Transportation Secretary Volpe
California tackles alcohol ignorance problem, begins campaign to educate CTSF begins campaign to inform CA residents about existing laws
Five more states consider tougher bumper bills
NTSB studies earthquake damage in CA to assess road and bridge strength
Stapp awarded distinguished service medal for research in crashworthiness
NHTSA establishes committee to involve young people in highway safety crusade
Nader helps pen an "action manual for lemon owners", teaching consumers what they can do when they buy a defective car
Ralph Nader releases makes public letter of criticism sent to Ford
Congress shifts traffic safety responsibility away for state governors, weakening highway safety acts, says MI state traffic safety organization
Helicopter rescues prove successful
February 1, 1971 |Volume 6, Number 2
Auto makers say NHTSA standard on bumpers too stiff
Many states push the issue and introduce better bumpers requirements
IA and PA issue broad loss reduction program proposals
SC state council scores 'muscle cars'
Safe child seats difficult to get, Congress considers issuing warning to consumers
Should FAA review traffic violations before issuing flight certificates?
Study says crashworthiness at 60 mph reasonable goal
January 18, 1971 |Volume 6, Number 1
'70 Highway Act creates NHTSA and strengthens safety program
Congress continues NHTSA funds despite SST dispute
Baton Rouge receives award for breath-test program
Student law group SMASH submits 'bumper standard' proposal to NHTSA
Canadian survey: most would pay for harder-to-damage cars
Transportation Secretary details staff use of test cars
Safety countermeasures urged for trucks, buses
MacKay named chairman of Institute board
Federal efforts target on four fronts on drinking and driving
Education -HEW-DOT compact
Funding--20 more projects
Research -$300 million in new act
Advocacy-Women's forum
Benefits of safer breakaway sign posts and other safety devices imeasurably save lives
NHTSA issues/proposes new standards on flammability, roof strength, etc.
Blickstein joins IIHS staff
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"Those who own and use lighting systems benefit tremendously when they rely on qualified lighting-system consultants to design a new system or an upgrade to an existing system," says John Bachner, executive director of the National Lighting Bureau (NLB). Some 300 lighting-system designers are listed on the NLB website, and all are encouraged to include themselves.
According to Bachner, effective design results in what the NLB has dubbed "High-Benefit Lighting," meaning lighting that provides benefits such as improved worker productivity, fewer production errors, enhanced safety and health,and increased security. "The nature of the benefits received depends on the venue involved," Bachner noted. "In retail situations, effective outdoor lighting calls attention to a store at night and, when the store has a parking lot, good lighting creates an immediate image of safety. More shoppers lead to more sales. More sales can mean enhanced rental income and improved building resale value. In offices and manufacturing facilities, better lighting results in higher rates of productivity and fewer errors. And in just about all cases, a good lighting-system consultant can design a system that minimizes the amount of energy consumed to provide lighting that achieves other bottom-line benefits."
Most lighting-system consultants have specialties. As such, prospective clients would be well-advised to ask about consultants' pertinent experience. But there's more to it than that, as is explained in a guidance document, "How To Select a Lighting-System Designer," available free on NLB's website.
"Reducing energy consumption and utility costs are important benefits of new or improved lighting," said Bachner, also cautioning, "The quality of the lighting is far more important, dollar-wise, given that a 1% productivity improvement can easily be worth $400 per year for just one worker, while a 50% lighting-energy savings for the same worker might be worth $40 or less. Fortunately, when you rely on a well-qualified lighting designer, it's highly probable that you'll be able to achieve a 50% energy saving and a two, three, or more percent productivity improvement."
Bachner noted that there is no cost to use the NLB's lighting-system designer database, nor is there one for lighting-system designers who want to be listed.


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The Dollar Wallet Plus is like its older cousin. It's a little more mature, more refined. The Dollar Wallet Plus can be upgraded and customized to your heart's content. It starts at two dollars and is made of high-quality American-sourced plywood and the same non-roll elastic available to upgrade with multiple colors and patterns.
We've made our way through about a half a dozen prototypes to the version you see today. It started as a sketch in my notebook at work, first laid out horizontally, then as I shared the idea with a few friends, shifted to vertical.
Then I made a cardboard sample which lasted all of one morning before I got excited, drove to A.C. Moore, bought some craft plywood and carved a new sample in the workshop at work on my lunch hour. I carried that prototype for a week as I researched options for final materials. I settled on 3/32″ Taskboard for the Dollar Wallet and 1/16″ Aircraft craft plywood for the Dollar Wallet Plus. Both offer rigidity and durability from a high-quality material that will thrive in your pocket all day and a high value to cost ratio to keep production costs low enough to make the Dollar Wallet affordable for everyone. I rented time on a local laser cutter to make production prototypes of both materials, stained them, and began testing in my pocket and with friends.
The production prototypes you see are laser cut, as the final version will be. The only minor modifications remaining to be made before production are tightening up the notches for the elastic on the sides to fit the band more snugly, and using better stitching to secure the elastic.
Production prototypes are expensive. In order to make this product a reality we need to use the funds from this Kickstarter to purchase our supplies in bulk and purchase a laser cutter to install in our garage studio allow us to make the wallets as efficiently as possible.
Production of the Dollar Wallet starts with the raw boards, which get laser cut into the Dollar Wallet shape. Meanwhile, the elastic bands are cut and sewn into a loop. Then the Dollar Wallets are stained, and if they will be laser etched, put back into the laser cutter to be etched, then clear coated to protect the exposed etching. Then the elastic is placed in the notches and the Dollar Wallet is complete.
After the success of our kickstarter will will immediately order the supplies and laser cutter, with an anticipated delivery date of mid-October for our Early Bird backers and mid-November for most backers. The clear intention of timeline is to make the Dollar Wallet available in time for Christmas so that those of you who are inclined can give the Dollar Wallet as a gift to the minimalist-loving friend or family member of yours!


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People seem to be motivated by one of two forces. Either toward or against.
Both can be equally powerful motivators, but one seems to last.
Why are you in motion?
When I interview people for a job, I often ask questions about how the individual made career decisions. Some job changes were motivated by moving AWAY from something—a bad boss, a negative work environment, low pay. Other people make a change to move TOWARD something—a new opportunity, the ability to make a bigger impact, a better use of talent.
Though it's not scientific validation, I've found that the people moving TOWARD the new opportunity are more successful, happier, and continue on an upward career path. These people are energized by the future, by what's to come, by what's possible.
Contrast that with the people moving AWAY from a job. It seems that the very same things that they didn't like about the one job magically seemed to follow them to the next!
Moving TOWARD is more powerful than moving AWAY.


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Civil Term - Part Rules, Part 22, Courtroom 22
Justice Lee A. Mayersohn
88-11 Sutphin Blvd.
Jamaica, NY 11435
Chambers Ph: (718) 298-1626
Courtroom Ph: (718) 298-1037
Law Secretary: Leigh K. Cheng
Secretary: Jessica L. Davis
Preliminary Conference | Compliance Conference | Motion Practice | Infant's Compromise Orders | Uncontested Matrimonials | Trials | Settlements and Discontinuances
Preliminary Conference
A preliminary conference shall be scheduled automatically by the Court within forty-five (45) after filing a Request for Judicial Intervention, pursuant to 22 NYCRR 202.12(b); or upon filing a written Request for a Preliminary Conference with the Jamaica Clerk's Office, Room 140, in compliance with 22 NYCRR 202.12(a); or an appropriate notice is filed in malpractice or certiorari cases pursuant to 22 NYCRR 202.56 and 202.60.
All preliminary conferences will be held on Mondays at 9:30 a.m. at the Preliminary Conference Part, Room 314 at the Jamaica courthouse located at 88-11 Sutphin Blvd., Jamaica, NY, and are presided over by the court-appointed Referee, unless otherwise directed by the Court. Failure to appear at the scheduled preliminary conference may result in discovery being ordered ex-parte or any other appropriate sanction, including preclusion or dismissal ordered. Any inquiry pertaining to preliminary conferences shall be made to the Preliminary Conference Part at (718) 298-1046.
Compliance Conferences
Conferences shall be held before Justice Ritholtz in Room 313 at the Jamaica courthouse.
Compliance conferences shall be held on the date scheduled in the Preliminary Conference Order. Any inquiry pertaining to compliance conferences shall be made to the Compliance Conference Part at 718-298-1093.
Motion Practice
The Motion Calendar for Justice Mayersohn will be called in Courtroom 22 of the Jamaica Supreme Court Courthouse located at 88-11 Sutphin Blvd Jamaica, NY 11101-4335, every Tuesday at 9:30 AM. PROMPTLY.
MANDATORY APPEARANCE IS REQUIRED by counsel with knowledge of the case and with full authority to settle or enter into binding stipulations on the return date. In the case of e-filed motions, a hard copy must be submitted to the Court on the return date.
On the return date, motions will be conferenced and/or orally argued at the discretion of the Court.
Motions may be adjourned on consent provided a written stipulation of counsel is submitted to the Court on the return date. All stipulations must contain the signature of the attorney consenting to the adjournment. A form which contains only the name of the firm on the stipulation will not be accepted. Stipulations must also contain a schedule for exchange of opposition and reply papers occurring prior to the adjourned date. If consent for an adjournment cannot be obtained, an application must be made to Justice Mayersohn by counsel on the return date. Calendar service or non-attorneys will not be permitted to make applications for adjournment. Counsel are expected to notify their adversaries of their intention to seek an adjournment.
Adjournments will be limited to two, absent extenuating circumstances. The answering papers, including cross motions, affirmations in opposition and reply affirmations, will be accepted only on the return or adjourned date in the Part. The court will not consider papers sent to Chambers or to the Part after full submission of the motion or cross motion(s). Nor will it accept cross-motions that do not have proof of payment of the appropriate fee. (CPLR § 8020[a]).
All motions and ex-parte applications submitted shall be in compliance with Uniform Rule § 202.5. In addition to these requirements, all pages and paragraphs must be numbered. All exhibits are to be preceded by a numbered exhibit tab which protrudes from the stack of papers. All submissions are to be securely fastened so as to prevent the papers from being lost. Failure to comply with the requirements of this section may result in rejection of the non-complying papers.
Copies of decisions on motions will be mailed to attorneys and pro se litigants who provide the Part with a stamped, self-addressed envelope at the time of final submission of their motion. If no stamped, self-addressed envelope is provided, it will be the responsibility of the respective attorneys and pro se litigants to follow up with the appropriate clerk's office to obtain a copy of the decision.
All inquiries to case or calendar status are to be made to the appropriate clerk's office.
IAS Motion Support Office (718) 298-1009
Ex-Parte Support Office (718) 298-1018
Infant's Compromise Orders
Before submission of an infant's compromise order, counsel shall obtain from the Clerk of Part 22 an infant's compromise checklist to ensure the submission of all necessary information and documentation. Infant's compromise orders sent to chambers without the required completed worksheet will be returned to counsel.
Proof of payment of any appropriate fee is required.
Infant compromise hearings will be scheduled by the Court and the plaintiff will be informed of the hearing date by mail
Uncontested Matrimonials
Any corrections to a rejected set of matrimonial papers must be submitted to the Matrimonial Clerk and NOT directly to chambers.
This Court takes seriously its duty to protect children in calculating child support. Unsupported deviations from the guidelines will result in rejections and thus slow down the sought-after judgment of divorce. Deviations from child support guidelines must be thoroughly explained in an affidavit of the party, without resorting to conclusory language, and in the attorney's affirmation.
Plaintiff's counsel shall requisition the file to the Part 22 courtroom immediately after assignment of the case to this Part. Counsel should ascertain the availability of all witnesses and subpoenaed documents. Any special needs, e.g,. interpreter, easels, blackboards, shadow boxes, television, subpoenaed material, etc., must be reported to the Court Officer, in advance, so as not to delay the progress of the trial.
All counsel must submit to the Court, prior to the commencement of trial, marked pleadings, a copy of the bill of particulars, a witness list, exhibit list, proposed jury instruction and a proposed jury verdict sheet. Counsel must also know the availability of all witnesses who they intend to call during trial.
With regard to suggested jury charges and a suggested verdict questionnaire, amendments thereto shall be permitted at the final charge conference. Jury charges should be referred to by PJI number and topic. If any changes to the PJI are suggested, then the entire proposed charge should be set forth and the changes should be highlighted. Citations to appropriate statutory or common law authority must be given in support of suggested non-PJI jury charges or suggested PJI modifications.
To the extent any part of a deposition is to be read into evidence (as distinguished from mere use on cross-examination) counsel must, in advance, provide the Court and your adversary with the page and line numbers of all such testimony, so that all objections may be addressed prior to use before the jury.
Pre-trial conferences will be held prior to every trial.At this conference counsel should be prepared to:
- Discuss settlement;
- Advise the Court as to all anticipated disputed issues of law and fact, and provide the Court with copies of all statutory and common law authority upon which counsel will rely;
- Stipulate to undisputed facts and the admissibility of clearly admissible documents and records;
- Advise the Court of any anticipated in limine motions or evidentiary objections which counsel intends to make. Motions in limine may be made orally, however they must be supported by a memorandum of law. Any written motions in limine require proof of payment of the appropriate fee. Counsel shall provide the Court and all parties with copies. All prior decisions and orders relevant to any in limine application must be provided to the Court..
- Advise the Court of any anticipated requests for a jury instruction relating to missing witnesses and/or documents;
- Advise the Court of any anticipated request for apportionment as to alleged culpable non-parties pursuant to CPLR Article 16.
- Discuss scheduling and the estimated length of the trial. Counsel should alert the Court as to any anticipated problems regarding the attendance at trial of parties, attorneys or essential witnesses and any other practical problems that the Court should consider in scheduling.
The trial will be conducted on a continual daily basis until its conclusion. No adjournments or delays during trial will be accepted, unless exigent circumstances exist.
Tort actions are generally bifurcated. The Court expects, that any trial on damages will follow immediately after a verdict finding the defendant liable.
The Court encourages trial exhibits be pre-marked for identification and, where possible, that parties stipulate to the admissibility of clearly admissible documents and records.
Counsel should alert the Court, at the pre-trial conference, as to any anticipated problems regarding the attendance at trial of parties, attorneys or essential witnesses and any other practical problems that the Court should consider in scheduling.
Settlements and Discontinuances
If an action is settled, discontinued or otherwise disposed of, counsel shall immediately inform the Court by submission of a copy of the stipulation of settlement or a letter directed to the Clerk of the Part. All stipulations of discontinuances must be accompanied by proof of payment of the appropriate fee. (CPLR §8020(d)(1).


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Federico Higuain's 69th-minute penalty kick canceled out a first-half strike from Warren Creavalle as the Columbus Crew earned a 1-1 home draw with the Houston Dynamo.
The Dynamo entered Saturday's match having collected one point from their last three games, but the visitors jumped out to a 1-0 lead in the 31st minute when Kofi Sarkodie got down the right wing and crossed the ball toward the penalty spot, where the onrushing Creavalle turned home a volley.
Houston goalkeeper Tally Hall then kept his side in front with a scrambling save to keep out a flick from Jairo Arrieta before halftime.
Columbus turned up the pressure after the break and Chad Barson helped the Crew equalize with 20 minutes to play when he got into the penalty area and was brought down by Houston's Andrew Driver.
Higuain stepped to the spot and he made no mistake, hammering the ball past a helpless Hall in the Dynamo goal.
And after leveling the match a few minutes earlier, the Argentine nearly won it for the Crew when his curling effort crashed off the right post, forcing the hosts to settle for a second successive draw.


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Cleveland-based Eaton Corp. announced this morning that it will merge with Irish electrical equipment supplier Cooper Industries, which is headquartered in Dublin. Eaton will acquire Cooper, but will now be incorporated in Ireland and will be called Eaton Global Corp. Plc. Eaton's current chairman and CEO Alexander M. Cutler will continue to head the new company. The company's global headquarters will remain in Cleveland, according to news reports.
This is just one of many recent acquisitions by the company, in the past six months. Eaton has recently added a South Korean hydraulics motor and valve company and a Turkish hose maker to its fluid power roster.
Cutler said in a press release, "This compelling combination of Eaton's power distribution and power quality equipment and systems with Cooper's diversified component brands, global reach and international distribution creates a game changer to serve the electrical industry. This combination significantly expands our ability to better serve our customers with their demands for critical energy saving technologies as they address the impact of the world's growing energy needs."
It will be interesting to see what will become of Eaton's other divisions, including its hydraulics operations in Eden Prairie, Minn. as it appears they are steering the company to lead in electrical power transmission systems.
Update: In a presentation to investors and reporters, Eaton said it would save $160 million in taxes over the next four years, so the move is no surprise financially. The presentation did also say Eaton remains committed to its other divisions and plans to continue to build on its leadership positions through its acquisitions for its electrical, hydraulics and aerospace businesses.
Eaton's presentation also noted that Cooper had $5.4 billion in sales in 2011 for its wide range of electrical products and it already serves the U.S. market, with 60 percent of its sales coming from here, and 40 percent coming from a growing international focus. The company has manufacturing facilities in 23 countries and employs 26,000 worldwide.
The combined companies will have $21.5 billion in 2011 sales, with $3.1 billion in combined 2011 EBITDA.
More details can be found on Eaton's corporate website.


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Fox News falsely suggested that President Obama met with a pirate yesterday even though he doesn't have time to meet with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
In fact, Netanyahu has said that Obama has met with him more than "any other leader in the world." And the picture Fox showed to suggest that Obama was meeting with a pirate was actually taken in May 2009 for use during that year's White House Correspondents' Dinner.
On Wednesday, which was Talk Like a Pirate Day, the staff that runs Obama's campaign Twitter feed sent out a tweet featuring a photo of Obama sitting down with a pirate. This morning, the photo was at the top of the Drudge Report, with the headline "But No Time For Netanyahu...":
Fox & Friends fell for Drudge's misleading framing. This morning, the show displayed the picture and featured the caption: "TOO BUSY FOR ISRAEL: President finds time for pirate, Letterman." Fox & Friends co-host Steve Doocy characterized the picture as "a quick look at what President Obama has been up to." Doocy added: "Here he is, sitting down with a pirate, making sure he didn't forget to mark International Talk Like A Pirate Day."
But the photo was taken May 8, 2009, and can be seen on the White House's flickr account.
Additionally, CBS White House correspondent Mark Knoller reported on the story behind the photo in a May 12, 2009, article:
Pity the poor historian a couple hundred years from now, at a loss to figure out why Barack Obama, an American president at the start of the 21st century, was photographed meeting in the Oval Office with - a pirate.
What kind of unexplained policy initiative was being played out in this photo, the historian might wonder, perhaps confusing it for something other than what it was: a gag - one of dozens - for the president's remarks at the White House Correspondent's Dinner.
The joke was the idea of three top presidential aides including senior advisor David Axelrod.
They would have Mr. Obama refer to his recent meetings with world leaders.
"There I am with Japanese Prime Minister Taro Aso," he would say, followed by, "there I am with Gordon Brown."
But the punch line was his assertion that he was living up to his campaign pledge that "we can't just talk to our friends." And with that, up would pop the photo of President Obama with a pirate.
This was no modern-day pirate of the type that hijacks ships off the horn of Africa. It was a buccaneer in full Captain Hook regalia: knee-high boots, a cut-away coat, an eye patch and even a parrot on his shoulder.
Fox and Drudge's suggestion that Obama won't meet with Netanyahu is also false. When asked about the lack of a meeting with the president, Netanyahu told David Gregory on Meet The Press that it was just a scheduling conflict. Netanyahu added: "I think he's met with me more than any other leader in the world and I appreciate that":
NETANYAHU: You know, I'm always pleased and -- and happy to have a conversation with President Obama. He's -- I think he's met me more than any other leader in the world and I -- I appreciate that. We've had our discussions. Our-- our schedules on this visit didn't work out. I come to New York and he leaves New York. But we continue in close consultations. We have urgent business, Israel and America, to prevent Iran from getting nuclear weapons. I think it's important to delineate a red line for Iran so we're not faced with a conundrum of what to do if we don't place a red line and they just proceed to the bomb.
UPDATE: After this post went live, Fox & Friends co-host Brian Kilmeade made the definitive false statement that "this pirate got a sit-down in the Oval Office yesterday."
UPDATE 2: Nearly an hour after the show ended, the Fox & Friends Twitter account noted that the picture was from 2009:
The picture we aired this morning of the President & the pirate was from 2009
Doocy similarly said:
By the way, our picture of the President with a pirate was from 2009. How time flies!
Neither of these tweets addressed Kilmeade's declaration that this happened "yesterday."
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Target Corp (NYSE:TGT) said on Wednesday that the cyber criminals who breached its system used credentials they stole from one of the retailer's vendors.
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"The ongoing forensic investigation has indicated that the intruder stole a vendor's credentials, which were used to access our system," Target spokeswoman Molly Snyder said in a statement.
She declined to elaborate on what type of credentials were taken from the vendor.
(Reporting by Jim Finkle. Editing by Andre Grenon)