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In a blog post published earlier today, CEO Mark Josephson detailed that Bitly account details had been compromised, and said that the company had chosen to disconnect all users' social media (Facebook and Twitter) log-ins in a bid to prevent any further damage.
"We have reason to believe that Bitly account credentials have been compromised. We have no indication at this time that any accounts have been accessed without permission," wrote Josephson, a hint perhaps that details had been leaked from inside the company.
Josephson added that users would be able to reconnect to their Facebook and Twitter accounts at next login, and further advised users to reset any other connecting applications by going to 'Connected Accounts' under 'Your Settings'.
Bitly's PR team didn't respond to SC questions on the nature of the breach, or the accounts that had been affected, instead directing us to the company's blog post and social media accounts. "We'll be making more updates via Twitter," said a company spokesman via email.
And at this point the motive and tools used in the attack are rather unclear, despite Bitly posting the following, statement on its blog post: "We have already taken proactive measures to secure all paths that led to the compromise and ensure the security of all account credentials going forward."
Independent security researcher Graham Cluley admitted that Bitly's lack of communication on the details of the attack are worrying.
"Something of a mystery remains about what happened. Bitly is currently declining to explain how it determined that the privacy of customer accounts had been breached, or what went wrong," he wrote on a blog post.
"Furthermore, no details are shared regarding precisely what information the hackers might have got their hands on. For instance, if passwords were compromised were they in plaintext or hashed? If they were hashed, was it done securely with salting and other techniques to make it trickier for hackers to crack them?"
This isn't the first security incident for Bitly - which claims to shorten one billion links per month. As SCMagazineUK.com reported exclusively at the time, the URL shortening service was down for hours after a distributed-denial-of-service (DDoS) attack in February (the company stressed that no data was compromised), and faced a similar spate of attacks just a month later.
Forrester information security analyst Andrew Rose told SCMagazineUK.com that the earlier DDoS attack could have been a 'smokescreen' for a larger attack.
IOActive Lab CTO Cesar Cerrudo told SCMagazineUK.com that, while unlikely, it is possible that the data breach is tied to the earlier DDoS atttacks.
"A DDoS attack is very different than a security compromise and requires different skillset to deliver the attack," said Cerrudo. "For example, a DDoS attack doesn't require a lot of skills to do. However, the attacks could possibly be from multiple different sources or maybe the same attackers have succeeded with the compromise/breach after a lot of trying."
He added that Bitly may have become a target if they banned or blocked malicious hackers from using the service, while another line of thinking is that Bitly may have been targeted as it is used by a number of big companies - including the New York Times and Pepsico - for customised shortened links.
Quocirca analyst Bob Tarzey stated that it is hard to say why the shortening service has been attacked.
"The question that must always be asked is why? When it comes to Bitly that is a hard question, as the micro URL service could have dealings with all sorts of players on the internet on either side of the good-bad divide," he told SCMagazineUK.com.
"With regards to the breach – it is not clear to me how a cyber-criminal would gain financially from accessing a given organisation's Bitly account, the stolen identity in any such case may lead them somewhere else useful. Hacktivists may have better reasons for doing so, being able to poison a brand by changing stuff behind the scenes etc."
He added on the previous DDoS attacks. "So maybe the DDoS attack was someone who took umbrage. That said, it could just be someone demoing their DDoS capability to a potential client – "look how well it works against a well-known site – we could do the same for you."


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Born on 18 July 1918, Rolihlahla Mandela popularly known as Nelson Mandela, was a writer, civil rights activist and a politician who became the first black president of South Africa. Mandela is mainly known for his active participation in the apartheid movement in South Africa.
Personal Life...
- His original name was Rolihlahla Madela. When he started going to school in Qunu, there his teacher Miss Mdingane, gave him the name Nelson, in accordance to the custom of giving all the school children a Christian name.
- He completed his junior certificate at Clarkebury boarding institute and went on to healdtown, a Wesleyan secondary school where he matriculated.
- He studied his Bachelors of arts degree at the University College of Fort Hare but didn't complete the degree as he was expelled for joining the student protest.
- Finally he completed his BA from the University of South Africa and went back to Fort Hare for his graduation in 1943.
- In 1944 he married Walter Sisulu's cousin, Evelyn Mase, a nurse.
- They had four children, two son Madiba Thembekile "Thembi" and Makgatho and two daughter both were called Makaziwe, the first one died in infancy.
- He and his wife divorced in 1958.
Political Career
- In 1944 he joined African National Congress and helped to form a ANC youth league (ANCYL).
- Through the ranks of ANCYL , Mandela rose and because of its efforts ANC adopted more radical based policy, the program of action in 1949.
- In 1952, Mandela was chosen as the National Volunteer-in-chief of the defiance campaign with Maulvi Cachalia as his deputy.
- This was a joint program between the ANC and the South African and Indian Congress which about the civil disobedience against six unfair laws.
- He and other 19 people were charged under Suppression of Communism Act for their part in the campaign, they were sentenced to nine months of hard labour and were suspended for two years.
- Mandela did two years diploma in law and before this he already had a BA degree which allowed him to practice law.
- In august 1952 Mandela and Oliver Tambo both established South Africa's first black law firm, named Mandela and Tambo.
- In the end of the year 1952, he was banned for the first time.
- He as a restricted person was only permitted to watch in secret as the freedom charter was adopted in Kliptown on 26 June 1955.
Imprisonments & Release
The period of treason trial:
- Mandela got arrested in a police swoop across the country on 5 december 1955 with 155 others, which led to the 1956 treason trial.
- All of the defendants were acquitted in 1961 and in the mean time tensions within ANC became intense as a militant group splited in 1959 to form the Pan Africanist Congress (PAC).
- The next year, police killed 69 people in township of Sharpeville, as panic anger and riots brought country to the massacre's aftermath, the apartheid government then banned both the ANC and PAC.
- Mandela after being forced to go underground and to wear disguises to escape the detection, he thought and decided that the time had arrived for more radical approaches than inactive resistance.
- During the trial, Mandela married a social worker, Winnie madikizela, on 14 June 1958, they had two daughters zenani and zindziswa. They divorced in 1996.
- Nelson Mandela spent 27 years in prison, from November 1962 until February 1990.
- Formerly he used to believe in non violence but he began to believe that armed struggle was the only way to achieve change.
- In 1961, Mandela co-founded Umkhonto we Sizwe, also known as MK, an armed off shoot of the ANC only to sabotage and use guerilla war tactics to end apartheid.
- In 1961, he organized a three-day national worker strike the following year and was sentenced to five years in prison.
- In 1963, Mandela was brought to trial again. This time, he and 10 other ANC leader were sentenced to life imprisonment for political offences , including sabotage.
- He was incarcerated on Robben Island for 18 years. During this time, he contracted tuberculosis and, as a black political prisoner he received the lowest level treatment from prison workers.
- During his sentence he was able to earn a bachelor of law degree through a University of London correspondence program.
- In 1981 memoir by South African intelligence agent Gorden Winter described a plot by the south African government to arrange Mandela's escape so as to shoot him during the recapture, this plot was foiled by British Intelligence.
- Mandela continued to be such a powerful symbol of black resistance that a coordinated international campaign for his release was launched.
- After his release from prison, nelson Mandela immediately urged foreign powers not to reduce their pressure on the South African government for constitutional reform.
- While he stated that he was committed to work towards peace, he declared that ANC would struggle until the black majority received the right to vote.
- Mandela was elected as the president of African National Congress in 1991, with his lifelong friend and colleague Oliver Tambo serving as National Chairperson.
- On 10 may 1994 he became South Africa's first democratically elected president.
- On his birthday in 1998 he married Graca Machel his third wife.
- True to his promises he stepped down in 1999 after his presidency.
- He continued to work with nelson Mandela children's fund which he had set up in 1995 and established the Nelson Mandela foundation and the Mandela Rhodes foundation.
Nelson Mandela has received more than 250 awards
- Nobel peace prize in 1993, Mandela and President de Klerk were jointly awarded the Nobel peace prize for their work towards the racism and demolishing apartheid in South Africa.
- Amnesty International's Ambassador of Conscience Award (2006)
- Freedom of the City of London (1996)
- Philadelphia Liberty Medal presented by Bill Clinton (1993)
- Olympic Gold Order (1994)Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thought (1988)
- Presidential Medal of Freedom (2002)
- Félix Houphouët-Boigny Peace Prize (1991)
- Anne Frank Medal (1994)
- The Hunger Project's 8th annual Africa Prize for Leadership for the Sustainable End of Hunger (1994)
- Bharat Ratna (1990)
The life of Nelson Mandela can be best studied through his autobiography "Long Walk To Freedom"
- 'It always seems impossible until it's done.'
- 'Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world.'
- 'There is no passion to be found playing small - in settling for a life that is less than the one you are capable of living.'
- 'I learned that courage was not the absence of fear, but the triumph over it. The brave man is not he who does not feel afraid, but he who conquers that fear.'
- 'There can be no keener revelation of a society's soul than the way in which it treats its children.'
- 'If you talk to a man in a language he understands, that goes to his head. If you talk to him in his language, that goes to his heart.'
- 'For to be free is not merely to cast off one's chains, but to live in a way that respects and enhances the freedom of others.'
- 'The greatest glory in living lies not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall.'
- 'I am not a saint, unless you think of a saint as a sinner who keeps on trying.'
- 'A good head and good heart are always a formidable combination. But when you add to that a literate tongue or pen, then you have something very special.'
Gandhi & Mandela...
Nelson Mandela was awarded the Nobel Prize for Peace in 1994. He owed his achievements to the influence of Gandhi's ideals and principles on his movement, career, and life. In a message, he said, "India is the Mahatma's country of birth; South Africa is his country of adoption."
Mandela was a great follower of Mahtma gandhi and strongly believed in his idea of 'Truth & Non-violence'.
In one of his speeches, Mandela said that he could never achieve the height of humanity, the greatness of truth and the value of simplicity that the Mahatma had set through practical examples in his life.
He died of lung infection on 5th December 2013.

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There's No Tim in Team: A Modest Proposal for the Political Influence of Entertainers
While growing up in a country that relentlessly bombards youth with the social conditioning to be obsessed with ice hockey, it's not surprising that I spent a large chunk of my allowance collecting hockey cards (the rest was spent, of course, on comic books and 5 cent candies). I had a lot of great ones – a card commemorating Wayne Gretzky's "1000th point," heck, I think I had the card of every Edmonton Oiler that was later sold off or traded for a profit at a loss to the community. Yep, I had a pretty big collection. Also, I think I have bitterness issues still resonating from the late 1980s and early 90s.
Another card that stands out in my mind is one of the Pittsburgh Penguins visiting the White House after they won the Stanley Cup. I remember thinking it was pretty cool that the team was being recognized for what they'd achieved together; and like most I was also a bit taken aback by Jaromír Jágr's haircut. Since then, whether I liked the team or not, or liked the President or not, I've always gotten a kick out of seeing athletes visit the White House when they've done something pretty darn remarkable. Not bad for a bunch of entertainers. And also since then, perhaps most importantly, Jágr's mullet now has its own facebook page.
So when I heard that Boston Bruins' goaltender Tim Thomas publicly backed out of his team's visit in the wake of their Stanley Cup victory over the Vancouver Canucks, I thought it was pretty stupid – and this was before I even knew about his political inclinations. First, he was part of a team, and this took away from what they had done together. He made it all about him – which is kind of ridiculous, ESPECIALLY since he did not even score a single goal the entire season (Not that I've checked the stats, I'm just guessing since he's a goaltender). Second, it was a tradition that excluded partisan politics – it wasn't like President Obama got to pick who he invited to his house. I had a friend that won a NCAA championship during the Bush Jr. years and his team went without complaint – they disregarded political affiliations and acted like a team – which is why they were there in the first place.
But as silly as I thought Thomas was, I thought it was even more nuts that people were actually listening to him. This is a guy that blocks fast moving pieces of hard rubber for a living. If he's a spokesperson for anybody, it's rich, white millionaires. He's lucky enough to be a successful athlete in a sport that society happens to deem important. Even so, these things shouldn't make his political opinions worth listening to any more than, say, the guy who asked you for change on your way to work this morning. The only difference between the two is Thomas was able to exploit his position by pushing his political beliefs – and have an impact. Did the guy asking for spare change give you a diatribe on the current political climate when you told him you only had a credit card? And if he did, did you take him seriously? Did you immediately alert the news media? Probably not. But really, why is somebody so high up in the entertainment industry, who you likely don't know, worth listening to anymore than the guy right there on the street beside you? To answer my own rhetorical question: he's not.
And so while I was up on my high horse, thinking about how much better I am than Thomas even though I have no Stanley Cups, Olympic medals, or even money, I got to comparing Thomas to all the musicians that make politics an important part of their careers – and why I was ok with them speaking up about issues, but not a millionaire skating around on ice. So this what my thought process – in point form:
1. A lot of musicians start playing music because they feel strongly about politics, one way or another. I'm just guessing, but I bet Thomas didn't get into ice hockey because he was worried about the nuclear arms race, global warming, or how minorities are treated. He probably noticed how hockey is fun to play, and if you're good at it you can watch money, attention, and people you're attracted to roll in. This is different from musicians because people get into it because if you're good at performing, you can watch money, attention, and people you're attracted to roll in AND it gives you an outlet of personal expression and the ability to raise political issues. See, totally different.
2. While some musicians should be listened to on what they have to say, others shouldn't. A good trifecta litmus test to tell the difference can be done by looking at their attitude and track record. For example:
- Do they preach one thing, and then do the other? If yes, then forget 'em. If you go see a band that has a frontman ranting on about political causes and then you find out the group moves their money out of their native country to avoid playing taxes, then they just might be hypocrites – users of the hype to exploit the feelings of, mainly, baby boomers (which I guess is OK), and again, shows they're just entertainers with no business giving a political lecture, or even wearing those sunglasses. If an artist really believes in something, they'll actually live something instead of just play it up on stage. For example, see Joey Keithley or Ian Mackaye, and disregard Ice-T playing a police officer on television. (And for further reading, see: 'Yes we know it's Christmas' say African musicians as they finally record a response to Band Aid.")
- Have they ever played a concert for the late Colonel Gaddafi or members of his family? If yes, then listen to Thomas before you listen to them – even if they give the money earned back once they "find out" who they played for. If that's really the case, then it shows a complete lack of awareness and willingness to do anything for a cheque – which is, afterall, the pinnacle of the entertainment industry anyways and puts them in the same league as a pro-athlete.
- Do they say they know nothing about politics?If yes, or no, this one is tricky either way. Cause it could mean the truth, and they don't know anything, but the media still hounds them for answers on questions like "you have a number one dance remix, so what should be done about the Greek economic situation?" Or, "Those sure were a lot of pyrotechnics at the show tonight, how does that relate to the current tensions between Russia and Georgia?" For some reason, the media thinks these musicians' celebrity equates with expertise in global affairs. This could also be what led Thomas to think the same thing, and he deserved the influence that comes a media megaphone.Alternatively, musicians like Duff McKagan thinks it's bollocks for entertainers to have that kind of instant power, and he comments in his autobiography on how bizarre it was for him to suddenly be asked political questions, just because he was in a popular rock band (It's So Easy, p. 215). And this was a guy that grew up playing in punk bands that were inherently political, and were saying things against racism and injustice. If a musician thinks maybe they shouldn't say something just because they have a platform, maybe they do have something interesting to say afterall.
3. What would make things easier, musician or athlete, if they kept their politics inside what make them successful in the first place. So if you're in a band, let your music do the talking for you. Take a page from Woody Guthrie and later punks, and write songs that explain how you feel about an event, issue, or particularly bad Presidential candidate. And the media, why then, they could ask you about those songs and then you could explain to them your reasons for saying what you say. Like, "this song is about the impact of the recession on American familes, and this is why I wrote it…" And if you're Tim Thomas, you could say "I made that glove save as a pertinent example of how American values are being stifled by the overblown excess of big government."
Then, you can leave it up to the fan to decide for themselves what they think about what you're saying. Even then, of course, entertainers are still going to face criticism. I was listening to the radio the other day, and the alternative station in town had a listener call in to complain that Green Day isn't good anymore since they started singing about politics instead of girls. Apparently, like this listener, musicians aren't allowed to grow up. The DJ readily agreed, and lamented that life would be better if politics was just kept out of music, as if the audience should dictate what people were allowed to sing about. Really? Ok, let's see…so, if an artist was to follow that logic…
I think that's where the line should be drawn. Entertainers, whether they're musicians or professional athletes, Democrat or Republican, coffee or tea drinker, they should be able to use their talent to express their outlook, but shouldn't exploit their social position to influence people just because they have the platform to do it. Sure, use a song or a glove save. But using an event decidedly non-political to promote a political agenda isn't very sportsmanlike. Pick the proper place, time, and event – and always remember what team you're on.Explore posts in the same categories: Matters of Debate, Punk and Politics
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3 Comments on "There's No Tim in Team: A Modest Proposal for the Political Influence of Entertainers"
2012/02/27 at 15:24
I think it's sad when an artist decides that their songs can't be used by a politician that they don't agree with. A good song is a good song. If I found out that Premier Redford liked the song 'Man! I feel like a Woman' by Shania Twain and found it inspirational, I would not assume Shania was a Redford supporter or even a Progressive Conservative. In my mind (most) artists and entertainers are not a solid foundation for political mindset and furthermore, art is something that is given, not taken back. Shame on you, Tim Thomas, You were asked to the White House because people were proud of you and felt you'd earned it.


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I accidently downloaded this book from the library thinking it was the book corresponding with the movie Passengers and because I didn't get seeing the movie I thought I would start with the book. Well I couldn't have been more wrong, when I actually read the blurb for this book and realised it wasn't in anyway set in a spaceship or in space I was a little confused but either way the blurb sounded really good so I decided to read it before I had to send it back.
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This plot is separated out into the different people whom the lead character is trying to be and for every time she is forced to change her identity. The plot moves quickly and had me hooked from the first page. I ended up reading this book in two sittings which isn't hard to do with this one and I honestly could have read it in one day if I started reading it at a reasonable time.
I thought the characters in this book were very well portrayed and interesting, as the protagonist has to change her appearance and personality for every disguise which leaves an addictive quality to the story. She is always trying to outrun danger with even her family betraying her at times. She meets a character called Blue in one town and she turns out to be just as mysterious and intriguing which only amplifies this plots suspense and tension.
I could never have guessed what direction the plot would go in literally and theoretically as it crosses many state and moral lines. Every page has some new and unavoidable dilemma and the plot seems to accelerate from the first page and never slow down. I thoroughly enjoyed this read and couldn't recommend it anymore. It's one of those books that I don't want to discuss in detail because I don't want to spoil anything for the reader but definitely check it out. Anyone in a book slump this could be the book to pull you out, especially any fans of mystery and fast paced reads.
I gave this book a 4 out of 5 on goodreads and could not be happier that I accidently stumbled upon it. Sometimes mistakes are worth making and this book was one I don't regret.


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We were blown away not only by the quality of film that we saw but by how each and everyone who took part embraced the adventurous side of the challenge. We found that especially in light of Brexit it was both important and poignant to be a part of this experience and follow the journey's of filmmakers as they made their way from the UK through Europe to their final destination of Budapest.
Check out what The Reel Challenge 2016 looked liked here.
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Reel is an exciting new event for aspiring filmmakers. You'll travel from London to Budapest while planning, shooting and editing your own short film en-route. It's a chance for brave, bold filmmakers to break out of their daily routines and get inspired by the world that's out there. We give you the freedom to make amazing films, with the support to help you make the most of the opportunity. Whether you do the trip by yourself or in a team, you'll be joining an amazing community of likeminded creatives that crave adventure and the opportunity to do something unique.
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* But UK Plc not out of the woods; deal may yet fail
By Josephine Mason, Saikat Chatterjee and Joice Alves
LONDON, Oct 18 (Reuters) - Shares in London's UK-oriented businesses, such as housebuilders and retailers, could rocket to record highs if parliament approves the government's Brexit deal, investors say. They also predict the pound will rally around 5%.
British companies that earn most of their revenues at home have been shunned by investors more or less since the 2016 Brexit referendum, as more than three years of uncertainty damaged Britain's economic prospects.
Sealing the deal now, however, could send the second-tier FTSE 250 index, a closely watched barometer of Brexit risk, surging around 5%, an informal poll of analysts by Reuters showed.
"If the deal is agreed (by parliament), there will be more upside on rates, equities and forex," said John Normand, head of cross-asset fundamental strategy at JP Morgan. "The stock market may move up 5%, that will be the domestic names, which are not exposed to currency strength."
Normand reckons sterling could strengthen up to 5% while UK shares rise as much as 10% by the end of the year.
Parliament will debate on Saturday the last-minute agreement between Prime Minister Boris Johnson and the European Union. But Johnson's opponents in the legislature are trying to force a Brexit delay or another referendum. He also lacks a majority, meaning the deal may fail to pass.
But even then, investors don't see too much downside for the pound and domestic UK shares, because the UK seems to have averted the worst-case scenario of crashing out of the EU without agreeing a Brexit transition deal.
That's pushed sterling around 5% higher in the past week while the FTSE 250 has risen more than 6%.
Approval would remove some of the uncertainty that has eroded confidence in UK Plc and pushed share prices and the pound to trade at a big discount to global peers. Large overseas funds that have steered clear of the UK since the June 2016 referendum may return.
Allocations to UK equities dropped to record lows of 7.46% last month, according to Copley Fund Research, which tracks more than 400 funds with $800 billion in assets under management. That compares with an average of around 9.2% before the referendum.
The FTSE 250 could rise 5%, pushing close to record highs above 21,000 reached in April 2018, according to 16 analysts polled on stocks. Half the stocks in the midcap index get their revenue at home.
For the pound, 23 financial institutions polled by Reuters predicted on average that it would rise to almost $1.34 -- nearly 4% above current levels. The most bullish predicted the currency would hit $1.40.
"Investors are still short (sterling) and simply covering those shorts will push sterling above $1.30," Normand added.
Parliament's approving the agreement would mean UK equities were no longer "uninvestable", according to brokerage Bernstein.
It has also moved to an "overweight" on European stocks, naming a Brexit resolution as a "catalyst to bring money back into European equities."
Already this week, investors have pounced on the most beaten-down British stocks, from banks like RBS to housebuilders and retailers Persimmon and Next.
The UK midcap stocks index hit one-year highs on Thursday and last Friday soared more than 4% for its best day in more than nine years.
Listed British stocks aren't out of the woods yet, however.
First, the likelihood of parliamentary approval appears slim. Northern Ireland's Democratic Unionist Party, which props up Johnson's minority government, said it would oppose the deal.
Deutsche Bank puts the chances of rejection at 55%. A rough poll of 44 analysts in Reuters' Global Markets forum found an even split between those that think the deal will pass and those that do not.
And even if the agreement is passed, the reality of navigating life after the European Union will set in. Businesses and the economy will also need time to recover from the damage inflicted by prolonged political tumult.
"Even if Boris Johnson does manage to close the deal, investor celebration of this might soon be dampened by the recognition that this is a fairly hard Brexit," said Paul O'Connor, head of the multi-asset team at Janus Henderson.
"The UK now faces a long period of weak economic growth, regulatory uncertainty and political scuffling with our largest trading partner," he added.
That is reflected in currency derivatives, where gauges of expected price swings in sterling are near the highest in more than three years.
One thing is clear -- the recent dramatic gains in London's tarnished markets have illustrate the pent-up appetite among investors ready to bet that the worst of the political turmoil in the world's fifth-largest economy may be drawing to a close.
(Additional reporting by Tommy Wilkes, Olga Cotaga, Julien Ponthus and Danilo Masoni; editing by Sujata Rao, Larry King)


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Press-Fit pin for solder-less assembly
Solder pins have been the interface of choice for power modules for many years. The new press-fit pin developed by Vincotech takes the assembly properties of Vincotech power modules a step further: the solder-less assembly of the modules, equally easy on both sides of the PCB, leads to higher reliability and design flexibility and drastically reduces production costs.
By Peter Sontheimer, Vincotech
The target: faster and easier assembly
Common inverter construction today features large Through The Hole (TTH) components along with smaller SMD devices on one side of the PCB, with the power module mounted on the other side and connected to the heat sink (see fig 1). Only in exceptional cases, where space allows and where special heat sink shapes are possible, the power module is mounted on the same side as all other components. This means that wave-soldering of the power module is not possible. The solution most usually adopted in these cases is either a manual solder process, which immediately raises questions regarding reliability and production efficiency, or selective robot soldering, entailing the same production efficiency issues as well as higher costs.
The aim was therefore to develop an interconnect technology that would eliminate the need for soldering of the power module, whilst maintaining the reliability standards and electrical capabilities of the solder pin. This would make the assembly process of the modules easier, faster, and, in effect, more cost-effective. Furthermore, the target was, to realize the exact same layouts as those of the solder modules. The Vincotech press-fit pin is the perfect answer.
Press-fit pin
The Vincotech press-fit pin features a tapered pin-head and a round press fit area (see fig 2). Well-established in the Automotive Industry, the pin design is such that it requires high push-out forces. Compliant to DIN and IEC standards, the elastic properties of the press fit area ensure that the PCB through-hole metallization suffers no damage when inserting or extracting the module. This means that the module can be replaced and the same PCB re-used at no risk to the reliability or the electrical properties of the system. Also, several plating and material combinations were tested and the optimum solution chosen.
The press-fit pin, however, is not based only on brand new concepts; it combines the innovative press-fit zone with all long-serving and proven features of the standard Vincotech solder pin, such as the pull-force relaxation mechanism (stress relief) for high mechanical robustness (see fig 2).
Electrical characteristics and Reliability
Capable of 30A DC current at heat sink temperature of 80°C, the press-fit pin has the exact same current capabilities as the solder pin. This is due to the pin cooling directly because of the solder assembly to the substrate and to the very large contact area between the press-fit zone and PCB hole metallization (see fig 3). Combined with the optimized design of the press-fit zone, this in turn leads to an ever higher reliability than for the solder pin [1].
Press-fit pin assembly
As the name implies, the cold welding connection to the PCB is achieved by pressing the pin into the PCB. The result is a gas-tight and reliable connection between pin and PCB. The elimination of the solder process leads to shorter production costs due to the lack of specialized robot equipment and the lower throughput time; assembly of the module is achieved in a few seconds as opposed to minutes. A further advantage is the elimination of soldering flux leftovers, which would require an additional cleaning step in the production line.
The press-in tool
Modules featuring the press-fit pin are mounted onto the PCB with the aid of a press-in tool; an example of such a tool is shown in fig 4. The module is kept in place by two position pins. The PCB is then pressed onto the pins with an equally distributed and well-controlled press-in force of up to 110N, depending on the PCB and hole parameters. The simple handling of the press-in tool ensures the smooth, reliable and fast assembly of the modules, with path and force sensors controlling every step (not shown in fig 3). The only restriction on the PCB layout is a clearance of 4mm from the middle of the PCB hole to the next SMD component (see fig 5).
The PCB
The Vincotech press-fit pin can be used with both Halogen-free and Lead-free PCBs of any thickness. Although the pin supports both HA(S)L and I-Sn surface finishes, I-Sn is recommended due to its higher thickness accuracy, leading to a stable press-in process. Required is a final hole diameter of 1,45mm with tolerances of -60um and +90um, as stated in the DIN standard [2].
The Vincotech modules featuring press-fit technology
The Vincotech press-fit pin was developed as a one-to-one replacement of the solder pin. This means that all Vincotech power modules, be it standard or custom, can easily be equipped with the press-fit pin and do not require a PCB layout change by the customer. A further important feature is that the same press-fit area is used for all power ranges: the three versions of the pin differ only in length in order to accommodate the different housing heights.
The Vincotech press-fit pin offers the perfect solution for solder-less assembly. In this day and age, when cost saving very often leads to compromises in quality, Vincotech's new press-fit technology goes against the trend: highly reliable and electrically equal to the solder pin, this new interconnect technology reduces assembly time and cost whilst increasing reliability. Added benefits are design flexibility, free choice of PCB thickness, and easy PCB repair and re-use.
[1] SIEMENS NORM SN 29500-5 ´Ausfallraten Bauelemente Teil 5: Erwartungswerte von elektrischen Verbindungsstellen, elektrischen Steckverbindern und Steckfassungen' (2004).
[2] DIN EN 60352-5: 2001 (IEC 60352-5:2001), ´Solderless connections. Press-in connections. General requirements, test methods and practical guidance' (2001).


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What Does a School Counselor Do?
Parents, the press, administrators and the general public often wonder just what it is that school counselors do on a daily basis. Gone are the days of school counselors sitting in their office simply handing out college applications, making schedule changes for students who want to drop a class or meeting with the troublemakers in the school. Today's school counselors are vital members of the education team. They help all students in the areas of academic achievement, personal/social development and career development, ensuring today's students become the productive, well-adjusted adults of tomorrow.
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Parental counseling and support: Counselors can offer families strategies on parenting and helpful advice on how to connect with their children.
College applications and visits: Counselors can offer assistance on helping students apply to the college or tech school of their choice.
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BreadTalk is a distinctive, award-winning Singapore brand that has gained international appeal. It is renowned for the way it has revolutionised the culture of bread consumption with its visually appealing and creative products. Since its opening in Singapore in 2000, BreadTalk has grown to become a highly popular lifestyle bakery chain with its wide variety of freshly-baked breads and cakes. Myanmar is the 17th territory where BreadTalk has opened outlets, joining the list of close to 800 existing outlets across key markets such as Singapore, Mainland China, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Thailand and the Middle East. Hundreds of thousands of people across Asia enjoy BreadTalk's breads and cakes daily.
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We were on a road trip (1300 mile) across desolate WY, and my 2002 VW Jetta wagon TDI (120,000 miles) suddenly started losing power. I could maintain 45-50 mph up hills, but no faster, and this car usually has no trouble. We pulled into a remote auto repair, and had the mechanic replace my fuel filter (I carry a spare…). The car ran fine for the next 120 miles, then loss of power came back in the same way. Pulled in to a bit less desolate place, took a mechanic for a ride, and it acted fine, no symptoms. He blew out the air filter, I topped up the oil. There have been no warning lights, water temp guage is fine during both incidents. We need to drive back the 1300 miles next weekend, and are a bit nervous. What else could it be?
Check and see if that new fuel filter is not plugged up again…You might have gotten a bad tank of fuel… If the filter IS plugged up, drop the tank and clean it out…Before you hit the road, be sure to have another spare filter with you…
We have a VW Golf TDI. We experienced loss of powered at around 100K, ran OK at lower speeds, but lost passing power, acceleration. Cause was coking, carbon build-up in the turbo. Ended up having to disassemble and clean the turbo. Recall cost was about $600. Tech told me there are tolerance's for coking, but do't usually check unless you complain of loss of power.
Thanks for the response. Our problem is very intermittent – right now the car is running fine. When you had your loss of power problem was it intermittent, or always there until you had the turbo cleaned?
I'm in agreement with the others that this could be a fuel contamination issue or a turbocharger issue.
Contamination such as water could be a constant problem. If the problem is dirt, etc. then it may take a while for the new filter to clog. One would hope the mechanic would have checked for this after removing the old filter.
As to the turbo, it's possible for an impeller to randomly start dragging and if that happens it's akin to trying to breathe with a tie pulled too tight around your neck.
You refer to topping off the oil. Exactly how much oil did it take to top off?
The problem is definetly in the fuel system. You might have gotten a bad tank of fuel which has a lot of water content in it and very likely. I don't know if cars have fuel/water seperators or not so check if your car has this. Really the only thing you can do besides draining the fuel system is to drive the car near empty and wait a few miles to replace the fuel filter. But, before you do all that, if you can reach the fuel filter yourself, see if you can tighten it. If you can, take it all the way off and make sure that the gasket is there and in one piece but make sure you don't drain any fuel that is in the filter. Dry the gasket area off as best you can and put a light coating of engine oil on the gasket and then put it back on. As long as you didn't loose too much fuel out of the filter you will not have to prime the fuel lines. If you had or have any substantial amount of air in the fuel system your motor will lack power or not run at all.
But, if you really trust yourself with a wrench while you have the filter off (this is really easier then it seems). Get two clean containers. One, one gallon container to put fuel in the filter, and one small, clear or white plastic container. Dump all the contents of the filter into the clean, plastic container. Diesel fuel is heavier then water so you will see an off-clear liquid in the bottom of the container and then what looks like clear bubble(s)on the top. Now, a lot of tiny little bubbles in the center right after you pour all the contents out is OK, and a lot of little bubbles that migrate to the outside edges of the container are harmless tiny oxygen bubbles. But, a big blob of clear stuff that looks like air is actually water that has surfaced to the top (You might have to wait a while for the water to surface). If the clearish bubble is more then a few tables spoons then you got a bad tank of fuel and the only thing you can do, that is not costly, is put clean fuel back into the filter and then put the filter back on the car and then drive the car everywhere you can to actrually waste fuel before you make the trip back. If you see no blobs of water in the fuel then I would suspect that the filter is bad for some reason - probably a microscopic hole in the caseing of the filter or gasket. If so, get a new filter and top it off with clean fuel, grease the gasket and tighten it back on the housing.
In a very basic way, diesel powered motors need only two things to run: cleanish fuel and air. As opposed to gas powered things, diesel powered things only need electrical energy to stop the flow of fuel to shut down the motor. Whereas gas powered motors need a spark to ignite fuel. Compression that causes friction ignites diesel the fuel.
Regardless what the problem is …
I suggest going by a TRUCK parts store and buy an water separating diesel fuel filter that uses replaceable fiter carteidges and have someone install it … BETWEEN … the vehicle fuel filter and fuel tank.
I'm not sure but I seem to remember there were versions with glass (see through) bowls for diesel applications … gasoline requires a totally metal enclosure system, IIRC.
In our case it was a gasoline application and after installation we never had problems on the road again … but had to drain 1~3 ounces of water out of the filter about every 10k miles (gas quality was not very good where we were at the time … late 70's through early 80's).
Hope this helps.
A truck maintenance superviser (fleet of about 500 truck) told me that they were always replacing fuel filters due to fuel quality problems.
I have this same issue now, and with the help of http://www.tdiclub.com/ I've tracked it down to the MAF sensor. Yours could be this or (the other likely candidate) is a turbo issue.
Apparently, mile clogging of the turbo or a malfunctioning MAF sensor causes an overboost condition and the computer shuts down the turbo. You essentially lose all boost and go into 'limp mode.' Cycling the ignition resents the computer and you should have full power back again. I've gotten to the point of feeling right when I've lost power to (while still in gear) turn the key off (must be traveling in a straight line) and within about a second, turning it back on. Full power again.
Again, with the help of http://www.tdiclub.com/ I followed advice on diagnosing the MAF sensor. You can cause this problem by trying to accelerate hard while going uphill in a taller gear (4th or 5th). You'll probably be able to feel the decrease in power when the turbo cuts out. Now, disconnect the MAF sensor (just downstream of the air filter) and try to recreate the problem. If you don't get the turbo to cut out… you need a MAF sensor.
Jetta TDI's (of this era anyway) have a fuel filter with water separator.
I know. So did our vehicle.
The add-on pre-filter was larger and more efficient … commercial grade.
That simple.


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Monica Ferrell
Monica Ferrell is a poet and novelist; her second collection of poems will appear in 2018 from Four Way Books. A former Stegner Fellow at Stanford University, she has recently published work in The Baffler, The New Republic, Tin House, the Academy of American Poets Poem-a-Day Project, and many other magazines and anthologies.
Ferrell is the author of three books. Her novel, The Answer Is Always Yes (Dial/Random House, 2008) was named as a Top Ten Debut novel by Booklist. Her first collection of poems, Beasts for the Chase (Sarabande Books, 2008) was selected by Jane Hirshfeld for the Kathryn A, Morton Prize and was a finalist for the Asian American Writers Workshop Prize in Poetry. Her second collection of poems is forthcoming from Four Way Books in 2018. Born in New Delhi, India, she holds a BA from Harvard University and an MFA from Columbia University, and was a Stegner Fellow at Stanford. Ferrell's poems have appeared in The Baffler, Boston Review, Fence, The Nation, The New Republic, The New York Review of Books, Paris Review, Tin House, the Academy of American Poets Poem-a-Day Project, and many other magazines and anthologies. Ferrell lives in Brooklyn. She was a visiting faculty member at Bennington for Spring 2018.


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"There is a river whose streams make glad the city of God, the holy place where the Most High dwells. God is within her, she will not fall; God will help her at break of day. Nations are in uproar, kingdoms fall; he lifts his voice, the earth melts. The LORD Almighty is with us; the God of Jacob is our fortress." Psalm 27:4-7
Here is where it is important to study Biblical history. According to Wikipedia, the ancient city of Jerusalem, being on a mountain, is naturally defensible from almost all sides, but suffers from the drawback that its major source of fresh water, the Gihon spring, is on the side of the cliff overlooking the Kidron Valley. This presents a major military weakness as the city walls, if high enough to be defensible, must necessarily leave the Gihon spring outside, thus leaving the city without a fresh water supply in case of siege.
The Bible says ( 2 Kings 20:20; II Chronicles 32:2-4; II Chronicles 32:30) that King Hezekiah, fearful that the Assyrians would lay siege to the city, blocked the spring's water outside the city and diverted it through a channel into the then Pool of Siloam.
This shows that Hezekiah had planned ahead of time to provide for his people in the time of trouble. The spring of Gihon, located below the steep eastern hill of Ophel in the deep Kidron Valley, Jerusalem's most ancient water supply, was exposed to enemy attack. Hezekiah diverted the spring through a conduit, 1777 feet long and hewn out of a solid rock, into a reservoir inside the city's walls. He then completely covered the ancient spring so that the enemy would not know it was there. Throughout the fearful seige there was "a river, the streams whereof made glad the city of God."
A. God Has Revealed Himself in the Midst of His People
Like Hezekiah, God has provided for His people in their time of trouble in three ways:
1. Old Testament-God the Father was a Fountain of Living Waters
Jeremiah 2:13--"My people have committed two evils; they have forsaken Me the fountain of living waters."
2. New Testament--God the Son was a Well of Living Water.
John 4:13-14--"But the water that I shall give him shall be in him a well of water springing up into everlasting life."
3. New Testament--God the Holy Spirit was a River of Living Water---John 7:38--"Out of his belly shall flow rivers of living water."
Like the man of God he was, Hezekiah made sure that he provided a life-giving supply of water so they could survive the attacks of the mighty Assyrians. As good as that was we've Got more than Old Testament Saints, Contemporary Saints of Jesus' day. More than a Fountain or a Well, A River!.


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Every business needs Internet service. Whether you sell clothing, work as a freelance writer, or own a car-parts store, the majority of your customer base uses mobile and desktop devices to access the Internet. They use this service to comparison shop, to find local businesses in their areas, and to look up coupon codes and nearby promotions. Your business needs to have an Internet presence in the form of a website or blog to stay competitive in today's digital-shopping age.
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You need more space for your servers and equipment, and a colocation data center is exactly what you want. The perfect center for your business depends on your unique needs and objectives, but if you are choosing a data center in Seattle, there are special considerations to keep in mind. As you search for the perfect data center, here are several key traits to be on the look out for:
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Hi, my name is Leonard and I'm a Collector! If you have ever been to my office you have seen some of my collectibles. I collect a lot of things, and I'm proud of my collections. My wife will tell you I go a little overboard, but I don't listen. In all seriousness, collecting can be both a hobby and an investment.
Today's topic has to do with collectibles. To be specific, precious metals and coins. I have stayed away from writing on this topic, but lately I have begun to receive inquiries about the subject. Mainly, how and where to buy and later sell? I understand why. It seems all the latenight selling info-commercials and investment gurus are telling you that gold is going to $5,000 an ounce, silver will follow suit, and the inexpensive way to invest in this movement is with coins.
Now, I'm not telling you gold isn't going to $5,000 an ounce, nor am I predicting it will go to $500 an ounce. If I knew that, I would be writing this newsletter on my private island somewhere. What I will tell you is that these markets are risky and you need to do some homework. Proceed with caution.
All That Glitters Doesn't Make a Good Investment
Because you buy something made of gold or silver doesn't mean it's going to appreciate in value. I have seen and heard of many who have bought the latest gimmick from the Franklin Mint and paid exorbitant prices for the set only to find that when they need to sell it, they are offered less than spot price (market value) of the precious metal. The metals are unquestionably pleasant to the eye. But it's only worth what someone is willing to pay for it, and that's usually melt value. Very few items have drawn a premium over the issue price.
Buying items directly (cutting out the middleman) from the source doesn't necessarily mean it's going to make a difference. Take the United States Mint for instance. Annual Uncirculated and Proof sets are sold each year from the US Mint, nicely packaged and worthy of displaying, for a price well over the face value of the coins. Today's coinage has no precious metal. I recently sold sets I bought from the US Mint for well less than the cost of the sets. Most years that happens. Every now and then a set will take off. My suggestion, wait and see. Let someone else pay the issue price. Then swoop in and get a bargain.
Pretty Doesn't Make a Good Investment Either
Gold, Silver, and Platinum are all pretty metals. I could look at them all day long. Recently, The Shreveport Coin Club held its annual Coin, Stamp and Card Exposition and I enjoyed walking around looking at all the beautifully crafted coins. But is it worth investing in this? I'm a firm believer that a portion of your portfolio needs precious metal as a hedge for inflation. Somewhere between 10 to 20%. I also believe it needs to be managed. When it's time to sell, do it. No one has ever made a mistake taking a profit.
That said, what do you buy? I believe raw bullion is the best value. If you have to have pretty-Gold, Silver and Platinum American Eagles are a great value. They sell for a few dollars over spot and retain their resell value. Unimpressive bars and rounds may cost closer to spot, and give you the better value for your money. "Raw" means coins or bars minted from the raw materials-unlike proof coins or graded coins, which sell for much more over spot. That premium spent would better serve you in buying additional coins. You will find an easier and quicker selling market in raw coins.
Another nice feature of the American Eagles is "no reporting requirement". These bullion coins are exempt from reporting to the government on both the buy and sell side, no matter the quantity.
A Local Dealer is a Good Investment
You can just about buy from anywhere today. Internet companies are a dime a dozen. You can even buy on television from QVC or other companies. But dealing with your local coin shop is your best bet. Yes you can buy from a couple of online dealers that are a few cents cheaper than your local dealer, but let's look at what you get. There are two prices with online dealers. The first price is if you wire your payment or write a check. That will give you about a $1.00 per ounce or so discount. But there is a price to wire your money to them from your bank. There goes your dollar savings. Writing a check means you are going to wait for your delivery. The check has to clear their bank and then it will be mailed to you. Anywhere from 10 days to 2 weeks. At your local dealer, you walk in, make your purchase and walk out with it that day. The other price online is by credit card or PayPal. You pay a $1.00 or so premium for that convenience.
And what about selling your precious metals? Your local dealer makes a market in buying your items also. If you can find an online dealer to purchase your goods, you have the expense of mailing and insuring it to them and waiting for your check to arrive in the mail. Locally, if you need cash today, it's available by walking in and making your deal. Remember, the local dealers are here and convenient. There is a cost for that. They have rent and electricity to pay and have to put food on the table at their houses.
Building a relationship with the local dealer can profit you also. I have purchased from both of our local coin shops. Both have given me better deals than I expected. I highly recommend you stop by and talk with them. Get to know them. Both are in the Pierremont/Line Ave. corner. American Coins and Collectibles is right next door to Superior Steak House. Its owner is Richie Self. The other is Louisiana Coin Exchange right next to Brookshire's in Uptown Shopping Center. There you will deal with Nick and Eric Wibben and Scott Bryan.
Again, proceed with caution. I believe silver is a great buy and is a little bit easier on the wallet. Gold as of this writing is around $1,300 an ounce verses silver at around $20.00 an ounce. Percentage-wise, a 10% move in gold brings your investment up to $1,430 where that same 10% move in silver brings it up to $22.00. Of course you can buy much more at $20 than you can at $1300.
If you have any questions, I'll be glad to sit down with you and discuss the options. Putting away a small percentage of precious metals is a good diversification of your portfolio. Just don't go overboard.
Diversify your portifolio. A bargin is one thing, but getting ripped off is no fun. Consider all the posibilities. Check the side bar to look for things that you should consider when you are out shopping for your collectibles. This will help you in your thought process. And don't forget to trust you gut. If an offer sounds to good to be true, it probably is!
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Thank you for the opportunity to serve your financial planning needs. I appreciate your business and look forward to hearing from you soon.


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Fluidigm Corporation. (7/13/15). "Press Release: Fluidigm and OpGen Enter into Strategic Agreement. Developing Multi-drug Resistance Testing Kits and Equipment". South San Francisco, CA & Gaithersburg, MD.
|Fluidigm Corporation (Nasdaq: FLDM)
|Fluidigm (Group)
|BioMark Real-time PCR system
|McPhail, Steven C. (Steve) (Fluidigm 201505 General Manager Production Genomics before Quinitles + Expression Analysis)
Five-Year Agreement Expands on Prior Supply Agreement
Fluidigm Corporation (NASDAQ:FLDM) and OpGen, Inc. (NASDAQ:OPGN) today announced an expanded relationship and new agreement that includes collaborating on the development of test kits and custom analytic instruments for identification, screening, and surveillance testing of multi-drug resistance organism (MDRO) genes of pathogens, such as bacteria, fungi and viruses.
The agreement establishes a framework for Fluidigm and OpGen to develop MDRO tests utilizing Fluidigm components and instruments, initially based on Fluidigms Juno instrument for automating SNP genotyping assays and Fluidigms Biomark system for endpoint and real-time PCR detection. Fluidigm and OpGen plan to cooperate on quality, regulatory, and compliance as needed. The initial term of the agreement is for five years with the potential to extend for an additional five-year term.
OpGen President Kevin Krenitsky, MD, said, We are excited to expand our strategic collaboration with Fluidigm. We anticipate working together to develop improved solutions and workflows for testing multi-drug resistant organisms and other pathogens. Our Acuitas® MDRO Gene Test and Resistome Test both utilize Fluidigm microfluidic technologies. With this expanded relationship, OpGen anticipates developing customized solutions for our CLIA lab customers, strategic partners and testing laboratories globally.
The rise of multi-drug resistant organisms is a major health issue globally. In addition to OpGens pioneering work in this field, our two companies intend to work together to address these needs and to seek government funding for development of new products based on Fluidigms microfluidic technologies and OpGens molecular testing services and products, including molecular information analytics, said Steve McPhail, Fluidigm General Manager, Production Genomics.
About MDROs
Multi-drug resistant organisms (MDROs) are mainly common bacteria that have developed resistance to multiple classes of antibiotics. They are a leading cause of hospital-acquired infections and are associated with an increase in morbidity and mortality. Each year, more than two million Americans acquire infections that are resistant to antibiotics. Asymptomatic carriers are at a higher risk of an MDRO infection and become reservoirs for transmission to other patients in health care systems if not accurately identified early. Since there are many types of antibiotic resistant organisms, and the way they cause disease is dictated by their genetics, knowing the exact genetic profile of these organisms is a key step to preventing their ability to infect.
Use of Forward-Looking Statements
This press release contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995, including statements relating to OpGens product development plans, and objectives, expectations and/or strategies relating to such product development efforts. Forward-looking statements are subject to numerous risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from currently anticipated results, including challenges inherent in developing, manufacturing, launching, marketing, and selling new products; and OpGens sales, marketing, manufacturing, and distribution capabilities. Information on these and additional risks affecting OpGens business and operating results are contained in its filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including its Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 31, 2015, and other filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. These forward-looking statements speak only as of the date hereof and OpGen disclaims any obligation to update these statements except as may be required by law.
This press release contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995, including statements relating to Fluidigms product and marketing plans, objectives, expectations and/or strategies. Forward-looking statements are subject to numerous risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from currently anticipated results, including the potential impact on the collaboration announced today of risks relating to Fluidigms previously disclosed intent to register with the United States Food & Drug Administration (FDA) as a medical device manufacturer and to seek certain clearances and approvals from the FDA and other regulatory authorities; challenges inherent in developing, manufacturing, launching, marketing, and selling new products; Fluidigms sales, marketing, manufacturing, and distribution capabilities; and interruptions or delays in the supply of components or materials for, or manufacturing of, its products. Information on these and additional risks affecting Fluidigms business and operating results are contained in its filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including its Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 31, 2015, and other filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. These forward-looking statements speak only as of the date hereof and Fluidigm disclaims any obligation to update these statements except as may be required by law.
About OpGen
OpGen, Inc. is an early commercial-stage company using molecular testing and bioinformatics to assist healthcare providers in combating multi-drug resistant bacterial infections. The company's products and services are being developed to enable the rapid identification of hospital patients who are colonized or infected with life-threatening, multi-drug resistant organisms, or MDROs. The company's products include the Acuitas MDRO Gene Test, the Acuitas Resistome and Whole Genome Sequencing Tests and the Acuitas Lighthouse MDRO Management System. In addition, the company has more than 10 years of experience mapping microbial, plant and human genomes. Learn more at www.opgen.com.
Acuitas® and OpGen® are trademarks of OpGen, Inc.
About Fluidigm
Fluidigm (NASDAQ:FLDM) develops, manufactures, and markets life science analytical and preparatory systems for growth markets such as single-cell biology and production genomics. We sell to leading academic institutions, clinical laboratories, and pharmaceutical, biotechnology, and agricultural biotechnology companies worldwide. Our systems are based on proprietary microfluidics and multi-parameter mass cytometry technology, and are designed to significantly simplify experimental workflow, increase throughput, and reduce costs, while providing excellent data quality. Fluidigm products are provided for Research Use Only. Not for use in diagnostic procedures.
We use our website (www.fluidigm.com), corporate Twitter account (@Fluidigm), Facebook page (https://www.facebook.com/Fluidigm), and LinkedIn page (https://www.linkedin.com/company/fluidigm-corporation) as channels of distribution of information about our products, our planned financial and other announcements, our attendance at upcoming investor and industry conferences, and other matters. Such information may be deemed material information and we may use these channels to comply with our disclosure obligations under Regulation FD. Therefore, investors should monitor our website and our social media accounts in addition to following our press releases, SEC filings, public conference calls, and webcasts.
For more information, please visit: www.fluidigm.com
Fluidigm, the Fluidigm logo, BioMark, and Juno are trademarks or registered trademarks of Fluidigm Corporation.
For more information, please contact:
Michael Farmer
Director, Marketing
(240) 813-1284
Kim Sutton Golodetz
(212) 838-3777
Bruce Voss
(310) 691-7100
Lisa Guiterman
(301) 217-9353
Howard High
Fellow, Corporate Communication and Press Relations
Fluidigm Corporation
650.266.6081 (office)
510.786.7378 (mobile)
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…And all I can say is that if I'd had any realistic hope of finding some new shows to watch regularly, it would've been dashed.
Yes, it's true. My lowest expectations proved to be too high. Cases in point:
The Good: Um, nada. Sorry.
The Bad: A cop show that seems to have been written by 12 year olds for 9 year olds. The structure of the first couple of episodes more or less followed the procedural pattern. Ditto the characters. Except that nothing about the show rings true not only in regard to what's happening but also in re why it's happening and to whom it's happening. Not a real human being reacting like a real human being anywhere to be seen. Just a bunch of big babies kibbitzing badly.
Conclusion: BATTLE CREEK is a cop show for those who like to have shouting on in the background while they eat their popcorn. It seems to have set the bar pretty damn low ("Let's do a procedural!") but still hasn't come close to meeting it. And the fault, dear viewers, lies in the writing.
The Good: It's not as terrible as BATTLE CREEK. At least here the characters behave like they're a little bit older. Early teens, say.
The Bad: There's a story here. I know there is. But it seems to have been devised by chimps who've never even bothered watching humans interact. About anything.
Conclusion: SECRETS AND LIES raises dullness to a new level. Do people still say "Meh?" "Meh" is where this one stands.
The Good: There are only two characters to have to watch and listen to.
The Bad: Those two characters refused to die by the end of the second episode. And believe me, I wanted them to. These selfish, stupid egocentric creeps bear no relationship to any genuine homo sapiens.
Conclusion: You know a comedy's in trouble when the funniest scene in it is a visual shit joke.
The Good: The theme song is one of The Who's best.
The Bad: Quick cuts and pulse-pounding music isn't storytelling, but it rules the hour this show somehow manages to take up. Combine that with Patricia Arquette's apparent sleep-walking-and-talking problem, a CSI team composed entirely of re-cast stock figures from other CSI shows, and the complete lack of anything resembling rising action or a climax, and what've you got? CSI: IDIOCRACY, that's what.
Conclusion: Aargh!
The Good: Well, the hero looks heroic in a Daniel Craig kind of way, but….
The Bad: Know what DIG reminded me of? It reminded me of all the terribly written, poorly thought out Kindle e-books that keep appearing on Amazon.Com. The ones about ancient conspiracies that have set up an evil that's going to wipe out everything worth living for sometime in the immediate future, all of which use the same tropes and stock characters, both good and bad. Except that DIG isn't written nearly as well.
Conclusion: Early in the opening episode we are treated to the world's longest, most meaningless chase through Jerusalem (natch), in which the hero proves beyond a shadow of the doubt that he can't do his job. Putting him right in line with the makers of the actual show.
I was going to wait to write this after I'd seen the upcoming BLOODLINE, but that one doesn't debut till next week and I haven't figured out a way to get myself to watch it even then.
While talking about CSI: CYBER above I mentioned the 2006 feature film IDIOCRACY. It's about a moron (literally) from our time who finds himself in the future, where society looks just like it does in 2006 but is, well, dumber. So dumb that the moron is now the smartest person on the planet. As I look at what I've written here I realize that there's an explanation for the disheartening mindlessness of these new shows. Due to an inter-dimensional anomaly, possibly caused by evil conspirators who began working on it a couple of thousand years ago, contemporary TV has become a repository for TV series created specifically for viewing by the residents of the – or at least a – very real Idiocracy.
Either that, or the sensibility of Judd Apatow and the mindlessness of KNOCKED UP and THE 40-YEAR-OLD VIRGIN have seized control of all of TV's executive suites. nothing else makes sense.
Watch these shows if you must, brothers and sisters. But as that old, familiar feeling of, "WTF? I can write like this!" floods you, don't you dare start writing to prove it. I absolutely guarantee that you already can write better than this. And you owe it to all of mankind to keep it that way.


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If you're seeing this it means my return has hit a new snag. My computer refuses to turn on. So I don't even know if I'm going to be able to put stuff out for awhile unless I can access my dad's computer like I'm doing now. I'm not sure when I can resume but I'll be back as soon as I can, even if it's only a partial comeback. Of course both computers (including the laptop) are down now.
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Hey, I like that montage of you with Scooter, Bumblebee, K-9, and Godzilla's eye! Is that a new piece of artwork that you created, Tronix? Now that should be part of your new logo for the site!
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Oh….I did see on Twitter how you added captioning to your Gobots video on Youtube. I watched it and enjoyed it. It's been awhile since I've watched that particular video. I was reminded of your spectacular sense of humor depicted in the Gobots review video. You also have close to 26,000 views on it. Awesome stuff!
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discussions: SIC Punjab dismissed RTI appeal, ban for future hearing & give Police complaint for misbehavior.
skmishra1970 posted a topic in Discussions on RTIState Information Commissioner (SIC) Punjab Mr. Surinder Awasthi on 27-01-2015 has dismissed RTI Complaint Case No. 151 of 2014 with a remarks that :- "In the light of the foregoing, the instant case is closed and disposed of with a direction that no further complaints/ appeals or requests under RTI be entertained from the said complainant." not only this, SIC Punjab also register a complaint with local police authority at Sector-17 Chandigarh Police Station alleging misbehavior by the complainant and his indiscipline, foul language during the hearing. Copy of SIC Punjab order dated 27-1-15 is enclosed with some news reports. If Right to Information is our Fundamental Rights (as ruled by Hon'ble Supreme Court), than whether SIC has a power to block it ? or to use non-standard behavior towards the complainant / appellant ? SIC Pb. Final Orders_27-1-15(HS).doc Police Complaint by SIC Pb - face2news.pdf Police Complaint by SIC - Punjab Kesri.pdf
rti happenings: Mumbai: Police to give protection to RTI activists
akhilesh yadav posted a topic in RTI in MediaMUMBAI: The police will provide protection to over a dozen RTI activists. Those who attend court for cases and whose RTI pleas are being considered in courts will be given priority, said a senior IPS officer. "It's a precautionary measure. We have identified over a dozen RTI activists but don't want to disclose their identity. There should not be any threat to them and hence, protection to them has been decided," said the officer. Read at: Police to give protection to RTI activists - The Times of India
rti happenings: Police to give protection to RTI activists
D.T.RATHAVA posted a topic in RTI in MediaPolice to give protection to RTI activists MUMBAI: The police will provide protection to over a dozen RTI activists. Those who attend court for cases and whose RTI pleas are being considered in courts will be given priority, said a senior IPS officer. "It's a precautionary measure. We have identified over a dozen RTI activists but don't want to disclose their identity. There should not be any threat to them and hence, protection to them has been decided," said the officer.Activist Chetan Kothari told TOI that the police had approached him. "Policemen have been visiting my building for a week now. They inquire about my well being and return. Today, two cops from the special branch told me that I will be given two armed police personnel for my protection," he said. Times of India News .
The orders of the CIC are as under : File No.CIC/SA/A/2014/000004 56. The Commission recommends the Government of India, states and Union Territories, besides the respondent authority in this case, to take necessary steps to enforce the right to information, i.e., forcing the private hospitals to give medical records of the patients on day to day basis, because this daily disclosure will prevent undesirable practices of altering records after damage caused to patient. Forcing the private hospitals to provide daily wise medical records will also act as a check on some hospitals from resorting to extortionist, inhuman and ruthless business of prescribing unnecessary diagnostic tests, unnecessary surgical operations, caesarean deliveries, unwarranted angioplasties, inserting stents, without need, or of substandard nature, or putting low quality stent while collecting price of high quality stent, and several such malpractices amounting to medical terrorism, etc. They should not be allowed to such malpractices with all impunity and get away without any legal consequences as if there is an absolute immunity. The Government, Medical Council of India and the health regulatory has to see that licence to practice medicine will not become licence to kill and extort and come to the rescue of helpless patients. CIC_SA_A_2014_000004_T_151517.pdf
How many days first appeal hearing should be done
KLVKumar posted a question in Ask for RTI SupportHello sir I need help. I have applied for first appeal. Within how many days hearing should be done? If the hearing results on my favor, with in how many days PIO should give the information from the hearing date? Thanks.
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mathil1310 posted a question in Ask for Non RTI SupportHello, i got love marriage in the year 2008, my caste is coming under mbc, my wife caste is coming under bc , this marriage is eligible for inter caste marriage or not. Give any idea. I am living in tamilnadu.