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Intimate, meditative and suspenseful look inside the fight against human traffickers in de border region between Texas and Mexico. Local US police are entangled in a seemingly never-ending cat-and-mouse game. As one of them says: ‘The impact of stopping somebody makes you doubt sometimes: is this all working?’
While a big white surveillance blimp constantly hovers over the small border town of La Joya, Texas, local police officers patrol the neighbourhood looking for human smugglers. The region is littered with traces of people who have attempted to get into the US by crossing the Rio Grande. But rather than arresting the immigrants, the officers are gathering intelligence on the smugglers and smuggling bosses tied to Mexican cartels.
With a visual style that alternates between intimate verité moments, meditative reflection and suspenseful sequences, the film tells the story of Chief Ramon Gonzalez, detective Manuel Casas and officer Mayra Garza, as they navigate the complexities of their existence on the border. As irony would have it, the area they are patrolling was once Mexican national territory.

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One of Ghana’s most successful entertainment mogul, Desmond Kwesi Blackmore, well recognized by the name D-Black has joined the tall list of Ghanaian celebrities who have expressed their disappointment at Ghana’s President, His Excellency Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo and his government.
The popular rapper and record label owner, during an interview with Giovani Caleb on TV3’s Showbiz 360 revealed that he believed in the ideologies and capabilities of the President and the governing party, but is now totally disappointed as Ghanaians keep suffering day in and day out.
According to him, alot of promises made by the President while he was campaigning in 2016 have not been fulfilled, adding that the citizens of the country are devastated as they have been enduring hardship for a long while now.
”I believed in him but I don’t know what happened, I am disappointed in him. I am disappointed in the government, because alot of promises that were made were not fulfilled. The hardship the youth and the attire country is going through …. I mean we are not blind.”
”Some of the things are not right. Our economy is not in the best of shape. There are not enough hospitals. The roads are terrible. There’s so much going on… a lot of people are not happy,” he averred.
The ‘Vera’ hitmaker who doubles as the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Black Avenue Muzik further asserted that there is a need for Ghanaian celebrities to voice their opinions on critical matters bothering the society.
According to him,“as entertainers and public figures and people that look up to us are expecting us to speak and air views and our opinions on these things.”
D-Black, despite his disappointment, expressed hope for a better future, saying, “we are just hoping for the best.”


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I've deliberated over this review for a long time, because ‘Between Two Windows’ is in many ways an archetypal promising first collection, and I wanted to do justice to its originality and its flaws. Essentially, Hazzard is a language poet, albeit an evolved one with various strategies for developing and framing his free associations. The results range from brilliant to skip-able to arduous depending on the success of these strategies.
The opening poem, 'Moving In', is ostensibly a narrative poem, an attempt by the author to guide us through a landscape and series of events that have a particular significance to him - in other words, the opposite of language poetry, in which meaning is arrived upon through language play. Linguistic embellishments are modest but effective; 'The orange trees, after all, seem to clutch themselves', 'night is simply the folding over of fingers, leaned into a steeple'. Having lived with this collection for a while, I now suspect the narrative is illusory; Hazzard probably began this poem with language play, and continuously reworked it until it looked like a narrative. This gentle surrealism crops up throughout the book, and is consistently diverting, but never startling – if these poems were dreams they’d be the kind that made good anecdotes, not the kind that shock you awake with palpitations.
The second poem is organised very differently. 'The Inability to Recall the Precise Word for Something' consists of a list of obscure word definitions, eg. 'Someone who hates practicing the piano'; fittingly, I couldn't recall the word for any of them. The poem does recreate the sensation of reaching for language and not quite getting there, but it's a sensation of mild annoyance, like the inability to solve a crossword clue. Not feeling able to express yourself adequately in English is a pretty hefty social issue; I'm not saying that's can't be expressed through language games, but I did wish this poem had a bit more clout.
Poetry that begins with language play can be more powerful than this, and there are poems in which Hazzard succeeds in inferring much more potent emotions. My favourite poem of this collection is 'Entre Chien et Loup'; the title is a french phrase that literally translates as 'between dog and wolf', an expression meant to describe the time in the evening when there is still a little light left, but not enough to tell the difference between a dog and a wolf. Here, Hazzard takes on a voice that is pompous but simultaneously self critical, and has a one sided, almost prayer-like conversation with his muse, language poetry figurehead Lyn Hejinian.
'Though ostensibly civilised by my refusalHazzard seems inspired by the conversational pretext, and the poem that emerges ties brilliantly re-made language, (‘I mow on, fish-eyed, pink-lobed’), to complicated relationships and ideas. Is the title self depreciating, or does it reflect the speaker’s fear that he cannot ever fully perceive the world around him? The simple act of addressing the poem to a public figures enlivens every aspect of Hazzard’s language play.
to lust after what I am unable either to attract or afford
I worry I only think I own nothing'
Similarly, the distinctiveness of the voice in ‘Glasnost’, that of a creepily besotted office worker, ties together a frantic series of non-sequitors. The importance of distinguishing ‘texture from the appearance of it’ becomes less academic construct and more real life concern when it’s placed in the context of a character pining for sex. The flawed protagonist, rhyme scheme, and cadences are very reminiscent of Michael Robbins, eg. ‘Can you believe we were ever strangers? I’m leaving you everything except my corneas’. This is a compliment. Rhyme and free association arranged into anxious monologues offer a rich seam to mine, and Hazzard duly mines it.
In short, I don't want to write that language poetry is whimsical or apolitical – that would be a gross over-simplification. However, I do think you have to work that bit harder at it to ensure the poems do something measurable before they drift past, and by continually refining his composition tactics, Hazzard will achieve that with increasing regularity.
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The gospel musician Nana Yaw Boakye, well known by his stage name MOG Music, has admitted to having problems with masturbation as a child.
He states that after completing junior high school, a friend taught him how to masturbate, and ever since then, he has done so virtually nonstop.
Nevertheless, he claimed on The Delay Show that he had given up after being caught and severely abused by his father. His father learned of his wrongdoings after the occurrence.
I was masturbating in one of the rooms one day when my father got home from work and he saw me doing it.
I had a hard time handling the beatings I received that day. He later revealed to me, “He beat me while also yelling obscenities at me.”
Since the incident in which he claimed to have prayed to God for help in breaking his habit of masturbating, his life hasn’t been the same and has changed drastically.
Since that time, the musician, who is now one of Ghana’s well-known and award-winning gospel musicians, claims he has lost the impulse to touch himself.

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THE Brighton Football Club has had a fantastic year, in many ways which is all looking great for the future. We were extremely proud of our reserves who made it to the preliminary final, finishing second and the senior side who were unfortunately knocked out in the second semi final having finished in sixth position this year. Continue reading “Brighton football club reflects on great year”
GREEN Point Plaza is now off-limits to students during school hours, and the ban will soon be extended to the Cove Hill shopping precinct.
The Green Point ban came into effect on August 1 after meetings between shopkeepers, property developer Robert Rockefeller, Brighton Mayor Tony Foster and representatives from the new Jordan River Learning Federation – lead principal Steve Lewis and parents’ association chairperson Leanne Wakerell.
IT was Sunday September 4 and we were driving back from Galle to Colombo in Sri Lanka and our son Stephen said to me “Dad I have to go up to Kandy on Tuesday would you like to come with me?”
I said: “Steve I have been to Kandy twice before and I really do not like that drive up there.” Four hours to travel 106 kilometres does not do a lot for me and you are going up and back in the one day, that means eight hours on the road.
THE Tasmanian Early Years’ Foundation (TEYF), in conjunction with the Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery’s (TMAG) AccessArt educators, recently launched Creative Connections in the Early Years (Creative Connections).
Creative Connections is a 12-month project, funded through the Myer Foundation and the TEYF, which will investigate opportunities to increase creative and arts experiences for children in the first six years of life.
BRIGHTON Council says the State Government-proposed local government legislation, promised to clear up any questions surrounding Brighton’s fair rating system is workable but far from perfect.
The proposed legislation lacks flexibility. It would only allow councils to set one minimum rate and restrict this to only 35 percent of total properties in a municipality. As well the legislation clearly states that rates are a form of taxation and the value of a ratepayer’s land is the key indicator of capacity to pay, so relying on the outdated Assessed Annual Value (AAV) system. The Government’s legislation is based on the questionable Access Economics findings. Continue reading “Rates law far from perfect”
THE Bridgewater Online Access Centre recently commemorated 10 years of community-based operations in the Brighton municipality.
The significant milestone was celebrated with a community event that featured eLearn and information technology presentations.
Among the invited guests were Brighton Council Mayor Cr Tony Foster and general manager Ron Sanderson, representatives from the Tasmanian Polytechnic, Sandra Laird and Cheryl Williams, past and present centre advisory committee members and volunteers, certificate representatives and centre patrons and friends. Continue reading “Online Access Centre marks 10 years of operations”
WITH a number a major developments in Brighton underway and pending, it is timely that we also review where we are now and what we have achieved.
The Brighton Bypass, the revolutionary Jordon River Learning Federation, the transport hub, the Brighton industrial estate, the growth of our technology business Microwise, the walking and bike trails and other community amenities that have been developed in recent years, are all developments of which I am extremely proud. Continue reading “Progressive council ensures growth of region”
THE new Jordan River Learning Federation, with construction almost complete and students already settling into the $40 million campus environment, is targeting a dramatic lift in the retention rate of its senior students.
Currently only 15 per cent of students in Brighton municipality attain Year 12 level or embark on a sustainable career path – well below the national average of 80 per cent and the State average of 70 per cent. The gap will begin to dramatically close next year with the Federation offering Year 12 studies on its senior school campus, built on the site of the old Bridgewater High destroyed by fire in 2007. Continue reading “Retention rates lift is target”

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Percy Martin Rosenzweig and Lewis William Zettell, Appellants, v. United States of America, Appellee, 412 F.2d 844 (9th Cir. 1969)Annotate this Case
B. W. Minsky (argued), of Minsky, Garber & Rudof, Los Angeles, Cal., for appellants.
Irving Prager, Asst. U. S. Atty. (argued), Wm. Matthew Byrne, Jr., U. S. Atty., Robert L. Brosio, Asst. U. S. Atty., Crim. Div., Los Angeles, Cal., for appellee.
Before ELY and HUFSTEDLER, Circuit Judges, and* SOLOMON, District Judge.
SOLOMON, District Judge:
Percy Martin Rosenzweig and Lewis William Zettell were convicted of conspiracy to make and sell counterfeit notes in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 371 and of possessing counterfeit notes in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 472. They appeal. We affirm.
Appellants claim that (1) the grand and petit juries did not represent a cross-section of the community; (2) the Government should have been required to disclose the names of its witnesses; (3) there was no evidence that they conspired to make or sell counterfeit notes; (4) the trial court told the jury Appellants were guilty of conspiracy if they conspired to commit any offense against the United States; and (5) it was error to instruct that the jury could convict on the uncorroborated testimony of an accomplice.
Appellants claim that primary reliance on telephone directories for jury lists results in systematic exclusion of certain groups and inclusion of others. They do not allege intentional discrimination.
The Appellants did not meet their burden of proving that the jury commissioner did not "fairly and honestly endeavo [r] to discharge [his] duty," Thomas v. Texas, 212 U.S. 278, 283, 29 S. Ct. 393, 394, 53 L. Ed. 512 (1909), or that the composition of the juries did not fairly mirror the composition of the community. Swain v. Alabama, 380 U.S. 202, 85 S. Ct. 824, 13 L. Ed. 2d 759 (1965); Thiel v. Southern Pacific Co., 328 U.S. 217, 66 S. Ct. 984, 90 L. Ed. 1181 (1946). Our statement in Bloomer v. United States, 409 F.2d 869 (9th Cir. 1969), applies here:
"In his contention that the jury commissioner failed to insure that the jury panel represented a cross-section of the community, Bloomer does little more than state an unsupported conclusion. This avails him nothing, as the burden to prove such alleged discrimination rested upon him. Swain v. Alabama * * * The record discloses that the jury commissioner, while perhaps not aware of the precise statistical make-up of the community, was nevertheless knowledgeable as to the many social, economic, and ethnic groups within the community and fairly attempted to insure that the jury lists included members of these groups. Bloomer, on the other hand, offered no data tending to prove systematic exclusion of any identifiable group within the community."
The Government is not required to disclose the names of its witnesses. United States v. Chase, 372 F.2d 453 (4th Cir. 1967); Edmondson v. United States, 402 F.2d 809 (10th Cir. 1968). Will v. United States, 389 U.S. 90, 88 S. Ct. 269, 19 L. Ed. 2d 305 (1967), cited by Appellants is not in point. There the Supreme Court refused to order Judge Will to vacate an order requiring the prosecution to disclose its witnesses.
Appellants erroneously assert there was no evidence that they conspired to make or sell counterfeit notes. For example, Raymond Keith testified that he, the Appellants, and Alton Keller met and examined blank paper to be used in printing the counterfeit bills and they discussed generally whether counterfeit bills would be made and sold.
Appellants next contend the trial court's instructions permitted the jury to convict them of violating 18 U.S.C. § 371 if the jury found a conspiracy to violate any offense against the United States, and not the particular offense charged. We have read the instructions, and we do not believe the jury could possibly have reached that conclusion.
Finally, Appellants argue that the Court erred when it instructed that there can be a conviction on the uncorroborated evidence of an accomplice. The trial court correctly stated the law. Sabari v. United States, 333 F.2d 1019 (9th Cir. 1964).
ELY, Circuit Judge (concurring):
I concur in the result.
Honorable Gus. J. Solomon, United States District Judge, District of Oregon, sitting by designation

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Dear Children, Assalam Alaikum
The last Friday of the Holy month of Ramadan is anniversary of a very important day and is known as Al-Quds day (Jerusalem Day).
In 1979 late Ayatollah Khomeini named this day Al-Quds as a reminder of the suffering of people of Palestine forced to live under occupation since 1968.
Our duty as Muslims and justice seekers is to support those who are treated unjustly. That is why year after year, on this day, Muslims all over the world give their time and organise marches in the street to remind the public about Palestinian’s struggle.
This month Ghazaleh Kamrani, our illustrator, has drawn one of such demonstration. She has drawn two images and left some differences in them for you to find. Later on look at the image 3 to check if you have spotted all the differences.

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|Publication number||US7475259 B1|
|Application number||US 10/085,331|
|Publication date||Jan 6, 2009|
|Filing date||Feb 28, 2002|
|Priority date||Feb 28, 2002|
|Also published as||EP1345439A2, EP1345439A3|
|Publication number||085331, 10085331, US 7475259 B1, US 7475259B1, US-B1-7475259, US7475259 B1, US7475259B1|
|Inventors||Ronald P. Cocchi, Christopher P. Curren, Raynold M. Kahn|
|Original Assignee||The Directv Group, Inc.|
|Export Citation||BiBTeX, EndNote, RefMan|
|Patent Citations (37), Non-Patent Citations (30), Classifications (19), Legal Events (3)|
|External Links: USPTO, USPTO Assignment, Espacenet|
This application is related to the following co-pending and commonly-assigned patent applications, which applications are incorporated by reference herein:
U.S. patent application Ser. No. 10/085,920, entitled “DEDICATED NONVOLATILE MEMORY”, by Ronald Cocchi, et al., filed on the same date herewith;
U.S. patent application Ser. No. 10/085,346, entitled “HIDDEN IDENTIFICATION”, by Ronald Cocchi, et al., filed on the same date herewith; and
U.S. patent application Ser. No. 10,085,860, entitled “ASYNCHRONOUS CONFIGURATION”, by Ronald Cocchi, et. al, filed on the same date herewith.
1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to systems and methods for preventing unauthorized access to digital services and in particular to a method and system for distributing multiple nonvolatile memory components to provide additional security for accessing digital services.
2. Description of the Related Art
Digital services such as television programs and information regarding those programs (e.g., a program guide) are distributed to users by a variety of broadcasting methods. Such services may be proprietary and available on a subscription basis. To prevent unauthorized access to the services, a plethora of security mechanisms are utilized. Such mechanisms may store information in memory, wherein the information is used to validate a user or provide access. However, persons often attempt to obtain illegal/unauthorized access to the services by altering the memory contents. What is needed is the capability to prevent or increase the difficulty of obtaining illegal access to the information and digital services. These problems may be better understood by a description of current broadcasting methods, security mechanisms, and methods for obtaining unauthorized access to such services.
As described above, television programs and digital services are distributed to viewers by a variety of broadcasting methods. These methods include traditional analog broadcast television (National Television Systems Committee or “NTSC” standard), the soon to be required digital broadcast television (Advanced Television Systems Committee or “ATSC” standard), cable television (both analog and digital), satellite broadcasting (both analog and digital), as well as other methods. These methods allow channels of television content to be multiplexed and transmitted over a common transmission medium.
To view the television programming and have access to the digital services, users commonly have a set top box (also referred to as an integrated receiver/decoder [IRD]). Within the system or set top box, a security component/microcircuit known as a smart card may be utilized to prevent unauthorized access to the television programs and digital services. The smart card microcircuit may contain a microprocessor, volatile memory components, a nonvolatile memory component, and a system input/output module.
Nonvolatile memory has been used extensively throughout the electronics industry. For example, in the IRD, the microprocessor utilizes nonvolatile memory to contain state information (e.g., status information) used to provide the desired functionality and enforce security policies intended by the designers. The microprocessor and/or a memory access control unit utilized by the microprocessor restricts access to the memory components.
However, there have been numerous attempts by individuals or companies (i.e., hackers or attackers) to attack, misuse or modify the nonvolatile memory through external means of reprogramming or otherwise altering the contents of the memory when the memory components have been misused or access control has been subverted. For example, attacks using unforeseen methods or subverting poorly implemented defenses can be used to gain unauthorized access to the contents of the memory and/or lead to reprogramming the contents of the memory. Reprogramming or unauthorized access to the memory contents can lead to complete compromise of the security features intended in the device.
The simplest and most prevalent form of attack against the memory components uses external means using a system's input/output module due to the low cost of the equipment required to implement this form of attack. Once the single memory component has been breached, the attacker may then have the capability to access all memory address locations that reside other memory components.
Digital service systems often contain a security component known as a smart card that prevents unauthorized access to the digital services. The smart card contains a microprocessor, memory components, a custom logic block, and a system input/output module. The security system may be compromised if components are attacked or used in unintended ways.
One or more embodiments of the invention provide for separating storage and address space for nonvolatile memory storage (such as EEPROM, EPROM, or batter backed RAM) through duplicating multiple nonvolatile memory components and placing them on the system bus. The microprocessor has full access to and complete control over each nonvolatile memory storage unit. Initialization, programming, and testing may be conducted separately and uniquely for each memory component.
Referring now to the drawings in which like reference numbers represent corresponding parts throughout:
In the following description reference is made to the accompanying drawings which form a part hereof and which show, by way of illustration, several embodiments of the present invention. It is understood that other embodiments may be utilized and structural changes may be made without departing from the scope of the present invention.
The uplink center 104 receives program material and program control information from the control center 102, and using an uplink antenna 106 and transmitter 105, transmits the program material and program control information to the satellite 108 via uplink 116. The satellite receives and processes this information, and transmits the video programs and control information to the subscriber receiver station 110 via downlink 118 using transmitter 107. The subscriber receiving station 110 receives this information using the outdoor unit (ODU) 112, which includes a subscriber antenna and a low noise block converter (LNB).
The subscriber receiving station 110 permits the use/viewing of the information by a subscriber 122. For example, the information may be used/viewed on a television 124 or other display device. To control access to the information, the subscriber receiving station 110 includes an integrated receiver/decoder (IRD) 126. In embodiments of the invention, the IRD 126 is communicatively coupled to a security component known as a conditional access model or smart card that controls access to the information/digital services.
In one embodiment, the subscriber receiving station antenna is an 18-inch slightly oval-shaped Ku-band antenna. The slight oval shape is due to the 22.5 degree offset feed of the LNB (low noise block converter) which is used to receive signals reflected from the subscriber antenna. The offset feed positions the LNB out of the way so it does not block any surface area of the antenna minimizing attenuation of the incoming microwave signal.
The video distribution system 100 can comprise a plurality of satellites 108 in order to provide wider terrestrial coverage, to provide additional channels, or to provide additional bandwidth per channel. In one embodiment of the invention, each satellite comprises 16 transponders to receive and transmit program material and other control data from the uplink center 104 and provide it to the subscriber receiving stations 110. Using data compression and multiplexing techniques the channel capabilities, two satellites 108 working together can receive and broadcast over 150 conventional (non-HDTV) audio and video channels via 32 transponders.
While the invention disclosed herein will be described with reference to a satellite-based video distribution system 100, the present invention may also be practiced with terrestrial-based transmission of program information, whether by broadcasting means, cable, or other means. Further, the different functions collectively allocated among the control center 102 and the uplink center 104 as described above can be reallocated as desired without departing from the intended scope of the present invention.
Although the foregoing has been described with respect to an embodiment in which the program material delivered to the subscriber 122 is video (and audio) program material such as a movie, the foregoing method can be used to deliver program material comprising purely audio information or other data as well.
The video channels are provided by a program source of video material 200A-200C (collectively referred to hereinafter as video source(s) 200). The data from each video program source 200 is provided to an encoder 202A-202C (collectively referred to hereinafter as encoder(s) 202). Each of the encoders accepts a program time stamp (PTS) from the controller 216. The PTS is a wrap-around binary time stamp that is used to assure that the video information is properly synchronized with the audio information after encoding and decoding. A PTS time stamp is sent with each I-frame of the MPEG encoded data.
In one embodiment of the present invention, each encoder 202 is a second generation Motion Picture Experts Group (MPEG-2) encoder, but other decoders implementing other coding techniques can be used as well. The data channel can be subjected to a similar compression scheme by an encoder (not shown), but such compression is usually either unnecessary, or performed by computer programs in the computer data source (for example, photographic data is typically compressed into *.TIF files or *.JPG files before transmission). After encoding by the encoders 202, the signals are converted into data packets by a packetizer 204A-204F (collectively referred to hereinafter as packetizer(s) 204) associated with each source 200.
The data packets are assembled using a reference from the system clock 214 (SCR), and from the conditional access manager 210, which provides the SCID to the packetizers 204 for use in generating the data packets. These data packets are then multiplexed into serial data and transmitted.
Schedule feeds 310 provide electronic schedule information about the timing and content of various television channels, such as that found in television schedules contained in newspapers and television guides. Schedule feeds 310 preferably include information from one or more companies that specialize in providing schedule information, such as TRIBUNE MEDIA SERVICES™, and T.V. DATA™. The data provided by companies such as TRIBUNE MEDIA SERVICES™ and T.V. DATA™ are typically transmitted over telephone lines to program guide database 302. These companies provide television schedule data for all of the television stations across the nation plus the nationwide channels, such as SHOWTIME™, HBO™, and the DISNEY CHANNEL™. The specific format of the data that are provided by these companies varies from company to company. Program guide database 302 preferably includes schedule data for television channels across the entire nation including all nationwide channels and local channels, regardless of whether the channels are transmitted by the transmission station.
Program guide database 302 is a computer-based system that receives data from schedule feeds 310 and organizes the data into a standard format. Compiler 304 reads the standard form data out of program guide database 302, identifies common schedule portions, converts the program guide data into the proper format for transmission to users (specifically, the program guide data are converted into objects as discussed below) and outputs the program guide data to one or more of sub-databases 306.
Program guide data can also be manually entered into program guide database 302 through data entry station 312. Data entry station 312 allows an operator to enter additional scheduling information, as well as combining and organizing data supplied by the scheduling companies. As with the computer organized data, the manually entered data are converted by the compiler into separate objects and sent to one or more of sub-databases 306.
The program guide objects are temporarily stored in sub-databases 306 until cyclers 308 request the information. Each of cyclers 308 may transmit objects at a different rate than the other cyclers 308. For example, cycler 308A may transmit objects every second, while cyclers 308B and 308C may transmit objects every 5 seconds and every 10 seconds, respectively.
Since the subscriber's receivers may not always be on and receiving and saving objects, the program guide information is continuously re-transmitted. Program guide objects for programs that will be shown in the next couple of hours are sent more frequently than program guide objects for programs that will be shown later. Thus, the program guide objects for the most current programs are sent to a cycler 308 with a high rate of transmission, while program guide objects for later programs are sent to cyclers 308 with a lower rate of transmission. One or more of the data outputs 314 of the cyclers 308 are forwarded to the packetizer of a particular transponder, as depicted in
It is noted that the uplink configuration depicted in
The data stream therefore comprises a series of packets from any one of the data sources in an order determined by the controller 216. The data stream is encrypted by the encryption module 218, modulated by the modulator 220 (typically using a QPSK modulation scheme), and provided to the transmitter 222, which broadcasts the modulated data stream on a frequency bandwidth to the satellite via the antenna 106. The receiver 126 receives these signals, and using the SCID, reassembles the packets to regenerate the program material for each of the channels.
The tuner/demodulator 504 isolates a single, digitally modulated 24 MHz transponder, and converts the modulated data to a digital data stream. The digital data stream is then supplied to a forward error correction (FEC) decoder 506. This allows the IRD 126 to reassemble the data transmitted by the uplink center 104 (which applied the forward error correction to the desired signal before transmission to the subscriber receiving station 110) verifying that the correct data signal was received, and correcting errors, if any. The error-corrected data may be fed from the FEC decoder module 506 to the transport module 508 via an 8-bit parallel interface.
The transport module 508 performs many of the data processing functions performed by the IRD 126. The transport module 508 processes data received from the FEC decoder module 506 and provides the processed data to the video MPEG decoder 514 and the audio MPEG decoder 517. In one embodiment of the present invention, the transport module, video MPEG decoder and audio MPEG decoder are all implemented on integrated circuits. This design promotes both space and power efficiency, and increases the security of the functions performed within the transport module 508. The transport module 508 also provides a passage for communications between the microcontroller 510 and the video and audio MPEG decoders 514, 517. As set forth more fully hereinafter, the transport module also works with the conditional access module (CAM) 512 to determine whether the subscriber receiving station 110 is permitted to access certain program material/digital services. Data from the transport module can also be supplied to external communication module 526.
The CAM 512 functions in association with other elements to decode an encrypted signal from the transport module 508. The CAM 512 may also be used for tracking and billing these services. In one embodiment of the present invention, the CAM 512 is a smart card, having contacts cooperatively interacting with contacts in the IRD 126 to pass information. In order to implement the processing performed in the CAM 512, the IRD 126, and specifically the transport module 508 provides a clock signal to the CAM 512. Details of the CAM 512 architecture are described below.
Video data is processed by the MPEG video decoder 514. Using the video random access memory (RAM) 536, the MPEG video decoder 514 decodes the compressed video data and sends it to an encoder or video processor 516, which converts the digital video information received from the video MPEG module 514 into an output signal usable by a display 124 or other output device. By way of example, processor 516 may comprise a National TV Standards Committee (NTSC) or Advanced Television Systems Committee (ATSC) encoder. In one embodiment of the invention both S-Video and ordinary video (NTSC or ATSC) signals are provided. Other outputs may also be utilized, and are advantageous if high definition programming is processed.
Audio data is likewise decoded by the MPEG audio decoder 517. The decoded audio data may then be sent to a digital to analog (D/A) converter 518. In one embodiment of the present invention, the D/A converter 518 is a dual D/A converter, one for the right and left channels. If desired, additional channels can be added for use in surround sound processing or secondary audio programs (SAPs). In one embodiment of the invention, the dual D/A converter 518 itself separates the left and right channel information, as well as any additional channel information. Other audio formats may similarly be supported. For example, other audio formats such as multi-channel DOLBY DIGITAL AC-3 may be supported.
A description of the processes performed in the encoding and decoding of video streams, particularly with respect to MPEG and JPEG encoding/decoding, can be found in Chapter 8 of “Digital Television Fundamentals,” by Michael Robin and Michel Poulin, McGraw-Hill, 1998, which is hereby incorporated by reference herein.
The microcontroller 510 receives and processes command signals from the remote control 524, an IRD 126 keyboard interface, and/or another input device. The microcontroller receives commands for performing its operations from a processor programming memory, which permanently stores such instructions for performing such commands. The processor programming memory may comprise a read only memory (ROM) 538, an electrically erasable programmable read only memory (EEPROM) 522 or, similar memory device. The microcontroller 510 also controls the other digital devices of the IRD 126 via address and data lines (denoted “A” and “D” respectively, in
The modem 540 connects to the customer's phone line via the PSTN port 120. It calls, e.g. the program provider, and transmits the customer's purchase information for billing purposes, and/or other information. The modem 540 is controlled by the microprocessor 510. The modem 540 can output data to other I/O port types including standard parallel and serial computer I/O ports.
The present invention also comprises a local storage unit such as the video storage device 532 for storing video and/or audio data obtained from the transport module 508. Video storage device 532 can be a hard disk drive, a read/writable compact disc of DVD, a solid state RAM, or any other storage medium. In one embodiment of the present invention, the video storage device 532 is a hard disk drive with specialized parallel read/write capability so that data may be read from the video storage device 532 and written to the device 532 at the same time. To accomplish this feat, additional buffer memory accessible by the video storage 532 or its controller may be used. Optionally, a video storage processor 530 can be used to manage the storage and retrieval of the video data from the video storage device 532. The video storage processor 530 may also comprise memory for buffering data passing into and out of the video storage device 532. Alternatively or in combination with the foregoing, a plurality of video storage devices 532 can be used. Also alternatively or in combination with the foregoing, the microcontroller 510 can also perform the operations required to store and or retrieve video and other data in the video storage device 532.
The video processing module 516 input can be directly supplied as a video output to a viewing device such as a video or computer monitor. In addition, the video and/or audio outputs can be supplied to an RF modulator 534 to produce an RF output and/or 8 vestigal side band (VSB) suitable as an input signal to a conventional television tuner. This allows the receiver 126 to operate with televisions without a video output.
Each of the satellites 108 comprises a transponder, which accepts program information from the uplink center 104, and relays this information to the subscriber receiving station 110. Known multiplexing techniques are used so that multiple channels can be provided to the user. These multiplexing techniques include, by way of example, various statistical or other time domain multiplexing techniques and polarization multiplexing. In one embodiment of the invention, a single transponder operating at a single frequency band carries a plurality of channels identified by respective service channel identification (SCID).
Preferably, the IRD 126 also receives and stores a program guide in a memory available to the microcontroller 510. Typically, the program guide is received in one or more data packets in the data stream from the satellite 108. The program guide can be accessed and searched by the execution of suitable operation steps implemented by the microcontroller 510 and stored in the processor ROM 538. The program guide may include data to map viewer channel numbers to satellite transponders and service channel identifications (SCIDs), and also provide TV program listing information to the subscriber 122 identifying program events.
The functionality implemented in the IRD 126 depicted in
A CAM 512 often contains a microprocessor, memory components (a volatile component and a nonvolatile component) and a system input/output module to communicate with transport 508. Traditional microprocessors within a CAM 512 have nonvolatile memory to contain state that is used to provide the desired functionality and enforce security policies intended by the designers. The microprocessor and/or memory access control unit restricts access to the memory components.
As described above, attacks may use unforeseen methods or may subvert poorly implemented defenses to gain unauthorized access to the contents of the memory and/or lead to reprogramming the contents of the memory. For example, most attacks occur by inappropriate manipulation of the microprocessor or memory access control unit. Reprogramming or unauthorized access to the memory contents can lead to complete compromise of the security features intended in the CAM 512. The simplest and most prevalent form of attack against the memory component uses external means using the system input/output module due to the low cost of the equipment required to implement this form of attack.
To avoid this method of attack, access to the nonvolatile memory components is distributed among several physically separate and independently controlled nonvolatile memory components. Using this approach, it may not be possible to compromise one nonvolatile memory component and march through all memory address locations that reside other memory components. Only the attacked memory component is compromised.
The nonvolatile memory components 606 can employ either a separate physical and logical address range or a single contiguous address range since they are controlled and programmed by the same microprocessor 602. Either implementation may suffice and would be appropriate as the system designer sees fit.
In addition, it is possible to share programming charge pumps and programming control between multiple nonvolatile memory components 606. If this is done, care may be taken to ensure that data and address lines of the individual nonvolatile memory component 606 are routed to the appropriate memory access control unit. In this case, the microprocessor 602 cannot provide control information that may lead to a subsequent attack of another memory component 606. Sharing the charge pumps may be preferred to ease timing and high voltage requirements of the entire chip/microcircuit within CAM 512.
There are many advantages to using a plurality of nonvolatile memory components 606 in a CAM 512. For example, the nonvolatile memory components 606 have physically separate address spaces and physical locations on the die. Further, each nonvolatile memory component 606 would have to be attacked and compromised separately. Separate memory control units can be implemented allowing each control unit to be uniquely customized and tailored to the specific memory module 606 being protected. This design requires each nonvolatile memory component 606 to be attacked separately and individually. Therefore, the entire chip can withstand substantial external attack through the system I/O module 608. Accordingly, the use of such a plurality of nonvolatile memory components enables the protection of video, audio, broadband, and data/digital services reception.
At step 702, access to digital services is distributed among the plurality of nonvolatile memory components 606 along the system bus 610. At step 704, the nonvolatile memory components 606 are communicatively coupled to a microprocessor 602. The microprocessor is configured to use state information in the nonvolatile memory components 606 to provide desired functionality and enforce one or more security policies for accessing the digital services. Accordingly, each nonvolatile memory component 606 my have separate memory access control restrictions and may implement entirely unique memory access control logic. In other words, separate memory access control units can be designed and tailored to satisfy the functional requirements of each nonvolatile memory component 606. By controlling the memory 606 in physically separate locations and with logically separate security mechanisms, the integrity of the memory is thereby improved.
At step 706, digital services are accessed using the nonvolatile memory components 606 to provide desired functionality and enforce security policies for the access. Using the identified configuration with a plurality of nonvolatile memory components 606, if unauthorized access is attempted, separate and independent attacks must be conducted on each nonvolatile memory component 606.
This concludes the description of one or more embodiments of the present invention. The foregoing description of the invention has been presented for the purposes of illustration and description. It is not intended to be exhaustive or to limit the invention to the precise form disclosed. Many modifications and variations are possible in light of the above teaching.
It is intended that the scope of the invention be limited not by this detailed description, but rather by the claims appended hereto. The above specification, examples and data provide a complete description of the manufacture and use of the composition of the invention. Since many embodiments of the invention can be made without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention, the invention resides in the claims hereinafter appended.
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As summer in Scotland finally arrives, an award-winning wholesale butcher Malcolm Allan is celebrating the success of its newest Scottish Slimmers Pork and Steak Sausages that recently launched in Asda stores across Scotland – ideal for BBQ season.
In just four weeks more than 100,000 of Malcolm Allan’s Scottish Slimmers Pork and Steak sausages have flew off the shelves, with sales set to soar by 50% this summer as sun lovers prepare to stock their fridges with the perfect BBQ treats.
The launch followed the success of the lorne sausage, steak burger and steak mince lines also endorsed by Scottish Slimmers, as the butcher looks to increase their range of healthier products for the Scottish public.
Overall Malcolm Allan sells up to 10 million sausages a year in Asda stores across the country.
The Pork Sausages are 62kcal per sausage and the Steak Sausages are 59 kcal per sausage, independently verified by a UKAS Accredited Lab. Under the Scottish Slimmers Weight Loss Plan the pork sausages are 2.5 checks and the steak 2 checks per sausage.
The sausages have passed all the Scottish Slimmers member taste tests and are made using Scottish beef and pork by Malcolm Allan Limited, Scotland’s Family Butcher. The new sausage lines launch exclusively in Asda stores this month, retailing at £2.50 per pack.
The Larbert-based wholesale firm, said it was developing healthier alternatives in response to the Scottish Government-backed campaign to lower public consumption of saturated fats and salt as well as changing consumer demands.
Gordon Allan, Director at Malcolm Allan, said: “We are delighted with the success of our new Scottish Slimmers range. We have a responsibility to offer alternative, healthier products. We have made a real effort as a firm to try to be innovative.
“We started with the healthier burger three years ago, and this is now our best-selling burger line, so we’re hoping for the same success with the new sausages.
“We are delighted to work with partners such as Scottish Slimmers and Asda to help make these products available to the Scottish public.”
Sandy Fleming, Business Development Manager for Scottish Slimmers, commented: “Scottish Slimmers members have been crying out for a healthier, low fat sausage recipe following the success of the Low Fat Steak Lorne, and due to such high demand and gaps in the current market we are delighted to be teaming up with our trusted food partner and fellow Scottish brand Malcolm Allan in helping make this a reality.”
June Rose, fresh buyer for Asda Scotland, said: “Malcolm Allan produces products that are premium quality and these new sausage lines endorsed by Scottish Slimmers help meet the gap in the market for healthier Scottish ranges and ready meals.
“Feedback from everyone who has tried the new line has been incredibly positive so we look forward to working with the businesses closely and hopefully increasing the range of products available in stores in due course.”
The Low Fat Pork Link Sausages and Low Fat Steak Link Sausages are available in selected Asda stores now and will retail at £2.50.


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Nicholas James Murphy, aka Chet Faker, is an australian electronic musician who became famous when his cover of Blackstreet’s “No Diggity” went viral online. Then he released the EP Thinking in Textures on March 2012. Two years later, Talk is Cheap was the first single released from his debut album “Built on Glass” and, despite it came out months ago, I’ve just discovered it and I thought to share this gem with you. Also, I quite like the video of the song. Take a listen to the whole album, you won’t regret it.
This American/Canadian band was formed in 2011 and is composed by the neophyte Alex Fischel and by Britt Daniel, Dan Boeckner, Sam Brown who already were part of other bands as New Bomb Turks, Spoon,Handsome Furs, Wolf Parade. If you enjoy indie rock as I do you will adore this song!
After five years Paolo Nutini, the Scottish singer-songwriter of Italian descent, is back with the new album “Caustic Love” anticipated by this funk – see what I did here – single. He released his debut album, “These Streets”, in 2006, which featured the hits New Shoes and Last Request. It was followed up with UK chart-topper “Sunny Side Up” in 2009, which won the Best Album category at the Ivor Novello Awards. Nutini, at his third album, has loyal fans – clearly i am one of those – who have not forgotten him despite his decision to stay out of the limelight in order to create new songs without pressure . Now I can’t wait to hear the whole album – out on April 15th – and listen his unique voice live again.
George Ezra is a singer songwriter from Bristol, United Kingdom, and he is currently working on his debut studio album. He has been noted for his deep, mature sounding tone, and he regularly cites Bob Dylan and Woody Guthrie as his musical influences. I am very fond of folk and raspy voices so I recommend this boy.


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Beige and charcoal come together to form an unlikely alliance in this beautiful runner. The tile design was one of the most popular for runners and the contrast here is so lovely. The blue/gray charcoal contrasts the warm beige giving hints of sage. Would be a great piece in any space!
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A census carried out this morning revealed that there are only 629 hippos left in the Virunga National Park, DRC. In the late 60âs and early 70âs there were around 30,000 hippos living in the park. The aerial census carried out earlier today by the Frankfurt Zoological Society with funding from the US Fish and Wildlife Service, shows that this population has now declined by 98%.
With the second round of presidential elections in Congo less than one week away, the Mai Mai and other non integrated local militia groups are poaching at an unprecedented rate because they believe their days in the park are numbered. The Congolese army who operate in the park without sufficient rations or salary have also been accused of poaching the hippos, often in collusion with the militia troops.
The problem has now become so serious that the Ugandan military have deployed troops along the banks of the River Ishasha, which separates Congo from Uganda, to help deter the Mai Mai from killing the parkâs largest remaining group of hippos consisting of only 134 individuals. The Mai Mai and other poachers have been targeting hippos and elephants for their ivory, which is collected regularly from the militia camps and is thought to leave Congo through Uganda and Sudan to be traded illegally on the international black market.
The Mai Mai have refused to engage in dialogue with the rangers and have recently begun launching attacks on their patrol posts. Despite that fact that over 100 rangers have been killed over the last few years trying to protect Virungaâs wildlife populations, and that they have not received a proper salary for more than a decade, the rangers continue to show remarkable commitment, determination and fortitude. After years of hardship, some support from the European Union and other donors is enabling the Congolese rangers to take control of the situation, but this positive development may be too late for the hippos.
Poaching has now become so prolific and the threat to rangers so serious, that a combined operation between the park rangers and the UN peace keeping troops is needed. The Mai Mai camps are well known to both the rangers and the UN, and an operation needs to be mounted quickly. However, the UN is preoccupied with the lead up to the second round of elections and the militia forces have taken advantage of the situation. Over the last few weeks the park has seen unprecedented levels of poaching, ambushes, violence, and violations of human rights.
The Virunga National Parkâs best chance now lies in the hands of its elite ranger force, trained by Frankfurt Zoological Society and deployed to help protect the last few hippos from extinction. The Congo Rangers are massively under resourced and are outnumbered five-to-one by poachers armed with machine guns and rocket launchers. UNESCO and the EU are engaging at the highest political levels in Kinshasa, but support is desperately needed on the ground. Frankfurt Zoological Society is committed to providing the rangers with vehicles, fuel, rations, and further training next year, and a pioneering initiative has just been launched by the Africa Conservation Fund to gather international support and provide desperately needed patrol equipment and salary supplements directly to the field.
The efforts of this team of rangers to protect the last of Virungaâs hippos can be tracked day to day on their recently established weblog at www.wildlifedirect.org/congo-rangers

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We are an ANWG-affiliated guild located in the north Puget Sound of Washington State. The purpose of the Guild is to promote the exchange of ideas and educate our membership and the public in a wide range of Fiber Arts through workshops, study groups, guest speakers, participation in the San Juan County Fair, the annual Sheep-to-Shawl event, textile shows, and demonstrations.
Our guild includes members with all levels of expertise, from beginners to professionals, and we all learn from each other as well as from nationally renowned teachers, designers and fiber artists.
Our members live on five islands of the San Juans: Lopez, Orcas, San Juan, Shaw and Waldron. We share a common interest in a wide variety of textile and fiber arts including basketry, beading, crocheting, dyeing, felting, knitting, rug hooking, spinning & weaving, quilting and many others. If it involves fiber arts, chances are someone in the guild does it.
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The issue of ventilating a kitchen and restaurant is more challenging than it may appear on the surface. Consider your regular extraction fan above your stove: This is crucial to help eliminate excess smoke and grease from the air. In a restaurant, where cooking takes place on a much larger scale, a highly-effective ventilation systems is necessary to remove heat, smoke, and other substances from the air. As well as a more pleasant dining experience for guests, it also makes the air much healthier to breathe.
Why are ventilation systems important?
Diners go to restaurants with high expectations when it comes to temperature. They expect to eat at a comfortable temperature – nothing too hot or cold. A faulty ventilation system can easily make the environment much too warm.
Adding another layer of complexity to the challenge of ventilating restaurants is the COVID-19 pandemic. Since the virus is airborne, a poorly-ventilated setting can increase infections. Droplets of the virus are able to linger and travel more than a meter in the air if there is no effective ventilation system to replace the air.
The logic around COVID-19 remains true for other types of airborne viruses, so restaurant ventilation has always been important in this regard.
An HVAC (heating, ventilation, and air-conditioning) system does its job by replacing inside air with outside air. This keeps the air fresh and free of viruses, smoke, heat, and other unpleasant things for restaurant guests.
What are some of the best ventilation options for restaurants in 2022?
HVAC systems are the standard for restaurant ventilation. But, are there ways to build on the traditional HVAC system in 2022?
These are devices that can be installed into HVAC ductwork to reduce the impact of airborne microorganisms. They have germicidal properties, which effectively ‘kill’ a virus before it can infect someone inside the restaurant. OSRAM UV-C tubes are great at adapting to HVAC systems due to their transparent long-life coating and soft glass tube.
Grease exhaust hoods
Hoods are not new technology, but they are an important ventilation feature for any kitchen. Place ventilation hoods over areas that produce heat such as ovens, and be sure to include grease exhaust hoods to clean the air that travels around the restaurant.
Fire suppression system.
Many HVAC systems will require that fire suppression equipment is installed for the safety of everyone in the restaurant.
Makeup air systems
These systems can bring in clean, outside air to replace the air that is used inside. This can keep the indoor air pressure at a healthy level, meaningless movement of smoke, heat, and harmful gases.
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The Atlantic ran a story this morning entitled, “We’re Screwed: 11,000 Years’ Worth of Climate Data Prove It.” The story, complete with accompanying grasp, see below, was based on a study published in Science earlier this week. The author of the that study, climate scientist Shaun Marcott of Oregon State University, stated, “What we found is that temperatures increased in the last hundred years as much as they had cooled in the last six or seven thousand. In other words, the rate of change is much greater than anything we’ve seen in the whole Holocene” (the last 11,500 years).
The Atlantic then concludes that, “Today’s study should help debunk the common climate change denial argument that recent warming is simply part of a long-term natural trend.” Such a conclusion is, of course, based on the assumption that what we need to address climate change is simply greater clarity or more data. But it misses the point that convincing data already exist. Very few scientists who seriously study the environment believe that climate change is not taking place. Sure, there is debate over the degree and pace of climate change, but there is little scientific debate over the big picture. So more data is unlikely to change many minds. Those who are convinced that human activity is resulting in broad changes to the global climate will continue to believe. And new data is unlikely to change the minds of those who do not believe anthropocentric climate change is taking place.
In the case of climate change, the primary questions are political and economic, not scientific. Just this week, the government of Poland sued the European Union over restrictions imposed on Polish coal power plants by the European Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS). The Polish government was concerned that the ETS would undermine the Polish economy. The United States has similarly resisted efforts to trim global greenhouse gas emissions, arguing that such efforts would prove too costly and would undermine economic growth.
Game theory provides a powerful tool to make sense of these questions. For any given country, the cost of mitigation (reducing climate change) and adaption (changing our activities to take count of the impact of climate change) are high. And the ability of any individual state to have a real impact on climate change is small. Further, the costs of climate change are distributed (unevenly) around the world, while the benefits of economic activity are concentrated in a single economy. Under this situation, a tragedy of the commons emerges, where every individual actor (in this case, states), behaving rationally, will attempt to free ride on the efforts of the others. If climate change is averted, then everyone benefits regardless of who paid to prevent it. If it is not averted, everyone pays the costs. The tragedy of the commons thus suggests that individual states making decisions based on their own rational self-interest will be unable to address collective problems like climate change.
And yet we get treaties like the Kyoto Protocol, which attempts to limit the growth of global greenhouse gas emissions. The Kyoto Protocol was signed by almost every developed country in the world, despite the fact that their individual interests would be better served by not signing the treaty and letting other states worry about climate change. How can we make sense of the apparent selflessness of states in the context of the Kyoto Protocol?
Liberal internationalism argues, unlike realism, that the international system makes reliance on the use of force an ineffective (or at least an inefficient) foreign policy tool. International cooperation emerges even in a state of anarchy, as Hedley Bull famously argued in The Anarchical Society, when “a group of states, conscious of certain common interests and common values, form a society in the sense that they conceive themselves to be bound by a common set of rules in their relations with one another, and share in the working of common institutions.” Cooperation rather than conflict, in other words, can become the default position in international relations.
Yet even when cooperation is possible, states have competing domestic interests. And achieving cooperation to address climate change is one of the most complex problems we face. Elected officials have a very short decision making horizon. They are concerned with the next election, and are thus often hesitant to adopt policies which might undermine economic growth (and with it, their chances of victory). No amount of additional scientific data will change that. What we need, therefore, is not more climate change data but a better understanding of the political and economic factors that shape our public policy decisions in the first place.
What do you think? Will the new study change critics’ minds about climate change? What is needed to bring about a coherent environmental policy, both in the United States and in the international community? And how do we balance economic and environmental concerns? Take the poll or leave a comment below and let us know what you think.


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The bright white façade of this stunning church, prominently located beneath Big Butte, serves as a beacon proclaiming the heart of Butte’s west side Catholic community. The Immaculate Conception Parish was created from the overflowing St. Patrick and St. Lawrence O’Toole parishes in 1906. The original church building across the street also served as convent and school. The cornerstone of the present church was laid on December 10, 1939. It indicates that the church, dedicated to the Immaculate Mother of God, is also designated a shrine to Our Lady of Victory and St. Therese. Noted architect John G. Link designed this Butte landmark, completed in 1940 at a cost of almost $200,000, which features an unusual blend of the Mission Revival and Art Deco styles.
An article written for the parish history provides this description of the building’s stained glass:
“The beauty of the windows adorning the church truly defies description. They are entirely unique in the catalog of ecclesiastical art in the country. The glass is the imported Norman slab of rich live coloring, graduated from deepest blues, reds, and golden ambers through all the lighter tones … The shading is brought about entirely by the varying thickness of the glass and the outlines by the heavy irregular leading.”
The façade (front) window shows the Cross Triumphant with side panels depicting the Tree of Life. A close view of this window (which can be obtained by climbing the stairs to the rear choir loft) reveals that the glass technique in the cross is very different from that in the other windows. The center cross was originally made of clear glass brick to provide a vivid contrast to the deep colors surrounding it. But the light from it could be blinding to the priest facing that direction in the morning sun, so the original glass was later replaced by colored glass done in a style called dalle de verre. In this technique, slabs of glass are broken or sawn into small pieces, then assembled to form the window. The resulting effect is similar to a mosaic, with richer and deeper color than typical stained glass because thicker glass is used.
A bronze plaque located on the south side wall identifies which saints are portrayed in the clerestory (high) windows of the nave (long aisle) of the church. Items of note are:
· Saint Anne, the mother of Mary, was also the patron saint of miners. The emblem of the School of Mines in Butte (now called Montana Tech) is portrayed in her window.
· The Saint Bernadette Soubirous window includes a BVM emblem that represents the Sisters of Charity of the Blessed Virgin Mary, the religious order that established and taught at Immaculate Conception School.
· The Saint Kateri Tekakwitha window depicts the first Native American ever proposed for canonization. Of Mohawk and Algonquin descent, Kateri was venerated in 1943 and beatified in 1980. The coat of arms with the date 1884 represents the establishment of the Diocese of Helena. The seal of the State of Montana is depicted, as well as the first mission church in Montana, St. Mary Mission built in 1841 in present-day Stevensville, Montana.
The smaller windows in the side aisles show the coats of arms of the recent popes, alternating with the emblems of the bishops of Montana.
The triple panel windows in the two transepts (short aisles) are dedicated to the two special patrons of Immaculate Conception parish. The south window honors our Lady of Victory, and in one side panel can be seen the distinctive white tower of the church itself with the Big M in the background.
The north transept window honors St. Therese of Lisieux. The triple panel window at the rear of the sanctuary portrays the Holy Spirit and the seven sacraments.


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Update – Transfer of the oversight of minor misconduct to the Public Sector Commission
11 June 2015
The functions and responsibilities of the Public Sector Commission (PSC) and Corruption and Crime Commission (CCC) are changing as a result of legislative changes brought about by the Corruption and Crime Commission Amendment (Misconduct) Act 2014.
On 1 July 2015, the PSC will take responsibility for the oversight of minor misconduct management by public authorities, as well as providing for ongoing education and capability building in the area of integrity. The CCC will focus its attention on serious and police misconduct and corruption.
What this means for public authorities
Currently principal officers notify all instances of suspected misconduct to the CCC.
When the amendments take effect, principal officers will be required to notify PSC of all reasonable suspicions of minor misconduct and the CCC of all reasonable suspicions of serious misconduct.
The PSC and CCC are working together to establish advice to assist principal officers with this decision making process. Materials will be published on our respective websites soon.
Page last updated 12 June 2015