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          Class
          shib2idp::idp::finalize

            In:

                /etc/puppet/modules/shib2idp/manifests/classes/idp/finalize.pp

            Parent:

Class: shib2idp::idp::finalize

This class executes the finalize stage of the
installation and configuration of the Shibboleth IdP on the Puppet agent
machine.

The finalize operations are used to finalize IdP configuration, to register all
attribute resolver and attribute filters.

Parameters:

<tt>install_ldap</tt>:	This parameter permits to specify if an OpenLDAP server must be installed
on the IdP machine or not.

<tt>domain_name</tt>:	This parameter permits to specify the domain name for the LDAP user
database.

<tt>basedn</tt>:	This parameters must contain the base DN of the LDAP server.

<tt>rootdn</tt>:	This parameters must contain the CN for the user with root access to the
LDAP server.

<tt>rootpw</tt>:	This parameters must contain the password of the user with root access to
the LDAP server.

<tt>ldap_host</tt>:	This parameter must contain the LDAP host the IdP will connect to (may be
left undef if install_ldap is set to true).

<tt>ldap_use_ssl</tt>:	This parameter must contain true of the LDAP connection must use SSL (may
be left undef if install_ldap is set to true).

<tt>ldap_use_tls</tt>:	This parameter must contain true of the LDAP connection must use TLS (may
be left undef if install_ldap is set to true).

Actions:

Requires:

Sample Usage: This class file is not called directly.

Resources

      Exec["apps_semaphore_shibboleth_finalized"]
      Exec["apps_tomcatrestart_finalized"]
      Exec["create_table_shibidp"]
      Exec["rm-userdb.sql"]
      File["/opt/shibboleth-idp/conf/attribute-filter.xml"]
      File["/opt/shibboleth-idp/conf/attribute-resolver.xml"]
      File["/opt/shibboleth-idp/conf/handler.xml"]
      File["/opt/shibboleth-idp/lib/mysql-connector-java.jar"]
      File["/tmp/userdb.sql"]
      File["/var/lib/tomcat6/common/mysql-connector-java.jar"]
      File_line["ipd_log_1"]
      File_line["ipd_log_2"]
      Mysql::Db["userdb"]

Resources

          Exec["apps_semaphore_shibboleth_finalized"]

             cwd => "/usr/local/src"

             command => "/bin/echo finalized > /usr/local/src/shibboleth-identityprovider/.puppet"

             require => Exec["apps_tomcatrestart_finalized"]

          Exec["apps_tomcatrestart_finalized"]

             command => "/etc/init.d/tomcat6 restart"

             logoutput => "on_failure"

             require => File["/opt/shibboleth-idp/conf/attribute-filter.xml"]

          Exec["create_table_shibidp"]

             command => /usr/bin/mysql -uroot -p$rootpw userdb < /tmp/userdb.sql

             require => File["/tmp/userdb.sql"]

          Exec["rm-userdb.sql"]

             cwd => "/tmp"

             command => "/bin/rm -f /tmp/userdb.sql"

             refreshonly => true

             require => Exec["create_table_shibidp"]

          File["/opt/shibboleth-idp/conf/attribute-filter.xml"]

             ensure => present

             owner => "root"

             group => "root"

             mode => "0644"

             source => "puppet:///modules/shib2idp/attribute-filter.xml"

             require => Notify["ldap_ok"]

          File["/opt/shibboleth-idp/conf/attribute-resolver.xml"]

             ensure => present

             owner => "root"

             group => "root"

             mode => "0644"

             source => "puppet:///modules/shib2idp/attribute-resolver.xml"

             require => Exec["rm-userdb.sql"]

          File["/opt/shibboleth-idp/conf/handler.xml"]

             ensure => present

             owner => "root"

             group => "root"

             mode => "0644"

             source => "puppet:///modules/shib2idp/handler.xml"

             require => File_line["ipd_log_2"]

          File["/opt/shibboleth-idp/lib/mysql-connector-java.jar"]

             ensure => "link"

             target => "/usr/share/java/mysql-connector-java.jar"

             require => [Class["mysql::java"], Notify["ldap_configured"]]

          File["/tmp/userdb.sql"]

             ensure => present

             owner => "root"

             group => "root"

             mode => "0644"

             source => "puppet:///modules/shib2idp/userdb.sql"

             require => Mysql::db["userdb"]

          File["/var/lib/tomcat6/common/mysql-connector-java.jar"]

             ensure => "link"

             target => "/usr/share/java/mysql-connector-java.jar"

             require => [Class["mysql::java"], Notify["ldap_configured"]]

          File_line["ipd_log_1"]

             ensure => present

             path => "/etc/environment"

             line => "IDP_LOG=/opt/shibboleth-idp/logs/idp-process.log"

             require => Notify["finalizing"]

          File_line["ipd_log_2"]

             ensure => present

             path => "/etc/environment"

             line => "TOMCAT_LOG_DIR=/var/log/tomcat6/"

             require => File_line["ipd_log_1"]

          Mysql::Db["userdb"]

             user => "root"

             password => $rootpw

             host => "localhost"

             grant => ["all"]

             require => [File["/var/lib/tomcat6/common/mysql-connector-java.jar"], File["/opt/shibboleth-idp/lib/mysql-connector-java.jar"]]

[Validate]


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U. of Johannesburg signs research agreement with BGU
Move comes nearly four months after UJ decided to cut its ties to BGU over what it referred to as the university's support of the IDF.
By BEN HARTMAN
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Ben-Gurion University of the Negev and the University of Johannesburg have signed a new research agreement, nearly four months after UJ decided to cut its ties to BGU over what it referred to as the university's support of the IDF.
In a statement posted on the UJ website last Thursday, the university announced that an agreement had been signed between scientists from UJ, BGU and the University of California, Los Angeles, and Belgium's Ghent University, "to pursue research collaboration on nanotechnology enhanced water treatment membrane materials and processes."
Prof. Ihron Rensburg, vice chancellor and principal of UJ, is quoted in a separate announcement on the website as saying "the University of Johannesburg strongly upholds academic freedom and the right of its academic staff to develop relationships with whomsoever they wish."
Rensburg added that "the signing of this contract by the institutions and between the researchers, which includes academics from the United States and Belgium, merely reinforces UJ's commitment to academic freedom."
According to UJ, the BGU professor who will take part in the project is Prof.
Yoram Oren from the department of desalination and water treatment at the Zuckerberg Institute for Water Research.
On Friday, BGU issued a statement saying, "We are confident that the combined energies and passions of the researchers involved will produce results that will have a direct impact on South Africa's clean water supply. It will also contribute to the development of a world-class cohort of scientists in South Africa."
In March, UJ voted to allow the research ties with BGU to expire in April 2011, placing the future of the schools' cooperative project on water purification and biotechnology in doubt.
The UJ vote was supported by 60 percent of the school's senate. The vote did not preclude individual UJ academics from working with BGU counterparts, but required that such collaboration be done informally without institutional support.
The vote came after the university launched a petition supported by Archbishop Desmond Tutu in September 2010 that called for the university to cut its ties with BGU over what it said is the school's support for the IDF. The petition was eventually signed by more than 250 South African academics.
Also in March, UJ published a report titled "Findings on Ben-Gurion University of the Negev: Institutional complicity and active collaboration with Israeli military, occupation and apartheid practices." The report cited BGU's program that awards scholarships to IDF reservists and IAF pilots.
The UJ vote in March received widespread condemnation from supporters of Israel, including the Anti-Defamation League, whose National Director Abraham H. Foxman said "the decision by the University of Johannesburg to sever ties with Ben- Gurion University was misguided and shortsighted."
Foxman added that "in demonizing and rejecting BGU solely because it is an Israeli academic institution, this highly political decision does nothing to promote Israeli-Palestinian reconciliation and understanding. Moreover, it will deprive all South Africans of the new technologies being developed by BGU scientists to purify water."

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Dallas Mayor Pro Tem Pleads Guilty to ... a Lot
Dwaine Caraway pleaded guilty to two federal charges
By Newser Editors and Wire Services
Posted Aug 9, 2018 6:02 PM CDT
In this Feb. 19, 2018 photo, Dallas City council member Dwaine Caraway, of District 4, speaks during a news conference calling for the National Rifle Association to be disinvited from hosting the 2018 NRA Annual Meeting in Dallas while Caraway was outside Dallas City Hall in Dallas. (Andy Jacobsohn/The Dallas Morning News via AP)
(Newser) – Dallas Mayor Pro Tem Dwaine Caraway accepted more than $450,000 in kickbacks and bribes, in part through a phony consulting agreement, gambling money, and trips to Las Vegas and elsewhere, federal prosecutors said Thursday. Caraway, the second highest-ranking elected official in Dallas, pleaded guilty to two federal charges in the public corruption case and has resigned from the Dallas City Council, per the AP. Federal court records show he received kickback funds from Robert Leonard, president and owner of Force Multiplier Solutions, and Leonard's business associate. US Attorney Erin Nealy Cox announced Thursday that a judge accepted the guilty pleas from Caraway and Leonard.
Cox says that Leonard, aided by his associate, paid a combined total of more than $3.5 million to Caraway and Rick Sorrells, former superintendent for Dallas County Schools, in return for favorable action related to Force Multiplier Solutions, a technology company that puts cameras on school buses. The effort, she says, helped the company and Leonard secure more than $70 million in contracts and agreements with Dallas County Schools, the troubled agency which residents last year voted to dissolve. The organization had provided transportation for thousands of students. "An entire public entity relied upon by parents and school children alike was destroyed in the wake of this scandal," Cox said Thursday. Click for the full story.
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Teacher punished for making class watch Isis report
Nick Drainey
Thursday March 12 2015, 12.01am, The Times
Gryffe High School in Houston, Renfrewshire
A schoolteacher has been suspended after he showed pupils a BBC documentary about Islamic State featuring decapitated soldiers.
Mansoor Mahmood, a religious education teacher at Gryffe High School in Houston, Renfrewshire, was reported to the local council after the police received a complaint.
It is understood a group of fourth-year pupils were shown the 42-minute documentary which included dead Iraqi soldiers. The footage also included images of soldiers' heads on spikes.
However, one mother, who did not wish to be named, described Mr Mahmood as "an absolute gem" and said he was singled out for being a Muslim.
Her daughter is a fifth-year pupil at the school and has said she is "outraged" over the investigation into a "really good teacher".
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What's next for US in Arab world?
Published 12:00 am Thursday, September 13, 2012
The anniversary of 9/11 was greeted in Egypt and Libya by crowds allegedly protesting an anti-Islam film. The protests in Libya took a deadly turn when Ambassador Christopher Stevens and three other U.S. diplomatic personnel were killed – perhaps in a deliberate act by terrorists using the protests as cover.
Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney criticized President Barack Obama's handling of the matter, while Obama vowed to track down the killers.
What does the incident say about American policy in the Arab world? What does it tell us about the presidential candidates? RedBlue America columnists Joel Mathis and Ben Boychuk debate the matter.
MATHIS: Stevens' death is doubly tragic – not simply because he died in service, but also because he was killed in a city, Benghazi, that he had previously worked with Libyan rebels to liberate.
Libya now could become one more country where the United States regularly drops missiles on suspected terrorists, part of a never-ending Whac-a-mole game that may not be in our best interests.
There is precedent: In 2009, Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab tried blowing up a U.S.-bound aircraft by igniting his underwear: He'd reportedly been radicalized in Yemen and Great Britain. At the time, I wrote that "there are – quite rightly – no suggestions the U.S. invade Yemen or the United Kingdom."
We didn't invade Yemen, but the United States has surely gone to war there – as of June, according to the New America Foundation, the Obama administration had carried out 28 drone strikes and 13 air strikes in that country, killing more than 700 Yemenis.
The result? Growing anti-American radicalization among Yemenis. Our attempts to kill every potential terrorist in the world could, ironically, lead to more terrorist acts against us.
Romney called for more "American leadership," but didn't detail how he would have handled the protests. In truth, his foreign policies would be similar to Obama's, only with more chest beating.
BOYCHUK: The Arab "Spring" is a farce, and the democracy project in the Middle East is a failure.
Who were the rebels who deposed the autocrats and dictators in Tunisia, Egypt, Libya and Yemen? They weren't a bunch of Arab Thomas Jeffersons, that's for sure.
By helping rid part of the Arab world of one set of tyrants – "leading from behind," to use the Obama administration's typically feckless phrase – the United States assured the rise of a different, more religiously zealous set of tyrants.
And let's not overlook Egypt, where "demonstrators" trampled American soil and raised the black flag of al-Qaida. Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood president, Mohammed Morsi, did not exactly apologize. Rather, he lamented that a California filmmaker couldn't be punished for blasphemy.
How should the U.S. respond? Bombs and bullets send a direct and unmistakable message. But so does money.
Egypt is a desperately poor, backward country that has enjoyed hundreds of billions in U.S. taxpayer subsidies since the late 1970s.
Libya, too, has received nearly $60 million in U.S. aid since rebels ousted and killed Col. Moammar Gadhafi.
We shower the Egyptians and Libyans with aid. They show us little but contempt. So let's end the aid, and may their devout faith in God preserve them.
Laurels: An ode to snow days in a digital era
Clyde: Sticks and stones may break my bones
My Turn, Abby Brown: Don't only think of yourself
Other voices: Democracy at risk
Letters to the editor – Tuesday (9-11-2012)


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Some Positive Inspiration For Thanksgiving
By Alex SilgalisNovember 25, 2020Inspiration
2020 has been a rollercoaster of emotions. While we couldn't run the race the way we intended, we were inspired to bring it back to its roots. Even though the full event wasn't produced, we asked a few passionate runners to run the race just like 1958! And on October 3rd, that's exactly what happened.
A HUGE Thank You From Karen
This event isn't about making money, but a passion project to keep the tradition alive. When we received a letter from Robert DeCelle's sister about her experience keeping the DeCelle Memorial Relay alive for so long, we had to share it with all of you on this Thanksgiving. She was overwhelmed that we were able to keep it going this year. Her strength and commitment to remember her brother is amazing. 2020 has been tough for all of us, but we hope you find some solace in her words.
My Personal Story of Running the DeCelle Memorial Relay
by Karen DeCelle Jacobsen
The year was 1962. I was a senior at Alameda High School, Alameda, California when my younger brother received a thunderous standing ovation during the year end awards assembly. He had broken a school record. Clueless me, I didn't even know what the record was. All I knew was that after I left the state for college, a teaching career, marriage, and children, something else was going on at home.
I Was Not Included!
My brother was never a "great" runner, but his successes seemed to inspire the rest of the family. Soon, my second brother started running and later, my sister started running. Dad began volunteering for the Amateur Athletic Union (AAU) which at that time was in charge of Olympic Track and Field hopefuls and actual Olympic participants.
Quickly, Dad became the AAU Long Distance chairman. Mom would write and mention names of runners who would be staying at my parents' home or had been on tours with dad. Names like Jerry Lindgren, Bob Schul, Frank Shorter, and yes, even "RUNNER'S WORLD" writer Don Kardong. Clueless me, I didn't realize that they were "great" runners until I saw them later at the Olympics. My sister, April, knew everyone's name, event, and time.
The Year It Started
Sergio V. Rodriguez / CC BY-SA (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0)
Dad started an AAU sanctioned relay race around the beautiful Lake Tahoe of California in 1964. The scenic 72-mile relay was designed to help train long distance runners for the high altitudes of the 1968 Mexico City Olympics. Through the years it continued and has run on the 2nd Saturday of every June since 1979. It bares the family name, "DeCelle Memorial Lake Tahoe Relay" and all of my siblings have run in it and helped put it on. I was aware of the race, but clueless me, didn't start attending it until about 1980. I was the designated family babysitter while the rest of the family "timed", ran, or did traffic control. I began to think, "They are having so much fun. I'd like to be more involved in this." Secretly, I wanted to run the race, but I knew I couldn't because I was too old and a dedicated couch potato.
If An 80 Year Old Can, So Can I
Well, the kids finally grew up and I graduated to race traffic control and T- shirt seller. In the 1994 race an old woman, with race numbers on, walked by my traffic station. She apologized for walking, "…but I'm 80 and this is a high altitude." I was 50 at the time. It hit me. If she can run in this race, I can too! It took 7 more years of thinking and dreaming, putting on the bright orange traffic vest, and selling T-shirts before deciding to quit dreaming and at least try. Last place would be, "O.K." I just wanted to run a leg.
Impossible Isn't In The Vocabulary
On January 15, 2002 I joined Fit for Life, hired Kim Bruyn, a former Olympic trial contender, as a trainer, and bought a $100 pair of running shoes (at that time that was a lot of money). I had no clue that a woman my age, who had absolutely no running experience, and who was in lousy condition, could NOT accomplish such a feat. I wanted to run so badly that I wouldn't listen to the word "impossible". All Kim said was, "Well, at least you're not fat," as she set out a training plan. She didn't work with me much. I did everything on my own.
No One Believed I Could Do It…
On June 8, 2002, at age 57 years and 8 months, I pinned on numbers that my sister had supportively made in her own hand. They read "00", "Family member". She was the race director at that time and didn't think that I was ready so I had to race unofficially and unattached. Sister April didn't want me to hold up the race. Daughter Melissa was my appreciated cheerleader, water and gum provider. No one in the family actually believed I'd go the distance.
But I did!!!!
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My leg was the 9.8 first leg so that I could go back to the finish line and sell T-shirts. I ran and admittedly walked some of the long grade before Zephyr Cove, in less than 2 hours. In fact, I had enough of "something" at the end of those 9.8 miles to sprint past one of my former students at the finish!! She was official and I passed her so I didn't hold up the race. Furthermore, Ed Walsh a friend and 1st leg timer was surprised that I came in so fast under the circumstances. What a feeling!!! What a feeling!!! Why had I wasted so many years???
Personal Triumph For Many Reasons
The experience was a personnel triumph for a number of reasons. First, I was 57 years old and had never worked out for a sporting event. Second, I was still teaching school part time and that work is both demanding and exhausting so scheduling time to work out had to become a priority. I trained both on my school teaching days and on my off days doing 3 miles some days and weights other days. Sometimes the workouts were boring, but I endured and conquered my thoughts of quitting. Third, I developed a mindset that I was going to finish regardless of the physical pain.
Now I Understand Why Athletes Challenge Themselves
Overcoming the physical challenge was an exhilarating feeling for me and I now better understand why athletes and others in other fields tackle difficult tasks. It's the challenge and discipline, the excitement of discovery, and the insurmountable joy of reaching a difficult conclusion. I highly recommend doing something difficult. It's a terrific boost to ones entire life.
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Job Applicants Are Not Protected Under The ADEA On The Theory of Disparate Impact
In Kleber v. CareFusion Corporation, CareFusion Corporation ("CareFusion") denied job applicant, Dale Kleber, 58-years-old, the position of senior in-house counsel. Mr. Kleber sued CareFusion for age discrimination, claiming that CareFusion's policy of not hiring applicants with more than seven years of experience violated the Age Discrimination in Employment Act ("ADEA"). The district court dismissed the claim, concluding that the ADEA did not allow job applicants to bring a disparate impact claim against a prospective employer. A divided panel of the Seventh Circuit reversed the district court's decision, and CareFusion appealed to the Seventh Circuit en banc, which upheld the district court's decision.
In March 2014, Mr. Kleber applied for a position as senior in-house counsel at CareFusion. The job description required applicants to have "3 to 7 years (no more than 7 years) of relevant legal experience." Mr. Kleber was 58 at the time and had more than seven years of relevant experience. CareFusion, however, passed over Mr. Kleber and instead hired a 29-year-old applicant who met, but did not exceed, the prescribed experience requirement. Mr. Kleber sued, claiming that CareFusion's policy of establishing the maximum years of experience for jobs, discriminates against older workers in violation of the ADEA, on the theory of disparate impact. Disparate impact occurs when policies, practices, rules, or other systems that appear to be neutral result in a disproportionate impact on a protected group. On January 23, 2019, the Seventh Circuit en banc heard the case but did not consider whether CareFusion Corporation discriminated against Mr. Kleber on the basis of age because it found that § 4(a)(2) of the ADEA did not apply to Mr. Kleber at all.
The Seventh Circuit reviewed the original language of the statute, which "makes it unlawful for an employer to limit, segregate, or classify his employees in any way which would deprive or tend to deprive any individual of employment opportunities or otherwise adversely affect his status as an employee, because of such individual's age." The Court held that this language "plainly demonstrates that the requisite impact must befall on the individual with 'status as an employee'" and does not extend to applicants for employment. Further, "common dictionary definitions confirms that an applicant does not have an employment status," explained the Court. As such, the Court reversed the panel's decision and affirmed the district court's decision to dismiss Mr. Kleber's claim.
Posted in: ADEA and Age Discrimination
Updated: March 15, 2019 6:24 pm
Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity Discrimination under the New York City Human Rights Law
By Owen Laird
Employees across the country are protected from discrimination by three main federal laws: Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1963 (Title VII) protects against discrimination based on race and color, national origin, sex, and religion, while the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and the Age Discrimination in Employment Act (ADEA) protect against discrimination based on disability and age, respectively. Workers in New York City, however, enjoy the protections of one of the most expansive anti-discrimination statutes in the nation: the New York City Human Rights Law (NYCHRL), a city law that is extensive as well as adaptive to their needs.
In addition to those federally protected characteristics listed above, the NYCHRL provides additional protection against sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, and partnership status discrimination (to name a few). Protection against sexual orientation discrimination and gender identity discrimination is essential as these characteristics are not protected by other statutory regimes, and New Yorkers cannot rely on federal laws to provide this security.
Posted in: ADA, ADEA, LGBT, New Law, NYCHRL, Sexual Orientation Discrimination and Title VII
Updated: February 14, 2018 11:39 am
U.S. Supreme Court Declines to Address Scope of ADEA Disparate Impact Claims
Lev Craig
Last week, on June 26, 2017, the U.S. Supreme Court denied plaintiff Richard Villarreal's petition for a writ of certiorari, declining to review the U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit's decision in Villarreal v. R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co., a case arising under the Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967 (ADEA). In Villarreal, the court was asked to consider whether the ADEA permits job applicants who have been disadvantaged in the hiring process because of their age to bring disparate impact claims. The Eleventh Circuit ruled against Villarreal, holding that the ADEA only creates a disparate impact cause of action for existing employees, not job applicants. The Supreme Court's refusal to grant certiorari means that the Eleventh Circuit's decision will stand and, for now, the issue will remain open to interpretation by lower courts and the other Circuits.
In 2007, Richard Villarreal applied for a position as a territory manager at R.J. Reynolds, a large tobacco manufacturer and distributor. R.J. Reynolds rejected Villarreal, who was 49 years old at the time, based on a set of standardized internal guidelines. These guidelines stated that the ideal candidate for the territory manager position would be "2–3 years out of college" and instructed reviewers to "stay away from" applicants whose résumés stated that they had been "in sales for 8–10 years."
Posted in: ADEA, Age Discrimination, Collective Action, Hiring Practices, SCOTUS and Supreme Court
Updated: August 21, 2019 5:30 pm
UBS Securities, LLC Faces Age Discrimination Class Action
By Shelby Krzastek
Former UBS Securities, LLC (UBS) employees Shannon Zoller and Alexander Beigelman claim that UBS forced laid-off employees to release claims against UBS to receive deferred compensation to which they were already entitled under their employment contract. The policy allegedly breaches UBS's employee contract and violates New York and Illinois state labor laws, the Age Discrimination in Employment Act, and the Older Workers Benefit Protection Act. On December 12, 2016, Zoller and Beigelman filed a putative class action against UBS in the U.S. District Court of Illinois.
The suit alleges that, in February 2013, numerous subsidiaries of UBS implemented a policy requiring any employee laid off during staff reductions to sign a waiver and release of claims in order to receive previously earned deferred compensation. According to Zoller and Beigelman, UBS hid the policy in an appendix to a document accompanying the employee contract.
Posted in: ADEA, Age Discrimination and Class Action
AREVA Inc. Faces a Lawsuit Over Alleged Age Discrimination After a Reduction In Force
Yarelyn Mena and Edgar M. Rivera, Esq.
On October 15, 2013, after twenty-five years of employment Dr. Farrokh Seifaee was one of fifteen employees terminated from AREVA, Inc. (AREVA) as a part of a reduction in force ("RIF"). The group of fifteen all had one thing in common: every member was over the age of fifty-five years old. On May 12, 2014, Seifaee filed a complaint alleging age discrimination in violation of the Massachusetts Anti-Discrimination Law and the Age Discrimination in Employment Act (ADEA).
In 2011, AREVA lost funding on major projects, resulting in several layoffs in an initial RIF. For the next several years, Seifaee's team and various others had little work to do as projects began to diminish. In September 2013, AREVA's management began preparing for another RIF. Department heads, including Seifaee's supervisor Bret Boman, created criterion to determine which employees would be laid off. The criterion considered business needs, current and past evaluations of each employee, and the employee's critical or unique skills. Each employee was rated on a scale from one to ten, along with written documentation supporting the evaluation.
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EEOC Brings Another Lawsuit Against Ruby Tuesday Alleging Age Discrimination
In February 2015, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission ("EEOC") filed a lawsuit in the South District of Florida against Ruby Tuesday, a national restaurant chain, alleging age discrimination. The EEOC alleges that Ruby Tuesday discriminated against older applicants for both "front of the house" positions, which include host and server positions, and "back of the house" positions, which include chef and kitchen manager positions. The complaint claims that Ruby Tuesday's management told older applicants that they were "too experienced," that Ruby Tuesday was searching for "fresh" youthful employees, and that "[Ruby Tuesday] wasn't looking for "old white guys."
This lawsuit is not the first time Ruby Tuesday has been accused of age discrimination. In 2013, Ruby Tuesday agreed to pay $575,000 to settle another age discrimination lawsuit filed by the EEOC in Western District of Pennsylvania, which alleged that Ruby Tuesday directly or implicitly instructed the managers at six restaurants in Pennsylvania and Ohio to not hire servers, bartenders, hostesses or kitchen staff over the age of 40.
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Recent vacancies from Slovenian employers: Jelovica, Lafarge Cement, Gorenje, Skupina Pivka, SGP Zidgrad, Hella Saturnus Slovenija, I-Rose and Lek.
Dynamic work, excellent opportunities for professional and career growth, immediate employment is possible.
advantage will be given to candidates with experience in selling concrete products and B2B sales experience in construction (or in a similar field).
Excellent opportunities for development in the international environment, safe and healthy working environment, company car.
Work in various regions of Slovenia. Applications should be sent urgently.
Work in Velenje. Applications will be accepted until 25 August.
work experience in the field of marketing.
Contract for three months with a possibility of extension, company car.
Work in the regions of Slovenia (Carinthia, Podravje, Pomurje, Posavje, and Dolenjska) and occasionally at the headquarters/representative offices of the company. Applications will be accepted until 28 August.
knowledge of regulations in the field of construction and public procurement.
Contract for a limited period with a possibility of continued employment. Probationary period: 4 months. Salary: from 1,500 to 2,000 euros. Salary is fixed in the employment contract.
Work in Idrija. Applications will be accepted until 17 September.
active knowledge of English or German.
Contract for 1 year. Work in Ljubljana. Applications will be accepted until 30 September.
high level of English, preferably knowledge of the German language.
Contract for a limited period. Probationary period: 6 months. A possibility of long-term employment. A three-month probation period in Laško. Competitive salary under the contract.
Work in Laško or Ljubljana. Applications will be accepted until 20 September.
Work in Ljubljana. Applications will be accepted until 1 September.
Contract for a limited period with a possible extension.
Applications will be accepted until 6 September.
Employer: Jub, posreduje Hill International.
knowledge of Serbian or Croatian is an advantage.
Work in Ljubljana. Applications will be accepted until 11 September.
knowledge of Linux/Embedded Linux boot process scripts.
Employer: Yaskawa Ristro, Adecco intermediary.
knowledge of 3D CAD tools (CATIA V5 or SolidWorks).
Advantage is given to candidates with many years of work experience and knowledge of CAD tools.
good knowledge of databases, network infrastructure and VPN systems (IPSEC, OpenVPN).
Employment for an unlimited period after successful passing of probation period.
Work in Ljubljana. Applications will be accepted until 9 September.
advantage is given to candidates with knowledge of German.
Work in Germany. Applications will be accepted until 31 August.
Contract for 1 year with a possibility of extension.
Work in Holt. Applications will be accepted until 3 September.
knowledge of MIG, MAG, TIG welding technologies is desirable.
Contract for six months with a possibility of extension.
Work in Ljubljana. Applications will be accepted until 3 September.
Applications will be accepted until 31 August.
knowledge of programming tools (CAD, MS Office).
Willingness to travel abroad. Contract for an indefinite period. Probationary period: 6 months.
Work in Šempeter pri Gorici. Applications will be accepted until 30 August.
Employer: Sij, Slovenska industrija jekla.
experience in using database management tools, administration, database optimization.
Contract for an indefinite period. Probationary period: 6 months. Applications will be accepted until 25 August.
wiliness to work in the field and abroad.
Work in Koper. Applications will be accepted until 30 August.
knowledge of the German language is needed for waiters and administrators; room maids and street cleaners should know foreign language at a conversational level.
Ski and snowboard instructors should provide a professional license (knowledge of the German language is preferable).
Work at the Salzburger Land ski resorts (Lungau and Pinzgau) and in Austrian Carinthia.
The interview will be held on 10 October in Ljubljana. Applications will be accepted until 30 December.
wiliness to work in constantly changing conditions and work schedule.
Work in Austria. An applicant may be temporarily employed at the production facilities of the enterprise (Bovec).
Employer: Rosalie Beeskow GmbH Ambulanter.
Full-time position. A part-time schedule is possible.
Work in Germany, Mecklenburg. Applications will be accepted until 1 September.


Last week HODINKEE hosted an event with Seiko in New York City. Fans of the brand and watch enthusiasts alike were treated to a night of Japanese horology, mingling amongst a large selection of the brand's most popular models and enjoying demonstrations by a Seiko watchmaker.
For more information on Seiko, please visit their website here.


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High Yield Bond News
Affinion receives consents for recap, covenant elimination
S&P: BBB downgrade risks in Europe look manageable
Churchill Downs announces $400M of eight-year notes for debt refi
Judge dismisses Marble Ridge claims over Neiman's MyTheresa transfer
Revlon delays annual 10-K, details liquidity, ERP-related losses
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Apollo-controlled Affinion Group has met the required 98% participation threshold to proceed with its proposed recapitalization plan. In addition to reducing debt by $628 million and extending its maturity profile, the company also received consents to eliminate financial covenants under its indenture.
The restructuring proposal came after the marketing concern failed to make a $22.2 million interest payment due Feb. 19 on its first-lien term loan due May 10, 2022, entering instead into a forbearance agreement with its first-lien lenders through June 3.
If the transaction is not completed, Affinion has warned it could seek to restructure via Chapter 11, obtaining a $55 million debtor-in-possession term loan facility with HPS Investment Partners, Manchester Securities, and Zev Investments for this purpose.
The distressed exchange will swap about $700 million of principal of the company's 12.5%/pay-in-kind (PIK) 15.5% step-up notes due 2022, which were put in place as part of a 2017 restructuring, for equity in the company. Affinion also plans to issue $357 million of 18% PIK unsecured notes due 2024 (unrated) and use net proceeds of about $300 million to repay its full revolver borrowings of $108 million and pay down $153 million of the approximately $872 million outstanding on its first-lien term loan due 2022.
Pro forma for the repayment, $719 million of the term loan will remain outstanding, with the loan's maturity extended to 2024, from 2022. Additionally, as part of the transaction, the total commitment under the revolver will be reduced to $80 million, from $110 million, and the maturity extended to 2023, from 2022, according to S&P Global Ratings.
As of Dec. 31, Affinion had $84.7 million of cash and cash equivalents.
"We believe Affinion's decision to forgo its interest payment is strategic because it proposed a new recapitalization plan and negotiated with lenders to restructure the balance sheet, and not due to insufficient liquidity given cash on hand," S&P credit analyst Elton Cerda said in a March 8 report.
Prior to the removal of financial covenants, the issuer was subject to a 6.75x senior secured leverage ratio governing the facility, scheduled to step down each quarter in 2019 to 6.38x, 6.25x, 6.00x, and 5.88x, respectively.
Affinion, a provider of loyalty and customer engagement solutions, placed the PIK toggle bonds in 2017 as part of a restructuring that swapped its existing unsecured notes in a deal said to be backstopped at the time by a significant portion of the company's existing senior unsecured lenders.
The loss of a key customer last year, however, is expected to result in a double-digit decline in revenue and EBITDA in 2019, according to a December report by S&P Global Ratings. S&P has since lowered its rating on Affinion, to SD, from CCC–, on account of the missed term loan payment. Moody's lowered Affinion to Ca, from Caa3, and withdrew all ratings.
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The Chemist
tensixfour Creative
tensixfour Digital
Self taught back alley black market-y concoction mixing can get no better! Become a chemist, see the darker side of chemistry. It's as easy as pouring one thing into another while deciding what to do when parents start eating their babies because the soft body lotion you've made just makes them so tasty.
Mixed (96) - 54% of the 96 user reviews for this game are positive.
Indie Casual Simulation Early Access
Mixed (54% of 96) All Time
Title: The Chemist
Genre: Casual, Indie, Simulation, Early Access
Developer: tensixfour Creative
Publisher: tensixfour Digital
Release Date: Nov 3, 2017
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"We believe that our game would benefit greatly if its final stages are developed together with the people playing and enjoying it; and that the end result would be a much more enjoyable indie experience. As we kept developing The Chemist, we realized that it could grow into much more than the simple game we had originally envisioned - we want to make use of early access as a means of adding more content to the game as per your feedback before marking it as released. The first phase in The Chemist is complete, it has all the core elements we've thought of. Early access is the second phase for us, we want to see what The Chemist can grow to be when further developed together with the community.
You can say that, being a bunch of not-so-normal people ourselves, we started thinking of The Chemist as our child and so our child has to get out and learn more of life before we kick her out of the house."
"Minimum of 3, maximum of 8 months depending on what features we decide to add to the game together with your feedback."
"It'll be richer in content and mechanics, and we also believe that it'll be more re-playable. In no specific order, here is a list of things that we'll consider implementing during the early access period (the actual order of working on these, or adding/removing stuff to/from the list will all depend on your feedback)
More contracts to try and finish and more resources to allow for a bigger pool of possible mixture combinations
More events! We're planning on the final release to have 1000 events to always keep you surprised (that is ~400 more than what is in the game right now)
Adding up more theme-specific workspaces such as The Basement. These will have characteristic visuals and mechanics. A couple of themes on top of our head are a Sci-Fi room with production lines and robots and such & a medieval themed alchemy room. These will have characteristic content as well including new contracts, resources, events, traits etc.
A market system where you can purchase new equipment and vanity items that allows you to customize your workspace. This will also depend on how we choose to proceed with the above point of theme-specific rooms; maybe we can make it so that you can unlock and purchase theme-specific items one by one and turn your room into anything you wish.
Chemical reaction effects. Wouldn't it be cool to see your flasks blowing up?
Mod/Workshop support
More non-essential minors such as the write-able board we currently have at the living room
Different outer scenery
Co-op - now this is a tough one. There really are many ways we can go about constructing a coop mechanic for the game and it'd also take up a lot of our limited resources to make it happen. We'd need lots of feedback towards this to make it happen.
Multiplayer - this would be a match-based system where you compete with other chemists with various tools at your disposal to disrupt their operations. This is another far fetched idea same as coop but with enough resources and feedback it can happen!
Quite honestly, early access is a completely new excitement for us as well and we'd like to make the decision of "what to do next" together with you."
"In terms of playability, there are bugs present but nothing game breaking. No core mechanics are missing either. Content-wise, of the 4 total theme-specific workplaces we're planning to have; 2 of it is in the game (the default starting living room and the basement). There are ~150 contracts to choose from, ~75 resources to mix, ~600 events and 20 character levels."
"The price will be increased only if we add stuff that makes the game richer in content and more replayable; there will be no change in the price otherwise."
"Quite literally, by personally listening to you in every way possible. It's the reason why we're further developing the game through early access and not simply packing it up for release! The plan is making use of the Steam discussions to listen to your opinions mostly, but we'll do our best to haunt every major platform where you can leave a review. We'll also be running polls every now and then prior to setting the goal of an upcoming patch.
If things start becoming too hectic for us to keep track of, we'd seek help from community managers willing to help us out in refining your feedback and relaying it to us."
Buy The Chemist
In The Chemist, working hard and managing your resources well is as important as making the right decisions about your life and your work. Making the best out of the contracts and the resources available to you, you'll find yourself creating recipes for all sorts of different liquids and finding answers to your questions like "what would happen if my fruit soda could also be used as a soap?". As you get more and more famous, certain companies with grand plans for the world may start watching your steps - should you choose to deal with them, you'll witness the results of your actions shape the world. And whenever the stress becomes too much to bear, you can always throw around some flasks and watch them shatter to pieces; or just take out the trash. It's good for your soul. Bad for paying the rent.
Mix and earn: Choose from hundreds of different contracts, be it an AC cleaner or a soy sauce recipe, and progress through the story as you make both a living and a name for yourself.
There are also some...particularly shady concoctions that you can make a huge profit from. If you're the risky type, try to master the dark side of chemistry right down in your basement!
Don't be afraid to try new things! A tasty motor oil, a hot pepper flavoured cake cream; why not! Be mindful though, when you're creating a shaving gel recipe that can also be used for...other purposes, things may get out of hand rather quickly.
Event based gameplay : Your decisions will have consequences. It may be about your private life, your career, or even the fate of the world. The rich content of events will keep surprising you. By rich we mean, as of now, close to 800. Just don't ask how we came up with them...
There is always a mastermind plan brewing. You'll catch the eye of some very powerful companies as they try to make the world a better place or simply to take advantage of you. Whatever their goals, your dealings with them will change the world in an all too visible way.
Use your resources wisely: outright completing a contract may not always be to your benefit. You may have to save up on some particular resources as their prices rise up due to seasonal storms or the president's digestion problems...
Graphics: GeForce 2GB GTX560 or AMD Radeon HD 6950
Processor: 2.6 GHz Quad Core
Graphics: GeForce GTX750 or AMD Radeon R7 265
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Voyager School Travel unveils live online escape room for French studies
Language travel provider, Voyager School Travel, has launched a live language experience for students who missed out on their French trip due to Covid-19 - a virtual escape room game called Asteroid Alert.
Pupils can test their French skills throughout the session.
The workshop is designed to bring the fun of a French trip to the classroom using a direct link to Voyager's language instructors in France.
Asteroid Alert is described as an immersive language experience to encourage children to use their French in a fast-paced escape room game.
To win the game, classmates must prevent an 'asteroid strike', by spotting clues and using their French to solve puzzles communicating directly with the hose in France via a live link.
Katharine Ruff, a French teacher at St Catherine's School in Eastbourne who tried the workshop, said: "I'd looked at online escape rooms but they were based on videos and computer games, whereas I was looking for an interactive experience. This is different because the activity is live and gives students the opportunity to talk to a real person and French native-speaker."
"We tried the game with our year 10 students and they absolutely loved it. They enjoyed the challenge of working out the clues whilst also having to communicate in French."
Nigel English, Voyager School Travel founder and CEO, said: "Our research shows that students have had far less opportunity to speak French this year because of the pandemic.
"Teachers told us that it has been a real challenge for children to practise speaking French while learning from home and this has been exacerbated by schools not being able to run French trips which are integral to learning a language.
"We wanted to do something positive for children who have missed out on their French experience and so we designed the virtual escape room as a fun way to inspire students to practise their French again."
Benefits of the experience according to Voyager School Travel
A unique opportunity for children to interact with a French native-speaker trained to get even the most reticent students speaking French.
An immersive activity which aims to build confidence and get classmates working as a team while practising their French.
Online sessions can be slotted into the existing timetable so no other learning is disrupted.
Groups can participate from the classroom or from multiple remote locations which means that children who have to self-isolate can still take part from home.
Includes complementary teacher planning, vocabulary and follow-up lesson resources.
Nigel added: "Voyager has always been about adding extra educational value to school trips and so an online French language experience is a natural extension for us.
"We tested the game with school groups learning from home during lockdown and we were surprised at how quickly the learners immersed themselves in the experience."
You can find more information about the virtual escape room here.
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Year-round trip ideas to promote positive mental wellbeing in children
We've compiled some of the amazing places across the UK which promote a positive frame of mind through outdoor learning.
School bookings for the West End's Wicked musical which returns in September
Schools can now book their tickets to see Wicked at London's Apollo Victoria Theatre with performances resuming on Wednesday 15th September - just in time for the new school year.
Hay Festival releases free virtual programme for schools
The festival, which aims to broadcast top writers for all ages, has released its free online programme for schools which includes a series of interactive activities and workshops from 24th - 28th May.


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How Non-Directional Radio Beacons Help With Navigation
by Jose Harris	 March 6, 2019
Fantastic strides are created in location-based technology because the times when sailors employed a primitive compass to navigate their way around uncharted waters. These days, a global positioning system (GPS) is preserved by the USA authorities, and also this navigation instrument permits the proprietor of a recipient to ascertain their place by communication using four or more GPS satellites. This technology has a range of applications and plays a very important part of operations done by the army, civil, and business users. GPS technology also helps pilots navigate commercial atmosphere.
As further improvements are made in the area of GPS technology, some organizations have turned into more complex devices to attain their monitoring requirements. For example, differential GPS apparatus and non-directional radio beacons are used more often by classes requiring a greater degree of position accuracy. This guide will take a good look at both of these location-based technology options.
Differential GPS devices
These apparatus are known chiefly for their enhanced precision. Professionals working in search-and-rescue operations require a greater degree of precision to monitor people so that they utilize differential GPS apparatus. Top-of-the-line units equipped with this technology boast precision to ten cm, whereas conventional GPS devices guarantee accuracy within fifteen meters. The motive differential GPS products offer you such a high degree of precision is they communicate using a community of stationary, ground-based methods to measure location. These programs take a known, fixed place that's compared to the place measured by conventional GPS systems. The ground-based apparatus then compare the dimension with the famous place to make a digital correction signal. This digital correction signal permits the differential GPS device to supply more precise measurements when finding individuals or apparatus in mountainous regions, in the sea, or even in locations where a mobile phone is not able to reach service. A satellite-based augmentation process is comparable, with the exception being it uses orbiting satellites rather than ground-based methods to transmit alterations. Visit Xeos here.
Non-Directional Radio Beacons
Non-directional radio beacons are wireless transmitters located at a known location and are most frequently used for marine and aviation navigation. Unlike a number of those GPS tools mentioned previously, non-directional radio beacons don't utilize location information to supply instructions. All these beacons emit signs in their own fixed place, which pilots may use to ascertain where they are situated. Signs additionally indicate that specific pathway a plane must follow, so in-air crashes are prevented by setting aside particular airways for every single aircraft.
The signs that non-directional radio beacons emit follow the curvature of the planet, making these signs more valuable compared to VHF omnidirectional range signs. Essentially, these signs can be obtained at a lower elevation from a larger distance. But, VHF omnidirectional range signs are even more prevalent in developed nations, while non-directional radio beacons are somewhat more prevalent in undeveloped areas or densely populated areas of developed nations.
Sailing Safety Equipment – Emergency Locator Beacons, an Intro
As more people spend time on leisure activities the amount of individuals sailing can be increased. For those seeking to set sailboats larger than the tiniest dingy using a placing device which could alert the police and ship where you are in the event of a crisis isn't just helpful but may be the difference between death and life.
Traditionally the security equipment a yacht carries is a VHF radio and distress flares. But sometimes events can occur which imply you might not have sufficient time to contact anyone with your onboard radio; for instance, a devastating failure of the ship because of hitting a submerged object like a subway or a stone could signify that the ship sinks in more than a couple of minutes. In such scenarios, all you've got time for is to get your own life raft and grab bag of survival rations etc and be sure that everyone has escaped. In case you've got an emergency locator beacon, it's possible to trigger this really is actually in a matter of moments. Once activated it will, through the COSPAS-SARSAT satellite program contact with the search and rescue police at which the beacon was enrolled; then they will subsequently, having assessed with all the contact information left once the beacon was enrolled to authenticate the telephone, notify the local coastguard or search and rescue services at the nation or area that the sign has come out of. The precise place is sent as GPS coordinates or, even if GPS isn't essential to this beacon product, by triangulating between different satellites which are used from the COSPAS-SARSAT system. Learn more about beacon tracking here.
There are two chief kinds of the emergency beacon; All these will be the EPIRB (Emergency Position Indicating Radio Beacon) and PLB (Personal Locator Beacon). The most recent EPIRBs and PLBs both operate on 406 MHz. An EPIRB will be bigger than a PLB and may be saved within an Auto-housing, which triggers the EPIRB as it comes in contact with water or even as one unit that's triggered by way of a button or change. Once activated they'll continue to transmit a signal for at least 48 hours. They'll also float. A PLB will have a tendency to be much more compact compared to an EPIRB (generally no longer than the size of a cellular telephone ), doesn't trigger automatically, and does not float, but occasionally it may do if it's kept in a flotation pouch. It is going to only transmit for no less than 24 hours.
Ordinarily, an EPIRB is enrolled to a ship, even though a PLB is registered to a person. So based on how big the ship and the number of crews you've you may select either an EPIRB or a PLB. Kannad Marine delivers a range of EPIRB and PLB goods acceptable for sailing.
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V2-10 Speeds and Feeds
Pocket NC Tool Library
V2 Series Shipping Bolt Removal
V2 Series Software Overview
V2 Series Home Position & Travel
V2 Series Tool Length Offset
V2 Series Work Holding
V1.0: October 2017 (JD)
V2.0: September 2018 (KN) added Windows 10 Driver information, New Display, and Status tab
V3.0: November 2019 (QR) added Catalina driver info
The purpose of this tutorial is to introduce users to the Pocket NC V2 user interface. The topics covered in this tutorial are interface navigation, machine controls, loading and running programs, editing the tool table, conducting tool length measurements using the tool probe feature, and changing the display units.
Software needed: web browser, Chrome, Firefox, Safari are recommended. No internet connection is required.
Hardware needed: computer/Chromebook, USB/mini USB cable
Section 1: Startup and Shutdown
Plug the power cord into the Pocket NC and plug it to a power outlet using the included C13 power cord.
Connect the Pocket NC to the computer using the mini USB/USB adapter cable included in the toolkit.
Instructions on downloading the appropriate driver and the drivers can be found here.
If you are using an Apple computer that is running Catalina and you are having driver issues, please see this article for the latest driver.
If you are having issues with Windows 10 drivers, please see this article, a recent (October 2019) Windows 10 update requires most users to use a generic driver.
The drivers for Windows 7, 8, and 8.1 should be preinstalled on the Beaglebone. If you need a different driver, follow this link to view the available Beagleboard drivers.
Download and install one of the following web browsers:
Section 1.1: Startup:
Turn on your machine.
Connect to your computer using the mini USB port.
Wait about 30 seconds for the machine to fully boot before attempting to connect to it. The red, E-stop button will blink when the machine is fully booted.
Open your web browser and type the Pocket NC's IP address, "192.168.7.2" into the search bar.
The User Interface will open in the "Production" screen.
By default the power to the axes will be off, in order to enable the axes click on the "E-Stop" button in the upper right corner of the screen. You will note that the E-stop (red button) on the Pocket NC mill will blink until the motor power is enabled and will be solid after the motors are active. The E-Stop button turns to red to indicate it's on.
Before running any programs the machine must be homed. Click the "Home All" button in order to send all axes to their home positions. The screenshot below shows the coordinates of the machine's home position.
Section 1.2: Shutdown
When you are done operating the machine, click on the power button symbol in the upper right corner of the screen this shuts down the machine, but also safely shuts down the Beaglebone Board. A pop-up asks you if you would like to completely shut down the V2 machine.
Shut off the power button on the Pocket NC and unplug the machine from the computer.
The computer may generate an error message warning you to eject the BeagleBone before unplugging it. You may eject the BeagleBone from the computer if desired, but it is not necessary.
Section 2: Production Tab
For startup procedure and homing see section 1 of this document
Section 2.1: Jogging
There are a number of ways that the user can control the machine axes. The user can select the axis he would like to move by clicking on the axis buttons. The user can then jog that button using the plus (+) and minus (-) buttons.
The user can also jog the axes using the mouse wheel by turning enabling the "Jog With Mouse Wheel" button and selecting the desired axis of motion by clicking on the respective button.
Finally, the user may also use keyboard controls to move the axes. The arrow keys control the X and Y axes, the "Z" and "X" keys are used to control the Z axis, the "A" and "S" keys control the A axis, finally, the "B" and "N" keys are used to control the B axis. The settings for the keyboard controlled jogging are located in the "Jog" menu at the bottom of the page. Click on the "Jog" button to bring up a list of the available step sizes. The available step sizes can be adjusted in the machine configurations.
Section 2.1.1: Step Size
The step size can be changed by clicking on the step size readout and choosing the desired step size from the dropdown list. Note that the rotary axes have different step size options than the linear axes. The step size units are inches, centimeters, or millimeters for the linear axes and degrees for the rotary axes. The user can change the units of the linear axes in the "Configurations" tab. The units in the images below are inches.
Section 2.2: DRO Interface
The digital readout (DRO) allows the user to see the position of each of the machine axes. The user may also use the DRO to home axes individually.
Section 2.3: Loading a Program
Upload a machining file to the BeagleBone by clicking on the "Upload New File" button.
Select your .ngc file from the file directory on your computer or USB flash drive. Note that G-code files must be 2.5MB or less to transfer. This is also the maximum file size that the Pocket NCs' processor can handle when it comes time to check the Gcode for errors before running it.
After the file has been successfully uploaded, the file name will appear in the in the file window on the left side of the screen as well as in the file display window at the bottom of the screen.
Once the file is loaded, the code will be displayed in the "File" display area at the bottom of the screen. The user can view the file before running it and while it runs using this interface.
Section 2.4: Running a Program
Run the program by clicking the green "Run From" button.
If you have a M0 or M1 command at the start of your code, the program will be paused. Click the blue Pause/Resume" button or push the green Pause/Go button on the machine in order to start the program. The user may pause the program at any point by clicking the "Pause" button or pushing the green button on the machine. The user can stop the program by clicking the "Stop" button or pushing the red, emergency stop button on the machine.
Section 2.4.1: Spindle Rate and Feed Rate Control
The user can change the feedrate and spindle speed while the program is running by toggling the Spindle Rate and Feed Rate controls. The arrows adjust the speed in 5% increments. The reset button resets the value of the spindle of feed rate to 100% of the program value.
Section 2.4.2: Optional Stop
The user can choose whether or not to have the program stop for optional stops in the program by toggling the optional stop button on or off. This allows the user to include optional stops for part checks and turn them off once the program is proved.
Section 2.5: Deleting a File
Click on the file button to access the files that have already been loaded. Click on the orange "X" to delete a file from the BeagleBones' memory.
Section 2.6: MDI Interface
The MDI interface allows the user to give the Pocket NC commands directly by typing in lines of G code.
Recently used codes can be accessed by clicking on the arrow to the left of the MDI window.
Section 3: Tooling/Tool Table
The Tooling tab contains the tool table, work offset table, and a second digital readout screen.
Section 3.1: Tool Table
A screenshot of the tool table is shown below. By default, the Z Offset for all of the tools will be preset to 5.00 inches. This number will change when you measure the tool length offset for your tool. You may manually edit the "Diameter" and "Description" columns if desired.
Section 3.1.1: Tool Measurement
Do not run the probe cycle for any tool sticking out more than 1.5 inches from the end of the extended tool holder or for a tool larger than ¼ inch diameter. Doing so will cause a crash and may result in damage to your machine and/or a broken tool.
Install the tool that you wish to measure.
Click on the "Measure Tool xx" button for the tool for which you wish to set the tool length offset.
The following prompt will appear in the bottom right corner of the screen.
Double check that your tool is installed correctly then switch back over to the Production tab and click on the "Resume/Pause" button or click on the green button on the machine to run the probe cycle.
Section 4: Configurations
The configurations tab allows the user to make changes to the Pocket NC software settings.
Section 4.1: Network
The network settings displays the machine's IP address, Host Port, Username and Password. The username and password are both set as "default."
The Network tab is for configuring your Pocket NC to be on a network. By default, your Pocket NC is configured to connect to 192.168.7.2, the address that is automatically assigned when plugged in to your computer via USB. Advanced users can connect the Pocket NC to a network via ethernet. The IP address assigned to the Pocket NC can be changed in the Network tab so that it can be accessed by other computers on the network. Once on the network, there are serious safety and security considerations to account for. Setting up your machine this way is not recommended unless you fully understand the ramifications of doing so.
Note: changing the IP address in the network tab does not change the Pocket NC's IP address, but rather indicates to the UI what address to connect to. If you've configured your Pocket NC to be on a network, set its IP address here.
Section 4.2: Display/Changing Unit System
The unit system of the interface may be changed using the "Display" tab. Select the unit system that you would like to use then click "save." The numbers throughout the interface will update to reflect the new unit system.
The settings for the keyboard controlled jogging may be changed using this screen. Please note that these settings only apply to the keyboard controlled jogging they do not affect the jog settings for the mouse wheel jogging or the manual jog using the +/- buttons.
Section 4.4: Server
The "Server" tab contains links to the configuration and support pages for the LinuxCNC operating system running on the Pocket NC's BeagleBone computer.
The Linux CNC Server Web Configuration link opens a new window that displays all of the settings that the Pocket NC uses to run its specific configuration of Linux CNC. These values are set during the manufacturing and calibration process. These are advanced settings, we recommend that only experienced users change them. Any changes made here are at your own risk and may result in adverse impacts on the Pocket NC's functionality.
The "Server Help Website" link opens a new window with an extensive library of support documentation for the LinuxCNC operating system that the Pocket NC mill runs.
Section 4.5: Status
The Status tab allows the user to monitor how much memory and storage are left on the Beaglebone Board. The user can clear logs if the Beaglebone board looks close to being full and can clear the G Code files on the Beaglebone board as well.
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User's Manual Pocket NC V2 Series (V2-10 and V2-50)
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Poncho (PC)
Written by Cheryl Gress
Developed by: Delve Interactive
Published by: Rising Star Games
Available on: OSX, SteamOS, Windows
Genre: Platformer
Number of Players: Single-player
Thank you Rising Star Games for sending us this game to review!
Poncho was pitched on Kickstarter in September of 2014. Although the campaign was unsuccessful, Rising Star Games published Poncho to make this multiple dimension puzzle platforming game a reality. Gamers who are familiar with Fez will see many similarities with the retro soundtrack and visuals along with the perspective shifting capabilities. However, instead of rotating the screen for a different view, players can shift between the foreground and background dimension to solve various puzzles. While not available on the 3DS, Poncho would utilize its depth 3D effects perfectly.
The premise is simple; humanity has ceased to exist and robotic and plant life is all that remains on Earth. With his dimension shifting abilities, Poncho can go back and save mankind and perhaps get to meet his maker in the process. While Poncho is mostly alone, he will meet some allies, like the Junkyard King who will reward him for reassembling his robotic army for him.
Strong Points: Unique platformer that lets you shift between the foreground and background to solve puzzles
Weak Points: High frustration factor as the levels and puzzles can be confusing at times; short amount of gameplay if you're good at it; the main menu is only accessible while you're in a level
Moral Warnings: None!
There are eight levels and each one has a set amount of robots to fix as well as gems and keys to collect. Gems are used as currency to buy additional keys from merchants. The prices of the keys will go up after each purchase. If you can't afford to buy keys, take comfort in knowing that they can often be found inside of the levels if you're willing to solve puzzles to reach them. The Junkyard King also gives keys out as a reward for fixing his robots.
Keys are crucial to advancing the game to unlock newer levels. So be sure to have a couple of each color on hand at all times. New abilities can also be found in the levels, but you have to work hard to earn them as they require going off of the beaten path to access them.
Besides locating keys, broken robots, and gems, Poncho must find the teleporter to unlock future levels to advance the game's story. The levels typically consist of a few screens wide, but the meat of them is in their depth and height. As Poncho walks to the left or the right, it won't take long before some obstacle blocks his path and in order to move forward he'll likely have to go in the foreground or the background to bypass it. Switching between planes is also required to ascend and climb up onto ledges that reside in a different plane.
Gameplay - 13/20
Morality Score - 100%
Violence - 10/10
Switching between planes is easy enough once you have the controls mastered. The left and right triggers switch between planes and the Xbox 360 controller works flawlessly in this game. For an added challenge many of the platforms switch between the planes on regular intervals so timing them correctly is required. Other platforms shift planes when you do and those are trickier to master.
Despite the sixteen-bit graphics, they are nicely detailed and colorful. The retro look and feel are charming and the soundtrack is available for $4.99 if you like it. I thought it was decent, but nothing spectacular.
While Poncho is kid safe, the puzzles may be frustrating for people of all ages. I found this title to be best enjoyed in small doses. If you are good at it, it can be beaten in a few hours. Because of those concerns, I wouldn't recommend buying Poncho at full price. It's been on sale on Steam before and is worth looking into at a lower price.
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