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Byline: Bob Miller It's hard to disagree with the notion that consumers should have the right to securely share their data with whatever company they please. The Financial Industry Regulatory [...]

Call it the Masters, the Major Leagues, or the Big Show. New York City TRACON airspace is considered by many to be the Great White Way of aviation. It's a [...]

0n October 19, 2005, a Cessna 337 penetrated an area of heavy precipitation and thunderstorms. The outcome was not good. The NTSB reported that a contributing factor was, 'ATC's failure [...]

The benefits of life settlements to consumers and the opportunities they provide producers have been well documented for years. Even conservative estimates of market potential should invite robust competition. Testimonials [...]

The challenge: Einstein Bros. was rebranding itself and wanted a bagel bucket that reflected the whimsical image of its brand characters. The bagel chain also sought a new design that [...]

LOCATION: Chatsworth is a neighborhood of 41,000 people, located in the San Fernando Valley northwest of downtown Los Angeles. It has traditionally been a favorite train-watching spot in the region, [...]

Following every grade-crossing incident, the inevitable question 'Why aren't there more grade-separation projects?' comes to the forefront. 'It is a very good question,' says Darren Kettle, executive director of the [...]

Q I was watching railroad videos of the 1990s and saw locomotives without cabs in various consists. I rarely see these units on the main lines of Southern California today. [...]

Rewind the calendar back to February 2005, when Lockheed-Martin (LM) officials sitting in the offices of AOPA con vinced Phil Boyer that, for the first time in history, a live [...]

After 30 years of flying into and out of some of the worst weather in the world--Buffalo, N.Y.--I have a pretty good idea of what meteorological factors contribute to known [...]

Byline: Bob Miller, AmerenUE AmerenUE's substation workers are not only using the latest tools and technology for their preventive maintenance program, they are also working to find ways to work [...]

I enjoyed the article "Operating Sitting Down" by Paul Dolkos in the April 2009 issue of Model Railroader. I've operated my small shelf switching layouts while sitting down on an […]

Trimester schedules can bring many options to a high school. At 480-student Forest City High School in Forest City, Iowa, where we have used a trimester schedule since 1991, we [...]

IS THE LONG TERM HEALTH CARE insurance industry stalled, or is it better than ever? It depends on how many sellable appointments producers have and how they view their opportunities. [...]

Have employees reached the tipping point where rising health care VOICES ERI costs have forced them to think THE INDUS seriously about jumping ship? According to national surveys, the answer [...]

I CONSIDER your 'Swine flu fiasco' story (Health, Oct. 26) to be reasonably well-balanced and informative. But I am disgusted by your cover, which was obviously designed to sell magazines, [...]

Re "Toyota's Real Secret: Hint, It's Not TPS," Page 36, February 2007. Once again the Detroit automakers are sending the wrong messages to their employees. Ford's plant in Atlanta and […]

Polymer electrolytes are a promising and inherently material for next generation lithium batteries. The advancement in this field requires the use of new synthetic and fabrication techniques, as well as the investigation of new polymers. Here we report on the development of oligomeric Poly(2-ethyl-2-oxazoline) as a candidate for lithium batteries. By reducing the degree of polymerisation, the glass transition temperature was reduced from 54 °C for commercially available 50,000 Da PEtOx to 9.45 °C for lab synthesized 890 Da PEtOx. Doping with high concentrations of the lithium salts lithium nitrate, Lithium bis(trifluoromethanesulfonyl)imide and lithium perchlorate, we demonstrate a glass transition temperature maximum as the polymer electrolyte moves into the polymer-in-salt regime. In this regime we recorded a maximum conductivity of was 3.3 x 10−3S cm−1at 100 °C and 67 mol % LiClO4. This study demonstrates the potential for further use of alkyl oxazolines at high lithium salt concentrations and elevated temperatures.

The article reports on the move of the Kibera Olympic Boxing Club to reshape the slums in Kenya. It notes that the club is a group of low-income adolescents from slums who box to keep off the streets. It states that the initiatives initiated by youths could represent the future of long-term socioeconomic development in the country and its neighboring countries.

UNDERSTANDING SUSTAINABILITY ECONOMICS: Towards pluralism in economicsP. Söderbaum(London: Earthscan) 2008 hbk, 160pp, £70.00 hbk, £19.99 pbkIN GOVERNMENT WE TRUST: Market failure and the delusions of privatisationW. Funnell, R. Jupe and J.Andrew(London: Pluto Press) 2009, 320pp, £14.99 pbkCOMPETITIVENESS AND SUSTAINABILITY: Building the best future for your businessDavid Bent, (London: ICAEW, Forum for the Future) 2008, 18ppHYBRID ORGANIZATIONS: New business models for environmental leadershipB Boyd, N Henning, E Reyna, D E Wang, M D Welch with foreword by A Hoffman(Sheffield: Greenleaf) 2009, 172pp, £21.95 pbkTHE DIFFERENCE MAKERS: How social and institutional entrepreneurs created the corporate responsibility movementSandra Waddock(Sheffield: Greenleaf Publishing) 2008, 320pp, £21.95pbk

Several letters to the editor are presented in response to article in previous issues including the significance of Andrew Jackson in keeping the Union together for 30 years prior to the Civil War, the "The Big Bore" in the February 19, 2009 issue, and the "2008 Media Follies" in the December 18, 2008 issue.

Constant renewal of the self-image and self-knowledge of the organisation becomes part of the day-to-day knowledge-in-use of front-line practitioners. The Network Enterprise is a model of business conducted by shifting alliances of partners developing innovative products and processes in close collaboration with their clients. Organisations abandon the concept of a central product, redefining themselves as providers of solutions. We draw on the experience of two ‘solution-providers’, one for-profit and one not-for-profit. The concept of a solution or transition requires practitioners to consider each individual case drawing on personal knowledge of the organisation’s accessible competencies and capacities. Choices among the possible solutions to the client’s problems can have unpredictable effects on the dynamics of the wider organisation. The necessarily personal use of heuristics magnifies the inescapable element of ‘drift’ inherent in the network enterprise. The dynamics generated by this will require the wider organisation to develop new standards and solution bundles.

The article presents a viewpoint by Robert Miller, a hobbyist from Boston on youth hobby participation. He also shares his viewpoint on organizing the platform to spur young hobby enthusiasts, marketing campaigns for children or an upgrade on media platforms to promote youth collection programs of coins. He also shares his memories of his childhood for love of the coins.

Install Open Shell to add Windows 7 Start menu to W10 While I've never liked the so-called Start menu that comes with Windows 10, I have installed a free program called Open Shell (www.snipca.com/34157, previously Classic Shell), which reproduces the Windows 7 Start menu in 10 (see screenshot below). I have both Windows 7 and Windows 10, each on a separate desktop computer. Alf King's letter in Issue 573 ("Stop comparing Android devices to Apple") has prompted me to write in favour of Android. [Extracted from the article]

Describes the types of cluster resource groups (CRG) available and how they can be used to make different business resources highly available (HA). Cluster technology of IBM i5/OS; Types of CRG defined by the i5/OS cluster; Two common elements of a CRG.

Whether military, commercial, or non-profit, enterprises must react to changes in their environments by leveraging available information to make effective decisions. Consequently, managing information plays a central role in any enterprise and is a major factor influencing the quality of its decisions. This paper presents a Framework that assists in understanding, planning and analyzing an enterprise’s Information Environment. The Framework is used to review historical approaches to information interoperability: the ability of processes and sys-tems to effectively exchange and use information services. To address shortcomings, a new “information-centric” approach is discussed. Its principles suggest a tiered system architecture consistent with the Framework’s structure. The collection of services needed to support an information-centric capability is characterized as an “information supermarket” or “infomart”. The Joint Battlespace Infosphere concept developed by the U.S. Air Force Scientific Advisory Board is presented as an infomart example.

Part V. Details procedures for using Delphi to control and make measurements of the Lego MindStorms Robotics Invention System, a construction set for autonomous robots. Lego programming options; Public domain and shareware alternatives; Construction of the main form and program code; Sensor interface.

Opinion. Focuses on the problems associated with the Digital Multi Meter (DMM) serial interface from Radio Shack. Approaches to traditional PC serial port programming; Programming the Windows Serial I/O; Description of a dumb terminal demo program; Information on CATE, a freeware Delphi component.

Focuses on the challenges facing the Child Welfare Services program of California. Number of children affected by the program; Number of reports of child abuse and neglect in California; Features of the recommendation by the Legislative Analyst's Office.

Interleukin (IL)-15 is a multifunctional cytokine that shares many biological activities with IL-2. This functional overlap, as well as receptor binding subunits shared by IL-15 and IL-2, suggests tertiary structural similarities between these two cytokines. In this study, recombinant human IL-15 was PEGylated via lysine-specific conjugation chemistry in order to extend the circulation half-life of this cytokine. Although PEGylation did extend the β-elimination circulation half-life of IL-15 by greater than 50-fold, the biological activity of polyethylene glycol (PEG)-IL-15 was significantly altered. Specifically, PEG-IL-15 lost its ability to stimulate the proliferation of CTLL but took on the properties of a specific IL-15 antagonist in vitro. In comparing sequence alignments and molecular models for IL-2 and IL-15, it was noted that lysine residues resided in regions of IL-15 that may have selectively disrupted receptor subunit binding. We hypothesized that PEGylation of IL-15 interferes with β but not α receptor subunit binding, resulting in the IL-15 antagonist activity observed in vitro. The validity of this hypothesis was tested by engineering site-specific mutants of human IL-15 as suggested by the IL-15 model (IL-15D8S and IL-15Q108S block β and γ receptor subunit binding, respectively). As with PEG-IL-15, these mutants were unable to stimulate CTLL proliferation but were able to specifically inhibit the proliferation of CTLL in response to unmodified IL-15. These results supported our model of IL-15 and confirmed that interference of β receptor subunit binding by adjacent PEGylation could be responsible for the altered biological activity observed for PEG-IL-15.

Presents the author's whisper fishing technique for casting and fishing small flies on small water. Small-fly fishing capabilities provided by zero-, one-, and two-weight rods; Utilization of zero-weight and 1-weight rods; Problems encountered by small-fly fishermen; Designing of rods to meet the needs of small-fly fishermen; How to choose fishing lines. INSET: Reels for light weights.

Describes the special tiny flies created by the author for challenging summer trout. Quill duns; Fur duns; Mayfly nymphs; Mayfly spinners; Olives; Gray and yellow Adams; Specialty flies; Micro-Henryvilles; Microcaddis pupa; Tricos. INSET: Tackle & techniques for the tiniest..

Deals with Walt Disney and Buena Vista Home Video production of Jim Lee's `Gen13,' a direct-to-video film to be directed by Hollywood director Kevin Altieri. Production cost of the movie; Conceptualization of the movie; Description of `Gen13' from Altieri; Brief gist of the movie; Motion pictures actors and actresses for the movie.

Reports on the trend toward longer premium guarantees in the life insurance business in the United States. Causes for the shift in trend; Implications of the trend on the interests of consumers; Reasons for the wide acceptance of term.

This article focuses on issues related to sustainability in career and technical education. It discusses the concept of the terms "green" and "sustainable," the importance of sustainable development, themes that occur in the sustainability discourse, and the implications of sustainable changes for careers.

The poem "Pilgrims Never Visit" by Bob Miller is presented. First Line: Pilgrims never visit; Last Line: just east of the Sea of Galilee.

Several letters to the editor are presented in response to articles in the October 26, 2009 issue including "Eckhart Tolle vs. God," "Swine flu fiasco," and "Did he really earn it?"

Shares stories about taking care of cats.

A letter to the editor is presented written in response to the article "How Bad Is the Mortgage Crisis Going to Get?" that appeared in the March 31, 2008 issue.

Interview Melissa Kurtz, daughter of Star Wars producer Gary Kurtz and who was involved in filmmaking at an early age. Views of Kurtz on her work with George Lucas; Her views about science fiction; Description of the Jawa costume; Scenes of Star Wars where Kurtz and her sister are in as Jawas; How Kurtz like to work with the stars; How Kurtz continued her father's project; Her recommendation to people who are interested in working in the entertainment industry.

The author presents a personal narrative of his experiences of boating in Niagara River of North America including carrying a sufficient length of anchor, tools, and communication ability.