a net charge of 7 cents per share related to legal matters.
As the company previously reported, net sales for the fiscal 2011 fourth quarter were $226.7 million, compared to net sales of $226.7 million for the fourth quarter of fiscal 2010. Same store sales decreased 2.1 percent for the fourth quarter of fiscal 2011.
Gross profit for the fiscal 2011 fourth quarter was $70.7 million, compared to $75.8 million in the fourth quarter of the prior year. The company's gross profit margin was 31.2 percent in the fiscal 2011 fourth quarter versus 33.4 percent in the fourth quarter of the prior year. The decrease in gross profit margin was driven primarily by lower merchandise margins of 190 basis points reflecting the largely anticipated impacts of product cost inflation and increased promotional activities, as well as a product sales mix shift away from higher margin winter product categories due to unfavorable winter weather conditions.
Selling and administrative expense as a percentage of net sales was 31.3 percent in the fiscal 2011 fourth quarter versus 30.5 percent in the fourth quarter of the prior year. The increase was primarily due to flat year-over-year net sales combined with higher store-related expenses reflecting an increased store count and increased advertising expense. Selling and administrative expense for the fiscal 2011 fourth quarter includes a non-cash pre-tax impairment charge of $1.5 million, or $0.05 per diluted share, related to certain underperforming stores.
For the fiscal 2011 full year, net sales increased to $902.1 million from net sales of $896.8 million for fiscal 2010. Same store sales decreased 1.2 percent in fiscal 2011 from fiscal 2010. Net income in fiscal 2011 was $11.7 million, or $0.53 per diluted share, including non-cash impairment charges of $0.07 per diluted share, compared to net income in fiscal 2010 of $20.6 million, or $0.94 per diluted share, including the net charge of $0.07 per diluted share for legal matters.
The company's Board of Directors has declared a quarterly cash dividend of $0.075 per share of outstanding common stock, which will be paid on March 22, 2012 to stockholders of record as of March 8, 2012.
During the fiscal 2011 fourth quarter, the company repurchased 109,550 shares of its common stock for a total expenditure of $1.0 million. As of the end of fiscal 2011, the company had approximately $13.2 million available for future stock repurchases under its $20.0 million share repurchase program authorized in the fiscal 2007 fourth quarter.
For the fiscal 2012 first quarter, the company expects same store sales in the negative low single-digit range and earnings per diluted share in the range of $0.00 to $0.06. This guidance reflects anticipated continued pressure on merchandise margins reflecting the impacts of product cost inflation and increased promotional activities, as well as a product sales mix shift away from higher margin winter product categories due to unfavorable winter weather conditions. For comparative purposes, the company's earnings per diluted share for the first quarter of fiscal 2011 were $0.13.
The company opened eight new stores during the fourth quarter, bringing its store count at the end of fiscal 2011 to 406 stores from 398 stores at the end of fiscal 2010. During the fiscal 2012 first quarter, the company anticipates opening one new store, which is a relocation of an existing store that is expected to close later in the year. For the fiscal 2012 full year, the company currently anticipates opening approximately ten new stores and relocating approximately seven stores.


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A Millennial Look at Humanae Vitae
Posted on Monday, July 23, 2018 by Women of Grace Staff
"This love is above all fully human, a compound of sense and spirit. It is not, then, merely a question of natural instinct or emotional drive. It is also, and above all, an act of the free will, whose trust is such that it is meant not only to survive the joys and sorrows of daily life, but also to grow, so that husband and wife become in a way one heart and one soul, and together attain their human fulfillment." Blessed Paul VI
When we think of giants in the history of the Church, we often compile similar lists: St. Gregory the Great, St. Teresa of Avila, St. Augustine, St. Thomas Aquinas, St. Therese of Lisieux, St. John of the Cross. But when I stop and think of individuals who have had an impact on my life as it exists in this current history as a woman, I am reminded of Blessed Paul VI. He's a hero for many reasons but largely because he stood up for each of us when we couldn't think critically for ourselves. Indeed, his encyclical, Humanae Vitae, has had a vast impact on how we view the procreation of life and the sacrament of marriage; and as a woman who appreciates true feminism, I am forever grateful for the man who said no when the world said yes.
In Humanae Vitae, which celebrates its 50th birthday this Wednesday, July 25, Blessed Paul VI surprised the world, who was urgently awaiting doctrinal change within the Roman Catholic Church in regards to contraception. Instead of "going with the times", Blessed Paul VI upheld Church teaching, which condemned artificial birth control. It was a difficult time in the Church, as many Church leaders rejected the encyclical, and thus, Blessed Paul VI's authority. Yet, years later, then Pope John Paul II reaffirmed what was stated in Humanae Vitae.
Blessed Paul VI in Humanae Vitae provided, "This particular doctrine, often expounded by the magisterium of the Church, is based on the inseparable connection, established by God, which man on his own initiative may not break, between the unitive significance and the procreative significance which are both inherent to the marriage act. The reason is that the fundamental nature of the marriage act, while uniting husband and wife in the closest intimacy, also renders them capable of generating new life—and this as a result of laws written into the actual nature of man and of woman. And if each of these essential qualities, the unitive and the procreative, is preserved, the use of marriage fully retains its sense of true mutual love and its ordination to the supreme responsibility of parenthood to which man is called. We believe that our contemporaries are particularly capable of seeing that this teaching is in harmony with human reason."
Humanae Vitae answered many questions, one of which is still at odds with our current society. That question is: should our intellect and personal will, rather than the natural rhythm of our bodies, regulate the transmission of life?
At World Youth Day, in 2002, then Pope John Paul II stated, "The greatest deception, and the deepest source of unhappiness, is the illusion of finding life by excluding God, of finding freedom by excluding moral truths and personal responsibility." How beautiful this depicts what true freedom is not—the exclusion of God from our decisions. St. John Paul II also stated, "Freedom consists not in doing what we like, but in having the right to do what we ought."
When Blessed Paul VI reminded the world it was "wrong when it thought it was right", he acted as our Father would have—courageous, fearless, and protective. Not only did he stand for women, he stood for men and all of life from conception through natural death. He boldly proclaimed Truth, even when so many of our Church leaders denied it. And, as St. John Paul II once commanded, "The truth is not always the same as the majority opinion."
As a woman in today's society, I am thankful that I have a home that doesn't fall prey to the culture's whim; a Church that stands on firm ground, protecting the good of life and the beauty of marriage; an Institute that doesn't allow me to crumble to my own desires, but rather, holds me up within Her wings. She protects my virtue as a woman, She encourages true femininity, and She strengthens my desires to be a mother in all its many forms. Equally, She persuades men to be all that they were created to be, as husbands and fathers and reminds them of their true dignity as sons of God.
To surrender fertility means to let go of control of the most intimate part of oneself. To allow God to make the ultimate decisions in regards to the womb means to embrace true freedom. And in selflessly giving of self in the sacrament of matrimony, aside from receiving the Eucharist, one will be rewarded quite possibly the greatest joy this side of heaven.
"It is a love which is total—that very special form of personal friendship in which husband and wife generously share everything, allowing no unreasonable exceptions and not thinking solely of their own convenience. Whoever really loves his partner loves not only for what he receives, but loves that partner for the partner's own sake, content to be able to enrich the other with the gift of himself." Blessed Paul VI
Betsey Sawyer is an attorney and adjunct professor in Mississippi, and works for Women of Grace as the Mission Advancement Coordinator. She can be reached at bsawyer@womenofgrace.com. (Photo courtesy of Eliza Kennard Photography)
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Future Food: Ambrosia wants to clean your house with food waste
There are many startups innovating around food waste. From creating platforms to channel produce seconds to market, blending it into dog food, or converting food waste into fertilizer. But one startup is turning an R&D twist of fate into a new approach to tackling food waste.
What started as an idea around creating a network of urban biorefineries that processed local food waste into ag products like fertilizer took a sudden turn during the R&D phase.
"I think it was an evolution," Amanda Weeks, co-founder and CEO of Ambrosia, tells me, five years after we first spoke when her company was called Industrial/Organic. "We are still intending to open distributed biorefineries around cities. We have a demo facility in Newark that's been operating since 2018. Initially, it just focused on the waste processing part of it, which is a really difficult nut to crack and the end products were a bit of an afterthought of the time. Fertilizer seemed like the obvious choice but because it's obvious, a lot of other people are doing it, which is why we ended up going down a different path."
In the latest episode of Future Food, I chat with Amanda about Ambrosia and its flagship household cleaning product derived from food waste called Veles. Labeled as 100% natural, the cleaning solution comes in a refillable aluminum bottle and can be purchased online. Amanda kindly sent me a sample and it's a very sleek design, in a fully recyclable non-plastic bottle, with a pleasant smell!
"It was more or less a product right off the bat and that's why we pursued it," says Amanda about how she discovered the cleaning properties of the byproduct almost by chance.
Ambrosia is making the product at its New Jersey demonstration facility where it accepts as many as three tons of food waste every other week. The goal is to establish a facility next year in New York that is capable of processing 150 tons of food waste per day.
In the future, Abrosia hopes to develop additional consumer products to build on Veles. This may involve scaling up its processing capabilities to develop chemicals and ingredients from food waste.
As for the appeal of household consumer products, Ambrosia saw a number of attractive features.
"It's a type of product that doesn't require as much rigor in terms of claims, testing – not like selling fertilizer where we need case studies and have to convince farmers to buy it. With selling a consumer product there is a much lower barrier to entry and much shorter sale cycle so it felt like a low-hanging fruit so to speak."
Hear Amanda speak about the challenges of building an agri-foodtech startup, especially as a woman founder, and how her career path went full circle on the recording below, or your favorite podcasting app. Enjoy!
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A lot of my friends have left their 9 to 5 jobs at various marketing companies to turn their careers around to become freelance copywriters, and you know what? They freaking love it! Best part about their drastic career move, is that you don't particularly need to be an expert in the field but have to have some drive and passion, and be willing to work hard.
Want to hear a bit more about this interesting vocation you can do right from your couch? Luckily for you, we've spoken to some experts in the fields to find out a bit more about what they think are the best secrets to writing strong copy and here's what they said:
Read As Much As You Can
Reading is known to be one of the best ways to enrich your vocabulary, but also improve your range of writing styles. "Don't just read books that are easy to read or that cover topics you're very interested in. Try and expand the range of genres you read, from scientific, to economics and even fashion. By reading more diverse books by different writers, you'll subconsciously pick up writing styles and new vocabulary but also expand the scope of subjects you write about," explains senior copywriter Tess.
Tess has been writing for several agencies and has been focusing on expanding the subject matters she can write about. She was originally specialised in events writing, but is now picking up gigs to write for fashion brands, she has been proofing magazines and books, and much more! "I try to read whenever I am not writing or out with my friends," she explains. "I know it sounds like a lot but once you get into the habit of popping your book out instead of watching TV or spending hours on Instagram, it gets super easy!"
"Whenever you pick up a new assignment or work for a new client, it's vital that you ask for a brief from them and clearly understand who your audience is before you start writing anything at all." There is absolutely no point in writing a description or an article for someone if you have no idea what they want, need and even like. "Imagine writing 1oo descriptions for a new shoe catalogue for example without knowing who your target audience is and what the brand's tone of voice is. Not only would you not get hired again, but you would also waste everyone's time," explains Tess.
It is so important to know and understand your audience, but it's also critical that you write in a style that will sell, and is interesting. "I usually always try and use bold or fun words right away to really captivate my audience. When I write for young parents for example (I work for a buggy company) I always make sure I put myself in their shoes and ask myself: what would I want to know if I had a newborn? And how would I want to be told it?"
1 Word Is Better Than 3
"I've kept this one to last, but believe me when I say that this is by far the most important tip to writing not only good, but great copy," Tess explains when asked about the most useful tip she has ever been given before her career in copywriting. "I remember when I first started writing for this charity (which was unpaid by the way) I would use way too many words to describe one simple thing, but I've realised that it's not about how much you write, it's about how simple you can make something sound and finding out different ways to write about it."
Tess explained to me that copywriting, at times, be very repetitive. She sometimes has to write similar descriptions for almost identical items, which means that she has to build not only a very impressive vocabulary, but also become super creative. "Think about it next time you go on Amazon and look up "headphones" for example. How many ways do YOU think you could describe the same headphones with one feature that differentiates them? Believe me, it's a hard exercise, but a good one if you want to join the copywriting crew!"
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Гергард Фердинанд Отто Рат (; 6 червня 1920, Райнфельд — 11 січня 1977, Райнфельд) — німецький льотчик-ас нічної винищувальної авіації, гауптман люфтваффе вермахту і резерву люфтваффе бундесверу. Кавалер Лицарського хреста Залізного хреста з дубовим листям.

Біографія
Після закінчення авіаційного училища направлений на службу у винищувальну авіацію. Служив у 2-й ескадрі нічних винищувачів, командир 1-ї ескадрильї. З 20 травня по 22 червня 1944 року — командир 2-ї групи 4-ї ескадри нічних винищувачів. З 12 травня 1944 року і до кінця війни командував 1-ю групою 2-ї ескадри нічних винищувачів. У ніч на 8 лютого 1945 року здобув 6, а в ніч на 16 березня 1945 року — ще 5 перемог.

Всього за час бойових дій здійснив 171 бойовий виліт і збив 58 літаків, з них 57 чотиримоторних бомбардувальників.

Нагороди

 Нагрудний знак пілота
 Залізний хрест
 2-го класу (3 квітня 1942)
 1-го класу (13 березня 1943)
 Почесний Кубок Люфтваффе (6 вересня 1943)
 Німецький хрест в золоті (28 січня 1944)
 Лицарський хрест Залізного хреста з дубовим листям
 лицарський хрест (24 червня 1944) — за 35 нічних перемог.
 дубове листя (№ 833; 28 березня 1945) — за 58 нічних перемог.
 Авіаційна планка нічного винищувача в золоті
 Відзначений у Вермахтберіхт (10 лютого 1945)

Див. також

 Антон Гайнеманн — бортрадист Рата.

Література

 Die Ordensträger der Deutschen Wehrmacht (CD), VMD-Verlag GmbH, Osnabrück, 2002
 Fellgiebel W.P., Elite of the Third Reich, The recipients of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross 1939—1945: A Reference, Helion & Company Limited, Solihull, 2003, ISBN 1-874622-46-9
 Patzwall K., Scherzer V., Das Deutsche Kreuz 1941—1945, Geschichte und Inhaber Band II, Verlag Klaus D. Patzwall, Norderstedt, 2001, ISBN 3-931533-45-X
 Patzwall K.D., Der Ehrenpokal für besondere Leistung im Luftkrieg, Studien zur Geschichte der Auszeichnungen, Band 6, Verlag Klaus D. Patzwall, Norderstedt, 2008, ISBN 978-3-931533-08-3
 OBERMAIER, E., Die Ritterkreuzträger der Luftwaffe, Hoffmann, 1989.
 Kwasny A., Kwasny G., Die Eichenlaubträger 1940—1945 (CD), Deutsches Wehrkundearchiv, Lage-Waddenhausen, 2001
 Veit Scherzer: Die Ritterkreuzträger 1939—1945 Die Inhaber des Eisernen Kreuzes von Heer, Luftwaffe, Kriegsmarine, Waffen-SS, Volkssturm sowie mit Deutschland verbündete Streitkräfte nach den Unterlagen des Bundesarchivs. Scherzers Militaer-Verlag, Ranis/Jena 2007, ISBN 978-3-938845-17-2, S. 611.
 Jon Lake: Lancaster Squadrons 1944-45. Osprey Publishing, 2002, ISBN 978-1841764337, S. 72.
 Georg Brütting: Das Buch der Deutschen Fluggeschichte. Dritter Band. Die große Zeit der deutschen Luftfahrt bis 1945. Drei Brunnen 1979, S. 489
 Die Berichte des Oberkommandos der Wehrmacht 1939—1945, Band V, Parkland Verlag, Köln 2004, S. 519, ISBN 3-89340-063-X

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In her debut novel 'Only Child,' Rhiannon Navin's 6-year-old narrator, Zach, survives a mass school shooting. A 3-star book review.
Yes, at times it's hard to read. When you pick up Rhiannon Navin's debut novel Only Child (Knopf, 288 pp., ★★★ out of four), which tells the story of a Sandy Hook-like mass school shooting from the point of view of a 6-year-old boy who loses his brother, you'll likely wince in painful recognition of its topic.
After all, the sheer madness of gun violence in America is still front and center in 2018. Understandably, many readers might hesitate before committing to a novel that asks you to deeply imagine one family's terror and heartbreak during such an event.
But Only Child earns its worth by avoiding gratuitous scenes of horror in favor of a careful examination of the way one boy and his parents, and their community, struggle to survive — and stay together — after the worst has happened.
"When we practiced lockdown drill before, it was fun," Zach thinks. But when Zach's first -grade teacher crowds his class into a closet, it's crammed and hot and confusing. There are pops from the hallway and voices screaming.
One of Navin's strongest techniques is to evoke Zach's experience with vivid sensory details — Miss Russell's acrid coffee breath, the warmth of pee in his pant legs, the way his parents' bodies shake later while they hug him.
Soon the town — a New York-area suburb standing in for Newtown, Conn. — learns that 19 children have been killed, including Zach's older brother, Andy, by the troubled son of the school's beloved longtime security guard.
Zach is plunged into his family's sorrow, and is caught between the different ways his parents react to the loss. While his father, a big firm lawyer, offers comfort and connection, Zach's mother can't escape her anger, and begins to pull away from the family in an effort to rally other survivors against the shooter's parents.
Over the next few months Zach suffers nightmares and a fear of returning to school, and worries about his parents' increasing arguments. It doesn't help that Andy's behavior problems, which were hard on the whole family, complicate their grief.
Delivering the whole of this fraught situation through the perceptions of a young child is a difficult task, and at times the necessary simplifying of Zach's understanding doesn't serve the story.
Navin can also veer into unwieldy — and unpersuasive —exposition that feels shoehorned into Zach's awareness in order to convey information. Why would his mother bother making beds every morning, he wonders, "but Mommy says that's the old type A account director in her." Zach's love for reading the Magic SchoolBus series provides a lovely opportunity to be inside a child's mind as he works through challenging emotions.
Only Child doesn't attempt to reckon with the political or racial aspects of mass shootings, and its sole focus on a wealthy family is a drawback. But paying attention to one child's well-rendered inner experience of such an event is valuable, and all too sadly important for our world today.


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Lengthy Seashore Airport exhibition on the lookout for paintings by ladies for a pandemic exhibition. – The Sign Tribune newspaper
By William H. Isaac Last updated Dec 22, 2020
Select artists receive $ 500 for each piece.
CJ Dablo / Signal Tribune Moncton Airport has strict noise regulations that require commercial airlines to schedule flights between 7:00 a.m. and 10:00 p.m. JetBlue Airways is reviewing the possibility of offering international flights from Moncton but has not yet released specific details. City dwellers have asked if adding international flights would increase the noise level.
An art exhibition showing hopeful and uplifting works of art on the current pandemic will accept contributions from artists until November 14th.
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Artists who wish to apply must upload digital files of their artwork to the ACLB website. Approximately 20 pieces will be selected, with selected artists receiving $ 500 for each piece.
The artwork will be printed on building blocks that will be erected in busy areas of the airport for at least six months.
"The pandemic has hit the aviation industry very hard," said airport director Cynthia Guidry. "We look forward to supporting our local art scene and showing works of art that are current and relevant to our travelers and the general public."
The project is funded by the city's Percent for the Arts program, which provides 1% of capital construction projects in support of the arts. The city is partnering with ACLB's Keep Arts Working program, which supports local artists affected by the pandemic.
The ACLB's National Endowment for the Arts Scholarship is in honor of the 100th anniversary of the 19th Amendment that prohibited the use of a person's gender as an elective.
"Partnering with Moncton Airport during a pandemic and national struggle for racial justice means so much," said Griselda Suarez, Arts Council executive director for Moncton. "Moncton Airport gives artists who identify as women the space to express themselves. We are grateful for this opportunity that visual art is a means to illuminate our lives and also relieve our stress. "
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Ford Police Advisory Board Spring 2006
The Ford Police Advisory Board (PAB) meeting for spring 2006 began with a business health review for Ford Motor Co. Like most automakers, it has been hit by a "perfect storm" of the weak U.S. dollar, rising gasoline and steel prices, manufacturing overcapacity, rising health-care costs, low supplier profitability, increased interest rates, a sudden shift in vehicle mix and credit downgrades. That is the bad news oft quoted by the media.
The rest of the story for Ford, however, is the results of its 2002 product-led transformation. After losing money in 2001, Ford has made money every year since then, including $2 billion in 2005. The other part of the story is its restructuring announced in January 2006. Layoffs and plant closures were announced to get the "right" capacity and overhead.
In all of this, Ford Fleet is unaffected. The St. Thomas (Crown Victoria) assembly plant remains in production. Ford's overall fleet sales are up 6%, and sales of the Ford CVPI were up 9% for 2005. A slightly freshened 2009 Crown Victoria, using the same Panther platform, is in the works. All of this is good news for law enforcement where the Ford CVPI has 80% of the police market.
As a side note on admin cars, the Ford Five Hundred is the safest sedan in the U.S., according to the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS). The Five Hundred received a gold rating, the top overall rating, for its individual ratings in front impact, front offset impact, side impact and rear impact. Fleet managers must pay attention to crashworthiness ratings!
2007 Ford CVPI
For 2007, Ford Fleet officials announced upgrades to their Police Interceptor, Explorer and Expedition. And they introduced the Expedition XL, which has a wheelbase stretched to match the Chevrolet Suburban.
For 2007, the Ford CVPI is mostly a carryover. An optional AM/FM with CD replaces the AM/FM radio with cassette. The design of the rear door lock disable has changed. The handle-only is disabled. The door lock rod is still installed, so the door can be unlocked if there is no power. The optional power distribution box has been eliminated. This has been replaced by a power distribution connector (12-pin) under the glove box. This has individual connections up to 50 amps.
Ford's onboard fire suppression system has gained enough acceptance to outsell the capacity to make the system. About 7% of the Ford CVPIs are ordered with this $2,500 option. Ford will soon change the system design from steel to a composite material that will permit faster production.
Mandatory side curtain airbags are coming, probably by the 2011 model year. This continues to represent a serious challenge for both law enforcement and vehicle accessory companies. The side curtain airbags are NOT compatible with the traditional prisoner partitions. A two-piece side curtain airbag (one for front seat, one for rear seat) is not an option for both cost and deployment reliability reasons.
A waiver from the federal government is unlikely. A shut-off option will leave the driver with no side-impact protection since the seat (thorax) airbags will not be offered along with side curtain bags. Prisoner partitions with breakaway spit screens are under development, as are partitions relieved for the airbag deployment zones. At this point, no true, full-security design exists. Setina, however, appears to be the closest to a workable option.
The 17-inch tires for the 2006 CVPI were discussed at length. For a while in early 2006, a shortage of the 17-inch Goodyear Eagle RS-A was a concern. The potential shortage of 17-inch Goodyear Eagle RS-A tires was answered in two ways. First, the fleet managers with the PAB approved substitution of the higher performance Pirelli P-Zero Nero M+S as long as there was no surcharge. Second, Ford and Goodyear worked out a plan to increase production of the Eagle RS-A, which should have taken place before summer 2006.
As a prudent hedge, the Los Angeles County Sheriff is conducting its own tire tests on 17-inch tires from Pirelli, Continental and General. For its part, the California Highway Patrol is testing 17-inch tires from Cooper, Firestone and Continental.
The Michigan State Police reported to the PAB its dry-weather testing of speed-rated snow tires. In September 2005, the Los Angeles County Sheriff tested the Pirelli Sotto Zero Winter 240. The tire passed its pursuit test, both in terms of structural integrity and driving impressions.
In February 2006, the MSP performed similar dry-road, cool-weather (not cold) testing on three V-rated, severe snow-rated tires. These included the Pirelli Sotto Zero Winter 240, the Bridgestone Blizzak LM-22 and the Goodyear Ultra Grip GW3. All three were pushed to the limit, and beyond, in an attempt to better understand severe snow tire handling dynamics on dry roads under pursuit conditions.
Each of the tires, in sets of four, was driven by MSP's EVOC instructors for 72 laps around its 0.9 mile high-speed handling course. That is about 65 miles, which is comparable to the LASD tests. As expected, the tires handled in direct opposition to their snow tread aggressiveness. While all three of these tires had the snowflake-in-mountain, severe snow-rating, the pattern depth and openness of the tread blocks varied.
The Goodyear Ultra Grip had the most aggressive snow tread pattern, and thus was found to break away first. The Pirelli Sotto Zero had slightly less open tread and generated a bit more side face. Likewise, the Bridgestone Blizzak had the least deep, most closed tread blocks and generated the best high-speed lap times. The times were 1 minute 4.5 seconds (Goodyear), 1 minute 3.9 seconds (Pirelli) and 1 minute 3.5 seconds (Bridgestone).
All three tires PASSED the MSP evaluation. All three tires turned in very respectable high-speed performance. All three were predictable in dynamic handling. According to the MSP officials, as long as the patrol car is fitted with four of the same severe snow tires they tested, the officer should have no concerns about a high-speed pursuit with these tires. By the same token, two severe snow tires on one axle of a patrol car and two all-season tires on the other axle is a disaster in the making, RWD or FWD.
As a caveat, Ford Fleet does not offer or make recommendations on a severe snow-rated tire. The only tire that has passed all of the Ford Fleet battery of tests is the Goodyear Eagle RS-A.
Ford Fleet officials consistently ask for two things in the area of service concerns. First, they ask the police department to fill out the Global Concern Report, GCR. This is the fastest way to get the highest profile attention...faster than talking to your local dealer and even faster than voicing frustration to your regional government account manager. Nothing gets the attention of the exact people who can fix the problem, including daily reviews by St. Thomas Assembly Plant personnel, like filling out the GCR.
The second thing Ford Fleet requests is samples of parts causing the concern. At this PAB meeting, the Los Angeles department set the pace in this regard by a show-and-tell of an oil pan and a lower control arm.
For 2003, the oil pan was made larger to hold an additional quart of oil. However, it also now hangs just below the cross-member, leaving it unprotected. Even a slight (¼-inch) dent in the oil pan from grounding the car can cause the oil pan to starve the oil pickup tube. This restriction slowly starves the engine of oil without causing the engine to overheat and without activating the "low oil pressure" light. The CVPI engine in this situation has been known to fail in just three shifts.
One of the solutions to the problem is a $60, short skid plate such as those from Go Rhino! The LASD is currently testing a full length Go Rhino! skid plate that runs from the radiator past the transmission. Ford Fleet has received positive input from agencies using skid plates. Since this would cost more, the PAB voted against making the skid plate standard equipment on the CVPI. Ford does not plan on any further action in this area.
The other sample, that of lower control arm, had a crack in the crimp holding the bushing sleeve in place. This is not a crack in the lower control arm itself, but a purely "cosmetic" concern. Once mounted, the brushing cannot go anywhere. The crack in the crimp does not affect the performance or the longevity of the control arm. It is not a safety issue. It does not need replaced. Ford Fleet has published a special service message on this issue, SSM 17545.
Fuel pump issues remain with the 2003 to 2005 model year CVPIs. Ford Engineering is continuing its investigation. SSM 18484 indicates to use only a 5W1Z level prefix pump when servicing the 2005 model. The 5W1Z pump uses a different design.
SSM 17694 involves a reduction of power at wide open throttle after extended idle on some 2003 and 2004 models. This involves verifying the latest PCM calibration and then testing fuel pump pressure after extensive idling. With less than 15 psi and a reduction of power, replacement with a 4W1Z pump is recommended. Finally, TSB 98-26-02 involves a possible fuel pump vapor lock condition due to the use of winter blend gasoline under hot weather during the season changes.
Still being investigated are plugged fuel pumps from contaminations in the gas tank. In some cases, the contaminants come from the fuel itself as they precipitate out of the gasoline in what is essentially a form of refining that takes place in the tank. Fuel pumps that run hotter may cause this precipitation. Fuel pumps on a near-empty tank run hotter than a fuel pump surrounded by more fuel.
Some fleets have indicated ignition coil packs go bad prematurely. For 2004, Ford revised the coil pack with a 3W7E pack, which is interchangeable on any model year CVPI. However, two-thirds of the coil packs returned to Ford for evaluation are good! There are several TSBs dealing with symptoms that could be coil related. Service number 3W7Z-12029-AA. This part number would have been available on cars with build dates in November 2003, which is the 2004 model year. The 3W7Z parts are completely interchangeable with any previous model year Crown Victoria with the 4.6L-2V engine.
Some 2005 and 2006 Crown Victorias built from December 2004 to December 2005 may exhibit the driver's side lower seat cushion sagging. This is a seat flexilator issue. For those vehicles that have this problem, replace the driver's side lower seat woven support with a new seat cushion shield, steel seat cushion support and springs. Refer to TSB 06-08-10.
The PAB in Action
An example of how the PAB's fleet managers interact with Ford Fleet is the discussion on the Ford Mustang. In earlier meetings, Ford and the PAB discussed the idea of the Mustang as a pursuit-rated patrol vehicle. This involves more than just taking orders for it. Ford has to engineer the car for this level of service! Steel wheels were necessary for durability reasons. A 200-amp alternator, like the Ford CVPI, must be fitted. And the Mustang must be rear crash tested at 75 mph…the highest standard in the industry. Finally, the floor shift must remain.
This would take serious engineering resources to validate the package. Is it worth the time, effort and expense? Is there a need for such a specialty vehicle? The virtually unanimous decision was NOT to proceed with a highway pursuit package for the Mustang. The trunk is tiny. Even if you could get a prisoner in the two-door coupe, there is no legroom in the backseat. The expected volumes were estimated at well under 1,000 units.
Even if the need existed for such an unbridled traffic car, the reality is that cars such as the Hemi® Charger already fill this niche. It has four doors, a functional back seat...and it is already on the market and available with a police package. That is the sort of thinking and roundtable discussions that go on at PAB meetings. Confidential information is never shared, but both the obvious and the subtle are used to voice opinions and make decisions.
Nearly all the rest of the PAB meeting was spent discussing the 2009 model, most of which remains business confidential. Virtually no details are available for the 2009 Ford CVPI. No automaker openly discusses future products. However, the basics important to law enforcement are known. The car will remain a full-size, body-on-frame, V-8-powered, rear wheel drive, four-door sedan. It will be upgraded with federally mandated safety features and performance enhancements. There will be no change in the interior space, trunk volume or wheelbase. These updates will keep the Crown Victoria in the Ford lineup for years.
Changes to the 2007 and 2008 models will be incremental and very slight. At the most optimistic, some parts or features funded by the new 2009 may be pulled forward to the 2008 model. However, these will be very minor, such as bright wheel covers to replace the matte finish. Expect the 2007 and 2008 models to be virtually carryovers of the 2006 model.
The 2009 CVPI is a different story! Ford Fleet proposed one change after another. The PAB members discussed these in frank and open meetings. Is this what law enforcement wants? If not this, how about that? If not that, then what?
At times, the meeting sounded like the Jack Roush garage at a Winston Cup NASCAR race. Speed costs money...how fast do you want to go? Do your urban cops want to get to 60 mph one second faster? Two seconds faster? Three seconds faster? Do your highway cops want to go 5 mph faster? Or 10 mph faster? Or 20 mph faster?
Here is how we are going to do each step...and here is what it costs. How many PAB members from city and urban departments want this option? How many PAB members from county and highway departments want the same option?
It was an entire day of alternatives, pricing and take rates. If the take rate was high enough, the topic then changed to the question of making the feature standard equipment. Or should it be an option? If the take rate was low enough, it was dropped for considerations of even being an option.
Almost nothing is firmly established with the 2009 car. Contact your area PAB representative and let your suggestions for the next version of CVPI be known at a time when such improvements can be easily done. All of this means that input to PAB members in your area is critical. The full contact information for Police Advisory Board members is also available on the Web site. Simply click Contacts, then Police Advisory Board, then Representatives.
In an intensely competitive business climate, some things are still confidential, and some things are pending additional engineering development. Ultimately, of course, any production plan can still change in the volatile automotive market. The $3-a-gallon gas proved that. All that said, Ford recently answered The Big Question…the CVPI will live on beyond the 2008 model!
Ballast in the Test Vehicles
The CVPI currently undergoes Ford's vehicle dynamics testing with 200 pounds in the trunk. The MSP and LASD typically test the vehicles with no ballast in the trunk. (Exceptions exist!) This means the CVPI is good to go for patrol use with anything from 0 to 200 pounds (or so) in the trunk.
With all of the WMD and other gear in a modern patrol car, PAB members suggested a 400-pound suspension option. Ford engineers agreed to consider this option. Such a CVPI with springs, shocks and sway bars designed around a 400-pound load will have too stiff a rear suspension for aggressive driving with an empty trunk. But the opposite is also true. A CVPI geared for 250 pounds will have too soft a suspension for a 400-pound cargo.
The Ford CVPI is currently designed around a 250-pound trunk cargo. Ford Fleet and the PAB discussed a heavy cargo option for the future. With this rear suspension, the CVPI would be designed around loads of up to 400 pounds in the trunk.
New Vehicles at MSP Tests
Ford Fleet has two significant vehicles scheduled for the Michigan State Police patrol vehicle tests in September 2006. One is a Ford F-150 2WD four-door pickup powered by the 5.4L 3-valve V-8. This will be baseline testing only while work on the F-150 SSV (special service vehicle) progresses. The basics are a four-door, 6-foot bed, with a 5.4L V-8, skid plate, trailer towing package and high output alternator. This NON-pursuit rated pickup would have the center console delete and be available in 2WD or 4x4.
The other vehicle, as timely as ever, is the Ford Escape Hybrid. (See the March-April 2005 issue of Police Fleet Manager magazine.) The Escape Hybrid will be the 2WD version using the 2.3L inline Four engine. The Escape Hybrid is becoming a major enough player in some police applications that Ford has developed a modifier's guide specifically for this vehicle.
The Escape Hybrid Modifier's Guide, available at www.fleet.ford.com, is similar to the Ford CVPI Modifier's Guide. This provides detailed technical information unique to the Hybrid drivetrain, and the special needs of police equipment. Sections of the guide cover best practices, electrical, mounting, diagrams and airbag deployment zones.
In terms of online tools, www.cvpi.com is no longer a stand-alone Web site. It has been rolled into www.fleet.ford.com, making just one place to go. The Web site itself is much more point and click.
A new online tool is Batch Oasis. Instead of checking for SSMs, TSBs and recalls one VIN at a time, the fleet manager can now batch load the VIN range. The next business day, the results will be sent as an Excel file via e-mail. This will provide the full history, not just the past 12 months. And the fleet manager can choose the information he is seeking, i.e., all data available or just TSBs, etc. The online modifier's guide goes back three model years.
Published in Law and Order, Jul 2006
Rating : 10.0
Ballast in Testing
Batch Oasis
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West Mersea Parish Church, south aisle. Stained glass window by Lisa McFarlane in 2005, commemorating Mersea Island's Fishermen and Oystermen.
At the top of the centre light is a seagull against the sun and the fishing boat CK134 DIANA afloat on swirling sea in which several species of fish have been carefully painted. Small pieces of glass have been fused onto the fragments used to depict the sea giving a wonderful texture of bubbles and foam. At the foot of the light are oysters in baskets, shells and a view of the Packing Shed.
Lisa McFarlane is based in Cornwall.
At the top in the centre light is the fishing boat DIANA CK134, belonging to David Stoker. Nearer the bottom is the Packing Shed, oysters and oyster baskets.


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By admin | on November 30, 2017
The Palomar/Pacific Coast Concert Band. Photo by Melinda Finn
A holiday concert designed for music enthusiasts of all ages is planned for Sunday, December 3 at 2:30 p.m. in Palomar College's Howard Brubeck Theatre.
The Palomar/Pacific Coast Concert Band, directed by Ken Bell, will perform Christmas and Hanukkah carols along with other seasonal selections. In addition, the program will feature an exploration of the different instruments in the band and how they are combined to create symphonic sound.
The program includes arrangements of "Adeste Fidelis," "Silent Night," "Jolly Old St. Nicholas," "Good Christian Folk," "Rejoice," "Greensleeves," and the Ukrainian Bell Carol, to name a few. The varied program also features the Huron Indian carol Twas in the Moon of Wintertime and a medley of Hanukkah melodies to celebrate the season.
Bell spoke about his fascination with "the concept of vibrations enveloping us in all their forms…vibrations of color, touch, time, and emotion, all in consonance and dissonance, simultaneously." A versatile instrumentalist and singer as well as conductor, Bell said that in addition to celebrating the season, this concert explores "why humans find joy in organizing these resonances into musical sounds and forms that can provide harmony in our lives."
Ticket prices are $10 – $15. Children are free, when accompanied by a paying adult. More information is at palomarperforms.com.
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Madigan featured prominently in advertising from outgoing Republican Gov. Bruce Rauner, attorney general candidate Erika Harold, and other Republican candidates.
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There is also the firmware update from Mayflash that makes it turn off the IR LEDs when no Wii Remote is connected, but I suppose the IR LEDs still can burn out if you play a lot, so I wouldn't call it a proper fix.
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We can build Activeboards that can do queries across multiple different types of data sources with one query
"Being able to build and modify dashboards on the fly with Activeboards streamlines my analyst time because my analysts aren't doing it across spreadsheets or five different tools to try to build a timeline out themselves. They can just ingest it all, build a timeline out across all the logging, and all the different information sources in one dashboard. So, it's a huge time saver. It also has the accuracy of being able to look at all those data sources in one view. The log analysis, which would take 40 hours, we can probably get through it in about five to eight hours using Devo."
"Their documentation could be better. They are growing quickly and need to have someone focused on tech writing to ensure that all the different updates, how to use them, and all the new features and functionality are properly documented."
I run an incident response, digital forensics team for OpenText. We do investigations into cyber breaches, insider threats, network exploitation, etc. We leverage Devo as a central repository to bring in customer logging in a multi-tenant environment to conduct analysis and investigations.
We have a continuous monitoring customer for whom we stream all of their logging in on sort of a traditional Devo setup. We build out the active boards, dashboards, and everything else. The customer has the ability to review it, but we review it as well, acting as a security managed service offering for them.
We use Devo in traditional ways and in some home grown ways.
For example, if there is a current answer response, I need to see what's going on in their environment. Currently, I'll stream logs from the syslog into Devo and review those. For different tools that we use to do analytics and forensics, we'll parse those out and send that up to Devo as well. We can correlate things across multiple forensic tools against log traffic, network traffic, and cloud traffic. We can do it all with Devo.
It's all public cloud, multi-factor authentication, and multi-tenant. We have multiple tenants built in as different customers, labs, etc. Devo has us set up in their cloud, and we leverage their instance.
We are using their latest version.
Being able to build and modify dashboards on the fly with Activeboards streamlines my analyst time because my analysts aren't doing it across spreadsheets or five different tools to try to build a timeline out themselves. They can just ingest it all, build a timeline out across all the logging, and all the different information sources in one dashboard. So, it's a huge time saver. It also has the accuracy of being able to look at all those data sources in one view. The log analysis, which would take 40 hours, we can probably get through it in about five to eight hours using Devo.
When you deal with logs, a lot of times the log fields from different vendors have partial data. For instance, an endpoint log may have the domain user name as Jay Grant, whereas the network log has it as example.com/jaygrant. Because of the way that you can manipulate the log sources and do the search, you can do a search for Jay Grant across all these log sources, even though the fields are a bit different. That is something very difficult to do in a one-off scenario, where you are able to do it with Devo. Then, once you have things built out on the Activeboards, you can build out alerts and build off automation processes where you can right click and execute other tools to run based on data sets that you found.
As far as reporting to our customers, it gives us time back where traditionally we would have to sit and write out written reports and take snapshots to illustrate things to our customer. It's easy so I can give role based access to my customer directly to the data. I can render it to them, visualizing it in the way that we want them to see it, and they're able to export that out on their own. It sort of takes away the need for my analysts to write reports like they have in the past. We can have the customer's log write and render results in real-time without stopping and writing reports, then picking up analysis again. It's easily saved us 60 percent of time from a log analysis, correlation, and timeline perspective.
I can bring cloud, on-prem, a static security tool, and static forensic tools in it. This has greatly affected our visibility into key business functions. It's a cross correlation of real-time data that's coming in, investigative data findings, being able to overlay it and see it in real-time, and what's going on based on the investigative findings that we've had.
The Activeboards are the most valuable feature. Given multiple different types of unstructured and structured data, we can then build Activeboards that can do queries across all those data sources with one query, being able to visualize the data from multiple different sources. That is probably the most useful thing that we find in Devo.
The visual analytics are extremely easy to understand. You have to learn how the queries need to be built and how to do that in an effective manner, but once you have someone trained in how to do the queries and Activeboards, it's very easy for that person to build them and render the data in whatever manner you need. If I bring in forensic memory analysis, forensic hard drive analysis, and network data, I can point it to specific fields in each of those logs and have it correlated altogether.
The solution is very nice because of the Activeboards that we build out. It's multi-tenant and easy for us to pull the code into other tenants and leverage them for other customers. From an attack perspective, Devo also allows us to scan across multiple tenant environments to see if the same attack is occurring towards multiple different customers. Then, it also keeps their data isolated from each other in compliance conformity. This is a huge factor for us, and one of the reasons why we looked at Devo originally. They were the only ones that we saw who offered that multi-tenant environment.
Devo manages 400 days of hot data, which is obviously great because you have the ability to go back in logs and correlate against things that you've seen. If you have a web attack come in on day 300, you can go back across all the logs with Activeboards and look for that same artifact for almost a year's time. So, it's very effective in what it can do. Depending on the logs themselves, it could be even longer than those 400 days. It just depends on how deep and rich those logs are.
I like the UI. It's simple to use. When you get into the advanced features, once you have some training, it's very easy to toggle around. But, even from a novice standpoint, you can definitely get in there, find information and data that you're looking for, and everything else, which is good.
The only downfall that I have is it is browser based. So, when you start doing some larger searches, it will cause the browser to lock up or shut down. You have to learn the sweet spot of how much data you can actually search across. The way that we found around that is to build out really good Activeboards, then it doesn't render as much data to the browser. That's the work around that we use. As far as ingestion, recording, and keeping it, I've seen no issues.
It comes down to some feature requests here and there, which is normal stuff with software. As a user, I may want to scroll through the filters, but the filter didn't allow scrolling at first. That's a feature that came in with version 6.
We've been playing around with it since June and had it fully deployed since August.
I've had no stability issues.
Scaling has been easy. It's cloud, so you just keep dumping data at it. I haven't seen any issues.
I have six or seven people who maintain and log into it, using it for analysis and everything else. Everyone is capable of doing the same thing on it. We also have customers who log into it to look at their data. There are about 25 people who have access over all the tenants.
It's definitely being fully utilized. It is a core tool for us in looking at logs, because logs are the starting point in any investigation. So, leveraging Devo from start to finish in any investigation is basically what we do.
Their tech support is average. You are going to open up a ticket and wait a while. They need to go through their scripts, like everyone else. If there is an issue, you have to push to have it escalated, then go from there.
The support is average, but the Professional Services is above average.
Two areas of improvement would be their tech support and documentation. Their documentation could be better. They are growing quickly and need to have someone focused on tech writing to ensure that all the different updates, how to use them, and all the new features and functionality are properly documented.
I've used a ton of other solutions: ELK Stack, Kibana, and Splunk. The cost of Devo, as it relates to Splunk, is significantly less with higher value. Its capabilities of ingesting so many different types of structured and unstructured data beats out the other tools that I've used. The pre-built parsers also beat out what we've used. Overall, it's far more advanced and user-friendly than the other competitive log analysis and SIEM tools. I've used these tools at OpenText and in different roles as well.
We're on the professional services side. This isn't OpenText IT services. This is us providing service to customers who are doing investigations. As investigators, we use whatever tool is out there that's best-of-breed. We came across Devo, then PoC'd and liked it. That's why we brought it into the toolbox.
The initial setup is easy. They just send you your credentials, you log in and go to their user docs, grab the relay, bring it down, and you can point the data to it. Or, you could do direct ingestion of CSV files or other data sources directly to the cloud. Setup-wise, there's very little that you actually have to set up.
Anytime we deploy into an environment, we could have a relay setup in 20 to 30 minutes.
We PoC'd the tool, then I built my own deployment strategy as to how my team leverages it, as we leverage it in a different manner than its intended use.
I was the one that designed and deployed it. It took me maybe a day or two to come up with the exact way that I wanted it to be done and create a document for my team.
We initially had 40 hours of Professional Services that we leveraged to do some customized things that we wanted done. Every customer gets those Professional Services hours with their purchase just to get through the little nuances that are different in every environment. Their Professional Services team was excellent, very responsive, and for anything that we needed, the turnaround time was minimal. So, it was good.
The solution has definitely decreased our MTTR. The faster you can get through data, the faster you can get to the actual root cause and remediation. Identifying a root cause, cuts time down in half by maybe 50 percent. As far as getting to remediation, I'd put it at about the same.
We have seen ROI. It's the fact of having a tool that you can build a repeatable process off of for your analysts. To be able to provide repeatable investigative capabilities is a big return on investment for us.
It's a per gigabyte cost for ingestion of data. For every gigabyte that you ingest, it's whatever you negotiated your price for. Compared to other contracts that we've had for cloud providers, it's significantly less.
We have used everything out there. We have used Splunk, ArcSight, and LogRhythm. We've used all those tools. We have leveraged them from customer environments and used them as tools. So, we have exposure to all of those.
Devo is used on every investigation that we do. It's a core tool for us. Without Devo, it would be very difficult for my analysts to do the same investigation from a threat hunt or incident response perspective repeatedly. Because we're consistently using the same tool, we consistently know how it's setup. We've set it up that way. So, it's very easy for us, customer-to-customer, to repeat the process. Whereas, if I had LogRhythm with one customer, then Splunk with another customer, it's not a repeatable process.
Definitely get training and professional services hours with it. It is one of those tools where the more you know, the more you can do. Out-of-the-box, there is a lot of stuff that you can just do with very little training. However, to get to the really cool features and setups, you'll need the training and a bit of front-end assistance to make sure it's customized for your environment the right way.
You need to have a tool of this capability in your environment, whether you're providing service for someone else or if it's your own internal environment that you're working in. It is a core piece of functionality.
I would rate the solution between an eight point five and nine (out of 10). The only two things that stop it from getting a 10 are they need to improve their documentation and customer service. That's just customer service from the standpoint of support. It's just your generic, outsourced, call in support, where they read through a script, and go, "Did you try this? Or, did you try that?" Then, open up a ticket, and you're waiting for a period of time. If they can improve their support process and documentation, they would very easily push towards a 10.
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Q: How to keep the keeping JS changes on DOM after refresh? I am designing a system that allows entry to a particular store as well as exit from it and it counts the people inside the store.
I use JAVASCRIPT to hide the "Entrance" option list as soon as it is changed and then the Exit button is displayed.
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jQuery funcs:
$(document).ready(function(){
  $("#b1").click(function(){
    $(this).hide();
    $("#f1").show();

  });
});
$(document).ready(function(){
  $("#f1").change(function(){
    alert("now your in!, please don't forget to check out as well!");
    $(this).hide();
    $("#b1").show();

  });
});

Javascript for updating database:
function loadDocs(str) {
  if(str==" "){
    document.getElementById("demo").innerHTML = " ";
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    else{
  var xhttp = new XMLHttpRequest();
  xhttp.onreadystatechange = function() {
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  xhttp.open("GET", "Client-check-out.php", true);
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A: You can use localstorage:
localStorage.setItem('status', true);

Or the sessionstorage:
sessionStorage.setItem('status', false);

In here you have a nice explanation about local and session storage.

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