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Inside DHL's robotics ecosystem
August 30, 2022 by dendy-today
Sally Miller, CIO, North America, DHL Supply Chain
DHL is using robotics to support numerous warehousing and logistics tasks. DHL innovates its logistics workflow and the tools and technologies deployed in DHL distribution centers around the world, as the company continually improves its efficiency.
Sally Miller, DHL Supply Chain's chief information officer for North America, recently spoke to The Robot Report about the types of robots the company uses and the innovation cycle it employs to find the most effective solutions.
Sally Miller will also be a keynote speaker at RoboBusiness, which takes place in Santa Clara on Oct 19-20, 2022.
The full interview with Sally was featured on a recent episode of The Robot Report Podcast, which you can listen to here. The text below has been edited for brevity and clarity.
Boston Dynamics and DHL have been working closely together for the last couple of years to test the Stretch robot. The robot will be tasked with several box-moving tasks inside DHL warehouses Can you update us on that partnership?
So we're in the final testing phase, and this is the final iteration. The unit is on-site at one of our facilities. And we're doing the final tweaks before the unit returns to Boston and they finalize any changes before we're live in January. Following that, the rollout of subsequent sites will start. But this is just a final test period, then we're ready to go.
The new Boston Dynamics Stretch robot is being tested by DHL for autonomous trailer unloading. | Credit: Boston Dynamics
Truck unloading is vital to your operations. Other robotics companies are also attacking this application. Why did you choose Boston Dynamics Stretch over the others? Did you try other solutions?
Truck unloading is one of the key activities in any warehouse. Not all of the trucks that we unload have carton products – a lot of the items are palletized. Only a certain percent of our facilities have floor-loaded products.
What we enjoy about working with Boston Dynamics is they are looking at use cases beyond just cardboard unloading. There are several other areas where we're doing activities with cases that the Stretch unit could theoretically be used for. The real value in the Stretch robot comes in multiple activities beyond just case unloading. We've focused significantly on Boston Dynamics, there are other solutions that are coming to market, but right now we are focused on Stretch.
Digit v2 carrying a box. Digit v2 is the pre-production version of Digit. | Credit: Agility Robotics
Can you take us inside the trailer unloading process? I know it's a grueling process for humans. Agility Robotics is making a two-legged robot that has been tested for trailer unloading. There's a nice video showing the Digit robot working collaboratively with humans, carrying things into and out of a trailer. Are you considering removing humans from the trailer unloading process?
Attracting and retaining hourly labor is a challenge for everyone, especially with today's scarcity of resources. Trailer unloading is one of the least liked jobs in the facility. I feel that Stretch will be able to unload faster autonomously than a two-legged robot. And the fact that it doesn't work with humans is OK for now. Based on the speed that it can work, it's a win that we don't need people there.
Autonomous mobile robots from Locus Robotics. | Credit: Locus Robotics
DHL has a large fleet of Locus robots running around its facilities. Can you tell us a little bit about how DHL deployed the Locus solution and what it's doing every day in the facilities?
We have deployed LocusBots in probably 15 facilities and are close to 2,000 bots deployed. This solution works extremely well. Locus is a very innovative company that keeps coming up with use cases to do more of the work in the facility. Our associates love working with the bots. They are cobots designed to work alongside associates. The associates travel less during the day and like going home and telling their families they're working with robots.
We're seeing that sites that have the solution deployed have lower turnover and a higher applicant rate. People want to work in environments where there's more technology deployed. So Locus is a very effective solution that we have deployed where we're doing high-volume each pick to totes.
Locus Robotics is a pioneer of the Robots-as-a-Service (RaaS) concept. What is your perspective of RaaS? Does RaaS simplify the sales process? What sold you on this business model? Were you initially doubtful this would be a reasonable solution for DHL?
We have a global agreement with Locus and their commercial model that they were able to work with us on works well with our commercial contracts. So it was beneficial to us. Obviously, we reassess if we should do the capital outlay versus the RaaS fee. But right now, it is more favorable to us.
DHL has a large fleet of Locus robots deployed in 3PL and distribution centers throughout its network. | Source: DHL
Can you walk us through the process DHL uses to evaluate a new solution and ultimately decide which robots are beneficial? What key performance indicators do you measure?
For assessment, we look at things that people bring to us, whether they be a startup company, an existing vendor with us, a customer, or a venture capital company. We have a lot of connections with VC firms because they want to bounce how viable some of these ideas are off of us. So we have a lot of inputs from various sources that we investigate.
The first thing we look at is whether the solution fits into a significant number of our facilities. We support several market verticals ranging from CPG, tech, life sciences, and healthcare, retail, e-commerce, automotive, and a catch-all bucket. DHL facilities aren't all the same. They're customized for the unique requirements of the customer.
If you walk into an apparel e-commerce facility, you're going to see a lot of automation. If you walk into a tire distribution center, it's going to be quite manual. Not everything fits. We have a database of all of our site profile information, so we're able to quickly see if this is something we should dedicate resources to. If it makes it past that, we do a proof-of-concept where we take the solution to one of our sites that we believe it's a fit for, and we test it out.
Based on how well it performs and how many sites we think it can be deployed at, it then moves to the product stage where it's available for any of our 500 sites to deploy. But, usually, the proof-of-concept tends to be an iterative process with the vendor to make tweaks based on what we learned to make the return on the investment and the value to us better. So that's a value that we bring to the vendor and why a lot of companies want to work with us; they will get that feedback if it moves to proof-of-concept. And if we think there's a potential for the solution to become a product, we really provide the resourcing to get as much value out of the solution as we can.
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Q: Passing array to Start-Job as a parameter After a long time reading here, I'm finally at a point where I needed to register. So hallo from my side.
I'm currently working on a programm to retrieve informations out of the Windows EventLogs. To parse the logs and export them to a csv file I'm using the standard Windows Powershell-Tools which works fine for me. To speed up the process, I decided that I'm going to use multithreading. Each Log get it's own Thread to retrieve the informations in a faster manner.
However in doing so, I'm currently stuck and don't know how to continue any more.
In a few of my function I wanna use an array of EventIds like $evtid= @(4624,4648), which gonna be passed alongside other parameters. Unfortunately I haven't any luck with passing this array as a parameter, which results in an incomplete run of the job. The desired output would be a filtered .csv-file, but the output I get is just an empty file. It seems like the job starts running and is marked as completed very quickly, because I'm getting over a following Get-Job | Wait-Job-statement. I strongly believe that the passing is the problem, because another function which doesn't filter for this ID's and therefore have no arrays to pass, work perfectly fine.
Here the function in question and the variables I use for the EventIDs:
#defines EventIDs and imports WinEventData
$systemid=@(7035,7034,7040)
$loc = Get-Location
"$($loc)\*.psm1" | gci  | Import-Module

#Starts the job and is intended to filter the EventID with -FilterHashtable
$JobSysFiltered= Start-Job -ScriptBlock{param ($evtmax,$system,$systemid,$systemstart,$systemend,$systemcsv)
 Get-WinEvent -MaxEvents $evtmax -FilterHashtable @{Path=$system;ID=$systemid;starttime=$systemstart;
endtime=$systemend} |  Get-WinEventData | Select-Object RecordId,Id,TimeCreated,
                              TaskDisplayName,
                              Task,
                              ProviderName,
                              ProviderId,
                              LogName,
                              MachineName,
                              UserId,
                              e_ServiceName,
                              e_ImagePath,
                              e_ServiceType,
                              e_StartType,
                              e_AccountName,
                              Message     |
                Export-Csv $systemcsv -Delimiter ';'} -ArgumentList ($evtmax,$system,(,$systemid),$systemstart,$systemend,$systemcsv)

The stuff I found during my research doesn't worked so far. Already tried to use a [int[]]-Syntax in the param-Section, which doesn't helped. If the problem is somewhere else to be found, I would be open for any suggestions. Appreciate any help and tipps on that, because I'm out of ideas right now, but don't wanna go back to a non-multithreading script if possible.

A: After a bit of sleep I finally found a workaround for the problem, which I wanna provide to people who are having a similar problem. Since it wasn't possible to pass multiple parameters which included an array, I just joined them together in another array. It seems to be important to cast the IDs inside the job with [int[]], since the -FilterHashtable can't handle the PSObject.
If you wanna use an parameter in one of your jobs, just call them over there indexes. However I couldn't make it work with the output path, so it seems to be necessary to create a variable. If there is a special reason for that, I would be glad for an explanation.
Here a little sample code:

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*Define array with parameters
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  $variablearraysys= @($evtmax,$system,$systemid,$systemstart,$systemend,$systemcsv)

*Use elements of array via index
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 $JobSysFiltered= Start-Job -ScriptBlock{param ($variablearraysys)

 $csv=$variablearraysys[5]

 Get-WinEvent -MaxEvents $variablearraysys[0] -FilterHashtable @{Path=$variablearraysys[1];ID=[int[]]$variablearraysys[2];starttime=$variablearraysys[3];endtime=$variablearraysys[4]} |  Get-WinEventData |
              Select-Object RecordId,Id,TimeCreated,
                           TaskDisplayName,
                           Task,
                           ProviderName,
                           ProviderId,
                           LogName,
                           MachineName,
                           Message     |
             Export-Csv $csv} -ArgumentList (,$variablearraysys)

Note that it is also important to use a (,$variable)-Syntax when you pass your array to -ArgumentList. Otherwise it will not use the complete array. Hope that helps with future problems of this kind.

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Home » News » The Lilian Look exhibition! will take place in the Royal palace of Stockholm from August 29, 2015 to January 6, 2016
The Lilian Look exhibition! will take place in the Royal palace of Stockholm from August 29, 2015 to January 6, 2016
How The Lilian Look can describe? It is infinite Chic! In memory of the princess Lilian by which 100 years would be executed on August 30, opening of an exhibition of her dresses will take place. Karl Philipp and the princess Sofia took part in the opening ceremony of an exhibition in the Royal palace.
On a review of public about 30 articles of clothing which the princess Lilian wore on formal receptions and family celebrations are presented. Evening dresses, hats and handbags are divided into six categories: weddings, family celebrations, formal receptions, the Nobel festivals, opening and charitable actions, and at last that isn't less important, humour. The majority of articles of clothing will surely raise a smile at visitors, for example, her improbable dress of the millennium!
The princess Lilian, shows a handbag with the image her and Bingo's dog. The handbag is also presented at an exhibition
The princess Lilian on celebration of the millennium 2000
Elisabeth Uondrek who thought up expression of The Lilian Look was the designer of the princess (that literally means Lilian's Look). Meant soft fine elegance which would characterize a look of the princess by the new expression of Uondrek. Its style was also pure and infinite, with quality preference, the monochrome fabrics which are ideally combined in flowers of a pastel.
Uondrek started working with future princess Lilian in the 1950th. It projected practically all clothes of the princess for her formal receptions. Many sketches of Elisabeth Uondrek were kept, some of them will be included in an exhibition.
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Style of the princess was so popular that she continued to wear the dresses made in the 1970th – thirty years later.
Articles of clothing of the princess will be shown from August 29, 2015 to January 6, 2016 and will be exposed in one of the state rooms of the Royal palace of Stockholm. Also for visitors of an exhibition the catalog in the form of the magazine in which all abundance and richness of dresses is represented is published. Together with an exhibition visitors will be able to see and other rooms and the museums of the palace.
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Q: LED Board Driver Calculation If there is a Board that has 100 LED diodes however using different Diodes that have Different specs (Maximum Reverse Voltage, Max Wattage, Maximum drive current etc.) similar to a Quantum Board LED panel.
theoretically, how would you calculate the driver specs when determining what driver to use for the LED PCB board? and would the LED board even work?
FOR EXAMPLE lets say you are using this PCB board http://www.topledlight.com/red-copper-plate-pcb-circuit-board-100-spots-88mmx88mmx15mm-for-cree-xpe-xpe2-xpg-xpg2-xte-led_p1643.html
with 50 of these LEDs soldered onto them
https://www.cree.com/led-components/products/xlamp-leds-discrete/xlamp-xhp35-2
23 of these in PHOTO RED and 23 in PHOTO BLUE (these have different "Typical Forward Voltage"
https://www.cree.com/led-components/products/xlamp-leds-discrete/xlamp-xp-g3
and lastly 4 of these https://www.ledsupply.com/content/pdf/leds-semiled-uv_documentation.pdf
What Driver would you use, or how do you calculate the desired Driver output specs?
Will these LED Diodes work when soldered to the same board? will there be any type of bottle necking?(since the first diode listed is 13w and the others 6w)
I have a 20 Diode XP-G3 5000k and the driver that is compatible is a 100w PCB
The specs read
Power: 50W/100W
Model Name: CREE Xlamp XP-G3
Emitted Color:Cold White
Color Temperature:6000-6500K
DC Forward Voltage (VF): 30V-36Vdc
DC Forward Current (IF): 1500mA/3000mA
Maximum Pulse Voltage: 38Vdc
Maximum Pulse Current: 1700mA/3200mA
LED Viewing Angle: 115 degree
Size: (L)55*(W)40*(H)1.6mm
Usage:For flood light/high bay light/ House/Party/Architecture Decoration
The size is same as normal 100W LED,more birght and can instead of it.
and i chose this driver
https://www.ledsupply.com/power-supplies/mean-well-lpv-led-power-supply?gclid=CjwKCAjw2qHsBRAGEiwAMbPoDCfRLPvCJRTU6k42X-JfvpGUlxyPLmgIvWD7KKm0SthuQ_MGAroXFhoCD1UQAvD_BwE
Let me clarify. I am soldering a 100 diode quantum board using CREE LEDs and i want to know if the varying CREE Diodes will work properly when soldered to the same board (they are all 3.45 mm and fit on the board but that doesn't necessarily mean it will work efficiently.) I need to learn how to calculate and determine what driver to use and i was hoping someone here could help me.


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Anyway, I couldn't be any happier. Gavin has it all. Such a great feeling to know that you have such amazing and genuine people in your life. The tough times I had and the bad choices I have made in the past have led me to the love, joy and peace I have in my life. I live life with no regrets and enjoy all that God has blessed me with.
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Te vez tan bella Delmy, que Dios te bendiga. Felicidades!
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A YouTube for the littlest video viewers
February 23, 2015 By Anne 1 Comment
Think of YouTube Kids as digital training wheels for the little video viewers at your house – something a lot of parents have been wanting for a very long time. We all know how popular but not always appropriate YouTube is for kids. Problem solved. Designed for kids through age 8, YouTube Kids carefully screens videos so the littlest online viewers can satisfy their seemingly over-active curiosity safely.
It's age group-appropriate in terms of content as well as how kids navigate the app. If they're pre-readers, they can just tap, swipe or talk to pick a video to watch – they can browse or search by voice (even a whisper), whether it's for how to learn or make something or just to be a couch potato.
What I like about YouTube Kids is how kid-customizable it is. It's easy to use, and there's so much content that there's something for every Curious George. It's fun but not all fun and games. There are four categories of content at the top of the screen, each with a cute icon that looks hand-drawn: Tap the screen and you get "Shows"; you get music by tapping the little boom box. Learning is representing by a lightbulb, and tap the little binoculars and you get to Explore. The familiar magnifying glass symbol off to the side gets you to voice or text search.
Parents get to settings that can only be reached by people who read the words representing the 4-digit password (different each time) to be tapped to get into the app's settings. There, you can set a certain amount of time – from a minute to two hours – for your child to play in the app (before "Time's Up!" is announced and the app locks down). Parents can also use the settings to turn off Search, get Help, change Sound Effects, Send Crash Reports, read about Privacy, etc.
Research shows that video is a key area for good family safety practice – and not just because video is so appealing at such young ages. Kids themselves have told researchers that they get disturbed by some videos they see online. So YouTube Kids is training wheels for parents too, really. It encourages us to be engaged with our children's video interests and, in the way the app's designed, even shows us how to some degree. I think you'll have a lot of fun trying it out with your kid – or watching the kid figure it out! One thing we all know already, whether good or bad (and probably somewhere in the middle): it'll be easier for them than learning how to ride a bike. There's a YouTube Kids video for that, BTW.
YouTube itself calls this app its "first building block in tech for tykes," so apparently there's more in the pipeline for kids at YouTube and Google. Watch this space!
Here, too, is a post about the app from mom and YouTube Kids product manager Shimrit Ben-Yair.
A pre-launch story about YouTube Kids in the Wall Street Journal last Fri.
About kids' own views of online video and other connected media: "Online risk in kids' own words: A research milestone"
"All our research actually shows children also are people…. Children are not somebody things [just] happen to…. It's not like they turn on the computer and stuff comes. Children are active agents in their own lives, good and bad…. They use Internet now to express themselves, to socialize, to talk about their frustrations, what the don't like, what they do like," said Norwegian researcher Elisabeth Staksrud of EU Kids Online in a recorded talk published on Vimeo.
Some 2013 Pew Internet research on video-sharing and past coverage of YouTube developments here at NetFamilyNews
Disclosure: As a nonprofit executive, I've advised companies such as Google and Facebook on youth online safety for a number of years. The ideas expressed, here—informed by that work, as well as 20+ years of writing about youth and digital media—are entirely my own.
Filed Under: apps, kids, mobile, Parenting, Social Media, video, Youth Tagged With: Android, app, Google, iOS, iPad, iPhone, kids, mobile, video app, videos, YouTube
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With over one million people diagnosed in the United States alone and no cure in sight, Parkinson's disease is truly a fearsome opponent. However, people living with the disease across the country and around the world are discovering an unusual and surprisingly effective means of fighting back: by pulling on a pair of boxing gloves and taking their best shot. Rock Steady Boxing, an Indianapolis-based nonprofit with a global network of affiliates, trains people with Parkinson's disease to fight back through a non-contact, boxing based fitness curriculum.
Although boxing might seem like an unlikely fit for people living with a degenerative disease, the very skills and capacities that boxers train for- agility, endurance, speed, flexibility- are exactly what people with Parkinson's need to slow the progression of the disease's symptoms. Recent research (at the University of Indianapolis and The Cleveland Clinic) indicates that certain forms of intense exercise can be neuroprotective, slowing the progression of Parkinson's symptoms. Boxing has proven to be an especially effective form of exercise in this regard, due to its mix of footwork, hand-eye coordination and strength training. Furthermore, boxers at Rock Steady gain the added benefit of working with a community of fellow patients, experiencing the same challenges and fighting the same battles.
Although a growing body of research now supports Rock Steady's approach, it began on a lark, as one man's struggle to stay fit and mobile. Scott Newman, a former Marion County, Indiana prosecutor, was diagnosed with early-onset Parkinson's at age 40. A friend offered to train Newman to box as a way to exercise and push back against the disease. He soon experienced a dramatic improvement in his overall health and a reduction in his symptoms.
These improvements did not go unnoticed in the early-onset Parkinson's support group that Newman attended. His peers saw his success and wanted to join the fight. Newman was able to network through his professional connections to acquire a gym for the group and eventually hired three-time world champion boxer Kristy Follmar to assist with training. In 2006, he founded Rock Steady Boxing as a registered nonprofit.
Although word spread quickly and Rock Steady became something of a local sensation in Indianapolis, the initial flood of interest (and contributions) eventually slowed and the group found themselves low on funds and in need of a new gym. Luckily, they applied for and won a local Impact 100 grant, a $100,000 dollar grant awarded annually by a charitable women's giving circle to advance the mission of a chosen nonprofit. This grant brought Rock Steady into a new era, affording them both a new gym and their first ever executive director, Joyce Johnson.
Johnson came to Rock Steady with over 30 year's experience in the nonprofit sector, as well as a personal experience with Parkinson's. Her mother had lived with the disease for over a decade before passing away and Johnson had seen firsthand the terrible toll the disease extracts.
Her mission was to expand the model so that communities across the country could have their own Rock Steady programs. In 2012, Rock Steady began to offer training camps, where prospective coaches could come for a two day session to learn about Parkinson's disease, the Rock Steady training method and a basic marketing plan. Upon completion of the camp, coaches would be certified to start their own Rock Steady program in their home communities as an affiliate.
The program grew slowly at first, with about ten people in each training camp. At the end of 2012, they had three affiliates. With steady growth each year, by 2015 they had expanded to 83 affiliates. Then in November of 2015, something remarkable happened. News anchor Leslie Stahl ran a story on Rock Steady Boxing on CBS's Sunday Morning. Stahl's husband suffers from Parkinson's and had been attending the Rock Steady affiliate gym in New York City. Stahl had seen firsthand the benefits of the Rock Steady method and wanted to share the news with her audience. This short news spot resulted in a surge of interest in the program from all around the world.
The program has continued to grow ever since. And while CBS helped lift Rock Steady to a new level, Johnson says the key to its enduring success as a nonprofit lies with the resolve and determination of those living with Parkinson's.
Still, with more than 60,000 people diagnosed with Parkinson's each year, Rock Steady Boxing has their work cut out for them.
Part of Rock Steady's strategy to meet this challenge is to keep their requirements simple. A Rock Steady "gym" can be run from a boxing facility, a YMCA, a senior center or just about anywhere with space for a heavy bag. Rock Steady does not place any requirements on where the classes must be held or how many people must attend. They don't ask for monthly or weekly reports from affiliates.
The simplicity of the Rock Steady model has helped it grow and allowed its affiliates to to focus their energy on taking the fight to Parkinson's- wherever Rock Steady Boxers gather- one punch at a time.
David Mueller is a graduate student in the Master's in Technical Communication program at NC State University.
I am proud to say I have been a boxer at the original Rock Steady for the past 11 years.
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The band began with hit song What You Want from self-titled album released in October last year.
For most bands it seems albums disappoint as they progress but with Evanescence the development just improves.
And hearing Lee's voice - it's true texture and pitch - in a live environment was a treat and experience in itself.
A polished light show set the scene for the band's performance which was absolutely on point with refined, sharp acoustics.
The band played a number songs from their previous albums, Fallen and The Open Door including Taking Over Me, Bring Me To Life and Weight of the World which brought cheers from the crowd.
Lee also played Lost in Paradise on the piano and it was enough to bring tears to your eyes.
The best thing about Lee's voice is that it isn't swallowed up by the audience or fellow band members when she sings live - her vocality is a true reflection on her art and nothing is lost in translation.
I've often wondered how she holds her sonorous notes but I'm happy to keep wondering. Lee is simply amazing and an icon to those who aspire to sing like her.
The band kept the crowd on its toes with all the hits from their recent album but when classic song Bring Me To Life began the cheering was almost unbelievable.
From the performance at Vector, it is evident that the reformation of the band over the years hasn't splintered the woodwork behind the scenes.
By the encore performance lighters were flaring up around the floor in tribute and Evanescence were once again celebrated for being the legendary band they are - 15 years after conception.
Their performance was simply unbeatable and I would buy a dozen tickets to hear Evanescence play again - just to hear Lee's remarkable voice.
I feel like I'm a little bit lost in paradise.


The Director-General/Chief Executive Officer of the National Biosafety Management Agency (NBMA), Dr Rufus Ebegba has said if modern Biotechnology and its products (GMOs) are not regulated, the nation will be in food chaos as it will lead to dumping of unsafe GM products.
He said with this, developers can produce unregulated GM products, flood the market with them and mislead Nigerians that they are not genetically modified.
Dr Ebegba who stated this at the weekend in a briefing to counter the claim by a Radio station that there are GM mangoes, grapefruits, cassava in the country, said the claim was completely false and an indication of their ignorance.
He said regulating this sector is very key for the development of the economy and for the sanctity of safety of GM products in the markets.
He said the absence of a Biosafety system will amount to the dumping of unauthorized GM into the country with its attendant adverse effect to the human, animal, environment and the economy.
He maintained that the commercially approved GM crops globally are Cotton, Eggplant, Corn (Maize), Poplar, Maize, canola, Soybean, flower colour Carnation, flower colour Petunia, flower colour Rose, Papaya, RR Canola, and potato.
"These GM crops are not currently officially in the Nigeria market/environment," he said.


a. Allerton's Supplies account shows a beginning balance of $2,350. Purchases during the year were $4,218. The end-of-year inventory reveals supplies on hand of $1,397.
The beginning balance represents the unexpired portion of a one-year policy pur- chased in September of the previous year. The July 1 entry represents a new one-year policy, and the October 1 entry represents additional coverage in the form of a three- year policy.
d. On October 1, the company completed negotiations with a client and accepted an advance of $18,600 for services to be performed monthly for a year. The $18,600 was credited to Unearned Services Revenue.
e. The company calculated that, as of November 30, it had earned $7,000 on an $11,000 contract that would be completed and billed in January.
f. Among the liabilities of the company is a note payable in the amount of $300,000. On November 30, the accrued interest on this note amounted to $18,000.
g. On Saturday, December 2, the company, which is on a six-day workweek, will pay its regular employees their weekly wages of $15,000.
h. On November 29, the company completed negotiations and signed a contract to pro- vide services to a new client at an annual rate of $23,000.
i. Management estimates income taxes for the year to be $22,000.
1. Prepare adjusting entries for each item listed above.
2. ConCept ▶ Explain how the conditions for revenue recognition are applied to transactions e and h.
10,000 8) No entry required since only contract is signed neither any services are performed nor any advance is received. 9) Income tax expense $22,000 To income tax payable $22,000 b)in case of e the $7,000 is earned so we need to recognize the revenue in the current year, on the other hand interest on note has accrued therefore we need to provide for the same. Similarly wages though paid on Saturday's need to be accrued for the current year since expenses are matched with the revenues.


Steve Hoeser, manager for the TAP Plastics Mountain View store, made this Batman-themed display. The "batarangs" are hand-cut from 1/4" smoke acrylic and are displayed by using 1 1/4" cubes and 5/8" square bar that has been notched to receive the ¼" thickness. The Batman logo is 1/4" black acrylic and is glued to the 1/8" yellow background. All edges of the hand-cut acrylic shapes are sanded and flamed for a beautiful finished appearance.


Wildlife lovers from different parts of the world visit the Kruger National Park and if you too wish to explore this exotic region, then Johannesburg is where you should be heading to. Indeed, Johannesburg is an amazing place to go campervan camping, and you can find many self-touring drivers here. OnRoadCampervan is your favorite choice to hire a motorhome or a campervan rental here. We have an extensive range of motorhome hire, campervan rental & rv rental, so you can choose one based on your budget, camping duration, special facilities and other such requirements.
When you plan to go camping in Johannesburg, there is certainly no dearth of places to explore and discover.
Mpumalanga Escarpment: This forms a part of the vast Kruger National Park. Here you can even explore the breathtaking Panorama Route as well as the Blyde River Canyon apart from various other awe-inspiring waterfalls with motorhome drive. To explore this region well, you can spend a night or two at the Panorama Rest Camp, Merry Pebbles Holiday Resort or the Forever Resorts Blyde Canyon.
Johannesburg to Sun City: This is one of the most fun-filled campervan driving routes to explore for your freedom camping. Sun City is rightly known as South Africa's Las Vegas. En route, you can stop at the beautiful Vaalkop Dam and visit the Pilanesberg National Park. You can rest and relax at the Atlanta Holiday Resort, Monateng Caravan Lodge or there are many more places to rest en route.
West Rand tour: On this route, you can witness some remarkable wildlife and breathtaking scenery. En route, you can also explore the Cradle of Humankind, a UNESCO World Heritage site with your motorhome or campervan hire. The Magaliesburg mountain ranges and the Krugersdorp Game Reserve are some other beautiful places to visit here. To rest, you can halt at the Eastco Magalies Holiday and Caravan Resort or the Ngonyama Caravan Park.
When you go camping in Johannesburg, the Kruger National Park is certainly not to be missed. If you want to go easy with the trip, then you can split the trip from Jo'burg into two. Spend one night or two near Dullstroom and then motorhome drive for the national park. There are several places to rest, inside the park as well as on its outskirts like the Hazyview. Indeed, you will be mesmerized with the surroundings when you chose to stay inside the park. It is also considered safer to live inside this national park.
All the motorhome or campervan campsites inside the Kruger National Park are well fenced and when you go exploring the park during day time, you should arrive before sunset as the authorities lock the campsite gates after the sunset. You can also jet set for a self-driven jungle safari in this park since the roads are well signposted and tarmacked.
If you are not too keen to drive by yourself in the park, then the campsite will be arranging a guided safari tour for you. These safaris offer a great opportunity to know more about the wildlife since the knowledgeable guides sent with you know every small detail about the animals and species and also can take you to explore some animals which are otherwise quite illusive to spot in the park. For a safari, the best time is usually early morning or setting out early in the evening since the weather remains cool.


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Politics|Indiana Governor, Feeling Backlash From Law's Opponents, Promises a 'Fix'
Indiana Governor, Feeling Backlash From Law's Opponents, Promises a 'Fix'
Gov. Mike Pence speaking on Tuesday in Indianapolis about a new state law that opponents say legalizes discrimination against gays and lesbians. He said the reaction took him by surprise.CreditCreditAaron P. Bernstein/Getty Images
By Monica Davey and Mitch Smith
By turns, Gov. Mike Pence of Indiana was defiant then chastened, stern then contemplative.
After days of upheaval over a law that its supporters acclaim as ensuring religious freedom, Mr. Pence stood before reporters in the capital, Indianapolis, trying to calm the growing national storm that had, he said, taken him by surprise.
"Was I expecting this kind of backlash? Heavens no," Mr. Pence, a Republican, said of the wave of boycotts and criticism by business, sports and political leaders, and other states over the measure that its opponents say could allow Christian conservatives to refuse to provide services to same-sex couples. "Candidly, when this erupted last week, even though I had made my position clear weeks ago that I would sign the bill, without much discussion, I was taken aback."
Faced with what has become the most tumultuous episode of his governorship, and perhaps his political career, Mr. Pence acknowledged on Tuesday that he "could have handled" better a national television interview over the weekend in which he had awkwardly refused to answer questions about the law's practical application, then canceled some public appearances.
Mr. Pence said he was deeply disappointed by what he termed "reckless reporting" and "gross mischaracterizations" about what the bill would do. And he spoke, emotionally at times, of his own upbringing and of what he described as the "good and decent people of Indiana," adding, "The way I was raised was like most Hoosiers, with the golden rule."
Mr. Pence, who has sometimes been mentioned as a Republican presidential contender, now finds himself standing uncomfortably at the center of the nation's culture wars. He is also straddling a perilously complicated line between the moderate business wing of his party, which has objected to the law, and his social conservative base, which has embraced it.
The law itself bars government from infringing upon a person's ability to exercise his or her faith unless the government is found to have a compelling reason to do that. But many disagree about what the law really means and how courts will interpret it.
Mr. Pence confidently announced that a change would be made to clarify that the law "does not give businesses the right to deny services to anyone." Though he acknowledged that the change was still being drafted, he declared, "We will fix this and move forward."
Gov. Mike Pence, Republican of Indiana, says that the religious freedom law passed in the state was never intended to give a "license to discriminate" against gay and lesbian couples.CreditCreditAaron P. Bernstein/Getty Images
The promise of a change — "a clarification, but it's also a fix," in the words of Mr. Pence — was not enough to calm the political waters, and the fallout that might affect Mr. Pence's political future was a question openly contemplated in the halls of the Statehouse.
State Democratic leaders demanded again on Tuesday that the law be repealed. Some conservative groups called on the Legislature to stand its ground and make no changes. Some business leaders, who had lined up against the measure, were withholding judgment on any clarification, they said, until they saw the language.
"I would not have passed this to begin with," Richard G. Lugar, a former longtime Republican senator from Indiana, said in an interview. He added that he and three former Indianapolis mayors as well as the current mayor, Greg Ballard, also a Republican, intended to convey their concerns to Mr. Pence. Asked whether repeal would be preferable to some revision, Mr. Lugar, who was also once the mayor of Indianapolis, noted the complications.
"That'd be the cleanest way of remedying a mistake," Mr. Lugar said, "but my guess is that a good number of the people who voted for this do not believe it is a mistake. The problem is pacifying them."
Before being elected governor in 2012, Mr. Pence was a six-term member of the House of Representatives. He has been quoted as describing himself as "a Christian, a conservative and a Republican, in that order." White-haired and with a strong, deep voice, he once hosted a conservative talk radio show — a level of expertise and media savvy that left some colleagues baffled by his stumbling appearance on ABC's "This Week With George Stephanopoulos" on Sunday.
Mr. Pence refused to answer "yes or no" questions posed by Mr. Stephanopoulos over whether the measure would allow a florist to deny services to a gay couple, as its supporters maintain. "The issue here is: Is tolerance a two-way street or not?" Mr. Pence said in the interview. "There's a lot of talk about tolerance in this country today having to do with people on the left. Here Indiana steps forward to protect the constitutional rights and privileges of freedom of religion for people of faith and families of faith in our state, and this avalanche of intolerance that's been poured on our state is just outrageous."
But on Tuesday he struck a different tone, praising the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and talking about how proud he was to walk with Representative John Lewis across the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma, Ala., in 2010 on the 45th anniversary of the attack on civil rights marchers there. "This issue of discrimination has been an anthem throughout my life," Mr. Pence said.
Until now, Mr. Pence, 55, had been a relatively quiet, less-than-flashy presence as governor. Some lawmakers and political strategists said he had made few waves in Indianapolis, and been less visible in the legislative process than several of his predecessors, including Mitch Daniels, a popular Republican who left the job because of term limits.
His supporters note his efforts to cut taxes and expand charter schools. They say he has also shown flexibility on partisan issues, orchestrating changes to the state's Medicaid system that expanded coverage to about 350,000 additional people and authorizing a needle exchange program in a rural county with an H.I.V. epidemic.
Mayor Karen Freeman-Wilson of Gary, a Democrat who described her relationship with the governor as "probably the least likely friendship in government," praised his current efforts to find some middle ground on the religious law that she opposes.
"I think the governor has had a hard time," Ms. Freeman-Wilson said. "I know him to be a very thoughtful person, and I think that he is really working to try to not just clarify but repair any damage that has been done to Indiana's image."
His critics, however, suggest that he has not made a larger mark in Indianapolis because he is simply biding his time, one eye on higher political office.
Events of the last few days, though, seem to broadly threaten Mr. Pence's support. While at least one Democrat, Mayor Thomas M. McDermott Jr. of Hammond, went so far as to call for Mr. Pence's resignation, even Republican legislative leaders suggested publicly that Mr. Pence could have done a better job of explaining the law. A newspaper that once endorsed him, The Indianapolis Star, took the unusual step of running a front-page editorial with giant block letters: "FIX THIS NOW."
Political analysts in the state said Mr. Pence's position might have, at least early on, helped him with core voters in some Republican presidential primary states if he was to run in 2016, yet his call for a "fix" on Tuesday seemed to cloud that.
"There's no question to the extent that he harbored presidential ambitions, those are going to have to be on hold," said Scott Pelath, the Democrats' leader in the State House. "He has a lot of damage to repair."
If Mr. Pence runs for re-election for governor in 2016, the episode seems likely to be a still more serious problem. Mr. Pence won statewide election in 2012 but by a margin narrower than had been seen in the state in decades.
"Whether the latest comments by him can tamp down this crisis, I'm highly skeptical," said Brian Howey, editor of the newsletter Howey Politics Indiana. "Regular Hoosiers are aghast at what's happened. This is a crisis and a potential disaster for Pence."
For his part, Mr. Pence seemed to wish to declare the episode over. "It's been a tough week here in the Hoosier state," he said, adding firmly, "But we're going to move forward."
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BEIJING, Feb. 29 (Xinhua) -- Inner Mongolia Baotou Steel Union Co. Ltd, a listed subsidiary of steel giant Baogang Group, said Wednesday its net profits in 2011 surged 66.22 percent to 496 million yuan (78.83 million U.S. dollars).
The company's revenues hit 42.82 billion yuan in 2011, an increase of 6.8 percent year-on-year, according to a statement filed to the Shanghai Stock Exchange.
Earnings per share stood at 0.08 yuan, the statement said.
The company produced 9.76 million tons of iron and 10.21 million tons of steel last year, with investments in fixed assets totaling 4.55 billion yuan, according to the statement.
Boosted by the news, the company's shares rose 1.15 percent in the morning session to 5.29 yuan at midday.